At the regular meeting of the Parks and Recreation Board, Commissioners Justin Heath, Kris Hadley, Bob Franke, Ava Case, and Amber Getto approved funding generated by the Residential Construction Tax of $38,000 to go toward a cutting arena for the fairgrounds that can be used both indoors in the 3-C Event Complex, as well as outdoors at the fairgrounds.
They also approved $15,000 for a shade shelter and concrete pad at the Cottage School to be used by the children attending the CARES program and SumFun, as well as $10,000 for a walkway and handrails.
Parks and Recreation Director Jorge Guerrero said that his department has been working with the Fallon Rotary Club to create a covered area and six picnic tables at the Cottage School complex.
Additionally, Guerrero discussed several events that were been held at the 3-C Event Complex: The Bull Futurity, Backroads Vintage Market, Barrel Racing events, the No Hill 100 with over 100 riders, the Fast Draw competition that is upcoming, along with the Goyler fall rodeo, and the Annual Haunted House that will be held in the old jail at the District Court Building.
Guerrero also reported that the three Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act grant funding applications had been submitted. County Manager Jim Barbee presented the applications to the Bureau of Land Management that runs the program on October 5. There is a 30-day review process, and then the county will have 30 days to make any changes to the application and re-submit. There is then a 30-day process to decide on awards, and funding will take roughly a year to be released.
The county submitted three projects: an upgrade of the ball fields on North Maine Street for $9M, upgrades to the fields at Oser Regional Park for $37M, and upgrades to the 3-C Event Complex for $27M. Guerrero said this round of funding through the SNPLMA is $300M.
He also reported the disc golf course has been relocated to the Liberty Pond area and is heavily used by the public, and the local disc golf club has been excellent stewards of the facility.
The Parks and Recreation board meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
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