Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2010 11 10

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Project: Boulder County, the Town of Louisville and the City of Lafayette are partnering to complete trail connections to the Coal Creek trail system and the Rock Creek trail system. A trail connecting the central portion of the Coal Creek Trail to the Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm has been a community goal for many years. This project has been a high priority request by both Louisville and Lafayette for many years. Web Site: Coal Creek/Rock Creek Central Connections Project By Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department, The City of Louisville and The City of Lafttvette This trail will provide residents of communities adjacent to downtown Louisville and Lafayette with a pedestrian and bicycle friendly central connection to the Coal Creek Rock Creek trail system which will ultimately extend from Broomfield to Erie. Currently there is no effective access to the Rock Creek trail system for many communities within Louisville and Lafayette. The Benefits of this project include: Residents will be able to access the Rock Creek trail system from a location near the middle of the Coal Creek trail system A more direct link for pedestrians and bicycles from Louisville and Lafayette to Steam's Lake and Rock Creek Farm More opportunities for a variety of recreational routes throughout Louisville and Lafayette Objectives: Boulder County, the City of Lafayette and the City of Louisville have purchased multiple properties in eastern Boulder County to accommodate regional trail connections. This trail segment, from the Rock Creek Trail (at 104 to the Coal Creek Trail at the Aquarius Trailhead, will provide a highly needed link to these trail systems, which connects the trail systems of the City of Boulder, Town of Superior, City of Louisville, City of Broomfield, City of Lafayette, and the Town of Erie. Proposed Uses: Amenities planned for this project will include 1.5 miles of new trail connecting to the Coal Creek and Rock Creek trail systems. These links will allow users to experience over 40 miles of existing open space trails and will provide key access to pedestrians, equestrians, in the Boulder County segment, and bicyclists. To review the management plan that was adopted by the Boulder County Commissioners, please visit the following website: http: yww.bouldercounty. orgy' openspaceimanagement_plans/lou- laf pdfs /jointownlatlouisMP.pdf