10/24/2001 Environmental Board Minutes

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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING OCTOBER 24, 2001 Chair Kukonen inquired if the lighting would be of the island pole type. Grundhofer asked if the pole could be low, for instance no higher than 12 feet. Chair Kukonen questioned if the poles were to cover the area from the building to the end of the parking lot. Grochala responded that they would recommend pedestal lights and probably mount the light on that. Chair Kukonen urged that the pedestal lighting needed to accommodate minimal spillage. Grundhofer made a motion to recommend: • Pedestal lighting • low -impact • Recessed and down-facing • No spillage past the parking lot edge Donlin seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimous ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD BUSINESS $4, A. Joint Meeting /City Council .- Asleson stated"goad took place at the meeting. Chair Kukonen agreed and pointed outltifas a move in the right direction to pursue conservation development. Grochala indicated that he was encourage- scussion, and believed it would be beneficial to have at least one jointAetinglawtar. NEMO will be another time for the Boards and Council to come together4gain. He suggested planning workshops in land use to gain a common basis of Imwletggor all to work from. :47$, Chair Kukonen noted that httad participated in three GTS workshops this year, and 98% JOY of the information was beneiicial. however it lacked in the applications. Grochala indicated if they organii,e e wol; slop, it could be tailored to the needs of the City. 4-1335..s. Ark s%`,11Y1 Chair Kukonen indr'k e workshops he had attended were also helpful in networking with otheNli'Ctt tes and out what worked and what did not. B. "V.5;13 Surface waler M aiiigcmentPJan Discussion — Powell distributed an outline to guide the discussion. explained that there were three parts to the plan. The policy document described details used to guide plan reviewals. The second part was the user's manual and had .facility design definitions, in addition to studies and inventories. The third section was a reference document. Powell pointed out that the policy section guided everything and was written in 1994 costing the City 200,000-250,000 dollars. A new effort was being made to bring the plan into compliance with the Rice Creek Watershed District second generation plan and the VLAWMO. It was noted that January 31 was the deadline to deal with the inconsistencies. Donlin expressed concern that the Surface Water Management fees were waived for Target. 3