Amador County – The Jackson City Council took the advice of its revitalization committee recently and approved $2,500 in preliminary engineering for a creekwalk project that would skirt Jackson Creek along Busi Park, behind the former Safeway building.
The council approved $1,500 in city funds for the engineering work, and Supervisor Chairman John Plasse of District 1 contributed $1,000 from his discretionary funds toward the project. The Jackson Revitalization Committee made the creekwalk one of its goals for 2011, and recommended the preliminary engineering, after a subcommittee toured the proposed creekwalk site with local engineers Grant Reynolds and Robin Peters.
The engineers “reviewed some of the mapping needs required to begin the formal project design process,” and visited the site to look at the work needs.
City Manager Mike Daly said the city did not have the land in its name yet, and the Central Sierra Resource Conservation and Development District has applied for a Proposition 84 grant for the creekwalk, which “horseshoes around the back of Safeway,” in preliminary mapping. He said he has been working with the Fuller Family Partnership.
Daly said engineers identified pathway locations, below the Busi parking lot, to get to the creek bank area, and they need a detailed contour map to work on the design. After the meeting, Reynolds received a cost estimate of $2,500 from Ward Associates. Daly said the company was “frequently engaged for this type of work,” and they “would work from some preliminary property mapping completed by Peters associated with the boundary line adjustment planning necessary for the city to acquire some of the property in the project area.”
Daly said city funds would come from the Measure E Transient Occupancy Tax fund, used for tourism, economic development and revitalization.
In other news, Jackson City Council meets tonight, Monday, Feb. 28, and in ceremonies will award two Jackons Volunteer Fire Department Annual Awards. The David Gardella Memorial Award will go to Jessica Fulton, and the Volunteer Fire fighter of the Year Award to Paul Nelson.
Other agenda items include review of the city audit for fiscal year 2009-2010. They will also review a Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee annual report by the Amador County Transportation Commission, and an ACTC transportation planning tool. The council may also receive a greenhouse gas emissions inventory report.
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