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715 Cabarrus Ave. W. <br />Room 301 <br />Concord, NC 28027 -6214 <br />Telephone: 704- 420 -3300 <br />Fax: 704-795-6432 <br />Email: <br />detesterman(k cabarruscou ntv.us <br />Website: <br />www.cabarruscounty.us /Conservation <br />Ba4 RD OF SUPERVISORS <br />Vicky Porter <br />Chairwoman <br />Jeff - Goforth <br />Vice - Chairman <br />Rohert Brown <br />Secretary- Treasurer <br />Ned Hudson <br />Member <br />Lotus Suther <br />Member <br />Tonttny Porter <br />Associate Member <br />Boh Ritchie <br />Associate Member <br />,STAFF <br />Hannah Hitrsey <br />Resource Conservation Coordinator <br />Daniel McClellan <br />Resource Conservation Specialist <br />Dennis Testerman <br />tManager <br />Sr. Resource Conservation Specialist <br />Printed on Recycled Paper <br />Memo <br />To: Steve Morris <br />From: Dennis Testerman <br />CC: Darrell Furr, Don Kelly, Vicky Porter, Lynn Shue, Kelly Sifford <br />Date: 4/10/2015 <br />Re: Recommendation for Watershed Improvement Commission <br />Member <br />At the March 17, 2015 meeting of the Cabarrus County Watershed <br />Improvement Commission (WIC), the members voted unanimously to <br />endorse Thomas Smith for appointment to a six -year term on the <br />Commission. Commissioner Shue attended this meeting as Board of <br />Commissioners liaison to the Soil and Water Conservation District. <br />Mr. Smith is currently employed by the NC Department of Transportation <br />as a Roadside Environmental Field Operations Engineer. Previously, he <br />was an erosion and sedimentation control inspector with Cabarrus County <br />for over a decade. He also is co-operator/co-owner of his family's farm <br />inside the WSWS -II water supply watershed critical area on for the <br />reservoir on Coddle Creek. His experience will be invaluable to the <br />Watershed Improvement Commission as they respond to plan review <br />requests from planning and zoning staff and to technical assistance <br />requests from business owners and citizens. <br />The mission of the Watershed Improvement Commission is to provide <br />coordination for water quality and water quantity initiatives throughout the <br />incorporated and unincorporated areas of Cabarrus County. This <br />responsibility has become more challenging since the dissolution of the <br />county's local erosion and sedimentation control program in 2010. <br />Respondents in the Cabarrus County 2014 Community Survey <br />indicated that protecting water quality and the environment was one of <br />their top four priorities for community issues that community leaders <br />must address. The challenge in protecting water quality is this: out of <br />the approximately 184 miles of monitored streams in the county,150 <br />miles (82 %) are officially designated as having "impaired" water <br />quality. <br />The Commission members appreciate this opportunity to recommend the <br />appointment of Thomas Smith. <br />,P,s z va&4 t - L' &wt -&nwze nrabst~at-d4h4p St vu 1938 <br />Attachment number 1 <br />H -3 Page 168 <br />