Photo taken On Tuesday, the City asked for funds to help install wheelchair lifts to improve travel convenience for students and senior citizens
The timing of the Marshall-CARES grant was wrong, but the Lyon County Commissioner stated that they will still work hard to help pay for the wheelchair lift at the Tracy Veterans Memorial Center. After hearing the request from the City of Tracy on Tuesday, the county council voted to approve a total of $55,000 in lift funds-partly in the form of grants and partly as zero-interest loans to repay the county for five years.
Tracy City Chief Executive Erik Hansen said the city is requesting funds from Lyon County CARES to install a wheelchair lift on the VMC. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tracy District Public Schools are currently hosting some eighth grade courses at VMC. A classroom is on the second floor of VMC. Hansen said: “Now, that can only be reached by stairs.”
Hansen said that although the students are not in VMC for the time being, it “has long-term benefits to make the building open to the public.” He said that the city of Tracy also plans to sell its multi-purpose center building and may transfer the “dining” service to The kitchen on the second floor of VMC.
Hansen said that the cost of installing the elevator is $38,900, plus the cost of engineering and site preparation is estimated to be between $10,000 and $20,000.
The plan to sell a multifunctional center building for a new cafe and transfer the social service meals of the high-end center and Lutheran church to VMC has caused some controversy. According to the “Tracy Headlight Guide” report, last week, about 12 elderly people from the Tracy area attended the Tracy City Council meeting and said they did not want the high-level center on the second floor.
At the Lyon County Board of Directors meeting, County Auditor/Treasurer EJ Moberg stated that he believes that it is impossible for the lift project to receive a CARES grant because the work will not be completed until the December 1 deadline. Hansen said it only takes a few weeks to lift the wheelchair.
However, the county commissioner stated that they do support allowing wheelchair users to enter the VMC building. Commissioner Gary Crowley (Gary Crowley) said this will also have economic development benefits for Tracy.
Commissioner Rick Anderson (Rick Anderson) proposed that the county provide Tracy City with a reserve of $40,000 for wheelchair lifts and pay back $15,000 at zero interest rate within five years. Anderson said the money returned to the county will be put into the revolving loan fund.
Lyon County Administrator Loren Stromberg said the county will need to establish a revolving loan fund to repay the money received from the loan.
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