13/6/07 Regional Management Councils

13/6/07 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

13/6/07 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

13/6/07 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

13/6/07 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

13/6/07 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

13/6/07 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

13/6/07 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

13/6/07 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 2 ND 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

13/6/07 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

13/6/07 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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