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Committee backs $1.3M for Statehouse ADA design work, debates manufactured housing priority language and a 20‑year lease proposal
Summary
Members supported proceeding with $1.3 million for Statehouse ADA schematic work, discussed parking and truck access, and reviewed Forests & Parks' proposed 20‑year lease with Vermont Huts Association; chairs opposed a Section 9 waiver that would circumvent the priority system for manufactured housing funding.
The committee heard a $1,300,000 request to advance schematic and design development for a reconfigured Statehouse ADA entry, a project estimated across speakers to cost $18–20 million overall.
The chair described the $1.3 million as funding needed to continue design development and address parking and egress for large trucks; members discussed that design work would aim for completion by August and construction documents by the following January. Committee members said parking and truck access needed…
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