Even as the battle to save Memorial Hall continues, Joplin City Council appears ready to move full speed ahead on its plans for what to do after the historic building falls victim to the wrecking ball.
During Monday night's 6 p.m. council meeting, members will be asked to approve a contract with an architectural firm to design the veterans park that has been suggested as a replacement for Memorial Hall.
After receiving proposals from 10 firms and interviewing five, city officials are recommending a contract with Garver LLC for $149,481 to provide "designs, plans, specifications and construction administration services."
According to the information city staff provided to the council, the plans for the park will incorporate some of the history of Memorial Hall "if possible."
During the same meeting in which the architectural contract is expected to be approved on first reading, the council will hear more about Memorial Hall from Jill Halbach and Luke Gibson during the citizen presentation time.
What a waste of money. Let’s keep up with the Jones family next door Joplin.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the city council should visit a few of our parks. While a few of them are decent many are neglected, the mowing is lazy, lackluster maintenance, and in a couple of cases flat out dangerous. How about we take care of what we have before we waste money on another.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they construct a Veterans Memorial at Schifferdecker Park, since it is the oldest park in Joplin. It could be built on the site of the old armory, on the corner of 2nd Street. Plenty of room there.
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