Water Resources Commission Minutes - 02/13/2001• Charles Bentley brought the meeting to order. Since there were not enough
members present to have a quorum at the January 23, 2001 meeting, no minutes
were taken. The minutes from the November 28, 2000 were passed out, Mr. Barr
moved that the minutes be approved, Chris Neeb seconded the motion, and the
minutes were approved as written.
• Mr. Bentley asked Ms. Dicken to hand out several packets to the members. These
were drought contingency plans from other cities similar to Wichita Falls and their
drought ordinances currently in effect. The Commission Members were asked to
look at these plans to get ideas on how they could help the city of Wichita Falls.
Also, there was a form from the City Clerk's office to be filled out by all the members
for information purposes only.
• There was some discussion on how to evaluate and modify our Water Restrictions
Ordinance. The Commission needed to decide what changes, if any, would be
appropriate for long term.
• Questions were asked about the Lake Kemp water supply and when a survey is to
be done to show how much water is in the lake.
• Mr. Lehfeldt spoke for a few minutes to the Commission stating the importance our
Pilot Programs. One of the programs will probably be moved to Lake Diversion to
get a better idea of how it works, without all the urban runoff into the waters before
reaching the Secondary Reservoir in Wichita Falls. We need to let the citizens know
what is going on and keep them informed. He also informed the Council that the
City had received some awards by the State for certain ad campaigns.
• Again, there was some discussion on water conservation. The members felt as
though the 11:00 a.m. to possibly even 7:00 p.m. should stay in effect permanently,
no matter how much water we receive in the lakes. Also, there needs to be
education programs and incentives. They need to study the other cities drought
contingency plans and check on demonstration programs. The Parks Department
for the City is making changes in the way they water their areas around town. There
should also be incentives for Mobile Home Parks where there are now individual
meters for each resident. Again, check out what other communities are doing.
• Elizabeth Martin told the Commission that she had been working with Kerry Norris
and they have three candidates for the Education Representative vacancy.
Hopefully, she will have someone to commit to becoming a WRC Member by the
next regularly scheduled meeting.
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The Water Resources Commission met on February 13, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. in i
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Water Resource Members Charles Bentley, Elizabeth Martin, Charles Barr, and Chris
Neeb. Also present were Council Liaison James Esther, Staff Representative Dal
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Monica Wolfson.
• Charles Bentley brought the meeting to order. Since there were not enough
members present to have a quorum at the January 23, 2001 meeting, no minutes
were taken. The minutes from the November 28, 2000 were passed out, Mr. Barr
moved that the minutes be approved, Chris Neeb seconded the motion, and the
minutes were approved as written.
• Mr. Bentley asked Ms. Dicken to hand out several packets to the members. These
were drought contingency plans from other cities similar to Wichita Falls and their
drought ordinances currently in effect. The Commission Members were asked to
look at these plans to get ideas on how they could help the city of Wichita Falls.
Also, there was a form from the City Clerk's office to be filled out by all the members
for information purposes only.
• There was some discussion on how to evaluate and modify our Water Restrictions
Ordinance. The Commission needed to decide what changes, if any, would be
appropriate for long term.
• Questions were asked about the Lake Kemp water supply and when a survey is to
be done to show how much water is in the lake.
• Mr. Lehfeldt spoke for a few minutes to the Commission stating the importance our
Pilot Programs. One of the programs will probably be moved to Lake Diversion to
get a better idea of how it works, without all the urban runoff into the waters before
reaching the Secondary Reservoir in Wichita Falls. We need to let the citizens know
what is going on and keep them informed. He also informed the Council that the
City had received some awards by the State for certain ad campaigns.
• Again, there was some discussion on water conservation. The members felt as
though the 11:00 a.m. to possibly even 7:00 p.m. should stay in effect permanently,
no matter how much water we receive in the lakes. Also, there needs to be
education programs and incentives. They need to study the other cities drought
contingency plans and check on demonstration programs. The Parks Department
for the City is making changes in the way they water their areas around town. There
should also be incentives for Mobile Home Parks where there are now individual
meters for each resident. Again, check out what other communities are doing.
• Elizabeth Martin told the Commission that she had been working with Kerry Norris
and they have three candidates for the Education Representative vacancy.
Hopefully, she will have someone to commit to becoming a WRC Member by the
next regularly scheduled meeting.
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WRC Meeting
February 13, 2001
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• The next meeting for the Water Resources Commission was then set for Tuesday,
March 27, 2001, at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Conference Room of the Memorial
Auditorium.
• Meeting was adjourned at approximately 5:10 p.m
Respectfully Submitted,
harles Bentley, Chairman