With several repair and upgrade projects on tap for 2018, Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District board members unanimously approved an ordinance to issue $860,000 General Obligation Park Bonds on Monday night.
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ROCHELLE — With several repair and upgrade projects on tap for 2018, Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District board members unanimously approved an ordinance to issue $860,000 General Obligation Park Bonds on Monday night.
The funds will be used to cover the costs of a new filter/pump system for the Spring Lake pool, new decking around the pool entrance and work at Spring Lake Marina to bring the bathroom and kitchen up to handicapped accessible standards.
In addition, park commissioners have committed funding to upgrade the youth baseball diamonds at the Little League complex, the May School fields and the large Helms Field north diamond.
The work includes adding new backstop and baseline fencing, installing three new scoreboards, refurbishing the exterior of several press boxes with siding, repainting dugouts and improving the quality and drainage of the dirt infields.
At the Lincoln School AYSO soccer fields, the park district is planning to build a storage shed for use by league organizers, and at the Helms football field a new press box is expected to be built for use during Rochelle Jr. Tackle games.
“We have several needed improvement projects planned this next year and these bonds will be earmarked to help us complete them,” explained park director Roger Bunger. “Last year, we focused on the bike path extension and resurfacing of the original path, and this year we are trying to address facility upgrades for many of the popular youth sports affiliate programs in town.”