Mission Trail Nature Preserve Pedestrian FootbridgeDoolittle Trail (east of Rio Road Entrance)
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MONTEREY PENINSULA REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF CARMEL 2009
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA Seal
MONTEREY PENINSULA REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT Seal
Preserving & Protecting Parks & Open Space
(Placard on Bridge, on left bridge post in photo)
CITY COUNCIL: $10,000 Grant from the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District
CITY COUNCIL: $10,000 Grant from the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District
Meeting Date: 8 January, 2008
Prepared by: Mike Branson
City Council
Agenda Item Summary
Name: Consideration of a Resolution accepting a $10,000 grant from the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD) for construction of a new pedestrian footbridge in Mission Trail Nature Preserve (MTNP) and authorizing a transfer from the Capital Improvement Reserve until grant funds are reimbursed.
Description: The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea applied to the MPRPD in August of this year for a grant to construct a new pedestrian bridge in MTNP. The MPRPD has awarded a grant to the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea in the amount of $10,000 for the new bridge.
Overall Cost:
City Funds: $5,000 (mid-year request for permits and foundation engineering)
Grant Funds: $10,000
Staff Recommendation: Accept the grant award of $10,000 from the MPRPD for a construction of new pedestrian footbridge in MTNP.
Important Considerations: The grant agreement between the City and the MPRPD and the grant guidelines are attached. The MPRPD grant is supported on a reimbursement level. A transfer from the Capital Improvement Reserve Account to a general fund account will allow the proper designation of project expenditures to support reimbursement requests. A map of MTNP with the proposed bridge location is also attached.
Decision Record: The MPRPD grant application was authorized by the City Council on their meeting of 7 August 2007 per Resolution 2007-51.
Reviewed by:
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Rich Guillen, City Administrator Date
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
RESOLUTION 2008-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE MONTEREY PENINSULA REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN MISSION TRAIL NATURE PRESERVE AND AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT RESERVE UNTIL GRANT FUNDS ARE REIMBURSED
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WHEREAS, the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District is awarding grants for parks, open space, and coastal preservation projects within its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea applied for a grant to construct a pedestrian bridge in Mission Trail Nature Preserve; and
WHEREAS, the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District has awarded a grant to the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea in the amount of $10,000 for construction of a pedestrian bridge in Mission Trail Nature Preserve; and
WHEREAS, the grant is paid on a reimbursement basis and a transfer of $10,000 from the Capital Improvement Reserve to a project account will allow proper designation of expenses to support reimbursement requests.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA DOES:
1. Accept the grant of $10,000 from the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District for construction of a pedestrian bridge in Mission Trail Nature Preserve.
2. Authorize the City Administrator to enter a grant agreement between the City of
Carmel-by-the-Sea and the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District.
3. Authorize a transfer of $10,000 from the Capital Improvement Reserve Account to general fund account 01-87601 designated for the grant project.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA this 8th day of January 2008, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
SIGNED,
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Heidi Burch, City Clerk
ATTEST:
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Sue McCloud, Mayor
3 comments:
Why did it take the city so long to make this formerly inaccessible trail finally accessible to park users? Because the city refused to appropriate general fund revenues, as little as $10,000-$15,000 for a bridge over the gully, and waited for a grant from the MPRPD. Further proof it is not the amount of general fund revenues from year to year, rather it is the political will and leadership to do what needs to be done for the residents and park users of a park sorely in need of attention and maintenance. And please don’t believe the folks parroting the asinine line “we need to sell Flanders in order to maintain the park.” No we don’t, we desperately need leadership for doing the things residents use and need.
Along with Serra Trail and Willow Trail, we now have a secondary trail to the east of Serra Trail at the southern end of Mission Trail Park. The views of the Mission and beyond are really great from the trail. This completed bridge now makes this possible. Now if the city would only see to the excess vegetation, like poison oak growing everywhere between and near the trails.
Thanks to the MPRPD for the grant monies awarded to Carmel for this bridge. Because if it were not for these grant funds we would in all probability be without a bridge today to access part of Mission Trail Nature Preserve inaccessible before. Thank you!
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