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Restoration
Committee Agenda Board
of Trustees AGENDA Executive Order Number One mandates that the Chair inquire as to whether any Trustee knows of any conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest with respect to matters on the agenda. If any Trustee knows of a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest, please so state at this time. Robert D. Howard, Chairman, Presiding 8:30 am A. Call to Order – Chairman Howard
8:45 am B. Public Comments
9:00 am C. Personnel Committee Report – Committee Chairman Ronnie Smith (See August 8, 2004 Committee Agenda) 9:10 am D. Long Range Planning Committee Report – Committee Chair Karen Cragnolin (See August 8, 2004 Committee Agenda)
9:40 am F. Attorney General’s Report – Frank Crawley 9:45 am G. CWMTF’s 2004A Priority List – Francine Durso (Action Item) The Board approved priority projects for the 2004A Spring Cycle at its July 12, 2004 meeting in Raleigh. Some 2004A projects approved by the Board are more time sensitive than others. CWMTF staff recommends that the Board amend the Priority List in order that contracts for time sensitive projects can be drafted and negotiated first. A draft 2004A Priority List is enclosed. 9:55 am H. Break 10:05 am I. Protection of Lake James and the Linville River: A State-Local-Private Partnership – Lewis Ledford, Director of the NC Division of Parks & Recreation, Susie Hamrick Jones, Executive Director of the Foothills Conservancy of NC, and Judy Francis, Burke County Director of Planning and Community Development 10:35 am J. Local Government Implementation of CWMTF Funded Projects – CWMTF Intern Anna Osland (Information Item) CWMTF provides almost half of its grants, both in number and in dollars, to local governments. CWMTF Intern Anna Osland surveyed some local governments this summer. She will provide information on the strategies that successful local governments have used to complete their projects on-time and on-budget and will provide suggestions to improve grant implementation by other grantees. 10:55 am K. Funding for Donated Easement Grants – Bill Holman (Discussion Item) The Board provided $200,000 to pay for transaction costs associated with the donations of conservation easements in fiscal year 2004-2005. At its July meeting the Board approved 3 requests for $85,850, leaving $114,150 remaining in the fiscal year 2004-2005 budget for donated easement grants. At its August meeting, the Board will consider five requests for $114,200. In addition, CWMTF has received 5 more requests totaling $102,400 which have not yet been reviewed. The Board could: 1) maintain its cap of $200,000 for donated easements in 2004-2005 and not fund any more requests, 2) provide an additional $200,000 at its September meeting for a total of $400,000 in fiscal year 2004-2005, 3) provide an additional $200,000 at its November meeting when it prioritizes 2004B projects, or 4) consider other alternatives. 11:05 am L. 2004D-004 – Pamlico-Tar River Foundation’s Allan Tract on the Pamlico River – Leland Heath (Action Item) On June 23, 2004 the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation requested up to $16,000 for transaction costs associated with the fee simple donation of 2 adjacent tracts totaling 5.22 acres along the Pamlico River near the mouth of Blounts Bay in Beaufort County. Mr. Russell Allan will donate the property to PTRF. PTRF will own the property and donate a conservation easement to the State of North Carolina. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $16,000. 11:10 am M. 2004D-005 – National Committee for the New River’s Joyner Tract on Big Horse Creek – Bern Schumak (Action Item) On July 7, 2004 the National Committee for the New River requested up to $23,200 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on approximately 38 acres of a 75-acre tract along Big Horse Creek in the North Fork New River watershed in Ashe County. The National Committee will hold the easement. Agricultural practices and the building of a future home may continue on the remainder of the tract. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $23,200. 11:15 am N. 2004D-006 – Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust’s Dishman Tract on the Watauga River – Tom Massie (Action Item) On July 8, 2004 the BRRLT requested up to $25,000 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 50-acre Dishman property along the Watauga River in Watauga County. BRRLT will hold the easement. Forest management practices may continue under appropriate best management practices. