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L <br />Cltynf <br />Louisville <br />PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE <br />Memorandum <br />To: Open Space Advisory Board <br />From: Bill Szafranski, Lynker; Meg Matonis, <br />Date: July 12, 2023 <br />Re: Discussion Item 6: Review of Wildfire <br />Louisville Public Lands <br />The Ember Alliance <br />Mitigation Strategies for <br />Purpose: The Lynker Team is working with the City of Louisville to develop a comprehensive <br />Wildfire Hazard and Risk Assessment for Louisville's public lands to be more resilient against <br />future events. In this update The Ember Alliance will introduce wildfire mitigation concepts, <br />review wildfire mitigation strategies including the advantages and disadvantages of each <br />method, and identify which treatments will work best on different types of public lands <br />(open space, parks, public works, ditches). <br />Background: The Lynker Team has been working with the City of Louisville to develop a <br />wildfire risk assessment for Louisville's public lands. In our last update we reviewed the <br />project approach, the wildfire risk framework and model output and introduced the project <br />mitigation assessment. In this second meeting with the Open Space Advisory Board, we will <br />continue the review of wildfire mitigation strategies and recommendations. <br />Next Steps: The Lynker Team continues to develop the final report while waiting for updated <br />wildfire behavior modeling from the Colorado State Forest Service. The team will present the <br />final report to City Council on September 5. <br />