MEETING OF THE
METROPOLITAN AREA WATER SUPPLY TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC)
Tuesday | June 27, 2017 | 1:30 PM
Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria St N, Shoreview, MN  55126
 
TAC Member Affiliation TAC Member Affiliation
Kristin Asher City of Richfield G.H. Crystal Ng University of Minnesota
Bob Cockriel City of Bloomington Chris Petree City of Lakeville
John Dustman Summit Envirosolutions Lih-in Rezania MN Department of Health
Klayton Eckles City of Woodbury James Stark U.S. Geological Survey
Dale Folen City of Minneapolis Jamie Wallerstedt MN Pollution Control Agency
Jennifer Levitt City of Cottage Grove Bruce Westby City of Ramsey
Mark Maloney City of Shoreview Ray Wuolo Barr Engineering
 
Participants Affiliation
Jason Moeckel MN Department of Natural Resources
 
Meeting Purpose: Desired Outcomes:
Determine work to prioritize for improving conservation* in water supply planning in the Metropolitan Area.
  1. TAC is updated about legislative activities with impacts to water supply planning.
  2. TAC learns how two utilities are currently addressing conservation and efficiency in their communities.*
  3. List of next steps or tasks for TAC committee to improve collaboration in the region.

AGENDA

 

Start Time

End Time

Agenda Item

1:30

1:35

I.       Call to Order – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair

 

 

II.      Approval of Agenda – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair

 

 

III.     Approval of Minutes – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair

         May 2, 2017, minutes of the Water Supply Technical Advisory Committee
 

 

 

IV.    Business – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair

1:35

1:40

  1. MAWSAC Update (5 min) – Dean Lotter, City of New Brighton

        TAC will be updated about May 24 MAWSAC meeting.

1:40

1:45

  1. Update on Legislative Water Related Activities (5 min) – Lanya Ross, Metropolitan Council

       An update on current legislative activities related to water supply planning will be provided.  Water Efficiency Grants outcome.

1:45

2:15

  1. Water Conservation and Efficiency Presentations (30 min) – Rick Wahlen, City of Eden Prairie and Mark Maloney, City of Shoreview

       Presentations will provide information on each city’s approach to conservation and efficiency.

2:15

3:05

       4.    Water Conservation and Efficiency Discussion (50 min) – Member Discussion

Members to discuss how better conservation and efficiency would improve regional water supply planning.  Members will also consider the following questions:
  1. Is your community interested in water conservation/efficiency? Why or why not?
  2. What aspects of water conservation or efficiency do you think are most important to focus on (regulatory, incentives, community engagement, collaboration, etc.)?
  3. If you have participated in a water conservation or efficiency program, what worked and what didn’t (lessons learned)?
  4. How do you measure the success of a water conservation or efficiency program? This could be water saved, community engagement, or other factors.

3:05

3:20

       5.    What do you want to share with MAWSAC? (15 min) – Member Discussion

Based on our discussion, what do the members recommend are the priority items for MAWSAC to work on during the next year

3:20

3:30

V.     Meeting Review and Upcoming TAC Meetings (10 min) – Dave Brown, Metropolitan Council

  1. Next meeting date and future meetings
  2. Location
    1. Upcoming agenda items

3:30

3:30

VI.     Adjournment - Mark Maloney, TAC Chair
     
  
*changes were made after initial posting