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Can you hear me out there? We can welcome everyone
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to today's Boulder County Parks Open Space Advisory Committee meeting.
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We've reached our start time. These meetings are held in
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a virtual hybrid format. Via Zoom webinar. I'm going to
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start the webinar now. Please know it takes a few
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minutes or a few seconds for Zoom to bring members
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of the public into the session as attendees. Just a
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friendly reminder to all post - ACT members, presenters and
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public speakers, please make sure you're within two inches of
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the microphone speaking. This helps ensure we maintain an accurate
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public record. Members of the committee. Are you ready. We
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are ready. All right, we can begin. Good evening, everybody.
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Welcome to the July 23rd 2026 Meeting of the Boulder
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County Parks at Open Space Advisory Committee. I'm Terry Spaker,
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and I'm chair for this term. We'll start out with
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roll call. Trey Baker President, Ariel Barbieri Agib. Carol Barley.
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Present. Christine Johnson. Here. Lauren Kelso. Here. Vicky Lawrence's Excused.
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Joan Lutz. And Jeff Audi is excused. And John White
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here. Thank you. There are no topics requiring a post
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- AC vote and recommendation to the Boulder County Commissioners
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this evening. So we will not be taking public comment
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during the meeting. Our first topic Heidi Wagner will present
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on the District Level Planning Proposal. All right, thank you,
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Trace. Thank you, Pozak. My name is Heidi Wagner. I'm
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the Deputy Director of Strategic Foundations. Thanks for your time
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tonight. We're here to talk about my favorite topic. So
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spin the next four to five hours planning, visioning, structure.
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It'll be great. I'm gonna get some Post - it
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notes. Vision. But I'm really excited to present this concept
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to you tonight. So while I'm here today is I
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want to introduce a new planning model to you. It's
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called, we call it District Level Planning. I want to
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explain how it emerged through the Board of County Commissioner's
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work session process. I want to share why we are
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proposing starting planning in the place of the county that
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we are. We're calling that peak to peak. I'll explain
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that here in a moment. And then I want to
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outline some ideas that staff have had for your involvement
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for Pozac involvement, as well as, listen, your feedback. And
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IDAS as well. And before we begin and kind of
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get into the Presentation, I want to stress tonight that
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we are just starting this process. The board gave us
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direction two days ago. So we are not launching any
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planning tonight. We are in the phase that I like
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to call planning to plan. And so you're here for
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that early feedback to help us shape next steps. So
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first of all, why am I here talking about planning
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and planning models? I want to explain a little bit
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about where we are as Parks and OpenSpace and some
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of the challenges that we're facing. You know, our planning
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system is truly stretched. We have a small but mighty
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team of planners. I have three planners right now, one
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of which is the supervisor for the planning and cultural
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group. So two planners actually doing a lot of the
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planning work in the department. And we have over 50
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existing plans covering about 39, 000 acres of our property.
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And that means 64 percent of our property does not
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have management plan guidance. And some of our existing plans,
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those 50 plans, some of them are decades old. Like
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they were written under different values. And assumptions. And to
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update any of those 50 old plans or create a
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new plan is about a two year process at a
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minimum. And so this really means that we're often in
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reactive mode as planners. We're responding to issues instead of
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thinking ahead and taking a strategic approach. Um, and then
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that also has a effect on our community. It lends
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itself to a lot of unpredictability. The community doesn't know
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when a property is going to be reviewed. Re reviewed,
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uh, maybe the desire for a new trail. And we're
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like, wait, we have to do an amendment. Um, they
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don't. And then when we purchase a new property, there
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can often be a lot of excitement around that. And
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people don't know when is that going to see planning.
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And so we've reached a point that this parcel by
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parcel or a site level focus and planning just can't
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keep up with our system. And the bottom line here
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is site level planning did serve as well for many
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years, but we have now outgrown that model. Wait. For.
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Oh. No. One more. Okay. So what is District Planning?
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What does this model that I'm talking about? Basically District
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Planning organizes the county into large ecologically and operationally meaningful
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zones. So instead of planning by property by property or
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cluster of parcels, we look at entire landscapes across the
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county. So how does the ecosystem function in this area?
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How to visitors interact with this space? How do agricultural
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operations fit in? Basically what we do is we plan
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for all the parcels at once within a district. And
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that results in a comprehensive management plan for the entire
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area. That is more reflective and responsive of real world
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conditions. And as illustrated on this slide, what you're seeing
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is staff's first delineation of districts. And we looked at
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several different lenses to create these lines. Um, we looked
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at ecological systems. Um, recreation use in an area and
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how visitors flowed throughout the, um, an area. We looked
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at agriculture and working lands and how, uh, tenants move
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over landscapes. We also looked at operational logistics, like what
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it takes to support properties in different areas. So think
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about how far rangers have to drive to patrol or
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respond how we get our crews up there to maintenance
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trailheads. Um, you know, empty trash and recycling, for example.
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So the six districts that we came up with that
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made a lot of sense working together because of similar
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characteristics. Um, we call the first one in the upper
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left of the Count Lions North County. And that is
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really rugged terrain and conserved lands that are really in
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that rule urban divide. Then moving down on the east
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side, we have the river district, which is mostly the
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St. Verain corridor and properties. Um, we have going, keep
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going south. We have what we call the bread basket
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there along 287. And that's made up of high quality
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irrigated agricultural land. And then, uh, South County, southeastern part
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of the county, we are calling South County Grasslands. And
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you can think of that as like our dry land
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ag and Southern prairie grassland ecosystem group. Moving over to
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the west, you have the foothills where we really transition
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from, um, the steep foothills to lower elevations. And then
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lastly, you have the peak to peak district, which is
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that high elevation mountain landscape that centers on Netherland and
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adora. So to dive a little deeper so I can
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explain a little bit more about this district planning concept.
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It really allows us to look at a district at
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a larger landscape and operational level as complete systems. Instead
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of just like we're, you know, hyper focused on this
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one little three hang eight hundred acre patch, um, we
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can look at that whole corridor instead. And that gives
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us the ability to look at watersheds, uh, trail networks,
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visitor patterns. Um, uh, like wildlife mitigation corridors. And what
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you're seeing on the screen are actually two maps from
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the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan. Because this is very similar
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to the scale that they will use. And so when
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we're looking at that comprehensive plan and we're looking at
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just like one small little parcel, it's really hard to
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see how that influences the larger system as a whole.
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But if you're looking at the whole district, then you
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can actually take a lot of this information into much
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better consideration and make better informed decisions. So this also
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gives us the opportunity to work more closely with adjacent
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property owners. So instead of just looking at the boundaries
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of one parcel and saying, okay, who's the adjacent property
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owners, you're looking at a JSON property owners, both public
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and private throughout the district. So you can really form
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broader relationships that way and work together to create solutions
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to share challenges. So, and then practically, um, from the
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staffing side, District Scale Planning really allows us to align
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our work, the rhythm of our work at parks with
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like the practical realities of, uh, stewardship of this land
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and local government, which is our budget cycles, our capital
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improvement plans, uh, the staffing capacity that we need to
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execute this work. So it's going to create a more
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predictable and manageable planning rhythm helping ensure that each district
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is addressed thoughtfully. And that implementation is achievable. Some of
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the benefits of district planning to community engagement, um, really
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what we foresee is that our engagement work will become
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deeper and more connected to the communities who live near
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and use these landscapes. So rather than just engaging people
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in countywide processes where participation can often skew towards the
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most vocal groups, we can meet residents where they are
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and build conversations around the specific context and needs of
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each district. It's a place - based approach and it
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allows us to engage people that normally might not participate
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in the planning cycle or maybe only hear about it
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at the very end. And this allows us to really
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understand the cultural histories, traditional uses and local priorities of
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the people on that landscape. And it does not, I
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want to emphasize that it does not replace Countywide engagement.
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It's just a two - pronged approach of what we
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call both, um, County - wide and place - based
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engagement. And I'll give some examples of that a little
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later in the presentation. Uh, and then what we're hoping
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is that another benefit of this type of engagement is
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that it really introduces a predictable planning cycle for the
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community. So they know when they're district is up for
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planning instead of saying, Hey, you bought that property. You
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said you were, you know, going to do a management
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plan. When is that happening? So the instead will be
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able to say that will occur in this next district
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plan cycle. So people will, um, it's an easier way
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to understand how to be involved, to prepare for that
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planning cycle. And it will help, um, build trust and
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consistency in the process. Okay. So I'm going to take
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a breath here and move away from the model. Thank
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you, John. Move away from the model. And I just
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want to explain before I go on why POSAC is
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hearing about district planning now. And how did this topic
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emerge. So when I was serving as interim, um, I
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explained this district planning concept to County leadership, um, planning
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at a landscape scale. So this idea had been discussed
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over many years by planning staff. Um, but it never
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gained any traction. Um, but this time when I pitched
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it County leadership encouraged us to bring the IDI forward
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to the board before investing significant time in it. So
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essentially it's a check for alignment. Go ahead, Carol. Excuse
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me. Heidi. Um, Carol Bilesa. When you say County leadership,
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who do you mean? So parks and open space reports
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to the Deputy County Administrator Yvette Bowden is her name.
