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Home My WebLink About11.18.24 WRAB Minutes CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING MINUTES Name of Board/Commission: Water Resources Advisory Board Date of Meeting: 18 November 2024 { Contact Information for Person Preparing Minutes: Karen Sheridan,303-441-3208 i Board Members Present:John Berggren,Amy Broughton,Katie Bridges,Steve Maxwell Staff Present: Joe Taddeucci.Director of Utilities Joanna Bloom,Utilities Deputy Director of Policy and Planning Chris Douville,Utilities Deputy Director of Operations Chris Douglass,Utilities Engineering Senior Manager Jon Stoddard,Water Treatment Manager Kate Dunlap,Drinking Water Quality Manager Meghan Chantler,Water Quality Compliance Program Manager Stephen Grooters,Utilities Engineering Manager Karen Sheridan,Board Secretary Agenda Item 1—Call to Order 16:01 p.m.] Agenda Item 2—Approval of 21 October 2024 Meeting Minutes 16:02 p.m.] Motion to approve:Broughton Seconded by:Bridges Vote:4:0 Agenda Item 3—Public Participation and Comment 16:03 p.m.] Lynn Segal: 9,000 people are on board for coming into Boulder.9,000 more units.This is horrendous, for you know I was just listening to Xcel,and it's like the energy forecasting for demand is like skyrocketing like water.Water is life,you know,like energy is life,too.But all these things are adding up to a perfect storm,and we've got to like,you've got to get ex officios on Planning Board to be able to advocate against all this growth.9,000 on board now,and they're considering the Planning Reserve, Area III Planning Reserve.And then there's Papilio's,if you know it,Folsom and Pearl.There's the McKenzie Junction.There's Jay Road that just got approved.There's CU South.It's endless,and that's those ones are not even in the 9,000 that are already on board.Papilio's is but where the Hyundai is on 2811,that's another development where the Geological Society of America,it's like historic and a whole community,Waterview which has changed the naive to Weathervane appropriately,because it's on the flood plain,and maybe they didn't like the bad press of Waterview.That's a completely entirely closed community that now I'm going to testify a TAB on because there's garages in every space,and they're just moving all over.You know,because you guys drive.I drive 5 times a year,out to this place,you know,because 71 years old,driving in the dark,out here on my bike,and my bike was stolen.And so this is another thing;how can 1 afford my water bill?And I'm begging to Joanna all the time.My bike's stolen,my catalytic converter stolen,$3,700,and it happens because all these people and the more people and the private equity and the rental-backed securities cause these bigger and bigger companies to buy up.And they want to evict people,because that's the only way they can raise the rent,and they keep on raising the rent,and it drives up the property value.And it's this circular effect.And you guys know all this stuff.I'm just stating the obvious,l mean,but I'm desperate to be able to get us out of this situation and build more just means more people,and it doesn't mean that we have any provisions for them in the infrastructure.And the water.And water is life,right?And we've got the Colorado River, and that,you know,we talk about that all the time.So please please get an ex officio.We really need someone on the other boards,on TAB especially,and on Planning Board.And you know,we just got two people onto Boulder Valley Comp Plan;Laura Kaplan,she's pro the airport,of course,pro growther.And then we got Matt Benjamin,both under the representatives for the Boulder Valley Comp Plan,and everyone's always citing,you know,you're always citing the Boulder Valley Comp Plan.And these people are setting up the context for what you're going to have to meet with that,and we need to do something to stop this craziness.Everybody knows about it.Everyone you talk to,all my friends.Oh, people on the street know.And it's like so stop already.Thanks so much. Staff Response to Public Comment Director Taddeucci responded that Area III Planning Reserve will be discussed under Matters from Staff. WRAB Minutes 11/18/2024 Page No. 1 Agenda Item 4—Water Service Line Inventory Update 16:06 p.m.] Meghan Chantler,Water Quality Compliance Program Manager,presented this item. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City of Boulder has completed its initial inventory of drinking water service lines and found no lead lines.A small number of service lines remain unknown or must be replaced.This memo provides an update to WRAB on the inventory findings and next steps since staff s previous update in July. WRAB Board Discussion Included: • Question how to know with certainty what's in the lines between the meter and the house. • Comment regarding sam ies size. Agenda Item 5—Nederland IGA Renewal [6:18 p.m.] Kate Dunlap,Drinking Water Quality Manager,presented this item. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Barker Reservoir is located near the Town of Nederland and is a key component of the City of Boulder's drinking water supply.Nederland's wastewater treatment facility(WWTF)discharges immediately upstream from Barker,which can influence the reservoir's water quality.Therefore,under an Intergovernmental Agreement(IGA).Boulder has contributed funds to enhance treatment at Nederland's W WTF to reduce phosphorus concentrations and associated water quality impacts in the reservoir.The TGA is set to expire at the end of 2024.The purpose of this memo is to update WRAB on the proposed terns of the IGA renewal with Nederland to protect Barker Reservoir water quality. WRAB Board Discussion Included: • Question why Nederland's permit does not require them to meet the state phosphorus limit. • Question where Nederland draws their water. • Question why the levels spiked in 2021/2022. • Question about the reimbursement being tied to compliance. • Question how many tiers of regulatory levels there are. • Question if there is knowledge of any analogous situations. Agenda Item 6—Matters from Board 16:35 p.m.] No matters were presented. Agenda Item 7—Matters from Staff 16:36 p.m.] • Utility Billing Software Upgrade - Improvement of security and reliability. ! - Goes live on November 25. (( All customers need to register for new account. I - Account and customer numbers from existing account needed. - Autopay being ported automatically to new system. January 2025 last paper bill.Bills provided online thereafter.Exceptions can be allowed. • Area Ill Planning Reserve - 500 acres north of Jay Rd,east ofUS36 to Broadway and 36.City owns 200 acres. - Council asked for urban services study,step one of Comp Plan update. - Concept level study includes water,wastewater,stor nwater services. - Study complete,being presented to Planning Board and Council for acceptance. - if study accepted,next step is a community needs study. - If not accepted,it will be shelved for 5 years until next Comp Plan update. - Scenarios discussed. • 63rd Water Treatment Plant CIP Project Tour - Stems from date-driven 2019 AIM Project. - Campus identified as a priority in capital improvement program. WRAB Minutes 11/18/2024 Page No.2 - Lnb tructures including high service pump station and key electrical elements built in - livers 30%of city's potable water. - drought tolerance using western slope supplies. of backup to Betasso. l to replace major electrical and high service pumpstationcapitalassets- in [ember 2019 and is nearin fine!co lotion. 1 7:03 p.m.] Agenda hent 8—Discussion of Future Schedule • December.No meeting. • January:Utilities Year in Review• • February:WRAB Retreat. 17:05 p.m.] Agenda Item 9—Adjournment Motion to adjourn by:Berggren Seconded by:Broughton Motion Passes 4:0 Date,Time,and Location of Ne=t Meeting: The next WRAB meeting will be held in hybrid format at 1777 Broadway on Monday,January 27,at APPROVED BY: ATTESTED BY: Board Board Chair /wry' Date: t Z �Z+ Date V�•,�,`� An audio recording of the juU madag for which these minutes arc a sammary is ava0able on the Water Resoar cw Advisory Board web page via the Access Medkg Agendas and Materials IhdL Waler Resouares Adviso!y Board I City of Rn,drl�r(honldercolvrado.roY} WRAB Minutes ,_'I 8/2024 ^age No.3 1 I I