Water Resources Commission Minutes - 08/11/2004MINUTES OF WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION
RK'S OFFICE
August 11, 2004
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The Water Resources Commission met on August 11, 2004 at 3:
Conference Room of the Memorial Auditorium. Those in attendance were Water
Resource Members Charles Bentley, Charles Barr, Eddie Holcomb, Chris Neeb, and
Council Liaison, James Esther. Absent from the meeting was WRC Member Kerry
Maroney. Also present were Scott Taylor, Director of Public Works and Gloria Dicken,
Public Works Administrative Secretary.
• Mr. Bentley called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
• There was one visitor for this meeting and Mr. Bentley introduced Mr. Randy
Wachsman to the Commission.
• Mr. Bentley asked about the minutes from the last WRC Meeting of July 14, 2004.
They were not ready at that time but would be included with the minutes from
today's meeting on the September 15, 2004 for approval.
• Mr. Scott Taylor announced that Mr. David Lehfeldt would no longer be the Staff
Representative for the WRC, as he had taken the job of Sanitation Superintendent.
Mr. Taylor said that he would stand in for now as the Staff Representative.
• There was discussion for the future trigger levels for water restrictions. Most
important to the future is bringing on Lake Kemp as another source of supply. Also,
Mr. Taylor will present data at the next WRC meeting for the upcoming rate structure
for the citizens of Wichita Falls. There was some discussion on this and Mr. Bentley
wanted to be able to ask Council for both changes at one presentation.
• There was also discussion about rescinding the recommendation to put Lake Kemp
blending, because it would not be long before the RO plant would be up and running
by Summer 2005. That would be an additional 8 MGD for the winter and a possible
12 MGD for the summer months. Mr. Barr made a motion to the Commission to
rescind the blending of Lake Kemp water during future water restrictions, the motion
was seconded by Mr. Holcomb, and it passed unanimously.
Mr. Taylor then gave the Commission an update on the water projects going on right
now and those starting in the near future. There was discussion on the pipeline to
serve Certainteed and the microfiltration at Jasper.
• Mr. Wachsman was then asked what he wanted to address the Commission. He
stated that his interest was about the water restrictions (past and future) and the
ticketing for illegal watering. He said that he owned several homes in town, and
except for his own personal residence, the others were homes he had built and
were up for sale. His problem was that because he was the owner, if there was a
violation and he was ticketed, he was hit with a second or third offense because
until his homes were sold, the ticket went to the owner. He asked if this could be
remedied and only ticket the "address" and not the "owner ", because the tickets
continue to go up after the first offense. He still thinks that the owner should be
responsible, but only the first time offense if it was at a different address. Mr.
Bentley said that the WRC would certainly look at his recommendation and see what
they could do.
• It was discussed that the minutes of the WRC meetings needed to go to the City
Council members as soon as possible so they would know what was being
discussed before their next Council Meeting.
• Mr. Bentley wanted the WRC to revise the Water Restriction Ordinance and the total
package while they were not "under duress" and be able to present it to Council if
the city should go under restrictions in the future.
• After all discussions, Mr. Barr made the motion to adjourn the meeting, it was
seconded by Mr. Neeb. The meeting then adjourned at 4:50 p.m.
Sincerely, �-
Charles Bentley 01—
Chairman