HomeMy Public PortalAboutMinutes_CCWorkMeeting_11152011CITY COUNCIL WORK MEETING NOVEMBER 15, 2011 6:00 P.M. IONA COMMUNITY
CENTER
PRESENT: Mayor Brad Andersen, Council President Jane Shaw, Council member Dennis
McArthur, Council member Bruce Case, Council member Dan Gubler, Public Works Supervisor
Zech Prouse, City Clerk Robyn Keyes, Police Chief Shannon Basaraba.
Visitors: Bryce Contor, Roger Warner, Allen Eldridge
Reports
Supervisor Prouse said he had received a water test positive for coliform: he followed
appropriate procedures for chlorinating and flushing the system. The subsequent tests have been
negative. Prouse believes the bacteria presence was from flushing the fire hydrants the week
before, which may have stirred up some sediment.
Mayor Andersen said coliform testing is used as an indicator for other more harmful bacteria:
and because a system tests positive for coliform does not necessarily mean the more harmful
bacteria is present.
Prouse asked the Council for ideas to either move or sell the old fire truck because he needed the
storage room for other equipment. Council member Gubler said he would look into the issue and
help figure out a solution.
Rocky Mountain Environmental Associates (RMEA)
Supervisor Prouse said Bryce Contor and Roger Warner were in attendance to discuss possible
solutions for future water rights, environmental studies, and mitigations plans for the City's
water supply.
Bryce Contor said RMEA was a local firm specializing in water rights, hydrologic studies and
environmental assessments, and they were members of Upper Snake Mitigation Solutions. They
explained that there was a moratorium on new consumptive water uses and the only exception
was by mitigation. Because of this all new commercial, industrial, and irrigation uses including
lawns and park ground water uses were at risk. Contor said RMEA would like to work from the
existing water study plans for the City to help give the City adequate data, knowledge, and cost
information to decide on a path for future water needs.
Reports
Clerk Keyes said according to the City Attorney, the accessory building permit requirements
were only effective in the Chapter in which the 2009 building code was updated: every chapter
that mentioned the accessory building requirements needed to be updated. Keyes said before the
Council went through the process of approving each individual chapter she wanted the building
inspector's opinion whether the changes should be made.
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Allen Eldridge, the City's building inspector, recommended the City keep the unpermitted
allowance for accessory buildings at 144 square feet as a means to help detour other issues such
as set back requirements.
Eldridge said he would like the City to adopt an ordinance outlining set back requirements
between structures such as accessory buildings and homes.
The Council agreed.
Meeting adjourned 6:55 p.m.
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Rocky Mountain Environmental
Associates
15 November 2011
Who we are
■ Local Firm specializing in
— Water Rights
— Hydrologic Studies
— Environmental Assessments
■ We are a member of Upper Snake
Mitigation Solutions
— USMS is focused on low-cost solutions for
water right mitigation requirements
Possible Responses:
■ Six specific allegations:
— Will impact Protestant's water rights
— Didn't address Moratorium requirements
— Didn't justify need
— Didn't meet requirements of RAFN code
— Didn't address IC 67-6537 (SW irrigation)
— Violates IDWR criteria
Mitigation
Plan
Build on CH2M
Hill and Keller
Additional info
in Amended
Application and
Protest Response
Rocky Mountain Environmental
Associates can help with all of
these
Mitigation Plan Options
■ Contract with USMS for services
— USMS will obtain the water, manage the
recharge, secure the mitigation credits and
certify mitigation coverage
— Could be the least expensive
— Still in formation
— By spring we will know a great deal more
What we propose as a first step
■ Detailed discussion of mitigation
(addresses first two concerns of protest)
— In-depth description of options
— Approximate costs
— Discussion of implications
— Aquifer modeling to assure compliance
with Conjunctive Administration
requirements