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r- Commissioner Mahern expressed concern that continued drought ght adversely affect that spring and divert water from other areas. Mr. Swift said that is th reason why the valve system that comes off the spring was installed. In this manner, the water would feed back into a trough and onward for water for wildlife. Commissioner Mahern asked how Mr. Joel presently gets his wate. Mr. Swift replied it is hauled with a truck to the site. Commissioner Wright further questioned Mr. Swift as to how the ve connection works. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Mannie Joel, 5470 Foothill Road, represented the application. He oted the past owners of the property got water from the spring over 30 years ago, further ting that there has always been some problems associated with that. He noted he has rilled a well on his property, but with the drought it is not sufficient. At that point he . ndicated he began to apply to the City for annexation because of the water shortage. Hi property was recently annexed to the City and is zoned Agricultural. He noted he has an her well on his property, which through a series of events was acquired by David Glenn, wh is his neighbor. Because of impending development on the Moller property, he felt t is not economically- feasible to run the water line from his residence to the connection Foothill Road. Commissioner Wright questioned Mr. Joel about the operation of e water spigot with the "Y" connector. Mr. Joel further explained and agreed that it is y to turn off and on. Mr. Joel further stated he is willing to comply with all the PUD co ditions and he will make sure the abundant wildlife in the area continues to have water. He rther explained how the diversion of the water system will work. Commissioner Mahern asked Mr. Joel how much livestock he has. Mr. Joel replied that he used to run seven or eight cattle, but with the decline in the water ituation and the problems he has experienced with his neighbor, Mr. Glenn, he has not run y cattle for the last three to four years. He would like to run some because he felt they wo d eat the dry grass which is a fire hazard. He noted that he does have several horses of his wn, and does board around 15 horses at the present time. He noted the horses were th re when he began to have water problems and he does not wish to stop boarding the horses. e felt as though he is doing the community a service as there are few horse boarding sta les in the area. In response to Commissioner Mahern's question, Mr. Joel said he d s not charge for boarding the horses; only for the hay. e figure of 1,200-1,500 r. Joel said that when taff report, and In response to Commissioner McGuirk's question noting whether gallons pumped from the water tank every 2-3 days was accurate, staff visited him, he did not think the figure would be put into the Planning Commission Minutes July 8, 1992 Page 15