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TRAILHEAD LOCATIONS/ DESCRIPTIONS As previously defined on the segment maps, there are a total of five local and regional -level trailheads that will directly serve the regional trail, as the following tables summarizes. TRAILHEAD NAME LOC.ATION OVERVIEW TRAILHEAD-RELATED AMENITIES Lakeside Park Forest Lake — end of West Local city park that also serves Parking Trailhead Broadway Avenue, within as a trailhead. Easy access to Restrooms (locally -provided) local park public parking. Picnic shelters • Access to businesses Northland Mall Forest Lake—Northland Northland Mall includes Parking Trailhead* Mall site, south of County trailhead facilities associated Restrooms (locally provided) Road 83 with development of a new Other amenities common to a Municipal Center municipal center. Washington County Forest Lake — near Included as part of a larger Parking Transit Center and Washington County Washington County transit and Restrooms Trailhead Headwaters Service service center Vending (regionally provided) Center • Access to mass transit • Other amenities common to service center 145th Street Hugo— at 145th Street, Existing regional trailhead Parking (15 spaces) Trailhead plus nearby City Hall near City Hall, the latter of Restrooms and additional (regionally provided) located to the north which provides overflow parking available at City plus Hugo City Hall parking with direct access to Hall site (locally provided) the regional trail. Bald Eagle/Otter Ramsey County — south of Relates to connecting this trail • Parking Lakes Regional Park 120th Street to the existing developed area • Restrooms Trailhead within regional park • Other park -related features *.Vote that the Northland Mall trailhead will replace the current one located at the Forest Lake City Hall. Hardwood CreekT The existing trailhead at 145th Street wh remain unless otherwise agreed between Washington County and City of Hugo to formally relocate it. Of the five listed, the Washington County Transit Center and Trailhead and the 145th Street Trailhead are regionally -provided facilities. All of the others are locally -provided and subject to local decisions on amenities and hours of operation. Irrespective of ownership, all of these trailheads are important trail features and illustrate the commitment of local communities to collaborate with Washington Count;, on providing these services. This includes collaborating on developing a wayfinding program and branding of the regional trail. The Washington County Transit Center and Trailhead facility is already developed and there are no additional upgrades envisioned, with perhaps the exception of improved trail signage along the trail and improving its visibility. The 145th Street Trailhead is an older facility that will continue to provide parking and trail -related information. With the nearby Hugo City Hall (and city park) providing additional parking and other amenities, no significant upgrades to this trailhead are envisioned. In fact, the master plan leaves open the possibility for Washington County and City of Hugo to designate the City Hall site as the official regional trailhead and eliminate this one as part of larger -scale land use planning for this area. (Note that any further consideration of this approach would likely be initiated by the City of Hugo. In the mean time, the current trailhead will remain.) ;7