MAUREEN KIRK CHAIR

Supervisor District 3 JAMES JOHANSSON VICE CHAIR rice Mavor Oroville
BILL CONNELLY Supervisor District 1
JANE DOLAN Supervisor District 2
STEVE LAMBERT Supervisor District 4
KIM YAMAGUCHI Supervisor District S
ANGELA THOMPSON Councilmember Biggs
SCOTT GRUENDL Councilmember Chico
JERRY ANN FICHTER Mayor Gridley

ALAN WHITE Councilmember Paradise

Members Present Maureen Kirk Chair Bill Connelly Jane Dolan Steve Lambert Kim Yamaguchi Jerry Ann Fichter Scott Gruendl Angela Thompson
Members Absent Alan White James Johansson Vice Chair W James Wagoner Air Pollution Control Officer

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### Minutes ofthe 

# Butte CountyAirQualityManagement District 

# Governing Board ofDirectors Meeting of

April 22 2010

Staff Present Butte County Supervisor W James Wagoner Air Pollution Control Officer Butte County Supervisor Gail Williams SeniorAirQuality Planner Butte County Supervisor Robyn Sousa Admin Services Officer Butte County Supervisor Trish Weir Clerk of the Board Butte County Supervisor Robert McLaughlin Assistant Air Pollution Mayor City ofGridley Control Officer Councilmember City of Chico Ursula Parker Air Quality Compliance Councilmember Cityof Biggs Specialist II
Councilmember Town of Paradise Vice Mayor City of Oroville
Others Present Steve Schoonover Chico Enterprise Record Donna Cook Resident of Chico John Scott Butte Environmental Council Darrel Wilson Resident of Magalia Tom Needla Resident of Chico Melissa Daugherty Chico News and Review Max Griffin Resident of Berry Creek Craig Carter Resident of Durham Mike Mendon Resident of Chico Luke Anderson Resident of Chico 

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2525 Dominic Drive Suite J Chico CA 95928Butte County AirQuality Management District

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1 Call to Order 

### Chair Kirk called the meeting to order at 10 5 a m at the Chico Council Chambers 421 Main Street Chico California

2 Additions and Deletions tothe Consent Agenda
None 3 Consent Agenda
3 1 

### By Consent Approve Minutes ofthe March 25 2010 meeting ofthe Board of Directors 3 2 

### ByConsentAcceptand File Activity Reporton Butte CountyAirQuality Management District activities 3 

### By Consent Accept and File reporton Financial Status Reportfor Fiscal Year20092010 3 4 By Consent Accept and File Status Report on Calendar of Events 3 5 

### By Consent Acceptand File Status Reporton AirQuality Related Legislation 3 6 

### By Consent Acceptand File Status Reporton CaliforniaAirPollution Control Officer s Association activities 3 7 

### By Consent Accept and File Status Reporton proposed Budgetfor Fiscal Year20102011 3 8 

### By Consent Status Reporton federal Green House Gas permitting regulations 3 9 

### By Consent Accept and File EPA draft policy assessment in the review ofthe particulate matterambientair quality standard 3 10 

### By Consent Accept and File CARB enforcement advisory for the state inuse offroad diesel vehicle regulation 3 11 

### ByConsent Accept and File schedulefor receiving CARB presentation onAB32 implementation and AB32 position letters Chair Kirk pulled item 3

11 forfurther discussion 

### Action Requested Approve ConsentAgenda Items 3 1 through 3 10 Motion Approve ConsentAgenda Items 3 1 through 3 10
AYES 

### SupervisorKirkSupervisorDolan SupervisorLambert SupervisorYamaguchi SupervisorConnelly CouncilmemberThompson Councilmember Gruendl Motion Mayor FichterSecond NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT Vice Mayor Johansson and Councilmember White
Motion carries
4 Items removed from the Consent Agenda for Board consideration and actionButte CountyAir Quality Management District

