MINUTES
ORO VALLEY WATER UTILITY COMMISSION
REGULAR SESSION
Monday, February 13, 2012
HOPI CONFERENCE ROOM
11000 N. LA CAÑADA DRIVE
There were no public speakers.
There were no corrections to the January 9, 2012 minutes.
MOTION: A motion was made by COMMISSIONER SHAPIRO and seconded by VICE CHAIR TUSTISON to Accept minutes as written.
MOTION carried, 6-0.
Chair Milkey mentioned the changes taking place in the formatting of the minutes. He explained the minutes will have little to no discussions recorded. All agenda items with a motion will be documented.
Chair Milkey explained the Water Utility’s subcommittee structure and changing the Renewable Water subcommittee to Water Resources Subcommittee. The following appointments were made to the Water Utility Commission subcommittees: -Water Resources: John Hoffmann, Chair Rick Reynolds, Member -Conservation: Richard Davis, Chair Rich Verlaque, Member -Finance: Winston Tustison, Chair Elizabeth Shapiro, Member. Commissioner Hoffmann and staff felt it was a good idea expanding the role of the Water Resources subcommittee to cover all issues of water resources such as renewable water, ground water and water quality issues.
MOTION: A motion was made by COMMISSIONER SHAPIRO and seconded by COMMISSIONER REYNOLDS to Accept the subcommittee members as designated.
MOTION carried, 6-0.
Chair Milkey suggested that all Commission members get an email notice of each subcommittee meeting and encouraged the members to attend.
Chair Milkey requested that new agenda items be reported under future agenda items. Under Staff report questions will be permissible for clarification purposes. If a broader discussion is required the Commission can submit their requests in the form of a future agenda item.
Mr. Saletta reported that the Water Utility was successfully delivering CAP water as of January 24, 2012 approximately 26 million gallons of water have been delivered. Essentially no problems have been detected and everything is working as expected.
With CAP water and reclaimed water on line 37% percent of total water deliveries were renewable water.
Mr. Saletta thanked the Commission for their support and recommendation.
Ms. Boyce gave a presentation on two water conservation education programs for local area schools. She discussed the successes of the programs, annual assessments, program development, sponsorship, and program budgets. She circulated information on the "Da Drops" activity booklet currently being used by Tucson Water.
MOTION: A motion was made by COMMISSIONER VERLAQUE and seconded by COMMISSIONER SHAPIRO to recommend support for the Oro Valley Water Utility to undertake a youth conservation education program cooperatively with local elementary schools and fully explore options for inclusion in the budget preparation process.
MOTION carried, 6-0.
Mr. Jacklitch reported on the following:
Well Pumpage Monthly Report - January 2012
Annual Well Pumpage Report - January 2012
Reclaimed Water System - January 2012
Potable Water System Overall Reservoir Storage and Precipitation - January 2012
Chair Milkey recommended seeing the Well Pumpage from the past year for comparison.
Commissioner Hoffmann suggested having a rolling monthly chart from the previous year carry over to the existing Reclaimed Water System 2012 chart.
Councilmember Gillaspie thanked the Commission and Staff for their work on the CAP water project and dedication ceremony. He was hopeful that the Commission and staff could move forward with the expansion of reclaimed water and CAP water deliveries.
Commissioner Tustison had no report.
Commissioner Verlaque had no report.
Commissioner Hoffmann had no report.
Ms. Seng presented several photos of the installation of the interpretive sign for the rain water harvesting project at the Town Hall Campus.
Ms. Seng provided the Customer Service Report for January 2012; meter replacements and Countryside AMI project.
Mr Jacklitch reported on several projects: Lambert Lane water main improvements; El Conquistador booster station; Campo Bello water main replacement improvements south of Calle Concordia. Bid schedule to open March 6th.
Mr. Saletta presented information on the following topics: Arizona Streamflow; Colorado Streamflow; Arizona Snow Water Equivalent; Colorado Current Snow Water Equivalent; Lake Mead and Powell Colorado River water storage.
-CAP Water Quality issues and Tucson Water CAP water quality; Discussion Next step for CAP water deliveries; USGS presentation in March; Relative expenditures for water conservation from other water utilties. Staff will provide future agenda items to the Commission via email and develop a tracking report.