Water Resources Commission Minutes - 04/03/2000*
MINUTES OF WATER RESOURCES COMMISS
APRIL 3, 2000
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The Water Resources Commission met in special session on ApFil 8,
at the Memorial Auditorium, Council Conference Room. Water Resource Members
present were Chris Neeb and Charles Bentley. Water Resource Members not present
were Liz Martin and Fred Stangl. Others present were Council Liaison James Esther,
Staff Representative David Lehfeldt, and Public Works Secretary Gloria Dicken. Also in
attendance was Monica Wolfson from the Times Record News.
This meeting was conducted by David Lehfeldt.
• David Lehfeldt informed the WRC that the City Council was meeting on Tuesday,
April 4, 2000. At the beginning of Council, Charles Bentley, Chairman would need
to speak at the Public Hearing section to inform Council of the work being done by
the Commission and to let them know that there would be a proposed new
ordinance at the next Council Meeting to address the City's water rationing.
• The Lake Arrowhead and Lake Kickapoo average is now at 49.4 %.
• David Lehfeldt then turned the meeting to the working Ordinance that was handed
out to the WRC at their last meeting. He asked that they go over everything and
wanted to hear their opinions on accepting and /or changing the ordinance. Several
items were addressed including the following:
• Xeriscape Manuals — Sec. 3, Page 4 — Website available in its entirety for
them to check out. This included information on the drought tolerant grasses,
flowers, shrubs, etc. for the North Texas area.
• Of total water used by the City - 75% is residential and 25% is commercial.
• Composting — great benefits, good rooting, loosens up the clay soil that is
prevalent in this area of Texas.
• Lawn sprinklers and irrigation pipe systems were discussed.
• Lake Ringgold — questions being asked of our WRC members from the
public. The public needs to be educated as to the possibility of building Lake
Ringgold. At the present, the City has purchased just one -third of the land
needed for the lake. The costs for building this lake is very high. Also, the
water would be controlled by the State and ..........
• Discussion took place on what to do, besides what we are doing now, while
the lakes are at 50% or lower.
• Discussion also took place on what to do when the lakes are at 40 %.
• Water from the last 10 % -15% of lake levels will be very difficult to use
because of the mud and silt — very critical if this point is reached.
• The possibility of using Lake Kemp as a water source, and blending it with
the waters from Lakes Arrowhead and Kickapoo was discussed. There are
some problems with the Lake Kemp water because of its chemical makeup.
• The use of effluent water from the wastewater plant as a water source was
also discussed. There were numerous questions and conversation about this
possibility and David Lehfeldt said that studies will probably be conducted.
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• The TNRCC has already been contacted and meetings have taken place about the
potential use of Lake Kemp water and the wastewater plant effluent water to help
the City in it's drought situation. So far, the State has been very cooperative and
helpful in these matters.
• Next Meeting for WRC will be Tuesday, April 11, 2000 at 4:00 p.m. in the Council
Conference Room.
• Meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Charles Bentley, Chairman