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Council submits rushed Main Street grant for park pavilion; pool cleaned, volunteer offers to monitor flag
Summary
Council members submitted a last-minute Main Street grant application to fund a park pavilion and assembled five letters of support; they also reported the pool was cleaned and a local youth volunteered to monitor the flag lighting, pending volunteer/liability checks.
Council members said they had two weeks to prepare and submitted a Main Street grant application that included a bid for a pavilion near the playground and five letters of community support (chamber, bank, school and others). They said the pavilion was framed as supporting downtown businesses by giving park visitors a place to sit and visit local stores.
"We had to hurry up and get this done," the Chair said, noting the grant deadline was imminent. Council members said they also included pavilion funding in a Fish, Wildlife and Parks grant application as an alternative if the Main Street grant is not awarded.
Separately, staff reported the park pool has been drained and cleaned for the offseason. A local high-school-age youth volunteered to monitor the park flag and flag lighting; council members asked staff to confirm volunteer liability and whether the youth would need to be enrolled in a volunteer program or sign a volunteer agreement.
Council asked staff to follow up with bids and to verify grant submission status; no formal vote on park expenditures was taken at the meeting.
