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Sterling Heights council approves 10th amendment allowing Parkway Christian to build stadium, 6-1
Summary
The city approved a 10th amendment to a decades-old consent judgment to allow Parkway Christian School to build a phased athletic complex including bleachers, a press box and a track; the measure passed 6–1 after debate about sidewalks, noise and student safety.
Sterling Heights — The City Council on Tuesday approved the 10th amendment to a consent judgment that clears the way for Parkway Christian School to add a phased athletic complex at its Metropolitan Parkway campus, including a 4,000-square-foot support building, a football field with a surrounding track, a press box and bleachers. The resolution passed 6–1.
The amendment, which updates a consent judgment first entered in 1976 and amended several times since, authorizes the school to build new locker rooms, weight rooms, storage, a snack stand, public restrooms, a scoreboard and expanded parking. City planner Dr. Jake Parcel told the council the full project will be delivered in three phases over approximately four years, with initial site work starting this spring and the final building work scheduled from spring 2027 to spring 2029.
The city planner said the proposed home bleachers would seat about 1,000, visiting bleachers about 500, and the school plans about 50 additional parking…
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