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HomeMy WebLinkAboutComments from Lassen County BOS - Five County OHV Plan and Share the Dream Trail Menchaca, Clarissa From: Clerk of the Board Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 9:47 AM To: Menchaca, Clarissa Subject: FW: Comments from the Lassen County Board of Supervisors - Five County OHV Plan and Share the Dream Trail Attachments: 170503 Lassen National Forest RE Share the Dream TraiLpc1f; 170503 Lassen National Forest Five County Off-Highway Vehicle Plan.pdf ............._­.........­­,....... From: Tony Shaw Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 9:46:48 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) Subject: FW: Comments from the Lassen County Board of Supervisors - Five County OHV Plan and Share the Dream Trail Please share the enclosed letters with the County Board of Supervisors. Thank you Tony Shaw Deputy County Administrative Officer County of Lassen Office: (530) 25 1-8333 Direct: (530)251-2736 `I"ShawCa)co.lassen.ca.us From:Tony Shaw Sent:Tuesday, May 16, 2017 3:44 PM To: Hays, Russell D-FS <rdhays@fs.fed.us> Cc: 'cwhite@fs,fed.us' <cwhite@fs.fed.us>; 'Starr, Shane' <Shane.Starr@mail.housegov> Subject: Comments from the Lassen County Board of Supervisors- Five County OHV Plan and Share the Dream Trail Dave, Enclosed are comment letters from the Lassen County Board of Supervisors to,the Lassen, National Forest to include in its Five-County OHV Plan. Tony Shaw Deputy County Administrative Officer County of Lassen Office: (530)251-8333 Direct: (530) 251-2736 T'Shaw acco.lassenxa.us County of Lassen ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CHRIS GALLAGHER District i 4(tFQ�t1 DAVID TEETER District I JEFF HEMPHILL Richard Egan District 3 County Administrative Officer AKRON ALBAUGH email: COa�_r�l€3@�Q 18SS �Sd V5 District 4 TOM HAMMOND Julie Morgan District s Assistant to the CAO email:jmplganCalco.fassen.{ us Regina Schaap Executive Assistant to the CAO email: rscnap a7�0.iasn�a us Coun ty 3, 2017 2S. pS ,sOffice Susanvilie,GA 46130 Phone: 530-251-8333 Mr. Dave Hays Fax: 530.251-2663 Lassen National Forest Supervisor 2550 Riverside Drive Susanville, CA 96130 Subject: Share the Dream Trail Dear Mr. Hays: Earlier this month, the State Parks and Recreation Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division (OHMVR) Commission held their quarterly meeting in Susanvilie. The County of Lassen was very pleased that they chose to hold their quarterly meeting in our county. One of the Commission's presentation items was to receive an update on the unfinished status of the Share the Dream Trail, a system of local, state, and federal roads and trails that are to encircle the outside of Lassen National Park. The Commission's presentation referenced how this project started over a decade ago with great momentum,wide-spread support, and progress. A group effort led by private, local, state and federal agencies came together to designate federal, state and local roads and trails, 109-miles in length,for the Trail system. Lassen County contributed much time and resources to designate roads under our authority that may connect to adjoining counties and federal lands. Ultimately, we designated approximately 253.51 un-paved county maintained roads for off-highways vehicle use that may connect into the Share the Dream Trail. On behalf of the Board of Supervisors, I am writing this letter to ask the Lassen National Forest to complete its federally managed segments of the trail, if any, of the Share the Dream Trail. It is our understanding that the remaining unfinished segments of the Trail are on federally managed lands under the authority of the Lassen National Forest. If that is not the circumstance, please let us know. If the Lassen National Forest has work to do to build or designate U.S. Forest roads to be part of the trail, we would like to see the Lassen National Forest's portion of the work scheduled identified on the Forest's next Statement of Proposed Actions (SOPA). Choose Civility As always, you and your staff are always welcome to attend any meeting of the Board of Supervisors to share progress made on this effort or other projects under your authority. Sincerely, AARON UALBAUGH, ChaE an Lassen County Board of Supervisors CC: Congressman Doug LaMalfa U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein U.S. Senator Kamala Harris Assemblyman Brian Dahle State Senator Ted Gaines Susanville City Council AA:RE:ts Choose Civility Gage 2 County of Lassen ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CHRIS GALLAGHER District r 9�'fl 0B�. DAVID TEETER District 2 JEFF HEMPHILL Richard Egan District 3 County Administrative Officer AARON ALBAUGH email:cgdd�!41.f�.