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Williams County Park Board approves lease with waterboard and accepts deed for Epping Springbrook parcel
Summary
The Park Board voted May 19 to lease several waterboard parcels for county maintenance and to accept a quick‑claim deed and joint powers agreement for a small campground parcel at Epping Springbrook Dam; staff said the waterboard will not provide extra funds and the county will handle basic upkeep.
At its May 19 meeting, the Williams County Park Board approved a lease with the Epping Springbrook Dam waterboard that will add several waterboard parcels to county maintenance responsibilities and accepted a quick‑claim deed and joint powers agreement for a small parcel within the Springbrook campground.
Park staff explained the lease would cover land across the lake from the campground and include maintenance of Kettle Lake, Lewis and Clark Bridge, Thompson Landing and Cut Bluff. "The waterboard agreed to lease it to the park board," said the parks staff member leading the presentation, adding that the waterboard would not provide additional funding and that county crews would handle routine mowing and upkeep.
Board members discussed the estimated time commitment and how the arrangement would be documented. Board members clarified the lease term as roughly a five‑year arrangement (described in the packet as about 4½ years to 2030 with renewal in January) and asked staff to notify the board if maintenance needs proved heavier than expected.
A board member moved to approve the lease; the motion was seconded and approved by roll call. Later in the meeting, staff described a related action: the waterboard agreed to convey a narrow parcel that sits inside the campground via a quick‑claim deed and joint powers agreement so the park board would have formal control of the parcel the board already uses and maintains. A separate motion to accept that deed and the joint powers agreement was moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
The approvals do not alter any commitments in the park board’s packet beyond the maintenance described in the lease. Staff said any physical improvements on the conveyed parcel would require coordination with the waterboard under the terms of the lease and deed.
Next steps: staff will execute the lease and the deed/joint powers documents and continue coordinating maintenance schedules with the waterboard; the board requested periodic updates if workload or costs change.
