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Consideration of Parks and Recreation Board Recommendation Regarding Reallocation of Funds for Trail Improvements
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve the allocation of $100,000 from the CIP funds for Mountain bike flow trail to address work delineated in International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) 2017 report to further pursue bronze level of ride center status.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council consider the motion as presented.
Board’s Recommendation
At the August 8, 2019 Parks and Recreation Board meeting, the following action was taken:
“Vice Chair Pesenson moved the Parks and Recreation Board request from County Council,[and] that 100,000 of the remaining funds originally allocated for the development of a gravity bike park, be designed to achieving a bronze level of ride center status as recognized by the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) guided by the existing report provided (IMBA) during the Los Alamos previous 2017 Ride Center application, emphasizing immediate improvements, such as Trail Signage, Trail Improvements specifically without requesting producing further studies for this project. Member Mathews seconded the motion. Motion passed by a unanimous vote of 6-0.”
Body
In November of 2017 the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) was contracted by Los Alamos County to be considered for designation as an IMBA Ride Center. Part of this service was the provision of a report scoring where Los Alamos County ranked regarding a Bronze, Silver or Gold Ride Center status. Overall Los Alamos County fell short of achieving a Bronze Level status by 9 points (60 points required for Bronze Level) in the category of “Services, Destination Best Practices and Trail Types” and fell short of achieving Bronze Level Status by 1 point (10 required for Bronze Level) in the category of “Quality Trail Experience”. The report received from IMBA is shown in attachment A.
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