Agenda

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

Wednesday | July 25, 2018 | 1:00 PM
Metropolitan Council Conference Room LLA, 390 Robert Street N, Saint Paul, MN 55101

TAC Members	Organization
Mark Maloney, Chair	City of Shoreview
Scott Anderson	City of Bloomington
Kristin Asher	City of Richfield
John Dustman	Summit Envirosolutions
Robert Ellis	City of Eden Prairie
Dale Folen	City of Minneapolis
Jennifer Levitt	City of Cottage Grove
Crystal Ng	University of Minnesota
Lin-in Rezania	Department of Health
James Stark	USGS & Legislative Water Commission
Jamie Wallerstedt	Pollution Control Agency
Bruce Westby	City of Ramsey
Ray Wuolo	Barr Engineering

Participants	Organization
Jason Moeckel	Department of Natural Resources

PURPOSE & OUTCOMES

The purpose of this meeting is to provide direction on work needed to address region’s issues with data collection.

Desired outcomes include:

a) Content to begin drafting a white paper that recommends how we address the data collection issues.

1:00 CALL TO ORDER

1:05 APPROVAL OF AGENDA

1:07 APPROVAL OF MINUTES

May 23, 2018, minutes of the Joint Meeting of the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee (MAWSAC) & Water Supply Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

1:10 MAWSAC UPDATE

No update because last TAC meeting was a joint meeting with MAWSAC

1:10 ONE WATER SUMMIT UPDATE

Attendees to share what they learned at the summit

1:20 BUSINESS

1. Water Supply Planning Data Challenges – Metropolitan Council staff, DNR, MDH, Municipalities (30 min)

Presentations will examine one of the desired outcomes (metrics) from the Master Water Supply Plan to highlight the challenges related to water supply planning data collection, analysis and sharing from different points of views including agencies, practitioners and Met Council. One metric to be reviewed is that total municipal per water use will be 90 gallons or less per person per day in 2040.

2. Reflection – Committee Members (5 min)

Time will be provided for members to write down notes as they reflect on the data challenges brought up in the presentations. Members will consider the questions:
“Why is good data important for your organization and for regional water supply planning?”
“How do you define good data that you trust to make decisions.”
“What are the data issues/concerns from your organizational and regional experience?”
“What is broken?
“What could be done to improve the system for data collection, analysis and management?”

3. BREAK – (10 minutes)

4. Group Work – Committee Members (90 min)

          i.   Small groups – 15 minutes
                  1. Discuss first two questions from reflection
        ii.   Large group exercise – 60 minutes
                  1. Content to begin drafting a white paper that recommends how we address the data collection issues
       iii.   Small group recap – 15 minutes
                  1. Focus on “What could be done to improve the data”

5. Wrap-up – Committee Members (10 min)

i. What will Council staff do after the meeting?
ii. What would committee members like to do?

3:45 Meeting Review and Upcoming TAC Meetings

Dave Brown, Metropolitan Council

1.    Feedback about today’s meeting structure
2.    Next meeting date and future meetings
3.    Location – New Brighton Council Chambers
4.    Upcoming agenda items

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