September 12-13 2004 Meeting of the Clean Water Management Board of Trustees

September 12-13 2004 Meeting of the CWMTF Board of Trustees

Long Range Planning Committee Agenda
Joint Budget and Acquisition Committee Meeting Agenda
Stewardship Committee Meeting Agenda
Personnel Committee Meeting Agenda
Acquisition Committee Meeting Agenda

Board Of Trustees
Clean Water Management Trust Fund
Hampton Inn
1382 US Highway 258 South
Kinston, North Carolina 28504
Monday, September 13, 2004

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 Howard

1) Welcome – The Honorable Johnnie Mosley, Mayor of Kinston
2) Roll Call – Gina Weaver
3) Executive Order Number One – Chairman Howard
4) Revisions and additions to the Agenda (Action Item) – Chairman Howard
5) Please put cell phones on vibrate or off – Chairman Howard
6) Review and approval of the transcript of the August 9, 2004 meeting of the Board of Trustees in Morganton (Action Item) – Chairman Howard
7) Map of Clean Water Management Trust Fund Trustees by River Basin – Chairman Howard
8) August 10, 2004 Catawba Headwaters Meeting in Old Fort – Trustee Ron Beane
9) August 19, 2004 Lake James State Park Event – Trustee Ron Beane
10) August 25, 2004 Morehead Station Demolition Celebration/Little Sugar Creek Greenway in Charlotte – Trustee Stan Vaughn
11) September 10, 2004 Mountain Island Lake Tour – Trustee Stan Vaughn
12) Special Recognition of Senator John Kerr of Wayne County

8:45 am B. Public Comments

9:00 am C. Long Range Planning Committee Report – Committee Chair Karen Cragnolin (See September 12, 2004 Committee Agenda)

9:15 am D. Report of Joint Meeting of the Budget Committee and the Acquisition Committee – Committee Chairs Markey and Hollan (See September 12, 2004 Joint Committee Agenda)

9:25 am E. Stewardship Committee Report – Committee Chairman Baddour (See September 12, 2004 Committee Agenda)

9:30 am F. Personnel Committee Report – Committee Chairman Ronnie Smith (See September 13, 2004 Committee Agenda)

9:40 am G. Executive Director’s Report – Bill Holman

1) 2004-2005 Budget Update – Francine Durso
2) Status of 2003A, 2004A and other contracts – Francine Durso
3) Communications Update – Lisa Schell
4) Lenoir County Projects – Bill Holman
5) Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) Update – Tom Jones
6) Financing Clean Water Investments – Bill Holman
7) CWMTF Intern Anna Osland’s August 9, 2004 Presentation on Local Governments and Project Implementation – Bill Holman
8) June/July 2004 National Wildlife magazine article about Swift Creek in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin – Bill Holman
9) Summer/Fall 2004 American Rivers magazine article about riparian buffers and green infrastructure – Bill Holman

9:55 am H. Attorney General’s Report – Frank Crawley

10:00 am I. Break

10:10 am J. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s Gamelands Program – David Cobb, Chief, Division of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Resources Commission

Since 1997 CWMTF has provided $63 million to assist the Wildlife Resources Commission with the acquisition of over 92,000 acres of Gamelands – more than any other state agency. WRC and its partners have matched CWMTF’s contributions with over $77 million. Many of CWMTF’s most significant land and water conservation projects have involved the WRC, including: 17,829-acre Rollins tract in the South Mountains, 9470-acre Suggs Mill Pond in Cumberland County, 4374-acre Lake Logan in Haywood County, 2500-acre Beck tract in Onslow County, 4468-acre Needmore tract on the Little Tennesee River, and the 5621-acre Mingo/Buffalo Cove tract in Caldwell County.