@�4,1.3_SS.eD C��u District 4 TOM HAMMOND Julie Morgan Assistant to the CAO District 5 email: imargaf)p_raQ.la P Regina Schaap May 3, 2017 Executive Assistant to the CAO email: County Administration Office 221 S.Roop Street,Suite A Mr. Dave Hays Susanville,CA 96130 530-251-8333 Lassen National Forest Supervisor Phone:rax!530-251-2663 2550 Riverside Drive Susanville, CA 96130 Subject: Lassen National Forest Five County Off-Highway Vehicle Plan Dear Mr. Hays: On behalf of the Lassen County Board of Supervisors, I am resubmitting our September 10, 2013 letter requesting the Lassen National Forest to designate certain national forest system roads for off- highway vehicle use. Please incorporate it as a priority action item into the above mentioned off- highway vehicle plan. As always, I look forward to hearing from you when you wish to have an audience with the Board of Supervisors. l know the Board would welcome the opportunity to hear your presentation about the about the Off-Highway Vehicle Plan and to offer our comments on it. Thank you for your time and attention toward fulfilling our request of designating national forest system roads for off-highway vehicle use. Sincerely, AARON ALBAUGH, Ch5..., man Lassen County Board of Supervisors CC: Congressman Doug LaMalfa U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein U.S. Senator Kamala Harris Assemblyman Brian Dahle State Senator Ted Gaines Butte County Board of Supervisors Plumas County Board of Supervisors Shasta County Board of Supervisors Tehama County Board of Supervisors Susanville City Council Off-highway Motor Vehicle Commission, State of California AA:RE:ts Choose Civility County of Lassen o BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ROBERT F.PYLE DistrTcr t �(���at' JIM CHAPMAN DisWer 2 County Adminlstration Office LARRY W091CK 221 S.Roop Street,Suite 4 Dlstrfcr 3 susenville,CA 96130 AARom ALBAuGH Phone:530-251-9333 District 4 Fax:590-251-2663 JACK HA ON District S September 10,2013 Jerry Bird Forest Supervisor Lassen National Forest 2550 Riverside Drive Susanville, CA 96130 Dear Supervisor Bird: Thank you for attending the August 27 Board of Supervisors meeting to discuss forest activities, including the Travel Management Plan. A key objective of travel management planning was: "To coordinate travel planning and analysis on national forest system (NFS) lands with federal, state,county and other local governmental entities and tribal governments and to allow the public to participate in the designation of NFS roads, NFS trails, and areas on NFS lands for motor vehicle use."' Coordination with the Lassen County Board of Supervisors and Public Works Department is critical for the development of a forest travel management plan that is compatible with county road management policies. Under Lassen County Ordinance No. 2011-007 (attached), motorized mixed use is permitted on unpaved county roads through the forest in accordance Section 38001 of Division 16.5 of the California Vehicle Code. Our goal is to have an interconnected transportation system for non-highway legal vehicles using unpaved county and NFS roads. We request you analyze the attached list of unpaved operational maintenance level (ML)3 and 4"highways" in Lassen County to authorize mtltorized mixed use unless a documented and valid exception exists for public safety,past accidents, resource impacts, user conflicts or other considerations that cannot be mitigated. These unpaved ML 3 and 4"highways" provide links to the LNF's ML 2 road system and motorized trails. They are low volume, low speed, and roughly graded roads historically used by non-highway legal vehicles(OHVs). During your engineering analysis, please consider reducing the forest's unpaved operational ML 3 and 4 "highways"to operational ML 2 to permit motorized mixed use. Reducing 1 Forest Service Manual 7702,Objectives(effective 01/0612009). operational road maintenance levels would bring the Lassen's road maintenance program in better alignment with the forest's current and anticipated out year budgets. If you have valid data to justify keeping a "highway" at its current maintenance level,you have the option to designate operational ML 3 and 4"highways" under 36 CFR 212.51 as open to a vehicle class that would normally be precluded from public roads under state traffic law. On NFS roads, Forest Supervisor designations for motor vehicle use take precedence over conflicting state traffic laws. At August 27 meeting,you mentioned a Proposed Action (PA)to consider motorized mixed use would be developed in October. Coordination with all the counties within the Lassen