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AnnualGeneralMeetingHER ITAG E INNMA R CH 20 , 20 1 9

Our vision is a progressive and cohesive team, supporting the diverse needs of our water users through a heritage of efficient operations, a

drive for continuous improvement, and a spirit of collaboration toward responsible water management within Specialty Crop Country

1. Welcome

K YL E G O UW VICE - CHA IR, T ID B OA R D O F DIR E CTOR SCHA IR , AG M

2. Adoption of Agenda

AGENDATID ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019

HERITAGE INN, TABER, AB

@ 1:30 PM

Refreshments Provided by:

ATB Financial

3. Update on Board of Directors Nominations 2018

CHR IS G A L L AG HE R, R E T UR NING O FFICE R

Board of Directors Nominations 2018

❑Nominations closed February 27, 2019

• Division #3 – Taber East - Fincastle

• Paul Turcato by Acclamation

4. Establishment of Resolution Committee

5. Approval of Minutes of the 2018 Annual Meeting

6. Business Arising from 2018 Annual Meeting Minutes

From District Engineer’s Report

• Lateral 18 Taber Emergency Spill Structure too low

• Checked elevations on spill structure – okay

• Capacity of drop inlet structure underestimated

• Lowered drop inlet structure to prevent nuisance spill events

Board Term Limits

• Polled LNID, SMRID, RID, BRID, WID

• Range of policies and philosophies

• TID determined electorate needs to decide

• Implementing board awareness initiatives

• Succession planning

• Roles and Responsibilities insert

• Updates in newsletters

Taber Big Bend Solar

• Grazing lease Early Termination Agreement reached between Aura and TID grazing lessee: TID approved subsequently

• November 1st, 2019 option available

• Aura proceeding with regulatory and permitting requirements

• Aura pursuing market options for solar power

• TID continuing to support process

7. Board of Directors’ ReportPR E SE NT ED B Y K YL E G O UWVICE - CHA IR

Lateral 17Looking South from Hwy 3

March 30th, 2018


April 15th, 2018


March 30th, 2018


April 15th, 2018

Taber Lake Lateral (Ohashi)

Looking East from Rge Rd 16-1

March 30th, 2018


Looking East

March 30th, 2018


Looking West

March 31st, 2018


East Rge Rd 16-1 Ditch Looking South

April 15th, 2018


Looking East from Rge Rd 16-1

April 15th, 2018


Looking East

April 15th, 2018

North Fincastle West

Looking South

April 16th, 2018

Reservoirs

Irrican Hydropower

8. Manager’s ReportPR E SE NT ED B Y CHR IS G A L L AG HE R, P.E NG.DIST R ICT MA NAG E R

Overland Flooding

• Melt started March 23rd – Reservoirs stabilized April 23rd

• 32 days under State of Local Emergency

• TID engaged throughout: Administration, Operations, Engineering

• See CWRA National website (www.cwra.org) for Winter 2019 issue

• See Derrick Krizsan presentation ‘Hell and High Water’ at 2019 Alberta Irrigation Districts Association conference at (www.aipa.ca)

• Thanks to MD of Taber, AEMA, AEP, SMRID, BRID, Town of Taber…

• Thanks to our cooperative water users!!

http://www.cwra.org/

http://www.aipa.ca/

Lateral 20Looking East

March 31st, 2018

Lateral 20Looking West

March 31st, 2018

Lateral 20Looking North at Hwy 3

March 31st, 2018


April 15th, 2018

Lateral 20Looking North from Hwy 3

April 15th, 2018

Lateral 20Looking West along CPR

April 15th, 2018

Lateral 20Looking North from CPR

March 31st, 2018

Lateral MLooking West from Rge Rd 16-0

April 15th,2018

Water Use in 2018

• Great snow pack – reservoirs low

• Set 16” allocation

• Summer rainfall 58% of 10 yr avg

• Max Temp 1.83 oC = 10 yr avg

• Min Temp 0.23 oC just below avg

• Water use down 15% from 2018

• 67% of TID licenses

• 13.8” irrigated per assessed acre

• Near normal peak, harvests on time

Southern Tributaries Water Sharing Agreement

• Enduring version of 2001 agreement

• Drought planning for regional water security

• Assign portion of irrigation district licenses

• Share the pain

• Draft in process – collecting feedback

Horsefly Check

Stafford Outlet

RID

TID

Forty Mile

Specialty Crop Country

86,000 +/- assessed acres (2017)

