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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLand Conservation-Resource & Education Committee 09-05-95*AMENDEDJ� TO: Rtbert Boche, Chairman S Croix County Board FROM: Tom Dorsey, Chairman COMMMI TEt TITLE: Land Conservation/Resourpe & Education Committee DATE : I.Aty m aer 5 , 1995 TZME: 9k00 a.m. LOCATION; Ag Center, Baldwin CAi.L TO R�ER ROLL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF EXT MEETING: ACTION ot PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISH D BUSINESS: DNR MRCS CFSA RC&D West Central Area Education Activ't'les Farmland Preservation Co: Priority Watershed Proje - South Fork of Flay St, Croix Lakes C Critical Sites Is GlOn Dills Watershed - signal .Installation - Maintenance Scheduled S aw Lake Boat Landing W ' dl if a Da%a Program iande ver 1 ge Fl Plain Zoning -Glen Hills Watetsh�d 19 6 Budget " NEial $US][NESS So'1 Survey Project* Fa land preservation Applications Su ivision Review Vo chers "WOUNCPIENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSZBLZ AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: AiaJOUR"ENT (Agenda not necessarily ptesent�d in this orddr) SUBMITTZD BY. Charles Christenson DATE: ug�st 23, 1995 ended I�,ugust 30, i995 COPIES we COUNT BQA�ZD OFFICE COUNTY CLERK * ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS/CHANGES �� � � GIs z�- •► e t � e �• ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert Boche, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Tom Dorsey, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Land Conservation/Resource & Education Committee DATE: September 5, 1995 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 CFSA RC&D West Central Area Education Activities Farmland Preservation Compliance Priority Watershed Projects South Fork of Hay River St. Croix Lakes Cluster Critical Sites Issues Glen Hills Watershed Signal Installation Maintenance Scheduled Squaw Lake Boat Landing Wildlife Damage Program Flood Plain Zoning - Glen Hills Watershed 1996 Budget NEW BUSINESS: Farmland Preservation Applications Subdivision Review Vouchers ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not SUBMITTED BY: Charles DATE: August 23, 1995 necessarily presented in this order.) Christenson COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE COUNTY CLERK '� ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS/CHANGES. NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS Y Convened: 9*05 a.m. Adjourned: 12:15 p.m. ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND CONSERVATION/RESOURCE & EDUCATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Center, Baldwin, WI September 5, 1995 Members Present: Chris Bethke, Tom Dorsey, Vernon Dull, Art Jensen, Ron Raymond, Kermit Thompson Members Absent: Ron Raymond (excused) Staff Present: County Conservationist -Charles Christenson, Technician -Bob Heise, Lakes Cluster Project Manager -Peter Kling, South Fork Project Technician -Kyle Kulow, Secretary -Arlene Lier Others Present: Don Siler, Jon Hodgson - NRCS, Dick Gade - FSA, David Fodroczi - Planning Department, John Stoffel - DNR, Darrin Beier, Peter Dahm - City of River Falls Meeting called to order by Chairman Tom Dorsey. Bethke made motion to adopt agenda. Jensen seconded. Carried. Dull made motion to approve August 1 and August 17, 1995 meeting minutes. Jensen seconded. Carried. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 3, 1995 at 9:00 a.m. DNR John Stoffel (Air Management Engineer) attended: He read a letter addressed to LCC from Kris Belling regarding Mound Pond dam. In summary, 1) while there may be some interest groups who would like to see the Mound Pond dam removed, there was overwhelming public support to keep the dam at the.time the decision was made and there is no reason to believe that the support has changed. 2) Despite rumors to the contrary, the Willow Falls dam was structurally unsound. Mound Pond needs some repairs, but the problems are of a different nature and less significant than those of the Willow Falls dam which was removed. And, 3) It is possible that the hazard rating of the dam could change, but it is unlikely that the change would have any impact on whether the dam is repaired or not. Reported on status of ARR incinerator. The issue will come to a head in the next couple of months. New tests are to be done. There was violation during original testing. Waiting for plan. DNR gave them until end of September to complete tests. One burner is going now. All 3 burners must be going to complete testing. Court injunction