Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2016 11 09 JT

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes October 5th 2016 Page 3of5 Chris said he wants to hear about Lafayette's Isabelle Farm project. Isabelle Farms is on city -owned agricultural land, and features a city -owned barn. The barn and land is contracted to a farm, CSA, and farm stand. Helen asked whether Laura would show Lafayette the presentation she gave PPLAB in September. Spencer urged that we don't deluge them with too much of information. Laura was willing and thought she could probably prune her presentation down to one or two slides, holding the rest back contingent on their interest. X. Discussion Item: Review Lake Park Interpretive Educational Sign Text Concepts Presented by: Catherine Jepson, Open Space Specialist - Catherine presented the potential themes for an interpretive sign at Lake Park Open Space. She is working with the Harney family, who used to own the land and whose family dug the pond. They want to include some information about their family's contribution to the history of Louisville. Catherine's intention is to emphasize agricultural history, since wildlife and mining history are featured themes on other interpretive sign within the City's Open Space network. She shared three potential themes for the signs: (#1) Agriculture: a way of life in the 1900s; (#2) The history of this land is largely based in Agriculture; (#3) The pond at Lake Park has seen many uses (see packet for more on each theme). Linda she was interested in (#3), since it emphasized the farm. Christopher was also drawn to (#3), since it was more specific and unique to that property. He commented that the information in the others could be true for any nearly agricultural property within Louisville. Jeff wondered if the City knows the history of the water rights: he wanted to be sure that the pond water collected from ditch seepage was legally obtained before that information is put on a sign. Spencer wanted the sign to emphasize what's on the property now, rather than the history. Laura pointed out that (#2) makes it sound like the history of the land begins with the Harney family, when this area has been inhabited for thousands of years. Helen agreed. Missy didn't like (#1), because, she pointed out, agriculture is still a way of life in the 21st century. There was a consensus that the (#3) theme was the most successful. XI. Discussion Item: Proposed Gateway Improvement Plan for Clementine Subdivision Redevelopment, Presented by Hartronft Associates - Eric Hartronft, the architectural planner and two of the land owners were present. Mr.Hartronft presented. He had several display pictures of the land and the development plan. The land is 3.7 acres. It is currently zoned RM. There is allowed a maximum of 46 dwellings, and they are planning to build 44 attached-townhome residences, with internal courtyards. They will extend a sidewalk along East Street all the way down to Lock Street. The developers would like to make improvements to the triangle of land to the east of the subdivision, making it more attractive and a "gateway" into the City. The land in question is City -owned and currently designated as Parks. The plan includes a trail on the triangle that could be an off-street multi -use path. Mr. Hartronft has been working in Louisville for many years and reports that the City has been talking about creating attractive "gateways" into the City for years. He used the area to the southeast 4