Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2021 07 14

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and if it would be done in stages, she also noted the equity concerns that were raised at the last meeting. Nathan will follow up with a timeline next meeting. ACTION: Peter moved to adopt the staff recommendation regarding benches at Hecla Lake. Charles seconded. Passed unanimously. IX: Discussion Item: City Council Work Plan Jessamine referred the group to page 20 of the packet and paused the meeting for 3 minutes to enable board review. The goal of this review is to be more deliberate and proactive in connecting with the City Council on issues of overlap. She asked for items on the work plan that the board is interested in potentially engaging with. Items discussed: A. Item 6 regarding the transportation master plan - Raised by Helen and Charles, trail connectivity and new trail classification B. Item 9 regarding ballot measures - Raised by Anneliese, potential for additional acquisition funds. It was noted at this time that the Open Space tax is up for renewal in 2023. Item 9 was also raised by Charles regarding consideration of the underpass plan and trail connectivity. Helen asked for Public Works to take the lead on the underpass ballot efforts and Nathan noted that no city staff could contribute if a measure was put to the voters by the council. C. Item 18 regarding dark sky compliant lighting - Charles D. Item 19 regarding open space zoning - Raised by Charles, core functionality of OSAB E. Several regarding municipal codes - Raised by Peter, as related to open space codes only Jessamine recommended that OSAB share our goals with City Council staff and committed to working with Ember on the next steps for OSAB input on some or all of the City Council work plan items discussed. Deb expressed excitement to hear from OSAB regarding the underpass project and described the locations of the six proposed underpasses. She emphasized the opportunity for trail connectivity and highlighted the opportunity for the Coal Creek trail and the Lake to Lake trail. She also discussed the importance of safe travel that did not include crossing major roads for bikers and pedestrians. X. Action Item: Proposed New Trail Type Charles directed the board to the memo on page 27 and referenced the discussion at the prior meeting. He noted that we currently have only two trail types, paved and crusher fines, yet there are several social trails in our system that have become important to the community. There is a desire to recognize that not all formal trails need to be paved or made from crusher fines to be useful but that staff does not currently work on these unimproved trails. The first step in figuring out how to best manage and incorporate select informal trails into the system is to recognize a third class of trails. There was some discussion of names; social trails have a bad connotation, singletrack has a bad connotation, the natural surface trail is misleading as crusher fines are natural, unimproved may mislead the public, the tiger team will continue to explore good names. Nathan noted that once you start recognizing social trails, it is hard to go back and any trail that