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CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Clarence Malick, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Art Jensen, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Land & Water Conservation /Resource & Education Committee DATE: June 4, 2002 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: July 2,2002 ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES NEW BUSINESS: *2003 Budget Baldwin Municipal Waste Subdivision Review - 10:00 a.m. Vouchers UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Staff Reports: Municipal Waste - Hammond /Roberts CREP(Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program) Education Activity Priority Watershed Projects Glen Hills Watershed - Relocation update - Pipe separation Ag Issues Homestead Park - Update LESA(Land Evaluation and Site Assessment) - Work group update Aaencv Retorts: FSA NRCS DNR RC &D West Central Area ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Robert Heise DATE: May 22, 2002; amended May 24, 2002 COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA /NOTICE BOARD COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS * ADDITIONS /CORRECTIONS /CHANGES UNOFFICIAL Convened: 9:00 a.m. Adjourned: 11:45 a.m. ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION/RESOURCE & EDUCATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Service & Education Center, Baldwin, WI June 4, 2002 Members Present: Leon Berenschot, Lois Burn, Jim Cody, Art Jensen, Ron Raymond Members Absent Chris Bethke (excused) Staff Present: County Conservationist -Bob Heise; Land Specialist -Pete Kling, Secretary - Arlene Lier Others Present: Peter Skorseth -DNR- Baldwin; Jim Boettcher -DNR -Eau Claire; Paul Gont -SEH; Cynthia Deringer, Gary Newton, John Traxler- Village of Baldwin; Claire Stein - Baldwin Village Board; Bob Hendrickson -FSA; Steve Pernsteiner -NRCS Meeting called to order by chair Art Jensen. Berenschot made motion to adopt agenda. Cody seconded. Carried. Raymond made motion to approve the May 7, 2002 meeting minutes. Burri seconded. Carried. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. BALDWIN MUNICIPAL WASTE Heise introduced Paul Gont, Wastewater engineer for S.E.H., Chippewa Falls, contracted by the village of Baldwin to assist them with their municipal wastewater issue. Baldwin is nearing capacity of their waste treatment facility and is currently looking to upgrade their facility. Paul provided hand outs and proceeded with a brief presentation to the committee on the village of Baldwin's future plans on managing their wastewater. Pete Skorseth and Jim Boettcher, DNR, provided comments. Ron Raymond provided the county's perspective of the wastewater issue. He informed them that a scoping session would soon be introduced, involving a broad perspective of municipalities, agencies, and departments to seek a regional approach for a long -term solution to the wastewater issue in St. Croix County. 2003 BUDGET Heise informed the committee that there is a meeting on June 12, 2002 for committee chairpersons to discuss the Finance Committee's 2003 budget goal of no more than a 4% tax levy increase. Preliminary 2003 staffing dollar allocations to the department from DATCP are approximately $23,000 less than the 2002 staffing allocation. Heise discussed with the committee of hiring work -study students from the U.W.R.F. in 2003 to assist the department with workload requirements. The U.W.R.F. will pay 75% of the costs for eligible work- study students while the sponsor pays the remaining amount. Will discuss in greater detail during budget process. MUNICIPAL WASTE — HAMMOND/ROBERTS Heise informed the committee that there is a meeting in Eau Claire on June 6 with the members of the Hammond/Roberts waste water commission, DNR, Ayres Associates to further discuss groundwater alternatives, soil properties and requirements to meet NR 110. CREP CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROG Staff is beginning to work on CREP. Currently, there are approximately 40 -50 landowners interested in participating in CREP. EDUCATION ACTIVITY Heise informed the committee that a report was sent out in the mail to them representing the department's involvement during the 2001 -2002 school year. Approximately 1,900 students were involved in environmental educational activities. Heise asked the committee to sign the letters that were addressed to volunteers thanking them for their involvement in the environmental/educational program. PRIORITY WATERSHED PROJECTS Heise informed the committee that Tim Popple has terminated his employment with the county effective May 29, 2002. The Kinnickinnic watershed will terminate in 2009. This is an important watershed because it not only deals with rural non -point issues, but also urban non -point issues. Heise is to present proposals on filling this position at the next meeting. GLEN HILLS WATERSHED Relocation update: Heise informed the committee that all indications are that the house is to be removed from the site this week. There is a June 30 deadline date. Pipe separation: Heise informed the committee that he has requested NRCS to take the lead role in administering the pipe separation project. There was concern from Corporation Counsel regarding language in the agreement from NRCS when the county was to be the local contracting officer. To relinquish additional departmental workload and liability, NRCS will now be the project manager. AGRICULTURAL ISSUES —UPDATE Heise reported that David Sander is working with Baldwin Dairy and Jon -De farms on respected proj ects. The department will be moving forward on the amendments of the animal waste ordinance. HOMESTEAD PARK Kling reported: Construction is moving ahead as scheduled. Heise informed the committee that