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4:00 Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting (710 Wellington Rd.) TOWN OF BRECKENRIDGE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION Monday, June 15, 2015 Lower Level Conference Room Breckenridge Town Hall 150 Ski Hill Road 4:00 Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting (710 Wellington Rd.) 5:30 Call to Order, Roll Call 5:30 Discussion/approval of Minutes – May 18, 2015 5 5:35 Discussion/approval of Agenda 5:40 Public Comment (Non-Agenda Items) 5:45 Staff Summary 2 • Field Season Update • Friends of Breckenridge Trails • Cucumber Gulch Update 8 • Summit Public Radio Utility Easement • Fremont/Hoosier Pass Recpath Letter 21 • National Forest Foundation Grant 6:15 Open Space • Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track • Open Space Pro Forma 23 7:00 Executive Session 7:30 Adjourn For further information, please contact the Open Space and Trails Program at 970-547-3155 (Scott) or 970-453-3371 (Chris). Memorandum To: Breckenridge Open Space Advisory Commission From: Open Space Staff Re: June 15, 2015 Meeting Staff Summary Field Season Update The Town trail crew worked on the Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track opening for several weeks and has also been working to improve drainage and open the other trails that are (slowly) drying. The trail condition website has been updated twice a week and has been a valuable resource for the community in deciding which trails are dry for summer uses. Friends of Breckenridge Trails The FOBT program has hosted two volunteer sessions in the past few weeks. On May 30th, the tree planting effort was organized with the help of the Bristlecone Foundation. Turnout was strong with over 35 volunteers helping replant former logging sites with 500 native tree seedlings, 50 pounds of native grasses, and wildflower seeds to revegetate and diversify the future local forests as part of the Legacy Forest initiative. On June 6th, a National Trails Day event yielded two volunteers who helped construct a portion of the Wirepatch Trail in French Gulch. The next scheduled volunteer day is June 27th, when we plan to continue work on the Wirepatch Trail construction. Please take the time to attend one or several of the Friends of Breckenridge Trails volunteer days. We can use the help and you will never look at a trail the same again! All volunteer dates for the summer can be found on the Town website. Cucumber Gulch Update On May 27th, The Breckenridge Ski Area commissioned Stan Miller Inc. to dredge the sediment in the Spreader Pond that has entered Cucumber Gulch Preserve via the 60-inch culvert that transports Boreas Creek from Peak 8. The work was done efficiently and approximately 10 yards of material was removed. Staff and EcoMetrics representatives were present for most of the work, which was done adroitly with minimal damage to the area. Although the 10 yards removed was less than anticipated, this conservative approach minimized impacts to the pond and beaver habitat while also accomplishing the goal of maintaining decent pond depth. Staff will continue to evaluate this issue to see if there are other times or methods for addressing the sediment inflow. Also, attached is a draft chapter, written by EcoMetrics’ Mark Beardsley, that is being considered for inclusion in a book about using beavers for restoration efforts. Although some of this material serves as a review for BOSAC members, the attached draft also provides a succinct overview of the challenges and management responses that have recently occurred in Cucumber Gulch Preserve. 1 Summit Public Radio Utility Easement At its June 9th meeting, Town Council approved on second reading the utility easement for Summit Public Radio across the Laurium and other joint County/Town open space parcels on the west face of Bald Mountain. SPR fundraising for the project is ongoing, with work expected to occur in 2016. Fremont/Hoosier Pass Recpath Letter Attached is a letter from Summit County Government sent to Governor Hickenlooper regarding proposed recpath segments in the area, including Fremont Pass and Hoosier Pass. As you can see by the letter, Summit County is much closer to breaking ground on the Fremont Pass recpath than the Hoosier Pass recpath. However, their letter echoes the recent Town letter encouraging additional involvement of the State of Colorado in the local recpath system. Staff will continue to update BOSAC on this topic. National Forest Foundation Grant Staff recently received notification that the Town received $25,000 from a National Forest Foundation grant to close and restore several non-system routes in the Golden Horseshoe. The routes, located largely in the American Gulch/Farncomb Hill area, were selected because they were not included in the travel system and contribute to water quality concerns in the Swan River. The routes will be decommissioned by machine with naturalization by the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps. Open Space Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track Upon completion of the Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track