AGENDA

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.,

Natural Resources Administrative Offices (formerly known as the Bison Visitor Center),

1800 S. County Road 31, Loveland, CO

Please call Deb at 679-4567 if you are unable to attend this meeting.  Votes require a quorum.  Thanks!

5:30     REGULAR MEETING OPENING – 5 minutes

Meeting called to order by Chair

            Approve minutes of last meeting

            Review Agenda and enclosures

5:35     BOARD MEMBER REPORTS – if any

5:40     PUBLIC COMMENT: Items not on the agenda

5:45     GENERAL INFORMATION:  (Questions – 5 min.)

§  Natural Resource Events for this month: See website http://www.larimer.org/naturalresources.

• The Visual Artist of the Year for 2012, was selected:  Photographer David Clack of Illustrated Light Gallery in Fort Collins. 
• The Plug in to Nature GOCO project study made its debut on 3/7.  About 70 community members attended. 
• The Poudre River Corridor and Regional Trail partnership grant application was submitted to GOCO on 3/16.  Staff and partners completed the site visit on 3/31,and the presentation components of GOCO’s River Corridor Initiatives RFP on 4/9.  Total project cost is $10.7 million, requesting $6.5 million from GOCO.  If funded at 100%, Larimer County will receive about $877,000 from GOCO, matching with about $560,500.

§   An open house will be held at Hermit Park Open Space on May 4 from 5pm-8pm to review the draft implementation plan for limited hunting at this site.  All neighbors within a 1-mile radius have been invited.  All other interested parties are also welcome to attend.  The draft plan can be found at http://larimer.org/naturalresources/hermit_hunting_mgmt_plan.pdf  

• The Colorado Open Space Alliance (COSA) annual conference will be in Steamboat on September 17-19.  Board members are encouraged to attend.

PRESENTATIONS - None

            DISCUSSION ITEMS - None

5:50     ACTION ITEMS

• Annual Park Permit Redesign – Dan Rieves, Visitor Services Manager (1 hour)

Dan will provide numbers on permits sold by type, and a list of priority decisions to be made.  Staff will offer a recommendation on actions to be taken.

6:50     BREAK

7:00     STANDING AGENDA ITEMS:

§   Park District updates and Parks Master Plan Implementation Progress report – Dan Rieves, Visitor Services Manager (20 minutes)

7:20     DIRECTOR’S REPORT (10 minutes)

7:30     MEETING ADJOURN