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FROSTBURG — Work on Frostburg’s new dog park should begin soon with the go-ahead to award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder for fencing at the Calhoun Park site.
The mayor and City Council voted at Thursday’s public meeting to authorize the mayor and commissioner of water, parks and recreation to award the contract once the bidder is determined.
“There’s no city dollars in this construction, it’s all donations, but it is a city contract,” said City Administrator John Kirby. “Those bids are going to be opened up tomorrow, and we believe they’re going to be successful.
“A lot of the money was raised by puppy training classes; that lady donates funds from that to the foundation and has done so for quite some time,” added Kirby.
The Dog Park Committee has raised $14,925 through donations and special events held by the Foundation for Frostburg.
The mayor and council also voted to reimburse capital expenditures, to sell surplus vehicles and equipment, and acquire and install LED units on certain city-owned street lights.
A public hearing to discuss an ordinance authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds will be held at the city’s Aug. 19 meeting.
A second hearing that night will address revising regulations for the Prichard Farm master planned community to designate it as gateway residential zoning due to a substantial change in the character of the neighborhood.
The amendment includes a description of permitted uses and lot and yard requirements. Each home is defined as single-family and limited to occupancy of two unrelated adults age 18 or older.
If the amendment is passed by the mayor and council, it will go into effect Sept. 8.
Cory Galliher can be reached at cgalliher@times-news.com.
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