Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2015 01 11

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes January 14th, 2014 Page 4 of 7 Complex, downtown, at Community Park, and at the Recreation/Senior Center. Laura asked about the mini kiosk at Warembourg and whether it makes more sense to locate it in the south by the Daughenbaugh parking lot trailhead. Mike asked about the kiosks already located at Harper Lake/Davidson Mesa and at Aquarius. Patsy said that although these mini kiosks have a larger footprint, they can potentially minimize sign clutter by combining current signs. She showed a case study of the intersection of the Powerline and Lake-to-Lake Trails on the Coyote Run Open Space, and asked OSAB to comment on their preference. Currently there are lots of signs in the area that are redundant of each other. She presented three options to address this issue. Option A would add a major directional sign at the intersection, and keep all current signs. Option B would add a mini kiosk that would obviate the need for all the other signs, and a minor directional pole. Patsy also showed this intersection with several trail realignment options. Laura liked the idea of a single kiosk replacing all the current signs, but asked Ember whether it was truly realistic to hope that all of the Coyote Run’s signs could be eliminated by adding a mini kiosk. Ember explained that the original police recommendation was to require a “rules and regs” sign at every property entrance. Ember indicated that she needs to check whether the new police chief wants to retain those guidelines. Patsy asked a general question about whether mini kiosks are welcome in the middle of properties (since they have a larger footprint). Laura commented that, in general, she liked signs with smaller footprints in the middle of properties. Mike suggested that the people who are in a spot like the Coyote Run intersection are unlikely not to know where they are going. Patsy agreed, saying that starting minimally is best, as you don’t want to make stopping points where they aren’t natural. Linda expressed concern about placing signs where kids might sled into them. c) Recommend Primary Trail Symbols and Colors Kristen presented the next section, showing OSAB the symbols and colors to go with the chosen trail names. Kristen presented two symbol “families,” one that was more complex and picture-like, and one that was more simplistic and icon-like, and also a few alternates. She noted that the primary experience of the trails on the maps will be their colors, and their names, and the symbol will be mostly used on the trails themselves. The symbol and color become even more important at bike speeds. The symbols on her banner were approximately “life size” so OSAB could get a sense of how they would look “in the field.” Staff, in previous meetings, tended to lean towards the complex symbol family (except for the Old Town Link and the Coal Creek Trail symbols). Kristen asked the board members for a “global gut feeling” vote about preferences for the complex family vs. the simple family. The complex family got one vote, The simple family got six votes. Mike felt like simplicity was good, but that the colors were far more important, and the details of the symbols themselves might not matter that much. Linda asked if signs with the complex images would be more expensive to produce, and Kristen said they would cost about the same. Laura asked if the complex version of the Powerline Trail could be pared down to just the power lines (removing the sun, mountains, and trail). Kristen said yes. She then asked board members to vote for which symbol they preferred for each trail. The tallies of the votes follow: Lake-to-Lake: simple-6, complex-1 5