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### Action Requested By Consent Accept and File schedule for receiving CARB presentation on AB 32 implementation and AB 32 position letters 

### Jim Wagonerstated thathecontacted the Executive Officeratthe CaliforniaAir Resources Board CARB about 

### giving the Governing Board a presentation in May but because ofCARB s Board meetingsfall on the same day as the District s he would not be able to attend Jim further stated that although the Executive Officer has 

### indicated that he would like to provide the presentation personally a member of CARB s staff is currently scheduled to be atthe May Governing Board meeting but ifthe Governing Board so desired another date could be scheduled to hearfrom the Executive Officer himself 

### A discussion ensued regarding scheduling the presentation and considering a letter to CARB on AB 32 A 

### consensuswas reached to approve the scheduled May Board Meeting presentation by CARB and as aseparate agenda item consideranAB 32 position letterdrafted by CouncilmemberThompson and staff 

### Motion Receive CARB presentation on AB 32 implementation and Draft a AB 32 position letterforthe May Agenda
AYES 

### SupervisorKirk Supervisor Dolan Supervisor Lambert SupervisorYamaguchi Second Supervisor Connelly CouncilmemberThompson Motion Councilmember Gruendl MayorFichter NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT Vice MayorJohansson and Councilmember White
Motion carries
RegularAgenda

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### PUBLIC HEARING Adoption of Proposed Recodification and Amendments to Regulation III Rule 300 Open Burning Requirements Prohibitions and Exemptions and Rule 507 Burn PermitFees 

### ACTION REQUESTED Open Public Hearing to Receive Public Comments and continue hearing to the June 24 2010 Board Meeting Staff presented a summary of the proposed amendments Public Hearing Opened at 10

54 am 

### Bill Haggerty resident of Magalia Vice Chair of URCC and member of the Upper Ridge Fire Safe Council Mr Haggerty attended the Public Meeting held in Magalia He voiced concerns about breathing smoke and the carcinogens in oak leave burning Mr Haggerty furtherstated he presented the rule change as written to49 local 

### residents in an effortto getan idea ofhowthe local residences feel about open burning Two stated theydid not want any restrictions seven said they want more restrictions but weren t sure which option they support 16 residents did not want any burning at all and 24 agreed with Mr Haggerty opinion that burning should only beButte CountyAir Quality Management District

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### allowed from March 1June 30 and a special fall period that a divide is created in the town for burn days and in addition he would like to see burn day status posted earlierthan 9 am 

### Craig Carter resident of Durham said he is by trade a Fire Behavior Analyst and has worked for CDF as a Vegetation Management Coordinator He stated that he feels that the way the rules are written can have a detrimental effect in two areas One by limiting the time ofyearthat residents can burn could lead to accumulation 

### and catastrophicfires in thefoothill areas His otherconcern isthe timeofdayand time ofyear residents can burn Mr Carterstated that burning in the afternoon as well as burning in the fall versus spring will lead to less moisture content in the fuel resulting in less smoke produced 

### Mike Mendon resident of Chico thanked Ursula and Bob fortheirwork on the rule He feels lawn clippings and grass should be an exempted prohibited material burning only one pile at a time and splitting the area so that less people will be impacted by smoke and reducing the minimum size from 1 acre lot size to Y2 acre lot size is also a good idea Supervisor Connellydeparted the meeting at 11 07 am 

### LukeAnderson resident ofChico utilizes green waste binstodispose ofhis greenwaste and rentsachipperonce a year He felt that if he burned his green waste it would negatively impact 16 of his neighbors Mr Anderson 

### furtherstated that he is againstburning in the Chicosphere ofinfluence feels thatthe drying time should directly relate todrydays and thereshould be more discussion and education on waysto dispose ofgreen waste Darrel Wilson resident of Magalia Chair ofthe Butte Fire Safe Council voiced concerns aboutfurther restrictions for burning He stated that many residents in Magalia do not have green waste disposal service and the reason people burn is forfire hazard reduction Mr Wilson furtherstated that at higheraltitudes debris takes less time to dry Public Hearing Closed at 11

