SAJB Meeting 11/18/04

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SPOKANE AQUIFER JOINT BOARD AGENDA

November 18, 2004  – 1:30 PM

Vera Water & Power   601 North Evergreen Road

1.  CALL TO ORDER

2.  FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT – Steve Skipworth, Treasurer – Mary McIntyre, Accountant

  • Review and Approve Bills

3.  OLD BUSINESS

  • Aquifer quantity study by Washington-Idaho-US Geological Survey

4.  NEW BUSINESS

  • 2005 Budget

5.  WELLHEAD PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

  • Committee Reports – 2005 Budget/Work Planning Meetings in bold
    • ProActive Business – work proceeding, intern compiling Hospital guide; vendor information on alternative materials lacking; will begin hospital visits in December; meeting with waste management manager for Deaconess & Valley Hospitals meet Wednesday, Dec. 1, 10:00 a.m. Whitworth W. D.
    • Potential Contaminant Source Inventory Update – data gathered from Modern, Model & Honeywell, model to be run early December, updated data & map format to be forwarded to SAJB contractors for PCSI update; meet Monday, Nov. 22, 10:00 a.m. Millwood Council Chambers
    • Household Contaminant Disposal – October disposal event a bust, no appreciable increase in contaminants at Transfer Stations, no calls to RSVP for pickup; meet Monday, Nov. 29, 1:30 p.m. Pasadena Park I. D.
    • Education & Awareness – panelist at Leadership Spokane 11/5; meet w/KSPS on Aqua Duck exposure; meet Friday, Nov 19, 1:30 p.m. Hutchinson I.D.
    • Website – total website sessions for October 2004 = 2273
    • Emergency Planning – contact with Bill Hansen, Local Emergency Planning Committee overseeing hazardous materials transportation and storage, will attend LEPC meeting on Dec 9; contact Ariane Schmidt, fire district database/GIS staff,  Chief Ed Lewis, Fire Dist 4, Chair of Inland Empire Fire Chiefs; Lynn Plaggemeier to address subcommittee progress
  • PROGRAM LEADER REPORT – Julia McHugh

GUEST Speaker – Mr. Tom Agnew, Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District Board Member, to discuss issues common to drinking and wastewater industries.

 2) ID/WA Aquifer study –Policy Advisory meeting November 9 at 3 p.m., Post Falls Library.   Agenda: 1) update on the study, the work plan, the funding, etc. 2) public education/information; and 3) to discuss ideas about the larger public meeting for January 27 at Templins, at 6:30 p.m. Agenda: update on what’s been done already toward a bi-state aquifer study, what we’ve learned, what hydrogeologists and computer modelers are planning to do in the coming year, how the study’s funding looks, etc.

 3) Aquifer Atlas reprinting – 3rd draft taking a bit longer, printing expected in December

4) The Spokane County Aquifer Protection Area Fees ballot item appears to have passed by a narrow margin.  Ballots are still being counted, but it appears to have passed 51% to 49% (34,995 yeah 34,063 nay). There were 92,113 voters eligible to vote on the issue and as of 11/16/04 count 69,058 did vote.  The Assistant Elections Manager said it was not a renewal of the item per se, but was redefined by county public works.  It is ‘good’ for another 20 years.

5) REQUEST purchase of a long distance calling card $20 Costco

6) December 16, SAJB Meeting Guest Speakers – Dan Sander and Craig Riley, Department of Health, Division of Drinking Water, to address water reuse

6.  OPEN FORUM

7.  ADJOURN