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Committee discusses irrigation options and parking drainage; construction update shows project moving forward
Summary
The committee debated irrigation approaches (municipal water, tie-in to park, or a well) and whether to fund drainage work at nearby ball-field parking from the police station budget; construction staff reported active progress on roofing, insulation and site work and said project contingency remains healthy.
At the Dec. 5 meeting the committee discussed several nonbuilding systems and site issues, including irrigation for landscaping, drainage and parking at the nearby ball fields, and the project construction schedule and budget.
Irrigation: staff outlined three options to provide irrigation water for the site: (1) tie into municipal water; (2) extend irrigation from the adjacent park; or (3) drill a well dedicated to irrigation. Meeting comments noted a well would require an initial capital outlay but could pay for itself if municipal water costs approached the cited town-comparison figure (staff referenced roughly $5,000 per year as an operational cost for…
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