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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes July 13, 2022 Page 2 of 7 Helen commented that while she appreciated Peter's effort putting together this Memorandum, she thought that since it wasn't discussed during the meeting, it shouldn't be in the minutes. Ember said that the city clerk suggested this format. Helen thought a document of this importance and complexity should have been in an email to the board, so members would have a chance to offer comments before the meeting or as a separate Discussion item. Helen asked Ember to give this feedback to the city clerk. 5. Staff Updates — See updates on page 27-30 of the July 2022 OSAB Meeting packet. Ember said that the city has made an offer to a new candidate for the Senior Naturalist position, with the hope they can start on August 1st. The city also made an offer to a maintenance technician candidate that was not accepted. A seasonal hire has resigned and been replaced. Susan asked if there would be any overlap between the outgoing Senior Naturalist, Steve Roels, and the new hire. Ember said there could not be, as Steve was moving, but that Steve is providing detailed status updates on projects and workplans. David asked for an update on the progress of the perimeter mowing project. Ember said that the first round is finished and the work was done by contractor. Charles asked about the status of the pipe work on the north side of town. Ember said the re -seeding was done on Open Space land, but staff had some concerns about the work. Helen pointed out that there is a lot of soil compaction from the project on North Open Space, and asked whether seeding would include soil prep work. Ember said that Public Works did include soil prep information (per Open Space specifications) in the project scope of work. David asked about the Youth Corps work at Hecla Lake. He asked whether there were other locations where the Youth Corps had worked and what they had done. At Hecla they replaced the construction fencing. Ember will provide an update on other work location in the next staff update. Charles asked about the orange fencing across the trail at Hillside Open Space. Ember said all the city's orange perimeter fencing will come down tomorrow, except for the parts of the burn along Hillside Open Space and next to the Arboretum, since those areas are still considered "hard closure" areas. Charles pointed out that people are going around the fencing. Ember added that staff have to put the fencing back up every few days, since people pull it down. Charles said he thinks there is no further point to closing the trail with the fencing. Ember stated that this was a City Manager decision based on hard closure areas. Helen asked if there was an update on the wayfinding CIP. Ember answered that city council has a retreat next week and they will make CIP decisions then. Wayfinding is still on the Open Space staff's priority list. Adam Blackmore, the new Director of Parks and Recreation, introduced himself. He gave a bit of his personal background and expressed his gratitude for what the board does.