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Oro Valley staff previews 'OV Trails Connect' 30% draft; Strava heat maps and public outreach inform priorities
Summary
Planning manager Bayer Vella presented a 30% draft vision and guiding principles for 'OV Trails Connect,' emphasizing community outreach (trail‑side chats, online survey), use of Strava heat maps to identify high‑use corridors, and the need to resolve easement gaps and funding for new trails and amenities.
Town planning manager Bayer Vella presented the early draft of OV Trails Connect — a focused trails and multi‑use paths master plan — at the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meeting May 20.
Vella described the presentation as a 30% draft and said the plan is intended to produce a prioritized set of specific actions for the next 10 years. He summarized outreach to date as layered: a web‑based survey that drew several hundred responses, trail‑side engagement that produced more than 700 comments, stakeholder meetings and a technical/regional advisory group that includes Pima County, Marana and Catalina State Park staff. "We're calling this our 30% draft. It's extremely rough," Vella said, asking the board for feedback…
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