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Natural Resources Advisory Board
REGULAR MEETING — February 15, 2023
Location: Fort Collins City Hall, 300 Laporte Ave.
Or via Zoom: https://fcgov.zoom.us/i/94115567733
6:00 CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
1. AGENDA REVIEW
2. COMMUNITY MEMBER PARTICIPATION
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — JANUARY
4. NEW BUSINESS
6:05— 6:50 Waste Hauler Contracting
Kira Beckham (Lead Specialist for Waste Reduction & Recycling) will provide an update on the
Single Family Trash, Recycling, and Compost Contracting project. Staff is seeking board support for
the staff recommendation and will include an updated timeline and milestones, an overview of the
draft contract and key program elements, including frequency of recycling pickup. (Action)
6:50 — 7:30 Urban Forest Strategy and Policy
Carrie Tomlinson and Freddie Haberecht (Sr. Forestry Specialists) will share an update on urban
forestry strategy and policy as it relates to council priorities. This information was presented at the
January 24 City Council Work Session. Staff will be seeking additional feedback from the NRAB in
Q3 2023 (prior to going to Council for adoption), with more specific Land Use Code updates related
to tree preservation and protection. (Discussion)
7:30 — 7:45 Board Elections
Designate NRAB Chair, Co-chair, and liaison to the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) (Action)
5. OTHER BUSINESS / UPDATES
• 2023 In-person meetings
• Board Member Reports
• Six Month Calendar Review https.//www.fc.gov.com/cityc/erk/p/anninp-ca/endar.php
• Revisit action items from previous meetings & preview of next meeting
City Websites with Updates:
• Natural Resources Advisory Board webpage: https://www.fcgov.comlcityclerk/natural-resources.php
• Our Climate Future: https://ourcity.fcgov.com/0urclimatefuture
6. ADJOURN
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Via Zoom
CALL TO ORDER
6:02pm
ROLL CALL
• List of Board Members Present—
Dawson Metcalf (Chair)
Danielle Buttke
Drew Derderian
Matt Zoccali
Barry Noon
Kelly Stewart
Lisa Andrews
David Bryan
• List of Board Members Absent — Excused or Unexcused if no contact with Chair
has been made.
Kevin Krause (Vice Chair)
• List of Staff Members Present
Honore Depew, Staff Liaison
Davina Lau, Board & Commission Coordinator
Richard Thorp, Lead Specialist
Jared Heath, Senior Specialist
Jill Oropeza, Director
• List of Guests
1. AGENDA REVIEW
2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
a. None
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — DECEMBER
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a. Dawson moved and Drew seconded a motion to approve the December minutes.
Motion passed unanimously. 8-0
4. NEW BUSINESS
a. CO Open Meeting Law Review — Davina Lau (Board & Commission Coordinator)
provided a refresher on the Colorado Open Meetings Law that governs
communication for advisory boards, such as NRAB. (Discussion)
Discussion I Q + A
— Honore — Q— Because this body isn't really a decision-making body, I am not
aware of circumstances where the executive session would be used but good
to keep in mind. I think the way that it has come up in this group is that as the
statute is written refers directly to email and text communication and yet a
really convenient way to make edits to shared documents is Google Docs.
Not that you are a lawyer but what suggestions do you have towards how you
share documents? Davina — A— I would say if you are passing it back and
forth between two of you, that is fine. It is when you pass it along to a third
person it gets a little iffy, if you are discussing logistics. If you are discussing
a meeting time, that is not an issue, it is when you are talking about Board
business. I just answered a question about the annual report, the Board
couldn't meet in person, so the staff liaison was wondering if they could
approve it through email. What I told her was if you just send it out and say if
you have a disagreement email me, otherwise if I don't hear from you, I am
assuming it is an affirmative that you approve it.
Matt — Q — Just following up on that, take the 1041 memo we are looking at
this evening. The Group had access to that to provide input, feedback,
comments, and edits as a group which was beneficial for efficiency and
communication. Is that crossing some line? Can those memos be shared in
draft form before the Board is ready to say this is public and it is saying what
we want it to say. Davina —A — Yeah that is tricky. The Open Meetings Law
was approved pre-pandemic. We couldn't have predicted this. I personally
don't see an issue with that if no action is taken on these items, but from my
reading of the law, consecutive emails and messages on an item is still
considered a violation. My suggestion would be if someone makes an edit
pass it along to one or two members to then pass it along. I know that is a
pain but until we can get future clarification...
— Dawson — Q — Can I ask a question regarding that edit piece because we do
bring the document in live in these scenarios, so people know publicly
documented changes we are making to the document and because of
Google Docs ability to track all the different changes and everything when it
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comes that public document that is then provided on. Some of my
understanding with speaking with some individuals at the State was that it
kind of helps navigate that with the tracking and everything. I was just curious
because we talk about it in this public form where it is recorded and then we
have the evidence of the tracking behind it. I would almost think that would
allow us to do this and not go against the Colorado Meeting Law. Honore — Q
— I don't want to put you too much on the spot here and must answer all the
questions. I am also wondering if maybe the best next step, Dawson would
be for me to reach out to our attorney's office with that very specific question
and get some understanding. I can then bring it back to the group, does that
sound good to you, Davina? Davina —A — Absolutely. I am sorry I don't have
a clearer answer for you with Google Docs. I mean it is nice that it is
documented but it is still a form of online communication and so that is where
the lines get a little blurred. Honore — Comment — And they must write these
Statutes in a way that they are very specific. Davina — Comment — And they
haven't been updated since the pandemic.
