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` EVERETT <br /> Project title: An Interlocal Agreement with Snohomish County to develop the Lowell Riverfront Trail Dog Off-Leash Area <br /> City Council Agenda Item Cover Sheet <br /> Council Bill#interoffice use Consideration: Interlocal Agreement <br /> Project: Lowell Riverfront Off Leash Dog Area <br /> Agenda dates requested: <br /> 10/16/2019 Partner/Supplier : Snohomish County <br /> Location: Lowell Riverfront Trail <br /> Briefing <br /> Proposed action Preceding action: n/a <br /> Consent X Fund: Fund 154/CIP 3 <br /> Action <br /> Ordinance <br /> Public hearing Fiscal summary statement: <br /> Yes X No <br /> This agreement funds the construction of a new dog off leash area located in the Lowell <br /> Budget amendment: neighborhood along the Lowell Riverfront Trail.The project cost estimate is$80,000.These costs <br /> Yes X No will include design,project management,all construction activities,contingency,tax and all other <br /> costs associated with the project.This construction work is identified in the Capital Improvement <br /> PowerPoint presentation: Plan 3(CIP3)model. <br /> Yes X No Funding for this project will come from Snohomish County's Improvement Program Ordinance <br /> 18-082 related to the Growth Management Act. As a part of this program the Snohomish County <br /> Attachments: Council adapted a 2019 Priority Package Detail#619 dated November 2018 that included funding <br /> Interlocal Agreement for the City of Everett construction and improvements projects. <br /> Department(s)involved: Project summary statement. <br /> Parks/Legal <br /> The 2006 Everett Parks Strategic Master Plan and the 2013 Master Plan update identified off- <br /> Contact person: leash dog areas as one of the priorities for future development.Currently,Everett Parks has <br /> Bob Leonard three off-leash dog parks which are located at Howarth Park, Loganberry Lane and Lowell Park. <br /> The off-leash area at Lowell Park is 0.33 acres on a sloped area located in the northern part of the <br /> Phone number: park.Due to its small size,slope and heavy use the area is subject to significant erosion and a <br /> 425-257-8335 challenge to maintain.Meetings in May and April of 2019 with the Lowell neighborhood were <br /> held to collaborate about the possibility of relocating the Lowell off-leash dog park.Subsequent <br /> Email: to the meetings, Parks staff identified a City-owned parcel on the east side of the central Lowell <br /> bleonard@everettwa.gov neighborhood.This parcel is 0.85 acres and has excellent access to the Lowell Neighborhood via a <br /> pedestrian bridge over the BNSF rail lines and to the new Riverfront development via the <br /> Riverfront Trail. <br /> The new off-leash area will be enclosed with a 5-foot hign,rail fence with a hog wire fabric.The <br /> area will have two entrances with double gates built on concrete pads. A dog water fountain and <br /> dog wash area will be installed. All design work and construction management will be completed <br /> Initialed <br /> by Parks staff. Construction is planned for the summer and fall of 2020.Staff anticipate coming <br /> back to Council in early 2020 for a funding ordinance. <br /> D-'a ent head <br /> s - <br /> ini -tion Recommendation(exact action requested of Council): <br /> 440 Authorize the Mayor to sign an Interlocal Agreement with Snohomish County to develop the <br /> Council President Lowell Riverfront Trail Dog Off Leash Area. <br /> 5 <br />