Arizona Water Resources presents case to Lake Havasu City Council (Public Hearing)

Lake Havasu City Council Work Session
Police Facility, 2360 McCulloch Boulevard North
Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 5:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Mark Nexsen called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Councilmembers Mark Nexsen, Cindy Aldridge, David McAtlin, Margaret Nyberg, Dennis Schilling, and Brian Wedemeyer

CALL TO THE PUBLIC
There were no requests to address the city council.

PUBLIC HEARING: DISCUSSION RE: PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF BILL WILLIAMS RIVER WATER
Acting City Attorney Kelly Garry advised that the city was approached by the company, Arizona Water Resources, LLC (AWR) with the possibility of venturing into an agreement to appropriate several thousands of acre feet of excess surface water from the Bill Williams River to be utilized by the city. She noted that AWR was here to give a presentation to the city council describing the project and also to answer any questions that may arise. She also noted that the purpose of this presentation is to 1) Determine if the city council wants to direct staff to continue negotiations for an agreement for this project, and 2) One of the steps of the project is to give a compatibility assessment to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the construction of the project.