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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes Jan. 13, 2021 Page 3 of 4 B. Introduction of Current Members: The board members introduced themselves, gave their backgrounds, and listed their biggest challenges and favorite aspects of being on the board. C. Peter volunteered for the job of Anneliese's OSAB mentor. Helen will also meet with Anneliese. 9. 2021 Housekeeping A. Approve Agenda Posting Locations: City Hall, Library, Recreation/Senior Center, Police Department/Municipal Court, City Website. Peter made a motion to approve the posting locations as listed. Tom seconded. Motion passed unanimously. B. Distribution of the 2021 Open Government & Ethics Pamphlet in the meeting packet. C. Officer Elections: Laura was unanimously elected as secretary. Jessamine was unanimously elected as chair. Charles was unanimously elected as vice -chair. D. Update OSAB Member Contact Information. Ember emailed this document to the board for revisions and then sent the board the final draft. 10. Discussion Item: 104t" Street Trail Update. Presented by Nathan Mosley, Director of Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Nathan gave the schedule for progress on the 104th Street Trail. The requests for proposals are out and they are due by the end of January. Evaluations of the proposals will be done by February 1st. Interviews with candidate firms will be February 111h. The design team will be in place by late February. There will be an IGA with Boulder County and the City of Lafayette to specify cost sharing, maintenance, rules, and contingencies in case of budget excess. Laura asked if Boulder County and Lafayette are part of the RFP process. Nathan answered that they will be, but Louisville City employee Geoff Nettleton will be the project manager. Helen asked about allocated budget. Nathan said they are budgeting $1.4 million for 2.6 miles of soft -surface trail all the way to the Carol Homburg Preserve. There is a grant from CDOT that helps with this funding. David asked about the trail corridor south of Dillon road and whether there was any flexibility to it. Nathan said that the trail alignment is fairly tightly constrained and that the final plans will come back to OSAB and undergo a public process. David pointed out that there is some question about how this project might possibly connect to or compete with a north -south trail proposed for Redtail Ridge, but the board agreed it is hard to plan around the unknown variables of Redtail Ridge. Anneliese asked for a few clarifications about the project, and board members provided some background. David asked if there will be a connector around the north side of Stearn's Lake. Ember said there is a conservation area wildlife closure on the north side of Stearn's Lake, so it would be easiest to take the trail to the parking lot and connect to trails there. 11. Discussion Item: Overview and Future Direction of "The Management of Open Space for Tomorrow" (MOST). Presented by Helen Moshak, OSAB Member Helen presented her slideshow summary of the MOST document. The germination of this project came from former mayor Bob Muckle. Laura and Helen worked on a Tiger Team with Bob to work on a rough draft of the document. The Tiger Team then brought the document to OSAB for further refinement and brainstorming. The document creates a list of priorities, goals, and action items for Open Space. The City's priority for the Open Space department for a long time was land acquisition, but as there are fewer candidate properties available, the investment has 5