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MEMORANDUM
TO: Pazks and Recreahon Advisory Boazd
FROM: Jan Geden, CPRP, Director of Pazks and Recreahon
Sarah DeSouza, Assistant to the Duector
SUBJECT: Follow-up to quesrions razsed by the Board at the Apn122nd meehng
DATE: May 1Q 2002
At the Apnl 22 meehng, a member of the Boazd raised the followmg queshon/issue:
1. At the April 22°d meeting, Hoge requested an update on the Valmont City Park wildlife
study conducted by Steve Jones.
Staff Response:
Entire Valmont City Park Property
'""" _„~Staff is requestrng expenenced buders through the Boulder County Nature Associahon and
` Audubon Society to conduct the three recommended breedmg bird counts in May, June and July
of 2002
North Valmont
Staff and volunteers have planted a wildhfe corndor of approximately 35 native trees and 125
nahve shrubs along the eastern boundary Tlus comdor extends mto the eastern porhons of the
southernmost ditch Staff is reseazchmg methods and strategies to replace the smooth brome
meadow w~th naUve grasses.
South Valmont
Staff has removed the chazn hnk fence that obstructed the eastern boundazy wildlife comdor, and
planted approximately 95 nahve trees and 400 nat~ve shrubs after workmg with Pubhc Works to
reduce the size of the debns pile m the SE corner. Staff has planned and contracted for a praine
dog bamer to extend from the exisUng bamer in a SE direction to help contain the prazne dogs.
Phase I plan6ng mcludes nat~ve trees, shrubs and grasses along the Wonderland Creek Comdor.
Staff is planring some nahve shrubs along the northern edge of the knoll.
Most of the other recommendahons are dependent on further development direct~on for the
overall pazksite and are planned for completion m the future
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