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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section: T2• liNDS STAFF REPORT Report Number: 93-462WS AGENDA SESSION DATE April 5, 1993 Report Date: 4-1-93 DISPOSITION Item Description: Lakeside Park Operations Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY; I have prepared a grant application for the funding of the bridge at Silver View Park. Not a bridge to span over the pond, but rather a bridge to span over the storm water ditch along the path leading from the sidewalk on Silver Lake Road to the playground/picnic shelter area. The steep slopes on either side of the ditch do not comply with ADA regulations. For a paved path to be installed, the slopes need to be lessened. A bridge would accomplish this, whereas, a culvert would not. The bridge would be pre-fab and made of steel. I have talked with many people who have these bridges and no one has had vandalism problems. This bridge funding was not eligible for LAWCON funding. However, • LAWCON funding has been received for the paving of the path on the north side of the pond, including this area leading from Silver Lake Road to Long Lake Road, providing an excellent connector to the new Long Lake Road sidewalk. ISTEA, a new funding source for trailways and enhancements does allow the funding of pedestrian and bike bridges. Therefore, I hope to submit this grant, and I think that it has a very good chance of funding because it meets criteria and is ready to go right now, in conjunction with the paving of the path with the LAWCON grant -- hopefully, this Spring or early summer. The grant asks a 20% community contribution. We have already committed our parks ' money in 1993 to projects and the match for the LAWCON grant. I have discussed the situation with the Parks and Recreation Commission. It is their recommendation to the City Council that we ask for a loan from the City for the $12,500.00 and pay it back next year with our 1994 Park Dedication Fees. The grant will be submitted for $50,000. 00 (the minimum) and will include the paving of Greenfield Park pathway as well as the bridge. If you recall, the paving of Greenfield Park path is a priority and goal of the . Parks and Recreation Commission. Mary Sa non, - ` of Parks, Recreation & Forestry • RECOMMENDATION: Approve the loan of$12,500 from the City for the 20% contribution for an ISTEA grant for the installation of a bridge for Silver View Park storm water ditch intersecting the path, and for the paving of the Greenfield Park trail- to be repaid to the City with the 1994 Park Dedication fee from the Everest Development.