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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAir Quality Advisory Board - Minutes - 10/21/1996MINUTES T CITY OF FORT COLLINS AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING 281 CONFERENCE ROOM - 281 N. COLLEGE AVE. OCTOBER 21,1996 For Reference: John Fooks, AQAB Chair - 229-5225 Will Smith, Council Liaison - 223-0425 Brian Woodruff, Staff Liaison - 221-6604 Board Members Present John Scanlon, Eric Levine, Harry Edwards, John Fooks, Pete Perkins, Susan Bilo, Ray Sons, David Gallup, and Nancy York Board Members Absent None Staff Present Natural Resources Department: Sally Maggart, Brian Woodruff, Linda Devocelle, Susan Caplan, and Lucinda Smith Guests Doug Lawson, CSU, Jim Sisler, CIRA, and Gene Wooldridge, a member of the Brown Cloud North committee. The meeting was called to order at 4:40 p.m. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the September 16, 1996 regular meeting and the September 23 special meeting were approved as written. Review and Update Action Log See attached. Election of Officers John Fooks volunteered to serve again as Chair. Harry Edwards made a motion to nominate John Fooks as Chair. David Gallup seconded the motion. Harry Edwards moved to close the nominations. The motion to elect John Fooks as Chair passed unanimously (9-0). David Gallup made a motion to nominate Harry Edwards as Vice Chair. Pete Perkins seconded the motion. Eric Levine volunteered to serve as Vice Chair; he declared that he would like to be Chair next year. John Fooks nominated Eric Levine for Vice Chair. Nancy York seconded the motion. John Scanlon moved to close the nominations. Harry Edwards withdrew his name. The motion to elect Eric Levine as Vice Chair passed unanimously (9-0). Radon, Linda Devocelle Linda Devocelle reported that Council voted last Tuesday to revisit the woodstove point of sale ordinance and directed staff to relook at it and bring it back for a vote. Although the Board voted in July for recommendation not to pass the ordinance, Devocelle recommended a pecial meeting next week to discuss Council's concerns. Devocelle said that she will call board members to determine a date for a =cial meeting next week. OLD BUSINESS Air Quality Policy Plan Review John Fooks distributed the survey results with suggested additional goals and objectives. Brian Woodruff suggested that this would be a good item for a subcommittee to review, He noted thal Alex Chapman, a member of the Planning & Zoning Board, is interested in serving on the committee. Susan Bilo, Ray Sons, and Eric Levine volunteered to serve on the committee. Woodruff will approach the Natural Resources Advisory Board and the Transportation Board to determine if any member is interested in serving also. Susan Caplan will add this to the Action Log. Air Quality Program Budget Tom Shoemaker will present this at the next meeting. North Front Range Air Quality Study Dr. Doug Lawson, CSU, reported that this is a large air pollution study concentrating on PM2.5 that is funded primarily from industry. It is the only study that focuses on policy relevant objectives; other studies have been data gathering or collection. Dr. Lawson presented data reported in 1982 and 1987 studies. He noted that a draft of the study is due December 1997, and the final report is due July 1998. Additional funding of $16-19,000 is needed for satellite sites. Woodruff reported that staff is against offering City funds. Susan Caplan said that staff is concerned about funding without local monitoring. Fooks explained the diurnal cycle of pollution flows that portrayed the brown cloud as a regional problem. Fooks distributed a memo he wrote to the Board supporting Fort Collins' participation in the study. Levine noted that this is a very complex political issue and he would like to study it more before making a decision. Nancy York asked for reasons why staff is voting against the study. Harry Edwards noted that no proposals have been made. He asked what is being proposed. Fooks said that he would like to see the City offer $25,000 to fund a satellite site and Loveland should do the same thing. He added that a satellite site is critical to the study. Edwards said that he and York want to know why staff is opposed to funding the study. Woodruff responded that staff felt that by contributing, Fort Collins would not get anything extra; it would be done to help the Denver study. Caplan added that it is needed to understand the process for the whole region and not focus on monitoring the 15 forecast days that Denver selects. She said that it is not an issue of climate; the cities are far enough apart geographically that the forecast days would not necessarily be the same. She would like a clean day sampled for the baseline. Edwards requested that a proposal be put on paper stating what we get for the money. Ray Sons asked if this can be added to the budget. Woodruff said that it would have to be a supplemental request to Council. David Gallup asked if funding sources other than the City have been examined. Dr. Lawson noted that there has been a major contribution from Platte River Power and Kodak has promised a small contribution. Dr. Lawson said that a great amount of lead time is not required because the equipment for a sampling site is battery operated and could be hung on a tree; the decision could be made by as late as November 20. Fooks said he would like to get a committee formed to study the proposal_. Edwards said that he is not comfortable making a decision today. He asked if the study would be compromised by the absence of a Fort Collins sampling section. Fooks responded that Fort Collins would not have any evidence without sampling. Ray Sons recommended that Woodruff discuss the funding with City leaders and John Fooks explore the private contribution part before the next meeting. It was decided that this item would be added to the agenda of the special meeting that will be held next we k 1997 Board Work Plan Copies of the voting results were distributed. Woodruff said that board members need to clarify the prioritized items by the next meeting. Eric Levine distributed copies of a matrix that he would like used to prioritize items. Inspection & Maintenance Committee Lucinda Smith, Environmental Planner, said that she is seeking volunteers to participate in a committee to look at improving the existing inspection and maintenance program by focusing on per -mile tailpipe emissions. The objective will be to make recommendations to Council to prohibit the rise of emissions and look at evaluating the effectiveness of technology and repairs. Smith explained that the minimal time commitment would involve monthly meetings for six months and could possibly evolve into a year long commitment if the committee determined it wanted to look at regulatory change. She said that she would provide staff support. Eric Levine, David Gallup, John Fooks and Pete Perkins volunteered to be on the committee. Woodruff said that he will make an in uui y of the Transportation Board to determine if somebody has an interest in serving on the committee. Additionally, he has a list of individuals interested in involvement. Smith reiterated that the goal is to reduce tailpipe emissions. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m.