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Annual Meeting

September 28th, 2015 Sandy Watershed Learning Center

Council Development

— Review/adopt minutes — Finances and Budget

— Year-to-date financials — 2015 Calendar year projection — Board fundraising update

YTD Financials

YTD Income: $317,232.14 YTD Expenses: $367,228.74

Board Fundraising Update

— $2450 of $5000 to date — 10 contributors — Meyer grant report due

10/15

2015 Calendar Year Projection

Projected Income (some multi-year) $248,950 Projected YE Total: $566,182.14 Projected Expenses through 12.31.15 $164,000 Projected YE Total: $531,228.74

OWEB Updates

— SWLC Fiscal training review — Focused Investment Program — Spring submission grant rankings:

— Vegetation Restoration #4 — CLT Floodplain #7

“With the community and county support for trying a new approach to working with the river on large scale levee work, OWEB funds requested make this a worthwhile investment to better understand potential of this restoration approach to restoring stream function in a heavily armored, dynamic stream system.”

— October proposals

Council Member Nominations

Article VI Nomination, Elections and Vacancies

Section 1. Nominations and Elections At the annual meeting in September of every even numbered year, candidates for elective positions will be nominated from among Council members and then elected by a majority vote of the voting representatives. Section 2. Vacancies Vacancies of elected positions may be filled by majority vote at any regular meeting of the Council. If a voting representative misses three (3) consecutive meetings without prior notice, the Council may consider a replacement for the position the voting member represents.

New AmeriCorps Staff

— Welcome Jesse Holt, Community Involvement

Specialist focusing on engagement in lower watershed & Beaver Creek restoration

Policy Updates

— Diversity and Inclusion — Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness

Council Project Recap

— Weed Smackdown

Council Project Recap

— Cleanup Events

Council Project Recap

— Delta Restoration Celebration

Volunteer Tracking

— 781 volunteers in 2015 — 2885 volunteer hours — Over $50,000 donated labor

Emerging Opportunities

— MHCC campus stormwater

retrofit

— Troutdale Energy Center — Watershed Transportation

Nexus — Mt. Hood Bike/Ped advisory

committee

— Lolo Pass Alternatives

Other Business

— Public Comment — Upcoming Events

— Flood of Information Oct. 24 — Sandy Delta Fall Planting Nov. 7 — Council Holiday Meeting- Doodle Poll