June 2009 Volume 5 Number 6

Unnecessary effort? We sure hope so INSIDE “This is the National Weather Service. But wait, there’s more… A flood warning is currently in effect through 5 p.m. this evening Page 3 for the cities of Loveland and Fort Collins, Colorado. Loveland Water & Power’s 2009 A major storm is dropping 2.5-3 inches of rainfall per hour along the Renewable Energy Prospective western edge of both cities. The storm is stationary and is causing Page 2 swelling of both the Big Thompson and Cache la Poudre rivers.” City stimulus slice = $8 million Page 3 This and similar messages interrupted morning classroom lectures at the Pine Beetles: What to look for Emergency Management Institute Page 3 in Emmitsburg, Md. a few weeks ago Warbirds return to Loveland where about 75 staffers from Loveland, Page 3 Fort Collins, Estes Park, CSU and Larimer County emergency operations Summer Side of Loveland teams were taking part in disaster Page 4 management training. The classes Garden tour benefits were halted and the staffers quickly youth, community moved to the Emergency Operations Center to deal with the disaster as both Page 4 rivers overflowed and caused major Railroad Quiet Zones flooding in both cities. Page 4 Happily, it was only a drill. But for five hours that day and two hours the personnel attended lecture classes following day, the participants acted about disaster mitigation, response and 5-minute Video recovery. The classes were taught by as if it were the real thing, practicing Everything emergency response and recovery experts from around the nation with hands-on experience in dealing with you ever efforts. wanted to disasters. At the Federal Emergency know about Management Agency’s (FEMA) On the third morning, the fictional the new expense, the group was flown to and storm caused severe flooding of both Crossroads/I-25 Project housed at the 107-acre Emergency rivers, basically cutting Larimer at www.cityofloveland.org Management Institute in Emmitsburg, County into three east-to-west about 10 miles south of , slices. The flooding was of epic Penn. For four days and a couple proportions—a 500-year flood in of evenings, the northern Colorado (continued on page 2) More about FEMA inside The time to plan for retirement is now Being financially prepared Please make garage sale signs comply for retirement may be more With warm weather finally here, the Code Administration web pages, or important than ever in view of City Code Administration Division call 962-2600 or 962-2689. the current economy. Planning reminds residents that signage within as far ahead as possible can help city limits must not be placed on insure that retirement years will public rights-of-way including utility be happy and secure. poles, traffic signals, street signs or The July 14 Talks, sidewalks. presented by Laurel Kubin and Susan Linden, will cover Off-premise signs are also not allowed issues including lifestyle and and any permanent and/or temporary financial planning strategies. signs or banners, require a permit. The presenters will also discuss Weekend garage sales are considered IRAs, Roth IRAs and employer to be an “event”. Signs can be placed sponsored plans, Social Security Friday afternoon and must be removed and Medicare and reverse mortgages. by Sunday night. This signage can be placed only on private property. Any Money Talks is free and is signage not cleaned up by Monday presented at noon and 6:30p.m. morning could result in a violation in the Gertrude B. Scott room issued to the property owner. of the Loveland Public Library. Beverages are provided and For more information on allowable attendees are welcome to signage and City code go to bring a bagged meal. For more www.cityofloveland.org and go to the information, call 962-2402.

1 Unnecessary effort? We sure hope so (continued from page 1) technical terms—equal in size to the mortuary efforts began, and much emergency management capabilities flooding of the Big Thompson River more. and operations. How’d they do? in 1976 and Spring Creek in Fort To create a realistic scenario, a few There were no scorekeepers or grades Collins in 1997. months ago FEMA officials had spent given, but the general follow-up The lectures were interrupted and about three days in Larimer County assessment was quite positive. the staffers moved into the facility’s to gather information about actual After the stress levels of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) weather conditions, local rivers, participants returned to normal, similar to EOCs that exist here. As drainage and floodplains, locations everyone expressed gratitude that the rain kept falling, evacuations of critical buildings, public facilities, the events were fictional. But they began, states of emergency were bridges and other actual physical recognized the value of the intense declared, local and regional resources elements that would be impacted due training and highly-realistic disaster were assembled and put into play, to a major flood. drill. They all hoped they’d never shelters established, the National In general, the exercise was to test have an actual need to put the Guard arrived, special hospital and interagency local and regional training into practice.

