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MINUTES
CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
281 CONFERENCE ROOM - 281 N. COLLEGE AVE.
SEPTEMBER 18, 1995
For Reference: AQAB Chair, John Fooks - 229-5225
Will Smith, Staff Liaison - 221-6604
Staff Liaison, Brian Woodruff - 221-6604
Board Members Present
John Fooks, Eric Levine, Susan Bilo, Bill Eckert
Board Members Absent
Lynne Baker, Harry Edwards, Pete Perkins, John Scanlon
Staff Present
Brian Woodruff, Sally Maggart, Susan Caplan
Guests
None
Since there was not a quorum present, the meeting could not be
officially called to order.
Retreat Follow-up
Brian Woodruff reported that the Hewlett Packard Loveland facility
was wonderful. He suggested that the board might want to send a
letter of thank you to Hewlett Packard as it was a substantial
contribution. Brian said he will call Pete to see who should get
the letter.
Since Bill Eckert and Eric Levine were not at the retreat, John
Fooks reviewed the notes in the packet. He noted that the members
were trying to figure out why the subcommittee process was not
working. Bill asked if there was any suggestion to dismiss the
subcommittees. John said he was not sure it was decided.
Brian reported that the major thing agreed on was Pete's process.
Bill asked when the process will be used. John said it will be
used for the 1996 workplan.
Brian thought Pete's process would be useful to focus on the Action
Plan. He said the process has the board look at each action item,
evaluate the criteria, and come up with priorities. Brian added
that this process can be used to help the board prioritize
recommendations to council as well as to prioritize the board's
work for 1996.
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Eric suggested forming an ad hoc subcommittees when certain issues
come up rather than have standing committees similar to what the
Planning and Zoning Board does. He said that ad hoc committees get
interested people in specific issues and then dissolve. The members
present liked the suggestion.
Since board action is required to change the bylaws on committee
structure, this will be on the October agenda qhg
Review and Auoroval of Minutes
No action taken on the minutes; they will be reviewed and approved
at the October meeting.
Review Action Loa
See Action Loa status report attached.
Committee Reports
a. Air Quality Plan - No report.
b. Advisory - No report.
C. Ad -hoc - No report.
d. Transit Development Plan (Susan Bilo)
Susan reported that she attended a joint committee meeting to
discuss the financial and institutional issues regarding who should
determine the level of services provided. She said the group
brainstormed on getting the County commissioners together and
deciding how Fort Collins wants to be involved in regional issues.
Susan asked the board members for comments to take back to the
committee.
John asked where the regional service authority fits in. Susan
said that is the question: Who is involved and who makes the
decisions? Brian noted there is a North Front Range Transportation
Planning Council and suggested it as a logical place to explore.
He added that Jim Disney represents the County on that committee
and Will Smith is the Fort Collins representative.
John suggested it might be time for a regional transportation
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district. He proposed electing intergovernmental officials to
manage and operate the district and have it funded by a tax. Bill
said he likes the RTD idea. He said it would supersede the need
for these other groups/entities.
e. Emissions Trading (John and Eric)
John said that caps are created for regions. He noted that most of
the emission credits are designed by averaging the period of
highest emissions during previous years.
John noted that there is an Air Quality Control Commission Generic
Trading Commission Subcommittee that is looking at the maximum
pollutants that can be allowed in a certain area. He said they
will meet again next week.
Eric added that the emissions trading was developed by a senior
staff person in the Environmental Defense Fund, a conservative
national organization. He said he will distribute information at
the next meeting.
Brian added that pollution credits can be bought and retired. Bill
asked if pollution trading can be different among states. Brian
responded that the caps are designed for specific air sheds within
states.
John noted that this does not apply to Fort Collins now; it is more
of a non -attainment area issue and Fort Collins' is only
nonattainment for CO. Brian pointed out that, in theory, this
system would ensure reduction of emissions by reducing the cap
every year.
Eric said it sounds like it could affect Fort Collins and we need
to know what direction the state is going. He reported that Bill
Myers, a Sierra Club member, is on the committee.
Staff Reports
Brian distributed a staff report from Linda Devocelle that had not
been included in the packet.
a. Progress on woodburning and radon ordinances
Brian distributed a letter to Council about the short-term changes
in the action plan involving emissions testing and repair,
woodburning and the radon ordinance. He noted that the changes are
proposed for the next six months only and that council can make a
broad -based change in March 1996.
