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decision on water
Tulelake
Irrigation District board discusses water settlement plan
By
LEE JUILLERAT
H&N
Regional Editor
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The
Tulelake Irrigation District Board meets Wednesday to discuss a |
TULELAKE
— The Tulelake Irrigation District board said Wednesday it hadn’t
determined whether it would take a stand on a water settlement plan on
how to allocate water in the
Tulelake
Irrigation District manager Earl Danosky said the board has authority to
support or oppose the plan, which hasn’t been publicly released yet.
The district is the largest in the Klamath Project. Formed in the 1950s,
it services about 63,000 acres and has about 300 separate users.
The
board met Wednesday and discussed the proposed agreement, but settlement
talk participants adhered to confidentiality agreements.
“People know that there’s a confidentiality
agreement and that remains in effect,” said Paul Simmons, the
irrigation district’s attorney, before the group went into a closed
executive session. He said there would be several public meetings before
an agreement is finalized.
25
organizations
Representatives from about 25 organizations have met
for the past three years to devise the plan. Participants include
government agencies, tribes, environmentalists and irrigators. Officials
say the settlement should be made public soon, but reports of when vary
from a week to a month.
“I hope everybody knows soon,” Simmons said before
the board went into executive session.
Ed Sheets, who is involved in settlement talks, told
the Herald and News Wednesday that the group has not determined when or
how the agreement will be made public.
Board meets today
The
Tulelake Irrigation District board of directors will meet again at
Officials
said the group would meet in a public session before adjourning to a
closed session. Because the agenda does not include any action items,
attorney Paul Simmons said no action would be taken after the closed
meeting.
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