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Trails & Maintenance: <br />1. Staff has been working on completing a baseline sign inventory for all Open Space <br />properties with plans to complete this task by December. Staff is in the first phase of the <br />project which entails site assessing all properties of current sign status, collecting data, <br />updating ArcGIS maps and spreadsheets. Future steps will include a needs assessment to <br />the current sign inventory. <br />2. The Aquarius parking lot resurfacing project is in the planning stages. Staff is working with <br />a contractor to receive an accurate quote. <br />3. Staff is in the process of reseeding areas of bare ground along trail corridors with a drill <br />seeder/aerator that Mac Equipment is allowing staff to test/demo. Staff has re -seeded <br />trail corridors on Davidson Mesa Open Space, Hecla Lake Open Space, and Dutch Creek. <br />4. The reseeding at Coyote Run Open Space should be completed by the contractors by <br />November 3rd, 2023. Staff will confirm with the contractors and provide updates when <br />available. <br />Natural Resources: <br />1. Staff is planning an herbicide application on Davidson Mesa to control Japanese brome <br />and cheat grass in November which is in alignment with recommendations made in the <br />Wildfire Hazard and Risk Assessment Report. <br />2. The Prairie Dog Management contractor will be finishing up flushing and relocation work <br />on Davidson Mesa at the end of October. So far over 160 prairie dogs have been relocated <br />to Pueblo. Staff contacted the Pueblo receiving site and Pueblo staff will not know if they <br />are accepting prairie dogs in 2024 until April of next year. <br />Resource Protection: <br />1. Rangers partnered with the Library and the Planning Department to staff a booth at <br />Community Park to watch the annular solar eclipse. Approximately 265 people looked <br />through the Open Space telescope and its special solar filter to view the eclipse! <br />Education/Volunteer: <br />1. Volunteers from Fresca Foods participated in a trash pick-up on Aquarius Open Space on <br />October 12. <br />2. All City education and volunteer events, including Open Space programming, will now be <br />posted on a joint EventBrite account. This https://www.eventbrite.com/o/open-space- <br />7'JA971F.???2 <br />Education Events Upcoming: <br />1. Sunday, 12/10/2023, from 4:30 to 7:00 PM, Open Space Stargazers: Jupiter, Saturn, and <br />the Geminids. Aquarius Open Space. <br />s <br />