9 - Meeting Summary Form, 03/17/2003CITY OI' 130ULDER, COLORADO
BOARD5 AND COMMISSIONS M~ETING SUMMARY RORM
NAM~ OP BOARD/COMMISSION: Water Resources Advisory Boaid
DATE OF MCETING: Mar 17, 2003
NAME/TELEPHON~ Or PERSON PREPARING SUMMARY: Robm Madel, 303-441-4073
NAMES Or M~MBERS, COUNCIL, STAFF AND INVIT~D GUESTS PRESENT:
BOARD M~MB~RS - Robert Ftehweg, Ken W~lson, 7eannette Htlleiy, Gil Bacth, Vicki Naber
STAFF - Ned Wilhams, Carol Elhnghouse, 7oanna C~ can, Carol Lmn, Paul Lander, Bcv Johnson, Noreen
Walsh, Robm Madel, secretary
Agenda Item 1- Call to Order
The meetmg was called to order at 7 11 p m
Agenda Item 2- Meeting Minutes
Mmulcs fiom December 16, 2002
Jeannette Hillerv motioned to approve the minutes as written.
Gil Barth seconded the motion.
The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion.
Mmutes from February 3, 2003
Ken Wilson motioned to approve the minutes as written.
Jeannette Hillerv seconded the motion.
The vote was 3-0 in favor oF the motion.
Mmutes from February 12, 2003 - -
Gil 13arth motioned to approve the minutes as written.
Vicki Naber seconded the motion.
The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion.
Agenda Item 3- General Citizen Participation
Peter van der Mersch, 840 Qaince Ave., Boulder, 80304, asked it the c~ty has any plans to separate
wmmerc~al and mdustual water use from residcnual use when b~llmg m the summer t~me Ae also asked about
how to account for water use m the summer for coolmg, which he does not percerve as wasted water Ned
Wilhams said that the cuy ueats commercial and mdustrial customers similarly to res~dendal customers WilLams
said that the mty doesn't make a d~stmcUon beCween the customers m rate setdng He also said that Che c~ty is
]ooking at a rate method evaluatton that w~ll take diffe~ent customer classes mto account
General Citizen Participation was closed.
Plaque for Vicki Naber -Ned Williams presented a plaque [o Naber, whose terin on the WRAB is at an end
Wilhams thanked Naber for her years of servicc
Agenda Item 4- Staff update and WRAB discussion on the status of 2003 water supplies.
Carol Elhn h¢ ouse gave a s[a[us on the water supply for 2003 She sa~d we are still m a drough[ The snow pack ~s
at 82% of avcrage Ellmghouse d~scussed var~ous statistics that supported the condnuauon of the dro~ght The
status of the drought will ulhmatcly depend on the stream flows observed m the summer but based on what has
been observed recenfly it is unlikely that Che c~ty will be m a Stage 4 drought
WRAB Questions
Queshons covered water levels m Albion, Green and Goose Reservars
Citizen Participation
There was nonc
WRAB Discussion
Wilhams said Chat the staff w~ll do a final analysis of the drought dunng the rirst week of May Ellmghouse said
that the city is eGll m a Stage 3 drought
Agenda Item 5- Staff presentation and WRAB discussion on the status of the Request for Proposal (RFP)
for the Utility Rate Structure and Billing System Evaluation.
7oanna Crean discussed the status of [he RPP The RFP focuses on Phase I of the process, wh~ch mcludes
evaluatrng d~fferent water rate structures and evaluaGng appropriate b~lhng softwarc and vendor options Cor Che
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~ate struc6ures Crean said that the staff was lookmg for feedback from the WRAB Propovals are due to the staff
by May 2 with mte~views by May 6 A draCt reporl will be submitted by the chosen contractor by the end of
Oc[ober 2003 and a final report is due at thc cnd of December 2003
WRAB Questions
Each WRAB member ~ave mput on the RFP Topics mcluded cappmg AWC, lookmg at new rate structures for
commermal and mdustrtal classes, thc four presentatrons to the WRAB that aro gpernfied m the RFP, waCer
budgets m Boulder, enfoicement of mdooc water conservation and watcr budgetmg w~th violauons dckctmg
Citizen ParGcipation
Peter van der Mersch, 840 Quince Ave., Boulder, 80304, askcd thc staff to encourage the consultant to bung
ideas that are above and beyond the RFP to the table He asked ro have them consider performmg an mventory of
trcea on property and allowmg more water for Crees
WRAB Discussion
Topics mcluded addmg flexibdity mto the bilhng system, the evaluat~on criter~a for contractor selectron,
determmmg ob~ectrves for pubhc meehngs and appomtmg a WRAB represcntauve to the selecuon comm~ttee
Jeannette Hillerv motioned to select Ken Wilson to be the board participant in the consultant
selection process.
