Council approves park grant application

Date: Thursday, February 05, 2009
wveigel@farmersvilletimes.com

By Wyndi Veigel

Staff Writer
 
Improvements to the baseball park may be made by the 2009 Local Park Grant program for small communities.
 
The Council voted after a public hearing last week to submit an application for the grant.
 
There were no comments heard during the public hearing.
 
The grant will allow concrete on the east parking lot, basketball goals, volleyball court, picnic tables and a butterfly garden.
 
“If we have an opportunity to improve our parks and recreation facilities, we will take advantage of those opportunities,” City Secretary Edie Sims said. 
 
If awarded, the grant will be in the amount of $147,300 with $73,650 matching from the city of Farmersville.  
 
“We have a very good chance of acquiring this grant,” City Manager Alan Hein said. “Since the city of Farmersville does a lot of the work in house, this factor makes us more appealing to the grants being offered.”
 
The grant allows three years for the completion of the project.
 
In a unanimous decision, Councilmember Lee Warren made a motion to approve the resolution to authorize the application submission with Councilmember Billy Long seconding the motion.

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