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PalenProperty
Taxlot391E16 –600
20.12 Acres
-Alice in Wonderland Trail
CITY OF ASHLAND
Alice in Wonderland
-Connection to existing bike/ped easements
PROPERTY
-Guaranteed perpetual access
-Control over fire fuels and fuels reeducation
RECOMMEND PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT
AGREED UPON PRICE: $150,000
Bike/Ped Easements
Source: Parks SDCs
PROPERTY DEDICATED AS OPEN SPACE and PARK
PROGRAM INVENTORY
Parks Commissioners have already
approved the acquisition
USFS PROPERTY
2023PalenProperty Purchase1
OPEN
SPACE PLAN
-2005
Land Identified for
purchase for trail and
open space
Trails Master Plan
Ch. 16; Eastside Forestland Trails
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PalenProperty Bridges the Gap for Alice in
•
Wonderland
Recommend Approval of the
•
acquisition of the PalenProperty as
described in the staff report and for its
dedication as Parks and Open Space
program inventory.
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From:
To:Public Testimony
Cc:Chad Woodward; Bob Kaplan;
Subject:Public Testimony - Ashland City Council (4/18/2023)
Date:Friday, April 14, 2023 8:49:43 PM
\[EXTERNAL SENDER\]
Climate Change Adaption - Ashland Forest Plan
Mayor Graham and Council,
I provided the following comments, on 9/27/2023, regarding an earlier draft of the Addendum:
While the current draft of the Climate Change Addendum addresses strategies to
“
prepare for and become more resilient to climate change, it does not address how
the AFP will achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. In order to address the later the
AFP Addendum should include, at a minimum, the following:
Quantification of GHG emissions from forest practices including climate
impacts directly related to carbon black. (NOTE to editor: please include a
definition of carbon black and its impact on climate and human health).
Identification of GHG emission offsets for AFP land management activities
that could serve to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.”
The updated draft does not provide this information. Instead it includes the following
statement in an apparent response to my original comment.
“Though the Ashland Climate Energy Action Plan calls for carbon neutrality, we recognize
that this may not be possible on City forestlands, where goals of community wildfire safety
and maintaining forested ecosystems intact are higher priorities.”
It is critical that the Climate Change Addendum quantify AFP greenhouse gas emissions and
the extent of carbon sequestration. These details are needed to understand the extent of
additional emission reductions that the city must achieve, or off-sets it must implement to
achieve the CEAP’s goals.
Thanks you,
Gary Shaff