Lake Berryessa Shoreline Trail Management Plan September 2012 Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region Sacramento, California Central California Area Office, Lake Berryessa Lake Berryessa Shoreline Trail Management Plan TABLE136B OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................ES-1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE TRAIL MANAGEMENT PLAN ....................................................... 1-1 1.2 GOALS OF THE TRAIL MANAGEMENT PLAN .......................................................... 1-2 1.3 LIMITATIONS OF THE TRAIL MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................ 1-3 2.0 BACKGROUND AND SETTING .................................................................................. 2-1 2.1 RELEVANT PLANS AND POLICIES .......................................................................... 2-1 2.2 AREA DESCRIPTION AND NATURAL SETTING ........................................................ 2-3 2.3 RECREATION RESOURCES AT LAKE BERRYESSA ................................................... 2-5 2.4 REGIONAL RECREATION RESOURCES .................................................................... 2-7 3.0 THE LAKE BERRYESSA SHORELINE TRAIL SYSTEM ......................................... 3-1 3.1 TRAIL SYSTEM OVERVIEW .................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 General System Management Characteristics ......................................... 3-1 3.1.2 Shoreline Trail Alignment ....................................................................... 3-3 3.1.3 Regional Connections .............................................................................. 3-4 3.2 SHORELINE TRAIL USES AND TYPES ..................................................................... 3-4 3.3 CONCESSION AREAS ............................................................................................. 3-4 4.0 TRAIL DESIGN FRAMEWORK ................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 DESIGN DIRECTION ............................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ............................................................. 4-1 4.2.1 Reclamation Design and Management Guidelines .................................. 4-1 4.2.2 Additional Trail Design and Management Guidelines ............................ 4-1 4.2.3 Vehicular Roadways and Bridges ............................................................ 4-2 4.3 SHORELINE TRAIL DESIGN .................................................................................... 4-2 4.3.1 Trail Characteristics ................................................................................. 4-2 4.3.2 Staging Areas ........................................................................................... 4-3 4.3.3 Potential Water Transit Access Points ..................................................... 4-3 4.3.4 Wetlands, Creeks, and Drainage Crossings ............................................. 4-4 4.3.5 Miscellaneous Trail Features ................................................................... 4-6 4.4 ADA / UNIVERSAL ACCESS CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................... 4-6 4.4.1 ADA Standards and Applications ............................................................ 4-6 4.4.2 Universal Access Information.................................................................. 4-7 i Lake Berryessa Shoreline Trail Management Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) 5.0 TRAIL IDENTITY .......................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 BRANDING THE SHORELINE TRAIL ........................................................................ 5-1 5.2 IDENTITY LOGO .................................................................................................... 5-1 5.3 OUTREACH MATERIALS ........................................................................................ 5-1 5.4 WEB-BASED INFORMATION ................................................................................... 5-1 5.5 SIGNS ................................................................................................................... 5-2 5.5.1 Standards ................................................................................................. 5-2 5.5.2 Sign Types .............................................................................................. 5-2 5.6 NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL STATUS ............................................................... 5-5 5.7 INTERPRETIVE SIGNS ............................................................................................ 5-5 6.0 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ............................................................................. 6-1 6.1 TRAIL PRIORITIES ................................................................................................. 6-1 6.1.1 Priority Criteria ........................................................................................ 6-1 6.1.2 Priorities ................................................................................................... 6-1 6.1.3 Flexibility in Priorities ........................................................................... 6-11 6.2 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING ...................................................... 6-12 6.2.1 County of Napa ...................................................................................... 6-12 6.2.2 State of California .................................................................................. 6-12 6.2.3 Federal.................................................................................................... 6-13 6.2.4 Trails by Others as Lead Agency ........................................................... 6-15 6.3 COSTS ................................................................................................................. 6-15 6.3.1 Capital Costs .......................................................................................... 6-15 6.3.2 Priority 1 Trail Environmental Review Costs ........................................ 6-15 6.3.3 Additional Environmental Review ........................................................ 6-16 6.4 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ....................................................................... 6-16 6.4.1 Objectives .............................................................................................. 6-16 6.4.2 Maintenance Activities .......................................................................... 6-17 6.4.3 Operational Considerations .................................................................... 6-20 6.4.4 Maintenance and Operations Levels ...................................................... 6-20 6.5 FUNDING ............................................................................................................. 6-25 6.5.1 Organizations and Programs .................................................................. 6-25 ii Lake Berryessa Shoreline Trail Management Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) 7.0 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................ 7-1 8.0 LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................... 8-1 9.0 REPORT PREPARERS AND PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS .................................... 9-1 iii Lake Berryessa Shoreline Trail Management Plan LIST137B OF TABLES Table0B 1 Anticipated Uses by Trail Segment Table1B 2 Firmness, Stability, and Slip Resistance for a Variety of Common Trail Surfacing Materials Table2B 3 Priority Criteria Weighing Table3B 4 Implementation Priorities by Trail Segment Table4B 5 Trail Maintenance by Trail Surface Type Table5B 6 Specific Operational Considerations by Trail Segment Table6B 7 Anticipated Operations Levels Table7B 8 Anticipated Annual Maintenance Levels Table8B 9 Potential Partners by Trail Segment iv Lake Berryessa Shoreline Trail Management Plan LIST138B OF FIGURES OVERVIEW FIGURES Figure11B 1 Trail Segments Figure12B 2 Staging Areas and Potential Water Transit Access Points Figure13B 3 Emphasized Trail Uses Figure14B 4 Implementation Priorities Figure15B 5 New Staging Areas and Implementation Priorities SECTIONS Figure16B S-1 Multi-Use Trail Sections Figure17B S-2 Hiking/Accessible Trail Within Developed Recreation Areas Figure18B S-3 Class III Bicycle Route Through Developed Recreation Areas Figure19B S-4 Hiking Only Trail Segments Figure20B S-5A Multiple Use Trail – Segment 25 Figure21B S-5B Multiple Use Trail Option – Segment 25 Figure22B S-5C Multiple Use Trail Option – Segment 25 Figure23B S-6 Generalized Types of Stream Crossings Figure24B S-7 Retaining Walls STAGING AREAS Figure25B SA-1 Berryessa Dam/Lower Putah Creek Figure26B SA-2 Lake Vista Figure27B SA-3 Steel Canyon Figure28B SA-4 Pope Creek Figure29B SA-5 Raccoon Lagoon Fig30B ure SA-6 Tully Canyon CONCESSION AREAS Figure31B C-1 Mahogany Bay Figure32B C-2 Pleasure Cove Figure33B C-3 Lupine Shores Figure34B C-4 Foothill Pines Figure35B C-5 Blue Oaks Figure36B C-6 Manzanita Canyon Figure37B C-7 Chaparral Cove v Lake Berryessa Shoreline Trail Management Plan ATTACHMENTS139B Attachment9B A Summary of Policies and Guidelines Affecting the Design of the Lake Berryessa