HUDSON — The Hudson Select Board authorized the permission to sign a $29,000 agreement with Kyle Zick Landscape Architecture for style and consulting services for the prepared Hudson Dog Park, an effort that has actually been years in the making.
At the March 27 Select Board conference, Director of Recreation Steven Santos explained that the Park Commission chose to make this park a concern.
A residents group called Hud Dog formed around 2016 to support the effort to bring a dog park to Hudson. Five years back, in 2018, the Park Commission carried out a study to determine what the Hudson neighborhood desired in the town, and a dog park became a leading concern from that study.
When the town’s Master Plan was carried out in 2020, Sauta Fields was a possible website for the park, said Santos.
“Then COVID hit, things slowed down and here we are,” said Santos.
There is available grant financing to be discovered for the dog park, he said.
While the Hud Dog group thinks that Sauta Fields is a good prospect for a website, there is likewise the alternative of utilizing Farina Field. The Park Commission will have public conferences and a possible study as the procedure unfolds and an agreement is signed.
The building grant funds will originate from the Stanton Foundation Canine Welfare Grant program, according to main details offered on the Park Commission online website.
“The largest funding source for this project will come from the Stanton Foundation, and this afternoon, I had the pleasure of listening to Joe Connelly, the liaison of the Stanton Foundation,” said Santos.
He met Connelly and developed a relationship with him and the Stanton Foundation, who are “well aware of what we’re looking to do.”
The Stanton Foundation funds $25,000 of style work and $250,000 for park building work, he said. There is likewise a capital enhancement strategy once the park is total.
However, by 2025, the grant program for jobs like a dog park will be phased out by the Stanton Foundation, so he kept in mind that “time was of the essence.”
“I’m really looking forward to this project,” said Santos. “Again, there will be plenty of opportunity for public input.”
Select Board member Judy Congdon asked if there was another alternative if Farina Field did not exercise as a website. Santos addressed that examining the possible websites like Sauta and Farina fields would be the very first top priority for the style company. The company will pertain to the Park Commission with schematic styles and expenses quotes.
He did note that both websites have obstacles concerning wetlands and “sensitive resources areas,” however were the only existing alternatives.
She thought it would be “a great addition to this town.”
Downtown parking
The Select Board likewise authorized with one abstention the agreement for VHB in the quantity of $50,000 for a Downtown parking research study.
Member Shawn Sadowski asked if the South Street lot will be thought about with the “willingness to redesign the parking layout” to have more than simply all-day, two-hour and over night parking.
Executive Assistant Thomas Gregory said the research study would consist of the lot.
One agreement of note was an approval for $924,946 for Mass Broken Stone Company for the milling and overlay of a number of roadways in Hudson, consisting of Tower Street.
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