because of new Parks staff involved with this project, Pete's assistance is no longer needed at the capacity as it had before. There was an official county memo introducing Pete as an interim project manager for Homestead Park. Heise requested to the committee that an official memo be distributed to county board supervisors and departments relinquishing Pete from project management responsibilities for Homestead Park. LESA (LAND EVALUATION AND SITE ASSESSMENT) Heise reported that department staff will be meeting on June 6 review test sites and determine threshold limits for the LESA system. This is to be presented to the workgroup meeting on Monday, June 17 for review and recommendation. SUBDIVISION REVIEW Pete Kling presented: Waldroff Meadows II (In part of the NE %4 of the SW %a and in part of the NW %4 of the SE %a , Section 20, T30N -R1 8W, Town of Richmond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) — Second Phase of Waldroff Meadows, 9 lots. Road and stormwater management plan for Phases I and H completed in 2001. No additional stormwater or erosion control will be required as a result of this approval. Recommended for approval. Cody made motion to recommend that the storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Development Committee. Raymond seconded. Carried. Pond View Meadows H (In the NW ' /4 of the NE '/4, in part of the NE '/4 of the NE '/4 and in part of the SE' /4 of the NE' /4 of Section 22, T30N -R18W, Town of Richmond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) — 62 acre development, 27 lots total. Development will take place in phases, with phase one planned for construction later this summer /fall. All LWCD concerns have been addressed and a revised plan submitted. Recommended for approval. Raymond made motion to recommend that the storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Development Committee. Cody seconded. Carried. Emerald Acres (In part of the SW ' /4 of the NW %a, part of the SE %a of the NW!/4 , part of the NW %a of the SW ' /4 , part of the NE' /4 of the SW %4 of Section 30, T29 -R17W, Town of Hammond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) —151 acre development, 35 lots total. This is a revision of a previous submittal under the same name. This latest revision has 6090' of road construction for 35 lots. The previous submittal was for 8381' of road and 68 lots. The average lot size went from 2 acres to 4 acres. Revised plans have been submitted and all issues have been resolved. Recommended for approval. Raymond made motion to recommend that the storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Development Committee. Berenschot seconded. Carried. VOUCHERS Reviewed vouchers. Motion by Berenschot, seconded by Raymond, to approve vouchers. Carried. FARM SERVICE AGENCY Bob Hendrickson reported: Linda Paul will begin her new job as Pierce County FSA CED on June 16 91 CRP contracts have been extended for 3,392.8 acres. • FSA will be inspecting all of the CP -22 practices for CREP. • PFC(Production Flexibility Contract) payments are current for May. June payments will be made after more rental agreements come in. The deadline for getting PFC contracts signed is August 1St • Names and addresses are being updated for our new system called Service Center Information Management System (SCIMS). • CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) compliance postcards are being returned to office. • We received notice that all of the Non Participating farms are now eligible to receive a LDP (Loan Deficiency Payment) for all covered commodity crops for 2001. Landowners would either have to bring in sales slips or show how much they fed on a daily basis in order to receive a payment. • FSA was notified to begin re- calculating base and yields for producers during the years of 1998- 2001. • The new Farm Bill also implies that FSA will be making monthly Dairy payments. The limit is 2.4 million pounds /person. • No additional money was appropriated in the state to implement the new Farm Bill. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE Steve reported that the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, known as the 2002 Farm Bill has increased funding for existing conservation programs and added some new conservation programs. Additional funding for some of these programs has been made retroactive to 2002. NRCS has hired 3 students for summer help. It appears that NRCS will be able to add some full time positions in the future. NRCS is developing an agreement to reimburse the county for assistance with the Farm Bill workload. Steve said that the county staff is currently assisting with engineering on several projects. DNR No report. RC &D Berenschot reported: Attended annual RC &D council meeting at Barron on May 22 • Election of officers: Jim Hartung- President, Leon Berenschot -Vice President (Board essentially stayed the same). • Toured the Turkey Store waste water treatment plant. This plant processes 30,000 turkeys per day. WEST CENTRAL AREA Raymond will be contacting Roger Swanson regarding summer meeting date. Heise will arrange transportation for attending the summer tour scheduled for Wednesday, July 17, in Pierce County. ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE Heise presented a 2002 Soil and Water Resource Management grant from the DATCP to St. Croix County. This grant represents staffing and support money for the priority watersheds and cost sharing for the implementation of the resource management plan. Heise informed the committee that he received a letter from the Personnel Department on a petition for the Land and Water Conservation staff to join the General Government Support Service union. Discussion. Raymond made motion to adjourn meeting at 11:45 a.m. Seconded by Berenschot. Carried. Jim Cody Secretary