May 13, 2021 Austin Water Oversight Committee

DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION ON THESE, UM, ITEMS FROM THE, UM, DIRECTOR CUSTOMER REPORT? UH, NO QUESTIONS.

JUST START.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.

AND I WILL TRY TO FIND SOME TIME TO COME OUT AND GIVE A LOOK.

SEE IF YOU HAVE A NEW SYSTEM.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AWARD AND RECOGNITION.

NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR RELATED TO THE ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, WE WILL MOVE

[4. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (My ATX Water) Pilot. Sponsors: Council Member Ann Kitchen, and Council Member]

I HAVE SOME OF MY TEAMS PICKING THAT UP, GO.

UH, PROGRESS TOWARDS, UH, WHAT WE CALL NOT ONLY THE NETWORK, BUT, UM, SOME OF THE COMPONENTS IN THE NETWORK, SUCH AS WHAT WE CALL THE DATA COLLECTION UNIT, UH, THAT IS KIND OF THE, UH, THE HUB OF THE NETWORK, WHERE IT COLLECTS THE INFORMATION AS WELL AS SOME OF THE METER, UH, COMPONENTS THAT, UH, RNB THE PROPERTY, UH, THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY, UM, FOR THE METERS, THE BOXES, THE, WHAT WE CALL THE EMPTY USE, WE'LL GO OVER THE PROGRESS OF THAT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, BUT JUST KIND OF TO GIVE, UH, STAFF MEMBERS, UH, AN OVERVIEW, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, NINE MONTHS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME GOOD? ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH, I'M RECORDING AUTO SYSTEM DIRECTOR, UH, FOR OPERATIONS, UH, FOR AUSTIN WATER.

UM, ONE OF THE, UH, UH, SPONSORS FOR THE, UH, MY ATX WATER PROGRAM, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PROJECT, UH, FOR AT LEAST FIVE PLUS YEARS.

AND SO THE LAST TIME WE MET, UH, WE DISCUSSED, UH, SOME OF THE UPDATES BACK IN AUGUST OF 2020.

UH, AND SO THERE, THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN SOME ABOUT NINE MONTHS WORTH OF PROGRESS THAT I WANT TO GO OVER.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE, UH, AGENDA ITEMS THAT I'LL BE COVERING.

I WILL BE COVERING SOME OF THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT OF THE,

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I ALSO WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON WHERE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

IT'S MY ATX WATER, UH, WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS US TO GIVE US A, AN IDEA OF WHAT THE NETWORK CONSISTS OF.

AND SO, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THIS, I'M GOING TO KIND OF JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

SO THE VISUAL THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU STARTS OUT WITH THE METER, THE METER BOX AND THE COMPONENTS THAT MAY BE IN THE BOX, INCLUDING A, WHAT WE CALL A METER, TRANSMISSION UNIT OR MTU THAT HAS A BATTERY, AS WELL AS AN ANTENNA ATTACHED TO IT.

UH, WE WILL GO OVER THE PROGRESS IN WHICH WE INSTALLED, UH, SOME OF THESE OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS.

IN ADDITION, THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT, THE INFORMATION THAT COMES FROM THE WATER METER THEN GETS SENT TO WHAT WE CALL THE DATA COLLECTION UNIT.

THAT DATA COLLECTION UNITS MAY BE MOUNTED ON OLES, UH, OR TANKS.

AND WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS AS WELL.

THAT INFORMATION THEN GOES TO SECURED NETWORK, UH, IN WHICH WE CAN THEN COLLECT THAT INFORMATION EITHER FOR BILLING PURPOSES, FOR DATA ANALYTICS, AND EVENTUALLY THAT INFORMATION, UH, THEN IT GETS TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTOMER THROUGH MY ATX CUSTOMER PORTAL FROM THE LAST DISCUSSION BACK IN AUGUST OF 2020, UH, WE HAD JUST LAUNCHED, UH, THE PILOT AREA.

IF YOU RECALL THE PILOT AREA, AND WE HAVE MAPS TO KIND OF REFLECT THAT INCLUDED ABOUT FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS.

UH, IT WAS THE WINDSOR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, THE MUELLER RIVER PLACE, GLEN LAKE AND LONG CANYON.

UH, THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED ON A MAP AND WHICH IS STILL ALSO AVAILABLE AT MY TICS WATER PORTAL, UM, UH, WEBSITE, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WE HAD JUST LAUNCHED THE FIRST DCU INSTALLATION BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

AND THAT WAS A CRITICAL POINT IN ORDER TO START TO ESTABLISH METER CONNECTIONS.

UH, SHORTLY AFTER THE AUGUST INSTALLATION OF THE DATA COLLECTION UNIT, WE ALSO INSTALLED THE FIRST TEST METER IN SEPTEMBER.

AND SO THAT WAS THE TWO FIRST MILESTONES THAT WE HAD FOR HARDWARE IN THE GROUND.

UH, WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE LAST REPORT OUT OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN PROGRESS SINCE THEN, UM, OF ESTABLISHING A NETWORK CITYWIDE.

SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT DATA COLLECTION UNITS, IT'S NOT JUST FOCUSED ON THE PILOT AREAS, BUT NOW IT'S CITYWIDE.

UH, WE HAVE INSTALLED TO DATE 18 DATA COLLECTION UNITS AS OF FIVE, FIVE OF LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY THIS WEEK, WE'RE UP TO 22 OF THESE DATA COLLECTION UNITS, AND THEY'RE ALL IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF, SO I'LL GO OVER KIND OF THE, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT MEANS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I HAVE A KIND OF A SAMPLE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THOSE DCUS ARE LOCATED.

UH, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT WE HAVE IN, IN A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS IS USING AND LEVERAGING THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR ELEVATED WATER TANKS AND TOWERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE, UM, THE HIGHER YOU ARE IN ELEVATION, THE MORE COVERAGE YOU'LL GET.

AND SO WE'VE TRIED TO LEVERAGE AS MANY OF OUR ASSETS THAT ARE, UH, HIGH LOCATIONS OR HIGH ALTITUDE.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN CAPTURE MORE OF THE COVERAGE THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA.

AND SO THIS KIND OF JUST GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THAT IS, UH, THAT THOSE LOCATIONS OR THE TYPES OF WHERE THOSE, UM, BCUS ARE LOCATED.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE TARGETING UP TO 29 IN THE, UH, COMMUNICATION TOWERS, UM, ABOUT 10 AND ELEVATED TANKS.

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AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME THAT ARE ON THE GROUND STORAGE TANKS.

ONE OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A HEIGHT OF AT LEAST 33 FEET, UH, IN ORDER TO PUT SOME OF THESE DCUS, WHETHER THEY'RE ON POLES OR CO LOCATED WITH OTHER UTILITIES.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME PROPOSED ROOF MOUNTS, ALL THIS IS CAPTURED WITHIN KIND OF A DATABASE OF RECORD AND ACID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT HELPS TRACK THESE DEPLOYMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THE CITY.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THOSE INSTALLATIONS LOOK LIKE, THIS IS WHAT A TYPICAL INSTALLATION WOULD LOOK LIKE ON TOP OF A ROOF.

UH, IT, THIS ONE DOES HAVE A SOLAR PANEL, SO IT HAS AN INTERNAL BATTERY AND COLLECTS, YOU KNOW, UH, INFORMATION VIA THE POWER OF SOLAR.

UM, OTHER SITES SUCH AS, UH, OUR FIRST, UH, DATA COLLECTION UNIT WAS INSTALLED AT OUR 51ST STREET, UH, TANK.

THAT IS THE, THE RECLAIM TANK ON 51ST STREET.

AND THIS IS A TYPICAL INSTALLATION OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON TOP OF A, ONE OF OUR ELEVATED TANKS.

UH, THE, THE LAST, THE LAST EXAMPLE, THERE IS A POLE MOUNTED, UM, UM, UH, DCU.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME, UH, UH, NO NUMBER OF POLES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO INSTALL THAT ARE NEW, BUT WE'LL LEVERAGE AS MANY OF OUR LIFT STATIONS, PUMP STATION SITES TO INSTALL THOSE USE.

SO I MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DCU COVERAGE IS CITYWIDE, BUT IT'S NOT TARGETED TO ANY ONE LOCATION, BUT THROUGHOUT THOSE CITIES.

SO EVERY SINGLE, UH, PROPOSED DCU, UH, WHICH THERE ARE ABOUT 159 AT THIS CURRENT TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

AND INITIALLY WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT, WE WERE, UM, PROPOSING, OH, CLOSE TO 200 VCU LOCATIONS.

WE'VE MANAGED TO GET THAT DOWN IN COUNT BY UTILIZING SOME OF OUR, UH, HIGHER ELEVATION ASSETS.

AND SO THEY, THEY GO THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF STAGING EVENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE PROPOSED, UH, THEN THEY GO TO A CONFIRMED STATE IF THEY NEED, UH, TO BE DESIGNED WITH STANDARD, UH, DETAILS.

UH, WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL AS, UM, UH, IF THERE'S SITE-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, WE'LL DO SOME ENGINEERING TO, TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUBMITTAL FOR THOSE LOCATIONS.

ONCE THEY GET INTO A QUEUE OF, UH, KIND OF A WORK ORDER SYSTEM, UH, SUBMISSION, THEY MAY GO THROUGH PERMITTING OR EVEN BE STAKED OUT IN THE, UH, LOCATIONS OF THAT.

THERE ARE PROPOSED, UH, IF SAY THEY HAVE TO INSTALL A NEW POLE, UH, WE'LL DO UTILITY LOCATIONS IN ORDER TO HAVE THOSE, UM, UH, PLANNED IN ADVANCE.

UH, WE'VE DONE ALL OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH AND SCHEDULE THE INSTALLATIONS, UH, TO DATE, I MENTIONED, UM, WE WERE UP TO 22 DCUS, AND THAT IS, UH, REFLECTED ON THIS GRAPHIC THAT KIND OF TELLS US WHICH ONES ARE COMMISSIONED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF ESTABLISH WHERE WE WILL GO NEXT, AS FAR AS THE LOCATION OF SURVEYS, AS WELL AS THEN EVENTUALLY THE INSTALLATION OF UNITS.

PROGRESS CITYWIDE ON DCU COVERAGE, WE'LL ALSO PROGRESS ON SURVEYING THE SITES.

WELL, I MENTIONED, UH, PROGRESS AS ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT, UM, WE'VE KIND OF, UH, CONTINUED TO, UM, ADVANCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS WHAT WE CALL, UM, SURVEYING OF THE LOCATIONS.

SO INITIALLY WE SURVEYED LOCATIONS THAT WERE REALLY TIED TO THE INITIAL PILOT AREAS.

WE'VE NOW, UH, UM, EXPANDED THOSE SURVEYS AND SURVEYS INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM GOING TO THE SITE SITE VISITS, UM, ESTABLISHING A BASELINE OF WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THE METER BOXES, THE SIZE OF THE METERS.

WE HAVE GPS LOCATIONS OF THOSE SITES.

UH, SO IT'S A CONSTRUCTION, UH, SURVEY IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR INSTALLATION OF THE METERS.

AND SO THOSE ARE OCCURRING CITYWIDE, BUT THEY FOLLOW THE KIND OF THE PATTERN OF ESTABLISHING COVERAGE FIRST, BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY SURVEY CERTAIN LOCATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THIS GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT IS A DASHBOARD, WHICH KIND OF HELPS TRACK OUR PROGRESS.

UH, THIS WAS REFLECTED OF LAST WEEK'S PROGRESS ON HOW MANY SURVEYS WE'VE DONE, UH, CITYWIDE, WE'RE CLOSER TO ABOVE 9,000 TODAY.

AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO

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AND THAT ALSO IS COMPLEMENTED BY SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE'LL BE SENDING OUT TO CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS YOUR DISTRICT OFFICES.

I BELIEVE WE JUST RECENTLY, UM, ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL, UM, AREAS TO FOCUS IN ON, IN THE SOUTHWEST, UH, DCS WERE ESTABLISHED AND COVERAGE.

AND SO YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED SOME INITIAL COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE WILL BE SURVEYING AS WELL AS, UM, INSTALLING METERS IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA.

YEAH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO ONCE WE'VE ESTABLISHED SOME SERVING PRE SERVING, UM, OF CERTAIN AREAS, WE ALSO WILL COMMUNICATE WITH CUSTOMERS THAT WERE IN THE AREA OR WHEN WE WILL BE INSTALLING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THIS TOOL HELPS US TRACK PROGRESS ON INSTALLATIONS OF THE METERS.

UH, WE'RE WE'RE, UM, WE'RE PROBABLY CLOSER TO 4,800 METERS TO DATE.

UH, THIS WAS CAPTURED, UM, PROBABLY A WEEK AGO, BUT, UH, WE'RE PROGRESSING, UM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AS WELL AS, UH, CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH METER EXCHANGES IN THE PILOT AREAS.

THERE ARE SOME MORE CHALLENGING METERS TO KIND OF, UH, EXCHANGE AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE LARGER SIZE AND THEY REQUIRE A CONFINED SPACE ENTRY INTO VAULTS.

AND SO SOME OF THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THOSE PILOT AREAS AS WE, UM, UH, CONTINUE TO FINISH OUT SOME OF THE PILOT AS WELL AS EXPAND CITY WIDE.

SO THE NEXT STEPS, UH, FOR THIS, UH, MITX WATER PROGRAM IS TO CONTINUE TO, UH, COMPLETE THE PILOT, WHICH IS, UH, OUR TARGET OF ABOUT 4,800 METERS, 48, 60 TO BE EXACT.

AND WE WERE JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER THAT.

SO WE'LL BE COMPLETING THAT AREA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, BUT THEN ALSO TO LAUNCH NEW CERT NEW SERVICE AREAS, WHICH WILL WE'RE CALLING BATCH POST PILOT AREAS.

UM, AND I MENTIONED TWO OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE RIGHT NOW SCHEDULED FOR, UH, THE, IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF AUSTIN.

UM, THERE'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2000 METERS THAT WE PLAN TO EXCHANGE WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH A SERIES OF, UH, DCU DEPLOYMENTS, INITIAL SURVEYS, EVENTUALLY, UM, METER INSTALLATIONS FOR EVERY SINGLE IDENTIFIED BATCH AREA.

UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE PILOT THAT WE ARE ADJUSTING TO.

AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION INFORMATION IN WHICH RANDY JENKINS WILL KIND OF HELP COVER IN THE NEXT, UH, FOLLOW UP SLIDES.

UH, SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU OUR SNAPSHOT PROGRESS AS WE CONTINUE TO NOT ONLY EXPAND THROUGH COMPLETION OF OUR PILOT AREAS, BUT ALSO EXPAND CITY-WIDE WITH NOT ONLY THE DCU, UH, PROGRESS, BUT ALSO THE SURVEYING OF OUR BEATERS, UH, AND THEN EVENTUALLY THE INSTALLATION OF OUR NEW, UH, MY ATX WATER METER WITH THAT.

I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER, UH, WITH NEXT SLIDE.

UH, I BELIEVE RANDY WE'LL COVER SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, RIGHT? THANK YOU, RICK.

AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COVER, UM, OUR, MY ATX WATER COMMUNICATIONS.

SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AS AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, WHAT I PLAN TO COVER WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON, I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS OVERVIEW AND KIND OF RECALL SOME OF THE PRIOR INFORMATION THAT WE SHARED IN OUR AUGUST, 2020 BRIEFING TO YOU.

UM, AND ALSO SHARE SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED AND KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR EVALUATION OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS THUS FAR.

AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL GO OVER HOW WE PLAN TO IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND OUR ACTION ITEMS, AND NEXT STEPS RELATED.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, I'LL BE STARTING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS OVERVIEW.

TO OUR, MY ATX WATER PROJECT.

SO AS YOU MAY RECALL, FROM OUR AUGUST, 2020 BRIEFING, UM, WE HAVE APPLIED A COMPREHENSIVE AND MULTI-PHASE COMMUNICATION APPROACH

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AND SO, UM, IT STARTED WITH AFTER APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY OUR CONTRACT EXECUTIONS WITH OUR VENDORS.

WE LAUNCHED A WEBSITE, UM, THAT WEBSITE REALLY PROVIDES INSIGHT AND AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR, UM, AMI INFORMATION AND CERTAINLY SHOWCASES OUR FEATURE OF THIS PROJECT IN AND OF OUR CUSTOMER PORTAL.

