HomeMy WebLinkAbout2 - Minutes, 9/8/04CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING SUMMARY FORM
NAME OF BOARD/COMNIISSION: Water Resources Adv~sory Boazd (WRAB)
DATE OF MEETING: Sept 8, 2004
NAME/TELEPHONE OF PERSON PREPARING SiJMMARY: Dana Lewis, 303-441-9713
NAMES OF MEMBERS, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND INVITED GUESTS PRESENT:
BOARD MEMBERS - Jeannette Hillery, Kenneth W~Ison, 7un Knopf, Gil Barth, Bart Miller
STAFF - Ned Wilhams, Joanna Crean, Bronwyn Weygandt, Cazol Luuy Carol Ellmghouse, Paul Lander,
Steve Clymer (facihtator)
WHAT TYPE OF MEETING (BOLD ONE) [REGULAR] [SPECIAL] [QUASI-JUDICIAL]
Agenda Item 1- Introductions
The meet~ng was called to order at 7 00 p m and the facil~tator, Steve Clymer, was mtroduced to the board
and staff
Agenda I[em 2- Review Agenda
Steve Clymer renewed the agenda uems and hmeframe for the current meehng
Agenda Item 3- Discuss "Guidehnes" for t6e Meeting
Steve Clymer descnbed the appropnate behavior expected for the meehng ~nclud~ng use of cons~derate
language, speakmg only for oneself, avo~ding side conversahons, etc
Agenda Item 4- Review Feb. 24, 2004 Council Study Sess~on (mcluding WRAB and staft
recommendations as presented at Study Session, as well as Council direction)
Ned Wilhams reviewed "Attachment A," which addressed WRAB vs staff recommendahons, as presented
at the study sess~on He then renunded attendees that Council had asked for addihonal work to be done m
providmg two alternahve water rate suuctures
Attendees discussed where confus~on from the June and July meehngs had ongmated, then focused on
whether the board and staff were w~llmg to reach a compromise or ~f each should mdependently prepare a
proposal for Council
Jun Knopf was concemed that a comprom~se would mean that Council would not get to cons~der a"true"
water budget
Agenda Item 5- Identify Decision-Making Process for Determining Two Rate Structure Altematives
It was decided that WRAB and staff will present sepazate proposals as the two ophons for Council to
cons~der WRAB members wanted to reconsider the "shaped" rate structure alternahve that was presented
m June and later rensed m July WRAB mexnbers also wanted to consider the proposal subm~tted by Bill
DeOreo The expectahon is that WRAB will evaluate these alternahves and decide wluch w~ll be
recommended to counctl for theu considerahon at a future meehng With stafFs mput, WRAB discussed
the rate structure proposed by Bill DeOreo D~scussion was focused azound how to set the base rate, or
"budget," for each customer class and when to attach pnces to the structure
Agenda Item 6- Set Agenda for Neat Meeting
Ned W ilhams dismbuted a l~st of tentahve agenda rtems for the Sept 20 and Oct 18 regulaz board
meehngs It was decided that the Sept 20 water rate structure rtem would be moved to the Oct 18 agenda
Jeannette HIIlery, Ken W~Ison, and staff inembers will meet before the Oct 18 meehng to clanfy deta~ls of
the rate shucture altemahves that will be discussed at the WRAB meetmg
The issue of fluonde ~n dtmkmg water was d~scussed bnefly, and rt was decided that the board would lilce
to hear azguments for and agauist tlus issue a[ the Sept 20 WRAB meehng
Agenda Item 7- Evaluation of Meeting
Attendees ~denhfied what worked well and what did not
What worked well
• Jeanette Hillery menhoned that the presence of a facilitator allowed her greater panc~~pat~on m the
meetmg
• "Study Session" format was good because u allowed for better mterachon among the boazd and
staff w~thout pubhc pamcipahon
• Clanty and duechon of the meetmg
• Good to vent fiustranons and talk about past problems expenenced on ttus issue
Problems wrth meehng
• Alwaystakeslongerthan expected
• Got hun u on termmolo rather than focusm on narrowin down to two ro osals
Agenda Item 8 - Ad~ournment
Cl er thanked eve bod for theu artici ahon The meehn was ad oumed at 9 02 m
Date, Time, and Location of Neat Meeting:
Monday, Sept 20, 2004, 7 p m, regular meehn , at the C~ Mumci al Services Center conference room
DRAFT MINLJTES NOT YET APPROVED BY WRAB
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