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The Overton County School Board approved final site plans for the renovations of Livingston Academy Stadium Tuesday night.
Engineer Don Collins said this was the last approval needed to move forward with with the project.
“That plan has got an updated site plan, as well as an overall plan with a proposed property line for a purchase from the Mason family as well as, architectural designs,” Collins said.
That future land purchase would be roughly 20 acres from Dr. Larry Mason. Collins recommended purchasing seventeen acres for a future track and soccer field and another three acres for dirt to use for grade work.
“We’ve surveyed the entire property,” Collins said. “Not just the Mason property, but also, the Livingston Academy property. It is our intent to combine both of these parcels in a single parcel at the end, so we can do that by deed.”
The Board of Education agreed to allow Interim Director of Schools Donnie Holman and Board Member Mike Hayes to pursue the property purchase.
Collins said the main changes made to the plan since the board’s last meeting was parking. In total, 59 parking spaces and three bus spaces are included in the site plan. Engineer Chelsea Hannan said ADA parking was moved from the field house to fit a 40-spot parking lot. The five ADA spaces would be adjacent to the parking area. Hannan said pavement was also expanded behind the visiting side bleachers for bus parking.
“There was also some talk about congestion of the road during the games,” Hannan said. “So, we added some parallel parking along this access road. It will be making it wider to add paving and keep parking off the road.”
As for the two story amenities building, the first floor would be used for concessions and bathrooms. The second floor has an event space and holds the visiting team’s locker room. About four feet was added to each floor to accommodate for better access.
Lastly, a new ticket booth was added near the tennis court.
The visitor and home bleachers will switch sides and have a capacity of about 3,500 with 2,500 seats on the home side.
A previous estimated time line of the project has the renovations starting mid-July. Livingston Academy will play this football season at another venue.
