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Residents ask Eagle to require mailed notice, hearings before Class A water reaches private land
Summary
Speakers pressed the council to pass a public-notice ordinance requiring mailed notice and hearings to residents who would receive Class A reclaimed water, arguing current outreach was insufficient and surveys were leading.
Multiple residents said ESD’s outreach was inadequate and asked the city to enact a public-notice ordinance requiring written mailed notice to residents who would receive reclaimed water and a public hearing before permits or contracts allow distribution.
"I want a public notifications ordinance that says that if someone's gonna put class a water or affluent water ... there's a public notice ordinance that they have to notify in writing by U.S. Mail every resident who's going to be receiving that water," Sophia Fleming said, and she urged baseline groundwater testing tied to notices. Councilmembers suggested staff can add better definitions in application packets and that planning and zoning outreach practices be examined.
Council acknowledged they are limited in compelling actions by independent districts, but said the city can revise its notification and permitting practices, use its planning process to request information on irrigation and sewer impacts, and write to ESD and state agencies to press for clearer public outreach.
