Little Spokane River Management Plan Meeting

July 6, 2004

9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Riverside Fire Station

Meeting Room

3818 E Deer Park Milan

Chattaroy,  WA   99003

Chair:      Rick Noll, Spokane County Conservation District (SCCD)

Present:   Dale Gill

                 Bart Haggin

                 Lindell Haggin

                 Bill Gilmour, Spokane County

                 Russ Fletcher, Pend Oreille Conservation District (POCD)

     Jeanne Dammarell

     Stan Grant

     Kathleen Werr

     Mary Sterling

     Joy Hart

     Paul Turner, Department of Ecology

     Jilla Harmon, SCCD  

Meeting was called to order at 9:30 am.  A meeting agenda with copies of the June 1, 2004 meeting minutes had been distributed earlier.   Rick asked for any comments or corrections. 

Motion was made to approve the minutes as is by Stan Grant and was seconded by Mary Sterling.  Motion carried.

Open Discussion/Public Comment

Rick said that Chris DeChenne had contacted him and that due to some family issues, she wasn’t sure how soon she would be able to get back to attending the Planning Committee meetings.

Rick introduced Jeanne Dammerall, a local landowner with concerns about the new Bidwell Park.

Meeting Minutes

Old Business

The e-mail list of the Planning Committee members was sent out prior to the meeting.  There were a couple of changes noted and the updated document will be sent out to the Planning Committee.

EWU QAPP (Quality Assurance Project Plan) Update

Rick reported that he and Walt met with DOE & WSU team regarding the QAPP.  The Planning Committee requested the WSU team to do sampling above and below Pine River Park. The Planning Committee was asked to send any additional recommendations to Rick, after they have finished reviewing the DRAFT QAPP that was distributed at the June meeting.

Watershed Characterization and the Social Structure Committees Update

Recreation

Dale Gill distributed a draft of the report to the Planning Committee for review.  Rick asked Dale to give an overview of his report.

Politics and Jurisdictions

Kathleen Werr is still working on compiling a list of political entities and jurisdictions whose decisions or activities have impact on the LSR watershed.  She will finish this up and get this to Rick before the next meeting.

Economics, Growth & Development and Land Use

Lindell Haggin’s report was distributed and reviewed by the Planning Committee. It was suggested that a sentence be added to the Agricultural paragraph that identifies these as small acreages.

Chris DeChenne has turned in a draft report of the History information she came up with.  Stan Grant and Kathleen Werr will put it together with the information that Stan has on the water and geology of the ice age and flood portion of the history report.  They will have a draft for the Planning Committee to review at the August meeting.

July 8th Public Meeting at Riverside High School

Paul Turner has reserved the Riverside High School cafeteria for the Public Meeting on Thursday, July 8 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

Agenda for meeting was discussed.   

·      Paul Turner will give an introductory presentation on TMDL’s

·      Presentation on the issues the Planning Committee has identified given by Rick

·      Quality assurance plan report by the WSU team

Paul brought a few maps that he will have at the public meeting and the committee members were able to look at them and ask any questions they might have.  It was suggested that Paul have some of these maps available as handouts at the meeting.

Time Sheets

A reminder that time sheets are available for those that needed them.  Remember to turn them in monthly to Jilla or Rick.  If there are any questions, please see Jilla or Rick.

Homework

Characterization & Social Structure Committees are to finish up their projects and e-mail final reports to Rick. 

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be August 3, 2004 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, and will be held at the Riverside Fire Station #46 Meeting Room. 

The meeting adjourned at 12:15 pm