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Eric said he disagrees with the timeframe on the radon ordinance
since there have already been a public round table and a
presentation to the Building Review Board. John agreed, but said
that not having a lengthy public process will cause influential
developers to bury the process. He said there is a need to build
overwhelming public opinion. Brian said he wants to be clear as to
why it is being done this way; he is not expecting the board to
like the approach. He explained that March is the date Council
confirms the Air Quality Action Plan and can say it is policy.
Brian explained to the board that in talking with Tom Shoemaker,
Natural Resources Director, he needed to make it clear to the board
that council voted to direct staff to carry out the Air Quality
Action Plan. He added that it would have to be brought to a vote
of council to change it. Eric said that the board had voted to
bring it to council.
Eric said he thought that the recommendation was adopted by the Air
Quality Advisory Board as a high priority and there was a need to
adopt the timeframe along with the recommendation. He added that
the voting was not clear and he expected the action to Council
would happen quicker. He emphasized that he thinks it could be done
sooner. Brian said nothing more than preliminary work would be
practical before March 1996 since staff is carrying out previous
Council directions. He said he disagrees that the board made this
a "high priority" because the board did not consider the priorities
of the Action Plan. He said the board is not working with the plan
as intended. Eric said his concept of implementation of the action
plan might be different; he thought it was on a smoother track. He
said he did not want to derail the Air Quality Action Plan.
Bill commented on the staff report memorandum that Brian
distributed. He wanted to know where and what type of businesses
will get special wood smoke displays. Brian said that is part of
the Clean Air Contract and he will have Linda Devocelle call Bill.
b. Facilitating Council's policy agenda on air quality
Brian distributed material on a portion of the policy agenda
dealing with integrating the City Plan. He noted in the index of
products and projects that air quality is on 2M and is one project.
Brian said he wanted the board to note that Council sees the air
quality policy as part of the policy agenda and how air quality
work is interrelated in Council's agenda with other areas.
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John asked if the policy agenda helps the board set 1996 planning
goals. Brian explained that this is part of Council's two-year
goal setting. John noted that Council's goals include vehicle
emission requirement enforcement and working on enhanced emissions
testing. He asked if the board is going in the opposite direction
by looking at SIP changes to go with oxygenated fuels. Brian said
no, that is a separate issue. He said the policy agenda contains
a shorthand listing of what is in the Air Quality Action Plan.
Brian added that the Action Plan goes through March 1996 and will
be reviewed and changed by Council after considering the board's
recommendations. He suggested thinking about air quality as
integrated into the theme of integrated planning and try to make
recommendations consistent with how that fits in.
C. SIP study timeline
Nothing to report
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1996 AQAB Work Plan
John distributed a draft listing of the 1996-96 Work Plan Elements
for prioritizing, and the board added three items to the bottom of
the list: activity centers, visibility study and comprehensive
benchmark study. John asked the board to individually assign
priorities to listed items and fax to him at 229-5244; he will put
a new list together for the next meeting. John said to put
comments in the Development column. John said the goal is to pick
no more than than two or three Priority 1 items.
NEW BUSINESS
Election - Chair and Vice Chair
The vote was postponed to the next meeting for lack of a quorum.
John inquired if anyone else wanted to be an officer of the board?
Bill said he is satisfied with the present officers and suggested
it stays that way. John said he has enjoyed being chair, has
learned a lot, and would like to continue. Eric said he would be
interested in the vice chair position if Harry is not interested.
Action Plan Review (Brian)
This item was postponed for lack of time. Brian distributed
worksheets he prepared to assist the board's review.
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Transfort (Susanne O'Neil)
She is not here and cannot come next month.
Action log
Additions: Draft a thank you letter to Hewlett Packard, mail the
monitoring plan draft to board members, mail information on the SIP
contingency alternatives from Colorado Springs.
The workplan will be dealt with at the next meeting.
Brian noted that last May he mailed the board copies of workplans
from the Planning and Zoning Board, Transportation Board and
Natural Resources Advisory Board. He suggested the Air Quality
Advisory Board take a look at the variety of work plans, and that
the board may be putting more into the planning than necessary as
the 1995 workplan was very detailed and took a lot of work, but the
board did not follow it closely. Brian suggested considering
something more flexible.
John mentioned that it was decided by the group at the retreat that
individuals can champion causes to Council. He said that in
dealing with the radon issue, there is no reason why board members
cannot lobby for the cause.
The meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
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