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Council moves $35,000 skate-park feasibility study to next year after debate over private facility
Summary
Councilors voted 9–2 to defer a $35,000 bonded feasibility study for a municipal skate park to FY27. Supporters said the study is small and would identify need and sites; opponents argued a private skate park already exists and the city should not undercut local business.
The Rochester City Council voted to push a proposed $35,000 feasibility study for a municipal skate park out of this year’s capital-improvement plan and reconsider it in FY27.
Councilor Herrmann had moved to remove the study from the current CIP and several councilors expressed concern that a private skate park already serves local skaters and that municipal construction could undercut local…
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