City Council Meeting

Beth Iannettapublic commentGood evening. My name is Beth Iannetta. I live at 10916 Berry Street in the Westmore community. I was asked to come tonight. I was actually not feeling well and in quite a bit of pain, but I decided it was important to be here tonight. And I also told my mother to watch at home, so never disappoint your mother. So hi, Mom. I have 25 years of working in local government. both in planning and project management in both transportation and parks. One thing that I came across when I was doing some research for this project is a quote that Councilman Peterverson had given is, what do we want to be when we grow up? There's been comp plans, area plans, pet and bike master plans, steering committees, design

David Meyerpublic commenttrails in the 2012 master plan did not require significant acquisitions of land. Consequently, our success in receiving funding for trails has been greatly disproportionate to our size and our population. This is something truly to celebrate. This evening, other speakers have addressed the benefits of the George Snyder Trail, and I want to speak to you in the context of our city's finances. Many of my comments have been alluded to or addressed previously. This project will be constructed primarily with funds from a concession payment by the company that built the I-66 toll lanes. These funds were available to jurisdictions, only those jurisdictions that touch the I-66 corridor, hence our eligibility for the money.

Brooke HardenstaffThe Van Dyke Park Master Plan does contemplate additional parking being constructed in relation to the park, you know, future eventual renovation, but the project will supply, as it does now, you know, quite honestly, with Sherwood and Willard provide parking for the surrounding as well.