Pedestrian access to the proposed designated Franklin Mountain trailheads.

On March 15, 2011, City Council directed staff to coordinate with the State agencies, Home Owner Associations, Private property owners, and PSB staff to provide pedestrian access to designated Franklin Mountain State Park trailheads,

Meetings with OSAB

Staff met several times with the OSAB subcommittee and Texas Parks and Wildlife Representative to identify existing State Park Trailheads Identify property owners, stakeholders, and potential obstacles to accessing the trailheads Met with PSB staff to discuss access to trailheads through City-owned property - PSB managed Conducted site visit to recommended trailheads

Current Code requirement 19.15.060.O Street Standards Pedestrian Connectivity

Pedestrian Connectivity. Pedestrian connectivity and access shall be provided between subdivisions, schools (where access is allowed by the school district), culde-sac (i.e., bulb-to-bulb access) and park and open space areas. In cases where a subdivision is constructed in a location that is adjacent to another subdivision, pedestrian access shall be provided such that adjacent development can connect to such access at a later date, when development occurs. Gated subdivisions, subdivisions with severe topography problems or subdivisions where such connectivity may interfere with Arroyo or sensitive environmental protection may be exempt from this requirement upon approval by the city plan commission. -Add a layer on GIS that identifies all public trails. (To be included as part of our review process.)

OSAB/State Park Trailheads Recommendations

Trailheads identified as High Priority by OSAB/State Park:
Thunderbird Redd Road Palisades @ Robinson Ojo de Aqua Park at Pueblos Chuck Heinrich Park North Stanton @ 1000 Steps Lomas Del Sol Park

Medium/Low Priority Trailheads Recommendations

Trailheads identified as medium to low priority but to be included in the overall trailheads plan for the City of El Paso. Kenyon Joyce Castellano at Cumbre Estates Stoney Hills Franklin Bluff Hondo Pass FAA Road North Open Reserve Arroyo 41A Mountain-to-River Trail proposed to be preserve as open space Vinton at State Park Northern Pass Entrance

Access Requirements to Trailheads

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Parks and Recreation and PSB to allow public access through City-owned PSB managed land to the Franklin Mountain State Park Coordination with Hunt Communities Holding LLC at the time of platting/development (Redd Road, Lomas Del Sol location) Coordination with private property owners to allow access through private property onto State Park- at the time of platting Adequate parking can be accommodated on City owned land and limited on-street parking is available Signage/marker/iron ranger Joint State/City signs

Thunderbird

Redd Road @ Helen of Troy

Palisades Robinson at Kingery

Ojo De Agua Park @ Los Pueblos

Chuck Heinrich Park

North Stanton at 1000 Steps Trail

Lomas del Sol Park

Lomas del Sol Park

OSAB/State Park/Staff Recommendation

Recommends proceeding with the seven identified trailhead locations Establish memorandum of understanding with PSB, Parks, and State Park Approve other locations and address access through the subdivision process as development occurs