Committee discusses Eve site groundwater, summer program impacts and a community skate‑park proposal

Facilities staff updated the committee on the Eve (Evaleth) building site, reporting groundwater infiltration in a lower boiler area, nonoperational sump pumps that were recently replaced, and the practical effect that the district’s summer recreation program will not be able to use that building this year.

Committee members said the building’s high groundwater level complicates reuse and that keeping an unused building in inventory imposes maintenance costs. A community member has proposed exploring a skate‑park at the site; the presenter said preliminary designs under consideration range from roughly 5,000 to 10,000 square feet and that the proponent has investigated liability insurance and grant possibilities but needs a preliminary green light from a town office or official landholder before fundraising or construction can proceed.

Members emphasized process constraints: if the district decides to declare the building surplus, the matter would require a town‑meeting decision (and interim steps such as surplus declaration) rather than a unilateral committee action. Participants discussed alternative potential town-controlled locations and said the town planner could advise on next steps.

The committee did not make a formal decision on the building’s future at the meeting. Facilities staff will follow up on the sump‑pump repairs, confirm whether water and heat can be reliably restored for future use, and advise on the steps required to declare surplus or to partner with town agencies on reuse options.