HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Water Resources - 10/20/2003CITY OF 130ULDER, COLORAllO
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING SUMMARY rORM
NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: Water Resources Adv~sory Board
DATC OP M~ETING: Oct 20, 2003
NAME/TELEPHONE OF PERSON PREPARING SUMMARY: Robm Madel, 303-44]-4073
NAMES OF MEMB~RS, COUNCIL, STArF AND INVITED GUESTS PR~S~NT:
BOARD MEMIIERS - Robcil Fichweg, Ken Wilson, J~m Knopf, Gil Baxlh, Jeannctlc Hillcry
STAFP - Ned W~ILams, Carol Lmn, Joanna Crean, Tom Gould (L~~S), Deborah Ardolme (Langham
Consul[ants), Paul Lander, John Nystrom, B~onwyn Weiandt, Ridge Doisey, Floyd Bebler, Bob Harberg, Robm
Madcl
WHAT TYPE Or MEETING (BOLD ON~) [REGULAR] [SPECIAL] [QUASI-7UDICIAL]
Agenda Item 1- Call to Order
The meeung was called [o order al 7 OS p m
Agenda Item 2- Meeting Minutes
The meepng mmutes from Sep[ 15, 2003 werc approved as wntten
Gil Barth motioned to approve the minutes.
Ken Wilson seconded the motion.
The vote was 4-0 in favor of the motion. Jeannette Hilleiy d~d not vote because she was not picsent at
[he September mectmg
Agenda Item 3- General Citizen Participation
Chuck Howe, 4875 Sioux Dr., Bouldcr, commentcd on thc ratc vtructure Howe said Ik~at ~f thc plant mvestmcnt
fees are correct, an mcrcaGmg blwk ratc structure should accommodate proper billmg without undue
admmistrauvc complexiry
Bill DeOreo, 3030 15°i St, Boulder, said he icels that water budgets are wnteal to tlie rate structure study
DeOreo sa~d he though[ the study would detci mmc what we want and the billing contractor would figure out how
to design it DeOreo said he teels there should bc moic than five customar classea, hlock detimtions should be
based on effic~ency of use and noC mvevtment and he doesdt understand why the vtudy docsn't take lot s~ze mto
account because lot s~ze data is avadable Finally DeOieo said that an allocaGon of 7 8gal/ftZ should be used m
calwlauons
Agenda Item 4- Staff and consultant presentation and WRAB diswssion on the Utility Rate Structure and
Billing System Analysis project.
Tom Gould gave a presentahon that covercd a i ev~cw of customer classes of service, defimdons ot seasons for
seasonal rate designs, the basis for estabhshmg block si~es and the spernf~c ral,e structures to be evaluated m the
rate study Gould said that the consukants have not yet selected a panc~ular rate structuce and aeked for feedback
from the WRAB Deborah Ardolme gave a presentation on the s[a[us of the billmg system Ned Wilhams asked
thc WRAB to provide confirmat~on of approval fo~ the raYe structures that have been selected fot cvaluat~on m the
study WRAB members expressed the~r concerns about analys~s Jim Knopf d~swssed classes of turF grass, thc
gallon per square fool allocauon, the philosophy behmd when m[he wateang season more water ~s requ~red,
evapotransprcation values and the volume of water used as a basis for Block 1 rales Knopf sa~d tha6 an allocatron
of 15ga1/ftz would bc a morc rcasonable value to use m determmmg overall consumphon
The WRAB members agreed that the conccpts bchmd thc chosen iate structures are ok Ned Williams said that
the next cteps mclude eompletmg the analys~s and presentmg the prehmmary fmdmgs at a WRAB meeting, then
conductme a uubl~c meehne to oresent the findmes
Agenda Item 5- Staff presentation and WRAB discussion on proposed modi~cations to Local Limits for
Industrial Pretreatment, which may affect wastewater discharges from certain commercial or industrial
customers.
Ridge Dorsey presented the Local L~mits porhon of Ihe pretreatment program, The purpose ~s to regula[e
discharge to the wastewate~ treatment planl from mduetrtal fac~lit~es Dorsey d~scussed the rypes of local I~mits,
cited the legal auAiorrty and the ongm of oui local hmrts Dorsey ieviewed d~fferent areas of the plant, the
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reccivmg stieam protect~on, and lhe Rcgion 8 Local Limrts st~atcgy Doesey outhncd thc dcta~ls ot tlie prog~am
and said that the whole program has to be appLOVed by the SPA llot sey d~seussed the pollutants ot concern, Qic
samplmg procesG, the dala review proccss and finally reviewed the public proccsz Ken Wilvon asked if there are
any potential conecius from mdustrial use~ s Doisey said that the mam concecn ~s i educed flexibihty with specif~c
pollutanCS Dorsey announced a pubLc mecung on Nov 13, 2003 that w~ll prncedc the next WRAB meehng At
the next WRAB mceGng the slaff will ask the WRAB to piovide a iecommendation Thcre are cm~ently 12
mdustries permtricd
Agenda Item fi -
Matters from the Staff
• Ncd V/~lliams discusscd d~e B~osol~ds Pro~ect mechng on Nov 12, 2003. Williams said that the pio~ect
would be 6rought to the WRAR for a recommcndat~on after the new-year Ren W~lson asked if the Firc
Dcpartment would attend the meetmg W~lliams said that the Ptre Depaiunent would 6e therc
• Willtams announced hydrostauc teGtmg [hnt would be performed on tlie Lakewood P~pelme on Wednesday,
Oct 22,2003
. Williams gave an update on die boatrng on Barkor Resei von tssue WdLams said that the Wwn of Nederland
has not started the~r pubhc piocess yet
• Williams asked the WRAB members to consider dates foi reschedulmg thc January 2004 and February 2004
mectmgs because those mectmg dates fall on holidays
• W~ll~ams provided a report produced by city vtatf and Hydiosphere about the stntus of the city's waCer supply
and [hc effccts of global warmmg
• Jeannette Hillery asked abo~t the Boulder Rescivmr Water Trcalment Plant pro~ect and whelher that would
hclp the crty stay in comphance with rts own Industual P~etreadnent (IPT) goals Bob Harberg was there to
d~scuss the ~ssue Harberg svd that the pro~ect, which would be put out tpr bids after the first of the year,
would help the rnty meet its IPT goals, Harberg sa~d that an associaCed pro~ect to ~mprove the transmission
system and pumpmg s[ations would requne a C~AP wh~ch would be presented at die Novembcr WRAB
mechng
Mattcrs from the Board
• Gil Barth said that he had changed compames and }~rovided new contaet mformation for that company
Agenda Item 7- Next meeting agenda
The next meetmg agenda was not discussed
AgenJa Item 8 - Adjournment
Ken Wilson motioned to adjourn the meeting.
Gil Barth seconded the motion.
The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion.
The meetmg was ad~ourned at ] 0] 5 p m
Date, Time, and Location of Next Meeting:
Monday Nov 17 2003 7 p m regular meetrng at the C~ty Mumapal Services Center conterence room.
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