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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAir Quality Advisory Board - Minutes - 07/17/1995MINUTES CITY OF FORT COLLINS AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING 281 CONFERENCE ROOM - 281 N. COLLEGE AVE. NLY 17, 1995 For Reference: AQAB Chair, John Fooks - 229-5225 Will Smith, Council Liaison - 223-0425 Brian Woodruff, Staff Liaison - 221-6604 Board Members Present Harry Edwards, Eric Levine, Susan Bilo, John Scanlon and Bill Eckert Board Members Absent John Fooks, Pete Perkins, Lynne Baker Staff Present Brian Woodruff, Sally Maggart Guests Ted Liles (MAT Emissions) and John Jolly (Rapid Emissions) joined the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Harry Edwards, acting Chair, called the meeting to order at 4:40 p.m. He introduced the new board member, John Scanlon. Review and Approval of Minutes On a motion made by Susan Bilo and seconded by Eric Levine, the minutes of the June 12, 1995 meeting were unanimously approved. ACTION LOG Item 1 - Pending Item 2 - On Hold - Issue for the Ad -hoc Committee. Item 3 - Completed Item 4 - Completed Item 5 - Completed Item 6 - Completed Item 7 - Brian will discuss during staff report. Item 8 - In packet Item 9 - Bill will report later in the meeting. Item 10- Eric will report later in the meeting. Committee Reports a. Air Quality Plan: Eric Levine reported that the committee has not met; they will try to meet next month. Air Quality Advisory Board July 17, 1995 Page 2 b. Advisory: Harry reported that the committee met a week ago with Eric Bracke, Transportation Planner. He said they discussed two items: 1) The importance of coordinating work with other committees, and 2) The SIP provision that requires IM240. Brian will report on the SIP later in the meeting on the SIP. C. Ad -hoc: There were no committee members present. d. Transit Development Plan: Susan Bilo reported that she attended a meeting with the Larimer County and Loveland groups; they worked on a vision statement. She distributed copies of the Fort Collins' vision statement to board members; copies will be sent to absent members. Bill Eckert noted that it is a very optimistic statement. Susan said that extending Transfort service hours and adding buses to popular routes was discussed at the Fort Collins meeting. Harry suggested having a representative from Transfort attend a board meeting and give a presentation on the system design and layout of routes. He referred the item to the Advisory Committee; it will be put on the Action Log. Brian said he talked with John Daggett about the ridership goals for the transit plan and how they are related to the regional plan goal of a 10 percent reduction of SOV. John told him that they were thinking about it and it would be worked out during the process; each mode would be assigned a fraction of SOV to capture. e. Point -of -Sale Ordinance: Bill reported that he contacted the City of Las Vegas, Nevada and learned that they have a very sophisticated and complex system. He said that some portions of their plan might work in Fort Collins; he will report back next month. Staff Reports Brian said that the draft Air Quality Monitoring Plan will go to the Air Quality Plan Committee for review. Eric Levine asked if the fuel switching issue would be part of the plan. Brian answered that it is being pursued under the umbrella of the Clean Cities designation. He asked Susan to explain that program. Susan said that the Clean Cities program, through the Department of Energy, offers support to cities in the promotion of alternative fuels. She added that Linda Devocelle, the local Clean Cities coordinator, has been holding stakeholder meetings in order to get people involved and to draft a memorandum of understanding. Susan made the motion that the Air Quality Advisory Board become a stakeholder in the Clean Cities designation for the North Front Range/Rocky Mountain area. Bill Eckert seconded the motion. Harry suggested discussing what the board can do as stakeholders at a future meeting; Susan offered to prepare information for the next board packet. There being no further discussion, a vote was called for on the motion; it passed unanimously (5-0). Air Quality Advisory Board July 17, 1995 Page 3 Brian reported on the result of his telephone conversation with Sandy Hicks at Anheuser-Busch regarding the volatile organic compound (VOC) permit issue. Harry asked if specific board action was required. Brian responded that no action was required; he will continue to monitor the issue and report back to the board. Brian distributed a memo he prepared that included information on Denver pollution source breakdowns. He explained the charts on the PM-10 Breakdown from Monitoring and the Breakdowns from Emission Inventory. Brian told the board he had received information from the Air Pollution Control Division about meetings regarding an emissions trading and banking program