Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2015 01 11

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes January 14th, 2014 Page 5 of 7 Powerline: complex-with-just-powerline-5, complex-1, simple-0, lightning bolt-1 Goodhue Ditch: complex- 1, simple-5, abstain- 1 Farmer’s Trail: complex-1, simple-6 Old Town Link: simple-7 Mining Trail: complex-1, simple-6 d) Recommend Final Sign Package Concepts Kristen introduced three sign concept options. Option A is all high-pressure laminate and involved more words. Option B is pole-based. The pole is made of core-ten, which is a rusted steel material. The pole is two flat steel pieces sandwiched together. The signs bolt between the sandwich, with a colored cuff around the outside. The buttons are punched brushed aluminum over a solid color, the contrast providing the symbol’s image. Information panels are brushed aluminum. The words/images are either painted onto the aluminum or they are high pressure laminate adhered onto the aluminum. Option C is more related to the current “vocabulary” of Open Space signs. It has wooden poles made of IPE material, with core-ten panels. The trail names would be brushed aluminum glued onto the Core-ten. Kristen asked OSAB to vote on their preference and indicate why. No one liked Option A, and apparently city staff didn’t either. Three board members voted for Option B. Mike said he liked the larger icons. He though the icons disappeared on Option C. Helen liked the slimmer profile and though it looked more elegant. Missy liked the colors and arrows better on Option B than the names on the long blades on Option C. Most board members thought the size on the blades of Option C were too long. Missy suggested using the symbol buttons as arrow themselves. Five people voted for Option C. Laura liked Option C because she though the wooden poles matched the standard fencing currently used on Open Space, matched current signs, and related more to Louisville’s agricultural aesthetic. Laura said she would like to minimize the use of brushed aluminum, as she felt it looked very fashionable today, it might someday look dated. Spencer asked about longevity of the materials (Core-Ten vs. IPE wood). Kristen thought Option B might last a little longer, but would be harder to repair from vandalism. She thought they were both good materials and this should be more of an aesthetic choice. Missy suggested that on Option C the regulations took up too much of the sign. Kristen asked about preferences on the interpretive sign designs. Most OSAB members liked the sign design with a core-ten punched designs on the “legs” of the sign. Kristen also asked OSAB about the three striping options at trail intersections (see packet). Mike commented that the third striping option was too busy. Several members thought the first striping option was too subtle. Scott suggested that paint (the middle option) could be virtually free and done on existing trails. All of the striping options present problems for crusher fines surfaces. VIII. Staff Updates— 1) Staff applied for an $8000 Colorado Dept. of Agriculture Noxious Weed Grant. 2) Staff is scheduling coyote management training with police. 3) There is a February start date for the Coal Creek Trail flood repair work under the railroad tracks. Work will take 3 weeks. 4) The Urban Drainage outfall system project plan at Harney Lastoka has been revised to incorporate staff and OSAB comments. Cameron Fowlkes presented the plan to OSAB, 6