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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLand & Water 11-07-07 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE (Wednesday) November 7, 2007 —10:40 a.m. Agricultural Service & Education Center 19608 th Avenue, Baldwin, WI CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING — December 4, 2007 LAND & WATER CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT A2ency reports FSA NRCS DNR RC &D West Central Area NEW BUSINESS: Director's report Letter — WDNR Wildlife Manager — Request to purchase property - Cylon marsh Wildlife Damage — Delinquent property tax provision, enrollee update, and deer donation letter TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) — Lake St. Croix Subdivision update Vouchers * 2007 SWRM grant request OLD BUSINESS: Capital Outlay Plan 2008 budget Staff reports Priority Watershed Projects PARKS DEPARTMENT NEW BUSINESS: Director's report Bills /vouchers OLD BUSINESS: Pine Lake boat landing - update Bicycle /pedestrian trail — composite map Capital Outlay Plan 2008 budget ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE ADJOURN SUBMITTED BY: Robert Heise DATE: October 24, 2007; amended October 31, 2007 COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA /NOTICE BOARD COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS (Items may be taken in different order) *Additions /Changes /Corrections UNOFFICIAL Convened: 10:40 a.m. Adjourned: 1 :40 p.m. ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Service & Education Center, Baldwin, WI November 7, 2007 Members Present: Lois Burri, Ken Graf, Sharon Norton- Bauman, Bill Peavey, Ron Raymond, Gene Ruetz Members Absent: None Staff Present: Director -Bob Heise, Administrative Assistant - Arlene Lier Others Present: Steve Pernsteiner-NRCS, Buzz Sorge -DNR, Bill Berendt, Cindy Blonk- Wildlife Damage Vice Chair Burri called the meeting to order. Action on Previous Minutes: Motion by Ruetz, seconded by Norton- Bauman, to approve the October 2, 2007 meeting minutes. Carried. Adoption of Agenda: Ruetz made motion to adopt the agenda, seconded by Peavey. Carried. Date of Next Meeting: December 4, 2007 LAND & WATER CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT FARM SERVICE AGENCY (FSA) No report. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (MRCS) Steve Pernsteiner - District Conservationist reported: NRCS is currently busy taking sign up for the 2008 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Deadline for applying is November 16, 2007. So far 18 producers have signed applications. Payments for previous years' contracted practices are proceeding. Suzanne Riddick has been hired as part-time Office Automation Clerk. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR) No report. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (RC &D) Ruetz reported that the Executive Committee met on Friday, November 2 at the Ag Center, Baldwin. Discussed their financial situation. An attempt will be made to get grants to keep them going. The Board of Directors meets today. Chair Ron Raymond arrived at meeting. TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) — Lake St. Croix Buzz Sorge, DNR -Eau Claire, presented an update on Minnesota listing the Lake St. Croix (impaired waters) as a TMDL water resource and what that means to Wisconsin (St. Croix County) and perhaps a future project on the Willow River Watershed. If any of these rural practices are going to be done through the Willow River Watershed, it will probably be done through our office. We would probably be looking at a position and some dollars to offset those position costs. Bill Berendt introduced himself and said that he does governmental affairs consulting for trade organizations locally such as Home Builders and Board of Realtors. He stated that the people he represents are aware of the necessity to do things to maintain water quality in the St. Croix. They took a position at the state level to endorse a requirement of litigation on phosphorus containing fertilizers on lawns. WEST CENTRAL AREA Heise reported on the fall meeting/speaking contest/poster and conservation awards luncheon held on Tuesday, October 23, at the Plaza in Eau Claire. Anne Sayers, League of Conservation Voters, did a good job on presentation of the Great Lakes Compact. The resolution passed and it was forwarded to WLWCA. The resolution will be presented at the December WLWCA conference. Door County has taken a position and put a county resolution together. We will prepare a resolution for our December meeting and forward to County Board for passage in December. NEW BUSINESS Directors Report Heise reported: • WLWCA Conference — Burri will bring an item for the auction. • He received a call from Bye Barsness, Bass Lake Board of Directors. The Board had discussed developing a management plan for Bass Lake. Previous to that was a discussion with Buzz Sorge, Aleisha Miller, and Bye on creation of the plan. After the first of the year, Aleisha could assist with writing a Lakes Planning grant and part of her time would be paid for by the grant. • Private Drinking Water Program — The town of St. Joseph received 131 drinking water samples in October. The program for town of Richmond will be held starting Friday night, samples will be picked up on Monday, November 12, and driven to the Stevens Point lab by Chuck Christenson on Tuesday, November 13. Wildlife Damage — Delinquent property