Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2015 01 11

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Open Space Advisory Board Meeting Minutes Wednesday, January 14th, 2014 Louisville Public Library: First Floor Meeting Room 951 Spruce Street 7:00 pm I. Call to Order- Helen called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm. II. Roll Call- Board Members Present: Helen Moshak, Christopher Smith, Laura Scott Denton, Linda Smith, Spencer Guthrie, Missy Davis, Mike Schantz Board Members Absent: Tom Davinroy City Council Members Present: None Staff Members Present: Ember Brignull, Joe Stevens, Malcolm Fleming III. Approval of Agenda- Linda moved to approve the agenda as written. Mike seconded. The motion was passed unanimously. IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes- Ember announced a staff-noted correction on page 5 of the minutes regarding the City Forester and the trees at Helca Lake. She read out the approved correction: “After evaluation by the City Forester it was determined that fewer trees were dead than was originally anticipated, so only dead trees were removed and many live trees remain” Missy moved to approve the minutes from the previous meeting with the aforementioned change. Christopher seconded. The motion was passed unanimously and the minutes will be changed to reflect this correction. V. Discussion Item: Citizen Proposed Educational Opportunity for Lake Park Open Space & Potential Renaming. Presented by: Becky Harney Becky Harney’s letter is on page 10 of the meeting packet, and she presented the gist of her letter to the board. Evelyn Harney Chatilly of Golden, CO, another Harney family member, was also present. Their family’s hope is to have the pond at Lake Park named “Harney Pond.” She presented the history of the Louisville property that the Harney family owned and farmed. The family dug the pond at Lake Park for agricultural irrigation. Becky felt that naming the pond “the Harney Pond” would fulfill the City’s stated Community Core Value of “connecting to the City’s heritage.” They visualize an educational sign at the site, such as a stone marker, telling the pond’s agricultural history and naming it Harney Pond. Evelyn felt like the timing of renaming the pond might be ideal, since the signs on city Open Space are all being re-done. She also mentioned that informally, local folks always called it Harney Pond. Laura asked for clarification whether the intension was to name the pond alone or to rename the entire Lake Park property itself, and whether the pond itself even has a formal name. Laura pointed out City of Louisville Parks & Recreation Department 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 303.335.4735 (phone) 303.335.4738 (fax) www.louisvilleco.gov 2