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City Council Meeting Minutes January 2, 2018 Page 6 of 11 a park function. This is a requirement of the Charter and we want to hand these lands down to our children in the condition we got them. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton moved that it is the sense of Council that OSAB should not pursue a recommendation that suggests a permanent closure of the DOLA at Davidson Mesa but supports OSAB's efforts to continue to develop a broad range of options and recommendations to help improve the use and management of the DOLA and to ensure its future sustainability. Councilmember Keany seconded the motion Councilmember Loo also thanked the Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board for their work on this issue They are an equal partner in looking for new areas for another off -leash area Mayor Muckle opposed the motion only because the Council should allow OSAB to make recommendations without direction from the Council. He would prefer to direct OSAB to continue to look at options and take public input. It is not our job to tell the board what to do, that is not good policy. This can have a chilling effect on the board and would be a variation from our process He stated he can't recall ever giving a board direction such as this. This is commenting on a plan that is not yet drafted. We need a full deliberative process to get a good outcome. OSAB will continue to take public comment into consideration Councilmember Maloney stated in principal he does agree with Mayor Muckle. He is concerned the Council does anything that gets in the way of a board making a recommendation We may not agree that we don't want to close the DOLA, but that should be part of the discussion. Mayor Muckle moved to direct OSAB to consider input from Council and the public and to continue working on a management plan for the DOLA and other areas. Councilmember Maloney seconded the motion. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated he appreciated the idea of not interfering with boards, however he would like to remove only one option from consideration to focus the recommendation on options that the Council will consider in the end. Much of the emotional energy from the community will be focused on a permanent closure, when it really isn't an option we will consider. He stated it is not a good use of time for OSAB to consider an option that has no support. Councilmember Leh agreed with Mayor Pro Tem Lipton He doesn't want a board getting ahead of the Council if that is what Council wants. It makes sense to consider alternatives. He doesn't want to lead people to think we are going to consider closing the DOLA. He thinks many options are on the table and removing that option will give people peace of mind; closure is not a viable option. He suggested changing the motion to include the concept that having a dog park there needs to be preserved Modification to the area is fine, but not closure.