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Requests for Payment. <br />68- 2015 -007 — Fickle Creek Farm: Stream Protection (CS) includes water trough, <br />waterline and fencing totaling $2,743. Tate moved to approve, Parker seconded. <br />68- 2016 -001 — Bryant Neville: 8.57 acres sod -based rotation (CS) totaling $1,500. <br />Tate moved to approve; Parker seconded. <br />68- 2016 -006 — Milton Durham: 23.27 acres prescribed grazing (CS) totaling $698. <br />Parker moved to approve; Tate seconded. <br />New Applications <br />Elise Bortz — 68- 2016 -007: 0.5 acres Grassed Waterways. 540 pts. <br />Parker moved to approve; Tate seconded. <br />68- 2016 -003 - Lee Hollowell: Stream Protection (CS) totaling $3,872. <br />Parker moved to approve, Tate seconded. <br />Additional allocation of funds received (two non - compliance refunds): <br />Contract No. 68- 2006- 24 -09: $1,333.00 refunded. <br />Contract No. 68- 2005- 05 -09: $357.00 refunded. Total refunded amount is $1,690.00 <br />New Contracts <br />68- 2016 -003 - Lee Hollowell: Stream Protection (CS) totaling $3,872. <br />Tate moved to approve, Parker seconded. <br />Elise Bortz — 68- 2016 -007: 0.5 acres Grassed Waterways. 540 pts. <br />Tate moved to approve; Parker seconded. <br />Education Update <br />— Second Annual Blueberry Plant Sale is slated for February, 2016. Proceeds of <br />sale will be used to support OSWCD Ed Outreach Programs. See L. Pope for <br />details of sale. <br />— Farm to Table Two Day Event was cancelled due to heavy rains in the area <br />during October. However, Pope was able to make the "We All Live in a <br />Watershed" contest themed educational presentations to 125 fourth grade <br />students at Cameron Park Elementary. <br />— The 2016 Poster, Essay & Speech Contests are underway and have been <br />advertised to local schools and home school groups and through the county's <br />monthly newsletter made available to the public. This year's theme is "We All <br />Live in a Watershed ". The winners reception has been scheduled for February 16 <br />and will be held the Food Lab. <br />— Pope reported that the District did not receive the Sierra Club Grant needed for <br />the Blackwood Farm Discovery Trail. Since the Patterson Fund was created to <br />use specifically for educational outreach purposes, the Board agreed to use funds <br />from this account to begin trail project. Tate voted to spend up to $3,000 on the <br />