East Mountain Trails & Bikeways Master Plan - Bernalillo County

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local level for planning, design and construction of the targeted facilities. An alignment/feasibility study will then take place to determine the specific placement of the trail in the landscape, as well as the projected construction costs, the real estate requirements (land, right-of-way and/or easements) and environmental and other clearances necessary to complete the proposed facility. Once all necessary funding, real estate and clearances have been obtained, the final design and construction documents will be developed for the facility. Only thereafter will the actually facility be constructed by the County through a contractor or its own staff. Typically, a given facility will take two to four years to complete from the time the County initiates’ action on a proposed priority facility. This process is shown in Figure 22. The specifics of the implementation process and partners will vary depending on the different types of facilities. In all projects, the East Mountain Coalition of Neighborhoods and Landowners will be involved. • Bike Routes (shoulders, striping and signage) will typically be initiated by the County Public Works Division working with NMDOT utilizing funds earmarked for transportation projects. Where necessary, ROW will need to be secured. • Future changes to rural roads, which already are functioning parts of the trail system, as well as trail modifications to former rural roads that have been recently paved, will also be initiated by the Public Works Division and will in many cases require purchasing of additional ROW. • Paved multi-purpose trails and soft surface trails within road ROW will be a joint effort of the Public Works and Parks and Recreation Departments, and depending on the type of road will also involve NMDOT. Paved multipurpose trails will in many cases require an alignment study and some additional ROW purchases. • Implementation of soft surface trails outside of road ROW will begin with securing of an easement for the trail, either by mutually agreeable transfer from a private landowner to the County, or as part of the platting of land for residential development. Trail easements may also involve a private third party that can hold the easement. In the case of trails on the State Land Office lands, permission of the existing lease-holder will have to be obtained and/or an additional lease will have to be negotiated with State Land Office. Once the easement or lease has been established the trail may be designed and constructed, often with the assistance of volunteers and user group organizations. • Other facilities such as trailheads, recreation areas and staging areas will require the County to purchase or lease land from Figure 22. Process Diagram Page 60 EAST MOUNTAIN TRAILS AND BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN
private land owners or the NM State Land Office to build the particular facility. In some cases, these will be joint efforts with other agencies such as the Open Space division of either the City or the County or the Forest Service. As the implementation process for facilities construction gets underway, some of the recommendations above will also need to be implemented in order for the County to bring the plan and envisioned facilities to fruition. The order of priority for various recommendations are listed below. • Letters to Private Land Owners potentially impacted by the plan – with the Master Plan out as a public document, private land owners whose land will may be affected should be notified. This effort is an important courtesy by the County and may alleviate the potential for resistance during the implementation process. This step has already been taken as the draft plan was in the final stages of completion. • East Mountain Coalition of Neighborhood and Landowner Associations – establishing a trails committee as an advocacy and planning support organization for trails and bikeways in the Segment East Mountains is perhaps Frost Road Gutierrez Canyon the single most important Juan Tomas recommendation for Village of Tijeras implementation. The La Madera Road committee will be critical South 337/Oak Flats to development of plans NM 14 for specific facilities and East NM 333 for working with private West NM 333 landowners to secure Mountain Valley Road easements. They will also Far North NM 14 be an advocate for funding NM 217 and organizing volunteer efforts for fund raising, trail Yrissara – Escabosa awareness, etc. NM 337 to Pine Flats • Easement Strategy and Package – the easement Crest Highway Table 4. Generalized Segment Priority package is necessary for securing the many easements from private landowners to make the trail system a reality and to build the County’s capability for managing implementation of this plan. • Completion of MOUs with Agencies – many of the facilities envisioned by the plan can only become a reality once this recommendation has been implemented. Key MOUs will need to be executed with USFS, AOSD, NMDOT and the SLO. • East Mountain Trails Poster – this could be the first tangible product of the Master Plan effort, and become an important, evolving reference for the East Mountain community. Section A. Generalized Priority Segments & Facilities After the final Master Plan was developed, the facilities envisioned were aggregated into a series of projects by segment. As part of the community input process that involved the Steering Committee and the Technical Team, each segment was prioritized and priorities were presented and commented on the October 27 Open House. Table 4 shows the fifteen segments in general order of priority. Priority High High High Medium to High Medium to High Medium to High Medium to High Medium to High Medium to High Medium to High Medium Medium Medium Low Low EAST MOUNTAIN TRAILS AND BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN Page 61
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