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Home My WebLink About2 - Minutes, 7/19/04CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING SUMMARY FORM NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: Water Resources Advisory Board DATE OF MEETING: July 19, 2004 NAME/1'ELEPHONE OF PERSON PREPARING SiTMMARY: Robm Madel, 303-441-4073 NAMES OF MEMBERS, COUNCIL, STAFF AND INVITED GUESTS PRESENT: BOARD MEMBERS - Ken Wilson, hm Knopf, Gil Barth, Jeannette Hillery, Bart Miller STAFF - Joanna Crean, Robm Madel, Bronwyn Weygandt, Chns Puccio, Don Vetterlmg (contractor), Randy Cnttendon WHAT 1'YPE OF MEETING (BOLD ONE) (REGULAR] [SPECIAL] [QUASI-NDICIAL] Agenda Item 1- Call to Order. The meehng was called to order at 7 02 p m Agenda Item 2- Meetmg Minutes The meehng m~nutes from June 21, 2004 were held unhl the next meehng to make a correchon about the monthly water bill mcrease Agenda Item 3- General Pubhc Participation There was none General Pubhc Panc~~pation was closed. Agenda Item 4- Public hearing/WRAB recommendahon on the proposed Water Rate Structure (WRAB will determine the~r recommendation to C~ty Councd on how the c~ty should calculate customers' monthly water bills). Joanna Crean gave a bnef background on and purpose of the pro~ect Crean descnbed the difference between fixed and shaped water rate shuchues being cons~deted Crean dtscussed the staff recommendahon to the C~ry Counc~l for a fixed water budget altemahve wh~ch, the staff feels, has sunpl~city, clanty, customer understand~ng and is eqmtable and fau Crean said that the rtem will be presented to the Ctty Council on Aug 3, 2004 Public Comment Gordon D~mmick, 655 Iris Ave., Boulder, sa~d he feels that the c~ty should bill at what the water cosu D~mmick feels that the only way to restrict use is to tell people that ffiey can't use more water Dunm~ck asked what happens to water budgets when people xenscape thea ungable azea Bill DeOreo, 303015'" St. Boulder, sa~d that when the c~ry started 8us process no one lmew what a water budget was and now there ~s unazumous support for it DeOreo sa~d that a fixed water budget ~s sumlar to the Average Wmter Consumphon concept DeOreo said that so faz the staff hasn't said that they can't do a water budget because of tecluucal reasons but only because it is di~cult DeOceo feels that a fixed water budget doesn't give the nght amount of water ro enough people DeOreo sazd that smce we have two yeazs to set tlus up we should go for shaped water budgets Jon Monson, 1100 10th St., Greeley, 80631, said he is the duector of the Greeley Water and Sewer Distnct and he had queshons about the staff recommendahon Monson asked why the staff would assume 58% ungable area rather than usmg mdindual amounts Also, Monson asked why lustoncal EvapoTranspuahon (ET) ~s recommended versus real hme ET Finally, Monson asked why the ciry would try to balance the costs of lugher hers of use versus chargmg a h~gher rate that would provide fundmg that could be put mto conservahon WRAB Quest~ons Queshons covered staffing requuements and associated costs wiW the staf~'proposal, appeals process costs, the cost of service study,lustoncal ET and w~nter allohnents, duect flow, gallons per square foot, the ma~or d~fferences between the fixed and shaped water budget ophons presented m temvs of outdoor allotrnent There was general agreement that the exact numbers didn't need to be dec~ded on but the concepts needed to be agreed upon WRAB D~swss~on The discuss~on covered each class of serv~ce and what the staff and WRAB wanted to recommend to the ciri Water Resources Advuory Board Summary Minu[es July 19, 2004 Page 1 council For the S~ngle-Fam~ly Res~denhal (SFR) class, the followuig concepts were mot~oned upon as discussed The followuig outdoor allotmenu per household were recommended by the WRAB for Block 3 January - 2000 gal , February - 2000 gal , Mazch - 2000 gal , Apnl - 2000 gal , May - 8000 gal , June - 17,000 gal , July - 22,000 gal , August -17,000 gal , September - 7000 gal , October - 3000 gal , November - 2000 gal , December - 2000 gal , where Apnl through October reflect lustoncal ET and there is no add~honal allotment for dvect flow water nghts The issue of addihonal water for duect flow will be discussed at a later date Jim Knou[ mot~oned to accept the