AND THEN IT ALSO PROVIDES DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT, UM, WITHIN THAT THOSE WEB PAGES, YOU KNOW, AND WITH HOPES TO BUILD CITIZEN TRUST AND PROVIDE OVERALL CUSTOMER SERVICE, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE CLOCK ANY TIME THAT ANYONE MAY WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROJECT.

UM, SECONDLY, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING MAILERS AND POSTCARDS THROUGHOUT OUR PILOT PHASE OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, IT STARTS WITH OUR MAILER.

UM, WE TRADITIONALLY SEND OUT A MAILER 30 DAYS PRIOR TO A CUSTOMER'S METER INSTALL.

UM, OUR VENDOR FOLLOWS UP ONE TO TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE METER INSTALL WITH A POSTCARD.

AND AGAIN, THAT JUST PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION.

UM, AND THEN THE POSTCARD, A REMINDER TO THE PROJECT AND SHOWCASES THE BENEFITS TO OUR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

ONCE THE METER IS INSTALLED AT A CUSTOMER'S ADDRESS, UM, WE, THE, THE VENDOR PROVIDES A DOOR HANGER TO THE CUSTOMER.

UM, AND THEN IT LETS THEM KNOW THAT THE METER INSTALLATION WAS SUCCESSFUL.

AND IT ALSO PROVIDES DETAILS ABOUT FLUSHING, THEIR WATER LINES OUTSIDE THEIR HOME, AND ALSO, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT REMINDING TO SIGN UP FOR OUR CUSTOMER PORTAL IF, UM, INSTALLATION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL FOR WHATEVER, UM, FILLED ISSUES MAY HAVE OCCURRED.

UM, THEN A DOOR HANGER IS ALSO LEFT NOTIFYING THAT CUSTOMER THAT THE METER WAS NOT INSTALLED AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT WE WILL BE CIRCLING BACK TO THAT ADDRESS AFTER WORK IS PERFORMED AT THAT METER.

OTHER ITEMS I WANT TO MENTION IS CERTAINLY SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN USED THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT.

UM, ABOUT ONE TO TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE PILOT LAUNCH, WE, UM, IMPLEMENTED SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT AND WE'RE MONITORING THAT THROUGHOUT, UM, AS COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, INITIATED, WE REMINDED THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS THAT WE WERE HOSTING, UM, YOU KNOW, ALBEIT VIRTUALLY RIGHT NOW, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY DIRECTING THEM TO OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ENCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.

UM, WE COORDINATED INTERNALLY WITH ALL OF OUR CONTACT CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, NAMELY OUR UTILITY CONTACT CENTER WITH AUSTIN ENERGY AS WELL AS THREE ONE ONE.

UM, AND THEN INTERNALLY THE AUSTIN WATER OR DISPATCH AND OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, INCLUDING YOUR OFFICES WERE, UM, SITUATED WITH INFORMATION THAT COULD BE UTILIZED TO ANSWER, UM, CUSTOMER AND CONSTITUENT QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

AND THEN FINALLY, AS I NOTATED A FEW MINUTES AGO, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND STAKEHOLDER EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD THROUGHOUT THIS PILOT PROJECT, UM, INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS ON AMI AND ALL OF ITS ROBUST BENEFITS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JUST AS A VISUAL REMINDER, THIS SLIDE, THE PICS, BOTH OUR CUSTOMER MAILER AND OUR CUSTOMER POSTCARD.

AND SO ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE ON THE SCREEN I'VE COVERED IN OUR PRIOR SLIDE, BUT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, THE WAYS THAT WE WILL AND ARE USING OUR, MY WATER CUSTOMER PORTAL.

NOT ONLY IS IT A WAY FOR CUSTOMERS TO SIGN UP ABOUT THEIR USAGE, BUT WE ARE ALSO UTILIZING IT TO ENGAGE IN EMAIL CUSTOMERS IN A WAY TO, UM, PROVIDE, UM, BACK AND FORTH INFORMATION WITH OUR CUSTOMERS.

SO IF THEY HAVE AN EMAIL QUESTION, THEY CAN EMAIL THROUGH THE PORTAL AND ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES IS ABLE TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS ON THE SPOT.

SO MOVING INTO LESSONS LEARNED AND SOME OF OUR KEY HIGHLIGHTS, UM, I WANT TO TOUCH IN ON, UM, SOME OF OUR SURVEYS AND CUSTOMER FOCUS GROUPS THAT WE'VE HELD NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AS A, UH, OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE PERFORMED SINCE, UM, NEARING THE END OF OUR PILOT PHASE OF THIS PROJECT, WE SURVEYED, UM, APPROXIMATELY 3,400 OF OUR NEW AMI CUSTOMERS.

UM, AND THROUGH THOSE SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS, UM, WE'VE KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO DRILL DOWN AND TO SOME OF THE TOUCH POINTS THAT WE NEED TO ENHANCE AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE WORKING WELL.

AND SO, AS AN OVERVIEW OF THAT, ONE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS, UM, THUS FAR HAS BEEN THE TIMELINESS OF OUR CUSTOMER TOUCH POINTS TO OUR, THE ACTUAL

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METER INSTALL.

UM, SECONDLY, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ENHANCING TR TRAINING FOR OUR INSTALLERS AND OUR VENDORS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY.

SO NO MATTER WHO THE INSTALLER IS AT THE RESIDENCE, UM, THAT IS MAKING THAT METER IN EXCHANGE THAT THEY ARE SAYING AND DOING THE SAME THINGS THAT ALL THE OTHER INSTALLERS ACROSS THE CITY ARE DOING.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDING A CUSTOMER PORTAL LINK TO OUR DOOR HANGERS, UM, WHILE IT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN INCLUDED ON OUR MAILERS AND OUR POISE POSTCARD, WE DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AT THAT LAST POINT OF CONTACT, MAKE SURE THAT CUSTOMERS ARE REMINDED TO, UM, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO VIEW THEIR USAGE, UM, RIGHT AWAY.

AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR THAT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE FOUND THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CLARITY AROUND OUR FLUSHING LANGUAGE TO PREVENT ANY CONFUSION WITH OUR CUSTOMER BASE ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO, UM, CONDUCT FLUSHING AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S SIMPLE AND, UM, DOES NOT CREATE ADDITIONAL.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, THAT OUR VENDOR IS PROPERLY USING THAT DID NOT INSTALL DOOR HANGER.

UM, THERE IS A PLACE ON THAT DOOR HANGER FOR THE INSTALLER TO PLACE COMMENTS.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR INSTALLERS ARE PLACING THOSE COMMENTS SO THAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE AWARE OF WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND THAT WE WILL BE BACK TO THEM TO INSTALL THEIR AMI METER.

AND SO SOME OF THE, UM, ONLINE SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS, UM, GAVE US SOME, SOME GREAT INSIGHT AND ALSO SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK FEEDBACK.

ADDITIONALLY, UM, SO WHEN WE ASKED, UM, THERE WAS AN INCREASED AWARENESS ABOUT THE PROJECT, 81% OF OUR CUSTOMERS WHO TOOK THE SURVEY WERE ALREADY AWARE OF THE PROJECT.

SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT INDICATES IS THAT OUR WEBSITE AND OTHER MESSAGING IS WORKING AND IS FILTRATING, UM, DOWN TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, WHEN OUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS, UM, COMMUNICATED WITH AN INSTALLER, THEY REPORTED A POSITIVE INTERACTION, 96% OF THE TIME, WHICH IS A HIGH VALUE TO US.

WE WANT CUSTOMERS TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE GETTING FROM OUR VENDOR.

AND THROUGH THOSE AMI INSTALLS, THERE WAS AN OVERALL HIGH AVERAGE SATISFACTION, UM, ON A ONE TO 10 SCALE WHEN WE ASKED, UH, OUR RESPONDENTS SAID THAT ALMOST 8.5% OR EIGHT, EIGHT AND A HALF TIMES, UM, THEY WERE HIGHLY AND MORE THAN AVERAGE SATISFIED.

UM, ONE OF THE, UM, KIND OF AHA MOMENTS THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT OUR SURVEYS AND CERTAINLY THROUGH OUR FOCUS GROUPS IS THAT, UM, OUR CUSTOMERS INDICATED THAT THEY PREFERRED EMAIL COMMUNICATION OVER TRADITIONAL MELD COMMUNICATION FROM US.

UM, AND THAT WAS TWO 85% OF THE TIME.

UM, THEY STATED THAT THEY PREFERRED AN EMAIL IN LIEU OF TRADITIONAL MAILINGS.

AND THEN LASTLY, AGAIN, WHICH I NOTED NOTED ON OUR PRIOR SLIDE, THE TIMING OF THE METER INSTALLATION COMMUNICATIONS WAS THE MOST MENTIONED CUSTOMER PAIN POINT.

AND I'LL BE DRILLING INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN MY, MY FUTURE SLIDES.

AND SO TO PROVIDE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT THE FOCUS GROUP THAT, THAT WERE HELD, WE HELD THREE FOCUS GROUPS IN THE MONTH OF APRIL AND, UM, OVERALL PARTICIPANTS, UM, INDICATED THAT THEY WERE MOTIVATED BY A DESIRE TO CONSERVE WATER.

I MEAN, THAT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS AND, AND ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES TO THE UTILITY TO PUT THIS PROJECT IN MOTION.

AND SO WE WERE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THEY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED, UM, THE SAFETY FEATURES OF THIS PORTAL.

AND I THINK THAT CERTAINLY IS ON THE HILLS OF THE WINTER STORM AND, AND EVERYONE PLAYING CO PLAYING CLOSE ATTENTION, EXCUSE ME, UM, TO THEIR PORTAL AND WHAT IT CAN DO FOR THEM.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UM, NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES STILL WERE CENTERED AROUND, UM, THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHEN EXACTLY THEIR METER INSTALLED, WHAT HAPPENED.

UM, AND THEN ONE THIRD OF, OF OUR CUSTOMERS IN OUR FOCUS GROUPS NOTED THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE DOOR HANGER AND ALL AT ALL, AND WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THE LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO FLUSH THEIR PIPES.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THERE WAS A CONCERN, UM, FROM THOSE FOCUS GROUP MEMBERS WHILE THEY DID NOT PERSONALLY HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE, THEY DID, UM, RESPOND WITH AN OVERALL CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO, OR EXPERIENCE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND, UM, HIGHLIGHTED A POTENTIAL DIGITAL DIVIDE.

AND SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN MY NEXT SLIDE.

TO IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO ROLL THIS PRO THIS PROJECT OUT CITY Y NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND SO WITH ALL, ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND EVALUATION OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO THE MITX WATER PROJECT, UM, WE WILL BE TAKING ACTION STEPS, UM, AND ALREADY HAVE

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AND SO, AS YOU HEARD ME MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT MY PRESENTATION ABOUT ALIGNING BETTER WITH THE METER INSTALL SCHEDULE, WE WILL BE DOING THAT.

WE ARE GOING TO, TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS.

UM, WE WILL STILL BE MAILING OUR INITIAL INFOR INFOR INFORMATIVE LETTER TO OUR CUSTOMER BASE BY TRADITIONAL MAIL METHODS.

UM, BUT WE WILL BE REVISING AND REPLACING OUR POSTCARD COMMUNICATION THAT OUR VENDOR WAS PREVIOUSLY SENDING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNAGE SO THAT, UM, CUSTOMERS CAN VISIBLY SEE WHEN THEY DRIVE INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, WALK THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, ET CETERA, THAT OUR INSTALLERS WILL BE ON THEIR SEAT.

SECONDLY, UM, AND, AND TO THE PREFERRED COMMUNICATIONS, UH, BY EMAIL, WE'RE GOING TO SEND EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS CLOSER TO THE TIME WHEN THE WORK IS ACTUALLY BEING DONE.

SO, UM, WITHIN THAT WEEK, WE WILL BE NOTIFYING CUSTOMERS THAT THEIR METER INSTALL IS PENDING AND TO EXPECT US SOON.

SO THAT WILL GET US MUCH CLOSER TO THE TIME THERE.

UM, WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO CONTINUE OUR EFFECTIVE METHODS AND MATERIALS.

SO NOT EVERYTHING THAT WE DID, UM, UM, WAS POOR.

WE CERTAINLY HAD SOME, SOME BIG WINS, YOU KNOW, OUR VIRTUAL OUTREACH MEETINGS WERE WELL ATTENDED.

IN FACT, UM, LOOKING BACK IN HISTORY OF AUSTIN WATER PROJECTS, OUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS WERE ACTUALLY, UM, MORE ATTENDED THAN ANY OF OUR PRIOR IN-PERSON MEETINGS THAT WE HELD, UM, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

SO THAT WAS CERTAINLY A WIN FOR US.

IN ADDITION TO OUR OUTREACH MEETINGS, WE ARE GOING TO TWEAK THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT METHOD VIRTUALLY, AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE PANDEMIC LIFTING, GO BACK TO SOME IN-PERSON OPTIONS, BUT ALSO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO VIDEO A STANDING, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE 24 SEVEN, UM, KIND OF OUTREACH GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT WITH FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SO THAT, UM, A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR RESIDENT CAN, UM, GO ONLINE AND WATCH THAT VIDEO AT ANY TIME THAT MAY BE BEST FOR THEM IN THEIR SCHEDULE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR DOOR HANGERS.

WE ARE GOING TO, UM, ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR INSTALLERS CONTINUED TO BE TRAINED AND ARE AWARE OF WHAT THAT DOOR HANGER, NOTIFICATION PURPOSE IS AND ENSURING THAT THEY ARE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT.

AND THEN, UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ALL OF OUR METHODS FOR INVITING OUR CUSTOMERS TO JOIN THE PORTAL THAT IN OF ITSELF IS A MULTI-PHASE PROCESS.

WE INVITE THEM SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATION METHODS AND, UM, AFTER THEIR METER INSTALL, WE CIRCLE BACK WITH THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO SIGN UP FOR THE PORTAL AGAIN.

UM, SO SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, AS ALWAYS, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR WEBPAGE AND ADD, UM, AND, AND MAKE OUR FAQ'S MORE ROBUST AS MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COME UP FOR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE, UM, THE, OUR VIDEOS AND CERTAINLY OUR PORTAL MESSAGING, UM, THAT INTERACTS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, BOTH NOT ONLY THROUGH OUR EMAIL THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT ALSO UTILIZING, UM, ROBOCALLS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING, WE'RE COMING TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO EXPECT US SOON.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.

AND AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN IT BACK UP TO YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF MYSELF OR RICK.

OUR WATER USAGE IN THE CITY.

UM, SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, RICK AND RANDY FOR THAT, UH, PRESENTATION.

UM, LET'S SEE.

SO DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION THEN.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION I JUST WANT TO, UH, EMPHASIZE IN, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC AGAIN, THE VALUE OF AMI.

UM, AND, UM, SO, SO DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU SAY AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU ALL, UM, TALK ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, AT A HIGH LEVEL, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO AN INDIVIDUAL? IS IT LETS THEM TRACK HOW MUCH WATER THEY'RE USING, WHICH HELPS THEM IF THEY'RE, UH, ATTEMPTING TO, TO, UH, REDUCE THEIR WATER USAGE, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL WANT TO BE WORKING TOWARDS.

AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, A CITY PERSPECTIVE, UH, IT HELPS YOU TRACK, UH, THESE OF WATER, WHICH MEANS WITH ALL THE DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU, YOU CAN HELP DETECT LEAKS SOONER AND YOU CAN HELP MANAGE WATER IN THE SYSTEM SOONER.

UH, IS THAT THE RIGHT WAY TO TALK ABOUT IT? OR IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD? I'M JUST TRYING TO TAKE IT UP A LEVEL JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE HOW IMPORTANT THIS AMI SYSTEM IS, UM, FOR OUR, UH, FOR

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COUNCIL MEMBER.

I THINK YOU'RE HITTING EXACTLY ON THE VALUE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST TAKE A HIGH LEVEL STEP BACK, UM, RIGHT NOW CUSTOMERS JUST GET ONE DATA POINT A MONTH FROM THE UTILITY AND THAT'S RETROACTIVE, YOU GET YOUR BILL AND, UH, AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND YOU JUST HAVE TO PAY IT.

AND, UM, AND WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT REALLY CHANGES THAT WHOLE PARADIGM, INSTEAD OF ONE DATA POINT A MONTH, YOU GET A MULTIPLE DATA POINTS A DAY.

YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WATER YOU'RE USING HOUR BY HOUR.