National Forest will ensure the PA fully considers county road management goals and policies for motorized recreation. We understand you will be attending the Lassen County Coordination Council (LCCC) meeting on September 16 at 6;30 PM. The Board and the Committee look forward to working on the PA with you and your staff,and preparing a reasonable timeline to complete the analysis process. Thank you. Sincerely. Chair, Board of Supervisors Enclosures: Lassen County Ordinance No.2011-007 Requested Motorized Mlxed Use Roads Requested Lassen NF Roads for Motorized Mixed Use in Lassen County Rood Number Road Name Requested Oper.ML Notes 32N10 from 29N56 to Hwy "10 Road" 2 44 at Bogard 32NOB Crater Lake Road Keep at ML 3 32NOS from Hwy 44 at Crater Lake Road 3 Request mixed use to allow Bogard to 32NO7 OHVs to travel from the 10 Road across 44 to ML 2 road system and unpaved county roads 321121 Butte Lake Road to Keep at ML 3 LVN P 32N21 from 32N61 to Butte Lake Road to Keep at ML 3 Request mixed use to allow 32N92Y LVNP OHVsto access the ML 2 road system west of 32N21 All other unpaved ML 3&4 . 2 LNF roads in Lassen County (Including Interior campground roads) Snowmobile Trallheads at Allow OHV staging during the Bogard,Swain,Fredonyer snow free months and access to NFS roads i ORDINANCE NO. 2011-007 ORDINANCE ADDING CH PTEIt 10,54,"OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES,"TO TITLE 14 "VEHICUS AND TRAFFIC"OF THE LASSEN COUNTY CODE The following ordinance,consist ag of three sections,was introduced at a regular meeting of the >3oard of Supervisors of the County of Lassen,State of California,on the 20 day of December, 2011 and duly and regularly passed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Lassen,State of California,at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors held on the 10th day of January,2012 by the following vote: AYES: Su ervisors Dahle, P 1e, Cha man, Wosick and Hanson NOES: None ABSTAIN: Idose ABSENT: Prone Cbair=u Lassen Count�yBoar��dof Supervisors,County of Lassen,State of California Atte: ` Julie Bustamante Clerk of the Board BY: ASAN.0%SGG0D--,Depu Jerk of the Board I,SUSAN OSGOOD,Deputy Clerk of the Board of SupeMsors,County of Lassen,do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the said Board of Supervisors at a regular meeting thereof held on the I0th day of January,2012, Deputy Clcrk of the County of Lassen Board of Supervisors THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LASSEN,STATE OF CALIFORNIA,DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION UNE.- This ordinance shall tame effect thirty(30)days after its passage,and before the expiration of fifteen(15)days after its passage a summary shall be published with the names of the members voting for and against the some,once in a local newspaper of the County of Lassen,State of California. SECTION TWO: Chapter 10.54,"Off-Highway Vehicles,"is hereby added to Title lo, "Vehicles and Traffic,"of the Lassen County Code,to read as follows: Sec.10.54.010. Deflultions (a) For the purposes of this section"Off-Highway Vehicles"(OHV)shall be defined as off-highway motorized wheeled vehicles including but not limited to "All-Terrain Vehicle"(ATV),"Utility Vehicle"(VfV),"Trail Bike","Dune Buggy","Off-Road Motorcycle",and Ieep-type vehicles,— pursuant to Sections 38006,38010,and 38012ofDivision 16.5,"Off-Highway Vehicles"of the California Vehicle Code. This definition applies to off-highway motorized wheeled vehicles that are not licensed for on-highway use as well as highway- licensed vehicles while operated off-highway, (b) For the purposes of this section,"neral recreation areas"shall be defined as those portions of Lassen County and adjoining counties accessible through Lassen County that lie outside of redidential areas,and that are,and have been commonly utilized for motorized.outdoor recreation purposes,including,but not limited to, the operation.of motorized vehicles such.as Jeep-type vehicles,dune buggies, ATVs,LTTVs,trail bikes,off-road motorcycles,or similar on-and off-highway vehiclos. (c) For the purposes of this section,"unpaved roads,or portion of unpaved roads,of the following county roads within the Lassen County Maintained Mileage System which are within or connecting to rural recreation areas", shall be designated as fire trails,logging roads,service roads,or other roughly graded roads,pursuant to Section 38001 of Division 16.5,"Off-Highway Vehicles"of the California Vehicle Code, Furthermore,the design of these specified unpaved reads allows for the safe operation of regular vehicular traffic and off-highway vehicle use(i.e.,are low volume,low speed roadways which are minimally