June 21, 2007
Meeting this Tuesday, June 26, 2007, 4:30 P.M. at the Black Mountain Recreation
Center in Henderson for the River Mountains Trail Partnership Advisory
Council.
Follow
this link for meeting agenda. All invited. Please RSVP to John
Holman at 365-2191 or
john.holman@swgas.com if you plan to join us.
May 25, 2007
Notes from the May 22, 2007 monthly River Mountains Trails
Partnership meeting:
Trail Planning and Development Reports
-
Recap of the RMLT Partnership Wetlands Bridge Meeting
o
Setting was unique extensive restoration of disturbed habitat
o One
of the longest bridges in the County
o Will
be One of the premier spots for hikers and bikers
o City
is building trails into Rainbow Gardens and nearby city wetlands park
Trail Segment Reports -
Segment 5 (between Railroad Pass Casino and Boulder City)
- Railroad
crossing PUC Public Utilities Commission still holding application
- NDOT
wanted a complex railroad crossing at the site
- PUCN lost
Boulder City comments to NDOTs report.
- Have sent
a new package to NDOT for comment
- PUCN has
not held a public comment meeting
- Project
has been given a docket number by the PUC
- Ron
Gregory inquired about this project on behalf of Commissioner Bruce Woodbury
- We may be
able to use this to move this review ahead
- Henderson
railroad crossing was put in without PUCN approval NDOT still holding some
funding back
- PUCN has
given this project some priority as they lost the first round of comments
Segments 17-22
(Boulder City to Lake Las Vegas in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area)
-
NPS has awarded the entire 17 mile project
-
Pre-construction meeting with SBBI scheduled for May 31, 2007
- 9 month
construction schedule
- Work will
begin on the Boulder City side (Segment 22) and progress to the north
- Project
is fully funded now.
- Need to
coordinate with Henderson on segment 14 to make sure the trails meet
- There is
interest within the partnership to have some form of ground breaking ceremony
Develop Loops off of the River
Mountains Loop Trail
o Take
one of the rest areas and find an hour loop from that point
o
Railroad Pass is a good opportunity going north and exit near the water
tank - there is a route in to Bootleg Canyon
o
Contact the local equestrian community to see what routes are being used
o May
be a route near the B on the west slope of the River Mountains
o
There is a potential route at 33 Hole within Lake Mead NRA
Rocks on the Trail at ATV
crossings
-
Trails need to be sweep regularly
- If the
intersections are paved, it would reduce the amount of rock on the trail. Add
curbs.
- Trail
Watch Program will help with this issue we need to have the users help sweep
the trail
- May need
to place boulders in strategic areas
- An
alternative is to use post and cable barriers
Trail Enforcement
- City
of Henderson is patrolling the trail at least once per day
-
Transitioning into bicycle from ATV patrols in the near future
- Pat Moors
is the Lieutenant
- Community
Policing Center is to be located at Lake Las Vegas fire station
- Contact
Capt. Bob Vadasy concerning a special event on Henderson part of the trail
- Forward
any complaints we receive to Capt. Bob Vadasy at ph 267-4503
Organizational Development
As of May 22, 2007
the fund contained $4,948.52
River Mountain Loop Trail
Database
-
Database now stands at 1,189 names and addresses
o 465
email addresses
o 111
media contacts
o 104
possible exhibitor contacts
o Rick
Keller is added to the master partnership list representing the Nevada Bicycle
Group
-
Website has been hit 29,338 times since inception
- Inquiry
concerning Segment 17 from Runners World
& Nature
Valley Granola Bar sponsored an insert into Runners World for segment 17 as a 5
mile easy run in the Las Vegas area. It is not built yet. So where
did they get that idea?
Community Outreach, Neighborhood
-
Henderson Trail Clean Up Event April 14th
- 60
adults and 12 children = 255 volunteer hours
- June 13th
- Microsoft Service Project 177 volunteers from Microsoft
International Sales
o
Painting gates and bollards and sweeping the trail, cleaning up litter
o
Safety yellow paint at Railroad Pass
o
Equestrian Trail
o
Havre Street to the South painting bollards and gates
o
Microsoft Conference attendees must participate in a community event
o
Bill Laub will do a welcome for the event representing the partnership
o
Can get some local media attention International Director of Sales will be
there
o
Henderson Marketing Department is involved
Trail Watch
o
Grant decision in July, if Henderson gets the grant we will assist
in establishing the first "Trail Watch" program in Valley,
Trails Day Committee has met
twice
o
Event will be held on October 20th at Equestrian Park
o May
include a 5K sponsored by Frank Lowry
o May
also include a Kids fun run
o
Pancake breakfast is proposed
o Hike
from Railroad Pass down to Equestrian Park
o Bike
rides and equestrian rides
o SNWA
provide water? (75 cases last year)
o
Volunteers needed for leading hikes, registration booth, trail watch booth,
o
Promoting all activities NPS trail construction, Biking events, potential for
future events
Trails Summit will be held on
October 18th
o
Summit Thursday at Las Vegas Spring Preserve
o
Friday evening sunset hike at Anthem East Trail 1.1 mile hike great view of
entire valley
o Will
have a booth to promote Trails day & other trails
with
questions or comments about this web site.