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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: October 2, 2001 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Ag Censer, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: November 6, 2001 ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES NEW BUSINESS: Subdivision Review - 10:00 a.m. Vouchers UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Staff Reports: Education Activity - Speaking Contest - I &.E Coordinator Priority Watershed Projects Glen Hills Watershed - Relocation update - Structure #8 - Pipe separations Ag Issues - Ordnance update HomesteO Park 2002 Buoget CREP(Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program) LESA(Lafid Evaluation and Site Assessment) Agency Reports: 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: September 19,2001 COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS * ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS/CHANGES X UNOFFICIAL Convened: 9:00 a.m. Adjourned: 11:55 a.m. ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION/RESOURCE & EDUCATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Service & Education Center, Baldwin, WI October 2, 2001 Members Present: Leon Berenschot, Chris Bethke, Lois Burri, Jim Cody, Art Jensen Members Absent: Ron Raymond Staff Present: County Conservationist-Bob Heise; Land Specialists-Pete Kling, David Sander; I & E Coordinator-Ruth Stern; Secretary-Arlene Lier Others Present: Steve Pemsteiner-NRCS; Laurie Tietz-FSA; Kernan Bast, Jason Bast, Steve Slettner-Tech Design Meeting called to order by Chairman Art Jensen. Bethke made motion to adopt agenda. Berenschot seconded. Carried. Cody made motion to approve September 4, 2001 meeting minutes. Seconded by Berenschot. Carried. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 6, 2001 at 9:00 a.m. EDUCATION ACTIVIT'X Ruth Stern reported on the educational activities taking place within the department this fall. Several conservation field days and stream ecology workshops have already taken place, with more to come during the month of October. The 2001 St. Croix County Conservation & Environmental Awareness Speaking Contest will be held at the Agricultural Service Center on October 9"'. Ruth will be working on preparing grant applications for educational funds during the months of November and December. If funding is available for an education position in 2002, she will work on activities such as the conservation awards banquet, annual newsletter, conservation speaking contest and scheduling the spring workload of conservation field days. CREP (CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM) Heise informed the committee that he met with Corporation Counsel, Greg Timmerman, to discuss issues related to this program and the administration of the program by the department. Greg reviewed the sample contract and suggested changes to the contract which Heise relayed to the DATCP. LESA (LAND EVALUATION AND SITE ASSESSMENT) LWCD has been working vpvith the Planning office to form a work group to assist in the development of a LESA system for the county. Berenschot offered to be a member of this work group. The kick-off work group roeeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 1, 2001 at the Agricultural Center, Baldwin from 7:00-9:00 pm. 2002 BUDGET Heise informed committee that he and Jensen met with Finance committee on September 27 for budget review. Heise reported that he was informed from Chuck Whiting that the Finance committee removed the contracted services for an Information and Education coordinator from the LWCD budget of $10,000. Heise discussed some other possible options to retain this service. Committee suggested that Heise meet with Whiting to discuss possible alternatives. SUBDIVISION REVIEW Kling presented: Prairie Run (In the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and part of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and part of the SE 1/4 of the NE'/4 and part of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 Section 17, T29N-RI 7W, Town of Hammond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) -108 acre development, 35 lots total. Recommended for approval. 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. Cherry Knolls (In part of the SETA of Section 15, T30N-R1 8W, Town of Richmond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) - 79 acre development, 36 lots total. Recommended for approval. 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. Lindale Meadows (In part part of the SE 1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 25, T31N, R19W, Town of Somerset, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) + 20 acre development, 6 lots total. Recommended for approval. 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. Burri seconded. Carried. Enjzlish Estates - Kemon add Jason Bast(owners of English Estates) along with their engineer, Steve Slettner of Tech Design, were present at meeting. English Estates preliminary plat was submitted to the LWCD less than a week before the October 2, 2001 LWCC meeting and therefore staff recommended that the stormwater and erosion control plan not be approv0d. Adequate time was not given for staff to complete a thorough review. VOUCHERS Reviewed vouchers. Motion by Berenschot, seconded by Bethke, to approve vouchers. Bethke questioned the cost share for well abandonments. Carried. PRIORITY WATERSH$D PROJECTS Heise reported that the Citizen Advisory Committee is planning two events for the celebration and continuation of the South Fork of the Hay River Watershed. One meeting is to take place on Wednesday, October 3, Hinman Park, Glenwood City, from 4:30+6:30 p.m. The other will be held on Thursday, October 4, at the Steve Moe farm, N13751 Co. Rd. K, Connorsville, WI from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Heise commented that a grade stabilization was constructed for Dean Hansen this month. The EQIP(Environmental Quality Incentives Program) will pay for 75% of the cost. Kinnickinnic Watershed will pick up the remaining balance of the project. Discussed with committee that this voucher will be submitted once bills are received. GLEN HILLS WATER§HED Heise reported that there is an open house scheduled at the home the county had purchased from Mickey Brettingen, below Glen H41s structure #2, on Saturday, October 13, from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. There is an amended agreement that was sent to Administration to extend the NRCS