outskirts of the park would be developed, with a continuous pathway to be established circumscribing the park. the portion of the pathway on the sommerville basin in the west natural area would be paved, and extend south to beach channel drive to improve access to the park. north of almeda avenue, a wetland boardwalk would be created on the sommerville basin. an additional fishing pier would be built on the sommerville basin near almeda avenue, while a kayak launch point would be installed on the conch basin at the east end of the park. the wetlands and upland forest in this area would be restored.: 32−34 the triangular east natural area would be developed into a skatepark, with an additional picnic area to be established.: 32−34 in addition, the conch playground would be developed as part of rockaway community park. an artificial turf field would be constructed, while the existing playground would be renovated.: 32−34 numerous additional mosquito magnets would be installed around the park.: 32−34 as part of the conceptual plan, a bayside nature trail would be established through the rockaway peninsula, running east along the jamaica bay shore from the rockaway freeway dog run underneath hammels wye at beach 84th street, to the jamaica bay park in far rockaway at the queens-nassau county border. the trail would cross rockaway community park via the new pathways on the west and east ends of the park, and the existing pathway in the northern natural area, with a second pathway to be established parallel to almeda avenue.: 17−19, 32−34 in december 2014, the regional plan association proposed a jamaica bay water trail around jamaica bay, expanding the existing water trail network within the city. rockaway community park would be part of the rockaway bayside trail, running along the northern jamaica bay shore of the rockaway peninsula from breezy point east to north woodmere park and idlewild park across from jfk airport. a primary launch point and kayak rental site for the trail would be located at the base of the park in the conch basin, with additional access points at marina 59 in the sommerville basin to the west, and at bayswater park in the norton basin to the east. both marina 59 and bayswater park are preexisting access points.: 11−15, 19 on april 25, 2016 during a meeting of queens community board 14, anbaric development partners proposed to create a microgrid and cable electrical system, with an underwater high-voltage direct current cable running from new jersey to long island. the microgrid system would involve installing solar panels on the edgemere landfill, at the parking lot of jacob riis park in western rockaway, and at green acres mall in south valley stream, nassau county. the solar panels would then feed into the cable system. on october 29, 2017, mayor bill de blasio announced $145 million in resiliency projects in the rockaways following hurricane sandy, building upon the rockaway parks conceptual plan and the resilient edgemere community plan. the plan proposes to raise the shoreline or berm around the edgemere landfill and restore the native wetland plants around the landfill to act as a barrier against storm surge. the funding for the various projects would come from surplus fema funds from previous resiliency projects.