Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2015 01 11

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes January 14th, 2014 Page 3 of 7 VII. Discussion Item: Open Space & Trails Wayfinding a) Trail Map Wayfinding Enhancement Concepts Patsy presented the three trail system map concepts found in the packet. The current Open Space map has all the city’s street names on it. Patsy recommended paring that information way down for simplicity. She also pointed out that her maps have all the city-owned property shown in the same color, including city Open Space parcels, city Parks, and jointly-owned Open Space parcels. She also ended the map at the edge of the city’s borders, unlike the current map. There were three maps in the packet: map #1 was a simple line map, map #2 had an aerial photograph as the background, and map #3 Patsy called a “landscape” map (fading out development and having realistic landscape color and feel). Helen liked map #1 because she thought it had the highest contrast, but she wanted Open Space parcels to be colored green. Mike thought map #2 had the highest contrast. No one seemed to like map #3. Missy liked map #1, but wanted the secondary streets removed. Patsy suggested that people might be using the map to navigate to specific streets, so removing secondary streets might be unpopular. Ember commented that citizens like aerials because people can see their houses or specific buildings as landmarks. Spencer was concerned that Coal Creek looked too much like the trails. Missy thought the maps looked too cluttered with the secondary streets. Laura felt the exact opposite, and thought the streets help people orient themselves. Five board members liked map #1 the best. Two board members preferred map #2. Spencer couldn’t decide. Patsy showed a linear map of the Lake to Lake Trail (included in the meeting packet). Patsy discussed the complexity of adding mile markers and determining where the “starting point” for them would be. Several people expressed confusion about north not being “up” on this map. Christopher suggested that an elevation profile might be a helpful detail for a map like this. Ember thought that elevation profiles might be more suitable for the webpage. Laura asked for clarification about the black nodes on the map— Patsy indicated that they are get-off points or trail intersections. Ember reported that she had asked some employees at the Recreation Center for suggestions about what kind of mile markers trail runners would like to see on Open Space maps. They seemed to indicate a preference for longer distances measured between major street intersections, and had little interest in seeing physical mile markers on the actual trail itself. Ember also thought a total trail length would be a nice detail to include on these linear trail maps. Becky Harney thought parking lots locations for the trails were important for these maps. b) Sign Location Criteria & Function Patsy presented a map of potential mini kiosk locations (in packet). Mini kiosks are larger-footprint signs that would include trail system maps, a place for Open Space announcements, regulations, and possibly a property map. The guidelines for where she located the mini kiosks sites were: equally spacing around the system, high-visibility spots, places where primary trails meet parks, and key entry points to the city. She pointed out some non-obvious points like at the RTD Park’n’Ride, the Louisville Sports 4