Last Thursday evening (July 26) there was an input meeting and update on the
City of Reno’s Greenways and Open Space Plan. The city staff has proposed
the following for council approval.

1) a full time staff person to be hired in the coming months to head up the
City of Reno’s Open Space Plan

2) $200k allocated for initial seeding money for the program

3) the money may go towards maintenance of trails/paths, acquisition of open
space, open space projects and seed or matching $ for grants.

City staff was there to see if there was a consensus on how to spend or
allocate the initial funding. Their were as many ideas and proposals as
persons, but one consensus eventually surfaced. The initial money should NOT
go to the maintenance of existing trails but for something that will be new
and tangible (i.e. a purchase of property, a new trail, etc.).

It was stressed that trail maintenance is a very important component to the
open space plan and should be included in future budgets of the G.O.S. Plan.

If approved, this person will be coordinating trail and open space projects
between the cities, county, USFS, BLM, private and volunteer groups. As
well as looking for money, grants and matches for these projects.

The City staff will be presenting the above recommendation for approval to
the City Council in the near future.

It would be appropriate at the time to send and email or speak at council in
favor and support of these recommendations to get the GOS Plan up and going.

Will let know when this meeting is scheduled and how you can give input -
Dale