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City, conservancy district step back from cofferdam plan; council to form community steering committee for reservoir recreation
Summary
After the conservancy district withdrew support for a cofferdam concept, Toquerville staff recommended a measured approach to Chief Toker Reservoir recreation: create access and a temporary parking base, monitor water levels over multiple seasons and form a citizen steering committee to advise future facilities and grant applications.
Toquerville staff and council discussed the future recreation plan for Chief Toker Reservoir (also referred to in meeting discussion as the Tocqueville Reservoir) after the Washington County conservancy district withdrew support for an earlier cofferdam concept.
City Manager Ben Billingsley said the city had pursued a cofferdam at the reservoir’s north end that would have stabilized water in a recreation area, a project staff believed could be funded by a near‑term grant opportunity. The conservancy district, however, recently concluded the cofferdam idea raised operational challenges — chiefly the difficulty of maintaining stable water levels for recreation when the reservoir may be…
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