I really appreciate the diversity of activities available in Louisville, and this PROS document does well at outlining that, thank you. This document is a really helpful tool! Let me highlight my interest for increased maintenance support for the bocce courts. I have enjoyed the "community they engender" when I have played and several of my friends play quite a bit and support improvements. A fun and valuable city benefit, that needs a bit more budgetary help!

The bocce courts in Louisville are not in good shape. I know several people who like to play (including myself). The condition of the courts, especially at Community park are not playable. The city should budget to maintain their courts in their parks.

When I moved here in 1991 I remember going to the Labor Day bocce tournament at Memory Square. There was actually a section of bleachers for viewing. I learned the history of bocce in Louisville then. not too long after that I remember playing in the tournament which had switched to Community Park. My friends and I started playing our lick up games there. At some point they became impossible to prep for a game and we went back to Memory Square. A number of groups continue to play at Memory Square and preparing the courts the best we can with 50 year old side rails. In many areas of the country bocce has shifted from a backyard pastime to a mainstream social and competitive trend. Please consider pumping some money into them so we can catch up.

Bocce! I so fully support any available help or funds to maintain and progress the Bocce courts and activities in Louisville. I have used the courts in town and know a good number of friends who play weekly during the summer months. Please keep Bocce alive in Louisville!

I'm writing to encourage the city to allocate funding to repair and improve the bocce courts in Louisville's parks. I play regularly with friends and family, and it's one of our favorite ways to spend time together outdoors, but the current condition of the courts makes that difficult. Uneven, poorly maintained surfaces take the fun out of the game.

Bocce is an activity that brings together people of all ages and abilities. I'd love to see the PROS plan include real investment in maintaining and upgrading these facilities so more people in the community can enjoy the game the way it's meant to be played.

North End neighborhood is isolated by dangerous crossings at S. Boulder Rd & 95th street and does not have any park facilities on this side of those arterial roads despite an empty lot facing S. Boulder Road. This means everyone is more likely to have to commute to other parks via vehicle and causes neighbors to feel less important to the community.
Instead of parks, we get fences no one asked for, more trail gates, and confusing "lake to lake trail" signage that does not connect to the other Louisville lakes.

Please improve connectivity at:
1. safer crossings/underpass at 95th street to downtown.
2. Underpass under the railroad at the "lake to lake trail"
3. Improved drainage at the eastern edge of the Harney Lastoka fields where snow often remains on trail in winter despite being in full sun.

Reduce blind corners at:
1. Underpass between CTC open space and Aquarius open space to reduce crash risks
2. Powerline trail by Louisville Reservoir
3. Remove the tight switchbacks on the Powerline trail east of Louisville reservoir. This is extremely difficult or impossible to bike.
4. blind corner at Keith Helart park
5. tight turn from trail/sidewalk over bridge to underpass at Coal Creek golf course

Consider adding a park for picnics and playground for kids at North End.

As a long time resident of Louisville I would like to see an enhanced budget to help with bocce courts both at memory square and community park. There is an active community of players and it’s a great way to increase usage of the parks and provide for a great feel for louisville

It would be nice if the community park bocce courts had a better surface similar to Memory Square.

Section 3.5 future PROS development (p.51) has a typo. It lists 922 Via Appia in the table, but 992 Via Appia in the map legend. Which is correct?

I believe that it is missing 4 rights of way; access to Sundance Park from Van Buren Ct, which has four separate rights of way/access points that the city agreed to maintain in 1981, is my understanding from Mike in Public Works. I do not see these represented in the draft plan.

I am still frustrated with the restriction of Class 3 e bikes on the trails. Since there is now a speed limit of 15 mph (which none of the teens are following), why limit the kind of bike. There was an excellent article in Denver Post by a geriatrician as to how discriminatory this rule is.
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I wanted to clarify an error noted in the draft plan. On page 59 of the Trail System Plan, specifically with respect to the underpasses recommended by the trails task force, number 7 refers to Via Appia and South Boulder Rd, not South Boulder Rd by the Coyote Run crossing. On the previous page, this change should be made as well. It is a little ambiguous on the map, but I am a member of the task force and I can confirm that our proposal of 7 as a top priority related to the South Boulder Rd / Via Appia intersection. The minutes of that meeting should reflect this as well.

This is a very dangerous pedestrian / bike crossing, especially because it is highly frequented as part of the Lake to Lake trail, right near Cottonwood Park, and a key route to two Louisville daycares.

As a runner and walker, I hope you will preserve the existing singletrack trails in Daugenbaugh, Warembourg, and North Open Space. I don't know if you count these as social trails or not, but they exist because they are used and loved. Moving everyone onto a smaller number of trails would make the experience worse for all of us.

Just having a Trail System Plan is a testament to the wonderful priorities of this community. Thanks to everyone who put so much work into it.

Since nobody else has commented on this, it may just be a “me thing,” but I was unable to find a full map showing either the current or proposed Louisville trail system. The maps in the PDF seemed to show only a small portion of Louisville, along with part of Superior. I would find it very helpful to see the entire existing and proposed trail network on one map.

Two priorities I would especially like to see included in our trail system are an above- or below-grade crossing of South Boulder Road near Main Street and a connector trail from the Coal Creek Trail to downtown Louisville.

The South Boulder Road crossing should be a major priority because the current crossing situation is extremely unsafe for pedestrians and bicyclists, especially Louisville Middle School students. A grade-separated crossing would provide a much safer connection between neighborhoods and trails on either side of this busy road.

A Coal Creek Trail connection to downtown also seems like a natural addition to the trail system. There is already the beginning of a trail from the Coal Creek Trail following Front Street, but then it simply ends. It seems that this connection could potentially be completed either with a very wide multi-use sidewalk or path along the east side of Front Street or with a trail along the very wide railroad right-of-way.

Both of these improvements would make travel safer and more convenient for pedestrians and bicyclists while making Louisville an even more trail-friendly community than it already is.

Hello. I have lived in Louisville since 1992 and have witnessed many changes and much growth. I reviewed the Draft PROS and have suggestion that I think would improve the value of living in this community for many residents. The health benefits of Community Gardens has been documented in cities across the US. I think this would be a wonderful opportunity for the many Louisville residents who live in apartments, condos, and townhomes and do not have a place to garden. It would be great to create an inclusive space with opportunities for growing healthy foods.

Very well done. It is a comprehensive guide for the future of Louisville. Over time, it is a guide that will accommodate discussion and and allow everyone the opportunity to express their views and desires. Again, job well done.

Preserving open space is extremely important as is managing the land and providing for protective guidelines for use. Looks good so far

Congratulations on creating such comprehensive Parks, Recreation, and Open Space plans for Louisville! We are new to the community and own a dog. It's very clear from all we've read and all we've seen that Louisville requires dogs on leashes except in one of the two dog parks. And that's a-ok by us, but we live east of Harper Lake and the closest dog park is west of Harper Lake, yet the trail around Harper Lake is signed "No Dogs." What are Lake-to-Lake trail users to do when they get to Harper Lake without a viable dog-friendly (leashed, of course) alternative?

I printed this out and read both documents. The font is to small, and makes reading the print version difficult. Please increase font size, so print version becomes easier to read.
TSP, 4.1 prioritization: just wondering if the 1 to 5 year action items for Wayfinding, Safety and other minor improvements might be a little bit long, because then there’s only 5years left to take on all the big stuff?

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