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Park City Council Meeting Summary September 27, 2018
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SUMMARY of the SEPTEMBER 27 PARK CITY COUNCIL MEETING |
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IN THE WORK SESSION City Tour 2018 Debrief
Myles Rademan presented to City Council an overview of City Tour 2018. The main purpose of City Tour is to learn and find inspiration from other communities in the mountain west, while at the same time building relationships between the Leadership Class participants and other stakeholders. Rademan shared highlights from meetings with municipal leaders in Bozeman and Livingston, MT, and Jackson, WY, including common challenges in the areas of infrastructure, finance, housing, development, and other growth and tourism related issues. |
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IN THE REGULAR SESSION
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UPCOMING CITY MEETINGS
- Historic Preservation Board Meeting: 10/3, 5:00 p.m. at City Hall
- Planning Commission: 10/10, 5:30 p.m. at City Hall
- City Council: 10/11, 6:00 p.m. at City Hall
- City Council: 10/23, 6:00 p.m. at City Hall
UPCOMING CITY EVENTS
- Author Julia Corbett: 10/8, 6:00 p.m. at Park City Library
- Community Meet-Up with Mayor Andy at McPolin Farm: 10/13, 10:30 a.m. at McPolin Farm
- Try Hockey for Free: 11/10, 10:45 a.m. at Park City Ice Rink
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This is an unofficial summary of the meeting. To read the official minutes; please visit the meetings page on the city's website. Minutes are posted once they are approved.
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Regeneration
Park City’s natural setting is the reason why we live here. Our open spaces are at the core of who we are. Park City has 9540 acres of land that has been set aside as open space, protected from development with conservation easements.
Not only do these lands the Park City lifestyle represent the Park City lifestyle, they can help us reach our carbon neutral goals.
Carbon sequestration explained:
Park City’s open spaces, if managed properly, can pull out vast amounts of carbon away from the atmosphere and store it in vegetation and soils. This carbon storage capability can help balance our carbon footprint and help balance those emissions that we cannot eliminate.
Park City is working to quantify how much carbon is stored in the vegetation and soils on its open spaces, and how much additional carbon is pulled away from the atmosphere on a yearly basis. According to a study completed in 2017, our open spaces are soaking up 7,686 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MT CO2e) per year. If you are interested in knowing more about our methodology, get in touch.
Regenerative agriculture:
In the summer of 2018 Park City decided to initiate regenerative agriculture on the iconic piece of land at McPolin Barn. This piece of land had remained relatively undisturbed since it was set aside under easement in 1991. The lack of disturbance on the land led to the grasses that grow and die each year to thatch together, never properly decomposing into the soil. To restore the function of returning nutrients and mixing soil, cattle were reintroduced to the former dairy. Rather than allowing them to spread out and graze on their favorite species, the cattle were herded together which forced them to eat down the grasses and weeds indiscriminately. The disturbance by the cows hooves, as well as what comes out of their tail ends, helped to mix dead matter with the soil and facilitate the decomposition process. This accelerated decomposition is key in releasing nutrients, thus creating a healthy environment for microbiota to trap more carbon away from the atmosphere and build up the health of our soils. The healthy soils are also more able to retain water, and allow for better growth of native species instead of noxious weeds.
Regenerative Agriculture on City Property
Tree planting: