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Committee recommends council approve $750,000 increase for Blue Hills Community Center renovation
Summary
Committee sent to council a favorable recommendation for an additional $750,000 to complete renovations at Blue Hills Community Center after previously undisclosed structural and water-damage issues increased the project cost to roughly $3.4 million for a 4,500-square-foot building.
The Planning, Economic Development and Housing Committee voted Wednesday to forward to the full City Council a mayoral resolution authorizing an additional $750,000 for the Blue Hills Community Center renovation, after staff described extensive unforeseen structural damage discovered during demolition.
William Diaz, project leader for economic development, told the committee the project has encountered major wood framing replacement, a need to replace or reinforce masonry and steel supports, and retaining-wall work on the rear of the site tied to a relocated basketball court. “The whole wood framing had to be, replaced,” Diaz said. He described extensive water…
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