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<br />Page 4 <br /> <br />City Council Minutes <br />October 20. 1987 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Decorative Street Lights <br />Trees <br />Tree Grates <br />Trash Receptacles <br />Textured Sidewalks <br /> <br />$ 32.000.00 <br />18.300.00 <br />29.000.00 <br />11.500.00 <br />11.800.00 <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />$102,600.00 <br /> <br />The financing for this beautification aspect of the 1988 Main Street <br />Improvement Project is broken down as follows: <br /> <br />City Participation <br />HRA Participation <br /> <br />$ 18.300.00 (Trees) <br />10.000.00 (contingent upon <br />approval of the HRA) <br />10.000.00 (very rough estimate of <br />typical street light expenses) <br /> <br />Utility Participation <br /> <br />Assessment to Benefited <br />Property Owners <br /> <br />64.300.00 <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />$102.600.00 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />JACKSON SQUARE <br /> <br />It was noted by the City Engineer that no improvement of the Jackson Square <br />Square area is being planned as part of the 1988 Main Street Improvement <br />Project. This is being done because no consensus on the type of improvements <br />desired in this area or the amount of needed parking space could be reached. <br />Further. all expenses for improvements in Jackson Square. are not eligible for <br />MSA funding and would have to be financed either through assessments to <br />benefited property owners. city contributions. or contributions from local <br />organizations. <br /> <br />Clifford Lundberg. Chairman of the Downtown Business Committee, presented the <br />Council with a concept for improvements to Jackson Square. This concept was <br />very similar to one proposed a number of years ago to the City Beautification <br />Committee. and had received the consensus approval of the Downtown Committee <br />as an appropriate improvement to this area. The plan did not call for any <br />changes or reduction in the parking area. but included a sidewalk, trees. <br />lights, and improvement to the flag pole base within the greenspace area of <br />Jackson Square. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Mr. Lundberg strongly recommended to the Council that Jackson Square <br />improvements be included within the 1988 Main Street Improvement Project and <br />that the City finance the improvements to Jackson Square in its entirety. Mr. <br />Lundberg stated that the Committee felt that this area was a City Park and <br />should be treated no differently than other City Parks that receive public <br />improvements. financed through the City Park Dedication Fund. <br /> <br />The Council directed the City Engineer. Terry Maurer. to provide cost <br />estimates for the improvements to Jackson Square. as provided in the layout <br />submitted by the Downtown Committee. <br />