UPDATE: Bureau of Reclamation Press Release
Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, Calif.
MP-17-089
Media Contact: Russell Grimes, 916-978-5100, [email protected]
Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for the Maidu Bike Project in Placer County
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment/Initial Study (EA/IS) for the Maidu Bike Project located in Auburn, California. The Draft EA/IS details impacts from the construction and operation of a recreational bike park to be located near the Canyon View Community Center. The bike park would provide a variety of bike trails and tracks for various skill levels. The project would also include an ADA-compliant picnic area, restrooms and observation area adjacent to the existing Canyon View Community Center parking lot. Reclamation’s action would be to approve the project proposed by the Auburn Area Recreation and Park District. Auburn Area Recreation and Park District operates the facilities at Canyon View Community Center under a management agreement with Reclamation.
The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=22689. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email [email protected].
Written comments are due by close of business Monday, July 3, 2017, to Jamie LeFevre, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. Comments may also be emailed to [email protected]. For additional information or to request a copy of the Environmental Assessment, please contact LeFevre at 916-978-5035 (TTY 800-877-8339).
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POSTED JUNE 15, 2017
A report (from the consultant on the project) on the Auburn Recreation District’s (ARD) planned bike park in Auburn estimates that its biggest days will attract 150 people during special events. School holidays and weekends are expected to draw about 100 visitors through the day and are considered peak-use days for the 9-acre site off Maidu Drive, states Dudek consulting business of Auburn.
ARD released a draft version of the study on Friday for public review and a 30-day comment period, starting June 2, 2017 and ending July 3, 2017. The board is to review and consider adoption of the study July 27 as part of the state environmental approval process.
To make a public comment to the U.S. District of Reclamation, the owner of the property
https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=22689
Public review and comment of the EA/IS begins June 2, 2017 and ends July 3, 2017.
Contacts:
Jaimie LeFevre
Phone: (916) 978-5035
Bonnie Van Pelt
Phone: (916) 989-7127
Added: The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=22689. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email [email protected].
Written comments are due by close of business Monday, July 3, 2017, to Jamie LeFevre, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. Comments may also be emailed to [email protected]. For additional information or to request a copy of the Environmental Assessment, please contact LeFevre at 916-978-5035 (TTY 800-877-8339).
**Draft Environmental Assessment /Initial Study
This document states how ARD will address the trail issues, including the building of a by-pass trail adjacent to the new bike pump park, along the road.
Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Declaration
To make a public comment to ARD, the Lead Agency of the project:
Maidu Bike Park Project
Auburn Area Recreation and Park District (ARD)
123 Recreation Drive, Auburn, CA 95603
CONTACT:
Kahl Muscott, ARD District Administrator
(530) 885 - 8461 Ext. 102
[email protected]
Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration
"The site for the bike park was OK’d in late 2013 by the district board and approval of the environmental review would allow the district to go out to bid on the project. District Administrator Kahl Muscott said Monday that site work could start in the summer or fall but that no target date for opening has been established.
Also necessary for moving forward, a similar environmental survey by property owner the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is undergoing a 30-day public review.
The district’s environmental report discusses plans to continue public use of a foot trail that bisects the bike park site along a Placer County Water Agency canal. The trail, used for maintenance of the waterway as well as for public recreation, would be fenced from bike track activities but open for public use to travel through.
A bridge over the canal is also planned to link the two areas of the bike park. Cyclists would be blocked from riding through cross traffic on the trail by bollards and would instead walk there bikes across the bridge. The park would also be closed during special trails events such as the American River 50 endurance run.
Muscott said that plans are to have two other trails nearby to bypass the bike park.
Parking for cyclists bringing vehicles would be at an unused lot that was once part of the Auburn dam construction project. The lot is located below the Canyon View Community Center, which houses the district headquarters.
The most recent cost projection for the bike park is $175,000 but some of that total could come from volunteer labor and in-kind support, Muscott said.
The park would be open from dawn until dusk, with no lighting planned for nighttime hours.
The bike park will feature a pump track, jump course and several skills trails spread out over five acres on the site, just east of Canyon View Center."
A full copy of the environmental review is accessible on the district website http://www.auburnrec.com/
CLICK HERE to see original article in the Auburn Journal
Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento, Calif.
