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Joint contract for Riverside Drive work to save money

Chelan County PUD
News Release
3/9/2009

At today’s meeting commissioners:

• Joined the city of Wenatchee’s bidding process for prep work needed for moving power poles and installing underground lines as part of construction of the new Riverside Drive. The move is expected to save money and improve coordination of the road and utility work. Construction of the new route between Fifth and Ninth streets is expected to start in April.  
• Granted a permit to the city of Wenatchee to allow the Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club to use a city owned building on PUD property near Ninth Street and Walla Walla Avenue for boat storage. The five-year permit also covers the club’s use of the Lindston Barn in Walla Walla Point Park for boat storage and a path from the barn to the river for an annual fee of $2,240, plus maintenance costs. 
• Renewed a contract with the federal Department of Agriculture for crews to catch pikeminnow and control birds that feed on young salmon and steelhead migrating past Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams. The 2009 contract calls for adding another boat and three-person crew for pikeminnow fishing. Last year the crews removed some 42,000 pikeminnow from the reservoirs. Costs for services including bird hazing and nuisance animal removal are not to exceed $406,000.

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            PUD commissioners will meet in executive session to discuss legal issues as allowed under RCW 42.30.110(I)(i) at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, in the boardroom at 327 N. Wenatchee Ave.
            PUD commissioners Monday set six Customer Partnership Group meetings for this spring starting at noon on Thursday at the Chelan County Fire District 1 station in Malaga. The special meetings will be held noon to 1:30 p.m. (except for Chelan Falls) on the following dates: 

• April 7, Hispanic Customer Partnership Group (CPG), NC Regional Library, 16 N. Columbia St., Wenatchee.
• April 10, Chelan CPG, City Hall, 135 E. Johnson Ave.
• April 14, Manson CPG, Manson Parks office, 142 Pedoi St.
• 5-6:30 p.m. on May 7, Chelan Falls CPG, Chelan City Hall, 135 E. Johnson Ave.
• June 18, Medical CPG, NC Regional Library, 16 N. Columbia, Wenatchee.  
             
              PUD commissioners will hold a board retreat from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, March 13, at the North Central Regional Library headquarters, 16 N.  Columbia St., Wenatchee.
               General Manager Rich Riazzi will provide an update on the PUD’s financial condition at a community meeting starting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 16, at the Confluence Technology Center, 285 Technology Way in Wenatchee.
              The next regular commission meeting is at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 16, 2009, in the PUD boardroom at 327 N. Wenatchee Ave. Most PUD commission meetings are recorded, and a link to the audio is available on the PUD’s home page.

Kimberlee Craig
Public Information Officer
509-661-4320, direct line
509-679-6858, cell
kimberlee.craig@chelanpud.org

Link to board meeting.