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January
9-10 2005 Meeting of the CWMTF Board of Trustees
Long
Range Planning Committee Agenda
Joint
Meeting of Long Range Planning and Restoration Committees
Legislative
Committee Agenda
Personnel
Committee Agenda
Board
of Trustees
Clean Water Management Trust Fund
Clarion Hotel State Capital
320 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
Monday, January 10, 2005
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 Robert Howard
1) Welcome – The Honorable
Joe Bryan, Chairman, Wake County Board of Commissioners (invited)
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 the transcript of the November 15, 2004
meeting of the Board of Trustees in Greensboro – Chairman Howard
(Action Item)
7) December 13, 2004 Meeting with State Treasurer Richard Moore
– Chairman Howard
8) Water 2030 Conference on December 15, 2004 – Trustee Markham
9) December 22, 2004 Meeting with Grover McPherson, President of
the NC Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts –
Chairman Howard
10) CWMTF Meeting with NC Division of Forest Resources – Trustee
Garrett
11) 2005 CWMTF Committee Appointments – Chairman Howard
12) NC Recreation and Parks Association Recognition of CWMTF Trustee
Ron Beane on November 14, 2004 – Chairman Howard
13) Recognition of Representative Gordon Allen – Chairman Howard
14) CWMTF Advisory Committee Members – Chairman Howard
8:45 am B. Public
Comments
9:00 am C. Personnel
Committee Report – Committee Chairman Ronnie Smith (Action
Items – See January 10, 2005 Committee Agenda)
9:15 am D. Long
Range Planning Committee Report – Committee Chair Karen Cragnolin
(See January 9, 2005 Committee Agenda)
9:45 am E. Joint
Report by Long Range Planning Committee and Restoration/ Stormwater
Committee - Committee Chair Karen Cragnolin and Committee
Chairman Claudette Weston (Potential Action Item Regarding Monitoring
Contract – See January 9, 2005 Committee Agenda)
10:00 am F. Legislative
Committee Report – Committee Chairman John McMillan (See
January 9,2005 Committee Agenda)
10:15 am G. Break
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10:25 am H. Executive
Director’s Report – Bill Holman
1) 2004 CWMTF Annual
Report to Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations,
Environmental Review Commission, Joint Appropriations Subcommittee
on Natural & Economic Resources, and Fiscal Research Division
on January 13, 2005 – Bill Holman
2) 2004-2005 Budget update – Francine Durso
3) Status of 2004A, 2004B and Other Contracts – Francine Durso
4) 2005A Spring Cycle List of Projects, Notebooks and Review Schedule
–Tom Jones
5) 2005A Spring Cycle News Release – Lisa Schell
6) Coordination with DENR, Parks & Recreation Authority, and
Natural Heritage Trust Fund on military base protection projects
– Bill Holman
7) Pre-acquisition costs for military base protection projects –
Bill Holman
8) 2004 CWMTF Annual Report – Lisa Schell
9) CWMTF’s Response to Proposed Association of Soil & Water
Conservation District’s Resolution on CREP – Bill Holman
10) NCSU’s 2004 Evaluation of CREP Sites – Tom Jones
11) Tom Massie’s Appointment to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s
Non-Game Advisory Committee – Bill Holman
12) 2004 Annual Report on NC’s Million Acre Initiative – Bill Holman
13) Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Adoption by the EMC, CRC &
MFC in December 2004 – Damon Tatem & Bill Holman
14) Federal 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill – Bill Holman
15) AMSA Infrastructure Trust Fund Bill – Bill Holman
16) Farm Bill Technical Assistance Funds – Leland Heath
17) Friends of the Funds – Bill Holman
18) Clean Water Working Group – Bill Holman
19) Update on Town of Stanfield’s Wastewater Project (2000A-607)
– Francine Durso
20) CWMTF Funded Projects in Wake County – Bill Holman
10:40 am I. Attorney
General’s Report – Frank Crawley
10:50 am J. “Twenty-First Century Communities and the Clean
Water Management Trust Fund” – Cleve Simpson, Assistant Secretary
for Community Development, NC Department of Commerce (Information
Item)
11:15 am K. “Farmland
Preservation and Clean Water” – Gerry Cohn, Southeast Director,
American Farmland Trust (www.farmland.org) (Information Item)
11:40 am L. 2004M-004
– Lumber River Conservancy’s Slaughter Tract, Chalk Banks on the Lumber
River – Nancy Guthrie (Action Item)
On December 9, 2004 the
Lumber River Conservancy requested a Mini-Grant for the pre-acquisition
costs of the Harriet Slaughter tract located on the Lumber River
across from the Lumber River State Park Chalk Banks access area,
in Hoke County in the Lumber River Basin. The tract is approximately
48 acres. CWMTF has reviewed the request, believes it is consistent
with the Board’s policy, and recommends that the Board approve up
to $25,000 for this project. Staff notes that if this project is
funded, no funds will remain for mini-grants this fiscal year.
