Restoration and Stormwater Committee Agenda List of 2006B Fall Cycle Restoration/Stormwater Projects Under Review List of 2006B Fall Cycle Acquisition Projects Under Review
Board of Trustees Monday, October 9, 2006 AGENDA Robert D. Howard, Chairman, Presiding
Executive Order Number One mandates that the Chair inquire as to whether any Trusteeknows 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 theappearance of a conflict of interest, please so state at this time.
8:30 am A. Call to Order - Chairman Howard
8:45 am B. Public Comments (Three Minutes Per Person) - Chairman Howard
9:00 am C. City of Washington Stormwater Wetlands Project (CWMTF No. 1998B-706) - Adam Waters, City of Washington Water Resources Superintendent In 1999 the Board approved a grant of up to $4,073,000 to the City of Washington to remove stormwater discharges into the Pamlico River and to collect and treat stormwater from downtown Washington with constructed wetlands. The City made other improvements to its waterfront with its own funds during construction of the stormwater project. 9:15 am D. Staff Efficiency Evaluation and Planning Committee Report - Committee Chairman Vaughan (Discussion and Potential Action Item) The Committee met at the September Board meeting to provide an opportunity for Trustees to comment on a draft plan to receive and approve applications for grants once per year and a plan to transition from two cycles per year to one cycle per year. The Committee met again on September 28 (after the Board packet was prepared) to respond to comments from Trustees and staff. 10:15 am E. Break 10:30 am F. Funding Alternatives for Wastewater and Stormwater Projects Committee - Committee Chairman Markham (Discussion and Potential Action Item) The Committee met at the September Board meeting and met again on September 28 (after the Board packet was prepared) to address: 1) cost overruns, 2) project delays, 3) CWMTF's cash balance, and 4) caps on CWMTF grants. 11:00 am G. CWMTF Stewardship Program Update - Stewardship Committee Chairman Phil Baddour (Information Item) 11:10 am H. Executive Director's Report - Bill Holman (Information Items)
11:30 am I. Personnel Committee Report on Appointment of Deputy Director for Project Evaluation and Assessment - Committee Chairman Wright & Bill Holman (Action Item) Agenda At its August 14, 2006 meeting in Wallace the Board amended CWMTF's Personnel Policy so that the Board in consultation with the executive director would hire deputy directors. 11:40 am J. Restoration/Stormwater Committee Report - Committee Chairman Beane (Action Items) Agenda 12:30 am K. Working Lunch 12:45 pm L. Acquisition Committee Report - Committee Chair Cragnolin (Action Items) Agenda 1:30 pm M. Wastewater/Infrastructure Committee Report - Committee Chair Mosley (Potential Action Item) Agenda 1:40 pm N. Preparation for Setting Priorities for 2006B Fall Cycle Clean Water Projects at November 12-13 meeting in Raleigh - Chairman Howard 1:50 pm O. Discussion 2:00 pm P. Adjourn CWMTF Announcements Contact www.originalwashington.com and www.partnershipforthesounds.org for more information about Washington, Beaufort County and Partnership for the Sounds. Contact the NC Estuarium at 252-948-0000. Adam Waters, City of Washington Water Resources Superintendent, will be available to provide a guided tour of the stormwater wetlands project following the conclusion of the Board meeting on Monday, October 9. The Restoration/Stormwater Committee will meet at 10:30 am on Sunday, October 8 at the NC Estuarium. The Acquisition Committee will meet at 2:10 pm on Sunday, October 8 at the NC Estuarium. The Infrastructure/Wastewater Committee will meet at 5:15 pm on Sunday, October 8 at the NC Estuarium. The Personnel Committee will meet at 7:30 am on Monday, October 9 at the NC Estuarium. CWMTF Committee meetings will begin upon conclusion of the previous Committee meeting and may start before or after the time shown on the Agenda. All CWMTF Committee meetings are open to the public; all Trustees are invited. CWMTF Trustees, guests and staff will dine at 6:30 pm on Sunday, October 8 at a place to be determined in Washington. CWMTF Trustees and staff are staying at the Hampton Inn in Washington at 252-940-4556. CWMTF staff will meet immediately after the Board meeting at the NC Estuarium