Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2017 01 11

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes December 14th 2016 Page 2 of 7 D. Open Space is trying to hire a maintenance staff position. Staff selected a candidate who did not make it through the HR screening process, which reset the process. E. Ember shared photos from a City Public Works drainage project on Coyote Run Open Space at South Boulder Rd. It included removing non-native siberian elms. F. Ember showed photo updates from the Urban Drainage project at Harney Lastoka. The bare ground has been seeded. G. There are several contracts in process, including the removal of the fence at Harper Lake and the installation of a new cattle fence at Damyanovich. Staff tried to organize a volunteer weed pull project with the HOA at Bullhead Gulch but there was not enough interest from citizens so staff will attempt again in the spring. H. Twenty acres were reseeded at Davidson Mesa. I. A teacher at LMS wants to develop a field monitoring project at Davidson Mesa along with Staff. J. The Open Space Department has logged over 1,000 volunteer hours in 2016. 440 of those hours were from OSAB members. K. Joe shared that discussions have been ongoing between the Mayhoffer property owners and other involved parties (the Cities of Lafayette and Louisville, and Boulder County). Joe said that the municipalities have made a fair and aggressive joint offer that was not accepted, adding that the motivations of the owners are not solely fiscal. He felt that Boulder County, who has taken the leadership on negotiation, has done an excellent job of researching and representing the City’s needs. Joe alerted the board that there could be more informational meetings organized by the property owners/developers in the future, like the one held recently at the Recreation/Senior Center. He wanted the board to know that the City hasn’t given up on acquiring the land. Helen asked if there was anything the board could be doing to help. Joe thought not. VI. Board Updates- A. Mike attended the ranger’s study session with City Council. He also felt that Ranger Kelsey did a good presentation. His impression was that Council wanted to have the enforcement piece of the rangers’ job stepped up. Jeff commented that there was some Council frustration that the ramp-up time for the ranger position took so long. Jeff agreed that Kelsey’s presentation was well-done and he had the impression that Council generally understands that it will take some time to see the full effects of the program. Jeff was also curious to learn how much of the use at the Davidson Mesa Dog Off-Leash Area is by non-residents. B. The Dog User Group Tiger Team—Mike met with Mike Frontczak from PPLAB. They agreed that the two dog areas (Community Park Dog Park and the Davidson Mesa Dog Off-Leash Area) get used very heavily, which may mean the City isn’t meeting that citizen need. They thought they could work together to try to develop a City-wide strategy for meeting the needs of dog-owners. They brain-stormed a two-tier strategy with small, neighborhood local-user places for dogs (with no parking), and perhaps larger places. They thought they could try to determine guidelines on what those sorts of facilities could look like and whether candidate parcels could be identified. They are going to try to meet monthly. Spencer shared his observations about Bend, OR, a city that is very dog-friendly. In Bend, he reported, the citizens’ compliance with dog laws tracked the size of the fines. He felt that Louisville needs to give the ranger program time to get going, but clear communication about fines and possibly ramping them up should to be part of it. Helen added her observation that there are clear signs 4