10:30 am J. Mr.
Chris Dreps, Director, Upper Neuse River Basin Association – “Upper Neuse
Watershed Management Plan”
11:00 am K.
2003M-008 – Orange Water and Sewer Authority’s Cane Creek Reservoir watershed
tracts in Orange County – Nancy Guthrie (Action Item)
On December 15, 2003, the Orange
Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) requested a mini-grant of up to $25,000 to pay
for pre-acquisition costs associated with the fee simple acquisition of a
144-acre dairy farm and the acquisition of a conservation easement on a 467-acre
tract in the Cane Creek Water Supply Watershed in the Cape Fear River Basin.
OWASA requested $897,810 from CWMTF on December 1, 2003 to acquire these two
tracts (CWMTF Project No. 2004A-022) but wishes to proceed with the
pre-acquisition work such as survey, appraisal, and Phase 1 Environmental Site
Assessment as soon as possible. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes
that it qualifies, and recommends that the Board approve OWASA’s request up to
$25,000 with the following conditions: 1) the mini-grant may be applied toward
the pre-acquisition costs on only these two tracts, and 2) if these tracts are
later acquired with CWMTF funds, the CWMTF standard conservation easement and
conditions will apply including the 300-foot wide riparian buffer along all
perennial and intermittent streams and/or reservoir shoreline on each tract, and
the area outside of the 300-foot wide buffer of each tract may contain no more
than 10% of impervious and man-made pervious cover.
At its July 2003 meeting in
Raleigh, the CWMTF Board approved funding for eight mini-grants up to $200,000
for fiscal year 2003-2004. If the Board approves OWASA’s request, funds for two
mini-grants will remain available.
11:10 am L.
2003D-009 – The Lumber River Conservancy’s CP&L High Hills tract in Robeson
County – Nancy Guthrie (Action Item)
On November 25, 2003 The Lumber
River Conservancy requested up to $9,150 to pay transaction costs associated
with the donation of fee simple ownership by CP&L of 9 acres known as the
High Hills tract on the Lumber River in Robeson County. The Lumber River
Conservancy will hold the title. CWMTF staff has determined that the donation of
this property will protect water quality and recommends that the Board approve
The Lumber River Conservancy’s request up to $9,200.
At its September
2003 meeting in Eden, the CWMTF Board approved funding up to $200,000 for fiscal
year 2003-2004 for grants to pay the transaction costs associated with the
donations of conservation easements that protect water quality. If the Board
approves The Lumber River Conservancy’s request, $30,400 will remain available
for donated easement grants.
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11:20 am M.
2003D-010 – The City of Waynesville’s Allens Creek water supply
watershed survey in Haywood County – Tom Massie (Action Item)
On December 18, 2003 the City of
Waynesville requested up to $25,000 to be applied toward the cost of surveying
the approximately 6,000-acre Allens Creek water supply watershed in preparation
for donating a conservation easement on the watershed to the Southern
Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. The City and CWMTF will each pay half of the
survey cost, estimated to be $48,800. In 1997, CWMTF provided a grant of
$500,000 to the City (CWMTF No. 1997A-012) to acquire three tracts in the
watershed totaling 690 acres. The City will donate a conservation easement to
the State for the 690 acres acquired with CWMTF and City funds. The 690 acres
recently acquired has been surveyed. In addition to matching CWMTF funds with
City funds the City pledged to donate a conservation easement on the entire
6,000 acres watershed owned by the City. The City plans to donate a conservation
easement in 2004. CWMTF staff recommends that the Board approve the request up
to $25,000. CWMTF funds will be matched 1:1 with City funds.
At its September 2003 meeting in
Eden, the CWMTF Board approved funding up to $200,000 for fiscal year 2003-2004
for grants to pay the transaction costs associated with the donations of
conservation easements that protect water quality. If the Board approves
Waynesville’s request, $5,400 will remain available for donated easement grants.
11:30 am N.
