Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2023 06 14

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes May 10, 2023 Page 9 of 12 Marshall Fire was an abnormal event. She felt that not acknowledging the limitation of these proposals to the public would undermine citizen trust in this project. Dr. Matonis agreed with this and said that this would be addressed up -front in the public meetings. She added that they need to convince the community that there are benefits to this level of mitigation, but that all mitigations have a "fail point." Adam added that the citizens need to see this as part of a metric of planning that includes things like evacuations. David said that he was curious about the role of controlled burns and was surprised not to see it in the plan. Dr. Matonis said that prescribed burns are part of mitigation recommendations for other parcels, just not at the Rec. Center. 16. Discussion Item: Superior Marshall Fire Update, presented by Leslie Clark, Superior PROS Director Leslie handed out a sheet of paper condensing the recent actions of town staff, the Mountain View Fire Protection District, and Boulder County. Her list of current efforts include: • Establishing best practices from all mitigation efforts that are shared and supported by all partners. • Actively mapping current open space conditions, hazards, high fire risk areas, vegetation covers, fuel loads, and sharing this data with all partners. • Initiating pilot projects in goat grazing, mowing, fuel reduction, public education, volunteer open space steward program, xeriscape and fire-resistant design on new park areas. • Completing grant applications to support wildfire hazard mitigation efforts. • Using current resources (youth corps, volunteers, volunteer ambassadors, advisory committees, staff) to reduce existing fuel loads. • Adopting fire resistant fence ordinance for the Sagamore neighborhoods. • Planning budgetary needs for future hazard mitigation efforts. • Participating in the Urban Forestry on Private Land project with Boulder County as the lead. • Addressing hazard mitigation as part of the Open Space Master Plan process. 17. Discussion Item: Superior Open Space Master Plan, presented by Leslie Clark, Superior PROS Director Leslie shared the proposal for master planning at the Coyote Ridge Open Space. They are partnering with a company called Superbloom. Laura asked if this master plan would be just for the Coyote Ridge parcel or for the whole city network. Leslie said that it would be initially just for Coyote Ridge, but they would love to eventually do the entire network. Ryan said that OSAC is shifting its priorities from acquisition to maintenance. He added that it feels like Superior needs to stop doing its open space planning in a piecemeal fashion. 11