10:40 am K. Ducks Unlimited’s Sound CARE Initiative – Craig LeSchack, Director of Conservation Programs, South Atlantic Field Office, Ducks Unlimited

11:10 am L. Endorsement of Ducks Unlimited’s Sound CARE Initiative (Action Item)

The goal of Ducks Unlimited’s Sound CARE Initiative is to protect, restore, and enhance 22,000 acres of wetlands in North Carolina and additional wetlands in the breeding grounds over the next five years with public and private funds. The NC Wildlife Resources Commission formally endorsed Ducks Unlimited’s Sound CARE Initiative at its July 14, 2004 meeting. CWMTF staff recommends that the Board join the Wildlife Resources Commission in formally endorsing Sound CARE. An endorsement will help Ducks Unlimited raise other public and private funds. It will not obligate CWMTF to fund any projects requested by Ducks Unlimited.

Board Decision 9/13/04
Motion by L. Smith, 2nd by Weston, to endorse the Sound CARE program. Motion carries.

11:20 am M. Acquisition Committee Report – Committee Chairman Bill Hollan (Action Items – See September 12, 2004 Committee Agenda)

12:00 pm U. Working Lunch (Acquisition Committee Report Continues)

1:20 pm V. Discussion

Withdrawal of National Committee For New River (2003A-016)- Motion by McMillan, 2nd by Markey, to accept withdrawal. Motion carries.

1:30 pm W. Adjourn

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CWMTF Announcements

The City of Kinston has invited CWMTF Trustees, guests, and staff to tour the Global Transpark and the City’s many projects to protect and restore water quality. Please meet at the Hampton Inn at 1382 US Highway 258 South at 3:30 pm on Saturday, September 11. CWMTF Trustees, guests, and staff are invited to dinner at the Kinstonian Buffet after the tours.

The CWMTF Long Range Planning Committee (Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Baddour, Brooks, Hollan, Markey & Vaughan) will meet at 10:00 am on Sunday, September 12 at the Neuseway Nature Center at 401 West Caswell Street in Kinston.

The Neuseway Nature Center is a NC Environmental Education Center on the Neuse River and on NC Highway 11/55 beside the King Street Bridge in Kinston (just north of US Highway 70/258 Bypass). Contact 252-939-3367.

The CWMTF Acquisition Committee (Trustees Hollan, Chairman; Baddour, Cragnolin, Garrett, Markham, McLean, & Wright) will meet at 12 noon on Sunday, September 12 at the Neuseway Nature Center at 401 West Caswell Street in Kinston.

All CWMTF Trustees are invited to a presentation on DENR/Division of Soil & Water Conservation’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) (CWMTF Project #’s 1998A-999, 2002A-035 & 2004B-040) at the CWMTF Acquisition Committee meeting at 4:45 pm on Sunday, September 12.

The CWMTF Budget Committee (Trustees Markey, Chair; Hester, Howard, McMillan, L. Smith, and Vaughan) will meet jointly with the CWMTF Acquisition Committee (Trustees Hollan, Chairman; Baddour, Cragnolin, Garrett, Markham, McLean, & Wright) at 5:40 pm on Sunday, September 12 at the Neuseway Nature Center at 401 West Caswell Street in Kinston.

The CWMTF Stewardship Committee (Trustees Baddour, Chairman; Hollan, McMillan, Mosley, Vaughan, & Wright) will meet at 6:15 pm on Sunday, September 12 at Neuseway Nature Center in Kinston.

The City of Kinston has invited CWMTF Trustees, guests, staff, local legislators, and other local officials to a barbeque dinner at 7:00 pm on Sunday, September 12 at the Neuseway Nature Center in Kinston.

CWMTF Trustees, guests, and staff are encouraged to stay at the Hampton Inn at 1382 US Highway 258 (corner of US Highway 258 South and US Highway 70 East) in Kinston. Contact 252-523-1400.

The CWMTF Personnel Committee (Trustees R. Smith, Chair; Cragnolin, Howard, McMillan, and L. Smith) will meet at 7:45 am on Monday, September 13 at the Hampton Inn.

All CWMTF Committee meetings are public meetings. CWMTF Trustees are invited to all committee meetings.

CWMTF staff will meet after the Board meeting on September 13 in Kinston and again at 9:00 am on September 14 in Raleigh.

Special thanks to Mayor Johnnie Mosley for his hospitality and his assistance in making arrangements for the meeting in Kinston.

