2021-11-15T12:09:03-06:00 2020-12-31 203746583 TAYLOR ROTH AND COMPANY 800 GRANT ST STE 205 DENVER CO 802032944 990 2020-01-01 202762282 BOULDER COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FOUNDATION BOUL 3036786276 PO BOX 227 HYGIENE CO 80533 THERESE GLOWACKI PRESIDENT 3036786276 2021-11-15 true THERESE GLOWACKI 999009999 KEN ROTH P01389203 3038308109 2021-11-15 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z THERESE GLOWACKI PO BOX 227 HYGIENE CO 80533 123163 false X WWW.PRESERVEBOULDERCOUNTY.ORG X 2006 CO THE PARKS & OPEN SPACE FOUNDATION STRENGTHENS THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE BOULDER COUNTY PARKS & OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT BY RAISING PRIVATE FUNDS, SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE PROJECTS, FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS AND INCREASING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. 6 6 0 0 54246 109633 0 132338 13530 640 0 187224 123163 108412 0 835 0 0 2538 56642 7331 57477 115743 129747 7420 1875805 1889057 0 1875805 1889057 X THE PARKS & OPEN SPACE FOUNDATION STRENGTHENS THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE BOULDER COUNTY PARKS & OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT BY RAISING PRIVATE FUNDS, SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE PROJECTS, FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS AND INCREASING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. false false 108412 108412 THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROJECTS ON AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARKS AND OPEN SPACE STAFF AND INTERESTED PARTNERS: 1)COMPETED A WETLAND SURVEY COVERING 30 PROPERTIES AND OVER 5600 ACRES OF WETLANDS. THE ASSESSMENT INCLUDES WETLAND ECOLOGICAL SCORES, WETLAND ACRES BY VARIOUS METRICS, WETLANDS OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE PER FUNCTION OR VEGETATIVE DIVERSITY, MOST COMMONLY NOTED PLANT SPECIES AND NOXIOUS WEEDS, ANY RARE AND TRACKED PLANT SPECIES, AS WELL AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN WETLAND ACREAGE FROM PREVIOUS MAPPING. THREATS AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. FINALLY, FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT INDICES FOR INDIVIDUAL WETLANDS ARE RANKED AND LISTED. 2)PURCHASED A PORTABLE SAWMILL THAT ALLOWS POS STAFF TO USE WOOD FROM TREES CUT FOR FOREST HEALTH AND FIRE MITIGATION ON COUNTY OPEN SPACE TO BE USED FOR POS AMENITIES AND BUILDINGS, LIKE FENCING, KIOSKS, AND HISTORIC STRUCTURES. 3)FUNDED BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR SCHOOL GROUPS TO VISIT VARIOUS OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES TO HAVE EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS COVERING THE ECOLOGY OF BOULDER COUNTY AND THE HISTORY OF EARLY SETTLEMENT. 4)SUPPORTED FOR A BROAD SCALE CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT ON SOIL HEALTH THAT INCLUDES FARMERS THAT LEASE COUNTY OPEN SPACE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES. THIS INFORMATION IS HELPING FARMERS BETTER MANAGE THEIR SOIL FOR WATER RETENTION, CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT, AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN SOILS. 5)PARTNERED WITH OCEAN'S FIRST, THE ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND INNOVATION CENTER, COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE, AND OTHERS, TO RAISE AND THEN REINTRODUCE THE STATE THREATENED RED BELLY DACE FISH TO ITS NATURAL HABITAT IN PONDS ALONG THE ST. VRAIN RIVER AND ON COUNTY OPEN SPACE. THIS PROJECT RECENTLY WON SEVERAL AWARDS INCLUDING A BLUE GRAMMA AWARD FROM THE COLORADO OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE, AND THE ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SUPERINTENDENT'S AWARD. 108412 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false X SANDRA DUFF 3036786264 PO BOX 227 HYGIENE CO 80533 X THERESE GLOWACKI PRESIDENT 1.00 40.00 X X 0 0 0 SANDRA DUFF TREASURER 5.00 40.00 X X 0 0 0 KATE KRAMER SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MELANIE JULIAN MUCKLE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARY MCQUISTON BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUSTIN ATHERTON-WOOD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 40.