Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2020 12 09

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes November 18, 2020 Page 4 of 6 9. Discussion Item: Draft 2020 OSAB Accomplishments presented by Helen Moshak, OSAB Chair Helen will convert the draft document into a Google Document and send it to the group for editing and updating. Goal Leads will present their sections and OSAB will review and finalize in the December meeting. Charles volunteered to work with Missy (Lead) on the acquisitions goal and to take over after her departure. 10. Discussion Item: Wayfinding & Trail Planning presented by Nathan Mosley, Director of Parks, Recreation and Open Space. Nathan - The CIP was approved for $60K budgeted for signage and wayfinding in 2021 and $30K for the wayfinding pilot in 2022. The plan is for: 1. An RFP to finalize the design, materials and costing of the wayfinding plan. 2. Install signage at park locations without site identification or rules and regs signs and implement signage on the Powerline trail and connector trails. Based on the results from the RFP, OSAB and staff will schedule a study session with City Council to brief them on the project and provide accurate cost estimates to lay the groundwork to later get budget approval for a revised budget in 2022 and additional funding in 2023 to finish all the trails in the system. Starting in December, staff and the Tiger Team (Laura and Helen) will work on the RFP, funds will be available starting in 2021. Missy asked about coordination between departments and financial boundaries. She explained that previously there has been a lack of coordination and information about the costs and not enough information about savings on joint efforts to develop a consistent look and feel throughout the city. Nathan will coordinate and would like Open Space to lead the effort to get it started and then help other departments benefit from the design and costing work. He also advocates for a 2-3 year project term and warns that stretching it out over 4-5 years will defeat the economy of scale and accuracy of the pricing and availability of materials. Missy urged that we make sure the pricing and materials serve as many departments as possible within reason and that we engage with the community to keep the momentum going and schedule resources for marketing and outreach and collect feedback and comments. She urged creating a budget line and dedicating resources to support this outreach and input effort. Nathan will keep the foot on the gas pedal and get the project going. Helen asked about what the process is for setting up the study session. Nathan explained that he will work with Heather (City Manager) to set a date after we have developed the plan and costing. He will work on getting a placeholder on the calendar and keep OSAB posted. C: