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Special Service District

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Sanpete County Water Conservancy District

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Sanpete County Water Conservancy District Board

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Approved Minutes for May 13, 2025

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Meeting

Event Start Date & Time

May 13, 2025 06:30 PM

Event End Date & Time

May 13, 2025 08:33 PM

Description/Agenda

SANPETE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT BOARD of TRUSTEES Jay Olsen Matthew Palmer Justin Jackson Wade Eliason McCrae Christiansen Stanford Jensen Scott Bartholomew Meeting For May 13, 2025 6:30 P.M. Present were: Jay Olsen, McCrae Christiansen, Justin Jackson, Matt Palmer, Scott Bartholomew, Wade Eliason and Stanford Jensen. Also present were Brian Andrews with Hansen Allen and Luce Engineering Kate Baustian with Utah Geological Survey, Tom Day with Devils Pass Water Co., Garrick Willden with Jones and DeMille Engineering, and House of Represetitive Troy Shelley. Welcome- by Jay Olsen Approval of the April 8, 2025, minutes The Minutes of the April 8, 2025, meeting was reviewed by the board. Justin Jackson made a motion to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded by McCrae Christiansen and the motion passed unanimously with Jay Olsen, Matt Palmer, McCrae Christiansen, Scott Bartholomew, Wade Eliason, Stanford Jensen, and Justin Jackson each voting by name in the affirmative. Kate Baustian UGS (Utah Geological Survey) Sanpete Groundwater Study- Kate Baustian gives an update on the work they have been doing with the groundwater study. So far there is nothing they are seeing that is super scary in Sanpete. They are seeing that the wells are recharging in correlation with the rain and snow melt. If it's a dry year you're not going to get as much recharge if it is a wet year, you will get more recharge. This gives them hope that it's not too late to prevent problems like they are seeing in some other counties, where they are not seeing much recharge. So, any preventative measures the county makes now to preserve groundwater can prevent problems down the road from happening in Sanpete. A draft of the study should be completed by Thanksgiving. Update on current projects and any new applications- Brian Andrews was present and asked the board if they would like him to do another blitz and see if any more irrigation companies are ready to submit a new application. Matt Palmer asked if we need to know our new criteria before we do that. The board had a discussion and determined that they could fine-tune the criteria and do a blitz simultaneously. Tom Day was present and stated that he did submit an application to the State Water Optimization and is waiting for a reply. Jay Olsen said that they usually announce who is awarded those applications in June so he should hear from them in about a month. Brian Andrews was asked to submit a bid on updating the groundwater study and a proposal for monitoring change applications made within Sanpete County. The proposals were previously submitted to the board in preparation for this meeting. Scott asked if the groundwater study is just for the north end of the county. Brian stated that they had previously discussed starting with the north end of the county because they have more data for the north end from an older groundwater study that the district had completed, so it would be more cost-effective to start with the north end. If in the future they wanted to do the South end they could look into that. The board discussed the proposal given to them by Brian Andrews to monitor change applications filed in Sanpete County so the district is aware of any changes that may be of concern. House of Representative Troy Shelley stated that if there are things that need to be fixed, we need to get it fixed by legislating it correctly. Jay Olsen stated that what we need to have happen is to put pressure on a state agency to enforce policies that are already in place. There is more discussion regarding what needs to be done to prevent the over-allocation of water and having paper water rights not matching actual wet water rights. Troy Shelley stated that he would like them to print out the bill that needs to be fixed and they can work on the language that needs to be corrected. Troy Shelley asks how many wells are metered. Scott Bartholomew stated that by law they are all supposed to be metered but they are not enforced and that is the problem. Jay stated that the main reason they are completing the groundwater study is so that they have updated information to give to the state and make the changes we need to protect Sanpete's water so we won't have the problems they are seeing in some other counties. A Motion was made by Scott Bartholmew to accept the proposal submitted by Brian Andrews to update the groundwater study. The motion was seconded by Wade Eliason and the motion passed unanimously with Jay Olsen, Matt Palmer, McCrae Christiansen, Scott Bartholomew, Wade Eliason, Stanford Jensen, and Justin Jackson all voting in the affirmative. A motion was made by Scott Bartholmew to approve the second proposal made by Brian Andrews to monitor change applications filed in the Sanpete area. The motion was seconded by Justin Jackson and the motion passed unanimously with Jay Olsen, Matt Palmer, McCrae Christiansen, Scott Bartholomew, Wade Eliason, Stanford Jensen, and Justin Jackson all voting in the affirmative. Change Application update- Brain Andrews was just approved to monitor change applications. Review and approve applications for treasurer/accounting- Two different applications were submitted to the board for review. A motion was made by Wade Eliason to accept the application submitted by Amanda Olsen and appoint her as Treasurer. The motion was seconded by McCrae Christiansen and the motion passed unanimously with Jay Olsen, Matt Palmer, McCrae Christiansen, Scott Bartholomew, Wade Eliason, Stanford Jensen, and Justin Jackson all voting in the affirmative. Approve payment of outstanding bills- The board reviewed the bills. A motion was made by McCrae Christiansen to approve the bills. Scott Bartholomew seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously with Jay Olsen, Matt Palmer, McCrae Christiansen, Stanford Jensen, and Justin Jackson. Each voting by name in the affirmative. Other Business- Garrett Willden just wanted to express how he supports the efforts of the district and expresses the need for wet water transfer. He supports and is glad to see that the district is going to be monitoring change applications within Sanpete. Closed session to discuss litigation- Nothing to discuss in closed session. Next meeting: June 10, 2025 Meeting is adjourned at 8:35 PM.

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