Finally, a home for VFW Post

After 70 years Mantecas Jimmie Connors Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 is going to finally have a home.

The City Council Tuesday night approved a $1,160,000 design and build contract with Diede Construction to build the 3,600-square-foot Moffat Community Center that will serve as the posts home at 560 Moffat Boulevard.

The completion date is July 3, 2015 to allow for a Fourth of July dedication. A ground breaking is tentatively set for Monday, Dec. 1, at 3 p.m.

For 70 years weve never had a home of our own, VFW Commander Carlon Perry told the council.

The post has been using the American Legion Post in the 200 block of East Yosemite Avenue.

Perry noted that it means veterans will be able to go to one location for everything from health services to socializing.

For what you (the veterans) did, you deserve it, Councilwoman Debby Moorhead said.

The center will be built on city-owned land sandwiched between the arsenic treatment plant built last year and the storm retention basin/mini park that are across the street from the trailer park adjacent to the Manteca High athletic fields. The new home of the VFW post will back up to the Tidewater Bikeway.

The work includes the building, a parking lot and some landscaping. The balance of the property will be landscaped at a future date.

The city has entered into a 20-year lease with Jimmie Connors VFW Post 6311 for use of the Moffat Community Center. The lease notes the structure will be a public building. It will be available for rent by the public when it is not being used for its primary purpose of serving veterans groups and veterans events.

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Finally, a home for VFW Post