Danielle — Q — I wonder if we provided a public link to the document because
I think the issue is ensuring the public has access to all the deliberation that
takes place. One potential solution would be when we have these meetings
and say alright, we are going to finalize the memo in Google Docs if we
provided a public link to that draft memo. I suppose that is something to table
to the discussion with a solicitor. Honore — A— I can bring that to the
attorney. Another option I think in alignment with that Dawson, was
suggesting is if a draft is published in in the meeting agenda materials that
shows the track changes and the action to finalize/adopt is actually taken is
during the meetings if should provide enough public visibility. Davina —
Comment — I think the key is as long as there is a record of it and that is why
the law states that agendas must be posted at least 24 hours in advance.
b. Urban Lakes Water Quality Management Policy and Guidance Update — Richard
Thorp (Lead Specialist and Watershed Program Manager, Utilities) updated the
Natural Resources Advisory Board on the project team's Policy development
approach and shared final drafts of the Policy and Guidance. The project team is
seeking a formal motion from the Natural Resources Advisory Board to recommend
that City Council adopt the final draft Policy. (Action)
— Discussion I Q + A
— Barry — Q — I found it hard to evaluate or give a thumbs up/down because of
a lack of detail. For instance, I am interested specifically in the water quality
metrics that are being measured and how they compare with Environmental
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Protection Agency (EPA) standards for water quality thresholds. That is data
information. An example that's recently appeared in the media about
polyfluoroalkyl substances found in all the fish that were sampled by a variety
of agencies including Parks and Wildlife and in every case the fish exceeded
the EPA standards by a huge amount suggesting that there were human
health issues particularly with people who would consume those fish. I only
live a block away from City Park and the lake and I can tell you lots of people
catch those fish and keep them presumably to consume them. It is hard for
me to judge whether it got the appropriate rigger or not to protect community
welfare without information on what exactly is being measured and how the
current measurements compare to EPA water quality thresholds. Richard — A
— That is a good question, Barry. To be clear the actual measurements of
water quality would be management plan specific. That is not what is
intended with the guidance at all. It is supposed to summarize information hat
is known and supposed to provide some basic tools for managers as a
starting point. So specific measures, we are not adding water quality criteria
to the guidelines or anything like that. It is well beyond the scope of this
project. Barry — Comment — I guess I am saying I think that is what should be
included. As a citizen that is what I want to see. What are you measuring?
Why are you measuring these metrics? What are your thresholds for
triggering a response that you are not meeting federal water quality
standards? I mean those are things for me that I want to see. Richard —
Comment — I agree and that is where the rubber meets the road. It is again
outside of the scope of this guidance. These are really good questions for the
managing departments that are managing specific lakes. The managing
departments are going to be tasked with determining what to measure and
how to prioritize certain lakes for management and I think that should be
communicated with them.
— Dawson — Q — Going off that, the managing areas are Natural Areas, Parks
and groups like that, that we can find in the final draft of the Guidance
Documents? Richard — A— Exactly. There are three managing departments.
For example, Natural areas is going to be prioritizing what lakes they want to
put resources to, developing specific management plans for those lakes and
for water quality issues that they are concerned with, and then going from
there.
— Danielle — Q — One of the things that I think is noticeable is the two
predominate issues identified by public were fish kills, algal blooms, and
odors associated with these events. I remember a large fish kill, in 2019 or
2020 in the Poudre River and there was a lot of misinformation round it being
caused by chemicals or a variety of things and a lack of understanding of the
importance of climate change and warmer temperatures causing and driving
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these events. The key aspect of managing these events is managing
expectations, public education that people recognize is part of our warming
future. One mitigation option that does hold a lot of potential, is increase
shade cover. Beavers are one of the most powerful tools in ecosystem
engineers to increase shade cover that can then decrease water
temperatures and prevent these events from happening. The second is
increasing tree canopy. I am wondering if these actions are something that
are potentially on the table, something that is being discussed, and if not if
there is opportunity for the Board to recommend these features. Richard —A
— Part of the guidance development is we pulled together contemporary best
practices for some of that, like sedimentation, algal bloom, and lot of the
primary water quality issues we face. By no means is the Best Management
Practice Tool and the Guidance supposed to be all encompassing. I think that
gets back to this developing specific management plans for the issues you
are facing. We have 304 urban lakes within the City that the City owns. To
develop a plan that captures the issues of all those lakes is just really not
possible or practical. So specific things like introducing beavers is not
necessarily within our Best Management Practices, and that is something
that certainly might be considered by one of the departments. I assume you
are taking about lakes too and not just the Poudre. Danielle — Comment—
Yes, It would apply for all water bodies. Obviously, the Poudre Rivering
systems are better suited or preferred by the beaver but here are some
successful examples from isolated lakes as well. Richard — Comment— That
is a good point. The best practices that we do include are meant to be a
starting point and then you know there is a possibility City Staff, that has
been tasked with managing these resources are going to need to reach out to
consultants for additional help for particularly challenging situations.
Matt — Comment— Barry, I appreciate what you are saying, and I get it. I get
where you are going with that. It might not be analogist, but I would refer
back to our discussion on the guardians of the river and feel like this is a
foundational policy and item because the alternative staff has been dealing
with in the past is no guidance and no guardrails about who is responsible for
what lakes and who is responsible in the City for these things. I think what I
hear Richard saying is that this can be an interim process. This provides a
toolbox that is foundational. It can be reviewed maybe someday with the
aspirational goal to get where you are at with specific measurements. I don't
disagree with that, but I feel like it is a really solid foundation and I appreciate
the applicability in scope section how it divided out who is responsible for
what. I thought the toolbox was a good start for staff and private lake
managers. I appreciate the work. Barry — Comment — I must say to that after
reading the reports about the PFAS found in all fish samples throughout
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Colorado in rivers and lakes the magnitude with which they exceeded EPA
standards suggested to me a sense of urgency of moving quickly to
monitoring those indicators and those monitoring state variables that are tied
directly to the EPA water quality thresholds.
— Dawson — Q — So the question on the table is if the Board will show support
going forward with this draft. Richard, when thinking about that is there a way
in which we showcase that through a memo, vote, or just on record here for
the Council? Richard —A — I think the latter, just basically going on record.
