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Council debates using construction sales tax to secure $200,000 county grant for downtown pickleball courts
Summary
Staff asked the council to use construction sales tax funds to match or bridge costs so the city can accept an expiring $200,000 county grant to build pickleball courts on school district property under a use agreement; councilmembers raised access, maintenance and priority concerns but no formal vote is recorded in the transcript.
City staff asked the Arlington City Council to allocate construction sales tax funds to finish a downtown pickleball court project so the city can accept a $200,000 county grant that is expiring.
Paul (staff member) told the council the county awarded a $200,000 grant to build pickleball courts and that the city had negotiated a use agreement with the school district to place the courts on school property. Under that agreement the school district would use the courts during school hours while the city would make them available to the public evenings and weekends. Paul said the county grant is time‑limited and…
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