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Parks & Public Landscaping Advisory Board <br />Minutes <br />August 7, 2024 <br />Page 2of6 <br />Abby McNeal, Parks Superintendent <br />Erik Swiatek, Supervisor of Parks & Cemetery <br />Absent <br />Patricia Rogers, Co -Secretary <br />Jody Ash <br />Signe Buck <br />Members of the Public in Attendance <br />Catherine Smith <br />III. Approval of Agenda <br />Moved and Seconded, Motion Passed <br />IV. Approval of Minutes <br />Moved and Seconded, Motion Passed <br />V. Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda <br />No public in attendance <br />VI. Red Tail Ridge: Landscape Planting Schedule review <br />Public comments: <br />• Agree with elimination of junipers <br />• Why were some other native plants substituted for non-native? <br />• Why did High Plains recommend certain plants? <br />• Cottonwoods and Willows together are needed as native plants <br />• Do PPLAB recommendations go to Open Space Advisory Board - can <br />we restore land to native species? <br />• Mindful that native environment is primarily grass and trees in wet <br />areas - providing non -natural habitat for non-native bird species, <br />some native bird species won't return due to the trees <br />• Recommend we look more at the natural side <br />Board Discussion <br />• Metro district will maintain the landscaping and plantings <br />• It is a courtesy that we are being asked for input <br />4 <br />