Then we can putt and submit that as part of our materials to Council and
include the full minutes as an attachment. Dawson — Q — Honore is the best
practice of this process to do a vote of support? Honore — Q — That is a good
question. Richard what have you seen on other boards? Richard — A — We
have only gone to one other Board with this ask and they put it to a vote of
we support this final draft policy with a motion, second and that sort of thing.
Honore — Comment — Nice and clean in the record of the minutes that way.
— Dawson motions and Matt seconds to put forward support of this draft going
forward to the City. Motion passed unanimously. 8-0
c. Impacts of the Cameron Peak Fire on the Poudre River Water Quality — Jared
Heath (Senior Watershed Specialist, Utilities) updated the Natural Resources Advisory
Board on water quality impacts from the Cameron Peak Fire on the City's raw water
supplies and the Cache La Poudre River. (Discussion)
Discussion I Q + A
— Matt — Q — Thank you for that update. There is more than Fort Collins; there
are more entities involved in the watershed. There is the City of Greeley,
Larimer County to a certain extent with property preservation, roads, and
culverts as well as the Tri District. I am wondering how the collaboration is
going and how the entities are coming together for restoration of the
watershed. Jared — A— Jill can probably chime in more on those efforts
because she is a little more involved with some of the mitigation and
discussions as well as the restoration work. Jill — A — I can give a little bit of
an update. Immediately following the Cameron Peak Fire, we followed a
similar model that was developed during High Park. We were in a fortunate
position where we had a watershed coalition that was established in that
period of time that provided us a centralized entity that could facilitate some
of the stakeholder conversations and get a lot of the entities and folks
organized around post fire response. Building off that, we entered into an
agreement with the City of Greeley as well as the Tri Districts and we worked
sort of parallel with the County to develop plans and priorities based on burn
severity. We worked very closely with the Forest Service and the Natural
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Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to come up with a set of the
highest priority areas. In Cameron Peak we had over 208,000 acres burned
and there is no way that the available recovery funds would cover all the
need. We really had to start with sort of a high-level set of priorities and we
worked through those priorities over the last several years. NRCS provides
funding through their Emergency Watershed Protection Program. There is a
cost match associated with those that the City of Fort Collins, the City of
Greeley, and Larimer County provided and then those funds would go to
protect measures that were on private lands. The Forest Service had
received separate federal funds that would come through their agency, and
they worked through partnership with the City of Greeley and the Coalition to
implement the projects on the ground. The majority of the remaining work
that needs to be done is on Forest Service land. The work within the NRCS
on private lands is wrapped up with maybe one exception of some work that
will come in the big debrief of Black Hallow for 2023. We have some
mulching we are trying to implement with the Forest Service but anticipating
there will be minimal area mulching. Now at this stage in recovery those
efforts are going to start turning more towards in channel restoration and
other types of measures to control some of the head cutting and erosion
problems that come from really impacted streams. It will start to shift probably
this year and as we move into what I am characterizing as more longer-term
recovery work. Matt — Q — To follow up and to Danielle's earlier point about
climate, we see every year these disasters happening like floods in California
or more wildfires and each year, the previous year's disaster is sort of
forgotten so while I am always wanting to help everyone, I also have a little
selfish interest in our watershed. I think the answer to my question is
probably more money but what more do you need besides money that this
Board or folks can do to sort of keep these issues in front of people? Jill — A —
think one of the things that we have struggled with for these types of events,
climate related events, is sort of our funding structure and right now we rely
on emergency appropriations when this comes up. Knowing that we are
looking at a future with an increasing number of these and the cost
associated with recovering from these large types of disturbances and events
are astronomically high in some cases. I don't know exactly how this Board or
others would weigh into a solution, but I think that some work to be done in
the future is really looking at how do we more sustainably fund the recovery
for these types of events, so they are not knee-jerk reactionary type of
emergency appropriation.
— Barry — Q — So this was a really interesting presentation, and these are not
critiques but questions. One of your latter slides looked at temporal trends but
they ended in 2018 prior to the Cameron Peak Fire which was 250% bigger
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than the High Park Fire and I am wondering what the temporal trend in those
metrics were post 2018. Jared — A— I will back up and try to provide some
more context. With all the data we collected through our Upper Poudre
Collaborative Water Quality Monitoring Program, we produced seasonal
updates, annual water quality updates, and every five years we produce
these trend analyses which are more in-depth statistical reports. The
graphics I showed from that slide came through our most recent five-year
update which looked at the last ten years of record. I am actually in the
process right now. 2022 marked our 15t" year of working on that next five
year trend analysis report. I don't have an answer for you on that right now,
but I will in the near future. In terms of what we saw following the High Park
Fire was seeing this return to either pre fire conditions or new baseline
conditions. We are starting to see either these concentrations going back to
normal or leveling out at a new normal and that happened right before the
Cameron Peak Fire hit. I am just digging into the data over the past two
years, and we are seeing pretty similar trends that we saw from High Park
Fire but what I am noticing, which probably relates to the magnitude of the
Cameron Peak Fire is a lot of these concentrations are a lot higher, which
makes sense.
Barry — Q — That is what I would expect to be the case. I'll admit the part of
my motivation for these questions is to me, the big elephant in the room
which is Northern Water and what they are proposing to do. So if you could
give me a ball park estimate above Ted's Place, what percentage of the
Poudre River drainage, between the combination of High Park and Cameron
Peak do you think has been moderately to severely burned. Jared — A —
Good question, I don't know if I have the exact statistic. During the High Park
Fire I want to say about 50% of the burn area within the High Park Fire was
moderately to severely burned. The Cameron Peak Fire, I think was a little bit
less but pretty close to half as well. It is pretty mixed across. Barry — Q — So
from your time series analysis, at least from the much smaller High Park Fire
there seemed to be evidence of recovery in terms of many of your metrics.
