MOU between city and Richmond MORE
Andy Thompson
Jul 25, 2008
Today’s Outdoors column is about the memorandum of understanding the city’s parks department and the local mountain biking group, Richmond MORE, entered into a few days ago.
Click below to read the MOU in its entirety.
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FYI, Woody had announced the 2006 signing on his website:
http://www.cycleva.com/ho2.htm
SNF
Aug. 4, 2008 at 02:14 PM
Andy et al,
There was indeed an MOU signed by all three parties (RA_MORE, Friends of FHP, and City).
I know this because I was one of the signers. I can also confirm that the wording of both the ‘new’ and the ‘old’ MOU are, as someone else has already pointed out, identical in many ways.
You can confirm the existence of the previous MOU with the two RA MORE members who also signed (Keith and Woody), and/or with the Parks and Rec. staff members that had signed the document as well.
That version of the MOU was scrapped a few months after it was signed, when it became apparent that there was confusion over which map, or plan, for trail re-alignment was to be followed.
SNF
Aug. 4, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Amy,
The new MOU is nearly identical to the previous one. In fact, the segment about trail maintenance guidelines/rules IS identical to the previous MOU.
S
Jul. 28, 2008 at 02:01 PM
Amy,
From what I was told, Richmond MORE and Friends of FHP never signed an MOU back in 2006-2007 because they disagreed over the map of propsed trails to be built. MORE wanted more trails and the Friends wanted less. At least that’s what I’ve been told by a couple of different people. It’s possible the two groups had an agreement before then, but I’ve never heard of it.
Andy of Richmond
Jul. 27, 2008 at 11:27 PM
The MOU is great news…it’s about time, too!! just out of curiosity, tho, how does it vary from the one that we had with Friends of Forest Hills?
AMY
Jul. 25, 2008 at 06:03 PM
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