Important to the history to the city and all of the great rock and roll out of the city and the things that wouldnt exist if it wasnt for the lakes and with history i would like to thank the Bay Area Ridge Council for the vision to see that the stewardship of people to manage land responsibly is tied to their emotional ownership of that land in the history of it. Thank you. Thank you very much. Before the next speaker a few more cards. [calling speaker names] thanks supervisors. I want to thank you for this hearing and also thank supervisor avalos and wiener for their leadership on this issue. My name is sasha mcgee and a member of the San Francisco urban riders. I want to under line the urgency that supervisor avalos is giving this issue. This is land that people are crying out for. San francisco and our neighbors to the south really have limited recreational opportunities within an easy bike ride or quick transit ride of the city and so i think this is a great opportunity to open tha
Hello. I am [inaudible] and cyclists for sf urban riders and our group works to promote cycling and everyone that can enjoy and since we live in this area we drive cars to search out opportunities and. We want to encourage more [inaudible] low audio and do this in participating in habitat trails and workdays and both are needed and working with agencies and hosting rides and events for the members. As a sf resident and open space enthusiast i support access for all users. I want to like to thank supervisor avalos, wiener and others for providing the leadership for access. Thank you very much. Thank you. I am charlie and a member of the [inaudible] water county board and the board of the Silicon Valley Mountain Bike riders and a chapter in the International Biking association and we are excited what the puc announced and the ridge trail and running the crust of the watershed. We are exciting that the whitening ridge trail will begin the permit process and go across the northern end of t
Should be commended for that and we hope the pressures to go away from that could be released. We will now get more involved in this. We havent been involved up to this point. Its our intention to do so in the future because theres a lot here to be saved. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker please. My name is ray hosher and a former bicycle columnists for the San Francisco chronicle and author of bay area bike roads. I have been writing about the area in discussion for 30 plus years and its given me a lot of inspiration. I wrote this magazine adventure rides in santa cruz mountains, and its something that i think we need to think about for opening up all space possible. Theres a concept called freedom to roam. If you look it up in wikipedia there is a lot of discussion about it and it says we want to give access to everything, all land as much as possible and i think thats the way it should go. Consider the marin marin municipal water district. They allow extensive recreation.
Years, probably a majority of San Francisco residents have no idea that these projects exist so i think that is something we should keep in mind Going Forward and let me say hopefully i think the switch from the dosen lead program to the permit system is especially important. By all accounts the tours are great but i will say if youre a San Francisco resident that doesnt own a car its nearly impossible to take advantage of the tours. They all begin at the southern end of the trail, the farthest side from San Francisco on highway 92 and those without cars and this will allow us to treasure the resource and take care of it. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker. Hello. I am jason beck and part of the a group of Mountain Bike enthusiasts and i want to say personally thank you to the supervisors for moving this forward and thank you to the puc. I guess i want to focus on what an amazing opportunity we have here. Were blessed to live where we are. Were blessed to have these opportuni
And workdays and both are needed and working with agencies and hosting rides and events for the members. As a sf resident and open space enthusiast i support access for all users. I want to like to thank supervisor avalos, wiener and others for providing the leadership for access. Thank you very much. Thank you. I am charlie and a member of the [inaudible] water county board and the board of the Silicon Valley Mountain Bike riders and a chapter in the International Biking association and we are excited what the puc announced and the ridge trail and running the crust of the watershed. We are exciting that the whitening ridge trail will begin the permit process and go across the northern end of the watershed. We feel as a group we would like to do more. We would like to see eastwest connections back and forth across the length of the full watershed, maybe a few more connections. They would afford the residents of San Francisco and the northern peninsula lots of opportunities to have the