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M ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Tom Dorsey, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Art Jensen, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Land & Water Conservation/Resource & Education
Committee
DATE: January 2, 2001
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT METING: February 6, 2001
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Reports: DNR
NRCS
FSA
RC&D
West Central Area
Education Activities
Farmland Preservation
Priority Watershed Projects
Glen Hills Watershed
Relocation Update
Agricultural Issues - Update
County Ladd and Water Resource Management Plan
- Cost sharing Policy/Procedure
NEW BUSINESS:
Subdivision Review - 10:00 a.m.
590 Nutrient Management Policy
2000 Conservation Awards Dinner
Vouchers
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Heise
DATE: December 20, 2000
COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD
COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS
* ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS/CHANGES
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UNOFFICIAL Convened: 2:30 p.m.
Adjourned: 3:56 p.m.
ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION/RESOURCE
& EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Agricultural Service & Education Center, Baldwin, WI
January 2, 2001
Members Present: Leon Berenschot, Chris Bethke, Lois Burri, Jim Cody, Art Jensen, Ron Raymond
Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Cbunty Conservationist-Bob Heise; Land Specialists-Pete Kling, Tim Popple,
David Sander; Technicians-Chad DeWyre, Steve Olson; Secretary-Arlene Lier
Others Present: Steve Pernsteiner-NRCS, Bob Hendrickson-FSA, Lee Milligan-UW-EXT
Meeting called to order by Chairman Art Jensen.
Raymond made motion to adopt agenda. Berenschot seconded. Carried.
Berenschot made motion to approve December 5, 2000 meeting minutes. Seconded by Cody. Carried.
Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6, 2001 at 9:00 a.m.
AGRICULTURAL ISSUES -UPDATE
Sander presented an update on Julimar Too Dairy. The Department of Justice will not be taking the case
in regards to manure spill and chapter 30 violations. Instead, the local warden will be issuing citations.
The public hearing for Julimar Too was held and the only new things that were brought up: Beacon lights
and automatic dialers will be added as alarms to signify a pump failure when it occurs. Also a secondary
containment berm will be built around that pump station.
DNR
No report.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
Steve Pernsteiner, District Conservationist, mentioned that NRCS is currently reviewing all the EQIP
contracts for the project areas. Some of the landowners have failed to install practices in the first year and
will need to be canceled. We have been short on engineering help which may have led to some failure to
get practices installed. He will give full report at next LWCC.
Steve also reported there has been a lot of interest on status of prairie seed from River Country RC&D.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
CED Bob Hendrickson reported:
The FSA office has been and is busy with all programs as usual.
Applications for the 2001 Oil seed program ends on January 12, 2001. Payments will follow.
Payments for the 2001 Production Flexibility Contracts (PFC) are being made as they are requested.
Before Christmas we were able to make the 2001 Dairy Market Loss Assistance III (DMLA) payments.
We made 349 payments for $2,230,582.92 or an average of $6,391.36 per producer. A few of the
applications reached the dollar allocation of $25,225. For new producers or those who didn't have a full
year of production, there is also a sign up for them. Date and time of sign up period is unknown, however
it will end on February 28, 2001.
RC&D
Berenschot reported:
Value Added Conference scheduled for January 26-27 in Eau Claire
Format will also be presented to the Northwestern RC&D convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
No more information available on the prairie seeds.
WEST CENTRAL AREA
Berenschot and Cody attended the WLWCA Conference held at Wausau.
Berenschot reported:
"Why Dairy Expansion?" session - To be successful, a dairy manager has to learn to give orders -
can't do everything themselves.
Popple and Kulow did an excellent job on the award presentations at the conference.
EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
Sander reported that he had been to the Baldwin-Woodville High School talking about the ground water
model and doing some nitrate indicator testing.