11:50 am M. 2004D-019
– Lumber River Conservancy’s McMillan Mill Pond Tract on the Lumber
River – Nancy Guthrie (Action Item)
On November 30, 2004,
the Lumber River Conservancy requested $5,000 for transaction costs
associated with the fee simple donation of the 159-acre McMillan
Mill Pond Tract located on a tributary of the Lumber River in Columbus
County in the Lumber River Basin. The Lumber River Conservancy will
hold the fee simple title and will donate a conservation easement
to the State. CWMTF staff will visit the site on January 4, 2005
and will present the staff recommendation at the meeting. If the
request is approved, staff notes that it should include as a condition
that stewardship expenses and costs will not be reimbursed until
the DENR Stewardship Committee makes its recommendations and the
Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board adopts a policy on stewardship.
Staff notes that if this project is funded at the requested level
of $5,000, then $3,173 will remain for donated easement grants this
fiscal year.
12:00 pm N. 2001B-502
– Camden County’s Wastewater Land Application Project – Damon
Tatem (Information Item and Action Item)
In January 2003 the Board
approved a grant of up to $438,000 to Camden County in the Pasquotank
River Basin for the design and permitting of a new wastewater collection
and treatment system. The Board committed up to $2,126,000 for construction
after the County received all necessary permits. On September 22,
2004 the County wrote CWMTF with the revised project scope, budget
and schedule. The Board discussed this project at its October 10-11,
2004 and its November 14-15, 2004 meeting. At those meetings, the
Board requested clarification about the service area, failing septic
system service, future growth and other issues.
The County wrote CWMTF
on October 18, 2004 stating that the purpose of the expanded plant
is to provide service to additional customers with failing systems
that are outside of the original service area. The County wrote
CWMTF on December 14, 2004 and provided a map of the service areas
along with estimates of wastewater flows and costs.
On December 16, 2004,
CWMTF Trustees L. Smith and Wright and CWMTF Field Representative
Damon Tatem met with County officials and the County Environmental
Health Director to visit the proposed service areas. Based on the
meeting and the information provided by the County in the December
14, 2004 letter, CWMTF staff recommends that the Board approve the
County’s plan to construct a 200,000 gallon per day wastewater treatment
facility with the stipulation that CWMTF funds may only be used
to construct 100,000 gallons per day of capacity and that the County
will provide funds for the construction of the additional capacity,
and authorize staff to revise the contract with the County to provide
the funds for construction upon receipt of information as detailed
in the current grant agreement (a letter requesting that the Board
review and approve the County’s request for construction funds for
the project; a copy of all applicable permits required for construction
of the project; a copy of the final report for the project design;
a final detailed construction cost estimate with the seal of an
appropriately qualified registered Professional Engineer; and a
list of all matching funds secured and to be provided for the project,
demonstrating the sources of all funds and that all project costs
will be covered).