3 reservoirs

145 km canals

200 km pipelines

Town of Taber

Oldman River

SMRID Main Canal

Horsefly Check

Horsefly Check

Medicine Hat

Forty Mile Reservoir

SMRID East Block: 237,000 ac +/- (≈60%)

Forty Mile Reservoir

Main Canal

Yellow Lake

Grassy Lake (Sherburne)

Horsefly Reservoir (TID)

Taber Reservoir (TID)

Main Canal

Main Canal

Siphon Inlet

Siphon Outlet

Pump Station

Reservoir Inlet

Forty Mile Pump Station Power Cost Sharing

• SMRID uses 40 Mile to supplement their East Block during peak flows

• SMRID manages spill from common carrier main canal past Horsefly Check

• Costs to pump are disincentive to operate

• Optimization opportunities exist to reduce spill, capture unused early spill

• TID/RID would purchase a volume from 40 Mile each year to add ¼” to allocation

• SMRID to actively operate 40 Mile and use predictive model for mutual benefit

• Separate agreement for 2018-2020 inclusive

• Draft prepared by TID in December – being reviewed by SMRID

• Improved potential for early water!

IRP Funding

• 25% cut for 2018 and 2019

• 25% further cut for 2020

• Restores to 2017 for 2021 and 2022

• Projected…

• TID reserves are currently supported by temporary sales of irrigation acres

• Rates may need to cover shortfall on capital investment requirements

• More on rates, etc. under ‘New Business’

Valuing our Partnerships• MD of Taber

• Town of Taber

• SMRID, RID and all the folks through AIDA

• AEP

• AAF-WQS

• PGA

• ACA

• OWC

We get a lot further working together

We share the same constituents

We depend on each other

We’re all stewards of water

We’re all downstream

Valuing our People

• We have the right people in the right roles working effectively together and with others

• We have an effective board that challenges each other, and the manager, to make well-considered and informed decisions

• We apply the rules fairly and uniformly no matter how large or small your operation

• Talk to your ditchrider, call or stop into the office, chat with your board representative, check our website – We’ll find the time for you!

• If you have an irrigation-related question, ask: We’ll get the answer for you!

9. Irrican ReportPR E SE NT ED B Y CHR IS G A L L AG HE R P.E NG .A SSISTA NT MA NAG E R , IR R ICA N

Irrican (1/3)

• Well above average electricity generation α high irrigation demand

• Early hedging + higher pool prices = $17/MWh → $60/MWh

• Add in stable REC contracts revenue $3.8M → $8.6M (+127%)

• Repaid Chin and Raymond 25 year loans

• Grouped remaining loans at prime + 1%

• Repayment (including Due to Districts) amortized over 25 years

• TID portion moves from Irrican to TID Capital and Reserve funds

Irrican (2/3)

• Plants well maintained – good bill of health

• Thefts - security improved with lights, cameras, sirens

• 2018 last year of REC contracts for ‘Green’ attributes

• Set up Emission Performance Credits through Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation to improve marketability

• Urica to assist with dispatch services, hedging, defending interests

• 35% grant funding approved for Forty Mile Solar project…

Irrican (3/3)Forty Mile Solar Project

• Using 35% grant funding to install a PV solar project to offset the load of operating the 40 Mile pumps

• 15± year payback on quality, guaranteed system through Enmax

• Near-neutral cash flow

• SMRID pump costs offset, Irrican investment on the upside

• Finalization in 2019, implementation 2020/21

10. Operations & Maintenance ReportPR E SE NT ED B Y B A R R Y J E NSEN, DIST R ICT SUPE R INT ENDE NT

Operations & Maintenance Disaster Damage and Repair Photos

11. District Engineer’s ReportPR E SE NT ED B Y TO NY WIK K E R INK, P.E NG.DIST R ICT E NG INE ER

Outline

• IRP Projects

• Continuing

• Proposed

• District-Funded Capital Projects

• Completed

• Continuing

• Proposed

• Disaster Recovery Program – East Horsefly Drain

• Engineering Department Update

IRP Projects - Continuing

• Automation, Gates and Controls (2018) – IRP # 2336

• Automation, Gates and Controls (2019) – IRP # 2345

2336

2345

Automation, Gates and Controls (2018)

IRP # 2336

Automation, Gates and Controls (2019)

IRP # 2345

IRP Projects - Proposed

• East Horsefly Main (EHM) Pipeline – IRP # 2339

• Extension of existing EHM Pipeline upstream to take advantage of significant grade change on East Horsefly Main Canal (EHMC) south of Purple Springs

• Construction of a settling pond, installation of a new pipeline inlet structure and screening system, and installation of an emergency spill structure to pass excess water back into EHMC (to be retained as an emergency spill channel)