The Board of Trustees of CWMTF will meet October 10-11 in Greensboro, November 14-15 in Raleigh, and January 9-10, 2005 in Raleigh.

The next deadline for applications for grants from CWMTF is December 1, 2004.

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Other Announcements

Contact www.visitkinston.com or 252-523-2500 for more information about Kinston and Lenior County.

The Environmental Management Commission, Coastal Resources Commission, and Marine Fisheries Commission will meet jointly to review the NC Coastal Habitat Protection Plan on September 9, 2004 at 9:00 am at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. The goal of the CHPP is to enhance the coastal fisheries associated with six important fish habitats: water column, shell bottom, submerged aquatic vegetation, wetlands, soft bottom, and hard bottom. See www.ncdmf.net/habitat/chpp28.html (45 MB).

The NC Coastal Land Trust will hold its annual meeting on September 10, 2004. Contact www.coastallandtrust.org or 910-790-4524.

The Catawba Lands Conservancy has hired Dave Cable as its new Executive Director.

The Department of Environment & Natural Resources has hired Chrystal Bartlett as its statewide runoff pollution campaign coordinator.

The Pamlico-Tar River Foundation’s annual meeting is at 7:00 pm on September 15, 2004 in Greenville. Tom Reeder will speak on Swift Creek and site-specific habitat protection.

Ducks Unlimited will formally kick off its Sound CARE Initiative at 6:30 pm on September 17, 2004 at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences at 11 West Jones Street in Raleigh.

The Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust will hold its annual meeting on September 18, 2004 at 4:00 pm at New River State Park/US 221 Access Area.

The NC Natural Heritage Trust Fund Board of Trustees will meet on September 30, 2004 at Umstead State Park in Raleigh. Contact Jennifer Dennis at 919-715-8703 or www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/heritage/nhtf.html.

The NC Rural Economic Development Center’s 2004 Rural Partners Forum “A New Day Dawning for North Carolina’s Rural Workers, Businesses and Family Farms” will be September 30 – October 1, 2004 at the North Raleigh Hilton. Contact www.ncruralcenter.org or 919-250-4134.

The NC Coastal Federation will hold its annual meeting on global climate change, release its annual State of the Coast report, and announce its 2004 Pelican Award winners on October 1, 2004 at Carteret Community College in Morehead City. Contact www.nccoast.org or 252-393-8185 to register. The annual NC Seafood Festival is October 2 in Morehead City.

Big Sweep is Saturday, October 2, 2004. Contact www.ncbigsweep.org or 919-404-1600.

The NC League of Municipalities will meet on October 24-26, 2004 in Raleigh. Contact www.nclm.org.

The Piedmont Land Conservancy will hold its annual meeting at the NC Zoo on November 6, 2004 at 1:30 pm following a morning hike on Ridges Mountain in Randolph County. Contact 336-691-0088.

DENR/Division of Water Quality has published the latest version of the red rule book of water quality standards, effective as of August 1, 2004, at www.h2o.enr.state.nc.us/admin/rules.

DENR/Division of Water Quality has invited the public to submit water quality information from the Broad, Chowan, Neuse, and Pasquotank River Basins. DENR/DWQ will update River Basinwide Water Quality Plans for these basins in 2006. The deadline is January 14, 2005. Contact Jason Wynn, DENR/Division of Water Quality Planning Branch, 1617 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 or Jason.Wynn@ncmail.net or 919-733-5083 ext 351.

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Long Range Planning Committee
(Trustees Cragnolin, Chair; Baddour, Brooks, Hollan, Markey, & Vaughan)
Neuseway Nature Center
401 West Caswell Street
Kinston, North Carolina
Sunday, September 12, 2004

AGENDA

Karen Cragnolin, Committee Chair, Presiding

10:00 am C-A. Call to Order

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

10:05 am C-B. Update on October Review of Draft Customer Survey – Francine Durso (Information Item)

In October 2003, the Board approved funding for a customer survey to be developed by Dr. Toddi Steelman with NC State University, with oversight by the Long Range Planning Committee, and reaffirmed this decision at the August 2004 meeting. CWMTF is working to execute a contract with Dr. Steelman. CWMTF staff recommend that Dr. Steelman present and review a draft of the survey with Trustees at the Committee’s October 10, 2004 meeting prior to sending out the survey.

