CITY OF HOMER

CITY HALL

MEMORANDUM 08-98

To: Mayor and Council
Through: Walt Wrede, City Manager
From: Anne Marie Holen, Special Projects Coordinator
Date: July 22, 2008
Subject: Reber Trail grant award

Last September, the City of Homer applied for funding through the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Recreational Trails Grant Program to help cover the costs of constructing the Reber Trail, which will connect Fairview Avenue to West Hill Road (via Reber Road). The City Council passed Resolution 07-90 in support of the grant application. We applied for $50,000, the maximum allowed through the program.

In February 2008 we received word from DNR that our grant application had been approved for the full $50,000. The total estimated cost for the project is $159,000. In approving Ordinance 08-28 to accept the grant award, the City will agree to cover costs above and beyond the $50,000 provided by the Recreational Trails grant. The source of funding for this match would be the Homer Area Roads and Trails (HART) program approved by voters in October 2006.

Once the grant agreement has been signed, we anticipate that project survey and design work will be completed by October 1, 2008; a construction contract will be awarded by early 2009, and actual construction will take place in summer 2009.

RECOMMENDATION: Approve Ordinance 08-28 accepting the grant award from DNR for the Reber Trail project and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.