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school, through Eagle Mountain and come out on Gap Road. The Mayor said <br /> the grant would be a 20% match with 80% federal monies. The city would have <br /> to pay for the study at a cost of up to $40,000. If the study is approved it would <br /> be a multi-million dollar project because of the rough terrain through Eagle <br /> Mountain. Because of the lack of funds, Councilmember Gaither moved that the <br /> Mayor write the Highway Commission and tell them the city is no longer <br /> interested in developing an eastern by-pass. Councilmember Ford seconded <br /> and all voted for. <br /> The Mayor said he has re-submitted a grant for a western by-pass that <br /> would run from Highway 167 and Southerland Drive, along the levy wall and end <br /> at Central Avenue. The Mayor said the grant would be a 100% grant with no city <br /> match. <br /> Mayor Biard said the rules have changed in applying for Parks and <br /> Tourism grants. In the past, a city was limited to $50,000 per year with a 50% <br /> match. Now the limit is $250,000 but a 50% match is still required. The council <br /> agreed that the city was going to have to stop dipping into reserves for grant <br /> matches therefore, they told the Mayor not to apply for any grants through Parks <br /> and Tourism that required a city match. <br /> The Mayor said the council needed to decide on how to proceed with the <br /> River-walk grant of$280,320 that the city has already been approved for. The <br /> city would have to match $73,584. The Mayor said he hated to turn the grant <br /> down but realized that the match would have to come out of reserves since the <br /> proposed one-cent sales failed last month. The council discussed the possibility <br />