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Home My WebLink About2010 - Natural Resources Advisory Board - Annual ReportNatural Resources 215 N. Mason PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80521 970.221-6600 970.224-6177 - fax fcgov.com MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS NATURAL RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD DATE: January 25, 2011 TO: Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Liz Pruessner on behalf of the Natural Resources Advisory Board SUBJECT: 2010 NRAB Annual Report. In 2010, the City of Fort Collins Natural Resources Advisory (NRAB) held 12 regular meetings, during which 42 agenda items were considered, 21 actions were taken, and 9 memoranda were sent to the City Council. Liz Pruessner and Glen Colton were elected chair and vice-chair respectively. Three NRAB members served as representatives on the Bicycle Advisory Committee, the West Nile Virus Task Force and the Green Building Advisory Task Force. The Board welcomed new members John Bartholow and Harry Edwards in January. Table 1 outlines NRAB activities in 2010. The Plan Fort Collins process occupied much of the discussions during the year. NRAB members attended the special meetings which were held throughout the year giving input and feedback at each step. The Board weighed in on Plan Fort Collins with 3 formal memos to City Council. We are particularly interested in the inclusion of the Triple Bottom Line analysis into Plan Fort Collins and are anxious to see the implementation strategies. At the beginning of the year we appointed a sub-committee to research the development of a Community Sustainability Scorecard. The sub-committee held several meetings and presented its work to the full Board. We invited guest speakers to present on the topic of Sustainability. We gathered all the information and wrote our findings and recommendation in an enhanced memo calling on the City to develop Sustainability Indicators. This memo was circulated to other Boards for input. The Air Quality Advisory Board and the Electric Board voiced strong support for our memo. The final memo including the letter of support from the Electric Board was presented to City Council in July. We are very pleased to see that Plan Fort Collins includes Sustainability Indicators and hope that real progress will be made by the community as the Plan is put into action. Among our other actions taken during the year, we supported the Green Building Code changes and the changes to the Poudre River Floodplain to restrict development in the floodplain. We held a joint meeting in August with the Air Quality Advisory Board for review of the Climate Action Plan and Climate Wise programs. The NRAB had a productive year and we look forward to another year of service on behalf of the environment. Please feel free to contact me regarding this 2010 Annual Report for the NRAB. Respectfully Submitted, Liz Pruessner, Chair Natural Resources Advisory Board 484-4371 lizpru@colostate.edu cc: Darin Atteberry Marty Heffernan John Stokes Susie Gordon Table 1. Summary of 2010 City of Fort Collins Natural Resources Advisory Board Accomplishments Date of Regular Meeting Topic/Agenda Item Board Action? Memo to Council? Effects of Climate Change on Forest and Rangeland Resources No No Overview of Community Sustainability Initiatives Yes – appointed sub-committee No Sustainability and City Plan (Plan Fort Collins) No No January 20, 2010 2009 NRAB Annual Report No Report sent February 17, 2010 Plan Fort Collins Input Process No No NRAB Sustainability Initiative Update No No Potential Change in Statewide Floodplain Regulations Yes No NRAB elections (Chair and Vice-Chair) Yes No NRAB Sustainability Initiative Update Yes – unanimous support No March 10, 2010 Plan Fort Collins - Preliminary Board Response Yes – unanimous support Yes Harmony/I-25 Gateway Area No No Plan Fort Collins (City Plan) No No April 21, 2010 Review of NRAB Sustainability Memo Yes No Green Building Code Task Force; designate NRAB representative Yes No International Building Code No No May 19, 2010 Plan Fort Collins (City Plan) No No Brainstorm session for NRAB projects No No Plan Fort Collins (City Plan) No No International Building Code Yes –passed 5-1 Yes Periodic Council Review Questionnaire Yes Yes June 16, 2010 Review of NRAB By-Laws No No NRAB Sustainability Scorecard Memo Yes – unanimous support Yes Plan Fort Collins (City Plan) Yes – unanimous support Yes July 7, 2010 Agreed to Joint Mtg of NRAB & AQAB in August Yes – unanimous support No Climate Wise Update No No Climate Action Plan update No No August 18, 2010 Joint Meeting of NRAB & AQAB Communications with City Council No No Air Quality Action Plan Update No No City Manager’s Recommended Budget 2011 – 2012 Yes – passed 6-1 No September 15, 2010 Revision of NRAB By-Laws Yes – appointed sub-committee No October 20, 2010 Poudre River Floodplain Regulations No No Plan Fort Collins Yes Yes Revision of NRAB By-Laws Yes – unanimous support No New Rep for West Nile Virus Task Force Yes No Poudre River Floodplain Regulations No No NRAB 2011 Work Plan Yes Yes1 City Forestry Program No No November 17, 2010 Green Building Code Yes– unanimous support Yes Annual MS4 Stormwater Permit Update No No Poudre River Floodplain Regulations Yes – passed 6-1 Yes December 16, 2010 Plan Fort Collins No No Review of City Attorney’s Comments on updated NRAB By-Laws Yes – passed 6-1 No 1 2011 NRAB Work Plan was submitted to City Council via the City Clerk’s Office.