NORTH FRONT RANGE WATER QUALITY PLANNING ASSOCIATION Civic Center, 500 E. 3 rd Street, Loveland, CO fax AGENDA

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1 NORTH FRONT RANGE WATER QUALITY PLANNING ASSOCIATION Civic Center, 500 E. 3 rd Street, Loveland, CO fax AGENDA Where: When: 2:00 PM South Weld County Office December 7, WCR 24 1/2 Longmont, CO Northeast of 1-25 and Hwy 119 Intersection (Del Camino Exit) 1. ROLL CALL AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM Attachment #1 (page 2) 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. MINUTES - Attachment #2 (pages 3, 4) Minutes from the August meeting are included for review and consideration. 4. FINANCIAL REPORTS Attachment #3 includes August, Sept. & Oct. financial summary with detail for October. Mr. Mesloh will review with those assembled for meeting and provide a year-end projection of budget. 5. DECISION ITEM: Galeton W & S Utility Plan review: The Utility Plan review committee met with representatives of the Galeton W & S District and reviewed the plan submitted by them. Several comments were offered and the District s Engineer has revised the report subsequent to the review. 6. DISCUSSION/DECISION ITEM: Appointment of a nominations committee volunteer for Executive and Utility Plan Committees for All members have agreed to serve next year, but the Utility Planning Committee could use a couple of more volunteers. 7. UPDATE ITEMS: - Current Area Planning Updates: Mr. Mesloh will provide a brief review current planning efforts of members and recent site application approvals. 8. OTHER BUSINESS: Committee meeting updates: a) WQCC b) Colorado Monitoring Framework c) Colorado Wastewater Utility Council 9. ADJOURN 1

2 NORTH FRONT RANGE WATER QUALITY PLANNING ASSOCIATION Civic Center, 500 E. 3rd Street, Loveland, CO fax Attachment No. 1 Berthoud Voting Stephanie Brothers Mike Hart Boxelder Sanitation District Voting Karen Reynolds Dave Lewis, Noah Allison Brighton Voting Curtis Bauer 0 Broomfield Voting Ken Rutt Dennis Rodriguez Eaton Non-Voting Gary Carsten Erie Voting Gary Behlen Todd Fessenden Estes Park Voting Chris Eshelman Reuben Bergsten Estes Park Sanitation District Voting James Duell Evans Voting Fred Starr Ft. Collins Voting Jason Graham Bonnie Pierce Ft. Lupton Voting Jon Mays Claud Hanes Fox Acres Voting Ted Carter Greeley Voting Dennis Schump Justin Scholz Hudson Non-Voting Joseph Racine Hunter Fobare Johnstown Voting Roy Lauricello Kersey Non-Voting Christian Morgan Lochbuie Voting Steve Stamey Longmont Voting Cal Youngberg Loveland Voting Michael McCrary Carlos Medina Metro Wastewater Rec. Dist Voting Tom Acampora Lisa Hollander Milliken Voting Bill Landwehr - PWD Kent Brown - Administrator NCWCD Voting Judy Billica Ester Vincent Northglenn Voting Ray Reling Manual Freye Pierce Non-Voting Pat Larson Platteville Non Voting David Brand Severance Voting John Holdren Mike Ketterling South Ft. Collins San. Dist. Voting Terry Farrill Eric Bailey St. Vrain San. District Voting Rob Fleck Timnath Non-Voting Don Taranto Upper Thompson San. Dist. Voting Chris Bieker Joe Creaghe Weld County Voting Julie Cozad Mark Thomas Wellington Voting Ed Cannon Windsor Voting Dennis Wagner 35 Members 29 Representative Votes / 9 Representatives required for Quorum (30%) 2

3 Attachment #2 NORTH FRONT RANGE WATER QUALITY PLANNING ASSOCIATION Civic Center, 500 E. 3 rd Street, Loveland, CO fax MINUTES of MEETING Where: When: 12:15 PM - Lunch Fort Collins DRAKE WRF August 24, Environmental Dr. Business Meeting at 1PM Fort Collins, CO Following a presentation and discussion of the benefits of North Front Range membership by Warren Mesloh, Mr. Holdren opened the meeting at 1:00 PM. 1. ROLL CALL AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM Attendance included: Dennis Rodriguez, Dennis Schump, Jason Graham, Bill Landwehr, Jon Coyle, Mark Thomas, Randy Kenyon (CGRS), Tom Acampora, John Holdren, Manual Freyer, Joe Creaghe. A Quorum was announced. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Jason Graham made a motion to approve the agenda which was seconded by Mark Thomas. The motion carried. 3. MINUTES - Minutes from the July meeting were included for review and consideration. Mr. Graham made a motion to approve the minutes which was seconded by Mr. Thomas. Motion carried. 4. FINANCIAL REPORTS the July financial statement was reviewed by Mr. Mesloh after which Mr. Graham made a monition to approve the July financial statement. Mr. Schump seconded this motion. Motion carried. 5. DISCUSSION ITEM: Mr. Mesloh provided an update on the Regulation 85 Rule Making Hearing Process. Mr. Mesloh will discussed the Reg #85 Incentives Program in Policy 17-1 which will be considered in the October Rule Making hearing. He noted that the updated 10-year Nutrient Roadmap prepared by the Division had been posted on the Associations web site along with draft 17-1 Voluntary Incentives Policy. Mr. Coyle asked if there were any drawbacks or disadvantages to pursuing the Incentive Program if you did not meet your goals. Mr. Mesloh indicated that you would not get any time extension after 2027 for meeting new standards, but other than that he was not aware of any disincentives attached to the Policy. Others concurred with this interpretation. 6. DISCUSSION/DECISION ITEM: Mr. Mesloh reminded those present that changes to the NFR Article V were discussed at the last meeting in July. Specifically, it has been proposed to revising the Association s Article V to reduce the attendance necessary for a quorum from 30% to 25% of voting members. It was felt this would allow a quorum to be achieved at most meetings. Mr. Mesloh noted that this proposal has been posted for over 30 days and no negative comments have been received. There being no further discussion, Mr. Thomas 3

4 Attachment #2 made a motion to approve the changes to Article V which would make an attendance level of 25% of the voting membership a quorum. Mr. Graham seconded this motion. The motion carried with no descent. 7. OTHER BUSINESS: Mr. Mesloh gave an update of recent water quality control commission and other committee meetings including: Colorado Monitoring Framework, Colorado Wastewater Utility Council and Reg #84 Stakeholders. 8. Mr. Graham gave a brief review of the Drake Water Reclamation Facility. 9. The business meeting was adjourned at approximately 1:45 and was followed by a tour of Drake Water Reclamation Facility 4

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