Improvements at City Parks, Pools, Buildings Planned

May 18, 2021

More than $31 million in improvements are planned for the city’s public buildings, parks, recreation centers, pools and other properties. Council passed two bills authorizing the work at a recent council meeting (5/17).
 
Spending in the city’s annual capital improvements budget includes more than $15 million in work at recreation centers, $2 million at pools and $1 million for courts and ballfields.

Roof work will be done at several buildings, including Music Hall and City Hall. Structural repairs are planned for Rockefeller Park Greenhouse. (Ord. Nos 210 and 211.)

More than $2.1 million is allocated for improvements at the historic West Side Market. They include:

• Replacement of all exterior doors.
• Improvements to the electrical system.
• Masonry work needed on the clock tower.
• New vendor booths.
• Improvements to the meat preparation area used by several butchers in the market.
• Better refrigeration and food preparation areas.
• Upgrades to allow better control of the temperature in the building, which has no heating or air conditioning, to address the heat of summer and cold of winter.