is still in effect. NRCS (FORMERLY SCS) S0ler handed out and discussed the August activity report. FSA (FORMERLY ASCSZ Gade reported that he is working on reorganization of federal agencies. FSA and RECD (ag lending) have consolidated. Space can be provided for short term. It is mandated that federal agencies stay together as a "one stop ag center". Total amount of square footage needed with and without DNR included has been determined. If it is not feasible for the Village of Baldwin to remodel the present building, solicitation for new space will occur. Parking is a problem at present location. Rent cost would be more at a new site. LCC has indicated that LCD (and UW Extension) should be included in the space planning process. CRP - Sign-up .runs September 11-22. Approximately 651,000 acres can be accepted nationally. Applicants will compete against each other. FSA will determine a bid cap for each offer. Contracts can begin October 1, 1995 or October 1, 1996. RC&D No report. WEST CENTRAL AREA Dull reported that he attended meeting at Menomonie on August 24. Our entry (Bert & Harriet Day) won the 1995 area award for outstanding Conservation Farmer. First place poster contest winners were Zach Simons-Houlton Elementary School (Middle Division) and Leanne Yule - Hudson Middle School (Junior Division). Second place poster contest_. winner was James Kircher -St. Croix Central Elementary School (Elementary Division). Announced that Adam Payne (formerly Farmland Preservation Unit Leader) has been selected as the WLCA Executive Director. EDUCATION ACTIVITIES Christenson reported that EnviroScape (watershed) model has been loaned out to Rusk County. Field days scheduled: September 13 - Westside Elementary School of River Falls at Willow River State Park. September 14 - Baldwin - Woodville School at Glen Hills County Park. FARMLAND PRESERVATION COMPLIANCE No report. GLEN HILLS WATERSHED Signal Installation - Christ�ri�on repor�:.�d tl�.at Aaby Plumbing & Heating has been replaced by Schafer Electric. Structure 10 - Heise has done staking for last tower. There is phone service to park office. Investigating putting in another dialer to the Park office and extending phone line to the tower rather than monthly lease to GTE. Cost estimate to be received from Baldwin Telecom. Kulow has been helping with supervising release crew from New Richmond. They have been cementing the rocks around the principal spillway which should reduce the annual maintenance. Crew has also cleaned up debris, brushing, and did other routine maintenance. Repair.Scheduled for Structure #1 - Jon Hodgson (NRCS Area Engineer) attended meeting. He and Keith Sengbusch (Civil Engineering Technician) will handle technical aspects (quality assurance) of the project. Original contractor is being replaced by one (Thomas Mason) out of Milwaukee. Chairman Dorsey questioned whether we had to go with contractor that NRCS chooses. We would lose NRCS engineering service if we do not accept the chosen one. Project total cost $32,918, with county share $16,665. Out of six items, NRCS is responsible for three (grouting, clay blanket, and pipe repair). cost of making it a dry structure will be county cost. With contractor change, there is a question of work being completed in 1995. PRIORITY WATERSHED PROJECTS Darrin Beier (City Engineer) and Peter Dahm (Community Development Director) from City of River Falls attended meeting and restated the City's position on Kinnickinnic Watershed Project. They asked what they could do to have this project moved forward. LCC indicated that the committee strongly supports this watershed. South Fork of Hay River - Kulow reported that inventories are continuing. Diane Stuart is working on WINHUSLE data entry.' Lakes Cluster Project - Bass Lake: Kling reported that he and Heise have been surveying sites for demonstration. Ready to go after getting plan. Heise and Kling attended Planning & Zoning meeting concerning issue of fill being placed in Bass Lake. Zoning ordinance would provide means for monitoring this type of activity in the future. Reported he is working with a crop consultant and doing phosphorus testing of lands in the Lake Watershed. The kick off meeting held on August 18 was a success with a pie & ice cream social at the Heritage Center in New Richmond. Not many farmers attended the event. The Citizen's Advisory Committee has lake home owners as members but no farmers yet (required to have 2 farmer members). Perch Lake: Water level on this lake is causing road flooding on private road. Critical Sites Issues - Kulow reported