# Council appropriates $20,000 for the Ray Park and Riley Trail projects using returned grant money

## What happened
The council appropriated $20,000 into the Ray Park and Riley Trail budget. City staff explained the money is a refund: the city only needed half of a $40,000 state grant to pay for last year's Thompson Ditch Trail study, and the unspent half was returned, so the council voted to put it back toward trail projects at Ray Park and the Riley Trail.

## Who it affects
If you use Ray Park or the Riley Trail, this money is earmarked to keep trail work going in that area.

## The outcome
Passed unanimously, moved by Councilperson Loudermilk and seconded by Councilperson Hinton.

## Sources
- [Roll call: 7 present, 2 absent, 0:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9hy0CgsX4c&t=54)
- [Clerk reads the appropriation, 26:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9hy0CgsX4c&t=1598)
- [City staff explain the source of the funds, 27:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9hy0CgsX4c&t=1624)
- [Vote and passage, 27:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9hy0CgsX4c&t=1677)

*Also known as: Appropriation 3, 2026 · Riley Trail funding · Ray Park trail money · EDIT Riley Trail · Thompson Ditch Trail Study refund*