Council Meeting March 28, 2016 Sandy Watershed Learning Center - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Council Meeting March 28, 2016 Sandy Watershed Learning Center

Council Development — Review/adopt minutes — Finances and Budget — YTD Financials — 2016 Projections — Funder Updates — SRBWC Committees & Board Engagement — Welcome Community Stewardship Coordinator Sara Ennis

2016 YTD Financials YTD Income: $90,596.08 YTD Expenses: $157,255.31

2016 Projections NEED TO FUND FOR 2016 BUDGET IN HAND PENDING PERSONNEL $229,532.80 $173,795.00 $19,720.00 $(7,947.80) CONTRACTED SERVICES $391,840.00 $360,040.00 $6,950.00 $(24,850.00) TRAVEL $5,184.00 $4,884.00 $300.00 $- MATERIALS/SUPPLIES $104,980.00 $104,130.00 $850.00 $- ADMIN $67,949.75 $64,499.75 $3,450.00 $-

EMSWCD 5-year Partnership — $25k operating + up to $75k projects annually — Projects selected, funded by agreed priority themes each year — EMSWCD participation in SRBWC meetings, events — Exclusion from competitive grant funding

OWEB Updates — Outreach grant not funded — Metro Oxbow Restoration Phase III delayed — Fall grants due October

Delta Education — 12 events since March meeting — 479 participants, including 279 students, 3,000 native trees and shrubs planted.

Eco-Blitz — 200 participants — 203 Observations — 121 Species — Over 30 Youth Engaged

Eco-Blitz Dan Daly Leads Wildlife tracking group Insect Group had over 30 observations Amphibian and Mollusk group measures salamander

Eco-Blitz Youth observing a field Urban Nature Partners, Groundworks PDX guide

AmeriCorps Program Update

CLT Floodplain Reconnection — “Triangle Offense” Revised Permits approved — RFP completed – Contractor negotiations underway

MHCC Retrofit Planning — EPA Urban Waters not funded (ranked top 3d); 2 of 17 requests in region funded — Preliminary opportunity analysis review mid June — EMSWCD Partnership funding for Y1 implementation

Emerging Opportunities — New ‘Home Team’ — Looking for summer hosts: Contact Carla Jones (topwarrant@aol.com) — Opening Day June 3

Other Business — Public Comment — Upcoming Events — July 25 -- Summer Picnic — Sept. 17 -- Salmon River Headwaters Cleanup — Sept. 26 -- SRBWC Annual Meeting -- run for office!