Trustee
Dan Nolan, Town Clerk Sandy White, and Geoff Elliott attended the recent workshop
hosted by Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) to learn more about Local Parks
and Outdoor Recreation (LPOR) funding for bridge-related work in
Pioneer Park that is outside the strictly regulated CDOT scope of work.
Bridge-related park work will include trail entry points with
interpretive signage, picnic area, parking, environmental education,
lighting, angler access, and habitat work. For a look at the plans - click on this link.
Looks like funding will be very competitive but GOCO procedures are
more clear now including grading mechanisms and we are confident our
project is worthwhile. GOCO staff members Jake Houston and Jackie Miller
remembered our long history with GOCO including:
· Open Space Grant to purchase Pioneer Park in 1999
· Planning Grant to develop river corridor restoration masterplan 2001
· Planning Grant to locate, develop initial designs, and permit Pedestrian Bridge 2009
We
are asking everyone interested to help us with letters of support for
the Pedestrian Bridge and related campground work. Please write us with
these talking points:
· You support the Pedestrian Bridge effort and GOCO funding for related work.
· How you typically visit the park (bike, snowshoe, fishing, disc golf)
· How you will use the project.
· Why it is important to you, local kids, etc.
· If you are willing to donate an afternoon or 2 during construction to help with landscaping etc.
Join
us at an open house right before next Board of Trustees meeting
16Feb12. We’ll start at 5:00 with discussion over maps and drawings,
then a power point presentation at 5:30 with more details and open for
questions 5:45. More opportunities to discuss later as Trustees
consider the final resolution to move ahead with GOCO application to pay
for park work. CDOT funding is already confirmed for the bridge work.
