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

BUDGET IN HAND PENDING NEED TO FUND FOR 2016 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

• bservations

Amphibian and Mollusk group measures salamander

Eco-Blitz

Urban Nature Partners, Groundworks PDX

Youth observing a field 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

• pportunity 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!