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Okay. And so we brought the concept. So it's basically
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here's this idea. We like it. And leadership says, I
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like that AIDA as well. Let's take it to the
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board at a work session. And what a work session
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is is a check for alignment before getting farther down
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the road. So we brought the concept to the work
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session, which was on May 26th. And that's a newer
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meeting format. So I wanted to just take a moment
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to explain it because I think the whole community is
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like, what is this work session thing that the county
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just started? And what it is, is, um, it allows
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commissioners to gather information to ask questions openly of staff
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and understand complex ideas before any informal decision making begins.
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So and these meetings are fully open to the public,
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but they don't include public comment. And it's not because
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the input isn't valued. It's because these meetings are met
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for commissioners to learn test assumptions and see the full
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range of implications before moving a topic into the public
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hearing phase. And in this case, the public hearing phase
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would be when a management plan is delivered and considered
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for adoption. And sometimes work sessions are misunderstood as replacing
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hearings or limiting input, but that is not their purpose.
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In fact, it increases transparency because, uh, by letting commissioners
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explore these ideas and, um, open in the public rather
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than behind the scenes, um, people understand how we got
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here instead of it just landing at a public hearing.
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And so this is exactly what happened with District Planning.
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So after the first work session in May, commissioners asked
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for more information, uh, we returned with a deeper analysis.
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And on Tuesday, two days ago, they formally directed staff
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to proceed. And that and beginning with the peak to
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peak district. So that's why Pozac is hearing about it,
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um, tonight, because now that the board has asked us
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to move forward, um, we are bringing this to you
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in the process at the very beginning. So I just
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want to stress, we can't get ahead of the board.
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So we're given direction. And now we can come. And
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so two days later, you are truly at the start
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of this process. And that's why I'm so excited about
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it. Okay. So I want to shift back and talk
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a little bit about peak to peak. So you're going
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to hear, I'm going to hear so much about this.
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So get on your hiking boots. And this is a
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wonderful, wonderful, beautiful part of the county. And we really
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consider it an ideal place to start this model because
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the, the district itself functions almost like a microcosm of
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the whole county because it includes a wide range of
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ecosystems. Um, it has, um, lots of, you know, visitor,
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um, interest and pressures. And operationally it has, um, a
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high need of, uh, ranger patrol and a high level
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of service. But the complexity lends itself to so many
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of the challenges that we see across the county. We
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feel like starting in the peak to peak area first.
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We'll give us a really, um, good indication if we
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can continue to use this model and translate it to
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the rest of the county. And so just to get,
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I want to give you a little bit of a
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preview here on some of the details that I am
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talking about. The first thing I want to speak to
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is the high conservation values in the peak to peak
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area. So if you look at the peak to peak
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district, I have a stat up there of 29. 7
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percent. And what that means of all of our critical
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wildlife habitat that we have in the county 30 percent
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of the land that we own in this district is
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considered critical wildlife habitat. And that's incredibly notable. It's very,
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very rich in biodiversity. And you can also see what
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the list up there, there's, um, the several other conservation,
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um, designations, uh, throughout the district. And it has been
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more than 20 years since we've done any kind of
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management planning up here. Mud Lake was the last one
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in 2004. And so it's a really good time to
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check in because of those high conservation values and make
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sure our management is in the right direction. Yes, John.
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John Wyck Posak. Well, the map's up. That's why I'm
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asking now. Where's the Tucker property? I know Reynolds. I
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don't know, Tucker. Okay. So there's a thing that I
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push that makes a dot come up. Um, I don't
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know how to do it. Sorry. I wasn't trying to
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mess with you. Oh no. It's just I always forget
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how to make this dot appear on my screen that
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helps me point it. You know what I'm talking about
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Carol. So if you look at the large complex of
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property under the word peak to peak John and then
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you go just south of that to the blob that
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has the hatching that separated from the larger area totally
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just bombing this word Tucker is do you, does that
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make sense? Yeah. Thank you. The small blob under the
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big blob. Okay. Thank you. Uh, Heidi? Yes. Uh, Trace
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Baker Posac. Another question pertaining to the map here. Looking
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at the, um, extent of lions north in longitude. It
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seems to have a lot of the characteristics of several
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other distinct districts. So could you give us very briefly,
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um, why lions is not too districts. Why isn't too
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district? Yeah. Thanks for that question, Trace. We thought about
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that. And the reason we ended up grouping them in
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the way that they are is because of that rural
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urban characteristic because lions is still really, it's pretty easy
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to get to lions, um, from lions to Longmont. It's,
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it doesn't really, you're still, it's rule, you know, but
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it's definitely not like you're at the mountains yet. So
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it's easy for us to get to. It's easy for
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us to access operationally to patrol, um, and then a
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similar use of the lands in that area is kind
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of like, I come from Longmont and I'm going to
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go hike it high. Um, so kind of a similar
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visitor use pattern as well. The little bit of an
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outliers kind of the ag piece on the north part
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and we recognize that. But we thought, what a great
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way to weave those two components into the model. Okay.
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Thank you. Okay. I want to speak briefly to some
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of the operational pressures that we have, um, at peak
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to peak. So what you're looking at here is the
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map of visitation in quarter three of last year. So
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this is just a snapshot of a quarter. And I
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know might not look like, Oh, you know, only 50,
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000 visitors, you know, that's not, you know, anything compared
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to the 89, 000 in the Boulder Foothills, but it
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doesn't quite reflect accurately the pressure's up there because we
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also manage the HESI and 4th of July trailhead. And
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that sees an annual use of 48, 000 visitors, which
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is all contained in that one seasonal area. Additionally, the
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only two parks we have up there are caribou and
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mud lake and a caribou doesn't open until June. So
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all of the visitor use happens in a very tight
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compressed timeline and it is busy. And that area actually
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also receives the first, the highest number of out of
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town visitors, as well as first time visitors and lots
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of family groups. So it's lots of education, lots of
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enforcement. Um, and it's also, um, when you're thinking about,
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you know, taking care of people when they're out hiking
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unfamiliar landscapes and emergencies happen, even if they're not on
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our property, our rangers are often called to assist because
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law enforcement, fire, they're far away in this area. And
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sometimes our resident ranger is the closest person there to
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help in an emergency. And so rangers spend a lot
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of time in this space, um, just making sure everyone
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is okay and safe. And, um, lastly, just the level
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of service need is really high. Like we have to
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drive a long way here to make sure the trash
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cans are empty to make sure the trailheads are clean.
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And so the attention and need, um, in this district.
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Okay. So I gave you kind of the benefit of
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community engagement in the district model. But what would be
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our approach actually doing the peak to peak, uh, management
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plan. And so I mentioned the two prong approach of
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community, um, engagement and place - based engagement. And I
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want to stress that we have not begun community engagement.
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I'll talk about that in a bit. We don't have
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a communications plan. Um, so we would love your ideas
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in that space. But to give you an idea, the
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County - wide engagement that will help us understand that
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broad system level values that we all share the climate
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resilience, the wildlife protection, uh, trail demand across districts, overall
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open space priorities. Everyone's going to care about that. And
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so you'll see types of engagement that are like the
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Countywide Online surveys, um, open houses, town halls. Um, email
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newsletter, all of those things, um, that are really targeted
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at everyone in the county. And then place base engagement.
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We're really focused on the mountain communities and adjacent, uh,
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landowners, including our other public land partners up there, such
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as CPW, um, and U. S. Forest service. And that's
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really conversations about the experience of being and living on
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that landscape. So the people that live there understand the
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visitor pressures. They understand congestion. They understand the emergency response.
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Um, wildlife disturbance, um, so meeting directly with them through
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local forums, community conversations, filled visits, um, that will help
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us ensure that we're capturing that lived experience. The cultural
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context of the area and their local priorities. And we
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really believe that using both approach is will give us
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a more balance process. So Countywide input that reflects those
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shared values and place - based conversations that ground the
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plan and the realities of the district. And just to
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double underline the point, of course, anyone can participate in
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any of these processes. Okay. So your participation. Here's, um,
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some of the concepts that we have for you. And
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I'd love to hear your feedback today when we're done
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about the model, the pilot and ways you'd like to
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be involved throughout the process. So you'll be seeing a
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lot of me in the future, hopefully on time, next
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time. I thank you, Tom. I really appreciate your understanding.
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And so all in all return when we're ready to
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formally kick off the process, but I'll also be giving
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you presentations throughout the process on key milestones. Um, I
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also hope that we can all get our boots and
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backpacks on and go on site visits to different areas
[25:45]
over the district together. And then of course anytime you
[25:49]
want to dig deeper into a component, um, that you're
[25:53]
not seeing on the schedule for whatever reason, you can
[25:56]
always request that presentation through the open comet period at
[25:59]
this meeting. So, um, of
[26:09]
course, the one thing that I do want to point
[26:11]
out is we, for those of you that were here
[26:14]
when we did East Boulder Creek or the weed plan
[26:16]
always at the end of this process, we present, uh,
[26:20]
draft plan to you for your recommendation to the board.
[26:24]
And that is when the public feedback is taken. Okay.
