HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013.06.11 Forest Lands Commission Minutes Minutes FOR A MEETING OF THE
A SHLA ND FORES T LA NDS COMMISSION
Tuesday, June 11th 2013
5:30PM to 7:30PM
Siskiyou Room, Community Development Building
51 Winburn Way
I. CALL TO ORDER: 5:38 PM
Stefanie Seffinger, Chris Chambers, Albert Pepe, John Williams, Frank Betlejewski, Jim
Berge, Jeff McFarland
IL INTRODUCTIONS
None
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: May 14th minutes
A "d" was added to the word "submitted" in the second line.
Seffinger motioned to accept minutes as amended, Pepe seconded and all voted in
favor.
IV. PUBLIC FORUM
V. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA
VI. BUSINESS
A. Trails/Recreation Update
a. BTI Reroute Application/Alice Reroute Progress
BTI app, alice easements, $$ for trails master plan in budget. McFarland knows
who the consultant is who wrote the Parks Master Trails plan and can pass the
name on.
B. Ashland Forest Plan Revision
Dennis and Seffinger talked about the social section. Brennan was assigned the
unit monitoring text/discussion. McFarland sent Betlejewski the Parks Master
Trails Plan. Timelines were discussed as a means to encourage the various
chapters to be drafted and eventually completed in time.
Betlejewski discussed his finding that there's a birchleaf mountain mahogany and
Oregon white oak plant association in Siskiyou Mt Park in a 5 acre area. Frank
wrote a prescription for Parks to inform current fuels work going on in the park
with Lomakatsi. All commissioners should bring an outline or rough draft by
September lOtn meeting.
C. City Lands Thinning and Burning Update
PERC grant through The Nature Conservancy has supported the City forestlands
burning this year though we didn't burn as many acres as possible due to
unfavorable weather conditions, but did get 22 acres of high priority areas burned.
The PERC grant also funded 77 acres of fuels reduction work at Siskiyou
Mountain Park via Lomakatsi plus 250 acres of fuels reduction on private
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forestland just west of the watershed and town. The City Winburn helicopter
thinning project was successful with just a little over the amount of volume
removed than was predicted in the cruise. The price for the byproduct logs was
high, which allowed more grant funding to be spent on other portions of the
PERC grant because more of the helicopter work paid for itself, though it was still
subsidized.
D. AFR Project Update
Crews are cleaning up the slash left after the helicopter work. The helicopter
landings are being cleared of firewood that the AFR partners hope to offer some
of the firewood to the public through permits at the Forest Service. Road
maintenance will start soon across the area to restore roads and improve drainage.
Trail improvements are underway around the White Rabbit area that will separate
user traffic and decrease conflicts and improve safety.
E. Watershed Outreach Plan Discussion
Review of the notes from April. Suggestion was made to create a City Forestlands
brochure. Williams had offered to create a simple brochure and will send out a
Email to the commission to get input. There's a list of facts and figures on the
back of the current cartoon map that could be used. Chambers suggested a map
that at least shows that the City is an owner in the watershed and could include
some basic topography and roads. Seffinger suggested including the benefits of
active stewardship. Williams suggested a piece on history of watershed
protection. Other suggestions include recreation and trails. The Chamber of
Commerce is producing a map so the brochure shouldn't be too similar to that.
VII. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
VIII. REVIEW AND SET COMMISSION CALENDAR/NEXT MEETING
A. Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting, July 9th 2013
IX. ADJOURN: 7:30 PM
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