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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 of May 12, 2026 approved on June 9, 2026

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Event Start Date & Time

May 12, 2026 06:30 PM

Event End Date & Time

May 12, 2026 08:20 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 12, 2026 6:30 PM Present were: Jay Olsen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Matt Palmer, Stanford Jensen, and Scott Bartholomew. Also present were Brian Andrew with Hansen, Allen, and Luce Engineering, Amanda Olson, and Kristine Oxman. Absent: Wade Eliason 1. Welcome and Roll Call- Welcome by Jay Olsen. A roll call was made of those present at the meeting. 2. Approval of Minutes- The Minutes of the April,14 2026, meeting was reviewed by the board. McCrae Christiansen made a motion to approve the minutes. Scott Bartholomew seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously, with Jay Olsen, Matthew Palmer, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Stanford Jensen, and Scott Bartholomew each voting in favor. 3. Financials Approval of Outstanding Bills- The board reviewed the bills. A motion was made by Scott Bartholomew to approve the bills. Matt Palmer seconded the motion, and the motion passed unanimously, with Jay Olsen, Matthew Palmer, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Stanford Jensen, and Scott Bartholomew each voting in favor. 4. Project Updates- - Discussion on standards and criteria for project ranking- The board discussed the criteria for a time limit on projects. There is a discussion regarding adding a 6 month summary report and a 2 year sunset clause added to our standards and criteria. This is so that the district knows where they are with the project. - Current Projects-wrapping up with Sterling project, haven't heard anything more on any of the others. - New Applications Received- No new applications at this time. - Our Change Application Status for direct Diversion- Jay has talked to Nate and stated that we would like him to put some pressure on the water right and what they are doing and when they will be giving us some information. 5. Monitoring of Change Applications submitted in the county- Brian Andrews is present and states that we have filed on the ones we were concerned about. We are filing on areas 65,63,67. Scott Bartholomew brings up an application that he just recently noticed and he would like them to watch it. There were two that we requested a hearing on last time and we are waiting on a response. 6. Outreach and Education discussion- Justin and Jay state that it may be beneficial to get some information out there about what is available for water savings and what we are doing. Justin stated that he has had people approach him and they are concerned about the water situation. Justin asks information do we what to get out on our website. We could put out different programs that are available, or what preventive measures we are doing or promoting or what they can get their communities to promote these programs. We may want to see about getting permission to put links on our website for different resources like USU extension water conservation, Ag efficiency programs, Programs for cities to resource. Also to have a list of things we have done to conserve and improve water projects. 7. Narrows- will be discussed in closed session regarding litigation 8. Other business / public comment (2 minutes time limit for public comment)- Brian Andrews gives a presentation on the ground water study that was conducted. He gives a preliminary draft report and shows the study area. (He requested that the draft it not be given to the public yet until it is more complete). He shows a graph of the infiltration from precipitation, and safe yield. Now that we have the model, we use this model to run the study and the effect. Justin asks if this will be able to give us a density projection. That is where we want to get. This is just the first stage. No other public comment was received. 9. Closed Session Consideration of a motion to enter Closed Session pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-205(1)(c) and (d) for a strategy session regarding pending or reasonably imminent litigation, and the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property where public discussion would disclose the district's negotiation strategy.- Scott Bartholomew made a motion at 7:42 PM to go into Closed Session pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-205(1)(c) and (d) for a strategy session regarding pending or reasonably imminent litigation, and the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property where public discussion would disclose the district's negotiation strategy. The motion was seconded by Justin Jackson, and the motion passed unanimously, Jay Olsen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Matthew Palmer, Stanford Jensen, and Scott Bartholomew each voting aloud in favor of the motion. Scott Bartholomew made a motion at 8:19 PM to go out of the executive session. Justin seconded the motion, and the motion passed unanimously, with Jay Olsen, Matthew Palmer, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Stanford Jensen, and Scott Bartholomew each voting aloud in favor of the motion. The following motion was made as a result of the discussion from closed session; A motion was made by Scott Bartholomew to approve Brian Andrews to send off a request and application for a title transfer. The motion was seconded by McCrae Christiansen and the motion passed unanimously with Jay Olsen, Matthew Palmer, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Stanford Jensen, and Scott Bartholomew each voting in favor. 10. Adjournment - Scott Bartholomew at 8:20 PM Next Scheduled Meeting: June 9, 2026

Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify Kristine Oxman 435-851-6772

Notice of Electronic or Telephone Participation

NABoard members Stanford Jensen- McCrae Christiansen- Justin Jackson- Scott Bartholomew - Wade Eliason- Matt Palmer- Jay Olsen- Chairman Board email- Sanpetewcd@gmail.com

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Meeting Location

520 South 100 East
Manti, UT 84642
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June 10, 2026 05:53 PM

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June 10, 2026 05:53 PM

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