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Lindsay Boyer told the committee that the department is advancing the Buzzy’s Ranch water-rights acquisition and that two pieces of due diligence — a water report and a water study — must be completed before further acquisition steps such as appraisal are authorized. The water report, Boyer said, is expected to be completed in the near term; the water study requires field work during the irrigation season (April 1–October) to quantify the acreage to which water would be applied and to determine volumes needed.

Boyer also described ongoing work to finalize a conservation easement for Oldwoods Ranch with Nevada Land Trust. Staff plan to return the draft easement to the committee and later to the Board of Supervisors for approval of both the easement and any required matching funds.

On monitoring, staff described routine programs including migratory-bird monitoring along the Carson River, monitoring of the Horse Creek Ranch conservation easement, architectural monitoring at Silver Saddle Ranch and an OHV-area report. New monitoring products include a Coontz-area restoration monitoring report and efforts to better track cottonwood-protection work tied to beaver activity.

On the Carson Valley monkeyflower (a plant of local concern), Boyer said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has requested more information after an initial petition; there has been no formal federal listing to date and the species remains under review.

Public comment raised concerns about Russian olive removal in some locations and encouraged broader incorporation of Washoe history and language into interpretive signage along open-space trails and at interpretive panels.

No formal vote was required on acquisitions or monitoring updates; staff will return with draft easement language and with water-study deliverables when available.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Carson City - Open Space Advisory Committee - Feb 18, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Open space staff described due-diligence steps and monitoring plans for Buzzy’s Ranch water-rights acquisition, an Oldwoods Ranch conservation easement and other resource-monitoring efforts.","taxTitle","Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada","taxId",4609,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6686469,"City staff outline progress on Prison Hill, Riverview and Carson River Trail rebranding; SNPLMA grants cited",458,4866000,5324000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2341334-0e9ff164a728c293264d20b96c52771d&start=4866&end=5324","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2341334-0e9ff164a728c293264d20b96c52771d/thumbnail_4866000.jpg","/articles/6686469/Carson-City/Ormsby-County/Nevada/City-staff-outline-progress-on-Prison-Hill-Riverview-and-Carson-River-Trail-rebranding-SNPLMA-grants-cited","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6686469-d41510bf220cf2fbafebfe26d857d45d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771176066&Signature=J3cMC4dxfoGju8dd2xfT4VyMsomQjLk6P6VY6gm425CxS23~QIT1f1jwoTcNgUTwsKE7D6Kh5xivxvlgjQ79H~oOHb5rzRhQpahNsDSM-v2yGNKVPUJ3uQbBukOUGBg2Q2SNegF5dwIhQKgSDXkCt0hQA0CnPVzyj8LSQo8dCkY8AC~X-QpfDrnbIM2RDf13S4PcaVcIrjOj8W0-I7cJ2YW4HuASHSSxzoL6dzq14MR3Ci1ktBBg086FqIJm5rrojnDfb043MgOnirB1QUrd-9tejuntDs0aLlEmUDvxtSmt8F60vMG3S1WKngVXfEGNES5ZxAPNHPoddCpQp84R7w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Carson City staff updated the Open Space Advisory Committee on multiple trail projects and maintenance activities that will continue into fiscal year 2026.

Greg Berger, the city’s trails coordinator, summarized work on Prison Hill West — a project funded through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). Berger said construction is underway and that trail-building is expected to continue this spring, with a grand-opening event planned for June 14. “That project…about a 2.5-mile accessible trail…at least a third of that trail has been completed now, and the feedback we're getting so far has been very good,” Berger said.

Berger also described the Riverview Trailhead project, another SNPLMA-funded effort. He said the city recently completed required cultural clearances (Section 106) with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and is now preparing to select a design and engineering consultant; construction was slated for the following year after design. A separate recreational-trails grant is funding Carson River Trail repairs and a rebranding of several segments between Morgan Mill and the Mexican Dam; staff plan new interpretive panels, cohesive signage and wayfinding maps for the unified “Carson River Trail.”

Staff highlighted on-the-ground restoration work, including vertical mulching and reseeding at several disturbed parcels on Prison Hill and at other sites. Berger described volunteer and partner contributions; staff photo documentation in the packet showed before-and-after results where scarification, vertical mulching and native-seed applications reduced the visual footprint of informal social roads.

Committee members and staff discussed access points and how some neighborhood spurs would be retained for local access (for example, Bennett access) without becoming formal trailheads with parking. Berger emphasized a mix of decommissioning redundant roads, converting other old roads to single-track trails and formalizing popular neighborhood access points.

