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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAir Quality Advisory Board - Minutes - 04/23/1997.-1 11• • q 1- o 4 _ o' L1 MINUTES CITY OF FORT COLLINS AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING 281 CONFERENCE ROOM - 281 N. COLLEGE AVE. APRIL 23,1997 For Reference: John Fooks, AQAB Chair - 229-5225 Will Smith, Council Liaison - 223-0425 Brian Woodruff, Staff Liaison - 221-6604 Board Members Present Eric Levine, John Fooks, Harry Edwards and David Gallup Board Members Absent Susan Bilo, Raymond Sons, Pete Perkins, John Scanlon and Nancy York Staff Present Natural Resources Department: Sally Maggart, Brian Woodruff and Susan Caplan Guests None The meeting was called to order at 7:15 p.m. Approval of Minutes The following changes to the minutes of March 27, 1997 were noted: John Fooks asked that "but" be changed to "and" on page 2, fourth paragraph, Smoke -Free Zones.. Eric Levine asked for an explanation of items 3) and 4) on Page 3, AQAB Workplan. Woodruff explained that Air Quality Action Plan and the Air Quality Policy Plan both need to be reflected. He added that "Action" should be changed to "Quality" in item 3). Due to the lack of a quorum, no action was taken on the minutes. Review and Update Action Log See attached. Review Council Six Month Planning Calendar Brian Woodruff highlighted the following: Air Quality Advisory Board April 23, 1997 Page 2 • May 6: Board liaison assignments • May 13: 'Budget study session • May 27: Policy agenda follow-up • June 17: Adopt policy agenda Fooks asked for information on what is involved in City Plan/Land Use Code Clean-up on July 15. Woodruff said that this will be provided in next months packet. Gallup suggested piggybacking the smoking policy with the indoor air paper. He said that he spoke with Linda Devocelle; she will be spearheading the project and recommended forming a committee from the Board. ACTION ITEMS Air Qualily Action Plan Work Schedule Susan Caplan distributed a revision of the 1997 work schedule. She reviewed the schedule, noting that the items for Board review are shaded. There are four documents: Ambient Air Quality Report, Air Quality Monitoring Plan, Air Quality Action Plan and Air Quality Policy Plan. There will be a one year interim action plan to cover 1999 in order to be in synch with the budget process. After 1999, they will be two year plans. Eric Levine said that he would like to see more time devoted to mobile review and the policy regarding mobile sources. Caplan said that because of the one year interim report, staff would like to change as little as possible. She noted that two months are allowed in 1998 to talk about mobile indicators and strategies. Levine noted that the population growth rate is 50 percent higher than predicted in most of the city plans. Woodruff said that he agrees with Levine; the issue needs to be looked at as part of the monitoring process. He suggested having a briefing from Greg Byrne's office next month on what is happening. Fooks asked if the briefings coordinate with the schedule. He thought there was a timing conflict with the indoor air quality issue paper. Caplan noted that a draft would not be sent to the clerk until December. Fooks suggested moving the September indoor air quality white paper to August and spend the August meeting focusing on the Air Quality Action Plan and the white paper. Caplan said that perhaps Linda Devocelle could get a draft by August. Fooks noted that April 1999 is another election year. He said that he would rather get things done in April 1998 that might not be as palatable as in 1999. I 1 Air Quality Advisory Board April 23, 1997 Page 3 Harry Edwards asked what period of time is covered by the CO data. Woodruff responded that it is 1980 through March 1997. Edwards suggested superimposing the data on the growth curve. He said that he share's Levine's concern about the population growth rate percentage used in the plans. Woodruff said that if the population estimates are wrong, something needs to be done right away. This will be discussed next month. Edwards noted that we do not have a meteorological model. Woodruff said that the Air Quality Policy Plan says we are going to work on bulk emissions to continuously improve air quality. Edwards said that this may not be true. Woodruff responded that it gives a practical, easy to understand and measure objective. Fooks noted that there is an opportunity in May to reconsider the continuous improvement goal. Edwards said that a good indicator of whether a model is valid is to see if there is a correlation between emissions and CO. Woodruff said it is possible. Fooks asked for a monitoring report at next month's meeting. Woodruff said that he will take a shot at it, but cannot promise. Caplan outlined the process for the AQAP schedule. She suggested that boardmembers fax their input to her. Edwards suggested clearly defining the issues to assure more complete participation. Woodruff said that staff has discussed simplifying the process further by having a general discussion among boardmembers on how to deal with issues. Staff will take this as guidance on drafting the action plan and will then bring it back to the Board. Fooks said that this is not good if a recommendation has to be made to Council. Woodruff said that he might not have been clear. He said that he is trying to evoke discussion among boardmembers leading to a consensus of what is important to work on, followed by staff crystallizing and bringing the issues back for review. Caplan noted that adopting the work schedule is an action item for the Board, but it cannot be done without a quorum. She asked for a sense of the Board's feelings. The boardmembers present supported the schedule. INFORMATION ITEMS Electric Vehicles and Clean Cities Deferred to next meeting. Susan Bilo was ill. Non -testing LIM David Gallup reported that the committee membership covers a broad spectrum of the community. He added that Lucinda Smith has done a remarkable job in leadership. Gallup said that the mission is to recommend early actions to reduce per -mile tailpipe emissions through public education, mechanic training, economic incentives, remote sensing and enforcement of emission sticker laws. Air Quality Advisory Board April 23, 1997 Page 4 A newsletter has been issued and a Technical Night is planned for May 1 at 6:00 p.m. Recommendations will be presented to the Board in August. State Implementation Plan Woodruff reported that the SIP Committee will meet on Monday to move the process on redesignation ahead. The committee will look at the pros and cons list and bring recommendations back to the Board. The committee is composed of Harry Edwards, Pete Perkins and Eric Levine. Woodruff said that he had a discussion with Fort Collins Inc. and was told that they are not presently recruiting industry. They said that four -fifths of the growth in Fort Collins is occurring with existing businesses. AQPP Committee Woodruff reported that the committee will be meeting within the next two weeks. The committee members are Susan Bilo, Nancy York, Raymond Sons and Eric Levine. They have met three times and have worked out an evaluation matrix. The plan is to come up with a list of possible recommendations to present to the Board for review. The Board's responsibility will be to recommend changes and provide Council with the findings. Fooks asked if the committee will continue to report on an annual basis. Woodruff noted the addition of a sentence on Page 6 of the Plan to report air quality information to the public on a frequent and regular basis. Fooks suggested prioritizing issues. Woodruff said he will pass that suggestion along to the committee. Proposed Items for Next Meeting Agenda • Population growth • Trend overlay on CO • Hard numbers on growth based on City's data The next meeting is scheduled for April 28 from 7:00-9:30 p.m. Location to be determined. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m.