10:10 am C-C. Review of Doc Klein’s Recommendations Based on Interviews of Board and Staff –Committee Chair Karen Cragnolin and Doc Klein (Action Item)

Doc Klein presented 11 recommendations to the Board at its July 12, 2004 meeting based on his interviews of Board and staff. CWMTF staff recommends that the Committee review the recommendations and select 2 to 3 to set as priorities to begin working on. The next step will be a work session or "mini-retreat" with the full Board at a future meeting (perhaps November 2004) to start work on the first priority as recommended by the Committee.

Committee Recommendation 9/12/04
Motion by Hollan, 2nd by Baddour, to make recommendations #1, 5, 6, 9, and 11 as priorities for the Committee to pursue. Motion carries. Request Doc Klein to come back to the Committee in October with these 5 recommendations reworded/combined to more accurately reflect Committee’s discussion.

Board Decision 9/13/04
Vaughan presented as information the five recommendations to Board and plan for Doc Klein to return to the Committee in October.

11:30 am C-D. Adjourn

Budget Committee
(Trustees Markey, Chair; Hester, Howard, McMillan, L. Smith, and Vaughan)
and
Acquisition Committee
(Trustees Hollan, Chairman; Garrett, Baddour, Cragnolin, Markham, McLean & Wright)
Clean Water Management Trust Fund
Neuseway Nature Center
401 West Caswell Street
Kinston, North Carolina
Sunday, September 12, 2004

JOINT AGENDA

Maggi Markey, Committee Chair &
Bill Hollan, Committee Chairman, Presiding

5:40 pm D-A. Call to Order

1) Welcome – Chair Markey and Chairman Hollan
2) Executive Order Number One – Chair Markey and Chairman Hollan
3) Revisions and additions to the Agenda – Chair Markey and Chairman Hollan

5:45 pm D-B. State Property Office Project Tracking and GIS Database Enhancement Project – Tommy Cline, General Real Estate Section Manager and John Cox, Facilities Information Section Manager; NC Department of Administration/State Property Office (Potential Action Item)

Committee Recommendation 9/12/04
Motion by Hollan, 2nd by Vaughan, to approve funding up to $30,000. Motion carries with one opposing vote.

Board Decision 9/13/04
Board votes to accept Committee recommendation with two opposing votes (L. Smith and Hester).

6:00 pm D-C. Discussion of Proposal (Potential Action Item)

6:10 pm D-D. Adjourn

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Stewardship Committee
(Trustees Baddour, Chairman; Hollan, McMillan, Mosley, Vaughan & Wright)
Clean Water Management Trust Fund
Neuseway Nature Center
401 West Caswell Street
Kinston, North Carolina
Sunday, September 12, 2004

AGENDA

Phil Baddour, Chairman, Presiding

6:15 pm E-A. Call to Order

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

6:20 pm E-B. Update on Coordination with the Ecosystem Enhancement Program on Stewardship Issues – Nancy Guthrie (Information Item)

6:25 pm E-C. DRAFT One-Page Annual Conservation Easement Stewardship Monitoring Summary – Nancy Guthrie (Information Item)

6:30 pm E-D. Adjourn

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Acquisition Committee
(Trustees Hollan, Chairman; Garrett, Baddour, Cragnolin, McLean & Wright)
Clean Water Management Trust Fund
Neuseway Nature Center
401 West Caswell Street
Kinston, North Carolina
Sunday, September 12, 2004

AGENDA

Bill Hollan, Chairman, Presiding

12:00 pm M-A. Call to Order – Chairman Hollan

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

12:05 pm M-B. Review of Standard CWMTF Acquisition Contracts and Standard CWMTF Conservation Easement – Robin Hammond (Information Item)