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $25,000. 11:20 am O. 2004D-008 – North Carolina Coastal Land Trust’s Henry Tract on Town Creek – Nancy Guthrie (Action Item) On July 19, 2004 the NCCLT requested up to $25,000 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a 64-acre conservation easement on the entire Henry tract along Town Creek in Brunswick County. NCCLT will hold the easement. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $25,000. 11:25 am P. 2004D-009 – Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust’s McCarthy Tract on Little Glade Creek River – Bern Schumak (Action Item) On July 12, 2004 the BRRLT requested up to $25,000 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 51-acre McCarthey property along Little Glade Creek in Alleghany County. BRRLT will hold the easement. Agricultural and forest management practices may continue under appropriate best management practices. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $24,950, which will utilize all funds remaining for donated easements in the fiscal year 2004-2005 budget. 11:30 am Q. Restoration/Stormwater Committee Report – Committee Chair Claudette Weston (Action Items -- See August 8, 2004 Committee Agenda ) 12:00 R. Working Lunch 12:20 pm S. Acquisition Committee Report – Committee Chairman Bill Hollan (Action Item – See August 8, 2004 Committee Agenda) 12:30 pm T. Implementation of HB 1264, Finance Vital Projects, by CWMTF and the other conservation trust funds – Chairman Howard (Discussion Item) 12:45 pm U. Discussion
1:00 pm V. Adjourn
CWMTF Announcements The CWMTF Restoration/Stormwater Committee (Trustees Weston, Chair; Beane, Hester, Lathrop, McMillan, R. Smith & Vaughan) will meet at 1:00 pm on Sunday, August 8 at Burke Agricultural Building at 130 Ammons Drive, Morganton, NC 28655. Agenda The CWMTF Acquisition Committee (Trustees Hollan, Chairman; Baddour, Cragnolin, Garrett, Markham, McLean, & Wright) will meet at 4:00 pm on Sunday, August 8 at Burke Agricultural Building at 130 Ammons Drive, Morganton, NC 28655. Agenda The CWMTF Long Range Planning Committee (Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Baddour, Brooks, Hollan, Markey & Vaughan) will meet at 4:30 pm on Sunday, August 8 at Burke Agricultural Building at 130 Ammons Drive, Morganton, NC 28655. Agenda The CWMTF Personnel Committee (Trustees R. Smith, Chair; Cragnolin, Howard, McMillan, and L. Smith) will meet at 5:55 pm on Sunday, August 8 at Burke Agricultural Building at 130 Ammons Drive, Morganton, NC 28655. Agenda All CWMTF Committee meetings are public meetings. CWMTF Trustees are invited to all committee meetings. Contact the Burke Agricultural Building at 828-439-4460 or www.ces.ncsu.edu/burke/ for directions to the building. The Burke County Board of Commissioners has invited CWMTF Trustees, guests, staff, and community leaders to the home of Mike and Joella Fulenwider at 2590 Laurel Pointe Drive on Lake James for a buffet and music from 7:00 – 9:00 pm on Sunday, August 8. Parking is not available at the Fulenwider’s home. Shuttle service will be provided from the Canal Bridge Public Access Area on Lake James and NC Highway 126 starting at 6:30 pm and ending at 9:15 pm. Detailed directions to the Fulenwider’s home are included in the CWMTF Board packet. The NC Division of Parks & Recreation has invited CWMTF Trustees, guests, and staff to paddle the Catawba River from Lake James to Watermill on Saturday, August 7. Meet at the Bridgewater Public Access Area on Powerhouse Road below the Linville River Dam on Lake James at 12 noon. Use same directions to the Fulenwider’s home except turn right on NC Highway 126 from Benfields Landing Road (SR 1234)( instead of left towards Canal Bridge Access) and turn right on Powerhouse Road before Hwy 126 crosses the Linville River. Call Lake James State Park at 828-652-5047 if you need better directions. Our foul weather backup plan will to meet at Bridgewater Access at noon and tour the area by vehicle. The City of Morganton and Town of Valdese have invited CWMTF Trustees, guests, and staff to a reception at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm on Saturday, August 7 at J. Barton’s Steakhouse on the Catawba River at 315 