| TIME |
ACTIVITY |
SPEAKER |
| 7:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
|
| 8:00 |
Welcome |
Ben Thurgood, Chairman, Davis Soil Conservation District |
| 8:10 |
Introduction and Regional Overview of the Problem |
|
| 8:40 |
A Canal Company’s Perspective on Water Safety and Recreational Use of Canal Systems (videotape) |
|
| 8:50 |
Urban Encroachment Issues for Canal Systems in the Grand Valley, Colorado |
Phil Bertrand, Superintendent, Grand Valley Irrigation Company, Grand Junction, Colorado |
| 9:10 |
Multiple Use of Irrigation Canals in Urban Settings: Another Perspective |
James Duncan, Multiple Use Coordinator, Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ |
| 9:40 |
Working With Your City/Town to Improve Your Canal Operation and Infrastructure |
|
| 10:00 |
Break |
|
| 10:30 |
Combining Canal Consolidation with Secondary Water Management to Survive |
Doug Moore, Director, Public Works, Coalville, Utah |
| 10:50 |
Stormwater Management and the Small Canal Company |
|
| 11:10 |
The Developer’s Perspective: How Can We Help? |
Dan Nixon, Manager, Nixon and Nixon Land Development, Construction and Real Estate, Ogden, Utah |
| 11:30 |
Organizing to Meet the Challenge: The Cache Valley Water Users Association (newly formed) |
Peter Kung, Biological Consulting and Survey, Logan, Utah |
| 11:50 |
Summary Comments and Questions from the Floor |
|
| 12:10 |
LUNCH |
|
| 12:30 |
Urban Encroachment on the Small Ditch: How Can We All Help |
Tage Flint , General Manager/CEO, Weber Basin Water Conservancy District |
| 1:00 |
Attorney Roundtable Discussion: Legal Aspects of Canal Encroachment and Associated Liabilities Urban Encroachment and Stormwater Issues for Small Canal Systems |
Warren Peterson, Attorney, Waddingham and Peterson, Delta, Utah Bryce McEuen, Attorney, City of Sandy, Utah City Policies Toward Small Canal Companies Gary Crane, Attorney, Layton, Utah Consolidation of Small Canals in Urban Corridor Areas Ray Rigby, Attorney, Rigby, Thatcher, Andrus, Rigby and Moeller, Chartered, Rexburg, Idaho |
| 2:30 |
BREAK |
|
| 2:45 |
Protecting Small Ditch Companies Using a Shared Geographic Accounting System |
Tom Sheng, Computer Assisted Development, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado |
| 3:30 |
Summary: Where Do We Go From Here? |
Dee Waldron, Zone 2 Director, Utah Association of Conservation Districts, Morgan, Utah |
