HUBBARD COUNTY AIS PREVENTION PLANPRESENTATION TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

11/4/2014• KEY TOPICS TO DISCUSS 1) GENERAL OVERVIEW OF PLAN 2) PLAN ELEMENT OBJECTIVES/COST

3) WATERCRAFT INSPECTION --LAKE HOUR ALLOCATION & SUPPLEMENTAL LAKE ASSOCIATION/TOWNSHIP HOURS4) FISCAL AGENT RESPONSIBILITY -- HSWCD AS AGENT5) ORGANIZATION/COMMITTEE ROLES6) DOCUMENT REVIEW/COMMENTS

APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONERS OF COUNTY AIS PLAN AND STATE FUND ALLOCATIONS -- SUBMISSION TO STATE DNR

A PLAN ---- WHAT, WHY AND WHO

• What: Codifies the Hubbard County AIS Prevention and Containment Plan Documents the use of State AIS Proceeds that legislature allocated to Hubbard

County Defines Organization roles in implementing the plan

• Why: County Resolution # 10181105 Requires Plan (October 2011) State Statute 477A.19 Requires a resolution or plan for “Use of Proceeds”

• Who: County AIS Task Force assigned responsibility by Commissioners to codify a plan

and recommend use of State AIS Proceeds (Resolution # 06171405) Team (Sub-Committee of AIS Task Force) assigned to develop plan (June - October

2014)

WHAT DOES STATE STATUTE REQUIRE?

• STATUTE 477A.19 VERY GENERAL IN REQUIREMENTS ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTY BASED ON PUBLIC LAUNCH

SITES (50%) AND BOAT TRAILER PARKING SPACES (50%) IN COUNTY

• USE OF PROCEEDS: USE SOLELY TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OR PREVENT INTRODUCTION OF AIS

AT ALL ACCESSES WITHIN COUNTY ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR USE THROUGH RESOLUTION OR ADOPTION

OF A PLAN; GUIDELINES BROAD (INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF STATE PLANS) COUNTY MAY APPROPRIATE FUNDS DIRECTLY OR THROUGH

AGREEMENTS WITH A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, SWCD, WATERSHED DISTRICT, OR LAKE ASSOCIATION IN COUNTY

SUBMIT A COPY OF GUIDELINES (PLAN) FOR USE OF FUNDS TO DNR BY DECEMBER 31 OF YEAR PROCEEDS RECEIVED

FYI: HUBBARD COUNTY PROCEEDS ARE: $112,160 IN 2014 & $249,244 IN 2015(2 PAYMENTS)

KEY DRIVERS/ASSUMPTIONS HUBBARD COUNTY IS FREE OF MAJOR AIS; FOCUS ON INCOMING

WATERCRAFT• MOST IMPORTANT PREVENTION INITIATIVE IS WATERCRAFT INSPECTION AND

DECONTAMINATION -- PAST RESULTS POSITIVE; EDUCATION TOOL• MAXIMIZE USE OF CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE OF VOLUNTEERS AND

ORGANIZATIONS (Task Force, SWCD, COLA AIS Committee)• ESTABLISH STRATEGY FOR EACH AIS ELEMENT(State Format)• BUILD ON CURRENT COUNTY INITIATIVES (2014 Goal List)• COUNTY NEEDS A DOCUMENTED RAPID RESPONSE PLAN • STRATEGY MUST INCLUDE GROWTH IN EARLY DETECTION/MONITORING ON

INDIVIDUAL LAKES & RESORT SUPPORT CHECKING GUESTS• DO NOT SPEND 2014 PROCEEDS (~$112,000) THIS YEAR; USE IN 2015• EXPECT LAKE ASSOCIATIONS AND TOWNSHIPS TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE

FUNDS ON THE MAJOR LAKES (Level 3 , 4, and 5)• CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION AND DNR GRANTS• MINIMIZE USE OF STATE PROCEEDS ON ADMINISTRATION

KEY OBJECTIVES SUMMARY-- 2015

PUBLIC AWARENESS: CONTINURE CURRENT LEVEL OF AWARENESS/EDUCATION SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN EFFORT TO TRAIN/EDUCATE RESORT OWNERS & GUESTS IN WATERCRAFT

INSPECTION; SEASONAL EMPLOYEE TO HELP

PREVENTION: CONDUCT 13,500 HOURS OF INSPECTION; 9600 STATE FUNDED & 3900 LAKE/TWP FUNDED EVALUATE NEED FOR 2ND DECON STATION; INCREASE USEAGE OF DECONTAMINAITON PLACE COUNTERS AT ACCESSES TO EVALUATE USEAGE PATTERNS COORDINATE LAW ENFORCEMENT

