Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2022 12 14

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Open Space Advisory Board Informational Item 5: Staff Updates Continued December 14, 2022 Page 2 of 3 Trails & Maintenance: 9. The 104th St Trail is moving forward with the installation of the stormwater drainage pipeline. The contractors have excavated, cleared, and graded the sidewalk and trail corridors. The contractor poured the concrete trail section going to Dillon Road in both directions in early December. The crusher fines trail from Empire Road going south along 104th Street is in the process of being installed as of 12/5/2022. Staff will provide more progress updates as they are presented. 10. The Davidson Mesa Trail Resurfacing project is in the process of being completed. The contractors have been working on the trail repairs and revegetation of disturbed areas. The recent snow storms have caused delays in the progress of the project's completion. Staff awaits a requested site review for project close out from the contractors which is anticipated to occur in December. 11. In early December staff submitted a quarterly progress report regarding the Davidson Mesa Trail Resurfacing project as required by the Grant process. Staff will be seeking financial reimbursements in December and January. Natural Resources: 12. Staff will be hosting a public education event, Meet and Bleat (and MOO!) on December loth from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Davidson Mesa. Visitors will be able to see livestock up close and learn how targeted grazing can help manage vegetation, reduce the need for other weed management tools, and create a more fire -resilient landscape. 13.Annual prairie dog management occurred on select Open Space properties and staff also utilized a new method of management on Davidson Mesa Open Space. Some prairie dogs from Davidson Mesa Open Space were relocated to a new site in Pueblo in November. Unfortunately, not all of the identified relocation properties were able to be relocated by the deadline at the relocation site due to snow cover and low temperatures. This relocation effort was in partnership with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and will help support the reintroduction of the endangered Black -Footed Ferret. 14. Staff is working with a contractor to install a new prairie dog fence on the Jointly -owned Warembourg Open Space to prevent prairie dogs from moving outside of the prairie dog Conservation Area.