The last last-ditch plea for Notre Dame?
"As we conveyed to City Manager Augustus and all parties involved nearly a month ago, in the absence of a willing, able and well-capitalized party with a viable redevelopment plan, we are unable to incur further carrying costs, or to add to the significant costs already incurred, to further delay the environmental abatement and related demolition that is presently well underway,"
She also pointed out that John Kelly, the city's commissioner of Inspectional Services, told the
All of which means that demolition now underway of the vacant, nearly 90-year-old church will apparently continue without further delay.
But Mayor
But he said the city manager is willing to still take a look at the two petitions.
"We'll send them to the city manager and see what happens,"
CitySquare II initially had planned to preserve the church and find another use for it, but after several years without success in that regard, and with the church falling into disrepair, a decision was made to demolish it.
"Why are we still here?"
The suit is pending in
He said cost of the compromise proposal would be "quite manageable," possibly in the range of
"We're not talking about restoring Notre Dame for year-round use so the cost would be much lower,"
In a related matter, Councilor-at-Large
She said an effort should be made to transfer ownership of the windows to a preservation organization, such as Preservation Worcester, so they can be properly stored until an appropriate re-installation site is identified.
"We should try to salvage what we can given the fact that the church has been cannibalized already,"
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