YOU CAN SET UP NOTICES, UH, TO, UH, TO BE ALERTED.

IF, IF THE SYSTEM DETECTS A LEAK AT YOUR, AT YOUR HOME FOR YOU TO CONSIDER INVESTIGATING, UH, IT WILL, UM, GIVE YOU, UH, ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS INTO SAY YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

MAYBE YOU MISS PROGRAMS, YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

AND INSTEAD OF ONE DAY PER WEEK, IT'S GOING ON EVERY NIGHT.

UH, AND YOU CAN SPOT THESE TRENDS EARLIER, UH, AND TAKE ACTIONS TO AVOID A HIGH WATER BILL OR A MESSY LEAK REPAIR.

UM, UH, AND IT GIVES US JUST A TWO WAY STREET TO, TO COMMUNICATE WITH CUSTOMERS.

AND SO YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

THIS IS A WHOLE NEW PARADIGM OF THE WAY WE, UH, WE GIVE CUSTOMER DATA AND THE WAY THE DATA CAN BE USED.

AND SO REALLY JUST, WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, USE THE PORTAL, SIGN UP FOR THE PORTAL, UM, UH, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, USE THIS NEW, THIS NEW, UH, UH, LENS INTO, INTO YOUR WATER USE.

UM, SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO, UM, OUR, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE WATER FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION UPDATES SHARE.

I JUST, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE.

SORRY.

NO, SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I DIDN'T SEE YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.

THAT'S OKAY.

I KNOW WHEN YOU FIRST ASKED FOR QUESTIONS THERE, WEREN'T OTHER HANDS, UM, I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE SOUTHWEST AUSTIN IS GOING TO GET TO PARTICIPATE.

UM, IN OTHER PHASES OF THE PILOT, I WOULD JUST ASK, PLEASE SEND US INFORMATION, LET US KNOW WHO OUR POINT OF CONTACT COULD BE, SO WE CAN HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT AND REALLY PARTICIPATE IN IT.

I THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING.

REMEMBER, WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH YOUR OFFICES AND, UH, WE HOPE BY THE SUMMER, OR PROBABLY LATER SUMMER, YOU KNOW, WE'LL RAMP UP TO A THOUSAND METERS A WEEK INSTALLS.

SO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO THE INDUSTRIAL PHASE OF THIS WHERE METERS WILL START TO PEEL OUT, UH, VERY RAPIDLY.

AND SO, UH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL COORDINATE WITH OFFICES IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE'RE REACHING THOSE LEVELS.

I, I, THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO HEAR AND SO EXCITED FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WATER FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE.

LET'S MOVE ON

[5. Water Forward Implementation Updates.]

INFLOW DURING THAT DROUGHT PERIOD OF 2008, 2015, AND THEN THE GREEN BARS SHOW THE CURRENT INFLOWS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED SO FAR THIS YEAR, WHILE THIS HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTING YEAR FROM AN INFLOW PERSPECTIVE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON INFLOWS INTO THE HIND LEGS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, MY NAME IS KEVIN CRITTENDON.

I'M ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN WATER.

I'M OVER OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROGRAM AREA.

AND, UM, I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A UPDATE ON OUR, UM, INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES, PLANNING ACTIVITIES, AND OUR PROGRESS AND OUR WATERFALL WORD, UH, EXERCISE.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN OFF MY CAMERA JUST SO THAT I CAN HELP NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SLIDES, BUT, UH, I, I AM HERE.

SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I'M GOING TO START WITH A, UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR WATER SUPPLY CONDITIONS IN OUR REGION.

UM, BASICALLY THIS GRAPH DEPICTS, UH, THE AMOUNT OF WATER STORED IN BOTH LAKES BY CANON AND TRAVIS, WHICH IS OUR SOURCE OF STORED WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER.

UM, OUR CURRENT WATER STORAGE STATUS IS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE'RE JUST OVER A 1.4 MILLION ACRE FEET IN STORED WATER IN THE HIGHLIGHTS, WHICH IS ABOUT 70% OF OUR FULL STORAGE VOLUME.

UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY ON A DOWNWARD TREND OF CENT TREND IS KIND OF TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS WE TRADITIONALLY BEGAN TO SEE INCREASES IN WATER DEMAND MOVING INTO THE SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS.

UM, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE SLIDE ALSO SHOWS OR DEPICTS THAT HISTORICAL RESERVOIR STORAGE, UM, THAT HAPPENED, EH, YOU KNOW, IN OUR MORE RECENT ROUND OF 2008 TO 2015, YOU'LL NOTE THAT IN THAT TIMEFRAME, WE SAW SOME VERY, UH, HISTORICALLY LOW STORAGE VOLUMES GETTING DOWN TO APPROACHING 600,000 ACRE FEET OF STORAGE VOLUME IN THE HANA LAKES THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 30% OF CAPACITY AT THE HIGHLAND LAKES.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IMPACTING RESERVOIR STORAGE LEVELS ARE INFLOWS INTO THE HIGHLAND LAKES.

THIS GRAPHIC DEPICTS HISTORICAL AND RECENT INFLOWS IN THE HYMEN LAKES ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THE LIGHT BLUE BARS SHOW THE AVERAGE MONTHLY INFLOW OVER THE PERIOD RANGING FROM 1942 TO PRESENT THE DARK BLUE BARS SHOW THAT AVERAGE MONTHLY

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I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, INFLOWS INTO THE HIGHLAND LAKES ARE HIGHLY VARIABLE FROM YEAR TO YEAR OR MONTH TO MONTH.

AND WHILE OUR INFLOWS FROM THE JANUARY TO APRIL TIMEFRAME HAVE TOTAL ABOUT 63,000 ACRE FEE, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN WE WOULD HAVE PREFERRED.

UM, JUST SINCE THE START OF MAY, WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED 60,000 ACRE FEET IN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

SO OUR FIRST 12 DAYS OF THE YEAR, MONTH, EXCUSE ME, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT IS THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR HOLD FOR OUR WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK? UM, THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY UPDATES OR LATE FORECASTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THIS PARTICULAR GRAPHIC CAN BE FOUND@THEIRWEBSITEATWWWDOTLCRA.ORG.

UH, IN GENERAL, THE GRAPH REFLECTS THE RECENT DECLINE IN RESERVE RESERVOIR STORAGE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, AND THEN PROVIDE SOME PROJECTIONS OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, WHICH STARTING AT THE GOLD BAR, MOVING TO THE RIGHT.

AND THOSE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT POTENTIAL CONDITIONS TO REFLECT WET MEDIAN DRY OR EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS.

AGAIN, REPRESENTED IN THE GREEN, BLUE, ORANGE, AND RED DOTTED LINES UNDER ALL OF THESE SCENARIOS.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT A STAGE ONE BRA RESTRICTION COULD POTENTIALLY BE NECESSARY.

HOWEVER, IN, IN NONE OF THE PREDICTIONS, DO WE ANTICIPATE GETTING DOWN TO A STAGE TWO DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS AT THIS TIME? I'D ALSO NOTE THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS PREDICTING A TRANSITION FROM LANEA TO A NEUTRAL WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE MAY THROUGH JULY PERIOD.

AND SO OVERALL THAT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR US THAT ANTICIPATES US MOVING FROM OUR CURRENT MORE DRY CONDITIONS TO PERHAPS A MORE NEUTRAL WEATHER CONDITIONS.

AND THEN UNDER BUILDING RESILIENCE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PARTICULAR STRATEGIES WHICH INCLUDE OUR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY PROJECT, WHICH COUNCIL WILL RECALL THAT WE, UH, YOU APPROVED, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, UH, THE SELECTION OF AN ENGINEERING FIRM FOR THAT.

SO WITH THAT AS A BACKUP, UH, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF SHIFT, UH, TO PROVIDE SOME, UH, BACKGROUND AND UPDATES ON WATERFALL WARD, UM, AND JUST BY WAY OF KIND OF RE REGROUNDING EVERYONE IN 2018, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ADOPTED OUR WATER FORWARD PLAN, WHICH IS OUR A HUNDRED YEAR INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLAN.

UM, SEVERAL KEY FACTORS AROUND OUR PLANNING INCLUDED A CONSIDERATION OF CONTINUED POPULATION, GROWTH DROUGHTS, AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.

SO HYDROLOGY AND CLIMATE ANALYSIS AND MODELING WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PLAN OR FORD PROVIDES US A ROADMAP FOR DEMAND MANAGEMENT AND SUPPLY STRATEGIES TO ENSURE DIVERSIFIED SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT WATER FUTURE.

AND IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN REFLECTED OUR COMMUNITY VALUES, ALSO MOTOR STAFF MET ON A MONTHLY BASIS WITH OUR COUNCIL APPOINTED CITIZENS TASK FORCE AND THE WATERFORD CITIZENS TASK FORCE.

UM, ADDITIONALLY ON SOME WATER CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND WE CONTINUED TO DO THAT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGES.

UM, AS WE BEGAN TO START TO FOCUS ON PLANNING FOR AN UPDATE IN WATERFALL WORD, WHICH WILL BE DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN 2023, WE'LL ALSO TRY TO, WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE THAT OUTREACH AND TRY TO, UM, EVEN ENRICH THOSE OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AT A HIGH LEVEL, THIS LAST SLIDE REPRESENTS COVER THE SIMPLIFIED OVERVIEW OF WATERFORD RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES IN THE 2018 PLAN.

UM, BASICALLY IN THIS SLIDE, WE'VE GOT STRATEGIES, UM, CATEGORIZED IN FOUR PRIMARY CATEGORIES STARTING LEFT TO RIGHT REDUCING DEMAND, THEN REUSE, UM, PROTECTING OUR CORE SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES AND BUILDING RESILIENCY, UM, INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES THAT UNDER THAT CAP, THOSE CATEGORIES INCLUDE UNDER THE REDUCING DEMAND.

WE'VE GOT BENCHMARKING AMI, WHICH YOU JUST RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON WATER LOSS CONTROL AND CONSERVATION ORDINANCES INCENTIVES UNDER EXPANDING, REUSE OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS INCLUDES STRATEGIES SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING OR DEVELOPING OUR ON-SITE REUSE PROGRAM, EXPANDING OUR CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO, UM, UH, BEGINNING WORK ON DE-CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT UNDER PROTECTING THE POOR COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES.

THAT'S OUR WATER PROTECTION STRATEGIES.

UM, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY PRIMARILY RELATED TO, UM, WORKING WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS LIKE THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY, UM, OUR STATE WATER PLANNING AND REGION K PLANNING ACTIVITIES AND WORKING WITH INTEREST GROUPS AND AGENCIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

UM,

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UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE AS A DROUGHT MITIGATION STRATEGY FOR THE FUTURE.

THROUGH ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES, WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS, STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS, AGAIN, INCLUDING OUR WATERFORD COMMUNITY TASKFORCE, VARIOUS SUBCOMMITTEES OF THAT TASK FORCE, A NUMBER OF WORKING GROUPS, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS.

AND AGAIN, CONTINUING TO TRY TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND, AND CAST THE BROADEST NET TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL VOICES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE'LL TAKE JUST ONE SECOND TO NOTE, UM, YOU KNOW, GREG MENTIONED SOME, UM, AWARD OPPORTUNITIES.

WE'RE PROUD OF THE NATIONAL LEVEL RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR, UM, OUR WATER RESOURCES, UH, UTILITY OF THE FUTURE AWARD THROUGH WHEAT, UH, CERTAINLY RECOGNIZED OUR WORK AND THE WATERFORD SPACE.

UH, THIS ADDITIONALLY GREG MENTIONED OUR OSCAR AND CLAIRE UP.

UM, OUR ONSITE REUSE PROJECTS RECEIVE TWO SEPARATE AWARDS FROM TEXAS AWW, A UM, FOR CONSERVATION AND ENLARGE UTILITY REUSE CATEGORY.

UM, AND THEN PREVIOUSLY WE ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE, UH, EXCELLENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE FOR OUR WATERFALL PROGRAM.

SO I'LL TAKE THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF SOME OF THE SPECIFIC WATERFALL STRATEGIES AND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE ON THOSE.

UM, AGAIN, THE COLORADO RIVER HAS LONG BEEN THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CORE OF OUR WATER SUPPLY NOW.

AND IN THE FUTURE, ONE EXAMPLE OF THESE STRATEGIES INCLUDES, UH, YOU KNOW, WATER CONTINENT, AUSTIN WATER, CONTINUING TO BE A LEADING VOICE IN THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, SPONSORED REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY PLANNING EFFORTS THROUGH OUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN REGION K.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF MEETINGS, COLLABORATIONS, PLANNING STUDIES.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO PROTECT OUR INTERESTS LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

UH, THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE BALANCING REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY NEEDS FOR MUNICIPAL, AGRICULTURAL USES AND INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER WATER NEEDS.

AND ADDITIONALLY, IT INCLUDES ENSURING PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS FOR INSTREAM FLOWS AND BANISHED WHERE YOUR FRESHWATER NEEDS.

UM, OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THIS CATEGORY INCLUDE AUSTIN WATER AND CITY STAFF REGULARLY MEETING WITH TECHNICAL AND EXECUTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY RELATED TO OUR WATER PARTNERSHIP AND CONTRACTS.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES WORKING WITH LCRA AND THE TCQ ON REGULAR UPDATES TO L CIGAR HIS WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND OTHER WATER RIGHTS ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT SERVE TO IMPACT OUR, FOR WATER SUPPLY.

I WON'T SPEND A LOT, A LOT OF TIME HERE.

WE ALREADY DID TALK ABOUT WHERE ARE MY ATX WATER, BUT AGAIN, JUST TO RESIGNATE THERE RESONATE THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, IMPROVED INFORMATION TO OUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT WATER USE EFFICIENCY TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE WATER, USE THE HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF WATER, USE HABITS AND BEHAVIOR, UM, AND ULTIMATELY PROMOTE WATER CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY TOWARD WATER SAVINGS.

NEXT SLIDE IN THE CATEGORY OF, OF MOVING REUSE FORWARD, WE'VE MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS AROUND OUR ON-SITE REUSE PROGRAM.

IN THE CASE CATEGORY OF REDUCING DEMAND, WE'VE BEEN PURSUING A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES RELATED TO NEW AND UPDATED WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. WE'RE LUCKY THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE'VE LONG HELD A VERY HIGH WATER CONSERVATION ETHIC.

UM, AND WE ARE A LEADER IN OUR REGION AMONG OTHER TEXAS CITIES AND COMMUNITIES IN WATER CONSERVATION.

UM, THAT'S EVIDENCED BY OUR REPEATED STRONG RANKING IN THE TEXAS LIVING WATERS, WATER CONSERVATION SCORE.

UM, SOME SPECIFIC AREAS OF NEW COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSERVATION ORDINANCES, UH, INCLUDE OUR IMPROVED COOLING TOWER EFFICIENCY STANDARDS, UH, RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND OTHER PROGRAM PROGRAMMATIC DISINCENTIVES, UM, TO TRY TO HELP, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE EFFICIENT COOLING TOWERS.

COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER THAT ITEM WAS BROUGHT BACK, I THINK, IN AROUND THE NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME OF LAST YEAR.

AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OTHER, UH, WATER CONSERVATION INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AROUND IRRIGATION SYSTEM EFFICIENCY AND UPGRADES, UM, LAND TRANSFER, UH, LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION REBATES, UM, A NEW PROGRAM FOR LAUNDRY, THE LANDSCAPE, WHICH THE GRAY WATER REUSE PROGRAM, UH, INCENTIVES AROUND POOL, UH, CARTRIDGE FILTERS TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR BACK WASHING, UM, WE'VE DOUBLED REBATE AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN CONSERVATION STRATEGIES AND WE'VE STREAMLINED REBATE APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESSES.

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AND AGAIN, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE BUILDINGS AND SITES ACTUALLY BE A SEPARATE SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY.

UM, YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN NOVEMBER COUNCIL WAS APPROVED OUR REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS WORK, WHICH PROVIDES US TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ON-SITE REUSE SYSTEMS. AND OF COURSE, WE STILL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE ADOPTION OF LDC CODE AMENDMENTS, SO THAT BY 2023, WE'LL HAVE THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENT FOR LARGE, UM, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO INCLUDE ON-SITE REUSE AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

NEXT SLIDE ON THE INCENTIVE, THE FRONT, UM, AS RECENTLY AS APRIL COUNCIL APPROVED A NEW PILOT, UH, INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR ON-SITE REUSE PROJECTS, UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INCENTIVE TO HELP US DRIVE VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN LARGE DEVELOPMENTS FOR ON-SITE REUSE SO THAT WE CAN TEST A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.

