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Concord council approves $150,000 for Beaver Meadow parking improvements, rejects fundraising amendment
Summary
The City Council approved a $150,000 appropriation for the Beaver Meadow parking-lot project, including $107,000 in bonds and a $43,000 donation pledge for snowmaking infrastructure. A proposal to raise the $107,000 by fundraising failed on a roll call vote.
The Concord City Council on a two-thirds vote approved a $150,000 appropriation for the Beaver Meadow parking-lot project, authorizing $107,000 in bonds and accepting a $43,000 donation to pay for snowmaking infrastructure.
The measure, brought as item 27 on the agenda, funds a revised design for the overflow parking near the golf course driving range and clubhouse. The project team said revised plans now call for 146 parking spaces, an altered drainage scheme that includes a detention/retention pond, and required state permitting due to the extent of land disturbance.
City staff told councilors the change in scope triggers an alteration of terrain (AOT) permit from the state because the disturbed area meets the permit threshold (the staff said 100,000 square feet in this case) and that the permit is valid for five years.…
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