HomeMy WebLinkAboutResponse To Constituent Letter - Read Before Packet - 2/23/2021 - Letter From Mayor Wade Troxell To Natural Resources Advisory Board Re: Exterior Lighting Code Update
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February 23, 2021
Natural Resources Advisory Board
c/o Michelle Finchum
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Chair Danielle Buttke and Board Members:
On behalf of City Council, thank you for providing us with the February 17, 2021 memorandum
regarding “Exterior Lighting Code Updates” wherein you summarized the Board’s
recommendation that the Council fully adopt the proposed changes.
As you know, City Council will be reviewing this item at the Council work session tonight and
we encourage you to watch via Zoom or FCTV. Links can be found on
https://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/agendas.php.
Thank you for the expertise and perspectives that you bring to the Board and share with City
Council.
Best Regards,
Wade Troxell
Mayor
/sek
Cc: City Council Members
Darin Atteberry, City Manager
MEMORANDUM
NATURAL RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD
DATE: February 17, 2021
TO: Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Natural Resources Advisory Board
SUBJECT: Exterior Lighting Code Updates
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
The Natural Resources Advisory Board has reviewed the proposed changes to the
Exterior Lighting Code and recommend full adoption of the proposed changes.Light
pollution is an insidious but impactful form of pollution,with significant detrimental
impacts to both wildlife and human health and limited demonstrated safety benefits.
Exposure to light pollution can impact circadian rhythms and sleep patterns,reduce
immune function,promote West Nile Virus transmission (of particular concern in Fort
Collins),and has been associated with mental health disorders,behavioral disorders in
children,and obesity.Inappropriately bright or positioned exterior lighting can actually
impair visibility and reduce public safety.We fully support the proposed code changes
that help to reduce detrimental effects of exterior lighting,and would support the more
restrictive code changes as originally proposed.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this matter.
Very Respectfully,
Danielle Buttke DVM, PhD, MPH, DACVPM
Chair, Natural Resources Advisory Board
cc: Darin Atteberry, Michelle Finchum
From:Julie Pignataro
To:Sarah Kane
Cc:Darin Atteberry
Subject:Fw: NRAB Memo to council on proposed Exterior Lighting Code changes
Date:Friday, February 19, 2021 3:37:09 PM
Attachments:NRAB Exterior lighting memo.pdf
Happy Friday, Sarah! I haven't dug into my packet yet -- and if this is included please ignore --
but if it isn't can you please include this in the read-before packet? Thanks and have a great
weekend,
Julie Pignataro
City of Fort Collins
Councilmember, District 2
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From: Danielle Buttke <db334@cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2021 3:22 PM
To: Julie Pignataro <jpignataro@fcgov.com>
Cc: Kevin Krause <kevkrause@gmail.com>; Michelle Finchum <mfinchum@fcgov.com>; Darin
Atteberry <DATTEBERRY@fcgov.com>
Subject: NRAB Memo to council on proposed Exterior Lighting Code changes
Dear Councilmember Pignataro,
Attached please find a memo from the Natural Resources Advisory Board to council regarding
our support for the proposed changes in the exterior lighting code. Please let me know if you
have any questions.
Stay well and have a great weekend!
Danielle