12:15 pm O. UNC-Wilmington & College of Charleston Spring
2005 Coastal Policy Conference in Wilmington – Joe Hester
(Action Item)
On September 14, 2004
UNC-Wilmington Chancellor Emeritus James Leutze wrote CWMTF to request
up to $35,000 to help sponsor a Coastal Policy Conference addressing
coastal policies in North and South Carolina waters. The conference
will follow up the work of the Pew Ocean Commission and the Preliminary
Report on the President’s Commission on Ocean Policy.
At its November 15, 2004
meeting the Board approved a grant of up to $30,000 to UNC-Wilmington
to sponsor the conference subject to review and approval of a detailed
project budget by the Restoration/Stormwater Committee and to review
by the Attorney General’s Office. Trustee Hester has taken the lead
in contacting Chancellor Leutze and will provide more information.
12:25 pm Q. Discussion
12:40 pm R. Adjourn
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CWMTF Announcements
The Long
Range Planning Committee (Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Baddour,
Brooks, Hollan, Markey, & Vaughan) will meet at 1:00 pm on Sunday,
January 9 at the Clarion Hotel State Capital.
The Long Range Planning
Committee (Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Baddour, Brooks, Hollan, Markey,
& Vaughan) and the Restoration/Stormwater Committee (Trustees
Weston, Chair; Beane, Hester, Lathrop, McMillan, R. Smith & Vaughan)
will meet jointly at 4:15 pm on Sunday,
January 9 at the Clarion Hotel State Capital.
The Legislative
Committee (Trustees McMillan, Chair; Baddour, Beane, Mosley, R.
Smith, Weston & Wright) will meet at 5:30 pm on Sunday, January
9 at the Clarion Hotel State Capital.
The Personnel
Committee (Trustees R. Smith, Chair; Cragnolin, Howard, McLean
& L. Smith) will meet at 7:45 am on Monday, January 10 at the
Clarion Hotel State Capital.
CWMTF Trustees, guests,
and staff are invited to dinner at 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 9 at
518 West Jones Street in Raleigh (corner of Jones Street & Glenwood
Avenue) 919-829-2518.
No lunch will be served
at the CWMTF Board of Trustees meeting on January 10, 2005.
All committee meetings
are open to the public; all Trustees are welcome.
CWMTF staff will meet on
Wednesday, January 12 at 10:00 am in Raleigh to review acquisition
projects and other issues.
The Board of Trustees of
the Clean Water Management Trust Fund will meet February 13-14, 2005
at the NC Zoological Park in Randolph County, March 13-14, 2005 in
Brunswick County, April 10-11, 2005 in Goldsboro, and May 15-16, 2005
in Wake County. See www.nczoo.com for more information about the Zoo.
The next deadline for applications
for grants from CWMTF is June 1, 2005.
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Other
Announcements
The National Audubon Society
and the US Forest Service celebrate their centennials in 2005.
The next deadline for pre-proposals
to the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation is January 7, 2005.
Contact www.nfwf.org or Chris
Rigby at 404-679-7142 in Atlanta.
The NC Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Districts meets on January 9-11, 2005 at the
Sheraton Imperial in Research Triangle Park. Contact www.ncaswcd.org.
Governor Mike Easley and
the Council of State will be inaugurated at 11:00 am on Saturday,
January 15, 2005 in front of the State Library on Jones Street.
The NC Wildlife Resources
Commission is accepting comments on its draft habitat accounts for
the coastal plain, piedmont and southern Blue Ridge ecoregions in
its Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy until January 18,
2005. River basin sections and aquatic species will be posted for
comment in January. See www.ncwildlife.org
or contact Salinda Daley, WRC, salinda.daley@ncwildlife.org
or 252-726-5177.
The 2005 Session of the
General Assembly North Carolina convenes on January 26, 2005.
The NC Recreation and Park
Association recognized Senator Charlie Albertson of Duplin County
as its legislator of the year in 2004.
