Politics & Government

City Council OKs Money to Study Playground Relocation

Council authorized transferring $20,000 from a contingency fund to begin studying what would be needed to relocate the playground near Annapolis Elementary School.

City Council unanimously voted Monday night to spend $20,000 on a study associated with the proposal to build a parking garage along Compromise Street.

The move came near the end of the council meeting as a budget transfer. The shuffling of funds was unanimously approved. Alderman Ross Arnett was absent.

City Manager Michael Mallinoff said the money would be moved from a contingency fund.

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He said the money is intended to pay for a study of the playground near and what would need to be done if it would be relocated to make way for a parking garage there.

The money will not be used to begin planning an actual project. The county Board of Education is planning a renovation project of the aged school building, which will require relocating the students to .

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City officials have been to take advantage of the time when students are out of the building to construct a garage near there.

The issue of moving the playground and even building the parking garage has and even against the project. The school's parent-teacher organization is against losing what little open space the school has and they also have expressed concerns over the various problems that could arise if a garage is built that close to the school.

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