Commission records support letters for Trails for All grant and Burncoat High inclined lift; staff confirms lift reuse constraints

Commission staff and members reported that a support letter for a Trails for All municipal grant and a separate support letter for a municipal grant from Worcester Public Schools to procure an inclined lift at Burncoat High School were prepared and submitted.

Patricia Lafore said the Trails for All support letter was provided and that a municipal grant letter for an inclined lift at Burncoat High School was written and submitted before the grant deadline. Commissioners had asked whether an inclined lift could be disassembled and reused elsewhere; Dawn Clark, a city staff member, responded that an inclined lift "can be reused at another facility, but when the new, Glencoe Junior C hires those, Whenever that happens, it will be fully accessible, so there will not be any need for a lift of any kind." Clark’s remark indicated the city expects newly renovated schools to be fully accessible in future projects, reducing the need to redeploy temporary lifts.

No formal vote was recorded in the meeting; the letters were sent as staff-supported actions.