HomeMy WebLinkAbout09727RESOLUTION NO. 9727
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DESIGNATION OF THE PUEBLO RIVER TRAIL SYSTEM
TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE TRAIL AND AUTHORIZING
THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION FOR TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE
PUEBLO RIVER TRAIL SYSTEM TO THE COLORADO STATE TRAILS PROGRAM, AND
AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL TO EXECUTE SAME
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Resolution No. 9450 on December 10, 2001 supporting
the Colorado State Parks initiative known as the "Colorado Front Range Trail "; and
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, COLORADO, that:
SECTION 1
This resolution is hereby requesting Colorado State Parks to designate the Pueblo River
Trail System identified in Exhibit 1 as part of the Colorado Front Range Trail.
SECTION2
The president of City Council is hereby authorized to execute and deliver the grant application,
a copy of which is on file at the City of Pueblo Community Development Department, for trail
improvements to the Pueblo River Trail System on behalf of the City of Pueblo, a Municipal Corporation,
to Colorado State Parks and the City Clerk shall affix the seal of the City thereto and attest same.
SECTION3
The grant request is for $15,000, with the City of Pueblo obligating up to $10,000 as cash
match from Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project Capital Project Fund.
INTRODUCED November 25, 2002
BY Al Gurule
Councilperson
APPROVED:
ATTEST: resident of City Council
City C
Background Paper for Proposed
RESOLUTION
AGENDA ITEM # I
DATE: NOVEMBER 25, 2002
DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT /JIM MUNCH
PLANNING DEPARTMENT /CATHY GREEN
TITLE
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DESIGNATION OF THE PUEBLO RIVER
TRAIL SYSTEM TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE COLORADO FRONT
RANGE TRAIL AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT
APPLICATION FOR TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE PUEBLO RIVER
TRAIL SYSTEM TO THE COLORADO STATE TRAILS PROGRAM, AND
AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL TO EXECUTE SAME
ISSUE
Should City Council request designation of the Pueblo River Trail System to be
included as part of the Colorado Front Range Trail and authorize the President of
City Council to submit a grant application to the Colorado State Trails Program
for trail improvements along the Pueblo River Trail System?
RECOMMENDATION
Approval of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND
Colorado State Parks, in cooperation with twenty Front Range city and county
agencies, has approved a plan for the Colorado Front Range Trail that is
envisioned to extend from Ft. Collins to Trinidad along the foothills of Colorado's
Front Range. The State Trails Program has set up a grant program specifically
for communities that have trails within the corridor identified in the Front Range
Trail Plan. The Pueblo River Trail System includes 14 miles of existing trail that
is along the Front Range Trail corridor (See the attached map). In order to
qualify for funding from the Front Range Trail Grant Program the City needs to
request designation of the section of the Front Range Trail managed by the City.
The Department of Planning and Community Development is requesting
approval to submit a $15,000 grant application to the Colorado State Trails
Program for the construction and placement of trail signs along the Pueblo River
Trail System identifying the Colorado Front Range Trail and directing trail users
to the trail system. The construction and placement of trail signs are included
within the trail improvements project of the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy
Project.
The estimated budget for the project is as follows:
$ 15,000 Colorado State Trails Grant
$ 10,000 Cash Match (provided by Pueblo County's Contribution to the
Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project)
$ 25,000 TOTAL COST
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City of Pueblo has appropriated and budgeted the $25,000 to complete the
signage of the River Trail System within the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy
Project for trail signs in account AL0202. This grant will bring funding from
additional sources other than the City of Pueblo to pay for trail improvements.
The City will be required to maintain the trail signs following installation, but
additional signs are being ordered to replace signs that are damaged or
vandalized. The future costs will be the Parks Department staff time to replace
signs.
Exhibit 1
Colorado Front Range Trail
Designated Routes within the Pueblo River Trail System
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