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Spring Lake group seeks $5,000 for mobility mats to improve pond access for older residents
Summary
Spring Lake Community Inc. asked the Scappoose City Council for a $5,000 community enhancement grant to buy mobility mats and improve safe access to a pond viewing promontory used largely by residents aged 55 and older.
Spring Lake Community Inc. requested $5,000 from Scappoose’s 2025 Community Enhancement Program to install 100 yards of mobility mats to improve wheelchair and scooter access to a pond viewing promontory.
Maurice Cassidy, representing Spring Lake Community Inc., told the council the community is a 55-and-older neighborhood in the city’s southeast and described the proposed project as a short hard-surface run of MOBY (mobility) matting to allow residents and visitors using wheelchairs, scooters or walkers to reach a promontory and viewing bench on the south pond.
Cassidy said the full cost of the mats would be $12,500 and that Spring Lake is asking the city for $5,000; the group is seeking other grants and has an internal fund. “With the addition of this to our park, we would be able to have people get out there that need help with the wheelchairs, whether motorized or not, scooters, walkers, and things like that,” Cassidy said.
Cassidy described the path around the pond as roughly 0.3 miles in circumference and said the proposed matting would be a roughly 100-yard segment; the mats he described are five feet wide and include a center tactile strip for people with visual impairment. He pointed to examples of similar mats used at Lincoln City, Seaside and Portland parks and noted gravel paths around the pond currently trap assistive devices and require physical assistance to exit.
Council staff and an unnamed councilor asked whether the applicant’s board had approved the application and requested a signed copy of the application; Cassidy said the board had approved it and offered to bring a signed form to staff.
The request was presented as an application only; no council deliberation or funding decision was taken at the work session. Council discussion of awards and any allocations was scheduled for the June 2 council meeting.
