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Committee approves applying for state park improvement grant to fund playground projects
Summary
The committee voted to apply to the New Mexico Department of Finance program for park-improvement funding and recommended prioritizing three playground projects; the precise dollar totals discussed in the meeting were not clearly specified in transcript.
Parks staff briefed the committee on a New Mexico Department of Finance announcement of $7.5 million statewide to support park improvements and recommended the city apply for funding to complete three remaining playground projects: Sunset, Pat Sandoval and Potter.
Russell Hooper explained that the committee's preference was to request funding that would cover a larger playground at Potter and smaller neighborhood playgrounds at the other two sites. During the discussion Hooper said "it comes out to a total of 500" when summarizing the proposal; the meeting transcript did not clarify whether that figure referred to thousands, hundreds of thousands, or the currency units intended. Commissioners moved to direct staff to apply for the announced grant with the playground priorities and the motion passed by voice vote.
The committee did not set a final grant request amount in the meeting record; staff will prepare the formal application with project scopes and dollar amounts for submission to the Department of Finance.
