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From:Sean Mullin
To:City Clerk
Subject:EXTERNAL - September 12th Public Comments for Item #11.1 (Approval of an ENA by and between Select
Contracts and the City of Gilroy
Date:Monday, September 12, 2022 10:19:23 AM
Please forward my comments below to the City Council regarding Agenda Item 11.1:
As a user, steward, advocate, and builder of trails, I support the development of the Gilroy
Hillside Adventure Park and urge the Council to vote yes on Item 11.1. Access to outdoor
recreation has many benefits to the user and a park as unique as the one proposed will benefit
the community as a whole by increasing outdoor recreational opportunities. Further, the park
would attract regional tourism that supports local businesses and provides for tax revenue
increases. Please support this worthy endeavor.
Select Contracts proposal for an Adventure Park in Gilroy will be a
positive project in the region for people that bike, hike, and enjoy the
outdoors. It will provide a benefit to our local community and attract
tourism to the city. “The inclusion of a full-scale lift accessed downhill bike
park within day-trip of the Bay area and weekend trip distance for much of
the central California coastline is totally unique and compelling as its own
offering,” said Select Contracts in their proposal. The park would be an
amazing resource for local high school mountain bike teams, mountain
bike enthusiasts, new riders, hikers, and those who enjoy emerging trends
in recreation. There is not another project like this in the region. Gilroy is
a Bicycle Friendly Community, and the Adventure Park supports the 2018
Tourism in the Hecker Pass Corridor Resolution, and the 2020 Recreation
Destination Community Resolution. We are actively embracing, advancing
ideas, and projects that promote the concept of free-range people in the
City of Gilroy.
Thank you.