(The following letter was send to the City Council before its meeting on June 24, 2025)
Watertown Leadership,
I hope each of you are well and finding a cool space today.
I am expecting the Victory funding to be supported tonight and are hopeful that all the alternates are approved.
It is obvious to some of us and will be for the rest of you when Phase II is completed that the Phase II AD HOC plan is lacking in key amenities and / or ignored the core needs of this section of the Victory Field Complex which were clearly identified in the 2014 plan.
Not including additional parking (32 spots), including busses, a larger circle for better circulation, a plan to solve the Title IX issue of the field house, ADA violation of the elevator and press box accessibility. Wi-Fi, cameras, phone coverage extenders, appropriately size and located storage units and an artificial turf field is a monumental failure and those responsible for their choice have not acted in the best interest of our residents.
Since the storage specifications are not included in the current design plans, there is still hope to scrap the awful plan of installing storage units across the street.
I am appreciative that the original plan recommended by the Recreation Department of installing outdoor AEDs at every recreational facility in this calendar year has now been approved and lives could be saved because of it. Thank you to those who made that happen.
Could the questions still outstanding of the planning department – open space division and the sub committee on parks and recreation be answered in the near future?
Thank you for your time.
Regards,
Peter Centola