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ADDENDUM It - DESCRIPTION OP 'I'lll? Mtn;II,C'I The proposed project: :iit,' is Silver View Park. Silver View Park is a 52 acre park nil-1 IOC-Ood ill Ihr r,•nlrr of I'11e rity.al' Mnund:. View Ind is Lhu nl;ljnr c,nnnntnlly pork :; lulu! Ih,. emir,` pnpulaulni ul tale City of Moumhi View, 'Illy` park Il,r; 1 n umb•I ,:uusl.rucl,iun fur Lhu past year and at this time the park lannscapinij has been very minimal, The major Lhrust. 11 Lh„ p:u-k d--VI-lnpm"ml h,c; !""ll ill the acl:ivc athletic area Willi Itrnl :Null r;nithall%I,,u;ebal I I folds, parking lot, soccer field and general Lull c`sl..lblishuuml. One of the major features of Silver View Park has been the construcLion of. a Inanuladu pond whi,:h i:. 17..1{ acres in size. The pond bar,, a minimum depl:ll of 4 - S fr l with Ill., ni` `I •❑I cpnt approximately 14 feet lnral'ed un the wosl.ei;p edge ul Ulu pone!. The proposed projects main I:hrasl. would he to landscape and create buffer areas around the pond area including trail construction, rest areas, nature study instractiinl areas and biking, hiking, walking, jogging and cross country ski use in the winter time. The City of Mounds View would propose. I.haf. the Minnesota Department of Economic Security Crant would employ twelve unemployed individuals who would have three Illajur job rl;rponsihiliCics, The first major job responsibility would he preparal:inn of the trail hed area which would be compleLed in approximately .1 - 5 weeks. 'i'his phase of the project would include culling the undi`rlu•ush, cul.linq trues, doing rouyll grading, correcting soil erosion problems and terracing the area where needed. Once the initial t"Al w011 iti C11llllflc14"n, the ,rant proposes that we would sub uuL the bil.uminuus Lrail 111,lLuria1 preparation including dolomite or class 5 to Buck Miaektop at a cost of $24,552.00 for material with the remaining $12,700.00 in labor costs. The second phase of the project once the actual trail has been installed would be to clean the trail area and prepare the trail boulevard for landscaping, This phase of the project would take approximately two weeks and would be totally labor intensive which would include slaking of landscaping materials, purchase of landscaping materials, hole digging, soil preparation and distribution of mulch material. The final two weeks of the project: would be for actual installation of landscaping materials including the shade trees and prairie restoration area as well as installation and constructiol. of all site amenities. The major site amenities would include waste recepticles and construction of the bench areas. Staff envisions that the project would commence on Monday, July 11 and be completed at the end of ton weeks on Friday, September 2, 1983. It should be noted that the City of Mounds View has been involved with similar projects with other s!:ate and funeral agencies and our record is exempliary in completing Lhu final project within budget and as proposed.