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THE ORO VALLEY WATER UTILITY COMMISSION
WATER RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION SUBCOMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 20,2019
ORO VALLEY WATER UTILITY CONFERENCE ROOM
11000 N.LA CANADA DRIVE
ORO VALLEY,ARIZONA
CALL TO ORDER—Chair Campbell called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
PRESENT: Anne Campbell,Chair
Charlie Hurt,Member
Byron McMillan,Member
STAFF PRESENT: Peter Abraham,P.E.,Water Utility Director
Karn Boyce,Water Conservation Specialist
CALL TO AUDIENCE-No speakers.
1.APPROVAL SEPTEMBER 26,2018 MINUTES
MOTION:Member McMillan MOVED to approve the minutes as written.Member Hurt
seconded the motion.MOTION carried,3-0.
2.ELECTION OF WATER UTILITY COMMISSION WATER RESOURCES AND
CONSERVATION SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 21,2019
Member McMillan MOVED to nominate Member Campbell as Chair of the Water Utility
Commission Water Resources and Conservation Subcommittee.Member Hurt seconded the
motion. MOTION carried 3-0.
3.UPDATE ON WATERSMART (K.Boyce)
Ms.Boyce reviewed the following regarding WaterSmart:
- Over 3,400 registered accounts
- Received positive feedback
- 250 customers used the tools to perform their own leak checks
- 40%of the leaks confirmed were related to irrigation
- WaterSmart issued 1,700 alerts,saving approximately 5 million gallons of water.
- One of the largest HOAs is now on WaterSmart(over 50 meters)and staff plans to study
the benefits for similar large groups
Ms.Boyce is providing training next week for staff on WaterSmart.She worked on the
landscape plant list for the Arizona Department of Water Resources for the Tucson Active
Management Area.Ms.Boyce also participated in a local school's Science,Technology,
Engineering and Math fair.
4.UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON WATER WASTING CODE CHANGES (P.Abraham)
Chair Campbell explained this code was reviewed many years ago and we are working to
finalize the updated draft.
Mr.Abraham presented the following:
- This will be called"Water Code"instead of"Water Wasting Code"
- Research was conducted on other water providers'water codes
- The penalties are now in one section relative to both water wasting and drought restrictions
- Staff primarily updated the organization of the document and made very few changes to
the content
The Subcommittee discussed the proposed code changes and provided additional revisions.
Chair Campbell asked if a misting system is considered a"water feature".Staff will research
this question and get back to the Subcommittee.
It was the consensus of the Subcommittee that the changes staff recently made to this draft in
addition to the changes made to the draft during this meeting make this a good document.
Mr.Abraham stated this code will also be sent to the Town Legal Department for approval.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Chair Campbell suggested bringing forward past"future agenda items"discussed.Mr.
Abraham will forward those items to the Subcommittee.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION:A motion was made by Member Hurt and seconded by Member McMillan to adjourn
the meeting at 11:04 a.m.MOTION carried,3-0.
Prepared by:
Danielle Tanner
Senior Office Specialist
I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the regular session of
the Water Utility Commission Water Resources and Conservation Subcommittee of Oro Valley,
Arizona held on the 20th day of February,2019.I further certify that the meeting was duly
called and held and that a quorum was present