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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAir Quality Advisory Board - Minutes - 01/02/20010 0 - \z- o-1 MINUTES CITY OF FORT COLLINS AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD SPECIAL MEETING 281 N. COLLEGE AVE. January 2, 2001 For Reference: Eric Levine, Chair 229-5225 Scott Mason, Council Liaison 226-4824 Brian Woodruff, Staff Liaison 221-6604 Board Members Present Chris Kavanaugh, Eric Levine, John Schroeer, Harry Edwards, Dan Voss, Nancy York, Mandar Sunthankar and Linda Stanley Board Members Absent Jim Dennison Staff Present Natural Resources Department: Brian Woodruff, Sally Maggart, and Lucinda Smith Guests None The meeting was called to order at 4:40 p.m. The minutes of the November 28, 2000 meeting were approved as written. Review and Update Action List 1. Memo to Council given to Chair Levine to sign. 2. Demographic estimates from the Demography Section of the Colorado Division of Local Government were included in the Board's packet. Linda Stanley commented that there might be something wrong with the model. She said that she would check with CSU's Economics Department to see what they think. Eric Levine handed out growth rate charts for the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County. Levine questioned the use of regional numbers for a city transportation plan. Brian Woodruff explained that the vmt data for the city were regarded by transportation planners to be appropriate for the city. 3. Done. A committee has been formed and Nancy York will be receiving information from Mike Smith. Review Council Six -Month Plannine Calendar • February 27 Study Session. This is a tentative date for review of the radon program. Sarah Fox will give the board a preview prior to going to Council. Levine requested information from Fox regarding short term vs long term test results. He also would like information in the next packet regarding the County's radon mitigation program. Air Quality Advisory Board January 2, 2001 Page 2 Agenda Planning • Bike Depot Feasibility Study (Jan.) • CO Redesignation (Jan.) • ClimateWise campaign results (March) • Education & Marketing overview by Clean Air Team and SmartTrips (Feb.) NEW ITEMS • Air Quality Action Plan midcourse correction. There will be an opportunity to vote at the next meeting. • Conformance between air quality plans and transportation plans. Background at the January meeting and hard data will be presented in February. • Second hand smoke public outreach (Feb.) • Radon program review (Feb.) Dan Voss asked if there was a mechanism for boardmembers to provide feedback to staff in advance of meetings. Woodruff responded that boardmembers could e-mail or phone their concerns to him. By -Law Amendments, Eric Levine Nancy York moved to approve the amendments to the bylaws. Chris Kavanaugh seconded the motion. With the following amendment and correction of a typo, the motion was approved unanimously. • Article 3, Section 3, Election of Officers: The suggested change to March was amended to read "April or May". • Typo on Page 2, Section 6: Change "expended" to "extended". Brian Woodruff noted that the new attendance policy requires written notice of absences. He said that an e-mail to the chair or the staff liaison would suffice. Air Ouality Action Plan (AOAP), Mid -Course Correction Lucinda Smith Lucinda Smith, Sr. Environmental Planner, thanked Linda Stanley for assisting with the recommendations. Smith noted that the board will vote on the changes next month. • Objective 1. Add: Episodic Controls Program. This was recommended by Air Resource Specialists. • Strategy 2.5: Add: Incentives for cleaner construction equipment. This would be implemented through the City's Purchasing Department., with an RFP issued to seek bidders. • Strategy 2.5: Change: Change "Alternative Fueled Vehicles" to ULEV and LEV vehicles. • Strategy 2.5.2: Delete: Fort Collins becoming an EV Ready City: DOE is dropping support of the program. • Strategy 2.5.2: Add: "alternatives for Transfort fleet". • Strategy 2.5.3: Add: "evaluate basis for creating a City policy to become a Hydrogen -Ready City". • Strategy 2.6: Add: "municipal fuel use reduction program". Include in administrative policies document. Air Quality Advisory Board January 2, 2001 Page 3 • Strategy 2.8: Change: Say work with "other employers'; do not focus solely on CSU. The City should be specifically mentioned to set a good example. • Strategy 2.11: Change: Emphasis from working on Clean Cities program to broaden approach and expand to cleaner burning vehicles. • Strategy 2.15: Add: "Consider" adopting existing state diesel emissions standards into local law. Opacity reading certification would be needed. Police are willing to ride with a certified smoke reader one or two days a month. • Strategy 4.1.3: Add: Evaluate an incentive program to minimize fuel oil consumption. • Strategy 5/6.1.2: Add: New measure to increase citizen access to fire/smoke information. • Strategy 5/6.1.3: Add: Monitor trends in recreational burning and chiminea use. • Strategy 5/6.2: Modify: Continue ZILCH loan program for wood stoves and wood stove inserts through Spring 2001. • Strategy 5/6.4: Modify: Combine four surveys into two separate surveys conducted biennially. • Strategy 7.1. L: Add: "And identify the appropriate level of staff involvement...." • Strategy 7.5.1.: Modify: Remove low income guidelines to ZILCH loan for radon mitigation. • Strategy 7.6.1: Add: Include a sentence that says we would like to work more closely with others with a health background. Also add getting additional information from local industry on indoor air quality products. • Strategy 7.10.1: Restate how the indoor air quality survey will be implemented. • Strategy 7.15.1: Evaluate how the radon ordinance is working. Consider changes to next action plan based on a reevaluation of two radon ordinances (point -of -sale and mandatory installation) to be completed in 2001. • Strategy 7.16: Consider including installation of carbon monoxide detectors in homes as part of the Green Building program. • Strategy 7.17: Add: Green Building Program. Include incentives for builders. • Strategy 9.5.3: Clarify moving the monitoring site. Smith will incorporate the board's recommendations and send a revised recommendation in the board's packet for action at the next meeting. The following agenda items were not discussed: SHORT DISCUSSION ITEMS Report from the Clean Fuels Task Force LUTRAO Proiect Update Second Hand Smoke Update Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.