1998B-015 – Sanford/Lee County’s Little Buffalo Creek Buffer Project –
Francine Durso (Action Item)
In 1999, CWMTF provided a grant of
up to $765,000 to Sanford/Lee County to acquire properties for a greenway along
Little Buffalo Creek in the Cape Fear River Basin. Sanford/Lee County was
unaware that CMWTF funds could not be used to acquire structures and assumed
that CWMTF funds could be used for the acquisition of properties, including
structures, for its greenway project. On December 16, 2003 Sanford/Lee County
met with CWMTF staff to discuss acquisition of structures and related issues. On
December 18, 2003 Sanford/Lee County wrote CWMTF requesting that they be allowed
to use CWMTF funds for purchase of four residential and two commercial
properties, including structures, at either ad valorem tax value or appraised
value. The properties are described in the letter and are located in downtown
Sanford along Little Buffalo Creek.
CWMTF staff recommends that the
Board approve acquisition of the four residential and two commercial properties,
including structures, at either ad valorem tax value or appraised value, subject
to review and approval by the State Property Office. CWMTF staff further
recommends that the Board require Sanford/Lee County to relocate or demolish and
remove the residential and commercial structures at its own expense or the
expense of the property owners by December 31, 2004. CWMTF will not pay to
acquire any other structures on the Little Buffalo Creek Greenway. This grant
agreement with CWMTF expires on September 30, 2004. No extensions will be
granted. Sanford/Lee County may apply to CWMTF in the future to extend the
greenway to the Deep River.
CWMTF staff is reviewing the Phase
I Environmental Assessment of the King Roofing Properties. CWMTF staff will
consult with the State Property Office and the Attorney General’s Office before
approving acquisition of a conservation easement or restrictive covenants on the
property. The costs to clean up the property may substantially reduce its fair
market value. A Phase I Environmental Assessment has not been prepared on the
Williams Old Mill Properties. CWMTF requires a Phase I Environmental Assessment
before acquiring a conservation easement.
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11:40 pm O. Mecklenburg County Little Sugar
Creek Restoration Project (2002B-402) – Francine Durso (Action Item)
CWMTF approved a grant of $400,000
to Mecklenburg County (CWMTF Project No. 2002B-402) in July 2003 to assist with
restoration of Little Sugar Creek in the Catawba River Basin. On December 4,
2003 Mecklenburg County Stormwater Services staff met with CWMTF staff and on
Dec. 24, 2003 wrote CWMTF requesting that rather than place the standard CWMTF
conservation easements on the restoration tracts, that an easement negotiated by
the County and the DENR/Wetlands Restoration Program (WRP) and approved by the
US Army Corps of Engineers be allowed to be used instead, with two more
restrictive conditions as described in the letter from the County. CWMTF’s
standard conservation easement is more comprehensive and stricter than WRP’s,
especially with regard to utility crossings. CWMTF staff recommends that the
Board allow the use of the WRP easement with the two more restrictive conditions
for this project so that the County can move forward with implementation of the
project in 2004.
CWMTF also approved a grant of
$1,200,000 to Mecklenburg County (CWMTF Project No 2002B-703) in July 2003 to
reduce stormwater pollution in Belmont Branch, a tributary of Little Sugar
Creek. CWMTF staff will work with the County to develop a more restrictive
conservation easement that provides for reasonable utility crossings but is more
protective than WRP’s easement. CWMTF staff will report on our progress to the
Restoration/Stormwater Committee and the Board no later than April 2004.
CWMTF needs to develop a more
flexible standard conservation easement for use on urban streams. WRP’s
conservation easement allows too many utility crossings that could negate the
public investment in restoration. WRP (EEP) and CWMTF staff need to work
together to develop consistent contracts and conservation easements for both
restoration and preservation projects.
11:50 P. 2004A
Cycle Projects, Notebooks, and Review Schedule – Tom Jones (Information
Item)
12:00 pm Q.
Discussion
12:15 pm R.
Adjourn
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CWMTF
Announcements
The Personnel Committee (Trustees
R. Smith, Chair; Cragnolin, Howard, McLean & L. Smith) will meet from 1:30 –
2:15 pm on Sunday, January 11, 2004 at the Holiday Inn Brownstone. Agenda
The Long-Range Planning Committee
(Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Brooks, Hollan, Markey, Maguire, & Baddour) will
meet from 2:30 – 4:30 on Sunday, January 11, 2004 at the Holiday Inn Brownstone.
