Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2022 03 09

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes February 9, 2022 Page 5 of 6 Area for Fire Recovery, but Peter countered that fire recovery could be nested under General Business in the goals. The board agreed that would be acceptable. Jessamine said she could lead Acquisitions. David & Charles volunteered to lead Trails. Susan took Resource Management but asked for some mentorship. Helen, Jessamine, and Peter all volunteered to help her. Helen volunteered to stick with Wayfinding. Laura will stick with Education. Peter said he would stick with General Business. 13. Action Item: Review and Provide Direction on Capital Improvement Budget 2023-2028. Presented by Ember Brignull, Acting Deputy Director for Parks and Open Space Ember cautioned that Council might reassess the CIP budget document regarding fire -related budget impacts. The City Council is meeting in March to discuss 2022-2023 budgets. Board recommendations are due in February. Budgets for operations and staff positions will be due in May. Ember introduced the Potential Capital Improvement Projects (page 42 of the packet). Line items #1-4 are all carryforwards intended to be done. Next, she briefly described line items #5-20. David suggested addressing the half-and-half trail near Community Park for Trails Improvements (#10). Ember said staff is considering using a tackifier (binder) to reduce skidding before committing to a complete rebuild. The board agreed that addressing the section of the Coal Creek Trail that repeatedly gets flooded by Coal Creek (between the golf course and Dutch Creek) should be the highest priority for this budget area. David asked whether the board should consider fire mitigation mowing in this item. Ember thought that if Council supports fire mitigation mowing efforts, they will be funded separately by Council. Ember asked the board to vote on their priority for each line item (high, medium, low). See attached spreadsheet for results. Helen asked if $30,000 was the correct amount for #9 for 2022. Peter added that it was a high priority for the board. Ember asked for further CIP ideas from the board. Helen asked for the second phase of the wayfinding project. Jessamine asked whether development of a natural -surface trail type trail option should be on the list. Ember thought that without Council knowing more about the issue, suggesting it as a CIP was premature and additional staff and citizen process should be considered. Jessamine asked if native species projects, such as the Pocket Prairies project, needed to be listed as CIPs. Ember suggested that the cost of plants and seeds is pretty low to do these projects in the Operations Budget. David suggested a control burn for 2023 and could be on this list. Ember felt that this might also be doable in Operations. She said there could be some advantage to putting it on the CIP list as it might prompt council discussion and help gauge the interest of Council and the public. 7