on Monday, October 9. Staff will not meet on October 10. CWMTF, The Nature Conservancy, and Grandfather Mountain, Inc. will celebrate conservation of the Profile Trail (CWMTF #2004B-025) on Grandfather Mountain in Avery County at 11:30 am on October 12. CWMTF, Carolina Mountain Lands Conservancy, and NC Division of Forest Resources will celebrate the addition of the Buckner tract (CWMTF #2004B-005) to DuPont State Forest in Henderson County at 10:00 am on October 24. The NC Coastal Federation and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will celebrate NOAA's 500 th Restoration Celebration at North River Farms in Carteret County (CWMTF #2001B-024) at 11:00 am on October 18, 2006. The legislative Joint Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture will also participate in the event. Contact Sarah King at 252-393-8185 or sarahk@nccoast.org . The Town of Troy will dedicate their new 100-acre nature preserve and 4-mile nature trail system along Densons Creek on November 14 at 12:00 pm. CWMTF has assisted Troy with a number of grants including CWMTF #2003A-041 to help protect Densons Creek. The Board of Trustees of CWMTF will meet November 12-13 in Raleigh. The Infrastructure/Wastewater, Acquisition, and Restoration/Stormwater Committees will all meet in November. The next deadline for applications for grants from CWMTF is December 1, 2006 (2007A Spring Cycle). Contact www.cwmtf.net for more information. Announcements State Parks celebrates its 90 th anniversary in 2006. The Department of Environment & Natural Resources has announced its Military Support Act Program, being administered through the Conservation Grant Fund, that will pay transaction costs associated with acquisition of conservation easements and land in fee simple to protect military bases from encroachment by incompatible development. The General Assembly appropriated $1,000,000 to DENR for the program in fiscal year 2006-2007. Contact Bill Flournoy at bill.flournoy@ncmail.net or at 919-715-4191 for more information. DENR Secretary Bill Ross has named Richard Rogers as Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources, Robin Smith as Assistant Secretary for Environmental Protection, and Jimmy Carter as Assistant Secretary for Information Systems and Chief Information Officer. Secretary Ross has hired Elizabeth Self to be DENR's legislative liaison. RiverLink has named Hartwell Carson as French Broad RiverKeeper. The NC Rural Economic Development Center has hired Patrick Woody of Sparta as Vice President for Business and Natural Resources. Woody was executive director of New River Community Partners. New River Community Partners has hired Ken McFadyen as its Executive Director. McFadyen was manager of the Town of West Jefferson. Preston Pate, Director of the NC Division of Marine Fisheries, will retire on February 1, 2007. The NC Seafood Festival is October 7-8 in Morehead City. The NC League of Municipalities will meet October 15-17 in Greensboro. Contact www.nclm.org . World Water Monitoring Day is October 18. Contact www.worldwatermonitoringday.com . The Pamlico-Tar River Association celebrated its 25 th anniversary at its annual meeting in September. The NC Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers issued its Infrastructure Report Care 2006 in September: drinking water, C+; storm water, C-; and wastewater, C-. Contact http://sections.asce.org/n_carolina/ . The State Water Infrastructure Commission (SWIC) will meet at 8:30 am on October 24 at the Coates Center in Raleigh. The Board of Trustees of the NC Natural Heritage Trust Fund will meet October 24-25 at the Lake Lure Inn. Contact www.ncnhtf.net . The Board of Trustees of the NC Parks & Recreation Authority will meet October 19-20 at Medoc Mountain State Park. Contact www.partf.net . The Eno River Association celebrates its 40 th anniversary at its annual meeting from 2-4:00 pm on October 29 at Pleasant Green Community Center in Orange County. The Eno River State Park is now 4000 acres. www.enoriver.org . The NC Environmental Management Commission is accepting additional comments on its universal stormwater management program rules until November 1, 2006. See http://h20.enr.state.nc.us/su/usmp.htm . The Southeast Stormwater Association 2006 Fall Conference ³Finding Innovative Solutions to Common