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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAir Quality Advisory Board - Minutes - 01/24/2022 AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD TYPE OF MEETING – REGULAR Monday, January 24, 2022, 5:30 – 8:00 pm via Zoom 1/24/22 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER 5:30pm 2. ROLL CALL • List of Board Members Present − Karen Artell- chair − Wayne Chuang − Jason Miller − Greg Boiarsky − Mark Houdashelt − Dan Welsh • List of Board Members Absent − Greg Clark • List of Staff Members Present − Cassie Archuleta, Staff Liaison − Selina Lujan De Albers, Lead AQ Specialist − Jason Komes, Senior AQ Specialist − Megan DeMasters, Senior AQ Specialist • List of Guests − Matt Tribby 3. AGENDA REVIEW 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Karen moved and Jason seconded a motion to approve the November AQAB minutes as amended. Motion passed 5-0-1. 6. PREVIOUS BUSINESS a. Monitoring Plan Updates O City of Fort Collins is leading an application for an EPA grant, in partnership with AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD TYPE OF MEETING – REGULAR 1/24/22 – MINUTES Page 2 Larimer County, CDPHE, CSU and others. This will involve engagement with community groups. The Board discussed interest in participating in an initial community outreach conversation, which is scheduled for February 3. Wayne, Dan, Mark and Karen expressed interest in attending.  Staff follow up: Cassie will send an invite for the community discussion. O Cassie is going to provide testimony in an oil and gas rulemaking, related to the ability of local jurisdictions to inform decisions regarding the useful life of wells. She will provide an update regarding this rulemaking at the February meeting. O The City is working with partners on a project called “AQEarth,” which focuses on getting air quality monitoring equipment at schools. It is expected to be a 3-year program, and the City is helping to facilitate initial conversations with PSD representatives. Staff will provide updates to the Board as this study progresses. o A question was posed about making low-cost quality filters with box fans and furnace filters (CR boxes). A video is currently on the Healthy Homes website with construction instructions. Selina offered this as a potential neighborhood engagement project. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Introductions of new members − The Board did introductions with two new members of the AQAB. New members in 2022 are: o Greg Boiarsky, who brings a background in social science, including an emphasis on communication. o Mark Houdashelt, who has served on the AQAB previously as both a member and Chair. b. 2021 Annual Report − The board briefly reviewed items in the 2021 annual report. − Karen moved and Jason seconded a motion to approve the Annual report. Motion passed 5-0-1. c. Air Quality Overview − Cassie Archuleta presented an overview regarding the Air Quality Program at the City, including new 2022 work plan items. Focus areas include: o Air Quality Monitoring and Messaging AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD TYPE OF MEETING – REGULAR 1/24/22 – MINUTES Page 3 o Source Controls, including oil and gas, transportation and non-road engine strategies o Resilience planning, especially as related to wildfire events − Discussion o Suggested adding talking points about long range transport of ultrafine particles from wildfire smoke, different health outcomes and messaging opportunities. o Suggested policy exploration regarding declaring no-burn days and more proactive seasonal fire bans. o A lot of programs seem to require people to do things (push programs), maybe need more ways to bring people to the programs (pull programs). Use of signs are good as reminders, but maybe not effective for behavior change. o How can the air quality program create a community ethos, to change social opinion and create new social norms? o Needs more emphasis on health impacts and implications of poor air quality. Add more focus on what Council can influence. 8. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS a. Dan mentioned Air Quality Awareness Week (May 2-6) with overall theme of “Be air aware and prepare.” Regional partners may look for alignment on promotion and messaging. Also, the APCD has a new Director, Michael Ogletree. b. Wayne mentioned the reclassification of ozone non-attainment categories, and RAQC is discussing updated strategies to implement. Will include focus of on-road sector on indirect sources, e.g., places like warehouses with heavy truck traffic. Looking for accounting inventories to help locate possible opportunities. Updated SIP chapters will be reviewed this summer, with draft to APCD in late 2022. c. Mark and Karen attended a CPDHE non-attainment planning listening session (February 2). There was a lot of background on ozone with data summaries showing O&G as primary contributor to Fort Collins monitor. 9. OTHER BUSINESS a. Planning calendar − February – Oil and gas monitoring, and discussion regarding support for EPA grant application AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD TYPE OF MEETING – REGULAR 1/24/22 – MINUTES Page 4 − March - Climate inventory update, Active Models Plan 10. ADJOURNMENT − The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm.