Water Resources Commission Minutes - 10/22/2002MINUTES OF WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING
October 22, 2002
The Water Resources Commission met on October 22, 2002 at 4:00 p.m. in the Council
Conference Room of the Memorial Auditorium. Those in attendance were Water
Resource Members Charles Bentley, Charles Barr, Chris Neeb, and Kerry Maroney.
Also present were Council Liaison, James Esther, Staff Representative David Lehfeldt,
and Public Works Secretary Gloria Dicken. Absent from the meeting was WRC
Member Liz Martin.
Mr. Bentley called the meeting to order.
Mr. Bentley had those present read the minutes of the June 26, 2002 Water
Resources Commission Meeting. Mr. Maroney made a motion to accept them as
amended, Mr. Esther seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
Mr. Bentley asked Mr. Lehfeldt to update the Commission about the upcoming
projects by the City. Mr. Lehfeldt gave a brief overview of the project as follows:
• He said that the Secondary Reservoir Projects were finished.
• He told everyone that the Prebid Meeting for the Cypress Water Plant
Expansion was going to held the next day October 23, 2002 and that the
project should bid on November 14, 2002. So far there has been 8 major
contractors who will probably bid, and 76 plans have been sent out.
■ The Jasper Water Plant Expansion Project has had a few holdups
because of the land acquisitions. There has been a problem locating all
of the land owners.
■ Wastewater Plant has been running a 2 -pilot study.
■ A new water tower at Certain -teed is being constructed. They will put in
pressure reducing lines for the 10 mg tower.
■ A 10 mg micro filtration plant at Lake Kemp should be completed by April,
2004.
■ All of the above projects should be finished by summer, 2005.
Mr. Lehfeldt told everyone that the lakes are coming up slightly with the recent rains
to a 62 -63% combined total capacity.
Mr. Bentley continued on with the meeting and was telling everyone about a State
promoted "Brush Control Project ". He had been to a meeting where they talked
about removing the brush from land and by doing so would double the runoff into
the lakes. He thought that this sounded very promising and asked the members for
their thoughts as to doing something similar to this with Lakes Arrowhead and
Kickapoo to increase the runoff to keep the lakes full. There was some discussion
on this matter.
Mr. Bentley also asked the members for a list of what was the most important issues
to address at this time. Those items are as follows:
■ Brush Control Project
■ Cancel the leases to gain access to land for clearance to double runoff.
■ Studies funded to come up
■ Chloride Control Project
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• Mr. Lehfeldt told the members that there was a new Water Conservation Campaign
coming out in the Spring. There would be billboards and signs on the Sanitation
Trucks displaying new logos about water conservation and "canning the grease ".
• Mr. Esther asked the question of Mr. Lehfeldt about a new Wastewater Plant being
developed. Mr. Lehfeldt replied that at some time in the future there would definitely
be a need for one. Mr. Esther thought it a good idea to start looking at this idea now
and let the public know what we planned to do. There was some discussion on this
subject, and everyone was told to keep it in mind.
• The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
Sincerely,
Charles Bentley
Chairman