• Installation of new pipeline turnouts for adjacent landowners

• Rehabilitation of the upstream reach of the Lateral 10 East Horsefly canal with a PVC pipeline to serve the Purple Springs Grazing Lease

East Horsefly Main Pipeline – IRP # 2339

East Horsefly Main Pipeline

IRP # 2339

District-Funded Capital Projects - Completed

• Taber Lake Lateral Constructed Wetland – C102

• Barnwell Manhole Turnout Replacements (2018) – C105

• Walkway and Handrail Replacements (2018) – C107

• Rock Weir Replacements (2018) – C108

• Driving Bank Rehabilitation (2018) – C109

• Taber East Dam Upstream Slope Rehabilitation – C112

• Lateral M Big Bend Water Quality Improvements – C115

• Check Plates (2018) – C116


Turnout Replacement on Lateral 2 Barnwell Downstream View of BBMC Check Plate


Taber East Dam Rehabilitation During Construction Taber East Dam Rehabilitation After Construction


Installation of Lateral M Big Bend Gabion Fence Posts Lateral M Big Bend Gabion Fence After Construction


Completed Lateral M Big Bend Gabion Fence andDebris Boom

Installation of Lateral M Big Bend Debris Boom

District-Funded Capital Projects - Continuing

• Horsefly Drain Constructed Wetland – C100

• TID contributions to MD of Taber West Township 8 Range 16 Drainage project

• East Taber Constructed Wetland – C101

• TID contributions to Town of Taber East Stormwater Management Facility project

• Big Bend Main Canal Water Quality Improvements – C104

• Installation of a gabion fence, a floating debris boom, and a travelling mechanical screener at the BBMC headgates

• Construction of a settling pond upstream of the BBMC headgates

• Construction of an access road for future observation and maintenance

• Lateral 3D Taber Headgate Replacement – C110

• Replacement of TID’s Lateral 3D Taber siphon turnout with a gravity turnout

• Installation of new turnouts for E ½ 4-9-16-W4M and S ½ 9-9-16-W4M


• Magnacide H™ Storage – C111

• East Horsefly Main Canal Bank Raising – C113

• Raising the canal banks at the downstream end of EHMC to address freeboard issues, allow addition of acres to downstream end of EHM Pipeline

• Landowner- and District-funded, to be completed in conjunction with EHM Pipeline project (IRP # 2339)

• Reservoir Riparian Enhancement – C114

• Installation of fencing and off-site watering at strategic locations around TID reservoirs

• Funded through the Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program (WRRP, AEP)


• Bountiful Coulee Pipeline Upgrades – C117

• Upgrades to a short reach of the Bountiful Coulee Pipeline to allow for expansion acres to be served from this system

• Landowner-funded project

• Manhole Turnout Replacements (2019) – C118

• Replacement of five manhole turnouts with above-ground risers and valves

• Check Plates (2019) – C120

• Walkway and Handrail Replacements (2019) – C121


Filling of BBMC Gabion Fence with Gabion RockInstallation of BBMC Gabion Fence Posts


BBMC Settling Pond ExcavationConstruction of Cast-in-Place Pad for BBMC Mechanical Screener Mount


Completed BBMC Mechanical ScreenerMounting Panels

Installation of BBMC Mechanical ScreenerMounting Panels


Completed BBMC Gabion Fence and Debris BoomCompleted BBMC Settling Pond and Screening System


Lateral E Big Bend WalkwayFabricated Steel Check Plates

District-Funded Capital Projects - Proposed

• Little 15 Pipeline – C119

• Rehabilitation of a small unlined ditch serving N ½ SE 28-9-16-W4M with a gravity PVC pipeline

• Rock Weir Replacements (2019) – C122

• Lateral 7 East Horsefly Pipeline – C123

• Extension of Laterals 7C, 7D and 7D-1 East Horsefly upstream (south) to take advantage of significant grade change south of Highway 3

• Construction of settling pond and installation of gabion wall, pipeline inlet structure, and new turnouts for adjacent landowners

• Project designed to alleviate water quality issues and improve capacity of existing pipelines and existing CPR crossing


• Aquatic Weed and Algae Control Structures (2019) – C124

• Installation of three gabion wall infiltration systems around TID pipeline inlet structures

• Lateral 8 Taber, Lateral 16 Taber, Lateral 5 NFEC

• Fincastle Reservoir Water Quality Improvements – C125

• Installation of a weed and algae exclusion and/or removal system at the NFWC/NFEC headgates

