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Residents urge city to enable volunteer-built public paths; staff cite liability concerns
Summary
Trail volunteers and advocates described detailed plans and years of experience maintaining paths and urged the city to allow volunteer-built trails with waivers and oversight. Staff and council acknowledged liability issues and asked staff to coordinate further; volunteers said a pilot at Tassajara Park was delayed for legal review.
Multiple residents and organized volunteer groups asked the council to enable volunteer-built public paths and a Tassajara Park pilot project, saying volunteer labor could deliver safer, low-cost paths that benefit recreation and evacuation access.
Volunteers’ position: Janet Byron of the El Cerrito Trail Trekkers described a detailed Tassajara Park pilot plan, training programs, lists of tools and a waiver form, and said the group aimed to build paths at…
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