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Council directs staff to seek RCO guidance as it weighs Portland Loo vs. CXT restroom for Ben Root Skate Park
Summary
Councilmembers debated replacing a restroom at Ben Root Skate Park with either a CXT-style unit or Portland Loo. Staff was directed to return with cost estimates, RCO conversion guidance and local usage/crime data before final design; council also authorized continuing parking-lot design work in parallel.
Anacortes City Council on May 5 discussed design options for the Ben Root Skate Park restroom and associated parking lot and directed staff to seek guidance from the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) on whether a Portland Loo-style unit could be substituted for the existing CXT-style restroom under the city’s grant conversion requirements.
Parks project lead Bob Vokes presented the design-phase recommendation and said the city is "back to having to build our own parking lot" after a potential partner location fell through. Vokes described the existing plan to replace a four-stall concrete restroom with a self-contained CXT (depot) unit and a parking layout the parks department previously prepared.
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