February 17,2003 Meeting of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees

Public Comments
Long Range Planning Committee Report
Criteria Committee Report
Ad Hoc Appraisal Review Committee Report
Executive Director’s Report
Acquisition Committee Recommendations
CWMTF Announcements
Other Announcements

Project Scopes (Details/History)

Map to City Hotel/Meeting Location

Board of Trustees
Clean Water Management Trust Fund
City Hotel & Bistro
203 West Greenville Boulevard
Greenville, North Carolina
Monday, February 17, 2003

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

8:20 am Group Photograph of the Board of Trustees – Lisa Schell

8:30 am A. Call to Order – Chairman Howard

1. Welcome – The Honorable Don Parrott, Mayor of Greenville
2. Roll Call – Gina Weaver
3. Executive Order Number One – Chairman Howard
4. Revisions and additions to the Agenda – Chairman Howard
5. Please put cell phones on vibrate or off – Chairman Howard
6. Review and approval of Minutes of July 23, 2002 Board meeting in Raleigh – Chairman Howard
7. Review and approval of transcript & Minutes of January 13, 2003 Board meeting in Raleigh
8. January 21, 2003 National Governors’ Association Conference on Encroachment on Military Bases – Leroy Smith & Johnny Mosley

8:45 am B. Public Comments

1. Bill Richardson, Deputy City Manager, City of Greenville
2. Ron Elks, Assistant General Manager, Greenville Utilities Commission
3. Scott Stevens, Director of Public Services, City of Kinston
4. Mary Alsentzer, Executive Director, Pamlico-Tar River Foundation

 

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9:15 am C. Personnel Report – Committee Chairman Ed Wilson (See Agenda Here)

1. Adoption of CWMTF Personnel Policy (Action Item)
2. Reclassification of CWMTF Field Representatives (Action Item)

9:45 am D. Long Range Planning Report – Committee Chair Karen Cragnolin

(See Agenda Here)

10:10 am E. Criteria Report – Committee Chairman Dickson McLean

10:15 am F. Ad Hoc Appraisal Review Committee Report

10:20 am G. Executive Director’s Report – Bill Holman

1. Introduction of New Field Representative – Bill Holman
2. Legislative update – Bill Holman
3. Friends of the Funds – Bill Holman
4. Budget update – Francine Durso
5. Status of 2001B and other contracts – Francine Durso
6. Status of 2002A and other contracts – Francine Durso
7. Status of Memorandum of Agreement on 2001B-023 – NC Aquarium Society’s Whalebone Junction Stormwater Project – Francine Durso
8. Communications update – Lisa Schell
9. 2002 DENR Annual Report on the NC Million Acre Initiative – Bill Holman
10. One NC Naturally Conference on April 16-17 – Bill Holman

10:40 am H. Attorney General’s Report – Frank Crawley

10:45 am I. Break

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11:00 am J. The Farm Bill, Working Farms and Clean Water – Dick Fowler, Assistant State Conservationist - Programs, US Natural Resources Conservation Service

11:45 am K. 2002M-004 – Pitt County – Damon Tatum (Action Item)

On December 17, 2002 Pitt County requested a Mini-Grant of up to $25,000 for costs related to one tract on Swift Creek in Pitt County in the Neuse River Basin. CWMTF staff recommends that the Board approve 2002M-004 up to $25,000 and that 2002M-004 be added to the Board-Approved Funding Priorities for the 2002A Grants as No. 37.

11:50 am L. 2002M-005 – Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust – Bern Schumak (Action Item)

On January 21, 2003 the BRRLT requested a Mini-Grant of up to $25,000 for transaction costs on four properties on Waterfall Creek in Alleghany County in the New River Basin. CWMTF staff recommends that the Board approve 2002M-005 up to $25,000 and that 2002M-005 be added to the Board-Approved Funding Priorities for the 2002A Grants as No. 38.

11:55 am M. 2002B-010 – The Nature Conservancy’s Angola Bay Project – Bill Holman (Action Item)

On January 20, 2003 The Nature Conservancy requested that its application for a grant to acquire Angola Bay in Pender County in the Cape Fear River Basin be withdrawn. CWMTF staff recommends that the Board accept TNC’s request to withdraw 2002B-010.

