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Open Space Advisory Board <br />Information Item 6: Staff Updates Continued <br />July 11, 2023 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />2. Open Space seasonal staff will be at half strength as of the second week of September, <br />bringing our total number of seasonal employees down to two. One of our seasonal <br />employees left us to return to University and the other has accepted a position with the <br />City's Public Works Department. Staff is sad to see them go but are happy it is for new <br />and positive pathways of life. <br />3. The Boulder County Youth Corps team helped staff with installing memorial bench pads <br />on Davidson Mesa, installing a prairie dog barrier fence on Daughenbaugh, and gathering <br />dead wood on North Open Space for staff to chip and remove from the area. <br />Trails & Maintenance: <br />1. The City has received over two hundred thousand dollars from the "Land Water <br />Conservation Fund" grant for the Davidson Mesa Trail Resurfacing project! <br />2. Trail corridors mowing throughout the City's Open Space properties is in full effect. Staff <br />anticipates completing the second round of trail corridor mowing by the second week of <br />September. <br />3. The Coyote Run Trail Resurfacing project is nearing completion. Staff met with the <br />contractors at the end of August, on site, to provide clarification and direction to achieve <br />completion status. Staff is awaiting a response from the contractor for a timeline and cost <br />for the remaining work. <br />4. Staff attended a meeting on Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 in regards to the 104th St Trail <br />Storm Water Permits with representatives from Boulder County, Goodland Construction, <br />and RockSol Consulting Group, Inc. The main topic of the meeting was to discuss the <br />remaining work need to satisfy the required specifications of the of the state and county <br />storm water permits. <br />5. Open Space crusher fines trail repairs are nearing completion with only two locations left <br />for repair, both are along the Coal Creek trail. One is on the Aquarius property and the <br />other is across from Community Park. Staff plans to complete these repairs once the <br />second round of mowing is completed. <br />6. A RFP is being developed for the first phase of Wayfinding signage for Powerline Trail. The <br />bid is anticipated to go out this fall in hopes of winter fabrication and installation. <br />Natural Resources: <br />1. Prairie Dog Management is occurring on select Open Space properties in August and <br />September. Prairie dogs will be relocated from an area of Davidson Mesa and Hecla Lake <br />Open Space to a receiving site in Pueblo. This relocation effort will help support the US <br />Fish & Wildlife Service and the US Army's reintroduction of the Black Footed Ferret in <br />prairie lands. <br />6 <br />