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Council sends bikeways/kiosk proposals for Dollar Mountain to workshop, asks staff for cost and parking usage data
Summary
The Grants Pass Council received two Bikeways & Walkways Committee motions—install kiosks at Dollar Mountain trailheads and improve connectivity (remove Highland parking/add bike lanes)—and voted to send the measures to a future workshop for additional study and public outreach.
Councilors reviewed two requests from the Bikeways & Walkways Committee on Wednesday and agreed to send the proposals to a future workshop for further study, including cost estimates, public outreach and parking‑utilization analysis.
Wade Elliott, the city staff liaison to the committee, presented two motions: install kiosks at Dollar Mountain trailheads (Heiglin/Heikkin Loop and Crescent) to post trail and allowed ebike information; and improve connectivity between Crescent and Heiglin Loop by removing parking on Highland Avenue and installing bike lanes and sharrows. Elliott said simple striping for bike lanes would likely be under $100,000, while kiosks are relatively inexpensive (rough staff estimate placed total costs around $120,000, noting figures are rough and depend on scope).
Why it matters: Councilors said kiosks could serve tourists and post safety, trail and fire‑regulation notices, and they discussed tradeoffs of removing street parking in a residential corridor that feeds a school. Council requested parking‑utilization studies and community outreach before making permanent changes to Highland Avenue.
Council action: A motion to move the bikeways/kiosk measures to a future workshop for more information passed on roll call (vote reported 5–2). Staff said possible funding sources include URA, transportation gas tax, or other trail‑project funding, and staff will return with more precise cost estimates, parking counts and results of outreach.
Next steps: Staff indicated they have scheduled follow‑up meetings with the Dollar Mountain RFI applicant and expect to bring a revised package and cost details back to council in November or at the next available workshop. Council also discussed kiosk content (trail etiquette, ebike class rules, fire restrictions) and the possibility of adding bike repair stations elsewhere in the system.
Ending: Council referred the items to a future workshop for detailed study, community input and cost analysis before any final vote on installation or removal of parking.
