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Home My WebLink AboutPACKET Parks Advisory Board 2017-6-1 Patrick Martchink, Town Board Trustee Liaison Scott Miller, Estes Park Student Advisor Brian Berg, Estes Park Public Works Staff Liaison Parks Advisory Board Agenda Make-Up for 5/19/17 Regular Meeting June 1, 2017 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Executive Board Room Estes Park Events Center 1125 Rooftop Way Current Members: Celine Lebeau (12/31/19) Dewain Lockwood (12/31/18) Vicki Papineau (12/31/18) Ronna Boles (12/31/19) Carlie Bangs (12/31/18) Merle Moore (12/31/17) Terry Rustin (12/31/17) Approval of April Minutes Recommended Plant Listing Review EVDC Amendment Museum Temporary Sidewalk Art Proposal Other Business Meeting Duration Discussion Adjourn Chair, Celine Lebeau Director of Community Development, Randy Hunt Assistant Town Administrator, Travis Machalek Chair, Celine Lebeau Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, April 21, 2017 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Parks Advisory Board of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Executive Board Room of the Estes Park Events Center on the 21st day of April, 2017. Present: Dewain Lockwood Vicki Papineau Ronna Boles Merle Moore Terry Rustin (via phone) Celine Lebeau Scott Miller, Student Advisor Also Present: Patrick Martchink, Trustee Liaison Greg Muhonen, Director of Public Works Megan Van Hoozer, Public Works Administrative Assistant Carey Stevanus, Good Samaritan Society Craig Soderberg, Estes Arts District Michael Young, Artist John Bostron, Thorp & Associates Joe Calvin, Thorp & Associates Absent: Carlie Bangs Brian Berg, Parks Division Supervisor Kevin McEachern, Operations Manager Cydney Springer, Estes Arts District Chair Lebeau called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comment. GENERAL BUSINESS It was moved and seconded (Lockwood/Moore) to approve the March meeting minutes with corrections and the motion passed unanimously. Parks Advisory Board – April 21, 2017 – Page 2 MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL UPDATE Chair Lebeau stated that while all the vendors and bands are lined up for the festival, there is still a need for volunteers to man the booths and educate the public. Chair Lebeau passed the volunteer sign-up sheet around to the members. ARBOR DAY BOOK DONATION Chair Lebeau brought the books selected to donate to the elementary school for members to view. All books purchased are environmental and/or nature based for the requested reading levels. AIPP APPLICATION: VETERANS MONUMENT PARK / BRONZE EAGLE Carey Stevanus, a member of the Veterans Monument Committee, gave a presentation on the history and conceptual design of the proposed Veterans Monument Park representing all branches of the armed services. Stevanus has worked closely with Parks Maintenance Supervisor, Brian Berg, to determine a suitable location for the Monument Park. The selected location would be on the west side of the Visitor Center in place of the existing picnic shelter. Co-chair Moore expressed concern that there would no longer be overhead protection in that area once the picnic shelter is removed. One option is to move the existing picnic shelter to the opposite side of the river; however, the cost of the move must be taken into account by the Town. In order to assist with the realization of the concept Thorp & Associates created the design and Van Horn Engineering performed the surveying; both without charging any fees. Member Boles questioned the purpose of the selected location. Supervisor Berg worked closely with the group to find a suitable and honorable place for this Monument Park and this is what was selected. The hope is to have the park in place by Veterans Day. One of the suggestions as part of the park design incorporates a bronze eagle at the center of the park. Member Papineau made a motion to approve the bronze eagle sculpture and Member Lockwood seconded the motion. All members were in favor with the exception of Parks Advisory Board – April 21, 2017 – Page 3 Member Boles. Member Rustin, who was attending via telephone, abstained from voting due to lack of information available to him. Member Papineau made a motion to approve the naming of the town property where the park is to be located to ‘Veterans Monument Park’ and Member Lockwood seconded the motion. All members were in favor with the exception of Member Boles. Member Rustin abstained from voting due to lack of information available to him. The Veterans Monument Committee would make a presentation to the Town Board for the bronze eagle sculpture on May 23, 2017. This committee would present the park concept to the PUP Committee on May 11, 2017. DUB: ARTIST PROPOSALS Member Boles shared that manufacturing has begun on the vinyl wrap for the utility box located just north of the police station. Boles also shared that Kent Smith has provided a quote for priming and graffiti sealing the utility boxes to be painted. Member Boles has been in touch with Blake Babbit, a Scout that presented his AIPP application to paint a utility box as a proposed Eagle Scout project in October, 2016. Boles and Babbit will go on a site visit next week to select the utility box Babbit wishes to paint. Babbit was asked to complete a new AIPP application to present to the PAB in May. Member Boles then displayed and discussed the art created by the chosen artists. The art submitted by Michael Young, Ben Brown and Nicole Rische were all approved. It was requested that the art provided by Dawn Normali be shown as it will appear on the utility box, combining a few of the favorite individually painted pieces. The art will be presented again to the PAB once it is combined. PARKS DIVISION UPDATE Public Works Director, Greg Muhonen, provided updates for the Parks Division.  