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STORM WATER UTILITY COMMITTEE Minutes
April 6, 2017
Present: John Kiefer, Paul Janty, Maureen Muldoon, Sean Butler, and Kyle Clark
(arrived 7:35)
Absent: Ms. Muldoon departed at 8:08 am.; Mr. Clark departed at 8:38 am
Also Present: John Ferris, Civil Engineering Supervisor - Storm Water Utility; Steve Gohde,
Assistant Director of Public Works; Stormwater Utility; Jim Bachhuber,
Brown and Caldwell
I.Call to Order.
A. Mr. Kiefer called the meeting to order at 7:31 am.
II. Discussion of Future Meeting Dates and Times.
A. Future meeting dates were scheduled for May 3 (Wednesday), June 1, and July 13, 2017 at
7:30 am in room 404 of City Hall.
III. Approval of March 2, 2017 Meeting Minutes.
A. Motion by Ms. Muldoon, seconded by Mr. Butler, for approval of the March 2, 2017 meeting
minutes. Approved (5-0).
IV. Program Updates
A.
new and redevelopment within the City.
help developers comply with City Chapter 14.
1. Ms. Muldoon asked who the audience was for the guidance document. Mr. Ferris replied
generally for developers and their engineers
B. Mr. Ferris showed the 2017 revised stormwater information brochure. The new brochure
includes the new City logo and was updated with 2016 information.
C. Mr. Ferris announced that the South Park pre-construction meeting was held. The
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construction will start July 10. The contractor will salvage some trees before construction
starts.
D. Mr. Ferris stated that the 2017 street re-construction projects have started.
V. Review and Approval of MS4 Annual Report.
A. Mr. Clark asked about formatting issues on the finance table. Mr. Ferris replied that it is a
B. Motion by Clark seconded by Janty to recommend Council approval of the annual MS4
report as corrected. Approved (4-0)
VI. Recommend Design Criteria for Intel Markers.
A. Mr. Janty discussed the example marker designs prepared by Mr. Ferris. Discussion was
held on various options of graphics and text.
B. The selected designs for incorporation by the professional designers retained by the City
were the drinking water theme, and the fish theme.
C. The preferred text for the medallions is: - Dr
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D. Motion by Mr. Clark, seconded by Mr. Kiefer for approval of the selected medallion themes
and text. Motion approved (5-0)
VII. Review Fox/Wolf Conference Topics and Legislative Updates.
A. Mr. Ferris summarized topics covered at the conference including:
1. Presentation from WDNR and USGS on permeable pavement monitoring and
performance. Monitoring indicated estimated 65% TSS and 35% TP reduction.
Installation and maintenance of this practice is critical to the performance.
2. TMDL updates from DNR. Mr. Ferris reported a lakes of
the Winnebago Pool can be 40% - 50% of the total TP load. Winnebago pool lakes
appear to need in the range of 75% TP reduction to achieve eventual desired responses.
3. MS4 program updates: WDNR will be conducting audits of programs over a 5-year
schedule. It is not known when the City of Oshkosh will be scheduled.
4. Wetland Banking: there were several presentations on this topic. The City is involved in
a joint study with the City of Neenah to create a wetland mitigation bank for future
projects that cannot avoid wetland impacts. This effort is ongoing.
5. Fall leaf management for TP control: DNR is considering a program to quantify TP
control from fall leaf management approaches. This effort will be ongoing, but could
6. Legislative updates: Paul Kent presented updates from the state legislation perspective.
VIII. Discussion of Future Meeting Agenda Items
A. Ongoing construction projects and Bay Shore Drive project updates.
B. Update on Rotary Club stormwater inlet labelling program.
C. Report final 2015 and 2016 (if possible) budget status for capital and operating funds. Also
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best projections as of 1 quarter in 2017. (May meeting).
D. Federal and/or State Legislative update relative to stormwater.
E. Update comparison of SW Utility rates to other Wisconsin communities.
F. TMDL update.
G. Sawyer Creek flood study update.
IX. Adjournment.
There being no other business before the Committee, and upon being duly moved and seconded
(Mr. Kiefer/ Mr. Janty), the meeting was adjourned at 8:46 am.
Respectfully Submitted
John Ferris, PE, PH
Civil Engineer Supervisor Storm Water Utility
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