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V. DISCUSSION Discussion An excerpt of the "Trails Plan" from the City's "Community Trails Master Plan" is attached. The Community Trails Master Plan shows a combination of Class A and Class C trails and three trail staging areas on this site and linked to adjoining sites. Absent any staging areas on this site, the closest staging area will be in the planned public park located on the former City dump site in the Vineyard Avenue Specific Plan area. The concern with the proposed means of addressing the open space ownership and provision of Class C trails includes the following: ^ It relies upon future City concurrence to accept the open space. In the future, the City may not wish to accept the land thereby retaining the open space land in private owner- ship; or may not accept the land until adjacent properties develop and provide extensions to the regional trail. ^ If privately owned with a public access easement, homeowner's associations and their in- surance carriers may be reluctant to assume the liability of public access to the associa- tion controlled land. There are, however, other questions to providing trails and trail heads in the areas shown on the Community Trails Master Plan in addition to the acceptance of the Kottinger owners: ^ The presence of potentially sensitive habitat areas and the outside agency jurisdiction. The presence of potentially sensitive habitat area may limit the trail locations on the prop- erty; may require bridging creeks and swales thereby requiring agency permits; and the trails' functions may be limited, e.g., no bicycles or equestrians. These questions would then have to be answered if the City Council directs trails and trail heads are to be pro- vided on the development plan. ^ When the trails are to be installed and by whom. If not constructed by the applicant, the City would have to pay for their construction. ^ The potential maintenance costs to the City. However, the City would require the devel- oper or homeowner's association Alternatives The possible alternatives available to the City to address the open space ownership and the pro- vision of trails/staging areas for the Oak Grove development would include, but are not limited to, the following: PUD-33 Page 4 of 6 January I1, 2007