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Home My WebLink AboutLand & Water 01-02-07 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE January 2, 2007 -10:40 a.m. Agricultural Service & Education Center 19608 1h Avenue, Baldwin, WI CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING — February 6, 2007 PARKS DEPARTMENT NEW BUSINESS: Director's report Bills /vouchers Stanton forest — timber harvest OLD BUSINESS: Bicycle /pedestrian trail/RFP — Regional Planning LAND & WATER CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT Agency reports FSA NRCS DNR RC &D West Central Area NEW BUSINESS. Director's report Subdivision update WLWCA conference — update Authorization to exceed lodging rate Letter — NR -820 — high capacity wells Venison program - update Vouchers Wildlife Damage - Setting grain prices (2006 claims) - 2007 Wildlife Damage program contract Staff reports Priority Watershed Projects ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE ADJOURN SUBMITTED BY: Robert Heise DATE: December 18, 2006 COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA /NOTICE BOARD COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS (Items may be taken in different order) *Additions /Changes /Corrections UNOFFICAL Convened: 11:02 a.m. Recessed: 11:22 a.m. Reconvened: 12:15 p.m. Adjourned: 1:53 p.m. ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Service & Education Center, Baldwin, WI January 2, 2007 Members Present: Lois Burri, Sharon Norton- Bauman, Bill Peavey, Ron Raymond, Gene Ruetz Members Absent: None Staff Present: Director -Rob Heise. Operations Manager -Dave Larson, Administrative Assistant - Arlene Lier Others Present: None Action on Previous Minutes: Motion by Peavey, seconded by Ruetz, to approve the December 5, 2006 meeting minutes. Carried. Adoption of Agenda: Ruetz made motion to adopt the agenda, seconded by Burri. Carried. Date of Next Meeting: February 6, 2007 PARKS DEPARTMENT NEW BUSINESS Director's Report Heise reported: • Staff has been working at the Kinnickinnic forest widening and clearing out some of the trails within the forest. • Staff will be working at Glen Hills cutting dead and down trees within the campgrounds and outside the campgrounds as time permits. • We plan on installing 10 -14 fish cribs again this year. The logs have been ordered and we are waiting for conditions to improve. • Aerators for Pine Lake have been installed and are up and running. The fence around those aerators has been installed. • We have a number of slash piles at Homestead Park which we need to burn. Stanton Forest — Timber harvest Larson informed the committee that the logger arrived after Christmas and started cutting. They started on the white Pine, spruce and moved to the red pine. The unseasonable warm weather and no frost in the soil causes fear of making ruts with logging equipment within the forest; as a result, the logger had decided to temporarily move out from this site until weather and soil temperature conditions improve. An update on the Stanton project will be given next month. Bills/Vouchers The January bills list was presented. Motion by Peavey, seconded by Burri, to approve the Snowmobile accounts (total $170.41) and the Park accounts (total $31,332.72). Carried. OLD BUSINESS Bicycle /pedestrian trail/RFP (Request For Proposal) — Regional Planning Heise reported that West Central Regional Planning will be developing a contract with us for services to do the work on the project. After receiving the contract, we will run it through our County review process. Regional Planning has hired an employee who has had experience with working with municipalities on bike plans. Staff will be using the Park Dedication Fee Fund to budget for this project. Staff is hopeful to also tap into the Stillwater Bridge mitigation dollars for this planning initiative. Organizations (one being the Sierra Club) will be looking at how the mitigation dollars are being spent. A letter will be sent to all townships and municipalities again that had volunteered to be a part of the Bike Plan development. We will send another letter to the townships and municipalities that had not responded to our initial invitation and cordially ask them again to delegate a volunteer from their Board or Committee to be actively involved with this planning process. Recessed: 11:22 a.m. Reconvened: 12:15 p.m. LAND & WATER CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT Members Present: Lois Burri, Sharon Norton- Bauman, Bill Peavey, Ron Raymond, Gene Ruetz Members Absent: None Staff Present: Director -Bob Heise, Land Specialist -Tammy Wittmer, Lakes Cluster Technician - Aleisha Miller, Program Assistant -Donna Fedie, Administrative Assistant - Arlene Lier Others Present: Cindy Blonk- Wildlife Damage, Martha Mabis -UW- Extension FARM SERVICE AGENCY (FSA) No report. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (MRCS) No report. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR) No report. