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112 Cityoj <br />r Louisville <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1878 <br />Open Space Advisory Board Meeting Minutes <br />Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 7:00pm <br />City Hall, Council Chambers <br />749 Main St. <br />1. 7:00 pm Call to Order <br />2. Roll Call <br />• Present: Andrew Dorsey, David Blankinship, Susan McEachern, Michiko Christiansen, Mark <br />Poletti, Jessamine Fitzpatrick, Charles Danforth (remote) <br />• Absent: Brad Pugh <br />• Staff members: Ember Brignull <br />• Others: Deborah Fahey <br />3. Approval of Agenda <br />• Motion: Andy <br />• Second: Jessamine <br />• Approved by all <br />4. Approval of Minutes <br />• Motion: Susan <br />• Second: David <br />• Approved by all <br />5. 7:05 pm Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda (5 minutes, more <br />time as needed) <br />- Tamar Kranz stated that she appreciated discussion during the last OSAB meeting about <br />concerns using rodenticides and the need for wildlife preservation and protection (since <br />there is no legal requirement to protect them) on the Redtail Ridge (RTR) site. She wanted <br />to confirm these topics were received by the RTR team and City Council and encouraged <br />that they be addressed at the next City Council meeting (Aug 20). She proposed to make <br />prairie dogs a protected colony in the open space at RTR and use passive relocation or <br />carbon monoxide instead of rodenticides. <br />- Dana Bovey from Front Range Eagle Studies provided a detailed study of a family (male, <br />female, and juvenile) of bald eagles that nested at Stearns Lake that are currently spending <br />many hours at the top of several light poles in the Monarch High School parking lot that are <br />-300 feet from the north section of the RTR site where a prairie dog colony resides. This <br />area is a hunting ground for the eagles. The study showed recorded observations over <br />several weeks of the percentage of time the eagles use the RTR grounds to hunt for prairie <br />dogs, which was over -40%. He mentioned that RTR has made a claim that there is no <br />nearby wildlife activity from this area, and this study shows there clearly is wildlife activity <br />and by replacing or reducing the prairie dog living area at RTR will diminish eagle wildlife <br />opportunities to maintain their habitat. <br />3 <br />