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La <br />Cityoj <br />Louisville <br />PARKS & RECREATION <br />Memorandum <br />To: Parks and Public Landscape Advisory Board <br />From: Ember Brignull, Open Space Manager <br />Date: November 1 2018 <br />Re: Update Regarding Council Direction on Open Space Zoning Project <br />Purpose: <br />The purpose of this Discussion Item is to update the Parks and Public Landscape Advisory <br />Board (PPLAB) of an Open Space Zoning discussion that staff had with City Council on <br />October 16, 2018. Ember Brignull, Open Space Manager for the City of Louisville shared the <br />Open Space Advisory Board (OSAB) zoning recommendations with City Council and <br />requested direction from City Council on which properties to move forward in the Open <br />Space Zoning process. <br />Background: <br />Section 15-3 (b) of the Louisville Charter states: "The City's ordinances shall provide for an <br />open space zone district into which shall be placed all land which is located wholly within the <br />City and which has been designated as open space..." <br />On August 2, 2011, the Planning and Parks & Recreation Departments, in collaboration <br />with the Planning Commission and the OSAB, revised the Louisville Municipal Code, to <br />be consistent with the Charter, establishing the Open Space Zone District which was <br />subsequently approved by City Council per Ordinance No. 1597 and No. 1597, Series <br />2011. <br />On July 12, 2017, to continue moving towards compliance with the City Charter Section <br />15-3 (b), OSAB reviewed and recommended properties for City Council consideration of <br />a zone change to the Open Space Zone District. <br />Currently the following properties have been zoned as Open Space: <br />Davidson Mesa, Damyanovich, Hillside, Avista, Gateway, Daughenbaugh/Warembourg, <br />CTC, Bullhead Gulch, Hecla, Coal Creek Trail Corridor, North, Centennial Trail Corridor, <br />Harper Lake, Coyote Run, and Aquarius Open Space properties per Ordinance No. 1597, <br />Series 2011 and Ordinance No.1752, Series 2017. <br />4 <br />