Plans are in motion to construct a new shelter on Bluemont Hill near the scenic overlook.

The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board moved Monday to recommend the city partner with the Manhattan Kiwanis Club on the project. It’s now up to the city commission to decide the shelter’s fate.

“We felt that a shelter up there would be nice, rather than just picnic tables,” Mark Maxwell, past president of Manhattan Kiwanis, said. “It would make it more enjoyable to come up and have events for your family and stuff up there.”

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For the first time in years, CiCo Park won’t be hopping with ballgames this spring and summer, as the park undergoes a major renovation.

The project is one of the final pieces of the 2017 voter approved quality of life sales tax initiative that also saw the construction of recreation centers at Anthony and Eisenhower Middle Schools, in addition to $3 million in trail improvements.

Construction began in December with removal of the ball fields and tennis courts. Aaron Stewart, director of Manhattan Parks & Recreation, said he too got emotional when the iconic colorful scorers boxes came down.

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