UPDATE: You received an email on Monday saying the pergola would be removed with the pillars remaining while council completes a plan for a probable shade structure or structures. The removal was completed Tuesday. You can see our “new look” in this photo.
The pergola surrounding the Campus Center on the south and east sides of the building has rotted and turned into a safety issue. Timbers have fallen and will fall. Fortunately no one has yet been hurt. The pergola, an addition to the Campus Center years after its construction, has been worked on twice in the last 12 years to replace some of the boards and to paint it. However far too many boards are in need of being replaced including the large support timbers which are original to the pergola addition. Council has been working for some time on a plan for shade on both the east and south side of the Campus Center but has yet to finalize a plan. In the meantime a bid to remove the wooden portions of the pergola for $500 has been submitted only if we accept the bid now. Council, in their meeting April 11, voted to accept this bid.
Yes, this means the pillars will remain for now. It may not be the best look for awhile until a plan and funding for the plan are completed, but it will make us safer. Think of the pillars as socially distanced soldiers willing to stand guard as we are now made safer.
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