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MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL – SPECIAL MEETING
February 7, 2023
CALL TO ORDER
A special meeting of the Moses Lake City Council was called to order at 6 p.m. by Mayor Myers
in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center with audio remote access. Special notice for remote
attendance and citizen comment were posted on the meeting agenda.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Myers; Deputy Mayor Martinez; Council Members Swartz, Fancher, Madewell,
and Skaug. Absent: Council Member Eck.
Action taken: Deputy Mayor Martinez moved to excuse Council Member Eck, second by
Council Member Swartz. The motion carried 6 – 0.
City Manager Allison Williams; Assistant City Manager Rich Huebner; Directors Madeline
Prentice, Brett Bastian, Kirk Holmes, Kirsten Sackett, Richard Law, and Dollie Boyd.
WORKSHOP
Urban Services Discussion – Water Focus
City Manager Allison Williams and her team of Directors provided a PowerPoint presentation to
update Council on the land use planning process and the requirements under the Growth
Management Act, including the newly adopted Capital Facilities Plan. Population growth from
2000 to 2020 was reviewed as well as 2023 approved and unapproved Capital Improvement Plan
projects, projected revenues, fire response areas for stations built in 1993 and 1996, and fire
ratings.
The focus of this discussion was to review the long-term water supply issue facing the City. The
water supply goal is to provide clean, health water which requires maintaining and stabilizing
water system capacity that meets legal water pressure and fire flow; and ensuring adequate
availability for future and currently known planned system expansion.
Discussion ensued amongst Council, staff, and residents regarding the legal access to move from
deep to shallow aquifer, industrial chemical cleanup, partnerships with Conservation Districts,
cost of converting to purple pipe for irrigation, cost of converting to drought resistant
landscaping, rate implementation to encourage conservation, and Columbia River resource for
agriculture.
Staff will present interim regulations for MLMC 13.07 related to urban growth area water
connections and MLMC 18.57 related to landscaping strips for Council consideration on March
28.
City Manager Allison Williams commended the Utility Division staff present at the meeting for
implementation of new rates.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mayor Myers called an Executive Session at 7:17 p.m. for 30 minutes to discuss the evaluation
of a public employee pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) with no business to follow.
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ADJOURNMENT
The special meeting was adjourned at 7:47 p.m.
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Don Myers, Mayor
ATTEST____________________________________
Debbie Burke, City Clerk
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Signature Certificate
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