EARLY DETECTION/LAKE MONITORING: CONDUCT VELIGER TESTING ON 18 LAKES (PLUS OTHERS IF LAKE ASSOCIATION FUNDED) ZEBRA MUSSEL BLOCKS ON 37+ LAKES ORGANIZE/TRAIN MONITORING TEAMS ON LAKES; SEASONAL EMPLOYEE TO HELP

RAPID RESPONSE: DEVELOP COUNTY PLAN WITH HELP OF DNR DEVELOP LAKE SPECIFIC PLANS FOR HIGH RISK LAKES

MITIGATION/MANAGMENT: NO STATE FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT OF CLP/FAUCET SNAIL INFESTED LAKES CLP INFESTED LAKES TO CONTINUE CURRENT APPROACH TO TREATMENT

ADMINISTRATION/ORGANIZATION: MANAGE AIS PREVENTION PROGRAM PER PLAN DOCUMENT (SEE PAGE 11 OF PLAN DOCUMENT FOR MORE DETAILS ON OBJECTIVES)

FINANCIAL SUMMARYELEMENT TOTAL

$$

STATE $$

LOCAL $$

DNR $$

COMMENTS

PUBLIC AWARENESS

10,600 5,400 3,200 ~2,000 DNR GRANT; COLA; HIRESEASONAL STAFF(300 HR)

PREVENTIONINSPECTIONDECON STATION

269,065(248,471)(20,594)

195,044(174,450)(20,594)

66,521 7,500 LAKE ASSOCIATONS &TWP/CITIES 2/1 SPLIT.2nd DECON BUDGETED; WAIT FOR EVALUATION.

EARLY DETECTION

9,440 9,440 -0- -0- VELIGER TESTING AND VEGETATION MONITORING BY LAKE VOLUNTEERS; HIRESEASONAL STAFF (200 HR)

RAPID RESPONSE 2,000 2,000 -0- -0- Develop plan in 2015

MANAGEMENT /MITIGATION

-0- -0- -0- -0- No direct support for CLP/Faucet snail treatment

ADMIN & RESER.RESERVE

59,898 24,898(6,873)

35,000* -0- *County Funds

TOTAL 351,033 236,782+ 104,721 9,500 + 2014 and Half 2015

Hubbard County Watercraft Inspection Plan 2015

Rational behind the Plan:• Based upon assumption that the most severe risk is coming from outside county borders• Plan should be data driven based upon certain risk factors (Extensive matrix of lake risk factors developed for all lakes)• Agreed to the following risk qualifiers to build risk factor

• Number of Public access points (Max. allowed is 2)• Number of resorts on lake (Max. allowed is 3)• Actual Inspection per hour experience rate from previous years

• Using these 3 factors a risk score was calculated for each lake

Risk Score = # of Access Pts. + # of Resorts + Inspections/Hour

Highest Risk Score = Busiest Lakes with most out of area visitors

Hubbard County Watercraft Inspection Plan 2015Hubbard County Lake Factoids:• 61 lakes with a Public Access• 68 Public Access Points• 63 Resorts

Many Lakes, Ramps and ResortsWe cannot treat all lakes the same

Plan breaks Lakes into 5 categories for allocation of State FundingLevel Risk Score Allocated Hours 1 less than 2.2 Lakes combined into a pool with 812 dedicated hours 2 2.2-2.99 144 3 3.0-4.99 288 4 5.0 + 528 5 5.0+ with 2 ramps 720

Dedicated Hours for Highest Risk lakesRoving inspectors for lower Risk lakes

Incorporate car counters to compile data on low risk lakes

Hubbard County Watercraft Inspection Plan 2015

Important Points:• Plan allocates 9600 Hours of State funded inspection hours•Plan includes all lakes with public access•Plan includes Lake Association/LGU funding participation for lakes with Risk Scores of 3 or more•6 manual adjustments were made 3 added - 3 reduced•Highest Risk Lakes get most funding but also require most local participation

Summary:• Plan uses Data (Facts) to drive allocation of funding• Plan will be dynamic as activity data is added and activity changes• Those who receive the most also contribute the most

Provides a holistic Plan to protect Hubbard County WatersWith a Strategic Risk based solution

Level 1 Lakes With Pooled HoursRED = No Public access Green=State Park/PB Forest Orange = Launch not in County

