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The town officials and design consultants will present several alternatives created by the team formed to find a way to rebuild the pavilion.
“Penfield Pavilion is a very important and visible facility along the Fairfield shoreline. The process to determine the future of this facility will be a well vetted public process that will come before many town boards. The purpose of this meeting is to receive public input at this early conceptual design stage," Fairfield Department of Public Works Director Joseph Michelangelo said in a statement.
Public comment will follow the presentations. After extensive damage to the Pavilion last October from Storm Sandy, the town hired a design team, led by Jose-Miguel Albaine P.E., to evaluate the damages and consider how to repair the facility.
“It is important that our Town holds this meeting to get the public’s input on repairing one of Fairfield’s most treasured landmarks. The town wants to ensure that the new pavilion will withstand severe weather and continue to be part of our community for generations to come,” First Selectman Tetreau said.
The town and design team will present three design options at the Aug. 27 public meeting:
- Repair the structure with the same current footprint at the same elevation;
- Repair the structure and raise the elevation above the new FEMA flood elevations; and
- Repair the structure, raise the elevation above the new FEMA flood elevations, and relocate the facility to the north by about 80 feet.
Although Penfield Beach is open to the public, the pavilion remains closed. Once a course of action for the building is decided upon, the town will begin the final design process.
The meeting will take place Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. at the Jacky Durrell Pavilion located at 401 Fairfield Beach Road.
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