Water Resources Commission Minutes - 03/24/2004W. . r.
MINUTES OF WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING
March 24, 2004
The Water Resources Commission met on March 24, 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, Kerry Maroney, Chris Neeb, and Eddie Holcomb.
Also present were Staff Representative David Lehfeldt, Director of Public Works, Scott Taylor,
City Engineer, Jeff Hogan, and Public Works Secretary, Gloria Dicken. Absent from the
meeting was Council Liaison, James Esther.
• Mr. Bentley called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
• Mr. Lehfeldt discussed the "Draft" Ordinance for the water restrictions. The changes to the
ordinance were 1) lift all restrictions on the car wash owners and 2) lift the ban on
restrictions for the winter months. There was a motion by Mr. Holcomb to accept these
changes made for Council; Mr. Barr seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Mr.
Taylor said it was his intent for this to go before Council on April 6, 2004, and asked that
Mr. Bentley also be present at that time. The car wash owners were to be notified by letter
that the Ordinance was going before Council and they could attend if they wanted.
• Mr. Bentley passed out the minutes from the February 25, 2004 WRC Meeting for
approval. Motion was made to accept the minutes as written by Mr. Barr. The motion was
seconded by Mr. Holcomb and it passed unanimously. The minutes were passed out for
approval on the February 12, 2004 WRC Meeting and a motion to accept the minutes as
written was made by Mr. Barr. The motion was seconded by Mr. Holcomb and passed
unanimously. The minutes from the January 22, 2002 were passed out for approval. Mr.
Holcomb made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Mr. Barr seconded the motion
and it passed unanimously.
• Mr. Taylor was asked to give an update on current projects. He told the Commission that
several projects to the Cypress and Jasper Plants were in the works. The Lake Kemp
Pipeline Project was to bid soon as is the Jasper Plant, and the RO Plant is under
construction. There will be a heavy contract load and several projects to be bid through
the summer. TEPCO Pipeline, which the City has obtained, will be used to deliver effluent
from the River Road Wastewater Treatment Plant. The plant will consist of membrane and
denitrification. More rehab projects would come later, but everything should be finished by
2006.
• Concerning old business, Mr. Barr asked Mr. Taylor about the lakes and Lake Kemp in
particular. Mr. Taylor said that we would have 72% recovery (60% low). The reject from
the RO will be blended with the microfiltration reject and discharged into the Wichita River.
No impact on the receiving stream downstream. The Chloride Control project is very
important.
• Next, Mr. Taylor introduced Mr. Curtis Beitel, P.E., CFM with Carter & Burgess, Inc. and
Joan Flowers who were present to address the Commission about the new rules and
regulations of the Phase II Storm Water Permit Compliance. Mr. Taylor gave a little
background history starting in the 1980's about the rules and regulations of the NPDES
(now known as the TPDES). Phase I involved cities of 100,000 citizens and bring them
into compliance. The Phase II Regulations in 2002 for the State of Texas issued a General
Permit that will be issued 90 days after this comes out.
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• Mr. Taylor them turned over the meeting to Mr. Hogan to continue with the meeting. After
a brief statement, Mr. Hogan introduced Mr. Martin Litteken of Cornerstone Engineering.
Mr. Litteken then handed out papers for the Phase II Storm Water Permit Compliance. At
this time he turned over the meeting to Mr. Beitel.
• Mr. Beitel took over the meeting and used the handouts (attached) to explain the
compliances of the TPDES to the WRC Members. He went over everything contained in
the papers and asked the WRC to help in coming up with a plan and ordinances to get the
City of Wichita Falls in compliance. Because of the new compliances, there will new
expenses for the home builders and developers and this cost will be high.
• A date was set for April 28, 2004, for a second meeting with the WRC and Mr. Beitel to go
over the rest of the Phase II Storm Water Permit Compliance. It will be held in the Council
Conference Room of the Memorial Auditorium at 2:00 p.m. At this meeting, the WRC
needs to have input from its members.
• A motion was made by Kerry Maroney to adjourn the meeting at 5:10 p.m., it was
seconded by Mr. Holcomb, and passed unanimously.
Sincerely,
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Chairman