HomeMy Public PortalAboutPKT-CC-2018-10-09CITY OF
MOAB
Moab City
Council
October 9,
2018
Pre -Council Workshop
6: oo P.M.
REGULAR COUNCIL
MEETING
7: oo P.M.
Moab City Council Chambers
City Center
(aid East Center Street)
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CITY OF
MoAg
City Council
Regular Council Meeting
City Council Chambers
Tuesday, October 9, 2o18 at 6:oo p.m.
217 East Center Street
Moab, Utah 84532
Main Number (435) 259-5121
Fax Number (435) 259-4135
www.moabcity.org
6:oo p.m. PRE -COUNCIL WORKSHOP
■ Utah State University/State and Institutional Trust Lands
Administration Agreements and Understandings
■ Water Conservation Advisory Board Update
7:oo p.m. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
SECTION 1: APPROVAL OF MINUTES
None
SECTION 2: MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
SECTION g: ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
SECTION 4: CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
SECTION 5: PRESENTATIONS
5-1 Mayor's Student of the Month Awards for the Grand County Middle
School for October 2018
SECTION 6: PUBLIC HEARING (Approximately 7:15 p.m.)
6-1 Solicitation of Public Input on Proposed Resolution #46-2018 —
Amending the Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2(19
6-2 Solicitation of Public Input on Proposed Ordinance #2018-oi — An
Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Moab Municipal Code
Chapter 17 Pertaining to Conditional Uses in All Zones
SECTION 7: SPECIAL EVENTS/VENDORS/BEER LICENSES
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7-1 Electric Light Parade to be held on Saturday, December 1,
2018
■ Approval of Fee Waivers not to exceed $10,059.80
SECTION 8: OLD BUSINESS
8-1 Revision of City Parks Policies
■ Follow-up Discussion
SECTION 9: NEW BUSINESS
9-1 Proposed Resolution # 48-2018 - Confirmation of Mayoral
Appointment of Statutory Appointee and Authorization to Execute an
Employment Agreement
■ City Treasurer — Chantel Lindsay
9-2 Proposed Resolution #47-2018 — Boundary Line Adjustment for Power
House Subdivision Amendment #3
■ Approval for Property Located at noo Sand Flats Road in the RA-1
Zone
9-3 Mill Creek Drive West Extension Project
■ Award to Harrison Field Services in the amount of
$1,935,078.44
■ Approval of Construction Contract
9-4 Proposed Resolution #40-2018 — Adopting City of Moab Water
Distribution and Storage Master Plan
■ Briefing and Possible Approval
9-5 Proposed Resolution #44-2018 — Adopting Utah Geological Survey
Special Study 162 and the Geologic Hazards of the Moab Quadrangle
Set of 13 Hazard Specific Maps
■ Briefing and Possible Approval
9-6 Proposed Ordinance #2018-21— Adopting the Community
Reinvestment Project Area Plan for the South Moab Community
Reinvestment Project Area
■ Briefing and Possible Approval
SECTION io: APPROVAL OF BILLS AGAINST THE CITY OF MOAB
SECTION it: ADJOURNMENT
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations during this meeting
should notify the Recorder's Office at 217 East Center Street, Moab, Utah 84532; or phone (435) 259-5121 at least three
(3) working days prior to the meeting. Check our website for updates at: www.moabcity.org
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AGENDA SUMMARY
MOAB CITY COUNCIL MEETING
October 9, 2o18
Agenda Item
Workshop
Title: Annual Report to Council by the Water Conservation and Drought Management
Advisory Board
Presenter: Water Board members and Rosemarie Russo
Department: Administration
Summary: A written report accompanied by an in -person presentation on the goals,
activities and accomplishments of the Council -appointed Water Conservation and Drought
Management Advisory Board
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Workshop
MOAB WATER FACTS
City of Moab Water Conservation and Drought Management Advisory Board
October 2018
Current estimate of production potential:
Moab City: 5,401 AF**
GWSSA: 3,940 AF*** (potential was reported as 9,444 AF but they only have
3,940 AF of water rights)
SJSVSSD: 0 AF*
GCWCD & MIC at Sheley Tunnel: 2,500 AF*
MIC Lower Diversions: 1783 AF ****
Private Wells: 400 AF *
Total current production potential = 14,024 AF
According to the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) Draft Groundwater Study,
the amount of Groundwater Available for sustainable use is 10,100 to 15,100 AF
(USGS Study 2017, this includes both the Valley and Glen Canyon Group Aquifer)
Current estimate of Water requirements:
Moab City estimate at build out: 9434 AF***
GWSSA estimate by 2060: 1550****
SJSVSSD estimate by 2060: 500* (5000 if full rights are developed as stated in
the SJSVSSD 40-year water right plan)
GCWCD & MIC at Sheley Tunnel if use stays the same: 2,500 AF *
MIC Lower Diversions if use stays the same: 1783 AF ****
Private Wells if use stays the same: 400*
Total Current estimate of water requirements = 16,167 AF
