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Home My WebLink About08-13-2021 Fairhope Environmental Advisory Board Meeting Minutes·-' FE AB A ugust 13 , 2 02 1 M inut es FEAB MEETING MINUTES August 13, 2021 3:00 p.m. Fairhope Public Library Board Room, Fairhope , AL Member Attendees: Gary Gover, Ji m Horne r, Jennifer Fou t c h, A my Paulson, Ben Fra t er, Nigel Tem pl e Members not in attenda nce : Jeanine Norma n d (w arranted absence); Mi ke Shelton (wa r ra nted absence); Miche ll e Melto n (w arrante d absence) City of Fairhope: Ki m Burmeister -P lanni ng and Zoning Depa rt ment. City Council : No n e Honored Guests : Ric k Speight, 123 Ku rlane M inutes taken by : Kim Burmeis t e r Gary ca ll ed t he meet ing to orde r at 3 :05 p .m . Summary of meetin g: *Honored guest, res i dent Rick Spe i g h t, mig h t be interested i n FEAB membership if o r when th ere is a vacancy. *FEAB wou l d l i ke t o h ave another conversation with Mayor and/or Corey Martin o n Triang l e proper ty, as a follow up to co uncil m eeting discussions . *FEAB will contac t Erik Cortinas to see if we tland charette is st ill upco ming *FEAB would l ike t o be involved in comp p la n / land use p l an cha n ges and would like t o have a representa tive on steerin g committee *FEAB h as i nterest i n other commit tee projects: Recycling, Bi ke -Ped *Stormwa t er Infras t ructure meetin g w i th FEAB representa t ives , Pub lic Works, Pla nn i n g and Zo n ing and Ci t y of Mobile was i nform ative and may lead to opport unities for Fairh ope to have a similar i n ventory done . FEAB Minutes : Gary made a moti o n to approve th e FEAB Jul y Minutes from 7 /9, as w r itten and w it h two attachme nts: "Qu ick Claim Deed " and "Co ntrolling Statues " of Tr iang le Property . Unanimou sly ap p ro v ed . Introduction: Hono r ed g ues t , Ri c k Speight, introdu ced h i m self as an i nterest ed res ident with a bio logy and eng in ee r ing background . He m ay be interested in becom in g a member if there is a vacancy in t h e fut u r e. He asked ho w t h e ad vi sory comm ittee ope r ate d and Gary gave him .,,,-•· FEAB August 13, 2021 Minutes a brief overview. Amy shared FEAB bias and agenda goals with Rick (same one presented to Mayor in Special Meeting to introduce FEAB). Dyas Triangle Park Deed Draft Ben : He and Miche ll e attended July Council Meeting and Work Session. Recomme nded deed prohibit ions were mentioned . Mayor spoke as well. Conversations will continue per Ben . FEAB needs Corey 's help to move forward . It is his understanding Mayor will be meeting with FEAB prior to formalizing deed language . Michelle wil l have a more complete account of work session d iscussions on the triangle . Jennifer : Deed has not been transferred to Single Ta x yet . She is not sure Council understood the rationalizat ion of the listed prohibitions. Ji m : Natural Inventory Survey st ill needs to be done and is of high importance before moving forward. Gary : Has concerns over bike tra il use as becoming the dom in ant use for the triangle property, especia ll y "mountain " bike use and the po ss ible in c lu sion of electrical bikes which can travel at greater speeds . Nigel : Michelle needs to continue to be point person for conversations between Mayor and FEAB on triangle deed discussions . Jennifer suggested Michelle/ Ben draft an agenda prior to ne xt meeting with Mayor, with specific quest ions to ask Mayor. Jim : Contractor has already been se lected ; name un known . Gary: Hopes plans will be commun ity driven . Wetland Charette: Nigel suggested someone follow up with Erik to see status of wet land discus sions, ordinance review, etc. Kim : SB 107 has changed the City's wet land authority from Perm itting Jurisdiction to City Limits only. Jim : City li mits have a very small percentage of wetlands . Key is to fo ll ow up with County to see how county will be enforcing more stringent wetland regulations . Kim : Is on Baldwin County Environmental Advisory Committee (as a resident, not through the City) and she is part of a EAC sub-committee reviewing Baldwin Coun ty Sub Regs for suggested environmental language change s, including wetland, red soils/c lay and BMP references within the Baldwin County Sub Regs. Pending Ash ley Campbe ll 's Pa g e 12 ~ FEAB August 13, 2021 Minutes permission, she will share Baldwin County Sub Regs with draft comments from Baldwin EAC subcommittee with Nigel. Comp Plan/ Land Use Plan: Amy: FEAB point contact person for this . Hunter (Planning and Zon ing) and Lee Turner (Planning Commission) will be key contacts for discussions on this. Gary: Fairhope North (Corte deve lopment) near Publix was intended to be a village center but it is not being developed under the village co ncept. There is no connect ivity for pedestrian use . Amy: This should be addressed in the upcoming public or steering committee