Rich history Rather than constructing its own training center, in 1979 FEMA purchased what was formerly St. Joseph College, a four-year liberal arts college in rural Maryland. The facility began in the early 1800s as the first parochial school for girls in the U.S. Its founder, who was later canonized as Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, treated injured Civil War soldiers at the facility after the battle at nearby Gettsyburg. Shown here is one of several buildings on what is now the 107-acre National Emergency Training Center campus.

Loveland Water & Power’s 2009 Renewable Energy Prospective Renewable energy is energy produced Water & Power web pages at www.ci.loveland.org/WP/power/ from alternative sources such as wind. www.cityofloveland.org, click on GreenSwitch/main.htm. Loveland Water & Power purchases ‘Power’ and scroll down to the link for The Green-e Program its renewable energy from Platte River GreenSwitch, or get an application at certifies that Loveland’s Power Authority, Loveland’s wholesale the City’s Utility Billing office at 1st GreenSwitch Program meets the minimum environmental energy provider. and Washington. and consumer protection “Platte River operates under an organic For more information about standards established by the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions. For more contract with the municipalities of GreenSwitch, contact Loveland information on Green-e certification Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont Water & Power, 962-3000 or go to requirements, call (888) 63-GREEN and Loveland on whose behalf Platte or log on to www.green-e.org. River acts as a wholesale electric utility, 2009 - Prospective Product Content Label acquiring, constructing and operating Generation Type GreenSwitch Program Default Mix generation capacity and supplying Eligible Renewables1: electric energy on a requirements basis.” Wind (Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming) 83% 0.0% Landfill Gas (Idaho) 17% 0.0% – Platte River Power Authority website Total Eligible Renewables 100% 0.0% Wind and landfill gas are the Coal 76.8% energy sources for Loveland Water Hydro 18.6% & Power’s GreenSwitch program. Gas 2.4% 2 The table here lists the prospective Other 2.3% TOTALS 100% 100% product content mix for Loveland’s 1 Eligible renewable include wind, solar, small hydro, biomass and geothermal generation facilities in operation on or after January 1, 1997. renewable electricity for 2009. That 2 is the product mix GreenSwitch Other sources include purchases and power sharing agreements from various resources. customers will receive this year. The 2008 - Historical Product Content Label ‘Default Mix’ shows the product mix Generation Type GreenSwitch Program Default Mix that non-participating customers Eligible Renewables1: will receive. Both the 2009 and 2008 Wind (Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming) 83% 0.0% product content labels are included for Landfill Gas (Idaho) 17% 0.0% Total Eligible Renewables 100% 0.0% purposes of comparison. Coal 68% The GreenSwitch program enables Hydro 19.6% Loveland power customers to Gas 2.5% purchase electricity generated from Other2 9.9% clean, renewable energy. To join TOTALS 100% 100% 1 Eligible renewable include wind, solar, small hydro, biomass and geothermal generation facilities in operation on GreenSwitch simply go to the or after January 1, 1997. 2 Other sources include purchases and power sharing agreements from various resources. 2 But wait, there’s City stimulus slice = $8 million more… More than $8 million – expected to support more than 300 jobs – is Loveland’s As a bit of a warm-up to the flood current share of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), disaster drill, on the previous the federal stimulus program. day the participants staffed the Transportation projects will receive the bulk of the funding, ranging from an I-25 Emergency Management Center interchange overhaul to fare box replacements in buses. In some cases, the ARRA to deal with several almost- funds will be combined with other funds, including direct City budget money and simultaneous individual incidents. grants from elsewhere. These included: The chart below provides an overview of the funds to be received and how they • A fire at a local mortuary (so that it will be spent. couldn’t be used during the next- day flood drill) Amount Project Description Jobs* • A brawl at a local bar $3,000,000 I-25/Crossroads New on/off ramps and roundabouts Direct: 108 Interchange Indirect: 70 • An overturned semi at I-25 and $130,000 Traffic Management New traffic signal software for Direct: 3 Hwy 402 spilling fuel and 30,000 Traffic Operations Center Indirect: 1.5 pounds of frozen beef $250,000 Eisenhower/Wilson Improvements to intersection median Direct: 8.5 • A dormitory fire at CSU Indirect: 3 • A riot at the county jail $3,489,000 LCR 17 (Taft Ave.) Paving in north Loveland and beyond Direct: 59.5 • An outbreak of Hepatitis A food both north and south of Loveland. Indirect: 37 contamination at a local restaurant (Multi-jurisdictional project) $843,766 Loveland bus system Two new 40-passenger buses plus Direct: 17 Perhaps that’s “just another five electronic fare boxes Indirect: 10.8 afternoon at ” in L.A. (Jobs at bus or NYC, but it was a challenging manufacturing two-hours for us NoCo folks. plant) $606,400 Local energy For projects with long-term TBD efficiency conservation benefits improvements $80,000 Housing upgrades Expands support for low-income Indirect: 4 residents $8,399,166 TOTAL: Dollars received, jobs created Direct: 196 Indirect:122.3 *Job creation estimates based on construction spending and population statistics.

