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AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Hutchinson and City Council members
From: Eric Levine, Chair
DATE: December 31, 2007
Subject: 2007 annual report — Air quality advisory board
In 2007, the air Quality Advisory Board held twelve regular meetings and hosted one
public meeting.
The Board took the following actions:
• Requested that the Fleet Manager develop an inventory of air pollution emission
from the City's fleet of vehicles, in order to prioritize City investments in cleaner
vehicles.
• Sent a letter to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
requesting that data from the Fort Collins air quality monitoring sites be forwarded
to the Coloradoan, to be published on its weather page.
• One Board member represented the QAB on the City's Climate Task Force.
• Held a public meeting, called the "Air Quality Report to the Public," with two
major purposes: to report to the community the state of Ft. Collins air and to gather
public input on air quality issues.
• Asked the Transportation board to a form a joint, ad -hoc committee with the Air
Quality Advisory Board in order to advance issues the two boards have in common.
• Recommended that the City council develop and adopt an implementation plan for
a City of Fort Collins trash collection utility.
• Recommended that the City of Fort Collins reconvene the West Nile Virus Task
Force, to review the existing City policy and recommend any appropriate changes.
• Recommended priorities for the 2008-09 City budget.
• Recommended that the City Council adopt the revised Fort Collins Bicycle Plan
and work to develop a comprehensive community bicycle plan in 2008.
In addition, the Board received information and updates and discussed the following
programs and issues:
• Mobility Management / Transportation Demand Management / VMT reduction
• Fort Collins Air Quality Plan
• Compliance with national Ozone standards
• City Council Legislative Agenda
• State Mercury ruling
• FC MOVES, a proposed revision of the City's transportation indicators
• Radon Awareness Month