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Cleaning up - world's largest trash rack cleaning system
24 July 2009
German company Muhr, in partnership with its US distributor Lakeside Equipment Corporation, has developed and installed the world’s largest trash rack cleaning system at Rock Island dam in the US. Florian Kufner gives more details
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?storyCode=2053667
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The Lakeside/Muhr HY-TEC Screen separates wastewater and stormwater overflow solids, such as hygienic items, plastic materials, kitchen waste and floatable materials, from the bypass flow stream before further treatment at the plant.Cleaning combs with uniquely shaped teeth clean the horizontal bar rack. The combs are mounted on a hydraulically driven frame that moves back and forth during a cleaning cycle initiated at a pre-selected liquid level or head differential. In the forward cycle, the sloping part of the teeth fully clears the screenings from the bar rack openings.
http://waste.environmental-expert.com/STSE_resulteach_product.aspx?cid=2435&idprofile=3794&idproduct=57910&lr=1&idCategory=1166
El Salvador Project
September 30th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments
Project El Salvador
Team Website
EWB NYU:Poly is planning a continuing Project in the town of Perquin, El Salvador.
History
Perquin is a small town on the northeast border of El Salvador. The town is peaceful and quiet, sitting atop a mountain over looking the green hills and forests of El Salvador. The indigenous Lencas have lived there for hundreds of years.
The population of Perquin was displaced during El Salvador’s civil war. Now that the population has returned the town’s decimated infrastructure is not sufficient to support them. Clean water, education for the youth, and renewable energy are all areas of great need in this part of El Salvador.
PEOF (Perquin Educational Opportunities Foudation)
PEOF is a non-profit U.S. public charity that was established by Ron Brennerman and oversees the Amun Shae center. The Amun Shae provides and elementary school, maternity clinic and nutrition center to the people of Perquin. The center is rapidly expanding and would like to put sustainable, scalable and easily replicable systems in place to improve the quality of life of those close to the center as well as all over the country.
EWB NYU:Poly’s Role
The Engineers Without Borders at NYU:Poly has been in contact with the New York Professional chapter and Linsey Hackett (A Peace Core worker in the area). Linsey had submitted a proposal to EWB-USA for a project and Amun Shae, and NYU:Poly has gratefully accepeted the opportunity to work with the people of Perquin and the PEOF to provide sustainable Engineering solutions to these problems. We are excited to be able to work with a vibrant and resilient community and with people such as Ron Brennerman and the PEOF who are doing amazing work.
The first phase of the Amun Shae project consists of Waste Water Management. The tentative strategy is to provide a simple and affordable constructed wetland to remove sediments, pollutants, and heavy metals from the water.
For more information on Constructed Wetlands please visit Constructed Wetlands
For more information on PEOF please visit http://peofoundation.org/
http://nyupoly-ewb.org/?page_id=42
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ewbesw/El%20Salvador.html
http://www.peofoundation.org/?cat=1001
The nature of their relationship is unknown...most certainly a marketing agreement as the technologies can complement each other...possibly a licensing agreement with RCC/IWS. Here is the patent issued to Claude Hebert, Pres and CEO of Evolu-tech:
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080264607
Spotlight participant...interesting the "click here" brings you to rccholdings.com
Evolu-tech
Evolu-tech is a manufacturer of ecological water treatment systems for building mechanics and water recycling. A Catalytic Water Treatment (CWT) , “a green building solution” for all HVAC applications and manufacturing processes, such as: Heat Exchangers, Hot Water Boilers, Water Distillers, Commercial Water Heaters, Cooling towers, Plastic Extruders and Molding Equipment, Evaporative Condensers, Metal Extrusion Equipment, Air Washers , Humidifiers, etc.
For more information, click here or visit www.evolu-tech.ca
http://www.environmentaltrademission.org/index.php
RCC
Holdings Corporation
Homestake Meadows
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:Pcd5tIPNqzIJ:www.rcciws.com/Press%2520Releases/cincinnatietvepapresentation072307final.ppt+RCC/IWS+HOMESTAKE+MEADOWS&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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MLS# 90992
Homestake Meadows Phase II
Butte, MT 59701
Price: $47,000-$74,000
Homestake Meadows Phase II Pristine Rural Residential Lo ts! Prices ranging from $47,000 to $74,000. State of the art wastewater management system. Access to additional common land and Forest Service Land for hiking or recreation. Own a part of Montana at it’s best.
http://www.mborealtor.ubuildtours.com/
Actually the glass is completely full...wite off Watson's portion, collect from Peak, with potential revenue from future expansion of the system.
Both these permits have been approved:
The Peak Fitness Center has been working jointly with Watson Children’s Center to obtain this site. Watson Children’s Center will be located on the other portion of Tract B of Packwest Addition Lot 2A and Tracts B, C, and D, or the remaining 13.28 acres. During project review of this site, it was discovered that the aquifer beneath the 17.92 acre tract and the surrounding area was found to have elevated nitrate and chloride levels to the point where the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) would define the aquifer as contaminated. It is believed that the aquifer has been impacted by continued subsurface sanitary sewer disposal practices. MDEQ regulations prohibit further introduction of sanitary sewer effluent into the ground on this parcel. In order to correct this problem, Peak and Watson’s will modify the existing effluent treatment facility to include a Sequencing Batch Reactor system that will treat both the existing effluent and the anticipated effluent volumes. Given the expense factor of the necessary system, Watson Children’s Center a local non-profit organization providing emergency care to youth 14 and under, is a large stakeholder in the granting of this variance request.
Without the approval of this variance request, the Peak Tennis Facility will not be able to locate on the proposed parcel and Watson Children’s Center will not be able to afford the necessary effluent treatment system alone and therefore will not be able to locate at the desired location as well. Without this approval the neighborhood and community will continue to be impacted by the degraded aquifer.
The Office of Planning and Grants has not received any negative comment from agencies or adjacent property owners regarding this use variance request.
Watson Children’s Center is a large stakeholder in the approval of this variance and if this variance is not granted Watson’s will not be able to locate on the remainder of the parcel due to their inability to pay for the required effluent treatment system.
Watson Children’s Center is financially unable to solely pay for the required system needed to meet MDEQ approval. Peak Fitness Center’s funding a portion of the required system is critical to Watson’s development plans.
http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/mcbcc/importmins/2009/Jun10_09/PeakFitnessTennisFacility_StaffRpt.pdf
http://www.ravallicounty.mt.gov/commissioners/correspondence/2009/05%20May/05-04%20-%20DEQ%20notice%20of%20intention%20to%20issue%20a%20wastewater%20discharge%20permit%20to%20Peak%20Health%20&%20Wellness.pdf
Completely innacurate. Do some DDEarnest. The company just formed a partnership with a LEED consulting firm. LMAO
froggy, please take notice of the backhoe digging a big hole. You're the master of logical deduction. Just like old times, froggy! lol You still didn't admit that the company could be moving forward on the reverse merger without an Agreement in Principle being released...and as such...no PR. lol
Work starting on new Watson Children's Shelter building
The building permit for the second shelter came on Monday and builders anticipate the new shelter located on Blue Mountain will be completed in 10 months.
http://www.kpax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10804545
Rehberg Secures $500,000 for Watson Children's Shelter
06/09/09
http://rehberg.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=26&parentid=5§iontree=5,26&itemid=30
This Contract is entered into by Watson Children’s Shelter, Inc., a Montana non-profit corporation (the
Grantee), and the City of Missoula, Montana, (the City).