AND AGAIN, PREPARE FOR OUR 2023 MANDATED ADOPTION.

UM, THIS WILL PROVIDE US OPPORTUNITY FOR PILOTING, UM, MORE LEARNING AROUND HOW USING THESE ONSITE SYSTEMS CAN HELP US, UM, HELP INCENTIVIZE EARLY ADOPTERS WHO WILL COME INTO THE SPACE AND, AND BE MORE FORWARD-THINKING AND HOW THEY MIGHT USE MORE WATER, SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

AND AT THE END WILL HELP US TEST AND CALIBRATE OUR REGULATORY FRAME, RIGHT, OR TO GAIN INSIGHTS INTO MAKING THIS AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GREG MENTIONED A MUSLIM, WATER'S BEEN A LEADER, UM, BY PILOTING INNOVATIVE ON-SITE REUSE.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR NEW, UM, UH, PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION OF OUR BLACK WATER REUSE SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAVE DUBBED CLARA, UM, ON THE SITE, IN ADDITION TO BLACK WATER TREATMENT AND REUSE FOR TOILET FLUSHING.

WE ALSO HAVE OSCAR, WHICH IS A RAINWATER COLLECTION AND REUSE SYSTEM.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY HOW THESE TYPES OF, UM, STRATEGIES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN, IN OUR DEVELOPMENTS.

NICE.

NEXT LINE.

SO IN THE CATEGORY OF INCREASING WATER REUSE, UM, WE, UM, HAVE DEVELOPED, OR STAFF HAS DEVELOPED A, AN IMPORTANT TOOL, A WHAT ARE YOU, UH, WATER BENCHMARK CALCULATOR, WHICH IS A TOOL FOR APPLICANTS, ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS, AND BUILDING OWNERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR PROJECT WATER NEEDS, UM, AND, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR REUSE ON SITE.

CURRENTLY, THIS WATER BALANCE CALCULATOR IS USED IN THE CONTEXT OF, OF INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO, UM, UH, GET AN ON-SITE REUSE PERMIT.

SO PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH OUR ON-SITE REUSE PERMITTING PROCESS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A, UH, UH, A WATER BENCHMARK OR WATER BALANCE CALCULATION.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE THAT WATER AND SMART CALCULATOR TO ALL, UM, UM, SITE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S PENDING ADOPTION OF FURTHER LAND CODE ORDINANCE CHANGES.

NEXT SLIDE ON THE ADDITIONALLY ON THE REUSE FRONT, OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR HISTORIC AND AWARD-WINNING CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM CONTINUES AUSTIN'S PURPLE PIPE SYSTEM HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO ADD RECLAIM CUSTOMERS.

UM, AS OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE REACHED NEARLY 160 INDIVIDUAL RECLAIMED CUSTOMERS ON OUR SYSTEM.

UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH MORE THAN 32 POTENTIAL NEW CUSTOMERS FOR RECLAIMED WATER APPLICATIONS.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO COMPLETE THE CORE AND FURTHER DEVELOP OUR RECLAIMED MASTER PLAN.

AND WE EXPECT, UM, AGAIN, THIS SYSTEM TO, TO BE ENHANCED THROUGH FUTURE LDC CODE ADOPTION, THAT MANDATES CONNECTION TO THE WATER, UH, RETAINING WATER SYSTEM TO THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN, UM, 500 FEET OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM.

HELP ELIMINATE ELIMINATE CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS IN EXISTING WASTEWATER CLUSTER.

IN ADDITION TO OUR ON-SITE REUSE, INCENTIVE, UM, INITIATIVES, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON EXPANDING OUR CENTRALIZED, UM, OUR, EXCUSE ME, OUR DECENTRALIZED APPROACHES AS WELL, UH, RATHER THAN ONLY CONSIDERED TRADITIONAL CENTRALIZED UTILITY SOLUTIONS.

WE'RE WORKING TO ENHANCE OUR PLANNING PRACTICES TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES, TO USE THESE CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED SOLUTIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR SERVICE AREA.

THESE SOLUTIONS CAN HELP BRING DISTRICT SCALE OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN EITHER DEFER LARGE, EXPENSIVE WASTEWATER CONVEYANCE PROJECTS AND OR

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SURE.

NEXT SLIDE AREA OF BUILDING RESILIENCY.

UH, WE HAD SUCCESSFULLY CONTRACTED WITH AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT HDR TO HELP FURTHER VALIDATE THE FEASIBILITY OF OUR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY STRATEGY.

AND AGAIN, OUR PILOTING PROGRESS, UH, PROCESS, UH, THIS PROJECT WOULD ALLOW US TO STORE UP TO 60,000 ACRE FEET OF EXCESS, UH, TREATED WATER WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE STORE THAT UNDERGROUND AND AN AQUIFER, WHICH COULD THEN BE RE-USED IN A FUTURE DROUGHT OR IN THE CASE OF A SYSTEM UPSET.

THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE ABOUT A TWO TO THREE-YEAR INITIAL PLANNING PHASE, WHICH WE'RE IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OR AT THE BEGINNING STATES OF RIGHT NOW TO EVALUATE DIFFERENT FORMATIONS FOR POSSIBLE ASR, PILOT DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY.

THEN WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A THREE TO FOUR YEAR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING PROCESS TO DO A PILOT TEST OF ASR FUNCTIONALITY.

UM, IF ALL THINGS, YOU KNOW, THOSE SUCCESSFUL AS, AS WE, WE HOPE, UM, THAT WILL GIVE US A FULL-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION THE ASR PROJECT, YOU KNOW, STARTING IN THE 20, 30, 20, 35 TIMES, RIGHT NEXT SLIDE.

SO LOOKING FORWARD, WE'LL BE CONTINUING WITH OUR ACTIVE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES THROUGH THE VARIOUS TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES AND DIFFERENT AND NEW OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I WILL CONTINUE FURTHER STUDY TO INFORM OUR PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION OF INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE, WHICH WILL BE A POTENTIAL DROUGHT RESPONSE STRATEGY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON COMPLETE COMPLETION OF THE UPDATE OF OUR CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED WATER MASTER PLAN.

AND, UM, WE'LL ALSO START TO THE START WITH PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS SCOPING AND KICKING OFF OUR PLANNING EFFORTS FOR OUR WATERFALL WORD UPDATE PROCESS, WHICH IS WHAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY 2023.

SO I'VE JUST PROVIDED THIS TO YOU ALL.

UM, THIS IS JUST A REMINDER.

WE DO PROVIDE QUARTERLY UPDATE TO MEMBERS OF A WALK.

UM, THIS IS SORT OF A SNAPSHOT OF THAT.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S PRETTY DENSE AND FAIRLY COMPACTED.

UM, THIS REPORT BASICALLY RECAPS THE PRESENTATION THAT I JUST MADE TO YOU, PERHAPS WITH A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICITY ON A FEW MORE DETAILS.

UM, I THINK REALLY WE'D JUST LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THEIR STAFF TO REACH OUT TO US.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS REPORT.

ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON HOW WE COULD MAKE THIS REPORT MORE MEANINGFUL OR MORE INFORMATIVE.

SO WITH THAT, UM, I THINK NEXT SLIDE THING, I AM AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, UM, AND I AM AVAILABLE TO QUESTIONS.

I'LL ALSO INVITE WE HAVE, UH, ONE OF OUR STAFFERS MONDAY, SO FLORES GONZALEZ, WHO I'LL INVITE IN HERE TO MAKE SURE SHE'S AVAILABLE.

UM, NARISSA IS SUPERVISOR OVER OUR WATER RESOURCES TEAM AND HAS BEEN SORT OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE HARBOR WATER FORWARDS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.

SO, UM, MARISA, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

PLANNING CONTINUES TO BE A WORK IN PROCESS THAT I THINK WE LOOK TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATERFORD 20, 23.

I KNOW THAT I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAD A QUESTION.

I THINK IF YOU WANT TO ASK, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST CHAIR.

UM, SO FIRST, UH, QUESTION, SINCE YOU FINISHED, I HAVE TWO, ONE IS ON THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS WITH THE DIFFERENT, UM, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

HOW IS THAT GOING AND IS SO GENERALLY, HOW IS THAT GOING? AND THEN SPECIFICALLY TO WATER BUDGETS AND RIVER FLOW AND REGION K AND THE LCRA I WANTED TO CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU ALL ON HOW THE WATER BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS WAS GOING WITH TESLA.

YOU MAY REMEMBER ABOUT YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UM, FOLKS IN TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT, AT ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

SO, AND I KNOW THAT TESLA, THE WATER BUDGET THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT WAS RATHER LARGE.

UH, I ALSO KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOWNSTREAM OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT THEY WILL HAVE IMPACTS THERE'LL BE IMPACTS WILL BE THE DOWNSTREAM FOLKS.

AND THE ESTUARY HEALTH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

CERTAINLY.

SO I'LL TAKE THE FIRST QUESTION FIRST AND LAST NIGHT HE SAID, UH, HELP ME OUT.

BUT, UM, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS HAS BEEN, UM, I WOULD SAY VERY SUCCESSFUL.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID A LOT OF OUTREACH IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND TRYING TO REACH OUT BEYOND THE MORE TRADITIONAL GROUPS, UM, THAT WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM.

UM, I'LL SAY THAT PARTICULAR ELEMENT OF OUR

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UM, I KNOW WE WE'VE WATCHED SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND EQUITY PLANNING.

I THINK WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO ADOPT SOME OF THOSE, UM, UM, KIND OF, UH, PROTOCOLS IN KIND OF TRYING TO REACH OUT.

UM, BUT OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS AND, UM, PRESENTATIONS AND ENGAGEMENTS ALONG THE LAKE TO VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BOTH THE ADVOCATE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, UH, IMMEDIATELY SORT OF PRE PANDEMIC.

AND AS WE MOVED INTO THE, THE SPACE TO ACTUALLY ADOPT OUR, UM, ON-SITE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, BEYOND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, UH, OF ENGAGEMENT WITH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, OUR TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND VARIOUS SUB COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS, UM, MARISA YOU ON ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THAT REGARD, JUST SAY THAT, UM, OUR ONSITE WATER REUSE TEAM, UH, CURRENTLY LED BY KATHERINE HELD SEVERAL WORKSHOPS AND THE SUMMER OF 2019 TO GATHER COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK SPECIFICALLY ON OUR ONSITE WATER REUSE PROGRAMS AND WAS THOSE ARE VERY WELL RECEIVED.

IT WAS ALSO AN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LET THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE CONTEMPLATING PUTTING IN PLACE AND ABOUT THESE SYSTEMS IN GENERAL.

AND, UM, THAT ONSITE WATER REUSE TEAM WILL CONTINUE THOSE, UM, COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY, UH, OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES.

AND OVERALL, JUST AS KEVIN MENTIONED FOR THE WATERFORD 2023 PLAN UPDATE PROCESS, WE ARE PLANNING TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP TO INFORM OUR DEVELOPMENT OF AN EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROADMAP WHERE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UM, AND THAT WILL HELP TO GUIDE A CRATE KIND OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES LEVEL, UH, TYPE INFORMATION THAT WE'LL INCORPORATE INTO THE PLAN OVERALL.

SO THEN I'LL, IF THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION, THEN I'LL GO BACK TO THE OTHER QUESTION AROUND TESLA.

UM, JUST EVERYBODY'S UPDATE.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, UM, WITH TEX TESLA ON THEIR GIGAFACTORY.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT IT IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED BY THE FACT, FIRST OF ALL, AT TESLA AT THAT PARTICULAR SITE IS PRIMARILY IN THESE, UM, THE, UM, AUTHORIZED SERVICE AREA OF ANOTHER NEIGHBORING UTILITY PROVIDER.

SO TECHNICALLY THEY ARE IN THE SERVICE AREA OF SOUTHWEST WATER UTILITY.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOUTHWEST WATER TRYING TO MOVE OUT OF THAT.

THEY ARE, UM, IT HAS BEEN, UH, SOMEWHAT OF A LABORIOUS PROCESS.

UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND SORT OF CONDITIONALLY ON A SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST WITH THE EXPECTATION ON THEIR PART, THAT THEY WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT.

UM, THEY HAVE JUST RECEIVED SOME CLARIFICATION FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS IN THE LAST WEEK ABOUT VALUATION ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH EXTRACTING THEMSELVES FROM THE CCN.

SO, UM, BUT WE EXPECT THAT PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS THAT MATTER WILL BE CLEAR THAT, UM, IN ESSENCE, TESLA IS BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE AT RISK, UM, HEADED TO OUR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THEIR, UM, ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ITS, AND PERMITS, ET CETERA, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THAT THEY DO EXTRACT THEMSELVES FROM THE CCM THAT THEY ARE BUILDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLIANT WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS.

UM, WE DO KNOW THAT THAT SITE, UM, WILL BE PLUMBED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAN RECEIVE, UM, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF RECLAIMED WATER.

THERE.

THEY LOOK AT IT VERY CLOSE TO OUR SOUTH AUSTIN REGIONAL PLAN, WHICH IS A GREAT SOURCE FOR A LOT OF RECLAIMED WATER, WHICH WE EXPECT THAT THEY WILL USE IN THEIR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES.

UM, UM, WE, WE ARE AWAITING, UM, ACTUALLY THE DELIVERY OF A TECHNICALLY A WATER BALANCE FOR THE BALANCE OF THEIR PROPERTY.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET.

UM, BUT WE DO EXPECT TO RECEIVE IT HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

UM, AND SO I KNOW AGAIN, UM, UH, CATHERINE, JUST SINSKEY, HER NAME WAS MENTIONED BEFORE SHE IS OVER OUR ONSITE REUSE TEAM.

UH, SHE HAS BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH TESLA AND WHERE WE'RE GETTING MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PLUMBING AND KIND OF THE, THE SPECIFIC, UH, WHAT ARE YOUR REQUIREMENTS ON THE SITE? AND SO WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE FROM THAT SOON, ARE THEY GOING TO BE PULLING WATER FROM DIFFERENT ALPHA AREAS INTO THE RIVER THAT ARE BOTH

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OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN'S ETJ AND INSIDE? SO, I MEAN, ALL OF THEIR, ALL OF THEIR POTTABLE WATER NEEDS, ALL OF THEIR RECLAIMED WATER NEEDS AND ALL OF THEIR WASTEWATER NEEDS WOULD EITHER COME FROM OUR WATER SYSTEM OR GO OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM.

UM, THERE'S A VARIETY OF, UM, DRAINAGE ISSUES, WHICH FRANKLY WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INSIGHT TO THAT'S A MATTER OF, UM, OR SHED PROTECTION.

BUT I KNOW, UM, WATERSHED PROTECTION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE, UM, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IS BEING CONSIDERED.

SO, UM, PROBABLY THE SPECIFICS OF YOUR QUESTION MAY BE BETTER ADDRESSED BY WATERSHED, I GUESS WHAT I THOUGHT AND LET ME JUST ASK ONE MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE.

CAUSE THIS REALLY ISN'T ON THE AGENDA SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT TESLA, BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE PULLING WATER FOR THEIR MANUFACTURING NEEDS DIRECTLY FROM THE RIVER, WHICH WOULD OF COURSE AFFECT THOUGH.

UM, CAUSE IT WAS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS A DAY, RIGHT? WASN'T THERE SOMETHING LIKE 450,000 GALLONS A DAY IF THEY'RE ONE OF THEIR NEVADA SITES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I MEAN THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR SITE NEEDS ARE VERY LARGE.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY INDICATION.

IS THAT NOW GOING TO COME OUT OF OUR POTABLE OR NON-POTABLE SYSTEMS? SO IT IS A DIRECTING CITY OF AUSTIN.

SO IT'S A DIRECT IMPACT TO OUR UTILITY SYSTEMS. CAUSE I, WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT, CAUSE YOU HAD THAT SLIDE ABOUT OUR DROUGHT.

YES MA'AM OKAY.

THAT'S WHERE I WAS DRIVING AND WHY I BROUGHT UP TESLA AND I'M GOING TO BE, UH, I KNOW WE'RE SORT OF, WE'RE NOT IN, WHAT WAS IT, UH, DRIVE.

IT WAS STAGE TWO.

