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Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation Di _________________________________________________________________________________ Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District 967 CO HWY 33 – RIVER ROAD – COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK 13326-9222 – PHONE (607) 547-8337 ext. 4 OTSEGO COUNTY SWCD BOARD MEETING MINUTES Thursday, June 20, 2019 Members Present: Staff Present: Les Rathbun, Chair, Grange Rep. Jordan Clements, District Mgr. Meg Kennedy, Vice Chair, Cty. Rep. Sherry Mosher, District Secretary Roseboom Sr, Farm Bureau Michelle Farwell, Cty. Rep. Absent: Ed Lentz, Member @ Large Doris Moennich, Land owner Guest: None I. -Les called the meeting to order @ 10:00 am. II. –Approval of May Minutes, motion to approve made by Michelle, seconded by Meg, seconded by Larry. III. -Approval of May treasurer report, motion to approve made by Michelle, seconded by Larry. - Approval of paid bills, motion to approve made by Meg, seconded by Larry. IV. – District Reports: Sherry -Sherry stated that she opened a new checking account for Part C funds only, allowing separate designated line item names with their balances. -The new credit cards arrived for Mark & Jessica. -Sherry asked the board for approval to attend a 2 day QuickBooks training in Albany for the updated QuickBooks pro 2019, a motion was made to approve by Larry and 2nd by Michelle, motion carried. -District Reports: Jordan: -Jordan stated that he would like a resolution to apply for the NRCS CIG grant (Conservation Innovation Grant). The federal grant would be getting money for implementing cover crops with a self-propelled sprayer, renting a helicopter, a no till seeder. The District will be submitting 5 grants for round 25 Ag Non-Point Source, which include the following: 1-Butternut Creek Mortality Composting & Buffer Project 2-Lower Butternut Creek Conservation Crop Rotation & Buffer 3-Otsego Lake Rotational Grazing & Buffer Project 4-Upper Susquehanna Manure Storage & Buffer Project 5-Otsego County Tire Cutter Program CONSERVATION- DEVELOPMENT- SELF-GOVERNMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District 967 CO HWY 33 – RIVER ROAD – COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK 13326-9222 – PHONE (607) 547-8337 ext. 4 A motion for approval was made by Michelle and 2nd by Meg, motion carried. -Jordan reported that the District received 12 applications for the Community Conservation mini grants (CCMGP). All 12 applicants were reviewed, rated & approved. - The grant funding did not expend all funds. The remaining $3,000 will be rolled into next year’s CCMGP grant round 2. -Jordan reviewed the 2020 proposed budget with the board members. Jordan asked for a resolution for the board to support the proposed budget, approval was made by Meg and 2nd by Larry, motion carried. -Please see attached reports. V.- NRCS: No report. VI. – FSA: No report. A motion was made by Meg and 2nd by Michelle to adjourn regular session & enter into executive session to discuss personnel matters @ 11:50 am. Out of executive session & into regular session @ 12:27 pm. Meeting adjourned at 12:27 pm. No further business. Respectfully submitted, Sherry Mosher District Secretary Next meeting: Thursday July 18, 2019 Finance mtg-9:30 Regular mtg-10:00 CONSERVATION- DEVELOPMENT- SELF-GOVERNMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District 967 CO HWY 33 – RIVER ROAD – COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK 13326-9222 – PHONE (607) 547-8337 ext. 4 Mark Kugler Stream Technician May-June Monthly Report Week of 5/20 • Finished planting Young buffer, and planted Grabo buffer • NYS Envirothon Week of 5/27 • Researched potential grants for stream restoration • Studied for drone certification • OCCA and USDA conference calls • Site visits • Wrote buffer article for USC Week of 6/3 • Planning for Source Water Buffer Program and Buffer Walk CONSERVATION- DEVELOPMENT- SELF-GOVERNMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District 967 CO HWY 33 – RIVER ROAD – COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK 13326-9222 – PHONE (607) 547-8337 ext. 4 • Conference call with Ag and Markets and OLT • Sexual Harassment Prevention Training • USC buffer steward training • Site visits • Buffer Walk Week of 6/10 • Out sick Monday and Tuesday • Picked up weed whacker from USC in Owego • Site visits (Shaheed and Town of Hartwick) • Contacted DEC for site visits in Town of Hartwick Week of 6/17 • Stream monitoring, and picked up chemicals from OCCA • Site visits • Created maps for DEC (Town of Hartwick projects) • Aquatic macroinvertebrate sampling (Oaks Creek) • Studied for