What is your professional opinion on the time period recovery from the
combination of the Cameron Peak and High Park fires? Jared — A — I think for
High Park we are pretty close to getting to recovery. I think a lot of the
literature out there with some of the research that has been tracking
watershed recovery after a fire can be anywhere from 5-20 years or even
more. The Hayman Fire is still in recovery because of the soil type over there.
I would assume it is probably going to take longer for the Cameron Peak Fire
based on the Burn area however, there is a lot of unknowns with this fire
because where it burned. It burned at a really high elevation so there is a lot
more water supply up there because a significant amount of he burn is under
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snow pack right now. There should be a quicker recovery with the water
availability. The one concern for us between the Cameron Peak Fire and the
High Park Fire are the high elevation reservoirs that got burned in the
Cameron Peak Fire. There were not reservoirs or larger water storage bodies
burned in the High Park Fire. Those reservoirs are essentially acting as sinks
for these water quality impacts. We are working with a team at Colorado
State University right now to start to better understand water quality within
those reservoirs and their response to fire. We are also working on
developing some tools to provide us with early warnings of potentially
impaired water that cold be released from those reservoirs downstream to
our raw water intake on the Poudre, specifically around algal blooms, nutrient
loading, and climate change exacerbating those issues in those reservoirs.
Barry — Q — Thank you, that was a great answer. If I heard you correctly, you
were saying that diversions from the Michigan River, the Laramie River and
the Colorado River are about 50% of Fort Collin's water supply. Is that
correct? Jared — A — No, we get a 50% from the Poudre River and 50% from
Horsetooth Reservoir. Barry — Q — Okay and Horsetooth Reservoir is based
primarily from diversions from the upper Colorado River. Is that Correct?
Jared- Q — Yes.
— Barry — Q — So there is a system where it goes through Windy Gap
Reservoir, Lake Granby and down to the Front Range to Horsetooth. We all
know what has been happening with the Colorado River and its significant
decline. If you look at climate projections, those declines are going to actually
be exacerbated into the future and again I say the elephant in the room is this
proposal by Northern Water which is mostly not going to go to Fort Collins. It
is going to go South of us. How is that going to work out. Jared — Q — In
terms of water? Barry — Q — Yes, so if there is water in the Colorado River
and that is the primary source of water in Horestooth and Horsetooth is the
back up that we went to in Fort Collins when the effects of the fire were too
severe, and now our back up, based on diversions from the Colorado River
which is also declining and now we have this proposal to build a reservoir
and it is greater in size than Horsetooth, how is that all going to work out?
What is your professional opinion? Jared — A— That is a good question. I am
not sure I have a great answer for that. I think in terms of the Poudre, we
have senior water rights so that is one of our most prioritized water sources,
although he water quality is variable. That is one of the biggest risks to us
when we are compromised on both the Poudre and Horestooth. I am not sure
how that is going to impact our supplies on Horestooth with us being so high
in the Colorado basin, but we do have some professionals within the City that
focus a lot more on supply and are a lot more in touch with those issues right
now. I would be happy to provide you with their information but I think it is a
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great question. I am constantly following the huge issue over the Colorado
River Basin right now and I think there are going to be a lot of changes
happening within the next couple of years.
Danielle — Q — I apologize I can't help myself. You mentioned construction of
sedimentation ponds and the importance of revegetation in order to draw
down specifically nitrate but also a lot of vegetation can work to eliminate
alkalinity and heavy metals. I want to mention that beavers are a nature-
based solution. Some of the best engineers for building those sedimentation
ponds and driving revegetation. I think that because we also see that
ecosystems that have beaver present are less likely to burn and less likely to
have those moderate to severe fires. That is something we need to be
thinking about from a preventative standpoint as well as increasing water
quality as quickly as possible. My second question is knowing that PFAs and
PFOs are predominate components of fire retardants, specifically thinking
about the High Park Fire and when that occurred prior to a lot of the rule
making from EPA, what do those levels look like in these water bodies and
what is the City's response to this new EPA rule as PFAs as regulatory
contaminates? Jared —A — The retardant they are using, at least the aerial
stuff they are dropping over the Cameron Peak Fire and the High Park Fire
does not have PFAs or PFOs in it. It is actually a nutrient based solution. Jill
you might know off the top of your head but there is not really a concern on
that end because the fire fighters provided us with what is actually in that stuff
and it is less of a concern. Typically when they are dropping that on the fire
they try to avoid drainages as best as they can. I think some situations can
be difficult but they try to have some buffer around these areas so when they
do drop the nutrients they are absorbed by the plants on the landscape. Jill —
A — Jared is correct; wildfire retardants do not contain PFAs/PFOs. It is
typical for type two structure firefighting foams. As part of the work Jared and
Richard have done around source water protection, we did an inventory
within watershed and where these types of materials might be stored or used
in the past. We did not identify any source. We used a variety of state data
bases for that and in addition Utilities participates in what is becoming much
more regular PFA testing, so we have tested our water sources and did not
find indicators of any concentrations of PFAs or PFOs. I think there were 15
or so different ones we tested for and they were not identified as present in
our source water, so that is the current status. We will be having ongoing
requirements with monitoring that will come forward within the next few years.
To date we don't have any reason to expect we have sources in our water
shed. Jared — Comment— Danielle I wanted to follow up on your first
comment too. We are beaver believers as well and we see a lot of value in
utilizing them and their habitats to meet a number of our source water
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protection goals. We are working with the Larimer Pr^+„pie
in t+enConservation District and a number of other partners right now on
the South Fork to implement some process-based restoration particularly
using simulated beaver structures and putting more wood and structure in
rivers to restore a riverscape or valley bottom over there. We see a lot of
value in those types of projects in terms of capturing sediment and improving
water quality. I think for us the challenge with it is scaling that up in a way that
it actually has an impact. We are hoping this project is going to be the start of
that, using this as a pilot to prove a concept in that and hopefully be able to
identify other areas in the watershed that could either benefit from this work
or that are already functioning in a way that provide us with those water
services that meets some of our goals. We are working on it. Danielle —
Comment — That is great news. We have had outstanding success in Rocky
Mountain National Park. Things are happening much more quickly than
anyone had anticipated and recolonization happening in a lot of the simulated
areas is much faster than we had ever thought possible. That might be a
resource if you are not familiar with and working with. The Marine Park is
currently in the process of flooding which is really exciting. Jared — Comment
— I would love to talk to you more about the successes over there.
d. 1041 Memo — Finalized 1041 Regulations Memorandum. (Action)
— Discussion I Q + A
— Dawson put the link in the chat for everyone to look at the 1041 Regulations
memo. Barry emailed adjustments to Dawson and Kelly thought he had
captured her comments as well. Most of the changes were wordsmithing.
