Orange Belt Trail meeting in San Antonio

2:11:55Sure. 'Cause you reminded me of one another item that I had that I didn't bring up and the reason you Reminded me of it. It was about the Orange Belt Trail. So your name just rings out trails. So I thought about it and we had a meeting last week at San Antonio. With the city council and Had this meeting and we answered her questions and they were upset people. And I thought I was walking into the room that a lot of

2:12:25upset people because of the trail. And in actuality they were not upset about the trail at all. They actually want the trail. They just didn't want to meandering down through the small streets and small areas they have through the neighborhoods. they were felt that was imposing on their homes and things of that nature. So they're trying to choose that we take it and go back to County Road fifty two alignment to Happy Hill and then across to Planton

2:12:56Road. Ramsey Road and Blandon Road that way. In the actuality when you do that, you bring that trail And it can go all the way to Platinum All the way trilvy. It connects to the Hardy Trail. And then if you take that point where it hits... Uh Bland Road. on that first hit where you go to Landon. go right there and connect there back to the Hardy Trail, you have a huge circle.

2:13:25And

2:13:25but you guys want to It really it really connects a lot of things.

2:13:30I you know, I have friends that live out here and um I won't put 'em on the spot here now, but they all are really excited about the trail. And and I know there are some people who think we're gonna come in over their house or Well some

2:13:43of them think we're gonna take away their

2:13:44land. Yeah, and and you know, we have tried to reassure them uh that that's not the case. But I am you know, how's gonna be gone until October twenty third, but here I am so uh all things things go well. Uh I will be d they will be driving me around some of the people here and and I'll be actually driving or or riding my bike on some of the alternative routes so I know the area better. Yeah because I don't know the area well. Um but I have a lot of friends who come and cycle up here.

2:14:13How far do you ride a bike?

2:14:14Well I have a pedal assistant. Why? 'Cause I would not ride out here up the hills. Um I'll ride down hills. Um with my pedalist says I can go up the hills.

2:14:25My ride wife rides about fourteen miles.

2:14:28Yeah. I can't do I can do forty or three or forty with the up the hills. But um so I did plan to to come and and look at it more closely, but we don't need to solidify a route today. The routes, you know, it's gonna be piece by piece by piece. We don't have the money to build it all. And um and I would imagine that that piece out here will be one of the last pieces we do. So

2:14:58it'll be a number of years and we don't need to have a lot of hysteria about it yet. it somewhat happened organically and um but I this is this is not uncommon for a trail in any community. That happened this happened in Penelis County. I will say the citizens who lived in the people who live in Cypress Run which is by me they mixed it coming behind their golf community on the old Orange Belt trail line. And they

2:15:28regret it now. They thought people were gonna jump the fence and rob them and you know, throw TVs over their ten foot high masonry wall and uh on the other side of the golf course. I mean, I think they realize now it's it it's an asset to an area. It raises your property values a minimum of 15%. So trails can be just a wonderful thing, but we're not gonna force it on anybody and we'll we'll find our route here.

2:15:56Oh yeah.

2:15:56That will make people it'll

2:15:58work out. So