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City of LafayetteWatershed Management & Action
Plan,and Fire Training Plan
Kathi Futornick, WCAB ChairPresentation to City Council
May 8. 2003
WCAB Purpose
• Assess conditions in the Watershed
• Gather necessary information and data…to develop Plan
• Involve stakeholders
• Present Plan to City Council for adoption
Mission
• Preserve and maximize quality and quantity of water available to the City
• Enhance wetlands and stream banks• Protect and enhance wildlife habitat• Protect aquifers and wellheads• Establish sustainable tree harvest program• Understand the watershed ecosystem• Evaluate expansion of watershed size
WCAB Members
• Ron Ross• Bob Cullen• Kathi Futornick, Chair• Bob Long• Dean O’Reilly• Stan Hill• Gary Johnson• David Breneman
• Travis Johnson• Susan Bovee-
Picciano
Special Recognition Carol Paddock Walter Forster
WCAB Milestones
9/99 OWEB grant application 11/99 Awarded $22,000 grant 12/99 City Resolution 99-39 1/00 – 12/02 Monthly meetings 9/00 & 11/00 Public meetings 02/03 Completion of Plan 2/03 Planting of native species 04/03 Received 2nd OWEB grant 05/03 Fire Training Plan
Selected Recommendations
• Water – Complete hydrologic
study– Assess impact of
spring withdrawal on Henry Creek
– Conduct wetlands inventory
– Prepare well-head protection plan
Selected Recommendations
• Restoration– Create snags & down-
logs– Prevent erosion from
roadways– Resize culverts– Inventory aquatic
species
Selected Recommendations
• Partnerships & easements– Work with volunteers
for conservation easements
– Investigate partnership agreements with neighbors in recharge area
Selected Recommendations
• Vegetation Mgt.– Timber inventory– Control invasives– Plant native species– Release oaks– Seed landings and
roadsides– Survey for rare and
threatened species
Selected Recommendations
• Access & Security– Block uncontrolled
access points– Establish
subcommittee to discuss security
– Fire management
Selected Recommendations
• Public Outreach– City Park & Recreation
referral– Develop watershed
guide to educate residents about importance of watershed
Lafayette Fire Training Plan
• Time Frame - June 2003• Purpose
– Consistency with Watershed Plan
– Management of equipment during a timber/brush fire, I
– Identification of staging areas
– Conduct supervised burns of debris piles and extinguishing the piles
– Preparing trails for firefighters to move through the Watershed quickly.