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE, ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES.

WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

WE ARE, WE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST ON THE FAVORABLE SIDE, IF YOU WILL, ON OUR STORAGE.

SO WE'RE JUST ABOVE 1.4 MILLION ACRE FEET.

UM, SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT IN STAGE ONE, WE'RE IN OUR, OUR MORE TRADITIONAL WATER CONSERVATION STAGES.

UM, IF WE GO WITH, WE FALL BELOW 1.4 MILLION ACRE FEET OF STORAGE IN THE HIGHLAND LAKES, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO ENACT OUR STAGE ONE, UH, WATER CONSERVATION OR WATER, UH, DROUGHT STRATEGIES, EXCUSE ME.

WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO IN OUR, I ASK OUR STAFF TO BECOME AVAILABLE, TO STAY AVAILABLE WITH US, UH, AS THERE MIGHT BE QUESTIONS THE, UH, ITEM TWO RELATES TO, UM, LET'S SEE.

SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO EARMARK THIS AND CHAIR, IF WE COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM, AN UPDATE VIA PART OF MR. MARISSA'S REPORT, YOU KNOW, AT, AT OUR MEETINGS GOING FORWARD AND KIND OF, IF YOU WOULD WALK US THROUGH OUR, OUR, UM, EFFORTS WITH TESLA AND KEEP US KEEP US AND THE PUBLIC, UH, AWARE OF HOW THAT'S GOING.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK WE WILL NEED TO HAVE THAT EARLY, UH, INFORMATION AND GOOD STRONG REPORTING ON THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PRESENTATION, NOT SEEING ANY, WE

[2. Discussion and possible action on recommendations to Council on resolutions for Code amendments and other actions relating to strategies for Water Forward, including water conservation and reuse.]

SO ITEM TWO RELATES TO, UM, UH, RESOLUTIONS FOR CODE AMENDMENTS AND OTHER ACTIONS RELATING TO WATER FORWARD AS WELL AS OTHER, UH, WATER RELATED, UM, CONSERVATION AND REUSE.

SO, UM, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, UH, COLLEAGUES IS, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THREE, UH, THREE PROPOSALS AND SOME AMENDMENTS.

AND SO, UM, I THOUGHT WE'D TAKE UP THE, THE, UM, THE PROPOSAL THAT I'M, UH, THAT I HAVE PUT FORWARD.

AND THEN THE PROPOSAL THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS PUT FORWARD AND IN A PROPOSAL THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAS PUT FORWARD, BECAUSE THOSE APPEAR TO ME TO BE THREE DISTINCT WAYS, THREE DISTINCT RESOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD.

AND AS WE DO THAT, WE'LL TAKE UP THE AMENDMENTS THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAS AS WELL AS I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER HAD SOME AMENDMENTS.

SO I'M GOING TO PROCEED THAT WAY, ASSUMING THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.

SO, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WENT IT.

YEAH, THE, UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT I HAVE, I THINK IT COULD ALSO GO AS AN AMENDMENT TO YOURS, UH, CHAIR.

UM, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU, IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE MORE ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO CAN BE DONE EITHER WAY.

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

UH, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE IT AS AN AMENDMENT ON, UM, ON, ON MY RESOLUTION OR IF YOU WANT TO BRING IT AS A SEPARATE RESOLUTION THE WAY THIS WORKS.

SO YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT MANY, WHEN A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS, UH, RESOLUTIONS, THEN IT IS PUT ON THE AGENDA UNDER THE COMMITTEE'S NAME.

UM, AND SO, UH, IF WE, IF WE

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KEEP IT SEPARATE, THEN YOU'LL SEE THREE RESOLUTIONS.

IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO COMBINE IT, THEN YOU'D SEE TWO.

SO IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU.

I THINK THAT IT'S, IT WORKS EITHER WAY.

UH, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE OR, YEAH, I GUESS WE COULD KEEP IT AS A SEPARATE RESOLUTION.

THAT'S OKAY.

I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO, YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE, UH, TO DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT, THEN, UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, COUNSEL FOR ELLIS.

DID YOU HAVE A, UH, A POINT ABOUT THAT BEFORE LET'S MAKE A POINT ABOUT, UH, WHAT VANESSA JUST SAID, SORRY, PAGE THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PROCEDURALLY I UNDERSTOOD IS THE INTENT TO ESSENTIALLY TAKE THREE DIFFERENT VOTES OR TO TALK ABOUT ALL THREE AND THEN VOTE ON ALL THREE TOGETHER OR HOW THAT'S UP TO HOW Y'ALL WANT TO DO IT.

I MEAN, I WAS GOING TO LAY THEM OUT SEPARATELY.

WE CAN VOTE ON THEM TOGETHER IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE, UH, AS THE PACKAGE, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

UM, OR WE CAN VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY.

I THINK WE HAVE TO LAY THEM OUT, UH, LIKE WE WOULD A RESOLUTION, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CHOOSE TO BUNDLE, UM, ALTOGETHER IF WE WANT.

I THINK SO.

JUST IN CASE PEOPLE HAVE CERTAIN NUANCES OR, YOU KNOW, PROS AND CONS WITH EACH ONE, IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST IF WE KEEP VANESSA SEPARATE FROM YOURS AND KATHY'S, WE SHOULD EXPLAIN TO THE DICE WHEN WE BRING ALL OF THE SUITE OF THEM, THAT IT WASN'T THAT ANY OF THEM WERE NECESSARILY IN COMPETITION.

UM, BUT THAT EACH, UM, UH, AUTHOR OF THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES WANTED TO BRING THEM TO THEMSELVES RATHER THAN PUTTING THEM ON.

I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO CHARACTERIZE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BEFORE WE DO IT, BUT IF THAT IS THE CASE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE REST OF THE DICE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHY WE HAVE THREE, NOT TWO OR ONE COMING OUT OF IT.

THEY'RE ALL COMPLIMENTARY.

I THINK SO.

THE THIRD ASPECT WAS THAT, UM, BY 2023 THAT, UH, ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS IS REQUIRED FOR A LARGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

UM, BUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TAVO YEAH, I CAN LAY THIS OUT.

I MEAN, I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE LAYOUT, BUT I THINK I DON'T SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.

AND SO IT WAS MY INTENT TO BRING IT FORWARD AS AN IFC WITH FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL.

AND HOPEFULLY CO-SPONSORSHIP FROM YOU ALL AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE OTHER, THE OTHER ONE OR TWO COMES FORWARD.

SO JUST TO ANSWER IT, WHEN YOU RAISE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, IT WOULD COME, IT WOULD COME, UH, IT WOULD COME AS YOUR RESOLUTION, REGARDLESS WHETHER WE, UM, PUT IT UNDER THE COMMITTEE AS A RECOMMENDATION OR WHETHER YOU POST IT SEPARATELY.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, THAT'S THE WAY I'VE SEEN IT DONE BEFORE.

SO IT MAINTAINS THE FACT THAT YOU ARE THE SPONSOR, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO, UM, OKAY.

BUT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO, UM, OKAY.

SO I AM GOING TO, UH, SO WE'LL MOVE EACH OF THESE AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THEM UP AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO BOOK.

I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLA SUGGESTS WE VOTED ON, ON THEM SEPARATELY SO WE CAN DO THAT.

SO, UM, UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE FAST.

THE COMMITTEE, UH, RECOMMEND TO THE COUNTY ADOPTION OF, UH, THE WATER FORWARD RESOLUTION THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD.

AND IF WE GET A SECOND, THEN I'LL SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN POOL.

AND NOW LET ME JUST EXPLAIN THIS ONE.

SO WHAT THIS ONE DOES IS THIS ONE IS VERY, VERY SPECIFIC AND FOCUSED ON, UM, BRINGING FORWARD THE, THE THREE ASPECTS OF WATER FORWARD THAT WERE PART OF THE CODE NEXT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AS FAR AS WE GOT, UH, WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND THESE RELATE TO, UM, THESE RELATE TO WATER BENCHMARKING AND WATER, WATER BALANCE CALCULATIONS TO MANDATORY ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS BY 2023 AND TWO CONNECTING THE RE UH, THE RECLAIMED WATER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS.

SO JUST AS A REMINDER TO FOLKS, UM, THOSE WERE THE THREE ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, THAT THERE WAS LANGUAGE WRITTEN INTO, UH, THE, UM, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REVISIONS AND VOTED ON AS PART OF THOSE REVISIONS, AS FAR AS WE GOT, WHICH WAS ONLY TWO, UM, TO THE SECOND READING ON, ON CODE NEXT, I WANT TO ALSO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, THAT AS WAS REFERENCED IN THE REPORT FROM STAFF, THE MANDATORY ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEM REQUIREMENT PICK, PICKS UP THE THIRD ASPECT OF, UM, OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, THE FIRST TWO HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

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THE OTHER TWO ASPECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WAS ADOPTING THE RULES, UH, YOU KNOW, TO IMPLEMENT, UH, ONSITE WATER REUSE, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE.

AND THAT'S THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THAT IN DECEMBER, I BELIEVE.

UH, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR ONSITE WATER REUSE, WHICH OUR STAFF JUST REPORTED TO US THE PROGRESS OF THAT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCILS ALREADY ADOPTED ALSO.

SO, UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, I KNOW THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

LET'S SEE.

UM, LET ME JUST ASK OUR STAFF.

I THINK THAT THIS IS THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IS ALIGNED WITH, UH, THE PATH THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN ON AND IMPLEMENTING THE WATER FORWARD, UH, TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IT'S ALIGNED WITH THEIR, UM, WITH THEIR, UH, TIMELINE, UH, FOR DOING SO.

AND, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UH, DIRECTOR MASSAGERS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ABOUT THAT, UH, YOUR CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, WITH THE DIRECTION WE'VE BEEN TAKING, AND I MIGHT ASK KEVIN OR MARISSA TO ELABORATE ON THAT IF THEY'D HAVE ANY OTHER INSIGHTS TO PASS ON.

UM, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESOLUTION AS WE SEEN AND THE LANGUAGE THEY'RE IN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY MUCH CONSISTENT WITH NUMBER ONE, THE DRAFT LANGUAGE THAT WE SUBMITTED DURING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITE PROCESS THAT ENVISIONED CHANGES TO THE, WHAT WHAT'S THEN GOING TO BE CHAPTER 23.

UM, SO YES, UH, I THINK AS WE UNDERSTAND THE RESOLUTION, IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH A LOT.

AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WERE NOT GOING TO CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER.

AND YES, WHAT IT DOES, IS IT, UH, WHAT IT DOES IS IT INITIATES AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE AND, AND, UM, ASK THAT THESE ORDINANCE INHERENT AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE LANGUAGE THAT THE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY THAT IN.

UH, SO, UM, SO, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT IT DOES AS ITS LAST BIT RESOLVED IS IT INITIATES AN ORDINANCE WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GOING BACK THROUGH THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, BECAUSE THESE ITEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IT STILL REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

UM, IT DOESN'T, UH, WAIVE THAT IT STILL REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

IT'S JUST THAT IT, THE, IT WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS AGAIN, SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THAT.

SO THAT'S THE SECOND BEER RESOLVED.

SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME AMENDMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE THE, OR YOU HAD ONE AMENDMENT, I THINK YOU WANTED TO MAKE TO THIS, DECIDE TO BE, WANT TO, UH, SPEAK TO THAT.

I DID.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THE WORD DOC THAT WAS SENT OUT, I HAD MY SETTINGS ON SIMPLE MARKUP AND IT DID NOT SHOW SOME STRICKEN LANGUAGE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO DAYLIGHT FOR PEOPLE READING THAT, UM, TO SEE THAT, UM, I DID WANT TO STRIKE THE LANGUAGE ABOUT SKIPPING THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS, UM, IN 25 DASH ONE DASH FIVE OH TWO.

UM, AND IT'S ONLY A, UH, A SIMPLE ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE WE APPROVED THE MAY 2ND DIRECTION OF 2019.

IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE IT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE DO KNOW THAT HOW WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD.

MATERIALS COST HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT OVER THAT TIME.

AND WE DO HAVE TO MOVE TO NEW COLLEAGUES ON THE DIOCESE.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THIS TOO.

UM, SO I HOPE THAT WOULD BE SEEN AS AGREEABLE.

UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO ADD LANGUAGE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL VIET RESOLVED, FURTHER RESOLVED THAT SAYS THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS TO AFFORDABILITY OF THESE NEW BUILDING REQUIREMENTS.

THAT RECOMMENDATION SHALL BE DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABOVE ORDINANCES AND A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MY THINKING FOR THAT.

UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF WATER FORWARD.

UM, WHEN WE WRAPPED IT IN WITH THE LDC REWRITE, THE 1984 LDC REWRITE, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE CODE NEXT PROCESS THAT I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN.

UM, I'VE VOICED MY CONCERNS THAT WE COULD SOMEHOW INADVERTENTLY TIE THESE PROCESSES UP TOGETHER.

I THINK EVERYONE AT THAT TIME WANTED TO MOVE IT FORWARD AND JUST WANTED TO MOVE IT FORWARD IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT, REWRITE LAWSUIT AND THE WATER FORWARD PRACTICES OF THE WATER UTILITY

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UM, BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD FORWARD.

THAT'S TRICKY TO SAY.

UM, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY IS EXPERIENCING AN AFFORDABILITY AND WATER CONSERVATION CRISIS.

UM, BUILDING COSTS HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER.

DISPLACEMENT IS SWEEPING OUT RESIDENTS.

FEWER YOUNG FAMILIES CAN AFFORD TO BUY, AND OUR SENIORS ARE STRUGGLING TO AGE IN PLACE AND RENTS ARE INCREASING TOO.

GIVEN THE INEVITABILITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPLEMENTING WATER FORWARD IS CRITICAL.

THERE'S NO ARGUMENT THERE.

WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONSERVE AND REUSE OUR PRECIOUS WATER SUPPLIES AS BEST WE CAN.

HOWEVER, WE MUST BE CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT FIXING ONE PROBLEM AND CREATING ANOTHER.

UM, SO WE DO NEED TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT BOTH IMPROVE OUR WATER SYSTEMS RESILIENCE AND HELP ADDRESS OUR AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

UM, IT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS AMENDMENT ASKED STAFF TO DO IS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL MITIGATE OR IDENTIFY OTHER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO AFFORDABILITY THAT MIGHT COME FROM, UM, ADDING OTHER DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

UM, SO I DO, I DO HOPE THEY ARE FRIENDLY.

UM, I KNOW ALONG THE WAY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR COMPONENTS OF WATER FORWARD, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS THAT OUR TASKFORCE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON AND CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING.

AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT THOSE COMMISSIONERS ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.

BUT I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS SINCE IT'S WRAPPED UP IN THE REWRITE LAWSUIT, UH, AND THE AFFORDABILITY COMPONENTS THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT.

SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING WITH WATER FORWARD THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT NO, THERE'S SOME TRICKINESS TO POLICY WRITING AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING A CALCULATED AND BALANCED APPROACH TO, OH, WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ALICE, THE, THE, UM, LET'S TAKE THE TWO PIECES OF IT.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE IT SEPARATELY.

UM, I CAN ACCEPT US AS FRIENDLY THE, THE, UH, LANGUAGE AROUND AFFORDABILITY, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PART OF THE PROCESS THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE.

UM, AND IT WOULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS AND BRINGING IT FORWARD TO US AS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THE OTHER ASPECT, I, I CAN NOT SUPPORT LANGUAGE SO THAT I'D LIKE TO BOAT THAT SEPARATELY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERNATIVE.

GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I'M SORRY.

I I'M JUST CONFUSED.

CAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU READ IS WHAT WAS SENT TO US.

SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M FOLLOWING EXACTLY WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS.

I HAD SOUND AN AMENDMENT FOR KITCHENS, RESOLUTIONS HAD TO DO WITH AFFORDABILITY.

UM, I JUST, IT FELT LIKE THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE RED.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, CAUSE YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE STRIKEOUTS AND THE STRIKEOUTS ALSO STRIKE OUT THE PART ABOUT INITIATING AN ORDINANCE BEING WAIVED.

AND SO I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW.

I I'D LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT IS BEFORE US.

UM, COUNCILMAN ELLIS, CAN YOU, IS I UNDERSTAND THAT ARE THERE ARE THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IS PROPOSING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND I'M, I'M ASKING THAT, THAT WE CONSIDER THEM SEPARATELY.

