Agenda in
Blue
Notes in Black
Approval of Minutes
Approval of vouchers and warrants
Old Business
1. Adjudication
The board agreed to drop claims against the allottee lands.
Marzulla filed two supplemental briefs for oral arguments
on water property rights. One brief
includes a motion for summary judgment on whether or not a district can
represent water users. The second
brief is a Supplementary brief of additional authorities on the issue of whether
or not the right to irrigate is a property right. A Hearing on the second brief
to be held March 30th in
The tribes have filed an appeal.
Solem reported that a Consent Decree has been drafted in
the Straits Drain Suit. Klamath
Water Users and Klamath Drainage District will have to agree not to oppose the
BOR proceeding with the settlement. An
EIS will be prepared to evaluate the proposed settlement.
Solem reported that the A Canal headgates and fish screen
are being readied for the water season. The
bulk heads will be installed, seals inspected for leaks, screens evaluated for
winter ice damage, and then the bulkheads will removed.
Other needed repairs are still be ignored by the BOR.
Solem reported that BacGen, representing the Oregon Energy
Trust, will begin evaluations of the Miller Hill pumping station and other
District pump stations for possible OET grant money for power efficiency
upgrades on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.
The board discussed a PP&L pilot program for using
solar panels to power irrigation pumps of 50 hp or less.
It takes approximately 37 kw to run a 50 hp pump and ¼ of an acre to
accommodate the solar panels.
New Business
Under current drought conditions, the BOR is concerned
about a water shortage in June or July. The
BOR is following their drought plan and has announced that there maybe water
shortages and that “C” water might not be available.
There is a possibility that additional ground water or ground idling
could be transferred to “C” water users.
As of right now, the projected inflow/storage into UKL will
only be 240,218 acre-feet with 261,000 acre-feet of demand.
BOR will smooth out the step function on UKL levels which may lower the
month-end lake level requirements but the end of June and July requirements may
still cause problems.
Sabo is following the 1991 Drought Plan to a T.
He keeps saying we’re not in terrible shape; we may only be short
20,000 acre-feet. There are too many
variables, there is now more hay being grown in the Project then in 1992.
Hay takes more water than potatoes.
Hopefully we’ll get a good storm event between now and
April 15th. The ground is
really dry and it will take more water at start of season then normal.
There are approximately 900 acres of “C” Water land in
the Project with only about 160 acres comprising of ball fields, parks, and
cemeteries. The board agreed to
research and discuss ‘donated’ water to keep these acres green this summer
at the next meeting.
The board agreed that they are interested in taking over
the operations of the Link River Dam when the PacifiCorp contract expires in
2006. Solem will discuss this with
Dave Sabo to determine the process, billing the other districts in the Project,
and potential liabilities.
No decisions were reached on how to handle rental water
this year. More discussion is
needed.
The board adopted new rules for public contracting at the
last meeting.
a.
Headgates
Bids were opened for the purchase of 16 new ditch
headgates. Winning bidder was J.W.
Kerns at $9, 062.30.
b.
Copy Machine
The board agreed for Solem to send out bid requests for a
new office copy machine.
c.
Dump truck
The board agreed to the purchase of a 1984 Western Star 10
yard dump truck for $29,500.
d.
Steel
The board approved the purchase of steel to make covers for
the junction boxes installed during the lateral piping projects in the south
suburbs.
e.
Backhoe
The board agreed for Solem to send out bid requests for a
new backhoe.
f.
Mail machine
The board asked Solem to research replacing the postage
machine.
3 bids were received for KID’s 1995 Ford Contour.
The winning bidder was Carol Fox with a bid of $5,010.00.
a.
Mileage for office employees
The board agreed to provide the office staff with a pickup
or pay them $.30 per mile for their personal car for KID business.
a.
Cheyne spill pipeline easement
Solem reported that the pipe for a spill from the C-7
lateral to
b.
Power line damage
Once again, the KID board asked Solem to contact PPL
concerning KID not paying for damages to KID facilities.
c.
Underground utilities
The board discussed charging a locating fee to compensate
for dealing with problems concerning underground utilities
The board discussed the March 15th PUC Public
Meeting and proposed legislation to address the power issues.
Proposed legislation included a Rate Shock Limitation Bill and a Bill to
reaffirm the Klamath River Compact.
Executive Session: Union negotiations
C4r private lateral easement
Pam Rodriquez is requesting that KID maintain her private
ditch off the C-4-r lateral. Solem
is researching her deed and those of the surrounding landowners to resolve the
question of who is responsible for the maintenance.
Charles Webb who lives on
KID
Board Meeting
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