OFFICIAL MINUTES

  REGULAR MEETING

HAYDEN AREA REGIONAL SEWER BOARD

April 19, 2012

 

The Regular Meeting of the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board was held on April 19, 2012, in the City of Hayden Council Chambers at 8930 N. Government Way, Hayden, ID.

 

Present:           Stefan Chatwin, Ron McIntire, Kenneth Sewell, David Weinstein        

 

Absent:            Dan Green

 

Also Present:   Ken Windram, Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board-Administrator; Stephanie Oliver, Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board-Secretary; Paul Klatt, J-U-B Engineering; Larry Comer, Welch-Comer Engineering; Sean Hoisington, City of Hayden- Public Works Director; Nancy Stricklin, Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board-Attorney; Shirley Carter, Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board- Chief Operator

 

The meeting was called to order by Ron McIntire, Chairman at 3:00 p.m. 

 

It was moved by Kenneth Sewell, and seconded by Stefan Chatwin, to accept the presented agenda. Motion Carried.

 

 

Consent Calendar

 

It was moved by Stefan Chatwin, and seconded by Kenneth Sewell, to accept the Consent Calendar:  Approval of March 15, 2012 Regular Meeting Minutes; Approval of March General and Construction Financial Reports; Approval of the Bills, General, Construction, and Replacement.

City of Hayden- Stefan Chatwin- yes

            Hayden Lake Recreational Water and Sewer District- Kenneth Sewell- yes

            Kootenai County Airport- Commissioner Dan Green- absent

Motion Carried.

 

 

Engineer’s Reports

 

Larry Comer had no new information to report on the outfall.

 

 

Administrative Reports

 

Ken Windram gave his Administrative report, which is attached hereto.

                       

Ken Windram discussed the Dissolved Oxygen TMDL meeting that he attended on March 23, 2012. He also discussed Dr. Bret’s Biologically Available Phosphorus presentation and the upcoming Biologically Available Phosphorus workshop to be held May 3, 2012.   

 

Paul Klatt arrived at 3:06 p.m.

 

Ken Windram also discussed the upcoming NPDES Permit and Idaho Antidegradation issues.  The issue with the Attorney General’s office regarding metal #’s with mass loading factors has not changed, and it looks like our current permits will have numbers.  If Idaho DEQ finishes the TMDL on the Spokane River for metals, then these metal #’s with mass loading factors would be taken out of our permit.

 

Ken Windram and Nancy Stricklin discussed the water adjudication issues, and that no further action would occur until 2015.

 

Greenwood Resources of Boardman, Oregon visited the land application site, discussed the lease, and are planning to move forward pending lease agreement.

 

Ken Windram discussed the Idaho Water Reuse Conference that he attended.

 

Shirley Carter gave her Operation’s report, which is attached hereto.

 

 

Entity Reports

 

City of Hayden – Sean Hoisington informed the Board that they are still working on the H-1 lift station design with plan review on Friday 4/20/2012, as well as working on updating their sewer master plan.  Stefan Chatwin informed the Board that NIBCA (North Idaho Building Contractors Association) has filed a lawsuit against the City of Hayden.

 

Hayden Lake Recreational Water and Sewer District (HLRWSD) – no report

 

Kootenai County – no report

 

 

SEP Fund

 

Ken Windram reported that we are still working with Idaho DEQ on the proposal.

 

 

SOLO Robots & ICOM3 Informational Update

 

Stephanie Oliver and Ken Windram gave a demonstration of ICOM3 and how it looks with HARSB’s entity data in place, and then reviewed a couple of the robot video feeds.  The equipment is good, functional and easy to extrapolate.  Ken Windram would like the entities to consider setting aside budget funds this next year to update entity GIS information.  A meeting has been set up for April 27, 2012 to consider the data for each line and manhole.  

 

 

 

 

Review of Draft NPDES Sections- Compliance Responsibilities

 

Ken Windram discussed the compliance responsibilities presented in the Board packet with the Board members.                  

 

 

Approval for Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) Wastewater Grant Agreement

 

Ken Windram, Stephanie Oliver and Nancy Stricklin discussed the wastewater grant agreement.  It was moved by Kenneth Sewell, and seconded by Stefan Chatwin, to approve the IDEQ Wastewater Grant Agreement (WWG-353-2012-9).

            City of Hayden- Stefan Chatwin- yes

            Hayden Lake Recreational Water and Sewer District- Kenneth Sewell- yes

            Kootenai County Airport- Commissioner Dan Green- absent

Motion Carried.

 

 

Approval for Biological Available Phosphorus Stage II Study Funding

 

Ken Windram presented the Phase II Biological Available Phosphorus (BAP) Study; see enclosed cost breakdown and report.  It was moved by Stefan Chatwin, and seconded by Kenneth Sewell, to pay $1,500.00 as our portion of the Phase II Biological Available Phosphorus (BAP) Study funding.  Motion Carried.

 

 

Approval of Greenwood Resources, Poplar Tree Farm Proposal and Lease

 

Ken Windram presented the Greenwood Resources agricultural lease, see enclosed lease.

The lease is for 72 acres at $60.00 per acres, with a services agreement to include water, etc. to be presented to the Board at a later date.  It was moved by Kenneth Sewell, and seconded by Stefan Chatwin, to approve the presented agricultural lease.

            City of Hayden- Stefan Chatwin- yes

            Hayden Lake Recreational Water and Sewer District- Kenneth Sewell- yes

            Kootenai County Airport- Commissioner Dan Green- absent

Motion Carried.

 

 

Approval of Blue Cross of Idaho Annual Meeting Group Voter Designation/Proxy

 

It was moved by Stefan Chatwin, and seconded by Kenneth Sewell, to approve the proxy on behalf of the Board of Directors.  Motion Carried.

 

 

Discussion on Vehicle Use Policy

 

Ken Windram solicited input from the Board on what they would like to see in a vehicle use policy.  The Board asked Ken Windram to put together a policy, have Nancy Stricklin review it and then present it back to the Board for approval.

 

 

Paul Klatt wished to thank the HARSB Crew for the great job in the Flow Meter Monitoring installs.

 

 

Moved to adjourn meeting by Kenneth Sewell, and seconded by Stefan Chatwin, at 3:57 p.m... Motion carried. 

 

 

 

Ron McIntire, Chairman                                 Stephanie Oliver, Secretary