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Home My WebLink About2 - Minutes, 6/12/04 CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING SUMMARY FORM NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: Water Resources Advisory Board DATE OF MEETING: June 21, 2004 NAME/TELEPHONE OF PERSON PREPARING SUMMARY: Robin Madel, 303-441-4073 NAMES OF MEMBERS, COUNCIL, STAFF AND INVITED GUESTS PRESENT: BOARD MEMBERS – Ken Wilson, Jim Knopf, Gil Barth, Jeannette Hillery, Bart Miller STAFF – Ned Williams, Robin Madel, Bob Harberg, Carol Linn, Joanna Crean, Bronwyn Weygandt WHAT TYPE OF MEETING (BOLD ONE) [REGULAR] [SPECIAL] [QUASI-JUDICIAL] Agenda Item 1 – Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. Agenda Item 2 – Meeting Minutes Meeting minutes from May 17, 2004. Jim Knopf motioned to approve the minutes from May 17, 2004 as written. Ken Wilson seconded the motion. The vote was 4-0 in favor of the motion. Bart Miller had not yet arrived. Agenda Item 3 – General Public Participation There was none. General Public Participation was closed. Agenda Item 4 – Staff Presentation, Public hearing and WRAB recommendation regarding the 2005 Proposed Utilities (Water, Wastewater and Stormwater/Flood Management) Budget, including the 5-year Capital Improvement Program and the Monthly Utility Rates. Carol Linn gave a brief presentation about the CIP and budget recommended by the staff. The budget includes a 3% water rate increase, a 20% wastewater rate increase and a 3% storm water increase. The increases were discussed. The rate increases will result in a $45 per household increase per month. Linn also reviewed projected budget additions. Bob Harberg briefly reviewed the CIP, the projects being recommended for the CEAP process, projects that will require specific approval from the WRAB and staff master planning and financing efforts. Public Participation There was none. Public participation was closed. Ken Wilson motioned to recommend the budget and CIP to the Planning Board. Gil Barth seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion. Agenda Item 5 – Staff Presentation, Public hearing and WRAB recommendation on the combined WRAB/staff water rate structure alternative. The staff reviewed the “complex” water rate structure requested by the city council. There were several issues that still needed resolution between the staff and the WRAB. Those items included lot size (standard versus specific) and the appeal process. Public Participation Peter Mayer, 1339 Hawthorne Ave., Boulder , said that he met with Bill DeOreo and Chuck Howe and discussed the complex rate structure. Their preference is to include specific lot size. Mayer feels that the staff will have to make an extra effort up front to collect lot size data and deal with appeals but ultimately it will subside. They also believe that the indoor allotment is very high and it won’t encourage a lot of indoor conservation. Mayer asked the staff to collect commercial information by customer category because that is ultimately the only fair allocation. Mayer discussed using monthly Evapotranspiration (ET) values instead seasonal values as previously discussed. Public Participation was closed. The WRAB and staff discussed monthly versus seasonal ET values, specific versus standard lot sizes and how to Water Resources Advisory Board Summary Minutes June 21, 2004 1 Page rate the commercial industrial accounts. The WRAB favored using monthly ET values. They also decided that specific lot size is worth the extra effort required in setting up SFR accounts. Finally, the WRAB decided to recommend the staff’s proposal for commercial and industrial water rates with a review after five year’s worth of data collection on customer category. Joanna Crean reminded the WRAB that they were making a recommendation on the “complex” structure at this meeting and would choose between the complex and the simpler structure at the July WRAB meeting. Ken Wilson motioned to use specific lot size and monthly ET values in the complex rate structure that will return to the WRAB on July 19 for a final recommendation. Bart Miller seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion. Agenda Item 6 – Non Agenda Items. Matters from the Staff Ned Williams discussed the upcoming hearing on the Boulder County 1041 Permit for wastewater discharge. The county commissioners are considering additional treatment requirements. Ned Williams informed the WRAB that construction had started on the Boulder Reservoir Water Treatment Plant. Williams also announced that the bid opening for the Diagonal Water Line Project was coming up soon. announced that the Lakewood Pipeline project would be submitted to the City Council as Ned Williams an agenda item at the July 6 council meeting. The staff will be asking for direction from the council to revise the Forest Service easement. Staff will also ask the council to accept the noncompliant pipeline with conditions attached. confirmed July 24 as the date for the WRAB tour of the Silver Lake Watershed. The tour Ned Williams will start at 8 am and will conclude at approximately 3 pm. Matters from the Board Jim Knopf announced that he and Ken Wilson are going on the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District western section tour on June 30. Agenda Item 7 – Adjournment Gil Barth motioned to adjourn the meeting. Ken Wilson seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m. Date, Time, and Location of Next Meeting: Monday, July 19, 2004, 7 p.m., regular meeting, at the City Municipal Services Center conference room. MINUTES NOT APPROVED BY WRAB Minutes approved by _________________ Date _________________ Water Resources Advisory Board Summary Minutes June 21, 2004 2 Page