Matt — Q — I know I supported this at the last meeting, and I still do so don't
take this the wrong way, but I completely agree with the comment. I think
Barry's comment about how these ecosystems, these issues do not behave
by jurisdictional boundaries and those kind of things. After reading that a
thought popped into my head, and I know sound like a broken record with
coming back to staff but are we creating any kind of unwanted consequences
for staff by saying there should be no geographical boundaries. Would this
open it up for staff to comment on oil and gas development in Weld County? I
guess I am just not clear on what that opens up and Barry maybe you can
respond to that or anyone else. Barry — A— I am also on the Science
Advisory Board for the County Commissioners and air quality has been sort
of a focal issue for I would say the past three meetings. What is going on in
Weld County is amazingly affecting air quality in Larimer County. The most
predictive variable is wind direction. If it is coming from the East or South, you
can bet the air quality is not going to be good in Fort Collins. So, air and
water are absolutely clear examples that don't recognize political or
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TYPE OF MEETING — REGULAR
ownership boundaries. I guess if I were to name two factors that are most
fundamental to all life it would be air and water. That is my perspective.
Dawson — Comment — Please correct me if I am not in my understanding of
this but when we are talking about the geographic limitations, we are only
talking about it in the scope of City limits. To me 1041 Regulations only
operate within that boundary. Barry — Comment— Yes that is right. So we
have had a recent meeting with Kirk Lonstein who is doing a phenomenal job
of leading this and apparently there have been multiple boards, not just us
who have rejected the geographic boundary threshold. So, we are not the
only board who has found real difficulty with that. I have had some unsolicited
input from former members of the Land Use Board who also say thank God
for speaking up and saying there shouldn't be geographic limits on 1041
implementations. So apparently there has been almost if not exclusively
universal response of other boards that I am aware of in opposition to the
geographic boundary issue. Dawson — Comment— In my interpretation of
our last meeting, where Barry and I are on a 1041 Committee, my impression
is moot point at this point because Kirk's next iteration of this is not going to
have that because of the feedback. Barry — Comment — That is my
understanding as well. There has been a subsequent meeting since when
you were involved and that became quite clear and I hope I am not
misinterpreting what Kirk said. I don't think I am but that seems to be off the
table now. Dawson — Comment — So that was my understanding. Honore if
you have a different notion of that or any other context. Honore — Comment
— I don't have any more insight on that from what you all have. I can post a
question to Kirk. I don't know if he is on Team's chat this evening. Dawson —
Comment — I want to continue to whatever other considerations or thoughts
Matt might have but that is our impression with the other subsequent
meetings on the 1041 Committees. Matt — Comment — I appreciate all of that
and really was asking questions that popped in my head. This helps me
understand what that means. Thank you.
— Honore — Comment— I appreciate your reference to Our Climate Future at
the end there. The only other comment I would make is you referenced the
Land Development Code in paragraph four. Last night City Council voted to
repeal the Land Development Code as adopted based on the signatures that
were submitted in referendum so technically, we have Land Use Code again
until that is resolved.
— Drew motions and Dawson motions to put forth the memo. The motion
passes unanimously. 8-0. Dawson will get the memo to their Council Liaison
tomorrow morning.
e. 2023 Workplan — Finalized NRAB work plan for the year (Action)
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Discussion I Q + A
— Dawson asked the Board to review the 2022 annual report to make sure he
was not missing any memo or action taken
— Dawson motions and Danielle seconds to approve the 2022 Annual Report.
The motion passes unanimously. 8-0. Dawson will send it to the Council
Liaison tomorrow.
5. OTHER BUSINESS
a. 2023 In-Peron Meetings
— Dawson wanted to discuss future meetings and having an in-person meeting.
The Board decided on February to meet in person. Honore will send out
details of where the meeting will be held. At their next meeting they will
discuss if they want to schedule anymore in-person meetings.
b. March Meeting Date
— Dawson mentioned that their March meeting falls during spring break and
knows there are members who have children. The Board agreed to meet
March 22nd instead.
c. Board Member Reports
— Matt — Q — I don't have a report but have a question. Going back to Jill's
comment about post disaster recovery funding, is that within the purview of
this Board? Does it mean anything for us to develop a memo or statement
that says City Council consider some mechanism to fund future disasters, so
it doesn't have to come out. I am sure there are a lot of variables around this
thing but is that something this group would consider or does that feel like not
really something we want to get into. Dawson — Q — Honore, more of a
logistical question. We do have a period of time where we are looking at
funding updates for the City, so in my mind it would be considered with that
space when we are already looking at that. Would it make sense when we
are looking at the City's budget and funding opportunities if we had a priority
to prioritize something like that. Does that make sense logistically? Honore —
A — There is a two-year budgeting process. Matt is very well aware of it and
that is how the specific funds are allocated for various priorities. I think it is a
Board prerogative to put out general statements. I think it is a little uncommon
historically. Boards have been more reactive to items coming before Council
then having staff give more context and then weigh in that advisory capacity.
