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School committee approves six replacement parking spaces to advance diving center project
Summary
After a presentation from the Macy O'Donnell Foundation and CC Pools, the committee approved relocating six campus parking spaces so the Maisie O'Donnell dry‑land diving center can move forward to permitting; police and fire reviewed the plan and the motion passed.
Foundation representatives and CC Pools officials updated the committee on the Maisie O’Donnell dry‑land training center, now in design with Studio DSK, and described a plan to site the addition adjacent to the dive well to minimize site work. The plan requires striking six parking spaces tied to a prior special permit; the foundation proposed three replacement spaces near the radio/TV station/loading dock and three along the Walden Street access road to preserve total parking required by the special permit.
Representatives said the proposed locations avoid adding impervious surface, would not disrupt student parking numbering, and had been reviewed by Concord police and fire who found the plan reasonable. Committee members asked about timeline and permitting; foundation staff said they planned to submit permit applications shortly and anticipate a planning-board meeting roughly six weeks after submission, with construction possible in early fall if appeals timelines are satisfied.
A committee motion to approve the six replacement spaces as proposed was moved, seconded and approved, clearing a key hurdle for the permitting phase of the diving center. The committee did not vote on construction contracts or a formal permit but approved the replacement-parking plan to allow the project to proceed to permitting.
