Item 27 - 1st Ammnd Cooperative Agreement btwn. Fish & Game and City Bicycle Access into Blue Sky
AGENDA!EPORTSUMMARY "
TO:
- FROM:
INITIATED BY:
DATE: January 3, 1995
SUBJECT: First Amendment to Cooperative Agreement Between the State of California
Department of Fish and Game and the City of Poway to Conduct a Six Month
Trial Period for Bicycle Access into Blue Sky Ecological Reserve
ABSTRACT
The Blue Sky Bicycle Advisory Committee has requested that the Cooperative Agreement
Between the State of California Department of Fish and Game and the City of Poway to
Conduct a Six Month Trial Period for Bicycle Access into Blue Sky Ecological Reserve be
amended (Attachment 1) to allow bicycle access from Lake Poway to Green Valley Truck
Trail and to close bicycle access on Green Valley Truck Trail on Fridays, and until 12
p.m. on Saturdays.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
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This item is not subject to CEQA review.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
Additional notification sent to Patricia Wolf and Robert Copper.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve the First Amendment to the Cooperative
Agreement Between the State of California Department of Fish and Game and the City of
Poway to Conduct a Si x Month Tri a 1 Peri od for Bi cycl e Access into Bl ue Sky Eco 1 ogi ca 1
Reserve.
ACTION
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~ AGENDA REPOR':
CITY OF POW A Y
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TO: Honorable Mayor and Member~~e City Council
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Man
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manage~
Robert L. Thomas, Director of Communit Services ~
DATE: January 3, 1995
SUBJECT: First Amendment to Cooperative Agreement Between the State
of California Department of Fish and Game and the City of
Poway to Conduct a Six Month Trial Period for Bicycle Access
into Blue Sky Ecological Reserve
BACKGROUND
The State Department of Fish and Game and the City of Poway have entered into
an agreement to allow bicycle access in Blue Sky Ecological Reserve for a six
month trial period.
As part of the agreement, a bicycle advisory committee composed of interested
parties, has been formed to monitor and evaluate the impact of bicycle access
in Blue Sky. The committee held its first meeting on December 8, 1994, and
recommended that the Cooperative Agreement be amended.
FINDINGS
Section 2 of the Cooperative Agreement restricted bicycle access to Green
Valley Truck Trail and did not include the trail connection to Lake Poway.
Since this connection is important for bicycle users, the Bicycle Advisory
Committee is requesting that the connection be included in the designated
trail route.
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,-' Section 7 of the Cooperative Agreement precludes bicycle access on Saturdays
and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., unless in conjunction with a State
sponsored or approved tour. In order to provide for a controlled monitoring
environment, the Bicycle Advisory Committee is requesting that bicycle access
on Green Valley Truck Trail be closed to bicycle use on Fridays and until 12
p.m. on Saturdays. Bicycle access would be permitted between sunrise and
sunset on all other days.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item is not subject to CEQA review.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
Additional notification sent to Patricia Wolf and Robert Copper.
RECOMMENDATION
It i s recommended that the City Council approve the Fi rst Amendment to the
Cooperative Agreement Between the State of California Department of Fish and
Game and the City of Poway to Conduct a Six Month Trial Period for Bicycle
Access into Blue Sky Ecological Reserve.
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Attachment
Amendment to Agreement
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First Amendment to Cooperative A9reement Between the State of California
Department of Fish ¡d Game and the City of Poway t :onduct a Six Month
Trial Perioo for Bicycle Access into Blue Sky Ecological Reserve
WHEREAS, the State of California and the City of Poway approved the
Cooperative Agreement Between the State of California Department of Fish and
Game and the City of Poway to Conduct a Six Month Trial Period for Bicycle
Access into Blue Sky Ecological Reserve on November 15, 1994; and
WHEREAS, the State of California and the City of Poway agree it is
necessary to amend said agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby agree to amend those sections of
the a9reement as follows:
Section 2
Under the terms of this agreement, bicycle access into BSER will be restricted
to the Green Valley Truck Trail (GVTT). The designated trail route is an
approximate 1.5 mile stretch along the GVTT between Espola Road and a
Department maintained gate located at the easterly boundary of the reserve
adjacent to land owned by the Ramona Water District. A sign will be posted on
the western side of the easterly boundary gate signifying the end of the
public bicycle trail and informing the users access beyond that point may be
restricted by private property owners. Access to Lake Poway will be permitted
for bicyclists via the GVTT through the City of Poway Clyde E. Rexrode
Wilderness Campground along the City's existing multi-use trail alignment.
Section 7
(Delete existing language)
Green Valley Truck Trail will be closed to bicycle use on Fridays and until 12
p.m. on Saturdays. Bicycles will be permitted Sunday through Thursday during
those times designated in Section 6.
8E IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all remaining sections of said agreement
shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, has
caused this agreement to be executed by its Executive Officers, and the City
has caused this agreement to be executed by its City Manager and attested to
by its Cl erk.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
Dated ,19- By
Patricia Wolf
Deputy Regional Manager, Region 5
CITY OF POWAY .
A political subdivision of the County of San
Diego
Dated ,19- 8y
James L. Bowersox, City Manager
Dated ,19- By
Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
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