City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Request to Accelerate the Upgrade of the Athletic Facility at Armistead L. Boothe Park due to the Delay in the Completion of Outdoor Recreation Facilities on the Patrick Henry School and Recreation Center Site.
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ISSUE: Improvement of outdoor recreation facilities in the City's West End.
RECCOMMENDATION: That City Council (1) approve the acceleration of the Armistead L. Boothe Park recreation improvements, and (2) acknowledge the plan to reschedule the Patrick Henry School and Recreation Center outdoor recreation improvements in the City's Capital Improvement Program to FY 2023.
BACKGROUND: On April 4, 2019, the Alexandria City School Board approved school staff's recommendation to delay completion of the new Patrick Henry K-8 School and Recreation Center Project and utilize the old Patrick Henry Elementary School building as a swing space during the modernization of Douglas MacArthur Elementary School. The decision to keep the old elementary school as swing space will delay the construction of a new synthetic turf rectangular field with softball overlay for a minimum of four years. Prior to the construction of the new facility, the school and recreation site had a dedicated natural turf rectangular field and a natural turf ballfield with an overlay natural turf rectangular field. After construction an artificial turf, rectangular field, and artificial turf ballfield were planned to be installed at Patrick Henry.
The upgrade of the athletic facility at Armistead L. Boothe Park would consist of the conversion from a natural grass diamond field with traditional dirt infield and natural grass overlay rectangular field, to a full synthetic turf diamond field with syntheti...
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