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Board reviews $2.5 million county match for zoo—lephant 'Boma' grant application
Summary
Staff told commissioners the zoo's elephant Boma project involves a roughly $9.9 million budget and that Sedgwick County is being asked to provide a $2.5 million local match; staff said the Zoological Society would match $2.5 million to support an application to secure the remaining funds.
County staff summarized a pending grant application for the zoo's proposed elephant Boma project and explained the intended local match structure. "If we do 2.5 and they did it's a they're asking for the $9,900,000 The match comes from Sedgwick, 2.5 from Sedgwick County and then 2.5 from, the Zoological Society," a county staff member said while outlining the match mechanics.
The agenda also includes a funding agreement item listed as "Item AA," described by staff as the county's $2,500,000 match for the Boma project. Commissioners asked clarifying questions about the figures and whether the county's contribution and the Zoological Society's contribution would enable a larger outside award; staff confirmed those match assumptions in the agenda review.
