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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWM
February 10, 1976
The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, met in special session,
Tuesday, February 10, 1976, at 7:00 a.m. in the Conference Room of the
Baytown City Hall. The following members were in attendance:
Jody Lander
Councilman
Charles Pool
Councilman
Mary E. Wilbanks
Councilwoman
Emmett 0. Hutto
Councilman
Tom Walmsley
Councilman
Tom Gentry
Mayor
Fritz Lanham City Manager
Neel Richardson City Attorney
Eileen P. Hall City Clerk
Dan Savage Assistant City Manager
Absent: Fred Bednarski, Jr. Councilman
Mayor Gentry called the meeting to order.
Proposed Responses of Consulting Engineers With Regard to Enforcement Hearing
Mr. Lanham referred to a letter dated February 4, 1976 from the Texas
Water Quality Board which contained the recommendations that would be proposed
at the enforcement public hearing on February 12, and asked Ivan Langford,
Consulting Engineer to the City of Baytown, to explain Baytown's proposed
responses to each item listed. Mr. Langford discussed the proposed responses
to recommendations of the Texas Water Quality Board regarding the East District
Sewage Treatment Plant and the Lakewood Sewage Treatment Plant as follows:
Recommendation No. 1
"By no later than June 1, 1977, the City of Baytown shall construct
and have operational the necessary sewage treatment and sludge
removal facilities at the East District Sewage Treatment Plant,
and shall have attained and maintain compliance with Permit No.
10395 -07."
Construction is now in progress with completion scheduled for November,
1976. This enlargement will allow the City of Baytown to treat up to
10,000,000 gallons per day, thereby putting the city in compliance.
Recommendation No. 2
"By no later than April 30, 1976, the City of Baytown shall have
in operation an interim sludge disposal system which will allow
the City to operate the plant in accordance with accepted plant
operating practices."
Under the current construction contract, the contractor has rehabilitated
four existing sludge drying beds and has built four additional sludge drying
beds. The eight beds are available for service and are being utilized by the
City. Eight additional beds should be constructed to provide the plant with
adequate sludge disposal. In order to facilitate the construction of eight
additional drying beds, the Consulting Engineers proposed to add this item
in the form of a change order to the present contract with Katy Engineering
Company. Allowing eight weeks for preparation of plans and obtaining
necessary approval from the City Council, the Texas Water Quality Board, and
the Environmental Protection Agency, and another nine weeks for construction,
the additional eight sludge drying beds could be in operation by June 15,
1976. A representative of the Texas Water Quality Board has indicated that
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the June 15, 1976 date would be acceptable. However, not only must this
change order must be approved by the Texas Water Quality Board but the EPA
must give its approval in order for the City to receive 75% of the costs.
Recommendation No. 5
"The City of Baytown shall provide chlorination equipment which
shall be capable of maintaining 5.0 mg /l chlorine residual when-
ever the storm water pump or gravity overflow is operating."
The existing storm water pump is inoperative and is scheduled to be
replaced upon delivery as part of the present enlargement the latter part
of this month. In the interim, chlorination equipment actuated by level
controls should be installed to chlorinate any and all by -pass. The
chlorination which will be required to accomplish this can be provided by
change order to the existing construction contract. The EPA may not approve
the proposed chlorination facilities which shall be presented as providing
back -up component reliability because the EPA may consider that this facility
is not necessary as far as EPA participation is concerned. If the EPA
rejects this proposal, then the City of Baytown will have to fund this
portion of the modification at an estimated cost of $8,000- $10,000; however,
the chlorinator can be used elsewhere after the gravity by -pass is plugged.
Recommendation No. 2
"By no later than December 31, 1978, the City of Baytown shall
have constructed the necessary sewage treatment facilities at
the Lakewood Sewage Treatment Plant to attain and maintain
compliance with Permit No. 10395 -05."
If federal funding system continues to move along on the present
schedule, there should be no problem to comply. The first phase of Step
1, the infiltration /inflow analysis has been completed and the final
phases of the Step 1 grant will be completed by November 30, 1976. With
no major time delays and if funding is available, Step 2 of the grant
program (the preparation of plans and specifications) and then Step 3
(construction) will commence and thereby satisfy Recommendation No. 2.
Recommendation No. 4
"Baytown shall conduct and submit to the Executive Director of
the Texas Water Quality Board, within 90 days, a study of the
Lakewood Sewage Treatment Plant to ascertain the magnitude of
daily flow to the sewage treatment plant during normal or average
tidal stage. Along with the results of the study, a plan and
time schedule to accomplish the following shall also be submitted:
A) Plan to determine major sources of infiltration /inflow.
B) Correct those areas of infiltration /inflow that will
significantly reduce the daily flow to the sewage
treatment plant.
C) Disconnect those service laterals and /or sewers which
are out of service but which are inundated during high
tide from the sewage collection system.
D) Identify all points that unpermitted discharges occur.
E) Provide chlorination equipment and maintain an instan-
taneous chlorine residual of 10.0 mg /1 at the points of
unauthorized discharges."
The information is available to satisfy Item A based on previous work.
The consulting engineers feel that 90 days is ample time to develop a plan
of action as far as Items B, C, D, and E are concerned. Smoke testing
will show the areas discussed in Items B and C. On Item E, the engineers
recommended that before providing chlorination equipment at this point to
find out if the discharge points can be closed off.
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Recommendation No. 6
"Baytown shall provide chlorination equipment at the Lakewood
Sewage Treatment Plant such that an instantaneous C12 residual
of 5.0 mg 11 will be maintained at the manhole downstream of
the point of chlorination."
The engineers recommended asking the Texas Water Development Board
to allow the City 90 days to reduce the inflow and attempt to check
chlorination in the plant; however, in all probability a chlorine contact
chamber will have to be constructed to accomodate the plant flow and to
maintain the required chlorine residual of 5 mg /1.
The Consulting Engineers assured the Council that every effort would
be made to advise the Texas Water Quality Board of how the City of Baytown,
on its own, has expended millions of dollars, partly city funds and partly
federal funds, to improve the sanitary sewer systems in Baytown.
Mr. Lanham requested that Council authorize the Administration and
the Consulting Engineers to proceed on the basis of what the engineers
had proposed as responses to the Texas Water Quality Board's recommendations.
Mr. Lanham explained that the enforcement public hearing would be held in
Houston on February 12 and the results of that hearing would go to Austin
so that the Texas Water Quality Board can make the ultimate decision.
Councilman Lander moved to proceed on the basis of what the Consulting
Engineers had proposed; Councilman Hutto seconded the motion. The vote
follows:
Ayes: Council members Lander, Pool, Wilbanks, Hutto and Walmsley
Mayor Gentry
Nays: None
Mr. Lanham requested guidance from Council as to which group should
hold the two public meetings on the recommended projects to be funded under
the Community Development Funds. Council concurred that the Planning
Department of the City of Baytown should hold these meetings.
There being no further business to transact, Councilman Pool moved to
adjourn; Councilman Walmsley seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous
to adjourn.
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Eileen P. Hall, City Clerk
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