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Title: Illinois River Watershed Partnership


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Illinois River Watershed Partnership
  • Board of Directors Meeting
  • November 14, 2006

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AGENDA Illinois River Watershed Partnership
Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, November 14,
2006   1. Call To Order   2. Roll
Call 3. Introduction of Members and
Guests  4. Public Comments Limited to 2
minutes per speaker  5. Minutes of August Board
Meeting   6. Treasurers Report, Jimmy
Mardis  7. Executive Summary 8. Executive
Director Report   9. Committee Reports a. Execut
ive, Luanne Diffin b. Program and Planning,
Mike Faupel c. Finance, Jimmy
Mardis d. Technical, Sheri Herron d. Education
, Katie Teague e. Membership, Karen
McSpadden f. Nominating, Evan Teague 10. Take
action on 2007 Board of Directors Recess call
for Executive Session 11. Take action on 2007
Officers 12. Take action on 2007 Committee
Chairs 13. Adjourn
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Board Action
  • Discuss and approve Minutes of August Board
    meeting

4
Board Action
  • Discuss and approve Treasurers Report

5
Planning and Program Committee Report
  • Mike Faupel, Chair

6
Strategic Goals
  • The Illinois River Watershed Partnership will
    conserve, restore, and protect the Illinois River
    and its tributaries, through urban runoff and
    decentralized septic system runoff control
    projects, promotion of riparian best management
    practices and conservation easements,
    organization of river cleanups, and through other
    conservation tools, on 90 of the sites that need
    conservation efforts.
  • 2. We will educate the public, advocate
    continuing improvements in wastewater treatment
    systems in the watershed's cities, and promote
    implementation of measurable and creative
    solutions to all entities involved in
    point-source discharges and their regulation.

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Strategic Goals
  • 3. We will develop and implement a comprehensive
    watershed management plan, which addresses all
    potential sources of water quality degradation.
  • We will issue an annual watershed report of what
    is being done in the watershed, including
    information on stakeholders and landowners that
    do and do not meet regulatory requirements and
    best management practices.
  • 5. We will We will become an information
    clearinghouse about the Illinois River and its
    tributaries
  • 6. We will We will support subwatershed
    partnerships.
  • 7. We will coordinate with neighboring watershed
    groups.

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Finance Committee Report
  • Jimmy Mardis, Chair

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Technical Committee Report
  • Sheri Herron, Chair

10
Technical, Research and Education Committee Report
  • Katie Teague, Chair

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Education
  • Report on EPA urban NPS grant
  • Recent educational events
  • Board input on Watershed Month

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EPA 319 Grant(s)IRW Urban NPS Survey
  • Phone surveys conducted (June, July August
    2006)
  • - 793 urban residents in Illinois River Watershed
  • - 580 responses in Conway area (control
    population)
  • Passionate responses!
  • News Articles August 19th Arkansas
    Democrat-Gazette The Morning News
  • Final Report September 29th (282 pages)
  • Copies of 35-page summary

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EPA 319 Grant(s) IRW Urban NPS Outreach and
Education
  • Mass media campaign emphases
  • Urban stormwater runoff/storm drainage system
  • Home nutrient management
  • Soil testing
  • Measuring lawn areas
  • Precise fertilizer application
  • Pick up pet waste?
  • Household hazardous waste disposal?

Enjoy the Illinois River Watershed
Protect our watershed, its yours to enjoy!
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Low Impact Development Workshop
September 21-22, 2006
  • Principles of LID
  • Local state initiatives to support
    implementation
  • Habitat Trails project in Rogers

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Grow Right Keep it on Site! at the
Fayetteville Farmers Market
September 23, 2006
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ABCs of BMPs NWA Construction Stormwater
Management Workshop
October 11, 2006
139 Engineers, contractors, project
managers, inspectors, municipal employees, 8 IRWP
Board members
Did you learn anything in this training about
Gave me new Reinforced my
Nothing new Information
understanding presented regional water
quality protection efforts 49
46 4 how Arkansas 303(d)
list is developed 76 20
4 erosion control BMPs
43 52
5 sediment control BMPs
47 48 5
pollution prevention 31
60 8 Arkansas General
Construction Permit 59
34 7
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Clean Water Strong Communities AWAG
Watershed Conference
ABCs of BMPs NWA Construction Stormwater
Management Workshop
Urban HomeASyst home-site environmental
self-assessment guide
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Is there IRWP Board support for a Watershed
Awareness Month?
  • Series of coordinated events and activities
    spanning all stakeholder interests
  • Clean-ups, educational workshops, civic
    presentations, media promotion,
    partnerships/collaborations
  • Month of May? Earth Day kickoff?

20
Membership Committee Report
  • Jennifer Michaels

21
Nominations Committee Report
  • Evan Teague, Chair

22
  • Category Incumbent Candidates
  • Agriculture Evan Teague
  • Business Scott Van Laningham
  • Conservation Jennifer Michaels
  • Construction Rick Katzfey
  • Government Julie Shannon
  • Tech/Research/Ed Terry Rakes
  • At Large Colene Gaston
  • H.L. Goodwin
  • Bev Saunders
  • Larry Adair
  • Steve Butler
  • Mitch Fram

23
Board Action
  • Board approval of nominated Directors
  • Affirmation of Board of Directors by general
    membership

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Board Action
  • Election of officers
  • Appointment of committee chairs
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