Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2016 01 13

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes December 9th 2015 Page 2 of 5 commented that he feels like shifting the Dog Off -Leash Area to the south would only shift the problem and ecologically divide the Mesa, which has already suffered environmental degradation from the current Dog Off -Leash Area. He'd rather see the Dog Off -Leash Area moved somewhere entirely (ie. off the Davidson Mesa property). Christopher asked whether the drainage mitigation suggested by the CIP budget could address these issues. Ember said that the specific CIP presented by Mr. Rasor had not been approved by City Council for the 2016 budget but that if operation budgets allow the Parks Division may be moving forward with the project. She clarified that Open Space, Parks and Public Works are looking into moving the drainage into a storm water system that was installed with construction of the new underpass. Laura suggested that there may always be people who will break the rules and moving the Off -Leash Area might not deter them. Missy commented that she supports eliminating the Off -Leash Area at Davidson Mesa altogether and re- siting it to another area. She also specifically suggested that no further amenities be added to the site that may attract yet more visitors to this already heavily- impacted site. Missy asked Mr. Rasor whether the Off - Leash Area was more vegetated this wet season. Mr. Rasor opined that there was more weed coverage in the summer, but the area is currently just as denuded as always. Spencer commented that all the documentation that Mr. Rasor is collecting is very valuable and persuasive. Helen asked Ember whether the whole area is zoned for Open Space and Ember said that it was. Helen expressed the concern that it is possible that this chunk of land could be carved out and rezoned as a Park some day and she felt strongly that this must not happen. Mike asked how this could be prevented. He was particularly concerned when he learned that Parks had taken over maintenance of the Dog Off -Leash Area. In response to Mr. Rasor asking who else he could speak with regarding this issue and it was suggested that he might try to talk to the newly- formed Parks Advisory Board too since Parks has been directed to maintain the off leash area or City Council. Helen agreed that OSAB should have a joint meeting with the new Parks Advisory Board to discuss this issue with them. Mike suggested that maybe OSAB can help steer the new Parks Advisory Board towards thinking about an alternative dog park. Christopher suggested that Mr. Rasor's timing is good since we will be discussing CIP budgeting and his concerns give urgency to the Off -Leash Area remediation projects. VI. Staff Updates - A. Boulder County Transportation is interested in developing a 10 -foot concrete trail connection from Dyer Rd. to the Damyanovich property for 2016. It is not on Open Space Land and currently it is a service road. They have asked for some City Funding to help with the project design and construction. Missy asked why the trail would be 10 ft. wide and concrete. Ember suggested that the goal was to match the Hwy. 36 Bikeway Trail. B. Ember has been contacted by the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) who are working on a brochure and website about ADA- friendly trails. After discussing Louisville options OSMP decided to add the Warembourg Property's trail network to their documentation. OSMP suggested that the data provided by Louisville would be a great start for a Louisville ADA trail web page. Ember and Denise will be working with OSMP to evaluate this concept. The concept is that Louisville would create a description of ADA friendly trails and potentially create online video of the trail allowing users to decide for themselves if the trail is appropriate. If the City moves forward with this project OSMP would link to the City's web page. Ember was enthusiastic about the project. 4