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Forest Park council approves IEPA green-infrastructure grant application for Constitution Court parking lot after questions on cost and funding source
Summary
Council authorized an IEPA green-infrastructure grant application for work at Constitution Court parking lot, and members asked staff to correct a funding-source error on the draft application (general fund listed instead of VIP) and to provide more detailed cost and condition information before accepting any award.
The Village Council voted Aug. 27 to authorize submission of a green infrastructure grant application to the Illinois EPA for improvements to the Constitution Court parking lot, and pressed staff for more detail on condition, costs and the application's stated funding source.
A commissioner asked whether the village would be penalized for applying and then declining the grant; staff answered no, the application can be corrected and the village will not be penalized for later declining an award. Council members also noted the draft…
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