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~ ~ EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: January ]4,2008 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Michelle Olson, Parks and Recreation Manager SUBJECT: DNR Local Trail Connection Program ENC: Trail Map. Local Trail Connection Program Information BACKGROUND ]n February of 2007, stafT applied for a Local Trail Connection Grant through the Minnesota DNR. Unft)rtunately, the City was not selected ft)r the grant. The area that the PTRC and staff recommended for this grant was a pathway connecting Perry Park down to our lift station. The map from that application is included. The grade up to Perry Park is a challenge and the location highlighted is the only feasible area for ADA compliance. ]n recent discussions with Ramsey County regarding the Tony Schmidt underpass trail and the lift station road connection, the County indicated they would seek funding to pave the lift station pathway from County Road E2 to the underpass trail. This would leave the area from the underpass trail to the lift station, unpaved. City stafT has tentatively planned to add that segment to the 2008 DNR grant application. Staff has figured a preliminary cost estimate for this trail segment at S58.500 and did place this in the approved 2008 budget. There is a fifty percent cash match for this program It)!. eligible expenses. Therefore, if awarded the grant, the City must complete the project and fully pay for it, produce documentation that shows actual expenditures and the City will receive half of what was spent up to their grant award. Engineering fees are not eligible for reimbursement (estimated at 58,500). The PTRC does have this trail location listed in their strategies. The PTRC will bring back revised strategies. including this trail segment at a future Council Meeting ft)r approval. The grant deadline is February 28, 2008, and awards will be announced sometime in July 2008. Staff will bring ftlnvard an otlicial resolution to the City Council supporting the completed grant application in February 2008. RECOMMENDA nON Staff recommends a motion to authorize City Staff to apply ft)!' a grant through the Minnesota DNR Local Trai] Connection Program.