12 noon N. Working Lunch

12:30 pm O. Acquisition Committee’s Recommendations on 2002B, other projects & other issues – Committee Chairman Mickey Simmons. See Committee February 16, 2003 Agenda. (Action Items)

Project Scopes (Details/History)

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2:30 pm P. 2000B-501 – City of Bessemer City – Francine Durso (Action Item)

On February 4, 2003, The City of Bessemer City requested that it be able to use approximately $903,000 of its $2 million grant to replace approximately 13,750 feet of existing sewers constructed in the 1920’s that are deteriorated and/or collapsed, causing excessive infiltration/inflow into the wastewater collection system. The City had previously requested use of these funds for a new pump station and sewer lines in the Costner School Road area, which was not approved by the Board at its October 2002 meeting. CWMTF staff recommends that the Board approve the City’s request.

2:40 pm Q. 1999B-407 – City of Winston-Salem’s Salem Creek Stream, Wetland & Buffer Restoration Project – Bill Holman (Action Item)

CWMTF Trustees Hollan and Weston, CWMTF staff, City of Winston-Salem staff, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utilities Commission staff, and Pilot View RC&D staff met in Winston-Salem on January 22, 2003 to resolve a number of issues regarding implementation of the City’s Salem Creek Restoration Project in Central and Civitan Parks. All issues were resolved except for whether a 30-year contract or a permanent conservation easement would be required in Central Park. On January 23, 2003 the City requested a variance from CWMTF’s policy of requiring permanent conservation easements in Central Park. The City staff has agreed to ask the Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen to consider a permanent easement in Central Park. CWMTF staff notes that the Board increased funding for the project by $500,000 in 2001 and recommends that the Board not approve the variance requested by the City.

2:50 pm R. Discussion

3:00 pm S. Adjourn

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CWMTF Announcements

The City Hotel & Bistro is at 203 West Greenville Boulevard in Greenville. Contact 1-877-271-2616 (toll free) or 252-355-8300.

CWMTF staff will meet at 8:30 am on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at the City Hotel & Bistro in Greenville.

The Personnel Committee (Trustees Wilson, Chairman; Cragnolin, Howard, McLean & Smith) will meet at 12:30 pm on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at the City Hotel & Bistro in Greenville.

The Acquisition Committee (Trustees Simmons, Chairman; Cragnolin, Hollan, McLean, Wilson & Wright) will meet at 1:30 pm on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at the City Hotel & Bistro in Greenville.

The Long Range Planning Committee (Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Ansbacher, Brooks, Gwyn, Hollan & Markey) will meet at 5:00 pm on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at the City Hotel & Bistro in Greenville.

The Ad-Hoc Appraisal Review Committee (Trustees Gwyn, Hollan, Markey & McLean) will meet for breakfast at 7:30 am on Monday, February 17, 2003 at the City Hotel & Bistro in Greenville to discuss increasing the cap on the use of the ad valorem assessed valuation in lieu of an independent appraisal from $10,000 to $50,000 and other issues.

CWMTF Trustee Leroy Smith will lead a field trip to visit the Washington stormwater project, Grimesland wastewater project, and Greenville Greenway Project on Sunday, February 16. The trip will start at 1:30 pm at the City Hotel & Bistro in Greenville and return at 5:00 pm.

CWMTF Trustees, guests and staff are invited to dinner at the Beef Barn (near the City Hotel & Bistro) at 7:00 pm at 400 St. Andrews Drive in Greenville at 252-756-3445.

The City of Canton, CWMTF, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, and others will celebrate conservation of the Rough Creek watershed in Haywood County on Friday, February 21, 2003.

The Board of Trustees of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund will meet March 16-17, 2003 in Gastonia, April 13-14, 2003 in Fayetteville, and May 20, 2003 in Raleigh.

The next deadline for applications for grants from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund is June 2, 2003 (2003A Cycle).

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Other Announcements

The next deadline for applications for grants from the Natural Heritage Trust Fund is February 10, 2003. The Board of Trustees of the Natural Heritage Trust Fund will meet on April 10, 2003 in Raleigh.

The Board of Trustees of the Park & Recreation Authority will meet on March 21-22, 2003 at Carolina Beach State Park.

Land & Water Conservation Lobby Day at the legislature is April 16, 2003.

The Department of Environment & Natural Resources will sponsor a statewide conference on its One North Carolina Naturally initiative on April 16-17, 2003 in Raleigh.