ONE OF THEM IS TO DELETE THE LAST BIT RESOLVED THAT, THAT I HAVE PUT FORWARD REGARDING THE WAIVER.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT UP SEPARATELY.

THE SECOND ONE IS HER LANGUAGE AROUND AFFORDABILITY.

DO YOU WANT TO READ THAT LANGUAGE AGAIN? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SO WE CAN BE CLEAR.

YES, I'M HAPPY TO.

AND IT IS QUITE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT I SENT AROUND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TACOS.

SO MAKE SURE THE ONE THAT SAYS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ON IT IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UM, BUT THE LANGUAGE TO BE ADDED WOULD SAY THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS TO AFFORDABILITY OF THESE NEW BUILDING REQUIREMENTS.

THE RECOMMENDATION SHALL BE DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABOVE ORDINANCES.

DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? COUNCILOR.

ALTAR.

SO THE STRIKE OUT IS TO THE LAST BIT RESOLVED, NOT THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE FIRST BEING RESOLVED.

RIGHT.

SORRY.

UM, OKAY.

AND THEN YOU WANT TO SEPARATE THE QUESTIONS AND BETWEEN WHAT'S BEING DELETED AND THE AFFORDABILITY.

IS THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT PART OF THE DELETION OR IS IT PART OF THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE AS YOU'RE SEPARATING IT? UM, I WOULD SAY THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE OF, WELL THERE'S TWO SENTENCES IN THE PART THAT WAS ADDED.

UM, I'M TAKING, I WAS SUGGESTING WE TAKE UP ALL OF WHAT THE TWO, THE TWO SENTENCES TOGETHER THAT ARE, UH,

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THAT ARE BEING ADDED.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ABOUT IT.

I'LL SEE.

I'LL ASK HIM FIRST.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REAL WISDOM IS TO SENDING THIS ITEM BACK THROUGH THE VARIOUS COMMISSIONS WHEN IT IS THE SAME, YOU KNOW, ABSENT THESE AMENDMENTS THAT WAS CONSIDERED PREVIOUSLY.

SO UNLESS, UNLESS THE INTENTION IS TO SLOW DOWN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER FORWARD BECAUSE IT WILL SLOW IT DOWN.

UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IS IF IT COMES BACK THAT WATER FORWARD NEGATIVELY AFFECTS AFFORDABILITY.

LET'S JUST SAY THAT IT DID.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU WOULD NO LONGER SUPPORT WATER FORWARD? I JUST THINK WE SHOULD GO THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE OF LETTING OUR APPOINTED PLANNING COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE TWO WEEKS, TWO NEW COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER POINT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS COMMISSION AS IT STANDS, THE NEW PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS, GIVEN THAT QUITE A BIT OF TIME HAS LAPSED.

IT'S NOT AN EFFORT TO SLOW THINGS DOWN AS I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.

I THINK WE'RE ALL TRYING TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE COMPONENTS AND ANGLES OF IT BEFORE LIFTING SOMETHING THAT IS WRITTEN INTO SOMETHING TIED UP IN THE LAWSUIT AND TO CHANGE THAT.

AND SO WE ARE ALL TRYING TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

I'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING IT FORWARD THE WHOLE TIME AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS EVERY TWO WEEKS.

SO I DON'T SEE THIS AS A, A HIGH BURDEN TO JUST TRYING TO DO THIS AND HAVE SOME DUE DILIGENCE TO THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.

UM, THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THE, UH, NOTICE AND, UM, UH, PETITION RIGHTS ASPECTS OF THE LAWSUIT ACTUALLY IS NOT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT.

UM, BUT HOW THEN WOULD YOU CHOOSE IF IT DID, YOU DID GET AN ANSWER BACK FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT STAFF SAID THAT THIS WOULD INCREASE COSTS FOR BUILDING, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PULL THEM APART FROM THE INCREASED COSTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ANYWAY, BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, THEN DID YOU CHOOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE POLICY CHANGES? UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN, AND STEPH HAD BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THEM BECAUSE IN, IN YOUR ESTIMATES, UM, BASED ON WHAT THE CITY MANAGER IS SHOWING YOU, YOU HAVE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT AFFORDABILITY.

AND IF SO, WHAT IT SEEMS THESE ARE LONG-TERM, THAT'S THEIR LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS.

AND THEY ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE REALLY EXPENSIVE AT THE FRONT END, BUT IN FACT, HAVE A REALLY POSITIVE, CAN I ANSWER I JUST WANTED TO COMPLETE MY SENTENCE, UM, THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO, UM, MAKE LARGER INVESTMENTS AT THE FRONT END BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UM, MITIGATING AND, UM, HELPFUL ECONOMIC IMPACTS LATER ON.

AND THEN JUST TO REITERATE THAT, UH, THE ZONING, THIS IS NOT A ZONING SHARE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S IN A DIFFERENT FACTOR AND IT IS NOT IN FACT, UM, TIED UP IN THE LITIGATION THAT SOIFER RULING LITIGATION.

JUST CLARIFY IT SIMPLY SAYS PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THAT'S IT JUST SAYS PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THAT'S.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE CLEAR I CAN BE.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO I'M SORRY, SIX MONTHS.

JUST LOOKING FOR A VALUE.

I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND YOUR AMENDMENT AND TO GET TO THE MOTIVATION BEHIND IT.

MOTIVATION BEHIND IT.

CAN WE HIT A CHAIR? OH, OKAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION OF STAFF.

UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO US ABOUT WHAT, UH, EVALUATION THAT YOU HAD DONE IN THE PAST ABOUT AFFORDABILITY OF THIS, OF THIS, THESE ITEMS AS PART OF YOUR PROCESS AS PART OF YOUR WATERFALL FORWARD PROCESS ANALYSIS? SO KEVIN CRITTENDON, UM, I THINK REALLY, LET ME ASK MARISSA FIRST TO KIND OF ANSWER THAT AND THEN I'LL FOLLOW ON THERE.

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE WITH ONSITE REVIEWS, UM, IN, UH, IN AUSTRALIA.

SO JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND, WHEN WE WERE ORIGINALLY EVALUATING STRATEGIES LIKE ON-SITE REUSE OR CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED REDEVELOPED COST ESTIMATES FOR ALL THESE STRATEGIES, AND THAT WAS INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE WHOLE PLANNING PROCESS FOR ON-SITE REUSE IN PARTICULAR, THOSE COST ESTIMATES WERE DEVELOPED BY OUR CONSULTANT GHD.

THEY HAVE A

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UM, SO OVERALL THOUGH, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, UM, THE TIMING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE STRATEGIES, ESPECIALLY IF WE, YOU CLOSER TO THE LANGUAGE AS WAS INCLUDED WITHIN THE LDC, UM, ALLOWS US SOMETIME TO LOOK AT AFFORDABILITY AND COST OF THE ON-SITE REUSE STRATEGIES.

SO, UM, THE MANDATE IS NOT, UM, IS ANTICIPATED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 20, 23 OR THREE YEARS AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ONSITE WATER REUSE RULES AND THE GOAL OF HAVING THIS INCENTIVIZED PERIOD, UM, WE'RE ONSITE WATER REUSE IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE SOME TYLENOL AND WHERE WE CAN DEVELOP COST DATA, UM, WHAT WE CAN GATHER THAT INFORMATION AND UNDERSTAND THE AFFORDABILITY IMPLICATIONS.

AND WE CAN, UM, KIND OF WORK WITH THAT TOO, JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS WITH MENTIONED, IT KIND OF DEVELOPED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND THOUGHTS AROUND HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THOSE TYPES OF AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS.

UM, THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO END, UM, AT THE POINT WHERE WE WOULD BE MANDATING THAT THESE BUILDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THESE SYSTEMS ON SITE, BUT IT'S THAT TESTING PERIOD THAT ALLOWS US TO GATHER THE DATA.

SO THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE THERE REALLY WORKS OUT WITH US BEING ABLE TO EVALUATE THOSE AFFORDABILITY.

SO IS THAT, AM I HEARING YOU THAT THE INCENTIVE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW AND THE INCENTIVE PERIOD, UH, WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP YOU THINK ABOUT MITIGATING COSTS AT THE POINT THAT IT BECOMES, UH, AT THE POINT THAT IT WOULD BECOME A MANDATORY IN 20, 23? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? THAT'S THE GOAL.

FOR US TO HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS ON THE PRIVATE SIDE FOR US TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION.

SO, UM, OKAY.

SO ANY OTHER, SO I HAVE A SUGGESTION, UM, AND, UH, SO COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS, I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH, UM, YOUR LANGUAGE AND THEN JUST STRIKING, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABOVE ORDINANCES, BECAUSE MY THOUGHT IS THAT, UM, THAT THE, I, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS, SOME MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF AFFORDABILITY.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD PART OF THIS PROCESS, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS.

UH, BUT I'M HEARING THAT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN AS PART OF THIS TESTING PERIOD THAT THEY'RE IN RIGHT NOW WITH THE INCENTIVES.

AND SO IT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE FINISHED WITH THAT BY THE TIME, UH, THE ORDINANCE COMES BACK TO US.

SO WOULD YOU, UH, WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT TO BE, TO WORK FOR WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT? IF WE KEEP THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO, UM, BRINGING US BACK RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF AFFORDABILITY, UM, BUT NOT REQUIRING ALL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COME BACK TO US AT THE TIME THAT THE ORDINANCE COMES BACK TO US, I'M SURE THEY MAY HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY KINDS OF RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT BE FINISHED.

THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE.

UM, I COMPLETELY SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON THAT.

UM, I WONDER IF IT COULD SAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHANGES, JUST SO IT WAS TIED TO THE ORDINANCES AND MORE TIED TO THE PROCESS.

I THINK THAT THAT WORKS THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE THAT SEEMS TO ALIGN WITH WHAT YOUR, OKAY.

SO IT WOULD SAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ABOVE ORDINANCES.

I'M COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH WITH THAT LANGUAGE.

UM, I, I CAN, I, I CAN TAKE THAT AS FRIENDLY.

DO IT, UM, CUSTOMER POOL.

DO YOU HAVE A, I THINK THAT THAT IS A GOOD ONE AS WELL.

WELL, THANK YOU.

ANYBODY, ANY OBJECTIONS TO TAKING THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? OKAY.

I DON'T SEE AN OBJECTIONS.

SO THE SECOND THING THEN IS, UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SECOND PIECE, COUNCILMEMBER LS.

I, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE, AND THAT'S WHY, UM, THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE, THE, UH, WAIVER LANGUAGE AND THE PURPOSE BEHIND IT.

UH, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE, THROUGH THE, UM, THE LAND OF THE COMMISSION REVIEW PROCESS, IT'S NOT JUST THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT HAS TO GO BACK TO A COMMITTEE OF ORDINANCES OR THE COMPLAINING COMMISSION, AND THEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS THEY HAVE TO DO, AND THEN THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN IT COMES TO US AND WE DO ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE STEPS ALONG THE WAY,

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REPUBLICAN INPUT.

AND I THINK IT, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS.

I ALSO DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE WE JUST, THE COUNCIL JUST CONSIDERED THIS LANGUAGE VERY RECENTLY.

AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE NEW PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO SEND EVERYTHING BACK THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGAIN, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A, SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT REVISION AND WE CAN, WE CAN VOTE ON THAT IF, IF, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT I, I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT AS A, UH, AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

ARE THERE OTHER, DO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THAT PART OF IT BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE VOTE? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY COUNCILOR ELLIS ABOUT THAT? I CAN JUST SAY, I I'D MUCH PREFER TO FOLLOW THAT PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.

I DO SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

UM, IF THERE'S A FEW MEETINGS THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AT, UM, IS AS LONG AS IT'S LEGAL FOR US TO DO THAT, UM, LIKE YOU'VE PROBABLY VETTED.

UM, I'M OKAY WITH KEEPING IT IN.

UM, OKAY.

I PREFER MORE PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON IT.

WE'LL KEEP IT IN.

SO LET'S SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE SEPARATELY.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ONE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.

SO, UM, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING THIS TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR ADULTS.

AND THIS IS YOUR, YOUR ITEM, RIGHT? AND HER ITEM AS AMENDED, AS SORRY, AS, AS AMENDED AS AMENDED, I MIGHT RATHER JUST ABSTAIN BECAUSE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS AND THE DISCUSSION ON IT.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE SECOND ONE THAT WAS, SO THAT PASSED, UH, FOUR, I THINK, FOUR WITH AN ABSTENTION.

POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE REALLY FACING SOME DROUGHT CONDITIONS AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVO.

DO YOU WANT TO LAY YOURS OUT WHENEVER SHE DOES THAT? CAN I JUST BEFORE KATHY DOES THAT? I JUST WANT TO, I'M SORRY.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS STARTED ON THE COMMITTEE.

AND SO SHE'S NOT, SHE'S NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, NOT BECAUSE SHE'S NOT VOTING, BUT SHE'S IN THE ACTIVE, UM, IN WATER FORWARD.

I THINK SHE MIGHT'VE OFF THE TASK FORCE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

UM, AND HAS, UM, GRACIOUSLY DECIDED TO MAKE HER, UH, RESOLUTION PART OF OUR WATER COMMITTEE, UM, DISCUSSION.

SO WE CAN BE MORE COHERENT ABOUT TAKING THIS FOR THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR IS AN IMPORTANT, VERY IMPORTANT PART.

UM, AND YES, I DID DO THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT SORT OF STARTED THE, STARTED THE TASK FORCE AND THEN STARTED THE INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT BECAME WATER FORWARD.

AND, AND SO, UM, MOST OF YOU, I THINK ON THIS COMMITTEE KNOW THAT THAT SHANNON HOLLY ON MY STAFF HAS AN AMAZING RESOURCE AND HAS REALLY DONE, DONE ALL KINDS OF GREAT WORK IN THIS AREA.

AND SO I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE WITH REGARD TO ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS.

SO THE AMENDMENT, THE RESOLUTION I'M BRINGING FORWARD, AND IT WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME TWEAKS HERE AND THERE.

I'M GOING TO DO SOME, SOME EDITS HERE AND THERE TO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, AND ALSO CLARIFY SOME OF THE DIRECTION TOWARD THE END.

BUT THIS IS VERY MUCH IN, IN LINE WITH BOTH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS MOVING FORWARD WITH HER RESOLUTION.

AND ALSO WITH THE STAFF'S PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE UNDERWAY.

AND REALLY, I WOULD SAY, I KNOW THAT WE'RE RUNNING KIND OF BEHIND, OR THAT Y'ALL ARE, ARE RUNNING KIND OF BEHIND TODAY.

SO I'LL KEEP IT REALLY QUICK.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REDUCE OUR WATER, WATER USAGE, AND REALLY FOCUS ON CONSERVATION.

AND SO THE DIRECTION HERE TO OUR STAFF AND TO OUR TASK FORCE IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WATER FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS IN PARTICULAR, THE ONES THAT ARE BULLETED HERE, DUAL PLUMBING, EXPANSION OF CURRENT RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM CONNECTIONS, WHICH IS ALSO IN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS, WATER BENCHMARKING, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION ORDINANCES, AND THE IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT, WHAT AMONG, UM, WHAT AMONG THOSE CONCEPTS THAT WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FORWARD FROM WATERFORD ARE LOW HANGING FRUIT.

WHAT CAN WE DO SOONER THAN HAD BEEN LAID OUT ON THAT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE? BECAUSE WE KNOW WE KNOW WE ARE, UM, IN NEED AND, AND FATE AND IN A TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE,

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AND SO THAT IS THE INTENT HERE.

UM, AGAIN, TO, TO, TO REALLY CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY DO OUR BEST TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE BEST POSITION TO PROTECT OUR WATER SUPPLY.

DOES SOMEONE'S NOT TO, TO MOVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, COBOS RESOLUTION COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

AND DO WE HAVE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? OKAY.

NOW I THINK SOME AMENDMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAD A MINUTE AND THEN COUNCIL, UM, ACTUALLY I HAD, UM, TWO, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF TYPES OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO FLAG, SO THEY DON'T MOVE FORWARD.

UM, I WILL JUST ADD, I FORGOT TO MENTION IT ON.

UM, I THINK IT WAS PAGE FOUR OF OUR KITCHENS, THE VERY BOTTOM IT REFERS TO ITEMS. BE ONE OF THEM WOULD PROBABLY BE USEFUL TO HAVE THE CODE REFERENCE TO WHICH V1 IT WAS, UM, THERE.

