Council Meeting January 25, 2016 Sandy Watershed Learning Center - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Council Meeting January 25, 2016 Sandy Watershed Learning Center

Council Development — Review/adopt minutes — Finances and Budget — 2015 Calendar year-end — 2016 Projection — Board fundraising update

2015 Year-end Financials Total 2015 Income Total 2015 Expenses: $513,367.64 $507,136.50

2016 Projections Committed funding since November meeting: $114,419 for 2016-2017 Submitted grants since November meeting: Metro NiN Conservation Education, EMSWCD PIC+, Oregon Community Foundation, EMSWCD SPACE, EPA Urban Waters $402,700 over 3 years

Board Fundraising Goals 2016 Overall for MMT: $3000 of $5000 Goal • $??,000 2015 11 Contributors • 2015: $1450 of $3000 total • 7 Contributors of 11 total • 2016 GOALS: $??,000 • 100% participation •

OWEB Updates — Focused Investment Program – funding not recommended — Ranked 7 th , 6 partnerships funded: Deschutes, Willamette, Harney Wetlands, Sage Grouse, Ashland Forest, Grand Ronde — Reviewers questioned ecological effectiveness; subcommittee questioned time to recovery; Grand Ronde requested less, so fit into budget with 5 others — Sandy: “Strong partnership, good track record, potential to turn the ‘ecological dial.’ Better bang for the buck elsewhere.”

New Funders — Outreach: — Travel Oregon – Sandy River Recreation & Restoration Guide 2.0 (funded) — Oregon Community Foundation (proposed) — Delta Education: — Metro Nature in Neighborhoods (LOI) — Mountaineers — New Belgium Brewing

Strategic Vision Check-in — Year 1- where are we now? Restoration

Strategic Vision Check-in — Year 1- where are we now? Engagement

Strategic Vision Check-in — Year 1- where are we now? Equity and Inclusion

Equity in Conservation

Equity Self Assessment

Council Project Recap — Delta — Education — Turtle Town — Community Planting Days — AmeriCorps Update — Eco-Blitz coordination assistance — Targeted outreach to MHCC programs — Promoting Beaver Creek restoration

Council Project Update — Increasing Community Engagement — Recreation & tourism outreach — Leading statewide watershed council progress on diversity, equity, inclusion — Building multicultural partnerships — SBVRC — Winter/spring plantings along Still Creek — Planned summer 2016 EDRR partnership continuation

Emerging Opportunities — MHCC campus clean water retrofit — Climate Resiliency – FEMA, NOAA, WCS

Emerging Opportunities — Climate Resiliency – FEMA, NOAA, WCS • Focus on broader ecosystems, rather than single species. • Strong projects should benefit ecosystems and people that work in them . • Don’t focus on the most vulnerable systems (i.e. can’t fund an uphill battle). • Project should emphasize promoting long ‐ term resilience and be achievable. • Project shouldn’t require perpetual future investment. • Prefer projects that can serve as a model for other efforts • Prefer projects that engage a partnership that can leverage different expertise and skillsets.

Issues/Opportunities — RIP Troutdale Energy Center – project proponents to withdraw 1/26/16

Other Business — Public Comment — Upcoming Events — Sandy Delta Planting Feb. 6 th — Council Meeting March 28 th