Attendees: Al Permut, Roger Svendson, Dave Blauch, Michael Stein, Dave Clark, John LoPorto
Roger and Al reported on their meeting with Kim Emmery from the City of Boulder. She is the one responsible for resolving the mud flow issues resulting from the recent pipeline leak. She was supportive of our efforts but requested that we leave a service crossing near the upstream end of the project so that heavy equipment can access the pipeline for future maintenance and repairs.
Roger and Al also reported on their meeting with Dave Horhath and Claire Delaho with Boulder County. Dave was apparently enthusiastic and Claire supportive. They noted that their budgets are typically funded out about 3 years so they will not likely be a source of any funding.
There was some discussion about a possible permitting risk if there are Prebbles Meadow mice found in the area. My wife has two cats that could resolve this quickly ;)
Our work would have to be done during dormant growing season. Planting timeframe would need to be discussed w/county.
Spring spawning season and late fall brown spawning season need to be taken into consideration when scheduling work.
It was determined that we are outside of the urban drainage zone.
All permit applications are estimated to be submitted and approved with 30 - 90 days.
The county permit will likely require a public review & comment period.
BFC board requested that the committee check ERC’s references as our potential construction contractor. John and Dave C. will split the list and report back to the committee and board.
Concern was raised that we might be too far from town to qualify for a Fishing is Fun grant.
Roger and Al setting up meeting with Mark Goselin at CDOT to solicit their help and approval.
Dave B. to develop scope of work document. This should get us through our fund raising stage but not necessarily the permitting phase.
This would create our first financial obligation to ERC for $5K. Dave B. estimated the total cost to be approx. $100K. Roger requested that Dave also provide us with a full retail cost quote for this early work as a contingency in case ERC is ultimately not selected or the project does not move ahead.
Dave B. will provide Dirk an opt to bid as a subcontractor on the project.
Roger suggested we use Doug Laiho as a consultant on the project.
CDOW requires that any structures we create have a minimum 25 year life span.
ERC will sign off on this requirement as a P.E., taking over that liability.
Mike spoke w/Boulder County youth corp as a potential partner. The kids are treated as employees of the county and insured under their policy. Mike will take the lead on working with them.
The plan must include resources to water the new plantings for the first year after construction is completed. This could be a job for the youth corp.
Next meeting is scheduled for Monday 7/24.