I think this Board has blazed some new trails in working with the community
advocacy movement around Rights of Nature to bring forward to Council and
I think this Council is more receptive than others I have seen in terms of
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willing to buck tradition and try new things. I don't think it would be outside
the realm of what is acceptable to put something forward if that was the
Boards preference. Matt — Comment— I think I am good waiting for a budget
cycle. That makes sense for me to have it coincide with that discussion
instead of just coming out of the blue. It might give it a little more context and
power to have it linked to some actual numbers that are being allocated for
projects within the City so that is fair and I appreciate you giving me the time.
— Dawson — Comment — Just to give everyone a heads up, we will have a vice
chair vacancy going forward. Kevin Kraus will be stepping down from the
Board to take on some other community obligations and responsibilities. We
are very excited to see that going forward with him but we will also need a
Bike Advisory Committee liaison as he was our representative for that
committee. Just something to consider. We don't have to make a decision
tonight but just for future reference. At the February meeting we will be taking
nominations for Chair and Vice Chair. Barry — Comment — Dawson I can't
imagine anyone doing a better job than you continuing for another year. That
is my perspective. Dawson — Comment — Very kind Barry. I appreciate that. I
will recommend and tell anyone if they are interested in considering
nominating yourself or someone else. It has been a great year but we can
have that open conversation at the next meeting.
d. Six Month Calendar Review
— Honore mentioned many topics, some of which the Board already has
discussed included Urban Forestry Strategy, 1041 Regulations, Economic
Health Strategic Plan, occupancy regulations, Hughes Stadium, Sustainable
Funding Project, transit initiatives, and Downtown Parking update. Dawson
remembered parking and transit being of interest. Honore will prioritize
parking and use transit as a backup. He also mentioned Council elections
have been moved to November. Matt asked about the regional waste shed
and Honore said it has been complicated and confounding. He will reach out
and see where the team is at with the waste shed.
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Gerry Paul
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Strategic Alignment
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Council Priority Our Climate Future City Plan Strategic Plan
Council Priority:
Explore Districted Critical Path to Principle ENV 5: Environmental Health
System for Garbage, Achieving Climate) Create a Zero Waste 4.3 Zero Waste
Recycling and Goals (composting system.
Compost
Aligned: Big Move 2:
Accelerate Composting Zero Waste
Improved Air Quality Neighborhoods
Enhanced Recycling Education
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Fort Collins
Systems for . • Recycling Collection
Municipal A municipality owns and operates their own hauling utility
Hauling Utility using city staff, resources and equipment.
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• Contracted A municipality contracts with one or more companies to
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`_- System provide residential trash and recycling collection.
�CD This is the system under consideration.
Open Market Each household chooses their own licensed hauler for trash
mW with Licensing and recycling collection. City license can support safety
requirements and/or policy goals like including recycling.
This is Fort Collins' current system.
Pure Open Each household chooses their own hauler for trash and
Market recycling collection. No role of local government.
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Fort Collins
Contracting • • . •
Contract WOULC apply to
A Sectors Serviced by
Single family r Haulers
AAA Multi-family complexes of 7 units or fewer in Fort Collins
P_�i7ngl�e ,,,
Family
Contract would NOT apply to Homes
1 r 140u i-0amiyy 20% -
Multi-family complexes of 8 units or more and Contracted
CommercialHOAs
__• Businesses 4 1 0%
• Construction sites, industrial recycling
Contract MAY apply to
_ Homeowner's associations (HOAs) that contract
A A A A A for trash & recycling service now
• Could opt into the City contract at end of existing contract
0 City could require HOAs to join at end of existing contract
City of
Fort Collins
Timeline
2022 July 19: 2023 2024
Resolution
directing RFP Hauler
July 12: Sept 13: RFP interviews
Council Work released
April 12: Council Session 3 haulers
Work Session respond to
Phase 1 : April, June: RFP Dec thru
public Community Jan:
engagement Conversations Contract
negotiations
HOA compliance check &
Feb2: program start-up
Council Mar 7:
Finance Second
Committee reading Sept30:
Service
Feb 21 : and Admin
Fee starts
First Reading of
contract, ordinance
and appropriation
City of
Fort Collins
Contract compared with Council and community goals
Counciland • . .
•
Priorities
• More services for a price similar to what residents
0 Cost-effective pricing pay now
• XS service available
• All community members have access to consistent,
0 Equity predictable pricing
• Households can have 2 bulky items / year collected
for no additional charge
• Yard Trimmings included for a price similar to what
0 Additional recycling and composting households pay for trash + recyc. only now
• Option of weekly recycling
Increased safety, reduced emissions, street
maintenance savings of having fewer trash • Single hauler identified
trucks in neighborhoods
• Fewer trucks able to provide same service,
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions increased composted
and trimmings
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High level of customer service
• Dedicated local customer service representatives
• Clear penalties for poor customer service
�/ = Direction from City Council = Highest priorities from community engagement in 2022
City of
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Contract services
How addressed
Yard Trimmings
• Weekly collection from April — Nov
• Included in service; can decline service and receive discount on bill
Bulky Waste 2 items / year included
(Items too large to fit in cart)
Trash • Consistent volume-based pricing; included XS cart service
• Pricing: Bundled w trash service for no extra charge
Recycling • Service frequency: Every-other-week service; Council can select
weekly for $1 .25 more / mo