Estimates of current groundwater use:
Moab City: 2283 AF **
GWSSA: 830 AF***
SJSVSSD: 0
Private Wells: 400 *
GCWCD & MIC at Shelley Tunnel: 2,500 AF *
MIC Lower Diversions: 1783****
Estimated total amount of groundwater currently being used= 7,796
Sources:
* Utah Division of Water Rights
** Moab City 2016 Water Conservation Plan
***GWSSA 2014 Water Conservation Plan
**** Moab Irrigation Company 2017 Water Distribution Plan
Estimates for Use:
single-family home with landscaping = 1.0 AF per year
condominium without landscaping = .45 AF
seasonal cabin without landscaping =.25 AF
hotel room = .36 AF
Overall Moab Usage:
Residential 50%
Nightly Accommodations 16%
Other commercial and Institutional 17%
Cemeteries & Parks 3%
Water Loss 6%
Other 8%
Conversions and Acronyms:
AF = Acre Foot or Acre Feet
1 AF = 325,851 gallons
cfs = cubic feet per second
1 cubic foot = —7.5 gallons
1 cfs/year = 236,000,000 gallons
1 cfs/year = 724 AF
GWSSA = Grand Water and Sewer Service
Agency
SJSVSSD = San Juan Spanish Valley
Special Service District
UDWRi = Utah Division of Water Rights
GW = Groundwater
GCWCD = Grand County Water Conserv-
ancy District
MIC = Moab Irrigation Company
TNC = The Nature Conservancy
GCA=Glen Canyon aquifer
VF=Valley Fill aquifer
Common Household Uses of Drinking Water
(Gallons per Capita per Day)
Bathing: 20
Toilet Flushing: 24
Lawn Watering and Pools: 25
Laundry: 8.5
Dishwasher: 4
Car Washing: 2.5
Drinking and Cooking: 2
Garbage Disposal: 1
Wastewater Treatment Quick View
Current plant averages 1 Million Gallons per Day (MGD)
New Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) will have a capacity
to process 1.7 MGD.
Current plant uses 2 Million Gals of water per month.
New WRF is estimated to use 300,000 Gals of water per
month.
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Moab Area Water Rights Overview
Paper Groundwater Rights:
Moab City: 10,091 AF ** (others have calculated it at 9440 and 9658)
GWSSA: 3940 AF ***
SJSVSSD: 500 AF *(Currently they have approval for 500 AF but their water right
appropriation is pending for 5,000 AF)
Estimated private well water rights currently being used: 400 AF*
Estimated surface water rights that are "base flow" or groundwater:
GCWCD & MIC @ Sheley Tunnel: 2,500 AF*
MIC Lower Diversions: 1783 AF ****
Total amount of groundwater currently considered appropriated:
Paper water rights (14,931 total) + base flow rights (4,283) = 19,214 AF
Other Water Rights Details
Spanish Valley is currently closed to new appropriation of surface water *
Current Spanish Valley groundwater appropriation limit is 6.73 AF *
Spanish Valley groundwater is open to transfer appropriations *
The adjudication process currently being administered by the Division of Water
Rights will be ongoing for at least one year.
Did You Know?
Water use in the US has not correlated propor-
tionally to total population. Agriculture and in-
dustrial uses account for the biggest withdraw-
als; withdrawals for domestic use amount to
only 11 %. There is a great deal of regional vari-
ation. Irrigation is largely a western phenome-
non, which increases the per capita withdraw-
als.
Groundwater and surface Water Interaction:
Many large aquifers have been exploited at
rates far exceeding recharge rates. In these
cases, municipalities and water supply organi-
zations have been forced to turn to alternative
freshwater supplies. Decisions need to be
made about managing existing aquifers, espe-
cially to coordinate groundwater and surface
water withdrawals.
Water Resources Key Terms
Administered water systems: Most of the rivers in the West were fully appropriated by the end of the nineteenth century leading most
Western states to manage water systems (i.e. dams, canals) through "administered" systems. These systems refer to public agencies involved in
regulating surface water use.
Average -cost pricing: Revenue to cover costs of production so that general tax revenues do not need to be used. The total costs of de-
livering water are divided by the quantity of water delivered, and the unit water price.
Declining block pricing: Uses two pricing mechanisms — one for the first quantity of water and a second price for higher consumption rates.
Discharge: Gaining Streams; Springs and Seeps; Wells; Waste Water Treatment Plants
Flow System: bedrock controlled by topography, degree of dissection, continuity, and hydro structures; and alluvium controlled by
collapsed anticlines/graben hydrostructures, topography, dissection, continuity, and deposit thickness.
Freshwater: Most of the water on earth is salty. Much of the global supply of freshwater is locked up in glaciers, ice caps, and else-
where. This means that freshwater supplies for humans and ecosystems must come from the relatively small amounts that run off as surface water
or are contained in accessible groundwater aquifers.
