ROGUE RIVER GREENWAY TRAIL

Gold Ray Road Solution Team MeetingFebruary 19, 2009

Jeff Bernardo, P.E.

• B.S. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 1997

• Professional Engineer, OR, 2002

• OBEC Consulting Engineers– Oregon Business since 1966– Specialize in transportation projects – Planning, Design, and Construction

Administration for numerous trail systems

Steve Durrant, ASLA, APA(Not Present Tonight)

• B.A. in Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, 1978

• Masters of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington, 1983

• Registered Landscape Architect and Planner

• ALTA Planning + Design– Specialize in Trail Planning and Design

Goals for Meeting• Identify Critical Features of the Project

• Adopt Evaluation Criteria for Gold Ray Road Trail Options

• Adopt a Rating System to be used

• Identify Potential Fatal Flaws for Gold Ray Road Trail Options

• Discuss and Identify Opportunities and Constraints for Trail Routes to be Considered Between Gold Ray Dam and 2nd At-Grade Railroad Crossing

Critical Features

• What are the critical features that this trail system must have to be considered a success?

• In other words, “Those we can’t live without?”

Action Item: Make a short list of Critical Features (5 or 6) that everyone agrees on.

Evaluation Criteria(aka “Filters”)

• Vehicle Speed/Count• Security/Safety• Preserve Aesthetics,

Scenery, & Nature• Facility Maintenance/

Management• Access for Land

Owners

• Access for Public Users

• Abuse of Area• Diversity of Uses• Fire Danger• Loss of Privacy• Road Closure• Site Constraints

Issues and concerns already expressed by the Solutions Team

Evaluation Criteria

• Recommendations:– Limit to no more than 10 Criteria– All Criteria Should be “Universal”– Criteria can be Broad or Specific– Criteria are typically weighted equally

Action Item: Develop and adopt a list of Evaluation Criteria to be used.

Rating System(aka “Scoring”)

• How do we want to Rate design options against each Evaluation Criteria?

• Options Include:– Subjective – Bad, Neutral, Good, Better, Best– Numerical – 1, 2, 3……9, 10– Pass/Fail – Other?

Rating System

Action Item: Agree on what rating system should be used to evaluate design options.

Fatal Flaws(aka “Show Stoppers”)

• What aspects of a design option would be bad enough to drop it from further consideration or evaluation?

• In other words, Design Option does not meet one or more of the Critical Features.

• Example: Design Option will not be meet environmental permitting regulations.

• Example: Prohibitive estimated cost.

Action Item: Make a list of potential Fatal Flaws that will result in dropping a Design Option.

Discuss Opportunities and Constraints for Design Options

• Opportunities: What are the things that we can do here?

• Constraints: What are the issues that we need to avoid or work around?

Action Item: Discuss Opportunities and Constraints between Gold Ray Dam and 2nd Railroad Crossing using Aerial Photos.

Next Meeting

• March 19, 2009 (5:30-7:30 p.m., RVCOG)

• Continue discussion of Opportunities and Constraints with Steve Durrant (ALTA)