Sanford Drive in Morganton. The NC Division of Parks & Recreation has invited CWMTF Trustees, guests, and staff to tour Lake James and the potential expansion of Lake James State Park (CWMTF Project #2004B-038) and State Gamelands (CWMTF Project #2004B-015) by boat from 9:00 am – 12 noon on Sunday, August 8. Meet at Lake James State Park at 9:00 or carpool from the Hampton Inn. We’ll leave the Hampton Inn at 8:15 am. Use same directions as to Fulenwider’s home except keep going on Highway 126 past Canal Bridge Public Access until you reach the entrance to the Park. Contact the Park at 828-652-5047 or www.ncsparks.net. Special thanks to Judy Francis of Burke County, Susie Hamrick Jones of Foothills Conservancy of NC , Walt Gravely and Tim Benton of Division of Parks & Recreation for their assistance in planning our meeting and activities in Burke County. CWMTF Trustees, guests, and staff will stay at the Hampton Inn at 115 Bush Drive in Morganton at 828-432-2000 (Exit 105 on Interstate 40 and NC Highway 18). CWMTF staff will meet after the Board meeting on August 9 and again at 9:00 am on Wednesday, August 11 in Raleigh to review of 2004B acquisition projects. The Board of Trustees of CWMTF will meet on September 12-13 in Kinston, October 10-11 in Greensboro, and November 14-15 in Raleigh. The next deadline for applications for CWMTF Projects is December 1, 2004. See www.cwmtf.net for more information about CWMTF. Other Announcements Contact the Burke County Travel and Tourism Commission at bcttc@hci.net or 828-433-6793 and the Burke County Chamber of Commerce at www.burkecounty.org or 828-437-3021 for travel and tourism information. The DENR/Division of Water Quality has published the 2003 Lumber River and 2004 Tar-Pamlico River Basinwide Water Quality Plans. Contact http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/basinwide/ or Robin Markham at 919-733-5083 ext 558 for copies. The DENR/Division of Water Quality released and held public meetings on the draft Catawba River Basinwide Water Quality Plan in July. Twenty-two percent of the monitored streams in the basin are too impaired to support aquatic life. Five years ago 16% were impaired. Contact David Toms, DENR/DWQ Planning, 1617 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617, or at david.toms@ncmail.net or 919-733-5083, ext. 577 for more information. Verbal and written comments will be accepted until August 13, 2004. The DENR/Division of Marine Fisheries has released and is holding public meetings on the draft Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHHP). For more information contact www.ncfisheries.net or 1-800-682-2632. The Environmental Management Commission, Coastal Resources Commission, and Marine Fisheries Commission plan to jointly review and adopt the plan on September 9. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is beginning a reconnaissance study of the Tar River Basin and Pamlico Sound to determine whether planning for flood damage reduction, environmental restoration and protection, and related purposes is needed. Please send initial comments by August 15, 2004 to US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, Attention CESAW-PM-C/Clay, Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-1890. Noel Clay is Project Manager, and Tara Williams is the Lead Planner for the project. Contact them at 910-251-4000. NC Association of County Commissioners will meet on August 19-22 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville. The Pamlico-Tar River Foundation’s annual meeting is at 7:00 pm on September 15 in Greenville. Tom Reeder will speak on Swift Creek and site specific habitat protection. Ducks Unlimited will kick off its Sound CARE initiative on September 17, 2004 at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Ducks Unlimited has set a goal of conserving 22,000 acres of wetland habitat in North Carolina over the next five years. Contact www.ncdu.org or Alan Hughes at amh1122@bellsouth.net or 919-838-3403 for more information. The Natural Heritage Trust Fund Board of Trustees will meet on September 30, 2004. The NC Rural Economic Development Center’s 2004 Rural Partners Forum “A New Day Dawning for North Carolina’s Rural Workers, Businesses & Family Farms” will be September 30 – October 1 at the North Raleigh Hilton. Contact www.ncruralcenter.org. NC League of Municipalities will meet on October 24-26, 2004 in Raleigh.
