BUCKS COUNTY CONSORTIUM Thursday, May 4, 2006 Meeting Minutes A meeting of the Bucks County Consortium was held at Warminster Township on May 4, 2006. The following individuals were present: Steven Baloh, Wyn AssociatesChuck Barrett, Commerce Bank Vivian Bell, Warrington Township Carol Bigham, New Britain Township Eileen Bradley, Wrightstown Township Dave Connell, CKS Engineers John Cornelius, New Britain Township Jim Coyne, Lower Makefield Township Joe Czajkowski, Upper Makefield Township Dave Drye, Chalfont Borough Michelle Fountan, CKS Engineers Wayne Fultz, New Britain Township Ginnie Gehring, Warminster Township Deb Gentile, Penndel Borough Tim Hagey, Warminster Municipal Authority Katrina Harding, Warwick Township Tom Harwood, Newtown Township Mark Hintenlang, New Britain Borough Ben Jones, Bucks County Sewer & Water Authority Daniel P. Olpere, Perkasie Borough Richard Sabol, Upper Southampton Township Brian Shapiro, West Rockhill Township Dale Smith, Premier Bank Judi Smith, Warminster Township Mike Sodano, Penndel Borough Mary R. Stover, Pennoni Associates Robin Trymbiski, New Britain Borough Jeff Vey, Milford Township G. Washington, Pennoni Associates Gail Weniger, Warwick Township Preliminary Remarks Gail Weniger called the meeting to order, announced the morning's agenda, and thanked Warminster Township for sponsoring the May meeting of the Bucks County Consortium. Approval of Minutes John Cornelius made a motion, seconded by Joe Czajkowski, to approve the Minutes of April 6, 2006. Motion carried. Treasurer’s Report Vivian Bell presented the Treasurer’s Report for April. A motion was made by Eileen Bradley, and seconded by John Cornelius, to approve the Treasurer’s Report for April. Motion carried.Presentation: “NPDES II MS4 Requirements & Reporting” Michelle Fountan, a Senior Project Manager for CKS Engineers, presented. Ms. Fountain has experience as a consultant to a number of municipalities, municipal authorities and development companies in Pennsylvania. As a Senior Project Engineer she is responsible for municipal subdivision reviews, land development submissions, and the administration of construction escrow accounts. In addition, Ms. Fountain has assisted in the writing of Township Code revisions and applications for funding municipal projects. She has completed design plans and contract documents for capital improvement projects, including stormwater management, sanitary sewer extension projects, and Township road programs. She also completed numerous Sewage Facilities (Act 537) Plans, Chapter 94 reports for PADEP, and Inflow & Infiltration studies. She is very familiar with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and County Conservation District requirements. The topic of “NPDES II MS4 Requirements & Reporting” is important to Bucks County Consortium members because they must “develop, implement, and enforce a stormwater management program designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants to the maximum extent possible”. Ms. Fountan stated that stormwater management programs must include six minimum control measures: public education and outreach, public participation and involvement, illicit discharge detection and elimination, construction site stormwater runoff control, post construction stormwater management, and pollution prevention. She discussed and outlined each of these six items in further detail:#1 Public Education and Outreach
#2 Public Participation and Involvement
#3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
#4 Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control
#5 Post Construction Stormwater Management
#6 Pollution Prevention/Housekeeping
Stormwater discharges into the municipal separate storm sewer system must be composed entirely of stormwater except: discharges from firefighting ctivities, potable water sources including de-chlorinated waterline and fire hydrant flushings, irrigation drainage, routine external building wash-down (which does not use detergents or other compounds), air conditioning condensate, water from individual residential car washing, springs, water from crawl space pumps, uncontaminated water from foundation or from footing drains, flows from riparian habitats and wetlands, lawn watering, pavement wash-waters where spills or leaks of toxic or hazardous materials have not occurred and where detergents are not used, de-chlorinated swimming pool discharges, and uncontaminated groundwater. The presentation concluded with an identification of several websites (the PADEP, EPA, and Bucks County Conservation District) followed by a question and answer period dealing with such NPDES subjects as stream permitting, illicit discharge documentation, the violation process, swimming pool discharges, etc.New & Old Business John Cornelius reported on an ICMA performance measurement workshop. He asked the membership about its level of performance measurement interest, and suggested that a proposal be introduced at a future meeting for its further study. Members discussed the correlations of performance measurement on budgets, and population. It also discussed how data derived from performance measurement could be interpreted and applied. At the April meeting a motion was made and seconded to approve the membership of Penndel Borough and the Upper Southampton Township Sewer and Water Authority. Motion carried. However, since two-thirds of the Consortium membership was not available Richard Sabol contacted other members to get the necessary two-thirds vote. It should be noted that additional votes, exceeding the 2/3 requirement were subsequently received. Adjourn Dave Drye made a motion, seconded by Dan Olpere, to adjourn the meeting at approximately 10:30AM. Motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, ___________________ |