Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward’s office released the latest budget figures and master plan for $8.2-million Bayview Community Center. The original budget for the project that approved for the FY 2017 budget was $6,050,000.
The Pensacola City Council was given the documents yesterday at 5:01 p.m. yesterday. As of 2 p.m., the documents were not available on the city website for the public to review. I received them upon request at 2:04 p.m.
The Final Public Hearing on FY 2018 Proposed Budget & Millage Rate is today at 5:30 p.m.
This is as good a place as any to post this request;
The new Bayview Community Center should be dedicated to, and named;
The Richard S. “Buddy” Connelly Community Center.
Please seriously consider this. Many of us know what Bayview meant, and was when he was the Director there. That spirit should continue and he should be honored with such a fine center.