maintained and which provide access to neral recreation areas and public lands). Sea 10.54.020. Off-l[ighway Vehicles: Allowable Uses. Of-Righway Vehicles may be operated at the operator's own risk on the following unpaved county roads,or portions of unpaved roads,within the Lassen County Maintained Mileage System which are within or connecting to rural recreation areas: cad Dii ri 1 W tKrood,�-. CR 101 Me Coy Road:(enure 9.44 miles,Mooney Road(A-21)to SH 44) CR 104 Norval Road:(enure 9.57 rnlies,McCoy Road(CRItl1)to Mooney Road(A-21)) CR 105 Champs Flat Road:(16.06 calla portion,FS Road 21 to FS Road 22) CR 110 Silver Lake Road:(entire 6.18 miles,Mooney Road(A-21)to Read 8224) CR 111 Pittville Road:(25.6 mile portion,SH 44 to Cinder Cone Road) CR 112 Bridge Creek Spring Road:(entire 12.15 mi,SH44 to Champs Flat Rd.(CR 106)) CR 113 Indian Ole Road:(entire 1.55 miles,Mooney Road(A-21)to end) Ro Di rfct 2 5�a v!I : CR 204 Gold Run Road:(4.70 ratio portion,end of pavement to Plumas County Line) CR 216 Karlo Road:(entire 6.30 miles,SH395 to Rd.8293) CR 249 Signal Butte Road:(entire 0.21 mites,Eagle Lake Road(AA)to end) .R¢ad DiStliCt 3 lStanrtiakl• CR 327 Fort Sage Road:(entire io.5 miles,Hackstaff Road(CR 322)to Nevada State Line) CR 331 Doyle Grade: (3.10 mile portion,end of pavement to Plum-as County Line) CR 336 Milford Grade: (3.04 mile portion,end of pavement to Plumas County Line) CR 33$ Smoke Creek Ranch Road:(entire 19.02 miles,SH 395 to Nevada State Line) CR 341 Stoney Creek Road;(entire 1.78 miles,SH 395 to end) CR 344 Summers Road:(entire 3.80 miles,Hackstaff Road(CR 322)to end) CR 348 Connection Road: (entire 3.34 miles,Wendel-Road(CR 320)to end) RQ�.rt�11'jct 4 IBie6erA CR 417 Punkin Center Road:(3.70 mue portion,end of pavement to Rd 80%) Rog115_t f R ndals CR 503 Horn!Road:(entire 9.90 miles,M90 Route Road(CR 602)to end) CR 506 Tuledad Road:(entire 24.06 miles,Mail Route Rd.(CR 502)to Nevada State Line) CR 507 So.Grasshopper Rd.: (entire 9.08 ml,SH139 to Termo Grasshoppar Rd.(CR613)) CR 509 Blue Lake Road: (entire 10.20 mile,Clarks Valley Rd.(CR 510)to end) CR 510 Clarks Valley Road:(anti a 23.35 miles,SH 395 to Tuladad Rd.(CR 506)) CR 615 Cold Spring Road:(entire 8.00 miles,Mall Route Rd.(CR 502)to end) CR 519 Dow Butte Road:(entire 6.59 mi,Champs Fiat Rd(CRI os)to Cleahorn Rd(CR521)) CR 521 Cleghorn Read:(entire 9.00 miles,SH 139 to Road 8090) CR 624 Spooner Road:(entire 6.76 miles,Ash Valley Road(CR527)to end) CR 527 Ash Malley Road:(enure 26.10 miles,$ H395 to Modoc County Line) CR 535 Horse Lake Road: (entire 25.53 mites,SH139 to SH395) SECTION THXtEiE: If any section,subsection,sentence,clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional and invalid,such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and every sration,subsection,sentence,clause or phrase thereof,irrespective of the fact any one or more sections,Subsections,sentences,clauses r phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid. or County of Lassen BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ROBERT F.PYLE Dlsrrlcr r JIM CHAPMAH Dlrirlct z County AdminFstratlon office LLOYD 1,KEEPER 221 S.Mop Street Sulte 4 District 3 SusanaAfe,CA 96130 BRIAN O.DAHLE Phone:530-251-8333 District 4 Fax: 530-253-2663 JACK HAHSON District S July 28.2009 Kathleen Morse,Forest Supervisor Lassen National Forest 2551 Riverside:Drive Susanville, CA 96130 Re: Forest DEIS for Motorized Travel Management Dear Forest Supervisor Morse: The Lassen County Board of Supervisors would like to thank you for granting our request to extend the Forest's Draft Environmental Impact Statement(DEIS)review period and allow us an opportunity to examine the document. Lassen County's position on your DEIS is incorporated in the following pages. During the preparation of this position document,we reviewed the comments prepared by the Recreation Outdoors Coalition(ROC)and have taken their comments into consideration. The Lassen,County Board recommends that your staff'analyze a new alternative that provides more recreational opportunities than are identified in the Action Alternatives(2-5). We found that the present alternatives do not reflect the needs of our county or our constituents as reflected in ROC's comments, which we support. 