GOSHEN —
Goshen City Council and school board members have a lot to talk about.
On Tuesday the two panels will hold their annual joint meeting and discuss a long list of projects that might come up in the future, including a community recreation center featuring a swimming pool and three gymnasiums.
The meeting, set for 7 p.m. at the Goshen Community Schools Administration Center, 613 E. Purl St., is billed as a collaborative effort and exchange of information about the various ways the school board and council are working with and supporting one another.
“As far as I’m concerned, it’s a fantastic thing,” said GCS Superintendent Bruce Stahly. “There are many communities where the city and schools aren’t necessarily on the same page. So here in Goshen, it’s nice to be able to have the city, the schools and even the local Chamber all working together on many joint projects.”
Goshen Mayor Allan Kauffman was quick to agree.
“I think both Stahly and I agree that it’s pretty important for both local government and schools to stay in close contact and stay supportive of one another,” Kauffman said. “We have some common challenges, and the quality of the school corporation is vital to the development of the city. So this is just a way for us to mutually know what is going on in each other’s camps.”
Board agenda items
According to Stahly, included among the bigger items set for discussion at Tuesday’s meeting is the proposed construction of a community center complete with a competitive swimming pool, a recreational pool and three gymnasiums.
“Bill Rieth will be talking a little bit about the proposed community center,” Stahly said. “It’s not doing anything yet, but we will be discussing when that may come up. Right now it looks like the most likely location for the center is the old city garage. That’s what is being discussed, but it’s really in rough format right now.”
Also up for discussion will be the possible reconstruction of U.S. 33 in front of the high school and the affect that may have on the school’s baseball diamond, which Stahly said may need to be relocated.
“In terms of property use, I don’t think there’s anything new there on the agenda,” Stahly said, “but we will be looking at the U.S. 33 options and what that could mean for our baseball diamond.”
Other items of note on the school board’s radar include discussions on the South Link Road, the impact of tax caps on corporation revenue, implementation of the Horizon 2.0 education initiative, and the soon-to-be-opened GCS Health and Wellness Center.
City agenda items
As for the city’s side of things, Goshen City Council President Tom Stump made particular note of a cooperative sidewalk program between GCS and the city, which involves the replacement of sidewalks used by students to walk to and from school.
“We collaborate on various projects throughout the city, and one of the main ones that comes to mind is the sidewalk program that the city has, where they have been replacing sidewalks that are used by children walking to schools,” Stump said. “They don’t replace all of them, but they coordinate on which ones need to be replaced first.”
Other city projects up for discussion at the meeting include updates on the Monroe Street and Abshire Park trails, a newly proposed bike path around Goshen High School, the planned installation of several painted arrows, or “sharrows,” along 10th and Reynolds streets promoting bicycle safety and discussion of the next phase of work on the Maple City Greenway trail system.
“At first glance it looks like a pretty big agenda, but in reality there will just be very brief reports on all of these items,” Stahly said of Tuesday’s hefty agenda. A breakdown of Tuesday’s The agenda is available at www.goshenschools.org/public-records/school-board-meeting-agenda-minutes.
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Goshen High School’s Phend Field baseball diamond is locked in the cold of snow and winter. At some point in the future the field may be moved to the former Johnson Controls factory site, which is marked by the water tower in the background.
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