HomeMy WebLinkAboutNatural Resources Advisory Board - Minutes - 07/05/1989MINUTES
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NATURAL RESOURCES AjyjLqa;ff BOARD
Board Members
Joyce
Charles
Dam DuBois Will lu
Deniseith
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BobBoard Members Absent: (eD�cused)
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Staff Present:
Brian Woodruff Edith Felchle
Bob Wilkinson
Minutes of the June 7 Natural Resources Advisory Board meeting and the
June 20 Natural Resources Advisory Board work session were each unanimously
approved as submitted.
New mam}nm
Michelsen welcomed new members Berry and Smith.
Committee reports
Recycling Ocmmittee -- Drafts of a recycling resolution and a letter
to Council supporting curbside recycling were handed out. It was stated
that the Recycling Committee felt it would be best for NRAB's
recommendations to stand alone in Council packets rather than being a part
of staff's reoommerdaticns. Council will consider curbside recycling at
its July 25 work session. There was some discussion that the letter should
be stronger than suply recommending support of the concept of curbside
recycling.
Woodruff handed out an updated draft of staff's issue paper and
briefly reviewed staff's position.
The board felt that NRAB's letter to Council should include a reminder
of the specific benefits of curbside recycling. It was indicated that the
board's resolution should resolve a curbside recycling program in 1990 and
that the resolve addressing use of recycled products state that the City
(not "government") will immediately institute procurement policies to
encourage use of recycled products.
It was moved and seconded that the board adopt the letter and
resolution as amended and that those documents be submitted for inclusion
in Concil's July 25 work session packet. The motion passed unanimously.
luthi said that when he was shopping for paper cups, he found that the
stores only carried styrofoam. He therefore asked board members to ask
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store managers to stock{ paper a436 so that customers would have an
environmentally responsible choice.
Woodruff stated that staffs issue paper is in draft form and is being
reviewed by City departments. He said staffs proposal must be approved by
the City Manager before going to Council, and that such approval is not
guaranteed. Woodruff also said that staff would welcome board mangers'
feedback on the issue paper. Ca®ents are needed by the week of July 10.
Luthi said that the manager Of the Reynolds recycling facility in Fort
Collins mentioned to him that Reynolds was interested in building a
recycling center in Fort Collins at their own expense. Woodruff said he
had not heard of this, but would follow up on the information.
Bike Awareness /Bike- rk DdV
Felchle harried out copies of the Transportation department's Bike
Awareness Week press releases. She said that the Transportation department
has taken full responsibility for Bike Awareness week (July 23-29) and
Bike -to -Work Day (July 26) this year and that Rita Davis is project
mares er. She outlined the events planned for Bike Awareness week and said
that promotional plans include ads in the Coloradoan and on KIM radio
beginning July 22. She said that Bike to Work Day appears to be naxb like
last year's event. It was suggested that more survey results be sent to
the press than were sent last year. It was also suggested that advance
Promotion be planned to occur earlier than July 22.
F7ducaticn Plan
Felchle handed out copies of the division's education guide saying
that the guide was written to provide basic guidelines for the division's
education program. She said the guide does several things including
identifying a definition and principles of environmental education and
idenrtifying goals for the division's education program. She reviewed the
goals arid audiences listed in the guide and described how the guide is
designed to work, saying that it is written to be an internal working
docmment for use by project managers. She said that the guide should
result in the appropriate audiences being targeted in envixornrental
education projects and in an appropriate variety of educational tools and
methods being used in those projects. She encouraged board members to read
the document, provide input and feedback, and monitor the division's use of
the guide.
Update on Better Air Camoaicm
Felchle harried aut copies of Better Air Campaign material from the
State Better Air Campaign office. She said that because of problems the
Health Department experienced last year, they are back to square one on the
Better Air CmP icgn and that 189-190 will be basically a planning year for
the State's program. She briefly compared the previous Better Air Campaign
to the new campaign saying than the new program will be called Clean Air
Colorado, the State Health Department recognizes the new program as a
statewide program instead of just a Denver program, it will target overall
emission reductions instead of just reductions in vehicle miles traveled,
it will be a year-round program covering all pollutants, and will be a
laxg-term rather than a short-term program. She said that the Deriver area
Program will purchase no advertising space or time, but that Fbrt Collins
hopes to get local finding to purchase advertising because staff considers
that type of general public outreach important. She said that as soon as
an acceptable SIP amendment is written, Fort Collins will get $30,000 from
the State for its '89-190 Clean Air Colorado program.
Woodruff stated that a local Air Quality Task Force is being
established and that the existence of that task force will remove air
quality responsibility frrm the Natural Resources Advisory Board. Mle task
force will not be part of the North Front Range Transportation aryl Air
Quality Planning Council. Midnelsen said that he was still concerned that
carbon mo made was the only pollutant that would get any attention and it
was suggested that the documentation setting up the new task force be
written so that NRAB could still consider air quality issues not covered by
the task force.
Mwircraental Management Plan
Wilkinson handed out copies of the basic framework of the plan. He
said that impetus for the plan came frm m the Land Use Policy Plan, council
Goals, and the need for a cmVrehersive environmental management tool. He
said the purpose of the plan was to provide information and guidance
control to minimize adverse impacts an the enviramment. He said the plan
should accomplish several things including implementation of land Use
Policy Plan goals and development of an information base, standards and
guidelines, a tool to monitor change, information about economic impacts
and benefits, a wholistic/synergistic approach, and a model for looking at
site, regional, national, and global interactions. It was felt that the
board needed more time to study the Proposed framework of the plan and it
was decided to consider the plan further at the board's August meeting.
There was discussion that the plan was too long-term and that something
should be forthomdng from the plan within the next couple of years.
Others felt that the long-term approach was important and that the plan
needs a string tie-in with the divisio ,s education program. The Land Use
Committee will work on the plan with staff during July.
Nati crol Recreation Area Recommendation
A draft letter of reo®mendaticn was handed out. It was recognized
that the letter needed some minor duanges. It was moved and seconded and
passed unanimously that the Council letter on the National Recreation Area
by approved in concept as written and if time allows, prior to delivery to
Council, NRAB would review the final letter.
Annual picnic
Mic Nelsen asked Feldlle to find out if Water Treatment Plant No. 1
would be available for the board to use for its picnic. Felchle said that
before deciding on a date for the picnic the board might want to consider
that Dan Ely with the State Health Department had been promised 45 minutes
to an hour with the board to discuss a state air quality visibility
standard. If the August agesdaris too full, a July work session might be
needed to hear Fly's presentation. If a July work session is held, board
mad ers might not also want to have the picnic in July. Michelsen asked
whether the board would have the authority to consider the visibility
standard since air quality responsibility was to be turned over to the new
task force. Woodruff said that it would probably be some time before the
new task force becomes active. Enabling documentation for the new task
force will be written so that NRAB has air quality responsibility until the
new task force actually begins fu ncticnirxg. It was decided that a work
session was needed and July 20 and 27 were chosen as possible dates.
Decision on a date for the picnic was tabled until the August mee+'
m1chelsen again welcomed the -new board mmt)ers and asked everyone to
go around the table and introduce themselves and tell a bit about what they
do and their board related activities.
The meeting adjourned at 9:40.
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