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CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING MINUTES
Name of Board / Commission: Water Resources Advisory Board
Date of Meetin : 19 September 2011
Contact Information of Person Preparing Minutes: Laurel Olsen-Horen; 303-441-3203
Board Members Present: Bill DeOrco, Chuck Howe, Susan Iott, Kate Ryan
Board Members Absent: Vicki Schamhorst
Staff Present: Ned Williams, Director of Public Works for Utilities
Jeff Arthur, Engineering Review Manager
Bob Harberg, Engineering Project Management Coordinator
Bret Linenfelser, Water Quality Coordinator
Laurel Olsen-Horen, Board Secretary
Meeting Type: Regular
Agenda Item 1 - Call to Order 17:00 p.m.]
This meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
Agenda Item 2 - Approval of the 15 August Meeting Minutes:
The 15 August meeting minutes were approved as corrected; moved by: Ryan, seconded by: DeOreo
Vote: 3:0 (Iott was not at the Aug. meeting and did not vote on the minutes)
Agenda Item 3 - Public Participation and Comment [7:05 p.m.]
Public Comment:
None
(A communication's class from CU was in attendance and WRAB members explained the WRAB
responsibilities and processes.)
Agenda Item 4 - Matters from Board and Staff 17:08 p.m.]
Matters from Board:
Board member DeOreo brought up the below matter(s):
• There is a request from the County Commissioners to reject the 1041 for the expansion of Gross
Reservoir. Staff response: There has not been any official action as of yet.
Matters from Staff:
Williams brought up the below matters:
• Tomorrow's City Council meeting will be the I` Reading of water and ditch rights.
• The I` Reading for Critical Facilities that was scheduled as a consent agenda for tomorrow's
meeting has been pulled.
• The City has been working with CU on the Williams Village water reuse. The University is
moving forward with their study and hope to have their results back before the October WRAB
meeting.
Agenda Item 5 - Discussion about the Fort Collins 2003 study effort on fluoride in drinking water.
Ned Williams presented item to the board 17:18 p.m.]
Executive Summary from Packet Materials:
The Water Resources Advisory Board (WRAB) has identified "Fluoride in Drinking Water" as a challenge
and priority for the future and plan to discuss this topic after the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services issues its final guidance on fluoride level. As background information, WRAB members are
interested in the process and results from the City of Fort Collins, CO effort. A chronology of the Fort
Collins effort was presented
Public Comment: 17:24 p.m.]
None
WRAB discussion included: 17:30 p.m.]
• Are there any other studies available (i.e. National Research Council) that may be more current to
today's social mentality? Susan is going to look into this and forward anything she discovers to
the board.
• Can staff look into the status of young children that may fall into a lower socioeconomic and find
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out how they are faring?
• How does the city ensure that the city's water is not or never accidentally over-fluoridated?
• WRAB would like to see a literature comparison between the pros and cons of documents
submitted to the US Department of Health and Human Services.
• Can the board get any data regarding arsenic levels in the municipal water supply due to the
addition of fluoride?
• The best way to observe the affects of fluoride is when a municipality halts the addition of fluoride
to the water supply, and reviews the results of increases in cavities and fluorosis.
• Studies have shown that the benefits of fluoride do not come from ingesting it, but rather from
topically administering it.
• How important is the issue of byproducts in our wastewater effluence, particularly in regards to
arsenic? Staff response: Staff is evaluating the mass balance aspect to see if we were to decrease
the amount of arsenic on the drinking water side, what changes would that present on the
wastewater side. Back in May, staff started looking at the various water sources and gathering data
to look into questions regarding effluence. The issue with testing for arsenic in our water sources
is that the level of arsenic present is so low, that staff is having a hard time finding a lab in the US
that can detect such low levels.
Agenda Item 6 - Discussion on Future Schedule 17:48 p.m.]
Staff has taken the list of priorities from the WRAB and added them to the future upcoming WRAB
meetings.
Agenda Item 7 - Adjournment 18:04 p.m.]
There being no further business to come before the Board at this time, by motion regularly adopted, the
meeting was adjourned at 8:04 .m.
Date, Time, and Location of Next Meeting:
The next regular WRAB meeting will be 17 October at 7:00 p.m., at the 13m Street Conference Room
located at 1720 13th Street, unless otherwise decided by staff and the Board.
APPROVED BY: ATTESTE
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An audio recording of the full meeting for which these minutes are a summary is available on the Water
Resources Advisory Board web page.
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