WRIA 14 PLANNING UNIT MEETING

Wednesday, November 9, 2005

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Shelton Civic Center

Shelton, WA

Meeting Summary

Attendance:

Government Members Present:
Phil Wiatrak, Dept. of Ecology	Pam Bennett-Cumming, Mason County
Jeanne Kinney, Thurston County	John Konovsky, Squaxin Island Tribe
Al Frey, Port of Shelton
Government Members Absent:
Mason County PUD # 1	City of Shelton

Other Planning Unit Members Present:
Diane Cooper, Taylor Shellfish	Terri Jeffreys, Realtors and Homebuilders
Drew Noble, Water Purveyors	Bob Simmons, WSU Extension
Constance Ibsen, LHCWC	Warren Dawes, SWPSWC
Harry Paul, Thurston PUD

Others Present:
Amy Hatch-Winecka, Mason CD	Stephanie Kenny, Mason Co. Health
Jim Mathieu, NW Land & Water	Nadine Romero & Joe Puhn, Squaxin Island Tribe
Laura Strauss, NW Land & Water	Susan Gulick, Technical Project Mgr/Facilitator

1. Presentation by NW Land and Water on the Hydro-geologic Study

q Jim Mathieu and Laura Strauss of NW Land and Water briefed the Planning Unit on the draft Hydro-Geo study in the Shelton-Johns Creek area.

q The study assessed surface and groundwater continuity within the study area.

q Comments on the draft report are due to Susan by Monday, November 28^th.

q The Tribe is willing to continue the monitoring conducted by NW Land and Water as much as possible. It may make more sense for the City to monitor its own well. All of the data collected will be sent to Ecology to be entered into EIMS.

2. Watershed Plan

q The Planning Unit developed a draft recommendation for management of on-site sewage and modified the recommendation on monitoring (attached as a separate document).

q Comments on the draft plan are due to Susan no later than Wednesday, November 23^rd.

3. Draft Public Involvement Materials

q Bob Simmons demonstrated a draft PowerPoint presentation that will be used to brief community groups on the watershed plan.

q Planning Unit members provided comments on the draft presentation.

q Bob will finalize the presentation based on these comments.

4. Oakland Bay Downgrade

q The Tribe is conducting testing to help determine the source of the increased contamination of Oakland Bay. John should have more information on the results of this testing at a future meeting.

5. Upcoming Meetings

q The Planning Unit meeting originally scheduled for November 23^rd has been rescheduled to November 30^th. The meeting on Wed. Nov. 30^th will be from 9-12 at the Shelton Civic Center.

q There will also be a Planning Unit meeting on Wednesday, December 14^th from 9-12 at the Shelton Civic Center.