HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 22, 2002 Agenda AGENDA
CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL
October 22, 2002
After determining that a quorum is present, the City Council will convene in a Planning Session
of the City of Demon City Council on Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at 4:30 p.m. in the City
Council Work Session Room at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney, Denton, Texas at which the
following item will be considered:
NOTE: A Planning Work Session is used to explore matters of interest to one or more City
Council Members or the City Manager for the purpose of giving staff direction into whether or
not such matters should be placed on a future regular or special meeting of the Council for
citizen input, City Council deliberation and formal City action. At a Planning Work Session, the
City Council generally receives informal and preliminary reports and information from City
staff, officials, members of City committees, and the individual or organization proposing
council action, if invited by City Council or City Manager to participate in the session.
Participation by individuals and members of organizations invited to speak ceases when the
Mayor announces the session is being closed to public input. Although Planning Work Sessions
are public meetings, and citizens have a legal right to attend, they are not public hearings, so
citizens are not allowed to participate in the session unless invited to do so by the Mayor. Any
citizen may supply to the City Council, prior to the beginning of the session, a written report
regarding the citizen's opinion on the matter being explored. Should the Council direct the
matter be placed on a regular meeting agenda, the staff will generally prepare a final report
defining the proposed action, which will be made available to all citizens prior to the regular
meeting at which citizen input is sought. The purpose of this procedure is to allow citizens
attending the regular meeting the opportunity to hear the views of their fellow citizens without
having to attend two meetings.
Receive a report and hold a discussion concerning Long Range (50 Year) planning issues
for Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste.
CERTIFICATE
I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the
City of Demon, Texas, on the day of ,2002 o'clock (a.m.)
(p.m.)
CITY SECRETARY
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AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
AGENDA DATE: October 22, 2002
DEPARTMENT:
Utilities Administration
ACM: Howard Martin, 349-8232
SUBJECT
Receive a report and hold a discussion concerning Long Range (50 Year) planning issues for
Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste.
BACKGROUND
Staff has examined long-range 50-year planning issues for Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste.
Major planning issues discussed include population growth assumptions and significant
facility/infrastructure needs. Attached are narrative descriptions and supporting documentation
for Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste.
Water
The City of Denton has successfully transitioned from a predominantly groundwater system to a
surface water system over the last 50 years and is no longer dependent upon a depleting
groundwater resource to satisfy community requirements. The water rights from the surface
supply sources owned by Denton, Lake Lewisville and Ray Roberts, will be fully utilized by
2015, depending on growth. An existing raw water contract with the City of Dallas will provide
the raw water needed by the Denton community for the remainder of the fifty-year planning
window. The Region C water planning effort has identified future surface water supply options
for the Region C area.
As potential surface water supply options develop, the primary policy issue is whether the City
of Denton wants to be a partner or a raw water customer in water supply options. Currently, the
City of Denton has always approached water supply opportunities as a partner. This approach
does not always lend itself, in the short term, as the most cost effective approach to providing
water resources. As water reservoirs develop further from the region, the cost of development
and transportation drastically increase the cost to the customers. Only the larger water systems
have the resources to participate as partners in these projects without substantial rate increases to
the customer base.
Other issues that are impacting the future of water systems are 1) the increasing cost of treatment
due in part to more stringent water treatment standards 2) conservation and drought contingency
efforts 3) aging infrastructure replacement costs and 4) increased customer expectations for
reliability and facility security.
Wastewater
The Wastewater Department has examined the 50-year growth projections and is developing
wastewater treatment and collection strategies to provide services to the future population of the
City of Denton. issues dealing with the location of future plant sites, major collection system
infrastructure and the need for improved levels of treatment associated with new regulatory
requirements are discussed. A key component of both wastewater and water planning initiatives
is the future development of a beneficial reclaimed water system.
it is estimated that at the end of the 50-year planning horizon, 35 to 40 million gallons/day of
reclaimed water (approximately 75% of the total wastewater treated) will be used to augment
Denton's water supply. The Beneficial Reuse Division will focus on developing a reclamation
system which is capable of servicing large scale industrial and irrigation needs of the
community. The composting operation will develop to handle the increased biosolid and brush
wastestream from the community as well as adding other wastestreams to reduce loading to the
City of Denton landfill.
Solid Waste
The City of Denton has been involved in the solid waste collection and disposal business since
the early 70's. The solid waste system has grown to over 22,000 customers generating over
110,000 tons of solid waste per year. The City of Denton is currently operating under the third
landfill permit issued by the State of Texas regulatory agency.
Based on the current population and waste generation projections, the existing landfill site will
be fully utilized by the year 2027. With continued improvements in technology and recycling
efforts, the site life may be extended to the 2035. However, this clearly indicates that a new
landfill site will have to be identified, permitted and developed to satisfy the 50-year planning
window.
Policy issues impacting the solid waste planning include
2) residential and commercial waste diversion, 3)
improvements in disposal technology.
1) waste minimization/source reduction
environmental regulations and 4)
EXHIBITS
1. Water White Paper with supporting documents.
2. Wastewater White Paper with supporting documents.
3. Solid Waste White Paper with supporting documents.
Respectfully submittted:
Howard Martin, ACM/Utilities
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