"I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use our natural resources, but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob by wasteful use, the generations that come after us." - Theodore Roosevelt, speech, Washington, D.C., 1900
CALL TO ORDER & ATTENDANCE: Chairman Dan Bangeman called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. in the conference room with the following Supervisors, being a quorum of the Board, in attendance: Bangeman, Ken Meckel, James Kehoe, and Ronald Buentemeier. Also in attendance were Shirley Harrison, FCD Associate Supervisor; Ginger Kauffman, FCD staff; Mark Deleray, MFW&P; Angel Rosario, NRCS; Susie Turner, City of Kalispell; Fred Sterhan, Marina Cay; and Ken Miller, OASIS.
MINUTES: Discussion held. Ken Meckel made a motion “to approve the minutes of the March 24, 2008, business-meeting as presented.” James Kehoe seconded. Motion carried. James Kehoe made a motion “to approve the April 14, 2008, 310-meeting minutes as presented.” Ronald Buentemeier seconded. Motion carried. CORRESPONDENCE: The following items were received in the office: 1. Letter dated 4/23/08 to Kurt Hafferman, Billmayer & Hafferman, regarding Spring Creek Apartments on Appleway. City of Kalispell requests a copy of the issued 310-permit prior to issuing a floodplain development permit. 2. Copies of publication “Big Sky, Small Acres”. 3. Email from MACD regarding a presentation through the Governor’s Task Force on riparian areas. 4. Email regarding “State Ethics Law” seminar, May 15 in Kalispell. FINANCIAL: The following bills were reviewed: 1. Byte Savvy $75.00 2. Centurytel $257.30 3. MCI $31.38 4. NW Montana Fair $320.00 5. RLK Hydro $5054.38 6. USDA, NFC Admin Collection $1623.99
Ken Meckel made a motion “to approve the bills as presented.” James Kehoe seconded. Motion carried.
A check for $300.00 was signed by supervisors and sent to Pitney Bowes Reserve Account on 4/16/08 as postage was needed for the postage machine. James Kehoe made a motion “to approve payment of the Pitney Bowes bill.” Ken Meckel seconded. Motion carried.
Budget Review: Copies of the Budget summary sheet ending March 31, 2008 were sent to Supervisors and Staff the week of 4/21/2008.
PUBLIC COMMENT: No comments. EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL TRAINING: Susie Turner, City of Kalispell, informed the board that the City of Whitefish and the City of Kalispell will hold a “Construction Site Erosion & Pollution Control” 2-day training workshop May 14-15 at the Hilton Garden Inn, and requested financial support from the FCD. Discussion held. The board asked Susie Turner to contact Patrick Heffernan, and come back to the May 12th 310-meeting.
(310) CANDYBAR RANCH, Whitefish Rv, intake clean out, emergency (Buentemeier): Discussion held. Ronald Buentemeier made a motion “to approve the intake clean out for Candy Bar Ranch. This is contingent upon review and approval of the permit application by Ronald Buentemeier and Mark Deleray.” James Kehoe seconded. Motion carried.
MARINA CAY UPDATE, FL2006110, Swan River, Regal Partnership (Bangeman): Dan Bangeman reported that George Smith, FCP&Z, called him to report the washed rock which was placed in front of the wall had a lot of dirt in it. Ken Miller, OASIS, presented documentation and informed the board that the rock was washed; this area was used to drive on & when it was pulled up, some dirt (lake bed) was mixed in with the gravel. Discussion held. Dan Bangeman made a motion “to leave the gravel as it is; this is not enough silt to create a major disturbance or siltation.” Ken Meckel seconded. RICE, FL2008005, Flathead River, emailed letter (Buentemeier): Discussion held. Ronald Buentemeier made a motion “to revise the permit and allow the concrete planks to be 14’ in length instead of 12’ in length.” Ken Meckel seconded. Motion failed.
BUSINESS NRCS REPORT: Angel Rosario, NRCS, reported the following: EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentive Program) - Field visits to certify completion of practices from previous contracts. - Approved one more EQIP-forestry contract. (14 total contracts approved for 2008) - Completed status reviews for older contracts and sent reminder letters on ’08 practices. - Have been coordinating tree planting with different landowners - Deadline for applying is June 1st. WRP (Wetland Reserve Program) - Field offices have been ordered to complete all WRP projects by the end of this fiscal year. - In the process of completing practices on four WRP contracts. Other - Matt Whithed, NRCS, helped Patti Mason with a soils station at the Begg Park re-vegetation project. - Neal Svendsen (Area Soil Scientist) complete an on-site soil investigation for Evergreen Sewer. - Farm Bill status - Snow survey & snow report. RC REPORT: Larry Van Rinsum was attending Envirothon, but will send out his report later. EDUCATION/WATERSHED REPORT: Patti Mason was unable to attend, but submitted the following report. Education 1. Attended a COCEEC (Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Education Consortium) meeting to hear about other education & outreach activities in the area. 2. Attended a Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) and Webfoot facilitators training. 3. Worked with 85 KMS 6th graders at Begg Park. This is the second field trip of 3. 4. Flood Awareness Day is Thursday, May 1. 136 students this year from West Valley, Trinity Lutheran and Columbia Falls Junior High School. Outreach 1. Two more monthly ads in the Daily Interlake. 2. I was interviewed for an article about native plants to go in the Great Falls-based magazine “Home & Garden Montana” by a local free lance writer. 3. Distributed 4,052 seedlings from the Montana Conservation Seedling Nursery. 4. Participated at the CORE (Community of Resource Educators) booth at the Keep Kalispell Clean event for Earth Day last Saturday. Volunteers picked up 2000 lbs of recyclables and over 20 yards of trash. There were similar events running at the same time in Whitefish and Columbia Falls. 5. Attended an on-site to the Vo-Ag restoration site. Watershed Coordinator 1. Haskill Basin. Prepared brief history of activity and grant expenditures in Haskill basin for the board. Reviewed draft final report from RDG for the #207039 grant, Haskill Creek Maintenance & Monitoring. Received the revised draft this morning. 2. Mill Creek. Submitted the April biennial report. This grant will close out in June.