All 12 pikas have been installed in the pre-selected locations around downtown Estes Park. Town Administrator, Frank Lancaster, is testing out the scavenger hunt and is hoping to implement this program soon.  Pots are being filled with plants in the greenhouse. Parks Advisory Board – April 21, 2017 – Page 4  The Beaver Pond (containing bronze beaver) at George Hix Plaza has been repaired and the water feature will be turned back on prior to the duck race.  All turf is getting swept and ready for a busy season.  Backflows are being installed and irrigation is getting turned on.  For 20 years Estes Park has been a Tree City. A special Tree Growth Award will be presented for everything the Town has been doing in the past year to enhance its urban forest and arboriculture education. OTHER BUSINESS With no other business to discuss, Chair Lebeau adjourned the meeting at 12:11 p.m. EXHIBIT A “PREFERRED PLANTING LIST” Amendment Planning Commission: June 20, 2017 § 7.5 - LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERS D. General Landscaping Design Standards. 2. Plant Materials. a. Use of Native or Adaptive Plant Materials . Refer to the “ComDev Recommended Plant List” for lists of plant materials considered native or appropriate. The “ComDev Recommended Plant List” is an administrative (advisory and not mandatory) document that is available by request from the Community Development Department, and is also available on the Town’s website. In order to further water conservation and to assure adequate growth and survival of new plantings, all landscape plans shall be comprised entirely of native or adapted plants that reflect the surrounding plant materials and environment. All proposed plant materials shall be chosen from these lists unless Staff approves an equivalent alternative. 3. Location and Arrangement of Required Landscaping. d. Trees shall be planted to allow for normal growth in height a nd shape without the need for excessive pruning. Refer to the “ComDev Recommended Plant List” for spread characteristics. g. Trees with a mature height of more than twenty -five (25) feet shall not be planted under utility lines. Refer to the “ComDev Recommended Plant List” for height characteristics. h. Plants that will exceed six (6) inches in height shall not be planted within three (3) feet of a fire hydrant. Refer to the “ComDev Recommended Plant List” for height characteristics. G. Review Standards. The following review standards shall apply to all development applications as specified, unless Staff determines that a specific standard may be waived pursuant to subsection F.5. above. It is the intent of this Section that these standards be applied in a flexible fashion to protect wildlife habitat and wildlife species in a cost -effective fashion. 1. Review Standards. b. Non-Native Vegetation. There shall be no introduction of plant species that are not on the approved landscaping list in the “ComDev Recommended Plant List” on any site containing any important wildlife habitat area. To the maximum extent feasibl e, existing herbaceous and woody cover on the site shall be maintained and removal of native vegetation shall be minimized. APPENDIX C. PREFERRED PLANTING LIST Appendix C has been repealed and replaced by the “ComDev Recommended Plant List”, an administrative document. The ““ComDev Recommended Plant List” is available by request from the Community Development Department, and is also available on the Town’s website. [Strikethrough remainder of Appendix C] Page 1 of 2 CULTURAL SERVICES Memo To: Parks Advisory Board Through: Frank Lancaster, Town Administrator Travis Machalek, Assistant Town Administrator From: Derek Fortini, Estes Park Museum Director Date: June 16, 2017 RE: Temporary Chalk Art: Historic Quotes Objective: Approve the Estes Park Museum Staff to use temporary spray chalk to put historic quotes related to Estes Park on sidewalks around Town during the 2017 Centennial Celebration year, from July 1 through October 31 (weather will be an issue beyond October). Present Situation: With 2017 being the centennial anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Estes Park, there have been a number of community efforts to celebrate it . The Museum would like to take the opportunity to go “beyond its walls” and add historic quotes to areas around Estes Park. Temporary sidewalk chalk quotes would be a way the Museum can raise the general level of awareness of cultural heritage and the local museum. Proposal: The Museum would like to apply historic quotes at various places around Town that are high traffic areas for both residents and visitors. The Museum will encourage people to look for the historic quotes through sporadic press releases and encourage people to comment on the quotes via the Museum’s facebook page (which will also highlight the quotes). The locations considered to place the quotes include the Estes Park Museum, visitor center, near Town Hall, around Bond Park, at the intersection of Elkhorn and Moraine Avenues, and downtown parking lots/Confluence Park. Examples of quotes include: “The Corners is a scene of life and gayety, when at nightfall the stage comes in with mail and passengers and the whole Park pours forth to meet it.” Flora