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Council pauses Stewart Park phase 1/2 decisions as federal grant review continues
Summary
City staff told council the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) federal grant pre-award NEPA/Section 106 review is underway; state reviewers asked the city to treat Stewart Park as a single project and pause activity tied to phase 2. Council asked staff for more information and pulled the decision for later follow-up.
City staff updated the Beaumont City Council on May 6 about the status of a potential $3.1 million matching grant from the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) for Stewart Park Phase 2 and described options after the state asked the city to treat the park project as a single site for federal review.
Parks project manager Doug Storey told council that Beaumont had been selected by the State of California to be one of 14 jurisdictions forwarded for federal consideration. The city remains in the pre-award stage: staff have entered the federal requirements portion of the process, which includes NEPA and Section 106 review. Storey said the…
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