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Home My WebLink AboutLand & Water 10-05-04 i ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Clarence Malick, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Ron Raymond, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Land & Water Conservation DATE: October 5, 2004 TIME: 10:40 a.m. LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: October 20, 2004 ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES PARKS DEPARTMENT NEW BUSINESS: Director's Report Bills /vouchers Electrical plan - Glen Hills 2005 budget * Phone survey - Outdoor recreational plan UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Park dedication fees LAND & WATER CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT Agency Reports FSA NRCS DNR RC &D West Central Area NEW BUSINESS: Subdivision Review - 1:00 p.m. 2005 budget Policy - Cost /sharing labor & machinery expense Draft - MOU - DNR Administering NR -151 ** Cindy Blonk - Wildlife Damage Program - Plan of Administration - Bear trapping agreement 2005 Vouchers UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Staff Reports Information & Education report Priority Watershed Projects Farmland Preservation - Soil & Water Conservation Standards ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Robert Heise DATE: September 23, 2004; amended September 29; October 1, 2004 COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA /NOTICE BOARD COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS * ADDITIONS /CORRECTIONS /CHANGES LAND & WATER CONSERVATION Reconvened: 12:35 p.m. Adjourned: 2:39 p.m. Members Present: Lois Burri, Jim Cody, Bill Peavey, Ron Raymond, Gene Ruetz Members Absent: Jan Zoerb (excused) Staff Present: Director -Bob Heise, Land Specialists -Pete Kling, Kyle Kulow; I & E Activities Specialist - Aleisha Miller; Secretary - Arlene Lier Others Present: Cindy Blonk- Wildlife Damage Program; Bob Hendrickson -FSA; Steve Pemsteiner -NRCS NEW BUSINESS Cindy Blonk — Wildlife Damage Program Plan of Operation — Cindy Blonk handed out copies of the Plan of Administration (work plan). It is reviewed every 5 years. A statute number change may have to be made. Cody made motion to extend the St. Croix County Plan of Administration for the Wildlife Damage Program for another 5 years, seconded by Ruetz. Carried. Bear Trapping Agreement 2005 — Discussion. There is a minimum cost of $500.00 to have service available. Motion by Peavey, seconded by Cody, to adopt the 2005 Bear Trapping Agreement. Carried. Blonk handed out the St. Croix County Wildlife Damage Program participants and hunting access list. The participants with an asterisk next to their name, indicates that a shooting permit has been issued on their property. Subdivision Review Kling presented: Maplehaugen - (Located in the NE ` / 4 of the NE `/a of Section 16, T31N -R18W, Town of Star Prairie, St. Croix County Wisconsin) — 24 -acre development, 10 lots total. All storm water and erosion control issues have been resolved and the plans conform to the St. Croix County Subdivision Ordinance. The storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable for this subdivision. Cody made motion to recommend that the plans for this subdivision are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Zoning Committee, Ruetz seconded. Carried. Rolling Hills Acres — (Located in the NE ' / 4 of the SW '/4, part of the NW ` / 4 of the SE '/4, and the SE ` / 4 of the NW ` /4 of Section 8, T31N -R18W, Town of Star Prairie, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) — 49 -acre development, 18 lots total. All storm water and erosion control issues have been resolved and the plans conform to the St. Croix County Subdivision Ordinance. The storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable for this subdivision. Raymond made motion to recommend that the plans for this subdivision are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Zoning Committee, Burri seconded. Carried. Hidden Ponds - (Located in the SW ` / 4 of the NW `/a and in part of the SE `/a of the NW ' / 4 of Section 17, T3 IN- RI 8 -W, Town of Star Prairie, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) - 32 -acre development, 12 lots total. All storm water and erosion control issues have been resolved and the plans conform to the St. Croix County Subdivision Ordinance. The storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable for this subdivision. Peavey made motion to recommend that the plans for this subdivision are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Zoning Committee, Cody seconded. Carried. Woodland Meadows - (Located in the W `/z of the SE ` / 4 of Section 1, T 3 IN-RI 9W, Town of Somerset, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) — 80 -acre development, 24 lots total. The storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable for this subdivision. Burri made motion to recommend that the plans for this subdivision are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Zoning Committee, Raymond seconded. Carried. i Pine Meadows — (Located in the NE V4 of the NE ` / 4 and in the NW ' / 4 of the NE ' / 4 of Section 1, T 28N -R16W, Town of Eau Galle, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) — 57 -acre development, 12 lots total. All storm water and erosion control issues have been resolved and the plans conform to the St. Croix County Subdivision Ordinance. The storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable for this subdivision. Peavey made motion to recommend that the plans for this subdivision are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Zoning Committee, Ruetz seconded. Carried. Hammond Oaks 2 °d Addition - (Located in part of the NE ' / 4 of the NW '/4 and part of the NW ' / 4 of the NE ' / 4 of Section 20, T29N -R17W, Town of Hammond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) — 34 -acre development, 15 lots total. All storm water and erosion control issues have been resolved and the plans conform to the St. Croix County Subdivision Ordinance. The storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable for this subdivision. Cody made motion to recommend that the plans for this subdivision are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Zoning Committee, Peavey seconded, carried. FARM SERVICE AGENCY (FSA) Robert Hendrickson reported: • FSA will be accepting ballots for the COC (County Office Committee) in the near future. The actual counting of the ballots will take place the first part of December. • Staff will be starting compliance reports with landowners using the new NAIP (National Agricultural Imagery Program). • The general CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) ended with 40 plus offers submitted. • CRP — Staff is working on cost -share agreements and trying to complete them. • Staff was recently notified that they could begin making the annual CRP payments. Payments will be issued next week. • Staff was also notified that it is time to make the final DCP (Direct and County Cyclical Program) payment. • The interest rate for October Commodity Loans is 3.0% and 3.875% Facility Loans. • There are no MILC (Milk Income Loss) payments for September. • The LDP's(Loan Deficiency Payment) for today is .36 for corn, .50 for barley, .16 for soybeans and .28 for HRS (Hard Red Spring) wheat. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS) Steve Pernsteiner reported: Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) contracts have now been downloaded to the NRCS computer. NRCS will now handle all billings and payments for this program. The St. Croix County Local Workgroup met last week to discuss 2005 program requirements for EQ1P. Major resource concerns were chosen and submitted to NRCS state office. It appears there will be reduced funding for EQIP in 2005. A portion of the EQIP money will be made available to counties who wish to assist in providing technical services to NRCS especially with clerical and data entry. NRCS staff is currently working with landowners who have requested information on the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT (RC &D) Ruetz reported: • The annual state meeting will be held in Eau Claire on October 26 -28. • Green Bay Packer raffle tickets are being sold as a fundraiser. West Central Area Heise reported that St. Croix County is responsible to organize and host the fall meeting/speaking contest/awards luncheon on October 20 at the Memorial Student Center, UW- Stout. Burri, Cody, Peavey, Ruetz, and Raymond plan to attend. They will leave at 8:30 from the Ag Center. Heise handed out copies of the proposed bylaws of the WLWCA, which will be reviewed during the business meeting. The amended Bylaws propose that the WLWCA become affiliated with the Wisconsin Counties Association. The Wisconsin Counties Association has stronger lobbying abilities than WLWCA. Someone from the Western Area Association will present the resolution. NEW BUSINESS Policy — Cost /Sharing Labor & Machinery Expense Heise stated that the department has recognized that it is imperative to improve our cost sharing policy on how we administer the state cost - sharing dollars to landowners and identifying priority conservation practices that meet the LWRMP (Land & Water Resource Management Plan) and state performance standards and prohibitions. It is critical that we treat each landowner fairly and equitably when distributing these state cost -share dollars. No decision is necessary from the committee at this time. Staff will be preparing a policy for the committee to review and approve in the following months. Our goal is to have an approved policy in place by the beginning of the 2005 calendar year. Draft — MOU — DNR Administering NR -151 Heise reported that he has been working with the DNR regional staff in developing a Memorandum of Understanding between St. Croix County and the DNR on how we plan to administer the State performance standards and prohibitions. He handed out a draft copy of the MOU for the committee to review. Discussion. Vouchers Reviewed vouchers. Peavey made motion to approve Chair Raymond's signature on the October voucher list (total $14,218.43), seconded by Cody. Carried. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Information & Education Report Aleisha Miller reported: Education presentations given in September have reached over 600 students in St. Croix County. The St. Croix County Speaking Contest will be held on October 14' at 6:30 p.m. The area WLWCA Speaking Contest will be held on October 20 at UW- Stout, Menomonie. She will be attending a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Workshop to help implement a new GIS educational program. Priority Watershed Proiects Kulow reported: Kinnickinnic - Explained the Thomas Goodman project (rip rap) has been permitted by DNR and the landowner has settled on a contractor. Work will begin in mid November. A well abandonment demonstration is scheduled for October 7`" at the David and Cheryl Cowles farmstead. We have a site showing scheduled at the David and Dorothy Nelson farm on October 6` This project involves a grade stabilization structure, waterway, and concrete animal /machinery crossing. South Fork/Hay River — Explained that we are close to starting the Tiffany Creek project in Glenwood. A memorandum of understanding is being developed between Land & Water Conservation and DNR for the purpose of allowing DNR to operate leased equipment from Land & Water Conservation. A meeting is scheduled with the Fairgrounds beautification committee to explain what will go on. In addition, a video of the Gilbert Creek restoration will be presented. Lakes Cluster — The Squaw Lake Rehab District is to the point of making a final decision on the Alum Treatment scheduled for Squaw Lake in 2005. Buzz Sorge from DNR will make the final decision and will help the District write a grant for funding. The Englehart/Wilson shoreline restoration project on Bass Lake is proceeding. The landowners have hired a private consultant to develop a plan for the necessary permits. In addition, our Department is working with Roger Orf of Bass Lake to put together a small shoreline native revegetation plan. Farmland Preservation — Soil and Water Conservation Standards Heise reported that last month we submitted our draft standards to DATCP -State of Wisconsin for reviewal by their legal counsel and be presented to the Land & Water Board today. DATCP's legal staff did not review our county's soil and water conservation standards by the deadline. It will be presented to the State Land & Water Board in December. It will delay our public hearing until after January 1, 2005. Heise reported that he wanted to correct something stated last month. When we consider the Farmland Preservation contracts vs. Ag zoning certificates, the people who signed contracts, whatever soil and water conservation standards were in place at the time they signed the contracts, are the soil and water conservation standards to be followed until the contract expires, unless they voluntarily opt to make those changes. We cannot impose new standards on them. The standards that were in place at the time the contract was signed are what stand. Meeting adjourned at 2:39 p.m. Arlene Lier Recording Secretary