Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell gathers up all the loose change he can manage and heads down to the farmers market in hopes of purchasing a farmer or two to help him get through the winter season. Since none are for sale, he settles for as many potatoes as he can stuff in his jacket. Hungry from the day’s adventure, he peels the potatoes with his bare hands and eats them on the walk home, leaving a trail of skins that spell out the city memo.
Thin is in
But skating is out
The weather is getting colder and ice is beginning to form on several ponds, including the ponds at White Park and Beaver Meadow Golf Course, Aspell writes. Please stay off all ponds, as the ice is still too thin. Unless you are a paper doll, in which case, you’re probably not reading this anyway.
The ponds at White Park and Beaver Meadow will open for skating as soon as conditions allow; however, they will not be ready for several more weeks. Ice elves will continue to apply more ice to each pond as time allows. Please check the Parks and Recreation web site at concordparksandrec.com for updated information.
Park it
Dude, where’s your car?
The city has 15 uncovered parking spaces available for lease in the Durgin Block Parking Garage, Aspell writes (but the city wishes it had uncovered 15 parking spaces). The annual lease rate is $1,044 per year, and includes property taxes. It does not have to be paid in quarters and dimes.
Interested parties should contact the city’s Parking Division at 225-8640 for more information. Bachelorette parties should contact the Insider directly.
Keep it clean
Just crushing stuff
Cleanup work continues at the former Allied Leather Tannery and Amazon Realty sites, Aspell writes. And also on aisle 4. Recent accomplishments include winning the Heisman Trophy and removal and disposal of 321 tons of PCB contaminated soils from the Amazon property. Looking ahead, the contractor will continue to remove concrete slabs at the property, which shall be crushed, processed, bedazzled with sparkly glitter and reused as backfill at the site. Work is anticipated to continue through the winter, pending weather conditions, which are likely to be wintery.
Dolla dolla bills, y’all
That means money, obvs
The city has reached a settlement agreement with Primex, the city’s property and liability insurance provider, for the former Agway property located at 6-9 South Commercial St., which burned in August 2012, Aspell writes. The city will receive $79,031, although the bulk of the funds are expected in Chuck E. Cheese coins. Let’s play ski ball!
These funds will be deposited into the North End Opportunity Corridor Tax Increment Finance (NEOCTIF) District – which ranks as the eighth clunkiest acronym in America – as the district financed the acquisition and demolition of this property.