Groundwater: The law of groundwater resources is different from, but related to, surface water rights. Groundwater is extracted from
underground aquifers, the geohydrological characteristics of which vary widely. Recharge rates can vary from year to year and by the surrounding
formations. In many cases, they are hydrologically interconnected to surface water resources, recharging from and discharging to water in streams
and lakes.
Instream flow protection: Relatively new principle that balances traditional demands for water withdrawals with services such as boat-
ing, fishing, ecosystem protection and scenic values.
Riparian water rights: Stems from the Latin word riparius, meaning, "situated on the banks of a natural watercourse or body of water." It
was used in the East, where water is abundant and derived from English legal doctrine. By this doctrine, the rights to use water (other than for
irrigation, which was reserved to the government) belonged to the people who owned the banks of the streams or lakes.
Prior appropriation water rights: Essentially gives water rights to the first person who appropriates it and makes beneficial use of it. It is
sometimes called "first in time, first in right." While riparian water law tends to arbitrate right holders as equal in status, prior appropriation creates
primacies such as that first users have rights that take precedence over those coming later. It was developed because of the arid climate in the
West. The first user is referred to as a senior right holder. Later users known as junior rights holders can gain access to the portion of the water not
used by senior holders. Appropriation water rights are also "use it or lose it" rights. The rights exist only so long as the water is actually used; if use
stops, the right is lost.
Per capita domestic supply: is the sum of public supply and domestic self -supply in relation to the population. U.S. domestic use averaged
123 gallons per person per day in 1960, 163 gallons in 1980, 164 in 2000 and 320 in 2016.
Recharge: Infiltration of Precipitation; Losing Streams; Subregional Flow from Bedrock to Alluvium and Glacial Materials; Site Flow from
Eolian, Alluvial and Glacial Materials to Bedrock; Site Flow from Irrigation.
Safe yield: the amount of water that can be withdrawn from an aquifer without significant ecological impacts, which could result from
reductions in streamflow where groundwater discharge to the stream provides baseflow. If the amount of groundwater withdrawn exceeds the safe
yield amounts, the well can go dry. Safe yield is generally considered equal to the average replenishment rate of the aquifer from natural and
artificial recharge.
Surface Water: Streams, lakes and rivers
Third -party effects: a person who is affected by water right transfers but is not part of the agreement (i.e., downstream user)
Water markets: generally involves buying irrigation rights through private agreements
Water withdrawals/consumption: Groundwater typically falls in the category of open -access resource, but in the West, groundwater laws
tend to be consistent with prior appropriation. Groundwater management areas may be empowered to set and enforce rules, such as permitting,
well spacing, well construction standards, allocation preferences, limited pumping rates, restrictions on place of use and water monitoring and
reporting.
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CITY OF
MoAg
UTAH
Moab Water Conservation and Drought Management Advisory Board
Annual Report to Moab City Council 2018
Background and Membership:
The Moab Water Conservation and Drought Management Advisory Board (Water Board) was
established by Ordinance 2017-09 by the City Council, based on recommendations set forth in
the Council -approved Moab Water Conservation and Drought Management Plan Update of 2016
which also recommended the creation of the Sustainability Director position.
The Council confirmed the inaugural appointment of five City residents recommended by Mayor
David Sakrison. The original membership included Arne Hultquist, Kara Dohrenwend, Jeremy
Lynch, Kyle Bailey and Sarah Sidwell. Later, Mike Duncan was appointed and Sidwell moved
from the City limits and relinquished her position on the board.
In March of 2018 the Bylaws were amended and ratified by Council to include one position on
the seven -member board which did not have a City residency requirement if the candidate
resided within the watershed area. After that action, Grand County resident John Gould was
appointed to the Board, as well as Denver Perkins, a City resident.
City staff who regularly attend Water Board meetings and work on projects with the Board
include Sustainability Director Rosemarie Russo, Assistant City Engineer Eric Johanson and
Records/Project Specialist Eve Tallman, who serves as the Board Secretary. Public Works Staff
members Levi Jones, LeighAnne Reinhart and Pat Dean also attend selected meetings.
Mission and 2o17 Goals:
Early on, the Board established bylaws and a mission statement:
it is the mission of the Moab Water Conservation and Drought Management Advisory Board to advise
the Moab City Council on policies and practices to ensure a quality water supply for current and future
residents of Moab.
The Goals adopted for 2017 included:
• Review the current Water Conservation Plan for corrections and improvements.
• Discuss the purposes of water conservation, and the appropriate buffers needed for
hardened water demand [demand hardening refers to perceived basic water needs, as
opposed to "discretionary water use," such as landscaping].
• Review the impact of outdoor water use on Moab's culinary water supply.
• The role of trees, lawns, and other landscaping in a water conservation program.
• Educational and public information efforts.
• Drought management.
• Participation in the Groundwater Management Plan process being conducted by the
Division of Water Rights, including consideration of closing the aquifer and
consideration of recharge rate.
• Flood Control as part of the General Plan review.
• Stormwater Management.
• Engagement with the City's expert staff.
• Review the Water Rate Schedule and water usage by type.
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Workshop
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