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Erie OSTAB approves routine business, plans outreach and enters executive session on property negotiations
Summary
The Open Space and Trails Advisory Board approved the agenda and previous minutes, discussed staffing booths at the town fair and volunteer programs, reminded members to reapply for expiring terms, and closed to executive session to discuss real-property acquisition strategy under statutory authority.
The Open Space and Trails Advisory Board approved its meeting agenda and the previous meeting minutes and handled routine business before turning to events, volunteer coordination and a statutory executive session.
The board voted to approve the agenda and to accept the minutes from its prior meeting; Dave Tasnick volunteered to take minutes for the current meeting. Board members discussed outreach plans including staffing a booth at the town fair on May 16 and distributing trail maps, and they noted upcoming observances including Arbor Day (last Saturday in April) and National Trails Day in early June.
Staff said a new recreation supervisor will lead a formalized volunteer program, replacing an informal sign-up system, and encouraged members and residents to sign up. The advisory board was also reminded that members with terms expiring in 2026 must reapply by Feb. 27, 2026; advisory boards will review applications in March and council appointments will occur on April 28, with new or returning members seated in May.
Before adjourning the regular meeting, the board moved into executive session to discuss positions and strategy on the acquisition, lease, transfer or sale of real property and negotiations. The chair read the statutory authority into the record (the transcript cites CRS statutory sections), and the board entered executive session to address property-acquisition matters.
The regular meeting adjourned after the executive-session roll-in; no formal public action on the pre-application occurred in executive session. The board will reconvene as necessary and will circulate a draft recommendation letter opposing the pre-application to town council if the applicant files a formal application.
