2021-05-06 Forest Advisory Board Agenda Packet Published

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A Ave Landfill - Public Works project that Parks is working with them on. Letter was sent over a year ago by Evergreen Islands to the county then to the state then a citizen complaint was filed. Dept of ecology contacted us - we were not part of the toxicity. Hired legal firm - MTCA - how does the dept of ecology want to handle the site. We are hoping to have the same case manager from DOE, Chris Matthews, who was the case manager for the decommissioning of the water treatment plant. We will be meeting with the state and talk about the agreed order and how to proceed. No bike skills course going there. Bob: ACFL management plan update - the Planning Commission and City Council has been busy for other updates - but we are pushing to get into the queue to get considered. We will let everyone know when we know when City Council discuss this. Power company up at Mt. Erie and parking revision - replace the power poll outside of the site in their utility easement to the site and put in ballards because they're frustrated for access. We met 4 months or so ago and haven't heard anything from them. Seem like we agreed to the concept but have not heard. Meeting adjourned at 7:03pm Next meeting virtual meeting May 6, 2021 6pm. Respectfully Submitted by: Victoria Wong Date: March 16, 2021 ACFL Maintenance Report APRIL – 2021 by Steve Phillips April 29, 2021 This eventful month began with the completion of the repair on Trail 304, where a horse collapsed after puncturing the trail surface over a year ago. Geri Rubin, our Trail Committee equestrian representative, was helpful in inspecting my work and providing suggestions for improvement. The true test is time, and the first month has been good. At the very end of March, after a year’s worth of failed scheduling attempts, I received a walking tour of the climbing access points on Mount Erie by Jim Thompson. Jim is a committed local schoolteacher and rock climber who works to keep climbers safe on the mountain. He has also written and maintains a digital trail guide available on the app Rakkup. He knows the mountain intimately because he helped establish many routes with his friend Dallas Kloke, who passed in 2010. It was important for me to receive this orientation for sever al reasons, including climber safety and resource protection. Motorbike season opened again on April 1. I’ve been learning more about our rules as I talk to moto riders. I often cross paths with John Meehan, our motorbike rep on the Trail Committee. He is helping educate me on the different sizes and styles of bikes and motors. He rides a mountain bike in the moto off-season, so his eyes are always on the trail. We reflected that this past winter seemed pretty good concerning illegal moto use. During the February snow, ATV tracks appeared at Whistle Lake. Bob and I put our heads together to figure out improvements at the parking lot to eliminate this possibility without restricting access to the allowed user groups. This work is now partly complete and will be finished soon. Bob, Nicole Johnston, and I spent three mornings pruning trees on Commercial Avenue. This work was needed to protect the structures of businesses there and improve clearance for peds and vehicles. I met up with volunteer and ACFL neighbor Mike Oras on the 15th. Mike has been finding patches of holly and ivy near Little Cranberry Lake. I pulled these with him for a little while, but need to return for some follow up work. I’m grateful that he found and helped remove this patch. Locating patches of invasives is hard enough, but setting aside the time to work them is a challenge unto itself.