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Buena Vista trustees review updates to water-allocation policy, weigh limits on augmentation certificates
Summary
Trustees held a work session to update the town’s water‑allocation policy, discussed allocating 5 acre‑feet for emergency use, tightened the economic‑development definition to prevent a loophole, and set draft publication and a March hearing date. Staff asked trustees to confirm thresholds for when augmentation certificates could be considered for annexations.
Trustees of the Town of Buena Vista met in a work session Feb. 24 to review proposed updates to the town’s water‑allocation policy, ask technical questions and give staff direction before a formal hearing scheduled for March 24.
Joel, a town staff presenter, told trustees "there are 5 acre feet coming online in October that need to be allocated" and said he had found a small dashboard error to correct. He asked the board for guidance on several proposed edits, including references to recent Upper Arkansas agreements and a new protocol for whether the town should accept water augmentation certificates as…
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