The total amount of this Contract will not exceed $215,000
http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1253
that's the way I read it. sounds like they are upgrading the existing Peak system and the new Watsons facility is being connected at cost. They certainly wouldn't build out Peak at cost. It also states the adjoining property has a vested interest in the system with possible future capacity being built in.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: I think that the one has been addressed, the…the system has been approved by the Department of Environmental Quality, is that right, Jason?
Jason Rice: The system requires a discharge permit and that permit has been written in a draft format and issued for public comment, which means the DEQ has accepted the system short of any negative public comment. To my knowledge, I think that is just running out right about now; there hasn’t been any that I have heard of. As far as the plan review goes, that’s still in progress, but it’s looking good. Last we heard everything looked good from DEQ. So, things are moving forward and hoping to have approvals in hand by no later than August 1.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: So then I have a follow up to that. Because the rest of ZD43 is zoned for residential, will future residents be able to connect to this system, if that’s developed residentially.
Jason Rice: The…it’s kind of a long…I’ll try to keep it short. The system flows are based on estimates, meter data, monthly-metered data. And when we use metered monthly data, we have to use 150% of that data as our design flow. So the Watson’s is on Mountain Water and we use their monthly meter and then they had a tennis facility exactly like this up in Seattle, I think had the same interior, you know, the childcare stuff and everything, so we used one and half times that. But then we’re using the existing Peak and we actually have some daily data for that, so we were actually able to use 110% of that data. We’re going to meter this water very carefully and we hope to have extra capacity when it’s all said and done, some of that because of the adjoining landowner, Gene Mostad’s involvement, he has a vested interest in it. So some of that might be available to him but then there’s also going to be the possibility that we’re discussing right now of upsizing because the system kind of has some core elements that are same, we’re going to look at upsizing some of those elements now to build in capacity. And then we have drain field problems, we have to find a place for the drain field. But at least we’d have the treatment capacity and then we might be able to put water down in infiltration pods in the shallower groundwater area since it’s treated to such high quality or land supply it someplace. Yeah, there will be some, but I can’t say for sure how much until there’s other water conservation methods that we can do inside for fixtures and stuff like that that would suit them to put in because it’s only going to give them somebody to spread the cost to someday, hopefully, so…
I'll also add that Al Capone would regularly hand out lollipops to babies. LOL
Gene Newton has done a lot of work for kids...in the past... and now in the present...where profit wasn't the agenda. He should be commended for that.
We can now be certain that the company is installing systems. I couldn't have said that 2 days ago. And yes, they are persuing many promising avenues to land contracts for IWS.
As far as the past practices of Gene the businessman... I've dealt with much worse. lol
sounds like you see the glass as completely empty...
I see a "tax deductible" wastewater solution being provided in a high nitrate area. IWS's system was a critical piece of getting this shelter built for children.
Yes...I've beat up on Newton and the company but IMO this is something we should all feel good about...I know I do. If this is the extent of my return on investment...I'm ok with it.
Watson Children's Shelter is dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing environment for children who are victims of abuse, neglect, abandonment or family crisis.
Founded in 1977, Watson Children's Shelter welcomes children from Missoula and the entire Western Montana region. Janice Watson opened her home, then known as Watson's Receiving Home, when the police and state child protection services had nowhere else to turn.
Today, Watson Children's Shelter continues to follow Jan’s compassionate spirit, providing shelter to children, infant to age 14, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The average length of stay is 45 days, though some children remain longer until their family crisis is resolved, or until a relative, foster home, treatment center or other suitable home can be located. The capacity at Watson Children's Shelter is 16 children at one time. We care for 70 to 100 children annually.
Watson Children's Shelter is a private, non-profit organization. All contributions are tax-deductible.
http://www.shelter4children.com/aboutwcs/
so you're saying half full? lol the permit for Peak Health and Wellness was issued by DEQ.
you should try reading it again...
In the Proposing Release, we stated that an issuer's posting of new information on its own website would not by itself be considered a sufficient method of public disclosure. As technology evolves and as more investors have access to and use the Internet, however, we believe that some issuers, whose websites are widely followed by the investment community, could use such a method.
http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/33-7881.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC_Rule_10b5-1
http://sec.gov/index.htm
Is this IWS SBR half full, or half empty?
MISSOULA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC MEETING/PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION – JUNE 10, 2009, VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTION OF ITEM #6, HEARING: PEAK FITNESS TENNIS FACILITY USE VARIANCE REQUEST WITHIN CIZD #43
Chair Bill Carey: Okay, next we have a hearing with the Planning and Zoning Commission on the Peak Fitness Tennis Facility; this is a use variance request within the CIZD #43-R. I’ll open the hearing and, you are…who’s…
Jamie Erbacher: Jamie.
Chair Bill Carey: Jamie?
Jamie Erbacher: Okay, Territorial Landworks is here today representing the Peak Fitness Center; Andy Short, mainly, but there are a couple other representatives here as well. And this is for a use variance to allow a recreational facility with ZD 43 Residential subdistrict, which currently does not permit commercial uses. The property does not have an address, but is legally described as Tract B of Packwest Addition Lot 2A and Tracts B, C, and D. The parcel is currently vacant. In the past, the site has received material excavated from a nearby development with some subsequent gravel extraction. The parcel and Peak’s existent parcel, Tract 1 COS 3267 have been approved for a boundary relocation; however, at this point, the boundary line relocation has not been filed. This request for the Peak is for the 4.64 parcel that is proposed and approved for the boundary line relocation. The remaining 13.28 acres of the original parcel is proposed to be developed by Watson’s Children Center at a later date.
Section 8 of ZD#43 allows the variance to be granted after a public hearing before the Missoula County Planning and Zoning Commission; the Board of County Commissioners may authorize variances, which will not be contrary to the public interest where, owing to special conditions, literal enforcement would result in an unnecessary hardship. The applicant and their representatives have not fully designed the proposed building, but have provided a conceptual plan, building elevation, and floor plan. The plan for the new facility includes five, not seven, like my staff report says, indoor tennis courts, three outdoor tennis courts (my staff report says two), six racquetball courts, showers, and parking facilities. This plan will also allow for a future expansion of two indoor tennis facilities.
The Peak Fitness Center has been working jointly with Watson Children’s Center to obtain this site. During project review of this site, it was discovered that the aquifer beneath this 17.92-acre parcel, which is the full parcel, and the surrounding area was found to have elevated nitrite and chloride levels to the point where Montana Department of Environmental Control Air Quality would define the aquifer as contaminated. It is believed that the aquifer has been impacted by continued subsurface sanitary sewer disposal practices. Montana DEQ regulations prohibits future introduction of sanitary sewer effluent into the ground on this parcel. In order to correct the problem, Peak and Watson Children’s Center will modify the existing effluent treatment facility to include a sequencing batch reactor system. This will treat the existing effluent and the anticipated effluent volumes. Given the expense factor of the necessary system Watson Children’s Center, a local non-profit, who provides emergency care to youth 14 and under, they are considered a large stakeholder in the granting of this variance request.
Without the approval of this request, the Peak’s Tennis Facility will not be able to locate on the proposed parcel and Watson’s Children Center will not be able to afford the necessary effluent system alone and therefore will not be able to locate on the desired location as well. Without this approval, the neighborhood and community will also be continued to be impacted by the degraded aquifer.
