Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2025 06 11

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Open Space Advisory Board Information Item 6: Staff Updates Continued June 11, 2025 Page 2 of 4 2. Herbicide applications occurred on select Open Space properties on May 13-16. Additional treatment days are scheduled for June 3-6 and June 17-20. 3. Information for the three new interpretive panels has been submitted to the contractor for development. 4. Staff is continuing our subscription for biocontrol with the Colorado Department of Agriculture's insect program. Deliveries for Dalmation toadflax and bindweed are expected in June. 5. Cattle have finished grazing on North Open Space and have moved to Damyanovich Open Space, after Damyanovich Open Space they will finish off the spring grazing season at Davidson Mesa. 6. Staff released the signup for the City of Louisville & CNHP Bioblitz, registration is now full! Waitlist spots are available. 7. Staff completed a revamp of the Dutch Creek Pocket Prairie adding roughly 20 new forbs, removed and transplanted Artemisia ludoviciana at Aquarius. Maintenance & Trails: 1. Staff have been hard at work completing trail corridor mowing throughout the Open Space trail network. 2. Staff installed two new waterbar features at Aquarius Open Space out of StaLock, a polymer mixed crusher fine material that should be more resistant to erosion from precipitation and use. This is one of the test locations discussed in last month's updates. These drainage structures are being utilized to improve proper watershed and assist in the longevity of the trail. 3. The "Installation of Trail Access & Emergency Closure Infrastructure Project 2024" has been closed out with the contractors, and the project is completed. Staff plans to install reflective decals on the gates and their structures to ensure visibility and safety. As well as install informational metal signs on the gates to inform trails users of closures and hazardous conditions. 4. Staff has completed the relocation and installation of the Open Space trail counters in strategic locations throughout the Open Space network. The new locations will help the Open Space Human Dimensions pilot program accrue data to indicate amounts of usage. Staff also utilizes Strava to compare the counts collected by the city' trail counters for accuracy and as a control. They are now located as follows 2 at Dutch Creek, 1 at Harper Lake, and 1 at Hecla Lake. 5. Staff plans to meet with Denver Regional Council of Government or DRCOG for their installation of trail counters on 104th Street trail on June 3, 2025. Staff plans to discuss their human dimensions program structure and how they use the collected data. The hope is to learn from their experiences and successes to help improve the City's program.