The Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office just got more leeway in implementing its beautification projects after receiving a $200,000 grant from the Marianas Visitors Authority.<\/p>\n
Special assistant Henry Hofschneider of the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office said that about $93,124 of the $200,000 is intended for beautification projects along the Governor Froilan C. Tenorio Beach Road Pathway.<\/p>\n
According to Hofschneider, the amount would go to the installation of pot d\u00e9cors filled with colorful flowering plants that will hung on light posts along the pathway.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are also going to use the money for planter boxes that are very decorative. We are going to put them along Beach Road so that our tourists and locals could enjoy [them],\u201d he said. \u201cAll we need to do now is to work out the details of the project.\u201d <\/p>\n
Hofschneider said additional project details would be looked into and possible assistance worked out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lampposts are not designed to bear too much load, so we are going to look at planter boxes that could hang and not damage the lamp post,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The $106,876 leftover from the MVA grant is still with MVA. He said that MVA would draft the agreement and, after all has been approved, MVA will authorize the transfer of the $106,876 to the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office, where it would be held or managed until it is needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s to pay off heavy equipment rental and contractor work at Sugar King Park,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Hofschneider mentioned that $23,000 was also granted to the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office to improve plants and other fixtures at Sugar King Park.<\/p>\n
Unlike the $200,000, the $23,000 grant is strictly for the renovation of Sugar King Park.<\/p>\n
\u201c[SMO wishes to] improve plants at Sugar King Park and repair wooden benches that are dilapidated. We are working with a contractor now to give us price estimates,\u201d said Hofschneider.<\/p>\n
He added that the money would be used to repair cracked or uneven walkways in the park.<\/p>\n
He said the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office was given a year to spend the money, but SMO does not wish to wait that long.<\/p>\n
MVA managing director Chris Concepcion said MVA is in full support of government agencies that wish to beautify the island.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe MVA values our partnerships with these agencies and others as we work together to beautify our islands,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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