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LL C1*tY0f <br />Louisville <br />PARKS, RECREATION &OPEN SPACE <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Open Space Advisory Board <br />From: Ember Brignull, Open Space Superintendent <br />Date: April 10, 2024 <br />Re: Action Item 8: Finalize OSAB Work Plan Priorities for 2024 <br />Purpose: <br />The purpose of this discussion item is to refine OSAB's 2024 Work Plan following the meeting with City <br />Council on February 12th, 2024. Refinement may include identifying OSAB's role vs. Staff's role and <br />prioritizing work plan items. <br />Background: <br />Included below are work plan items that OSAB shared with City Council: <br />2024 BOARD WORK PLAN: <br />• Sales tax planning - parks and open space fund separation <br />• Populating the two separate parks and open space accounts <br />• Creating an acquisitions fund to take prompt advantage of high -priority properties <br />• Establishing policy for acquisition vs. annual operational and capital expenditures <br />• Capital Improvement Projects: Creation and Review <br />• Operations Budget: Creation and Review <br />• Organizational Structure of Department: Should open space and parks department <br />structure be separated to better align with budgets and functions? <br />• Commissioning a separate Open Space master plan, distinct from PROST plan (see <br />section 4.02.030.13 in the municipal code) <br />• Wildfire mitigation <br />Next Steps: <br />The OSAB Chair and OSAB Staff Liaison worked together to refine the 2024 OSAB work plan. <br />This revised document follows, please review the attached proposed document, which will be <br />discussed and reviewed at the April Meeting. Once adopted by the board, the Director of Parks, <br />Recreation, and Open Space will review and approve or modify as necessary. <br />19 <br />