Comments on: Conducting an environmental policy or striking a pose? http://www.gilbertrenaut.org/2009/03/08/21/ For Policy not Poses Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:24:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: grenaut http://www.gilbertrenaut.org/2009/03/08/21/comment-page-1/#comment-53 grenaut Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:23:39 +0000 http://www.gilbertrenaut.org/?p=21#comment-53 Thank you Bevin! It illustrates very nicely one of the things I have been stressing -- the mayor needs to do a lot of listening in order to keep up with environmental advances (among other things). Unfortunately the City still puts impermeable concrete under brick streets and sidewalks it repairs. Thank you Bevin! It illustrates very nicely one of the things I have been stressing — the mayor needs to do a lot of listening in order to keep up with environmental advances (among other things). Unfortunately the City still puts impermeable concrete under brick streets and sidewalks it repairs.

]]> By: Bevin Buchheister http://www.gilbertrenaut.org/2009/03/08/21/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Bevin Buchheister Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:03:30 +0000 http://www.gilbertrenaut.org/?p=21#comment-52 Gilbert- there are other things the city can do to lead the way towards improving our environment that should not increase our taxes, like requiring the use of pervious paving surfaces wherever possible on all paving projects done in the city. Pervious surfaces allow water to percolate through to be filtered naturally by the earth before the water and all the contaminants reach the tributaries and the bay. They can also ban coal tar sealants on roads and parking lots. Also, F.Y.I the State passed a bill last session to require all new and replaced septics in the critical area to utilize a de-nitrification system, sot he nitrogen is not released into the Bay. The flush fee funds are paying the difference between a conventional system and the upgrade. Gilbert- there are other things the city can do to lead the way towards improving our environment that should not increase our taxes, like requiring the use of pervious paving surfaces wherever possible on all paving projects done in the city. Pervious surfaces allow water to percolate through to be filtered naturally by the earth before the water and all the contaminants reach the tributaries and the bay. They can also ban coal tar sealants on roads and parking lots.

Also, F.Y.I the State passed a bill last session to require all new and replaced septics in the critical area to utilize a de-nitrification system, sot he nitrogen is not released into the Bay. The flush fee funds are paying the difference between a conventional system and the upgrade.

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