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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes January 13th 2015 Page 2 of 4 E. Staff is making plans for working with the Youth Corp this summer. The Youth Corp will split their time between City Open Space, Parks, the Coal Creek Golf Course, and the Recreation /Senior Center. F. Ember met with the City of Boulder about their ADA trails website. Staff is now putting together a pilot webpage similar to the City's that can help guide people with mobility issues to appropriate trails. Staff would like to include a video component that shows particular ADA challenges, so that individuals can decide for themselves whether a trail is appropriate. Ember put out a request for volunteers with video - editing skills. Laura commented that this might make a fun and useful Eagle Scout project. G. There will be construction beginning at the Harney Lastoka property to do the urban drainage outfall project that the board reviewed this past fall. The trails on the interior of the property will be closed until Sept 1, but there will be a temporary trail detour on the east property line which will connect Coal creek Trail to South Boulder Road. This project should not impact the Seventh Generation organic farm and the historic homestead. H. Staff is working on prairie dog mapping. Joe has requested that this map be shared with the City Manager. This will occur next week. I. Ember informed the board that the City Council has cancelled the February joint study session with OSAB. Council is re- evaluating the study session process. VI. Board Updates - A. Introduction of Board Members and New Board Member: Graeme Patterson. The board introduced themselves, giving their names, their relevant background, years on the board, OSAB projects that they are particularly proud of, and OSAB projects that they are looking forward to. Graeme introduced himself to the board. He has done research on the human impacts upon freshwater ecology in both England and the Rift Valley lakes of eastern Africa. He also ran the Africa program at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, which involved managing multiple African conservation ecology field programs. Along with his research and management experience, Graeme also has teaching experience. He currently works for NEON in Boulder, helping run the operations of the long -term ecological monitoring network across the United States. He has particular interests in conservation and biodiversity management. The board enthusiastically welcomed him. B. Missy told the board that CU's Environmental Studies Department is presenting a talk on the past and future of Boulder City and County open space land. It will be on Wednesday, January 20th, from 6 -7pm at the CU Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Complex on Colorado Ave. and Foothills. The presenters are Luis Benitez, the head of Colorado's Outdoor Recreation Industry Office (a newly- created office in the Colorado Governor's cabinet) and David Theobald, a scientist at Conservation Science Partners. Ember will email the program announcement to the board. C. Mike reported that he is seeing a huge increase in bad dog habits at Davidson Mesa since the seasonal ranger program ended in October 2015. Ember told the board that Joe's current direction is that the new permanent Open Space ranger position will be mostly enforcement - directed with education programs that are directly related to municipal code issues. Mike would like to have a discussion item on next month's agenda about enforcement vs. education for the ranger position. The board generally felt that a more balanced position would be most aligned with its vision for this roll, but it needs a formal, open meeting discussion. Mike requested that Joe put off posting the job position until after OSAB meets in February, as this is an issue OSAB cares greatly about. Ember shared that the job description includes an array of duties. Christopher 3