Boulder City council briefs for January 10, 2001

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001 | 10:01 a.m.

Regulations wait for revisions

The Boulder City Council nearly passed new regulations on water conservation that would have put violators in jail for up to six months with fines as high as $1,000.

But councilmen spoke out against "sending the water police" after residents for such potential violations as emptying a swimming pool onto a city street, and the five-member City Council decided to table the measure.

The new regulations were proposed as part of a 1999 agreement with the Southern Nevada Water Authority intended to improve water conservation.

As proposed, residents would be in violation if they dumped water onto city streets for longer than 20 minutes or if water draining onto city property reached a height of 2 inches.

But council members said such laws were too vague and unlikely to be enforced.

The regulations, once amended, will also attempt to regulate the amount of turf allowed on golf courses.

Plans delayed for post office

Preliminary plans to renovate a post office building for expanded City Council chambers stalled Tuesday before the City Council.

Architect Alan Stromberg presented the council with informal plans to convert the 3,650-square-foot masonry building into new chambers at a cost of $606,000.

The move across Arizona Street from City Hall on California Avenue would more than double the available space for public meetings. The new chambers would have seating for about 200 people, up from about 80.

Stromberg told Mayor Robert Ferraro he could finish drafting architectural plans in three months, bid the project in 30 days and complete the renovation in six months.