February 9, 2005

McKinley County Complex

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Paulene McCabe Manuelito Chapter

Karl Lohmann Coal Basin MDWUA

Sherry Botkin Thoreau Water & Sanitation District

Charley Long, Sr. Thoreau Chapter

facilitators/staff:

Larry Winn McKinley County Soil & Water Conservation District

GUESTS:

Matthew Metzler Whispering Cedars MDWUA

I. OPENING & INTRODUCTIONS. Board facilitator Larry Winn opened the meeting at 10:12 AM.

II. MINUTES.

Charley Long, Sr. moved, and Paulene McCabe seconded to approve the minutes of January 12, 2004. The motion was approved by acclamation.

III. OLD BUSINESS.

a. Small System Forum of April 9:

i. It was determined that Larry Winn would notify Mike Daly that we were putting him in charge of firming up the arrangements.

b. County Water Issues- Extended discussion of regional solutions, using Gallup Regional System as the primary example. Each small system was urged to come forward by the time of the Forum with their respective projections concerning future supply and delivery adequacy as preparation for eventual regional planning. Discussion included possible reserve-osmosis addition to the Gallup municipal and (thereby, the extension) to the Gallup Regional System.

c. Current and Upcoming Legislative Issues-Discussion of HB 725/SB 774 as needed attempts to acquire now-Federal match $ for BOR’s Feasibility Study for Gallup reverse osmosis capability. All liked the ideas. Larry suggested a phone tree/e-mail tree to support this effort, to be co-ordinated through Rose Marie Esquivel, GJU Secretary. All asked to be included.

d. County Commissioners/County Attorney briefing on water supply issues-Larry reported that he will conduct the briefing with Doug Decker and perhaps others preparatory to the Commissioners Tom Trujillo, and Doug going to Washington D.C. in early March.

e. Next meeting-It was determined that the regular meeting time, the second Wednesday, would probably not be best for March due to the non-availability of Jeff, Evan, and Larry Legislation Session. It was agreed that the next meeting would be held Wednesday, March 30.

Remaining agenda items were not discussed.

IV. OTHER ISSUES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

V. ADJOURNMENT: Sherry Botkin moved, and Charley Long, Sr. seconded to adjourn; the Board meeting adjourned at 12:00 PM. Next meeting will be at the McKinley County conference room at 10 AM on Wednesday, March 30^th

Respectfully submitted,

Larry Winn, President

McKinley County Soil & Water Conservation District