Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Peggy Jensen, Interim Parks Director
Subject: Ohlone-Portol? Heritage Trail Feasibility Study
RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept the Ohlone-Portol? Heritage Trail Feasibility Study.
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BACKGROUND:
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Gaspar de Portol?'s expedition and the first European sighting of the San Francisco Bay, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors sought to create a trail system that would traverse the expedition's route. Early in the planning process, it was determined that the effort should also incorporate the 10,000-year history of the Ramaytush Ohlone Native Americans; the natives who inhabited what is now San Mateo County.
To guide decision making, a committee was formed. The committee included all organizations, agencies, and individuals that will be directly involved in the development of the trail system. The committee created a vision statement for the "Ohlone-Portol? Heritage Trail" ("Heritage Trail") expressing: "The Ohlone-Portol? Heritage Trail in San Mateo County honors the region's California [Native Americans] and commemorates the Portol? expedition on an interpretive, multi-use recreational and automobile route that takes us back in time to understand and appreciate the native Ohlone history and culture and to follow the footsteps of the first European explorers to see the San Francisco Bay".
To support the development of the Heritage Trail Feasibility Study ("Feasibility Study"), which is attached as Exhibit A, and implement an associated public outreach campaign, Supervisors Horsley and Groom secured $150,000 in Measure K funding.
DISCUSSION:
The Feasibility Study was developed through a collaborative process. The process included six subcommittees that were comprised of members from public agencies, non-profits, tribes, historical associations, and individuals with an attentiveness to the history ...
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