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Signatures | Total: 255

 

# NameComments
101 Cindy McCulloughBeen using the trail since 1984
102 Judy Darling ZappacostaThis is the neighborhood I grew up in, and since I was able to play on this particular acreage since 1953, I can not even imagine not having access to this area. One of the first places I head off to every evening is walking my dog either beside or within the hillside. Access to this land predates any homeowner developments ever contemplated, and should be respected as such.
103 Carolyn Barber
104 Floyd & Barbara EisimingerWe have used the trail since 1989 and will do whatever is necessary to keep it available to everyone.
105 Hans Thomas
106 Amanda GeurtsI hike the trail three times a week. I love it.
107 Davey MyersIt is appalling that a few people think they are more important than the public this area has been set aside for. It has always been a Green Belt and should be protected for the community.
108 Tony GrissimNot only is there a legally binding public access easement through this property, their is a legally valid prescriptive easement which must be upheld. Two families should not be allowed to force their will upon the majority of Monterey citizens who value this public trail.
109 Katherine RenekerThis greenbelt and public access is so important to keep accessible. Our family uses it on a WEEKLY basis, teaching our children to value and cherish our natural world, as well as exercise.
110 MaryLee SunseriI love hiking this trail! I noticed some attempt by private home owners to block it the last time I hiked it with my sister-in-law--the day after Christmas 2007. Please keep it open! Thank you!
111 Steve MickelI have owned my property for over 20 years on Yerba Buena Ct. and have lived here for 17 years. I have walked with my children and my dogs many times over the years. This is a beautiful tail and walk. It is pease of mind and good exercise to walk this tail. It should remain open to the public for tail hiking forever. Steve Mickel.
112 Sharon Blaziek
113 Dave WhippleI have hiked this trail many times, and hope we will be able to continue to do so.
114 Harold Woodward
115 Rebecca Brock
116 Jenna Ulrich
117 Stuart Crymes
118 Katharine NicholsonPart of the beauty of this area is the accessibility of areas within our living communities to get out and enjoy nature without having to drive out of the local neighborhoods to do that.
119 AnonymousKeep the trail open!
120 Emily TonkinPlease preserve our rights to enjoy the native beauty of our Peninsula.
121 Bonnie Czirban
122 Nicole Smith
123 AnonymousWe love hiking and walking in this area and would like to keep it open to responsible use.
124 Leslie BeckwithClosing this will just lead to more closures and restrictions in the future. The homeowners who started this should be ashamed of themselves.
125 Kim NeillCity officials: please don't succumb to the "not in my backyard" pressure from homeowners trying to close a public trail. Give it an official name and sign (which the public would gladly pay for), and keep it the public trail is has been and is intended to be.
126 maria helenius
127 Anonymous
128 Betty Aynaga
129 Peggy E. Brown
130 AnonymousI have lived right down the street from that trail my whole life. In my childhood that trail brought me alot of recreational enjoyment. Too hear that property owners are trying to close them is very sad and just flat out ignorant.
131 Anonymous
132 Cindy CurtisRun Taco, run.
133 Elise BillingsleySpend some time and think about what the closure would mean. While I can understand the homeowner's need to have their land and families protected, the simplest solution was offered early on: deed the land to the city, and have the space available "legally" to all it's citizens. Join the people who believe in open space while still keeping the value and protaction of the land the CIty has to offer.
134 Carl AlaskoMy family and I have hiked this trail since 1992. It's a precious and irreplacable part of our family life and recreation, which we enjoy at least two to three times a week.
135 Carrie Burgess
136 MikkoKeep our open space available to the public! It belongs to all of us!
137 Anonymous
138 Carl PalminteriI've been here 22 years while my wife's family has been here since @1964....when the signs went up years ago stating "City of Monterey Forest Preserve" I asked the fellow putting up the sign what the story was and he told me in no uncertain terms that this was now all 'permanent greenbelt' ...and these signs did not go up without offiicial approval. (I have first hand knowledge of how long it took to get a simple "No parking between driveways" sign up when it was a real safety concern.) This area has been CONSTANTLY used and enjoyed by the public for decades...and when prisoners were brought in regularly year after year it became obvious to a casual observer that 'officialdom' certainly had its opinion.
139 Katherine MinervaI have lived on the Peninsula since 1961 and have used the trail to get to school and friend's homes. It would be awful to close it.
140 CONNIE HAUGHI HAVE USED THIS TRIAL FOR YEARS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO KEEP IT OPEN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
141 AnonymousThank you for what you are doing to keep the Quarry/Veterans Park Trail open for local hikers. We live only a few blocks from the trail. Being able to hike that trail to Veterans Park and Huckleberry Hill is a wonderful part of living in this neighborhood where we have lived since 1980.
142 steve and kathleen millionWe walk the trails in both parks weekly, and want the parcel b section to remain open.
143 Linda RuhlThere are so few places to hike around Monterey itself -- don't take this away.
144 Jeffrey W. GormanI have used that trail extensively, having grown up in the area. Specifically, from 1978 to 1986, I walked nearly every day of the week with my buddies from Monte Vista, Colton and Monterey High School. For three years during that period, I delivered the Herald daily in that and adjoining neighborhoods.
145 J. FaxonI have enjoyed this section of forest for the last 40 years. I want my children to have the same access to this unique place in our city and neighborhood.
146 Joan ChannonI hike this trail 3-4 times a week as my exercise. I live on Herrmann Drive and we need this trail!
147 Elizabeth Theaker
148 Mary ConwayI live on the trail. I support open space and the publics right to hike! What an asset to the City of Monterey!
149 AnonymousI thought this was a joke at first. The trail runs behind houses w/fences and in no way goes into anyones yard. These houses are new and were built up against the trail but now they want the beauty and view all to themselves. SELFISH!! I walk the trail and even sit and take in the view didn't realize that it belonged to the homeowners there.
150 Anonymousmy wife and I walk this trail whenever we can. It is close and a nice stroll and why someone would want to claim it as their own is silly. All the problems in the world and this is what a few homeowners find important...time to rethink that don't ya' think?!

 

Signatures | Total: 255