The UNC Environmental
Finance Center at the UNC School of Government at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill is presenting a 2-day seminar on Capital
Finance Strategies for Water and Wastewater Utilities, on January
26 & 27, 2005. Contact http://www.efc.unc.edu/waterleadership/index.htm
or 919-966-4157 for more information.
The next deadline for
applications for local government grants from the Parks & Recreation
Trust Fund is January 31, 2005. The Board of Trustees of the Parks
& Recreation Authority will meet on March 18-19, 2005 at Hammocks
Beach State Park and May 13-14, 2005 at Umstead State Park. The next
deadline for applications for local government grants from the national
Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) administered by the Division
of Parks & Recreation is March 31, 2005.
The next deadline for applications
for grants from the Natural Heritage Trust Fund is February 3, 2005.
The Natural Heritage Trust Fund Board of Trustees will meet on March
31, 2005.
The NC Wildlife Federation’s
Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards Banquet is February 19,
2005. Contact www.ncwf.org.
The Department of Environment
& Natural Resources, Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program,
NC Sea Grant, and NC Coastal Federation are sponsoring the 2005 Oyster
Restoration and Protection Summit on February 23-24, 2005 at the Museum
of Natural Sciences and McKimmon Center in Raleigh. Contact Lauren
Kolodij at laurenk@nccoast.org
or 252-393-8185 for more information.
The Professional Engineers
of North Carolina and the American Council of Engineering Companies
of North Carolina will sponsor a conference on Innovative Infrastructure
Funding. Co-sponsors include CWMTF, the NC League of Municipalities,
DENR, the North Carolina Chapter of the American Water Works Association/Water
Environment Association, and the NC Rural Water Association. The conference
will be held on March 16, 2005 at NC State University’s McKimmon Center
in Raleigh. Contact Francine Durso for more information (francine@cwmtf.net
or 919.716.0055).
One North Carolina Naturally
Conference will be March 30-31, 2005 in Raleigh.
The Water Resources Research Institute’s 2005 Annual Conference will
be April 4-5, 2005 at NC State University’s McKimmon Center in Raleigh.
Topics include Low Impact Development Approaches for Sustainable Water
Management and Managing Water Quality & Quantity: Integrating
Science, Technology & Policy.
Environmental Banking and Beyond, the 8th National Mitigation and
Conservation Banking Conference will be April 18-21, 2004 in Charlotte.
Contact www.mitigationbankingconference.com
or 703-548-5473.
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Long
Range Planning Committee
(Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Baddour, Brooks, Hollan, Markey, &
Vaughan)
Clarion Hotel State Capital
320 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
Sunday, January 9, 2005
Karen Cragnolin,
Committee Chair, Presiding
1:00 pm D-A. Call
to Order
1) Welcome – Chair Cragnolin
2) Executive Order Number One – Chair Cragnolin
3) Revisions and additions to the Agenda – Chair Cragnolin
1:05 pm D-B. Review
of Selected Work Items, Prioritization and Begin Work on First Priority
– Committee Chair Karen Cragnolin and Doc Klein
At the September 2004,
meeting, the Committee and Doc Klein reviewed 11 recommendations
presented by Mr. Klein to the Board at its July 2004 meeting. The
Committee selected 5 of the recommendations as top priorities. The
top 5 priorities have been clarified based on the Committee discussion
and are included in the agenda packet.
1) Opening remarks –
Chair Cragnolin
2) Briefly review top five priorities chosen
3) Identify the first priority item to focus on for this meeting
4) Develop clear picture of success (what is the measurable goal?)
5) Assess current reality (where are we now in relation to where
we want to be?)
6) Actions/Strategies
7) Commitments/Closure
3:30 pm D-C. Customer Survey – Francine Durso, Dr. Toddi Steelman,
Associate Professor, NC State University and Sean Doig, Graduate
Student, NCSU (Information and Action Item)
1) Results of the
“pilot test” of the customer survey taken by CWMTF staff and presentation
of final survey to be distributed to CWMTF’s customers – Dr.
