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Velva reviews NPRWD as-built maps and discusses three-level concerns about levee boring and lines crossing city property
Summary
City attorneys and engineers raised three issues after reviewing NPRWD-provided as-built maps: a 2022 boring under the levee that may have required a permit, abandoned lines that need removal or plugging, and water lines crossing onto city property; the auditor was directed to forward maps to the city attorney to follow up with SRJB counsel.
The Velva City Commission reviewed email correspondence and as-built maps Oct. 21 concerning work by NPRWD that may have affected city property and the levee.
City Attorney VanGrinsven submitted email correspondence indicating NPRWD was requesting "the Corp" reconfirm that a permit was required before boring under the city’s levee in 2022. Engineer Emma Lavachek provided a Google map and an as-built received via NPRWD’s engineering firm showing existing and newly installed water lines, some of which appear to cross onto city property.
Engineer Alan Walter summarized three distinct concerns for the commission: the prior boring under the levee, abandoned water lines that "need attention to either be removed or plugged and filled," and water lines crossing out of the right-of-way and onto city property. Auditor Jenny Johns was asked to forward the as-built and Google maps to the city attorney and to ask him to contact SRJB attorney Dwyer for clarification.
The minutes record the existence of the maps and direction to city counsel; they do not record a legal conclusion at the meeting. The transcript does not expand the acronyms "Corp" or "SRJB," nor does it state whether formal permits were issued in 2022; those points remain to be resolved through counsel and engineering review.