drone certification CONSERVATION- DEVELOPMENT- SELF-GOVERNMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District 967 CO HWY 33 – RIVER ROAD – COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK 13326-9222 – PHONE (607) 547-8337 ext. 4 Karl Giroux District Conservation Technician Board Report AEM: Worked on several Ag Non Point Source grants Gathered information from NRCS EQIP files Created many maps from scratch for AGNPS grant submittals Assisted with creating application and rank form for AEM Implementation Round 1 money Assisted with construction check survey with NRCS employee CIG: • Attended informational CIG webinar • Requested multiple quotes for tire cutters • Requested multiple quotes for self-propelled sprayers (inter-seeder) CONSERVATION- DEVELOPMENT- SELF-GOVERNMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District 967 CO HWY 33 – RIVER ROAD – COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK 13326-9222 – PHONE (607) 547-8337 ext. 4 • Conversed with DEC Division of Air Resources to determine if we could purchase and operate a livestock incinerator • Requested quotes for livestock incinerator Riparian Forest Buffers: • Worked with our interns to plant and maintain buffers • Checked and recorded survival data for several buffers Ag Assessments: • Completed approximately 3-4 ag assessments Miscellaneous: • Assisted Stream Technician with Macro invertebrate sampling • Provided mechanic service on some SWCD equipment • Coordinated post pounder rental CONSERVATION- DEVELOPMENT- SELF-GOVERNMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District 967 CO HWY 33 – RIVER ROAD – COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK 13326-9222 – PHONE (607) 547-8337 ext. 4 JUNE MEETING • Grant Opportunities: A. Ag Non-Point Source (Ag & Markets): 1. Otsego County Buffer Project II A. A few designs have been completed and a few of the buffers have been planted. The remaining participating farms will be planted next spring. 2. Lower Wharton Creek Heavy Use Area Protection & Buffer Project A. Buffer was planted a few weeks ago. Covered barnyard is complete. Waiting to have a buckwall and floor poured. Once that is finished the project will be complete, 3. Upper Schenevus Watershed Prescribed Grazing & Buffer Project A. Project is nearly 90% done and should be completed in the next couple of weeks depending on weather. 4. Starting to put together (Plan) for round 25. Due in July. Currently have 7 grant applications that my staff are working on to submit. B. Climate Resiliency Grant (Ag & Markets): 1. RFP came out in February. Due on May 13. 2. Submitted 3 applications. 3. Grant has $3.5 million available for three categories; Cover and Flairs, Stream restoration, cover crops. C. Upper Susquehanna Coalition RCPP: (NRCS Funds) CONSERVATION- DEVELOPMENT- SELF-GOVERNMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District 967 CO HWY 33 – RIVER ROAD – COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK 13326-9222 – PHONE (607) 547-8337 ext. 4 1. Submitted two applications in the second round of RCPP program. The District should know if the applications receive funding late spring early summer. 2. Working on application through USC for an intern to work out of our office to do site checks and maintenance on existing planted forested buffers. D. NYSDEC AIS Grant 1. Teaming with OCCA to provide a emergency response team to invasive species within Otsego County. 2. Also teaming with OCCA to try and eradicate invasive species within our existing forested buffers. E. NRCS CIG Grant (Conservation innovation grant) 1. Two opportunities (Federally and State) 2. Federal Grant is going after monies for cover crops and machinery 3. State level federal grant is going after a cow incinerator. Farmer having issues dealing with down and dead cows. • Ag & Farmland Protection Committee : A. Moving forward with monthly meetings. • Ag Plastics : A. Working on trying to secure a buyer for plastic. Currently working with Montgomery County SWCD to try and team up with their buyer of plastic. Company is out of Alabama. F. Emergency Services: 1. Working with Bob Satriano to place 20-22 flood gauges throughout the county. 2. Trying to find funding for flood gps gauges or camera gauges. G. Highway Calibration Class: 1. Working with NYSDOT to provide a class in October to teach highway superintendents how to properly calibrate sanders. H. Buffer Operation & Maintenance: 1. We have contracted with the USC to maintain 125 acres of buffers this summer. 2. Two interns: Olivia Kuss & Skyler Gerard CONSERVATION- DEVELOPMENT- SELF-GOVERNMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District
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