1. .RECREATION The Board does not want a reduction of recreational opportunities because of the potential impact to tourism and our local economy. More specifically,we do not want any reduction in recreational opportunities for motorized mixed use on unpaved maintenance 3 and 4(ML3 and MI-1)roads;no reduction in dispersed camping opportunities nor restrictions on parking along designated routes. Lassen County's economy has already been significantly impacted by the reduction of timber harvesting oh our National forests. Funding for our County roads and schools from timber receipts has been severely impacted. The Safety Net Legislation passed by Congress has not restored this loss and is only a temporary fix_ In addition,our economy has been severely impacted by the loss of timber industry jobs and the closing of saw mills. The promotion of tourism and recreational use of our National Forests were supposed to make up for this loss to our economy. This has not happened. The DEIS does not address the economic impacts to our local economy for each of the Action Alternatives(2-5), The DEIS does not describe how the Action Alternatives tneet the rural development goals of the Lassen National Forest's Land and Resource Management Plan(LAMP)nor the social/economic goals in the County's General Plan. Specifically,the LRMP states:"Work in partnership with local communities to expand recreational facilities,programs,and trails on both public and private lands. Actively participate in planning and implementing community-based rural development activities." The DEIS does not address how the Action Alternatives me&these goals. We believe this is a significant shortcoming of the DEIS_ 2. CROSS COUNTRY TRAVEL The Board supports the proposal by the Lassen National Forest(LNF)to continue allowing motorized travel off designated routes for permitted uses(livestock operations,wood cutting,mineral explpration,etc.)and over-snow vehicle use in each of the Action Alternatives(2-5). We believe the existing permit conditions for these off-road uses are adequate and request that no new conditions be added to the permits. 3. MOTORIZED MIXED USE It is the Board's position that motorized mixed use should be allowed on all unpaved ML3 and 4 roads to maximize recreational opportunities. The DEIS refers to public safety as one criteria for limiting mixed use on these roads. However,the DEIS provides no documentation of accidents that have occurred as a result of on-going mixed use for the past two decades or more. If there is a history of accidents on specific ML3 and 4 roads,please describe these to support your conclusion there is a public safety risk. To date,we are aware of no mixed use accidents on any LNF road. Please conform with the Agency's own direction and criteria in EM-7700-30: "Cruidelines for Engineering Analysis of Motorized Mixed Use on National Forest System Roads"for assessing mixed use. 4. AFFORDABILITY ANALYSIS It is the Hoard's position that the Forest's road maintenance levels should be lowered to match current and projected out-year road maintenance budgets. Low use roads that do not:access a recreation opportunity or serve an administrative purpose,should be considered for closure until needed in the future. According to the DEIS,the Forest will never receive sufficient funding to achieve the Road Management Objective standards for your current maintenance levels on 3,278 miles of National,Forest System(NFS)roads. The Forest has a significant deferred road maintenance program($96,826,982 in 2008)versus an average annual budget of$1,008,400. By 2013,the Forest's deferred road maintenance soars to$182,331.378 under Alternative 1. Please describe how you intend to bridge this significant gap in funds and still provide for public safety on NFS roads. The Action Alternatives do not comply with the Agency's own direction to provide and manage an affordable,safe public road system. 5. DISPERSED CAMPING The DEIS Action Alternatives (2-5)significantly reduce the opportunities for dispersed camping on the LNF. Limiting dispersed camping will have an adverse impact on our local economy, especially during holidays and the hunting season. The Board's position on dispersed camping is that motor vehicle access shall be designated to all historically used dispersed campsites. In addition, motor vehicle access shall be allowed for dispersed camping within 100 feet of designated routes outside of the historically used dispersed campsites. This is consistent with the Agency's Manual direction for dispersed carping. 6. PARKING The restrictions placed on parking in the DEIS are too restrictive and will adversely impact recreational opportunities. The DEIS Action Alternatives (2-5) will limit parking so that all parts of the vehicle are within one vehicle-length from the edge of the route surface when it is safe to do so and without causing damage to forest resources or facilities. This limitation raises several questions that are not adequately addressed in the DEIS. What specific criteria will be used by LNF enforcement personnel to determine if there is damage to forest resources or facilities? It is the Board's position that motor vehicles shall be allowed to park within I OD feet of a designated route and that specific criteria are developed to determine the exception when there is potential damage to forest resources or facilities. This recommendation would reduce the concern for public safety and is consistent with the Agency's Manual direction. 