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03/24/2011 - Minutes m //-6 RECEIVED JUN 1 6 2011 CITY RECORDER Salt Lake City Public Utilities Advisory Committee Minutes March 24,2011 The Public Utilities Advisory Committee meeting was held at 7:00 a.m. March 24, 2011 at 1530 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. Committee members present were Jan Striefel, Dick Gaddis, Allen Orr, Dwight Butler, Dixie Huefner. Committee member Larry Myers was absent. Salt Lake City Public Utilities employees present were Jeff Niermeyer, Tom Ward, Jim Lewis, Bob Sperling, Florence Reynolds, Chuck Call, Dale Christensen, Larry Alserda and Zee Smith. Also in attendance were Rusty Vetter, SLC Attorney's Office; Lehua Weaver, SLC Council Office; Karen Nichols, HDR; Keith Larson and Mike Collins, Bowen Collins & Associates; John Richardson, Carollo; and Mike Wilson, MWDSLS. Approve Minutes of February 24, 2011 Committee member Dick Gaddis moved and Committee member Jan Striefel, seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the February 24, 2011 meeting as amended. All members present voted aye. Financial Report — Jim Lewis Mr. Jim Lewis briefed the Committee on the financial report for the period ending February 28, 2011. Mr. Lewis stated that all three funds are currently doing very well and are in a good financial position at this time. Water sales are currently 2.2 percent ahead of last year thanks to the extended fall season helping the situation. Mr. Lewis presented a slide showing water delivered by month for the past eight years. The chart showed the increase in September and October deliveries and a small drop in August. He stated that the winter season is almost over and we do not expect any major changes in water deliveries until June of this year. He also presented the water conservation chart for the current year. He stated that with the current wet weather pattern he is predicting that water sales will be down thru May of this year. The next slide presented was a comparison of revenue for all three funds versus budget. Mr. Lewis stated that two of the funds are higher than last year due to rate increases in all the funds on July 1, 2010. The Water Utility is currently $4.3 million higher than last year with Stormwater at $1.4 million higher than last year. Sewer with the 4.5% rate increase on July 1st of this year but is still below last year's sales by $53,000. This shows that the economy has not a recovered yet with most of our large industrial customers reducing production and limiting the amount of water used and discharged. The next slide presented was a comparison of operating costs last year with the expected budget amounts. Mr. Lewis stated that operating cost for the Water Utility is above last year by $1.7 million, which relates to the purchase of more water and higher prices from the Metropolitan Water District. The Sewer is above last year by $688,000 and the Storm Water is just slightly below last year by $31,000 as the Riparian Corridor project, which reviewed the three drainage areas comes to a close. The Department has been doing a very good job of controlling expenditures over the last couple of years. The last slide presented listed the capital improvements for each of the funds compared to budget. The Water Utility has expended over $6.7 million in capital improvements with $5.7 million encumbered at the end of February. The Sewer Utility has expended $7.6 million with $12.3 million encumbered. The Storm Water Utility has expended $987,000 with $6.7 million encumbered. Budget Update- Jim Lewis Mr. Jim Lewis briefed the Committee on the budget request for the year 2011-2012. The Budget has been submitted to Mayor Becker and the Mayor has proposed some changes to the budget. The Water Rate increased $0.50 per month for Watershed and Water Right purchase fund. This will increase the fee to $1.50 per account and will generate an additional $500,000 per year for a total of$1.5 million per year. The Storm Water Rate Increased $0.25 per ERU (Equivalent Residential Unit)to pay for needed Riparian Corridor Projects. Northwest Oil Drain Projects: Mr. Niermeyer requested to increase the projected budget from $1 million to $4.5 million with an offset to sewer revenue of$3 million for cost reimbursement from participating agencies. Mr. Niermeyer requested an increase in Fleet Costs—He requested to add funding for fleet costs which were not anticipated at the time the budget was being prepared. Water $40,000 Sewer $74,000 Storm $66,000 Legislative Update—Rusty Vetter The following water bills have passed both houses and are now ready for the Governor's signature: HB39 - Water Rights Amendments, by Rep J. Draxler which corrected a reference in the water code. N HB 247 Water Development Amendments, by Rep. Mike Noel tunes up the lending authority of ao the Board of Drinking Water for its loan program. a. HB420 - Water Quality Regulation Responsibility, by Rep. Julie Fisher. The bill creates a three tiered process for review of TMDL inputs before the recommendations are presented to the EPA. The bill has a delayed effective date to allow one more session to "tune up" the bill before it becomes effective. HB428 -Water Issues Task Force, by Rep. Patrick Painter. The Legislative Tasks Force will look at a needed review of water financing and a long awaited attempt to create a separate corporate code for water mutual companies. SB10 - Local District Amendments, by Sen. Dennis Stowell provides a local district with