The Office of Planning and Grants is recommending approval of this variance.
I’m now going to go through some of my Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law.
The first is going to be based on the authorization of this variance and the fact that it will not be contrary to the public interest. A voluntary neighborhood meeting was held on April 7, 2009 with 64 neighboring property owners were invited to attend. Of those invited, 12 property owners attended. Of the questions asked at this meeting, only one question was directly related to the Tennis Facility being located at this proposed site and that was dealing with the increased traffic. Sixteen neighbors within a 300-foot radius of the 17.92-acre parcel were notified of the variance request. None of these neighbors responded negatively to the proposal. As of this date, the Office of Planning and Grants has not received any other concern from the public regarding this use being
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located on the parcel. No negative feedback has been received from Public Works, Missoula Rural Fire, the Health Department, the Sheriff’s Office, or the County Attorney’s Office. County Public Works has commented, though, that they would like sidewalks along Buckhouse Lane and this is going to provide for public safety and possibly future connectivity. The Territorial Landworks has also been working with Brent Christopherson of Missoula Rural Fire and providing access for fire and fire protection, they are currently looking at doing an access road off Blue Mountain Road and working with Public Works on that to get that approval. The Peak Tennis Facility will be the only facility in Missoula that provides an indoor tennis facility and the only indoor racquetball facility other than the University of Montana. Watson Children’s Center has to turn away children at this moment. By allowing the Peak Tennis Facility to locate on this parcel, Watson Children’s Center will be able to obtain the neighboring property and provide shelter for several more children within Missoula County. By allowing the use variance, an opportunity arises to improve the water quality of the aquifer in this area. The Office of Planning and Grants does have the authority given by Zoning District 43, Section 4, for general provisions in the subdistrict to review for parking, landscaping, and signage restrictions.
So based on these Findings of Facts, we’ve come to the following conclusions:
• The fact that none of the neighboring properties or agencies responded negatively to this proposal, it is found that this variance will not be contrary to the public interest.
• The new facility will increase the recreational opportunity of Missoula residents.
• The new facility will in turn help Watson Children’s Center locate nearby and ultimately provide more needed housing for children.
• The aquifer for the neighboring residents, especially those downstream, will benefit from a cleaner aquifer if the use variance is approved.
• And the last one for here is public health and safety have been and will continue to be review if this use is granted.
And the next set of Findings of Fact that I would like to go through is based on the Literal Enforcement of the Zoning District that would result in a clearly established and unnecessary hardship where special conditions do exist for this parcel.
As permitted by Zoning District #43, Residential, eight single-family dwelling residences could be developed on this 17.92 acre parcel; however, the aquifer beneath is property and the surrounding area has been found to have elevated nitrite and chloride levels to the point where DEQ has to find the aquifer is contaminated. Because of this, DEQ will not allow any further introduction of sanitary sewer effluent into the ground on this parcel. The Peak and Watson Children’s Center have proposed to install a Sequencing Batch Reactor system that would treat the existing effluent and anticipate the effluent volumes to drinking water standards for nitrate. A residential development would require a Sequencing Batch Reactor system that is not traditional for this type of development and would be costly and unreasonable for homeowners to maintain and have monitored. By continuing to prohibit commercial uses at this site, the property will continue to be burdened with the degraded aquifer and the property owner will likely have an undeveloped parcel for an unknown amount of time. This property is not within the Missoula wastewater treatment plant service area and because of this diminishes the possibility of connecting to city sewer. Watson’s Children Center is a large stakeholder in the approval of this variance and if this variance is not granted, Watson’s will not be able to local on the remainder of the parcel due to their inability to pay for the required effluent treatment system.
Based on those findings, we’ve come to the following Conclusions of Law:
• Due to the substandard quality of the aquifer on this parcel, and additional requirements to approve and develop this site, it is found that an unnecessary hardship exists for the property owner.
• Allowing this variance request will provide a remediation to the degraded aquifer.
• By allowing the variance request, two developments will benefit, along with the entire community of Missoula.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you, Jamie.
James McCubbin: Commissioners, I’d just like to ask Jamie a couple of questions to clarify the record on the scope of this use variance. We have some information in the record that was provided by Territorial, that I think was just kind of a description and may be inaccurate. It’s a color photo, an aerial photo, and it says, “Proposed non-residential Watson Children’s Center” but in fact, this is going to be a residential facility for Watson’s, is that correct?
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Jamie Erbacher: Correct. Correct, under state law, we can review as a residential facility, and therefore it is a permitted and allowed use with this zoning district.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: So it’s marked incorrectly on that map?
Jamie Erbacher: Yes.
James McCubbin: And so the only use variance that’s needed is for the Tennis Facility, not for Watson’s.
Jamie Erbacher: Correct.
James McCubbin: Thank you.
Jamie Erbacher: And the only reason that they’ve shown the two together is because of the fact that there are going to be using the same Batch Reactor system.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you. James, as a technical matter, I think I goofed a little bit. She made a presentation to the Board of County Commissioners when in fact we’re looking at the Planning and Zoning Commission.
James McCubbin: You know, you opened this as the hearing that is noticed on the agenda.
Chair Bill Carey: Okay.
James McCubbin: I think that was a little ambiguous, so it’s worth noting for the record that we’re acting as the Planning and Zoning Commission in this case.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: So we recess the one?
Chair Bill Carey: So we’ll recess as the Board of County Commissioners and become with three additional folks the Planning and Zoning Commission: They are Sylvia Weisenburger, Vickie Zeier, and Greg Robertson, along with the three County Commissioners, so we are now the Planning and Zoning Commission, and we’ve all heard your presentation. And…do we have any question from any of the other commission members right now, are you okay? All right, is there a presentation in support of this proposal?
Andy Short: A request. Andy Short, Territorial Landworks.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: You can just pull a chair up, Andy, if you’d like.
Andy Short: Thank you very much. First off, I just want to thank Jamie Erbacher for all her help on this project, it was one of the pleasant experiences I’ve had with OPG, so thank you very much.
Here’s an aerial view of the parcel in question (where’s my cursor?). Here’s Montana Homefitters, Highway 93, the existing Peak Fitness Center, Norco Products, here’s Blue Mountain Road, and this is the property in question right here. And this is about where it will be located, and Watson’s will be located right here. So this is the site layout that you have had to review and that OPG has reviewed. This was the initial site layout that we came up with; since then an architect’s been hired, we’ve met with, you know, OPG’s review this, County Public Works has reviewed this and the Fire Department has review this and so it’s changed slightly and this is the revised the site layout and you’ll notice that there’s now a fire access road at the top. And the building itself is almost exactly the same except for a few modifications, so I just wanted to…the drawing has been cleaned up somewhat. These are the five indoor tennis courts, the two that are proposed in the future, the three outdoor tennis courts. Here’s the six racquetball courts, lobby, locker rooms, additional parking and the Watson Children’s Center right here with their additional parking.
This is a conceptual drawing of the building from Blue Mountain Road. So, if you’re standing on Blue Mountain Road, you’re looking at the side of the building. This dashed line represents the fill material that’s out there, that exists, so this is existing grade. So the building is supposed to be set inside the hill somewhat. This…this proposed grade doesn’t really represent what we’re planning to do, this is going to change somewhat in the future, but it is going to sit into the hillside and we’re dealing with a requirement of not having greater than 30 feet
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from proposed grade to the top of this building, so we’re going to have to work with that on the side of this building.