[26:31]
So what are our next steps? Do you like that,
[26:34]
Carol? I had a little fun. So I want to
[26:39]
emphasize now that we were at the very beginning of
[26:41]
this process, uh, we just arrived at the trailhead. We're
[26:46]
getting our gear in order. We're checking our water bottle,
[26:49]
making sure our offline maps are downloaded. Like all of
[26:52]
the things that you need to do before you start
[26:54]
a climb. So the board gave us this direction on
[26:58]
Tuesday. And so we have not begun anything. We have
[27:01]
not begun a baseline analysis. We have not begun scoping
[27:04]
the district. We haven't started our planning of community engagement.
[27:08]
We haven't started conversations with any of our partners. We
[27:11]
haven't looked at management options. I just want to emphasize
[27:14]
that. We're in the planning to plan part of the
[27:18]
process. So we're working on, actually I just started the
[27:23]
RFP for a planning consultant to help support. We are,
[27:27]
I'll have to develop a project charter, uh, sequence tasks
[27:32]
milestone. I love a good gant chart. Critical path. Like
[27:36]
all of the things that have to happen before you
[27:39]
can actually start planning. So that means I'm going to
[27:43]
need to need time. I'm going to need patience. All
[27:46]
of that takes a lot of work and is a
[27:48]
huge lift to get all those things in order so
[27:52]
you can actually explain to people what the process is
[27:55]
going to look like and how they can be involved
[27:58]
and who you hope to talk to. So I, I
[28:02]
stress all of that because, um, we've really just couldn't
[28:07]
start anything because we can't get ahead of the board.
[28:10]
So after that board direction, now we can do the
[28:13]
planning to plan part. So this is the time to
[28:17]
get organized, um, and to build a thoughtful project before
[28:21]
we kick off in the fall. So at the kickoff,
[28:25]
I'll be like, hello Pozak. I'm here as promised kicking
[28:29]
off the peak to peak management planning process. And I'll
[28:33]
present the timeline, the milestones, the engagement and communications plan
[28:38]
for your review and feedback. And only afterwards will the
[28:42]
work begin. So that's when we tighten the backpack and
[28:47]
start the hike up the mountain. So I just wanted
[28:50]
to clarify that that's how this process will go. All
[28:56]
right. So, um, I would love to hear questions feedback,
[29:03]
um, thoughts that you had. I provided a lot of
[29:06]
material in the attachments to the memo tonight that goes
[29:10]
in a lot of detail. And I have two other
[29:14]
PowerPoints with many other slides that I'm happy to show.
[29:17]
That would be helpful to clarify any questions that you
[29:19]
might have. So thanks for your time and attention. Thank
[29:22]
you, Heidi. Uh, do you have those PowerPoints now or
[29:27]
is that for future meeting. Oh, I have them now.
[29:29]
So I have the PowerPoints that I presented to the
[29:32]
board at the two work sessions. And you can access
[29:35]
them through the link that I put in your memo,
[29:38]
but I can also send them to Nick in a
[29:41]
PDF format if you want to see them. Okay. Um,
[29:44]
I would appreciate it. I know I was only able
[29:47]
to make the, um, 21st, the June 21st session virtually.
[29:52]
So, but others may want to see those. Yes. Okay.
[29:56]
So, and I was unable to open one of the
[29:59]
links. So PDF would be nice. Okay. You got it.
[30:02]
Okay. So POSAC, your questions and comments for Heidi. Carol.
[30:10]
Yes, Carol Byerley. Bosak. So thank you, Heidi. You're up
[30:19]
to here with this because I just watched, I spent
[30:20]
the afternoon watching the County Commissioners receive your recommendations. And
[30:28]
my first reaction is why not do this. I mean,
[30:31]
why not do this? It makes, it makes a lot
[30:32]
of sense. And one of the most interesting reasons to
[30:35]
me is all of the, um. All of those sites
[30:39]
that fall between the cracks, a 64 percent that's not
[30:42]
part of the planning. And I'm thinking that a lot
[30:46]
of that, isn't that agricultural land too? And I'm wondering
[30:50]
how much agricultural land there is in peak to peak.
[30:54]
And that's something that my heart is growing. As I
[30:59]
watch our environment just collapse environment. So I would be
[31:04]
interested in, in, um, your thoughts on that and whether
[31:08]
or not we should start with a pilot that includes
[31:12]
agriculture. And as a really, um, important way to bring
[31:16]
those unplanned sites in areas. Yeah. Thanks for that, Carol.
[31:21]
So peek to peek does contain some agricultural use, uh,
[31:27]
mostly ranching. Okay. But it's definitely not like our irrigated
[31:31]
ag in the bread basket. And the reason staff recommended
[31:35]
peak to peak were for all the reasons that I
[31:37]
talked about today. And I don't know if you remember,
[31:41]
uh, that part in the PowerPoint where I talked about
[31:43]
policy coverage. So, uh, for those of you that haven't,
[31:48]
uh, watched it basically, uh, the policy that we have
[31:53]
a cropland policy that helps our guide our tenets on
[31:59]
how we expect them to make decisions related to that
[32:03]
policy. It does not define the, what we're doing on
[32:08]
the landscape. That's the management plan. So there definitely is
[32:11]
a huge need and a gap there, but they do
[32:14]
have that policy to give them some additional guidance. And
[32:19]
because of all the pressures and peak to peak, that's
[32:22]
why we recommended that first. Now a good part about
[32:26]
this process is after we're done with peak to peak,
[32:30]
if the commissioners choose to adopt the model, um, approve
[32:36]
the plan, approve it with modifications. It's really about the
[32:39]
model. Then where we'll be setting a schedule of updates.
[32:44]
So I could see a future where in your recommendation
[32:48]
to the board on the adoption of the plan, you
[32:51]
could also make a, you know, recommendation on the next
[32:55]
district to go to. So we anticipate about two years
[32:59]
for every district planning cycle. So we could say makes
[33:04]
sense to now go to the bread basket or South
[33:07]
County dry lands. And then we'll have an order of
[33:10]
operations, um, and so we'll know what district is next
[33:14]
in line. And so we could definitely take that forward
[33:18]
to the board for their consideration. Um, thank you. And,
[33:23]
and, um, if I can ask another question. Certainly there
[33:27]
was discussion among the commissioners about, um, being behind in
[33:32]
the planning and acquiring properties and people saying, what the
[33:35]
heck's going on with this property. And, um, is that,
[33:41]
are lots of those up in peak to peak? Is
[33:43]
that going to help us get caught up. Yes. So
[33:47]
it will because all of those properties will now be
[33:50]
addressed within their district cycle. So not only are we
[33:55]
going to be reexamining caribou and mud lake, but we'll
[33:58]
also be able to plan for all of the areas
[34:00]
that we've been saying, Hey, closed until management plan or
[34:04]
we'll figure out if there's what's going to be, you
[34:07]
know, the long - term vision of this plan during
[34:08]
the management plan process. And so you can think up
[34:12]
and peak to peak. That's namely Reynolds Ranch and Tucker.
[34:15]
But the other areas up there, like we have a
[34:17]
whole bunch of parcels north of Gold Hill as well.
[34:20]
Um, that could, you know, that this will give us
[34:23]
the opportunity to examine. And without District Planning, I don't
[34:27]
know Carol winner if we ever would have even got
[34:29]
to those. Because that would be a separate. Okay. Now
[34:33]
we're going to turn because we've been approving, purchasing these
[34:36]
little inholdings. And this would capture them as well. It
[34:41]
would. Okay. Let me see if I. Okay. Thank you.
[34:46]
You're welcome. I'm trying to see if I have a
[34:49]
Joan. Well, one thing I really like that you have
[34:53]
now is that some older open space parcels have accessible
[34:58]
online the management plans. And they are sometimes old, but
[35:03]
they list the plants animals ecosystems and whether they're common
[35:09]
or rare and how they should be managed. And it
[35:12]
would be nice to keep as much as possible online
[35:16]
for people to look this up. Unless of course it's
[35:20]
so rare. You don't want people to know where to
[35:23]
find it. Thanks for that, Joan. Um, real quickly, Carol,
[35:27]
I just want to point this out that I think
[35:28]
this gets to a little bit of your question because
[35:31]
it's management plan gaps by percentage of acres owned. And
[35:37]
then what's covered by the cropland policy. So it illustrates
[35:41]
that point. And good. And then to speak, um, to
[35:45]
your point, Zhang, I think what I would like to
[35:48]
see, because that level of detail and old plans, I
[35:53]
mean, you could always like go to the appendix and
[35:55]
you would see like all the list of plants. And
[35:58]
the species there. And it was wonderful, but it would
[36:01]
also make the plan like 300 pages long. And so
[36:05]
what I would like to see is some digital solution
[36:07]
to that. And I'm going to be talking to our
[36:10]
data solutions team. Like what could we put online so
[36:14]
you could go to a browser and a viewer and
[36:18]
click on an area and see all that information there.
[36:22]
I search for a term. Yeah. Our search for a
[36:24]
term put a glossary. Say, where does this plant? Where
[36:27]
do we have instances of this plant occurring, for example?
