Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2023 06 14

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes May 10, 2023 Page 5 of 12 length. Laura felt that there shouldn't be term limits, noting that there seems to be a natural turn -over of Board members, with a few new members every year. She noted that it has been a strength of OSAB that while there have been some members who have served a long time, there has been a reliable rotation of people serving as the chair. She added that while long -serving board members are helpful for maintaining institutional knowledge, it's productive not to have one person dominate the chair seat. Susan commented that some boards have trouble recruiting and retaining members, so a one - size -fits -all decree on term limits might not be helpful. Jojo said that they appreciate the continuity of longer -term members. The board didn't reach a consensus about whether there should be term limits, but it was united in the opinion that if there were term limits, they should be quite long. "Do you feel that your body has been effective or ineffective?" The Board felt that it had already addressed this question in the discussion above. "What are the practices of your body in regards to agenda development, meeting duration and meeting tempo?" Jessamine said that the Board sometimes spends too long on discussions and sometimes wants to discuss things not listed on the agenda. Otherwise the Board felt that it did okay with this. 8. Discussion Item: The role of OSAB in city wide trails planning and design and construction review, Presented by David Blankinship, OSAB Chair, and Adam Blackmore, Director of Parks, Recreation, and Open Space The meeting ran out of time. Adam said he'd be willing to have a discussion of this topic off-line, maybe including PPLAB. 9. Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 7:05. 7