This is the boundary line relocation exhibit that was approved, existing Peak Fitness Center, the property in question and then this is the new boundary line was approved. It has not been filed yet, this is in process. This is the zoning exhibit, ZD18, which is where the Peak currently exists and commercial is allowed in ZD18 a certain distance from Highway 93. ZD43 is commercial and this is the residential and this is the area that we’re asking for the variance from use.
We had a neighborhood meeting on April 7 at the Emmanuel Baptist Church. Jamie had said we invited 64 property owners, I think 12 property owners showed up and we discussed a variety of topics, traffic concerns, law enforcement, why this location for the Watson’s, the number of children at the shelter, the involvement with the University of Montana Tennis Team, why we weren’t connecting to city sewer, proposed septics…people were wondering about the proposed septic system that we were proposing and the aquifer information that we discovered beneath the parcel and we just answered these questions. Jim Carlson from the County Health Department was there, and he answered a lot of questions that were asked.
As Jamie said, ZD43 allows the Board of County Commissioners to grant variances if they ‘re not contrary to public interest owing to special conditions literal enforcement would result in an unnecessary hardship. So I want to go into the decision criteria.
So Number one, commercial use fits this area and that’s my exhibit that I’ve gotten more grief about than anything I’ve ever created, I think. And I’ve changed it somewhat but the line is hypothetical boundary of commercial use that exists out there and like James was discussing about Watson’s, you know, it’s not considered commercial, but it is a place where people come to work and it’s not your family of four home, so that’ll be different than just your regular residential use. There’s the church, Norco, Fitness Center and then the commercial retail sale: Montana Homefitter right there. So it fits the area. It’s not we’re bringing a Tennis Facility into the University Area.
The existing grades are not conducive to residential use. As Jamie was saying, it’s a fill site and gravel has been taken from the site. Buckhouse Lane is sized for commercial use; it’s an 80-foot right-of-way. I believe its 46 feet from back-of-curb to back-of-curb. And there’s a picture of Buckhouse, you can kind of get an idea of Buckhouse Lane there. And the other picture is of where the gravel has been extracted, you can see that putting residential homes in there doesn’t quite fit as much as putting a large commercial building that would bit into the hillside there.
Currently the size of parcel we’re talking about, you would be allowed nine single-family residential homes. But, of course, you would be saying you’re going to put nine single-family residential homes on a degraded aquifer, so they would have to find a place to put their sewer and they would have to find a place to put their…or get their water from and as we discussed before, this is a degraded aquifer and Jason Rice, from Territorial Landworks is going to go into this further. So those nine residential…single-family residential homes would have to somehow come up with an idea of how they’re going to treat their sewage and it would just be unfeasible, the cost would just be prohibitive. The property is not within the Missoula wastewater treatment service area, so it’s never planned that it would receive city sewer. It’s a unique situation where we have three entities who are working together to remediate this aquifer. If the variance is not granted, the aquifer has no immediate hopes of being remediated. And with that, I’m going to turn this over to Jason Rice, Territorial Landworks.
Jason Rice: Jason Rice, Territorial Landworks. And Andy, maybe you can kind of use the mouse, you know kind of what I’m talking about. You can see in the green, all the septics in the area and what I want to do is just quickly talk about why the aquifer issue is such a key component to this. Because one of the first people…the first people we talked to were DEQ and the Missoula County Health Department. So you can see all the green areas that you kind of pointed out a couple of those, Andy. Those are all drain fields. And what we did was we took at look at where the water was flowing and all those fine lines on there are contours. It’s actually very difficult to develop an accurate groundwater contour map in this area, due to the characteristics of the soil below there, but this is the best we could do with the resources we had. The water probably flows in many different var…directions, but in general, this is the way it goes. There’s a couple wells, there’s a well actually immediately downgraded that’s actually on where the outdoor tennis courts are going to go and that actually 15 parts per million nitrites; over a 5-year period it’s been measure several times and it’s always been the same…pretty similarly, pretty same. The state drinking water quality standard is 10 parts per million, just for people to understand where that sits. Normally at the end of a drain field mixing zone, they only allow 7½ parts per million for the kind of system we’re putting in here. So it’s well over that standard. But what we found is that further out, there’s even other wells that are worse then the well that’s close to the drain field at Peak. So going out near the corner where the Blue Mountain makes the sweep, there’s a well there that had, I think 17 or maybe very similar, 15, 16, 17, we’ve measure it a couple times. And right across the street, we had up to 19 parts per million. Normally as you get further from the drain field that should go down. So what we’re finding is in addition to natural nitrates in the water, all the other drain fields in the area, we’re seeing some higher elevated nitrates, so what we were faced with is how do we put more water somewhere out there from drain fields and effluent for not further degrade that situation. So we looked into a lot of ideas and you…this is…I guess I won't kid anybody it’s an expensive situation…or solution. But IWS, International Wastewater Systems, is supplementing or offering their system at a reduced rate just sort of for the publicity and the goodwill and good grace of what their doing, so I think they’re pretty much at cost for what they’re doing for the sewer treatment plant. As it turns out, the way the property is, I guess, being offered to Watson’s, there’s some availability of budget to help sewer budget side of things, I guess you’d say, there’s more money available for that side of the budget. And then with the additional development of the…it’s beneficial to the Peak; they can also increase their capacity for treatment, so. By adding this system, you actually get to reduce the drain field area in half. And so I want to move on and kind of keep things moving fast, I’m sure there will be some questions. Let’s go to the next slide real quick.
Because DEQ allows you to reduce your drain field in half, so this is kind of partly where some of the savings come in, we don’t have to build a new drain field, we have to rehabilitate it a little bit. The existing system was approved for 6800 gallons per day and we’re going to be putting out estimated 12,136 gallons per day with the development, so common sense would tell you we’re actually going to be, you know, increasing the nutrient load. But what it turns out is with treatment…so we had to get DEQ kind of onboard with the idea that its nutrient loading that’s the important part, not flows. So, currently, on a yearly basis, they’d be putting out 146 pounds of phosphorus, roughly, and that’s based on some real numbers; and then 693 pounds per years of nitrites. And so that’s with the flows that were approved by DEQ. The proposed system will only be putting out 112 pounds per year of phosphorus, the system treats some phosphorus but not…it’s not, I guess, reportedly the best, but that’s not really the issue we have here. But the big one is the nitrates. We’re actually going to be able to reduce our nitrates by a pretty significant amount, you know, on the two-thirds or so removal. So that’s a pretty big number. So what that means is that we’re going to…that number I said earlier, 7 ½ parts per million at the end of a mixing zone…we’re going to meet that number at the trench, at the pipe. So the water coming out of the pipe will meet what they normally allow you to do 500 feet away from your drainfield. So that’s a pretty big thing. That actually will help, because the 7 ½ is actually lower than the 15, you’re actually going to be diluting the groundwater to a certain degree depending upon the amount of flux or flow that you got passing on to the side. So next slide.
So, I guess with that, I’m going to open it for questions. Later, I think that a lot of this is intriguing or interesting, but probably not the most important part. But I think Watson’s is here to talk about their role that they are playing in this and why this is an important site. I think that question has been asked is why here and also what they do. I think there’s been some concerns of well, if this is the enabler of Watson’s, what does that do to our neighborhood, even though, they could come in if the sewer wasn’t an issue. So we really felt that it was important for the neighbors along the way so we think it’s just as important for this Board to understand why it’s an important piece to the community. So I have…Fran is here to talk about that a little bit. Thank you.
