Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2024 02 14

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LCl*tyqf Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 Open Space Advisory Board Meeting Minutes Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 7:OOpm Louisville Public Library, 1st Floor Meeting Room 951 Spruce Street 1. Call to Order David called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm. 2. Roll Call OSAB Board Members Present: David Blankinship, Michiko Christiansen, Charles Danforth, Jessamine Fitzpatrick, Susan McEachern, Mark Poletti, Brad Pugh OSAB Board Members Absent: Andy Dorsey Staff Members Present: Ember Brignull, Catherine Jepson, Rob Zuccaro, Jeff Hirt 3. Approval of Agenda Susan moved to approve the agenda as written. Jessamine seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 4. Approval of Minutes Susan moved to approve the minutes as written. Charles seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 5. Discussion Item: Introduction of OSAB Members Existing members provided their history and priorities. Mark has been a resident since 1997, bikes to work, sees the balance between trail usage and protection as his priority. Brad has been a resident since 2015 and is interested in learning more about how the board works. Land acquisition and restoration are his interests. Mentors: Charles volunteered to mentor Mark; Susan volunteered to mentor Brad. Jessamine also volunteered to serve and will discuss mentoring Andy when he is next in attendance. 6. Staff Updates Ember referred attendees to the agenda (p. 9) in the interests of time. She noted that OSAB members accounted for half of the city's total volunteer hours (534 of 1008 total)! Charette meeting will be held on January 17 at City Hall to get an internal group together to look at design options for the South Street underpass. Two OSAB board members are invited to participate. David and Charles offered. Susan and Brad will be backups if they can't attend.