[36:33]
Yeah, I think that would be great. Cause that level
[36:38]
of detail on a district scale, like you can't lose
[36:41]
that level of detail, but does it necessarily belong in
[36:46]
the appendix of the management plan or is there an
[36:49]
opportunity to reference where that lives digitally so it can
[36:53]
stay dynamic and updated? Right. And I assume, I mean,
[36:57]
then when you're considering purchasing a parcel. So it's already
[37:04]
somewhere. We do, we have it. We just need to
[37:06]
put it together in a different way. Yeah. Joan. John
[37:12]
White, Pozak. If each one of these is going to
[37:15]
take two years, uh, why is, for example, bread basket
[37:21]
in river, why are they separate? Brad Basket has two
[37:24]
rivers in it. Except this year. Um, it's just, it
[37:30]
doesn't seem different. Yeah. Thanks, John. So one thing first
[37:37]
too that these are proposed districts. So the commissioner said
[37:40]
you can proceed with the boundaries of what we see
[37:42]
as the peak to peak area. But the actual refinement
[37:46]
of the districts will happen at the end of this
[37:49]
process. So not only am I going to be delivering
[37:53]
a management plan, I'm also going to deliver the results
[37:57]
of how the model itself worked for everyone's feedback and
[38:03]
review. So there could be adjustments in the, um, the
[38:06]
lines. That's one reason I'm hiring a planning consultant. It's
[38:11]
not only help us with the management plan process, but
[38:13]
also to kind of bring their national or their best
[38:16]
practice in planning and look at our model, um, and
[38:20]
help us, you know, talk through it and what adjustments
[38:23]
we might want to make. We had pretty good reason
[38:25]
for drawing the line where we did because it's the
[38:28]
switch between the irrigated high value ag. And where things
[38:32]
really get much more urban and dry. So that's why
[38:36]
we have the line where we do. Could we adjust
[38:39]
it? Absolutely. Any other Lauren. Yeah. Lauren Kelso. I can
[38:46]
see why you're excited about this hiding. I am too.
[38:49]
I think, um, I'll just start by saying I think
[38:51]
this is a really important step. On so many levels
[38:54]
that you already pointed out. So I won't reiterate them.
[38:57]
But as far as ecosystem management and things like that
[39:00]
makes a lot of sense. I have, I think my
[39:04]
first thought for you as you enter this planning piece.
[39:09]
These timelines kind of freak me out. I think I'm
[39:13]
just kind of wondering if you can talk us and
[39:15]
probably anybody who's listening through what happens in the interim
[39:21]
for all these pieces that aren't under active management. And
[39:25]
I, I am also going to push back just a
[39:27]
little bit around the policies, not a plan. And so
[39:30]
I'm going to, I think we got to kind of
[39:32]
think about how do we get these things wrapped into
[39:35]
a good plan so that we're moving on the right
[39:37]
direction before 12 years passes? Yeah, I hear you. So
[39:42]
management planning integrates policy direction. And this process does not
[39:49]
substitute for addressing emerging issues or needs. And one of
[39:53]
the reasons we are so behind is because that's all
[39:56]
we've been doing is addressing, emerging issues and needs. And
[40:00]
the flood, you know, we had the flood that put
[40:04]
us, we didn't do any planning for almost a decade.
[40:08]
And actually when I started four and a half years
[40:11]
ago, um, I still remember one of my staff saying,
[40:15]
okay, here's my list of flood recovery projects. And that
[40:18]
was 2022. And I'm like, wait, when was your flood?
[40:21]
And they're like 2013. And I was like, Oh, wow.
[40:26]
Cause that's how anyone that's ever worked with FEMA and
[40:30]
like, it's a thing. It really takes a lot of
[40:32]
capacity. And so what will have to do with both
[40:37]
for a while is we'll have to start this planning,
[40:40]
this larger scale planning, get these lands under a management
[40:43]
plan methodically to your intervals and still deal with emerging
[40:48]
conditions. And then hopefully after we've been able to go
[40:51]
through the whole planning cycle, what we're doing is checking
[40:54]
back in and refreshing that district plan. And so if
[40:58]
there's an emerging need, I'm not going to say, okay,
[41:01]
wait eight years for that district plan. It'll be like,
[41:04]
okay, let's check in on the plan and give it
[41:06]
a refresh to meet that. Emerging need. Is that always
[41:11]
going, are we always going to be able to sync
[41:13]
those two things up perfectly? No, but it'll be a
[41:16]
lot closer and a lot easier. So we'll still tackle
[41:20]
those issues as they arise. We're just hoping that on
[41:24]
the other side of the mountain, um, that we will
[41:27]
have the whole County addressed, which under the existing model
[41:32]
now, like would just be completely unattainable. I think it'd
[41:37]
be interesting to, um, as your meeting with consultants and
[41:42]
working on those RFPs to maybe talk about duplicative efforts
[41:45]
or what is the budget if we want to try
[41:47]
to do two districts at once. Like if you have
[41:50]
consulting, like I think that's worth, I know the staff
[41:53]
capacity issues here and things like that. But if you
[41:55]
are bringing in outside consultants to help with the process
[41:58]
or something, if there's, if there's any way to work
[42:01]
that timeline, um, I think it'd be interesting to know.
[42:05]
That's a really interesting idea, Laura. And I hadn't thought
[42:07]
of that. Um, so let's chew through peak to peak.
[42:14]
Right. And then, you know, maybe what it is after
[42:17]
we have, because we're doing the two things now with
[42:20]
vetting the model and doing the plan. So once the
[42:22]
model is vetted and we're feeling confident and made the
[42:25]
adjustments, um, based on lessons learned. It's a plug and
[42:30]
play. Not that it's ever going to be, you know,
[42:32]
simple or easy. Each district is represent so many of
[42:35]
its own unique things. But yeah, if you have a
[42:37]
model that you could and even ask and consultants about
[42:39]
that, um, about like, Hey, as you're going through this
[42:43]
process and do things like this, how it works. What
[42:46]
would that look like? How do we, yeah. Yeah. Never
[42:50]
know though. Don't know unless you ask. So thanks for
[42:52]
that. Okay. Thanks for that. I'm an optimist. Yeah. I
[42:55]
appreciate that. Just one, uh, when I have one or
[42:57]
two other things, if that's okay. Um, one of the
[43:03]
things I heard while Carol and I clearly know how
[43:06]
to have a good time. I also listened to the
[43:07]
commissioner hearing from the 21st. And I, you know, I
[43:11]
heard a real push and pull there about sort of
[43:14]
what is being prioritized out of all the priorities and
[43:18]
goals of set out by open space. Um, and I
[43:23]
think that's another thing as you work with consultants. They
[43:27]
should be able to really, um, address that. As part
[43:32]
of the plan. Like how are we prioritizing those are,
[43:37]
yes, these are, these are them. You're familiar with them
[43:39]
at this point. Right. Um, because it's real. It's a
[43:42]
real conflict for decision making and budgetary constraints and all
[43:45]
of those things. So like giving us some transparency around
[43:50]
how resources are being spent to achieve the goals of
[43:53]
these plans and really how is staff going to make
[43:59]
hard decisions in times of lean resources. And I think
[44:04]
about that both from the financial side of things and
[44:07]
also like human resources and also our natural resources. So,
[44:13]
um, that was my only other, it's not really a
[44:14]
question, but just something I think that should be something
[44:17]
that a consultant does for us. Um, is to sort
[44:20]
of talk about how, how we grapple with these competing
[44:23]
goals, um, as we go through the planning. Effort. Lauren,
[44:28]
are you thinking of like what's a decision process looked
[44:30]
like or is it more like, here are all the
[44:34]
things that we want to do and staff is recommending
[44:39]
we prioritize these things for these reasons. Yeah. I mean,
[44:44]
the easiest and obvious example for me comes up around
[44:46]
making choices between recreation, conservation and working lands. Yeah. Right.
[44:52]
You come up with those, those are conflicts so not
[44:55]
conflicts, but you know what I mean. Priorities compete priorities
[44:59]
a lot. So as a county and even as a
[45:03]
district, um, what are we prioritizing each of those districts?
[45:08]
I actually see a lot of opportunity in all of
[45:11]
these different in your different, um, landscapes, if you will,
[45:16]
or, uh, to say, Hey, this is a, this is
[45:19]
the bread basket of our community. We really need to
[45:22]
be prioritizing when push comes to shove. Uh, what our
[45:27]
producers need in this space. Over here, this is a
[45:31]
primary recreation district. We sometimes will need to prioritize. And
[45:35]
I don't know, maybe that's too bold, but I just,
[45:37]
I think we've got to, or maybe the different framework
[45:40]
for decision making, um, there, as you guys go through
[45:43]
this, does that make sense? It does learn. Thanks for
[45:46]
that feedback. I think one thing that we can do
[45:49]
is be, um, very transparent about our framework for decision
[45:54]
making when it comes to like where we're putting recreation
[46:00]
and how we're trying to promote connectivity. Like I feel
[46:05]
like I think that is a priority. It's like connectivity
[46:09]
and like different opportunities, a range of opportunities. I think
[46:13]
the struggle lies in that staff can give recommendations on
[46:18]
priorities, but the board is the one that has to
[46:21]
like to either affirm that recommendation or say, thank you
[46:28]
very much. This is what I want to focus on.