and the ribbon cutting, staff seeks BOSAC’s input on the project. The existing pump track near the Illinois Creek trailhead/Stephen C. West Ice Arena is slated to become paved parking this fall. The pump track relocation effort presented some challenges, but also provided an opportunity to create a sustainable, long-term riding facility near the French Gulch-area trails and multiple affordable housing developments. As BOSAC will recall, the original pump track was donated, but deemed limited in its scope and ability to provide a “progression” for riders learning new skills. The new Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track was designed to provide growth steps for bike riders of multiple ability levels, including a beginner level and intermediate-level flow line entry features. Elevated Trail Design, Inc. was hired to design and build the facility with the assistance of the Town trail crew, which helped reduce construction costs. The result is the new facility, which will be easier to maintain and provide more rider growth potential than the previous pump track. Adding length and improving the Wellington Trail this field season will provide another riding experience near the new pump track. Staff requests BOSAC answer the following question: 1. Does BOSAC have any questions or feedback regarding the Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track project? 2 Open Space Pro Forma Staff will review the attached revised open space pro forma with BOSAC. 3 Town of Breckenridge May 18, 2015 Breckenridge Open Space Advisory Commission Roll Call Jeff Cospolich called the May 18, 2015 BOSAC meeting to order at 7:00 pm, following the Trails Open House. Other BOSAC members present included Jeffrey Bergeron, Chris Tennal, Erin Gigliello, Jeff Carlson, Craig Campbell and Elizabeth Miller. Staff members present were Scott Reid, Chris Kulick, Mark Truckey and Peter Grosshuesch. Brian Lorch from Summit County was also present. Members of the public Jeff Westcott and Mike Zobbe were also in attendance. Approval of Minutes The minutes were approved as presented. Approval of Agenda The agenda was approved as presented. Public Comments Mike Zobbe: The Summit Fat Tire Society is ready and able to help with any directional and more technical trails that may be planned in the area. We do not want to lose that element of the trail system. Regarding the Summit Huts Association, we are hoping for a final decision on the Weber Gulch Hut by the end of May. Based on recent discussion with the USFS and area landowners, we have opted to move the proposed parking lot further to the east, but still west of Humbug Hill Road. As previously discussed, the hut is winter-only and the parking lot will not be utilized during summer until Summit Huts, the Town, County and USFS agree that the existing public trailhead is too small and additional summer parking is needed. Also, as part of the pending decision, Summit Huts anticipates constructing Upper Nightmare on Baldy trail that will serve as a good ski trail for accessing the Weber Gulch hut and as a summer trail for non-motorized users. Staff Summary Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track Construction of the Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track is well underway with an estimated completion date in the second week of June. To date, significant drainage has been installed, the site has been largely cleared of woody debris (standing and down), several shed structures were removed, and over 900 yards of fill material has been transported to the site from the Highway 9 medians. In the coming weeks, additional clay-based soil will be imported to the site and the pump track and flow lines will be sculpted to establish the final site layout. The contractor (Elevated Trail Design) has been on site since the first week of May and the additional assistance of the Town of Breckenridge Public Works crew has been invaluable. Several members of the Town Trail Crew also started work earlier than usual to assist with the pump track site cleanup and construction. Staff plans to hold a BOSAC site visit (and ribbon-cutting ceremony) to the Wellington Bike Park and Pump Track prior to the June 15th meeting at 4:00 pm. Illinois Creek Water Quality Research Town and Summit County staffs have been assisting the EPA, U.S. Forest Service and other agencies in evaluating the water quality condition in Illinois Creek. The goal of the research is to pinpoint any sources of heavy metal loading in the creek, which is a tributary to the Blue River. Staff assisted with the installation of several water quality monitors in Illinois Creek where it crosses Town property. Staff will update BOSAC on any available results of the water quality monitoring data. Page 1 of 3 Town of Breckenridge May 18, 2015 Breckenridge Open Space Advisory Commission Open Space Cucumber Gulch Preserve Weed Eradication Attached is a revised proposal from Claffey Ecological Consulting (CEC) for the reed canary grass and other weed eradication efforts in Cucumber Gulch Preserve for 2015.
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