A highly positive note was struck at Tuesday evening’s Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education meeting when Dr. Arvind Mathur, Chairman of the Board’s Facilities Committee, announced that the Bridgewater Soccer Association, Inc., and Bridgewater Lacrosse, Inc., both non-profit organizations, were donating $500,000 for a new turf playing field at the High School.
Expected to be ready by spring, 2011, the artificial turf field will be located on the site of an existing grass playing field located behind the bleachers of Basilone Field, facing towards the High School. The topsoil currently in place will be skimmed off, seeded, and used for a grassy viewing area immediately around the turf field, according to Mathur.
The BR-BOE voted unanimously to approve a resolution accepting this donation. The resolution which was introduced by Dr. Mathur reads in part:
“The donors have agreed to pay for all costs associated with the development and construction of the Project, including, but not limited to, the cost of the turf field and the installation thereof, testing, design costs, professional fees, permits, land use approvals, if required, and for any unforeseen conditions, including, but not limited to, delay or other claims made by contractors on the Project.”
The two-page legalese document goes on to cover other detailed aspects of the agreement. It appears to leave no possibility for the Board to end up with major expenses associated with this project.
Board President, Jeffrey Brookner, commented that, “We have the land and no money. They have money and no land. It’s a marriage made in Heaven.”
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