MP-17-089
Media Contact: Russell Grimes, 916-978-5100, [email protected]
Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for the Maidu Bike Project in Placer County
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment/Initial Study (EA/IS) for the Maidu Bike Project located in Auburn, California. The Draft EA/IS details impacts from the construction and operation of a recreational bike park to be located near the Canyon View Community Center. The bike park would provide a variety of bike trails and tracks for various skill levels. The project would also include an ADA-compliant picnic area, restrooms and observation area adjacent to the existing Canyon View Community Center parking lot. Reclamation’s action would be to approve the project proposed by the Auburn Area Recreation and Park District. Auburn Area Recreation and Park District operates the facilities at Canyon View Community Center under a management agreement with Reclamation.
The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=22689. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email [email protected].
Written comments are due by close of business Monday, July 3, 2017, to Jamie LeFevre, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. Comments may also be emailed to [email protected]. For additional information or to request a copy of the Environmental Assessment, please contact LeFevre at 916-978-5035 (TTY 800-877-8339).
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POSTED JUNE 15, 2017
A report (from the consultant on the project) on the Auburn Recreation District’s (ARD) planned bike park in Auburn estimates that its biggest days will attract 150 people during special events. School holidays and weekends are expected to draw about 100 visitors through the day and are considered peak-use days for the 9-acre site off Maidu Drive, states Dudek consulting business of Auburn.
ARD released a draft version of the study on Friday for public review and a 30-day comment period, starting June 2, 2017 and ending July 3, 2017. The board is to review and consider adoption of the study July 27 as part of the state environmental approval process.
To make a public comment to the U.S. District of Reclamation, the owner of the property
https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=22689
Public review and comment of the EA/IS begins June 2, 2017 and ends July 3, 2017.
Contacts:
Jaimie LeFevre
Phone: (916) 978-5035
Bonnie Van Pelt
Phone: (916) 989-7127
Added: The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=22689. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email [email protected].
Written comments are due by close of business Monday, July 3, 2017, to Jamie LeFevre, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. Comments may also be emailed to [email protected]. For additional information or to request a copy of the Environmental Assessment, please contact LeFevre at 916-978-5035 (TTY 800-877-8339).
**Draft Environmental Assessment /Initial Study
This document states how ARD will address the trail issues, including the building of a by-pass trail adjacent to the new bike pump park, along the road.
Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Declaration
To make a public comment to ARD, the Lead Agency of the project:
Maidu Bike Park Project
Auburn Area Recreation and Park District (ARD)
123 Recreation Drive, Auburn, CA 95603
CONTACT:
Kahl Muscott, ARD District Administrator
(530) 885 - 8461 Ext. 102
[email protected]
Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration
"The site for the bike park was OK’d in late 2013 by the district board and approval of the environmental review would allow the district to go out to bid on the project. District Administrator Kahl Muscott said Monday that site work could start in the summer or fall but that no target date for opening has been established.
Also necessary for moving forward, a similar environmental survey by property owner the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is undergoing a 30-day public review.
The district’s environmental report discusses plans to continue public use of a foot trail that bisects the bike park site along a Placer County Water Agency canal. The trail, used for maintenance of the waterway as well as for public recreation, would be fenced from bike track activities but open for public use to travel through.
A bridge over the canal is also planned to link the two areas of the bike park. Cyclists would be blocked from riding through cross traffic on the trail by bollards and would instead walk there bikes across the bridge. The park would also be closed during special trails events such as the American River 50 endurance run.
Muscott said that plans are to have two other trails nearby to bypass the bike park.
Parking for cyclists bringing vehicles would be at an unused lot that was once part of the Auburn dam construction project. The lot is located below the Canyon View Community Center, which houses the district headquarters.
The most recent cost projection for the bike park is $175,000 but some of that total could come from volunteer labor and in-kind support, Muscott said.
The park would be open from dawn until dusk, with no lighting planned for nighttime hours.
The bike park will feature a pump track, jump course and several skills trails spread out over five acres on the site, just east of Canyon View Center."
A full copy of the environmental review is accessible on the district website http://www.auburnrec.com/
CLICK HERE to see original article in the Auburn Journal
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