• Bad Axe, Bass Lake, Beauty Lake, Benedict Lake, Big Bass, Big Stony, Blue, Crooked West, CW 10th, CW 9th, CW 7th, CW 6th, CW 5th, CW 4th, CW 2nd, Duck, Emma, Evergreen, Frontenac, Garfield, Gilmore, Grace, Gulch 1st , Halvorson, Hart, Hennepin, Hinds, Ida, Island Lake South, Lake 20, Lake Hattie, Little Mantrap, Little Wolf, Mary Lake, McCarty, Midge, Moran, Mow, Nagel, Nelson, Newman, Lake Ojibway, Paine, Palmer, Peysenske, Pickerel, Schoolcraft, Skunk, Shallow Lake, Steamboat, Stocking Lake, Tripp, Twenty-One, Upper Twin, Waboose, Leech(Kabekona Bay), Wolf

Level 2 Lakes with dedicated hours up to 144

• Lake George, Crooked Middle, Crooked Lake East, CW 1st, Portage

Level 3 Lakes with 288 dedicated hours

Big Sand, Bottle Lakes, Boulder, Island, Kabekona, Little Sand, Spider

Level 4 Lakes with 528 dedicated hours

• Belle Taine, CW 11th, CW 8th, CW 3rd, Eagle

Level 5 Lakes with 720 dedicated hours(More than one access)

Big Mantrap, Fish Hook, Long, Plantagenet, Potato

SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS – LEVEL 1-3 RISK LAKES

LAKE (LEVELS 1-3)

PLAN FUNDED HOURS

SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS

SUPPLEMENTAL COST $$

BLUE LAKE POOL HOURS 100 $1,700

EMMA,DUCK,OJIBWAY POOL HOURS 137 Total $2,329

MIDDLE/EAST CROOKED

144 144 $2,448

BIG SAND 288 212 $3,604

BOTTLE LAKES 288 62 $1,054

BOULDER 288 62 $1,054

ISLAND 288 62 $1,054

KABEKONA 288 62 $1,054

LITTLE SAND 288 62 $1,054

SPIDER 288 62 $1,054

SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS – LEVEL 4-5 RISK LAKES

LAKE(LEVELS 4 & 5)

PLAN FUNDED HOURS

SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS**

SUPPLEMENTAL COST $$

BELLE TAINE 528 176 $2,992

CROW WING 11TH 528 100 $1,700

CROW WING 8TH 528 100 $1,700

CROW WING 3RD 528 100 $1,700

EAGLE 528 172 $2,924

BIG MANTRAP 720 680 $11,560

FISH HOOK 720 280 $4,760

LONG 720 580 $9,860

PLANTAGENET 720 280 $4,760

POTATO 720 480 $8,160

Watercraft Inspection Summary

• Used a consistent data based approach to allocate hours

• Only a few manual interventions were made• Plan may change as more information on

activity and risk are known• Plan may change if costs change• Expect more from lakes that receive more

DATA BASED – DYNAMIC PLAN

RISKS/CHALLENGES• HSWCD CANNOT HIRE ENOUGH INSPECTORS TO ACHIEVE 13,500 HOURS• LEVEL 3-5 RISK LAKE ASSOCIATIONS (LEVEL 3 AND UP) DON’T FUND

SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS• TOWNSHIPS FALL SHORT IN PROVIDING FUNDS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS

FOR LEVEL 3-5 RISK LAKES• ALLOCATION CHANGES REQUIRED DUE TO PROGRAM CHANGES• LAKE INFESTATION OCCURES -- NEED FOR RESOURCE RE-ALLOCATION• BORDER LAKES NEED TO BE COVERED -- OTHER COUNTIES WON’T PROVIDE

INSPECTION • LEVEL OF COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT• LAKE ASSOCIATIONS FALL SHORT IN VOLUNTEER HELP FOR MONITORING• DNR GRANTS NOT PROVIDED

TASK FORCE, PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE, & SWCD BOARD WILL HAVE TO MANAGE RE-ALLOCATIONS AS RISKS MATERIALIZE

FISCAL AGENT PROCESS

• APPENDIX F• ACCOUNT STRUCTURE

(SEE REPORT/DISCUSSION HANDOUT)

ORGANIZATION/COMMITTEE ROLES(APPENDIX E)

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Kathy Grell) HUBBARD COUNTY AIS TASK FORCE (Ken Grob) Rapid Response Plan (Bob Berdahl) TASK FORCE PROGRAM PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION SUB-COMMITTEE (Jeff Bjorkman) Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination Coordination with all the Element Projects HCCOLA AIS COMMITTEE (Ken Grob) Public Awareness (Ken Grob & Julie Kingsley) Early Detection (Dan Kittilson & Julie Kingsley) HSWCD MANAGER/BOARD (Julie Kingsley/Bob Iles) HSWCD INSPECTION/DECONTAMINATION COORDINATOR (Nate Sitz)

ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR ANY OF THE COMMITTEES/PROJECTS????????