Request for Council Action for Resolution 2005-25 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION

RESOLUTION: 2005-25

SUBJECT: Appointment of Mark R. Hunter to the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Board of Directors.

RECOMMENDATION: Appointment of Mark R. Hunter to replace David Lloyd on the Board of Directors of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District for a term expiring June 30, 2006.

FUNDING SOURCE: N/A

SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:

David Lloyd, Executive Director of the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District has moved out of Lakewood and it is necessary to fill the remainder of his term at the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District. The City of Lakewood, most cities in the Denver Metropolitan area, and most special districts send their sewage flow to the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, which owns the major sewage plant in the Denver Metro area. A 66-member board of directors governs the Metro District. The City of Lakewood holds four of those positions while various districts in Lakewood such as the Alameda Water and Sanitation District, the Bancroft Clover Water and Sanitation District and other districts either wholly or partially in Lakewood have an additional four members.

Mark Hunter is manager of the maintenance program at the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District and has extensive experience with projects on the South Platte River, which is where Metro Wastewater discharges its sewage flows. The two agencies, the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District and Metro Wastewater often work together on aspects of the South Platte River and Mr. Hunter would provide good continuity following Dave Lloyd's tenure on the Board.

Specific technical expertise in areas related to water resources is very desirable when serving on the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Board. Metro Wastewater operates under a complex set of bylaws, rules and regulations governing the operation, use and service of the system, including Colorado Statutes (title 32, article 4, part 5, Metropolitan Sewage Disposal Districts) and the Sewage Treatment and Disposal Agreement between Metro and users of the system. It is recommended that Mark R. Hunter be appointed to fill out the term expiring June 30, 2006.

RESOLUTION ADOPTION DATE: April 11, 2005

ORIGINATED BY: Public Works Department

STAFF PERSON RESPONSIBLE: Richard J. Plastino, Director of Public Works, 303-987-7901

DOCUMENTS ATTACHED: Resolution 2005-25

SUBMITTED BY:
Dick Plastino, Director of Public Works

REVIEWED BY:
Joni Inman, Director Mayor and City Manager's Office
Michael J. Rock, City Manager