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My September 5_, 2000 letter to you made the point that the Seattle Public Utilities water supply from Lake Youngs was too warm to bc of practical use in lowering stream tempera u_es in Des MoinesCreek.Sincethatt_metheaorta1 datatodocumentthispointhasbecomeavailable.Ihave plottedit in the attanhedgraph. As you can see, the Lake Youngs outlet temperature rises above 16° C.by the middle of June, and doesnotdropbackdownbelow16_C.untilmid-October.Thisistheprecisetimeintexwalduring whichtheDesMoinesCreekBasinCommitteewishestolowerthestreamtemperaturesbelow16° C.TheLakeYoungswaterroseashighas20°C.duringthesummerofthisyear. Obviously,waterfromSeattlePublicUtilities'CedarRiver/LakeYoungswatersupplywillnotserve asitwasproposedbythePortofSeattle,forthepurposeoftcmper'atumameliorationinDesMoines Creek.ThiscastsashadowonthePort'sclaimthatithassecuredasuitablewatersupplyforflow augmentation. Thankyouforconsideringthesedata. Sinc_ly, Peter Willing, Ph/D. .,.: Enclosur_oungs Outlet Temperatures ! 903 Broadway Telepkm_c 360-734-1445 B*Ili._h.-_.. Wuhingt_ FAX: 360-676-I 040 98225-3237 U.S.A. email: pwilimg,"_lc_nptas,ne_ AR 023555 G EXH0522023555 EXH0522023556

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]