Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2016 02 20

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1„ City of Om Louisville COLORADO SINCE 1878 Open Space Advisory Board Meeting Minutes Wednesday, January 13th, 2015 Louisville Public Library: First Floor Meeting Room 951 Spruce Street 7:00 pm I. Call to Order- Helen called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm. II. Roll Call - Board Members Present: Helen Moshak, Mike Schantz, Christopher Smith, Laura Scott Denton, Linda Smith, Missy Davis, Spencer Guthrie, Graeme Patterson Board Members Absent: none City Council Members Present: none Staff Members Present: Ember Brignull III. Approval of Agenda - Linda moved to approve the agenda as written. Spencer seconded. The motion was passed unanimously. IV. Approval of Minutes - Ember mentioned that a citizen letter and the OSAB letter to the Lafayette Open Space board had been added to the minutes. Mike commented that on section V. of the minutes the word "steer" was used in reference to his comment about the new Parks Board ( "Mike suggested that maybe OSAB can help steer the new Parks Advisory Board towards thinking about an alternative dog park. "). He would prefer the minutes use a less heavy- handed sounding word to describe his intentions towards the Parks Advisory Board, such as "collaborate with." Ember said she would change this. Linda moved to approve the minutes with the aforementioned alteration. Chris seconded. The motion was passed unanimously. V. Staff Updates - A. Open Space staff is doing some Russian olive removal. The Parks Division has applied for a grant to assist in funding removal of Russian olive trees. If the grant is awarded there may be consideration for removal of the large Russian olives that were planted as a windbreak on the Warembourg property. Helen asked whether volunteers can remove Russian olives. Ember answered yes, but that it needs to be coordinated with Open Space staff, since staff paints the stumps with herbicide to prevent re- sprouting. B. The Open Space education /volunteer program calendar for 2016 has been drafted. It will be presented to OSAB for discussion and review in February. C. Open Space Staff are still working on the ArcView mapping project. D. This year Open Space Staff are requesting that all multi -day volunteers submit an application by April 1st. This will not be a requirement for one -time projects, and exceptions will be made possible. The goal is to streamline the background check and application process. City of Louisville Parks & Recreation Department 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 303.335.4735 (phone) 303.335.4738 (fax) www.louisvilleco.gov 2