The Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) for the State of Washington has created a new grant opportunity to fund deferred park maintenance projects.  The grant will fund up to $100,000 of deferred park maintenance needs per jurisdiction.  As part of the application process, the Yakima City Council is required to approve the grant application prior to submission.  The grant does not require matching funds like the other RCO grant programs and the process will be extremely competitive.  We anticipate that the cost for the project will be $90,000. 

The grant application will be for the crack filling, re-coating, installing new net posts and repainting the tennis court lines on nine tennis courts at Kissel Park.  Park Maintenance was able to crack fill, re-coat, install new net posts and repaint the tennis court lines on three of the twelve courts at Kissel Park in the past, but the remaining nine courts also need to be improved.