12:15 pm M-C. Status of Active Acquisition Project Contracts – Francine Durso (Information Item)

12:20 pm M-D. 2004M-002 – North Carolina Coastal Federation’s Quaternary Tract on the White Oak River – Damon Tatem (Action Item)

On August 24, 2004, the NC Coastal Federation (NCCF) requested $14,000 for transactional costs associated with the pre-acquisition costs including timber surveys for the Quaternary tract (2004A-011) which was acted upon by the Board to remain eligible for further review later this year, on August 9, 2004. NCCF’s goal is to have this information completed prior to the November Board meeting, at which time the Board may consider final action on the 2004A-011 application. 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 the pre-acquisition transactional costs.

Committee Recommendation 9/12/04
Motion by Garrett, 2nd by Baddour, to approve staff recommendation to fund up to $25,000.

Board Decision 9/13/04
Board accepts Committee recommendation.

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12:25 pm M-E. Donated Easement Grant Criteria – Tom Jones (Information Item)

12:30 pm M-F. Status of Donated Easement Grants – Joy Wayman (Information Item)

12:35 pm M-G. Additional Funding for Donated Easement Grants – Bill Holman (Action Item)

At its July 12, 2004 meeting in Raleigh the Board provided $200,000 to pay for transaction costs associated with the donations of conservation easements in fiscal year 2004-2005. At its July and August meetings the Board approved 8 requests for $175,050, leaving $24,950 remaining in the fiscal year 2004-2005 budget for donated easement grants. CWMTF has received 8 more requests totaling $167,402.

CWMTF staff recommends that the Board approve an additional $200,000 to pay for transaction costs associated with the donations of conservation easements in fiscal year 2004-2005.

Committee Recommendation 9/12/04
Motion by Baddour, 2nd by Markham, to approve staff recommendation, with the condition that stewardship costs not be reimbursed until the Departmental Stewardship Committee makes its recommendation and the Board adopts a final policy. Motion carries with one vote against the motion.

Board Decision 9/13/04
Board accepts Committee recommendation.

Requests for Donated Minigrants

Committee Recommendation 9/12/04
Motion by Baddour, 2nd by Wright, to consider and approve as a group, rather than individually. Markham requests that Tar River projects be discussed. Motion carries to approve the requests.

Board Decision 9/13/04
Board accepts Committee recommendation to approve eight donated minigrant requests with the condition on withholding stewardship reimbursement until the Departmental Stewardship Committee makes its recommendation and the Board adopts a final policy. Motion carries.

12:40 pm M-H. 2004D-006 – Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust’s Dishman Tract on the Watauga River – Tom Massie (Action Item)

On July 8, 2004 the BRRLT requested up to $25,000 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 50-acre Dishman property along the Watauga River in Watauga County. BRRLT will hold the easement. Forest management may continue under appropriate best management practices. At staff’s request the Board delayed review of this project at its August 9, 2004 meeting. CWMTF staff has now reviewed the request, visited the site, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $25,000.

12:45 pm M-I. 2004D-010 – Piedmont Land Conservancy’s Coward Family Farm Tract on Polecat Creek– Nancy Guthrie (Action Item)

On July 23, 2004 the Piedmont Land Conservancy (PLC) requested up to $25,000 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 113-acre Coward Family Farm on an unnamed tributary to Polecat Creek in Randolph County in the Cape Fear River Basin. PLC will hold the conservation easement on the entire 113-acres. The estimated value of the donation is $191,652. Outside of a 100-foot wide no-touch riparian buffer (approximately 3,780 linear feet), agriculture may continue under appropriate best management practices. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $25,000.

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12:50 pm M-J. 2004D-011 – Tar River Land Conservancy’s Taylor Tract on the Tar River – Leland Heath (Action Item)

On July 27, 2004 the Tar River Land Conservancy (TRLC) requested up to $19,675 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 140-acre Taylor tract on the Tar River in Franklin County in the Tar River Basin. TRLC will hold the conservation easement on the entire 140-acres. The estimated value of the donation is $840,000. Outside of a 150-foot wide riparian buffer (approximately 1,100 linear feet), agriculture may continue under appropriate best management practices. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $19,675.