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (RC &D) No report. WEST CENTRAL AREA No report. NEW BUSINESS WLWCA Conference - update Heise reported that he, Burri, and Cody attended the WLWCA Conference in Appleton. There was good representation with 48 counties in attendance. The 11 resolutions, presented at our December meeting, were passed with no amendments to them. The Land & Water Board election resulted in a tie vote (Gerald Jensen -Dane County and Donald Sommers - Calumet County). LWCC discussed the two candidates and the consensus was to return the ballot with a vote for Donald Sommers- Calumet County. Venison Program — update Martha Mabis explained how the "Protein Project" came into existence, how the project is funded, type of foods purchased and the distribution of the protein. Martha circulated copies of the "St. Croix County Food Security Profile ", "Making Ends Meet in St. Croix County", and "The Self- Sufficiency Standard for Minneapolis -St. Paul, MN -WI including St. Croix County, 2004" and gave a brief explanation of these tools. Jonna Fedie reported on the 2006 Venison Program to Feed the Hungry. Deer's Food Locker and Glenwood City Locker ground 402 deer that totaled 17,103 pounds of venison burger. In 2005 there was 159'/2 deer donated and 7,715 pounds of ground venison made. Hammond Cold Storage is storing venison until we have room either at the food pantries or our building. Wildlife Damage Program Setting grain prices (2006 claims) — Cindy Blonk handed out information on the 2006 Wildlife Damage program grain reimbursement rates (one year average). Peavey made motion to approve the 2006 rates as presented, seconded by Ruetz. Carried. 2007 Wildlife Damage program contract — Cindy presented the 2007 Tri -County Wildlife Damage Program Working Agreement (Burnett, Polk, and St. Croix counties). Raymond made motion to approve the 2007 contract, seconded by Ruetz. Carried. Director's Report Heise referred to the December 21" issue of WLWCA's Tuesday Note which identified the 4 top legislative conservation priorities of the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters: (1) Great Lakes Compact, (2) Hunter, Angler, Trapper Bill of Rights (The Conservation Integrity Act), (3) Clean Energy Future, (4) Stewardship Fund. He would like to see our association start establishing priorities and focusing on our platform issues. Subdivision Update Tammy Wittmer provided a summary for all approved lots /acres in 2006 and a breakdown for each township. She also provided a resource review checklist that is used during the concept review phase. Any concept proposed this year will be evaluated with this list and a summary of the findings will be shared with the committee each month. In addition, future subdivision reports will cover a summary of all land division submittals from the month before and a map and land use overview. Vouchers Reviewed vouchers. Peavey made motion, seconded by Ruetz, to approve Chair Raymond's signature on the January LWCD voucher list (total $37,064.90). Carried. Authorization to exceed lodging rate Heise explained that due to the mix -up in room reservations (requested - non - smoking room) for the WLWCA conference in Appleton, the room for Supervisor Lois Burri -LWCC was upgraded from the $62.00 rate to $77.00 per night. Norton - Bauman made motion to approve the authorization to exceed the maximum allowance from $62.00 to $77.00, seconded by Peavey. Carried. Letter — NR -820 — high capacity wells Heise reported that he attended a public hearing in December in Dunn County which pertained to high capacity wells. Rules (NR -820) are being established which would be the first rules in Wisconsin dealing with groundwater quantity versus quality. He prepared a letter addressed to Lawrence Lynch -WI DNR which will serve as our written comments for NR -820 (Groundwater Quality Protection). Staff provided a short summary of the proposed rules. The letter was presented to the Planning & Zoning committee on December 27` and received their support and signature on the joint letter. Raymond made motion to approve the letter to WI -DNR with the words to "take the action necessary ", seconded by Norton- Bauman. Carried. Staff reports Priority Watersheds Aleisha Miller reported: The Bass Lake Rehabilitation District (BLRD) is working in coordination with LWCD to hire a summer intern to take water quality samples of Bass Lake and do a visual survey of the shoreline properties. Those properties that would benefit from best management practices will be passed along to the Watershed Technician for contact. The intern is helping BLRD to fulfill their strategic plan. BLRD is providing the funding for the intern and LWCD is providing the guidance. Heise reported that our entire priority watershed reimbursements are in and whatever transfers we had to make by the end of the year are completed. Chair Raymond adjourned the meeting at 1:53 p.m. Gene Ruetz Secretary Arlene Lier Recording Secretary