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MINUTES OF WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING
June 9, 2004
The Water Resources Commission met on June 9, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. in the Council
Conference Room of the Memorial Auditorium. Those in attendance were Water
Resource Members Charles Bentley, Charles Barr, Eddie Holcomb, and Council
Liaison, James Esther. Also present were Staff Representative David Lehfeldt and City
Engineer, Jeff Hogan, Martin Litteken, of Cornerstone Engineering, and Curtis Beitel
and Joan Flowers of Carter & Burgess. Absent from the meeting were WRC Members
Kerry Maroney and Chris Neeb.
• Mr. Bentley called the meeting to order at 3:34 p.m.
• Mr. Bentley passed out the minutes from the April 28, 2004 WRC Meeting for
approval. Motion was made to accept the minutes as written by Mr. Holcomb. The
motion was seconded by Mr. Barr, and it passed unanimously.
• Mr. Lehfeldt informed the Commission that he would like them to address whether
additional actions need to be incorporated into the Water Rationing Ordinance
should the lakes reach 40 percent capacity. As it stands now, the only change at 40
percent is a surcharge.
• Mr. Beitel gave a presentation of the results of the BMP voting from the last
meeting.
• Martin Litteken informs the Commission that notices have been posted and the
media contacted regarding a June 24, 2004 Public Meeting from 7 -9 p.m. in the
Council Chambers regarding upcoming TPDES Phase II Stormwater Regulations.
• Mr. Beitel updates the Commission with information he received from the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) that most likely the regulation will be
presented in August 2004 and will go through the full public comment process
again, which may last 3 -6 months.
• Mr. Beitel encourages Mr. Hogan to document the visitations with the media
regarding the development of Stormwater Management Plan to comply with TPDES
Phase II so as to incorporate it into the City's Stormwater Management Plan as
public involvement and notification.
• David Lehfeldt talked about public service announcements (PSA) and Charles
Bentley inquired on how the City pays for these spots.
• Joan Flowers indicated that she had contacted Wichita Falls ISD (WFISD) and they
indicated that they had 15,000 students.
• David Lehfeldt also noted that City View, Notre Dame, Wichita Falls Christian and
other private schools takes the number of students up to approximately 19,000.
• Charles Bentley entertained the idea of putting both the sanitary sewer and the
storm sewer messages on one book cover.
• Joan Flowers asked the question of how many pieces of equipment contain the
"Greasy Gremlin" signs. David Lehfeldt responded in approximately 40 with 22 -25
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• Carter & Burgess, Inc. (Curtis Beitel and Joan Flowers) and Cornerstone
Engineering (Martin Litteken) continued with the review of the Best Management
Practices (BMP). Curtis indicated that, at the next meeting, he may have costs
associated with establishing the program and maintaining the program. Jeff Hogan
indicated that Scott Taylor, Director of Public Works, is still working on setting up a
date for a City Council Workshop regarding the TPDES Phase II Stormwater
Regulations.
• Water Resources Commission is scheduled to meet in two weeks, specifically
regarding the 40 percent lake level issue on whether the Ordinance needs to be
modified for additional contingencies.
• The next Water Resources Commission Meeting to address the TPDES Phase II
Stormwater Regulations will be Wednesday, July 7, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. in the Council
Conference Room.
Sincerely,
ketntley
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Chairman