Funds could keep Fremont’s trail system moving

Members of the Fremont City Council will consider adding another piece of Fremont’s trails system when they meet tonight.

City council members will meet at 7 p.m. today in the second floor council chambers of the Fremont Municipal Building, 400 E. Military Ave. A study session for the meeting will begin at

6:45 p.m.

Fremont Parks and Recreation Department director John Schmitz is asking city council members for $10,000 in keno matching funds to start a trail around Johnson Lake next to Splash Station on the east side of the city.

“The Fremont Trails Committee has pinpointed Johnson Park and specifically Johnson Lake as an area in need of walking trails,” Schmitz said in a staff report addressed to Mayor “Skip” Edwards and city council members.

The keno funds would be matched by a $10,000 gift from the Nebraska Natural Resources Department and $5,000 allocated through the trails committee, Schmitz said in the report. He credits Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce president and chief executive officer Allan Hale with solidifying the NRD gift.

The initial piece of the trail around Johnson Lake will extend about 1,500 feet from the boat ramp to the parking lot at Splash Station.