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PRRIP—ED OFFICE DRAFT 06/13/2014 <br /> 91 Program sponsored the wildlife station and for the third year in a row the team from Concordia High <br /> 92 won the wildlife station competition and also won the overall championship. <br /> 93 <br /> 94 UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITS <br /> 95 • The Program is a co-sponsor of the Annual Water and Natural Resources Tour, presented by the <br /> 96 Nebraska Water Center, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District (CNPPID) and the <br /> 97 Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce. This year the tour is of the Upper Platte River Watershed and <br /> 98 takes place from July 15-18, 2014. Jerry Kenny will also be presenting on the Program to the tour <br /> 99 participants at the Elm Creek Complex on July 15th <br /> 100 • Chad Smith will be attending the Conference on Ecological and Ecosystem Restoration (CEER) in <br /> 101 New Orleans, Louisiana from July 28 — August 1, 2014. Chad will be the moderator of a panel <br /> 102 discussion titled, "Collaborative Adaptive Management". The panel will include previous ISAC <br /> 103 member Kent Loftin. CEER is a collaborative effort of the National Conference on Ecosystem <br /> 104 Restoration (NCER) and the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER). Jerry Kenny and Bridget <br /> 105 Barron will also be attending the conference. <br /> 106 <br /> 107 MEDIA/OTHER <br /> 1 os • On March 12, 2014 the Kearney Hub published an article about the Program titled, "Record-setting <br /> 109 payment made to Platte program, reservoirs project". Jerry Kenny was interviewed for the article. <br /> 110 • On March 13, 2014 the Kearney Hub published an article about the Program's 2013 State of the <br /> 111 Platte report as presented in the Governance Committee meeting. Chad Smith was quoted in the <br /> 112 article. <br /> 113 • The Program hosted Dr. Jane Goodall and nature photographer,Tom Mangelsen, in the Binfield blind <br /> 114 on March 21,2014. <br /> 115 • The Lincoln Journal Star published an article by Jerry Kenny about the Platte River Recreation <br /> 116 Access(PRRA)program in the Sunday,June 1St paper. <br /> 117 • Distribution of Program lapel pins. <br /> 118 <br /> 119 PRRIP FY14 Budget Update <br /> 120 Kenny discussed the status of the FY14 PRRIP budget and associated expenditures and contracts. We are <br /> 121 closing in on spending$80 million since initiation of the Program. Another item to note on the summary <br /> 122 at the bottom is that we are still taking expenditures from the federal dollars to equalize expenditures with <br /> 123 state dollars. There are about another $2 million in expenditures from federal dollars before we are back <br /> 124 to strict proportionate expenditures. Schneider asked if J2 expenditures will get paid out soon or will <br /> 125 those funds just sit. Kenny said that needs discussed with the GC and we will discuss it at the end of the <br /> 126 J2 update later today. <br /> 127 <br /> 128 Kenny discussed Program income from land management. The Program is just shy of $100,000 in <br /> 129 income to date. With increased land values,the Program's tax burden has increased significantly. <br /> 130 <br /> 131 Smith discussed the multi-year contract with RESPEC for Independent Science Review services. <br /> 132 Czaplewski moved to approve the contract;Heaston seconded. ISR contract approved. <br /> 133 <br /> 134 <br /> 135 <br /> 136 <br /> PRRIP June 10-11,2014 GC Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 11 <br />