Doney Park/ Timberline/ Fernwood

Recreation and Trails planning presentation

Current Planning

• Mount Elden Dry Lakes (MEDL)Planning process

2020 Proposal for Eastside of MEDL

Potential Planning that’s not MEDL

• Flagstaff Trails Initiative (FTI) flagstafftrailsinitiative.org/

FTI’s thoughts for the East Side of Flagstaff

Trails (and related infrastructure) Planning process

• Idea! This can come from Internally or externally

• Investigation and vetting of the idea

• Prioritization – Internal decision to move forward with the idea

• NEPA- National Environmental Policy Act (the environmental review)

• Decision to accept/change/reject idea founded in the Enviro Analysis

• Implement (need $ and people time)

Construction Costs & construction timelines

• Conservation crew - $6500 for 4 days/ $13K for 8 days

• Heart Trail- Total cost of around 200K for 5 miles of trail

• Timelines- It Depends! On trail class and landscape

• Good soil/terrain = 500’ w/ 5 people in a day.

• Steep rocky terrain = maybe 50’ w/ 8 people on a good day.

Maintenance -Trails• Trail Crew

• Conservation Corps

• Volunteers

Getting Involved!

• Flagstaff Trails Initiative

• Responding to MEDL Scoping and future public comment periods

• Volunteer Trail Events