Meeting Summary Hangman Creek Water Quality Improvement Planning Meeting Chair: Rick Noll, Spokane County Conservation District (SCCD) Present: Elaine Snouwaert, Department of Ecology Reanette Boese, Spokane County Dee Baily, Coeur d’ Alene Tribe Walt Edelen, Spokane County Conservation District Cathy Mc Beth Bill Rickard, City of Spokane Charlie Johnson Micki Harnois Gary Ostheller William Sayres, Jr. Lon Ottosen Bruce Carmack Jennie Kane Amy Voeller, Spokane County Conservation District AGENDA The meeting was called to order at 6:38p.m.and began with introductions. The minutes for July were distributed and reviewed. Rick asked for any comments or corrections to the July minutes. Carol Widman’s name was corrected. Motion was made to approve the July minutes by Bill Rickard and was seconded by Micki Harnois. Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS Door key Rick announced that we now have a door key, which will alleviate any tardiness with meeting start times. Time sheets Rick asked for everyone to please fill out their timesheets and keep them up to date. Public comment Rick asked if there was any public comment at this time. None noted. New BUSINESS Coeur d’ Alene Tribe Dee Bailey from the CDA Tribe gave an overview of the Tribe’s water quality work and fisheries and wildlife projects. She explained the Tribe’s water quality problems, their sampling parameters, and goals concerning Hangman Creek. Rick asked how does the golf coarse and casino affect the Tribe’s desire of having more water in the stream for anadromous fish runs. Dee explained that the golf coarse and casino withdraw their water from a confined? aquifer. Water Storage proposals from Golder PFC review of Hangman Creek Inventory and Assessment Walt presented an overview of the Hangman Creek Proper Functioning Condition Inventory and Assessment work performed by SCCD. He explained how Hangman Creek was broken into reaches, and assigned its functioning conditions. Walt showed 58 river miles of Hangman Creek, reach by reach, and explained with the use of photos, how and why each reach’s condition was determined. Fieldtrip sites Rick asked if the group is still interested in a Hangman Watershed field trip, and what the group wants to look at. The group decided to look at some logging areas where there are problems, and areas where logging has been done correctly. A poor logging site is Wheeler ant Painter? Rds. Charlie, on Latah has good logging practices and also has a cow/calf operation. He participates in the Conservation Security Program which rewards land users for ? He and Rick will come up with additional sites to visit. There are some urban related problems in the town of Rockford including bank stabilization and erosion. Gary suggested the group look at California Creek outside of Mica. Indian Creek and Tensed Creek on the Coeur d’ Alene Reservation were also mentioned. A tentative date was set for October 2nd, and October 16th as a backup. Elaine asked if any of the sampled water quality data provided any information for the group yet. Rick replied that the District is still waiting for some results and more sampling might occur this winter. Lonn stated that he knew of a lot of wetlands throughout the watershed and that this information might be useful to Golder for the multi-purpose water storage. Walt asked if he could pass that information and Lonn’s number on to Golder. Lonn said yes. NEXT MEETING The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 16, 2004, from 6:30p.m. to 8:30p.m. at the Fairfield Community Center. ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 8:32p.m.August 19, 2004
Micki asked if the Hangman Creek Planning Committee could review permits issued by the City of Spokane Valley. She asked if the SCCD would review any planning/permits first and then pass them on to the committee. Walt agreed that it should go through the District first.