Exciting News! Calistoga City Council Approves Grant Resolution

Last Tuesday, February 19, 2013 the Council passed a resolution 5-0 to authorize staff to apply for a $50,000 grant from the Bay Area Ridge Trail to pay for part of the engineering for the Fairway Extension project. Here's a picture of the mayor calling for the vote.

Mayor Canning, surrounded by the Council

This grant will make the project 'shovel ready' which means it is far more likely to qualify for Federal and State funding. The project itself is extending the Class I Washington-Dunaweal Bike Path to Lincoln Avenue, along the old railroad right of way.

Before the vote, a member of the Calistoga Bicycle Advisory Committee urged the Council to support the resolution. If you want to see the 6 slides, click here or on the caption below.

BAC Presentation to Council

Basically this is free money for Calistoga which will enable Calistoga to get even more free money to build a $1.2 million project with no City contribution. If you thought this would not be controversial, you would be thinking wrong. 

A couple of residents spoke against bicycling and bicyclists  in general (not the resolution), basically painting a picture of terror and/or horror which is grossly overstated by the following R-Rated video . . .  removed it after some reflection.
 Anyway, it seemed funny at the time, and you can find it pretty easy if you want 
(remember, you've been warned):