Open Space Advisory Board 2018 01 10 Final Minutes

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes January 10th, 2017 Page 6 of 6 THREATS (external): —"Must do" items that pull anticipated OS funds (e.g. Coyote Run Slump) (4 dots) —Increasing impacts on Open Space land (4 dots) —Deferring relatively small trail wayfinding projects due to funding pressures (1 dot) —Continuing expansion of prairie dog colonies on land (1 dot) —Lack of coordination among City departments re. wayfinding (5 dots) —Public confusion between Parks vs. Open Space (0 dots) —Increasing acquisition costs (0 dots) XII. Discussions Items for the Next Meeting on Wednesday, February 14th- A. Draft/Finalize 2018 Goals. There will be homework for board members in preparation of this topic. B. Jointly-owned Warembourg prairie dog management. C. 2018 proposed Open Space education programs. D. Laura asked Joe for an update on the status of the cottonwood trees on Powerline Trail and whether this topic needs to be a discussion item. The City forester has identified those two trees as a hazard. PPLAB has asked to City to save the trees, but re-route the Powerline Trail around them. OSAB has asked to City not to spend its limited trail improvement funding on this, and not to alter the current, preferable trail alignment. Joe said that the City Manager is seeking a second opinion about the level of hazard and liability posed by the trees. He said that staff will come back to OSAB for formal input before a final decision is made. When the information is ready, it will be on the agenda. E. CIP budget review. Joe suggested that Kevin Watson could come to an OSAB meeting to do a "Budget 101" presentation. Missy asked Joe if there is a guidance document that comes with the budget spreadsheets. Joe wasn't sure, but thought Kevin could teach the board what they needed to know. Missy encouraged the creation of some sort of reference document for understanding the City's budgets. Joe said he could work with Kevin about improving clarity. Jeff agreed that there should be a better way to present budgets to citizen advisory boards that focuses on what the board itself can actually impact. F. CSU cheatgrass study update. This may be done in March. XIII. Adjourn- The meeting adjourned at 9:24 pm.