Rehabilitation agreement from October 30, 2001 to March 1, 2002. On September 7, Heise and Jensen met with Finance to request money to repair damages sustained to the emergency spillway on structure #8 during an August 1 rain event. Finance allocated up to $10, 000 for repairs. Three contractors inspected !site during site showing. One bid was received well below cost limit. Plan to proceed with repairs this fall. LWCI) will be responsible for erosion control practices. Contract engineer on the 5 Glen Hills dams pipe separations has completed preliminary designs. Engineer is to conduct site visits of these structures during the week of October 8-12. AGRICULTURAL ISSUES -UPDATE Ordinance update: Sander reported that there were three main items discussed at the Citizens' Advisory Committee: (1) Financial Assurances - ]Money set aside to abandon project if owners walked away for some reason. The CAC felt there would need to, include a grandfather clause for existing lagoons. Currently the financial assurance is a calculation using 2.2 cents per gallon of storage. Future calculations may be set by the LWCC and/or Zoning, Parks, and Planning Committees. (2) Confined Animals Feeding Operations - Discussion was about how this section would fit into the over-all county comprehensive plan and the new zoning ordinances. The new animal waste ordinance needs to mesh with the zoning ordinances. (3) Hazardous materials was also discussed at the CAC. The group thought that it did not belong in the animal waste ordinance with the exception of addressing pit gasses. Department worked with Jack Colvard - Emergency Manageme#t Department to develop the language. Jack was also curious if the LWCC would be interested in supporting a stand-alone ordinance. Committee requested Jack Colvard to be present at the November 6 meeting to discuss the ordinance. (4) CAC discussed the state model ordinance. Some thought we should wait and see what the state model ordinance would offer. ' No matter what the state model ordinance contains, there are still plenty of items to accomplish to amend the ordinance. (5) Sander reported on the town of Emerald annual meeting. It was a two-part meeting: 1) A discussion and v9te by the citizens on whether or not town board should adopt village powers. 2) With respect to Emerald Dairy, the town should work with the county and the nutrient management plan that is already in place. HOMESTEAD PARK Kling reported: Update and tour of park on September 18 for County Board Members went well. There were many positive comments. County staff met with Finance committee to discuss 2002 budget for Homestead. May look at bonding to complete the remainder of park development. FARM SERVICE AGENCY Laurie Tietz reported for F$A: -Approximately 950 CRP(±Conservation Reserve Program) payments will be going out this week for nearly $2,000,000.00. -24 CRP contracts expired September 30. This releases 293.4 acres from the program. -We have paid out 21 LDF(Loan Deficiency Payments) for $32,253.00, mostly on soft red winter wheat and barley. -Farm Storage Facility loan interest rate is 4.875%. -Linda Paul was selected for the COT (County Executive Training) program and starts training October 9, 2001. There is an amended agreement that was sent to Administration to extend the NRCS Rehabilitation agreement from October 30, 2001 to March 1, 2002. On September 7, Heise and Jensen met with Finance to request money to repair damages sustained to the emergency spillway on structure #8 during an August 1 rain event. Finance allocated up to $10, 000 for repairs. Three contractors inspected !site during site showing. One bid was received well below cost limit. Plan to proceed with repairs this fall. LWCI) will be responsible for erosion control practices. Contract engineer on the 5 Glen Hills dams pipe separations has completed preliminary designs. Engineer is to conduct site visits of these structures during the week of October 8-12. AGRICULTURAL ISSUES -UPDATE Ordinance update: Sander reported that there were three main items discussed at the Citizens' Advisory Committee: (1) Financial Assurances - ]Money set aside to abandon project if owners walked away for some reason. The CAC felt there would need to, include a grandfather clause for existing lagoons. Currently the financial assurance is a calculation using 2.2 cents per gallon of storage. Future calculations may be set by the LWCC and/or Zoning, Parks, and Planning Committees. (2) Confined Animals Feeding Operations - Discussion was about how this section would fit into the over-all county comprehensive plan and the new zoning ordinances. The new animal waste ordinance needs to mesh with the zoning ordinances. (3) Hazardous materials was also discussed at the CAC. The group thought that it did not belong in the animal waste ordinance with the exception of addressing pit gasses. Department worked with Jack Colvard - Emergency Manageme#t Department to develop the language. Jack was also curious if the LWCC would be interested in supporting a stand-alone ordinance. Committee requested Jack Colvard to be present at the November 6 meeting to discuss the ordinance. (4) CAC discussed the state model ordinance. Some thought we should wait and see what the state model ordinance would offer. ' No matter what the state model ordinance contains, there are still plenty of items to accomplish to amend the ordinance. (5) Sander reported on the town of Emerald annual meeting. It was a two-part meeting: 1) A discussion and v9te by the citizens on whether or not town board should adopt village powers. 2) With respect to Emerald Dairy, the town should work with the county and the nutrient management plan that is already in place. HOMESTEAD PARK Kling reported: Update and tour of park on September 18 for County Board Members went well. There were many positive comments. County staff met with Finance committee to discuss 2002 budget for Homestead. May look at bonding to complete the remainder of park development. FARM SERVICE AGENCY Laurie Tietz reported for F$A: -Approximately 950 CRP(±Conservation Reserve Program) payments will be going out this week for nearly $2,000,000.00. -24 CRP contracts expired September 30. This releases 293.4 acres from the program. -We have paid out 21 LDF(Loan Deficiency Payments) for $32,253.00, mostly on soft red winter wheat and barley. -Farm Storage Facility loan interest rate is 4.875%. -Linda Paul was selected for the COT (County Executive Training) program and starts training October 9, 2001.