Committee Recommendation 9/12/04
Motion by Markham, 2nd by Wright, to accept staff recommendation to fund up to $19,675, with the condition that stewardship costs not be reimbursed until the Departmental Stewardship Committee makes its recommendation and the Board adopts a final policy. Motion carries.

12:55 pm M-K. 2004D-012 – Tar River Land Conservancy’s Charles Vaughan Tract on Bear Swamp – Leland Heath (Action Item)

On July 27, 2004 the Tar River Land Conservancy (TRLC) requested up to $20,750 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 85-acre Charles Vaughan tract on Bear Swamp in Halifax County in the Tar River Basin. TRLC will hold the conservation easement on the entire 85-acres. The estimated value of the donation is $201,025. Outside of a 300-foot wide riparian buffer (approximately 3,550 linear feet), agriculture and forest management may continue under appropriate best management practices. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $20,750.

Committee Recommendation 9/12/04
Motion by Markham, 2nd by Wright, to accept staff recommendation, to fund up to $20,750, with the condition that stewardship costs not be reimbursed until the Departmental Stewardship Committee makes its recommendation and the Board adopts a final policy. Motion carries.

12:55 pm M-L. 2004D-013 – High Country Conservancy’s Horseshoe Farm Tract on Big Horse Creek – Bern Schumak (Action Item)

On July 20, 2004 the High Country Conservancy (HCC) requested up to $24,052 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 222-acre Horseshoe Farm on Big Horse Creek in Ashe County in the New River Basin. HCC will hold the conservation easement. The estimated value of the donation is $337,500. The riparian buffer will range from 75 to 300-feet wide. Agriculture may continue outside of the buffer under appropriate best management practices, and the owner will retain four building envelopes outside of the buffer. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $24,052.

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1:00 pm M-M. 2004D-014 – High Country Conservancy’s Cooper Tract on the Watauga River – Tom Massie (Action Item)

On July 20, 2004 the High Country Conservancy (HCC) requested up to $12,925 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 22-acre Cooper tract on the Watauga River in Watauga County in the Watauga River Basin. HCC will hold the conservation easement. The estimated value of the donation is $396,000. The riparian buffer will range from 100 feet wide along the Watauga River to 50 feet wide along both sides of Dutch Creek, which runs through the property. Agriculture may continue outside of the buffer under appropriate best management practices, and the owner will retain a building envelope outside of the buffer. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $12,925.

1:05 pm M-N. 2004D-015 – Foothills Conservancy’s Stensland-Alline Tract on the Broad River – Tom Massie (Action Item)

On July 30, 2004 the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina (FCNC) requested up to $25,000 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 95-acre Stensland-Alline tract on the Broad River in Rutherford County in the Broad River Basin. FCNC will hold the conservation easement. The estimated value of the donation is $120,000. The riparian buffer will be at least 150-feet wide. The owner will retain two building envelopes outside of the buffer. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $25,000.

1:10 pm M-O. 2004D-016 – Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust’s Great Meadows Tract on the Toe River – Tom Massie (Action Item)

On August 12, 2004 the BRRLT requested up to $15,000 for transaction costs associated with the donation of a conservation easement on the 170-acre Great Meadows property at the confluence of the North Toe and South Toe Rivers in Yancey County in the French Broad River Basin. BRRLT will hold the easement. The estimated value of the donation is $425,000. Forest management practices may continue under appropriate best management practices. CWMTF staff has reviewed the request, believes it qualifies, and recommends funding up to $15,000.

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1:15 pm M-P. Review of 2004B and Other Acquisition Projects – Chairman Hollan 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.

