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WATER AND SEWER BOARD
MINUTES
AUGUST 19, 2003
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The meeting was called to order at 5:06 p .m.
Members present:
Members absent:
Also present:
Wolosyn, Moore, Higday, Bradshaw,
Habenicht, Otis, Clark
Cassidy, Kasson
Stewart Fonda, Director of Utilities
1. MINUTES OF THE JULY 8, 2003 MEETING.
The Englewood Water and Sewer Board approved the minutes from the July 8, 2003
meeting.
Mr. Habenicht moved;
Mr. Higday seconded:
Ayes:
Nays:
Members absent:
Motion carried .
To approve the Minutes from the July 8,
2003 Englewood Water and Sewer Board
Meeting. '
Wolosyn, Moore, Higday, Bradshaw,
Habenicht, Otis, Clark
None
Cassidy, Kasson
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2. GUEST: KEN ROSS -DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
RE: ENGLEWOOD STORM DRAINAGE CRITERIAL MANUAL.
Mr. Ken Ross, Director of Public Works and Mr. Tom Brennan, Utilities Engineer,
appeared before the Board to discuss the "Englewood Sto~ Drainage Criteria Manual"
dated August 5, 2003. The purpose of providing standards is to safeguard public welfare
through proper control and handling of storm drainage flows and discharge. The manual
would establish similarity and consistency for design and preview of storm drainage
improvements within the City of Englewood.
Ken noted that the Water and Sewer Board would be the official higher authority
regarding stormwater issues and would be established as the appeal board. The Public
Works Department is responsible for surface drainage and the Utilities Department is
responsible for underground piping and permitting.
The Englewood Storm Drainage Criteria Manual would be part of the Englewood
Municipal Code, and changes may require either a charter change or an ordinance. Ken
Ross will submit the final draft of the Storm Drainage Criteria Manual in September to
the Water Board before it is recommended to City Council.
3 . KENT VILLAGE .
The Board received a memo from Randy Pierce dated August 6, 2003. Mr . Pierce spoke
to the property manager for Kent Village, and he stated that the Board of Directors
decided to leave the water mains the way they are at this time after they received bids for
installing blow-offs on their dead end water mains at a cost of $15,000 to $20,000. One
of the residents thought a better way to flush out the mains was to open up the outside
hose bibs on the last unit. The Kent Village Board indicated they are considering putting
in water filters at the service line in each unit.
4. ARTICLE FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN-"BOTTLED TWADDLE.".
The Board received a copy of an article titled, "Bottled Twaddle." The article discusses
results of a four-year study by the Natural Resources Defense Council in which they
tested more than 1,000 samples of 103 brands of bottled water, finding that "an estimated
25 percent or more of bottled water is really just tap water in a bottle -sometimes further
treated, sometimes not." If the label says, "from a municipal source" or "from a
community water system," it's tap water.
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The meeting adjourned at 5:47 p.m.
The next Water and Sewer Board meeting will be Tuesday, September 9, 2003 in the
Community Development Conference Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Cathy Burrage
Recording Secretary