the ability to assess water shares for the revenue necessary to deal with an over appropriated aquifer. SB20 - Management of Water Rights Amendments. Sen. Dennis Stowell provides a process to apply for a water rights on flood water to recharge an over appropriated aquifer. SB25- Share Certificates in Water Companies, by Sen. R. Okerlund provides a process to replace lost, stolen or destroyed stock certificates in water companies. SB26 - Water Law Modifications, by Sen. M. Dayton makes it optional to record a newly certified water right. SB102 -Temporary Water Shortage Emergency—Military Facilities, by Sen. R. Okerlund allows military installations to have a priority in times of scarcity along with other culinary users. SB108 - Joint Use of a Canal or Ditch, by Rep. Dennis Stowell clarifies the process that would allow a non shareholder to utilize the infrastructure of a ditch or canal. A contract is required and issues identified that ought to be resolved in the contract for the use of the ditch or canal. SB111- Utilities—Underground Facilities & Pipelines, by Sen. Scott Jenkins provides a major tune up for the blue stakes code. It was an agreed bill by the utilities community. Water Bills that didn't make it. HB438—Water Quality Modifications, by Rep. Bill Wright. The bill increases by 2 the number of Agriculture members on the board of Water Quality. The increased numbers come from the members at large that are generally environmentalists. The bill was circled on the Senate 2 Reading Calendar when the clock struck midnight. Part of the difficulty was that in order to give Ag a bigger say, the bill was taking away input from other groups that had been on the board of Water Quality since it was adopted. There is some indication that during the interim that a detailed look will be taken about representation on all of the environmental boards. This issue is a lot like reapportionment where it has long been the rule that it is easier to add then to takeaway representation. Sometimes, not passing a bill sets the stage for a better approach for the next session. Good News, i.e. good bills now. SB155 Political Subdivisions' Procurement Process for Construction Projects, by Sen. Ben McAdams. This is a long awaited bill that will allow political subdivisions, including local districts, to utilize the design/build process of procurement for public works projects larger than $10 million. The bill has become a great example of local government cooperation to make the procurement process work more efficiently. The bill passed on the afternoon of the last day and the senate quickly concurred with the House amendments. Cr) co to al a HB 226 Local Government Fee Authority, by Rep. Wayne Harper. This bill slammed the door shut on local districts utilizing fee authority. It was aimed at the police fee levied in Salt Lake County. Since it brushed so broadly, the local government coalition was able to hold the bill up. While it was on hold serious negotiations took place so that the Salt Lake County Sherriff's Department could be funded.A lot of options were looked at including the authorization of a local franchise tax. In the end, no good answers were developed, so HB 226 now provides for a two year extension in funding while another hard look is taken for reasonable alternatives during the interim. In the process of holding and negotiating, the Special Districts were able to amend the bill in the Substitute and became a player in the process seeking resolution. The bill was bad as introduced, but now it will pass as part of the negotiations of the impacted parties. The bill passed early in the last week. Bills that did not pass: HB 97 Consolidation of the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Natural Resources, by Rep. Wayne Harper. This was an attempt to combine these departments without input of the "stake holders." (This means we weren't even talked too on this one, or anybody else either.)At the hearing in the House Natural Resource Committee not one single person showed up to speak in favor of the bill. HB246 Repeal of Phosphorus Limit in Dishwashing Detergent by Rep. S. Sandstorm. The bill attempted to repeal the residential ban on phosphorus in dishwashing soap adopted in 2008. It failed on three different attempts to pass it out favorably from the Natural Resource Committee. HB315 Accepting Federal Funds Amendments, by Rep. Ken Sumsion. This bill was an attempt to increase state control over all local government budgets that had federal funds. The bill unified all local governments in opposition and it only received 2 favorable votes at its committee hearing this week. 165—Injection of Greenhouse Gases—to study the ownership and operation of subsurface pore space for injection of greenhouse gases. 166— Interbasin Transfers—to study issues related to interbasin transfers of water. 169—Rainwater Harvesting— study whether to regulate the types of underground and above ground storage containers that can be used when collecting rainwater. 171 —Reports to the Environmental Protection Agency—to study the process for reviewing Total Maximum Daily Load reports before submission to the Environmental Protection Agency. 174 - Use of Canal or Ditch—to study whether to require a person to negotiate in good faith to form a contact before using or enlarging another person's canal or ditch to convey water. 181- Pipeline Safety—to study improvements to state pipeline safety law. d'' to ct P. 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