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File #: 209014    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Withdrawn
File created: 10/8/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/10/2019 Final action: 1/23/2020
Enactment date: 10/10/2019 Enactment #: 209014
Title: Requesting an appropriation and authorization to borrow $160,000 in a bond for design and improvements at Dilboy Stadium and auxiliary fields.
Code sections: Bond/BAN -
Attachments: 1. Appropriation Order (Somerville) (General Fund) 10_2019 #6-cDilboy

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Requesting an appropriation and authorization to borrow $160,000 in a bond for design and improvements at Dilboy Stadium and auxiliary fields.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

I hereby request, subject to the approval of your Honorable City Council, an appropriation in the amount of $160,000 in order to proceed with design and improvements to Dilboy Stadium and the Auxiliary Fields. To meet said appropriation, the Treasurer will be authorized to borrow $160,000 as provided by MGL Chapter 44.

 

Such imrovements shall include, but not be limited to, the addition of irrigation, subsurface drainage, lights, and high performance natural grass athletic fields  and replacement of the synthetic turf field and running track inside Dilboy Stadium.

 

The project is part of the FY2020 Capital Investment Plan-General Fund. Additional appropriations will be sought after the design process is completed.

 

My staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully,

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor