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The council voted unanimously on a motion to amend the published agenda to add a Panhandle Health District informational item about the Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer and to place it after visitor comments.

Consent calendar: Council approved a consent calendar that included the 2025 Hayden Park Field Use Agreement with First and Third LLC Baseball Academy; the 2025 Hayden Summer Concert Series agreement with Michael Cope; the 2025 Hayden Days entertainment agreement with Kelly Hughes; Change Order No. 05C for the Ramsey Grama Sewer and Water Main Extension project; Change Order No. 1 for the H6 Lift Station and Force Main project; ratification of March payroll; and approval of bills for payment.

PZ240129 (Hayden Sky PUD): Council approved Planning & Zoning case PZ240129 (Hayden Sky planned-unit development) and added language to condition 15(f)(4) to require that “any extraordinary impacts, if any, [be addressed] as required by the city.” The motion adopted the Planning & Zoning conditions of approval and found the proposal met the standards in Hayden City Code; council recorded a roll-call approval vote.

Chip seal contract: Council authorized the mayor to sign the notice of award for the 2025 chip-seal project with Poe Asphalt & Paving for $572,790.10.

Land purchase engagement: Council authorized staff to engage with the Kootenai County Board of County Commissioners to pursue an offer to purchase approximately 4.13 acres adjacent to the city’s Public Works facility; the authorization directs staff to negotiate and report back to council — it does not commit the city to purchase.

Disposition of Dakota property: Council declared approximately 4.855 acres of city-owned land off Dakota Street to be disposed of by public auction, set a minimum (appraised) price of $1,480,000, and authorized staff to publish the required notice and schedule a public hearing on the disposition.

Votes and tallies: The formal actions recorded during the meeting passed on roll-call votes. The motions as presented in the agenda were carried by the full council quorum present (recorded as unanimous approvals in the minutes and roll-call reports provided during the meeting).

Context: Several council members discussed infrastructure and budgeting matters alongside the votes, including street maintenance needs, how the city prioritizes pavement work and the public-works facility site plan. The Dakota parcel sale and the possible county land purchase were discussed together: staff said the proposed purchases and sales are intended to secure long-term space for Public Works operations and to use one-time proceeds to fund capital needs rather than increasing ongoing taxes.

Ending: Council directed staff to proceed with the tasks authorized by these votes and to return with any required additional approvals, appraisals or public-hearing materials before the city signs any purchase agreement or finalizes property sales.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Hayden City Council Meeting 2025-04-08","oneSentenceSummary","Hayden City Council approved agenda changes, a consent calendar of events and contracts, a planned-unit development with an added condition, awarded a 2025 chip-seal contract, and authorized staff to pursue a potential 4.13-acre land purchase while declaring another city parcel for public auction.","taxTitle","Hayden City, Kootenai County, Idaho","taxId",51752,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6610208,"Panhandle Health District urges Hayden to restore local aquifer protections, offers ordinance drafts",2443,517000,2960000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2904846-2d28b04b481f554e1d66b0d237721074&start=517&end=2960","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2904846-2d28b04b481f554e1d66b0d237721074/thumbnail_517000.jpg","/articles/6610208/Hayden-City/Kootenai-County/Idaho/Panhandle-Health-District-urges-Hayden-to-restore-local-aquifer-protections-offers-ordinance-drafts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6610208-c3abd4101f91c03209cb9cb6aea09a60/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174989&Signature=fAgOp5mblOfIRoeJawKjsp7Ae-tqPQp-3pkL~d51kRIiGyklZbvmRO3EVMfvz1yyQQb5TDPO-6S5ZOes~4wXyQTy-wf6nx1JdUSRtBcGze-H7Fe9-kjVzn~c1P~YTtvqPQ9vfJtajwikouw6hexwtxREXizA4nYVhNFaHRhFoH11HYsmZofhRbtjqC0MD1bp8u8EJe-O2dvLZE1qkBphIJ-oYs6tEU1Ch832mWdJQ4Oij3cK0aXBNfuZYbTv5Kbj9KJeYypfBVIMUirVuvWaJlFKl0BV5K4kxW0BkBo4qLxul2i1Z7qDFCOKM4Vj27XyQOw-x0AKJki14X8lSD2oiA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jenny Gray, protection program coordinator at Panhandle Health District (PHD), told the Hayden City Council on April 8 that the Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer is a shared, fast-moving source of drinking water and urged the city to reestablish local ordinances that would require stronger controls on chemical storage and non-domestic wastewater.

Gray said the aquifer supplies drinking water for “over 600,000 residents between North Idaho and Eastern Washington” and noted it is federally designated as a sole-source aquifer (1978) and was designated a sensitive resource aquifer by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality in 1997. She described the aquifer as unconfined and unusually permeable — “water moves very quickly…about 50 feet per day” in places — so surface activities can rapidly affect groundwater quality.

PHD staff reviewed the district’s four core aquifer-protection activities: long-term water-quality monitoring, education and outreach, the critical materials program (chemical handling and secondary containment inspections), and efforts to identify sensitive aquifer recharge areas (SARAs). Gray said PHD maintains a groundwater-quality dataset dating to 1975, actively samples 28 wells three times per year, and has tracked a long-term decline in nitrate concentrations since protective rules were first adopted mid-century. She warned, however, that chloride levels are showing an increasing trend linked to road de-icers.

The presentation also summarized PHD’s critical materials program, which inspectors implemented in the early 1990s and which currently monitors about 1,176 facilities across Kootenai County; 482 of those facilities meet a regulatory threshold requiring secondary containment and about 98 of the monitored facilities are inside the City of Hayden, Gray said. PHD staff said they have found examples of improper containment and spills in recent inspections and have worked with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality on required remediation at some sites.

Gray told the council that the state-level rule set (IDAPA 41.01.01) that had supported those protections expired during the 2019 legislative session and that House Bill 316 (2021) removed negotiated rulemaking authority the health districts previously used. As a result, she said, Panhandle Health District and its partners have pursued local ordinances—already adopted by Kootenai County, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls—to restore enforceable critical materials requirements on the Idaho side of the aquifer. Gray said those local ordinances would be contract-implemented by PHD and paid for from existing Kootenai County Aquifer Protection District parcel fees, not by Hayden general fund revenues.

PHD offered specific suggestions to the council: (1) consider adopting a city-level critical materials ordinance patterned on recently adopted county and municipal ordinances; (2) consider mapping and defining sensitive aquifer recharge areas at a city scale rather than adopting county SARA layers wholesale; (3) coordinate early with PHD and other agencies during business, building and permit reviews; and (4) support regional aquifer modeling and planning efforts such as work led by the Idaho–Washington Aquifer Collaborative.

Council members asked about coordination with sewer operators when industrial discharges spike treatment-plant loads; Gray said PHD’s site inspections already review floor drains and discharge points and that PHD staff have discussed specific sites with Hayden-area sewer managers. Gray also offered to provide printed brochures and an “edible aquifer” demonstration for community events. She left ordinance drafts and the adopted county/city ordinances in the council packet and offered to return to a future meeting for follow-up.

Why this matters: PHD framed the proposed ordinances as restoration of decades-old protections that PHD staff and the county argue reduced nitrate contamination while growth and new contaminants have put pressure on the aquifer. Council members asked clarifying questions and requested follow-up information and a point of contact for continued conversations with PHD.

\"We could meet at a future date. We could have further workshops on this to answer any questions,\" Gray told the council, adding that the technical inspections and enforcement would be performed by Panhandle Health District under a local ordinance funded by Aquifer Protection District parcel fees.

For next steps the council and staff discussed: circulate PHD ordinance drafts (already available from Kootenai County, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls), consider a future workshop to evaluate ordinance language and SARA mapping for Hayden’s municipal context, and identify a council point person for continuing the dialogue.

Ending: Gray emphasized the aquifer’s unique geology, the quick movement of groundwater in the region and the potential cost to residents if protections are weakened: “Water is extremely expensive to treat…we don't want to get to that point,” she said. PHD asked interested council members to provide contact information so staff could return with drafts and implementation details.","Panhandle Health District outlined groundwater risks to the Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, reviewed monitoring and contamination trends, and asked Hayden City Council to consider adopting a local critical materials ordinance to reauthorize enforcement authority lost at the state level.","actionData","errors"]

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Hayden City Council vote roundup: consent calendar, PUD approval, chip seal contract and land actions

Panhandle Health District urges Hayden to restore local aquifer protections, offers ordinance drafts