Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2022 06 08

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LLCe ItY0 Louisville MEMORANDUM To: Open Space Advisory Board From: Open Space Division Date: June 8, 2022 Re: Information Item 5: Staff Updates General: 1. Department Director. The new Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Director, Adam Blackmore, is scheduled to start on June 15. 2. Senior Natural Resource Specialist. The search team conducted first round interviews with candidates in early June. A second round of interviews with top candidates will follow. 3. Senior Open Space Maintenance Specialist. The new maintenance position is now posted at a supervisory level. Applications are due June 10. Marshall Fire Updates Pertaining to Open Space: 1. Following City Manager direction, staff will temporarily be mowing a perimeter buffer strip on some segments of public lands adjacent to homes. Public lands include segments of parks, golf course, and open space properties. This work will be conducted by staff and contractors with a goal of a mowing cycle in the summer and late fall. 2. Request for Proposals for a Wildfire Mitigation Plan for Public Lands is tentatively scheduled to be posted in June. 3. Requests for Bids for Fire Damaged Fences Repairs on Parks & Open Space Lands was bid out a second time. Three bids were received. A contractor will be selected and the Dog off leash area will be scheduled first for repair. 4. The Dillon Underpass Retaining Wall Repair contract has been awarded and will begin in June. 5. Staff have selected a contractor to conduct botanical surveys on Davidson Mesa to assess the vegetative response to the Marshall Fire. 6. Rangers have begun weekend patrols of the Marshall Fire burn areas on behalf of the Planning Department to inspect for right-of-way violations. 7. Staff continues to work with FEMA on documentation of fire damaged assets on public lands and volunteer debris removal effort. Trails & Maintenance: 1. Staff started trail edge mowing in late May. Currently, trail edge mowing along concrete trails on six properties is complete. Work will continue on concrete trial edges, once concrete trail edges are complete staff will begin mowing crusher fines trail edges.