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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes November 8 th, 2017 Page 4 of 5 X. Discussion Item: Positions Available for January OSAB Elections Helen reminded that board that in January there will be elections for OSAB chair, vice chair, and secretary. She would like to begin discussing this topic early to ease the leadership team transition. Laura announced that she is planning to run for chair, so we may need a new secretary. No one expressed a keen interest in that role. XI. Discussion Item: Review & Updates on 2017 OSAB Goals Ember put up the 2017 Goals spreadsheet that the board developed in January. The board went through each subsection and discussed progress. Acquisition —Helen reported that progress was good in this subsection. The only goal left to achieve is filling in the "Opportunities for Preserving Open Space and Improving Trail Connectivity" document, and that is a goal for 2018. Resource Management— Laura said that the board has been continuing to advocate for management, making these goals on-going, but achieved. Wayfinding— Helen reported that the board had hoped to have more specific achievements, but the 2017 projects got kicked out to 2018, partly because of the budget shortfalls of the Recreation/Senior Center remodel. Jeff suggested that the board advocate for wayfinding to get into Council's biennial budget review during 2018. Helen asked if there was a way to re -scope the projects so they don't hit the capital level, but stay under the operations budget. The goal would be to get some of new signs out into the system, hopefully generating support and feedback. Jeff suggested that if there were some small, visible progress before the March Council budget discussions it could be persuasive. Jim asked if the wayfinding plan includes better rules and regulation signs, since the current ones are small and hard to read. Helen answered yes, but cautioned that one big sign could burn through the $5000 operational ceiling. Helen felt that OSAB has not made much progress on Wayfinding topics this year. Dog Issues—Mike reported that he and Keaton from PPLAB took a hiatus from meeting because PPLAB wants to explore the option of putting a dog park on the Mayhoffer land, but they wanted to wait until after the Mayhoffer acquisition was finalized. Education & Outreach—Helen and Ember said that all these goals had been met. Helen added that this was a fitting tribute to Linda, who championed this area. General Business— All of these goals were checked off, except for the joint meeting with another municipality, which the board decided to table for 2017. XII. Discussion: Board Recommendations on Clementine Development Review. Presented by Allan Gill, Parks Project Manager Allan reminded the board that it reviewed this project a year ago. Developers of the proposed Clementine Commons development want to use a sliver of City -owned land to build a detention pond for the new houses and other improvements. Rob said that one reason they were coming back to the board was that OSAB's first comment from the last meeting asked that the developer commit to improvements tied to the appraised value of the City's land. He reported that the appraisal had been done, and the land was worth $12,000 standing alone (more in larger context), and that number may not be relevant to the value of the improvements. Staff wants OSAB to clarify what it wants to request of the developer. Eric Hartronft, the developer, was present. He suggested that the value of the land is probably understating the improvements that will be spent on the land. He said that the detention pond will also serve the Sunnyside affordable housing project which is part of the Louisville Housing Authority, so the pond itself will benefit the City. Allan 5