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VENTURA — In an effort to drum up money from outside sources, the City Council voted to apply for a $250,000 state grant to rebuild the still battered and broken Ventura Pier.
The grant from the state Wildlife Conservation Board would supplement a $2-million insurance payment to rebuild the 425 feet washed away by winter waves in December 1995.
The city is set to receive $2 million in insurance money, but that will fall far short of the $3.3 million needed to strengthen the existing pier and restore it to its 1,958-foot length.
The city would have to match the grant with money drawn from the insurance settlement.
The Wildlife Conservation Board is set to meet May 1 to decide on funding allocations.
City engineers say they hope to begin pier reconstruction in July and complete the project before the winter storm season begins in November.
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