No formal committee vote was required for the update; staff will return with design and procurement milestones as projects advance.","Carson City's trails coordinator and open space staff updated the advisory committee on ongoing trail construction at Prison Hill West, the Riverview Trailhead design schedule and a rebranding and signage project for the Carson River Trail. Volunteers and nonprofit groups supported recent revegetation and vertical-mulching work.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6686473,"Open Space committee recommends FY2026 budget to Board; explains funding sources and undesignated account",903,3823000,4726000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2341334-0e9ff164a728c293264d20b96c52771d&start=3823&end=4726","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2341334-0e9ff164a728c293264d20b96c52771d/thumbnail_3823000.jpg","/articles/6686473/Carson-City/Ormsby-County/Nevada/Open-Space-committee-recommends-FY2026-budget-to-Board-explains-funding-sources-and-undesignated-account","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6686473-7c39bd9c995c684af8f08314ad59e3ed/orig.mp4?Expires=1771176066&Signature=Z-FbC7wo2gEeKnvxLwKywAMlW1vXkeo-9hBgYO9V9H8wcobvawupJ2pzfLvirTjqx8Lf0yFLqQmAyvQwfmjieXPkQ0ZGWuR0sC1bCC87Kofly5mj8LBIc32Td0VqJKzY6sXRLeg6FhcdUJBuhKJE7Ew6vVA1QKTKaBvnORSkSC4mszK-YsznrhsHRCft23fpamb4jgsn6YnPsvhYPm1sDnDHYhjKux8pO7E3tWue3A83se1kn86t~Du5V59l52ZE2pfVm2nNO8TtXUfJrkX6qlavTJaj2KzdYNRgOD3p-8JqGMJ0IwX0CdZi6LdpupTyQPbxYuHRhAvijvWiZK0bEA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Carson City Open Space Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend the draft fiscal-year 2026 open space budget to the Board of Supervisors.

Lindsay Boyer, open space manager, provided a budget overview that tied the draft FY2026 spending plan to the previously approved “Question 18” quality-of-life sales tax. “We are funded by the quality of life, sales tax initiative, question 18,” Boyer said, explaining the split: open space receives 40 percent, parks capital 40 percent and parks maintenance 20 percent of that revenue stream.

Boyer described how unspent quality-of-life funds roll into an undesignated account that the city treats as a savings or match fund for future acquisitions and capital projects. Jennifer Budge, parks and recreation director, clarified the limits on that account: “That undesignated account, we can't spend out of that directly ever. We actually have to go through a process through the internal finance committee or to the board of supervisors to ask to be able to spend that money directly. But I look at that like Lindsay does is kind of our savings account.”

The draft budget includes allocations for staff positions (some shared across Parks & Recreation), maintenance and professional services, seasonal staffing, equipment replacement (including a proposed replacement for a tool-cat maintenance vehicle), and capital-improvement project funding drawn from the undesignated account when needed. Boyer said larger capital requests — for example, roof work at Silver Saddle Ranch — would be programmed as capital-improvement projects and would draw on those savings or grant matches.

Committee members asked detailed questions about budget variances, grant dependencies and the process for moving funds within the open-space budget; Budge and Boyer described the augmentation and departmental procedures for reallocating line items and obtaining approvals for larger expenditures. Several members expressed concern about federal grant stability and asked staff to monitor grant agreements closely.

Following discussion, a motion to recommend the FY2026 open space budget to the Board of Supervisors passed unanimously.

The recommendation will be transmitted to the Board of Supervisors as part of the city’s wider tentative budget process.","After a staff presentation, the Open Space Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend the draft fiscal-year 2026 open space budget to the Carson City Board of Supervisors. Staff outlined the Question 18 sales-tax funding split, existing grant-backed projects and the city’s undesignated open-space savings account.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6686480,"Carson City open space panel adopts FY2026 work plan with focus on water rights, trails and habitat projects",2373,794000,3167000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2341334-0e9ff164a728c293264d20b96c52771d&start=794&end=3167","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2341334-0e9ff164a728c293264d20b96c52771d/thumbnail_794000.jpg","/articles/6686480/Carson-City/Ormsby-County/Nevada/Carson-City-open-space-panel-adopts-FY2026-work-plan-with-focus-on-water-rights-trails-and-habitat-projects","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6686480-4a2c82f968c943b7e97d80a9ccfb242c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771176066&Signature=RlAAJm77sYHv32PBl68Jitg-vDOb8rcWPa3dBJl0xsMHH1ZY~JplukgBhCwk-JKmXP~VJUQQi~hj2RAVp1iF9SjLnL8NU9aSoN5b5IBTaNbzI3qyy8PiZZvNLqmzCyhMpMZT9swm3XOlNwwzWQv121WDw8yxiY73g-Jg6oqzHJMBPbmIh9WEIq~IqZsXuJREqeUQIHDDNSZswhxN0B9PobnGe-VEP9NxO7I5NOmMjqMEenvctPkEi5fhYUd3yTqbLKG6Q91P-NcTil0GjBHHZped607ijAA2g5zh-AhuVocJYNn3IZv-VZ6lEf8xQmhB7u24poW2x8CJPtRSiuxlNg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Carson City Open Space Advisory Committee on Tuesday approved the department's draft work plan for fiscal year 2026, covering July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

The plan lays out capital projects, land-acquisition steps and management activities across the city’s open-space holdings. Lindsay Boyer, the city’s open space manager, told the committee the work plan prioritizes completing a water study and a water report for the Buzzy’s Ranch water-rights acquisition before authorizing an appraisal or further acquisition steps. “This item before you is the draft work plan for fiscal year 26, which would start 07/01/2025 and go through 06/30/2026,” Boyer said during the presentation.