[46:31]
And so sometimes that doesn't come to the end of
[46:34]
the process, which is a little bit unfortunate. Um, but
[46:38]
that's kind of the reality in which we work. And
[46:41]
so I think one of the things, if you listen
[46:43]
to the conversation on the 21st, the reason we brought
[46:46]
this all up is because we were just interested to
[46:49]
hear what they, they wanted to have the conversation. And
[46:51]
so you heard that conversation. And I would encourage the
[46:55]
rest of the Pozac members to discuss, you know, to
[46:58]
listen to that. Um, and there's always an opportunity to
[47:01]
go to the open public comment section of board meetings
[47:06]
and kind of talk about that as well because they
[47:09]
rely on community members to, to say like, Hey, what
[47:12]
are your priorities for parks and open space? And I
[47:15]
see Jason at the table wanting to potentially say something
[47:19]
right here. Jason Suk, Director of Parks on Open Space.
[47:26]
I'm not trying to interrupt. You're fun here. Um, but,
[47:29]
uh, it's a good question. It's something that we've been
[47:32]
thinking of. And I think that district planning gives us
[47:36]
a chance to think about those priorities. But think about
[47:39]
them differently in different places. So if we're thinking, you
[47:42]
know, just on a piece of paper here and let's
[47:44]
say you had an exercise where you prioritized some of
[47:47]
these over another, that may not be true in different
[47:50]
places. And so I think, thinking about it, not parcel
[47:54]
by parcel, not across the entire County, but, you know,
[47:57]
in, in specific place - based areas makes a lot
[48:00]
of sense. And then I, the other bit that I'm
[48:02]
really excited about is the community engagement part of the
[48:05]
process. So, you know, we're thinking about priorities, but let's,
[48:08]
let's hear from, from people and get their feedback as
[48:13]
to, um, what, what we think we should do in
[48:16]
different districts. So I'm looking forward to it. It's a
[48:19]
bit of a road, but thanks for letting me interrupt.
[48:22]
Yes. And it's a mountain. Hi, Deed. Trace Baker Posac.
[48:29]
And I'm sorry. Good question. Oh. Okay. I'm sorry. Okay.
[48:37]
Why don't you go ahead. Christine Johnson Posack. Um, I'm
[48:42]
really happy about this because on a lot of the
[48:46]
tours, this is something that I have engaged with staff
[48:50]
on and pushed about, you know, I've asked, what is
[48:54]
the short mid long range plan for this parcel? And,
[49:00]
um, often staff is honest. Um, they don't know. And
[49:06]
I, I, I think that this is a way to
[49:10]
transition to managing, um, County Land in a different way.
[49:16]
Um, I want to underscore, uh, what Lauren and John
[49:20]
were pushing at, I'm really concerned about a 10 or
[49:23]
12 year cycle of four, um, whoever's hanging out there
[49:30]
at the end. I also, um, I really want to,
[49:38]
um. Maybe I'll ask an open - ended question. Um,
[49:43]
and, and, um, I'm, I mean this in the friendliest
[49:47]
way possible, what have you, what has been learned from
[49:51]
some of the feedback, um, sessions, um, in the, in
[49:57]
the time that I've been on, on PocSac that will
[50:02]
make this useful for both. Staff and impactful for the
[50:08]
community. Christine, could you explain like in the context of
[50:15]
what components? So I feel like, um, the way that
[50:19]
you gather feedback has been evolving because I think that
[50:23]
there have been, um, a couple of instances where, um,
[50:28]
the community hasn't felt like, um, they were captured in
[50:33]
the intended process. So, so, so prairie run is an
[50:38]
example. And I think that you, you personally handle that
[50:41]
really well. Like, um, there were some, some rounds of
[50:46]
going back to make sure to include everyone. And I'm
[50:50]
just, I see this as a process. It's going to
[50:53]
involve a whole lot of community engagement. And I am
[50:56]
really interested in both the County Wide and the District
[51:01]
specific. And I'm, I'm curious about what has been learned
[51:07]
and what you see coming. Okay. Thanks, Christine. So here's
[51:12]
what I know as a planner is planning moves at
[51:17]
the speed of trust. And when proposing planning timelines. Sometimes.
[51:26]
Leadership would like a shorter timeline. So you have to
[51:30]
work with what you're given, which often means the public
[51:34]
process. People were busy, right? So, you know, when you're
[51:40]
two thirds away or through a planning process and somebody
[51:44]
that's directly interested or impacted by that planning process just
[51:48]
now hears of it, that's a problem. And so you
[51:53]
have to have enough time in a planning process to
[51:58]
properly engage with community, stakeholders adjacent partners, internal departments. Like
[52:08]
and that takes time. And it's, so the, the benefit
[52:15]
that I see with District Planning and the, uh, and
[52:19]
this approach is that will be able to create an
[52:23]
engagement model that the community will understand. And we're not
[52:28]
like relaunching this new thing every time. And Hey, you
[52:33]
know, we're over here in all the noise of social
[52:35]
media and all the newsletters that everyone automatically deletes. Like
[52:40]
people will start like be able to dial into the
[52:44]
pace and tempo of our planning process. And then they'll
[52:49]
know like, Hey, maybe I don't care about peak to
[52:52]
peak, but I know this district is next. And so
[52:55]
that's when I'm going to read, start reading those newsletters.
[52:58]
And so this really gives us the opportunity to start
[53:02]
building sustained trust with our community and just sustain it
[53:06]
throughout all of the districts. So almost an ongoing engagement
[53:10]
cycle is what I'm hoping for. Because then we're just
[53:13]
talking about planning all the time, which I personally appreciate,
[53:19]
but we've got to have that dialogue with our community.
[53:21]
And so if you're thinking of like lessons learned and
[53:23]
feedback, that's what it is. It's a dialogue. And we
[53:26]
haven't had a mechanism for that. So when people tell
[53:30]
us something, it's like, well, you know, if it's an
[53:33]
emerging issue, we're going to work hard to address it.
[53:35]
But we can't tackle everything that's a lower priority, if
[53:42]
that makes sense. Thank you. Joan. And I just want
[53:49]
to also say that I think the district planning method
[53:53]
is a good one. And also that I know we
[53:56]
have parcels that there's no management plan or not much.
[54:00]
And but I'm glad we snapped up those parcels when
[54:04]
they were available. Because the more time goes by the
[54:07]
harder it is to, you know, obtain these environmentally. Precious
[54:15]
parcels. A great jungler. We're very blessed to have the
[54:19]
110, 000 acres that we do in fee title or
[54:22]
conservation easement. Okay. Thank you. Terry Spaker Posac. I actually
[54:29]
have a number of questions and comments here. And I
[54:32]
know it may be too early for this. But as
[54:35]
part of your planning, um, I'd very much like you
[54:39]
to define metrics to decide whether or not this peak
[54:45]
to peak is a successful pilot or not. And so
[54:49]
you can make go no go decision based on metrics
[54:52]
or in part on metrics. Would like to remind Posac
[54:57]
that if you do make comments to the County Commissioners
[55:00]
through their website, um, you're very much welcome to do
[55:05]
that. But please do so as an individual, uh, and
[55:08]
not as member of post Act. Don't identify your self
[55:11]
as such or put in a disclaimer that you're speaking
[55:15]
for yourself. Um, the big thing here, um, is that
[55:21]
when the commissioners limited public comments to decision items, um,
[55:29]
we're, you know, as post sac, we're not really getting
[55:31]
the public input that we use to get on items
[55:37]
that you will be bringing to us, uh, during your
[55:39]
process here. And, uh, my experience over the years on
[55:46]
Possac has been that the dynamic is very different between
[55:51]
what people bring to post sac in this room and
[55:55]
what, how people fill out surveys and go, go to
[55:59]
your, uh, work sessions that, you know, you handle like
[56:03]
you did with the, um, uh, bike trail, uh, pilot.
[56:09]
So, um, you know, I would hope that there could
[56:12]
be some way for Posac to get, uh, public input,
[56:17]
uh, throughout this process, because there's, there are voices there
[56:21]
that we're not hearing. So when you had, you're on
[56:29]
one of your slides, you identified or want to identify
[56:33]
Countywide stakeholder groups. And so I wanted to clear Postsac
[56:38]
is a stakeholder with the same statuses, any other group
[56:41]
that you might identify. And then for, um, a question
[56:50]
actually to Poc A, our bylaws allow calling study sessions
[56:56]
and creating subcommittees. And it sounds like this is going
[56:59]
to be a very big and very important, you know,
[57:05]
process for the county. And whether, um, participating in this
[57:12]
pilot, uh, would it be worthwhile for us to either
[57:16]
convene study sessions or a subcommittee? And I know that
[57:21]
will mean extra work for us. Um, but it might
[57:25]
be, uh, very useful, uh, as input, uh, to county
[57:30]
decision making, um, in my, I think seven years now
[57:34]
on post sac, I have not seen a study session
[57:37]
or a subcommittee. And the bylaws don't tell us how
[57:42]
to do that. So we'd have to make it up,
[57:44]
uh, as we go. But, um, we're like post sac
[57:48]
members to think about this as the planning proceeds. You
[57:51]
know, it's too early to, uh, try and set up
[57:54]
anything right now. But that is available for our decision
[57:58]
making. Yes, John. I have a question about that. Is
[58:04]
there three or more of us together? We can't talk
[58:07]
about it in open session. How does that work? I'm
[58:10]
certainly willing to volunteer my time to help with this.