• NW 12- and SW 14-9-17-W4M Main Canal Turnouts – C126

Disaster Recovery Program – East Horsefly Drain

• During Spring 2018 Overland Flooding, two small retention dams on East Horsefly Drain in NE 2-11-15-W4M were washed out

• Flows greatly exceeded design capacity of bypass culverts

• Retention dams initially installed to minimize erosion of drain bed, allow sedimentation prior to return of water to the Oldman River

• TID replaced the retention dams with a pool-and-riffle system

• A series of small pools and rock chutes designed to dissipate energy in a steep channel section

• Sediment can deposit in pools, eventually filling them and creating a new stepped channel with rock chutes

• Cost of these repairs to be included as a part of TID’s submission to AEMA for Disaster Recovery funding


Upstream End of South Retention Dam Following Spring 2018 Overland Flooding

Downstream End of North Retention Dam Following Spring 2018 Overland Flooding


Removal of Waste Material from Drain Channel Drain Channel Following Cleaning and Reshaping


Placement of Riprap to Create Pools and Rock ChutesInstallation of Gravel Armour on Channel Bed and Side Slopes


Downstream End of Work Area After ConstructionUpstream End of Work Area After Construction

Engineering Department Update

• Zac Kotke, Drafting Engineering Technologist, left the District at the beginning of October

• Jason Sheppard was hired as his replacement

• Jason brings a wealth of drafting and project supervision experience from previous employment, and has been a great addition to the Engineering Department

• Tony Wikkerink, District Engineer, was granted Professional Engineer status at the beginning of May

Questions?

12. Auditor’s Report and Year End Financial StatementPR E SE NT ED B Y DA N B O ST E R S, MPACC , CPA , CASE NIO R MA NAG E R , K PMG E NT E R PR ISE, L E T HB R IDGE

Independent Auditor’s Report (p.27-29)

Statement of Financial Position (p.30)

Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balances (p.31)

Statement of Cash Flows (p.32)

Note 1 (p.33-35)

Notes 2 & 3 (p.36)

Notes 4 & 5 (p.37)

Note 6 (p.38)

Note 7 (p.39)

Notes 8 & 9 (p.40)

Note 10 (p.41-42)

Note 10 cont’d & Note 11 (p.42)

Notes 12 & 13 (p.43)

Notes 14 & 15 (p.44)

Notes 16 & 17 (p.45)

Schedule of Operating Expenses (p.46)

13. Resolutions

14. New BusinessA. WATER SITUATION FOR 2019PR E SE NT ED B Y CHR IS G A L L AG HE RFO R B A R R Y J E NSE N, DIST RICT SUPE R INTE NDENT

Summary

• Lower and mid-elevation snow packs are near median

• Accumulation slowed in the upper elevations in mid-February cold snap

• SMRID/TID/Ridge reservoirs near target storage

• St. Mary Reservoir is 10m below target

• Waterton below irrigation invert (maintenance) – expected to fill

• System storage 125,000 ac-ft ahead of 2017 helps offset lower snow pack

• Already sufficient snow and reservoir water to start and to meet basic irrigation and other water use needs for 2019

• May have initially reduced TID annual allocation – first set at April meeting

14. New BusinessB. UPDATE ON TID RATES AND IRRIGATION ACRESPR E SE NT ED B Y CHR IS G A L L AG HE R

Water Rate Comparison (not including surcharges)

Projected Rate Summary

• 2015 = $10/ac

• 2016 = $14/ac

• 2017 = $16/ac

• 2018 = $18/ac

• 2019 = $20/ac

• Future = long term average of $1/ac/year + IRP??? + Mussels???

• All other rates raised proportionally, discount remains at 5%

• Irrican Due to Districts loan transferred to TID gradually to support Capital and Long Term Reserves

Required to get back on track with operating costs,ensure Revenue > Expenses,and avoid depleting future project funding

SMRID Main Canal cost increases = $0.95 (2017) + $1.00 (2019)

IRP Funding – Capital Projects (2015 AGM)

IRP Funding – Capital Projects (Updated)

Projected 2020-2022

Mussels…

• Inspection program successful thus far, but positives intercepted

• Strategic Pest Management Program outlines risk, but unknowns

• Pipeline environment not likely to kill overwintering mussels

• Potash and chlorine have limited application

• Maintenance may be extensive and cost $5/acre or more

TID Water Rate Projection (IRP Restored, No Mussels)

Update on Irrigation Acres

• 2011 Expansion to 92,500 acres

• Slow uptake 2011-2017 (≈500 ac/yr); 8,500 acres available; no limits

• Advertised process starting 2017 (newsletters, MD connection, AGM)

• Cavendish plant announcement December, 2016 ; CAC increase to $1,200/ac

• Quick uptake: Set 1,500 acre reserve for intensification

• Closed to new applications February, 2018; Exceptions (transfer) October, 2018

• Intensification at 30 ac/year/parcel; CAC increase to $1,800/acre

• Future expansion? ONLY with conserved water AND within acceptable risk

14. New BusinessC. CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP – IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY PRO GRAMPR E SE NT ED B Y TO NY WIK K E R INK, P.E NG.