FLATHEAD COUNTY PLANNING BOARD REPORT: No report.
BASIN COMMISSION REPORT: Dan Bangeman reported a meeting was held last Friday in Polson. Jack Stanford made a presentation regarding the status of Flathead Lake. Lake County Disaster coordinator made a presentation on the gas spill along the lake. FBC will receive an award from the Salish Kootenai tribe on May 12. June 9-10 a retreat will be held; this is a closed meeting. A coal mine tour and presentation will be held in July. DEQ teams are being organized to work on the Flathead TMDL.
FLATHEAD COUNTY WEED DEPT. REPORT: Pete Woll was attending Envirothon. The minutes of the last County Weed/Parks meeting are available on the County website. HASKILL BASIN WATERSHED: Patti Mason mailed out a report titled “Brief History of Haskill Basin Watershed Activity” for FCD supervisors to review. Discussion held. Ronald Buentemeier made a motion “to send a copy of the report to the Whitefish City Mayor and the Whitefish City Council; and have Larry Van Rinsum write a letter illustrating the work that has been done in the last 12 years in the Haskill Basin area, and the benefits it has done for their community. A copy is also to be sent to the Whitefish Pilot to give the HBW group recognition.” James Kehoe seconded. Motion carried. WHITEFISH CITY-COUNTY PLANNING BOARD: Ken Meckel was unable to attend the Whitefish City-County Planning Board meeting.
NEW BUSINESS: VO-AG STREAM BANK: Shirley Harrison submitted a paper titled “VoAg Stream Bank plan/proposal for spring 2008” to the board. Discussion held. Ken Meckel made a motion “to support the project up to the amount $326.30.” Ronald Buentemeier seconded. Motion carried. YELLOW BAY UPDATE: Shirley Harrison had sent out a packet of information regarding Yellow Bay, updated the board on streambank work by Mark Lorang, and asked if the FCD would sponsor a day long workshop of presentations and panel discussions on 310 restoration projects. Discussion held. The board will review the information and bring this up for discussion at the May business meeting. FERC LICENSING CONDITIONS (Don Burton request): Discussion held. Ronald Buentemeier made motion “to table and ask Larry Van Rinsum and Pete Woll to research the facts and bring a recommendation to the board.” Ken Meckel seconded. Motion carried. COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS : Eight applications have been received. FCD Supervisors are asked to review the applications. This will be added to the 310-meeting agenda.
LIVING ON THE LAND WORKSHOP: Discussion held. Ronald Buentemeier made a motion “to approve Patti Mason attending the “Living on the Land” workshop & approve the $100 registration fee.” James Kehoe seconded. Motion carried.
NW MONTANA FAIR: The board was informed that the FCD will have its own booth at the fair this summer. POSTAGE MACHINE LEASE: Ginger Kauffman reported that the lease on the postage machine is currently $684.00 per year and the lease will end Nov 30, 2008. Information was sent to the FCD to allow printing postage from office computers, which could save the FCD approximately $492.00 per year. Discussion held. The office will do a “test run” of the software to find out how/if it works, and bring further information to the board closer to the end of the lease. MPERA: Ginger Kauffman informed the board as of 4/1/08 MPERA requires supervisors be reported as non-contributing employees as they do receive pay; elected officials do have the option to contribute to MPERA. Discussion held. MEETING DATES: Discussion held. Dan Bangeman made a motion “to re-schedule the May business meeting for Tuesday, May 27, 7 PM; and re-schedule the October 310-meeting for Tuesday, October 14, 7 PM.” Ken Meckel seconded. Motion carried. Board discussion regarding changing business meetings to during the day; this will be on the May business meeting agenda. 08/09 PRELIMINARY BUDGET: The preliminary FY 08/09 budget meeting will be held Friday, May 23, 10 AM in the conference room of the USDA. FCD 4/28/2008 Business Meeting minutes OTHER BUSINESS: The next 310-meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 12, 2008, 7:00 P.M. in the conference room of the USDA building at 133 Interstate Lane, Kalispell, MT. ADJOURNMENT: James Kehoe made a motion “to adjourn.” Ken Meckel seconded. Motion carried. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:28 P.M.
Submitted By:
Ginger Kauffman FCD Administrator
Minutes approved by motion made on __5/12/2008____ ____Daniel C. Bangeman__________________ (Date) (Signature)
FCD Business 