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Committee debates $1 million coastal resiliency request, staff says grants often reimbursable
Summary
Committee members debated a $1,000,000 coastal resiliency appropriation, with proponents saying local funding enables grant applications and staff explaining that many grants are reimbursable and appropriations remain until projects close.
Committee members spent an extended portion of the meeting debating a proposed $1,000,000 appropriation for coastal resiliency work.
A committee member summarized the department’s request as largely intended to secure grants, permits and engineering: funding "to secure grants and in kind contributions permitting an engineering," and several members worried that not approving the local appropriation could handicap the department’s ability to apply for or manage grants. "They told us that... they can't go apply for grants if they don't…
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