Capital Improvement Project

Additional News: Second Public Meeting for the Proposed Emergency Groundwater Facility at Speers Road: The second public meeting was held on Wednesday June 21, 2017, at the Rincon Valley Library. Approximately 60 residents from the Speers neighborhood attended.

Background information was provided on the City’s Emergency Groundwater Well program including:
• An explanation of the underlying geology of groundwater aquifers in the area (including the relatively shallow alluvial aquifer where the existing private wells in the area get their water and the much deeper volcanic rock aquifer where the proposed emergency well would draw water)
• An overview of the proposed emergency well project on Speers Road
• A discussion covering various community concerns raised to date

In addition, the residents asked many questions and expressed their concerns related to the City’s purchase of the Speers Road property, the City’s criteria for selecting emergency well sites, the potential impacts of having an emergency well in the Speers neighborhood, the proposed site layout and design, and next steps.

Per request at the meeting, the PowerPoint presentation and related documents from the meeting have been posted on the City’s website. Another meeting will be scheduled soon to provide additional information.

First Public Meeting: A Public Open House for the Emergency Groundwater Wells at Oakmont Treatment Plant and Speers Road was held on Wednesday May 3, 2017 at Whited Elementary School. Approximately 15-20 residents from the Speers neighborhood showed up with questions and concerns about the project. We discussed the importance of installing an emergency well, what an emergency well is, and the anticipated depth of the emergency well (700 feet deep); the intent of the pilot borehole and how it will be determined if an emergency well will be installed; and what the facilities may look like if there is an emergency well installed. The residents provided great feedback that will help the facility blend into the neighborhood as well as requesting a fire hydrant to be installed at this location if an emergency well is installed and connected to the existing water system.