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Commission endorses water‑filling stations, sand volleyball upgrades as top uses for sugar‑sweetened beverage tax funds
Summary
Parks commissioners on May 8 advanced recommendations to use Albany's sugar‑sweetened beverage tax revenue for water-bottle filling stations at Ocean View Park and the greenway plus improvements to a sand-volleyball court and accessibility upgrades.
The Parks and Recreation Commission on May 8 endorsed staff recommendations to prioritize water-bottle filling stations and upgrades to a sand‑volleyball facility as uses for Albany’s sugar‑sweetened beverage tax revenue.
Staff presented three priority projects: (1) replace an aging fountain near the pickleball courts at Ocean View Park with a water‑bottle filling station; (2) add a bottle‑filling station along the Greenway/Linear Park to supplement an older decorative drinking fountain; and (3) complete a more fully scoped…
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