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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013.03.12 Forest Lands Commission Minutes Minutes FOR A MEETING OF THE ASHLAND FOREST LANDS COMMISSION Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 5:30PM to 7:30PM Siskiyou Room, Community Development Building 51 Winburn Way I. CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 PM IL INTRODUCTIONS March 12th Forest Lands Commission: Chris Chambers, Jim Berge, Stef Seffinger, Frank Betlejewski, Dan Maymar, John Williams, Bill Roussel, Rob Cain, Jeff McFarland III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: February 12th minutes Minutes from last meeting: Typo in middle of paragraph under item A. Change "is" to "it". Williams motioned to approve minutes with change above, Seffinger seconded and all ayes. IV. PUBLIC FORUM V. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA Add Commission Business to the agenda after the trails topic. VI. BUSINESS A. Trails/Recreation Update 1. BTI Reroute Application Bill Roussel is going to postpone the proposed rerouting of the BTI trail. He hosted a work day on Sunday with 33 volunteers on the existing BTI trail He would like to see a more simple application process for trail reroutes. Bill will send a template from the Forest Service that addresses similar situations on small changes to the trail location. Karns and McFarland will tour the changes to see if the application can be shortened for the small reroute for public safety and sustainability. 2. Alice in Wonderland Relocation Application Rob and Jeff explained the proposed relocation of the Alice In Wonderland trail on private and City lands. Jeff had been out with the geologist today and received feedback on a couple points along the trail. The private landowners are going to provide easements without cost. The Alice Trail reroute is for bikes and the Bandersnatch extension is for pedestrians and equestrians, so there will actually be two trails that separate uses. The new trail will slow bikes down due to the construction techniques. Getting easements will make it easier to G:\fire\Forest Interface DivisionTorest Lands Commission\MINUTES\2013\March 12th 2013 Minutes.docx organize events. Trail design can also reduce the number of bikes on the Bandersnatch extension. Karns would like to see a more complete application from the AWTA in order to approve the trail extensions. Rob will include the impacts of the trail construction. Rob will update the application to the commission and they will approve by email if the application is ready well before the next meeting. B. Election of Chair 1. No nominees were made, though Williams will be chair if no one else takes the lead. The commission will ask Albert at the next meeting if he will be the chair. All those on the commission whose dates are up are renewing. C. Ashland Forest Plan Revision Maymar is waiting to get aerial photos of the properties. Stef checked with the Parks Commission on additional properties and came up with a list to include: Burnson, Granite, Straw-Hald, Crowson Reservoir, Alsing Reservoir, Cottle, Westwood Property, Hitt Road, and Ashland Pond property. McFarland and Chambers will compile a list of the property taxlot numbers. Main suggested a different category for the smaller properties that are affected by a different set of objectives. Some have specific constraints on them that need to be followed during management. Metlen sent forensic ecology data from plots close to City land to Frank. Chambers will send him a map of the plot locations. D. AFR Project Update Cutting has started on the Winburn project as of today. There are two contractors for cutting on AFR and Winburn. High Country Timber is falling trees for the Winburn job. Winburn will be flown on weekends along with one part of AFR. Flying will begin toward the end of the month. The AFR units are in the Four Corners and White Rabbit area and will require trail and road closures. Recent coverage of the size of cut trees referred to a dead tree that was cut for worker safety. The inherent danger of the work requires that some snags are cut for safety. Main said that our stock of snags and downed logs exceeds the regional averages for those structures and habitat. Columbia Helicopters has done a good job of keeping snags whenever possible. Jim came on a recent AFR tour and was impressed with the work accomplished. Multiple steps along the way have to be quality in order to end up with a good product, and we have done this to date in AFR. Context is extremely important to any part of AFR. Chambers will do his best to invite FLC on a tour during the operations. E. Watershed Outreach Plan Update VII. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS VIII. REVIEW AND SET COMMISSION CALENDAR/NEXT MEETING A. Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting: April 9th, 2013 G:Afire\Forest Interface Division\Forest Lands Commission\MINUTES\2013\March 12th 2013 Minutes.docx IX. ADJOURN: 7:30 PM In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, ifyou need special assistance to participate in this meeting,please contact the Public Works Office at 488-5587(TTYphone number 1 800 735 2900). Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting(28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title I). G:Afire\Forest Interface Division\Forest Lands Commission\MINUTES\2013\March 12th 2013 Minutes.docx