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TO: CITY COUNCIL
FROM: COMMUNITY RELATIONS ASSISTANT
DATE: NOVEMBER 11, 1983
SUBJECT:HUTCHINS STREET SQUARE
The Old LUHS Site Foundation Board of Directors has declared
the development of the northwest corner of the site as a
priority. The working drawings are complete and monies have
been raised to assist with financing.
The two -acre park is a visible and sizeable project and
easily completed without disrupting present activities on
the site. The estimated price of the project is $170,000.
Funding for this project would come from the following sources:
Debt Retirement Match Fund: $76,200
Peak Shaving Program (81-82): $11,000
Donations: $15,000
Currently, we are $67,800 short of the mark. We anticipate
three fundraisers, not including our Fall 182 debt retire
ment campaign which should raise the needed
Foundation Board is asking for a "loan" to get this,µ'proj"ect.
on a schedule with completion scheduled for early susmer
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To compliment the northwest corner park,'the Recreation•",u yi.Y
Commission has recently`endorsed'the outdoor activities
area and has offered $48,000 originally, slated for-Salas X
Park to Hutchins Street Square to construct two hhidball_
courts, two basketball courts, and some outdoor'Iield
I ghting.adjacent to the park project', These additions:;{
will expand the activities`and uses of the open'"ipace. `=
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Community Re
cc: Jack Ronsko
Ed DeBenedetti
Foundation Directors
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