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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes November 12th, 2014 Page 5 of 8 Scott Belonger asked whether the specific trail alignment was set in stone and how it would fit in with the Hwy 42 Master Plan and the South Street underpass. Cameron showed on a map that there is currently planned a lighted intersection across Hwy 42, that would feed into both the South Street underpass and the Harney Lastoka trail network. Urban Drainage will be contributing about $2 million, Lafayette will be contributing approximately $1 million, and the rest will come from the Stormwater Fund of the City of Louisville. Helen asked whether the board would be asked to review the trails again before they are built. Cameron said that they would be working closely with Open Space Staff, and they could come back to the board. Joe asked if there was a final easement/acquisition compensation with Urban Drainage for the value of the affected land. Cameron replied that these are under negotiations. Joe and Helen suggested that the compensation money could go back into the Conservation Trust -Land Acquisition Fund, or used on the trails of the property. Mike asked whether this project is truly necessary, as the 2013 flood did not seem to impact Harney Lastoka too badly. Cameron responded by saying that while Coal Creek itself experienced a 400 year flood, the City itself seemed to only experience a 50 year flood, so while the creek flooded dramatically, the City runoff in 2013 underestimates an 100 year incident. The board appreciated the plan to omit the 7.1 drainageway. A team of staff representatives from the landowners of Harney Lastoka (Lousiville, Lafayette, and Boulder County) made comments on this project, which were included in the meeting packet. Ember went through the team's comments on the projects. Tom mentioned that the comment about revegetation, should indicate native species. The board commended the three Open Space team on its comments. Ember asked for a formal vote of approval of the Open Space team's comments. Mike moved to vote to endorse the comments with the change mentioned. Missy seconded. The motion passed unanimously VIII. Discussion Item: Wayfinding -Trail Naming Concepts and Trail Modifications Presented by: Kristin Cypher and Team, C +B Design Kristin reviewed that the goals of the project are signs, trails, education, and mapping. Her goal for the board that night was to decide about trails (hierarchies, naming, and connections) so the consultants can move along to the next phases of signs and design. Kristin also quickly reviewed the board's sign preferences from last time. Patsy spoke next. She pointed out that most of what is needed in the City trail network is already there. She presented guidelines for identifying primary routes of the network: -use existing facilities - connect to other primary routes -be as long as possible (connect to other municipalities) - consider major nodes and destinations - utilize trails standards 6