Committee members heard a line-by-line summary of capital-improvement projects and ongoing management items. Major capital items named in the plan include completion of the Prison Hill West trail construction (a Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act-funded project), a Riverview Trailhead design phase expected to follow a notice to proceed from SNPLMA, and building-envelope and plumbing evaluations at Silver Saddle Ranch in coordination with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). Boyer noted routine but substantive management work such as noxious-weed abatement in the Carson River corridor, continued fuel-reduction grazing with sheep (entering its nineteenth year), and expanded volunteer and education programming such as the Carson City Trails Challenge and a city nature “BioBlitz.”

Boyer also described planned restoration measures where erosion has been observed along riverbanks and the department’s interest in noninvasive stabilization techniques such as willow-pole planting. The work plan states the water study must be completed during the irrigation season — April 1 through October — and Boyer said the study would be performed in that window.

Members asked about partnering with the Parks and Recreation Foundation and about grant dependencies. Boyer and Parks and Recreation Director Jennifer Budge said several grant-funded projects already have agreements in place; Budge noted the city’s grant funding and federal partners are subject to broader funding risks. Public comment included residents urging caution on Russian olive removal and encouraging more signage and cultural interpretation of Washoe history in open-space signage.

After discussion, a motion to adopt the FY2026 open space work plan passed unanimously.

The committee approved the plan as presented; next steps in the work plan include completing due diligence for the Buzzy’s Ranch water-rights acquisition, continuing construction and grand-opening preparations for the Prison Hill West trail, starting the design phase for the Riverview Trailhead, and ongoing monitoring and restoration projects across Silver Saddle Ranch and the river corridor.

A copy of the adopted work plan will be available through the Parks and Recreation Open Space Department and the committee’s packet materials.","The Carson City Open Space Advisory Committee voted unanimously to approve the draft open space work plan for fiscal year 2026, directing staff to advance water-rights due diligence at Buzzy’s Ranch and continue trail, restoration and volunteer programs across city-managed open space.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6686462,"Open Space Advisory Committee elects officers; approves minutes with abstentions",522,352000,874000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2341334-0e9ff164a728c293264d20b96c52771d&start=352&end=874","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2341334-0e9ff164a728c293264d20b96c52771d/thumbnail_352000.jpg","/articles/6686462/Carson-City/Ormsby-County/Nevada/Open-Space-Advisory-Committee-elects-officers-approves-minutes-with-abstentions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6686462-5bf7fd64b3f3d1fc4aef1c0f09da86db/orig.mp4?Expires=1771176066&Signature=oYTL8E40kjnbnvvdjkf5ccBZ3CJkd2Ykqt6X327fVPrBQInVfIE1HBkIrsWYRql9Jev-pwa8hJotKvncDm1KMvBSrmAyk9G1WQBuoVDi9~Vsvwlwf1pBPXTOzMojy9UKlfbEAsxrUEPx4R2ylm~BojOI4dF6-uW8FdJJxQGtZQCzVucY7CV8HvRPX5dsvkx~IGp4TkZeu6StcYz6tfEDGKkHV4aZA4ncjWyikgIagOq3LSR9k9wiX-xgK9s5qahbMdxWcw506OKzk~LepWIopO5S0EH1N9aIBBkQPipLg2AN9uQ8qHJqvUC~n43oiVVVGlES8oZsb8z4JlaEeucCxQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the start of the meeting the Carson City Open Space Advisory Committee completed roll call and moved through procedural business that included election of officers and approval of prior minutes.

Mark Kimbrough was nominated and approved to serve another term as chair. Committee members also nominated and approved Aaron as vice chair. The nominations and votes were procedural and passed without recorded opposition.

The committee then considered approval of minutes from its Dec. 16, 2022 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made and seconded; the vote passed with two members recorded as abstaining.

The committee then proceeded to the remainder of the agenda, including the FY2026 work plan and budget items.","Committee re-elected Mark Kimbrough as chair and selected Aaron as vice chair, then approved past meeting minutes with two abstentions. The committee held roll call and introductions for new members before proceeding to substantive agenda items.","actionData","errors"]

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