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Water Resources Commission Minutes - 11/04/2006MINUTES OF WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING November 14, 2006 The Water Resources Commission met on November 14, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. in the Public Works Conference Room of the Memorial Auditorium. Those in attendance were Water Resource Members Arnold Oliver, Chr syNeebCharles IBo Derek Meadow. Absent from the meeting was WR C Member Council Liaison Jim Ginnings, Staff Representative Scott Taylor. The meeting began at 4:00 p.m. • The first order of business was the nomination of a new Chairman for the Water Resources Commission (WRC) Mr. Kerry Maroney nominated Arnold Oliver for this position. Charles Barr seconded the motion, and then Mr. Barr made a motion that all nominations cease. Mr. Oliver, at that point, took over as the Chairman of the Commission. • Under old business, Mr. Scott Taylor provided the Commission a brief update on the Stormwater Phase 2 discussion as the WRC had been participating in the process with the City of Wichita Falls (CWF) Consultant, Carter and Burgess. Mr. Taylor briefly stated that the City was still awaiting for final approval of rules by the TCEQ before proceeding to begin the implementation of their Stormwater Program. • Mr. Oliver then went to the next Agenda Item which was new business. The first item discussed was review of the existing City of Wichita Falls Drought Ordinance. Councilor Ginnings discussed his concerns of the lake levels during the summer of 2006. Mr. Ginnings expressed his concern that there were no conservation methods in place while the lakes were between 50 %-60% level. Mr. Ginnings inquired about the requirements of Wholesale Customers to participate if the City implemented drought regulations. Mr. Taylor informed the Commission that by contract the Wholesale Customers were required to reduce their usage by the amount as prescribed by the City. Mr. Taylor did state to the Commission that this was based on their maximum contract amount and not their average take. Mr. Taylor discussed that this is a matter that he would like to see reviewed by the TCEQ. Mr. Kerry Maroney commented it would be possible to look at shifting the requirements up as in the current ordinance from the 50% level to possibly the 60% level, or in addition, put another level of requirements beginning at 70% capacity. Mr. Maroney made the comment that conservation does drive and affect the budget of the water utility. • Mr. Taylor then discussed the reduction in water use by the city since the first implementation of the Drought Ordinance in 1999. • Arnold Oliver asked if the Building Codes had provided for the installation of lower water usage toilets and shower heads. Mr. Barr answered that they do. Mr. Oliver also commented about doing more on the education side about conservation as an approach. • Councilor Ginnings then raised two other issues that he desired the WRC should discuss. The first item was review of the formula on how water is priced, particularly for the Wholesale Customers. The second that he wished that the Commission would review was the recommendation of a plan to the City Council to monitize the Lake Ringgold property that the City owns. A discussion then followed concerning options that might be available for this. These included using the land as equity participation in the construction of Lake Ringgold if done by another entity, selling of the property, or partnering with other cities for the construction. • The Commission then discussed what items they would like to discuss at the next meeting. These items would include the review of the Drought Ordinance for intermediate steps in the Drought Plan. They also would like to discuss the pricing formula for Wholesale Customers and the Ringgold property. Mr. Taylor was to email to each of the Commission Members a memo on the pricing formula and a memo on the Ringgold property. • The next meeting was to be scheduled for sometime in mid - January, 2007. C r Id Oliver, airman Water Resources Commission CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Date BY Time ,C1:W