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Show s Gity reapplies for state park improvements grant Last year, Park City's request for a $315,000 grant to be spent on extensive City Park improvements was turned down. But City Planner Plan-ner Jennifer Harrington was undaunted. She went back to the drawing boards, pared $18,000 from the original request, and resubmitted the grant application. The deadline for grant applications to the Land and Water Conservancy Fund is Oct. 1, and Harrington said f she hopes to hear whether f Park City's proposal has been accepted by Nov. 1. The proposal is essentially the same as the one submitted last year and includes plans for new rugby, soccer and baseball fields, a recreation building with restrooms and equipment storage space and a parking area for 125 cars. It covers Phase 1 of the city's Parks Master Plan and encompasses approximately approxi-mately eight acres of the park. Plans for Phase 2 include improvements on an additional 3.7 acres of park property. This year, Park City is asking for $297,303 which would be matched with an equal amount of city funds. The reductions in this year's grant request were made possible by promises of assistance from 7-Eleven, Mountain Bell and Utah Power and Light, said Harrington. Harr-ington. She said she is optimistic about Park City's chance for winning the grant this year. Out of 70 applications applica-tions last year, Park City's was ranked 13th in line for funding, but because of cutbacks, only 10 of the . applications were approved. This year, there is more money in the Land and Water Conservancy Fund, and according to Harrington Harring-ton $800,000 will be allocated to Utah projects through the State Division of Parks and Recreation. Harrington said she spent at least 60 hours on the original grant application, and 20 hours on the revisions. revi-sions. "I'm optimistic but I don't want to get my hopes up too much," she said. If the grant is approved, construction con-struction will begin next spring. |
