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Work at South Cortland site could begin by the end of the month
By JACOB DeROCHIE ham Pipe of Cortlandville, two years from when the deal '
Staff Reporter LRS Cos. of Lansing, Fahs was finalized in March 2017
jderochie@cortlandstandard.net Construction Group of Bing- to recreate the facilities from
CORTLANDVILLE — A hamton and RB Robbinson Citizens Park at the Gutchess
Tioga County company won a Contracting in Candor. RB Sports Complex.
$3.9 million bid Wednesday to Robbinson was the highest The completed complex will _',
build the first phase of a 100- bidder, with a total offer of have four baseball diamonds, 3. ,"- ~�'
acre park on Route 13 in South about$1 million more than the eight soccer fields and three ; —'---.. ' — ' " p
Cortland. winning bid, Tupper said this sand volleyball courts. ./ ..• „- Qac pr
The Cortlandville Town morning. Deputy Supervisor Ted Tes- . , ' ^p "" . ;. _• •
Board awarded the contract to Construction could begin by to said the facility, in planning ;
the lowest of five bids for the the end of the month, he said, stages for three years, could ' -
work, ZMK Construction Inc. and town officials and contrac- be completed in 10 years, but , " ;�; ° \ .
of Apalachin. tors met this morning to begin added: "It all depends on the , ' ® ! ` '
"We are very anxious to get planning. funding." : + > ' , + ' " "
started," said Town Supervi- The project would: Cortlandville hopes to host ' ' A ' �'• � � '
sor Richard Tupper. He wasn't • Level the site, and uneven travel tournaments, high , • � `�� .- y, - �, -1
sure when work would begin, patch off Gracie Road, to ac- school baseball, soccer, la- . `,°; _ -, fi =-1: -
but expected it to be complet- commodate playing surfaces. Crosse, Little League baseball - y
•ed by fall. • Build two ball fields, rec- and NCAA games when the
In addition to the base bid, reating facilities now at Citi- complex is completed.
the town approved six of nine zens Park. A feasibility study by Chica- �', , .
options for additional work, • Install a parking lot,walk- go-based Market and Feasibil- • _ ' V '-
including street lighting, an ing paths and utilities. ity Advisors stated the corn- , , . V
electronic scoreboard, exten- The site was previously plex would support 102 jobs
ions for water and sewer lines owned by Gutchess Lumber, and create $2.4 million a year
within the park and outfield which swapped the land to in spending. c, � ''
fences for the two turf baseball the town in return for the 6.1- Also Wednesday, the board
fields, acre Citizens Park in February scheduled a public hearing
Tupper said this morning 2017. The Citizens Park land for 5 p.m. at its May 16 meet- .rim
the fields would comply with is adjacent to the Gutchess fa- ing to discuss an aquifer pro- a Graphic provided by the town of Cortlandville
dimensions required to have cility on McLean Road. tection permit for a proposed The Cortlandville Town Board approved bids Wednesday for construction of the first phase
NCAA-sanctioned games. As part of the land swap, 1,800-square-foot fire training of a town sports complex in South Cortland, including baseball fields, multi-purpose fields,
. The other bidders were Ad- Tupper had said the town has facility. a walking trail and other amenities.