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Board favors Discover site for new athletic complex after cost estimate shows higher Bevelheimer expense
Summary
Administrators presented probable-cost estimates for a new baseball/softball complex at the Discover property and at Bevelheimer Park; the board directed continued work with the City of New Albany on the Discover option.
The New Albany-Plain Local Board of Education on Monday reviewed schematic site plans and a probable-cost estimate for a proposed off-campus high school athletic complex and signaled support for continuing discussions with the City of New Albany about the Discover property.
Director of facilities and campus planning Michael Sawyer presented conceptual layouts produced with MKSK and cost estimates from Resili and Kleininger that compared two possible sites: the Discover property (roughly 49.42 acres) adjacent to the school campus, and a multipurpose configuration at Bevelheimer Park. The district''s "counter proposal" preserves a clover layout for varsity and junior-varsity baseball and softball with a single central press-box/concessions core on the Discover site.
Sawyer summarized the probable-cost totals provided by Resili: approximately $13.3 million for the Discover configuration and approximately $17.2 million for the Bevelheimer configuration, a difference of about $3.8 million. "That's what I currently know as of tonight," Sawyer said, and recommended continuing the…
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