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Council authorizes application for $400,000 RCO grant to light youth athletic fields
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Summary
The council approved Resolution 1874 authorizing staff to apply for a $400,000 Washington State RCO youth athletic facilities grant; parks director said the city has $202,000 in impact fees toward the 50% match and will budget the remainder in 2027.
Enumclaw’s City Council voted April 27 to authorize a grant application to the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) seeking $400,000 to light youth athletic fields.
Parks Director Aliyah Hibbs briefed the council that relamping and lighting costs increased since initial estimates and that the proposed RCO award of $400,000 would be leveraged with existing impact fees and an additional local match. Hibbs said the grant requires a 50% match; staff reported the city already has $202,000 in impact fees and would budget an additional $198,000 in the 2027 budget, noting the total project budget estimate is $800,000 including a 15% contingency.
Council member Krejzer moved to approve Resolution 1874 and Council member Smith seconded; the council approved the resolution by voice vote.
Why it matters: The lighting project would increase usable hours for youth athletics on the named fields and depend on matching local funds in the 2027 budget if the grant is awarded.
Quote: “This grant application proposes an award of $400,000, and we will leverage ... impact fees and a match,” Parks Director Aliyah Hibbs said. “We already have 202,000 in impact fees ... the additional budgeted funds in 2027 would be 198,000.”
Procedural note: The transcript shows approval by voice vote; the meeting record did not include a roll-call tally of individual votes.
