Capital
Region Water Board Meeting
May 11, 2005 at 1:00 PM
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Present
Daniel Standish, City of Harrisburg, Bureau of
Water; Walter Lyon,
Citizen; John Hollenbach, United
Water PA; Cindy
Metzger, Secretary CRWB; Betty Conner,
Chair, CRWB; Paula
Ballaron, SRBC; Marshall Goulding,
Executive Director CRWB,
Roger Karsnitz, Citizen.
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Minutes
Correction of Minutes from March 16, 2005, list of those
present was
missing. Those present at the March 16th
meeting were: Daniel Standish, Betty Conner, George Lazorchick, Marshall Goulding, Jeff Hines, Cindy
Metzger, Roger
Karsnitz, Mary Frey, Walter Lyon,
and Randy Hurst. John Hollenbach moved
to accept the minutes with the correction, Walter
Lyon seconded the motion, and the motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report-
Marshall Goulding
Marshall
noted a $500 balance in Accounts Receivable for unpaid 2004 membership
dues. It was agreed that he would send
out invoices again with a letter about only having to pay one year’s
dues to be
up to date instead of two.
Planning Committee-
Betty Conner
The Planning Committee hasn’t been formed yet. Marshall
suggested getting together a list of people to meet in the next month. Walter Lyon
offered to help with addresses. Goals
would be to coordinate with DEP workshops and symposium by establishing
the
presence of the CRWB with
DEP, plan
some workshops prior to the upcoming symposium.
Walter Lyon is
meeting with
Katie McGinty and will mention it to her.
Phase II Study
Funding Report
Marshall
reported that there is still the prospect of some funding from EPA. Contact is being renewed with the Baltimore
District, Corps of Engineers requesting their participation in the
Phase II
Study.
Lower Susquehanna
Region Committee
Betty Conner
reported that public meeting will be on May 16 at the Penn Harris
Radisson
Hotel in Lemoyne. At 5:30 it will open up with displays
and registration. Meeting for comments
& questions begins at 6:00
then the hearing takes place at 7:30 PM. The hearing
will be
about critical planning areas and regional priorities.
Walter Lyon
passed out a draft recommendation of policy that CRWB
approved in 2002 to be presented to the Committee.
He suggested that we present this document
and he also suggested three other items to examine:
- Adaquecy of water law as it relates to
groundwater, water quantity use both strategic and regulatory
- Adequacy of professional resources
both professional and non-professional and budget
- Management of water infrastructure,
i.e. asset management, cost and land use
He said that Act 537 actually causes sprawl and
increased
sewer costs.
Betty requested that Walter write up these
suggestions and
send it out as an email to our Board for comment and approval.
Committee Reports
Bylaws Committee: Marshall
reported that he has completed the Bylaws review and has several
suggestions
that he will present at the July meeting.
Groundwater
Committee: Marshall reported that he has asked
Paula
Ballaron to be chair for the Committee.
She has requested SRBC approval to take on the task
Membership
Committee: Currently there is no
head of the membership committee. It was
suggested that we revise our brochure and have some at the upcoming
meeting on
May 16.
Banking: Marshall
reported that
our current banking situation is not cost effective and he is going to
look
into banks with better rates.
Basin Conditions: George Lazorchick has retired (he will be
missed). We welcome to Paula Ballaron as the new SRBC representative
who reported
that stream flow was at or below 25% which is average for this time of
year.
New Business:
Roger Karsnitz asked if we should approach the Corps of Engineers with
ideas
about our project. Marshall volunteered to contact them.
Next meeting:
Wednesday July 20 at 1:00
PM
Minutes respectfully submitted by Cindy Metzger, CRWB Secretary