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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