SFR rate structure as recommended using a shaped water budget rate structure with a Block 3 sllotment that reflects histor~c ET (as described above) eacept during the winter months (Jan., Feb., March, Nov., Dec.) when a 2,000 gallon per month allotment will be used. Ken Wilson seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0 m favor of the mot~on. For the Mulh-Fanuly Residenhal (MFR) class, the followmg concepts were mohoned upon as discussed The follow~ng outdoor allotments per l~vmg utut were recommended by the WRAB for Block 3 January -1000 gal per hvmg iuut, February - 1000 gal per lrvmg umt, Mazch -1000 gal per livmg mut, Apnl - 2000 gal , May - 8000 gal , June - 17,000 gal , July - 22,000 gal , August - 17,000 gal , September - 7000 gal , October - 3000 gal , November - 1000 gal per hv~ng uiut, December - 1000 gal per lrv~ng tuut, where Apnl through October reflect tustoncal ET and there is no addihonal allotrnent for duect flow water nghts The ~ssue of addihonal water for duect flow will be discussed at a later date Ken Wilson motioned to accept the MFR rate structure as recommended using a shaped structure and a Block 3 allotment that reflects historic ET (as described above) eacept during the winter months (Jan., Feb., March, Nov., Dec.) when a 1,000 gallon per living unit per month allotment w~ll be used. Bart Miller seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0 m favor o( the motion. For the Commercial/Industnal (C/I) class, the followuig concepts were mouoned upon as discussed Ken Wilson motioned to recommend the shaped water budget structure with a Block 3 allotment of 101%-150°/a of Average Monthly Use (AMin. Bart Miller seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion. For Metered Imgahon accounts, the followmg concepts were mohoned upon as discussed Ken Wilson motioned to recommend a two block structure where the Bbck 1 allotment equals 100% of AMU or less and Block 2~s anything over 100%. Jim Knoaf seconded the motion. The vote was 2-3 m favor of the mohon so the motion faded. Furttter discussion led the WRAB to the follow~ng mohon for Metered Imgahon accounts where stmilaz shapmg is used as m Block 3 of the SFR Further d~scussion needs to be held regardmg wmter watenng allotrnent Gil Barth motioned to recommend the shaped option (Alternative A). Bart Miller seconded the mo[ion. The vote was 4-1 in favor of the motion. Agenda Item 5- Non Agenda Items. Matters from the Sta[f Smce Ned Wilhams d~d not attend the meehng, no Matters From Staff were presented Matters from the Board • Discussion about the rate structure conhnued Joanna Crean said that the staff would present the results of the WRAB meehng to the c~ty council but there would not be enough tune to have the consultant complete an evaluahon of the recommended structures Crean also noted that there was no consensus between the staff and the WRAB on the changes recommended at Uvs meehng but there is consensus on the concepts Crean sa~d that the staffrecommended structures and the board recommended structures would be nresented to the citv councII Water Resources Advisory Board Summary Minutes July 19, 2004 Page 2 Ken Wilson mohoned that the staff not show the staff recommended structure to the city council. Robm Madel pomted out that smce the public heatmg had closed and the meehng had moved on to the Matters from the Boazd porhon, W~Ison's mohon was out of order Joanna Crean pomted out to the boazd that the staff has said that they can support both a fixed and shaped water budget but they prefer the fixed option Crean urged all the boazd members to attend the rate shuchue rtem d~scuss~on at the city council meehng on Aug 3, 2004 Crean requested a pazagraph fromthe WRAB summanzm the WRAB osihon Agenda Item 6 - Adjournment Ken Wilson motioned to adjourn the meeting. Jeannette Hdlerv seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0 in favor of the moGon. The meehn was ad ourned at 9 43 m Date, Time, and Loca[ion of Neat Meetmg: Wednesday, Sept 8, 2004, 7 p m, spec~al meehng at the City Miuvcipal Serv~ces Center conference room Monda , Se t 2Q 2004, 7 m, re lar meehn , at the C~ Mumci al Sernces Center conference room MINUTES NOT APPROVED BY WRAB Mmutes approved by Date Water Resources Admsory Board Summary Mtnutes July 19, 2004 Page 3