Food Scraps
• Not included in this contract
• Can be amended when service becomes available
Contract length 5 years from service start date
Variances
• Large volume producers (more than 2 large carts per week)
• Shared service (must share XS service)
Carts • New City logo'd carts; will remain at homes at end of contract
City of
Fort Collins
Contract enforcement
Unlike in the open market system, the contract includes enforcement ability, including:
• Performance standards: If an issue is happening repeatedly, the City can end the contract
• Liquidated damages: Hauler must pay when certain issues happen
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• These apply to
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• Customer service wait times, resolution times
• Missed pickups for regular service or bulky item pickup
• Customer receives 1 free month of service
• Not delivering carts within 5 business days
• Customer receives 1 free month of service
• City will have staff specifically focused on contract monitoring and enforcement
City of
Fort Collins
New pricing compared to 2022 pricing
Trash
Cart % of
Size Homes
XS 0.5%
Small 43%
Med 41%
Large 15%
XL n/a
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Fort Collins
Contracted pricing compared to 2022 pricing 10
Trash+ Recycling+Yard Trash+ Recycling+Yard
Trash Trash+ Recycling Only Trimmings Trimmings+ Bulky Items
Cart % of
Size Homes Current Contract $ % Current Contract $ % Current Contract $
Avg. Price Change Change Avg. Price Change Change Avg. Price Change Change
XS 0.5% $15.93 $11.10 $ (4.83) -30% $33.10 $11.10 $(22.00) -66` $39.35 $11.10 $ (28.25) -72%
Small 43% $18.18 $12.85 ') (5.33) -29% $35.35 $17.85 $(17.50) -50`/_ $41.18 $17.85 $ (23.33) -57%
Med 41% $32.09 $29.60 $ (2.49) -6xo $49.26 $34.60 $(14.66) -30% $55.10 $34.60 $ (20.50) -37%
Large 15% $42.32 $46.35 $ 4.03 10% $59.49 $51.35 $(8.14) -14% $65.33 $51.35 $ (13.98) -21%
XL n/a n/a $96.60 n/a $101.60 n/a $101.60
Prices above include City administrative fee
Opt-out fee is equivalent to the cost of the XS trash cart size ($11 . 10 / mo)
In an apples-to-apples comparison of services, the contracted price offers significant
price savings for almost all households
City of
Fort Collins
More cost-effective way to provide yard trimmings collection
Proposed:
Anticipated Additional Composting from Licensed Open Contract Approach
Contracted Program MarketApproach
Price $18/ month $5 / month
High 130%
• Automatically
Low 78% included in service
How to get Have to call to Can decline service
service request
to reduce bill $5/
Now month
2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 participation o 0
Tons rate 17 /0 75-85 /o
The increased participation rate in yard trimmings will: M 6800 (incl. drop-off)
• Increase composting from 78-130 /°, Tons diverted 2500 (curbside only) 9,700— 13,300
• Increase residential diversion from 3-11 %
• Increase com m u n ity wid e diversion 2-3%
Service Weekly collection WeeklycollectionApril -
• Decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 12-20% of details April - November November
waste-related emissions (0.2-0.4% progress to goal)
City of
Fort Collins
Policy Option: Every Other Week or Weekly Recycling Context
Anticipated Additional Recycling from Weekly Recycling Collection Trash CartOption Option
OtherSize Every
Week Recycling
High 27%
XS $11 .10 $11 .10
Low 9%
S $17.85 $19.10
Now
2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 M $34.60 $37.10
Tons
Benefits Tradeoffs L $51 .35 $55.10
• Additional recycling • Additional cost
• Additional convenience • Additional truck impacts
• Supports more recycling Slightly more emissions XL $101 .60 $109.10
at homes from online
shopping, working from Weekly recycling will:
home residential diversion1 -3 percentage points (9-27% more tons diverted)
• Slight greenhouse gas
• Increase community wide diversion 0.2-0.7 percentage points
emissions benefit from Decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 2.5-8% of waste-related
weekly recycling emissions (0.05-0. 15% progress to goal)
City of
Fort Collins
Outreach
Feedback about a contracted system (April 2022):
• Goals: fewer trucks in Whoods; affordable, equitable pricing; good cust svc, more yard trims
• Concerns: increased prices, decreased service, lack of competition, lack of choice of hauler
Feedback about priorities (June 2022):
• Prioritize: reasonable cost, predictable price, good customer service, reduce air pollution
Feedback since early February 2023:
City of
Fort Collins
Admin Fee
• Collected by hauler, remitted to City quarterly
• Up to $1 .35 / mo / household (included in pricing on prior slides)
• Supports 2 - 4 FTE and program costs for City role in:
• Program roll out and management
• Customer Service
• Education and Outreach
• Compliance
• H OAs
• Contract and related code compliance
• Supported by Finance Committee on 2/2/23
City of
Fort Collins
2023 Appropriation . • 2024 planning
2023 AppropJW"riation1 •
Expenses
Personnel $43,726 $206, 18
Programmatic expenses $63,52 $87,46
ro ri ati o n 2023 $107 251 $293 64
Supported by Finance Committee on 2/2/23
City of
Fort Collins
Code Changes
• Enable the contracted service and administrative fee
• Homeowner's Associations (HOAs)
• Continue to meet Pay-As-You-Throw requirements
• Match contract yard trimmings service by the time the City's service starts
City of
F, ort Collins
City of
Fort Collins
Differences Between Contracted System and Monopoly
• • • • ContractedTrash andRecycling System
No competition Competitive purchasing process with many haulers
p submitting proposals
Unrestricted price Contract allows for price increases in predetermined manner
increases for specific reasons
Generally higher prices Generally lower prices
Haulers remain in community servicing commercial & multi -
No other service providers family, construction and demolition, Homeowners' Association
customers
Lack of choice for other Can a an opt-out fee and work with a different hauler
options pay p
City of
Fort Collins
Regional Wastesh ' • Context
Contracted Hauling Larimer County ,
contract
Company awarded Republic Republic
Scope of work Residential hauling Infrastructure construction
and operation
(landfill, transfer station,
recycling center)
Length of contract 5 years from service 40 years
start date (transfer station, recycle center)
100+ years
(landfill)
The City's purchasing process for residential hauling is completely separate from the
County's purchasing process for infrastructure construction and operation
City of
Fort Collins
What would happen to a hauler that wasn't awarded a contract?