Fran Albrecht: Hi, I’m Fran Albrecht, Executive Director of Watson’s Children Shelter and we’re very excited about this opportunity that has presented itself to us. We have been looking for over…it’s coming up on four years for a second site as we’ve continued to turn away children in need of emergency shelter due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment. And we are now turning away as many of, on average, 3-4 children a week because of this need when some of the sites that we looked at were not in the Missoula County Public School District. Missoula County Public School District provides excellent services that will continue to serve our children and provide exactly what they need; and so that was our primary concern was finding a location in the Missoula County Public School District. The other sites that we looked at were outside of that, some of the ones that were in that, within the school district, were exorbitant amounts that were cost-prohibitive. When we…Jim Mostad has been a long time supporter of Watson Children’s Center, well beyond when I started 12 years ago and when he let us know about this site that might be available and we explored that and the site is wonderful. One thing is that we’re not…we’re not a facility that needs were neighbors. What I mean is that we’ve got our own happy neighborhood right there, within our house, and so we don’t necessarily interact with our neighborhood. Our kids are kind of coming and going to school, they’re having visits at the shelter—structured visits with parents when the courts allow it, they’re doing activities and such. So that site, we prefer not to be in a neighborhood, quite frankly, because we don’t have a need for neighbors. I don’t know how to better put that. The fact that this
location and this land was affordable for us at a very discounted price made it possible for us to proceed with our current campaign plans and it fit within our business plan. We are thrilled by the fact that Jim Mostad and especially Territorial Landworks has worked so diligently to develop this site so that there could be a possibility for us, because quite frankly, I don’t have any other options. The other land availability are just simply cost-prohibitive or won't work for what our plans are. I just want to thank everybody that’s here today and we’re excited that Peak has partnered up because obviously this is a win-win for the neighborhood and certainly an opportunity for us to present a solution to Missoula and western Montana children who are in need of our care. Thank you.
James McCubbin: Commissioners, if you don’t mind, I would just like to add on behalf of the County Attorney’s office. I’m not actively doing this work anymore, but for about the first year and half that I was with the Missoula County Attorney’s office I was doing primarily child abuse and neglect cases and observed a number of the kids who have had the benefit of staying at Watson’s and there’s a definite need for that a definite benefit from it. And I’m not aware of any negative impacts on, you know, neighbors that kids that Watson’s have had. So what that’s worth.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you, James. Anybody else wish to speak to this? It’s a public hearing. Please step forward, sir.
Robin Peters: Hi, my name is Robin Peters, P E T E R S, and the views I’m expressing are my own views and views of the Missoula handball association and Missoula handball family. Presently, there are no permanent courts in Missoula, except for the university, which not everybody has access to and so we are really excited not only that the University of Montana Tennis Team will have a place to practice. The Children’s Center, obviously, is a wonderful thing for Missoula and also that the handball family will now have a place to play and it sure looks like a wonderful facility and we’re really excited about it, so. It’s a win-win-win for everybody; I can’t see any downside to it. So I just wanted to express myself. Thank you.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you.
Margo Belden: Hi, I’m Margo Belden, B E L D E N, and I’m here to represent…I’m president of the Garden City Tennis Association here in Missoula and the surrounding areas of Missoula and in that capacity we represent between we estimate 350 to 500 tennis players in this community and needless to say, we’ve lost our indoor facility at the Mack we were all not only deeply saddened and had no place to play, some of us were driving as far as Hamilton and Kalispell every morning to play tennis, us diehards, some of us diehards. But our mission statement in GCTA is to promote tennis for all levels, all ages, in the Missoula area. That is a difficult thing to do if you don’t have an indoor facility to play in winter, it really…especially for our juniors…we see a lot of junior kids who can only play in the warm seasons, the outdoor seasons, and if they want to compete for college scholarships or such, they’re really at a disadvantage and we’ve seen that with some of our top junior players. So we are very excited about the possibility of having indoor tennis again. Not just for us older players but for our youth and the university as well. So I really encourage you, urge you, please to support this. Thank you.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you.
Paul Polzim: My name is Paul Polzim, P O L Z I M, and I’d like to make two points: the current management of the Peak also owns athletic clubs here in Montana and Great Falls and elsewhere in the northwest. They are well known for being well managed, a very, very good facilities. So their management has been sound and their planning ahs been sound. And in the conceptual stage of this building, they reached out to us, to potential users, we had several meetings, we offered some input, they listened to us, and so I’m very confident that if this facility is approved, it will be well runned and the members and the community will be well-served by this kind of facility. Thank you very much.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you.
Miles Whipple: My name is Miles Whipple, the past president of Garden City Tennis; you spell Whipple, W H I P P L E. I want to second everything that Margo said. It was eight or nine years ago, it took a joint effort of Missoula City Schools, Missoula City, Missoula County, and lots of dedicated tennis players to rebuild 20 tennis courts in Missoula. Prior to that, we had almost no tennis in Missoula, other than the indoor facility. Now we have no indoor facility; however, we have impacted outside tennis. We have juniors…you can’t get a court in Missoula during the high school season. These are kids who are, you know, playing a sport that’s rely…you know, we are
gaining scholarships to places like University of Texas, this is something you can’t have without tennis and we really applaud Peak for trying to bring tennis to us indoors for the winter. Thanks.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you. Any additional comment?
Chris Nord: My name is Chris Nord, N O R D, I’m the tennis coach for the University of Montana, coach the men and women for 24 years, now the last three years just the men’s. So I’m also speaking on behalf of Steve Asher, who’s the women’s tennis coach at the University. From our viewpoint, having Peak come in with an indoor tennis facility allows us to have programs that can thrive at the University for the kids, a place to practice. We just completed a year where we played all of our matches on the road. To have an indoor facility would allow our student athletes to host some home matches, stay in class longer, have a place to train. It’s really…it will allow us to continue the programs at the University of Montana. We are scratching to stay afloat right now. And I don’t want to just speak on behalf of the University of Montana; I coached tennis and taught tennis in Missoula since 1974. I’ve worked with the juniors, the adult programs, I have two boys who play tennis, and not having a place to play indoors really cuts off all the programs. You don’t have any continuity, you get the kids excited in the summer, we’ve run camps on campus the last few summers and there’s a waiting…there’s people on the bleachers waiting for courts which is, that’s a change from ten years ago. The tennis boom is back in Missoula. Our high school participation numbers are through the roof. I go to the high school practices, I went to the high school state tournament, and Missoula’s participation is phenomenal, especially when you figure that we do not have an indoor in places like Hamilton, Kalispell, Helena, Bozeman, Great Falls and Billings do. It’s a green business that I hope we can support and I know that it will impact everyone, not just the University, but the junior and adult segments, also. So thank you.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you. Who else would like to speak?
Mary Stranahan: My name is Mary Stranahan and I’m just a self-interested tennis junkie. And I just want to emphasize that is an economic development. I’m saying we have tennis tournaments here; people come from all over the state and sometimes outside of the state to play tennis tournaments, so it adds benefit to the entire community, whether you’re a tennis player or not.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you. Anybody else like to speak to this?
