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HomeMy WebLinkAbout15 PETERS CNYN TRAIL 09-06-94aGENDA-__ NO. 15 9-6-94 DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 1994 Inter-Corn TO: FROM: SUBJECT: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PETERS CANYON REGIONAL RIDING AND HIKING TRAIL RECOM~ENDATION Receive and file. FISCA__L IMPACT There is no fiscal impact to the City of Tustin. Trail dedication and construction are. conditions imposed on new construction in the County. Once trails are dedicated to the County, maintenance of trails becomes the County's obligation. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION Mayor Pro Tem Potts at the City Council meeting on August 15, 1994, requested a status report on the extension of the Peters Canyon Hiking and Riding Trail through the County and City of Irvine to its ultimate terminus at Upper Back Bay in Newport Beach. Only portions of the permanent trail have been developed, other portions are at an interim stage or non-existent. Many portions of the Peters Canyon trail alignment are still conceptual at this time. Precise alignments will be determined as the trail develops and factors such as public safety, environmental impacts and development costs are considered. The County has developed a conceptual alignment for the Peters Canyon Trail which is attached to this report as Exhibit A. City staff has contacted Mr. Jeff Dickman, the County's Trail Coordinator, to obtain up to date information regarding permanent and interim trail facility implementation at the Peters Canyon trail. According to the County, it is anticipated that much of the future work on Peters Canyon Trail would be provided as interim trail facilities (Interim Action Plan) until such time as new development occurs and permanent trail development is conditioned. City Council Report Peters Canyon Regional Riding and Hiking Trail September 6, 1994 Page 2 As the Council may recall last year the city staffs of Tustin and Irvine and County staff met to discuss the extension of Peters Canyon Regional Trail. Gaps in the permanent trail were identified in the County and within the city of Irvine. A report was forwarded to the Council on the results of that meeting. As an outcome of that meeting, a letter was sent by the County to The Irvine Company requesting that they make right-of-way available for interim trail improvements on their agricultural properties between Portola Parkway and Edinger Avenue. Interim trail facilities generally have the following characteristics: lack of a formal development Plan; no identified funding sources for implementation; use of temporary parking lot areas; use of dirt trails; use of natural undercrossings (as opposed to grade separated crossing) and temporary signing and temporary crossing directional signs. The following status information on permanent and interim trail facilities has been separated into trail linkages along the Peters Canyon Regional Trail: Under Jamboree Road via Peters Canyon Wash to I-5 Freeway (County of Oranqe) This alignment runs from the terminus of the existing trail in East Tustin on Jamboree Road in the vicinity of the golf course to an undercrossing of Jamboree Road, east and south through a portion of the Lower Peters Canyon Specific Plan Area. The County will be providing a condition on the Lower Peters Canyon Specific Plan to dedicate and develop a permanent trail as a condition of development. The City of Tustin will also include a similar request in our Lower Peters Canyon Project EIR comments that the permanent trail be constructed as a condition of development. It appears that the County is considering the use of a trail along the existing levees which parallel the Peters Canyon Wash on an interim basis pending the development of a permanent trail and subject to authorization by the Irvine Company. City Council Report Peters Canyon Regional Riding and Hiking Trail September 6, 1994 Page 3 The final Eastern Transportation Corridor (ETC) design will affect the regional trail at the I-5 and Peters Canyon Wash location. Details of the ETC design should be available in the next 30 days. The County is not prepared to decide on an interim trail location until this information is available. ~-5 (South) to Edinqer Avenue (City of Irvine) This area on the east side of Jamboree Road is within Planning Area 10 in the City of Irvine, however, it is not subject to the current zone change being processed in Planning Area 10. No development plans for this portion of Planning Area 10 have been proposed at this time. The County has been communicating with the Irvine Company regarding establishing interim trail facilities and a bicycle staging area along this portion of the trail. According to the County it appears that The Irvine Company may be agreeable, however, final details will need to be worked out. Marine Corps Air Station - Tustin (City of Tustin) The City is coordinating with the County and City of Irvine for implementation of trails through Peters Canyon Wash as part of the Base Reuse Plan. Warner Avenue to Michelson Drive ~Cit¥ of Irvine) This segment of the trail provides for two separate trails along Peters Canyon Wash, a riding/hiking trail on the west side of the wash, and a bicycle trail on the east side of the wash. Portions of the trails from Barranca ~o 1-405 are already in place except for undercrossings at Barranca Parkway. An Assessment District was anticipated to be used to fund this portion of the trail construction. Although specifications and plans for the trail segment from Barranca to Warner have been prepared, the City of Irvine has requested Irvine city staff to study the need and user potential for riding/hiking trails in this trail segment. The study would also look at other ways to fund the trail construction without using Assessment District financing. Irvine staff will be reporting back to the City Council within the next 30-60 days. City Council Report Peters Canyon Regional Riding and Hiking Trail September 6, 1994 Page 4 Michelson Drive to UDDer Newport Bay (City of Irvine and City of Newport Beach) The County has received authorization to implement this section of the route. Signage and staking of the route is expected within the next 30 days. The City staff has continued to monitor the implementation of the Peters Canyon Regional Riding and Hiking Trail. As new information becomes available we will report back to the City Council. Assistant Director Christine A. Sh~gleton Assistant City Manager RW:CAS:kb~:br\rdhktr[.rw EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT A DESCRIPTION OF CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT. PETERS CANYON TRAIL The Peters Canyon Trail co~unences at the southeast end of Irvine Regional Park where Peters Canyon Road intersects with the park. The trail follows Peters Canyon Road south and crosses Santiago Canyon Road, and then crosses Jamboree Road near the intersection of Jamboree and Canyon View Avenue. The trail then enters Peters Canyon Regional Park and heads south through the park along Peters Canyon Road. When the trail leaves the park site it travels south through the Tustin Ranch Planned Community to Tustin Ranch Road just west of Pioneer Way. The trail heads southwest along Tustin Ranch Road and crosses Tustin Ranch Road at the point where it connects to Portola Parkway. Once along the south side of Portola Parkway the trail heads east to Jamboree Road. At Jamboree Road the trail turns south and travels along the west side of Jamboree Road to the Peters Canyon Channel undercrossing of Jamboree at the Tustin Ranch golf course. The trail goes under Jamboree Road and travels south on the west side of the channel towards the I-5 Freeway. Before it reaches the freeway the trail must cross Irvine Boulevard and Bryan Avenue. On the south side of the freeway the trail continues south on the west side of Peters Canyon Channel crossing Walnut Avenue, the A.T.S.F. railroad, Edinger Avenue, Moffet Drive, Warner Avenue and Barranca Parkway. Just south of Barranca Parkway the Peters Canyon Channel ends and the trail continues south on the west side of the San Diego Creek Channel crossing Alton Parkway, Main Street, Coronado, the 1-405 Freeway and Michelson Drive. The trail terminates just north of Campus Drive at the point where the Irvine Coast Trail crosses the San Diego Creek Channel. The trail is approximately 12 miles long.