Steelman and Mr. Doig
2) Discussion
and approval of the survey – Committee Members
4:00 pm D-D. ADJOURN
FOR JOINT MEETING OF THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE RESTORATION/STORMWATER
COMMITTEE (TO BEGIN AT 4:15 PM)
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Long
Range Planning Committee
(Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Baddour, Brooks, Hollan, Markey, &
Vaughan)
and
Restoration/Stormwater Committee
(Trustees Weston, Chair; Beane, Hester, Lathrop, McMillan, R. Smith
& Vaughan)
Clarion Hotel State Capital
320 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
Sunday, January 9, 2005
JOINT
AGENDA
Karen Cragnolin,
Committee Chair &
Claudette Weston, Committee Chair, Presiding
4:15 pm E-A. Call
to Order
1) Welcome – Chair Cragnolin
& Chair Weston
2) Executive Order Number One – Chair Cragnolin & Chair Weston
3) Revisions and additions to the Agenda –Chair Cragnolin &
Chair Weston
4:20 pm E-B. Monitoring
Proposals – Bill Holman & Beth McGee (Information Item and Possible
Action Item)
CWMTF requested proposals
from universities to monitor CWMTF-funded restoration and stormwater
projects. CWMTF received proposals from the NC State University
Water Quality Group (in cooperation with UNC’s Coastal Studies Institute
and UNC-Charlotte) and from NC State University’s Forestry Department
(in cooperation with UNC-Wilmington and UNC-Asheville).
1) Review Background
on Why Proposals Solicited and What Intended to Achieve – Beth
McGee and Bill Holman
2) Review Proposals – Beth McGee
3) Staff Recommendation – Beth McGee and Bill Holman
5:00 pm E-C. Next Steps – Chair Cragnolin & Chair Weston
5:25 pm E-D. Adjourn
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Legislative
Committee
(Trustees McMillan, Baddour, Beane, MacFadyen, Mosley, R. Smith, Weston
& Wright)
Clarion Hotel State Capital
320 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
Sunday, January 9, 2005
AGENDA
John McMillan,
Committee Chairman, Presiding
5:30 pm F-A. Call
to Order – Chairman McMillan
1) Welcome – Chairman
McMillan
2) Executive Order Number One – Chairman McMillan
3) Revisions and additions to the Agenda – Chairman McMillan
5:35 pm F-B. 2005-2006
and 2006-2007 State Budget – Chairman McMillan
5:45 pm F-C. Funding
for Clean Water and Land & Water Conservation – Bill
Holman
6:00 pm F-D. COPS
Financing for Military Base Protection Projects – Chairman
McMillan
6:10 pm F-E. Report
to the Environmental Review Commission on January 13, 2005 –Chairman
McMillan & Bill Holman
6:20 pm F-F. Other
Legislative Issues or Goals – Chairman McMillan & Bill
Holman
1) Statewide Stream
Mapping
2) Floodplain Mapping in the Mountains
6:30 pm F-G. Adjourn
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Personnel
Committee
(Trustees R. Smith, Chair; Cragnolin, Howard, McLean & L. Smith)
Clarion Hotel State Capital
320 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
Monday, January 10, 2005
AGENDA
Ronnie Smith,
Committee Chairman, Presiding
7:45 am C-A. Call
to Order
1) Welcome – Chairman
R. Smith
2) Executive Order Number One – Chairman R. Smith
3) Revisions and additions to the Agenda – Chairman R. Smith
7:50 am C-B. Personnel
Issues
1) Annual Performance
Review of the Executive Director – Chairman R. Smith
2) 2004 CWMTF Accomplishments – Chairman R. Smith
3) Potential Goals for CWMTF in 2005 – Chairman R. Smith & Bill
Holman
4) Staff Performance Reviews – Bill Holman & Francine Durso
5) Phase 2 of Pay Equity Increase for two newer CWMTF Field Representatives
– Bill Holman & Francine Durso (Action Item)
8:15 am C-C. Adjourn
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