The Santa Maria City Council on Nov. 15 agreed to help fund construction of new athletic facilities at Allan Hancock College, contributing $250,000 from the city’s Recreation and Parks fund.
Under terms of a new joint-use agreement, yet to be signed, the city would contribute $62,500 annually for two soccer fields and a football practice field on the Hancock campus.
Over the summer, the college’s board of trustees approved a $2 million plan to build a new track and the fields, in addition to relocating the John Osborne baseball field.
This article appears in Nov 23-30, 2011.