Williamsburg’s city council members are set to vote Thursday on borrowing an additional $15 million for the $80 million regional sports center. At their work session Monday, council members also expressed support for building a new downtown library for more than $26 million.
But they seemed more skeptical of a proposal to raze 122 acres of trees at the city reservoir to accommodate a solar farm.
According to the motion city council will consider later this week, Williamsburg will be responsible for ensuring repayment of an additional $15 million bond to cover the costs of completing and equipping the sports center.
Williamsburg initially agreed to pay $2.5 million a year of the original debt to build the sports center, and the Historic Triangle Recreational Facilities Authority pays $1.5 million a year. James City and York counties, which along with Williamsburg make up the regional authority, committed to paying varying amounts of subsidies for operating the center, from $400,000 to $8…