(ABC 6 News) – More than a year after the Rochester electorate approved an extension of the sales tax, one of the other projects presented throughout the extension even though everything begins to take shape.
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department have finally narrowed down a potential site for a new Recreation and Sport Complex to a 160-acre property to the south of the city.
It’s one of three sites the city has had its eye on and has been negotiating with the property’s owners, the Seneca Foods Corporation, since June of last year.
Just in the last few weeks, the department has said they are ready to bring their recommendation to the city council’s meeting on Monday.
They say that the domain is due to its proximity to primary roads and the opportunity of new paths.
“It meets a giant component of the needs we are looking for in a place, it has the domain that we want to have infrastructure, be it an existing infrastructure with corporations and other residential people in the region and also a new domain new businesses and other residential people In spring around this installation, ”said Ben Boldt, head of recreational and sports comfort for Rochester Parks and Rec.
It is also delivered with a value of $ five million, which in fact is reducing compared to the initial offer of $ 6. 3 million compared to last June.
If approved, phase one of the project would focus on outdoor facilities, such as artificial turf fields, pickle ball courts, trails, playgrounds, and other gathering spaces.
If the site isn’t approved, you’ll go back to the drawing board to find another plan for where the facility goes.
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