02-20-09 JWC Minutes
JOINT WATER COMMISSION MINUTES
Golden Valley - Crystal- New Hope
Meeting of February 20, 2009
The Golden Valley - Crystal - New Hope Joint Water Commission meeting was called to
order at 1 :30 pm, in the City of Golden Valley Council Conference Room.
Commissioners Present
Tom Burt, City Manager, Golden Valley
Anne Norris, City Manager, Crystal
Staff Present
Paul Coone, Operations Manager, New Hope
Tom Mathisen, Public Works Director, Crystal
Randy Kloepper, Utility Maintenance Supervisor, Crystal
Dave Lemke, Utility Maintenance Supervisor, Golden Valley
Sue Virnig, Finance Director, Golden Valley
Jeannine Clancy, Public Works Director, Golden Valley
Other
Scott Harder, Environmental Financial Group (EFG)
Approval of JWC Minutes
MOVED by Norris, seconded by Burt and motion carried unanimously to approve the
minutes of the January 7, 2009 meeting.
Crystal Reservoir Leak Repair Status
Randy Kloepper updated the commission on the repair status to the Crystal reservoir. They
are currently in the final process of drying out the reservoir and hope to bring the contractor
in next week to begin repairs. The repairs will be completed by April 15 and the reservoir
will be operational by May 1,2009.
Hail Damaae Inspection of the Two Towers and Well House
Paul Coone said they had hail damage to the New Hope towers and well house. The
LMCIT said they needed to hire an appraiser to submit a claim. Sue Virnig said she would
work with the agent to resolve this issue and submit a claim if needed.
Updates on Emeraency Water Supply and Water Advisory Board with
Minneapolis
Scott Harder presented maps to the commission that he had previously shown to the T AC
on Thursday, February 19, 2009. Harder had a memo from BARR Engineering and from
Braun and Caldwell, the team looked at five wells, two of the wells were located on General
Mills headquarter property, two of the wells were at General Mills' James Ford Bell site and
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the fifth well was the New Hope reservoir and concluded that in an emergency there is
sustainable water available.
The first well to be used would be the New Hope reservoir, the second two wells would be
at General Mills and the last wells to be put into commission would be those located at the
James Ford Bell site.
One of the issues to be considered would be the cost of installing chemical feeds near the
water towers and the additional costs associated with piping the water to existing water
mains.
Another option would be to re-visit the 2004 study completed by Barr Engineering regarding
new wells that could possibly be phased in over the next five to ten years that would be set
closer to water treatment plant and the existing water mains.
MOVED by Norris, seconded by Burt and motion carried unanimously to approve the
motion for the JWC to move ahead with considering the costs of phasing in new wells over
the next five to ten years to serve as a emergency backup water plan or to have the new
wells considered in a blended plan where the JWC would supplement the City of
Minneapolis water with water from the proposed new wells. This task would not exceed
$13,500.
Approval of JWC Water Supplv Plan
Harder presented the Joint Water Supply Plan to TAC on Thursday, February 19,2009 and
a motion was made to approve the plan as long as T AC had no issues with the changes
reflected by General Mills requesting that if an emergency should arise and General Mills
wells needed to be used, that the wells located at their headquarters would be considered
before the wells at James Ford Bell site and that the chemical feeds would not be stored on
General Mills' property.
MOVED by Norris, seconded by Burt and motion carried unanimously for the approval of
the JWC Water Supply Plan.
Approval of an Aareement with EFG for work associated with
JWC/Minneapolis Water Advisory Board
Harder suggested a proposal to create Governance Water Advisory Board and to recruit
members from the Task Force to sit on the board, Harder suggested Mayor Loomis and
Calvin Roy. The cost for this proposal would be $25,000.
MOVED by Norris, seconded by Burt and motion carried unanimously to approve the
expenditure of $25,000 for an agreement with EFG for work associated with creating a
Water Advisory Board.
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Other
Conservation rate has to be set by January 1, 2010.
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be April 1 ,2009.
Adiournment
The meeting was adjourned at 2 pm.
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Christine Columbus, Administrative Assistant