HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5291 ORDINANCE NO. 5473
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING §33.240: PURPOSES AND DUTIES OF
ARTICLE XI: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF CHAPTER
33: DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND AUTHORITIES
OF THE CODE OF FAYETTEVILLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY RELATED TO COMMUNITY WILDLIFE HABITAT
CERTIFICATION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends
§33.240: Purposes and Duties of Article XI: Environmental Action Committee of Chapter
33: Departments, Boards, Commissions, and Authorities of the Code of Fayetteville,to add a
new subsection(C)to the section which shall read as follows:
"(C) The Environmental Action Committee may coordinate all City
efforts to obtain and maintain an annual community wildlife habitat
designation through the National Wildlife Federation subject to City
Council approval."
PASSED and APPROVED this 20''day of December, 2011.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
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AGENDA REQUEST
2012011
FOR: COUNCIL COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVE 4M
FROM:
SARAH LEWIS, COUNCILMEMBER
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION TITLE AND SUBJECT: An ordinance
amending section 33.240: Purposes and duties of article XI: Environmental
Action Committee of Chapter 33: Departments, Boards, Commissions, and
Authorities of the Code of Fayetteville to provide additional authority related to
Community Wildlife Habitat Certification
APPROVED FOR AGENDA:
Sarah Lewis Date
Council Member
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J on Kelley, kssistant Ci Attorney Date
(Approved as to form)
11-21-11 A10: 07 1N
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 33.240: PURPOSES AND DUTIES
OF ARTICLE XI: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF CHAPTER
33: DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND AUTHORITIES OF
THE CODE OF FAYETTEVILLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY
RELATED TO COMMUNITY WILDLIFE HABITAT CERTIFICATION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends
Section 33.240: Purposes and Duties of Article XI: Environmental Action Committee of Chapter
33: Departments, Boards, Commissions, and Authorities of the Code of Fayetteville, to add a
new subsection(C)to the section which shall read as follows:
"(C) The Environmental Action Committee may coordinate all City efforts to
obtain and maintain an annual community wildlife habitat designation through the
National Wildlife Federation."
PASSED and APPROVED this day of , 2011.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
By: By:
LIONELD JORDAN, Mayor SONDRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer
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Annual Goals
To keep your Community Wildlife HabitatTI status, your team must continue
earning a minimum of 40 points per year.
Points Activity
RequiredSubmit this yearly post-certification update form
Secure a feature article in the local media about
10 your project
Maintain information kiosk, library or website
10 established during certification stage
Create a website for your project, if your
10 community does not yet have one
Continued hosting of annual event started during
10 certification stage
Participate (through a booth) in at least one
5 community event (up to 4)
Host or organize a Habitat Stewards or
10 conservation advocacy training
Participate in a quarterly Community Wildlife
5 Habitat conference call (up to 4)
Host a garden tour that features Certified Wildlife
10 Habitat sites
Create a new demonstration garden, with
10 educational signage
Continue regular column in your community
paper/newsletter to educate community members
10 about your project and how to take action
Deliver an oral presentation at a community
group not yet associated with your project (up to
5 6)
Give a presentation on Community Wildlife
10 Habitats to a neighboring community
Mentor a neighboring community through the
10 certification process
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Have member of habitat team serve on a
community committee or board that addresses
5 community environmental issues
Examine your community's weed ordinances, and
other public policies, and work to make them
10 more native plant and habitat friendly
Work with local park agencies to convert parkland
10 to wildlife friendly landscapes.
Organize a community meeting with your
congressional or legislative member about a
10 current issue affecting wildlife
Educate your community about their carbon or
water footprint and provide actions they can take
10 to reduce it
Each additional home, townhome or apartment
1 certified with NWF
Each additional common area (workplace, park,
community garden, place of worship, farm)
3 certified with NWF
5 Each additional school certified with NWF
TBD Additional project approved by NWF
1
Earning Points Toward Certification
Once your Community Wildlife Habitat project is registered, you can start earning the points
you'll need to become officially certified. Your team can do this by getting out into your
community, educating your neighbors, certifying habitats and organizing community projects.
Some projects or habitat certification points earned before registration may also be counted.
Please check with your NWF contact.
How many points do you need to certify? The number of points you'll need depends on how
big your community is.
Community's Total Points Needed
Population to Certify
50,000- 100,000 500
How do you earn points?
When you submitted the registration form, you earned at least 40 points for your community.
The remainder of the points must be earned in the following four areas:
I. Habitat Certification Goals
There is a sliding scale for habitat certification points, based on population size.
✓ One point for each home, townhome, or apartment.
✓ Three points for every public site, workplace, park, community garden, farm, place of
worship, or other common area.
✓ Five points for every Schoolyard Habitats site certified.
✓ Three,five or ten bonus points if each member of the Habitat Team certifies their yard
as a Certified Wildlife Habitat site, depending on the population of the community.
Minimum in each
section
Points Sliding Scale Based on Common
Needed Population Size Home Area School
300 50,000-100,000 200 6 5
11. Education Goals
Points Activity
Establish an information kiosk, resource library or
bibliography (may be online)where community
10 members can get information about your project
Create a CWH project brochure specific to your
5 community
Create a website where community members can learn
10 1 about your project
Write a regular column in your community paper to
educate community members about your project(may
10 be an online newsletter or blo
Secure a feature article in the local media about your
10ro ect
10 Secure a radio or TV interview or PSA on your project
Hold a series of at least 3 workshops to educate
10 community members about wildlife gardening
Each member of Habitat Team completes Creating
10 Places for Wildlife(available from NWF on CD)
Create and distribute a native plant list for your
5 community
10 Hold a garden tour that features certified habitats
Create a demonstration garden at a public site, with
10 educational signs
Other Education Project(please discuss with NWF
TBD staff)
Minimum required is 40 points
III. Community Projects Goals
Points Activity
Examine your community's weed ordinances, or other
public policies, and work to make them native plant
10 and habitat friend)
Work with local park agencies to convert parkland to
10 wildlife friendly landscapes.
Create an information booth at one or more
5 community events (up to three)
5 Coordinate a stream or trail clean-up
Plan a native plant rescue (at a site to be developed
5 or demolished)
10 Organize a native plant sale
5 Organize an invasive plant removal at a public site
Do a large-scale plant restoration project in your
10 community
Work with local nurseries to label and/or provide
10 native plants
Partner with your NWF state affiliate or NWF field
10 office
Organize a family-oriented nature activity for your
community such as a nature hike or nature scavenger
5 hunt
Arrange a community-wide campout to support the
10 Great American Backyard Campout
Each Habitat Team member that serves on
community board or council related to environmental
5 issues (up to 3)
Each presentation to organization not yet associated
5 with CWH project(up to 5)
Other Community Project(please discuss with NWF
TBD staff)
Minimum required is 50 points
IV.Administrative Goals
Points Activity
Maintain a project notebook(may be an electronic
Required folder
Identify the individuals that will make up the post-
Required certification Habitat Team
Per new volunteer registered with volunteer team
3 (up to 20
Per partner organization affiliated with your
10 project up to 5
10 Each grant application submitted up to 3
Participate in a quarterly Community Wildlife
5 Habitat conference call (up to 4)
Minimum required is 20 points
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