Woodland Hills Sanitary
District
April 2023 Minutes
Roll
Call:
Attending the meeting were board members John Knight, Garry Colasardo, Peggy
Severson, Jared Nooney and Jim Stewart.
Also present were Lois Lund and Dylan Striebel from Clearwater
Consulting.
Adoption
of Agenda: The
agenda was adopted with a 5-0 vote.
Secretary’s
Report: The minutes from March were approved with a
5-0 vote.
Income
Report
March
highlights:
Water
Report: A sample for the water test
revealed a high level of arsenic. That
had never happened in Woodland Hills.
Another sample was submitted and no arsenic was detected and all is now
normal. The board asked Dylan to submit
another sample later in April for testing just to be certain that we don't have
a problem.
Dylan
noted that the gravel on the well-house access drive was quite thin. Garry will handle getting some additional
gravel on the drive.
A
resident on Dove had a water leak and Matt (Clearwater) handled the callout.
Another
resident has been calling for water turn-off and on service and Clearwater's
$45 fee will be charged to the homeowner.
The
well-house plumbing upgrades have been completed.
Water Loss Statistics |
Gallons Pumped |
Gallons Sold |
Loss Rate |
March 2023 |
363,176 |
309,600 |
13.3% |
March 2022 |
367,206 |
311,900 |
15.1% |
March 2013 |
784,800 |
316,360 |
59.7% |
March 2008 |
474,200 |
336,310 |
29.1% |
Road Report: A tax deposit of $602.20 was received. Plowing expense was $825.
The condition of Woodland Drive and the Lanes was
discussed and Jim made a motion to find out the price of preparing an
engineering study of Woodland Drive and the cost of a study of the Lanes. If the engineering study expense is deemed
reasonable then the board would have the study prepared which would include the
cost of repairs for Woodland Drive and the Lanes, again, separately priced.
Looking ahead the board would then discuss with the
residents the consideration of a road repair project which would, most likely,
require a special assessment. A project
would not be undertaken without approval of the residents.
Old
Business: none
New
Business: A
discussion of a variable frequency drive (VFD) for the pumps in the pump-houses
was discussed. A VFD is a type of AC
motor drive that controls speed and torque by varying the frequency of the
input electricity. Essentially, it starts our water pumps at a slow speed and
gradually increases the speed to full power avoiding the impact or water
hammering of a full speed start. Both
pumps in the well-house have VFD's. Jim
will check on the pumps in the two pump-houses
(note: update since the meeting, both pumps in pump-house2 have VFD's,
pump-house1 does not).
Board
member comments: none
Resident comments: none
The
minutes are prepared by Jim Stewart, Secretary WHSD.