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City Council Water Committee Meeting Minutes Friday, July 10, 2015 Page 5 of 6 • SB 183 Update Mr. Hill explained that this bill was sign on May 4th and modified the standards for water court changes cases and establishes some new guidelines and baseline principles on how the water court will interpret future changes cases. This bill is anticipated to be beneficial to Louisville. • Eldora / Mesa Trail Mr. Hill mentioned there is one remaining case his staff and Resource Based International are working on. This case involves Mesa Trail Ranch, which is requesting to move water up to a location where it can be used by the Ranch. The remaining issue in the Mesa Trail case is similar to the Eldora that was settled in June. The same restrictions are sought in Mesa Trail and a stipulation is planned. • Coal Ridge Mr. Hill discussed the restrictive terms that are applied to the City's Coal Ridge shares. For 2015, the City has negotiated a one year lease agreement that would allow other Coal Ridge shareholders to divert the City's unused portion. • California Case Mr. Hill outlined the recent developments with proposition 218 in California that has impacts on how tiered water rates can be applied. After analyzing its impacts it appear that this is not likely to develop in Colorado and may be appealed in California. • Legal Billing / Time at Water Committee Meetings A general discussion on the purposes and intent of Mr. Hill's involvement with the Water Committee meetings was held. Mr. Hill will continue to attend for the entire duration of future meetings. In addition, we will start to incorporate other associated to provide a diversification of the information communicated to and from our legal consultants. X. Conservation Rebates Mr. Kowar explained that the 2016 operations budget will include funds for the conservation rebate program and will consist of "smart" irrigation controls and low flow irrigation heads. The initial budget will be set at $10,000 and the rebates are planned to be 25% of the cost of the unit. XI. Taste and Odor /Water Quality Update The City experienced a minor taste /odor event that lasted about a week in June. This event was a result of the abrupt temperate change from cool to hot. XIII. Committee Operations XIV. Agenda Items and Date for Next Meeting • A correction was made to the future Committee meeting schedule: 7:30- 9:30 am November 13, 7:30 -9:30 am February 19, 2016. XV. City Council Upcoming Agenda Items