7. HUNTING The DEIS is silent on big game retrieval. During the hunting season,the Board recommends the LNF seasonally allow cross-country travel with all-terrain vehicles(ATVs or rhinos)for the specific purpose of hi,game retrieval(barring any wet weather,fire-related or other off-road closures already in place). This is consistent with FSM 7715.74 and FSM 7716.13 for designations for big game retrieval. This access is a reasonable accommodation to hunters to retrieve a down animal if desired by the public. ff not allowed,describe the effects of eliminating ATV use for big game retrieval in the FEIS. S. INCLUSION OF ROC'S REQUESTED ROUTES It is the Board's position that the Action Alternatives do not adequately reflect the routes the public asked for in Alternative 6 as prepared by ROC. In fact,many of these routes were not even evaluated in the field by your resource specialists. ROC's Alternative and the public's routes need to be evaluated and incorporated in the Final Environmental Impact Statement the Forest prepares at the end of this process. 4. SHARE THE DREAM TRAIL ROUTES It is the Board's understanding that the rflutes needed for the Share the Dream trail would be included in this process. These routes need to be included in the .�. . __ _.. . ._........... ... alterative the Forest adopts. 10. PUBLIC EDUCATION The Board is very concerned that the DEIS does not adequately address the public education process. Appendix H needs to place more emphasis on public education as a method for obtaining compliance rather than law enforcement. The implementation strategy for public education needs to address the local public, traveling public and the differences in regulations adopted for each National Forest. RECOMMENDATIONS In summary,the Board recommends the following changes to the DEIS: 1, Analyze a new Action Alternative that reflects the Board's position to maximize a range of recreational.opportunities and restrict motor vehicle travel off designated routes except for permitted uses and over-snow vehicle use. This new Alternative should include the following recommendations: a. Allow motorized mixed use on all unpaved ML3 and MIA roads consistent with the three criteria found in EM-7700-30 to prepare Engineering Judgments. Involve the public and mitigate any safety risks if found on specific road segments; b. Lower the LNF's road and trail maintenance levels to match out-year budgets and reduce the Forest's significant deferred road maintenance; c. Allow motor vehicle access to all historically used dispersed campsites and allow motor vehicle access for dispersed camping in other areas within 100 feet of designated routes; d. .Allow motor vehicle parking within 100 feet of designated route with specific criteria developed to determine the exception when there is a potential for damage to forest resources and facilities; e. Includes all routes in ROC'S Alternative labeled Alternative#6. f. Include all routes needed to complete the Share the Dream trail. 2. Prepare an analysis of the economic impacts to Lassen County's local. economy for each of the Action Alternatives(2-5)in the DEIS and for the new recommended Action Alternative. This economic analysis should identify how each of the Alternatives will impact tourism and our local economy. 3. Place more emphasis on public education as a method for obtaining compliance rather than.law enforcement. The implementation strategy needs to address the local public,traveling public and the differences in regulations adopted for each National Forest. In conclusion, the Board would like to thank you again for the opportunity to comment on this DEIS, Sincerely, �42er,Chairman Lassen County Board of Supervisors USDA United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Lassen Natiofibl • 6 s t -,,;ZooVI Five • Off-Highway Public Meetings Please join us at one of the following scheduled meeting locations to loam more about the project and provide your comments. May 22, 2017---3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Lassen National forest Headquarters Caribou Conference Room 2550 Riverside Drive, Susanville, California May 23, 2017— 3 p.m.to 7 p.m. Masonic family Center 1110 W. East Avenue, Chico, California USDA is an equal opportunity provider,employer,and lender.