A Letter from Mark Heinicke from Miami-Dade County Parks & Recreation

Thank you for your interest in the Ludlam Trail project.  The Trust for Public Lands is currently working on Acquisition Analysis of the entire 7.37 mile corridor for the Park and Recreation Department.  Please see attached information sheet for more details on the project.

The Acquisition Analysis quantifies existing funding for acquisition and development and addresses on-gong maintenance and operations of the entire greenway to improve its funding capabilities, as well as its programming, security, and beautification.  The TPL scope of work has the following objectives:

• To examine comprehensively the benefits the corridor would provide as a greenway in proximity to neighborhoods, parks, schools, employment and other attractions
• To identify priority areas for phased corridor protection, including fee-simple and conservation easements
• To Identify and leverage funding options for acquisition, planning, design, development and programming
• To discuss corridor appraisal methodologies
• To identify private entities to complement the greenway
• To examine governance models for on-going maintenance and operation of the trail

In addition, TPL, along with other consultants, will be looking at the following strategy below to get the private sector more involved in this project:

• Protocol for developer agreements
• Design and Development guidelines
• Standards for easements

The design and development guidelines should help address some of the issues like crossing streets.  The overpass idea is certainly one option that will be explored.  Please contact me if you have any other questions regarding this project.  Thanks.

Mark A. Heinicke, CPRP, CLARB

Park Planner III

Miami-Dade County Park and Recreation Dept.

Planning & Research Division

Ludlam Trail Info Sheet Prepared by the Trust for Public Land