Doug Mahlum: My name is Doug Mahlum, M A H L U M, and I’m one of the owners of the Peak and I just wanted to say that all of us: Jack Tawny, Charlie and Mary Lynn Eismann and myself, we’re all Missoula people, raised in Missoula and we’ve gone various different ways but have gravitated back towards here to open the Peak. Because we do care about Missoula and we care about what happens in Missoula and a tennis center a lot of times isn’t the most financial lucrative thing to build but part of what we’re trying to do is make sure that the youth and the families in Missoula have a place to play tennis, have a place to meet and have a place to recreate. So if you would approve this that would be a wonderful thing for Missoula and would be great for the Watson Home and I just want to thank you for your consideration.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you. Anyone else? Anybody else wish to speak to this. Doesn’t look like it. Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission, any questions or comments? Commissioner Curtiss.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: I think that the one has been addressed, the…the system has been approved by the Department of Environmental Quality, is that right, Jason?
Jason Rice: The system requires a discharge permit and that permit has been written in a draft format and issued for public comment, which means the DEQ has accepted the system short of any negative public comment. To my knowledge, I think that is just running out right about now; there hasn’t been any that I have heard of. As far as the plan review goes, that’s still in progress, but it’s looking good. Last we heard everything looked good from DEQ. So, things are moving forward and hoping to have approvals in hand by no later than August 1.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: So then I have a follow up to that. Because the rest of ZD43 is zoned for residential, will future residents be able to connect to this system, if that’s developed residentially.
Jason Rice: The…it’s kind of a long…I’ll try to keep it short. The system flows are based on estimates, meter data, monthly-metered data. And when we use metered monthly data, we have to use 150% of that data as our design flow. So the Watson’s is on Mountain Water and we use their monthly meter and then they had a tennis facility exactly like this up in Seattle, I think had the same interior, you know, the childcare stuff and everything, so we used one and half times that. But then we’re using the existing Peak and we actually have some daily data for that, so we were actually able to use 110% of that data. We’re going to meter this water very carefully and we hope to have extra capacity when it’s all said and done, some of that because of the adjoining landowner, Gene Mostad’s involvement, he has a vested interest in it. So some of that might be available to him but then there’s also going to be the possibility that we’re discussing right now of upsizing because the system kind of has some core elements that are same, we’re going to look at upsizing some of those elements now to build in capacity. And then we have drain field problems, we have to find a place for the drain field. But at least we’d have the treatment capacity and then we might be able to put water down in infiltration pods in the shallower groundwater area since it’s treated to such high quality or land supply it someplace. Yeah, there will be some, but I can’t say for sure how much until there’s other water conservation methods that we can do inside for fixtures and stuff like that that would suit them to put in because it’s only going to give them somebody to spread the cost to someday, hopefully, so…
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you. Any other questions? Comments? Is the Planning and Zoning Commission prepared to make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners?
Greg Robertson: Yes, I would make a recommendation. And I completely support the project (I never thought I’d hear myself say something like that) but one of the best projects I’ve ever worked on in my 25 years of construction was a Youth Home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. We had 40 different funding sources and a real motley crew of Board of Directors that I worked with for two years to put a project very similar like this together in very similar circumstances. It was…we received a land grant from the Bureau of Land Management and we located the facility out in the middle of nowhere—this is somewhere, at least. But right next to a recreational facility. So the parallels are kind of interesting. So this is a perfect location for it and I think with all the fishing I do on the Bitterroot River and driving by this site weekly, I’d love to see something like this here rather than that pile of muck that has accumulated and I’ve received complaints of for some time that’s somewhere in the lexicon of things, people thought it was ours. So, my recommendation, and I’d like to make a motion to that effect is that we approve the variance as presented.
Chair Bill Carey: Is there a second to that?
Vickie Zeier: I’ll second that, and I also want to say that I support this; it sounds like a great opportunity for Missoula.
Chair Bill Carey: Any further discussion? All those in favor of the motion please say “aye.” Aye.
Greg Robertson: Aye.
Vickie Zeier: Aye.
Sylvia Weisenburger: Aye.
Chair Bill Carey: Any opposed? Thank you. The Planning and Zoning Commission will now dissolve, I guess.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: Recess.
Chair Bill Carey: Recess to some further date. Thank you very much. And we will again now be the Board of County Commissioners and we have a motion from the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve this use variance.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: I would move that we accept the recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission and grant the variance.
Commissioner Michele Landquist: I will second.
Chair Bill Carey: All those in favor. Aye.
Commissioner Jean Curtiss: Aye.
Commissioner Michele Landquist: Aye.
Chair Bill Carey: Thank you. It’s been a pleasure, thank you.
END OF TRANSCRIPT
http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/mcbcc/importmins/2009/Jun10_09/VerbatimTranscript_PeakFitnessTennisFacilityVarianceRequest.pdf
http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/mcbcc/importmins/2009/Jun10_09/PeakFitnessTennisFacility_StaffRpt.pdf
The company has been forming relationships. The gamble is that the company lands a contract. MO
Comparing buys to sells that looks to be... about a $8,000 dollar investment...
no secret passages. The exchange most certainly can be the cause of delay. The process could be moving forward without and Agreement in Principle in place, and as such no PR...
The Exchange will review the initial submission, and, provided that the deficiencies are not of a substantial nature, where shareholder approval is required, the CPC will be permitted to set a meeting date to approve the proposed Qualifying Transaction. Where a Qualifying Transaction has not been sponsored, the Exchange will require additional time to review the initial submission and confirm that appropriate due diligence measures have been undertaken by the CPC and its advisors.
12.4 Pre-Meeting/Pre-Closing Documentation
When a CPC has cleared all comments raised by the Exchange in connection with the initial submission, the CPC will be required to file the following documents with the Exchange:
It is possible that the application to the Exchange WAS being reviewed by the exchange for approval. The process is moving forward...without an Agreement in Principle in place...and as such...No PR
There are a number of reasons that can be considered as to where an "Agreement in Principle" does not exist. As such, the CPC would not be required to release the initial PR. IMHO One such reason could be financing...a private placement brokered through ARCA...which involves shares being bought on the open market...pure speculation on my part.
Stage Two – Completion of a Qualifying Transaction
(a) The second stage of the CPC program is triggered when there is an Agreement in Principle to acquire the Significant Assets that form the basis of the CPC’s Qualifying Transaction. As soon as the CPC reaches an Agreement in Principle, it must issue a comprehensive news release as described in section 12.2 of this Policy.
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2.6 Guidelines for Interpretation – Agreement in Principle Does Not Exist
(a) Public Announcement of the Intended Acquisition – A public announcement of an intended acquisition is not, in and of itself, evidence that an Agreement in Principle exists if material conditions beyond the control of the Non-Arm’s Length Parties to the CPC or the Non-Arm’s Length Parties of the Qualifying Transaction have to be completed in order to effect the acquisition.
(b) Private Placement Financing – If the CPC is undertaking a best efforts financing, and such financing is a material condition of closing that is unfulfilled, the Exchange will generally consider that an Agreement in Principle has not been reached.
(c) Consideration – If the parties to a proposed acquisition have not agreed on the total consideration to be paid for the Significant Assets or have not conclusively identified the means by which the consideration for the Significant Assets will be determined, the Exchange will generally consider that an Agreement in Principle has not been reached. If a valuation opinion has not been prepared or is not complete, the reasons why the valuation opinion has not been prepared or is not complete should be evaluated. Where there are significant uncertainties underlying source data or assumptions or valuation techniques to be applied, the Exchange will generally consider that an Agreement in Principle has not been reached.
