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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 the July 14, 2026 meeting approved on 8-11-26

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Event Start Date & Time

July 14, 2026 06:30 PM

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July 14, 2026 08:30 PM

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SANPETE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustees Jay Olsen Matthew Palmer Justin Jackson Wade Eliason McCrae Christiansen Stanford Jensen Scott Bartholomew NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Board of Trustees Meeting Date: July 14, 2026 Time: 6:30 PM Location: 520 North 100 East, Manti, Utah Meeting minutes Present were Stanford Jensen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Wade Eliason, Matt Palmer, and Scott Bartholomew. Also present were Brian Andrews, with Hansen, Allen, and Luce Engineering, Randy Strate, with Horseshoe Irrigation co. Thayne Otten with Moroni City, Justin Atkinsen with Sunrise Engineering, Amanda Olson, and Kristine Oxman. Absent: Jay Olsen 1. Welcome and Roll Call- Vice Chair Stanford Jensen called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. A roll call was conducted, and a quorum of the Board was present. 2. Approval of Minutes June 9, 2026, Meeting Minutes- The Minutes of the June 9th, 2026, meeting were reviewed by the board. Justin Jackson made a motion to approve the minutes. McCrae Christiansen seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously, with Stanford Jensen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Wade Eliason, Matt Palmer, and Scott Bartholomew each voting in favor. 3. Financial Report Approval of Outstanding Bills -The board reviewed the bills. A motion was made by Wade Eliason to approve the bills. Justin Jackson seconded the motion, and the motion passed unanimously, with Stanford Jensen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Wade Eliason, Matt Palmer, and Scott Bartholomew each voting in favor. 4. Project Updates Discussion and possible action regarding standards and criteria for project ranking- The board had discussed revisions to the project ranking criteria, including points for technology or sustainability, with public you still get 10 points, if it is an irrigation system you get 5 points and if you are an individual, you get 0, developers would not get any of the public points. A motion was made by Scott Bartholomew to approve the changes to the ranking criteria as presented. Matt Palmer seconded the motion, and the motion passed unanimously, with Stanford Jensen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Wade Eliason, Matt Palmer, and Scott Bartholomew each voting in favor. - Current projects- Shawn Sorenson project was approved but we have not received an invoice from him yet. We have approved the last payment to Sterling Irrigation. - New applications received-We have received 5 Horseshoe Irrigation projects, which are part of PL566, they are: A reservoir with Spring City, asking $1.59 million, scoring 83 out of 100 on the rankings. Reservoir outlet piping asking $313,000., scoring 83 out of 100. Point ditch piping, asking $156,000., scoring 81 out of 100. Horseshoe irrigation north filed irrigation piping. Requesting $305,000, scoring 73 out of 100. Residential secondary water meters asking $221,000., scoring 60 out of 100. All the Horseshoe projects are not formally asking for the funds yet because they are still waiting on PL566, but they have been turned in and ranked. Moroni City master plan update for secondary water system requesting $30,400. They scored 75 out of 100 and would be ready to start in August. Mt. Pleasant/ Twin Lake irrigation requesting cemetery ditch piping $250,000., scoring 74 out of 100 and would be ready to start in August. Thayne Otten from Moroni City was present and explained their project and stated that they do have an engineering firm on the project. Brian Andrews stated that is new information and will bump their score up to 80 out of 100. The board needs more information on Mt. Pleasant project before they can consider that one. Wade Eliason made a motion to approve the funding of the project for Moroni City project to update a master plan for a secondary water system in the amount of $30,400. Justin Jackson seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously with Stanford Jensen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Wade Eliason, Matt Palmer, and Scott Bartholomew each voting in favor. - Status of the District's change applications-. The state engineer tracking is at 70% complete. It is waiting for the regional engineer to send it up to SLC. More was discussed in closed session. - Monitoring of change applications- Jay Olsen and Brian Andrews Attended the protest hearing on the legacy sweet water application. They did request that if the State does approve it, that the applicant be required to report flows to us monthly. The Dyreng change applications has also been protested. There have been a few new ones filed that we might want to protest. The board discusses the applications. 2 of the applications look like we might want to protest. A motion was made by Wade Eliason to protest change application A54716 and A54816. The motion was seconded by Justin Jackson and the motion passed unanimously with Stanford Jensen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Wade Eliason, Matt Palmer, and Scott Bartholomew each voting in favor. - Ground water study update- The model is completed; they have reached out to their partners for scenarios studies. 5. Outreach and Education Discussion- Representative Shelly will give us the legislative review for our WET day. The board had a discussion regarding different vendors that the board would like to possibly have come to the education day, such as Ag Drip and Hansen Allen and Luce. We would need to advertise vendor and booth space. They discussed how many vendors would be good and how much room we would have for them. Justin stated that if they had 10, he would feel good about that. 6. Narrows- was discussed in closed session. 7. Other Business / Public Comment (Public comment limited to two (2) minutes per speaker. (No action will be taken on matters raised during public comment unless properly noticed on a future agenda.) -Randy Strate was present and asked will the groundwater study be available to the public. Brian Andrews answered and said yes. When the peer review is complete it will most likely be put on to the district website. That will probably happen this fall. He also stated that he would really like to see the district look at protesting well to well change applications. The board would like to have the matter put on the next agenda. 8. Closed Session Consideration and possible action on a motion to enter a Closed Session pursuant to Utah Code § 52-4-205(1)(c) and (d) for: - A strategy session regarding pending or reasonably imminent litigation; and - Discussion of the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property where public discussion would disclose the district's negotiation strategy. Scott Bartholomew made a motion at 7:53 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 Wade Eliason, and the motion passed unanimously, with Stanford Jensen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Wade Eliason, Matt Palmer, and Scott Bartholomew each voting aloud in favor of the motion. McCrae Christiansen made a motion at 8:27 PM to go out of the executive session with no action taken. Wade Eliason seconded the motion, and the motion passed unanimously, with Stanford Jensen, Justin Jackson, McCrae Christiansen, Wade Eliason, Matt Palmer, and Scott Bartholomew each voting aloud in favor of the motion. 9. Adjournment- Motion to adjourn by Scott Barholomew meeting was adjourned at 8:27 PM. Next Scheduled Meeting: August 11, 2026

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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

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Board 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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520 South 100 East
Manti, UT 84642
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August 12, 2026 04:25 PM

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