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Bahama Village advisory board backs application for $1.5 million LWCF grant to renovate MLK Pool
Summary
The Bahama Village Development Advisory Committee voted to support staff’s application for a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant — a competitive federal award with a maximum $1.5 million and a required 50% local match — to fund renovations at the Martin Luther King Jr. Pool.
The Bahama Village Development Advisory Committee voted to support staff’s application for a Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant to renovate the Martin Luther King Jr. Pool.
Engineering Department project manager Keith Breen told the board the LWCF award has a maximum of $1,500,000 and requires a 50% local match. “What it is is that it is a maximum award of $1,500,000 with a 50 match,” Breen said, and staff intends to request the full award while providing documentation that the City can meet the local match.
Why it matters: the pool needs multiple repairs and some work — including drainage and mechanical fixes — became evident only after initial assessments, staff…
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