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Open Space Advisory Board <br />Information Item 5: Staff Updates Continued <br />March 12, 2024 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />• To reduce burden on staff and board members, ideally we'd get in a rhythm where <br />boards can easily approve resolutions for most projects without significant debate. For <br />instance, the PPLAB Board resolution for most landscape in the ROW could be "Board <br />recommends the applicant work with PROS Staff (including City Forestry and <br />Horticulture) to finalize a plant schedule which staff find appropriate for the project <br />location." OSAB may be harder given the nuances, but we could try to determine <br />something similar. <br />Natural Resources: <br />1. Staff has increased the height of two raptor perches on Daughenbaugh Open Space to <br />help promote their use by birds of prey. <br />2. Staff has submitted a request to refill the Warembourg fishing pond. <br />3. Staff is finalizing contracting with Colorado State University for a Colorado Natural <br />Heritage Program lead BioBlitz <br />4. Staff will be accepting grazing RFP submissions on 3/4/25 by 2pm MST <br />5. Staff has been reseeding Davidson Mesa and Hecla Lake <br />a. Reseeding the social trails with in the newly fenced off area for shorebirds has <br />been completed <br />b. Staff has been reseeding areas of pugging from previous cattle grazing <br />6. Staff has created and filled out Bird City Applications <br />7. Staff have been scheduling seasonal interviews <br />8. Staff removed 6 Siberian elms from Dutch Creek Open Space and reseeded the area <br />Maintenance & Trails: <br />1. Staff is in the process of restoring the 2022 approved social trail on Coyote Run Open <br />Space that was a part of the trail resurfacing project. Residents have continued to use it <br />which has prevent grass establishment. They have also trampled and damaged the <br />previously installed erosion control materials present as well. Staff installed waterbars as <br />well as scarified and reseeded the social trail. After which they naturalized the trail by <br />covering it with vegetative materials and branches. <br />2. Staff has been working with Whitestone Construction on the emergency gate installations <br />and have been making good progress. There have been eight gates fully installed at this <br />point. <br />3. Staff has completed the field data collect for the Open Space fence inventory audit and <br />have begun to implement the data into ArcGIS Pro. <br />Resource Protection: <br />1. Rangers are attending the Annual Member Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Ranger <br />Association (RMRA) on Wednesday, March 19. Attendees will participate in a long-term <br />planning exercise to help identify focus areas for the Association for the next five years. <br />11 <br />