Title
Approval of a Resolution Declaring Select McAllister Springs Properties as Surplus
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the resolution declaring select McAllister Springs properties as surplus.
Report
Issue:
Whether to declare certain McAllister Springs properties as surplus
Staff Contact:
Rich Hoey, P.E., Public Works Director, 360.753.8495
Presenter(s):
Rich Hoey, P.E., Public Works Director
Background and Analysis:
In early 2015, the City moved its drinking water supply from McAllister Springs to the more protected McAllister Wellfield. The City took this action to comply with federal and state statutes and regulations requiring improved safety of public drinking water sources. McAllister Springs (see attached photo) had been the City's main source of drinking water since the late 1940s. Over the past two years, the McAllister Springs facilities have sat idle and are no longer in use. Under Department of Health rules, the Drinking Water Utility may no longer use the springs as a water source.
The development of the McAllister Wellfield has been a cooperative effort with the Nisqually Tribe. In May 2008, the City and Tribe entered into a historic agreement to jointly develop the Wellfield, and to permanently protect McAllister Springs. The agreement called for the City to retain ownership of the McAllister Springs properties, and for the City and Tribe to work together on access and a plan for long-term use for the properties.
The McAllister Springs properties total about 181 acres. The properties include the headwaters of McAllister (Medicine) Creek and are important historically and culturally to the Nisqually Tribe. As shown in the attached map, there are a total of 5 City-owned parcels (parcels A-E) within the McAllister Springs complex.
Since the move to the Wellfield, the majority of the McAllister Springs properties (all but Parcel B) n...
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