Agenda
The Long-Range Planning Committee
(Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Brooks, Hollan, Markey, Maguire, & Baddour) and
the Critieria Committee (Trustees McLean, Chairman; Brooks, Hollan, Lathrop,
& Mosley) will meet jointly from 4:45 – 6:00 on Sunday, January 11, 2004 at
the Holiday Inn Brownstone. Agenda
CWMTF trustees, guests, and staff
are invited to dinner at 6:45 pm on Sunday, January 11, 2004 at 42nd Street
Oyster Bar at 508 West Jones Street (corner of West Jones and West Street) in
Raleigh.
No lunch will be served at the
CWMTF Board of Trustees meeting on January 12, 2004.
All committee meetings are open to
the public; all trustees are welcome.
CWMTF staff will meet after the
board meeting on Monday, January 12.
For
more information about the Upper Neuse River Basin Association
The next deadline for applications
for grants from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund is June 1,
2004.
CWMTF, Department of
Transportation, Natural Heritage Trust Fund, Department of Environment &
Natural Resources, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, The Nature Conservancy, and
others will celebrate conservation of the Needmore tract (CWMTF Project
#2002B-016) on the Little Tennessee River on Thursday, January 15, 2004, at
11:00 am at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in Bryson City. Contact Lisa Schell for
more information (email here or call
919.716.0057).
Brigadier General Eric Rosborg will
brief CWMTF Trustees and staff on opportunities to protect water quality and to
prevent encroachment at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base on Friday, January 16,
2004 at 9:30 am in Goldsboro.
The Board of Trustees of CWMTF will
meet on February 8-9, 2004 in Moore County; March 14-15, 2004 in the Outer Banks
region; April 18-19, 2004 in Caldwell County; and May 9-10, 2004 in Raleigh.
Locations are tentative.
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Other
Announcements
NC Association of Soil & Water
Conservation Districts is hosting a Summit on Working Lands Conservation in
conjunction with its annual meeting on January 5, 2004 and a session on
collaboration between CWMTF and soil & water conservation districts on
January 6, 2004 at the Sheraton Hotel in Research Triangle Park.
Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties are
sponsoring the “Mountain Island Lake Workshop” on January 14, 2004 from 10:00 am
– 2:30 pm at the Gaston County Citizens Resource Center in Dallas to explore
opportunities and strategies for protecting water quality in Mountain Island
Lake, the regional water supply for Gastonia, Mount Holly, and Mecklenburg
County. Contact Rusty Rozzelle at rozzers@co.mecklenburg.nc.us or
704-336-5449.
DENR/Division of Water Quality
invites interested parties to submit water quality information relevant to the
Hiwassee, Little Tennessee, Roanoke, Savannah, Watauga, and White Oak River
Basins by January 16, 2004. DWQ will utilize the information to develop
basinwide water quality plans and to report to the US Environmental Protection
Agency as required by Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. Contact Tom Reeder,
DWQ Planning Branch, 1617 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617, 919-733-5083, ext
557.
The next deadline for applications
for grants from the Natural Heritage Trust Fund is February 10, 2004. The Board
of Trustees of the Natural Heritage Trust Fund will meet on April 8, 2004.
The NC Coastal Federation and
others will sponsor “An Encore for Oysters” on oyster habitat and water quality
on March 16-17, 2004 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City. Contact
Lauren Kolodij at 252-393-8185 or laurenk@nccoast.org or www.nccoast.org.
The Professional Engineers of North
Carolina and the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina
will sponsor a conference on Total Water Management, including water reuse,
stream restoration, nutrient trading and other innovative water management
strategies. 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. Several
CWMTF-funded projects will be featured at the conference, which will be held on
March 24, 2004 at NC State University’s McKimmon Center in Raleigh. Contact
Francine Durso for more information (francine@cwmtf.net or 919.716.0055).
The Water Resources Research
Institute’s 2004 Annual Conference will be March 30-31, 2004 at NC State
University’s McKimmon Center in Raleigh.
The Water Resources Research
Institute, NC State University, NC Department of Environment & Natural
Resources, and US Environmental Protection Agency are sponsoring “Stormwater:
Emerging Issues for Local Communities” on April 19-21, 2004 at The Grove Park
Inn in Asheville. For more information, contact
http://www.soil.ncsu/swetc/stormwaterconf/main.htm.
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Additional
Resources:
Long Range Planning Committee
Agenda
Joint Criteria/Long Range
Planning Agenda
Personnel Committee
Agenda
News Release
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