Problems in Stormwater Management² is November 1-3, 2006 at the Sheraton Charlotte Airport Hotel. Contact SESWA at 850-561-0904 or seswa@ksanet.net . The 10 th annual Wings over Water is November 7-12. Contact www.wingsoverwater.org . The George Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability and Environmental Defense will host a symposium on coastal and marine issues and ecosystem-based management November 28 December 1 at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Carolina Beach and Fort Fisher Aquarium in Kure Beach. Contact www.gibsconservation.org . NC's Coastal Recreational Fishing License is effective January 1, 2007. Contact NC Wildlife Resources Commission to purchase a license at www.ncwildlife.org or 888-248-6834 or NC Division of Marine Fisheries for more information at www.ncdmf.net or 800-682-2632. Restoration/Stormwater Committee AGENDA Ron Beane, Chairman, Presiding
10:30 am J-A. Call to Order - Chairman Beane
10:35 am J-B. Review of CWMTF Restoration/Stormwater Contracts - Francine Durso (Information Item) 10:45 am J-C. Status of Active Restoration/Stormwater Contracts - Francine Durso (Information Item) 10:50 am J-D. NC State University's Preliminary Summary of Existing CWMTF Projects: Monitoring Restoration, Urban Stormwater and Best Management Practices Projects - Dave Penrose, NC State Univ., Water Quality Group (Information Item) In May 2005, the Board of Trustees approved entering into a contract with NC State University to establish a monitoring program to be conducted on a subset of the CWMTF's stream restoration, stormwater and agricultural BMP projects, including an evaluation of some existing projects and more comprehensive monitoring on some recently funded projects. 11:20 am J-E. August 24, 2006 Ecosystem Enhancement Program Proposed Revisions to the In-Lieu Fee Schedule of Fees - Francine Durso (Information Item) 11:25 am J-F. 2006B-404 - NC Division of Soil & Water Conservation's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Phase IV - CREP Committee (Trustees Beane, Hollan & Wright) (Information and Potential Action Item) 11:40 am J-G. 1998B-706 - City of Washington Stormwater Wetlands Project - Budget Request - Francine Durso (Action Item) The City of Washington is in the process of conducting 5-years of stormwater quality monitoring on the completed wetlands project under the CWMTF grant in an amount of $35,000. In July, the City wrote CWMTF requesting that approximately $3,250 of that amount be used for the control of cattails, water meal and mosquito fern growing in the wetlands. Control of plant growth is a management issue. CWMTF staff seeks guidance from the Board on whether this is an appropriate use of CWMTF funds. In August, the Board did not approve a request by the NC Coastal Land Trust to spend $4,700 of a grant to treat non-native vegetation with herbicide. 11:45 am J-H. Working Lunch 11:55 am J-I. Review of 2006B Fall Cycle Restoration/Stormwater Projects - Chairman Beane 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.
1:40 pm J-J. Review of Some Deferred Restoration/Stormwater Projects - Chairman Beane 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.
1:50 pm J-K. Restoration/Stormwater Projects that were deferred by the Board in August 2006 or by Previous Actions - Chairman Beane (Information Item)
(*) Projects in Leland Heath's former area 2:00 pm J-L. Adjourn Acquisition Committee AGENDA Karen Cragnolin, Chair, Presiding
2:10 pm L-A. Call to Order - Chair Cragnolin
2:15 pm L-B. Status of Active Acquisition Project Contracts - Robin Hammond (Information Item) 2:20 pm L-C. Mini-Grant and Donated Grant Requests (Action Items)
2:30 pm L-D. 1999A-001 - Catawba Lands Conservancy's Ramah Creek Project; Possible Roadway Planned Through Conservation Easement - Robin Hammond (Information Item) On Sept. 20, 2006, the Executive Director of the Catawba Lands Conservancy, Dave Cable, called CWMTF to advise of a new road corridor being planned in the area of Huntersville in Mecklenburg County which could partition a riparian conservation easement funded by CMWTF and held by the State and an adjacent upland conservation easement held by the Catawba Lands Conservancy (CLC). On September 27, a brief conference call was held with CLC and the Town of Huntersville to gather more information.
