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Date: May 4", 2021
To: Board of Aidermen
Jim Donchess, Mayor
From: Matt Sullivan, Planning Department Manager (on behalf of Conservation Commission)
Re: Authorization request for $24,500 from the Board of Aldermen from the Conservation Fund
(#4080) to define and improve the Salmon Brook Trail section between Ingalls Street and Burke
Street within the Joyce Park Wildlife Sanctuary.
On behalf of the City’s Conservation Commission, the Planning Department submits the following request
to the Board of Aldermen for a $24,500.00 authorization for the purposes of funding a construction contract
with Student Conservation Association (SCA), purchase of materials, and equipment rental, as needed. The
SCA contract amount is $21,000.00, with $3,500.00 estimated for supplies and equipment rental including,
but not limited to: pressure treated lumber, rebar, screws, soil, and portable toilet rental. The funding source
for this request is the Conservation Fund.
At the December 1*, 2020 Conservation Commission meeting, the Commission unanimously voted to make
a $21,000.00 appropriation request to the Board of Aldermen to build trails and reconstruct the stairway.
On May 4", 2021 Conservation Commission meeting, the Commission voted to request a $3,500.00
appropriation request to the Board of Aldermen for project supplies.
The focus of this project is defining and improving the Salmon Brook Trail section between Ingalls Street
and Burke Street, located in the Joyce Park and Wildlife Sanctuary. In addition to the reconstruction of the
trail tread and corridor, work scope will include the replacement of the railroad tie staircase off of Ingails
Street. The general route of the new trail will be within the existing corridor and will be, in some locations,
moved a few feet to the highest point and/or the most sustainable grade. The existing trail tread will be
utilized as much as possible but new trail will be designed with a treadway width of 24”; targeted maximum
grade of 10 %; and target cross slope of 3-5%, Areas that are not incorporated into the new route will be
closed and naturalized to prevent use, manage water flow, arrest erosion, and promote vegetation.
The project is proposed to be completed between late-June and mid-July of 2021 in two (2) independent
11-day ‘hitch’ periods. Independent of this requested authorization, but related, is scheduled poison ivy
spraying that will enhance trail user experience. Recently, the Conservation Commission and neighborhood
held a clean-up day of the trail in hopeful advance of this project’s approval.
If authorized, the Planning Department will work cooperatively with the Conservation Commission to
commence the work as soon as possible.
Thank you for your consideration of this request and 1 look forward to being available to answer any
questions that the Aldermen may have.
Ce:
Sherry Dutzy, Chair, Nashua Conservation Commission