[58:15]
We may need to get legal advice on that. But
[58:19]
if we, you know, but as bringing up, I mean,
[58:25]
establishing a, uh, study session or a subcommittee that would
[58:29]
be a, um, a legal post Ac meeting. And as
[58:34]
I said, we'll need to figure out how to do
[58:36]
that if it comes up. Lord. Yeah. Um, Lauren Kelso,
[58:44]
I love that idea, Trace and thanks for bringing it
[58:46]
up. I think it'd be also interesting as staff moves
[58:49]
to our work to think about what, uh, types of
[58:51]
working groups or subcommittees would be helpful to your work,
[58:55]
you know, like helping to identify things that feel sticky
[58:58]
or that you foresee being tricky to navigate and utilizing
[59:01]
this board to do that. Okay. Thank you. Carol. He
[59:04]
could self - identify too, but if you helpful, they
[59:06]
have their ideas. Carol. Carol Byrnee. And I've been staff
[59:11]
for a long time in various organizations. And when I
[59:14]
hear subcommittees and work groups, I think, Oh my God,
[59:17]
more work for me. So I was, but I'm thinking
[59:22]
at this very early stage, cause you've been talking about
[59:25]
community engagement, community engagement. That's what we are supposed to
[59:29]
be. And so think of a way of engaging POSAC
[59:33]
by assigning us some of this work or saying this
[59:37]
is where a lot of this community engagement. And that,
[59:40]
that word is just, it's education. It's, it's receiving of
[59:45]
views. It's, it's a lot of different things. Um, but,
[59:50]
but fitting POSAC into the process rather than just coming
[59:55]
and telling us stuff every once in a while. I
[59:57]
think might be a way to help rather than harass.
[1:00:04]
This system. And, um, and that's what we're for. We're,
[1:00:08]
we're like, um, Oh, I don't even want to say
[1:00:11]
this valve. Pressure release valve. I was thinking more uterine.
[1:00:17]
But I was thinking, you know, it was, you know,
[1:00:21]
protecting the feed. Anyway, so, you know, stop. But, but
[1:00:29]
information gathering as a way. So anyway, that's I've said,
[1:00:33]
certainly said enough. But let's think about how POSAC can
[1:00:38]
be part of the process instead of added on. Harassment,
[1:00:43]
which, which is some of the tones of some of
[1:00:45]
these, we will advise you, we will advise you. We
[1:00:47]
want to be part of the system. We don't want
[1:00:48]
to just be advised. And I think I speak for
[1:00:52]
us. You speak from me, Carol. And, and if we
[1:00:56]
can be, and so plug us in on the engagement
[1:01:00]
part. And that can be study sessions where people can
[1:01:04]
talk. We can be sent places to listen to people,
[1:01:08]
that kind of thing. That's my suggestion. Okay. Thank you.
[1:01:12]
Thanks to all of you. And I, what I can
[1:01:16]
do though, is take this feedback. And since I have
[1:01:20]
to plan to plan, I can make a plan. And
[1:01:24]
see what you all think about the ideas included in
[1:01:26]
there. Like I don't want to jump ahead and be
[1:01:28]
like, Oh yeah, I'm going to do these eight things.
[1:01:30]
I want to make that plan and use your feedback
[1:01:34]
and then bring something to you for you to look
[1:01:36]
at. And then you can tell me if you support
[1:01:39]
it or if you want modifications. Cause I have lots
[1:01:41]
of things that I'm thinking of. But I mean, I
[1:01:44]
don't even have a project charter yet. So this is
[1:01:47]
exactly what I was hoping for tonight. Thank you. Okay.
[1:01:49]
So in final comment for me, Trace Baker Posec is
[1:01:54]
that when we were discussing the alternate trails pilot, there
[1:01:59]
was a survey. And with the caution that it was
[1:02:03]
not, um, and I use the word scientific, which was,
[1:02:06]
uh, what we were told. And, um, you know, I
[1:02:11]
would advise you to think about doing a statistically valid
[1:02:18]
survey this time. You know, again, because the sweep is
[1:02:21]
much greater than the trail's pilot. And so, you know,
[1:02:28]
maybe another consultant, but, um, I think that would be
[1:02:31]
worthwhile. Trace, do you see that county wide or by
[1:02:35]
district? Um, I'd say right now, just for the, uh,
[1:02:40]
peak to peak pilot and see how it goes. And
[1:02:46]
then decide whether you want to do it with the
[1:02:48]
rest of the streaks. Yeah. Thanks for that feedback. I
[1:02:52]
know it's very expensive, but we can definitely look at
[1:02:55]
that. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Any other. Lauren?
[1:02:59]
Yeah. I have a cup just a couple more little
[1:03:01]
things. In my notes, I had a question about, um,
[1:03:05]
how you see these plans interacting with all the other
[1:03:07]
plans? You guys have many plans. So if you, um,
[1:03:10]
not necessarily in terms of parks and open space, but,
[1:03:14]
you know, the climate action plan out there. There are
[1:03:16]
the policy documents, things like that. How do you, how
[1:03:19]
do you see those integrating into this process? Yeah. So
[1:03:23]
depending on who owns that associated and related plan, so
[1:03:28]
like, um, for example, we hope to work a lot
[1:03:30]
with Oscar in this process. And internally that has a
[1:03:33]
lot of climate, um, goals and related plans. And so
[1:03:37]
that would be in a like information exchange and consultation
[1:03:43]
with them. And so when we are, you know, discussing
[1:03:46]
items that are related to climate resilience and sustainability, we
[1:03:51]
would seek their feedback and guidance from not only staff
[1:03:55]
and community, but also what that plan says. Because that
[1:03:58]
plan is supposed to represent the community feedback. And so
[1:04:01]
we would do the same with all of our plans.
[1:04:03]
So we're not going to, you know, come out and
[1:04:05]
say, Hey, we're going to manage this land and this
[1:04:08]
radically different way than what our policy prescribes. It'll be
[1:04:11]
like using that planner policy to give us guidance. Great.
[1:04:16]
Thanks. And then sort of similar question, but, um, we
[1:04:18]
did receive a public comment, I think through the portal
[1:04:21]
earlier today. And they had, uh, they were all in
[1:04:25]
favor of this, this that you guys are doing, but
[1:04:28]
also had sort of questions about working with partner groups
[1:04:31]
and other like landscape planning landscape level planning organizations that
[1:04:35]
have done work in this specifically in the peak to
[1:04:37]
peak area. So that'll just be part of the engagement
[1:04:40]
process, I assume. Cor. That'll be a part of the
[1:04:42]
plan that I'm going to create when I'm preparing to
[1:04:46]
plan for the plan. No, so we haven't even started
[1:04:51]
yet. But that's a key. I mean, that is must.
[1:04:56]
We, we could never go up here and do our
[1:04:58]
thing without connecting to those partners. So I really look
[1:05:02]
forward to a lot of those conversations because we haven't
[1:05:04]
had a chance to, you know, touch base with a
[1:05:07]
lot of those folks in a while. Um, and the
[1:05:10]
forest service, especially, they look pretty different than they did
[1:05:13]
just five years ago. And so it'll give us an
[1:05:16]
opportunity to, you know, talk with both our federal and
[1:05:20]
state partners. Um, as well as all of our local
[1:05:23]
stakeholder groups, um, and have. And so I, again, I
[1:05:26]
don't want to jump ahead of the plan I'm creating,
[1:05:29]
but I see like kind of this like advisory committee
[1:05:32]
sub committee, like, you know, I see that in this
[1:05:35]
process. Because we just have to have some way to
[1:05:38]
have those focus conversations. Great. Thanks. Yeah. Okay. Heidi finally.
[1:05:44]
Thank you. You know why this was the only item
[1:05:46]
on the agenda tonight? Well, thank you. And thank you
[1:05:50]
very much. I think all of us who are looking
[1:05:52]
forward to working with you on this for the next
[1:05:55]
few years. Thank you. Thank you. Carol said is we
[1:06:00]
want to be involved if we can help not to
[1:06:03]
be another roadblocking room. The first thing I thought about
[1:06:07]
was we'll be careful what you ask for because you'll,
[1:06:12]
yeah, but no. Thank you so much for that. I
[1:06:15]
appreciate it very much. Thank you. Okay. So, uh, Trace
[1:06:19]
Baker Posac. The next three items on our agenda, uh,
[1:06:25]
first post A questions or comments on topics, um, other
[1:06:30]
than tonight's presentation. And other than our executive session, next
[1:06:36]
Jason will give us a director's update. And then we
[1:06:40]
will, um, enter Executive session for legal advice. So does
[1:06:45]
anybody have anything? Christine. We've got, we've got our attorney
[1:06:54]
Liana on and Leon, I wasn't sure. Did you need
[1:06:57]
to make comments here. Yeah. I was trying to speak,
[1:07:01]
but I don't know if anyone could hear me. Can
[1:07:02]
you hear me? We can now. Yes. Oh, okay. Great.
