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Murrieta Trails
Master Plan
Appendix
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City of Murrieta
Trail Network
Trail
Cutsheets
Appendix B Appendix C
Table of Contents
Community
Outreach
Summaries
Appendix A
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Trail Usage
Chart
Planned and
Recommended
Trail Connections
Appendix D Appendix E
Map of the Planned
Murrieta Creek
Regional Trail
Appendix E
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Appendix A
Community Outreach Summaries
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844-04B City of Murrieta • Trails Master Plan / Workshop #1 Summary Page 1 WORKSHOP # 1 SUMMARY
DATE: March 20, 2024
TO: CITY OF MURRIETA
FROM: RJM Design Group, Inc.
SUBJECT: Trails Master Plan
Residents of the City of Murrieta were invited to the community workshop to learn about the Trails Master Plan process and to participate in the first survey. Workshop #1 commenced on February 15, 2024 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Alderwood Park Clubhouse. Nineteen (19) attendees participated in the evening workshop. RJM shared an overview of the Trails Master Plan process, City demographics, and existing resources, followed by a brief outline of the evening’s workshop agenda. Workshop participants filled out the survey individually and then discussed their answers to achieve a consensus among their group, the results of the 2/15/24 workshop group activity were as follows:
GROUP 1
Are there any barriers or challenges that
prevent you from using trails more often?
1. Signage
2. Connectivity - short trails
3. Concerns about property development
How can the Community Services Department
improve in providing trails to community
residents?
1. Utilize volunteers for maintenance (high
school community services hours / group
hikes with government leaders / volunteers)
2. App where you report issues with pictures
3. More targeted email communication to
build awareness (feature trails, educate,
recruit)
GROUP 2
Are there any barriers or challenges that
prevent you from using trails more often?
1. Awareness
2. Detailed signage
3. Interconnected trails
How can the Community Services Department
improve in providing trails to community
residents?
1. Prioritize funding (most used trails)
2. Cultivate community involvement (5k run)
3. Master plan (dedicated land development)
GROUP 3
Are there any barriers or challenges that
prevent you from using trails more often?
1. Access to trailheads for those with disabilities,
seniors, etc.
2. Mountain bike - no sanctioned trails in
Murrieta (yet MTB is huge here)
3. Continuity of existing trails COT Temecula to
Gertrudis trail, from Thompson MS to Murrieta
Valley High School
How can the Community Services Department
improve in providing trails to community
residents?
1. Safe bike trails (especially ebikes to schools)
2. Include signage / map access in multiple
languages and non tech
3. Take advantage of MTB momentum, local
climate and topography to establish MTB
trails
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MURRIETA TRAILS MASTER PLAN 844-04B City of Murrieta • Trails Master Plan / Workshop #1 Summary Page 2 Following the February 15 meeting, a
commencement video of the workshop #1
presentation was made available online on
the project website for those who could not
attend in person. The workshop #1 survey
was available online and paper copies
were available at the city’s recreation
facilities. The survey was open for two
weeks until February 29, 2024.
The workshop #1 survey was advertised on
the City’s social media, City website, and
posters/flyers were displayed at the city’s
parks facilities.
After the February 29 survey close date.
All surveys from the in-person meeting
(individual and group sheets), online
surveys, and paper surveys were combined.
A total of one-hundred and four (104)
surveys were completed.
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844-04B City of Murrieta • Trails Master Plan / Workshop #1 Summary Page 3
1. Where do you live?
Each survey participant indicated
their location as part of the survey.
As illustrated by the map exhibit to
the right, the survey participants
were evenly distributed throughout
the City of Murrieta.
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Workshop 1 - 0.5 Miles Buffer
Average Y ears in City
13.8 2. How long have you lived in the City of Murrieta? The average number of years living in Murrieta was 13.8 years. Most survey partipants have lived in Murrieta for 1-14 years.
Surveys taken
104
Residents: 101 | Non-Residents: 3
The Murrieta Trails Master Plan workshop #1 survey results are as follows:
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