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Westminster Case Study <br />Water Tap Fees <br />Year <br />Description Implementation Challenges <br />Pre-2002 Tap Fees based solely on meter size Developers lobby against tap <br />fee increases <br />1996-2001 Analysis of peak and annual water use by Required 50% funding by <br />customer type and meter size HBA <br />2002 Changed tap fee structure to charge water Extensive outreach to <br />resources fee based on estimated annual water development community and <br />use –data from HBA study and data logging. economic development <br />Treated Water Investment based on meter size department for buy-in <br />2002 Irrigation tap fee based on landscape area and Conflicting messages from <br />type city –community <br />development encouraged <br />bluegrass landscaping while <br />tap fee structure penalized <br />high water use landscape <br />47 <br />Westminster Case Study –Landscape Regulations <br />Year <br />Description Implementation Challenges <br />1977 Soil amendment for residential front lawns Not enforced by community <br />development department <br />1997 Soil amendment added for all development Not enforced by community <br />development <br />1997-2002 Lobbying by Water Resources for changes to Community Development <br />commercial landscape regulations –e.g.; concern over aesthetic <br />medians, ROW strips appearance of parking areas <br />and streetscapes <br />2002 Drought -Recognition of poorly designed <br />landscapes and irrigation systems <br />2004 Comprehensive adjustment of landscape Approval for 2 new FTE’s. <br />regulations to include changes in irrigation Working with development <br />technology and establish water budget for community to design and <br />landscape design. Added review and install per regulations <br />enforcement positions <br />48 <br />24 <br />