1982 11 17 BAWA Minutes 21117-2 Minutes of Regular Meeting - BAWA
November 17, 1982
finalized and the district hopes to have plans completed in early
spring with construction beginning in late spring. The plans are •
to be in position to begin taking water from BAWA in the fall.
The district estimates that in the beginning, the district will
- use fifty (500) percent BAWA water which will be 363, 000 gallons
per day. By 1985 , the district plans to be totally on BAWA water
and by that time the usage will be 924, 000 gallons per day. The
Administration is still talking .with Harris County FWSD #lA or
McNair. This district is planning to utilize community development
funds to construct a line to the BAWA line. District 1B which is
just north of the BAWA plant has met with staff members , but no
definite comitment has been indicated. Part of their problem is
the ability to finance construction of a line to the BAWA plant
which may be solved if BAWA participates in the oversizing of the
Highlands line . Two other developments have indicated future de-
velopment, but those plans may or may not be realized--Thompson
Road Utility District and Harris County MUD No. 213.
In response to an inquiry from the Board, Mr. Dykes ex-
plained that the Highlands group is proposing a 10-inch line and
the staff feels that the line should be oversized to 12 or 15
inches . He estimated the costs to oversize would be approximately
$20, 000.
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Mr. Lanham explained that BAWA has no bond funds nor budgeted
funds to finance oversizing; therefore , the Board could consider
issuance of Certificates. of Obligation to cover this type ex-
penditure. He indicated that the staff would put together
estimates of the cost . The Board will need to consider shortly
the construction of an additional ground storage facility at
the BAWA plant which would require a bond issue.
Hear Report from-Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.
Bob Parker with Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam announced that
the Angleton line had been taken over by BAWA and is presently
in service.. There has been no activity relating to requests for
inspection of Angleton' s work that would indicate the company has
made progress toward completion of the punch list items. Cleanup
is in fairly good shape although there are things that need to be
done which are included in the final punch list. Mr. Parker
stated that he •understood that the Harris County representative
had gone through the line 'and had essentially approved the line
for the county ' s purposes ; however, that does not mean that
cleanup is in an acceptable state.
Rick Llewellyn reported concerning the BAWA plant that there
remains a small amount of work to be performed on instrumentation.
Part of the problem has been that technicians would go out to work
on instrumentation and find another problem. The part would be
shipped back to the factory. That process has been taking any-
where from 2-4 weeks.
General Manager' s Comments
Last week a group from LaPorte visited the plant. LaPorte
recently has established an authority which is patterned after �..
BAWA. Mont Belvieu is- planning a small plant to serve industry.
Mont Belvieu has had problems with its wells being drawn down.
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Recess Into Executive Session To Discuss Contemplated Litigation
The open meeting was recessed into executive session to dis-
cuss contemplated litigation. When the open meeting resumed,
President Gillette announced that no action had been taken during
executive session. Since there was no further business to be
transacted, the meeting was adjourned.
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Peter R. Buenz, Secr tary
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