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City Council Memorandum
To: Mayor Hicks & City Councilmembers
From: Barry Bernstein, Parks and Recreation Director
Date: September 30, 2010
Item: Resolution of Acceptance of 2010 Local Trail Connections Grant
Council Action Requested:
Adopt the attached resolution expressing acceptance of the 2010 Local Trail Connections Grant
Award in the amount of $100,000.
Background Information:
The City of Hastings has been desiring for some time to improve the trail crossing at County
Road 46/47 and Pleasant Drive and to connect our loop trail with an underpass at this point with
off-road trailway. Staff applied for and was granted an award of $100,000 from the Minnesota
DNR 2010 Local Trail Connections Program. This grant is reimburseable to the City of Hastings
on a matching basis for eligible costs outlined in the program manual and in our application.
Further discussions need to be held with the landowners in this corridor to determine the exact
placement of the trail and with Dakota County to determine the financial contributions they can
make to this project.
Financial Impact:
Unknown at this time based on trail placement and discussions with Dakota County and the
landowners in the proposed trail corridor.
Advisory Commission Discussion:
The Parks and Recreation Commission recommended acceptance of this grant.
Council Committee Discussion:
The Parks and Recreation Committee of Council recommended that this resolution be brought
before the full City Council.
Attachments:
Resolution Expressing Acceptance of the 2010 Local Trail Connections Grant
CITY OF HASTINGS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 10- -10
RESOLUTION OF ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FOR 2010 LOCAL TRAIL CONNECTIONS
PROGRAM
WHEREAS
, the City of Hastings supports the grant application made to the Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources for the 2010 Local Trail Connections Program. The City of Hastings will act as the legal
sponsor for the application made to the Department of Natural Resources for the reimbursement grant. The
project is to construct a 1.2 mile trail and underpass completing a gap in the City of Hastings 15 mile loop
system and to construct an underpass underneath County Road 46/47 to connect to existing trails within
Vermillion River Linear Park; and
WHEREAS
, the City of Hastings recognizes that the grant award will be reimbursed on matching basis for
eligible costs outlined in the program manual and our application;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
that the City of Hastings agrees to accept the grant award from the
aforementioned funding grant program, and may enter into an agreement with the State of Minnesota for the
above referenced project. The City of Hastings will comply with all applicable laws, environmental requirements
and regulations as stated in the grant agreement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
the City Council of the City of Hastings names the fiscal agent for the City
of Hastings for this project as:
Charlene Stark
Director of Finance
City of Hastings
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101 4 Street East
Hastings, MN 55033
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ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HASTINGS THIS 4 DAY OF OCTOBER, 2010.
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent:
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Paul Hicks, Mayor
Attest:
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Melanie Mesko Lee, City Clerk
(Seal)