Horticulture and Forestry Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2013 09 05

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Parks and Recreation Department · 749 Main Street · Louisville, CO 80027 (303) 335-4735 · FAX (303) 335-4738 www.louisvilleco.gov Parks Recreation Senior Services Open Space Forestry Trails Golf Horticulture & Forestry Advisory Board Minutes Thursday, August 1, 2013 Library Meeting Room 951 Spruce Street I. Call to Order—Vice-Chair Theresa Rounds called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. II. Roll call—Board members present: Shelly Alm, Neal Griggsmiller, Erik Gustafson, Mark Newland, Theresa Rounds, Ellen Toon. Board members absent: Mike Frontczak, Beverlee White. Staff members present: Dean Johnson, Joe Stevens. City Council member present: Susan Loo. Guests: Barb Newland, Debby Fahey, Christian Dino, Cheryl Lewis, Joan Hodgson, Michael Menaker, Jennifer Strand. III. The agenda was approved by all members. IV. The minutes from the June 6, 2013 meeting were approved. V. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda—Dean distributed copies of the draft landscape plan for the Hutchinson Street parking area near Louisville Elementary. He requested review and comment by HFAB members to be sent to him by the end of next week (August 9.) Mark presented a conceptual drawing of a memorial for the Newlands’ son, in an existing seating area of the Arboretum. Dean advised that the next step in the process is to obtain informal project pricing from a contractor, then approach City Council for approval. VI. Helburg Memorial at Police Building—Michael Menaker, spokesman for the Helburg Memorial committee, introduced the committee members present and described the proposed project. Victor Helburg was a Louisville city employee who died in the line of duty in 1915. The goal of the project is to create a memorial to him and future fallen officers in the form of a park at the Louisville police station, to be completed by October 2015, the hundredth anniversary of his death. The design, which would be