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Ocean Shores parks board presses administration to clarify RCO grant match after mapping-tool confusion
Summary
Board members said a state RCO youth facilities grant could fund much of a park revitalization but disagreed with city staff about the required local match; the board wants the administration to get a definitive answer before the grant deadline (early April).
Ocean Shores — The Parks Board spent the bulk of its Sept. 10 meeting urging city administration to resolve an apparent discrepancy over the required local match for a state RCO youth facilities grant that could finance a major park revitalization.
At issue is whether Ocean Shores qualifies for a 30% match reduction using the state’s mapping tool or whether the city’s grant manager and a state grant manager are correct that the match is 50%. The board’s speaker said the mapping tool shows a 30% reduction, which would make the local share roughly $450,000 on a project the board described as costing about…
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