Sunday, August 8, 2004 AGENDA Claudette Weston, Chair, Presiding 1:00 pm Q-A. Call to Order
1:05 pm Q-B. Review of Standard CWMTF Restoration and Stormwater Contracts and Standard CWMTF Conservation Easement – Francine Durso (Information Item) 1:15 pm Q-C. Status of Active Restoration and Stormwater Project Contracts – Francine Durso (Information Item and Discussion Item)
1:20 pm Q-D. Status of Development of a Conservation Easement Associated with Urban Stream Restoration Projects – Francine Durso (Information Item) 1:30 pm Q-E. CWMTF Policy on Stream Restoration Projects and Permanent Conservation Easements – Tom Jones (Information Item) When CWMTF funds stream restoration and stormwater projects on private property or on local government property, it requires a permanent conservation easement in favor of the State to protect the State’s investment. At its March 18, 2002 meeting in Cornelius the Board provided more flexibility for installation of best management practices on agricultural lands. 1:40 pm Q-F. Review of 2004B and Other Restoration/Stormwater Projects – Chair Weston and CWMTF staff (Action Items) Projects acted favorably upon by the Committee and the Board of Trustees will remain eligible for further review later this year. Deferred Projects
2004B Restoration Projects
2004B Stormwater Projects
2004B Planning Projects
3:50 pm Q-G. Adjourn
AGENDA Bill Hollan, Chairman, Presiding 4:00 pm S-A. Call to Order – Chairman Hollan
4:05 pm S-B. 2004A-011 – NC Coastal Federation’s Quaternary Tract on the White Oak River ($1,978,000) – Damon Tatem Projects acted favorably upon by the Committee and the Board of Trustees will remain eligible for further review later this year. 4:20 pm S-C. Adjourn. Long
Range Planning Committee AGENDA Karen Cragnolin, Committee Chair, Presiding
4:35 pm D-B. Update on Contract with NC State University for Customer Survey – Francine Durso (Action Item) In October 2003, the Board approved up to $12,000 to fund the cost of a “mail-out” customer survey to be developed by Dr. Toddi Steelman with NC State University, with oversight by the Long Range Planning Committee. At its July 12, 2004 meeting, the Committee discussed NCSU’s right to use the data, which could include information in support of a master’s thesis or other publications. Staff has discussed this matter with NCSU and will present more information. The Committee should recommend to the Board on whether or not to proceed with a contract with NCSU for this work. 4:45 pm D-C. Review of Doc Klein’s Recommendations Based on Interviews of Board and Staff –Committee Chair Karen Cragnolin (Action Item) Doc Klein presented 11 recommendations to the Board at its July 12, 2004 meeting based on his interviews of Board and staff. CWMTF Staff recommends that the Committee review the recommendations and select 2 to 3 to set as priorities to begin working on. The next step will be a work session or "mini-retreat" with the full Board at a future meeting (October?) to start work on the first priority as recommended by the Committee. 5:45 pm D-D. Adjourn Personnel
Committee AGENDA Ronnie Smith, Committee Chairman, Presiding 5:55 pm C-A. Call to Order – Chairman R. Smith
6:00 pm C-B. Personnel Issues – Bill Holman & Francine Durso (Action Items)
6:20 pm C-D. 2004 Performance Review of Executive Director – Chairman R. Smith 6:25 pm C-E. Adjourn Directions to the Burke County Agriculture Building Home/Welcome/Trustees/Meetings/CWMTF Contacts/CWMTF Grant Application/Grant Application Guidelines
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