Onondaga Lake Watershed Partnership (OLWP)
Meeting Notes and Action Items
March 11, 2016
Syracuse Center of Excellence, Room 203
Attendees
Seth Ausubel, USEPA (tc)
Kathleen Bertuch, CNY Regional Planning & Development Board
Aimee Clinkhammer, NEIWPCC
Dave Coburn, Resident
Christopher Dere, USEPA (tc)
Khris Dodson, SU Environmental Finance Center
Jeff Freedman, Community Participation Working Group
Travis Glazier, Onondaga County
Holly Granat, Onondaga County
Paul Harris, Atlantic States Legal Foundation
Hugh Kimball, Community Participation Working Group/Onondaga County Council on Environment Health
Renee Kittleman, Onondaga Audubon
Rich Kowalski, Resident
Rebecca Klossner, Syracuse City Planning Division
Martha Loew, Sierra Club
Alma Lowry. Representative for the Onondaga Nation, Law Office of Joseph Heath
Kenneth Lynch, NYSDEC
Rachel May, Syracuse University
Craig Milburn, Brown & Sanford Consulting/Honeywell
Robert Nyumah, Catholic Charities
Reggie Parker, NYSDEC
Madison Quinn, Onondaga County, Department of Water Environment Protection
JoAnne Race, Syracuse University
Hanna Ring, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Neil Ringler, SUNY ESF
Barbara Rivette, Resident
Molly Reed, NY Rural Water Association
Charles Silver, NYS Office of the Attorney General
Lindsey Speer, Representative for the Onondaga Nation, Law Office of Joseph Heath
Curtis Waterman, Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force
Stephanie Webb, NYSDEC
Lloyd Withers, Onondaga Shoreline
Welcome
Phil Arnold and Sandy Bigtree welcomed OLWP to the Skanonh Center and provided an overview of their programming.
Phil encouraged OLWP member to walk through the exhibit after the meeting and provide feedback
Action item: Send Phil Arnold feedback on exhibits at Skanonh via email: pparnold@syr.edu
Meeting Notes
There were some minor editorial comments on previous meeting notes. Aimee will make corrections and post to website.
Action item: Aimee will post notes from last meeting on the website.
Watershed Coordinator Report
Events
March 15: CPWG Meeting
March 23: Sierra Club Meeting: Onondaga Lake Cleanup Update
March 30: Renewal of a Jewel-Onondaga Lake: Effective collaboration Among Students, Scientists, Agencies and Private Enterprises
April 16: Party for the Planet
April 19: CPWG Meeting
April 27: Sierra Club: Mudboils-Their History and Future
Public Participation
Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration http://www.fws.gov/northeast/nyfo/ec/onondaga.htm
Funding
4/8/16 Environmental Education Local Grants (USEPA)
Miscellaneous
The Communications Group met and began work on speakers, topics and locations for the speaker series.
Aimee and Paul Harris met to discuss fish advisory outreach. USEPA will work to translate the Atlantic States fish advisory brochure.
Unfinished Business
Speaker Series
The communications group proposes one of the following schedules:
Mudboils (May) – Fishing (June/July) – Lake cap (September) – Land use (November)
Mudboils (May) – Lake Cap (June/July) – Fishing (August) – Land use (October)
An alternative schedule was suggested: mudboil presentation to be postponed because the panel may not complete their report by then. Fishing or Lake cap could be first in the May-June timeframe.
Action item: Revisit timing of mudboil presentation after panel and advisory group meet.
Would fishing presentation focus on advisory or recreation? Or both?
Communications group to also look at broader fish advisory outreach strategies (signage, brochures, “catch and release” etc)
Action item: Communications Group will continue to work on details for speaker series and discuss fish advisory outreach strategies.
Mudboil Update
Draft report from the panel was circulated to the mudboil working group.
A conference call with the panel and working group and Onondaga Nation has been scheduled.
When the report is finalized NYSDEC will send to the Partnership.
New Business
Miscellaneous
Onondaga County’s new docks at the amphitheater and lake outlet were recently announced.
Why wasn’t it brought up at OLWP for discussion prior?
County Legislature is a public process and the County has heard many comments from the public over the years (ex FOCUS study).
There was a suggestion to incorporate a land use planning process or strategy to better inform the County on future work around the lake and in the watershed.
Action item: Aimee will add to list of future topics for group of the month presentations.
Aimee will circulate information and plans on the docks when they are available.
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Robert Nyumah, Catholic Charities
Robert Nyumah works in Refugee Resettlement at Catholic Charities. He discussed his experience working with new Americans and widespread/regular consumption of Onondaga Lake fish that are under fish consumption advisories. He is also working with NYSDOH on their biomonitoring study.
The communications group will discuss many items brought up including:
Alternatives to Onondaga Lake fish
Other lakes?
Other sources of nutrition
Communication strategies including signage, brochures, languages, etc
Messaging and target audiences
Future Meeting
The next OLWP meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27th at a location TBD.
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