Finance Committee - 11/20/2019 Page 15
So | applaud, like | said, this has been much longer than | have been on the Board obviously, long time
coming, but | am glad to see that this went through and all the hard work that so many people did to make it
happen.
Alderwoman Kelly
Yeah | was going to comment something of the same; I’m on the Conversation Commission. We saw this plan
a number of months ago in terms of the wetland buffer, but | was just blown away by how meticulous it was in
terms of lighting and what we are using for the parking lots and how that works from trailers and also if |
remember correctly we are going to have a handicap accessible boat ramp.
Mr. Caggiano
That was one of the items that we had to pull to make our funding. But it was designed in a way that it can be
added later. So that can easily be done once some more funding gets appropriated, so we will be on it.
Alderwoman Kelly
Sure, alright, awesome, thank you.
Chairman O’Brien
If | again may follow-up with Alderwoman Kelly, she brings up a very good point. Could you just briefly explain
that to us and the citizens at home so they know what we are talking about; the loading for handicapped
persons on the boats so they can enjoy the water experience as well?
Mr. Caggiano
So the design includes a handicap loading area for people with mobility issues. What will happen is you will
pull your boat up, there will be a concrete ramp that you would send the person up and then they would load
level right into the boat. You would launch the boat with them in it. The reason it is done that way is you really
can’t do it on the river is you see on a lake where you can have a dock, because of the current of the river and
the ice that will come down, you really shouldn’t have a dock that is going out into it. So you have to preload
and then launch.
Chairman O’Brien
Well it is my hope that we could maybe in the future find some monies to do that. | believe equally that
handicapped people should have access and enjoy a nice afternoon of boating. So absolutely.
Mr. Caggiano
Thank you. The remaining part for that work we are pretty confident that we could do that in-house if the
funding became available so it wouldn’t require another contract.
Chairman O’Brien
Outstanding. Further questions members of the board. Oh | do have one, parking because people come with
boats, they come with trailers.
Mr. Caggiano
There will be 24 parking spots, two-thirds will be lengthened for boats with trailers and then another third will be
for carry on car top.
