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Alpine Women's Club receive Neighborhood Reinvestment Program
Funds
By Joe Naimen
The Alpine Sun
The allocation of District Two
Neighborhood Reinvestment Program awards approved April 13 by
the San Diego County Board of Supervisors included funding for
the Alpine Women's Club and the Pine Valley Improvement Club.
The Alpine Women's Club was allocated $6,535 to install
a restroom meeting Americans with Disabilities Act standards on
the ground floor of their clubhouse, and the purpose of a
previousgrant to that organization was amended so that the
entire $20,000 amount from the June 2009 grant can be spent on
the construction of the bathrooms. The Pine Valley Improvement
Club will receive $20,000 to pave its parking lot. The funding
was provided through the office of County Supervisor Dianne
Jacob and approved on a 5-0 Board of Supervisors vote.
The Alpine Women's Club owns and maintains the historic
Town Hall building which dates to 1899. Other civic
organizations also use the building, and performances occur on
the facility's stage. Meeting Americans with Disabilities Act
standards in a historic building requires extensive work.
Each county supervisor has a discretionary Neighborhood
Reinvestment Program budget which provides funding to schools
and other non-profit organizations and can also be used to
supplement funding on county projects. Each supervisor
recommends the allocation of his or her Neighborhood
Reinvestment Program funds, although those allocations must be
approved by a majority of the Board of Supervisors.
The Neighborhood Reinvestment Program budgets are
funded by balances in the previous year's general fund.
Each county supervisor also has a Community Enhancement
Program budget which is funded by the Transient Occupancy Tax
collected from lodging facilities in the unincorporated portion
of the county. In June 2009 the Alpine Women's Club was awarded
$15,000 of Community Enhancement funding for the ADA-compliant
restroom and $5,000 to trim eucalyptus trees on the facility
grounds. Because the restroom project is more costly than was
anticipated, the supervisors authorized the amendment of the
previous grant to allow the entire amount to be used for the
restroom renovations.
The Pine Valley Improvement Club building is the only facility
in Pine Valley which can handle large gatherings and is used by
various civic groups and local government boards for meetings.
The Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funding will assist with
the paving of the parking lot to accommodate the visitors to the
club house.
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