Capital Region Water Board
Final Minutes
June
2, 2004, 10AM
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
1721 N. Front St., Harrisburg
Introductions
Present: Roger Karsnitz, SCAFEG; Walter Lyon, SCAFEG;
George Lazorchick, SRBC; Jeff Hines, York Water; David Sheridan, Aqua
Cura;
Kevin Laptos, Gannett Fleming; Daniel Standish, City of Harrisburg;
Betty
Conner, CRWB; Marshall
Goulding,
CRWB; John
Hollenbach, UWPA; Mary Frey, LCPC; John Seitz, YCPC; Cindy Metzger, CRWB
Minutes:
The following
correction
should be made under the second paragraph under the Lower Susquehanna
Basin
Regional Water Resources Committee (Act220):
The Public
Outreach function
of the Regional Committees will be initiated by bringing together an Ad
Hoc
committee made up of representatives from each Regional Committee in
May at a
central location.
The
minutes were approved
with the correction.
Treasurer’s
Report:
John Hollenbach
presented
the Treasurer’s Report and a motion was made to file the report for
audit,
motion was 2nd and carried.
LSRB
Phase II Funding
Request update:
Marshall
Goulding
reported that
there are letters going out to the Representatives we contacted to
ascertain
the status of our requests. We also sent
out letters to Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum to get their support.
A
motion was made to write
to the Governor to advise that the Act 220 planning is very important
and needs
funding. Motion was 2nd and
passed. Betty, Walter and Marshall are
planning to get together to construct that letter.
It was suggested that a letter be sent to the
Senate and House Committees on Environmental Resources.
Walter
also suggested to
Betty that she recommend to the Act 220 Committee that they write the
same sort
of a letter to the Governor.
LS
Basin Water Resources
Regional Planning Committee: Betty
Conner reported that the Ad Hoc Public Participation Workgroup met on
May 26 to
begin to develop a strategy for enabling public participation in the
state
water planning process. The meeting focused on informing the public and
hoped
to use existing publications and newsletters to get the word out. There
will be
public meetings scheduled and opportunities for public comment on any
plans
developed.
Jeff Hines asked
if the
planning from Act 220 would include studies such as the one the CRWB
wants to
do or if they would be doing their own studies.
Hopefully all the planning that has already taken place would be
incorporated into the whole.
Marshall mentioned that Tim Weston spoke at a
conference of
the Association of Professional Geologists.
He recommended trying to get a copy of his presentation and he
said he
would try to get copies for members of the Board.
The
Board decided to ask
Dave Jostenski to come and speak to the Board about DEP’s plans.
Groundwater
Committee- No
report
Membership
Committee- No
report
Bylaws
Committee- Marshall
Goulding
reported that he has asked Rich Cairo to get
together with him to go over some liability aspects of the Bylaws.
Insurance-
Marshall is
working on getting some quotes for D&O insurance.
David Sheridan and John Seitz said they would
contact Marshall with the names of some contacts. George Lazorchick suggested speaking with
Rich Cairo about this.
Office Update: Cindy passed around the new stationery for
CRWB.
Basin
Updates: George Lazorchick reported that
the Basin was
11/2 inches above normal in May. Stream
flows normal and ground water above normal.
He said that for the last 8 months everything has been above
normal. We are in good shape for the
summer.
New
Business: Betty asked if the Board would
like to send a
letter of support for the Swatara Creek Growing Greener grant
application that
David Sheridan is putting together for the Swatara Creek Watershed Assn. A motion was made to send a letter of
support. Motion was 2nd and
passed.
George
Lazorchick and SRBC
are looking for a consultant for a project about alternatives for
consumptive
loss makeup of agriculture. Please let
him know if you know of anyone.
We will need a
nominating
Committee for our upcoming annual elections in September.
Walter Lyon, Roger Karsnitz and Jeff Hines
volunteered to be on the Committee.
Next
Meeting: July 19, 2004 10 AM at SRBC