SPRING CREEK REGION COOPERATIVE WEED MANAGEMENT AREA, INC.
Minutes
December 8, 2010, 6:00 p.m
Spring Creek Association Conference Room
451 Spring Creek Parkway, Spring Creek, NV
1. Meeting called to order at 6:12 p.m.
2. Attendance: Board Members- Jill Wilkinson, Karen Smith, Ken Wilkinson, Kim Steninger. General Public- Mary Winter with Spring Creek Association, Brian Mulligan with BLM, and Sheldon Wilkinson.
3. March 31, 2010 minutes: Kim moved to approve the minutes as presented; Ken seconded, motion passed unanimously
4. Financial Report: beginning balance $3,026.73, deposits $12,843.00, expenses $12,762.72, ending balance $3,107.01. Kim moved to accept the financial report as presented. Ken seconded, motion passed unanimously
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
ü Information was collected for our year end grant report: volunteer hours, weed species and acres controlled.
ü A quick report of the Elko County Weed Extravaganza May 4-6, 2010 was given.
ü A quick report of the Home and Business Expo May 8-9, 2010 was also given.
ü A very quick report of SCA Pride Day April 24 was given. We decided not to participate in 2011.
ü A short report of the Weed Tour (held in cold weather) May 22was given. It was generally felt that a later date with more weeds in bloom would work better.
ü Grant applications were not available.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Tina Mudd, NV Dept. of Agriculture encouraged us via an email to continue mapping and updated us on funding.
Ryan Shane, NV Div. of Forestry sent information about the Kiosks at South Fork Recreation Area, including pictures of the project, which were passed around. It will be completed as soon as weather permits.
Brian Mulligan, BLM, stated that he is ready to dive in with us and the Elko County CWMA and wants to work where there is a large public contact to form partnerships.
NEW BUSINESS:
Distribution Center for Chemicals and Backpack Sprayers:
We discussed finding a central place to store sprayers and chemicals for distribution to the public. Currently Jill and Kim store most of the group’s equipment. Mary stated that it would be difficult to use SCA facilities. Kim volunteered to check with Jay about chemicals he might have.
APHIS and NDOA 2010 Grants:
APHIS - SCA did not cash their check for $1500.00 towards the purchase of kiosk materials because their agreement with the Boy Scouts to construct the kiosks did not work out. Kim suggested contacting the high school shop class about construction. After discussion we decided that SCR CWMA would purchase the necessary materials and contact NV Dept. of Ag about completing construction in the spring. Kim moved to purchase the chemicals with the remaining $449.00 in the grant, Ken seconded, motion passed unanimously.
NDOA - There is $566.00 remaining in the grant. Kim made the motion to use the reminder of this grant to purchase a native wildflower/forbes seed mix for re-vegetation efforts, Karen seconded, motion passed unanimously. Doug will place the order.
OLD BUSINESS:
Status of Board Members – Jill is ready to step down as President, but will continue to look for funding sources. All board members plan to maintain weeds in their chosen areas and most are available to serve in some status on the 2011-12 board. We need new enthusiastic people.
Homeowners’ Guide Update– The Guide is at the printer and will be available soon.
ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
Nominations for Board of Directors and election of officers
Update on Kiosks (South Fork Recreation Area and SCA)
Discuss ‘where we want to go from here’
Elko County CWMA Weed Extravaganza - early May
Elko Home & Business Expo (Mother’s Day Weekend)
Weed Tour
NEXT MEETING DATE AND TIME:
February 2011, location TBA
ADJOURN:
Meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m.