AGENDA

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

5:30-8:30 p.m.

NOTE LOCATION:   Bison Visitor Center, 1800 South County Road 31, Loveland, CO

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5:30     REGULAR MEETING OPENING – 5 minutes

            Meeting called to order by Chair

            Approve minutes of last meeting. 

            Review Agenda and enclosures

            Welcome new Board member, Mark DiGregorio

 

5:35     PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on the agenda – 15 minutes

 

5:50     GENERAL INFORMATION:  Questions – 5 minutes

• Update on Hermit Park Open Space.

§  Hermit Park Open Space Inaugural Year Celebration tentative date -September 13, 2008.

§  USFS Kruger Rock trail permit

§  GOCO grant for Camp Area 2

• OLAB and PAB comments on the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) Environmental Impact Statement (See enclosures.)

§  Interviews for a new OLAB member to replace term limited Peter Kast were held on June 13.  BOCC were to make a final decision on June 24.

§  The annual picnic for the Open Lands and Parks boards was June 14.

§  Parks and Open Lands events for July. See handout.

 

5:55     BOARD COMMENT: Items not on the agenda – 5 minutes

 

            INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:  None

           

6:00     ACTION ITEMS:

§  Staff Recommendation:  Classification of scuba companies as short-term concessions – 30 min.

§  Staff recommends that all repetitive, commercial uses on department-managed properties (including scuba company operations) be classified as short-term concessions, subject to the department short-term concession policy, procedure and fees, effective January 1, 2009.

§  Public comment

§  Discussion and decision on staff recommendation.

§  Staff Recommendation:  Big Thompson Canyon parcel in Waltonia – 15 min.

§  Staff recommends that a parcel located in Waltonia, which was viewed by the Parks Advisory Board during the Big Thompson field trip, be offered for sale to two adjoining property owners.

 

6:45     PRESENTATIONS:

§  Open Lands Long Term Management Cash Flow – Presentation by Lori Smith, Sr. Accountant – 45 minutes

 

7:30     STANDING AGENDA ITEMS:

• Park District updates and Parks Master Plan Implementation Progress report – Park District Managers, Mark Caughlan and Dan Rieves – 20 min.

           

7:50     DIRECTOR’S REPORT: Monthly update to the Board – Gary Buffington – 5 min.

 

DISCUSSION ITEMS: None

 

8:30     MEETING ADJOURN

 

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:

To be scheduled:

• Presentation by Northern Water (NCWCD)  about the Windy Gap Firming Project and Chimney Hollow Open Space– Jeff Drager, Project Manager, and Jill Boyd, Communication Specialist
• Implementation update on Hermit Park Management Plan – Meegan Flenniken, Open Lands Specialist, and Chris Fleming, Hermit Park Manager

 

Next regular meeting: August 12, 2008, at the Bison Visitor Center, 1800 SCR 31, Loveland, CO

 

Enclosures: Agenda for July 8, 2008, PAB meeting Minutes of June 10, 2008, PAB meeting Minutes of May 29, 2008, OLAB meeting (Minutes of June 26, 2008, OLAB meeting are not yet available.) OLAB and PAB comments on the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) Environmental Impact Statement (See enclosures.) Parks and Open Lands events for July.

Handouts:   Public can view agenda and minutes at www.larimer.org/parks