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Commission approves Morfar Golf Course work with five-year invasive-species monitoring
Summary
The commission approved regulated activity 1258 for Morfar Golf Course after the project team agreed to staff conditions, including five growing seasons of post-completion invasive-species monitoring and an approximately 80% plant establishment requirement before bond release.
Charles Lichtenauer, an attorney representing the Morfar Golf Course owner, told the commission the project team generally agreed with the staff report but requested one modification: reduce condition 4’s post-completion monitoring from five growing seasons to three so it would align with Southeast agency practice. "Our team would like to see the modification from 5 years to 3 years with respect to condition 4," Lichtenauer said.
The city sanitarian recommended keeping a five-year monitoring period because the area of barberry removal is extensive. "Three years, you're just going to start seeing a little bit of growth ... in 5 years, it gives them, in my opinion, 5 years," the sanitarian said, arguing five seasons allow planted species to harden, maintain and outcompete invasive barberry. Staff also said bond release would be tied to successful establishment.
After discussion, the project team conceded to the five-year standard. A commissioner moved to approve regulated activity 1258 for Morfar Golf Course with the stipulations in the staff report; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
The commission recorded that the invasive-species-removal plan will be implemented in the disturbed area and staff will monitor the site for five growing seasons; plantings are to achieve roughly an 80% success rate by the fifth year or bond release will be withheld until conditions are met.
