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Sacramento will be able to start work on turning a vacant parcel at 19th and Q streets into a small Midtown park, but it is unclear exactly when that will happen. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week the city will get $600,000 in grants to clean up brownfields, which are industrial or commercial properties available for redevelopment but unused or under-used due to real or perceived environmental contamination. A third of the grant monies, $200,000, will be used to ready the site near R Street Marketplace for recreational use, said Hindolo Brima, spokesperson for the city's Department of Parks and Recreation. The park will be less than five acres and feature an u