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DRAFT <br />The Local Trail Connections Program is intended to accelerate local trail connections to planned <br />and existing state trails and other public facilities. Its primary purpose is to complete <br />connections between where people live (e.g. residential areas within cities, entire communities) <br />and significant public resources (e.g. historical areas, open spaces, parks, and/or trails). <br />Grants are awarded for the acquisition and development of connecting trails and for removal of <br />barriers that impede full access to these facilities. Historically, priority has been given to <br />projects that seek to develop residential connections to state and regional facilities and to link <br />existing trail systems. <br />The Parks and Recreation Department submitted this grant to provide safe access and to connect <br />the NWQ South Park, under the existing railroad bridge, to the existing Long Lake Regional <br />Park trail system. <br />Costs and Funding: <br />The Local Trail Connections Program was first funded in 1993 and has funded 137 trail projects <br />statewide through 2007. In 2008, 12 applicants were awarded a grant; 44 applications were <br />received totaling $3.6 million with only $655,000 to allocate. <br />The City of New Brighton received $100,000 to complete the proposed trail connection and meet <br />the goals of the grant. <br />G� <br />andy Breuer <br />Director of Parks and Recreation <br />I:\L0O1 CQ,V4E Tg=ggp hand Revetlio Appmval w accept the DNR la TMH ComwawaG .dm <br />