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 109633 10313 109633 13530 13530 123163 13530 107412 107412 1000 1000 1065 1065 330 330 4509 2301 2208 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE 937 937 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 490 490 115743 108412 4793 2538 911945 897534 963860 975378 16145 1875805 1889057 0 0 X 1575805 1889057 300000 1875805 1889057 1875805 1889057 7420 5832 X false false false X X X 1 BOULDER COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE 846000748 6 true 92500 0 1 92500 0 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false PART IV, SECTION C, LINE 1 AT LEAST ONE-THIRD OF TRUSTEES SHALL BE EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES WHO ARE EMPLOYEES, MANAGERS OR THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOULDER COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT AND SHALL BE NOMINATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF BOULDER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AN ADDITIONAL AT LEAST ONE- THIRD OF THE TRUSTEES SHALL BE EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES WHO ARE CURRENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF EITHER THE BOULDER COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ("POSAC") OR THE BOULDER COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD ("HPAB") AND ARE APPOINTED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE BOARD OF BOULDER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS UPON THE ADVICE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POSAC OR HPAB. THE REMAINING TRUSTEES SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UPON CRITERIA SET FORTH BY THE TRUSTEES. THIS ENSURES THAT CONTROL OF THE ORGANIZATION WILL REST WITH THE BOULDER COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true BOULDER COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE 5201 ST VRAIN ROAD LONGMONT CO 80503 846000748 GOV 92500 OPEN SPACE PROJECTS OCEAN FIRST INSTITUTE 3015 BLUFF STREET BOULDER CO 80301 471716881 501C3 8702 ENVIRONMENT RESTORE 2 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE PARKS & OPEN SPACE FOUNDATION STRENGTHENS THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE BOULDER COUNTY PARKS & OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT BY RAISING PRIVATE FUNDS, SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE PROJECTS, FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS AND INCREASING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROJECTS ON AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARKS AND OPEN SPACE STAFF AND INTERESTED PARTNERS: 1)COMPETED A WETLAND SURVEY COVERING 30 PROPERTIES AND OVER 5600 ACRES OF WETLANDS. THE ASSESSMENT INCLUDES WETLAND ECOLOGICAL SCORES, WETLAND ACRES BY VARIOUS METRICS, WETLANDS OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE PER FUNCTION OR VEGETATIVE DIVERSITY, MOST COMMONLY NOTED PLANT SPECIES AND NOXIOUS WEEDS, ANY RARE AND TRACKED PLANT SPECIES, AS WELL AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN WETLAND ACREAGE FROM PREVIOUS MAPPING. THREATS AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. FINALLY, FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT INDICES FOR INDIVIDUAL WETLANDS ARE RANKED AND LISTED. 2)PURCHASED A PORTABLE SAWMILL THAT ALLOWS POS STAFF TO USE WOOD FROM TREES CUT FOR FOREST HEALTH AND FIRE MITIGATION ON COUNTY OPEN SPACE TO BE USED FOR POS AMENITIES AND BUILDINGS, LIKE FENCING, KIOSKS, AND HISTORIC STRUCTURES. 3)FUNDED BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR SCHOOL GROUPS TO VISIT VARIOUS OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES TO HAVE EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS COVERING THE ECOLOGY OF BOULDER COUNTY AND THE HISTORY OF EARLY SETTLEMENT. 4)SUPPORTED FOR A BROAD SCALE CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT ON SOIL HEALTH THAT INCLUDES FARMERS THAT LEASE COUNTY OPEN SPACE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES. THIS INFORMATION IS HELPING FARMERS BETTER MANAGE THEIR SOIL FOR WATER RETENTION, CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT, AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN SOILS. 5)PARTNERED WITH OCEAN'S FIRST, THE ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND INNOVATION CENTER, COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE, AND OTHERS, TO RAISE AND THEN REINTRODUCE THE STATE THREATENED RED BELLY DACE FISH TO ITS NATURAL HABITAT IN PONDS ALONG THE ST. VRAIN RIVER AND ON COUNTY OPEN SPACE. THIS PROJECT RECENTLY WON SEVERAL AWARDS INCLUDING A BLUE GRAMMA AWARD FROM THE COLORADO OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE, AND THE ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SUPERINTENDENT'S AWARD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FULL BOARD REVIEWED THE 990 PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING AND FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.