SAJB Meeting 4/26/01

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SPOKANE AQUIFER JOINT BOARD AGENDA

April 26, 2001 –  1:00 PM  

Modern Electric Water Company  904 North Pines Road

1.  CALL TO ORDER

2.  FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT – Steve Skipworth, Treasurer

  •  Approve Bills

3.  OLD BUSINESS

  • College Internship Program
  • CCR’s
  • KDK-1 Contract

4.  NEW BUSINESS

  •  Meeting time change starting in May (10:00am – 12:00 noon), same 4th Thursday, still at Vera
  • ‘Off-the-Agenda’ discussions @ end of Meeting

5.  WELLHEAD PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

  • Committee Reports
  • Program Leader Report – Julia McHugh
    1. Emergency response / dispatch – renew means of notifying Water Purveyors
    2. Initiative 769, Clean Water Investment Act for construction of drinking water projects, sewage and storm water treatment, reduce irrig. water usage, curb discharge of sediments, pesticides, fertilizer; purchase ag. land shoreline easements to protect fish habitat, and purchase water rights  – citizen’s initiative by former Dept. Director of Ecology, calls for authorization of $1 billion over 8 years through state bonds.
    3. RSVP Program Volunteer Recognition – SAJB Certifs. of Appreciation presented 4/21 by Gail Gibson, Vera
    4. SAJB Booth – Earth Day 4/22, Riverfront Park.  BIG Thanks to Volunteers: Brad Blegen, Walt McKee, Kathy Small (w/ moral support from hubby Dick) and Jean Koegan from RSVP, and to County WQMP for placemaps & Groundwater CDs, City Water for hundreds of ‘The Story of Drinking Water’, and Vera for the use of their model.  KDK-1 present to film for 2 hours for future education efforts.
    5. Local Senior Environmental Corps – organization taking shape, great source of highly skilled, experienced citizens for variety of projects.
    6. Ice Age Floods Interpretarium – update

6.  ADJOURN