"file:///C:From: Jennifer Cline
Sent: Mon Aug 03 16:01:38 2015
To: Christine Hein
Cc: Dan Huff; J.W. Ring; Phillip Bender; Mark Strandberg; Fasth, Bill (bfasth@BrwnCald.com)
Subject: RE: Irrigation change at Coleman Ranch (8/3/2015)
Importance: Normal
See my comments below.
Jennifer Cline, P.E.
City of Molalla
Public Works Director
O: 503.759.0218
F: 503.829.3676
From: Christine Hein [mailto:CHein@ringbenderlaw.com]
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 3:13 PM
To: Jennifer Cline <jcline@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: Dan Huff <dhuff@cityofmolalla.com>; J.W. Ring <JWRing@ringbenderlaw.com>; Phillip Bender <PBender@ringbenderlaw.com>; Mark Strandberg <MStrandberg@ringbenderlaw.com>; Fasth, Bill (bfasth@BrwnCald.com) <bfasth@BrwnCald.com>
Subject: RE: Irrigation change at Coleman Ranch (8/3/2015)
Jennifer-
I just spoke with Bill and we have a few more questions for you.
· Is Coleman irrigating or planning to irrigate using his private water in any other sections of his property? Please closely watch this and let us know if he is right away. No, but that was the plan. I was out there around 3:30 PM and he’s currently not irrigating Section 1, or other sections with hand lines.
· Has the force main been fixed? Yes, the repair was complete on Thursday 7/30 and in operation on Friday. For the time being we have left it uncovered to make sure there are not any additional issues. None have been seen yet.
After speaking with Bill, I think the City should consider not using Section 1 for irrigation at all in 2015 (and maybe not in future years either). He said there was some concern over this area discussed with Jon Patrick last year and I think it is risky to irrigate there given the drainage concerns. Second, we think the City should definitely caution Coleman not to irrigate there 24/7. Bill agrees with you that if he does that, the area will saturate and that drainage will fill up again. While not connected to the City’s irrigation ops, this could create problems for him and jeopardize the City’s ability to use other portions of his site.
Christine L. Hein
Ring Bender LLLP
Direct: 503.964.6726
Cell: 503.314.0958
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From: Jennifer Cline [mailto:jcline@cityofmolalla.com]
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 2:44 PM
To: Christine Hein
Cc: Dan Huff
Subject: RE: Irrigation change at Coleman Ranch (8/3/2015)
Yes you are correct, but I have to wonder where are the pictures of the other side of the culvert from David? Did it actually make it through the culvert to the Creek? James and Nikki may have crossed the street to see nothing coming out. I will look into that as well.
Also I’m headed out to do a site visit of our construction project. I will swing by the Creamery Creek culvert to check the current irrigation as well.
Jennifer Cline, P.E.
City of Molalla
Public Works Director
O: 503.759.0218
F: 503.829.3676
From: Christine Hein [mailto:CHein@ringbenderlaw.com]
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 2:34 PM
To: Jennifer Cline <jcline@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: RE: Irrigation change at Coleman Ranch (8/3/2015)
This is what I was worried about. Hang tight while I talk with Jeff so we can craft a careful response. Unfortunately, if your staff observed that runoff was no longer flowing into the drainage after you shut off the irrigation, it can probably be deduced that the broken equipment is what was causing the runoff to begin with, which means we have a problem.
Christine L. Hein
Ring Bender LLLP
Direct: 503.964.6726
Cell: 503.314.0958
P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
From: Jennifer Cline [mailto:jcline@cityofmolalla.com]
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 2:26 PM
To: Christine Hein
Subject: FW: Irrigation change at Coleman Ranch (8/3/2015)
More to respond to.
Jennifer Cline, P.E.
City of Molalla
Public Works Director
O: 503.759.0218
F: 503.829.3676
From: COLE David [mailto:COLE.David@deq.state.or.us]
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 2:28 PM
To: 'Jennifer Cline' <jcline@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: Dan Huff <dhuff@cityofmolalla.com>; Jason Clifford <jclifford@cityofmolalla.com>; Jake Ehredt <jehredt@cityofmolalla.com>; 'Christine Hein' <CHein@ringbenderlaw.com>; YELTON-BRAM Tiffany <YELTON-Bram.Tiffany@deq.state.or.us>; HEINS Pat <Heins.Pat@deq.state.or.us>; COLE David <COLE.David@deq.state.or.us>
Subject: RE: Irrigation change at Coleman Ranch (8/3/2015)
Hello Jennifer. Thanks for the timely information about the changes to irrigation practices at the Coleman Ranch North site.
Regarding DEQ’s inspection on 7/7/15, did your field crew indicate that the broken head allowed the treated wastewater to enter the drainage and account for the water we saw at the northwest corner of the property?
From: Jennifer Cline [mailto:jcline@cityofmolalla.com]
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 1:58 PM
To: COLE David
Cc: Dan Huff; Jason Clifford; Jake Ehredt; 'Christine Hein'
Subject: Irrigation change at Coleman Ranch (8/3/2015)
Hi David,
I am writing to update you on several issues related to Section 1 of the Coleman property.
First, we wanted to follow up on your 7/8 site visit observations. City personnel inspected the irrigation handline being used in Section 1 of the North Coleman property immediately after speaking with you in the field and observed that there was a broken head (where the handline attaches to the main irrigation line). City staff immediately shut off irrigation to the handline in that vicinity. Once this action was taken, City staff inspected the area and confirmed that there was no water from the broken irrigation line flowing into the drainage. The City has not irrigated Section 1 of North Coleman since the day you were out, and will not do so until it receives written confirmation from Coleman that the header at issue has been fixed. In addition, we have included a requirement in the irrigation compliance checklist for that area that City staff shall visually observe the area any time it is irrigated by the City (including checking equipment regularly) to ensure that no recycled water is running off into the drainage.
Second, I was notified today that Coleman began irrigating Section 1 on the north side with river water from the Molalla River under his private rights this morning. There is a check valve that separates his private river irrigation line from our recycled water lines. Prior to the startup, Jake Ehredt was on site to verify the check valve was closed and no recycled water flowed to the hand lines in Section 1. This test was conducted while we were irrigating other areas of Coleman’s fields. Jake next verified that when Coleman started his river water irrigation system, water began pumping to and flowing from the hand lines in Section 1. As of now Coleman is only planning to irrigate Section 1 to green the pasture up for his calves. He informed Jake he will be operating the hand lines in Section 1, 24 hours a day. We wanted to let you know about this in case you observe or hear reports about run-off in that area so you can be assured it is not connected with City irrigation activities.
If anything changes with Coleman’s irrigation location or if the City begins irrigating in Section 1 again, I will notify you. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Regards,
Jennifer Cline, P.E.
Public Works Director
117 N Molalla Ave.
PO Box 248 *
Molalla, OR 97038
O: 503.759.0218
F: 503.829.3676