It seems that the Provincial Government is announcing these Spirit Square Legacy grants every second day. Hopefully our City has applied for such a grant for Polson Park. Is it up to the City or GVSC to apply and what is happening with the Insurance money from the Arson in that park?
We have a grants officer in Vernon and it might be interesting to get a report on the outstanding grants that are being applied for, grants that have been applied for and were not successful and those grants that were successful. A Quarterly report to Council and the public might be useful?
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On Monday a Grant Status report Agenda Package - 3.5MB P.22 will be given to council. Of interest are the following items:
- A BC Spirit Grant of $650,000 applied for Feb 16/07 under BC150 for Civic Complex Landscaping Project was CANCELLED ?
- Two $1,000,000 under MCS/ MRIF each for the Library Project dated Jan 31/07 were DECLINED on Dec.18/07. This is interesting because both the Referendum brochure and all those full page Civic Complex Advertisements in January/08 contained the following: How much money has been raised through grants? 'The City of Vernon and the Library have applied for over $2.8 million for project construction. If the referendum is successful these monies will substantially reduce the level of borrowing.' (You reconcile these two items, I can't !)
- There was $6600 received under a UBCM grant for Mature Driving Project that was NOT USED. The project is listed as being complete. Will the City have to return the money. Perhaps this will be turned over to a meeting of the Mature Driving Committee chaired by Coun Beardsell for resolution?
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