Butte County Resource Conservation District
150 Chuck Yeager Way, Suite A
Oroville, CA95965 (530) 533-2350
The mission of the Butte County Resource Conservation District is to conserve the resources of ButteCounty for the benefit of its citizens, its environment, and its economy.
Our motto is cooperation, not regulation.
AGENDA
Date: March 22, 2006
Time: 9:00 am - noon
Location: Farm Bureau Conference Room
2580 Feather River Blvd.
Oroville, CA 95965
1. CALL TO ORDER – DC Jones, President
2. INTRODUCTIONS
3. PUBLIC COMMENT (Limited to 5 Minutes)
Public comment is allowed on agenda items after directors’ comment. Comments on items not on the agenda will follow the business agenda.
ACTION ITEM 4. CONSENT AGENDA
4.1 *Approve February, 2006 Minutes
4.2 *California Range & Natural Resources Camp Sponsorship for one student
4.3 *California Rangeland Resolution - Vote to Support
4.4 Participation in 2006 Richvale School Ag Day
4.5 *Project Criteria Checklist
5. RCD DISTRICT MANAGER REPORT
5.1 Financial Report
*Financial Statements
5.2 District Activities
Update of BC RCD website
Ag. Comm. sub-contract update/ Robert Liptrap
DWR Watershed Program Grant Proposal Submitted
*Letter of Intent re: GunnHill & Gore Contract
March 27 – Colusa RCD, Sac. Valley Cluster Meeting
April 29 - ButteCounty RCD Alternative Funding Workshop
Schedule Strategic Planning Workshop
Jim Harrington’s Bioassessment Workshops X2
6. NEW BUSINESS
ACTION ITEM6.1 *CARCD Day in the Capitol – Select Delegate
ACTION ITEM 6.2 Employment Committee to Hire District Manager
ACTION ITEM6.3 *CARCD Sacramento Valley Region’s Spring Meeting – Select Delegate
7. NRCS REPORT – Hue Dang
7.1General Report
7.2Conservation Security Program
7.3EQIP
8. BUTTECOUNTYREPORTS
8.1 Dept. of Water & Resource Conservation – Vickie Newlin
8.2 ButteCounty Agricultural Commissioner – Richard Price
9. PARTNERS REPORT (When Applicable, 5 Minutes Unless Agenized)
Department of Water Resources – Northern District – Fraser Sime
Resource Conservation & Development Council – Larry Akin
ChicoStateUniversity Foundation – Jeff Mott
University of California Cooperative Extension – Glenn Nader
Lower Feather/Honcut Watershed – Mel Thompson
Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance– Susan Strachan
Little Chico Creek Watershed – Jeff Mott
Butte Creek Watershed Conservancy – Amy Gijon
Cherokee Watershed Alliance – Susan St. Germaine-Morger
Team Chapman - Ameria Baylaurel
ButteCountyFire Safe Council – Calli-Jane Burch
Special Advisor – Ed Craddock
BCRCD Public Outreach Coordinator – Mary Thompson
10. INFORMATIONAL/DISCUSSION
10.1 *CARCD 2006 Speak Off Contest – Sharon Gore
10.2 *TehamaCounty’s Mobile Irrigation Lab – Steve Cheyne
10.3 *Oak Woodlands Legislation & potential Local Meeting –
Jenny Marr and Henry Lemeli, CA Fish and Game
11. *CORRESPONDENCE
12. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR REPORTS (IF APPLICABLE)
13. DIRECTORS REPORTS (IF APPLICABLE)
14. NEXT MEETING DATE – April 26, 2006
Farm Bureau ConferenceRoom
ACTION ITEM 15. ADJOURNMENT
*Materials Attached
LAFCO correspondence may be referenced in the Butte County Resource Conservation District Office in the LAFCO binder.
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