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What is the Trails Use Task
Force (TUTF)?
Significant increase in park attendance coupled
with changing types of trail use were indicators of a need for Open
Space to develop a formal trail management plan. Initial public
meetings concerning the development of a Trail Use Action Plan led
to the creation of the Trail Use Task Force in October of 1995.
This group is made up of citizen volunteers from the majority user
groups (equestrian, hiker and mountain biker), Open Space Advisory
Committee representatives, and Open Space Staff representatives. The
purpose of the Trail Use Task Force is to utilize the expertise of
the different user groups to develop some solutions to trail
conflicts that people have been experiencing.
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 Next
meeting of the Trails Use Task Force is Tuesday Oct. 20th at
7:00PM
Open Space Administrative Office
700
Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 100 Golden, CO 80401
This is open to the public.
We will be discussing:
Signage results (see below), Yielding regulations, the Apex Park
Decision (see summary below), and any conflicts or compliments
reported from equestrians.
Anyone who would like to report a
conflict, please contact one of the TUTF equestrian Reps. (See the
list below). Include the following information:
Park Name:
Location (trail name if you know it):
Day of the Week:
Time of Day:
Description of the conflict including
the number of people involved, mode of transportation (mountain
bike, equestrian, hiker) and how it was resolved. Mention if a
ranger or volunteer patroller was notified and if you reported the
incident to Open Space.
That said, you are also encouraged to
send us other experiences of note. For example, I rode the Apex
Trail a few weeks ago and had only good contacts with the other park
users. This was during the first regular season Broncos’ game on a
Sunday morning/early afternoon so the traffic was lighter. Only one
mountain biker riding by himself, would not even look up and smile
or acknowledge my presence – pretty hard to ignore a 3 horses and
riders.
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Parking Signs at Jeffco OS
Parks – Questionnaire Results
Option 1: Open parking. 1 vote.
Option 2: Preferred area parking. 3 votes.
Option 3: Reserved equestrian parking. 11 votes. |
