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Advocating for Mountain Biking in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
ROMP encourages mountain bikers to take part in trail maintenance and construction, participate in land manager meetings and master plans, ride with respect for the land and other trail users, and have fun! |
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Christmas Party w/Katie Holden
December 2, 2011
You are invited!
Singles, Couples, Families, Guests Invited
$35 per person, $20 for 12 yrs or under
6:00pm Doors Open
7:30pm Dinner Buffet
8:30pm ish during Coffee, Dessert Time,
Guest Speaker Katie Holden!
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Mark your calendar for 12/2 & meet Pan American Gold Medal Winner Katie Holden!
Join us for our annual holiday festivities on Friday night, December 2,
2011 starting at 6:00pm at Michael's Restaurant at 2960 North Shoreline Blvd
(banquet room) for a fun & entertaining evening.
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ROMP Accomplishments
- Opened Pillar Point Park to Bikes. First San Mateo County Park in decades to
allow bikes on trails.
- Working with GGNRA to keep Rancho Corral de Tierra in Moss Beach-Montara open to bikes.
- Served on the trails committee for Sanborn Park in Saratoga, resulting in plans for nearly 20 miles of new bike trails.
- Served on the now defunct San Mateo County Parks Blue Ribbon Commission to plan regional multi-use trails.
- Advocated for and donated over $7000 to open the Skyline Trail in Castle Rock State Park to bikes in Saratoga.
- Redesigned and constructed the Jim Donnelley Trail in Henry Coe State Park.
- Working with MROSD to keep El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve (ECDM) open despite pressure from Fish and Wildlife Agency, including help with the reroutes of Giant Salamander and Blue Blossom trails
- Constructed the North Leaf Trail in ECDM, over 800 man hours
- Worked with MROSD to build and open the Meadow Trail in Coal Creek Open Space Preserve
- Aided in opening a section of the Bay Area Ridge Trail at the north end of Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve
- Worked to open the first 10 miles of SF Watershed trail to mountain bikers, equestrians and hikers
- Constructed and continue to maintain 10 miles of trails at Waterdog Lake Park in Belmont
- Participated in the Arastradero Trails Management Plan in Palo Alto resulting in all trails opened to bikes
- Opened the Braille Trail in Soquel Demonstration Forest
- ROMP Chapter of National Mountain Bike Patrol signed contract to patrol Soquel Demonstration Forest
- Helped open over 10 miles of Almaden Quicksilver Santa Clara County
Park trails to shared-use
- Contributed to opening the first bike-legal trail in Ed Levin County Park
- Assisted in opening Grant Ranch County Park to bikes
- Opened and later adopted Table Mountain and Grizzly Flat trails in Upper Stevens Canyon County Park
- Active participation in trail advisory committees for Castle Rock and Henry Coe State parks
- Ongoing participation in the Master Planning process for Skyline Sanborn County Park, Sierra Azul and La Honda Creek Open Space Preserves
- Ongoing education of mountain cyclists, hikers and equestrians
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http://www.hmbreview.com/news/ggnra-finalized-rancho-transfer/article_9d9f5154-251a-11e1-8dbc-0019bb2963f4.html
Mt Bikers Welcome on These Coastal Acres
The Midcoast is now officially home to a national park. Nearly a year later than expected, late last week Golden Gate National Recreation Area announced the transfer of Rancho Corral de Tierra, the 4,262-acre Midcoast land previously managed by Peninsula Open Space Trust. "We are pleased that congress has provided funding to complete the purchase of Rancho Corral de Tierra," GGNRA Superintendent Frank Dean said in a prepared release. "This magnificent parcel adds to the region's protected open space, and helps extend existing national parklands on Milagra Ridge and Sweeney Ridge southward in the Coastside of San Mateo County."
National Park Service had been working on the various transaction requirements. In March, GGRNA Planning Program Manager Nancy Hornor told the Review the federal agency was working with POST to clear the bureaucratic hurdles required of a federal land acquisition.
POST President Walter Moore said he was thrilled to see Rancho officially become part of GGNRA.
"We are honored to be able to add almost 4,000 more acres of parkland for the public to enjoy," Moore said in a prepared statement. "It is a testament to the beauty and ecological significance of this land that it is now a national park."
In the coming months, the National Park Service will work with
the local communities and public land agencies in the Coastside to develop maps and signage on the existing network of trails, and develop a long-term plan for the new national park site.
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I went to the “Parkland Acquisition Plan for the County of Santa Clara“ public meeting 11/8/2011. It was actually quite cool, though the subject is largely urban park planning right now.
Excuse any misrepresentations of what anyone expressed.
Everyone needs to go to http://www.parkhere.org/portal/site/parks/ and complete the Acquisition Plan survey under “Quick Clicks”, ninth (9th) choice down.
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The Mindego Ridge Public Access Committee met on 11/10/2011 to hear staff recommendations on access to the Mindego Hill Area of Russian Ridge, near Alpine Road.
Meeting Agenda
The plan proposes a new multiuse wide singletrack trail parallel to Alpine road and recommends closing Mindego Ridge Trail to bikes.
The Committee of board members consists of Jed Cyr, Yuriko Kishimoto, and Cecily Harris. I was quite surprised to hear her come out in favor of multiuse because she has proven to be thoroughly anti-bike as the coordinator of the trails committee for San Mateo County Parks.
The crux of the issue is that the San Francisco Garter Snake is a fully protected endangered species and as such it is against the law to kill, harm, or threaten the species in any way. It may be that they are being overly cautious, but their primary mission is to protect natural resources, so it is easy to see where they are coming from.
The committee will now make a recommendation to the full board to close the trail to bikes probably next year some time. There will be another opportunity for public input, but it is highly unlikely that the recommendation will not be adopted.
If you would like to weigh in on this issue, contact your board member
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Mindego Hill was annexed to Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve. Due to Concerns about the San Francisco Garter Snake, they are going to recommend closing the trail to Mindego Hill to Bikes.
The proposed Ancient Oaks Connector tr is the only new multi use trail proposed in this upcoming public meeting.
The "multi-use 4 mile loop" shown in the Mindego plan is already 1/2-3/4(roughly) in existence+in public use as part of Russian Ridge.
Also, on a more fearsome extrapolation of this proposal:
The open ended nature of this interpretation-implementation of mrosd trails (non)access potential.
If bikes are verboten from Mindego Ridge trail , even though it meets the stringent criteria established by the Federal Endangered Species act,in that it is outside the min protection(1,500 feet) demanded by the most restrictive Fully Protected endangered species rules.
This broad interpretation could be used to ban our ranks in the future, whether it be 1500ft,or 10,000 feet....and beyond...
Food for thought , consider attending the Use and Management Committee meeting on Nov 10, 2011, 1pm, at 330 Distel Circle Los Altos, or contact the MROSD board directly, see link below:
Meeting Agenda
Contact your board member
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