SAJB Meeting 9/18/03

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SPOKANE AQUIFER JOINT BOARD AGENDA

September 18, 2003   –   1:30 PM

Vera Water & Power  601 North Evergreen Road

 1.  CALL TO ORDER

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

  • Review and Approve Bills

3.  OLD BUSINESS

  • Aquifer quantity study by Washington-Idaho-US Geological Survey (Holy Trinity)
  • Election of Officers
  • Letter to Model Irrigation District

4.  NEW BUSINESS

  • Annual Assessment for Wellhead Implementation Plan

5.  WELLHEAD PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

  • Committee Reports
    • ProActive Business – August IGC Business Visit report attached
    •  Potential Contaminant Source Inventory Update – all source data obtained, interim report format will highlight new sites added, sites dropped, etc; delivery expected end of September.  Districts will be asked to review changes to list and report corrections.  Revised maps will be generated during annual update only; no maps will be generated with this update
    • Household Contaminant Disposal – planning for disposal campaign during the month of October; seeking repeat cooperative efforts with Spokane Regional Solid Waste System and Retired Senior Volunteer Program; proposed media campaign includes TV and radio spots and weekly print ads
    • Education & Awareness – Aqua Duck poster under consideration for use as full color11” x 17” poster, black& white for coloring, and as postcard and other graphic uses.  Development/discussion of a ‘Wish List’ of future projects to submit to Ecology as request to revise 319 Grant work plan and extend time line
    • Website – total website visits for August 2003 = 955.  Majority viewer visits were to the Virtual Field Trip pages; substantial number of hits on the Spanish translation pages; redesign work proceeding
    • Emergency Planning –  no activity to report
  •  PROGRAM LEADER REPORT – Julia McHugh

a)  Aquifer Atlas reprinting –  Draft revisions were discussed at the 8/20/03 meeting.  Bids estimates for various quantities have been obtained. Group has set a printing of 10,000 as the target, low bid @ 24 pages = $21,986.  Next meeting 09/10/03

 b)  Aquifer presentation to Lake Spokane Garden Club 8/28/03

6.  ADJOURN