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Ukiah council adopts IS/MND for Lookout Peak Trail, OKs negotiation of donated construction work

Ukiah City Council · September 17, 2025
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The Ukiah City Council adopted an initial study/mitigated negative declaration for the Lookout Peak Trail project and authorized the city manager to negotiate a donation of trail construction by the Ukiah Valley Trail Group after staff said public outreach yielded 68 comment letters and mitigation changes addressing parking and fire risk.

The Ukiah City Council on the night they considered the Lookout Peak Trail project voted to adopt the project’s California Environmental Quality Act initial study and mitigated negative declaration and to authorize the city manager to negotiate a donation of trail construction work from the Ukiah Valley Trail Group.

Community Services Director Neil Davis told the council the project would create up to 22 miles of non‑motorized trails inside the Western Hills Watershed Protection Area, and said staff conducted an extended public review that produced 68 comment letters. “We had 68 comment letters submitted, 59 of those were letters of support,” Davis said. “We had 9 letters of either opposition or concern. We made changes in the scope of work, we added additional mitigation measures, and we…

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