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Project 5.4.2: Establish Nonprofit for Stewardship of the Cape Cod Rail TrailProject Description – Form a nonprofit 501(c)3 alliance for stewardship of the entire& future Cape Cod Rail Trail. The CCRT currently provides a continuous 22 mile facilitythat serves as bike and pedestrian corridor through the Outer and Lower Cape, providingaccess to communities and attractions on Cape Cod, including the National Seashore.However visions exist for a facility that will extend throughout the entire length of theOuter and Lower Cape, connecting Hyannis to Provincetown, and providing multimodalaccess to much of Cape Cod. A facility of this size would benefit from the guidance andstewardship of a nonprofit organization to ensure proper care and maintenance, addressoperational and safety considerations, especially those related to improvements andphysical extensions to service new locations, and to help remove or reduce barrierswithin the community to expanding the facility to serve additional towns anddestinations on Cape Cod via advocacy and generating support for the expansion of thefacility.Preliminary Design Concepts – NACost Estimate –• $70,000.00Recommendations for Implementation – The primary focus of the no-profit needsto be established and a commensurate framework for the organization developed.Similar organizations have been developed for other trail facilities with widely varyingmissions, from safety patrols, to routine maintenance and caretaking efforts such as“adopt a trail” efforts, to broader advocacy and stewardship endeavors aimed atenhancing and expanding a facility and serving to raise funds and support from the localcommunity, including elected officials and business leaders.The scope of the organization needs to be determined along with establishment of agoverning body to ensure proper management of both the organization as well as toprovide direction for a course of action to be taken and sustained. A board or other bodythat is assembled for this purpose should consider carefully the makeup (members)needed to adequately address the and achieve the desired functions.Project 5.4.3: Cape Cod Nonmotorized Master PlanProject Description – Develop a nonmotorized transportation master plan for CapeCod that consolidates and integrates facilities, routes, and accommodations for bicyclistsand pedestrians, including those owned or managed by localities, the National ParkService, and nonprofit organizations (such as conservation groups) into a single coherentnetwork. Existing route and network plans, proposed facilities, identified gaps and gapanalyses, policies for addressing the needs of bicyclists and pedestrians, and a prioritizedlist of projects and supporting initiatives across jurisdictions and stakeholder agenciesneeds to be established in order to adequately integrate and coordinate bicycleaccommodations throughout Cape Cod.Chapter 5: Bike & Pedestrian Cape Cod Regional Transportation Plan | August 2011Page 440