(d) Financial Statements – If financial statements relating to the Significant Assets to be acquired have not yet been prepared, primary due diligence procedures fundamental to the decision to proceed have not been completed. Accordingly, the Exchange will generally consider that an Agreement in Principle has not been reached.
(e) Due Diligence – Where significant due diligence matters remain unresolved, the Exchange will generally consider that an Agreement in Principle has not been reached.
http://www.tmx.com/en/pdf/Policy2-4.pdf
frog, where has the company stated that they are waiting on the exchange?
RCC/IWS completed its participation with multiple companies in submitting a proposal pursuant to a
National Science Foundation grant. It is participating, in this grant proposal, with other companies, and
New York University, Poly, which will be doing the research design and testing. The proposal is
directed at affordable housing, and RCC/IWS will provide its water and wastewater expertise to the
research. RCC sees affordable housing as a major developing market, both short and long term.
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Bruce Niswander, director of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, is now heading up the newly established, city-funded "business incubator" on 160 Varick St.
http://www.nyunews.com/news/2009/sep/14/incubator/
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About NYC Acre
The New York City Accelerator for a Clean and Renewable Economy (NYC ACRE) helps clean technology and renewable energy companies in New York City grow, advancing the City as a role model for environmental sustainability and smart growth. NYC ACRE is the cleantech/renewable energy initiative of Generation NYC, which is a joint creation between the New York City Economic Development Corporation and NYU-Poly aimed at stimulating invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship in New York City.
NYC ACRE is seeded by a four year, $1.6M grant from the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) to NYU-Poly aimed at growing an ecosystem of entrepreneurs, international companies, and innovative local businesses that are providing solutions to climate and energy issues while growing the cleantech/renewable energy sector and creating jobs in NYC.
NYC ACRE will provide resources for both physical and virtual tenants. Virtual tenants, or affiliates, are companies who need strategic guidance and business assistance, but do not need physical space. All tenants must have a focus on alternative energy and clean technology, or a product or service offering that has a clear linkage to a more sustainable urban environment.
http://www.nycacre.com/about/index.php
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Clean, Renewable
Hydrokinetic Energy
Recovery for Drinking
Water, Wastewater &
Industrial Infrastructure
is a renewable energy company that uses unique energy recovery configurations to transform the untapped energy in various man-made processes into electricity. The energy recovery systems – called Flow-to-Wiresm – convert excess pressure in water mains and other similar pipes into clean electric power. A single Flow-to-Wiresm system produces between 20 and 300 kilowatts of electricity. Since this electricity can then be sold onto the grid, Rentricity gives its generating partners an additional source of revenue and a way to offset rising electricity rates
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why would you consider playing the lotto an "INVESTMENT"?
there are most certainly billions of shares floating around..
GL
that's how it works, huh? a simple agreement?
IMO IWS doesn't have squat to bring to the table without a contract in hand.
We'll see if Evolutech, IWS, and the connections in Atlanta can deliver.
We'll see if CPIC...and whoever the hell that is can deliver.
We'll see if NYU Poly and the connections there...can deliver.
please don't make me pump this...
tired argument, Earnest. how long till the Agreement in Principle is released? could that be anytime? yes, it could. couldn't it? is that what people here are looking for?
GL, with whatever you're doing here.
Investissement Québec
is both a financing institution and an economic development agency; offers financial products and tax measures to companies wishing to expand their business internationally;
helps these companies find a location that suits their needs and forge strategic alliances with local partners;
has an office in Atlanta that serves companies in the Southeastern United States since 2008.
http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/international/usa/delegation/atlanta/mandat/
did he handcuff himself to her wrist, or ankle? lol
did you not read it?
This Capital Pool Company's ('CPC') Prospectus dated July 16, 2009, has been filed with and accepted by TSX Venture Exchange and the Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta Securities Commissions effective July 20, 2009,
Cost-effective Technologies for Smallscale
Water Reclamation Plants
(WRF 06-008)
Andrew Salveson, Zhi (George) Zhou
Carollo Engineers
Brad Finney, Mary Burke
Humboldt State University
13rd Annual Water Reuse & Desalination Research
Conference, Huntington Beach, CA, May 19, 2009
Acknowledgements
• The WateReuse Foundation –Caroline Sherony, Joshua Dickinson
• WRF 06-008 PAC – Shane Trussell, James R. Mihelcic, Yuliana
Porras, Alan Rimer
• Dr. Robert Gearheart
• Dr. Kara Nelson
• CDM – Lisa Prieto
• ABP Engineers Inc., Aquionics, Black & Veatch, Black & Veatch,
City of El Mirage, City of Scotts Valley, City of Tulare, City of
Yuma, Curriculum Associates, Enviroquip, Enviroquip, Inc., GE
Water and Process Technologies (Zenon), Great Circle Water, ITT
Wedeco, Inc., King County, Lakeside Equipment Corporation,
Mckim & Creed, Miller-Leaman Inc., MISCO, Orenco Inc., Parks
Canada, Paulding County, Ramey Environmental Compliance,
Inc., Siemens Water Technologies Corporation, Trojan
Technologies, Veolia Water North America, Washington State
Department of Health, Water and Wastewater Services, Water’s
tw308wrf.ppt/3
Edge Resort, WhiteWater Inc., Olivenhain Municipal Water
http://www.watereuse.org/files/images/Mr__Zhi_Zhou__Carollo_Engineers.pdf
Is ARCA buying real or air shares? lol
If all of the shares we hold are real, then that equates to billions of shares in the OS. Over a billion in the float, minimum. MO
la izzy, how are things in the Great State of Louisiana?
One thing is for certain. A broker/dealer is using Arca Edge to buy shares for a client.
on the bad side: can't think of a bad side to somebody buying the stock
on the good side: IMO it's possible it could be a "private placement trade".
Don't rightly know
Is that plain enough? lol
Mo' fas'er and fas'er De 'gator dey came !!
GL
Johnny
Investors' increasing requirement that companies be more mature before going public has led
companies to consider the private placement market for funding to tide them over.
"What used to be the IPO point in the 1990s, when a company needed a $200 to $500 million
market cap, is now $1 billion," said Mona DeFrawi, chief executive of InsideVenture, a Silicon
Valley-based service that will begin matching private investors and later-stage pre-IPO
companies this winter.
Paradoxically, the 144a market is not hospitable to the small and mid-sized cap companies
that have historically fed the IPO pipeline, Weild said.
"It works well only for larger companies because smaller transactions don't offer the same
liquidity," he said.
While Portal Alliance and the New York Stock Exchange's (NYX.N: Quote, Profile, Research,
Stock Buzz) Arca Edge allow for the trading of private placements, those markets are not likely
to spur many IPOs yet, Weild said.
"It's not a fully developed market yet, and they need more QIBs, and more research and
hopefully Nasdaq Portal Alliance will bring this about," said Weild.
One subset of the 144a market, called PIPO -- for "pre-IPO" -- is set aside for companies
planning to go public but wanting the money first before doing the paperwork that goes with an
IPO. They then typically have two years to launch a deal.
http://www.insideventure.com/files/Reuters-PrivatePlacement-Dec5.pdf
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Private Placement Trading? Does it really make any sense?