2004B Acquisition Projects

1) 2004B-001 – City of Archdale’s Muddy Creek/BB&P Tract ($175,000) – Nancy Guthrie
2) 2004B-002 – City of Brevard’s Brackens and Brushy Creeks Watershed Protection Project ($1,036,500) – Tom Massie
3) 2004B-004 – Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy’s Cane Creek/ Blue Ridge Metal Tract ($67,955) – Tom Massie
4) 2004B-005 – Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy’s Dismal Creek/ Buckner Tract ($786,150) – Tom Massie
5) 2004B-006 – Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy’s Pool Creek/ Parmley Tract ($203,370) – Tom Massie
6) 2004B-008 – Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy’s West Fork French Broad/Winston Tract ($59,772) – Tom Massie
7) 2004B-009 – Catawba Lands Conservancy’s Stanley Creek/Cloninger Tract ($161,527) – Bern Schumak
8) 2004B-011 – Dan River Basin Association’s Industrial Park Buffer ($62,000) – Bern Schumak
9) 2004B-012 – Durham County’s Little River Corridor ($169,712) – Leland Heath
10) 2004B-014 – Foothills Conservancy’s Catawba River/Creston Reserve ($544,850) – Tom Massie
11) 2004B-016 – Friend of Lake Johnson’s Walnut Creek/Lake Johnson ($250,000) – Leland Heath
12) 2004B-017 – City of Hickory’s Lake Hickory Greenway ($160,000) – Tom Massie
13) 2004B-018 – Land Trust for Central North Carolina’s South Yadkin/ Adams Tract ($464,085) – Bern Schumak
14) 2004B-019 – Land Trust for Central North Carolina’s Uwharrie Farms Conservation Project ($150,000) – Bern Schumak
15) 2004B-020 – Land Trust for the Little Tennessee’s Macon County Tracts ($975,140) – Tom Massie
16) 2004B-021 – Lumber River Conservancy’s Upper Lumber River Tracts ($243,675) – Nancy Guthrie
17) 2004B-022 – City of Mount Holly’s Mountain Island Lake/Lake Wylie Protection Project ($2,665,140) – Bern Schumak
18) 2004B-024 – The Nature Conservancy’s Black Walnut Swamp/Avoca Plantation ($694,769) – Damon Tatem
19) 2004B-025 – The Nature Conservancy’s Grandfather Mountain Profile Trail ($711,897) – Tom Massie
20) 2004B-028 – North Carolina Coastal Land Trust’s Lord’s Creek/ Burnett Tract ($1,051,919) – Nancy Guthrie
21) 2004B-029 – North Carolina Coastal Land Trust’s Lower Cape Fear/ Davis Tract ($1,680,400) – Nancy Guthrie
22) 2004B-030 – North Carolina Coastal Land Trust’s Upper Broad Creek/Hughes Tract ($393,750) – Leland Heath
23) 2004B-031 – North Carolina Coastal Land Trust’s Browns Island/ Lewis and Brown Tracts ($428,843) – Damon Tatem
24) 2004B-032 – North Carolina Coastal Land Trust’s Springer’s Point/ McWilliams Tract on Oracoke Island ($2,160,561) – Damon Tatem
25) 2004B-033 – North Carolina Coastal Land Trust’s Black River/ Woodall Tract ($279,050) – Nancy Guthrie
26) 2004B-035 – NCDENR/Division of Forest Resources’ Mountain Island Lake Educational State Forest/Sifford Tract ($123,000) – Bern Schumak
27) 2004B-036 – NCDENR/Division of Parks and Recreation’s Carvers Creek State Park/Cypress Lake ($2,330,617) – Nancy Guthrie
28) 2004B-037 – NCDENR/Division of Parks and Recreation’s Gorges State Park/Toxaway River ($875,000) – Tom Massie
29) 2004B-038 – NCDENR/Division of Parks and Recreation’s Lake James State Park Expansion ($11,508,000) – Tom Massie
30) 2004B-039 – NCDENR/Division of Parks and Recreation’s Umstead State Park Expansion/Big Lake ($4,009,600) – Leland Heath
31) 2004B-041 – NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Country Line Creek/Brumley Tract ($258,242) – Leland Heath
32) 2004B-042 – NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Cashie River Tracts ($1,133,450) – Leland Heath
33) 2004B-043 – NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Upper Chowan/ Griffin Tract ($2,058,224) – Damon Tatem
34) 2004B-044 – NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Country Line Creek/Hodges-Barker Tract ($192,745) – Leland Heath
35) 2004B-045 – NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Buffalo Creek/ Patterson School Tract ($658,087) – Bern Schumak
36) 2004B-047 – NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Green River/ Powell Industries Tract ($1,850,450) – Tom Massie
37) 2004B-049 – Piedmont Land Conservancy’s Mill Creek/Wyche, Ellis and Harris Tracts ($1,397,810) – Bern Schumak
38) 2004B-050 – Sandhills Area Land Trust’s Lumber River State Park/ Gainey Tract ($72,700) – Nancy Guthrie
39) 2004B-051 – Sandhills Area Land Trust’s Cape Fear/River Road Hardwoods ($461,700) – Nancy Guthrie
40) 2004B-052 – Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy’s Roaring Creek/Atria Tract ($390,316) – Tom Massie
41) 2004B-053 – Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy’s Price Creek/Popper Tract ($944,883) – Tom Massie
42) 2004B-054 – Triangle Land Conservancy’s Marks Creek Phase II ($7,343,400) – Leland Heath
43) 2004B-055 – Wake County’s Middle Creek/Southeast County Park ($713,278) – Leland Heath

