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<br /> . ~ <br />, <br />. <br /> EN HILLS <br /> MI<:MORANDUM <br /> DATE: November 8, 2006 AGENDA _ITEM: 7D <br /> TO: Michelle Wolfe - City Administrator <br /> Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> FROM: Michelle Olson, Recrcation Program Supervisor 7"',) <br /> SUBJECT: DNR Local Trail Connection Program <br /> ENe: Trail Map, Local Trail Connection Program Information <br /> BACKGROlJND <br /> The Tony Schmidt Underpass trail project was recently completed by Ramscy County Parks and <br /> Recrcation. The Parks, Trails, and Recreation Committee (PTRC) has requested staff to apply <br /> for a grant through the Minncsota DNR Local Trail Connection Program to connect this <br />. undc'lJass trail to Pen'y Park. An aerial map of the proposed location is included for your <br /> revIew. The grade up to Perry Park is a challenge and the location highlighted is thc only <br /> feasible area for ADA compliance. Staff has figured a preliminary cost estimate for this trail <br /> segment at 538,500. There is a finy percent cash match for this program for eligible expenses. <br /> Therefore, if awarded the grant, the City must complete the project and fully pay for it, produce <br /> documcntation that shows actual expenditures and thc City will receive half of what was spent <br /> up to their grant award. Engineering fees arc not eligible for reimbursement (estimated at <br /> S5,0(0). The PTRC did kntativdy add this trail location to their strategies at their Octobcr 17, <br /> 2006, mceting. The Committee will be bringing back revised stratcgies, including this trail <br /> segment at the November 27, 2006, Regular City Council Meeting for approval. The grant has a <br /> deadline of February 28, 20C)7, and the awards will be announced sometime in July 2007. Starf <br /> does plan on bringing forward an offi.cial resolution to the City Council supporting the completed <br /> grant application sometime in February 2007. <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> Staff recommends a motion to authorize City Staff to apply for a grant through the Minnesota <br /> DNR Local Trail Connection Program and authorize City Staff to budget from the Park Fund in <br /> 2007 for $38,500 in expenditures and $\(>,750 in rcvenuc. <br />. <br />