for Colorado. Bill asked if the program was for the "big players". Brian said he did not know the details, but there could be some spillover into mobile source issues. John Scanlon noted that the spillover could impact smaller businesses, but the bigger players are the initiators. Harry suggested that if the board is interested in pursuing the issue, it needs to be referred to the appropriate committee for study. After further discussion, Harry referred the issue to the Ad -hoc Committee and asked Eric to provide the committee with updates. Brian distributed copies of Rob Cagen's resignation letter. Harry suggested drafting a letter to Rob expressing regret regarding his resignation and thanking him for his service. Staff will draft the letter for the chair's signature. Susan felt that some of Rob's concerns should have been discussed at meetings. Brian encouraged board members to communicate with Rob on these concerns. AQAB Retreat This will be an all day event on either August 22 or August 24 at the Hewlett Packard facility in Loveland. Staff will poll board members to determine the best date and arrange for a van for transportation. The agenda will include working on group dynamics and a vision statement. Brian will arrange for a city staff person, possibly Suzanne Jarboe -Simpson, to facilitate the group dynamics. Board members present agreed that the work plan could be discussed, but it should not be a main agenda item. It was unanimously agreed that the goal will be to have fun, break the routine, work on group dynamics in order to understand individual expectations, improve communication and bring individual flavor to the board's process. Contingency Measure for the CO SIP (State Implementation Plan) Harry noted that the Advisory Committee and Brian met with Eric Bracke on July 7 to discuss the contingency plan that provides for IM240 to take place when the CO level is too high. He added that the discussion centered on replacing this plan with a more intense reliance on oxygenated fuels. Brian said that the committee is seeking board input on what the SIP contingency measure should be. He distributed a copy of Contingency Measures, as required by the AQCC (Air Quality Control Air Quality Advisory Board July 17, 1995 Page 4 Commission) and the EPA. Brian explained that if there are two violations in a given calendar year, IM240 will automatically be triggered. Ted Liles, MAT Emissions, said he contacted R.J. Hicks at the Department of Revenue's Air Emissions Program to get clarification on what would happen in case of a violation. He said he was told that in the case of a violation, the contingency plan would be triggered, but going to IM240 is not automatic. Mr. Liles added that there would be one year after the violation to submit to EPA how the standards were going to be met without going to IM240. He said he felt that there is no need for IM240 and that there needs to be a plan other than that. Brian noted that we do have a plan; the question is whether to keep this plan or modify it. He said the main issue is whether the full board agrees to take up the matter and look for alternatives or leave well enough alone. John S. felt that there is not enough information to understand the issue. Brian noted that the Fort Collins' area SIP for carbon monoxide adopted by the AQCC in 1993 was approved by the EPA. John S. asked if we would be held legally to this by the EPA. Brian said that is his understanding, but it can be revised. John S. asked if a recommendation to change the SIP can be submitted to the state. Brian answered that it can, but the North Front Range Planning Council would be involved in the decision. Brian explained that the North Front Range Council was supposed to originally adopt an SIP, but they decided to remain silent and told the AQCC that they had no opinion. As a result, the AQCC wrote this contingency measure, but it has never been adopted locally. John Scanlon made the motion to assign the issue to a committee for recommendation to the rest of the board. Susan Bilo seconded the motion. Harry said it would go to the Advisory Committee. Eric noted that he was not comfortable with changing the contingency measure. Harry suggested an aggressive oxygenated fuels program as a possible alternative. There being no further discussion, a vote was taken on the motion; it passed 3-2, with Harry Edwards, Susan Bilo and John Scanlon in favor and Bill Eckert and Eric Levine opposed. Brian said that staff will support the Advisory Committee in studying the issue and will look at an oxygenated fuels plan as a potential alternative. Other Bill asked if Brian is certified as a smoke reader. Brian said that Linda Devocelle has been certified. Eric said that he will be meeting with the Building Review Board on July 27 to make a presentation on the radon issue. He said he will have more to report at the next meeting. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.