OTAY VALLEY REGIONAL PARK

TRAILS SUBCOMMITTEE

COMMUNITY MEETING

MINUTES

TIME: SATURDAY, April 5, 2003 9:00 TO 11:00 A.M.

LOCATION: City of Chula Vista, Public Works Center, Main Conference Room, 1800 Maxwell Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910

CALL TO ORDER

Robert Rushlow, County of San Diego, Joint Staff called the meeting to order at 9:16 a.m. He summarized the agenda, invited comments and acknowledged the work of the Trails Subcommittee and DeLorenzo Incorporated.

1. INTRODUCTIONS:

Rushlow introduced CAC Chairman John Willett and Trails Subcommittee Chairman Jack Bransford; Ranger Bill Lawrence, City of San Diego; Mary Ann Vancio, County of San Diego; and Nick DeLorenzo and Andrew Reese from DeLorenzo Incorporated.

2. HISTORY:

Willett introduced Mary Hofmockel from City of Chula Vista, Jeff Harkness from City of San Diego, and Jack Bransford from the Community Advisory Committee.

His commented on the history of the Otay Valley.

3. OVRP PLANNING PROCESS

Harkness, City of San Diego Joint Staff; commented on the planning process as follows:In 1990, three jurisdictions with interest in the Otay Valley River Valley, City of San Diego, County of San Diego, and City of Chula Vista, agreed to work jointly on one cohesive plan and property acquisition.

A concept plan was adopted, followed by plans to acquire private land from willing sellers. Preserving a natural setting consistent with the Multiple Species Conservation Plan was set as a goal; as well as passive and active recreation areas; and taking advantage of opportunities for overlooks and staging areas.

A trails concept plan was put together to address the general problems of access to public lands, utilizing existing trails.

4. OTAY VALLEY MASTER TRAIL PLAN

Rushlow addressed the Planning Phases and Opportunities and Constraints as follows:

The Trails Master Plan was put into effect one year ago. Phase I consisted of

Considering the opportunities and constraints

Setting up goals and policies

Considering issues of interpretation and signage

The process included many opportunities for review by many municipalities, community groups, and interested landowners.

In considering opportunities and constraints, Phase I also included data gathering, preliminary exhibits, analysis to identify existing conditions, and prioritization, ranking and combination of data.

Step 2 of the Master Plan is to combine ranked data into major categories with the major goal of creating a multi-use trail corridor on the north and south side of the river.

Phase II of the Trails Master Plan, will address goals and policies, trail design, alignment, signage, operations and maintenance, and basic amenities.

Phase III will consider construction of trails for the system.

5. Trails Subcommittee Planning of Phase 2

Bransford stated that the major goal of the Trails Subcommittee was to establish an east-west corridor on both the north and south sides of the river, and to encourage participation from the public.

6. Request for Public Comments

Rushlow directed the public’s attention to the maps and invited comments. Comments would be included in the Trail Design Guidelines Matrix.

Reese stated that a Type A trail would form the spine of the park and this marked the first attempt to locate a multi-use trail.

7. Closing Statements

Rushlow thanked members of the public on behalf the CAC and TSC.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 11:00AM.