The East Side Baseball Association is asking the Cobb Board of Commissioners to donate more than $207,000 for an improvement project at Fullers Park, where the youth baseball organization plays.
According to an agenda item for Tuesday’s meeting, East Side is requesting to donate $207,482.52 for a 2011 SPLOST (Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax) project that includes replacing natural grass fields to synthetic turf.
The agenda item states that “this donation will allow this project to move forward as there are not enough funds to complete this project without the Eastside Baseball donation.”
The agenda item indicated that only $71,461.48 remains in the line item for Fullers Park, which has eight baseball fields.
The 2011 SPLOST collected $82 million for parks and recreation improvements, including $2.9 million for Fullers Park.
Previous renovations at Fullers Park included new concession buildings and scoreboards, irrigation improvements and electrical upgrades and updated interiors at the recreation center.
The Board of Commissioners meeting begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the second floor board room of the county office building at 100 Cherokee Street, Marietta. You can view the full agenda by clicking here.
You also can watch the hearing on the county’s website and YouTube channels and on Cobb TV 23 on Comcast Cable.
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