MEETING OF THE
METROPOLITAN AREA WATER SUPPLY TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC)

Tuesday | March 7, 2017 | 1:00 PM
Metro 94 Business Center - 455 Etna Street, Suite 32 - Meeting Rooms, Saint Paul, MN 55106
 
TAC Member Affiliation TAC Member Affiliation
Kristin Asher City of Richfield Chris Petree City of Lakeville
Bob Cockriel City of Bloomington Lih-in Rezania MN Department of Health
John Dustman Summit Envirosolutions Lon Schemel Shakopee Public Utilities
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
G.H. Crystal Ng University of Minnesota    
 
Participants Affiliation
Jason Moeckel MN Department of Natural Resources
 
Meeting Purpose: Desired Outcomes:
Determine technical studies and data analysis work to prioritize for improving water supply planning in the Metropolitan Area.
  1. TAC is updated about legislative activities with impacts to water supply planning including MAWSAC report.
  2. List of next steps or tasks for TAC committee

                                                           AGENDA

 

Start Time

End Time

        Agenda Item

1:00

1:05

I.      Call to Order – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair

 

 

II.     Approval of Agenda – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair

 

 

III.    Approval of Minutes – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair

January 3, 2017, minutes of the Water Supply Technical Advisory Committee
 

 

 

IV.    Business – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair

1:05

1:10
  1. Proposal for How to Discuss Agenda Items (5 min) – Dave Brown, Metropolitan Council

1:10

1:20
  1. MAWSAC Update (10 min) – Dean Lotter, City of New Brighton
TAC will be updated about January 25 MAWSAC meeting.

1:20

1:30
  1. Update on Legislative Water Related Activities (10 min) – Sam Paske, Metropolitan Council
Members were mailed copies of the final MAWSAC legislative report. An update on report status will be provided as well as current legislative activities related to water supply planning.

1:30

2:00
  1. Technical Studies Discussion (30 min) – Dave Brown, Metropolitan Council
Members to discuss results of TAC member survey on what are considered the most critical water supply planning technical studies that are needed immediately. Anything missing? How do we prioritize those projects?
 

2:00

 

2:50

         5. Data Analysis Discussion (50 min) – Dave Brown, Metropolitan Council

Members to discuss results of TAC member survey on data analysis. How can we better understand how data is (or is not) collected, shared, and analyzed for local, subregional, regional and state level water supply planning? How do we prioritize these projects and tasks? What data is critical for the success of technical studies? What needs to be in place for you to "trust” the data?
 

2:50

3:00

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

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

3:00

3:00

VI.  Adjournment – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair