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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes July 13, 2022 Page 3 of 7 6. Board Updates Susan asked if the PPLAB joint meeting in September was still going to happen, given Dean's departure. Adam said that he will be the staff liaison for PPLAB in August and will try to make sure the September meeting goes forward. Ember agreed. Jessamine asked if this joint meeting would be during the normal OSAB meeting time. Ember saic it would be. Susan proposed a tiger team to work on improving volunteer coordination about weeding on open space. Laura suggested starting the effort with a meeting discussion item about volunteering concerns and issues so the tiger team can be born from that discussion. Staff to provide a brief overview of the volunteer program at the next meeting. Ember and Charles talked about Catherine's noxious weed booth on open space being a positive event with good attendance. 7. Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda A. Cindy Bedel 662 W. Willow Street, commented on the Memorandum of Decision. She offered a correction on Item 5, saying that the size of the dedication was doubled. She added that that Item 10 should refer to the city "referendum," not "initiative." She also brought print outs of a section of the city code for the board members. She said that at the OSAB meeting in May, it was asked if the board could ask for more open space dedication from the Redtail Ridge developers and Director Zuccaro directed the board members to the piece of code included in her handout. She read in the June meeting minutes that a board member said that the board could not ask for more open space, yet she felt that the board can ask for more open space dedication, since that is what Director Zuccaro said, and she felt the code in her handout supported this interpretation. B. Mark Cathcart 1763 Sweet Clover Lane. He lives in the North End. He gave some history about the North End PUD and tree planting. All the trees were supposed to be watered underground, and the developers used a product called Netafim. All single- family homes in the development have a tree on the tree -lawns (over 60 of them) being watered by the Netafim system. In his opinion, the Netafim has been a disaster —the trees are all dying due to overwatering. He has been involved with the HOA's attempts to address this. The HOA has spent a lot of money on replacing trees and over -watering. He is working to find sources of funding to sustain the trees. Charles asked how this issue was relevant to Open Space and trails, the purview of OSAB. Mr. Cathcart said that it wasn't, he just wanted the board to know about it. C. Catherine Smith. 608 West Street. She wanted to thank the board for what they do and said open space is her favorite feature of the city. She asked the board to get regular updates about the proposed land dedication at Redtail Ridge, so the public can stay looped in. 8. Discussion Item: Hecla Lake Trail Connector Opportunity. Presented by Mark Cathcart, Louisville Resident.