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Wildfire Safety Management Advisory Committee (View All)

Regular Meeting Minutes

Agenda
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

MINUTES FOR A MEETING OF THE
WILDFIRE MITIGATION COMMISSION
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
11:00AM to 1:00PM
Training Room, Ashland Fire Station #1
455 Siskiyou Blvd

CALL TO ORDER: 11:00am

IN ATTENDANCE: Tim Bewley, Stephen Gagne, Doug Kay, Tracy Peddicord, Bruce Moats, Vicky Sturtevant, Alison Lerch, Chris Chambers

NOT IN ATTENDANCE: Stef Seffinger

INTRODUCTIONS

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. November 16, 2016: Vicky moved to approve the November minutes. Doug seconded. All in favor.
2. February 15, 2017: Vicky moved to approve the February minutes, Bruce seconded. All in favor.
3. ACTION ITEMS

ACTION ITEM #1: Commission Vacancy
Bill Stevens, a member of the Mountain Ranch HOA Board is interested in the commission and will be attending the March 15 meeting. Chris will remind Diana at the city council meeting next week to announce that there is a vacancy. Get this on the council agenda and bring this to Barbara's agenda. Steve Asher will come to a meeting. Judith McBride was contacted and Alison followed up with an email. Tim may not stay on the commission but will hang on to the Evac and CWPP Groups. Marie Donovan was contacted and does not have the time but will forward it on to her real estate friends. It is important to maintain the depth of conversation and continuity. Tracy will follow up with Steve Asher. (Greg Williams of Carols Colors?). Follow Up: How do we extend a commissioner’s term?

ACTION ITEM #2: Follow up on the Paul Hessberg’s Era of Megafires Video
Chris will contact Paul about a better recording and ask about it being a publicly funded project and why we cannot stream the presentation.

ACTION ITEM #3: Burn to Learn in Ashland
Tracy spoke with the Kathryn Holden, the Assistant Principal of Ashland Middle School. Tracy needs a one page info sheet from Alison.

ACTION ITEM #4: Email Addresses on website
Email addresses on website: No hyperlink, no text form on the site. Is it policy that email addresses need to be on the website?
Can there be one email? Wildfirecommission@ashland.or.us
Steven moved that all emails are removed from the website, and replace them with a city commission email, where the staff liaison and committee chair get the email. Tracey 2nd. All in favor.

PUBLIC FORUM

ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA

BUSINESS
1. New Business
  1. 2016 Accomplishments
  2. 2017 Commission Priorities

Ongoing Business
1. Plant List Subcommittee
  1. Met in February and will bring more information to the march meeting
2. Wildfire Mitigation Ordinance
  1. Mayor proposed a red dot Doreen dot program for identifying every home in Ashland over a 7 year period. This would be publicized with a clarification that a red dot may be passed over in a fire because. Mayor would work on grants and loans. Include plant list considerations but would include exceptions. Required for remodels, separate from the 7 year timeline. By starting with red dot green dot there would be self-motivation to clean up their property. Making this public would also help self-motivate. Colorado Springs has a web based platform. Private and public inspectors. The remodel thing would take into account the ordinance as written. Are there insurance implications to this? This could be a student. CPAW is coming to the February 21st meeting.
3. Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW)
  1. CPAW is looking at the proposed ordinance for the remodel. They may give us some hints on this. They are also helping with the risk assessment
4. Wildfire Task Force

Parking Lot Issues
1. Community Wildfire Protection Plan
  1. CWPP Engagement/Outreach
2. Branding the WMC
3. Wildfire Commission Collateral
4. Firewise Website
5. Farmer’s Market 2017

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

REVIEW AND SET COMMISSION CALENDAR / NEXT MEETING
1. Mayors Brown Bag Lunch: February 24, 2017, 12:00pm (ComDev)
2. Chamber WTF Meeting: March 1, 2017, 10:30pm (Station 1)
3. Next WMC Meeting: March 15, 2017, 11:00am (Station 1)
4. Ashland Firewise Clean Up Day: May 6, 2017 (Valley View Transfer Station)
5. Southern Oregon Firewise Expo: May 12-13, 2017 (Jackson County FD3, White City)

AGENDA ITEMS FOR March 15

ADJOURN:

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Public Works Office at 488-5587 (TTY phone 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).