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Committee backs LCCMR grant application for multiuse facility at Pebble Lake Golf Course
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The Fergus Falls Committee of the Whole voted to recommend that the City Council authorize submitting an LCCMR grant application seeking up to $2 million to build a year-round, multiuse recreational facility at Pebble Lake Golf Course; the project would require a 25% local match.
The Fergus Falls Committee of the Whole voted to recommend that the City Council authorize submitting a Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) grant application to build a year-round, multiuse recreational facility at the Pebble Lake Golf Course.
Clara Beck, who introduced the application to the committee, said the project would expand the site’s uses beyond golf and connect to the public beach and the Central Lakes Trail. “We would be requesting up to 2,000,000 and I believe the a full 2,000,000 from the LCCMR program,” Beck said, noting the capital project requires a local match of at least 25 percent.
Committee members asked for clarification about acceptable matching funds and project design. One member asked whether the match “can it also be private money, or does that have to be city money?” Beck replied that the match only needs to be non-LCCMR funds and can include city funds or private donations; she said the city cannot solicit on behalf of the grant but may find community partners to help meet the match.
Members discussed program features the city would seek through a city-led design process if the grant is awarded, including winter uses such as cross-country skiing and a possible rink, as well as summer amenities like roller-skating and shuffleboard. Beck said the grant would pay for design and construction and that the city expects to design the building to “the specs that we would need for year round multi recreational use.”
A committee member cautioned that earlier engineering work for the golf course had been overdesigned and said the city should ensure the new design is appropriate for the community’s needs.
The committee moved and approved the recommendation by roll call. If the council follows the committee’s recommendation, the application will proceed through the legislative grant process and, if awarded, require the city to deliver the project as described in the application and meet the grant’s reporting requirements.
The item is expected to go before the City Council at its next regular meeting on Monday.
