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2 O’Dwyer asked if OWASA could provide a map showing the areas of the forest to be managed juxtaposed with the boundaries of the significant natural heritage area (Cane Creek/Crawford Mountain SNHA) described by the NC Natural Heritage Program. Hintz asked if the locations of all streams (perennial, intermittent and ephemeral) would be determined up front, and who would make those determinations. Shaw offered to contact the County erosion control staff to see if they would be enlisted to make that determination as they did for OWASA’s Buckhorn Mitigation Tract. CFE members considered whether the anticipated receipts from harvesting a portion of the trees would be required to pay for forest management activities needed to reduce the risk of fire (using controlled burns), to reduce invasive exotic species, and to reduce the potential damage to the forest from disease or pests such as the pine bark beetle. Kaiser asked Bonnie Hauser for her view on why OWASA felt it needed to carry out this forest management plan. Hauser thanked CFE members for having this discussion. She said she did not feel the plan as currently drafted would help to meet OWASA’s stated objectives. She noted that the forest stewardship plans prepared for each site do not identify the specific problems that would be addressed by implementing the plan. Kaiser asked Shaw to revise the summary of CFE issues/findings thus far (Attachment 8) and asked CFE members to email any further comments and questions to Shaw so that he could provide a revised summary for consideration at the April meeting. IV. 2011 Work Plan and Committee Breakout – Kaiser introduced the draft list of 2011 tasks that he prepared with input from the four committees. He asked each committee to meet to discuss each topic and to identify their top three work tasks for 2011. The four committees met for about 30 minutes and reported back to the full CFE. Representatives summarized the discussion from their respective committees. Kaiser asked committee representatives to provide their committees’ top three tasks via email. V. Capital Trees Program – Shaw reminded CFE members that the BOCC had asked the CFE to consider whether Orange County should establish a program to recognize special trees in its jurisdiction. Price and Hintz reported on the discussion by Biological Resources Committee. They said it could be a worthwhile education program, but may be better suited for the Master Gardeners or another volunteer organization. Neal and O’Dwyer agreed that it would benefit the community, but it is not a high priority for the CFE or DEAPR at this time. Hintz said he would be willing to serve on a committee, but that another organization would need to administer the program. The consensus was that a program to recognize special trees or an area of special/noteworthy stand of trees could provide community benefits, but it is not something that the CFE or DEAPR should work on to establish in the near future due to there being many other higher priorities. VII. Updates and Information Items – CFE members received updates and information on the following issues: Dogwood Alliance (O’Dwyer) and the Unified Development Ordinance (Becker and Shaw). Meeting adjourned at approximately: 9:45 p.m. Minutes by Rich Shaw, DEAPR Staff