Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2020 12 09

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes November 18, 2020 Page 5 of 6 Helen asked if the RFP will be joint between Open Space and Parks and who wil lead the project. Nathan confirmed that he thinks that the plan is great and that we just need to finalize the design and pricing so that we can develop the project plan and knock it out of the park. He explained that it would be joint and that Ember is likely to be the lead but they need to work on staffing issues and planning first before this is finalized. He will keep OSAB informed. Trails: Next, Nathan explained that the 104 Connector trail is in the budget. The RFP is in its final stages, it will be out in mid -December and we will probably have a design consultant in place in March and begin construction in 2022. The city is working on an Intergovernmental agreement between Lafayette and Boulder County to negotiate design, building and maintenance and future capital improvements. Nathan checked in to see if OSAB wanted to revisit the prioritization of trails or have a broader discussion including social trails and developing a trails master plan. David discussed the importance of having projects queued up so that we move on them when funding becomes available. His top two suggestions: 1. A Balanced approach to social trail management 2. Fun Routes to School - also requiring single track designation. Extracted from Transportation Master plan in 2018 to connect schools and the recreation center (Eagle, CO and Bentonville, AR model). Nathan and Ember have met with the Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance and are looking for opportunities for grants. Nathan reminded everyone that a trail along the Powerline trail would require working with numerous homeowners and outreach to the community. Missy reminded the group that the executive director (Aaron Clark) of the International Mountain Biking Alliance lives in Louisville and is very interested in partnering, he reached out to David in 2019. The group discussed the importance of more dialogue on these topics and agreed to add to the agendas in Q1. Jessamine suggested a dedicated working session to review issues, maps, social trails with a presentation to kick it off to learn about the context, history and background to establish a common ground for future discussions on priorities and planning. Peter and Charles supported this idea. Nathan suggested starting with the Transportation Master Plan for context and funding opportunities. Helen proposed starting a Trails Tiger Team to be tasked with preparing a presentation like the Wayfinding Tiger Team presentation and after further discussion the group agreed to starting this in Feb with new OSAB members, creating a Trails Tiger Team and having a working session post COVID (late summer?). David asked about how to improve communication with Council since Mayor Stolzman's decision to discontinue the Council Liaison role. We have asked for it 7