Garrapata Creek Watershed Council Planning Group
Date: February 11, 2001
Location: Lloyd Jones’ home on King
Road
Attendees: Lloyd Jones, Bill Nelson,
Ken Ekelund, Richard Taylor, Martha Diehl, and Sally Taylor
Absent: Lynn Overtree and Matt
Weston
Time
Called to Order: 2:20 PM
Old
Business: None
discussed
New
Business:
1.
Next Planning Group meeting is Friday night, March 2, 2001
at 6:00 PM at Ken Ekelund and Martha Diehl’s home.
2.
Next General Meeting is Saturday, March 17, 2001 at 2:00
PM at Richard and Sally Taylor’s home. People are welcome to start arriving at
1:30.
3.
Updates:
Ken - Proposition 13 grant was submitted
on time. It was reported that there
were 390 grants submitted for the $28 million.
The grantors are emphasizing planning.
We may know by early March, but for sure in April. If we don’t get approval this time, the next
Request For Proposal (RFP) will be sent out in May with a due date of September
1st.
Hydrology
class is going well. Ken is trying to
get student projects that will apply to our watershed. Barbara Cox has been keeping precipitation
records for the last 20 years; this data will be used to help understand creek
flow patterns. MPC has a new water
quality lab. In the future they may
offer a short course for us and then we can use the equipment.
There
was a creek walk with Nikki Nedeff and Lynn Overtree up to Wildcat Canyon.
Lloyd –
Eradicating cape ivy by hand pulling then burning. Also spot spraying smaller areas. Eradicating pampas grass by digging up and burying.
Suggests
that we create a Technical Advisory Board/Group. Some potential people are:
Scott Hennessey County Planning Department
Keith Vandervere Attorney
John Williams Hydrology Expert
Jeff Norman Biologist
Sean Flavin Attorney
Skip Lloyd Attorney
Corky Matthews Native plant specialist
Bradley Zeve Coast
Weekly
Mark Talbrook Architect
Sally –
Documents are ready to mail to the county for Fictitious Business Name and the
state for Application of Reservation of Business Name.
We need at least one incorporator, but we will have Ken Ekelund, Richard Taylor, and Sally Taylor sign as incorporators.
We need at
least three Directors, but we would like at least five. We have three volunteers - Ken Ekelund,
Richard Taylor, and Sally Taylor. We
will be soliciting more.
We need at
least three officers. The President may
not hold two offices, but others may.
Ken Ekelund is President, Richard Taylor is Vice-President, and Sally
Taylor is Secretary-Treasurer.
Martha
– Has made more brochures on new paper.
She has
collected realtor names, but nothing has been sent out. She feels that a different presentation is
needed.
She
attended the Blue Circle meeting, which is a support group for all watersheds
in Santa Cruz County. It was agreed that
the Monterey County equivalent would meet in April in Salinas. This group will help make contacts to get
more $.
The
Proposition 13 Grant was done with consultation with Jonathan Berkey and it was
clear that there is not competition between the Carmel River Watershed and
us.
She
attended the Carmel River Watershed Council general meeting last week. Bob Curry gave the natural history of the
area.
Richard – With
Lynn Overtree’s help got an infrared device that tracks events. It was installed on a hillside path on
February 10th to track animals.
There also is a camera. Lynn
Overtree wants to borrow it for the Palo Corona Ranch.
The
weekend of April 27th, 28th, and 29th there
will be three Botanists here from UCLA to assess the Taylor property. Are they potential Technical Advisors? Can they coordinate student projects in the
watershed?
Green
Across the Pacific is a scientific exchange program between a high school in
Vermont and on in Guanchow China. There
is a possibility that the Chinese students will stop here to do projects.
4.
Preparations for PWA Grant – Per Marty Gingras, it will be
given to PWA in April or May.
5.
Prop 13 grant for Watershed Coordinator – It’s for three
years, for $168 thousand, and for assessment and planning. The main item is 60% of Ken Ekelund’s
time. There also is a request for
education, office costs, consulting, and student interns.
6.
Non-profit Corporation – status reported in “Update” section
7.
Agenda for 17 March General Meeting
1:30 Gather
2:00 Update since last meeting
2:15 List of Concerns addressed by each group leader
2:30 Non-native plant presentation (Jeff Norman)
3:00 Social and Pot Luck
8. Suggested that guest speaker for
June meeting covers legal aspects of Right of Ways.
Action
Items:
1.
Ken – send out final Prop 13 proposal to Planning Group
2.
Ken – Take Barbara Cox’s precipitation data to class
3.
Ken – Check out how to dispose of Cape Ivy. Land fill?
4.
Ken – Ask Lynn Overtree, Matt Weston, and Molly Williams to
be on the Board
5.
Ken – Ask either Jonathan Berkey or someone technical to be
on the Board
6.
Ken – Write a letter to the Carmel River Watershed council
Presidents thanking him for Jonathan Berkey’s time
7.
Sally – Find out how frequently the Board must meet
under CA law
8.
Sally – Document the differences in the definition of
“member”
9.
All – Make a list of recommendations for the Technical
Advisory Board/Group
10.
Richard – Call Peter Lynch about Chinese students coming
here and doing projects
Done – Tentative schedule is for
mid-July or August of 2004
11.
All – Review by-laws by 2/18/01
12.
Ken – Ask Jeff Norman to be guest speaker at 3/17/01 general
meeting
13.
All – Look for “safe” location for cape ivy eradication work
day
14.
Bill – Give label file and associated software to Ken and
Martha by 2/14/01
15.
Martha – Send out flyers for 3/17/01 general meeting by
2/16/01
Time
Concluded: 3:55 PM
Thank you to Sally Taylor for preparing these minutes.