Canadian Agricultural PartnershipIrrigation Efficiency Program

Irrigation Efficiency Program

Purpose:

The purpose of this program is to increase water savings

and reduce energy use in irrigated agriculture by

assisting producers with the purchase of more efficient

irrigation equipment and systems.

This program assists producers with eligible costs incurred

for the purchase and installation of a new low-pressure

centre (LPCP) pivot irrigation system, a drip irrigation

system or an upgrade of an existing irrigation system.

Terms and Conditionshttps://cap.alberta.ca/CAP/program/IRR_EFFICIENCY


Proposed Eligible Equipment Upgrades:

new low-pressure centre pivot to replace a gravity, side-wheel

or high-pressure centre pivot,

retrofit of a high-pressure centre pivot to a low-pressure centre pivot, including booster pumps, nozzle packages and pump

modifications,

high-efficiency sprinkler nozzles and related equipment to upgrade an existing low-pressure centre pivot,

variable-rate irrigation equipment (controllers and software),

control panel upgrades, including base stations for telemetry,

surface or subsurface drip irrigation to replace gravity, side-

wheel or high pressure centre pivot.


Eligible Applicants:

To be eligible to apply to the program, an applicant must:

operate as a producer in Alberta

own an irrigated agricultural operation in Alberta

have a Long-Term Irrigation Management Plan; and

not have been previously been approved for payment from the

program for the parcel described in the application.


Eligible activities:

40% of the eligible costs, up to a maximum of $5,000, for:

equipment upgrades on the parcel; or

an upgrade on the parcel from an existing irrigation system to a

surface drip irrigation system; or

$15,000 of the eligible costs for an upgrade on the parcel from a

gravity, side-wheel or high-pressure centre pivot irrigation system

to a new LPCP system or a subsurface drip irrigation system.

Parcel size >20 acres for LPCP and subsurface drip

>10 acres for surface drip/PMDI

Ineligible activities

Variable Frequency Drives - see Farm Energy Agri-Processing (FEAP)

New pumps (FEAP)

Pipelines – see Farm Water Supply

Irrigation Expansion

Used Equipment

Funding is never guaranteed. Contact programs before

purchasing

Farm Energy and Agri-Processing Program (FEAP)

https://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/general/progserv.nsf/All/pgmsrv462

Farm Water Supplyhttps://cap.alberta.ca/CAP/program/FARM_WATER

https://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/general/progserv.nsf/All/pgmsrv462

https://cap.alberta.ca/CAP/program/FARM_WATER

How to apply Irrigation Efficiency

Download forms from our website (one per irrigation system/parcel) https://cap.alberta.ca/CAP/program/IRR_EFFICIENCY

Long Term Irrigation Management Plan (LTIMP)

Application form

Terms and conditions

Submit invoice/sales contract from dealer for eligible costs

Pay minimum 10% down payment

Mail, fax, email your application in which should include

LTIMP

Invoice(s)

Proof of 10% down payment

Application form

https://cap.alberta.ca/CAP/program/IRR_EFFICIENCY

Application form

Long Term Irrigation Management Plan

Where do I find out more information?

For anyone wishing to receive automatic email updates on any CAP developments, a subscription option is

available on the website.

https://cap.alberta.ca/CAP/

[email protected]

Office: 403-381-5532

Fax: 403-381-5765

100, 5401 – 1st Avenue South Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4V6

[email protected]

Office: 403-381-5801

Fax: 403-381-5765

100, 5401 – 1st Avenue South Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4V6

https://cap.alberta.ca/CAP/

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

14. New BusinessD. OTHER

15. Close of MeetingTHANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED!!

AnnualGeneralMeetingHER ITAG E INNMA R CH 20 , 20 1 9

Our vision is a progressive and cohesive team, supporting the diverse needs of our water users through a heritage of efficient operations, a

drive for continuous improvement, and a spirit of collaboration toward responsible water management within Specialty Crop Country

Thank you for joining us!!Refreshments provided by ATB Financial

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