Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2020 03 11

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes February 12, 2020 Page 3 of 4 Helen and Ember filled in the goals table after the January meeting. Helen’s plan is to tackle one Goal Area for about 10 minutes each meeting, rather than do them all in one meeting. The board started with the Resource Management’s Goal Area. Laura will discuss Education and Outreach Goals in March. David led the discussion. He started by talking about the value of having OSAB present at a few of the Davidson Mesa DOLA clean-up and similar events. He thinks education is really important to keeping rumors at bay; he cited the education about the pond at Community Park as an example of good job of explaining. Ember mentioned that past member Mike Schantz was able to clear up some misconceptions on Facebook, but that staff is not permitted to engage the public on social media. Helen suggested a FAQ on the City’s webpage that might address some of the recurring dog off-leash questions. Nathan agreed. David suggested that it is hard for citizens to dig important documents out of the meeting minutes and packets. Laura agreed, adding that it is hard for board members to dig some of these documents out as well. She suggested staff maintain an easily accessible digital folder to house frequently-needed documents. Helen suggested that each board member suggest important documents in their Goal Area as we discuss them in turn. 10. Discussion Item: OSAB Recommendations Regarding the 2021-2022 Operational Budget and 2021-2027 Capital Budget (see pages 1922 of the Meeting Packet) The discussion began on the capital improvements budget. Ember ran through the list of proposed CIP projects. Some of the projects are already planned and/or mapped. Peter suggested adding building the railroad underpass at Bullhead Gulch, that project was made #20. Charles suggested adding a third trail type designation as a CIP. Laura asked if this suggestion would be a trails plan or a social trails plan. David thought there was a lot of fatigue about too many master plans. The board decided to add Trails Master plan (that includes a third trail type designation and social trail plans) as #21. The board ranked their priorities on paper copies and submitted them to Helen. Results: (see following spreadsheet with results). Next, the board looked at operational budgets. The operational budget is split into five subprograms. Ember walked the board through the subprograms and asked for places to increase or decrease emphasis and for suggestions for more activities. Peter would like to see an increase in signage in trail maintenance and more new trail connections. Laura suggested that she’d like to see Steve have a chance to look at the acquisition list and advise on it. Peter agreed. David would like to see the Fun Routes to School initiative to stay on the agenda. He is also concerned about the loss of the Walking with the Mayor program. Laura would like to see better Open Space public communication. Charles and David agreed. Ember asked that OSAB feed ideas of fun Open Space anecdotes to staff. David asked for ideas to interface with various user groups. A lot of groups have interest in volunteer hours. Part of the operational budget is personnel proposals. Nathan and Ember presents three possible positions: 1) a full-time maintenance position (this has traction from the City, but would need a vote for 2021); 2) a trails planning and construction coordinator (potentially a term position, eg. a five-year position to build out the current plans). 3) an education/volunteer coordinator. Helen asked if the volunteer coordinator could be a City-wide position. Peter thought between the second two positions he thinks the trail coordinator is a higher priority, and the volunteer coordinator could be a lower priority, maybe a part time position. Laura asked if these position would be redundant to Alan and Catherine’s positions. Ember and Nathan suggested that these positions reflect the increase in workload in the past several years. Jessamine expressed concern about the increase maintenance load of new trails, as the City has a trouble with maintenance work load already. Charles asked if there was a way 4