June 19, 2007

WRIA 56/HANGMAN CREEK

Watershed Implementation Team (WIT) Meeting

 

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

10:00 a.m. -  12:00 p.m.

Harvester Restaurant

410 W. First St.

Spangle, WA

 

Meeting Summary

Attending:

Bill Bealer, Ridge at Hangman

Reanette Boese, Spokane County

Steve Bortfeld, Hangman Hills Water District

Peter Grunte, Watershed Resident

Susan Gulick, Sound Resolutions (Facilitator)

Gary Ostheller, Fairfield Grange

Bill Rickard, City of Spokane, Environmental Programs

Sara Hunt, Dept. of Ecology

Ray Soltero, Ridge at Hangman

 

1.      Approve Meeting Summary 

q       The meeting summary was approved with two corrected typos. 

 

2.      Review Draft 2008-2009 WIT Workplan

q       The WIT reviewed the following sections of the 2008-09 Workplan:

ü            Water Conservation;

ü            Ground Water-Surface Water Interactions;

ü            Streamflow Augmentation;

ü            Water Rights; and

ü            Water Quality Data.

q       Susan will revise these sections based on WIT comments.

q       At the next meeting, the WIT will review and finalize the sections on Water Quality Protection, Land Use Compliance and Watershed Restoration.

 

3.      Updates/Other Issues  

q       Ecology staff are working with the City of Spangle on vegetative management issues in Spangle Creek.

q       Gary would like something in writing describing what information Ecology needs to process new water rights applications in WRIA 56.  Sara will look into this.

q       Reanette has a new map of septic systems in the County.  It is a large file (2 MB) so she will only e-mail it to those who request it. Please e-mail Reanette (RBoese@spokanecounty.org) if you would like a copy.

4.      Upcoming Meetings

q       The next WIT meeting will be on Tuesday, July 10th from 10-12 at the SCCD conference room in Spokane. 

q       There will also be a meeting on Tuesday, July 24th from 10-12 at the Harvester Restaurant in Spangle.

 

 

 

 

If you have questions or comments, please contact Susan Gulick of Sound Resolutions at (206) 548-0469 or by e-mail at Susan@Soundresolutions.com.

 

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