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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWater Board - Minutes - 08/13/1976WATER BOARD Regular Meeting August 13, 1976 - 3:00 P.M. Present: Raymond Anderson Karl E. Carson Henry Caulfield Norman Evans Harvey Johnson Everett Richardson Robert L. Brunton Absent: Bernard Cain, Jr. Ward Fischer Ronald Fulkrod James Waltz Staff members present: Dowell, Harding, Hays, Hilgenberg, Kaplan, Krempel, Liley, and Wood Minutes of Regular Meeting of July 9, 1976, approved Vice -Chairman Evans inquired if there were any corrections to the minutes. Hearing none, he declared the minutes approved as published. Policy on "Take Over of Private Water Mains" West Mulberry Water Line Recommendation Mr. Roger Krempel, Water Utilities Director, stated that the policy on the take over of private water mains and the West Mulberry Water Line recommendation were not ready for discussion as yet. He stated that before he brings these two items to the Water Board, he first wanted the City Attorney to review the policy and he also wanted to give a more complete report to the Board on the overall picture of the take over of these private water mains. He stated that this will be brought back to the Board in final draft form at the September meeting. Mr. Krempel further stated that 100% of the out -of -City users on the West Mulberry Water Line have signed the proposal that was reviewed at the last Board meeting and that the staff has decided to charge interest on the water main replacements. He inquired as to whether or not an informal public hearing should be held with the people affected by this policy. It was agreed that this would be a good idea. Mr. Krempel stated that the staff could have a policy ready to be reviewed by the Water Board in about 2 weeks, and then the Water Board could have a special meeting to review the policy and the public hearing could be held at the Board's September meeting. - "Problem Statements and Goals and Objectives" of the Comprehensive Plan Citizen Task Forces Mr. Roger Krempel stated that he had abstracted material from the "Problem State- ments and Goals and Objectives" of the Comprehensive Plan Citizen Task Force document and sent it to each member of the Water Board, Mr. Les Kaplan, City Planner, presented to the Water Board a flow chart showing the various stages that have been done and that remain in developing this statement on goals and objectives for review by the City Council. He stated that the Planning & Zoning Board, participating with Designing Tomorrow Today, a citizens' group, organized interested citizens into three task forces, the growth management task force, the redevelopment task force, and the public facilities and social services task force to prepare a comprehensive long range plan for the City. He stated that this document on goals and objectives was the product of this citizen participation phase. He further stated that the document was not edited and was not in reviewable form. After the statement has been reviewed by the department heads and is edited, it will be formally sent to the Water Board with an invitation to participate in the process and a request for any suggestions, ideas, or criticisms to improve the document and to improve the relationship between the long range goals and objectives and the Board's month to month operation. He stated that he hoped the document would be ready to go to the City Council by early fall. Vice -Chairman Evans stated that when the Water Board receives the edited document, the Long Range Goals Committee and the Utilities Committee should meet together and work on .it prior to a forthcoming Board meeting. Northglenn and FRICO A copy of a newspaper article regarding the City of Northglenn and the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Co. (FRICO) was sent to the Water Board members. Board member Richardson stated that basically the article states instead of the cities and farm communities both competing for the same amount of water, the water will be*pumped directly to Northglenn for domestic use and then recycled back to the FRICO shareholders for agricultural use. He stated that the City of Thornton had been trying to condemn this irrigation system. Board member Anderson stated that Northglenn is presently being served by the City of Thornton. Northglenn is trying to create its own water and sewer system to serve itself and at the same time thwart the Thornton condemnation suite. He further stated that this is part of a study that he had been working on and hopefully it will be published soon. Grand Junction Mr. Krempel stated that Grand Junction had just gone through the Step 1 planning process for getting federal funds for a waste treatment project and EPA had suggested that they look further into working out agreements with the agricultural interests in the disposal of their effluent. He stated that it had gone no further than that. Vice -Chairman Evans stated that Grand Junction and Mesa County had a unique City/ County arrangement where the planning staffs of the two have an office together and work jointly. Board member Anderson added that Grand Junction is concerned about the subdivisions that are being built in the orchards, and they are afraid that -2- they will lose their fruit industry. He stated a community meeting will be held in that area this fall to talk about urban development and its impact on prime lands. Thornton•s Proposal for "State -Wide Control of Water Resources" A copy of the resolution passed by the City of Thornton and a set of assumptions and proposals concerning state-wide control of water resources was sent to the Water Board members. Mr. Krempel inquired that since the Governor and State Senators and Representatives now have an expression of how one community thinks the state should control water, should this community offer a statement opposed to or sympathetic to it or should the Board hold this in reserve and take action on it when it might be more appropriate. It was agreed that the Water Board would not want to endorse this position. After some discussion, it was felt that the Legislative Subcommittee should analyze this proposal and make some observation on it just for the record. Reports from Subcommittees There were no reports from the Subcommittees. Staff Reports Mr. Krempel discussed the damage the heavy rains on the night of July 31 caused to the Poudre Canyon Water Plant and to the sensitive areas of the two transmission. lines as they come into the City. He stated that the Utility will be reimbursed through the Federal Disaster Relief Program for the work that was done in restoring the protection to the transmission mains. He further stated that there was about $47,000 worth of damage at the Poudre Canyon Water Plant which the Utility is in various stages of restoring. This estimate has been thoroughly discussed with the two engineers for the Omaha Branch of the Corps of Engineers. Mr. Krempel stated that he will bring before the Board in September or October consideration of putting meter yokes in all new service lines. He stated that if in the future the City decides to put in meters, there would be a substantial cost savings to the Utility to have meter yokes installed now at the time of new construction. He recommended that at least a step be taken at a low cost to put the yokes in place now. Other Business Mr. Krempel stated that a Water Quality Control Supervisor has been budgeted for 1977. He will spend 4/10 of his time in water treatment and 6/10 of his time in sewer treatment. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. Secretary -3-