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a. Receive Background Report of the Toro Park Trails Inventory;
b. Receive Status Report on the efforts to establish a Toro Park Trails Task Force.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Parks Commission:
a. Receive Background Report of the Toro Park Trails Inventory;
b. Receive Status Report on the efforts to establish a Toro Park Trails Task Force.
SUMMARY:
At the April 5th, 2018 Parks Commission meeting, RMA-Parks Department presented the Parks Commission with a framework for addressing the issues and opportunities associated with the Toro Park's trails and to return to your Commission with a draft of the Toro Trails Inventory, in addition to providing more information regarding the proposed establishment of a Toro Trails Task Force. The Task Force would consist of solution-oriented members of the public to assist the RMA-Parks with its goal to implement a sustainable trail system focusing on usability for all, safety, maintenance, enforcement and ecological design.
DISCUSSION:
County RMA-Parks staff has developed the trails inventory showing both authorized and unauthorized trails using several available resources recognized as sources of data. These resources include:
* The Toro Park map developed by Steve Chidester (1986) (Attachment A).
* The current Toro Trails Plan, which has been revised several times, the recent revision is dated Oct. 30, 2009 (Attachment B).
* Trail mapping and related material and information provided by the members of the original Trails Working Group (Attachment C).
* Fire breaks and emergency service routes provided by Monterey County Regional Fire District (Attachment D).
* GIS developed trails plan provided by Professor Fred Watson, CSUMB, GIS Mapping (Attachment E).
* Inventory of all known existing gates, service roads or points of entry via unauthorized openings in the perimeter fencing.
* County GIS information, aerials, and Google Earth imagery (1998 - 2018).
Toro Park trail users still use the To...
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