Personnel Committee
(Trustees Wilson, Chairman; Cragnolin, Howard, McLean & Smith)
City Hotel & Bistro
Greenville, North Carolina
Sunday, February 16, 2003

AGENDA

Ed Wilson, Committee Chairman, Presiding

12:30 pm A. Call to Order – Chairman Wilson

1. Welcome – Chairman Wilson
2. Executive Order Number One – Chairman Wilson
3. Revisions and additions to the Agenda – Chairman Wilson

12:35 pm B. CWMTF Personnel Policy – Chairman Wilson, Allen Hardison & Bill Holman (Action Item)

1:05 pm C. Reclassification of CWMTF Field Representatives – Chairman Wilson, Allen Hardison & Bill Holman (Action Item)

1:25 pm D. Adjourn

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Acquisition Committee
(Trustees Simmons, Chairman; Cragnolin, Hollan, McLean, Wilson & Wright)
City Hotel & Bistro
Greenville, North Carolina
Sunday, February 16, 2003

AGENDA

Mickey Simmons, Committee Chairman, Presiding

1:30 pm A. Call to Order – Chairman Simmons

1. Welcome -- Chairman Simmons
2. Executive Order Number One – Chairman Simmons
3. Revisions and additions to the Agenda – Chairman Simmons

1:35 pm B. 2001B-017 – The Nature Conservancy’s Bear Garden Project – Bill Holman (Action Item)

The Board of Trustees of CWMTF approved a grant of up to $7.9 million to The Nature Conservancy to acquire the 14,391-acre Bear Garden tract in Pender County in the Cape Fear River Basin on January 13, 2003.

On January 30, 2003 The Nature Conservancy wrote CWMTF to advise CWMTF that it had sold a 287.5-acre parcel to a conservation buyer, that it may not be able to transfer most of the property to a state agency, that it may wish to sell other tracts totaling 1500 acres to other conservation buyers, and other issues.

CWMTF staff considers TNC’s request to be a significant change in the project reviewed and approved by the Board on January 13, 2003 and seeks additional guidance from the Acquisition Committee and Board of Trustees.

1:50 pm C. 2002A-020 – NC Coastal Land Trust’s Lockwood’s Folly Project – Bill Holman (Action Item)

The Board of Trustees of CWMTF approved a grant of up to $652,000 to the NC Coastal Land Trust to acquire the 263-acre tract on the Lockwoods Folly River in Brunswick County in the Cape Fear River Basin on December 10, 2002. The Board required the entire tract to be placed under a state conservation easement to address concerns about matching funds and to provide more protection for the property.

On February 3, 2003 the NC Coastal Land Trust wrote CWMTF to raise concerns about the proposed grant condition and to recommend an alternative.

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2:00 pm D. 2001B-008 – City of Graham’s Haw River Greenway Project – Francine Durso (Action Item)

The Board of Trustees of CWMTF approved a grant of up to $140,000 to the City of Graham to acquire 22.3 acres encompassing seven tracts in fee simple. The City’s application stated that they would purchase the tracts for their tax value in lieu of appraisals. The tax value of the tracts ranges from $4,000 to $69,000; four tracts are greater than $10,000 in value; the last valuation was performed in 2000. While drafting the contract, it was found that the CWMTF Appraisal Policy only allows tracts to be purchased for their tax value up to $10,000. CWMTF staff recommends that the appraisal policy limit of $10,000 be waived in this case and that the City of Graham not be required to have appraisals prepared on the four tracts that are greater than $10,000 in tax value.

2:05 pm E. 1998B-006 – Wildlife Resources Commission Goose Creek Project – Francine Durso (Action Item)

This $1.8 million grant originally involved acquiring riparian buffer easements and improving the buffers, purchasing options on key forested tracts, restructuring agricultural drain fields, stormwater planning, a point source removal feasibility study, and community outreach. Goose Creek contains the federally endangered Carolina heelsplitter mussel. WRC has spent $400,000 to date. WRC has encountered obstacles on this project and since last summer, WRC staff has been working to modify the project’s scope. WRC wrote to CWMTF on Dec. 17, 2002 with the proposed modifications. The major changes include deleting acquiring the options, and using those funds ($240,000) instead to continue a water quality and stream bank erosion study on Goose Creek, that is currently being conducted by UNC-Charlotte for the NCDOT to assess the habitat of the heelsplitter ($40,000) and developing a watershed assessment and management plan to help develop site-specific management strategies in the watershed. CWMTF staff recommends that modifications to the scope of work be approved. The project will expire Dec. 31, 2003. Staff recommends that the contract be extended until Nov. 30, 2005 with the stipulation that the contract will not be extended past that date.

