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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005.03.16 Forest Lands Commission - Special Meeting Minutes 9/3/25, 11:12 AM Regular Meeting-Forest Lands Committee-City of Ashland,Oregon Learn about the Citv's plan to construct and move the water treatment plant - Clean drinking water is an essential right Agendas and Minutes City of Ashland � Forest Lands Committee (vieWall) Regular Meeting Agenda View Agenda Wednesday, March 16, 2005 MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING ASHLAND FOREST LANDS COMMISSION March 16, 2005 —4:30 PM Council Chambers, 1175 East Main Street MEMBERS PRESENT: Frank Betlejewski, Richard Brock,Jo Anne Eggers,Anthony Kerwin, Bill Robertson(Chair),Diane White Members Absent: Anthony Kerwin Staff Present: Nancy Slocum,Ed Olson Non-Voting Members Present: Cate Hartzell I. CALL TO ORDER: Chair Robertson called the meeting to order at 4:38 PM in the Lithia Room. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of February 9, 2005 were approved as submitted. III. PUBLIC FORUM: No one spoke. VI. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA: None. A https://old.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?AMID=2107&Display=Minutes 1/6 9/3/25, 11:12 AM Regular Meeting-Forest Lands Committee-City of Ashland,Oregon IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Staff Report from Chief Woodley—Woodley could not attend the meeting,but submitted a memo dated March 11. He reported the purchase of seedlings from BLM to plant in our restoration project area. The prescribed fire project on USFS Unit"K"had not been funded by the Forest Service. The City completed our contractual obligations under the road use permit(Restoration Project)by the Forest Service and all that remained was the burning of a slash pile at the Forest Service helicopter landing site. B. Discussion with Pieter Smeenk regarding Main Waterline Feeder Project—Interim Public Works Director Ed Olson reported for Smeenk. The contractor had begun preliminary setup with construction scheduled to begin in two to three weeks. The contractor,R&G Excavation,was required by DEQ to provide an erosion control plan that must be approved by DEQ and the City. City staff and/or Dennis Slader from Brown&Caldwell would be monitoring the contractor and their subcontractors daily. The City is developing an Emergency Response Plan that would include staff and contractor training in the event of a breech in the waterline. In addition, Olson noted there would be screening on graded areas along the roadside. Eggers asked if there were regulations regarding the storage of materials and equipment near the creek. Olson replied yes. In addition to compliance of the regulations,there would be fire equipment stocked with hazardous waste clean up supplies. Olson would ask Smeenk to require the contractor avoid the most sensitive areas close to the creek. C. Exhibitor Booth at Earth Day—Robertson asked for volunteers to organize a table.No one volunteered so the commission declined the invitation. D. Schedule Goal Setting/Charter Review/Public Input Retreat—Robertson asked if the commission still wished to schedule a retreat bearing in mind the Draft EIS would be released soon. Commission decided on a working session,not a retreat,to discuss short and long term commission goals,the commission's charter and the roles of participants at meetings. The working session was scheduled for April 21 st from 5:00—9:00 PM. Eggers suggested that"Collaborative Processes"be added to the session agenda. (She noted that Parks Commissioner Jim Lewis would be her commission substitute if it ever became necessary.) E. Monitoring Protocol for City Owned Forestlands—Commission would ask Main to draft a monitoring plan on city-owned forestlands taking as much from AFRCA as possible. https://old.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?AMID=2107&Display=Minutes 2/6 9/3/25, 11:12 AM Regular Meeting-Forest Lands Committee-City of Ashland,Oregon F. Create Timeline for Winburn Parcel-The commission asked staff to review the work to date. Slocum remembered that April 2004 was the last discussions on goals and strategies. Brock thought Marty Main had drafted some silvicultural prescriptions,but there was no consensus on Unit 4. Betlejewski recommended taking appropriate sections from AFRCA including prescriptions(since there was wide community consensus) and applying them to Winburn. Brock noted that there were exceptions to AFRCA including management of northern aspects, lower slopes and Units 2, 5, and 4. He noted that restoration goals needed to be agreed upon in the riparian transition zone. Commission would further discuss the idea of using parts of AFRCA at their next meeting. Commission set a field trip on Winburn for either May 141h or May 7th from 9 AM to 4 PM (contingent upon Main's availability). The goal would be to visit those areas that needed further discussion as mentioned above. Commission discussed a tentative timeline for the Winburn Parcel as outlined below: Estimated Date Task time needed April,May,2005 Any needed data gathering/ground truthing ? June,2005 AFLC draft complete, sample areas marked ? Summer, 2005 Public Process including hikes and at least 2 public forums 3 months August 16, 2005 Council Approval 2-4 weeks September 15, 2005 Bid Process 6-8 weeks November 1, 2005 Implementation ? Potential limitations to timeline include: no sawing after March 1st,no burning after April 1 st per spotted owl and burning regulations and the maximum number of piles burned per day. Commission wanted to continue the discussion of the timeline next month when Main and Woodley could be present. Commission asked staff to forward questions to Main for a report next meeting. Questions included: Main's comfort level with the existing data; what data is still needed;how does AFRCA apply to Winburn Parcel and how does it not apply; how many acres need to be treated, what treatments and where are they located. V. NEW BUSINESS: None VIII. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: None ^ https://old.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?AMID=2107&Display=Minutes 3/6 9/3/25, 11:12 AM Regular Meeting-Forest Lands Committee-City of Ashland,Oregon IX. REVIEW AND SET COMMISSION CALENDAR/NEXT MEETING The next regularly scheduled commission meeting was set for Wednesday,April 13, 2005. X. ADJOURN: 6:15 PM Bill Robertson, Chair Respectfully Submitted, Nancy Slocum, Clerk https://old.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?AMID=2107&Display=Minutes 4/6 9/3/25, 11:12 AM Regular Meeting-Forest Lands Committee-City of Ashland,Oregon Online City Services UTILITIES-Connect/Disconnect, Request Conservation Pay your bill & more Evaluation Connect to Proposals, Bids Ashland Fiber Network & Notifications Request Building Apply for Other Inspection Permits & Licenses - �+ Building Permit Register for Applications Recreation Programs Co s Email Updates Sign up to receive local important News & Events. Email Address Subscribe Unsubscribe Home Water Advisory Mayor/Council Taxes Departments Codes Commissions Archived City Records Web Links https://old.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?AMID=2107&Display=Minutes 5/6 9/3/25, 11:12 AM Regular Meeting-Forest Lands Committee-City of Ashland,Oregon Emergency Contact Info Police&Fire,Water,Electric,Red Cross,Jackson County Health, Recology Ashland Sanitary... 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