Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2023 04 12

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes March 8, 2023 Page 3 of 9 shirt, so staff can be on the lookout for this. Ember added that the larger concern is when staff sees people seeding or planting on open space. Sales & Use Tax Task Force Updates: Jessamine said there are meetings scheduled for March 13' and 20th. There will be an update to the board after that. Wayfinding Tiger Team: The tiger team has received aerial maps of the Powerline Trail to annotate for the sign contractors. They are also constructing a spreadsheet to itemize signs and striping for each location. General Updates: David and Charles will be meeting with Kurt from Public Works to brainstorm crossing safety issues from Aquarius to the new 104th Street Trail. Charles added that the 104th Street Trail looks great and that the crossing at the north end was his only concern. Ember added that Boulder County will be doing road improvements on 104th Street south of Dillon to Stearns Lake. Since that might include the County building a trail extension to Stearns Lake, they will wait on the road corridor improvements to the south. David talked to Jeff Moline, who works for Boulder County Parks and Open Space, about whether there are county -wide recommendations about city changes to regional trails. He said there weren't and that the county leaves it to local municipalities to determine trail surfaces and maintenance plans. This means there aren't formal rules saying that the City of Louisville can't pave the Coal Creek Trail. David reported about his experience at the City Council meeting last night. The half -mile stretch on the Coal Creek Trail from Dillon to the Highway 36 underpass had been incorporated into a concreting plan, but due to push back, this had been pulled off the consent agenda. OSAB wrote a memo in October 2022 recommending against paving it. Five citizens spoke individually at the meeting about their opposition to paving it, including Charles and David. Council decided against including converting this section of the Coal Creek Trail into concrete. However, the plan then evolved into a recommendation to send the suggestion back to Public Works staff. The concrete replacement project included suggestions to formalize two social trails and pave them with concrete: a social trail between two houses along St. Andrews Lane that goes up to Dillon Rd, and another on the SW corner of 88th and Dillon. Both of these were listed in the Transportation Master Plan, though drawn incorrectly. Both are estimated at just above $100,000 to do. David thought that improving the connection to Monarch was probably the main goal of Council. Deb mentioned that the confusion about the exact location of things has been an ongoing issue in city documents, though she has seen work to improve this. David thought these trails might be a nice courtesy to areas that were impacted by the fire. Ember showed the locations on the screen. Helen asked if the trails could be designed to avoid sharp angles and bad intersections, features that the wayfinding initiative is trying to eliminate from the current network. Helen commented that two years ago OSAB was given advisory responsibility over trails, and yet these social trails being formalized is a good example of how a lot of trail decisions get made without OSAB being asked for input. She asked whether the board should change its name to include "Trails" to help remind council that OSAB should be included in these discussions. Jessamine and David wondered if the city charter would allow for a name change. 5