Washington’s City Council, during its meeting Monday, will consider accepting a grant to help pay for a new fishing pier at Havens Gardens.

The N.C. Division of Coastal Management approved the city for an overall $100,125 grant award to help finance the project. The city is providing $14,300 in cash and $2,125 in in-kind services for the project. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality earmarked $83,700 from its North Carolina Public Beach and Coastal Water Access Program for the new pier.

The council will consider adopting a grant project ordinance in the amount of $98,000 for the project, $5,000 for professional services and $93,000 for construction.

The new pier, if built, would include cutouts from which handicapped people could fish, according to a city document. Though the Havens Gardens pier is included in the city’s capital-improvements plan, its tentative budget does not reflect the cost of the cutouts, according to a memorandum from Roberson to the mayor and council members.

Early next month, the grant program will decide which projects seeking grant money will be funded, with contracts for the selected projects to be signed in November, according to the memorandum.

The new pier was part of a list of recommended improvements for the waterfront park recommended to the city several years ago. Other proposed improvements at Havens Gardens include a loop walking trail west of the parking lot, a shelter on the west end of Havens Gardens so it overlooks the Pamlico River, a fenced-in play area for small children and adding facilities for a splash park, bocce and beach volleyball.

A kayak launch at the adjacent boat ramps is in the works.

The council meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building, 102 E. Second St. To view the council’s agenda for a specific meeting, visit the city’s web­site at www.washingtonnc.gov, click “City Agendas.” Locate the appropriate agenda (by date) under the “Washington City Council” heading, then click on that specific agenda listing.