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Genola to host air‑quality monitor; council weighs legal review for water‑share co‑ownership
Summary
Council agreed to pursue placement of a state air‑quality monitor at a town tank site and asked staff to seek legal review of a proposal to record town co‑ownership or deed restrictions on water shares at the time of new subdivisions.
Councilmembers said they will work with the Division of Air Quality to place a monitor in a location that provides power and internet access (staff prefer the town tank site close to dust sources). The monitor placement follows citizen advocacy and state agency agreement to install monitoring in response to community concerns about dust.
Separately, the council discussed a preliminary proposal to require, as a condition of future subdivisions, that the town be recorded as a co‑owner of water shares or that a deed restriction be placed so water cannot be sold off the land without town approval. Staff noted the county has sometimes used deed restrictions to accomplish similar objectives; councilmembers asked for a legal review before pursuing any recorded co‑ownership or restriction.
Councilmembers said they favor protecting future municipal water interests at subdivision, but emphasized they do not want to become day‑to‑day water managers. Staff will seek legal guidance on whether the town can be listed on Strawberry Water Users Association records as a co‑owner or whether deed restrictions are preferable, and report back.
