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El Dorado County Parks and Trails Master Plan March 27, 2012 E L D ORADO C OUNTY P ARKS and T RAILS M ASTER P LAN Final El Dorado County Parks and Trails Master Plan March 27, 2012 E L D ORADO C OUNTY P ARKS AND T RAILS M ASTER P LAN Acknowledgements El Dorado County Board of Master Plan Advisory Committee Supervisors Dan Bolster, El Dorado County John Knight, District 1 Transportation Commission Ray Nutting, District 2 Michael Kenison, Trails Advisory James R. Sweeney, District 3 Committee Ron Briggs, District 4 Steve Youel, City of Placerville Norma Santiago, District 5 Cheri Jaggers, El Dorado Irrigation District Elena DeLacy, American River El Dorado County Planning Conservancy Commission Jeanne Harper, Community Economic Lou Rain, District 1 Development Association of Pollock Dave Pratt, District 2 Pines Tom Heflin, District 3 Mary Cahill, Cameron Park CSD Walter Mathews, District 4 Jerry Ledbetter, Backcountry Horsemen Alan Tolhurst, District 5 Kathy Daniels, El Dorado County Office of Education El Dorado County Parks and Jeff Horn, Bureau of Land Management Recreation Commission Bob Smart, El Dorado County Parks and Guy Gertsch, District 1 Recreation Commission Charles Callahan, District 2 Noah Rucker‐Triplett, El Dorado County Bob Smart, District 3 Environmental Management Jenifer Russo, District 4 Eileen Crim, Trails Advocate Steve Yonker, District 5 Lester Lubetkin, USDA Eldorado National Forest El Dorado County Trails Advisory Carl Clark, Georgetown Divide Recreation Committee District Carolyn Gilmore Keith Berry, Railroad Museum Melba Leal Sandi Kukkola, El Dorado Hills CSD Randy Hackbarth Michael Kenison El Dorado County Staff Jim McErlane Janet Postlewait, Principal Planner, Lynn Murray Department of Transportation Lindell Price El Dorado County Residents i E L D ORADO C OUNTY P ARKS AND T RAILS M ASTER P LAN ii E L D ORADO C OUNTY P ARKS AND T RAILS M ASTER P LAN TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................................... 1 1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 SCOPE OF THE MASTER PLAN .................................................................................................................. 5 Plan Area.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Purpose............................................................................................................................................. 6 1.2 BENEFITS OF PARKS AND TRAILS............................................................................................................... 6 Economic Value ................................................................................................................................ 8 Health Value..................................................................................................................................... 8 Natural and Cultural Resources........................................................................................................ 9 Recreation ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Local Identity.................................................................................................................................. 10 1.3 MASTER PLAN PROCESS ....................................................................................................................... 11 1.4 MASTER PLAN ORGANIZATION .............................................................................................................. 11 2 PLANNING COORDINATION.................................................................................................................. 14 2.1 EL DORADO COUNTY ........................................................................................................................... 14 El Dorado County General Plan ...................................................................................................... 14 Parks and Recreation Element .................................................................................................................... 15 Conservation and Open Space Element ...................................................................................................... 19 Land Use Element ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Transportation and Circulation Element..................................................................................................... 20 El Dorado County Bicycle Transportation Plan............................................................................... 21 El Dorado County River Management Plan.................................................................................... 21 El Dorado County Oak Woodland Management Plan.................................................................... 21 Sacramento‐Placerville Transportation Corridor Master Plan ....................................................... 21 2.2 OTHER RELEVANT PLANNING DOCUMENTS .............................................................................................. 22 City of Placerville ............................................................................................................................ 22 Sacramento Area Council of Governments..................................................................................... 23 Special Service Districts .................................................................................................................. 23 Federal Agencies ............................................................................................................................ 24 State of California........................................................................................................................... 25 3 VISION, GOALS AND POLICIES .............................................................................................................. 26 3.1 VISION .............................................................................................................................................. 26 3.2 GOALS AND POLICIES ........................................................................................................................... 26 Goal 1: Health and Wellness ....................................................................................................................... 26 Goal 2: Community Building........................................................................................................................27 Goal 3: Sustainability................................................................................................................................... 28 4 COUNTY DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE........................................................................................................ 32 4.1 DATA SOURCES................................................................................................................................... 32 4.2 POPULATION TRENDS........................................................................................................................... 33 Age ................................................................................................................................................. 34 Gender............................................................................................................................................ 37 Race and Ethnicity.......................................................................................................................... 38 Language........................................................................................................................................ 40 Education ....................................................................................................................................... 42 Poverty Status and Income............................................................................................................. 42 iii E L D ORADO C OUNTY P ARKS AND T RAILS M ASTER P LAN 5 EXISTING PARK AND TRAIL RESOURCES............................................................................................... 44 5.1 EL DORADO COUNTY PARKS AND TRAILS ................................................................................................. 44 Existing County Parks ..................................................................................................................... 44 Planned County Parks..................................................................................................................... 48 Existing County Trails ..................................................................................................................... 49 Future County Trails ....................................................................................................................... 51 5.2 LOCAL PARKS AND TRAILS PROVIDERS ..................................................................................................... 51 5.3 REGIONAL PARKS AND TRAIL PROVIDERS ................................................................................................. 51 El Dorado Irrigation District...........................................................................................................
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