Capital Improvement Project: Garth Nature Area Improvements

Funding Fiscal Year:	2006
Project Number:	C00243
Project Budget:	$70,000 – Trail and Wetland Development $14,400 – Fenced Dog Park
Funding Source(s):	$42,000 – RTP Grant $42,400 – Park Sales Tax
Year Completed:	2007

Council Items

Site Plan

Project Description: 

The project site was a former City sewer lagoon, taken out of commission in the 1970’s. Improvements to the Garth Nature Area, including, site grading, trail construction, wetland construction, bench installation, interpretive signage, and planting of trees and native plant materials. The City of Columbia received a Recreational Trails Program Grant in the amount of $42,000 to assist with the funding of this project. The City’s grant match was $28,000 funded by the Park Sales Tax. In addition to the grant project, a fenced leash-free dog area was constructed around one of the wetland cells, also funded by the Park Sales Tax. The dog fence is constructed out of estate fencing with fence netting affixed and surrounds a pond, with picnic tables on the site. The trail and wetland cell construction was contracted. Finish work on the trail, fence construction, landscaping, and bench and sign installation was accomplished with park force account labor. 

Interested Parties Meeting: 

An interested parties meeting for the dog park was held on site on July 10, 2007. Approximately 35 people attended. The final design of the dog park was derived from the public input gathered at the meeting. 

Project Status: 

Project completed. Dedication was held May 12, 2007.

Major Vendors
Vendor	Item	Purchase Order #	Contract Amount
Richardson Excavation	Trail & wetland construction	061255	$24,992*
Boone Quarry	Rock	062414	$24,293*
Boone County Lumber	Estate Fencing Materials	071397	$8,856**
Kay Park Rec Co	Recycled plastic benches	071707	$6,574**

*Term and supply contract
**Amount for this project only; part of larger contract

 

Garth Nature Area

Capital Improvement Program