ဟံၣ်My WebLinkဘၣ်ဃးဒီး01-23-17 WRC Final MinutesTOMPKINS COUNTY WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL 1 Monday, January 23, 2017 2 TCAT Main Office Conference Room 3 Approved Final Minutes 4 Attendance 5 Member Seat Member Seat Sharon Anderson P Cooperative Extension Frank Proto P At-Large John Andersson P At-Large Elaine Quaroni P At-Large Fay Benson A Agriculture Marjory Rinaldo-Lee P Environment Chris Bordlemay A Water Purveyor Michael Thorne A At-Large Cynthia Brock P Recreation Ed Bugliosi A USGS (non-voting) Brad DeFrees P Associate Member Liz Cameron P Co. Environmental Health George Fowler P Associate Member Bill George E Municipal Government Roxy Johnston P Associate Member Barry Goodrich P Watershed Organization José Lozano A Associate Member Michelle Henry E At-Large John Mawdsley A Associate Member Joan Jurkowich P Co. Planning Department Todd Miller E Associate Member Dooley Kiefer P County Government Steve Penningroth A Associate Member Darby Kiley P Municipal Government Joanne Trutko P Associate Member Lynn Leopold E Municipal Government Tom Vawter A Associate Member Jon Negley A Soil & Water Cons. District Linda Wagenet A Associate Member 6 A quorum was present. 7 8 Others: Brian Eden, Temporary EMC Liaison; Kristen Hychka 9 10 Call to Order – Chair Darby Kiley called the meeting to order at approximately 4:28 PM. 11 12 Privilege of the Floor – None 13 14 Agenda Review/Changes – No changes 15 16 Approval of Minutes – MOTION by John Andersson, seconded by Joan Jurkowich, to approve the minutes of 17 December 19, 2016. Friendly amendments were made (as shown in the approved minutes). Motion passed 18 unanimously. 19 20 Membership/Nominating Committee: Election of 2017 Officers/Update on Board Recruitment – 21 Elaine Quaroni: The Committee has recommended that George Fowler be appointed to the At-Large seat. 22 MOTION by Cynthia Brock, seconded by Frank Proto, to recommend to the Legislature the appointment of 23 George Fowler to the vacant At-Large seat. The motion passed by the unanimous vote of the members present. 24 25 Three other persons applied for membership on the Water Resources Council. While the Committee did not 26 interview the candidates, the Committee recommends they be appointed as Associate Members of the Council. 27 MOTION by Liz Cameron, seconded by Sharon Anderson, to appoint the following as Associate Members: 28 Kristen Hychka, Emelia Jumbo, and Darren MacDougall. Dooley Kiefer asked why the Committee did not 29 interview the candidates. Elaine stated she was unable to find a time for the Committee to gather for this purpose. 30 The motion passed by the unanimous vote of the members present. 31 32 The Committee recommends that the current slate of officers continue service for another year. MOTION by 33 Marjory Rinaldo-Lee, seconded by Barry Goodrich, to elect the following officers: Darby Kiley, Chair; Frank 34 Proto, 1st Vice-Chair; Liz Cameron, 2nd Vice-Chair. The motion passed by the unanimous vote of the members 35 present. 36 37 Committee Signups (Review Water Quality Strategy Action Items) – 38 The following committees were identified for 2017 after discussion of the priority action items in the Water 39 Quality Strategy and gauging of interest of the members present: 40 41 Committees required by Bylaws: 42 Executive Nominating/Membership 43 Grants/Finance Education/Outreach/Public Participation 44 Special Committees 45 Watershed Rules and Regulation Cayuga Lake Monitoring Partnership 46 High Hazard Pipeline Potential Pollutants 47 Workshop to Protect Water Resources 48 Potential committees to be formed after further information is made available and if sufficient interest of members 49 is identified: 50 Soil Health Updated Water and Sewer Study Scoping 51 52 Committee Reports 53 • Cayuga Lake Monitoring Partnership – Roxy Johnston: The Partnership is working on a monitoring plan 54 for the lake and is reviewing a proposal made by the Community Science Institute (CSI), the Cayuga 55 Lake Watershed Network, and the Floating Classroom. The proposal would be similar to a Citizens 56 Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP) monitoring program, but tailored to the needs of Cayuga 57 Lake. 58 59 The watershed and lake monitoring reports have been submitted to NYSDEC. A draft protection 60 TMDL is expected in May. There will be a 30-day public comment period, and the Partnership is 61 encouraging NYSDEC to have a public meeting at that time. Liz Moran is tentatively scheduled to 62 give a presentation at the Council’s February meeting on the modeling project. 63 64 • Education Committee – Cynthia Brock: The paddling brochure should be ready in a month or so. The 65 NYS Canal Corporation is preparing a boating resource for the Cayuga/Seneca Lake portion of the Canal 66 system, which will include a large map identifying boating resources such as access points, bilge pumps, 67 and destinations along the lake on one side and clean/safe boating advice on the other. This resource 68 should be available by fall. 69 70 Staff Report – Joan Jurkowich: Members should be aware that proposed SEQR changes will be available next 71 week, and there will likely be a 90-day public comment period. 72 73 Adjournment – MOTION by Frank Proto to adjourn. Darby Kiley declared the meeting adjourned at 74 approximately 5:46 PM. 75 76 Prepared by Joan Jurkowich, Planning Administrator, Tompkins County Planning Department 77 Approved by Water Resources Council: February 27, 2017 78