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Parks committee to apply for RCO grant; volunteer hours to count toward match
Summary
A parks committee member said they will apply to the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) starting Feb. 11 for playground and volleyball-court equipment and plans to count volunteer and in-kind city crew work toward the grant match; participants recalled different maximum grant amounts.
Unidentified Speaker 2 asked about parks grant plans and Unidentified Speaker 4 said they will apply to the RCO; "Starts on February 11 is the first day that the application's open," Unidentified Speaker 4 said, and they planned a webinar on Feb. 10. The parks applicant said they had reached out about playground equipment and a volleyball court and expected volunteer hours and city crew preparation to count as in‑kind match.
Speakers discussed match and grant maximums. Unidentified Speaker 4 said the relevant program has a "$500 or $550,000 maximum," while Unidentified Speaker 2 recalled a substantially larger figure ("I thought it was 2,000,000"). Committee members confirmed the match requirement verbally as "The match is 30." Unidentified Speaker 4 said they had help available to put the application together and will proceed to apply.
The discussion indicates the committee plans to pursue state parks‑type funding for local recreation improvements; specific award amounts and the exact program stream should be confirmed during application preparation. No grant award or council action was recorded during this meeting.
