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drive and enough passion to make this work.”

Councilmember At-Large Pam Grove also said the community center is a “well thought-out” plan for youth programming that involved a lot of community engagement.

District 1 Councilmember Pat Driscoll said he was concerned about the nancial sustainability of a project like this.

“You give them $750,000 and you know, who knows if this even survives?” he said.

Jerry Valdes, the council member for District 2, said he did not want to give such a large amount of money without seeing a detailed budget.

At the meeting, Cooper outlined the school district’s expected costs of building maintenance, janitorial services, utilities, salary, signage, marketing, and programming. Valdes said he wanted more details.

“I think that that’s a request

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City sta also presented two internal options for the stadium district funding, including a youth internship program and a rst job program through the city to provide experience and education in local government.

Driscoll said he thought it would be worth putting out more communications to the community to see if other organizations have needs, they will want to use the stadium district funding towards.

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