Pine Beetles: Warbirds return to Loveland What to look for Three restored WWII military aircraft The bombers are restored to their The mountain pine beetle (MPB) return to the Fort Collins-Loveland original configuration and are serviced epidemic is being felt throughout the Municipal Airport July 3-6. The by highly skilled mechanics who travel northern Front Range. Professional Collings Foundation will bring this to each and every tour location. The crews will be spraying more than living history tour to the northern Fort Collins-Loveland stop is one of 11,000 trees in the Canyon Lakes Colorado region for the third straight 110 stops for the Wings of Freedom Ranger District this spring and summer year. tour. to fight the epidemic. The public is invited to attend walk- Walk-through tours: $12, children 12 While widespread infestation has not through tours of a B-17 Flying Fortress, and under $6, WWII vets free. Half- been found in lower elevations in the B-24 Liberator, and the rare P-51C hour flights are also available: $425- Loveland area, there is evidence of Mustang Escort Fighter. $2,220. Call 669-5156 for info or the MPB on the east side of Rocky reservations. Mountain National Park. The beetle is also prevalent in parts of Estes Park. There are a number of preventive measures landowners can take to help fight this destructive pest. Identification is key. Experts explain that the first sign of beetle-caused mortality is generally discolored foliage. The needles change from green to yellowish green, then sorrel, red, and finally rusty brown. Landowners can also identify an infestation by looking for pitch tubes that result from the beetle boring into the tree. Trees that are not yet infested can be protected through good forest management practices and certain insect sprays. B17 to Return Visitors inspect a B-17 bomber at the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport during a visit For more information, go to in 2007. The plane along with a B-24 bomber and P-51 fighter will return July 3-6. Tarmac www.frontrangepinebeetle.org. inspection is free, with a charge for walk-through tours and flights. Info: 669-5156. 3 Summer Side of Loveland – cool things to do when the weather heats up Foote Lagoon Concerts, 500 E 3rd St.* June 16 Kutandara special downtown fireworks display on All concerts are 7–9 p.m. - FREE African music & culture Sat. night. June 18 The Wendy Woo! Band (Rock) June 30 Christopher Maier For more info go to June 25 Kizumba (Latin) Catch the Rhythm/Viva el Ritmo! www.engaginglovelandinc.org. July 2 Boulder Acoustic Society July 21 Apollo Chamber Brass Classical Experience for Kids Teen Battle of the Bands - (Americana) North Lake Park, Hammond July 9 The Elders (Celtic Rock) August 4 My Silly Leftovers Manitou Art Theatre Amphitheater* July 16 Missy Raines & the New Hip July 22 3–9 p.m. - FREE (Bluegrass) Free live music featuring young, July 23 After Midnight (Jazz) Cherry Pie Celebration & Street Dance - Peters Park, Loveland local talent. Call 962-2562 for entry July 30 Tempa & the Tantrums (Blues) information. August 6 Brad & Kathy Fitch and the Museum/Gallery 503 N Lincoln Ave.* TropiCowboy Band (Western) July 10 6–9 p.m. -FREE, Loveland Museum/Gallery Exhibits, Foote Lagoon concerts are supported in Pie & ice cream for sale 503 N. Lincoln Ave. part by Audiology & Hearing Aid Center, Celebrate Loveland’s heritage with Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting, Group Publishing, Regent Communications cherry pie, ice cream, and dancing May 30-Aug. 16 & Best Western Crossroads Inn. in the street to the music of Shawn Fiber Celebration 2009, May 30-July 12 Sounds of Centerra - Chapungu Waggoner & the Tumblyweeds and Quest: Trail Maps of the West, Sculpture Park, 5971 Sky Pond Dr* Pairadeux. For more info call 962-2410. Aug. 8-Oct. 4 7:30–9:30 p.m. - FREE 4th of July Celebration - North Old-Fashioned Corn Roast Festival - July 17 Kenny Cordova & The Olde Lake Park Hammond Amphitheater, Fairgrounds Park, 700 S. Railroad Ave. Rock Band 29th & Taft* Aug. 21-22 July 24 Kory Brunson Band 5–5:30 p.m. Above Treeline Corn shucking contest Fri. night – July 31 Queen City Jazz Band (Colorado Rock) street dance ‘til 10 p.m. August 7 Soul School 5:45–7:15 p.m. The Indulgers Pancake breakfast Sat. morning plus August 14 Kutandara (Celtic Rock) BBQ vendors, beer garden, roasted/ August 21 The Heyday 8–9:15 p.m. Loveland Concert Band buttered corn on the cob, live music, Missoula Children’s Theatre - Fireworks Show amusements, parade and much more. Rialto Theater, 228 E. 4th St.* SummerFest in the Rockies - For more info go to The Little Mermaid Civic Center Park/Foote Lagoon, www.engaginglovelandinc.org. June 27, 3 & 7 p.m., Tickets: $5 500 E. Third St. Co-sponsored by Engaging Loveland Audition info - 962-2563 July 10-12 and the Loveland Chamber of Tuesday Theater for Kids - SummerFest in the Rockies features Commerce. Rialto Theater* food, beer/wine garden, live music, * Schedules are subject to change. All shows at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. arts, crafts, community vendors, For more information call 962-2410 or Tickets: $5 adult, $3 child entertainment, a classic car show and a go to www.cityofloveland.org.

