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2 <br />Map T1 - Coal Creek Trail - Reliance Park northwest to <br />Kenosha Wetland Reclamation Area & Boulder Creek. Erie's <br />section of the Coal Creek Trail is completed from Vista Point <br />north to Reliance Park. This request continues the existing <br />Coal Creek Trail from Reliance Park (WCR 1-1/2) north to the <br />confluence with Boulder Creek. This is a critical connection <br />for Erie and all of the trail users of the Coal Creek and <br />Boulder Creek Trails. This trail corridor has been designated <br />a Spine Trail by the Board of Trustees, indicating that it <br />provides significant connections to activity centers in Erie as <br />well as other regional trails. Erie seeks assistance from <br />Boulder County for completion of this critical trail segment. <br />Erie is also interested in collaborating with Boulder County in <br />pursuing grant opportunities to facilitate completion of the <br />trail. (See also open space lands for this corridor in the open <br />space requests listed above - Map F.) <br />POS <br />The Wheeler Ranch acquisition was approved by the BOCC in 2016 and is <br />currently under contract. This acquisition will facilitate the ability to create <br />this regional trail. <br />Boulder County Transportation is in the process of fixing flood damage to <br />the ECL bridge over Boulder Creek. The department has no plans at this <br />time to replace that bridge structure and has limited funds to do so <br />anytime in the foreseeable future. <br />Trail connections in this area of Boulder Creek, along with any <br />environmental concerns, will be addressed in the Kenosha/Wheeler Ranch <br />Management Plan, which is likely to be five years out due to flood <br />recovery, on-going reclamation, and water issues on site. BCPOS looks <br />forward to a collaborative process with Erie to determine what might be <br />feasible to partner and construct in this area with our emphasis focused on <br />what is located in Boulder County. <br />3 <br />Map T2 - Union Pacific Rail Trail - Creekside Subdivision <br />West to US Highway 287. Erie seeks to participate in the <br />planning and construction efforts for the UPRR trail in <br />relation to the segment between our Creekside Subdivision <br />and US Highway 287. Some of the lands adjacent to this trail <br />corridor, both north and south, are prioritized above in our <br />open space requests. This future trail alignment provides <br />unique opportunities for an east-west regional trail to <br />connect with communities to the west of Erie and serves to <br />complement the significant north/south Coal Creek Trail <br />through Erie. <br />TR <br />The Union Pacific (UP) Regional Trail will run from the eastern boundary of <br />the City of Boulder traversing nine miles to Erie using the Union Pacific Rail <br />line when possible. The first step in trail development will be an <br />environmental study of the corridor as part of a master planning <br />process.The UP Regional Trail is one of eight planned trails eligible for <br />funding under the 2007 Countywide Sales Tax Ballot Issue. Boulder County <br />has been in discussions with the owner of the UP corridor to discuss its <br />potential future as a trail connection. The County hopes to begin a master <br />planning process in 2017to identify needs, opportunities and constraints of <br />constructing a regional trail in that area. <br />http://www.bouldercounty.org/roads/plans/pages/unionpacifictrail.aspx <br />4 <br />Map T3 - Boulder Creek Trail to St. Vrain Legacy Trail and <br />Colorado Front Range Trail - Kenosha northwest to WCR 16- <br />1/2 (to Frederick, Longmont and beyond). Erie seeks to <br />participate in the planning and construction efforts for the <br />Boulder Creek Trail segment from Kenosha, continuing <br />northwest to connect with the St. Vrain Legacy Trail and <br />Colorado Front Range Trail. This is the next logical segment <br />to be completed after T1 listed above as it continues from <br />the confluence of Coal Creek and Boulder Creek. <br />Erie/ <br />POS <br />See response to Erie Request #1. <br />34 <br />