- Hi, welcome. Thank you for being here. I would love to go ahead and start the meeting 548 p.m. on today,
- which is February 4th. And let's go ahead and do our roll call. Okay, Carrie Albright. I'm here.
- Heidi Brown. Here. Nadia Kane. Here. Matt Caldy. Here. Adam Budicker. Here. Shannon Geich is absent.
- Adam Martinez. Here. Mitchell Owens is absent. Here we go. Amazing. So glad to have you all here.
- I don't see any members of the public. Okay, just checking, just checking. Well, great. Well, we brought
- you here today to review and vote on the ECPC memo that was written in response to the UDO amendments
- that we covered in our last month's meeting. The ECPC met, discussed some of the concerns that we had with the
- amendments specifically around the impervious surface changes. And so we wrote up this memo. You all
- have access to it digitally and on paper. But I wanted to see if there's any comment or questions about
- this memo as it stands. Otherwise, our next item would be considering a vote. Well, I came across a
- comprehensive plan when I was reading through it. I think the latest version is 2024 version. Is that
- the right one?
- I'm not sure. Okay. Pretty sure. It's the last one they put on the website. It just occurred to me to
- look and see what is the city's policy on infrastructure and green infrastructure and previous covers
- to help guide decision making, right? Not for just us, but for the city. And they have a section policy
- goal 3.2 on the built environment. It says, and we could
- It's too late to add it to the letter, but maybe if you're giving a reading and you're adding comments,
- you can mention it. It says, continue to limit the amount of impervious service in new developments.
- So it might be good just to remind them this is the city's comprehensive plan. They wanted to do this
- at one point. That's a great point. And also the added note that as the city has
- moved into prioritizing things like green spaces and becoming a bee city, knowing that many, I think
- it was 70% of native bees nest in the ground and require impervious surface to create their nests, and
- that reducing the amount of, or allowing for more impervious surfaces in new developments could potentially
- impact how we're able to retain some of that biodiversity with our pollinator population.
- Those are definitely things to keep in mind. Do you have that memorized? Yeah, I will not be giving
- that as a part of the letter, though. I think it is such an excellent point that I would encourage you
- to attend virtually by Zoom so that you can give public comment, because anyone who gets three minutes.
- And that would be a very nice thing to point out. That would be OK. Over the years of watching Council
- meetings, there have been a lot of times, whether it's for greenways or a lot of various things that
- people have pointed out. By the way, this is in a plan that you all voted for. Just so you know. I need
- to talk about green space. Increase green space and protect environmentally sensitive areas.
- I don't know where the proposed density, urban density, for 80% if it's near in any environmentally
- sensitive areas or not. We would need to look at that. We can't know because it would just be in any
- of the residential zones. So it is not specific at this time. But I think that it's... Go ahead. I was
- just going to ask if the public comments at a specific time during the meeting. It's just in order on
- the agenda. So it could be any time after...
- It could happen in five minutes, it could happen in five hours. I get out of class at 730, I get home,
- then I can get online and see where we are. I was going to say if I had to guess, I think that'll be
- fine because it is one of the later items on their agenda and the meeting starts at 630. So I think
- that would be a very worthwhile comment to make. Any other
- Thoughts, comments, or questions on the memo as it stands? I like that. You put the leaks of the source
- where you got the data. That was nice. I won't be reading the sources aloud. Come on, read the URL.
- Yeah, we will not be reading that aloud. I move that we approve the letter as written. Second. 90 seconds.
- Perfect. Ready for our votes? Indeed. Heidi Brown.
- voting we are approving this if you want to say yes yes no it would work yes well thanks so much everybody
- for being present for this consideration and vote we will continue to
- work through how we do all of these things moving forward, but I really, really appreciate everyone
- making time tonight for this. The next item is our upcoming meeting, which is on February 19th at 6 p.m.
- in the usual spot upstairs. And that is the end of our agenda for the night. Motion we adjourn. Second.
- All right. Thank you so much. It is 554. Thank you all for being here. Thank you, Matt, for reading
- this. Thanks, Heidi, if you're able to make it for the public comment piece of it.