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October 30, 2007
MayorTammy de Weerd
City Council Members:
Keith Bird
Joe Borton
Charles Rountree
David Zaremba
RECEIVED
OCT 3 0 2007
MEMORANDUM
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FROM: Rick Clinton ~`~
R~: Doyie Bundy
City Of li~leridian
City Clerk Off-~ce
I have been advised by Councilman Borton that Mr. Bundy will be on the City Council
agenda for the November 13`" meeting to appeal my denial of his request to disconnect
his sprinkler system from the existing pressurized irrigation system in his subdivision and
reconnect it to our municipal water system.
Please distribute copies of the attached letter to the Mayor and City Council in their
packets for the meeting on the 13`".
c: Councilman Borton
Mayor DeWeerd
Ted Baird
Water Department .2235 NW 8'h Street, Meridian, ID 83646
Phone 208-888-5242 Fax 208-884-1159 . www.meridiancity.org
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!; 1803 Dear; Mr. Bundy
MAYOR
Tammy de Weerd
You have made a request of the City of Meridian Public Works
Department; Water Division to disconnect your home from the
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS existing pressurized irrigation system located in Fothergill subdivision
xeith sird and connect it to the City of Meridian drinking water system. Assistant
Joseph w Burton Superintendent Hudson and t met with you recently to discuss your
Charles M. Rountree concerns. You advised us that you were concerned that the surface
Davld zaremba water was contaminated with parasites, micro toxins and bacteria and
was simply not safe to use on your lawn.
CITY DEPARTMENTS
I agree with you that irrigation water is unsafe to drink, but disagree
City Attorney/HR with your opinion regarding the safety of using it for irrigation
703 Main Street
898-5506 (City Attorney) purposes. I advised you that our practice of utilizing surface water
898-5503 (HR) whenever available allows us to conserve on the quantity of water we
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Fax 884-8723 both the Idaho
must pump from our aquifer, which is endorsed by the
Department of Environmental Quality (IDEA) and the Idaho
Fire
540 E. Franklin Road Department Of Water ResOUrCeS (IDWR).
888-1234/fax 895-0390
Pursuant to Meridian City Code 9-3-3 the City has diligently strived in
Parks & Recreation the last few years to limit cross connection contamination from the
I1 W. Bower Street pressurized irrigation system into our drinking water system. We
888-3579/fax 898-5501
therefore do not encourage additional cross-connections that are
Planning unnecessary. Your request falls into that category. All cross
660 E. Watertower Lane connections increase the City's responsibility to monitor the annual
suite 202 and in the event of a failure
of backflow prevention devices
testin
884-5533 /fax 888-6854 ,
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significantly increases the risk of contamination of our drinking water.
Police
1401 E. Watertower Lane
88s-6678 /fax 846-7366 You have not provided any additional information that would cause
me to find this connection to be necessary for health or water quality
Public works
66o E. watertower Lane issues that is greater than the risk that granting it would pose to our
suite 200 drinking water system. I am declining your request based on the
898-5500 /fax 898-9551 InformatlOn that I have Outlined.
- Building
66o E. Watertower Lane
If you disagree with my decision you may discuss it further with the
suite 150 Interim Director of Public Works, Len Grady. The office number is
887-2211 /fax 887-1297 #898-5500.
- Wastewater
3401 N. Ten Mile Road
888-2191/fax 884-0744
- Water Sincerely,
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2235 N.W. 8th Street
888-5242/fax 884-1159
cc: Len Grady, P.E., Interim Public Works Director
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Will Berg
From: Joe Borton [jwborton@foleyfreeman.com]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:29 PM
To: Rick Clinton
Cc: Tammy de Weerd; Will Berg
Subject: Doyle Bundy
Rick -
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Doyle is coming to have his time before council on Nov 13; can you be there or at least re-provide (is that a
word?) your written response to all council and the Mayor before Nov 13; thanks!
Joe Borton
From: Rick Clinton [mailto:clintonr@meridiancity.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:39 AM
To: Joe Borton
Subject: FW: Letter Format
Good morning Joe,
I have not received a response from Bill yet, but If you have any edits please let me know. I hope to be able to
sign the final draft tomorrow morning if possible, as I will be off all of next week on vacation.
I have a draft email addressed to Mayor and Council ready to attach the final version, then send it.
Thanks,
Rick
From: Rick Clinton
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:01 AM
To: Bill Nary
Subject: Letter Format
Good morning Bill,
It has bee a while since I verified alignment on a letter format. Will you take a quick look at this and offer
comments as applicable. Council Borton has asked me to write this letter to Doyle Bundy, as he intends to appeal
my decision to the Mayor and City Council.
Thanks,
Rick
10/30/2007