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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09 Sept HRS minutes 2017HEALTHY RIVERS AND STREAMS CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD Meeting Minutes September 21, 2017 123 Emma Road Basalt, CO 81621 – 4:00 p.m. River Board members present: Bill Jochems, Lisa Tasker, Elle Taylor, Andre Wille, Dave Nixa, Kate Hudson River Board members absent: Others present: Lisa MacDonald, Laura Makar _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Board Comment – Chair Tasker attended the Middle Colorado Watershed Council – Watershed by Bike tour. Mr. Jochems and Chair Tasker attended the annual River District event Public Comment – None Additions/Deletions to Agenda – None 2018 Budget Discussion – The Board reviewed the 2018 and Five Year Plan document. Discussions ensued regarding line items and carry- forward amounts. Mr. Nixa will meet with inance staff and will bring back adjusted numbers to the October meeting for inal approval. Sponsorship Request – Sustaining CO Watersheds Conference – The Board moved to approve a sponsorship request for the Sustaining CO Watersheds Conference to be held in Avon, CO in October. Chair Tasker moved to approve $1000 sponsorship request. Mr. Wille seconded the motion. The motion passed 6/0. Sopris Creek Restoration – Elle Taylor Ms. Taylor is interested in restoration work on Sopris Creek and keeping more water in the creek. Staff will obtain decrees, diversion records and owners. Discussion on improvements to the creek will continue once more information is obtained. Ms. Taylor left the meeting due to illness. Open Discussion – The Board discussed the Carbondale to Crested Butte bike trail proposed by Pitkin County’s Open Space and Trails. The Board has concerns regarding wildlife and riparian habitat, construction impacts, bank hardening and channelization. Chair Tasker moved to direct staff to contact open space and trails and request that they examine Riverine impacts including: Impacts to riparian, wildlife and habitat, that any trail proposed segments would the potential to cause impacts to any bank hardening, the number of acres of native plant habitat that would occur with the construction of any proposed trail segment including riparian upland native plant habitats, any increased channelization of the Crystal River, any impacts or possible sedimentation and run-off that would occur from the proposed trail segments, any wetlands impacts from trail segments. Any trail segments with in-river construction be identified, as well as any proposed management plan to mitigate the short and long term impacts of any of the previously identified items. Ms. Hudson seconded the Minutes –Healthy Rivers and Streams Citizens Advisory Board September 21, 2017 Page 1 motion. The motion passed 5/0. Ms. Tasker moved to enter into Executive Session pursuant to C.R.S. 24-6-402 (4)(b) for the purpose of attorney client communication to discuss potential stream protection strategies. Mr. Nixa seconded the motion. The motion passed 5/0. Chair Tasker moved to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Nixa seconded the motion. The motion passed 5/0. Adjourn: The Board adjourned at approximately 7:00 p.m. The grant budget for 2018 is $126,979. The River Board accepts applications in the spring and fall. After the spring requests the remaining budget will be $91,279. 1. The Aspen Global Change Institute submitted an application for $1700.00 in support of education and outreach associated with the interactive Roaring Fork Observation Network (iRON), a project that is studying how mountain hydrology and ecosystems change in response to a warming climate. This project tracks and communicates soil moisture conditions in the Roaring Fork Watershed. The funds would be used in tandem with funding from other partners to develop a new citizen science component of the iRON and to support ongoing educational efforts and general maintenance of the research network. The River Board unanimously moved to approve the $1700 grant request. 2. A partnership of the Colorado Watershed Assembly, the Water Education Colorado and the Colorado Riparian Association submitted an application to help fund the Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference, which will be held in Avon, from Oct 9-11 of this year. The request was for $8000, the River Board moved to approve a grant for $4000. 3.The Roaring Fork Conservancy (RFC) submitted an application for $30,000 to fund a portion of the WeaverDitch Existing Conditions Assessment. The evaluation will closely examine the ditch from the diversion and headgate to tailout flow into the Roaring Fork River. From this, a detailed engineering plan will be developed for needed improvements that can increase the efficiency of diversion, deliver, and the use of irrigation water. It will document and evaluate methods and technologies that increase the efficiencies of the water delivery and use of water diverted from the Crystal River within the Town of Carbondale’s ditch irrigation system. The River Board unanimously moved to approve and recommend for funding the $30,000 request Approved:Attest: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Lisa Tasker Chair Lisa MacDonald ___________________________________ Laura Makar County Attorney Minutes –Healthy Rivers and Streams Citizens Advisory Board September 21, 2017 Page 2 The above signed attorney, representing the Board of County Commissioners and being present at the Executive Session, attests that the subject of the unrecorded portions of the session constituted conidential attorney-client communication. Minutes –Healthy Rivers and Streams Citizens Advisory Board September 21, 2017 Page 3