MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL

NEBRASKA NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING

MAY 3, 2000

Those in attendance were:

Richard Jiskra, Chair

John Miyoshi

Wayne Davis, Member

Tom Mountford

Frank Bartak, Member

Mike Sotak

Vince Kramper, Member

Paul Zillig

Don Larson, Member

Milton Moravek

Joe Hergott, Member

Dan Zulkosky

Richard Mercer, Member

Don Meisner

Dale Watermeier, Member

Nick Johnson

Beverly Donaldson, Member

Tom Moser

LeRoy Pieper, Member

Dayle Williamson, Director

Don Roberts, Member

Jim Cook, Staff

Jim Van Marter, Member

Tom Pesek, Staff

Roger Korell, Member

Gayle Starr, Staff

Wayne Madsen, Member

  

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by Commission Chair Richard Jiskra in the conference room of the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District in Lincoln, Nebraska, at approximately 1:45 p.m.

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of the meeting was placed in the LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR on April 26, 2000, notifying the public of the meeting.

 

RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT FUND PRIORITY PROCESS

Commission Chair, Richard Jiskra, called on Tom Pesek who reviewed the purpose of the meeting and explained that five project expenses would be briefing the Commission on the status of their project. Pesek then reviewed various items of information that had been provided to Commission members by the staff and by each of the project sponsors.

Representatives of the sponsors of each of the five projects requesting funds for the coming year provided brief presentations on the status of each of their projects and responded to Commission members’ questions on their projects as follows:

    1. Skull Creek Site 55, Lower Platte North NRD, John Miyoshi and Tom Mountford

    2. Stevens Creek Watershed, Lower Platte South NRD, Paul Zillig

    3. Lower Wood River/Upper Warm Slough, Central Platte NRD, Milton Moravek

    4. Wakefield Levee, City of Wakefield, Dan Zulkosky, Don Meisner, Nick Johnson

    5. Powder Creek, Lewis & Clark NRD, Tom Moser

Tom Pesek explained that adequate funds would be available as of July 1, 2000, to meet the current requests before the Commission. He added that the Commission, at their regular meeting tomorrow, would be able to obligate funds for the requests, effective July 1, 2000.

 

ADJOURNMENT

 The meeting was adjourned at approximately 3:15 p.m.