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Parks to swap downtown bark mulch for gravel, continued dark-sky rebates and wildfire demo at City Hall
Summary
Parks and operations staff said they will replace bark mulch with gravel in downtown bulb-outs for fire resiliency, continue dark-sky rebate programs, and complete a City Hall Firewise demonstration landscape. A small dark-sky rebate program remains available ($200/property cap; $50 per light).
Parks and public-works staff told the committee they plan to replace downtown bark mulch with gravel in bulb-outs and continue dark-sky lighting conversions across park facilities to reduce wildfire risk and meet the city's dark-sky standards. Jackson Dumas said the City Hall Firewise demonstration landscape is near design completion and that the project will be bid once final design is done.
Community Development Director Scott Woodford reminded the committee the residential dark-sky rebate program offers up to $200 per property and $50 per light and that staff will continue to market the incentive. "It's up to $200 per property and $50 per light," he said. Staff flagged possible future grant or URA funding for targeted defensible-space work but said no specific dollar allocation is in the adopted budget until council direction is provided.
