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January 30, 2003
Present: Tom Ryther, Chair; Cory Chadwick, HCDOES; Nancy
Ellwood, MCWC; John Hunter, LWVCA&MCRP; Robert Jansen, Mill Creek
Conservancy District; Brian Bohl, HCSWCD; Holly Utrata-Halcomb,
HCSWCD; Tom Brancamp, Woolpert; Ken Edgell, HCDOES; LuAnn Winkle,
Little Miami R. P.
PLANNING - FUTURE MISSION AND GOALS OF THE WET WEATHER
INITIATIVE
Progress by the County in forming a Storm Water District to
address NPDES Phase II requirements for participating
jurisdictions within the County promises to fulfill one of the
objectives of the Wet Weather Initiative and requires reassessment
of our Mission and Goals. Attached is a draft of a new Mission,
Goal and Action statement prepared by participants in this
planning session of the WWIN for your consideration and comment.
Strategies for implementation of the new Goals will be discussed
at the next WWIN meeting on February 27, 2003.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* The Watershed Signage Sub-committee has grown into a separate
tri-state initiative requiring formation of a new, broader based
organization involving watersheds in neighboring counties in Ohio,
Kentucky, and Indiana. The Education Committee of WWIN will
continue to support watershed signage within Hamilton County in
collaboration with the new organization.
* Upcoming events:
- Waterfest will be held at the Cincinnati
Convention Center on March 18, 2003. Eighteen hundred 4th and
fifth graders are expected to participate.
- The OKI Regional Conservation Council will
hold a meeting on March 31, 2003 at the Campbell County Soil &
Water Conservation District Office.
- The Hamilton County NRAC (District 2)
deadline for proposal submission is March 3, 2003. Contact Joe
Cottrell at the Hamilton County Engineers office for more
information (946-8900). For a rating criteria and a grant
application go to
http://www.hamilton-co.org/engineer/nrac.htm.
- Little Miami River Watershed: Linking
Research to Restoration March 7, 2003 Grailville Conference
Center, Loveland, Ohio Conference Brochure Now Available! See
the LMRP World Wide Web site at:
http://www.littlemiamiriver.org
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the WWI committee will be at 9:30 am at DOES,
250 Wm. Howard Taft, on Thursday, February 27, 2003.
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