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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO

ITEM/TOPIC:   Ordinance No. 18, Series of 2016, Second Reading, An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 11 of Title 5 of the Vail Town Code, Concerning the Abatement of Diseased Trees and Wildfire Fuels

PRESENTER(S):   Mark Novak, Fire Chief

ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL:   Approve, approve with amendments or deny Ordinance No. 18, Series of 2016 on second reading.

BACKGROUND:   Ordinance No. 18 revises the current Mountain Pine Beetle and Wildfire Fuels Reduction ordinance to include all forest pathogens, amends the current definition of wildfire fuels and reassigns responsibility for this section of code from Public Works to the Fire Department.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:   Approve Ordinance No. 18, Series of 2016 as read.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Staff Memo re Ordinance No. 18, Series of 2016
Summary of proposed changes to Chapter 5-11
Ordinance No. 18, Series of 2016