Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2022 03 03

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Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board Minutes Thursday, February 3, 2021 Louisville City Services 739 100 St Note: Meeting held electronically 7:00 PM 1. Roll Call: PPLAB members present Ellen Toon, Shelly Alm, Laurie Harford, Shannon Mihally, John Webb, Patricia Rogers and Stephen Knapp. Also in attendance: Kurt Kowar, Director of Public Works, Ember Brignull, staff liaison for OSAB (acting Deputy Director of Parks and Open Space), Cameron Fowlkes, Assistant City Engineer, Dean Johnson, staff liaison for PPLAB (Parks Superintendent), City Council Member Deb Fahey and Allan Gill, PROST Project Manager 2. Approval of Agenda: Agenda approved 3. Approval of Minutes: Minutes approved 4. Staff Updates • Director of Parks and Open Space resigned, looking to fill new position Q2 2022 • Marshall Fire cleanup/repair efforts from Parks staff: o Parks impacted by the fire: Arboretum, Enclave Park, Sunflower Park, very few public trees. o Fence Repair o Shrub Bed repair/replanting o Irrigation damage, especially from the after-effects of excavation o PPLAB members are reminded to complete Parks Scorecard addendums assigned in December o Question from Shelly: Was there a lot of wind damage? ■ Dean: Surprisingly, not too much wind damage o Question from Ellen: How many of the approximately 1800 trees damaged were public? ■ Dean: Only about 50, mostly in and around the golf course. Many of the scorched trees are expected to come back. o Question from Shannon: How will the projects/budget be impacted? ■ Dean: There may be some impact; however public parks were not impacted as much as expected. Parks is looking to continue providing the services they have been providing as regular course of business o Comment from Deb Fahey: Thank you to everyone who has joined the Board, thank you to Kurt and Cameron for lending support. Thank you to Ember and Dean for all of your efforts. ■ Regarding the trees: many trees are expected to survive, don't take trees down prematurely. ■ Regarding Enclave Park, Sunflower Park and Arboretum: Planned improvements for these parks may now be more extensive; however, would like to keep these improvements on schedule. Debris removal should be priority. Please be mindful of scheduling, especially around homeowners who have already begun/completed cleanup.