Cottonwood Creek Consolidated Irrigation Company held their annual stockholder meeting at the Orangeville Community Center in Orangeville. President Clyde Magnuson opened the meeting by reading the minutes of the prior annual stockholders meeting, giving a financial report and a construction progress report. The company now has 450 stockholders.
Magnuson handed out to the stock holders a Cottonwood Creek Water Distribution summary for the year 2016. The total water distributed was 52,399 acre feet of water.
The $20,000 cost of repairing a broken water line this year was covered by the Insurance Company and the property owner. Clyde emphasized the need to call Blue Stakes before you begin digging because now irrigation pipelines and stock water lines could be anywhere. If you do not call Blue Stakes the cost of the repair is yours.
Cory Worwood as reported by Clyde Magnuson said the land owner is responsible for controlling the re-growth of Russian Olive trees and that chemicals for spraying Russian Olives are available from the Mosquito and Weed Department.
Craig Johansen reported the CCCIC pipeline project and $33 million has been spent on construction. The estimated total cost of the project will be over 40 million. We finished the projects that were on the board last year. The Federal Government has paid for about 30 percent of this project. We still have our up stream ditches that need to be piped. We have a plan but there is no money available at this time.
There is a plan in place to divert the Adobe Wash around the Adobe Wash reservoir. When installed this diversion would prevent mud from flowing into the Adobe Wash reservoir and out through the sprinkler systems. Emery County will participate in this project with flood control money.
Craig Johansen said a total of $1.4 million will have been spent to purchase meters and meter stations for on farm use. When this project is finished each water user will be responsible for the cost of maintaining their meters. Broken water meters will be replaced by CCCIC. By April 1 each water user will have to contact the CCCIC secretary and notify her about which water shares are going to be associated with a particular meter.
Jay Mark Humphrey of the Emery Water Conservancy District handed out a snow level report showing 189 percent of normal and said they are not using any snow making equipment this year. It is anticipated that Joe’s Valley Dam will spill over this year.
Jay pointed out that the meters are prone to weeds growing around them the land owner is responsible for keeping the weeds down. Chemicals are available to control the weeds. If a fire burns up your meter it will cost you the water share holder.
The stockholders approved the amended articles of incorporation and by-laws for the irrigation company as presented by Scott Johansen and seconded by Jay Mark Humphrey.
The CCCIC stockholders approved increasing the amount of stock from 34,000 to 36,100 and to allow for the acquisition of some additional downstream water rights.
The CCCIC stockholders approved changing the voting procedure from canal service areas to pipeline connection districts. This change will be effective when board directors are voted for at the annual stockholder meeting in 2018. Editorial changes were approved to the CCCIC constitution and by-laws so that the constitution and by-laws are in conformity with the existing Utah Water Code.
Lowell Gardner gave his NRCS Report of how much money would be available this year and presented a report of the CCCIC Projects Contracted with NRCS and the 2017 Salinity Applications by Focus Area.
The current board directors are as follows: the Mammoth Canal Craig Johansen, Clyde Magnuson and Shane Nielsen. The Clipper Western Canal Karl Justesen and Lee Magnuson. The Blue Cut Canal Klayton Laws and Justus Jorgensen. The Industrial-Municipal Users Laren Huntsman.
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