5 am 

### Supervisor Yamaguchi recognized staff for taking into consideration the characteristics of the upper ridge and inquired if it was possible to announce burn day status any earlierthan currently provided Staff indicated that the 

### District is currentlyworking with CARB to provide burn daystatus theday priorespecially during fireseason Furtherdiscussion ensued among Governing Board Members and staff regarding publiccomments This item was continued to the June 24 2010 Governing Board Meeting 6 PUBLIC HEARING Adoption of proposed amendments to Rule 101 Definitions 

### Bob McLaughlin stated the District is proposing to amend Rule 101 Definitions to provide greaterclarity and consistency with regard to the existing rules and regulations The currentstructure ofthe District s rules 

### provide definitions as either standalone definitions listed in specific rules are generally rulespecific and are not used in other rules orprograms orthe definitions are included in a general rule which may applyto 

### multiple rules The proposed amendmentsto Rule 101 will serve to add and clarifydefinitions that applytoButte CountyAir Quality Management District

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### multiple rules and to remove some definitions that apply to only a single rule when the corresponding rule contains the same or a similar definition and to amend some of the existing definitions to clarify the District s regulatory interpretations ACTION REQUESTED Open public hearing to receive public comments and continue hearing to the June 24 2010 Board Meeting Public Hearing Opened at 11

28 am No Public Comment Public Hearing Closed at 11

29 am and continued tothe June 24 2010 Governing Board Meeting 7 Report on Annual 2009 AirQuality Summary Gail Williams discussed the 2009 Summary Report ACTION REQUESTED Receive report
No Public Comment
8 Other Business 

### Consider Receiving Additional Carl Moyer Funds underthe CAPCOA Rural DistrictAssistance Program Jim Wagonerstated the District was notified April 21 2010 ofan award ofadditional grantfunds through the Carl Moyer Rural District Assistance Program RAP These are funds that become available when other air districts are unable to fund projects in their districts CAPCOA administers the program subject to the approval of the CARB The District has taken advantage ofadditional Moyerfunds through the RAP program overthe lastseveral years The funds are from the Year 10 funding cycle and must be allocated to projects byJune 30 2010 A Board resolution accepting the funds must be returned to CARB in order to secure the funds The District must receive the funds before entering into contracts with the grant recipients Given the short timeline Board action cannot be deferred to the May 27th meeting ACTION REQUESTED Determine that there is an immediate need to take action and that the need arose after the posting ofthe agenda bytwo thirds vote 

### MOTION Therewas an Immediate Need toTakeAction and that The Need Arose Afterthe Posting ofthe Agenda
AYES Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan Supervisor Lambert SupervisorYamaguchi Councilmember

Thompson Second Councilmember Gruendl Motion Mayor Fichter NOES None ABSTAIN NoneButte County AirQuality Management District

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ABSENT Vice MayorJohansson Councilmember White and Supervisor Connelly
Motion carries ACTION REQUESTED Adopt the attached proposed resolution 201006 accepting the Carl Moyer Rural Assistance Program Year 10 funds as well as any subsequent supplemental disbursements
AYES Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan Supervisor Lambert SupervisorYamaguchi Councilmember

Thompson Motion Councilmember Gruendl Second Mayor Fichter NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT Vice MayorJohansson Councilmember White and Supervisor Connelly
Motion carries
9 Public Comment Period John Scott memberofthe Butte Environmental Council stated that efforts to rescind AB 32 is being sponsored and solely supported by Valero Oil Tesoro Oil and World Oil out ofTexas and it is disgraceful

10 ADJOURNMENT 11 36 am

W JarAfs Wago r Air Pollution Control Officer I hereby attest that this is a true and correct copy of the action taken by the Butte County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors on April 22 2010
ATTEST 

## y Trish Weir Clerk of the Governing Board