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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes April 10, 2019 Page 4 of 4 Mike asked if we're doing any baseline vegetation surveys in order to assess the benefit of the burn; Ember noted that these were done in early spring in anticipation of a spring burn, but due to Rocky Mountain Fire's schedule, the burn will be done in the fall. Laura suggested showing the video taken at Aquarius last year; a controlled burn has small flames and looks very different from a wildfire. This might ally community fears. 12. Discussion Item: Review and Revise OSAB Letter Regarding Key Performance Indicator Surveys See summary of this topic and draft of letter to City Manager, starting on page 26 of the April OSAB Meeting packet. The 4 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that the City Manager and Finance Committee has requested that OSAB members perform (2019, 2020) are: A. Acquisition Sub -Program: "OSAB Ranked and Council Reviewed Candidate Parcel" B. New Trails & Trail Maintenance Sub -Program: "Maintenance Rating" C. New Trails & Trail Maintenance Sub -Program: "Trash Containers Rating" D. Maintenance & Management Sub Program: "Maintenance of Open Space Rating Ember reported that City Manager office is supportive of simple sample questions rather than a thorough sampling plan. OSAB reviewed the draft letter to the City Manager prepared by Mike and Missy, which refers to KPIs 2, 3, and 4. Laura proposed changing the first sentence of the third paragraph of the proposed letter from: "Given these constraints, the Board is willing to provide very general overall subjective grades mid- year in each area." to "Given these constraints, the best the board could do would be to provide very general overall subjective grades mid -year in each area." There was general agreement from OSAB to send the letter with the edits discussed. Mike & Missy to finalize the letter and send to City Manager. 13. Discussion Item: Comments on Candidate Parcels Table and Process Helen proposed retaining the criteria developed 3 years ago, as it was extensively discussed at the time of development and has been reviewed with Council. OSAB agreed. Laura outlined the field trip plan; 2-3 hours at May and June meetings (second Wednesday, approx. 6-8pm). Members of the public may attend, but will have to provide their own transport. Laura asked if properties not selected for acquisition 3 years ago should be re-evaluated. The consensus of the board was to not re-evaluate these properties, although any board member may tour and assess these properties in advance of the field trips. Ember noted that some parcels have been added since the last time OSAB worked on this list; mostly by Council members, most of which are small sliver parcels of land which is currently "Public Land" but not otherwise designated. Responsibility for these public lands devolves to Parks, who often mows and does trash pickup. OSAB agreed to look at the new parcels. 14. Discussions Items for the Next Meeting on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 A. Acquisition field trip #1: Meet at Library parking lot at 6:00pm. 15. Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 9:22 pm. 8