Stanley, wife of hotelier F.O. Stanley, 1903 “One of the interesting sites for tourists in Estes Park, which will be new even to former observers, is a herd of about 25 elk...” June 21, 1913 Estes Park Trail Page 2 of 2 “Never, nowhere, have I seen anything to equal the view into Estes Park.” Isabella Bird, 1873 Depending on the amount of rain received throughout the year or the length in-between applying the quotes, additional applications of quotes will be planned with repeating or new quotes (the full list of quotes to approve is attached). Quotes will be cut out stencils on sheets of Mylar no larger than 20x30” in which the spray chalk can then be sprayed over to create clear, concise, colorful wording. The Museum Logo, in spray chalk, may or may not accompany the quote. Staff imagines placing between 6-10 of the quotes around Town at one time (some will be repeating) and to spread them out. For example, if a quote was chosen to be installed at the intersection of Elkhorn and Moraine Avenues, two opposite corners would be chosen as opposed to all four corners. Advantages:  This will allow the Museum to engage with an audience beyond the Museum building  This will provide a chance to use quotes related to history that will promote conversation among residents and visitors  Historic quotes will contribute to the historic “centennial” atmosphere already being created through Town efforts (centennial flags along the road as well as events) and merchants with centennial merchandise Disadvantages:  Because spray chalk is being used, there might be some concern from those seeing this done thinking it is spray paint. However, a press release will come out beforehand (at the beginning of each month) explaining it is approved temporary chalk and that the Museum is doing it to engage the public. Budget: The Museum has purchased the temporary spray chalk for $25/pack out of 101-5700- 457.26-15 Exhibit/Display. Attached: PAB Application List of quotes to be approved for use Sample Motion: I move to approve/not approve the temporary sidewalk chalk quotes from the Museum throughout the 2017 centennial anniversary year. APPENDIX A Document Title Policy 895 – Non-Permanent Markings on Streets, Parking Lots, and Trails 5/30/17 Revisions: 0 Town of Estes Park, Public Works Page 4 of 5 TOWN OF ESTES PARK NON-PERMANENT SIDEWALK/STREET/PARKING LOT/TRAIL ART APPLICATION Name: Derek Fortini, Estes Park Museum Director Contact Email and Phone Number: dfortini@estes.org 970-577-3761 Location of Proposed Art: Estes Park Museum, Lake Estes Trail (south side), Estes Park Visitors Center, Town Hall area, Elkhorn and Moraine Avenue intersection, Riverwalk/Confluence Park, around Bond Park, and around downtown parking lots Art Medium: Temporary Spray Chalk Date of Installation: July 1 – October 31, 2017 (done intermittently) Time of Installation: Will be done by staff during business hours when needed Description of Proposed Art (attach any visuals): Historic quotes will be cut out stencils on sheets of Mylar no larger than 20x30” in which the spray chalk can then be sprayed over to create clear, concise wording. The Museum Logo, in spray chalk, may or may not accompany the quote. APPENDIX A Document Title Policy 895 – Non-Permanent Markings on Streets, Parking Lots, and Trails 5/30/17 Revisions: 0 Town of Estes Park, Public Works Page 4 of 5 APPENDIX A Document Title Policy 895 – Non-Permanent Markings on Streets, Parking Lots, and Trails 5/30/17 Revisions: 0 Town of Estes Park, Public Works Page 4 of 5 Plan and Timeline for Removal (including weather contingencies): Quotes can be removed at any time with water. Museum Staff will monitor the quotes and add more when others disappear over time or due to weather. “ ’The Corners’ is a scene of life and gayety, when at nightfall the stage comes in with mail and passengers and the whole Park pours forth to meet it.” Flora Stanley (wife of hotelier F.O. Stanley), 1903 “Forest influences and forest scenes add much to existence and bestow blessings upon life that cannot be measured by gold.” Enos Mills, Naturalist (1870-1922) “Our elk only lasted about three years… In 1878 I killed my last elk...” Abner Sprague, 1875 Homesteader in Moraine Park remarking on the extirpation of elk in Estes Park “One of the interesting sites for tourists in Estes Park, which will be new even to former observers, is a herd of about 25 elk...” June 21, 1913 Estes Park Trail “Never, nowhere, have I seen anything to equal the view into Estes Park.” Isabella Bird, 1873 “There is more building going on in Estes Park at this time than ever before in its history… The world is catching up.” The Mountaineer, June 4, 1908 “I advise any of your readers who want good shooting, lovely scenery, and mountain air, and withal to be thoroughly comfortable . . . to try a winter with Griff Evans, Estes Park.” G.W., letter published in the Field, London, 1873 “Tourists seeking new scenes in nature could not do better than to visit this fam ous nook of the Rockies… Estes Park.” The Denver Republican, 1881 “…Before me loomed the Rockies, strangely unreal in the moonlight and yet very like the mountains of my imagination. I gazed spellbound. My dream was realized.” Joe Mills, A Mountain Boyhood “Father and Mother soon found there was more money in caring for summer tourists that in raising cattle.” Eleanor James Hondius of Elkhorn Lodge, 1964 “No one should come [to Estes Park] in a wagon; a pony or mule is best, allowing the trip to be made in a day from Longmont.” The Chronicle Write, 1871