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July 25,
2002
Present: Tom Ryther, Chair; Anne Lyon, Green Acres
Foundation; Holly Utrata-Halcomb, HCSWD; Brian Bohl, HCSWD; Lori
Alberto, MCRP; Cory Chadwick, HCDOES; Ken Edgell, HCDOES; Tom
Brankamp, Woolpert LLP; Nancy Ellwood, MCWC; Jim Rozelle, FMSM; John
Hunter, LWVCA; Sam George, City of Cincinnati SMU/MSD; LuAnn Winkle,
Little Miami RP
VOLUNTARY MODELING DATA BASE - Anne Lyon
A
web-based interactive water quality data entry and display system
for sharing of Little Miami Watershed volunteer monitoring data is
being developed by a team consisting of the Greenacres Foundation,
the Joint Center for Geographic Information Systems and Spatial
Analysis (GISSA) at UC, and Little Miami Inc. under a grant from
OEPA. The system is being extended to the Mill Creek Watershed
through collaboration with the Mill Creek Watershed Council and the
Mill Creek Restoration Project's school program.
A User's Guide was distributed to the Committee
and a Powerpoint Demonstration of data entry presented. The Project
is being pilot tested and is in the final stages of development.
HAMILTON COUNTY STORMWATER UPDATE - Jim Rozelle
The Steering Committee is developing a Phase 2 implementation
matrix. Then next step is to develop 3 scenarios for increasing
levels of service, a cost of service for each, and to identify
alternative sources of funding. Recommendations will be made to the
Executive Committee.
Executive Committee membership will include:
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County Commission |
John Dowlin |
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Municipal League |
Dan Brooks - Mayor of North
College Hill |
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Dave Savage - Mayor of Wyoming |
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City of Cincinnati |
David Pepper - City Council
Member |
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Township Trustees |
Kathy Wagner - Symmes Township
Trustee |
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Joe Sykes - Miami Township
Trustee |
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MSD |
Pat Karney |
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County Engineer |
Bill Brayshaw |
Three meetings of the Executive Committee are
being scheduled for August.
STREAMSIDE AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP -
Brian Bohl
A Streamside and Storm Water Management Workshop will be
held on September 12, 2002 at the Mill Race Lodge in Winton Woods
County Park. Cosponsors - HCSWD, BCSWD, USEPA. The workshop is
intended for elected/public officials and their immediate staff
facing compliance with USEPA Phase II NPDES permitting. Cost is $30,
registration deadline is August 23, 2002. Call 513-772-7645 for
information.
UPDATES
- Jurisdictions along Polk Creek that have been
impacted by flooding problems are awaiting a Corps of engineers
evaluation of the problem.
- Hamilton County Soil & Water Conservation
District will have its Annual Meeting on Thursday, September, 19,
2002 at the Vinoklet Winery on old Colerain Avenue. The meeting
starts at 6:00 p.m. and will include election of supervisors,
awards and displays. Deadline for reservations is September 6.
- The Mill Creek Restoration Project (Lori
Alberto reporting) will hold a workshop on soil bioengineering for
controlling stream bank erosion at the end of October. The
workshop will consist of a half day on October 21 for managers and
agency directors and a four-day hands-on training for interested
parties on October 22 through 25. For information call MCRP at
513/731-8400 or e-mail at
info@millcreekrestoration.org. The MCRP
web site will be operational by the end of August.
- The Mill Creek Watershed Council General
Meeting is being held at the Fairfield Community Center on July 26
and will include an update by the COE on the Reevaluation study
and a report on the flood early warning system.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Wet
Weather Initiative will be on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 9:30 a.m.
at HCDOES, 250 Wm. Howard Taft Rd. An agenda will be distributed by
e-mail before the meeting.
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