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Home My WebLink About06-03-97 Land & Water Conservation - Resource & Ed CommitteeST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert Boche, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Art Jensen, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Land & Water Conservation/Resource & Education Committee DATE: June 3, 1997 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING. ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Reports: DNR NRCS FSA RC&D West Central Area Education Activities Farmland Preservation Environmental Stewardship Priority Watershed Projects Kinnickinnic South Fork of Hay River St. Croix Lakes Cluster Glen Hills Watershed - Flood Plain Study Baldwin Ag Building Issue Conservation Farmer Award NEW BUSINESS: John Eiring - Bass Lake Rehab Plan - 9:30 a.m. Farmland Preservation Applications Subdivision Review - 11:00 a.m. Vouchers ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Charles Christenson DATE: May 19, 1997 COPIES TO. COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS * ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS/CHANGES Convened: 9:00 a.m. Adjourned: 11:35 a.m. ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION/RESOURCE & EDUCATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Center, Baldwin, WI June 3, 1997 Members Present: Leon Berenschot, Chris Bethke, Jim Cody, Vernon Dull, Art Jensen, Ron Raymond Members Absent: None Staff Presenta ounty Conservationist -Charles Christenson, County Technician -Bob Heise, Farmland Preservation Technician -David Sander, Lakes Cluster Project Manager -Pete Kling, Secretary -Arlene Lier Others Present: Don Siler-NRCS, Kathy Nelson -Mark Kubler-DNR, Kim Reaman-UW-EXT, Roger Swanson-UW-EXT, John Eiring Meeting called to order by Chairman Art Jensen. Bethke made motion to adopt agenda. Berenschot seconded. Carried. Berenschot made motion to approve May 6, 1997 meeting minutes. Seconded by Bethke. Carried. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 1, 1997 at 9:00 a.m. DNR Kathy Nelson (Forester) introduced Mark Kubler, who is the new St. Croix Basin Sub Team Leader located at the Baldwin DNR office. Forestry - (Kathy Nelson, Forester) Four counties in northeastern Wisconsin will be under a federal Gypsy Moth quarantine beginning June 11 1997. The gypsy moth quarantine will allow shipping of pulpwood, sawlogs and woodchips from the quarantine area to non -quarantine areas only under certain conditions. Pulpwood and sawlogs must be shipped to a mill that has agreed to process the material within a 5-day period between May 1st and September 1st. Material shipped to a mill after September 1st may be stock piled at the mill, but must be processed before May 1st. Pulpwood must be covered with a tarp to prevent possible gypsy moth larvae from blowing off the pulpwood during transportation. Sawlogs will be inspected by APHIS and State Inspectors before being transported. Pulpwood and sawlogs can be moved without inspection after June 30th if they are stored at a staging area at least 100 feet of the logging operation and kept for 3 weeks. This would be enough time for eggs to hatch and the larvae to move off of the harvested material. The four counties involved are Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc. A training session will be held on July 15, 1997 for people handling logs, pulpwood and lumber in the regulated counties in Green Bay, WI. Pat Collins (Hydrogeologist-Solid Waste) - Work at the Junker Landfill is due to begin in approximately 30 days. Actions to be performed include installation of additional gas/leachate extraction wells, and repair of landfill cap areas that have subsided or sunk. Installation of carbon filters of private homeowners is almost complete. All future construction in Sections 13, 14, and 15, Town of Hudson, will be eligible for filters. NRCS Siler handed out and discussed May activity reports. Reported that 296 contracts (51%) were accepted into the Conservation Reserve Program from recent sign up. Plans will have to be done for each one. Environmental scores and dollar bid were factors for acceptance into program. Average acceptable bid was $59.00/acre. BASS LAKE REHAB PLAN - John Eiring explained the planned efforts to lower the lake. The Lake District has contracted with -Barr Engineering to plan an underground stabilization pipeline (18" diameter) which would run into Willow River. Will pump approximately 2 million gallons a day. Should lower the lake a little over two feet. Pump will be located in 30 feet of water, to tap cold part of lake which also has low level of oxygen. At this location, should have little effect on fishing. Mitigation plan for bass Lake was discussed. When adopted, District will apply for FEMA money for 1998. Bass Lake residents have been funding themselves. Berenschot made motion that LWCC send a letter in support of the Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan for Bass Lake Rehab District. Seconded by Dull. Carried. FSA No report. Berenschot reported that he attended the full council meeting on May 28. The offices of both Senator Kohl and Representative Kind were represented. He plans to attend the annual national convention at the Civic Center in St. Paul on June 16 and 17. Chairman Jensen will notify County Board Chairman Boche of Berenschot's plans to attend. Stated that RC&D is geared to rural, not agricultural oriented. WEST CENTRAL AREA Roger Swanson reported that Barron County will host the summer tour on July 15. Also explained that a calendar will again be produced from the winning conservation posters. EDUCATION ACTIVITIES Sander reported: He taught at New Richmond High School (Tom Wells class). Popple and Kulow taught 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from St. Bridget's School, River Falls. Heise taught 4th graders at Greenfield Elementary School, Baldwin. Kling taught 4th graders at New Richmond. plant. Both the groundwater and Enviroscape models were used. r Reported that up. Glenwood trash. staff participated in supervision of the Hay River clean City Elementary School students helped by picking up Approximately 50 students will be attending the conservation camp on June 10-13 at Trail's End, Bruce, WI. Attempts have been made to get students from inner city Milwaukee school to attend. Kling has requested a grant from the Chipstone Foundation (Milwaukee) in support of the Land & Water Conservation Camp. Training session by Trees for Tomorrow for grant writing to be investigated. Lier stated that the posters were judged by Bethke (LWCC member), Wendy Wayne (NRCS), and Tim Popple (LWCD). The winning posters were shown to the committee. FARMLAND PRESERVATION Sander reported he is doing conservation plans as they are needed. The amount of dollars involved now is different. Berenschot stated that we have to address ag in a different manner. Management is the key. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Heise reported that another golf course (Gary Turnipseed) is bei Hng planned in the New Richmond area, along County G. Bethke commented that the mission of the ag committee is changing. PRIORITY WATERSHED PROJECTS Kinnickinnic -Christenson handed out copy of letter to State Representative Johnsrud from County Board Supervisor John Bradley regarding the "jacket issue" and "Kling's rural leadership money". He has contacted Adam Payne (WLCA Executive Director) and David Jelinski (Bureau of Land & Water Resource Management Director) on needed action. They suggested a letter be forwarded to legislators. Discussed sending letter to Johnsrud and Harsdorf. Raymond suggested that letter be sent from staff. Jensen made motion that staff (Christenson) respond to allegations by supplying facts on the issue. Berenschot seconded. Carried. Copy of Bradley's letter to be given to Dorsey. South Fork of Hay River - Christenson reported that he and Jensen attended a meeting on South Fork at Menomonie with involved counties (Barron, Dunn, Polk, St. Croix) and Senator Alice Clausing. Dunn County supports the proposed new incentive program. Jensen informed the group that St. Croix supports the incentive program, however not to the point of killing the program. Senator Clausing is in the process of preparing legislation to support some type of incentive program. Dunn County will stay with conventional program if incentive program does not get approved. Lakes Cluster Project - Kling reported: St. Croix Lakes Cluster Project was approved by State Board on April 18. Board was happy to see low cost, protection based project coming through. Less money will be spent in the long run. Bass Lake - County Highway should start by mid month on balance.of boat landing work. Perch Lake - Kling congratulated committee on the pending purchase of additional