• Existing nationally-owned haulers
• Could continue to service commercial, multi-family and construction site customers
(70% of market)
• Could continue to service existing HOA contracts (10% of market)
• Could shift staff to servicing accounts in adjacent communities
• Is significant staff turnover now; possible that existing attrition over the 12-18 month
roll-out period would prevent any jobs ending
• Hauler awarded the contract will be adding staffing
• New locally-owned hauler
• Has adjusted business model to service other Northern Colorado communities
Haulers have 18 months to plan and adjust
City of
Fort Collins
PotentialMultiple District Options and Tradeoffs
Likely #
• . of • • - •
districts
Maintain a "backup" W • No matter the size of the district, haulers right-size staff and equipment to
hauler in the 2 service needs in the community; if an issue arose with one hauler, it would still
community take time to increase capacity of another hauler to begin serving more areas
• Could incentivize negotiating to a higher price proposal
- • all haulers in 0 Not possible to restrict competitive purchasing process to only existing haulers
communitythe 4 • All haulers currently operating in the community will stay in the community as
in the general they continue to service their commercial, multi-family, construction and
residential mardemolition and Homeowners' Association customers
Make at least • - • Cannot guarantee district would be won by small hauler
district at a scale that 2? • Smaller haulers are commonly purchased by large national haulers, so even if
could • - won by a a small hauler won a district, it may not be serviced by a small hauler for the
small hauler length of the contract
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1 . What general questions or feedback does Council have on how the Forestry Division is
addressing the urban forest-related Council Priorities?
2. What general questions or feedback does Council have on the proposed areas of focus
and proposed process for the Urban Forest Strategy?
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Strategic Alignment
• City Strategic Plan NEI+ HBO Ho D LIVABILITV & SOCIAL HEALTH
• City Plan 1.9 Plan for, preserve, plant and maintain
• Our Climate Future a safe, healthy and resilient urban
forest.
• Council Priorities
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Reduce energy use
Stormwater runoff reduction
Environmental Air pollutant removal
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• Indirect connection
• Help bird species recover #9
• Effective soil amendment policies and compliance (water usage) - #14
• Improved Air Quality - #17
• Xeriscape - #19
• Direct connection
• Improve Tree Policies - #28
• Tree Planting Subsidy - #29
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Urban Forest Council •
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#28 Improving Tree Policies
• Municipal Code Updates
Dedicating trees as infrastructure
• Arborist Licensing improvements
• Affixing items to ROW trees
• Shifted maintenance responsibility of alley trees
Prohibiting planting/sale of ash trees
• Land Use Code audit
Clarion Associates
• Ad hoc Committee
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• Improve codes, standards, and best management practices
• Urban Forest Strategic Plan
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• Tree Management Standards and Best Management Practices
• Emerald Ash Borer Management & Response Plan
• Urban Forest Storm Response Plan
• Municipal Code
• Land Use Code
• Larimer County Urban Area Streetscape Standards
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• City Forester position • Landscape Standards
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• Enforcement • Mitigation
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• Prohibiting certain tree species • Tree-lined streets and neighborhoods
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Questions to Consider
1 . What general questions or feedback does Council have on how the Forestry Division is
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2. What general questions or feedback does Council have on the proposed areas of focus
and proposed process for the Urban Forest Strategy?
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Questions to Consider
1 . Does Council support these opportunities to improve tree-related land use code policies?
2. What general questions or feedback does Council have on the proposed direction?
What additional information is needed?
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Tree-related Land Use Code Audit
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Ad hoc Committee
• Reviewed existing code
• Explored Clarion Associates report
• Identified potential updates
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• Challenges around tree establishment and responsibility of replacement
• Mitigation requirements do not strongly incentivize tree preservation
• No penalties for tree removal or tree damage on commercial development sites with approved
landscape plans post development
• Parking lot standards and tree replacement to reduce heat island impacts
• Single family residential construction sites do not trigger any tree-related LUC requirements
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Existing Code Opportunities for improvement
• Landscape escrow released once ROW • New Landscape Inspectors funded!
trees are planted/permitted • Create separate street tree escrow
• No timeline on when trees are specifically • Set timeline for when City takes over street
taken over by City trees
• City ends up replacing many trees with
General Fund dollars
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Existing Code Opportunities for improvement
• Mitigation value 1 -6 trees • Mitigating "in addition to" minimum stocking
• All trees under 6-inches not mitigated requirements
• Mitigation trees replaced on site or within • Mitigating trees 2" DBH and above
half mile • Appraised value or inch for inch for larger
• Removals accompanied by feasibility trees over specified diameter
letter • Sliding scale to incentivize
• Does not incentivize saving existing trees preservation
• Limit offsite mitigation to public ROW
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Existing Code Opportunities for improvement
• No long-term enforcement beyond • New Landscape Inspectors funded!
approved landscape plan post • Mitigating trees 2" DBH and above
development 0 Appraised value or inch for inch for trees
• Developer/property owner must keep over specified diameter
site in compliance
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Existing Code Opportunities for improvement
• Does not currently exist • Municipal and Land Use Codes
• Trees need to be nominated
• Property owner would have to agree
• Approval process needed
• Trees mapped to show designation
• Would require permission to remove, prune,
or treat
• Protected in perpetuity
• Exception for dead, dying or
dangerous
• Fund created for maintenance
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Existing Code Opportunities for improvement
• Mostly sufficient • New Landscape Inspectors funded!
• Losing existing planting spaces for • Increase enforcement/penalties for non-
additional parking in redevelopment compliant landscapes
• Improve site requirements for adequate
growing spaces
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Existing Code Opportunities for improvement
• Does not currently exist • Explore ways to educate and advise
• A resource for tree preservation
• Establish touch points during Building Permit
Process
• Empower licensed tree companies as a
resource
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Prioritization •
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High Priority — Q3 2023
1 . Escrow for tree establishment
2. Improve mitigation standards to incentivize preservation
3. Consider increasing penalties for tree removal
Lower Priority
4. Explore a Heritage Tree Programy
5. Investigate parking lot standards/re lacement enforcement .
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6. Review options to best advise / influence residential
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Questions to Consider
1 . Does Council support these opportunities to improve tree-related land use code policies?
2. What general questions or feedback does Council have on the proposed direction?
What additional information is needed?
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