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Commission moves to encumber funds, adjust accessibility at McLeod Field backstop and bleachers
Summary
Needham Park & Rec commissioners voted to use revolving/bridal‑fund money to pay for new accessible bleachers and to locate an access path between backstop and seating to meet accessibility and safety concerns; the commission instructed staff to encumber funds before the fiscal year end.
Needham’s Park and Recreation Commission on Monday confirmed plans to replace and raise bleachers behind the McLeod Field backstop and to add an accessible pathway between the bleachers and backstop for safety and ADA access.
Stacy, the department director, told commissioners she had spoken with Town Engineer Justin Saviano and that the town’s plan places the access path between the bleachers and the backstop rather than seating flush against the backstop. "The pathway is going to go in between the…
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