land. Offer has been made and plan to close on transaction in August. Additional land will provide better access to the park. Squaw Lake - Terry Donovan from DNR-Spooner is working on a runoff model of the drainage area to try to determine possible ways to change peak flows. Baldwin Pine -Plan to install 300 feet of riprapping. Workshop scheduled for July 1-2 to educate staff and then the landowners. Stated that part of Tom Nelson's (Zoning Department) job now is to review shoreline and septic tanks. Dull stated that County Board Chairman Boche requested a resolution be drafted to recognize DNR's work for restoring fisheries at Baldwin Pine Lake. GLEN HILLS WATERSHED Flood Plain Study - Christenson reported his having contact with Bob Fischer (Mississippi Regional Planning Commission) concerning process to bid breach route studies. Fischer sent outline they have used to prepare an RFP. FARMLAND PRESERVATION APPLICATIONS None presented. BALDWIN AG BUILDING ISSUE Reaman and Sander updated the committee on layout of the proposed building. Corporate Express has developed a preliminary layout for cubicles and office furniture. Layout for the conference rooms, Extension Agent offices, and shared UWEX/LCD storage/work area are adequate. All of the cubicles are approximately 20 sq. ft. smaller than the original plan. LCD technician cubicles and one UWEX cubicle need to be 120 sq. ft. to accommodate customer and work space. The support staff cubicles need to be at least 80 sq. ft. Currently, there is a 4 ft. hallway all the way around the NRCS open space. 'If that NRCS open space is moved right up against the back wall and the NRCS office, eliminating the unnecessary hallway, much of that square footage could be used to increase the cubicles to the necessary size. Also discussed removing the wall between the'display area and the open space so that UWEX clientele would have a more direct access to UWEX staff. The need to replace the existing vertical files with lateral files was also discussed. Lateral files was a condition of reducing the square footage in the open space. Lateral files require less space. The ceiling height in the large classroom was also discussed. There is concern about the 8 foot ceiling not being adequate for use with a large screen and a large audience. Talked with Brian of Ayres and Associates about raising the ceiling in that room and he will look into possibilities. Not much can be changed as the building is out for bids. Some discussion about a full basement instead of partial. 75 parking spaces. Keep LWCC informed. .Bids will be opened at 10.:00 a.m. on June 17. County Board meets at 7:00 p.m. on same date. �� CONSERVATION FARMER AWARD Heise reported on the suggested names for candidates. Three nominated for conservation farmer award are: Goodrich Farm, Ken & Carla Greiber, and Jerry Carufel. Also nominated: Wildlife Habitat Award - LaRosa Farms (Bob & Rick Derrick), Don Gavic, Jeff Christensen, Don Keilen, Steve Wirth. Water Quality Award - Carol Benish. Committee directed that rating system be worked on all and bring -back to committee. SUBDIVISION REVIEW Pine Curve Addition (Sec. 19, St. Joe) - Reviewed storm water and erosion control plans. Heise stated several conditions that have been resolved. Jensen made motion to approve the plans as presented with one condition: That the necessary permits be obtained by the DNR and St. Croix County. Jensen made motion to approve with the stated condition. Cody seconded. Carried. After discussion, LWCC decided in the future to only review and approve subdivisions which have no conditions. VOUCHERS Reviewed vouchers. Bethke questioned the vouchers for Wildlife Damage 1996 claim payments. Christenson explained the process for claim payments. Berenschot made motion to approve vouchers as presented. Raymond seconded. Carried. MISCELLANEOUS Lier presented the LWCD/NRCS meeting/training calendar for June. Roger Swanson announced that Conservation Observance Day will be held on Friday, June 27, at Lorcrest Farms, Blair (Trempealeau County). Sander stated that Gary Lamb reported bear damage to Discussed furnishing material for fence. No maximum cost, $5,000 maximum damage claim payment. If there will invite Lamb to next LWCC meeting Bethke made motion to adjourn meeting at 11:35 a.m. Raymond. Carried. ��-ter—,E3ic. Vernon Dull Secretary bee hives. on abatement are problems, Seconded by By Arlene Lier