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Council members agree to draft letter thanking developer and urging bird-safe window treatments downtown
Summary
Members asked staff to help draft a letter to Scott Enterprises thanking them for dimming lights during migration nights and encouraging use of bird‑safe window treatments at the Market House and nearby developments; staff offered to place the letter on city letterhead for circulation and vote at the next meeting or by email.
At the June 24 meeting, a committee member asked the Environmental Advisory Council to prepare a letter thanking Scott Enterprises for reducing nighttime lighting and to encourage the Market House and other downtown projects to use bird‑safe window treatments.
The member relayed the consultant’s plan for the Market House: “A UV film that is invisible to the human eye, but appears to birds as a solid object, will be applied to all of the exterior windows for bird safety.” They proposed drafting a single letter that both thanked Scott Enterprises for turning down lights during high migration nights and suggested similar or matching treatments for other storefronts and developments.
City staff offered to place a drafted letter on city letterhead and circulate it on behalf of the EAC. Committee members discussed whether to finalize wording now or to have volunteers (including the absent member) help craft the text; they agreed to draft the letter, circulate wording by email or review it at the next meeting, and then vote to send it. Members noted local partners — including the Erie Birding Observatory and Erie Downtown Development Corporation — have been in communication with downtown developers about atrium/window treatments.
Next steps: a committee member will draft the letter, staff will prepare city letterhead if needed, and members will finalize and approve the wording by email or at the next scheduled meeting.
