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Description: Project Title: Location: Contact: Cost: Description: Project Title: Location: Contact: Cost: Description: This project includes the pavement reconstruction of 2.1 miles of paved trails (which are part of the MRT route) as well as park roads and parking lots within Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park. The 10-foot wide, multi -use trails provide opportunities to view several islands, explore the sites wetlands and woods, and observe wildlife. The Park provides a direct connection to the existing the Rush Creek Regional Trail to Elm Creek Park Reserve through Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove, thereby providing visitors from the northern suburbs access to the MISS. The Park provides many opportunities to see the River up close. The 'Dam' spans the river between Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids and carries a 12-foot-wide observation walkway/bikeway over the river. This project provides a great opportunity to better collaborate with the MISS partners on potential interpretation along the trail system, providing site amenities that visitors as well as nonmotorized commuters through the park. The Park District will provide the required match. This park is one of the few parks within the MISS that provides wheelchair accessible access to the MISS. MRT— Rosemount Segment Rosemount John Mertens, Dakota County Office of Planning $4,000,000 (requesting $100,000) The MRT— Rosemount is the final segment to be constructed for the 27-mile MRT between St. Paul and Hastings. The project is a 3.7-mile 10-foot wide multipurpose paved trail traveling through the City of Rosemount along the Mississippi River. The project will be owned and operated by Dakota County as a regional trail. The estimated cost of the 3.7-mile segment is $4 million. The MRT— Rosemount segment has been identified as a critical gap in the overall MRT within Minnesota. The completed project will support nonmotorized connections between the Downtown St. Paul and Hastings nodes, connecting many residents to jobs and destinations within and adjacent to the MISS. The project will be constructed as soon as funding has been identified. Final engineering is 90 percent complete and shovel ready for project bidding. Ideally the project will be completed by 2017 when a final connection to St. Paul is scheduled for construction. The match for the project will come from Dakota County, Metropolitan Council and potentially state bonding. Opportunities for partner events and programs between Dakota County and the MISS will be developed. ATS Implementation Support Various Ben Rasmussen, Volpe Center $32,500 Volpe's work during this time would focus on: • Working with partners to update and revise the five-year plan o Updating the prioritization of projects o Identifying additional needs and projects o Matching projects with funding sources available • Assisting in the development of grants for projects in five-year plan • Implementing funded projects • Participating in relevant planning studies conducted by MISS partners • Organizing and conducting annual pedestrian and bicycle counts o Summarizing results and identifying trends January 29, 2014 — Page 9