Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2022 10 6

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Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board Minutes June 2, 2022 Page 2 of 4 E. Marshall fire repair — Enclave and Sunflower parks currently lack electric power to run irrigation systems, power may not be restored until September. Part of Washington Street Park was also affected. F. June 15 Concerts begin, activities planning making satisfactory progress, working to keep access open. G. Branch drop off from snow fall tree damage will be conducted at Sports Complex, chipping may be done on site, or transferred to Branch Drop off near Cemetery. H. City Arborist is working on an assessment of fire damage to Pine trees on McCaslin Street, north of the Recreation Center. Chris will be coordinating with Arvada or possibly Denver Arborists to help out. Both communities have expressed interest in assisting with recovery. 6. Board Updates No updates from board. 7. Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda A. Justin Ross, under Contract to purchase home at 888 Mulberry, spoke with Elizabeth in Planning Department Re: Large, concrete and brick neighborhood identification feature that is adjacent to the front corner of his prospective home at Mulberry and Centennial Street intersection. Mr. Ross would prefer that the entrance sign might be removed from the current location, which may be City Property. PPLAB member suggested that this request could be added to Median and Subdivision Sign discussion at a future PPLAB meeting. No HOA is present that might be responsible for the sign. Current owner is doing some landscape maintenance behind the marker, but City has done mowing in the front. Prospective property owner volunteered to check title/property boundaries. PPLAB asked resident if he is aware if other neighbors would object to removal of the sign. 8. Discussion of Subdivision Entry Program A. Board needs to determine which subdivision entries are still the responsibility of existing HOA's, and try to determine if HOA still active, or is the location part of City property? Title is not always clear in these situations. Need to check development plats. Default ownership goes to private property owner rather than city. B. Since 2019 PPLAB has been talking about upgrading or improving maintenance on medians and subdivision entrances to improve their appearance. Questions like "Should city get involved?" and "Is the current property owner available to improve the entrance?" C. Council has approved minor commonsense maintenance/upgrades at minimal level to improve the appearances. "Fix up, not anything exotic." A small amount of (unspecified) capital funds were available, but not subsequently allocated. An additional request was made for the Subdivision entrance just off of Cherry and another spot, and the city fixed them up a bit. The original deteriorated sign was removed, no plants were to be installed if no irrigation was