Jamestown City Hall on Third St. is surrounded by Tracy Plaza, which is undergoing another renovation phase following action by the Jamestown City Council on April 27.
JAMESTOWN – The next phase of upgrading for Tracy Plaza has been given the go ahead by the Jamestown City Council.
On Monday night the council approved a resolution to hire Greenman-Pedersen firm to provide engineering and architectural design services for phase 2 of the Tracy Plaza upgrade process. The city will pay the firm – which is based in Buffalo but also has a satellite office in Jamestown – no more than $205,000 for its work. The cost of hiring the firm, as well as the $1 million needed for the total cost of the project – will be covered by money from a $3 million bonding initiative the city council approved earlier this year.
According to city council president Greg Rabb, the upgrade of Tracy Plaza has been a focus of the city for some time.
“It’s not only a plaza but it’s also a roof. Not only is the parking garage under there, but the police department and the fire department is also under it. So keeping that up to date so that we don’t have leaks – and we’ve already had some – so we need to have it fixed. Also, if you look at the community events that take place here… it’s an important community gathering spot as well. So it’s important that we do this upgrade.”
Last year the city completed phase 1 of the plaza upgrade, which included the removal of the parapet walls that surrounded the plaza and replacing them with open-air railing. Officials say this was necessary because not only were the walls starting to crumble, but the walls were also causing drainage problems.
In other city council news, lawmakers approved the purchase of three new F-550 Dump Trucks from Ed Shults Ford in Jamestown at a cost not to exceed $152,615. Funding for that purchase also comes from the $3 million bonding initiative.
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