2013-04-22 Meeting Report (Water Impact Analysis)
SPIN MEETING REPORT
PROJECT NAME:
Water Impact Analysis (Ordinance No.1062)
SPIN DISTRICT:
City-wide
MEETING DATE:
April 22, 2013; 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
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MEETING LOCATION:
1400 Main Street, Town Hall, 3 Floor Training Rooms C/D
Southlake, TX 76092
TOTAL ATTENDANCE:
Thirteen (13)
STAFF PRESENTING:
Daniel Cortez, Planner II
STAFF CONTACT:
Daniel Cortez, Planner II, (817) 748-8070, dcortez@ci.southlake.tx.us
SUMMARY
The Water Impact Analysis Ordinance is being developed as a result of the adoption of the Southlake
2030: Water Conservation Master Plan. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide City staff along
with elected officials an estimate of water consumption for a proposed development project based on
average water consumption data for similar type existing developments within the City.
COMMENTS/ QUESTIONS / FEEDBACK
Why not require this for all development projects?
There are some development projects, though few, which are not required to go
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through a public hearing process. This is the point in the process where we would
intend for the developer to provide this information. The main goal of this ordinance is
to provide staff and City Council a general idea of how much water a development may
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adopted future land use map.
I believe the rates for Southlake are just about average if not maybe a bit higher. I do
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know there are other cities which charge much more depending on usage, just as
Southlake does.
Is there a way to notify residents that our rates will be going up rather than hitting us all abruptly
with the high cost?
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change within our rates that our utility billing division would notify in your water bill. This
is mostly part of another recommendation that came out of the water conservation
master plan where the city would frequently analyze the rate structure having
conservation being a driver for determining rates.
From a regional perspective, is the City having discussions with the other area cities about this
problem and how we can plan for it?
There has been some discussion in the passed on regional basis but even more
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importantly is the state has had the discussion. Texas does have a state water plan
that has additional sources of water that are expected to also provide additional water
for the Metroplex. The funding for a large percentage of these additional sources of
water that is to come from conservation measures.
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Southlake is taking its first steps in a comprehensive approach to begin tackling the
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water conservation topic. Other cities have more stringent requirements but Southlake
has laid out some framework of future measure we will be looking into and potentially
adopting through the recommendations of the Water Conservation Master Plan. This
Texas is one of the more proactive states to address water conservation and has a
very comprehensive plan on how to deal with the issue through the state water plan.
How can we get the state or city to do more?
Just like with any other issue that involves elected
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communicate your concerns to your state legislators. In terms of the City of Southlake,
I know that our Council very much so considers this an important topic and is the
reason the water conservation master plan was adopted last week so staff can have
some direction on what measures for conservation to look into and adopt.
If we require pressure regulated heads on commercial properties irrigation systems, why not on
all types of properties?
on commercial properties in the past, but in the
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water conservation master plan we do have a recommendation to look into adopting
some revisions into the plumbing code
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