The thing to remember with all Private Placement Trading is that these are private transaction. With that being said, private placement trades are not disclosed to the public. This is even the case if one of the parties in the Private Placement Trade is a publically traded company. Private Placement Trading is, for all intents and purposes, private party contracts that have the same non-disclosure and confidentiality clauses as would a normal business to business contract would have in them. Just because one of the parties in the private placement trade may or may not be a publically traded company does not matter when it comes to public disclosure. The opposite is actually true in many instances that the two parties that are involved in the Private Placement investment are not allowed, per the contract, to disclose what the contract says or anything about the contract in the Private Placement trade, or even their business to business relationship. Welcome to the wonderful world of wholesale investing. This is in stark contrast to the retail end of the arena, where public disclosure is not only required but is also mandated by law. Anyone who has the wherewithal to be qualified financially for the private placement investments and private placement trades must follow the rules. Just because you have the money, doesn’t mean that you will be accepted into the program and can pass compliance. The really neat thing about private placement investments, at least when it comes to private placement trades, is that risk are mitigated by the contract and there are no upfront fees required to get a contract and see what would be offered, after being accepted into the Private Placement Program.
I hope this information was useful and if you have any comments or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Have a great rest of the day and week!
http://tssprivateplacement.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/private-placement-trading-5/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_placement
Arca is not an MM. eom
ARCA is 15c 211 compliant with FINRA. So are the MM's. They are privy to current info. Outstanding shares is a line on that form.
Pink Sheets
Pink OTC Markets, formerly known as Pink Sheets, operates Pink Quote, an electronic quotation system that displays quotes from broker dealers for many over-the-counter (OTC) securities. "Market makers" and other brokers who buy and sell OTC securities, can use the Pink Quote to publish their bid and ask quotation prices. The name "Pink Sheets" comes from the color of paper they were historically printed on. They are published electronically today by Pink OTC Markets Inc., a privately owned company. Pink OTC Markets Inc. is not registered with the SEC in any way and it is not the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Broker-Dealer. Pink OTC Markets Inc. does not require companies whose securities are quoted upon its systems to meet any listing requirements. With the exception of a few foreign issuers, the companies quoted in Pink Quote tend to be closely held, extremely small and/or thinly traded. Most do not meet the minimum listing requirements for trading on a national securities exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market. Many of these companies do not file periodic reports or audited financial statements with the SEC, making it very difficult for investors to find reliable, unbiased information about those companies. For all of these reasons, companies quoted in Pink Quote can be among the most risky investments. That's why you should take extra care to thoroughly research any company quoted exclusively in the Pink Quote. Be aware that some broker-dealers are required by Rule 15c2-11 under the 1934 Act to have some information about the issuer. Ask your broker-dealer whether it has any Rule 15c2-11 information before you invest.
http://www.sec.gov/answers/pink.htm
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Rule 15C211
Under SEC Rule 15C211, a U.S. securities broker or dealer may not publish a quotation for any security unless certain information concerning the issuer is available and the broker or dealer has a reasonable basis for believing that the information is accurate. The information requirement is satisfied, in simple terms, if:
1) a Securities Act registration statement (F-6, F-1) has been filed within the last 90 days,
2) the issuer is complying with filing requirements and has in its records the issuer's most recent annual report,
4) the issuer is complying with Rule 12g3-2(b),
5) the broker or dealer has on record information relating to the issuer, its securities, its business, products and facilities. Management information, financial statements of the issuer and certain other data must also be on record.
Form 15C211, also known as Form 211, refers to the specific filing form a broker/dealer must provide containing the information necessary to publish a quotation on the company.
http://ezinearticles.com/?What-is-Rule-15c211-and-Reverse-Merger&id=43980
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Market makers are stock brokerage firms which are members of FINRA, formerly the NASD. Market makers give quotes on buy and sell prices for financial stocks and commodities, making a profit on the bid/offer spread. Market makers are compensated by providing liquidity in the market. Market makers use rule 15c211, in that a 15c211 is filed for them to trade any given security.
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They now require that prior to publication of an unsolicited quote in the Pink Sheets for such securities the broker must ascertain that the issuer has made adequate current information publicly available on the pink sheets website. The disclosure policy has been a good attempt at creating transparency of the basic information that investors trading in public markets deserve.
http://www.moneyextra.com/uk/pink-sheets-discover-disclosure/
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http://www.otcbb.com/aboutotcbb/forms/form211.pdf
On 9/28/06 it was worth $210k. 3 MILLION SHARES AT .07
Uc Hub Group Inc
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Closing Price: 0.07
Open: 0.09
High: 0.09
Low: 0.065
Volume: 248,200
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?detect=1&symbol=uchb&close_date=9%2F28%2F2006&x=38&y=21
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Title: AGREEMENT: ASSET ACQUISITION OF INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS AND ALL IP
Date: 9/28/2006
UC HUB GROUP INC.
AGREEMENT: ASSET ACQUISITION OF INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS AND ALL IP:
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This document completes our discussions pursuant to which UC HUB GROUP
INC.(the "Company"), will acquire the assets, as listed in Attachment A
("Assets"), of International Wastewater Systems at 2020 Charlotte St, Bozeman,
MT 59718 ("IWS"), for One Million Five Hundred Shares upon signing the formal
agreements and an additional equal amount (One Million Five Hundred Thousand R
144 shares) upon hitting sales benchmarks to be agreed upon by Larry Wilcox and
Claude Smith. Notwithstanding this, in the event, the IWS subsidiary, after
acquisition, is sold or made available in some new corporate form, the
additional One Million Five Hundred thousand Shares, will be deemed earned by
the original owners of IWS.
The following are the material terms of the acquisition:
1. ACQUISITION. Acquisition, a Wastewater System with software and
licenses and related Intellectual Properties organized and in business for the
past years, shall be acquired with the Assets of "IWS" . "IWS" will become a
subsidiary of the parent company, UC Hub, Group Inc. In addition the operating
liabilities of past and during transition will not be part of any deal or
liability to UC Hub and IWS hereby represents that they do not and will not have
a negative burn or loss during this transition as the full intent of this
acquisition is to remain and build a positive balance sheet.
2. ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT. A detailed Asset Purchase Agreement (the
"Agreement") will be prepared by our counsel which will contain the terms set
forth herein and other mutually acceptable and customary provisions including,
but not limited to representations and warranties of each party to the other,
undertakings of "IWS" as to the conduct of its business prior to the
acquisition, conditions precedent to the acquisition, and required opinions of
counsel for each party. The Agreement will be executed on the Closing Date, as
defined in Section 6 hereof.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Agreement contains customary
detailed representations and warrantie
http://agreements.realdealdocs.com/Asset-Purchase-Agreement/AGREEMENT:-ASSET-ACQUISITION-OF-INTERN-1181321/
FWIW here is some grant money coming into Fulton County, Georgia and the state:
http://mm1.co.fulton.ga.us/cache/00007/645/2009-0751.PDF
http://www.gaepd.org/Files_PDF/outreach/Section_319h_FY2010_GrantAnnouncement.pdf
RCCH is listed on NYSE ArcaEdge and is trading through the NYSE Arca platform. NYSE Arca is an ECN that is widely considered one of the major exchanges. Technically, RCCH HAS uplisted!!...
You can all turn off your computers and go home to your wives, now....
good night, everybody
GL