Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2017 08 09

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1112 Cityot. Om Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 Open Space Advisory Board Meeting Minutes Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 Louisville Public Library: First Floor Meeting Room 951 Spruce Street 7:00 pm I. Call to Order- Helen called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm. II. Roll Call - Board Members Present: Helen Moshak, Laura Scott Denton, Mike Schantz, Jim Gibb, Fiona Garvin, Missy Davis Board Members Absent: Linda Smith, Graeme Patterson City Council Members Present: Jeff Lipton, Mayor Bob Muckle Staff Members Present: Ember Brignull, Joe Stevens III. Approval of Agenda - Laura moved to approve the agenda as written. Fiona seconded. The motion was passed unanimously. IV. Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes - Fiona identified a mistake in the previous meeting's minutes. The discussion of Bullhead Gulch underpass made it clear that the board preferred option two (without the S-curve on the west side), but it was written that the board had voted on option one. This was an error: it should have read that the board voted for option two. Jim moved to approve the minutes with the aforementioned change. Laura seconded. The motion was passed unanimously. V. Staff Updates - A. A contingent from CSU and other grassland managers are coming to inspect the effects of the anti-cheatgrass herbicide plots at Davidson Mesa tomorrow. There will be two busloads of people at this visit. B. The weed -eating goats were recently at Davidson Mesa. There were 140 goats on about 3 acres of land for 8 days. This was a fill-in contract, since the first contractor pulled out, but Ember was happy with the way it worked out because these goats particularly liked to graze on mullein, a common weed at Davidson Mesa. Staff is discussing having them back in the fall. Citizens and neighbors gave staff positive feedback about the fun of seeing the goats and the herbicide -free weed control. C. Staff met with Boulder County to discuss the regional trail phone app they are working on in conjunction with the state of Colorado. There will be a proposal to hire a consultant to build the app, once the partners have decided what they want. The county is looking for appropriate grants first, but if that doesn't work, they may come to the partners for funding. The group's current list of searchable terms include: trails, trailhead amenities, dog rules, trail surfaces, updatable closure listings, and links to local City of Louisville Parks & Recreation Department 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 303.335.4735 (phone) 303.335.4738 (fax) www.louisvilleco.gov 2