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-

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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.