Garden tour benefits youth, community The Sixth Annual Loveland Garden Tour flower, vegetable and fruit gardens and Tickets are $15 (no charge for children will be held 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sat., June wildlife habitats. 6 and under) and include information on 27. This year’s self-guided tour will showcase In addition to taking the tour, attendees will water-wise gardening, the featured gardens, seven gardens in west Loveland and the be able to purchase art for the garden and bid participating artists, coupons and a map of Loveland Youth Garden. Selected gardens on garden gates decorated by local artists. the tour. For more info, call 669-7182. feature water-wise and low maintenance Railroad Quiet Zones After reviewing the preliminary findings of the Loveland Railroad Grade Crossing Quiet Zone Study with City Council, Public Works is seeking additional input from the public. Citizens are invited to take a short, electronic survey on questions ranging from the severity of train noise to various financing options for implementation of Quiet Zone Corridors. To take the survey, go to the Public Works web pages at www.cityofloveland.org. The survey will be available until July 31, 2009.

City Update is a monthly publication of the City of Loveland. Residents receive City Update on various dates throughout the month depending on their utility billing cycle. Timeliness of the information may be affected by recipients’ bill distribution schedule. Your comments are encouraged and welcomed at 962-2302, [email protected]. Visit the City’s website at www.cityofloveland.org.

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