2:15 pm F. Review of 2002B and other Acquisition Projects – Chairman Simmons & CWMTF staff (Action Items)

For Project Scopes (Details/History) Click Here

1. 2001A-705 – Plymouth’s Roanoke River Greenway Project (referred to the Acquisition Committee from the Restoration/Stormwater & Planning Committee) ($725,000)
2. 2001B-020 – The Nature Conservancy’s Great Coharie Creek Project ($3,200,000)
3.2001B-028 – NC Coastal Land Trust’s Cool Springs Project on the Neuse River ($1,375,359)
4. 2001B-033 – Wildlife Resources Commission’s Chowan River Project ($3,308,000)
5. 2002A-001 – Bryson City’s Lands Creek Watershed Project ($1,232,166)
6. 2002A-005 – The Conservation Fund’s Scott Creek/Balsam Gap Project ($4,057,000)
7. 2002A-026 – Piedmont Land Conservancy’s Upper Mitchell River and Winebarger Tract Project ($3,438,098)
8. 2002B-001 – Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust’s Moravian & Big Warrior Creek Projects in the Brushy Mountains ($276,000)
9. 2002B-002 – Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust’s Beech Creek Bog Project ($57,497)
10. 2002B-003 – Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust’s North & South Toe River Easements Project ($127,200)
11. 2002B-004 – Catawba Lands Conservancy’s Anderholt Project on the South Fork of the Catawba River ($346,000)
12. 2002B-005 – Catawba Lands Conservancy’s Wilson Farm Project on the Rocky River ($247,000)
13. 2002B-006 – Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities’ Parker Tract Project in Mountain Island Lake Watershed ($500,000)
14. 2002B-007 – Foothills Conservancy of NC’s Adams Tract Project on the Left Prong of the Catawba River Headwaters ($719,500)
15. 2002B-008 – Granite Falls & Lenior’s Projects to Protect Drinking Water Intakes on Lake Rhodhiss ($889,555)
16. 2002B-009 – National Committee for the New River’s Blackburn Tract on the Todd South Fork Greenway ($152,350)
17. 2002B-010 – The Nature Conservancy’s Angola Bay Project ($7,196,594)
18. 2002B-011 – NC Coastal Federation’s Morris Landing on Stump Sound Project ($971,540)
19. 2002B-012 – NC Coastal Land Trust’s Town Creek III Project ($2,094,700)
20. 2002B-013 – NC Coastal Land Trust’s Pettiford Creek Uplands Project ($2,779,000)
21. 2002B-014 – DENR/Division of Forest Resources’ Strickland Creek Project at Clemmons State Forest ($3,700,000)
22. 2002B-015 – DENR/Division of Parks & Recreation’s Eno Wilderness Project at Eno River State Park ($2,318,400)
23. 2002B-016 – Wildlife Resources Commission’s Needmore Project on the Little Tennessee River ($13,338,456)
24. 2002B-017 – Wildlife Resources Commission’s Risky Business tracts on Roanoke Sound ($375,000)
25. 2002B-018 – Pitt Soil & Water Conservation District’s Environmental Education Center Project on Little Contentnea Creek ($25,000)
26. 2002B-019 – Tar River Land Conservancy’s Allen Tract Project on Sandy Creek ($367,500)
27. 2002B-020 – Tar River Land Conservancy’s Harris Tract Project on Jumping Run Creek & Tar River ($2,541,250)
28. 2002B-021 – Troy’s Denson Creek Phase IV Project ($271,500)
29. 2002B-022 – Trust for Public Land’s Regent Tract Project on Little Sugar Creek in Charlotte ($2,200,000)

4:55 pm G. Adjourn

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Long Range Planning Committee
(Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Ansbacher, Brooks, Gwyn, Hollan & Markey)
City Hotel & Bistro
Greenville, North Carolina
Sunday, February 16, 2003

AGENDA

Karen Cragnolin, Committee Chair, Presiding

5:00 pm A. Call to Order – Chair Cragnolin

1. Welcome – Chair Cragnolin
2. Executive Order Number One – Chair Cragnolin
3. Revisions & additions to the Agenda – Chair Cragnolin

5:05 pm B. Phase 2 – Doc Klein

1. Roles of Board, Committee and staff in Phase 2 – Doc Klein
2. Process for Phase 2 and general timeline – Doc Klein

5:30 pm C. Define Goals for Funding/Sources

1. Possible Goals – Bill Holman
2. Discussion of Goals – Doc Klein and Committee
3. Prepare Goals to Present to Board – Doc Klein and Committee

6:20 pm D. Next Steps

6:30 pm E. Adjourn