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[QUOTE="wake_rider, post: 1403876, member: 75633"] This is the same issue that I have with Draper. If you're paying to ride an area then the preparation and maintenance should not solely be the responsibility of you, as well. It has nothing to do with sitting back and whining, it has everything to do with the fact that the funds brought in by the selling of permits should be directly apportioned back to ensuring both the longevity and condition of stated area, and both of those coincide with the one another. When your cost of use increases to be able to use the area while the conditions degrade, you will lose both paying supporters and place a heavier burden on the minority group of volunteers who service the riding area. While I have this same complaint with Draper, at least the Crosstimbers Off-Road Park is slowly making improvements to the park with the income they receive in the form of grants and the sales of permits. The parking areas are growing and becoming more organized, and there seems to be a more established and better organized supporting group of leadership for the volunteers. I've been involved both recently and in the past with volunteer work out at the Draper facility, and it has become much better organized from the leadership standpoint whereas the work-dates are more consistent and better planned, and the turnout for volunteer work has grown in size. This all being said, is it good enough where it is and should everything remain in its current state? Not at all. If you take the amount of income made from the sale of just one permit and multiply that by the number of annual permits that place receives (although I don't know any exact numbers, I do know the number is likely high in comparison to most locations), there is more than enough funding to legitimately hire out some of the servicing of the trails. With state equipment at the disposal of the workers, and equipment being of the highest cost of operation, there is no reason that ALL work responsibilities should be absorbed by volunteers. The same goes for the 500. The conditions have progressively become worse over the past decade, and it's now in a pathetic state. What needs to happen in order to begin the restoration process? The city, who makes income off the property, needs to quit relying on everyone else to step up and take care of the situation for them, and actually show some initiative to repair and improve a solid income opportunity. Just look at walking/biking trails as they're often improved and repaired, and the people using them never pay a dime... [/QUOTE]
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