LUCERNE >> Lake County is requesting a $434,000 grant to make repairs, enhance or rebuild the boat launching facility in Lucerne.
The Lucerne Harbor Boat Launch Improvement project will look to input tie-up facilities with better access for transient boaters at the harbor and make improvements for current facilities.
This will enhance public access to and from Clearlake and Lucerne while helping with the community and business development.
The county will be applying for the grant through the Division of Boating and Waterways Boat Launching Facility (BLF). Although this Facility does not require a match in donations, the County will provide up to a 25 percent match in funds for the project. This will be possible through a combination of General Funds and Quimby Park Development Fees
Public Services Director Lars Ewing said the actual cost for the project would be up to $588,000 but did not want the grant to pay for the entire cost of the project to give city input.
“The project was brought to our attention by the district representative Jim Steele,” Ewing said. “We recognized the benefit and the need of the project and we applied for the grant.”
If everything goes accordingly and the grant is given to the department for the project any work done on the Harbor Boat Launch would start in a year and a half Ewing added.
Currently the department is in the fees aspect of the project and trying to get the finances to cover it. How the construction will look on the project is still unknown.
“I can’t tell you if it will be closed or not, but it will be impacted,” Ewing said.
Information on the grant approval will not be known until later in the year because of the competitiveness for the funds.
