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Commission approves first reading of Norton Museum lease for Pioneer Park; residents raise naming and preservation questions
Summary
Commission approved first reading of Ordinance 5167-26 to lease Pioneer Park to the Norton Museum for a public art and cultural park. The Norton would fund and maintain the park; several residents and the Pioneer Association raised questions about historic naming, burial-site protections and community outreach.
On April 13 the City Commission voted to approve Ordinance 5167-26 on first reading, authorizing the lease of roughly 2.27 acres known as Pioneer Park to the Norton Museum of Art for development as an open, public art and cultural park.
Assistant City Administrator Armando Fauna described negotiated terms including a 50-year lease with a 20-year option, requirements that the Norton maintain public access (with limited private events allowed for fundraising), and that the museum pay for, insure and maintain…
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