County pursues purchase of Silica parcel near future rail-trail

by Kate Shunney

A parcel of land behind and to the east of the Senior Center that could connect that property to a future North Berkeley Rail Trail has caught the eye of Morgan County Commissioners.

County officials said the lots just south of the center is where a spur of the rail-trail would go, letting trail users access the parking lot and pavilion on the east side of the senior center.

The 9.5-acre parcel…