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BWSR Meeting Minutes September 23, 1998 Page 1"wo Chair Roer called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m., and welcomed everyone to the State Office Building for the BWSR meeting and the "Watershed Management - Governance at the Local Level" presentations. Adopt Agenda -Ron Harnack stated that Jerry Griswold, USDA/NRCS Chesapeake Bay Liaison, from Annapolis, Maryland, will not be on the agenda today due to a family illness. Moved by Sharon Clark, seconded by Ginny Imholte, to approve the agenda as 98-64 presented. Motion passed on a voice vote. Minutes of August 26, 1998 -Chair Roer made the following corrections to the minutes: On page two, under Char's Report it should read, ° Chair Roer announced the upcoming citizens advisory committee meetings, September 10 in St. Paul, and September 21-22 in Plymouth." On page three corrections include: under agency reports, Kelli Johnson reported that MDH is addressing the food borne "illness" outbreaks statewide." Rod Sando's report, the last sentence should read, "GETS citizens advisory committee has meetings scheduled in September." On page five, under Soil and Water Conservation Society, it should read, "Allan Oehlke stated that ** the fall BWSR tour in southeastern Minnesota will focus on land use issues." Moved by 98-65 Ginny Imholte, seconded by Barb Uppgaard, to approve the minutes of August 26, 1998 as corrected. Motion passed on a voice vote. Chair's Report -Chair Roer reported that she was on the interview committee for the first board of managers of the Capitol Region Watershed District. Chair Roer attended the environmental cluster meeting, which included a presentation by Bob Wedl, Commissioner of the Department of Children, Families and Learning, on the Administration's environmental education initiative; also, mediation reports were addressed. Executive Director's Report -Ron Harnack reported that staff are diligently working on the biennial budget. FY99 BWSR Challenge Grant -Wayne Zellmer presented the allocation recommendations for three individual challenge grant programs: 1) Local Water Plan Challenge Grants; 2) MPCA Feedlot Challenge Grants; and 3) Non Point Engineering Assistance Challenge Grants. Wayne introduced Dave Nelson, MPCA. Mr. Nelson thanked BWSR for assistance on the MPCA feedlot challenge grant. Moved by Marv Tripp, seconded by Barb Uppgaard to accept the recommendation to approve the FY99 ** BWSR Challenge Grants as presented. Discussion followed. Moved by Pau! 98-6b Krabbenhoft, seconded by Ginny Imholte, to amend the original motion to include X25,000 for a JPB ISTS technician in the Non Point Engineering Assistance Challenge