Adopt Resolution R2021-146, authorizing the City of Shakopee to submit  an application to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Park Road Account Program for Quarry Lake Park road project.

The MN Department of Natural Resources has opened the State Park Road Account Program to to help local governments improve access to public recreation facilities. The city is applying to construct a road in Quarry Lake Park, which will replace the existing location of the current gravel park access road. The location is along the west side of Quarry Lake from approximately 160-ft south of the existing Quarry Lake Park parking lot access road, extending approximately 1350-ft south to the existing boat ramp location (see attached layout). The project will provide access to the boat ramp, to the proposed mountain bike trails and to the Shakopee Prior Lake Water Ski Association (SPLWSA) area. The project also includes ADA accessible parking spots and trail/sidewalk to each facility. The SPLWSA has an adaptive ski project, as well, so these improvements will greatly benefit those participants who generally have little to no existing ADA accommodations to these areas. The current park road is an old unimproved gravel path and is in extreme disrepair with substantial erosion issues, directly adjacent to and into the lake. The improvements will address these issues as well as provide for surface water mitigation.

This project is a part of the city's 2021 - 2025 Capital Improvement Plan (PR-21-006) which is attached.