Location: CWC, Main Street, Margaretville, NY
Time: 6:15pm (informal discussion until 6:35 when a quorum arrived)

In Attendance: Peter Friedel, Bud Gladstone, Mark Tuthill, Tom Hilson, David Kukle, Bruce Dolph, Aaron Bennett, Tim Cox, Jeff Baker, Michelle Yost

1. Call to Order – 6:35

2. December 18, 2017 Minutes Approval – Approved as amended. Motion made by Tom Hilson, second by Bud Gladstone.

3. Letter – past due members – Town of Wawarsing is back in. Mark spoke with Supervisor in Deposit. Deposit not interested. Sidney still out. Walton is past due. Mark will get ahold of Charlie. Greene County not paid yet. Hardenburg not paid yet.

4. Meeting with new DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza and Paul Rush – Mark described a meeting with the new Commissioner and Paul Rush. Good meeting. Spoke about the Delaware County proposal for an Alternative land Acquisition Program. Some concern on the part of the city about how to pay for a rental. Good meeting overall.

5. Land Acquisition / Streamside Acquisition Discussion – Jeff Baker thinks that the goal should be that in 2023 when the Water Supply Permit negotiations start, the CWT should oppose full lot acquisition and only allow SAP. He noted that ending the LAP would mean ending the Water Supply Permit. We don’t necessarily want that. Delaware County expressed reservation about the SAP, saying that all parcels of land would be open to purchase by the City.

6. Update on FAD and 3rd Supplemental Side Agreement – Final FAD released at end of 2017. 3rd SSA, not complete yet.
a. Next steps – Meeting on Wednesday to continue discussions.

7. Flood Commission Reports
a. Delaware – All LFAs adopted except Andes which is imminent. Roxbury has kicked off.
b. Greene – Tannersville done and to be accepted within a month, Hunter has first meeting upcoming. GNH relocation – very slow process, still moving forward. Trying to determine feasibility for the business.
c. Ulster – Four completed LFA, two properties in City Funded Buyout. CWC grant being used to remove old Route 28 Bridge near Route 212

8. Windham Bike Trail – extensive discussion about this bike trail. The DEP property piece would connect two sides of a larger trail system. There are some implications for the Recreation Rules that are being updated. Apparently DEP may be requiring a crushed stone path for a bike trail. In the case of Windham and Hunter, they are not financially prepared to put in crushed stone. There was a motion to have Jeff Baker call DEP on behalf of Hunter to have biking put into their land use permit. Bud seconded

9. CWC report – Voting for board members currently ongoing. Annual meeting is in April. Tank anchoring ongoing. Couple of grants out for stream work.

10. Farm Transition – Delaware County has convened a working group to try to better understand this issue and get on the same page. Have an upcoming meeting in Kingston to address this with the Enhanced Land Trust Group on the 26th. We need more time to assess the need and understand funding gaps, etc.

11. Below the Reservoirs
a. Delaware – Wrapping up Phase 1 of the Stream Corridor Management Plan. Hopeful to get funding for Phase 2 through Appalachian Regional Commission.
b. Esopus – no update
c. Schoharie – no update

12. Warrants(s) and Treasurer’s Report
a. Warrants – $50 – Storeroom, $2,187.90 Young and Summer, $290.55 Watershed Affairs, $23.46 Watershed Affairs.
Total = $2,551.91. Moved by Tom seconded by Pete. Carried

b. Treasurer’s Report – $1,084.63 Checking, $52, 946.36 Savings. Tom and Pete. Carried

c. Dues Payment Update – See item 2

13. Other – in the future don’t schedule meetings on President’s Day or Martin Luther King Day.

14. Adjourn – 7:45 Motion made by Bud, seconded by Tom, Carried.