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Committee urges General Plan language to evaluate abandoned ditches and canals for trails
Summary
A committee member urged adding a short statement to the County General Plan to require evaluating abandoned ditches and canals for possible walking, biking or multiuse trails before easement relinquishment; members discussed liability, flood-control compatibility, mapping and near-term culvert and parking fixes.
A committee member at a county trails meeting pressed the committee to add language to the County General Plan requiring that abandoned ditches and canals be evaluated for conversion to trails before easements are relinquished. "We ought to get that something put in here that says that, that before they're relinquished, look at the possibility of making that into a trail," the committee member said, arguing the right-of-way already exists in many places and that opportunities may be lost if the land is returned to adjacent owners.
The appeal came during a broader discussion of trail stewardship, public access and maintenance. Committee members and staff repeatedly noted that flood-control function and liability must be considered before any…
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