[1:07:06]
Yeah. This is Liana Lara More Assistant County Attorney. I
[1:07:09]
apologize for not being there in the room. It would
[1:07:11]
have been a lot easier for me to just answer
[1:07:13]
your previous legal question right on the spot. But if
[1:07:16]
you'd like, I could take just a minute to answer
[1:07:18]
your questions around study sessions and subcommittees. It's pretty, I
[1:07:23]
think straightforward. Okay. Thank you. Um, you know, I think
[1:07:27]
it's a little early to, uh, answer that question right
[1:07:31]
now. Um, because of where Heidi is in her planning
[1:07:34]
process. So, so let's, um, when that comes up, you
[1:07:39]
know, we can ask about that, um, later. Sound. Good.
[1:07:45]
Okay. Thank you. Seeing a few minutes. Any other Carol.
[1:07:52]
Carol Byrly. I just wanted to say I'm participating in
[1:07:56]
the Olin Farm CSA this summer. And I just, we
[1:08:01]
heard the dire, um, report on the water. But we
[1:08:05]
are getting a wonderful variety of fresh produce every Thursday
[1:08:09]
afternoon. And I just wanted to say these CSAs are
[1:08:12]
a wonderful thing. And I really enjoy participating and supporting
[1:08:17]
our local agriculture. And I'm learning all new, a lot
[1:08:21]
of new vegetables too. I go, what is this? So
[1:08:26]
Christine. Christine Johnson Posack. And I wanted to comment specifically
[1:08:34]
on that because, um, I check in with, um, Mark
[1:08:38]
Etrich periodically, because I'm doing, um, a pilot compost project
[1:08:44]
on his land in conjunction with him. And, um, just
[1:08:49]
wanted to acknowledge that, um, hauling water. They're hauling water
[1:08:55]
in order to, um, they're hauling water and they're purchasing
[1:08:59]
water and they've moved some crops actually and using some
[1:09:03]
municipal water. And just I don't want, they're really doing
[1:09:09]
an amazing job, but they're really existing in drought. And
[1:09:16]
I would really like us to keep, um, drought at
[1:09:20]
the forefront of like a topic that we are thinking
[1:09:25]
about beyond just, um, this summer. So that's my two
[1:09:31]
cents on that. Um, I, I wanted to mention something,
[1:09:35]
um, that, that I, um, I engaged with, um, Nick
[1:09:41]
about this and, um, I've, Dana Bove from front range
[1:09:48]
eagles. Has sent us, um, periodically, um, a, an alternate
[1:09:55]
trail real realignment proposal. And I have, um, I've met
[1:10:00]
with him. I've talked with him a couple of times.
[1:10:03]
I've gone through his data with him. And I would
[1:10:09]
really like us to, and I believe that the, um,
[1:10:14]
the proposal and an image of the proposal was sent
[1:10:18]
to the rest of Posac. And I would like us
[1:10:22]
to at some point, um, take more time to discuss
[1:10:26]
this. This is a group that has, um, they were
[1:10:32]
research going on at Homberg at the Holmberg Preserve. They
[1:10:37]
have thousands of hours of observations and data about what's
[1:10:45]
going on with, um, raptors, um, multiple species of concern
[1:10:51]
at Holmberg, including Farouginous Hawks and Bald Eagles. And there
[1:10:56]
is, um, they're making a proposal for, um, trail realignment
[1:11:04]
in order to minimize disturbance to these, um, species of,
[1:11:14]
um, of special concern. And they have some compelling data
[1:11:20]
that they would like to share. And I, I would,
[1:11:24]
um, it's, it's been interesting for me. It's been compelling
[1:11:29]
for me looking at the, um, data about, um, the
[1:11:35]
Raptors and about, um, trail use and what's going on
[1:11:40]
with, um, not just nesting sites, but, um, what is
[1:11:46]
the word. Roosting sites? But yeah, just how we can
[1:11:54]
best balance agriculture, recreation and habitat. And I'm wondering
[1:12:04]
if other folks have thoughts about what was sent and
[1:12:09]
how we could possibly go forward on this. Let's go
[1:12:14]
with, um, Joan? Well, my thought is that we shouldn't
[1:12:18]
build any new trails because we don't know how long
[1:12:21]
this particular nest is going to be there. But we
[1:12:24]
shouldn't build any neutrals, especially not through a farmer's field.
[1:12:29]
And also that, um, I feel that the whole thing
[1:12:34]
is sort of like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic
[1:12:38]
because these, these Cotton was are getting older. They're breaking
[1:12:42]
down. These eagles have to move to other places. And
[1:12:45]
I know it takes a long time to grow. Although
[1:12:48]
not as long for Cottonwood, but there should be more
[1:12:51]
of an effort to reestablish Cottonwoods. I know it will
[1:12:55]
take a long time. But we're just, you know, they
[1:12:59]
break down one at a time and maybe it's not
[1:13:02]
appropriate for Cottonwoods anymore, but what we need is like
[1:13:06]
more roosting sites, I would think, roosting and nesting sites.
[1:13:12]
John. I had basically the same question. She did, but
[1:13:19]
the, um. I guess it's questioned for you. When somebody
[1:13:23]
put something on the POSEC website, the public does, um,
[1:13:30]
does somebody besides POSAC look at it? Because if it's
[1:13:34]
not on the agenda, we don't say much except for
[1:13:37]
right here. I would agree that the Eagles should be
[1:13:43]
protected. I don't, I agree with Joan that the, uh,
[1:13:47]
new trail is not appropriate, but closing, you know, cradle
[1:13:51]
board where it hits 104th might be appropriate. But how
[1:13:57]
do we take input from the public? And I guess
[1:14:02]
share it with you guys and get feedback. Is anything
[1:14:05]
being done besides people talking to POSAC. Is that a
[1:14:12]
question for Jason? Queen said for just chasen. Did there
[1:14:18]
make any sense or am I? Yeah, absolutely. So I
[1:14:20]
think what, Oh, this is Jason Suk, uh, director. S
[1:14:25]
opening up there behind you. Good. Yeah. He can jump
[1:14:27]
in on a couple other things too. I think on
[1:14:28]
the, on the overall process, um, I believe we can
[1:14:33]
also see those comments that come in. You know, there,
[1:14:36]
we get a lot of feedback from the community. If
[1:14:39]
the particular things that you want to dive deeper on,
[1:14:41]
you just tell us. And those are things that we
[1:14:43]
consider put on the agenda, discuss in this forum, discuss
[1:14:47]
more formally. So if they're, you know, they, there could
[1:14:49]
be a lot of different things, different topics that come
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up, um, some might peak your interest. Some you might
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want more detailed discussion on. And so I think I'd
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be open to, um, yeah, you just kind of discussing
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what makes sense that you want to speak to a
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little bit more. And if those are things that also
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kind of align with, um, you know, how we can
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strategically see this space, then, you know, we'd be happy
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to say on the process side. Yeah. Cause the thing
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was to Eagles. I mean, they're tree got hit by
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lightning and they moved. Do you used to close the
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cradle board trail during their nesting season. And something like
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that, I think is a great idea. And probably should
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be discussed. Christine Johnson Pozak. So don't get deceived by
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the name of the organization. It's more than just, it's
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more than just eagles. Yeah. It's, there's multiple raptor species
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there. Yeah. I'll chime into Jason Sook again. Um, so
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just to be clear on, on, on this particular issue,
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um, and others that are related to it, um, this
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one were quite aware of. And then touch on regularly
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as well as the Boarda County Commissioners. So that's something
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that's definitely been communicated well. And as on our radar,
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but other things may not be. And that's where, um,
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I think it's helpful. And we can connect, discuss and
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figure out, um, you know, agendas as we, as we
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all collectively see fit. And I think Steffen can better
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answer a couple of things here. Well, I don't know
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if I can answer him better. But, um, no, we're
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well aware, um, so Dana has a research permit non
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funded research permit with us. And, um, you know, part
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of having a non funded research permit is we ask
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for those individuals to provide us a report every year.
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And so we're well aware of the data that Dana
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is collecting there and sharing. Um, you know, it's a
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complicated issue. And I think, you know, John and Joan,
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you know, both brought up really, uh, important pieces for
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us to consider. Um, you know, we would gladly come
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back and, and if post Ac wants us to, to
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have a conversation about our raptor management and how we
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do that. And we can get into all the details,
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um, and so you can see the efforts that we're
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taking to protect raptors in these areas. But again, there's,
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there's a regional trail involved. And the regional trail and
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the active ag lease, um, were there before the eagles
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moved into this location. And so there's a, there's a
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lot of complications. And it does make things make things
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difficult. Um, so we gladly do that. Um, we do
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have really, um, stricter, um, closures than the CPW recommends
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and U. S. fishing wildlife recommend. It's closed. We try
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to keep the area closed from October 15th through July
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31st. And so, um, when we try to keep the,
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and there's nothing to say that the eagle nests would
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move. And then do we build another trail? And then
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the Eagle Nest moves and we build another trail. And
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that's not sustainable and effective either. So, um, but we
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would gladly come back and give a presentation on how
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we manage our raptors. I would love that. I would
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really love it too, because it is something that, um,
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was a concern of mine with a couple of other
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things that have come before us in the last few
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years. And Vicky probably would like that she's into that
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as well. So post sac, anything more on topics not
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related to tonight's presentation. Learn. I have one, um, this
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would be, again, this is also something that came up
[1:18:40]
in the commissioner hearing yesterday. And I thought it might
[1:18:42]
be something that POSAC would like to hear about or
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talk about a little bit more. They brought up the
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acquisition framework and prioritization structure. And I think we keep
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kind of coming up against that when we're going through
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the, like as you all are going through this planning
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process, I'm sure this will come up a lot. But,
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um, I don't know anything about those structures. And I
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think it would, I think it would be really interesting
[1:19:08]
to learn more and sort of understand, um, how we
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decide, um, what parcels to purchase and sort of what's
[1:19:16]
part of the process of acquiring new properties because the
[1:19:21]
stress on the system for maintaining them right now and
[1:19:25]
making management plans for them and all those other things.