Heise reported that there would be 3 drinking water sampling programs this spring:
February 16-20 - Townships of Rush River, Pleasant Valley, Hammond
March 2-6 - Townships of Eau Galle, Baldwin, Cady, Springfield
March 16-20 - Townships of Cylon, Emerald, Forest, Glenwood
This will complete the entire County during the two years of sampling.
Jonna has completed an application for the United Way to request $2,500.00 for the 2001 venison
program, hunters feeding the hungry.
PRIORITY WATERSHED PROJECTS
Heise introduced Steve Olson, the new Lakes Cluster Technician. He previously worked in Dunn County
for 6 years.
Popple reported: Equipment for an environmental resource was purchased and that the equipment will be
utilized with schools throughout the county.
The Kinnickinnic Steering Committee will be holding an election for Chairman at the next steering
committee meeting on January 25th. The steering committee is also planning to host a smart-growth tour
of the watershed sometime in the summer of 2001.
A news article was recently published detailing the involvement of the watershed project with the
construction of the New River Falls High School.
Kling reported: Update of Perch Lake activities - Working to update plan and costs associated with each
activity.
GLEN HILLS WATERSHED
Heise reported that Dave Salissen, relocation consultant working on behalf of the County has made an
initial contact with Mickey Brettingen. Soon after the first of the year he will be searching the local real
estate market looking for comparables.
Plan to present a resolution supporting the Glen Hills supplemental agreement #5 to the committee in
February, with County Board approval in March.
There will be a Public Hearing to comment on the Floodplain Ordinance on January 10, 2001, 7:00 p.m. at
the Agricultural Center in Baldwin.
FARMLAND PRESERVATION
No report.
COUNTY LAND AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Heise handed out and presented the Cost share policy and procedure that the department intends to follow.
The limited amount of funding available steered the policy to target specific goals of the Resource
Management Plan.
590 NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN
Heise reported to the committee that during the review process of the recent Emerald dairies expansion, an
individual who is not certified as a crop advisor wrote the proposed 590 Nutrient Management plan
developed for the dairy. The intention was that this 590 plan was to be reviewed and certified by an
individual in the Land Conservation Department. The Departments role is not to certify plans but to
review plans for compliance of the 590 standard. Heise presented a 590 Nutrient Management policy,
effective immediately, that dictates when certification is required with our current ordinances and what
accreditations are acceptable. Motion by Raymond to support this policy. Seconded by Cody. Carried.
SUBDIVISION REVIEW
Kling presented:
Sunny Hill Subdivision (In the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 31, T29N-RI 7W, Town of Hammond)
Approximately a 44 acre subdivision, 6 lots, average lot size is 7+ acres (lot 3 is 27 acres in size).
Berenschot 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.
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B & R's Rolling Acres (In part of the NW %4 of the NW 1/4, Section 17, T30N-R18W, Town of Richmond)
Approximately an 18 acre subdivision, encompasses 8 lots, average lot size is 2+ acres. Berenschot made
motion to recommend that the storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable and a letter be sent to
the Planning & Development Committee. Bethke seconded. Carried.
2000 CONSERVATION AWARDS DINNER
Heise stated that Lee Milligan and himself had made multiple attempts to contact the DHIA representative
to plan for the 2000 conservation banquet. There was no response from the DHIA representative, therefore
the Department has decided to plan the conservation awards program as they had in the past. A date is set
for February 27, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. at the Coachman Supper Club in Baldwin.
VOUCHERS
Reviewed vouchers. Berenschot made motion to approve the vouchers. Seconded by Raymond. Carried.
MISCELLANEOUS
Heise presented Jensen with a document that outlines the ACRA funding (Cost-sharing dollars) for the 3
watershed programs administered in St. Croix County.
Discussed purchasing informational and educational equipment with some of the surplus watershed
budgets. Also, discussed entering into a service contract to hire an individual to assist the department with
Information and Education activities. Information and Education was identified as a high priority in the
Resource Management plan. Committee supported the service contract.
Meeting adjourned at 3:56 p.m.
Jim Cody
Secretary
By Arlene Lier