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Mona Council approves application for LWCF park grant; public asks about land deed terms
Summary
Council approved submitting a Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant application to support park improvements and pickleball courts; staff explained LWCF grants typically include deed restrictions that protect park use and limit future land conversion.
The Mona City Council approved resolution 2025-30 to submit an application for a Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant for park improvements, including pickleball courts.
A staff member described LWCF as an outdoor park grant that, if accepted, results in the land being deeded for park use and therefore protected for recreation: "It becomes a permanent, the d it's the land is deeded over to the state, and it is a park forever," the staff speaker said during the discussion. A member of the public asked whether the state could later remove the pickleball courts; staff responded that LWCF restrictions are intended to preserve recreational use and would not permit removing an approved recreational improvement without replacement or a formal change in use under LWCF rules.
Council approved the application to meet grant application requirements; staff noted the application requires engineering details and that the deadline for submission is Jan. 15. Council and staff discussed that grant awards typically occur months after the application and that work done before an award is generally not eligible for reimbursement by the grant program.
The council vote to approve the LWCF application was made, seconded and recorded as 'Aye' in the transcript.
