WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR TRAIL ? UPDATE No. 2

UPDATE No. 2  October 22, 2013
Here is the lastest news in the search for what is known as the Palomar/Bryant Trail. The fees were paid. Boy were they. There were fees paid a total of 10 times starting on April 22, 2008 up until June 14, 2010 totaling $171,864.64 leaving a balance of $228,135.36 of the original $400,000 appropriated for this trail. A trail for which a low bid of $86,072.07 was received to construct. These fees were all paid to TLMA which is Riverside County Transportation and Land Management Agency. These are fees are for the staff-related costs of reviewing applications for land development projects, road improvements, grading, and building permits, according to RCTLMA's website.
We are still waiting to hear from the County of Riverside exactly what these fees paid for and where the balance of the money, $228,135.36 went, what is going to happen with this trail, is it going to be completed or is the money already paid out in fees lost forever in the abyss.
UPDATE: The County of Riverside Trail that was to be constructed in the City of Wildomar apparently went down the rabbit hole dug by the Wildomar City Council. After consulting with the County who started this project it appears that after the bid was issued the company with the winning bid went bankrupt. This occurred at a critical time because on the day of the incorporation of the City of Wildomar Ordinance 08-11 was passed naming the City Council as the Members of the Redevelopment Agency. All services continued to be provided by the County of Riverside until the end of the first fiscal year, which occurred just prior to the company going bankrupt, therefore according to the County of Riverside the city held community meetings concerning this project for which no records can be found in the city agenda's or minute's. Per the County of Riverside the City of Wildomar chose not to move forward with the project and the monies authorized were returned to the original $400,000 pot controlled by the County of Riverside to sit somewhere in limbo. Just another failure of local control. Oh what a glorious day becoming a city has become.

April 26, 2007 Riverside County Economic Development Agency & Transportation submitted a recommendation for an agreement between Redevelopment Agency for Riverside County and the County of Riverside in the amount of $400,000 for the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Trails Project. This recommendation was approved by the Board of Supervisors on June 5, 2007http://www.rivcocob.org/agenda/2007/06_05_2007.htm Item 3-21 http://www.rivcocob.org/proceeds/2007/p2007_06_05.htm Item 3-21
Per the recommended motion this proposed trail improvement project would benefit the Wildomar/Lakeland Village Redevelopment Project Area by providing a safe pedestrian and multi-use pathway for the community while eliminating physical blight within the project area by constructing much needed multi-use trails.

June 15, 2009 Riverside County Transportation Department submitted to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors plans and specifications for a decomposed granite (DG) Regional Trail with Vinyl Fencing on the north side of Palomar from Morelock Way to Mission Trail and along the east side of Bryant Street from Grand to Palomar. This item was passed by the Board June 23, 2009 on a 4-0-1 vote authorizing the clerk to advertise for bids up until July 15, 2009  http://www.rivcocob.org/agenda/2009/06_23_09/03.49.pdf http://www.rivcocob.org/proceeds/2009/p2009_06_23.htm Item 3-49

The project B8-0662 was put out to bid to the lowest bidder with 18 bids being received by July 15, 2009.

On September 17, 2009 the Riverside County Transportation Department submitted to the Board of Supervisors a recommendation to accept the Low Bid of $86,073 Agenda Item 3-82. Said bid was accepted by the Board of Supervisors as recommended. http://www.rivcocob.org/agenda/2009/09_29_2009.htm 
http://www.rivcocob.org/proceeds/2009/p2009_09_29.htm 

Drove down Palomar St. from Corydon to Mission Trail and Bryant Street between Grand Ave. and Palomar St. today September 21, 2013 three years later and there is no trail nor fencing .

What happened to the Trail ?

As a follow up, it appears the county is designing these trails without input from local citizens as portion of this trail was not ideal when the County of Riverside owned then and still owns a continues strip of land consisting of 6 parcels varying in width from 26 ft to 50 ft. stretching from Grand Ave. to Palomar St. passing the southeast edge of Heritage Park which would have been more suitable for a trail as this would have provided better access to the park taking pedestrians, bicycles and horses off of Bryant St. which is a narrow, poorly maintained road.