May 2020 Advocacy Minutes

Advocacy Agenda

May 4, 2020  6:00 - 7:30  p.m. 

Virtual

Ben Stone - Trails Coordinator/ Advocacy Committee Chairperson

Presentation Slide Deck

  1. Welcome and Introductions -Ben Stone

Matt Bartelt, VP/SDMBA; Kevin Loomis, President; Susie Murphy

  1. Interactive fun 

  2. Questions/comments 

  3. Covid-19 updates/status

    1. Status of trails/parks -Susie updates trail/parks status webpage almost daily. 

    2. Status of volunteer work - Due to Covid, we missed a great deal of trail work days. La Costa (partnership with Center for Nat’l Lands Management did have some work done.

    3. Status of upcoming SDMBA events

Archipelago ride pushed back to 4/3/2021

Mt. Laguna Trailfest is still on the calendar

  1. Priorities going forward - talking with Land Managers to get volunteers scheduled (with social distancing) 

  1. Preliminary Survey Results - 441 responses from members and 443 from public.

Trail work/improvements on existing trails received the most votes. See graph.

 

  1. SDMBA Trail Season Debrief -in spite of Covid, this should still be a record year for volunteer work

    1. Black Mountain 

    2. Daley Ranch -Ben and volunteers have done A LOT of work here; 5 to 6 days building berms, moving dirt, adding soil stabilizer.

    3. Pacific Highlands Ranch -currently building trail here; 3700 feet of trail reconstructed;  -Carmel Valley off the 56/ access through street riding off Gonzalez trail. 

    4. Mother Miguel/Rockhouse- we were featured in an article for U.S.Fish & Wildlife: “Building Trust on the Trail”.

    5. La Costa 

    6. Sycamore Canyon- document re: Access Plan will be circulated at some point this year. If all goes well, we’ll be able to move forward with our trail plans. Susie and Ben have worked hard on our relationship with the County. They became County Registered Volunteers, which has helped some. Marines are still allowing access to Sycamore Canyon. Get your passes before riding.

    7. Mt Laguna

    8. Balboa Park- very challenging work due to a variety of problems.

  2. Bike Park updates (Susie/Ben)

    1. Sweetwater Bike Park - still closed (Covid)

    2. Otay Valley Regional Park Bike Park (County) - smaller scale bike park near urban part of Chula Vista money has been allocated/this one will be built.

    3. City of San Marcos - Bradley Park- not as far along as Otay

    4. City of Escondido 

    5. City of Carlsbad - Veteran’s Memorial Park -still in the rough concept stage, but after officials came down to Sweetwater, the size of the park plans was increased.

  3. Trail Education Opportunities 

  4. Additional questions

 

Next meeting: 

August 3, 2020  6 p.m.