Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2021 01 13

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes December 9, 2020 Page 2 of 4 private property. Ember said that staff had communicated with immediate neighbors only. G. Nathan shared that there will be an executive session with City Council regarding the Mayhoffer properties currently on the market held on Tuesday, January 15th. H. A new OSAB member will be here in the January meeting. I. David said that whoever is enforcing the Christmas light encroachment on open space trees handled it gently and professionally. He reported that his neighbors who had that discussion with staff reported a reasonable experience with the enforcement. 6. Board Updates A. Helen read a resolution of appreciation for leaving board member Missy Davis. See meeting packet for text. The text will be framed and presented to Missy, who will be missed. B. Helen reported great horned owls and screech owls in town. C. Charles pointed out that there had been some debate on Facebook about the North Open Space treehouse removal. Nathan commented that the policy has been to try to balance a light approach towards kids with preservation and protection of the resource. He added that if there was citizen will to change the policy, code would have to be changed. The board generally agreed with the existing philosophy, seeing the value in nature play, but having concerns about leaving structures up. Helen noted that the wooded areas where the forts appear are precious and fragile. Laura commented that staff shouldn't be in the business of adjudicating between which structures get saved and which don't: there needs to be a consistent policy. Charles said that the fun is in the building. Significant resource damage and more forts then normal has been observed. 7. Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda No public attended the meeting initially. One community member later attended, but had no comments. 8. Discussion Item: Final Draft 2020 OSAB Accomplishments. Each OSAB Lead Person presents their Goal Area. Helen updated the document live. A. Acquisitions: Charles and Missy. Charles added two items as ideas for 2021 goals: to designate a single track/unimproved trail type and to advocate for trail connectivity. Peter commented that the trail policy discussion might fit better under the Resource Management category and the trail connectivity might go under the Wayfinding category. Charles agreed, but countered that trail easements might be part of Acquisitions. Helen asked about Number 3, Action Item 3 and asked which document was being referred to. Laura thought it was the proposed trail ranking document that is now several years out of date, and gave some background on the document. Nathan pointed out that the highest priority for the City is currently the 1041" Street Trail. Ember said that all the trails on OSAB's trail priority list were folded into the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) and the TMP list is probably the most comprehensive trail list currently in the City. She said the prioritization ranking in the TMP might be discussable and the best place to start rather 0