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Commission hears $2 million-per-field estimate as parks staff weigh lights, grants and priorities
Summary
Parks staff told commissioners that renovating a single ball field could cost about $2 million (not including lights), prompting discussion of capital priorities, potential grant sources and whether to pursue nighttime lighting that complies with dark-sky standards.
Commissioners pressed staff on options for expanding adult and nighttime sports while staff warned of high capital costs for renovating ball fields. "We estimated it would be about $2,000,000 a field," a parks presenter said when summarizing recent cost estimates for leveling, turf work, drainage and backstops; that figure did…
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