Action 16.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
Health & Social Services
- Meeting Date:
- 01/08/2019
- Title:
- Legacy Foundation / Bisbee/Naco Activity Path
- Submitted By:
- Ray Falkenberg, Health & Social Services
- Department:
- Health & Social Services
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature NOT Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
0
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Judy Gilligan / Carrie Langley
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Prevention Director / Health Director
Mandated Function?:
Not Mandated
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
Docket Number (If applicable):
Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve receipt of $50,000 from Legacy Foundation of Southeastern Arizona as 40% of the cost to build an outdoor walking path for public use on county-owned conservation land at 1415 Melody Lane.
Background:
This is a pilot project to construct an environmentally safe and accessible multi-use activity path of 1.19 miles on Cochise County property in three loops around the County Government complex on Melody Lane in Bisbee.
It is designed to encourage activity among conditioned and deconditioned walkers, joggers, bikers, walkers with strollers and animals, and those with a disability/users of disability devices. Exercise equipment stations for different levels of activity will be installed along the path to encourage users to expand their workouts with stretching and strengthening exercises. An active community meeting place, the walking path will foster community involvement and corresponding pride, as well as increased physical activity, for residents of all ages, races, genders and abilities.
This pilot will be a model for the development of safe and accessible activity paths on Cochise County property, and other public/private owned areas in the next 5 years.
Partners include: Cochise Health & Social Services, Cochise County Highways, Cochise County Community Development, the Legacy Foundation of SEAZ, Chiricahua Community Health Center, Freeport McMoRan, SEAGO, CSSC, Bisbee Vogue and various donors of on-path exercise equipment, to be recruited in the near future.
It is designed to encourage activity among conditioned and deconditioned walkers, joggers, bikers, walkers with strollers and animals, and those with a disability/users of disability devices. Exercise equipment stations for different levels of activity will be installed along the path to encourage users to expand their workouts with stretching and strengthening exercises. An active community meeting place, the walking path will foster community involvement and corresponding pride, as well as increased physical activity, for residents of all ages, races, genders and abilities.
This pilot will be a model for the development of safe and accessible activity paths on Cochise County property, and other public/private owned areas in the next 5 years.
Partners include: Cochise Health & Social Services, Cochise County Highways, Cochise County Community Development, the Legacy Foundation of SEAZ, Chiricahua Community Health Center, Freeport McMoRan, SEAGO, CSSC, Bisbee Vogue and various donors of on-path exercise equipment, to be recruited in the near future.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
Coordinate construction with Highways Dept.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
Citizens and residents of the greater Bisbee/Naco area will not improve their health through use of a safe, accessible outdoor walking path.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
N/A
Fiscal Impact
- Fiscal Year:
- 2019
- One-time Fixed Costs? ($$$):
- 60,301.11
- Ongoing Costs? ($$$):
- County Match Required? ($$$):
- 60,301.11
- A-87 Overhead Amt? (Co. Cost Allocation $$$):
- Source of Funding?:
- Development funds
Fiscal Impact & Funding Sources (if known):
$60,301.11 from various county development funds