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Open Space Advisory Board <br />Minutes <br />March 13, 2024 <br />Page 9 of 12 <br />B. Equipment purchase: required to do seeding in-house (don't have <br />drill). To do item #12 staff needs #13. Could delay trailer and <br />Tommy Gate (which are for resurfacing projects). <br />a. David: is this electrified equipment? Ember: they have <br />done that on all Open Space equipment where possible. <br />C. David: highest priority is wayfinding. <br />a. Adam: The full project is not on the 2024 list because the <br />labor pull on the project manager is big. It all falls to Bryon <br />to do that. 2024 list could all be done by existing open <br />space staff and let Bryon focus on what's on this year's list. <br />Then Bryon could have future capacity to focus on <br />wayfinding. Can still combine 2025/2027 wayfinding dollars <br />into next year's budget and get the project done 3 years <br />earlier (in 2025 vs. completion in 2027/2028). <br />b. Susan: Maybe there can be a compromise — do one more <br />trail this year (e.g., Lake -to -Lake). <br />c. Adam: Wayfinding in future years was scheduled to be <br />funded by Conservation Trust Funds — from lottery funds. If <br />the project is moved up it would require Louisville (tax) <br />funding; if the project is completed in 2025/2027 it would <br />not be tax funded. <br />d. David: If staged, would likely need multiple RFPs and there <br />could be inconsistency (fabrication, installation, <br />weathering). <br />e. OSAB consensus: wayfinding is a high priority in 2024. <br />D. Andy: We should focus priorities to show progress to the public. <br />Categories are likely acquisition, trails (wayfinding), fire mitigation. <br />Doesn't see fire mitigation on the list. <br />a. Ember: fire relates to smooth brome, North Open Space <br />forestry plan, Siberian Elm removal; everything else fire <br />mitigation related is in operations budget. <br />E. Andy: Would social trails be covered in the Trails Master Plan? <br />a. Ember: Yes, that's the plan. <br />F. David: There seem to be a few things missing. <br />a. Cottonwood Master Plan. Adam explained that's on Parks <br />CIP. <br />b. Harper Lake Master Plan (noted that former Board <br />member Laura was very passionate about vegetation <br />restoration). <br />i. Ember: #27 — Open Space Planning Documents — <br />whatever doesn't go into PROST could go there; <br />instead of doing property -by -property, grouped by <br />theme (wildlife, riparian —would include Harper, <br />Prairie restoration, IWMP). Warembourg (#29) — <br />separate because it's specific to the fishing pond <br />City of Louisville <br />Parks Division 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 <br />303.335.4774 (phone) www.LouisvilleCO.gov <br />11 <br />