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Open Space Advisory Board Minutes August 11, 2021 Page 2 of 4 for the project. Grant announcements will be made in early 2022. The goal is to have the trail completed by the end of 2022. Helen asked about the size of the funding gap. Nathan estimated that it was about 1-1.1 million dollars, but cautioned that this was an estimate. D. City Council is undergoing public meetings about the Redtail Ridge development proposal. There have been two meetings so far, and Nathan said that he expects there will be at least one more public meeting before any decisions are made. E. Nathan followed up on OSAB's request that staff look into the best ways to communicate its opinions to Council (see the July's meeting minutes for detail). Nathan thought the best two methods for board advocacy were formal memos to Council and also partnering with other boards. Nathan used the example of the Sustainability Board's Dark Skies Initiative as a potential collaboration with OSAB. Nathan also suggested board members communicate with their own Council members directly. Nathan asked Council Member Deb Fahey for her comments. Deb said formal memos to Council are very important and also stressed that individual's opinions are also welcome. She asked the board to say "as much and as frequently as possible." She emphasized the power of this tandem approach of formal memos and personal connections. David commented that it is helpful for board members to keep up to date with the doings of Council and their agendas, so the board can be proactive with feedback to Council. Nathan thought staff might be able to help with that idea by sending OSAB the advanced City Council agendas. The board thought that was a good idea. Deb added that by all agenda items for Council must be submitted by 4:00 on Friday for the following Tuesday's meeting. 7. Board Updates A. General Board Updates: Peter expressed interest in the COSA conference in Vail next month. Nathan said to contact Ember and suggested the conference is well worthwhile. B. Wayfinding Tiger Team Update —Helen and Laura spent half a day walking the Powerline Trail and took notes about sign scoping for a possible initial wayfinding phasing. They are going to meet with Ember to discuss how to formalize their notes. C. Trails Tiger Team Update —David said that the Trails Team did not meet this past month, but that the decision has been made that Nathan will be the Tiger Team's point of staff contact. He has been thinking about the process of pairing opening of "dirt trails" with the closing and remediation of inappropriate social trails. He has asked Nathan to look into the estimated costs and maintenance of closing social trails. Nathan said staff is trying to learn from the challenges of the current, on -going Aquarius social trail closures before identifying and closing future trails. 8. Action Item: Open Space Zoning. Presented by Nathan Mosley, Director of Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (See page 12-22 of the August 11, 2021 OSAB Meeting packet) Nathan asked for review, feedback and approval, for staff's suggested zoning boundaries for Dutch Creek, Walnut, and Warembourg/Daughenbaugh, as shown on maps in the packet. The City Charter states that properties should be put into municipal code for Open Space, but that the specific "open space" zoning class didn't exist until 2011. Since then, the board has been establishing open space zoning in phases. Peter 4