Water Resources Commission Minutes - 04/19/2001MINUTES OF WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING
April 19, 2001
The Water Resources Commission met on April 19, 2001 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, and Kerry Maroney. Also present
were Council Liaison James Esther, Staff Representative David Lehfeldt, and Public
Works Secretary Gloria Dicken. Those absent from the meeting were Members Liz
Martin and Chris Neeb.
• Charles Bentley called the meeting to order. He introduced and welcomed Mr. Kerry
Maroney as the newest member of the Water Resources Commission for Education.
He explained to Mr. Maroney about the WRC and what they were expected to
accomplish. He also explained that the WRC keeps the City Council informed as to
their recommendations about a variety of issues, with the Water Restrictions
Ordinance at the top of the list.
• The minutes from the April 10, 2001 Meeting were not ready at this time, but would
be available at the next meeting.
• Mr. Bentley asked David Lehfeldt for an update on activities going on with the water.
• Mr. Lehfeldt said that as of today Lake Arrowhead was at 80 %, Lake Kickapoo
was at 95% with a combined total of water in the lakes at 84 %.
• He told the Commission that the Hydrographic Survey on Lake Kickapoo had
been completed, but it would be June 2001 before Lake Arrowhead was
completed.
• He also told the Commission that the City was in mid - review of Cypress
Expansion plans. Mr. Maroney said they were about at 60 %.
• Mr. Lehfeldt said that Jasper was going ahead with their plans as scheduled.
• The Pilot Project at Lake Kemp was underway. After 45 days there was good
data, then they would go into the final design phase.
• The ultra filtration unit was going on at the River Road Wastewater Treatment
Plant, and they will be getting another pilot program after the one at Lake Kemp.
• They were going to order pipe, but there would be no funding until August or
September.
• The target date to distribute treated effluent water is for mid —to -late 2002.
• At this point Mr. Lehfeldt passed out some informational brochures.
• Mr. James Esther talked about the importance of educating the public about water
conservation.
• At this point Mr. Bentley wanted to go over the revised Draft Ordinance with the
Commission and talk about the changes to it:
• SECTION 1. The St. Augustine issue was completely taken out. There was much
discussion about installing new irrigation systems. The members decided to
change the wording of this proposal so that it would be clear and fair to
everyone. Mr. Lehfeldt would make the new changes to the Draft Ordinance.
• SECTION 2. There were a couple of minor changes to this section and
everyone was in favor of the changes. The first change was to the percentage of
lake levels from 55% to 60% treatment capacity to order a drought watch. The
second change was to mail a copy of the new ordinance and the water rationing
zone map, with a cover letter to each water account.
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April 19, 2001
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• SECTIONS 3,4, and 5: There was no change to these sections.
• SECTION 6: In the last sentence the word "Mayor" was to be replaced with "City
Council ".
• SECTIONS 7,8,9 and 10: There was no change to these sections.
• The next meeting for the WRC was set for the May 9, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. in the
Council Conference Room of the Memorial Auditorium. At this meeting, the City
Council would be invited to attend for a round table discussion with the WRC.
• At 5:30 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted
0/0 Charles- Bentley, Chairman
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
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