Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2023 11 08

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes October 11, 2023 Page 3 of 4 might like a neighborhood -level presentation on the topic. Ember said that the new city fire mitigation employees might be good resources for this ask. David said that the dark sky lighting ordinance was defeated by a 3-3 vote on Council. Jessamine asked what the arguments against it had been. David reported that the Council members who voted against it mostly didn't want it to be overly -restrictive and weren't sure this particular ordinance was the right way to achieve the goals. David announced that the City hasn't heard back from Boulder County about the 2023 land and trail request document that OSAB reviewed in December of 2022. Ember observed that the County has been trying to reassess their process, and that we typically don't receive a response until they send out the new year's request. The City is hosting a Boards and Commissions Open House at City Hall on October 26 to drum up interest in service. David announced that he is now serving on a DRCOG board that is having a discussion about multimodal connections between the City of Boulder and Eastern Boulder County. They are starting by looking at South Boulder Rd. They are focusing on safety and accessibility. Jojo said that last night the City Council adopted the City Decarbonization Plan. It is a plan and timeline to decarbonize city vehicles and facilities. 8. Discussion Item: Review and Finalize the Results of the 2023 OSAB Opens Space Candidate Recommendations to City Council. Presented by Laura Scott Denton and Michiko Christiansen, Acquisition OSAB Tiger Team. Laura reported that she and Michiko had written a short list of questions for City Council members to ask them for their feedback about the OSAB Candidate Recommendation process and documents. The hope was to get feedback to help craft the document into a format that would be optimally useful and used by Council. The survey questions are in the October meeting packet. The City Manager recommended that they should not email the City Council their questions. Ember said there will be a joint meeting at the beginning of the year between OSAB and City Council and OSAB, and as an alternative to the survey, could ask for feedback about the document from Council at that time. Laura commented that OSAB might have higher priorities to cover in these rare face-to-face meetings with Council, rather than feedback on a document's format. Helen said there should be a lot of confidence in this document and it is based on years of feedback. She wants a cover letter added to the packet, noting that some of the survey questions to Council could be incorporated into the memo, such as "if you would like to see a different process or a different format for this document, please let OSAB know." Jessamine agreed that the meeting with Council should not be bogged down with a discussion about format and process, but some of the questions about how the City handles acquisitions at a high level might be worth discussing. Laura agreed that a high-level discussion about acquisition and how to be more proactive about it would be useful.