meetings with staff (planning and zoning department) regarding comp plan/ land use plan changes. She is hoping FEAB member will have representation on the Steering Committee which could then form stakeho lder groups, etc . si milar to the watershed management plans. Other Committees : Bike Ped: Gary ha s been attending the se . Gary: BRATS hub behind Fairhope Avenue at the Parking Garage is being enhanced to encourage pedestrian activity downtown and to help with parking. This is of interest to the Bike -Ped committee . Recycling Committee: Gary is a member, but it has not met in years. Currently he is the only member. Committee appears to be defunct. Jennifer said City is not recycling material s at this time, no ma rket . Nigel will check on recy cling sta tu s (Kim gave him names of staff: Dale Linder, Richard Johnson). Stormwater Inventory Meeting with City of Mobile Jim referenced the notes (below) taken for the Zoom meeting held on July 22 , 2021 in Richard John so n's office at the City of Fa irhope Public Works Dept . He sai d Je ss ica Walker and Richard are in discuss ion about funding for a City of Fairhope inventory of our stormwater infrastructure. According to RJ, City will need to procure about $SOOK to get thi s done. This may be discu ssed at the September City Council Meeting. Notes by Jim Homer unless otherwise noted: Thursday, July 22 , 2021: 10 a.m. via Zoom meeting In attendance: City of Fairhope Richard Johnson Christina LeJeune (in Richard's office) Kim Burmeister via Zoom Page \ 3 FEAB Aug ust 13, 20 21 Minutes FEAB re presentatives Gary Gover (in Richard's office) Jim Homer (in Richard 's office) City of Mobile Jennifer Greene, Director of Programs and Project Management, via Zoom (251) 208-7199 Lance Slater, Project Manager, via Zoom (251) 208-1037 Meeting Purpose: Review City of Mobile's grant inventory of their stormwater infrastructure: Funding was from Restore Act Bucket 3 money . Cost: $2,715 ,000 for the 18- month project Companies Selected: GRW Engineering; McCory Engineering; Environmental Engineering Kim added: GRW Contact: Rob Hench , GISP Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice Pres ident RHench @ grwinc.com P 859.223.3999 ext370 C 859.338.3721 Scope of work: Inventory and describe each of the 36,000 stormwater infrastructure features throughout the City of Mobile . Discu ssion : Fairhope already has and maintains an inventory of its stormwater outfalls. However, there is far less understanding of the infrastructure conveyance systems that get the stormwater from its source to the outfalls. That is the importance of the inventory. Richard Johnson has comp leted a stormwater infrastructure survey in Daphne so he was very aware of its benefits. Some of these include: Repair and maintenance; stormwater volume and capacity calculations; bottleneck determinations ; stormwater modeling to create and infrastructure plan . As Lance stated, they will be ab le to determine where the stormwater is coming from , where it is going and how it got there . Their inventory will be completed on public lands only, not on private land . Kim added: City's outfall inventory (650 outfalls) includes private subdivision ponds / associated structures, which are pri vate ly maintained . City planning and Page\ 4 FEAB August 13, 2021 Minutes zoning staff has used the Collector App and the Survey 123 app for similar field assessment work (tree inventories and outfall assessments). Accurate elevation calculations are part of the deliverables. Using dye to trace stormwater is not part of the work . Quality control of the data generated will be done with weekly reviews and data acceptance. Futur e Action : 1. Work with Jessica Walker to determine availability and timing of obtaining about $SOOK for the same stormwater infrastructure project in Fairhope. Since Mobiles $2 ,715 ,000 has already been accepted by Restore Act, Bucket 3 folks for this purpose , the groundwork should be already laid for this same project in Fairhope . 2. Gain approval from Mayor and Council Meeting adjourned : 4 :00 p .m. Ne xt meeting is Friday, September 10th , 2021@ 3 p .m . Library Board Room FEAB CONTACT INFORMATION: Chairman : Gary Gover Members : Jeanine Normand Ben Frater Mike Shelton Ji m Horner Amy Paulson Nigel Temple M ichelle Melton Jennifer Foutch CITY CONTACTS: govers @bellsouth .net drjnormand@aol.com ben .frater@gmail .com yaupon3@gmail.com none amy .paulson@yahoo .com 757nigel@gmail.com michelleleemeltonlee@gmail.com Foutch . jen n ifer@gma i l .com {251) 990-8662 (251} 9 2 8-2284 {404} 314-8815 {251} 270-9042 (251) 928-9722 {251} 654-7401 {757) 803-3589 (423) 504 -8253 (618) 318 -0354 Corey Martin, City Council corey.martin@fairhopeal.gov Kim Burmeister, Planning and Zoning Department kim.burmeister@fairhopeal.gov Christina LeJeune, Planning and Zoning Department christina .lejeune@fairhopeal .gov Page \ 5