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2004B Planning Projects

1) 2004B-806 – Henderson County’s Mills River Land Use Inventory ($71,800) – Tom Massie
2) 2004B-813 – Western Piedmont Council of Governments’ Acquisition and Greenway Planning ($96,000) – Tom Massie

Deferred Projects

1) 2003A-021 – The Nature Conservancy’s Roanoke and Cashie Rivers ($6,014,353) – Leland Heath

4:45 pm M-Q. NCDENR/Division of Soil and Water Conservation’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) (CWMTF Project #’s 1998A-999, 2002A-305 & 2004B-040) – Chairman Hollan, Leland Heath and CWMTF staff (Information & Discussion Item)

The Board has approved two grants totaling almost $10.1 million to the Division of Soil & Water Conservation to implement the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). CWMTF staff will update the Committee on the Division’s progress in implementing the CREP program, including changes that the Board approved at its November 2003 meeting. CWMTF staff welcome comments and concerns from Trustees. CWMTF staff will make a recommendation to the Committee at its October 10, 2004 meeting in Greensboro.

5:15 pm M-R Discussion of “Acquisition Committee Proposed Applicant Review Process” – Chairman Hollan, Trustee Garrett and CWMTF staff (Information & Discussion Item)

At its August 8, 2004 meeting in Morganton the Committee discussed “Acquisition Committee Proposed Applicant Review Process” proposed by Trustee Garrett. CWMTF staff has identified the information that CWMTF already asks the applicant to provide and the information that CWMTF does not currently ask for. CWTMF staff would like to meet with Trustee Garrett before making a recommendation to the Board on increasing the number of questions in the application.

5:30 pm M-S. Adjourn

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Personnel Committee
(Trustees R. Smith, Chair; Cragnolin, Howard, McLean, and L. Smith)
Clean Water Management Trust Fund
Hampton Inn
1382 US Highway 258 South
Kinston, North Carolina
Monday, September 13, 2004

AGENDA

Ronnie Smith, Committee Chairman, Presiding

7:45 am F-A. Call to Order – Chairman R. Smith

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 F-B. Salary Adjustments – Bill Holman & Francine Durso (Action Item)
At its January 12, 2004 meeting the Board approved in-range salary adjustments for CWMTF Field Representatives, the Senior Water Quality Advisor, and Administrative Officer to address equity and to remain competitive with similar state programs and the marketplace.
After reviewing performance, equity, and competition, the Executive Director recommends that the Board approve in-range salary adjustments for the Deputy Director, Water Quality Advisor, Public Information Officer, and Executive Assistant effective October 1, 2004.

Board Decision 9/13/04
Motion by McMillan, 2nd by Mosley, to accept Committee recommendation to approve salary increases. Motion carries.

8:10 am F-C. 2004 Performance Review of Executive Director – Chairman R. Smith

8:15 am F-D. Adjourn

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