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2010 Water Board Work Plan
General Issues (Committee of the Whole):
1. Consider stormwater variance requests (as needed).
2. Meet with regional water boards and related City boards to discuss issues of
common interest, i.e. annual inter-city meetings.
3. Review Council’s Work Plan for water-related items which should be
considered.
4. Review and consider such items as may come before the Board (as needed).
5. Work with Utilities staff to identify and review specific topics/agenda items.
6. Monitor the Halligan and NISP reservoir projects.
7. Provide feedback and recommendations to staff for any Stormwater Program
repurposing efforts. Review strategy and direction of issues.
Conservation and Public Education Committee:
1. Monitor public outreach efforts regarding:
a) Stormwater quality, including Best Management Practices (BMPs),
detention pond landscape standards, new permit interactive website,
business outreach plan and stenciling program.
b) Potential emergency situations (i.e., spill or explosion at water/wastewater
plants), including working with staff to make recommendations for
appropriate outreach.
c) Flood hazard awareness, including Flood Awareness Week and other
outreach programs.
2. Monitor education programs:
a) Review both youth and adult educational programs, including offerings to
residential and business customers.
3. Monitor water conservation efforts:
a) Review Water Conservation Plan implementation.
b) Review Annual Water Conservation Report, including tracking of annual
water use.
c) Review various City departments’ (Parks, Streets, etc.) water conservation
efforts.
4. Study gray water/rain water harvesting as a conservation option.
5. Review and develop recommendations on:
a) Updating/revising the 2003 Water Supply and Demand Management
Policy (WSDMP) (with Water Supply Committee).
b) Publicizing/promoting drinking tap water over bottled water.
c) Publicizing/promoting protection of water quality from medicinal
pollution (a drug amnesty disposal day).
d) New “Fort Collins Conserves” marketing campaign for water conservation
and energy efficiency.
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Engineering Committee:
1. Review strategy and direction of issues, summarize highlights and concerns to
the Board, and provide feedback and recommendation to staff for water
related capital projects currently in the implementation phase.
a) Committee requests semi-annual, on-site updates for the Mulberry
reclamation facility project.
2. Review the Utility’s plans for proposed or planned future capital projects.
a) Review timing and urgency of proposed implementation.
b) Provide feedback to staff on the prioritization of water, wastewater and
stormwater projects.
c) Review and provide feedback on project design and approval criteria.
3. Review strategy and direction of issues, summarize highlights and concerns to
the Board, and provide feedback and recommendation to staff for Fort Collins
Utilities’ water-related assets and asset management strategy.
4. Summarize highlights and concerns to the Board after review of water-related
issues (as needed).
a) Emerging contaminants (i.e., pharmaceuticals, mercury, etc.).
b) Fluoridation (i.e., seasonal dosing or year-round protection – not
elimination).
Legislative, Finance and Liaison (LFL) Committee:
1. Legislative issues:
a) Review Council’s annual legislative agenda and meet with City lobbyist at
the beginning of the state session.
b) Request staff to notify LFL Committee/Board regarding proposed critical
federal and state legislation which could impact the City relative to water
issues.
2. Financial issues:
a) Review and provide recommendations on the proposed 2011-2012 Utility
budgets (January-review of Budgeting For Outcomes; August-status;
September-to entire Board for review/recommendation).
b) Review and provide recommendations on the Utilities’ debt service and
reserve policies.
c) Review and provide recommendations on City fees for floodplain
variances and permits.
d) Monitor the impacts of the Windy Gap Firming Project (as needed).
3. Liaison issues:
a) Monitor the Big Thompson Water Shed Forum (as possible).
b) Monitor Poudre River water quality evaluation activities.
c) Provide suggestions to improve communications with City Council.
4. Other policy issues:
a) Review and make recommendations on potential/proposed
intergovernmental agreements on water/wastewater/stormwater services
(as needed).
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Water Supply Committee:
1. Review Water Supply and Demand Management Policy (WSDMP).
a) Evaluate basis for 50-year drought planning.
b) Review results of Front Range Water/Climate Vulnerability Study.
c) Review plans and opportunities to develop operational storage via gravel
pits.
d) Work with consultant to acquire citizen input on Water Supply Policy.
e) Review water conservation goals as related to WSDMP *.
f) Consider instream flow policy as related to WSDMP *.
* Conservation and Instream Flow committees will work together on these
items.
2. Review 2010 proposed water rental rates.
3. Monitor protection of raw water quality and supply.
4. Monitor progress of Halligan/Seaman, NISP and Windy Gap Firming
projects.
5. Make recommendations to Council regarding drought restrictions (if needed).
Instream Flow Committee:
1. Collaborate with the Natural Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship,
and Parks and Recreation boards to collect information for a multi-purpose
vision/goal statement for maintaining and restoring flows to the Poudre River.
2. Prepare a proposed vision and goal statement describing the goals, purposes
and benefits of a program to increase and maintain flows in the Poudre River.
3. Make a recommendation to Council to adopt an instream flow policy to be
incorporated into the WSDMP and the City Plan update.
4. Make a recommendation to Council to establish an instream flow program to
meet the proposed vision and goal statement with a request that staff prepare
an action plan, schedule and budget to set up the program.