City leaders voted earlier this week to send a $59 million, two-question bond referendum to voters in November to pay for the construction of a new 911 dispatch center and reconstruction of a 100-year-old North End neighborhood school. Common Council members met Aug. 19 to hear presentations on both proposals: a $48.9 million renovation and expansion of Macdonough Elementary School on the existing property at 66 Spring St. and $10 million rebuild of the tiny, one-room public safety office at the Cross Street firehouse. Michael Scott, from TSKP Studio architects of Hartford, presented the results of a feasibility study. The proposed new school could serve almost 350 students instead of the current 230, he said. The feasibility study for Central Communications, which also handles calls for Portland, was paid for with ARPA funds, according to Director Wayne Bartolotta.
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