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Keany moved Ordinance No. 1329, Series 2000, An Ordinance Establishing a Louisville Citizens Open Space Advisory Board to Advise the City Staff and Council on Matters Related to the Acquisition, Maintenance, Development, and Use of Open Space Lands as set Forth In This Ordinance, and Establishing Standards for the Acquisition, Management, Restoration and Preservation of Such Open Space Lands, out for publication and set the public hearing for February 15, 2000, seconded by Mayer. All in favor. Brown responded to Mr. Berger's comments, and wanted to commend everyone for the hard work. In his opinion he felt that there was general agreement about the concept of the latest change, which is the open space map. He noted the proposed ordinance does provide for undeveloped land to be recommended for inclusion into open space. He stated they paid close attention to trails, and access to open space, and environment sensitivity. He noted they have taken into consideration other entities and municipal jointly owned lands, and future purchases. They have discussed sound management tools, and budgetary issues, the cost, which includes inventory and a master plan process. He felt that the level of cooperation and spirit of trust had been significant, and hopeful. Sam Light, City Attorney, clarified that Ordinance version 2.2 will be published as the ordinance adopted on first reading. Any amendments will be made on the second publication. Mayer pointed out some major items in the ordinance. One issue was how the inventories and mapping are going to be accomplished and paid for. He felt the people active in Open Space issues could perform a reasonable basic inventory within the first year, at a reasonable cost. Mayer stated that the classification system, which he had originally proposed, includes three categories, pure open space, mixed park open space, and pure parks. Those also included in the Ordinance, visitor's open space, and parks. He stated the highest level of protection precludes human visitation, and noted on the recent citizen questionnaire, the public strongly agreed to such a concept. Staff and a consultants hired by the City, as well as a Board appointed by the City Council will make recommendations. He stated the ordinance mentions open space but that definition should not translate into parcels, noting that within certain parcels there may be differing definitions according to needs. He stated that there were concerns relative to trails but noted that this is not a perfect document, yet heading in the right direction. Furthermore, if Council's concerns can be addressed, there might not be a need for an election. RESOLUTION NO. 8, SERIES 2000 - A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD Davidson moved to table Resolution No.8, Series 2000, until February 15, 2000, seconded by Brown. All in favor. 11