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

Tuesday | May 2, 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 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 collaboration in water supply planning in the Metropolitan Area.
  1. TAC is updated about legislative activities with impacts to water supply planning.
  2. TAC updated on findings in AWWA collaboration study of water/wastewater industry.
  3. List of next steps or tasks for TAC committee to improve collaboration in the region.

AGENDA

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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

March 7, 2017, minutes of the Water Supply Technical Advisory Committee

 

 

IV.   Business – Mark Maloney, TAC Chair

1:05

1:10
  1. MAWSAC Update (5 min) – Dean Lotter, City of New Brighton
TAC will be updated about March 22 MAWSAC meeting.

1:10

1:15
  1. Update on Legislative Water Related Activities (5 min) – Ali Elhassan, Metropolitan Council
An update on current legislative activities related to water supply planning will be provided.

1:15

1:35
  1. Collaboration Presentation (20 min) – Dave Brown, Metropolitan Council
Presentation will summarize and present findings from AWWA’s May 2012 report that examined the current state of regional collaboration in water and/or wastewater utilities. Report includes areas of collaboration, collaboration structures and recommendations and barriers to collaborative efforts.
 

1:35

2:30

       4.  Collaboration Discussion (55 min) – Member Discussion

Members to discuss how better collaboration would improve regional water supply planning.  Members will also consider the following questions: Where do we have good collaboration? Where should we improve collaboration? Why? What are the barriers to collaboration? What should we recommend as next steps to improve collaboration?
 

2:30

2:50

        5.  What do you want to share with MAWSAC? (20 min) – Member Discussion

Based on our discussion, what information or recommendations do the members consider must be shared with MAWSAC
 

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