Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2021 04 14

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City(f Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 Jessamine asked about the status of the board's recommendation as a follow up to Ms. Krantz's comments. She asked if it has been submitted to the Planning Commission or to City Council yet. Nathan said the information from OSAB's motion would be put into the packet for the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission will add to it, and it will go on to the City Council from there. Helen commented that OSAB regularly evaluates land for City acquisition/conservation and the Philips 66 land has been a top-5 tier property since 2016. OSAB decided that year that cost and budget would not factor into the board's criteria of how to evaluate land. City Council has never acted on OSAB's endorsement for the land. Vill. Informational Item: Open Space Division 2021 Work Plan. Presented by: Ember Brignull, Open Space Superintendent Ember referred the board to page 65 of the meeting packet. This is Open Space staff's high-level work plan for the year. It includes priorities from City Council, staff, OSAB, and citizens. It gets reviewed by the director, then gets broken into action item and staffing allocation. She highlighted items in yellow where staff could use feedback or a vote from OSAB, and also places where OSAB's goals overlap with staff goals. She cautioned that this is a fluid document that will be constantly revisited and revised. She asked the board for comments. Anneliese asked if there was any sort of priority ranking implied by the numbers on the document. Ember replied there was not. Helen asked about current staff count. Ember replied that there are currently two rangers, two resource specialists, and two maintenance staff. There will be two seasonal workers and one temp this year. She added there will also be a Boulder County Youth Corp team working for Open Space and Parks. Nathan added that he is also is coordinating with a Ready to Work program for people trying to break a cycle of homelessness. He said the primary focus would mechanical weed control. David asked about item 56e that lists a yacht club. Ember clarified that this is the group that sails motorized model sailboats at Harper Lake. Anneliese asked if there are priorities for staff to work on. Ember answered that there are internally, but this is a more high-level document to share. Jessamine asked if there was further public comment on this agenda item and got none. IX. Action Item: Draft Open Space Advisory Board 2021 Goals. Presented by Jessamine Fitzpatrick, OSAB Chair Jessamine gave some context and directed the meeting to packet page 68. While the board discussed the document, Jessamine updated it in real-time in a shared google document, which will be shared in the meeting minutes. She asked if the board would prefer to vote on the document, or if it can be kept as a living document. The board agreed that these goals should be informal and updatable. She asked the "lead persons" to lead the discussion for each goal area. She asked for OSAB, Ember, and Nathan to provide feedback to each goal area. Charles led the discussion on Acquisitions. He said it was pretty similar to previous years' goals. Jessamine asked about the acquisition list procedure. Helen said there are three documents the board uses for this process: the first explains the criteria the board uses to evaluate a parcel, the second is the spreadsheet of board member's rating of each parcel, the third is a dossier/profile sheet for each high - tier property, prepared by staff. The profile sheets list potential uses for the land, the land's history, and potential conservation strategies beyond mere acquisition. Helen added that the board has worked hard to refine this process. Traditionally, the board gets into a City van and visits each listed property. 5