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Master plan recommends updating trails plan; mountain-bike trails cited as separate future study
Summary
Ian said public input showed strong interest in trails and recommended updating the 2013 trails master plan; he said mountain-bike-trail development would be evaluated in a separate planning effort and would not be directly recommended in the parks master plan.
Consultant Ian said interest in trails across the first two open houses and surveys prompted a recommendation to update the 2013 trails master plan and to evaluate potential mountain-bike trails in specific areas, such as around Pipeline Road and Cathedral Tree Trail. He cautioned the current parks master-plan draft does not itself recommend building mountain-bike trails but proposes a separate, stand-alone planning process for that purpose.
Board members discussed informal volunteer trail groups that have maintained and used informal routes; one member said mapping or legitimizing those trails raises concerns even as mapping could support safer, managed use. The board agreed any mountain-bike planning should be a distinct effort with its own public process.
