Tri-State Trail Vision
Tri-State Trail Vision
Suite 200
3999 Pennsylvania Avenue
Dubuque, IA 52002
October 4, 2006
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
City of Dubuque
City Hall-50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Mayor and City Council Members:
The Board of Directors ofTri-State Trail Vision, a non-profit group formed by the Envision
2010 Integrated Hike-Bike Trails Committee, requests that the Dubuque City Council include in
its budget for fiscal year 2008, a cost and feasibility study for a hiking-biking trail along the
middle fork of Catfish Creek between the Bergfeld Recreation Area and Julien Dubuque Drive.
A trail in the Catfish Creek Corridor trail was one of the six priorities in the corridor assessment
for the Heritage Trail Master Plan adopted by the City Council in 1996. The time frame for this
trail was 2005 to 2010. The Dubuque County REAP Committee has also included a trail along
the middle fork of Catfish Creek in their five year plan, adopted in August 2006.
Tri-State Trail Vision has examined aerial and plat maps of the corridor and feels that this
corridor would be best for a much needed, family-friendly East-West trail. In order to create
such a trail by 2010, studies need to be initiated in the next fiscal year.
Thank you for considering our request.
Sincerely,
Board of Directors
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Brian Walsh
Jim Giesen
Tony Zelinskas
Chris Fry
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