Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2024 05 08

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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes April 10, 2024 Page 5 of 6 The maintenance & management subprogram accounts for the largest part of the overall Open Space budget. This includes prairie dogs, resource control, grazing, prescribed fire, mowing trail corridors, and lawn mower fuel. Wildfire mitigation, including mowing fire perimeters and controlled burns, might be handled in part via partnerships with other agencies. Susan would like to see more ecological restoration, i.e., reseeding and restoring riparian areas. The board recommended that wildfire mitigation be added to the description of this subprogram. New hires for an open space manager and an open space maintenance technician have been approved. Also proposed are an open space project manager, resource specialist, and a ranger position. No formal recommendation was made by OSAB on specific hires as we left it to Ember, with her more detailed knowledge, to make personnel decisions for the Open Space Division. 10. 8:50 pm Discussion Item: Review Results of OSAB Capital Improvement Project Ranking. Presented by Ember Brignull, Open Space Superintendent (10 Minutes) Susan distributed a draft email for Council that was discussed. We will remove the formal designation of medium priority for line item #5 in the memo (Lake -to -Lake Wayfinding) since there was not a formal vote. For line item #3 in the memo (Seeding Equipment and Fencing), it should be marked as high/medium since that item spanned multiple 2024 CIP entries and we had identified that equipment was deemed a high priority. All approved of the content of the memo to Council. All wayfinding work after the Powerline Trail (including the Lake -to -Lake Trail) has apparently been deferred officially to 2025 per Adam. The board decided that the section of the memo entitled "Additional items not supported by staff but recommended by OSAB" should be removed. The board agreed that all items ranked 2.5 and above should be ranked as high priority. Andy motioned that the memo as amended be approved and Jessamine seconded. All approved. 2025-2030: moving entries #20 (Open Space Equipment) and #29 (Open Space Planning Documents) from medium to high priority since the data is clustered such that 2.5 and above most logically can be deemed high priority. David asked about the missing Additional OSAB Ideas that we ranked, including Mayhoffer, education center, moving Warembourg fishing pond, and adding Lake -to -Lake trail wayfinding to 2025. 2025-30 will include the 3 items that were bumped from 2024 with their original priorities. Susan will draft a letter with revised priorities for 2024 and 2025-30 CIP and send that to Council. City of Louisville Open Space Division 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 303.335.4774 (phone) www.LouisvilleCO.gov