tax provision, enrollee update, and deer donation letter Cindy Blonk reported that Raymond and Heise attended the Tri- County Wildlife Damage meeting on October 9"'. Items covered were: If a person is in the program and owes delinquent property taxes, the taxes have to be paid first and any amount left over will be due the landowner. Norton - Bauman made motion, seconded by Burri, that our Plan of Administration be amended to allow for Wildlife Damage claim money to be applied to real estate property taxes (if the recipient is delinquent) and the remainder be due the landowner. Carried. Also discussed the deer donation letter directed to Tom Hauge, WDNR- Bureau Director of Wildlife Management, requesting venison processors' reimbursement rates be increased from the current $50.00 per deer. Norton - Bauman made motion, seconded by Burri, to approve Chair Raymond's signature on the letter. Carried. Blonk handed out and discussed the "Tri- County Area (Burnett, Polk & St. Croix County) Wildlife Damage Program Participation & Hunting Access List" and the "2007 Act 82 Wildlife Damage Program Participants ". Subdivision update No report. Bill Peavey left meeting at 12:10 p.m. Vouchers Reviewed vouchers. Burri made motion, seconded by Graf, to approve Chair Raymond's signature on the November LWCD voucher list (total $50,867.19). Carried. 2007 — SWRM Grant request Heise presented the 2007 Soil & Resource Management Grant reimbursement request for LWCD staff expenditures — salaries, fringe benefits and contracted services. Raymond made motion, seconded by Ruetz, to approve the 2007 SWRM grant request in amount of $168,274.00. Carried. Letter — WDNR Wildlife Manager — Request to purchase property — Cylon marsh Heise presented a letter to be sent to WDNR Wildlife Manager - Harvey Halvorsen to determine interest in the 40 acres St. Croix County owns in the Cylon marsh. This parcel is surrounded by property owned and managed by the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. It would complement well with the management plan established by the WDNR in the Cylon marsh. LWCC is interested in having this property remain in public ownership and to be available and used by the public. Norton - Bauman made motion, seconded by Burri, to approve Chair Raymond's signature on the letter and send to Harvey Halvorsen -DNR. Carried. Capital Outlay Plan No change. Discussion. 2008 Budget No change. Discussion. Staff reports Priority Watersheds No report. Luncheon break at 12:15 p.m. Reconvened: 12:25 p.m. PARKS DEPARTMENT Members Present: Lois Burri, Sharon Norton - Bauman, Bill Peavey, Ron Raymond, Gene Ruetz Members Absent: None Staff Present: Director -Bob Heise, Operations Manager -Dave Larson, Administrative Assistant - Arlene Lier Others Present: None Raymond reported on the meeting he attended on October 29 at New Richmond to discuss the Hatfield park (creating a regional park district). Heise commented that the county is not providing financing but is providing services to the City of New Richmond. NEW BUSINESS Director's Report Heise reported: • Homestead Parklands is officially closed for the season. • With the state budget approved, we hope to hear the outcome of our Parks Improvement Grant submittal. Parks Revenue Report Larson explained the "Park User Fees Report — November 7, 2007 ". The report figures show 2006 Year end 2007 projected and 2007 to date for the 3 parks. Fees are up considerably at Glen Hills, and down at Homestead and Troy. Heise commented that the swimming at Homestead Parklands was down due to the problem of beach weeds. We will have to work with the Scuba Club early in the year to get three weed pullings by July 4 t ''. Larson stated that Glen Hills camp user days have gone up the last 3 years. Day use is hard to chart. Norton - Bauman questioned why the county does not charge different fees for resident and non - resident (higher fee). Discussion. Ruetz left meeting at 1:02 p.m. BillsNouchers The November bills list for Parks was presented. Motion by Norton- Bauman, seconded by Burn, to approve the Park accounts (total $10,501.88). Carried. OLD BUSINESS Pine Lake boat landing — update Larson gave a Power Point presentation on the Pine Lake boat landing project. The WI- DNR -RFO crew have been working at the site since October 2n The project did involve construction of an overflow parking lot across from the picnic shelter. Parks Department received a call from Xcel Energy informing us that they own a portion of the property through the constructed overflow parking lot, essentially a (50 foot swat) below power (transmission) line and we are in violation of interrupting their land. There was a document signed in 1998 by Joe Grant indicating that we are aware of their ownership. We will wait to see what they come back with. To receive the grant dollars, we have to have a certain amount of stalls per acres of water resources. Hopefully, Excel Energy may allow us to use the land. Bicycle /pedestrian trail — composite map Heise shared with the committee a composite (proposed) bike route map that was developed by the Advisory Committee and created by Regional Planning. Staff will be meeting with Regional Planning on November 9 to discuss the plan itself. We want to bring something to the December meeting. Capital Outlay Plan No change. Discussion. 2008 budget No change. Discussion. Chair Raymond adjourned meeting at 1:40 p.m. Gene Ruetz Secretary Arlene Lier Recording Secretary