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56 Ms. Hamilton questioned whether Neighborhood Development Services is the appropriate monitoring group, or whether there is a more appropriate body. Regarding gardening, she said there is no mention of fertilizers. Ms. Kelley said that currently pesticides are addressed. She said we are not prepared at this time to monitor water quality, but we may have additional regulations to propose in the future. Regarding land disturbing activity, Ms. Hamilton noted that paving, which creates runoff, is not included. Ms. Kelley said the definition of land disturbing activity comes from the state, and there is not much room for alteration. She said the only latitude the City has is to reduce the square footage of the land affected. Ms. Riddervold said the driving goal of this ordinance is to establish a justifiable and reasonable basis first, and then look at other issues and build on this. Ms. Hamilton asked if we would have to lower the square footage to 6,000 square feet in order to permit monitoring of pavement. Ms. Riddervold said that under current state law paving is not considered a land disturbing activity. Mr. Lynch asked what it takes to receive a certificate of competence, noting that some citizens may want to do projects on their own that require this. Ms. Karen Firehock, Planning Commission member and member of the committee that worked on the ordinance, said that she has received the certificate of competence and it required taking a workshop, becoming familiar with the State Code, and passing a test. Ms. Riddervold said that there is a higher level of training required for staff and inspectors. She said the certificate is only needed for the erosion and sediment control plan. Mr. Lynch expressed concern with the amount of training for individual citizens. Ms. Kelley said this does not really apply to citizens. Ms. Hamilton said she thinks the public should have another opportunity to weigh in on this ordinance. She said she is not comfortable with having NDS as the agency charged to monitor it. Ms. Riddervold said she is not aware that another department is set up to do this. Mr. Lynch echoed Ms. Hamilton's concern. Ms. Kelley said that the permits are all tied into the site plan approval which is done in NDS. She noted that there is joint oversight in Public Works. Ms. Hamilton said this could create significant new work in NDS for existing staff. Mr. Riddervold said this is already part of their workload. Mr. Lynch said he feels this is a good ordinance, but there is a lot of unfinished business and only the first step. He said he would like to help get it to the second step. On motion by Mr. Lynch, seconded by Ms. Hamilton, the ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO REENACT CHAPTER 10 (EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL) OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE, AS THE CITY WATER