SAJB meeting 9/26/02

SPOKANE AQUIFER JOINT BOARD AGENDA

September 26, 2002    –  1:30 PM

Vera Water & Power   601 North Evergreen Road

1.  CALL TO ORDER

• Welcome and Introductions
• Consideration of  SAJB Meeting Minutes 08.22.02

2.  FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT – Steve Skipworth, Treasurer – Kim Beal, Accountant

• Approve Bills

3.  OLD BUSINESS

• Aquifer quantity study by Spokane/Coeur d’ Alene Chambers
• SAJB Committee Participation by SAJB members
• Robinson Research Survey
• Resolution 2002-05 Authorizing Contract for Virtual “Tour” utilizing Internet sites. (2^nd Reading)

4.  NEW BUSINESS

5.  WELLHEAD PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

• Committee Reports
  • ProActive Business – Ecology progress report on business visits available at meeting
  • Potential Contaminant Source Inventory – map revisions by end of September, risk ranking to be done by subcommittee prior to completion
  • Household Contaminant Disposal – waiting on data from Regional Solid Waste to determine if increase in contaminants turned in as a result of HCD event (Computer crash has hampered the tally).
  • Education & Awareness – Water Weeks event Saturday, September 28, 10-4 p.m. Barker Road and Centennial Trail (print ads in Inlander) debut of Aqua Duck, background checks on all actors complete; next KDK ONE TV spot proposal, cost for additional Aqua Duck graphics; KDK ONE radio spot for Water Weeks event distributed as PSA; draft Education Plan component of Ecology 319 Grant to substitute ‘teenage’ film for Children’s Theatre, and a web-based Virtual Field Trip of the Aquifer for middle school students
  • Emergency Planning – Water Quality Emergency Coordination questionnaire will be collected by the end of October (distributed with last month’s agenda+minutes)

• PROGRAM LEADER REPORT – Julia McHugh

a)      GUESTS:  Panhandle Mobile Estates Water System, Barbara Hammonds, Hayden, Idaho and Mark Williams, Williams Environmental, AWWA Research Foundation consultant for study to measure/demonstrate the benefits of wellhead programs

b)      Ice Age Floods Institute membership offer

c)      “Aquifer Influence” road signs to be installed by DoT – “should be installed some time this month”

d)      Groundwater Foundation Conference November 17-20, Eugene, OR – time to register

e)      Watershed Resource Inventory Analysis WRIA – 9/18 mtg. discussion of macroinvertebrates in the Little Spokane River, the ‘MIKE’ model to be used to determine water ‘budget’, and decision making process for stakeholders

f)       Dept. of Ecology public hearings on proposed rule amendments to Water Conservancy Boards Chapter 173-153 WAC in Spokane Tuesday, Sept 24^th 7 p.m. Spokane Falls Community College Student Union building Lounge AB

g)      Washington Citizens Advisory Committee – no news

h)      Missing page in Wellhead Protection Plan – Volume II, appendix G, page 8 (Thanks to Reanette Boese for finding this)

 6. ADJOURN