WRIA 56 Hangman (Latah) Creek Watershed Planning Unit Meeting Fairfield Community Center Chair: Walt Edelen, Spokane County Conservation District (SCCD) Present: Keith Holliday, Department of Ecology Bill Rickard, City of Spokane, Environmental Programs Reanette Boese, Spokane County Bruce Carmack, Rockford resident Dee Bailey, CDA Tribe Scott Fields, CDA Tribe Peter Grunte, Landowner Rich Weatherly, City of Tekoa Rick Noll, SCCD Guests: Fred Rajala, Ecology ERO Ben Bonkowski, Ecology, Lacey AGENDA/Minutes: The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. Minutes were approved with the following changes: February 14, 2006: Rob Lindsay was present for Reanette Boese. The last sentence of first paragraph under the Consultant selection section was deleted. The next meeting was changed to March 2 (not January 19). March 2, 2006: No changes, approved as is. April 11, 2006: The correct spelling of Susan’s last name is Gulick. The next meeting should have read May 16th. Public Comments: Rick announced the upcoming TMDL meeting for Hangman Creek for this coming Thursday at 6:30 pm. Walt announced that Gale Blomstrom had invited him to Lacey to participate in a watershed planning progress update meeting on May 23rd. Tekoa Water Supply Well Update (Rich Weatherly) Rich updated the group on project progress. Ecology has prepared and signed a contract (# G0600336) for $60,000 to assist in drilling the well. The project will commence on June 15th. The Whitman County Commissioners have approved allocation of some local county money (.08 fund) for the project. $18K will be appropriated to the project. Local funds raised for the project stands at $5K. Rich asked the group to consider providing contingency funds ($10K-15K) for the project (well digging or irrigation system) to help cover any shortfalls or unforeseen costs. Rich mentioned that the project will be ready to move forward as of June 15th and be completed by September 1st, 2006. All permits, to his knowledge, were in place with Ecology and they were ready. Currently, the golf course is still pumping from the creek and utilizing well # 3 to augment flows. Discussion: The group discussed the request and decided on the following. Walt will draft a letter to the City of Tekoa regarding the following. Adjudication Presentation (Fred Rajala, Ecology ERO, Ben Bonkowski, Ecology, Lacey Ben and Fred provided and in-depth look at adjudication, Ecology’s current status, and what it may mean to the Hangman Creek watershed. There were much informal discussions of the topic. Northern Idaho is currently initiating a massive adjudication process. MOA Review Progress Brief discussion of the MOA and that Ecology is recommending the deletion of section 10.2 of the MOA. Reneatte proposed a change to the word government on page 3. Implementing party was thought to be a better choice. These changes will be made by Bill Rickard. Bill will forward the new MOA to Walt who will distribute it to the group for approval from their respective entity. Implementation Project Proposals Walt distributed copies of the four proposals that were submitted on behalf of the planning unit. They included; a ground water monitoring program, water conservation education and awareness program, water conservation incentives program, and a gaging station program for the stateline site. NEXT MEETING The next meeting was tentatively scheduled for June 13, 2006 from 10:00 to 12:00 pm at the Spangle Harvester Restaurant (Walt will confirm this through email) ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 pm.May 16, 2006