Mississippi Gateway Regional Park Design and Construction
This project will focus on significant park improvements throughout the park as identified in the Master Plan.? Improvements will including: Mississippi Gateway Center; Welcome & Event Plaza; Mini Mississippi Play & Education Feature; Nature?s Highline Trail & Tree House;? Picnicking; Nature Interpretation Nodes; Nature Play Areas; Site Work, Parking & Bathrooms; Natural Resource Restoration;? ADA River Access & Outdoor Classroom; Drop-off, Temporary Parking & Non-motorized Boat Launch; Fishing Improvements;? Trails; Maintenance Center & Outreach Hub; Learning Stations; Paved & non-paved Trails Realignment and Reconstruction
Mississippi Gateway Regional Park
Sec. 4 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL $19,819,000 $20,277,000
Completed buildings, play areas, highline, picnicking areas, interpretation nodes, site work, parking, bathrooms, river access, outdoor classrooms, boat launch, fishing improvements, and trails; increased visitation.
This grant was not the sole funding source for any one amenity on this project. Most amenities on this project had numerous contractors involved under separate contracts, and multiple grants funded mutliple contractors. Some aspects of the project are 100% complete, while some aspects have not yet begun. The project as a whole is about 67% complete ($23M built), and this grant paid for 43% of that completed work.
Sec. 4 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL $19,819,000 $20,277,000
Completed buildings, play areas, highline, picnicking areas, interpretation nodes, site work, parking, bathrooms, river access, outdoor classrooms, boat launch, fishing improvements, and trails; increased visitation.
This grant was not the sole funding source for any one amenity on this project. Most amenities on this project had numerous contractors involved under separate contracts, and multiple grants funded mutliple contractors. Some aspects of the project are 100% complete, while some aspects have not yet begun. The project as a whole is about 67% complete ($23M built), and this grant paid for 43% of that completed work.
Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL$16,584,000$18,891,000
(a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 the second year are for distribution according to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3.
(b) Money appropriated under this section and distributed to implementing agencies must be used only to fund the list of projects approved by the elected representatives of each of the metropolitan parks implementing agencies. Projects funded by the money appropriated under this section must be substantially consistent with the project descriptions and dollar amounts approved by each elected body. Any funds remaining after completion of the listed projects may be spent by the implementing agencies on projects to support parks and trails.
(c) Grant agreements entered into by the Metropolitan Council and recipients of money appropriated under this section must ensure that the funds are used to supplement and not substitute for traditional sources of funding.
(d) The implementing agencies receiving appropriations under this section shall give consideration to contracting with Conservation Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, and other activities.
Completed buildings, play areas, highline, picnicking areas, interpretation nodes, site work, parking, bathrooms, river access, outdoor classrooms, boat launch, fishing improvements, and trails; increased visitation.
This grant was not the sole funding source for any one amenity on this project. Most amenities on this project had numerous contractors involved under separate contracts, and multiple grants funded mutliple contractors. Some aspects of the project are 100% complete, while some aspects have not yet begun. The project as a whole is about 67% complete ($23M built), and this grant paid for 43% of that completed work.
Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL$16,584,000$18,891,000
(a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 the second year are for distribution according to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3.
(b) Money appropriated under this section and distributed to implementing agencies must be used only to fund the list of projects approved by the elected representatives of each of the metropolitan parks implementing agencies. Projects funded by the money appropriated under this section must be substantially consistent with the project descriptions and dollar amounts approved by each elected body. Any funds remaining after completion of the listed projects may be spent by the implementing agencies on projects to support parks and trails.
(c) Grant agreements entered into by the Metropolitan Council and recipients of money appropriated under this section must ensure that the funds are used to supplement and not substitute for traditional sources of funding.
(d) The implementing agencies receiving appropriations under this section shall give consideration to contracting with Conservation Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, and other activities.
Completed buildings, play areas, highline, picnicking areas, interpretation nodes, site work, parking, bathrooms, river access, outdoor classrooms, boat launch, fishing improvements, and trails; increased visitation.
This grant was not the sole funding source for any one amenity on this project. Most amenities on this project had numerous contractors involved under separate contracts, and multiple grants funded mutliple contractors. Some aspects of the project are 100% complete, while some aspects have not yet begun. The project as a whole is about 67% complete ($23M built), and this grant paid for 43% of that completed work.