Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2023 04 12

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes March 8, 2023 Page 2 of 9 The Wildland Fire and Risk Assessment open house will be held the week of May 22 The plans for putting grazers on open space this season are moving forward and staff should be getting cost estimates shortly. There will be some final decisions made by the next meeting. The plan is for goat grazing and possibly cattle grazing. Ember is hearing strong support from council. The grazing would happen at Davidson and North Open Space in both spring and fall. Volunteer raptor training is happening tonight. Staff are hoping for a good candidate for a maintenance position that has been open for a year David asked if there are any plans for side -trail development or blocking off social trails with the Coyote Run trail work RFP. Ember answered that this is purely a maintenance plan, but there will need to be some reinforcement at known social trails as previously discussed. There is a meeting on Wednesday, March 15, for submission of final documents with the wayfinding consultant. 7. Board Updates Volunteering Update: Susan has been working with Catherine to relaunch the Weed Whacker program for the 2023 season. Susan shared a rough draft of a flier to advertise it. The plan is to distribute it around open space to recruit volunteers. They are also planning to develop a sign for volunteers to use while they are weed whacking, so passersby will know what's going on as a recruiting opportunity. Ginger said that she has a sign they use for staff weeding, and Ember recommended combining the two signs. Ember said staff also has designed a sticker for trash bags full of weeds. The sticker tells people that no one is dumping on open space and the bags will be picked up. Ember said that multi -day volunteers also get a green volunteer t-shirt. Helen asked Susan if the flier should include information about training requirements or time commitment. Ginger suggested adding a few bullet points to punch up the flier. Michiko asked about the weed identification training. Susan said that at the one-off weed pull events, Catherine briefly trains volunteers. Weed whackers are given a packet with more information and attend a training. David commented that having an email for Catherine on the flier felt out of date. He'd prefer a QR code that directs a person to a page with information, rather than making people email Catherine to learn more. Michiko asked if there was a newsletter for open space. Ginger said no, but staff are brainstorming ideas about this. Ember added that they use Facebook, the utility bills, and an open space page in the Rec Center catalog to advertise for open space events and information. Susan wants to meet with Ginger and Catherine to work on the layout and wording of signs and fliers. Debbie asked if there was any way to monitor people who pull weeds on open space who don't know what they are doing. Ember said that was part of the purpose of the volunteer green t-