Vicki Naber seconded the motion.
The vote was 4-0 in favor oF the vote.
Agenda Item 6- Staff presentation and WRAB discussion on proposed changes to Landscape 5tandards in
the City Code, Land Use Regulation section. The proposed changes will primarily be focused on xeriscape
standards.
Bev Johnson discussed proposed changes to the plamm~g^codc wh~ch will be presented to [he Plannmg Board on
Apr 3, 2003 The changes mclude a hmitatron on the number of high wa[er use plants and the amount of wa[er
use wrthm a landscape, regulations on the type of plants allowed m narrow strips and a reduchon m the use of
rock mulch The code will apply to all zonmg except smgle-fam~ly iesidenhal, which is shll m analys~s and would
represent a ma~or resource use to the staff
WRAB Questions
Queshons mcluded conductmg a work session wrth the Plannmg Board Ned Wilhams suggested creatmg an
agenda and a focuc for thc meetmg Wilhams suggested appomtmg someone from the WRAB to work with a
Plamm~g Board member to develop an agend2 for thc mceUng The inembers decided to appomt someone at thc
April mechng, when the new WRAB mcmber would be m attendance
Citizen Participation
There was none
WRAB Discussion
Paul Lander said that he l~ked the idea of stardng water conservation w~th when thmgs are built Typically the
water conscrvalton program has been concerned wi[h [he period after thmgs are bmlt
Agenda Item 7 -
Matters from the Staff
• Noreen Walsh discussed new landscape gmdelmes that the c~ty has ~ssued for its own pubhc works pro~ects
Walsh said that the transportation vCaff performed an assesament of plant health throughout the city and tned
to quantify the conditron of plants from the drought Walsh said thaC the guidelmes would be available m the
Web srte The guidelmes resulted from the environmental management audit performed by the c~ty. Ned
W~lhams sa~gested mcludmg the Parks and Recrcatron Advisory Board m the ~omt meetmg w~th the
Plannmg Board
• Ned Wilhams discussed [he fluoride m dnnkmg wa[er issue The study group m Pt Collms has completed rts
work and will be forwardmg the results to the water board and c~ty council m Fort Collms The executive
Summary states that there ~s no conclusive study md~caung that the ciry should stop fluondahng drmkmg
water City of boulder staff is waiung to see what Ft Colhns staff w~ll do wrth the mformahon.
• Ned Williams announced thal the new effluent lme from the Wastewater Treatment Plant at 75°i SC has been
completed and is operauonal. The Ime is now dischargmg efFluent on the east s~de of 75"' St
• Ned W~Ihams discussed thc agenda ~tem on the iate merease that is scheduled to be d~scussed at the city
council meedng on Tuesday, Mar, 18 Williams said that Uiere remams soma oppoaition to the rates from an
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equiry perspechve wrthm commero~al and mdustrial cusCOmcrs WilLams asked any of the board membcrs d
they were mlerested m speakm~ at the meetmg Ken Wilson sa~d that he planned to be there and would speak
m favor of the rate merease Wilhams said that the staff has received cidzen comment about mampulaGng the
AWC syatem to have a lower bill He sa~d that with thc rate mereases this could be accompLshed wtth
moderate use m the wmter which would allow higher use m the summer.
• Ned Wilhams gave an update on the Lakcwood P~pelme pro~ect He sa~d that the contractor will remove all
pipe [ha[ had been fabr~cated but not mstalled. Construchon on the remaimng p~pehne will resume as early as
the first half of May Thcxc has bcen no decision made about whether or not the p~pelme m the geound meels
specificadons. The process to deteTmme that will take several months Williams also sa~d that the city will be
removmg or mstallmg pipe m the narrows secUon before the cnd of the summer
Matters from the Board
• V~cki Naber provided the WRAB w~th a handout from PLAN Boulder County that dtscussed the proposed
water rate mcreases.
• Bob F~ehwe thanked Vick~ Naber for all other serv~ce to the cu
Agenda Item 8- Next meeting agenda
The next regular meetmg will take place on Mmiday, Apr 21, 2003 Wilhams satd that there are no scheduled
a enda items at this hme
Agenda Item 9 - Adjournment
Gil Barth motioned to adjourn the meeting.
Ken Wilson seconded the motion.
The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion.
Thc mceun .was ad ourned at 9 00 m
Date, Time, and Location of Next Meeting:
Monda , A r 21, 2003, 7 00 m, re ular meehn , at the Cit Mumc~ al Services Center conference room
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