HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-0125 SS MIN STUDY SESSION
January 25, 1977
P P & L FILM
BEAR CREEK WATER
Tom Thompson, administrative assistant for P P & L,
presented a slide presentation on future energy needs and
probable capabilities of P P & L for the period 1977 to 1982.
A joint study session of Talent and Ashland City Council
was held to discuss Talent's water situation. Councilmen
McCannon, Phelps, Drescher and Laws attended, with Talent
Mayor Turnbaugh, Recorder Jan Anders, Councilwoman Rose
Ditsworth, Councilman Larry Baker and another Councilman.
DEQ was represented by Harold Sawyer, Administrator of~Water
Quality Division, Ed Quon and Marlin Huff. The Health
Division, Dept. of Human Resources of State was represented
by Don Hebard, manager of plan review sectionaLLynn Colebank,
a~ Cliff Shaw of Marguess & Marguess Engineering, designer
of Talent's proposed water treatment plant, attended. Jeff
Gibbs, Ron Salter, Brian Almquist, A1 Alsing, and Ed Fallon
also spoke, as did restaurant operator Joe Slowokowski
and a K-Boy reporter.
A tape of the meeting was made (filed in Council
Meeting Exhibits), and begins with narrative by Harold
Sawyer of DEQ. This was preceded by introductions by
Administrator Almquist, who also called attention to
various studies going back to 1965, none of which
suggested Bear Creek as a supply of drinking water.
M. Butler, Recorder