UM, OKAY.

SO FOR, FOR, FOR TYPOS, I APPRECIATE THIS RESOLUTION.

THESE ARE JUST TINY FINER NOTHINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DO THAT GIVEN THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.

UM, SO IN THE SIX, WHEREAS I THINK IT SHOULD BE ADOPTED RATHER THAN A DUCKS, BUT MAYBE THAT'S NATURALLY CHANGING ADOPTS TO APPROVES.

UM, AND SO I'M GOING TO, BUT THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO SAY APPROVED, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THESE KINDS OF, UM, THIS KIND OF FEEDBACK.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THEN THERE'S A, WHEREAS THAT SAYS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES, STORAGE LEVELS.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN STORAGE LEVELS.

I'LL MAKE A NOTE.

I DON'T IMMEDIATELY SEE THAT ONE, BUT I'LL FIND IT.

THAT IS, UM, THAT EIGHTH, WHEREAS DOCUMENT PROVIDES TRIGGERS FOR THE INITIATION OF DROUGHT STAGES ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES SHOULD BE IN STORAGE LEVELS.

AND, UM, THERE'S A WHEREAS CLUB PAGE THREE.

IT'S THE SECOND ONE YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE THREE WHERE IT SAYS, WHEREAS ACCORDING A 20, 21 REPORT, IT SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO THAT ONE, I CALL IT NOT THE OTHER ASSISTANT.

SORRY.

I JUST WANT THEM TO FIX IT.

SO THAT'S A VERY MINOR, UM, UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU'RE MOVING THIS FORWARD, EVERY PLACE TO CO-SPONSOR GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANKS FOR POINTING OUT THOSE, UM, THOSE ISSUES.

COUNSEL ELLIS.

I THINK YOU HAD A AMENDMENT.

I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ON THIS.

AND THIS IS, UH, VERY SIMILAR, UM, EVEN TO THE AMENDED LANGUAGE THAT WE WORKED OUT ON YOUR RESOLUTION, UH, CHAIR, KITCHEN, UH, IT'S JUST AN EXTRA, BE IT RESOLVED THAT SAYS THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS TO AFFORDABILITY OF THESE WATER FORWARD STRATEGIES.

THE RECOMMENDATION SHALL BE DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION ON A TIMEFRAME THAT ALIGNS AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ABOVE STRATEGIES.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALMOST IDENTICAL TO WHAT CHEER KITCHEN AMENDED.

MY OTHER LANGUAGE ON HER IS TO READ.

SO I HAD SOME SEEN AS FRIENDLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOADY.

ONE OF THEM COMMENT ON THAT, OR I GUESS I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE WE'RE NOT INITIATING THE CODE AMENDMENTS WHERE WE'RE ASKING, I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE IN ESSENCE ASKING IS FOR THE MANAGER TO CONSULT WITH THE AUSTIN STAFF AND WITH THE TASK FORCE REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION.

AND SO THAT IT ALREADY IS A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS.

UM, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S CONSISTENT ALSO WITH THE WATER FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE IT WITHIN A TASK FORCE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD DO TO THE TIMEFRAME.

I MEAN, I GUESS TO ME AGAIN, IT'S IT, WE'RE ASKING STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.

SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHY I'D NEED TO BE, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND REALLY WHY, WHY THE RECOMMENDATIONS BEING DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT IS RELEVANT HERE.

ONE THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED WITH, WITH EXTENSIVE STAKEHOLDER INPUT.

AND NOW WE'RE SAYING, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THEM WITH, WITH AN EYE TO WHICH ONES CAN MOVE FORWARD ON A, ON A QUICKER TIMEFRAME.

I MEAN, THAT STAKEHOLDER INPUT HAS, HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO A GREAT EXTENT.

AND SO THAT'S, UM, I MEAN, I GUESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS ON AFFORDABILITY.

YOU KNOW, I LEAVE IT TO THE COMMITTEE.

UM, AGAIN, I'M,

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I'M NOT SURE HOW RELEVANT IT IS TO THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.

SO, UM, COUNCIL, MARYELLA'S THOUGHT HERE IN REGARDS TO THIS, UM, SO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WAY THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAS SET THIS OUT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, UM, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE WITH REGARD TO THE AFFORDABILITY WITH THIS ONE? I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THERE TO BE SOME SORT OF UNDERSTANDING OF MITIGATING AFFORDABILITY ISSUES REGARDING THESE AS, AS I HAD PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, JUST AS TIME GOES ON AND AS WE GO BY YEAR TO YEAR IMPLEMENTING WHAT IS A GREAT PLAN, UM, TALKING ABOUT THESE LAST PIECES IN PARTICULAR, I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE AN EYE ON MITIGATING AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS AS WELL.

UM, SO IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION TO GO WITH THE FIRST SENTENCE, SINCE AS COUNCIL MEMBER TO VOTE EXPLAINING, THERE'S ALREADY OTHER MENTIONS OF THE WATER FORWARD TASK FORCE, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS DOING GREAT WORK, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH JUST THE NOD TO COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN WEIGH THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS COMING BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO AFFORDABILITY AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU'RE BRINGING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT RESP WITH REGARD TO WHAT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, IS THAT OKAY? UM, THE STAFF HAVE ANY COMMENT THEY WANT TO MAKE ON ANY OF THAT, OR I DON'T, I THINK THAT PRETTY CONSISTENT.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

BUT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, UM, THANK YOU.

UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKES SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIRST PART.

I MEAN, AS I'M UNDERSTANDING IT, THAT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH PART OF THE PROCESS.

UM, BUT PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE ALL THESE STEPS FOR, UM, THE WATER SUPPLIES, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO KEY TO AFFORDABILITY KIND OF OVER THE LONG RUN.

UM, SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AS THIS IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE PUTTING US TOGETHER, KEEP IN MIND IF YOU TWEAK IT THIS LITTLE WAY, OR YOU TWEAK IT A LITTLE, THAT WAY, IT MIGHT HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON AFFORDABILITY OR TRYING TO FACE SOMETHING IN A PARTICULAR WAY OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME IS CONSISTENT.

BUT I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE THE NOTION THAT WE HAVE TO PURSUE THESE STRATEGIES TO SECURE THE WATER SUPPLY, WHICH IS FUNDAMENTAL IN MY VIEW FOR AFFORDABILITY.

AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE SUGGESTING AND EXPLORE, UM, CLARIFY THAT THAT'S HOW I'M INTERPRETING KIND OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT A LICENSE TO SAY THESE ARE NOT STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED TO.

OOPS.

I THINK IF I REMEMBER ELLA SUGGESTED EARLIER, BUT GET IT, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE EXIST IN BEING EASY TO ADAPT.

SO WHAT IF I'M HEARING YOU, RIGHT.

YOU ARE FRIENDLY TO YOUR AMENDMENT, TAKE THE FIRST SENTENCE FOR LENDING TO AFFORDABILITY.

IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.

I'M SORRY.

NOT TRUE AMENDMENT TO YOUR, I'M SORRY.

I'M GETTING MY, UH, PROCESSES MESSED UP BASED RESOLUTION.

SO SHE WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WAS FRIENDLY.

I WAS JUST CLARIFYING MAKING SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE INTENTION OF THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED AND WHAT THAT MEANT IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE PROVIDING THE SUBJECT OF COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S RESOLUTION.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

AND WHAT I, A SMALL TWEAK I MIGHT MAKE IS, UM, THE FIRST SENTENCE IS WHAT'S BEING PUT IN IS JUST TO ADD, UM, CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE TO COUNCIL JUST SO IT'S GOT THAT SPECIFIER IN THERE IN THAT FIRST, THAT FIRST SENTENCE.

UM, CAN YOU READ IT TO US JUST SO WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING WOULD NOW SAY THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE TO COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS TO AFFORDABILITY OF THESE WATER FORWARD STRATEGIES.

ON THE COMMITTEE AND, AND WHAT YOU ALL VOTE ON MAY OR MAY NOT BE EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT I BRING FORWARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO IS, IS, DO YOU CONSIDER THAT FRIENDLY? OH, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS, I GUESS HERE'S THE AWKWARDNESS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M BRINGING IT FORWARD TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE, THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT.

AND SO I WILL CONSIDER, I MEAN, I'LL CONSIDER THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ADDING THIS AMENDMENT OR TODAY I'M NOT VOTING ON IT HERE TODAY.

CAUSE I'M NOT

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LET ME JUST TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.

I THINK WHAT BUT STARTS, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE CONCERN COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AND THE DESIRE TO, TO HAVE THAT BECOME PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

AND, AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, I THINK INDICATED IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN AS PART OF THE WATERFORD CONVERSATIONS, UM, WHERE I TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE THIS, TO THE RESOLUTION THAT GOES TO COUNCIL, I, I WOULD TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF BOTH AFFORDABILITY, UM, IN TERMS OF THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS KIND OF THE LONGTERM, THE IMPACT ON LONGTERM OVER THE LONG-TERM FOR RESIDENTS.

SO THOSE UPFRONT INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, UM, ARE GOING TO HELP TENANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS SAVE ON THEIR WATER BILLS OVER THE LONG-TERM.

AND IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD NEED TO BE A REALLY WELL CRAFTED STUDY OF AFFORDABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE OUR WATER CONSERVATION METHODS AGAINST THE COST OF SECURING WATER RIGHTS, ADDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS, IF WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE NEED TO.

SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AS REALLY CAPTURE ALL OF THOSE NUANCES.

UM, SO I JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR, IF YOU NOTICE HESITATION ON MY PART, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF WHY, BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE ALL, IT REALLY IS ALL OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.

I KNOW WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR THE CITY TO CONTRACT WITH ADDITIONAL, UM, WATER PROVIDERS, YOU KNOW, THOSE COME AT QUITE A COST.

AND SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MEASURED AGAINST, UM, AGAINST THE COST OF, OF DOING THESE INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT ANYWAY, THANKS FOR THAT.

THANKS FOR THE CONVERSATION.

MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE, THAT WE MAKE OUR MOTION, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AT IT COMMITTEE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE SENTENCE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IS PROPOSING.

WE UNDERSTAND, AND THE WAY THIS WORKS IS WHEN A COMMITTEE BRINGS SOMETHING FORWARD.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S KELLY, METOVA SAID SHE INTENDS TO, TO BRING AN IFC ALSO, UH, THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THE, AT THE, UH, COUNCIL LEVEL.

SO, UH, AND WE UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA THAT YOU MAY TWEAK THE LANGUAGE SOME ARE, AND THAT'S FINE.

SO IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH EVERYBODY, COULD WE VOTE ON IT THAT WAY? OR WOULD YOU PREFER NOT CUSTOMER POOL? YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO, UM, EMPHASIZE AGAIN WHAT I SAID PREVIOUSLY ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS, PROJECTS BEING BIG, CONSTANT, THE FRONT END, AND THEY HAVE A LONG TAIL OF AFFORDABILITY ELEMENTS, WHICH IS WHY WE, THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE AND SPECIFICALLY WITH WATER FOR WORK, KNOWING THAT THE REGION IS GROWING AS FAST AS IT IS, AND WE CAN'T MAKE MORE WATER.

SO WE HAVE TO BE REALLY MINDFUL ABOUT HOW WE USE IT AND CONSERVATIVE OR NOT CONSERVATIVE, WHICH WAS MY, UM, UH, FRANKLY MY, MY, MY REALLY SERIOUS AND DEEP CONCERN THAT THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE A POINT AT WHICH WE WOULD SAY NO TO WATER FORWARD AND CONSERVATION, UM, BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE.

HOWEVER YOU DEFINE IT IN THE SHORT TERM, BECAUSE MY VIEW IS WAY LONG.

AND OUR VIEW ON THE COUNCIL HAS TO BE FAR INTO THE FUTURE.

UM, THE SHORT-TERM STUFF IS GREAT TOO.

WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT, BUT THE LONGER TERM IS WHAT WE ARE BUILDING FOR.

AND SO I, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANY KIND OF RHETORIC IN HERE ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, IT HAS TO BE, UM, CRAFTED IN A WAY THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT UPFRONT COSTS ARE GOING TO BE BIG, LIKE PROJECT CONNECT, MASSIVE UPFRONT COST, BUT THE LONG TAIL OF THAT FAR INTO THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE IMMENSELY HELPFUL FINANCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY TO WHOEVER IS IN THE CITY.

SO IF WE COULD JUST KIND OF INTERNALIZE THAT KIND OF, UH, UH, PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH AND, AND PUBLIC POLICY APPROACH, THEN I THINK WE, WE CAN BOTH SIGNAL THAT WE ARE CONCERNED FISCALLY, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO OFTEN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES HAVE TO MAKE A LARGE INVESTMENT AT THE FRONT END IN ORDER TO REAP, UH, THE, THE BENEFITS AND THE, UM, THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS LATER ON.

SO I AM A LITTLE BIT, UM, SOME CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT, UH, THAT IS COMING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UM, IS THERE A WAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT THE, THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE AND, AND GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT? SO IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE FRONT END COSTS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

IT'S THAT CASE.

I HAVE A SUGGESTION,

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THAT'S MY RIPPLE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT COUNSELOR ELLIS.

I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, LOWERCASE AFFORDABILITY IS NOT A REALLY PRESCRIPTIVE.

AND SO I CERTAINLY SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT SOME INVESTMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE, TO ENSURE OUR RESILIENCE AS A CITY.

UM, SO I DON'T THINK I'M BEING OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT WHAT THAT AFFORDABILITY IS OR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE JUST TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I THINK I, A SUGGESTION, MY SUGGESTION IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS.

UM, AND, UM, AND IT'S BEEN A GOOD DISCUSSION FOR US TO HAVE, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS ALREADY INDICATED SHE INTENDS TO BRING IT AS A SEPARATE IFC.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY.

UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE CAN JUST CONSIDER THIS A GOOD DISCUSSION AND, AND, AND, UM, AND MOVE ON.

AND SO WOULD, Y'ALL LIKE TO DO THAT INSTEAD, OR WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO VOTE AYE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DO YOU, DO YOU WANT THE COMMITTEE TO TRY TO ACT ON THIS OR NO, I WASN'T SURE WHAT DIRECT ENTIRELY UP TO, UM, OKAY.

THEN MY SUGGESTION IS, GO AHEAD, CUSTOMER ELLIS.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST, UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE SHE HAS COUNCIL MEMBER, TBA HAS INDICATED ABOUT BRINGING ANOTHER IFC, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF WE APPROVED WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON? AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS OF IF SHE'S DOING AN IFC THAT SHE FINDS IS DIFFERENT ENOUGH THAT MAYBE WE POSTPONE IT OR WITHDRAW IT ONCE IT GOES TO FULL COUNCIL.

I DON'T, I'VE NEVER APPROACHED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MORE HELPFUL TO APPROVE IT THIS WAY AND JUST TO HAVE IT AS BACKUP JUST IN CASE OR HOW, HOW THAT'S BEST TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T SHOW ANY DOORS, IF THIS COULD BE USEFUL.

AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN STILL, YOU KNOW, WORK ON IT TOGETHER.

I DON'T QUITE KNOW.

RIGHT.

I'LL ALTERNATE.

AND THEN CUSTOMER, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE IT TO CONSOLE MEMBER TOBO WHETHER SHE WANTS US TO VOTE ON IT TODAY OR NOT.

I THINK IT WAS REALLY USEFUL TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AS PART OF THE BROADER QUESTIONS ON WATER FORWARD AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF WE NEEDED IT FOR THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK SO THAT THE DIRECTION THAT SHE'S GOING AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CO-SPONSORING IT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UM, DIRECTIONALLY, IF WHAT STAFF THINKS IS FEASIBLE AND, AND GETTING DONE, UM, BUT I DON'T, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE THAT OUR COMMITTEE HAS HAD THE IMPRIMATUR, THAT IT REALLY MADE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE IF OUR COMMITTEES, UM, SUPPORTED IT.

BUT SINCE THAT'S NOT THE REALITY WE LIVE IN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT, UM, IMPACTS THINGS MAJORLY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S MOVE ON THEN, UH, MEMBER POOL.

NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY GIVEN THE FACT THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET IT TO THE COMMITTEE AND BROUGHT IT AND EXPLAINED IT AND LAID IT OUT AND EVERYTHING I WOULD LIKE US TO, UM, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE THIS TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT.