2:40 pm L-E. Review of Remaining 2006B Fall Cycle Acquisition Projects - Chair Cragnolin 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. Note that in August 2006, the Board voted that eleven 2006B Cycle Acquisition projects would remain eligible for $14,527,000. The Committee and Board will need to review a dditional 2006B Cycle Acquisition projects, as well as previously deferred projects, in November 2006.
4:40 pm L-F. Review of Some Deferred Acquisition Projects - Chair Cragnolin 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.
4:50 pm L-G. Acquisition Projects Deferred by the Board in August 2006 or by Previous Actions - Chair Cragnolin (Information Item)
(*) Projects in Leland Heath's former area
5:00 pm L-H. Adjourn Infrastructure/Wastewater Committee AGENDA Johnnie Mosley, Chairman, Presiding
5:15 pm M-A. Call to Order - Chairman Mosley
5:20 pm M-B. 2006A-512 - Reconsideration of Harnett County's South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility on the Little River - Chairman Mosley (Action Item) Harnett County requested $3,000,000 from CWMTF for its south central regional wastewater treatment facility in December 2005. At its August 13-14 meeting in Wallace the Board funded many wastewater projects and deferred many, including 2006A-512 - Harnett County's South Central Regional Wastewater Facility on the Little River in the Cape Fear River Basin. At its September 10-11 meeting in Mt. Airy the Board voted to keep six deferred wastewater projects eligible for further review later this year, and voted to not fund other deferred wastewater projects, including 2006A-512. Harnett County advised CWMTF that it signed a sole-source privatization contract with US Army on September 20, 2006 to treat wastewater from Ft. Bragg and to eliminate Ft. Bragg's wastewater discharge into the Little River. Harnett County wrote CWMTF on September 20 and asked the Board to reconsider its decision to not fund its regional wastewater project. 5:35 pm M-C. Jones County Improvement Association Letter Regarding 2004A-511 -Town of Trenton - Bill Holman & Frank Crawley (Information Item) In July 2004, the Board of Trustees approved a grant of up to $1,369,000 to the Town of Trenton to help eliminate the Town's wastewater discharge into the Trent River in Jones County in the Neuse River Basin and to land apply the treated effluent instead. To date, no CWMTF funds have been disbursed to the Town. On September 23, 2006, the Jones County Improvement Association wrote CWMTF and on September 24, 2006, wrote the US Department of Justice alleging discrimination by the Town of Trenton. 5:40 pm M-D. Report on Gaston County/Gastonia Regional Wastewater Meeting on September 22, 2006 - Bern Schumak (Information Item) 5:50 pm M-E. Adjourn Personnel Committee AGENDA
7:30 am I-A. Call to Order - Chairman Wright
7:35 am I-B. Status of New Positions Authorized by the Board in July 2006 - Francine Durso (Information Item) 7:40 am I-C. Appointment of Deputy Director for Project Evaluation and Assessment - Chairman Wright & Bill Holman (Action Item) At its August 14, 2006 meeting in Wallace the Board amended CWMTF's Personnel Policy so that the Board in consultation with the executive director would hire deputy directors. The deputy directors will continue to report directly to the executive director. Committee Chairman Wright, Bill Holman, and Francine Durso interviewed three highly qualified candidates for deputy director for project evaluation and assessment on September 21, 2006. 8:20 am I-D. Adjourn
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