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2 1 Chair Dorosin said that is just an informational item, and said comments should be given 2 now. 3 Allan Green requested that their petition,submitted last week, forestablishing the route 4 for the MTS, be considered by the BOCC this evening,but that David Stancil, Department of 5 Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation Director,said that would be part of the budget 6 process. He said his grouphas been before the BOCC manytimes in the last few years, and 7 the reason that the State indicated Orange County as a low priority is because they feel Orange 8 County is not committed. He said he wanted Orange County to designate the route tonight, but 9 it is only onthe agendaas an informational item. 10 Ed Johnson said he is an old time hiker,and the people he hasmet on the trails have 11 been great people. Hesaid heowns land to the north of Cane Creek Reservoir, andis willing 12 to grant an easement across his property for this trail. 13 Chair Dorosinsaidthe information item on this evening’sagenda recommends that 14 approval of the trail route should concur withbudget discussions this spring. He referred tothe 15 request of accepting offered easements, and said the staff has been in touch with many 16 landowners in this area,are moving forward, but completion by 2018 may be too ambitious. He 17 referred to the request to establisha relationship with the Friends of MST, and said the 18 information item states this is under way,and a draft memorandum of understanding (MOU)is 19 being worked on for trail building and assistance. 20 Bonnie Hammersley said the information item says staff will proceed with theCIP as 21 previously planned,unless otherwisedirected by the Board of County Commissioners. 22 Commissioner Jacobssaid regardless of the timeline,the public should understand that 23 the Board iscommitted,and will move forward with this vianormal processes. 24 Commissioner McKee said there has been no backing away from what he indicated in 25 his letterof supporttwo years ago. 26 Commissioner Marcoplos said contacting landowners isatacit acceptance of parts of 27 the trail. th 28 David Stancil said the Board gave direction on September 19,andstaff provided a th 29 memosummarizing that direction; on October 27staff received instruction to move forward 30 with landowners who are offering easements. He said this evening’sinformation item 31 reinforces all of this. He said information was sent out to people who have been in touch with 32 the County, and staff will move forward with discussions. 33 David Stancil said the process maynot be completedby February, due to staff and legal 34 reviews, but it ismoving forward. 35 Commissioner Price said she asked staff last week if they would be in touch with 36 landowners who are willing to donate land for easements. She said progress, even insmall 37 increments, is encouraging that the process is moving forward. 38 David Stancil said every property owner, who has expressed interest, should receive 39 information via the US postal service, which will initiate the process. 40 Commissioner Jacobs said there is concern in the community that an actual path for trail 41 has yet to be determined. He asked if there is a reason that the location of the trail has not 42 been identified. 43 David Stancil said the CIP has broken this process into three phases, which may need 44 to be revisited; and the logical time to do this would be during the CIP process in March or April. 45 He said, however, there is nothing precluding the Board from setting a line on the map right 46 now. He said a proposed route has been identified. 47 Commissioner Jacobs said in the past, projects have had conceptual plansthat the 48 Board adopted before it went into the CIP and before the Board had a master plan. He asked if 49 a conceptual plan could be adopted in this case, prior to the CIP. 50 Bonnie Hammersley said yes.