Little Spokane River Management Plan Meeting

October 5, 2004

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Riverside Fire Station

Meeting Room

3818 E Deer Park Milan

Chattaroy,  WA   99003

Chair:      Charlie Peterson, Spokane County Conservation District (SCCD)

Present:   Bill Gilmour, Spokane County

     Dale Gill

                 Lindell Haggin

                 Bart Haggin

     Jeanne Dammarell

     Stan Grant

     Mary Sterling

     Chris DeChenne

     Paul Turner, Department of Ecology

     Ann Zaren

     Jilla Harmon, SCCD  

Meeting was called to order at 10:11am.  A meeting agenda with copies of the July 6, 2004 and the August 3, 2004 meeting minutes had been distributed earlier.  The July 6, 2004 minutes could not be approved at the August 3, 2004 meeting since there was not a quorum (9 voting members).  Charlie Peterson asked for any comments and corrections to the minutes. 

Stan Grant asked about the suggestion in the July meeting minutes of using Channel 5 Community Calendar for a possible outreach/education avenue.  It was noted that the July minutes can’t be changed and that the committee will discuss this issue later at today’s meeting.

Motion was made to approve the minutes for the July 6, 2004 and the minutes for the August 3, 2004 meetings as is by Ann Zaren and was seconded by Bill Gilmour.  Motion carried.

Open Discussion/Public Comment

Dale Gill asked about the deadline for WRIA 55/57 and if the information that this committee is working on is too late to add.  It was suggested that Rick Noll and/or Walt Edelen from the SCCD would get back to the committee on this.  Bill Gilmour explained that the WRIA documents are updateable. 

There was a lengthy discussion regarding Bart Haggin’s concern about what this committee is doing and if it is going to make any difference.  The enforcement issue is of great concern because there doesn’t seem to be any “hammer”. 

The lack of attendance and/or interest at the public meeting was discussed.  Paul Turner from DOE will check with the Public Information Officer to make sure that in the future the information for public meetings are placed in more newspapers, etc.

There was some question about storage grants and Bill Gilmour explained the concept to the committee.

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.

Discuss Development of Outreach/Education Ideas

The Planning Committee discussed the list of ideas that was starred at the August meeting.

·        Harvest Days – July

·        Deer Park Fair

·        Native Plant Fair – May ( Lindell Haggin to check on specifics)

·        Earth Market – May thru October (Mary Sterling to check on specifics)

·        Newport Rodeo – June  (Ann Zaren to check on specifics)

·        Heritage Days – September

·        Flag Day – June 14

·        Pend Oreille Fair – August

·        Settlers Day – July

·        Water Festival? 

·        Elk Days – (Dale Gill to check on specifics)

·        Deer Park Winter Festival - January

·        Channel 5 Community Calendar—Committee discussed the limitations of using Channel 5 since cable availability is very limited.

·        Chewelah Learning Center

·        Lake Association Meetings – (Mary Sterling to get dates and times)

·        County Extension Office – Classes or information on taking care of streams, etc.

·        Washington State Grange Meeting

·        Permanent structure that would be available to have printed material in an enclosed glass structure – suggest by Paul Turner

·        City Parks and Recreation-Class & Activity Guide. (Jilla will call for specifics, 625-6200)

Jilla will pull together an event calendar for 2005 with the events that the Committee came up with at today’s meeting.  This will be a work in progress document that can be used at future meetings for discussion and review.  The Committee divided up the events to check them for costs, booth availability and dates.  They will e-mail Jilla with the information or have it to report on at the November meeting.

The Committee discussed the education focus to decide what format types they thought were needed at the different events that the Planning Committee would participate in.   Some of the suggestions were:

·        Booth

·        Flyers

·        PowerPoint Presentations

·        Display Boards

·        Interactive types of activities for children

·        Interactive types of activities for adults

·        A model of the watershed

·        A model of the aquifer

·        A model of a riparian area

·        Website with links/blogs

It was suggested that the committee needed to coordinate their efforts with Elaine Snouwaert and Allison Gray from the Department of Ecology regarding the Shoreline Inventory & Assessment that is being done on the Little Spokane River.

Identify Water Quality Issues, Work on Draft Solutions/Recommendations

Time ran out to discuss the issues at any length.  The Planning Committee was given homework to work on these and be prepared to bring them up at the November meeting for discussion and review.

Homework

The Planning Committee was asked to review the LSR Water Quality Issues List and begin working on solutions for each one.  These should be e-mailed to Rick to compile for discussion at the November meeting.

Next Meeting

The next scheduled meeting is set for Election Day, November 2, 2004.  Jilla will have Rick check into another date and e-mail the Committee.

The meeting adjourned at 12:00 pm