AND IF SHE WAS THINKING, I THINK, UM, KATHY, DIDN'T YOU MENTION, YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT HAVING THE COMMITTEE BE CO-SPONSORS ON THE ITEM.

DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL OF THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY OF YOU.

SO, UM, CERTAINLY I INVITE AS MANY OF YOU AS WE'D LIKE TO BE ON UP TO THE NUMBER OF SUB QUORUM TO PARTICIPATE AS CO-SPONSORS.

AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO A COUPLE OF YOU ON, ON THAT FRONT WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IS MAYBE IF WE VOTE IT THROUGH, AND IF COUNCIL MEMBER ELDEST WANTED TO JOIN AS A CO-SPONSOR, THEN SHE COULD WORK DIRECTLY WITH KATHY ON THE KIND OF LANGUAGE THAT SHE WANTED TO SEE THAT CAPTURED THE MORE GLOBAL, UM, UH, CONCERNS THAT, UH, THE FUTURE CONCERNS THAT I'VE EXPRESSED AND THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPRESSED.

AND THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BEHIND IT WHEN IT GETS TO THE FULL DIES, I'M HAPPY TO HELP HIM REVIEW LANGUAGE.

I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M REALLY OUT OF MY WHEELHOUSE AND DON'T SEE A LAWYER ON ABOUT SUB QUORUMS. AND I KNOW THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PUBLICLY POSTED.

WE ALSO HAVE THE MESSAGE BOARD TO WORK ON TOO.

SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS IN WHATEVER SUB QUORUM COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO HAS, AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION PUBLICLY AND PROVIDE SOME INPUT, WHETHER IT'S FRIENDLY, ACCEPTANCE, OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A CREATIVE IDEA.

I JUST AM VERY WORRIED.

WE MIGHT BE IN THE DEEP END ON HOW, HOW TO WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TAKING A VOTE ON THIS ITEM AND WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TO-GO FOR BRINGING THE SPORT.

I DEFINITELY FEEL AN URGENCY WITH MOVING FORWARD ON THE WATERFALL PLAN AND, AND CERTAINLY I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF US TAKING A VOTE TODAY.

UH, WE HAVE A, UH, UH, RESOLUTION AND AN AMENDMENT TO THAT RESOLUTION ON THE FLOOR.

SO LET'S GO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.

UM, AND,

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SO LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' AMENDMENT FIRST, AND THEN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE, UH, THE, UH, LANGUAGE RELATED TO AFFORDABILITY, UH, AT THIS POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAS MENTIONED.

SO IT'LL BE ADDED, UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE RESOLUTION.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S A RECORD PASSES ON AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO ADOPT IT.

SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOBO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT TO US TO CONSIDER, SO I THANK YOU ALL.

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT.

COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTUS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION FIRST AND SECONDED AND THEN LAY OUT YOUR RESOLUTION? SURE.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RESOLUTION THAT SEEKS TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED NEED FOR FLOOD PROTECTION ALONG WITH WATER SUPPLY NEEDS.

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

OKAY, WONDERFUL.

UM, SO WITH THIS RESOLUTION, WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY, UM, THE ON-SITE REUSE OF STORMWATER AS AN ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT TO ADDRESS BOTH WATER SUPPLY AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT.

IT INCORPORATES STRATEGIES FROM THE WATERFALL PLAN, WHICH RELATES TO USES OF WATER, INCLUDING RAINWATER, STORM WATER, AND THE ADDITION OF WASTEWATER.

AND IT HONES IN ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE WATER FORD PLAN TO DEVELOP ORDINANCES THAT REQUIRE NEW, LARGE, LARGER COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS USE OF ALTERNATIVE WATER GENERATED ONSITE.

IT PULLS FROM THE PROPOSED LDC UPDATE AROUND REDEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS AROUND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT AS YOU ALL KNOW, BECAUSE OLDER COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT LACK ADEQUATE PROVISIONS FOR MANAGING STORM WATER.

AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO MY DISTRICT HERE IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN.

UM, GIVEN OUR HISTORY TROPIC FLOODING EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN AUSTIN THAT RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF LIFE AND HAVING HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES DISPLACED.

SO IT'S A PRIORITY FOR THE DISTRICT.

UH, SO IN SHORT, THIS RESOLUTION SIMILAR TO THE ONES OR CUSTOMER KITCHENS, UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, IS, IS HONING IN ON THE NEED TO, UH, INCREASE FLOOD PROTECTION AND, UM, AND WOULD SET THAT IN MOTION THROUGH DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK OR TO DO THE ALTERNATE ALTERNATIVE WATER ORDINANCE AND INCENTIVES OPTION, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THE WATER PLAN.

UM, ALSO LOOKING AT COMMUNITY STORMWATER, HARVESTING AND ASSESSING EXISTING NEEDS FOR RAINWATER HARVESTING AT MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.

MARISSA HAD A CHANCE TO REFLECT ON THIS, UH, IN, IN HAVE ANY, ANY THING THEY WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS.

I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, FOCUSING ON FLOOD PROTECTION IT'S REALLY TAKES US TO ANOTHER LEVEL ON THAT.

SO RATHER THAN JUST BEING RESPONSIVE, WORKING TOWARDS BEING PREVENTATIVE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER ALTRU? UM, SO I JUST SAW THIS LIKE RIGHT BEFORE WE START, SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY DIVE INTO IT.

UM, SO I, I AGREE WITH THE PROBLEM AND THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE FLOOD PROTECTION, UM, AND INCREASE OUR, YOU HAVE AN INCREASED NEED.

I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM STAFF WHAT YOU WOULD TAKE THIS AS PROVIDING YOU DIRECTION TO DO THAT YOU'RE NOT ALREADY DOING, OR DOES THIS ACCELERATE AND FOCUS INTENTION ON THE WATER FORWARD.

UM, SO I MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT JUMPING INTO IT ONLY HAVING JUST GOTTEN IT.

SO I'LL START AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT IT TOO.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO ABSORB THE LANGUAGE A BIT.

UM, I THINK WATERFALL WORD AND ON-SITE REUSE IS ALWAYS ENVISIONED, UH, RAINWATER CAPTURE, STORMWATER RUNOFF, UH, ASPECTS OF, OF WATER FORWARD AS PART OF REUSE.

I DON'T KNOW, OTHER, UH, ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE AND HOW MUCH THAT PULLS IN OTHER WATERSHED ORDINANCES THAT YOU'LL GO BEYOND JUST WATER FORWARD.

I DON'T KNOW IF KEVIN OR

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I MEAN, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THINGS, I MEAN, CERTAINLY WATERFALL, IT DOES IDENTIFY STORMWATER CAPTURE AND REUSE AS A POTENTIAL STRATEGY.

SO IT'S IN THE WATERFORD PLAN AS A, AS A POTENTIAL STRATEGY.

UM, ADDITIONALLY OUR RECENTLY PASSED REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR ON-SITE REUSE, INCLUDES AN ENVISIONS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REUSE, UM, STORMWATER ON SITE.

SO, I MEAN, AT SOME LEVEL WE'VE ACCOMMODATED THAT, UM, THERE ARE SOME MORE COMPLICATED ASPECTS OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE CO-BENEFITS OF STORMWATER CAPTURE TO ACHIEVE WATER QUALITY PROTECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, FLOODING PROTECTIONS AND, UH, WATER SUPPLY.

I MEAN, JUST BY THE NATURE.

I MEAN, FOR, FOR THOSE, FOR HOLDING, YOU KNOW, RESERVOIRS TO WORK THAT BASICALLY IT NEEDS TO BE EMPTY.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH WATERSHED ON, UH, ON KIND OF HOW DO WE FIND A WAY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT THAT COVID BENEFIT AND, AND HOW WE COULD ACTUALLY APPLY THAT IN A MORE SPECIFIC ENGINEERING CONTEXT.

SO AGAIN, THAT, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S STRICTLY HELPFUL OTHER THAN IT IS PART OF THE PLAN WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO, UM, KIND OF PICK THOSE UP INDIVIDUALLY AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT COUNCILMAN REFORM.

WHAT IS, YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY WHEN WE DRAFTED THIS, IT WAS PROPOSED AS AN AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCT OUR KITCHEN, TO TIE IT INTO REDEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND MULTI-FAMILIES.

AND SO CERTAINLY IT'S TO BUILD OFF OF THAT WORK AND I SEE IT AS COMPLIMENTARY AND IF ANYTHING, IT JUST DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO LOOK AT ON-SITE REUSE FROM THE LENS OF FLOOD PROTECTION AND REDUCING FLOOD RISK.

UM, AND SO, BUT I'M HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, UH, AS IF WE BRING IT FORWARD OR HOW DO WE BRING IT FORWARD, HAPPY TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT MORE SPECIFIC.

UM, AND THEN ALSO WE CAN PULL IN SOME OF THE, UH, LANGUAGE AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE MEMO FROM THE FLOOD RESILIENCE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UM, YEAH, SO THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ALTERED.

DID YOU EVER HAVE, YEAH, I WAS JUST, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THEN PART OF IT IS BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS MEANT AS PART OF THE OTHER ONE.

AND SO I WANT IT, WELL, I JUST, I WANT IT TO BE, I WANT IT TO MAKE AS MUCH SENSE SO THAT WE'RE GIVING THE CLEAR DIRECTION.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASSIST HIM IN DOING THAT.

I JUST, CAUSE I THINK THE PROBLEM YOU'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IS FINE AND EITHER IT COULD BE SHAPED AMENDMENT TO THE ONE WE JUST PASSED AND WE JUST PASS THAT AMENDMENT WHEN THIS COMES UP FOR COUNCIL AND WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO, TO PUT IT IN THERE.

UM, OR WE WRITE A SEPARATE RESOLUTION THAT BUILDS OUT THE, THE FOCUS FOR IT.

I JUST THINK IT WILL BE LIKE, WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT IF THE CLARITY THAT WE PROVIDE STAFF AFFECTS THE PRODUCT THAT WE GET BACK.

UM, AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ENOUGH ISSUES TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AS MUCH CLARITY AS POSSIBLE ASSEMBLY AND ADD THINGS TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THE FLOODING, WHICH I THINK IS THE GOAL THAT WE ALL ALL SHARE.

SO, UM, I LIVE IN THE CONSEQUENCES, SOME HOW YOU ON YOUR PROCEED AND I'M HAPPY TO, TO ASSIST WITH THAT.

I'M JUST, I'M A LITTLE BIT, I FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T DO ENOUGH TO WHAT IT COULD DO AND I DON'T HAVE THE, I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO, TO, TO THINK IT THROUGH TO ADD THAT.

SO I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GET IT OR TO MAKE IT AN AMENDMENT, UM, TO THE OTHER ONE.

OH, UH, I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON IT.

UH, BUT FIRST CAN'T REMEMBER POOL.

I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE AMENDED THE MOTION JUST TO SAY THAT AS, AS AN AMENDMENT TO AN ITEM THAT WE ALREADY PASSED, UM, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN WHEN, SO THAT IT WOULD BE TIED TO THE OTHER ACTIONS AND THEN MAYBE, UM, CAUSE REMEMBER FONTUS AND ALTER CAN WORK TOGETHER AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUT THE ADDITION IF THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHT THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO, UH, WHAT CUSTOMER NUMBER 26 BRING IN.

BUT I THINK WE CAN EASILY PASS THIS AS, UH, WITH THE MOTION SAYING AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

I THINK WHAT

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IT DOES IS IT MIGHT EVEN MAKE MORE SENSE.

UH, YEAH, I THINK IT FITS BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS THAT IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY IS YOU'RE ASKING THAT, UM, THAT IS PART OF CON IS PART OF CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF WATER FORWARD RELATED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE W THAT WE LOOK AT THE, UM, INCREASED FLOOD PROTECTION.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR SECOND BULLET EXAMINATION OF IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES FOR COMMUNITY HARVESTING.

AND SO THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC ASK, UH, TO, AND REALLY WHAT I THINK YOU'RE DOING.

IT'S, YOU'RE ASKING THAT YOU EXAMINED THE IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES FOR COMMUNITY STORM WARNING, STORM, WATER HARVESTING, UH, FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE THAT IT CAN, IT, IT, IT ADDS TO, OR ADDRESSES INCREASED NEED FOR FLOOD PROTECTION.

SO THAT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC.

AND SO IS THE EXISTING NEEDS FOR RAINWATER, RAINWATER, HARVESTING MULTIFAMILY SITES AND OTHER EXAMPLE.

SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE AS IT IS.

IT COULD, COULD JUST ADD SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, DO THIS AS PART OF YOUR IMPLEMENTATION AND BRING BACK A REPORT TO COUNCIL.

IT MIGHT JUST NEED LANGUAGE LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S, IT'S, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, ADDRESS THESE ITEMS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A REPORT BACK OR A, OR A NEXT STEP SPECIFICALLY, COUNCILMEMBER ALTER.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH.

I JUST THINK YOUR COMMENTS ARE REALLY HELPFUL.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY SAYING WE HAVE WATER, WHICH IS OUR WATER SUPPLY PLAN, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT THAT ARE STRATEGIES THAT HAVE IMPLICATION FOR FLOOD PROTECTION.

AND WHILE YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING THOSE, WE WANT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THE, WE WANT YOU TO INTEGRATE THE FLOOD PROTECTION BENEFITS INTO THOSE JESUS, THAT PART OF THE DIRECTION.

I, I SEE WHAT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING COMES FROM WHERE ALTAR, UH, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS POLICY AREA IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND SO WHEN WE DRAFTED IT, IT WAS DRAFTED AS AN AMENDMENT TO CUSTOMER KITCHENS RESOLUTION.

AND SO I DON'T WANT, I THINK WHAT I'M, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS EITHER PASS IT AS AN AMENDMENT TO CUSTOMER KITCHENS RESOLUTION, AND THEN WORK WITH YOU ON REALLY ROUNDING OUT THE FLOOD RESILIENCE AND FLOOD PROTECTION, INCREASING FLOOD PROTECTION, UM, OR JUST WITHDRAW IT AND COME BACK ONCE WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, TIGHTER LANGUAGE.

UM, SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE JUST ADOPTED AS AMENDMENT TO MY RESOLUTION AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND IT'S NICE TO CARRY ALL OF THESE TOGETHER.

I THINK.

SO IF SO, I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO THAT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL WORK ON THE LANGUAGE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE LANGUAGE.

UM, SO THE MOTION, SO THE MOTION THEN IS TO ADOPT, UM, THIS ITEM HAS AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR ITEM.

BUT ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT.

ALRIGHT.

PASSES.

TO IDENTIFY ITEMS TO DISCUSS AT FUTURE MEETINGS.

OKAY, EVERYBODY NOW WE'RE MOVING TO THE LAST ITEM.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WORK.

THAT WAS GOOD CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION, UM, OF FROM EVERYONE.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, SO, UH, THE LAST ITEM IS

[6. Identify items to discuss at future meetings.]

IS THERE ANYTHING PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD RIGHT NOW? UH, CHAIR.

OH, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

UM, VERY CLOSE SINCE I WANNA SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AHEAD FOR THAT, BUT I COULD BE WRONG BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE DATA.

UH, WHAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT GETTING SOME INFORMATION, HOW ARE YOU DOING YOUR TESLA AND THE WATER BUDGET AND THE IMPACTS ON OUR DROUGHT PLANNING AND CONSERVATION PLANS? OKAY.

UM, THIS MAY BE WATERSHED, BUT I THINK IT'S WATER, UM, FOR OUR WATER QUALITY LANDS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF FUNDING IN OUR BOND, UM, FOR PURCHASE OF THOSE LANDS.

WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PURCHASES.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO GET A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT AND HOW MUCH IS LEFT IN THE BOND.

AND KIND OF, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT ON THE HORIZON DOES THAT MY FEET, THOSE TWO OUT OF THAT ALLOCATION AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER BOND SET,

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THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

YOU MAY ALREADY BE PLANNING TO DO IT, BUT I JUST LIKE HEARING ABOUT THE AMI.

SO JUST KEEP THAT ON YOUR LIST.

PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHWEST.

RIGHT.

SO THAT'LL BE GOOD TO SEE, TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST, BUT EVERYBODY HAS CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE WANTING TO GET AMI INSTALLED.

UM, I THINK WE'D ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK ON THE DROUGHT.

UM, WE COVERED SOME OF THAT TODAY.

SO IT BE A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE TO COVER IN TERMS OF THE STATUS OF, OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, DROUGHT, UM, LEVELS.

OTHER ITEMS, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.