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Goal 5: Trail and Trailhead Safety <br /> Improve security of trails and trailheads. <br /> Recommended Actions and Strategies: <br /> A. Work to minimize vehicle break -ins and vandalism problems at trailheads through the following <br /> actions: <br /> • Avoid siting trailhead parking lots in locations that are hidden from view. Where possible, <br /> parking lots should be visible from roads so that passing traffic helps deter break -ins and <br /> other illegal activities. <br /> • Larger parking lots should be gated at night to prevent illegal use. <br /> • Surveillance cameras should be considered as a deterrent to crime at parking lots and <br /> trailheads where problems are occurring on a consistent basis (currently being used at the <br /> Spencer Butte parking lot). <br /> B. Consider developing a neighborhood watch program where nearby residents could be enlisted <br /> to help monitor for, and report, illegal activities at trailhead parking lots and other potential <br /> problem areas. This program would provide residents with instruction and contact information to <br /> report problems. <br /> C. Recruit docents or other volunteers to patrol the ridgeline trail system on a periodic basis and <br /> report illegal activities, maintenance needs, and other problems. <br /> D. Maintain facilities at a high level to encourage positive and legitimate uses of the area. <br /> E. Where the ridgeline trail system intersects roadways with high traffic volumes or speeds, ensure <br /> safe pedestrian crossing by utilizing warning signage, pedestrian medians (islands), and other <br /> traffic calming techniques as appropriate. Special consideration should be given to the following <br /> existing and future road crossings: <br /> • Willamette Street <br /> • Fox Hollow Road <br /> • Dillard Road <br /> • 30 Avenue crossing at the south end of the planned ribbon trail <br /> • Crest Drive (future Crest Dive School connector trail) <br /> • 1 1 th Avenue (future trail crossing) <br /> • Bailey Hill Road (future trail crossing) <br /> • Green Hill Road (future trail crossing for Oak Hill Connector trail) <br /> F. Construct and maintain public trails at a high level to help minimize potential injury of trail users. <br /> This would include attention to trail conditions such as drainage, surfacing, stream crossings, <br /> clearance, and grade. <br /> Goal 6: Mountain Bike Facilities <br /> Develop a network of mountain bike trails to accommodate varying degrees of skill and styles of riding <br /> and tie those trails into existing bicycle facilities (trails, paths, and on -road routes). <br /> Recommended Actions and Strateqies: <br /> A. In the short-term, work to improve and expand the existing designated mountain bike trail <br /> network in the Mount Baldy and Amazon Headwaters area. Improvements could include: <br /> • Formalize and improve the trail connection between Mount Baldy and the Amazon <br /> Headwaters trail along the BPA power easement or adjacent City Park land. <br /> • Convert the Amazon Headwaters trail to a one -way uphill trail for mountain bikes once a <br /> loop trail is completed using the BPA power corridor in that area to provide a downhill return <br /> option. <br /> B. Work with user groups and make necessary trail improvements that would permit mountain bike <br /> access along the existing ridgeline trail between Fox Hollow Road and Blanton Road (this is not <br /> currently a permitted use). <br /> 7 <br />