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Horticulture & Forestry <br />Advisory Board <br />MINUTES <br />Thursday, December 2, 2010 <br />Library Meeting Room <br />951 Spruce Street <br />7:00 <br />PM <br /> Call to Order—Chair Mike Frontczak called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm. <br />I. <br /> Roll Call—Board members present: Mike Frontczak, Meredith Preston-Eddy, Matt <br />II. <br />Tepe, Ellen Toon. Board members absent: Kimberly Heestand, Theresa Rounds. Staff <br />members present: Dean Johnson, Chris Lichty. Guests: Troy Russ, Planning Dept <br />Director, and Shelly Alm, new board member as of January 2011. <br /> Approval of Agenda—The agenda was approved by all members. <br />III. <br /> Approval of Minutes—The minutes from the November 4, 2010 meeting were <br />IV. <br />approved. <br /> Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda—As a resident of the area near <br />V. <br />Pirate’s Park, Troy commented that the spruce trees and lilac hedge screen parts of the <br />playground from view, causing concern for the safety of the children on the playground. <br />The park is owned by Boulder Valley School District and leased to the City; Dean and <br />Chris will look into possible solutions. <br /> Introduction of preliminary Pedestrian Plan—Troy Russ presented data and <br />VI. <br />conceptual drawings for some of the 33 projects planned for downtown Louisville. A <br />parking study has shown that off-street parking is not being fully utilized. A walking <br />audit helped produce a list of several areas where the projects would not only improve <br />“walkability” but also parking utilization in the downtown area. Most projects will cost <br />less than $20,000. One example of a high-profile project which would attract more <br />pedestrians to the downtown area is permanent installation of the restaurant patios on <br />Main Street, which would be completed in conjunction with repaving Main and planting <br />new street trees <br />Troy recommended that HFAB write a resolution of support for the Pedestrian Plan, to <br />be directed to City Council. <br />City of Louisville <br />Parks & Recreation Department <br />749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 <br />303.335.4735 (phone) 303.335.4738 (fax) www.louisvilleco.gov <br />