CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT 220 Fluvanna Ave, Suite 600, Jamestown, NY District Board of Directors' Regular Meeting

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1 CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT 220 Fluvanna Ave, Suite 600, Jamestown, NY District Board of Directors' Regular Meeting March 29, 2016 I. Meeting Called to Order: 8:30 A.M. A. Present: Allen Peterson Vice Chair Dave Spann Field Manager Frank J Gould Director Debra Kelley Secretary/Asst Treas Lisa Vanstrom Director Cassie Pinkoski District Tech Dave McCoy Special Projects Coordinator Victor DiGiacomo Region 1 Associate Environmental Analyst II. Minutes of the Previous Meeting: MOTION by Vanstrom seconded by Gould to approve the minutes of the February meeting. III. Treasurer's Report: MOTION by Vanstrom seconded by Gould to accept the Treasurer's report and pay current bills. A. The following bills were approved for payment: SEE ATTACHED IV. Correspondence: none V. Reports: A. Other Agencies 1. NYS Soil & Water Committee Victor DiGiacomo - See Attached 2. Dave McCoy Special Projects Coordinator SWCD should have received their contract as well as the 2% project contracts. We are getting ready for the next round of 2% applications. We are getting a lot of good news regarding the sewer plans around Chautauqua Lake, they are working on some upgrades and will be eligible for funding through some grant opportunities. B. District Conservationist Jason Firster - none C. District Field Manager 1. 2 % Projects We have been working with the Chautauqua Lake Watershed Alliance to try and balance out the work load for the applications, because we have had so many requests. It looks like we will still have about 18 applications to do. MOTION by Vanstrom seconded by Gould for the Chairman to sign the 2% contracts. 2. Cassadaga & Bear Lakes, Local Assistance Grant We have our contract from the DEC and are working with Dave McCoy and the county regarding funding for this project. We will have a meeting on Friday regarding the funding. 3. LEWPA Nothing new to report with this. District Minutes (District Field Manager Cont.) Page Southern Tier Agricultural Industrial Enhancement Grant we

2 submitted 65 application to the state on March 15 th. We have asked for more money than was allotted to us, so we will see what happens with that. Rob and I have had some discussions on what we are planning next. The contracts will be between the landowner and the District, so we really don t know what we will be responsible for going forward. E. District Field Technician Cassie Pinkoski 1. Program Updates I have some actual numbers for the Southern Tier Grant, there was 5.3 million in state funds requested for a total of 8.5 million in total project cost. The farms will be providing 3 million of their own funds. I am also working on permits for our 2016 projects and Dave and I think we will have 16 projects on streambanks with WQIP. 2. Envirothon The event will be held on April 28, 2016 at the SUNY Fredonia Lodge in Brocton. Right now we have 17 schools that will be attending the event. We have done very well with donations this year. 3. Trees & Shrubs We have received around 260 orders at this time. We still have a lot of demand for fruit trees this year. The sales are better than last year, we think this is due to the weather this spring. We should be picking up our trees on the 15 th with distribution tentatively on the 21st 23 rd. F. District Water Quality Technician Rob Halbohm See Attached G. District Secretary - Debra Kelley VI. Old Business A. District 2016 Contract with Chautauqua County MOTION by Vanstrom seconded by Gould for the Chairman to sign the County Contract. B. Farmer Neighbor Dinner We have been advertising on the radio and newspaper, so we are hoping for a good turnout. MOTION by Vanstrom seconded by Gould to pay for staff and directors to attend. C. Audit District Books Fred and Jay will audit book prior to April Meeting. VII. New Business A. USDA Bridge To Opportunity Partner Information See Attached. B. NYSSWCC Part C We have received our Part C performance funding and we were down about $3,000 from last year. The Directors were short on meeting attendance. C. Stream Investigation, Stabilization & Design Workshop MOTION by Gould seconded by Vanstrom for Cassie to attend the training and reimburse her for expenses. D. Purchase of New Hydro-Seeder MOTION by Gould seconded by Vanstrom to order the new Hydro-Seeder. E Ford F-150 Pickup MOTION by Gould seconded by Vanstrom to declare the 2003 Ford F-150 excess and to be sold. VIII. RC&D The next meeting will be in May. District Minutes Page 3. IX. Water Quality

3 X. Cooperators none XI. Next Meeting - Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 8:30 A.M. at the Northcrest Business Center, 220 Fluvanna Ave, Suite 600, Jamestown, NY XII. Meeting Adjourned MOTION by Gould seconded by Vanstrom to adjourn at 10:00 A.M. Debra A. Kelley Secretary Fred Croscut Chairman

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