Lake Havasu City Council Unanimously moves to ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 08-2326 APPROVING A JOINT SUBMISSION WITH ARIZONA WATER RESOURCES

Lake Havasu City Council Regular Meeting
Police Facility, 2360 McCulloch Boulevard North
Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 6:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Mark Nexsen called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Councilmembers Mark Nexsen, Cindy Aldridge, Don Callahan, David McAtlin, Margaret Nyberg, Dennis Schilling, and Brian Wedemeyer.

PUBLIC HEARING: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 08-2326 APPROVING A JOINT SUBMISSION WITH ARIZONA WATER RESOURCES FOR A REQUEST TO THE U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FOR A DETER-MINATION OF COMPATIBILITY OF A PROPOSED DIVERSION FACILITY TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE BILL WILLIAMS RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Acting City Attorney Kelly Garry advised that at the September 9, 2008, Work Session, Arizona Water Resources presented an overview of a proposed project to construct a diversion facility within the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge to divert unappropriated water from the Bill Williams River to Lake Havasu City.
Ms. Garry explained that there were several steps in the process, but the initial step was to submit a request to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a national wildlife refuge appropriate uses determination and to determine the compatibility of the project within the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge. She also stated that council directed staff to move forward with the process. She pointed out that this action in no way binds the council into entering into an agreement for the project nor does it bind the city in any way financially.

Councilmember Callahan moved to approve RESOLUTION NO. 08-2326 authorizing the city to jointly submit with Arizona Water Resources a request to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for a determination of compatibility of a proposed diversion facility, seconded and unanimously carried.