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Building committee to develop plan to relocate outdoor restroom to south softball area
Summary
Architects recommended moving the existing prefab restroom to a site south of the new middle‑high school to provide an accessible route and to visually group field equipment; the committee authorized preliminary design and pricing but did not take a formal vote.
Middletown Building Committee members agreed Aug. 13 to authorize preliminary design and pricing to relocate an existing outdoor restroom currently near the baseball field to a spot south of the new middle‑high school campus, citing accessibility and visual‑screening concerns.
The architect said the recommended location sits adjacent to an alternate softball field and aligns with existing field equipment — dugout, bullpen, batting cage and a small storage shed — and would allow the restroom to be moved as a single prefab unit and reconnected to utilities by the general contractor, Gilbane. "This location would provide it," the architect said, referring to an accessible path to the relocated facility.
Why it matters: the restroom sits in the footprint that will be affected by new construction and current utility connections would be disrupted. Committee members emphasized accessibility (a paved path to the unit), proximity to spectator areas and limiting visual impact next to an open field.
Details and next steps: the architect said the firm’s landscape designer would propose plantings to shield the back side of the prefab concrete structure, which houses mounted equipment. Committee members asked staff and the design team to confirm sewer and water connections; the sewer tie‑in had not been located in the design at the time of the meeting. The project team said they will develop civil drawings, confirm utility routing and produce pricing for the relocation. "If you give us an okay to kind of develop the design, we have to create a PR, and the civil engineer needs to show where the utilities are going to it," the architect said, adding that a firm price would follow and final approval by the committee would be requested at a later meeting.
There was no recorded roll‑call or formal binding vote on the location at the Aug. 13 meeting; the committee directed staff and the design team to proceed with preliminary design and cost development and return with numbers for approval.
The committee also discussed minor appearance treatments — paint or landscape screening — to reduce the visual impact of the utilitarian structure if moved to the new location.