that this will be part of watershed projects. It is in infancy stage. Barnyard inventories would include phosphorus reading - Total pounds of phosphorus will be determined from inventory. Example: If reduction of 150,000 pounds was the project goal and an estimate of about 50% participation, about 75,000 pounds would be left over that we are not going to have participation to reduce the level. Program will take about 25% (18,750 pounds) as critical sites. Would take three top people if it would total that amount. Notification letters would be sent out. There is question as to who would send out letter - DNR or watershed staff. Staff may do windshield survey of critical sites on erosion and animal waste if landowners do not permit on site inspections. Staff directed to take extra effort to explain program and encourage cooperation from landowners before doing any windshield surveys. SQUAW LAKE BOAT LANDING Heise reported that parking lot and turn around is completed. Blacktop should be done in mid September. WILDLIFE DAMAGE PROGRAM Kulow reported that Art Peterson is in process of putting up fence around apple orchard. May put in woven wire rather than electric fence near where people walk. FLOOD PLAIN ZONING - GLEN HILLS WATERSHED Christenson reported that he and Tom Nelson, Zoning Administrator, plan to attend meeting on September 5 with the Glenwood City Council. Will cover the breach route maps and zoning steps needed by Glenwood City. May involve DNR flood plain staff in future meeting. 1996 BUDGET Christenson updated LCC and handed out revised figures. Reported total budget request of approximately $457,735 compared to 1995 budget of $446,305. Expenses are up and revenues approximately same as 1995. PTO Incentive totaling $2,221 is new expense in 1995. SOIL SURVEY PROJECT David Fodroczi attended meeting and reported that two years ago we entered into a cost -sharing agreement with NRCS (formerly SCS) to digitize our soil survey maps - from paper product to computer format. First step was to work with U.S. Geological Service to take (digitize) county -wide NAPP aerial photos (ortho photography). Ortho photos are photographs that have been scale adjusted. We are in second year of project. Final work on soils has until 1996 to complete. NRCS (formerly SCS)`is doing the work. National Park Service has done some of the work along riverway. The digital orthophotographs presently are being used to develop base maps for the county comprehensive plan. Soil maps will be used as anoth.b, tool for the plan. It appears our completion date may have been set back because of other county projects. They are working on other counties at same time. All counties are competing to get project done. If we are delayed very long, it will affect our funding from DNR and DOT. Support is needed from NRCS on getting this project prioritized. Siler suggested that letter be sent to State Conservationist Pat Leavenworth. Copies should be sent to DOT and DNR as they are important players in process. Bethke made motion to draft letter to State Conservationist Pat Leavenworth and authorize LCC Chairman Dorsey's signature. Jensen seconded. Carried. FARMLAND PRESERVATION APPLICATIONS No applications were presented. SUBDIVISION REVIEW Heise presented information on Pine Cliff subdivision located in Sec. 26, Town of Somerset. Presented a list of items that need resolving. There is a proposed dike located across ravine. Watershed is 500+ acres. There will be some temporary ponding. Who is responsible for maintaining this dike? Developer? Or township? This item needs to be expressed in a letter to Zoning. This land has the potential of possible groundwater contamination because of the activities occurring on the Sampair property, located above this development. Discussed who is responsible for certifying roads built in developments. County Highway Engineer does not want the responsibility of certifying what another engineer designs. Do roads have to meet plans or meet minimum county standards? Heise is to send letter to Zoning expressing concerns. Jensen made a motion that LCC recommends conditional approval if these items are met prior to Zoning meeting. Bethke seconded. Carried. Heise mentioned that three additional subdivision plans have been received but he did not have sufficient time to review prior to LCC meeting. VOUCHERS Reviewed vouchers. Dull made motion to approve the September vouchers as presented. Bethke seconded. Carried. Bethke made motion to adjourn meeting at 12:15 p.m. Carried. Vernon Dull Secretary By Arlene LieRPM Jensen seconded.