Joint Water Commission Meeting Minutes
Unapproved
Golden Valley - Crystal - New Hope
January 3, 2007

The Golden Valley – Crystal – New Hope Joint Water Commission meeting was called to order at 1:35 pm, in the City of Golden Valley Council Conference Room.  

Members Present:
Dan Donahue, City Manager, New Hope
Tom Burt, City Manager, Golden Valley
Anne Norris, City Manager, Crystal

Staff Present:
Sue Virnig, Finance Director, Golden Valley
Bert Tracy, Utility Maintenance Supervisor, Golden Valley
Mark Gaulke, Utility Maintenance Supervisor, New Hope
Guy Johnson, Public Works Director, New Hope
Randy Kloepper, Utility Maintenance Supervisor, Crystal
Tom Mathisen, Public Works Director, Crystal

Other:
Scott Harder, Environmental Financial Group

Approval of JWC Minutes
MOVED by Norris, seconded by Burt and motion carried to approve the minutes of the December 6, 2006 meeting.

Joint Task Force Update (Meeting Dates)
Scott Harder said the City of Minneapolis has been unable to find a January date on which everyone could attend. They had suggested February 21, but Mr. Harder is unavailable on that date so they will look further. Minneapolis is hosting the next meeting. Mr. Harder said he had spoken with Minneapolis representatives who said that they will be talking about interconnections.

Water Supply Plan Update
Mr. Harder said he is working on the final formatting for the Plan and it should be completed in time for the joint meeting of the Golden Valley Environmental Commission and the Planning Commission on January 22. It will more than likely be labeled a “Draft” but will probably be what is finally sent out. He said the TAC should meet and look at the Plan before the final copy is sent out.

Hydraulic Model Training Report and Feedback
Bert Tracy reported that this training was very useful but said that once the program is installed, he thinks a refresher session with the instructor might be in order so the operators can ask more questions once they’ve had a chance to use it. He said they did request that the instructor compile a “cheat sheet” for them and he agreed.

Joint Water Commission Meeting
January 3, 2007

Other

Unexpected Bill
Sue Virnig said a bill had been received from MnDOT in the amount of $891,000 with $300,000 attributed to the JWC. It is related to Phase I of the Highway 100 reconstruction. That figure was verified by Golden Valley’s Engineering Department and Jeannine Clancy told her that we would need to pay the bill, so that was done in December. This will be split among the three cities with Golden Valley paying 40% and Crystal and New Hope both paying 30%.

Award
The Minneapolis Citizens’ Advisory Committee continues to meet. At their September 13, 2006 meeting, it was announced that Minneapolis had won the Global Water Award for “The Best Water Project in the World.”

Next Meeting
The next regularly scheduled meeting is set for 1:30 pm, February 7, 2007.

The meeting was adjourned at 2 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Patricia J. Butler
Recorder