City of Boulder, CO Inside Boulder News, 2 Mar 2018

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This week on Inside Boulder News: Park to Park, Boulder's Urban Forestry Plan, and OSMP.

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This week on inside boulder news, the city announces a popular service is returning find out what it is. Boulders urban forestry department is branching out to community members as they enter the last phase of this planning process and open space and mountain parks wants to hear from you on an important project.

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Welcome to inside boulder news your source for all things: Boulder I'm Jocelyn, abend Daniel. Last summer, Boulder launched a pilot program called park-to-park where free shuttle buses took visitors to and from the scenic area of Chautauqua. The pilot provided nearly 23,000 free shuttle rides and decreased parking by 20 percent on neighborhood streets and starting Memorial Day. The popular shuttle rights for return, those who like to visit Boulder Chautauqua Park. Now that parking can be a challenge for the trailhead and the neighborhoods. Everybody.

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Is trying to get up here to hike for the most part, it's very hard to get here by any means other than the car and then when they get up here, there's very little parking, and that means that people go and Park in the surrounding neighborhoods, which.

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Caused problems for visitors and residents then.

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Having parked in the neighborhoods they're crossing baseline and they're in conflict with all the other cars that are trying to get into the in the neighborhood, so.

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To mitigate traffic congestion and improve safety and accessibility to the park, the Chautauqua access management plant was developed. Part of this plan was the park to Park pilot program that was launched last summer. What.

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We found in the pilot program that we did this past summer is we had huge substantial decreases in the amount of cars that were parking in the neighborhood and really high ridership of this shuttle bus thanks.

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To the success of the pilot program, city council decided to continue with the free shuttles and paid parking a Chautauqua for another five years. The.

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Bus will run on the same route and it runs roughly on the same time it had run from 7:00 to 7:00. Last summer, it's gonna run from 8:00 to 8:00 this summer, vehicle.

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Parking will also remain the same at two dollars and 50 cents an hour with the exception of handicapped parking, which will be free. Satellite parking will be in the same locations with parking, lots, downtown and off of Broadway and baseline Road. What.

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We hope to accomplish out of this much of which we've already accomplished right is that we continue to keep the number of people parking in the residential areas down that we continue to keep the ridership on the buses high and that in doing so, we decrease the amount of traffic on baseline itself and all of that works towards our transportation master plan goals.

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Late last month, the city released an in-depth report of its open space and mountain park system. Now, city staff is seeking your input on community values, hopes and concerns for the future of OS MP. The city's comprehensive report details how the city manages the more than 45,000 acre open space system. It also addresses trends in the upcoming open space and mountain parks, master plan. The.

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Master plan is going to help us establish a strategic vision that will help us manage these incredible landscapes for the next decade and beyond, with.

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The release of the report OSP will begin a much more robust and in-depth engagement process with the community. Community partners and staff will be at trails and popular locations around Boulder to hear residents input on boulders, open space. We.

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Really want to know what you think and what they value to really kind of create a vision for the future without community support. We wouldn't have what we have today. So we really need the community to tell us what they think and and help us plan for the future. In.

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Addition to the engagement opportunities OSP will be hosting two community meetings to talk about the master plan. The.

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First, one is going to be on March 12th and that really is going to provide the community to ask questions about the system over your report. Let us tell them, inform community members about what's in it answer any questions. They have and really kind of have an opportunity to solicit more input about the master plan. The.

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Open house will be held on Monday March 12th from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, but make sure to also mark your calendars for March 18th for o s and P celebratory master plan. Kickoff called a Mahina we're.

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Gonna have multiple different activities for farc community. It's really kind of for us to hear what it's important to them, but then also to have just engage a staff and have a good opportunity to discuss the future of open space for.

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More information on OS and peas, in-depth report and upcoming events. Please visit OS MP projects, org.

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The city's Forestry Division oversees over 50,000 public trees throughout Boulder and to help manage other trees. They have come up with the urban forester Dziedzic plan. What.

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We're seeing is that we certainly need to continue caring for the urban forest. There are many threats that we've seen. The main outcome of the plan is that we need help the.

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City has been working on the plan over the last year as the boulder forestry department wraps up the final draft of the plan. The information gathered is coming together to provide key outcomes and solutions, storm events and the invasive species emerald ash borer are some of the major problems highlighted in the plan. This.

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Plan really shows how you can help how each tree in your yard, contributes to that overall canopy how you can care for that tree. The resources that are available to you as a boulder resident through our Pro forestry program residents.

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And community members will have one last opportunity to get help understanding the plan and provide their input at the city's upcoming open house. The.

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Exciting thing about the open house is that it's not only staff talking about the urban forest plan and the strategy, but it's going to be this nonprofit group, the play boulder foundation, giving opportunities and how you can get involved. We're going to have a lot of staff sharing information about trees. The.

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City realizes that it takes everyone in the committee to protect the urban canopy, because.

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Once that tree is lost, it takes a long time to grow another one that same size and provide those benefits. The.

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Urban forestry teaching plan open house will be held on Saturday March 10th from 1 to 3 p.m. at upslope brewing from information. Please visit to Boulder Colorado bug of forward slash forestry, March marks, Women's History Month and to celebrate Boulder Senior Services will host an author talk by Colorado native Jamie, L Bell Bell researches frontier history and incorporates these facts into her novels, most of which are historical mysteries. She will speak about her novel. The lucky hat mine said in the mid 1800s in Idaho Springs and we'll be discussing the feminist heroine in her book.

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The author talk with JVL bail will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Monday March 5th at the West Senior Center. This talk will be the first in a series of programs for older adults hosted by senior services. Please visit Boulder Colorado dug-up forward, slash seniors for more information. Thank you so much for joining us on this week's edition of inside Boulder news.

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