City Council Work Session and Regular Meeting

Wendy SanfordstaffAll right, good evening. I have a very brief presentation to go over the status of the various trails that are in the CIP currently. There are three, the Pickett Road Connector Trail, the Country Club Commons Trail, and trail. Just briefly by way of trail planning background, in the city trails historically have been planned by the Parks and Recreation Department and so all of the trails that we have in front of us today were initially part of the park strategic plan. However, they then moved from the park strategic plan into the city's comprehensive plan and the importance of the trail network and and trail connectivity is cited throughout the comprehensive plan in numerous locations. And then starting about six years ago, transportation funding was used to implement these trails,

Philip LaTassapublic commentI speak tonight representing the Friends of Aquitaine Creek. The Friends of Aquitaine Creek always advocate for the principle of making our streets safe for people before we make our forests safe for pavement. We therefore thank the council very much for your resolution pausing the George Schneider Trail for reconsideration. We therefore also commend the newly described proposal for a route linking Eaton Place, University Drive, and Fairfax Boulevard. Such a route would complete the vision of improved east-west non-motorized connections while sparing our last precious woods and wetlands. We commend the Council also for the action taken this evening to pause the Pickett Road Connector Trail, a redundant duplication of existing connections.