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Regional Management Councils


Regional Management Council Development

Mission - work with communities to implement comprehensive trail management

• Get diverse trail managers together• 3 year plan to consolidate RMC members• Definition of regional areas• Create a short list of regional trail problems• Share solutions, new practices, funding,

programs• Sustain trails• Create at least 41 RMC’s by year end• Tie into Significant Government Funding –

Infrastructure as per provincial budget• Tie into Policy as per the Provincial trails

Strategy


OTC – Trail Initiatives

Assisting Locally by working Provincially

• Marketing and promotion of OTC• Marketing and Promotion of trail

success stories• Developing plans and strategies to

enable projects: – Trails-Health Events– Youth programs– Linkages to funders and

alignment with purposes and objectives

– Know about trails, parks, tourism, major international and various types


Trails Inventory

In your region municipalities charged with infrastructure audit function

• Municipal Performance Measures Program

• Cataloguing trail infrastructure locally• Municipal Government and Parks and

Recreation Ontario• New relationship with Ontario

Recreational Facilities Association


Action

OTC/TCT and your Regional Management Council can lead the way!

• Enact changes in the MFTIP - stay of MPAC• Implement the TTN - similar to Haliburton,

Sudbury, Ottawa, and Niagara• Ensure trails form part of municipal assessment• Ensure Trails are considered in Land Use

Management or Planning • Provide Youth Programs through CIAF, or

participate in a Health-Unit Trails Event• Develop your own regional initiative – completion

of Trillium Trails Network


NIMBY

Addressing NIMBY in your area

• Legal Issues - Liability

• Privacy – land use

• Crime, vandalism – land access

• Need to make an argument for planning of such an important infrastructure at the local, regional and provincial levels


Land Use

Developing Lands in your area• Remediation of lands towards

greenways• Controlled by Municipalities or Crown

Land Agencies• GTA Greenbelt• Rail to Trail Conversion one method of

utilizing brown zones, corridor lines• Great grade, poor materials• Hydro Corridors• Ontario Hydro, Ontario Realty Corp.

and Municipal Act


Planning for Trail Infrastructure

OTC Plans are available for Use by your Trails Community

• We have a community development guidebook

• ATV Ontario Community Development template

• OFSC Trails Specifics Manuals

• OTC How to Build Trail Handbooks

• IMBA Trail Building Manuals - and Course

• Bruce Trail Trail Management Manual

• Bruce-Grey County Trails Management Manual


Conclusion

Local Determination• Niagara Region– involves municipal,

Canada Parks, Conservation Area, Community and User groups

• Outcomes – International Trails Day celebration in Fort Erie June, 2005,06,07

• 2ND outcome – current committee meeting already for next year

• Near North – Municipalities of Muskoka, Parry Sound, Gravenhurst, Haliburton; involves user groups, atv, snow clubs, FON, and Health Units, MNR

• Outcome - formation of a working group to move trail issues forward, met– dealing with MTO issues


Conclusion

Local Determination• Mid-West Region– involves municipal,

tourism, health, Cambridge, Guelph, Brantford, and Hamilton

• Outcomes – initial meeting June 2005, discussed completion of TCT Trail – meeting regularly in Ingersoll to discuss additional projects, next steps TCT

• Eastern Region – Municipalities of Kawartha Lakes, City of Peterborough, Eastern Ontario Communities through EOTA; involves user groups, atv, snow clubs, FON, and Health Units, MNR

• Outcomes - coalescing a working group group to move trail issues forward, dealing with trail pass and inventory issues


Successes through RMC Process

Some Communities in development

• North – Thunder bay, Atikokan, North Shore and Nipigon all working on a meeting for March, raise profile of health and trail issues, winter sports

• Chatham-Kent Essex/Lambton - meeting in February to complete link to TCT and in order to complete intra-county completion of trail systems.

• National Capital Region – posting joint TTN OBR signage

• Bruce Grey Region – wants to meet to discuss land access issues with ATV users to ensure municipal trail regulations are followed.


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