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CITY OF ROSL YN National Historic District and Preserve America Community promote and steward a wide variety of non-motorized, recreational opportunities and develop public access to large, undeveloped landscapes in both public and private ownership. Connections to a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities have, and continue to be, a primary factor for people to choose to live and recreate in our community. Roslyn Urban Forest (RUF) The City of Roslyn owns 324.5 acres of open space forest land surrounding the developed footprint of the City, including; • 300 acres, the North half of section 17, Township 20, Range 15 that lies to the north and east of the developed footprint of Roslyn • 24.5 acres, the SW quarter of Section 17, Township 20, Range 15 that buffers the Roslyn Historic Cemeteries in 7 distinct stands and is adjacent to the Suncadia Master Planned Resort The City has an existing, adopted land Stewardship Plans to guide management of the forest and recreation within the RUF (Roslyn Forest Land Stewardship Plan 2008 & Forest Land Stewardship Plan - Roslyn Urban Forest -Adjacent to Roslyn Historic Cemeteries 2008). The RUF Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) was created pursuant to the Roslyn Urban Forest Land Stewardship Plan. Its role is the City of Roslyn and make management recommendations to the City Council regarding implementation of the lSP's. The CAC holds two public meetings on the first and third Wednesdays of the month, from 6:30 -8:30 pm. The CAC was founded in 2008. Existing Recreation Opportunities (Roslyn Urban Forest -Land Stewardship Plan, Begley, 2008): The Roslyn (Urban) Forest serves as a regional recreational amenity because its proximity to the City of Roslyn, an outdoor tourism destination. There are over 5 [now 9, with user-built additions1 miles of identified trails/roads in the RUF that are used for many different recreational purposes. Most of these trails follow road beds built originally for timber harvest and mining purposes. Another widely used trail follows a modern fiber optic line up a steep grade. Additionally, there are approximately 1.6 [41 miles of recently constructed user-built trails throughout the RF primorily used by local mountain bikers. Existing Capital Facilities: The Roslyn Urban Forest is an undeveloped forest that buffers the City of Roslyn from a large master planned resort to the south and private parcels and development to the west, north, and east. The eXisting trail system contains single-and double-track (old road beds) for non-motorized recreational uses. There is currently over nine (9) miles within the 324.5 acre footprint of the RUF with four season non-motorized recreation access. 3