[1:19:28]
So, um, that's just something that I'm wondering if anybody
[1:19:32]
else is interested in. Uh, Tray Spaker Posec, our former
[1:19:40]
land acquisitions manager did give us a talk on that,
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but we have so many new Posac members that I
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think would be a good idea to, um, hear that
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again. If the recording, you all just want me to
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watch too. I can do that session. Oh, then yeah,
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let's do it. That would be too easy. And addresses.
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Got it. Okay. Anything else. Okay. Uh, Stefan, thank you.
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And, uh, Jason directors update. Good evening. Jason
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Sook, Director of Parks and Open Space. Speaking of a
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real estate, I was pleased to go on a, on
[1:20:29]
a field trip today, went up to Cowwood, uh, where
[1:20:32]
we've got a conservation easement up there and great to
[1:20:34]
see a property. And, you know, that's the kind of
[1:20:38]
stuff I like more than Gantt charts. Sorry Heidi. But
[1:20:42]
those are, it's wonderful to, uh, yeah, to get a
[1:20:45]
better picture of, you know, not just the acquisitions, but
[1:20:47]
also, you know, their property tools that we have. And,
[1:20:50]
um, learning a bit more about those things. Um, I
[1:20:54]
did want to say again, thanks to, to Heidi and
[1:20:56]
team for the great work on the District Level Planning,
[1:20:58]
not just this presentation, but kind of the process, the
[1:21:01]
thinking through the idea. And, um, you know, the conversations
[1:21:04]
that we've had in work sessions with the board. And
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I think, um, you know, after quickly discussing this concept
[1:21:10]
in the last two meetings here. And then we're, we're
[1:21:13]
very pleased to have presented the concept in a bit
[1:21:15]
more detail. And I really appreciate your feedback, your insight
[1:21:18]
there. And I think, um, you know, the path on
[1:21:20]
the, uh, on the journey forward together, um, I'm looking
[1:21:23]
forward to it. So a few things coming up, it's
[1:21:26]
busy. Uh, we've got the Boulder County Fair that starts
[1:21:30]
on August 5th. We've got a parade on August 1st.
[1:21:34]
And the Rangers are coordinating closely with the sheriff's office
[1:21:36]
to ensure that it's a very safe and welcoming event.
[1:21:39]
And it will be assisting visitors throughout the fair. Uh,
[1:21:41]
youth Cor is in full effect. And actually it's ending
[1:21:45]
pretty soon as well on August 6th. So we've had
[1:21:48]
a lot of key project work, including historic fencing repairs
[1:21:51]
at Walker Ranch, trail work at bald mountain stair rebuilding
[1:21:55]
and drange improvements at Mud Lake and a number of
[1:21:58]
other things. Um, I had the opportunity to meet one
[1:22:01]
of the work groups there at Youth Corps last week.
[1:22:05]
And just a tremendous experience to see kind of youth
[1:22:07]
involved in public service doing hard work. They're a lot
[1:22:11]
stronger than I am. I learned that too. And, um,
[1:22:13]
and just to be outside and, you know, and serving
[1:22:16]
your community, um, I thought was fantastic. And it was
[1:22:19]
a great experience. And I appreciate the work that they're
[1:22:21]
doing for us. World Ranger Day is coming up on
[1:22:24]
July 31st. Our range was to celebrate with a picnic
[1:22:28]
hosted by OSMP and honoring Rangers worldwide. Very excited for
[1:22:32]
that. We've also got the left hand outdoor challenge coming
[1:22:37]
up. We're recruiting students now. And this year's program Themal
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Center on Leadership Purpose and the Role of Outdoor Adventure.
[1:22:44]
What could be better really? Um, I did want to
[1:22:47]
touch on the alternating use discussion. So on June 30th,
[1:22:51]
we presented the results of our survey and the potential
[1:22:54]
alternatives based on the commissioner's request to explore potential alternating
[1:22:58]
use. And the commissioners decided in the end not to
[1:23:02]
choose a pilot activity. And instead of emphasizing continued courteous
[1:23:07]
trail use. And so our department has already started to
[1:23:10]
share the trail campaigns and inflaced rotating A - frame
[1:23:13]
signage on a number of trails, including high RA ranch
[1:23:16]
that talk about good trail etiquette and sharing the trail.
[1:23:21]
Um, speaking of trails, we've got an annu white. Um,
[1:23:24]
the lot of step replacement and trail repairs. Uh, it
[1:23:27]
looks great out there and we're pleased to have those,
[1:23:29]
uh, improvements. And at Caribbean Ranch, the drainage improvements with
[1:23:33]
the teamworks crew. And in fact, the number of different
[1:23:36]
partnerships and crews that were able to tap into, uh,
[1:23:39]
we just kind of appreciate these different, you know, cores
[1:23:42]
and crews and partners and volunteers that, um, really facilitate
[1:23:46]
us to do a lot of work during the high
[1:23:48]
season now. On our trailhead operations, we've regraded it, regrating
[1:23:53]
as completed across all trailheads and access roads. And, um,
[1:23:57]
uh, we also want to note that, um, we've got
[1:24:00]
high visitation these days. Hesse and 4th of July Trailheads
[1:24:03]
are experiencing record use. Our rangers are continuing to patrol,
[1:24:07]
do emergency response, visitor education and restroom ordinary. And, um,
[1:24:11]
they're also doing quite a bit of preventative search and
[1:24:13]
rescue assistance. It's hot out there. And hydration or electrolytes,
[1:24:19]
sunscreen and safety guidance are all part of what we
[1:24:20]
do. But, um, just keep it an eye on folks
[1:24:23]
because it's, um, you know, there's been incidents and it's,
[1:24:26]
it's, uh, it's, uh, yeah, it's warm. And I think,
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uh, I'll stop there. That's enough for you all, but
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it's a, it's a busy time. There's a lot going
[1:24:34]
on. I really appreciate the, uh, you know, the team
[1:24:37]
and all of our different partners as we, um, you
[1:24:40]
know, continue to do work across the county. Thank you,
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Jason. Poseck. Any questions or comments for Jason. Okay. Well,
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thank you. Uh, final topic tonight is, um, an executive
[1:24:56]
session where, um, POSAC will receive, um, legal advice. And,
[1:25:04]
um, we will also at the end of that executive
[1:25:07]
session, we will adjourn from there. So we will not
[1:25:10]
be back in this room. And, um, may we have
[1:25:15]
a motion to enter the executive session. And I understand
[1:25:21]
it's important to use the language provided. So if anybody
[1:25:24]
has that language, would you make a motion. Yeah. This
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is actually, this is Leonna Lara Moore Assistant County attorney.
[1:25:32]
Um, it's important that you use both the statutory language,
[1:25:35]
but I also want to make sure that you provide
[1:25:38]
specific enough reasons for going into executive sessions. So it
[1:25:42]
could be something like I moved that we go into
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Executive session pursuant to CRS 24, six 402 Ford B
[1:25:50]
to discuss legal issues. Making it recommend. National agenda items.
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Um, so I can provide you with that site again,
[1:26:02]
as it would be helpful, but again, that second part
[1:26:04]
of it is important. We're going into executive session to
[1:26:07]
discuss legal issues related to making a recommendation or taking
[1:26:12]
a poll on information. Okay. Okay. We're prepping Carol. Okay.
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Okay. Oh, okay. I move. That Pozak go into executive
[1:26:26]
session pursuant to CRS 24 - 6 - 4024B for
[1:26:32]
the purpose of receiving legal advice concerning whether POSAC can
[1:26:38]
raise questions and topics directly to Boulder County Commissioners. And
[1:26:44]
whether we can offer advice, even if it's not solicited.
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Period. About the subcommittees. Okay. Thank you. So we have
[1:26:54]
a motion. Do we have a second. We have a
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second. So all those in favor. Aye. Opposed. None. Okay.
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Well, we will, uh, move over to, um, separate conference
[1:27:08]
room for our Executive session. And Trace formally adjourn the
[1:27:15]
Pozac meeting now. Um, we don't, we won't technically adjourn
[1:27:19]
it from the executive session. So I would just make
[1:27:21]
it clear that the POSAC meeting is, is thank you
[1:27:29]
staff and members of the public, we are adjourned.