Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2014 03 12

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes th February 12, 2014 Page 2 of 6 4) The Open Space website will be updated to show areas of damage and current repairs for flood damaged trails. The update will be posted by the next meeting and Ember will share as a staff update. Open Space staff met with the Harney Lastoka Team which is a management team with joint owners (City of Lafayette, City of Louisville, and Boulder County Parks and Open Space) to discuss 2014 expenditures and the pipeline from Hecla Lake to Harney Lastoka. The pipeline is intended to convey water from Hecla to irrigate the Harney Lastoka CSA and potentially agricultural fields if a water agreement can be developed. Also, they discussed plans for a trail on the property parallel to Highway 42 as part of the Highway 42 Redevelopment Plan and the urban outfall system plan and its impact to the management of the property. The McCaslin/ Washington underpass project is moving forward and is looking aesthetically satisfactory. Staff will share the timeline and photos at the March meeting. Last summer there was concern about a raptor nest which lead to the postponement of a construction project in order to comply with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Staff is currently drawing up guidelines to direct the City in future incidents. There are reports of a great horned owls nesting near the Golf Course but staff has not confirmed. 2014 Volunteer Planning is underway. Raptor volunteers have already started for the season. New volunteer projects will include: 1) Photo monitoring of newly seeded areas at designated photo points. Properties with photo points include: Davidson Mesa, Bullhead Gulch, Aquarius and the CTC trail. 2) Assembling an aging guide for cooper hawks to assist volunteers with monitoring efforts. 3) Nature Hosts to lead educational hikes/programs with staff support. There is a new schedule of education events for 2014. Staff is still waiting for confirmation on the Black Footed Ferret program, the Fishing Frenzy event and a few others. Staff is also planning to organize a bird hike. There are plans for a program aimed at the Recreation Center summer camp program. Staff is open to education topic suggestions from the board and the public. VI. Board Updates Our new OSAB liaison Councilman, Jeff Lipton, introduced himself. He emphasized how important Open Space is to the citizens he met while running for office. He has land acquisition and water-rights experience from his career at the University of Colorado. Ember and Helen discussed some concerns about procedure and suggested two new process standards: 1)Process for Public/Board Member Speaking 3