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Trail Assessment Worksheet This worksheet addresses Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices (OPDMD) allowed or not allowed on various trails under the ownership or management of the Dallas County Conservation Board. Department of Justice Assessment Factors: 1. “The type, size, weight, dimensions, and speed of the device. 2. The volume of pedestrian traffic (which may vary at different times of the day, week, month, or year). 3. The design and operational characteristics (e.g. whether its service, program, or activity is conducted indoors, its square footage, the density and placement of stationary devices, and the availability of storage for the device, if requested by the user). 4. Whether legitimate safety requirements can be established to permit the safe operation of the other power-driven mobility device in the specific facility. 5. Whether the use of the other power-driven mobility device creates a substantial risk of serious harm to the immediate environment or natural or cultural resources, or poses a conflict with Federal land management laws and regulations. TRAIL NAME: __Forest Park Museum Prairie Trail (mowed path)_ OPDMD allowed/not allowed: Not allowed Department of Justice Assessment Factors used for decision: 1. Part of the RRVT comes through Forest Park Museum. This trail may be designated to allow OPDMD’s. The mowed path through the prairie is also accessible by the RRVT therefore the mowed path is not needed for use by OPDMD’s. 2. NA 3. NA 4. Trail surfaces are not designed for OPDMD’s. 5. This trail is more of a low impact short trail not designed for OPDMD’s and designed for limited impact on the environment and on the flora and fauna. This trail assessment decision has been approved by the Dallas County Conservation Board at its___July 2011 meeting.