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Lake Street The area available at the intersection of Lake Street and Lakeshore is the south half of an extension of the Lake Street right-of-way which contains a storm sewer line down to Savage Lake. The grade difference at this site is less than that at Old County Road C and drops approximately 10 feet from the street down to the Lake in approximately 150 feet. This would result in a constant grade of approximately 6.6%. The grade would be about 4% flatter than the Old County Road C location, but still would not meet an ADA grade of 5%. The driveway for 164 Lake Street would make it difficult to obtain additional distance to allow for the construction of a gentler slope. This site is located adjacent to Nadeau Wildlife Park on the south side of Lake Street. There is no direct off-street pedestrian access to the Park or this street corner, however parking is allowed on Lake Street and the Park does likely have some resident use. Summary Of the two possible locations for an access to Savage Lake, the right-of-way off of Lake Street would be the preferred option based on this cursory review of access. While it does not appear that ADA accessible access can be achieved at either site, the Lake Street access would be significantly less steep than an access off Old County Road C. The proximity of Nadeau Wildlife Park and the possible on street parking on Lake Street are added benefits of this location. This review only looked at the ability to construct an access and its relative ability to be used by residents. A large factor that is not addressed by this review is the benefit a public access to Savage Lake would provide City residents. A request was made to review the possibility of providing public access to the lake, but no survey or citizen input has been completed at this time to determine the amount of support or desire for this access. To our knowledge the Park Board has never discussed the possibility of this access and the next step may be to have them review the merits of this access and what use it could provide (i.e. a nature overlook, water access to the lake, etc.).