[CALL TO ORDER]
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OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE MEETING AT 12 THAT BEFORE WE HAD TO CALL IT.
SO WAIT, AM I LOOKING AT THE AGENDA? YES.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CALLING TO ORDER, WHICH WE'VE DONE.
UM, AND THEN ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS? NO.
SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES FROM OUR FEBRUARY 11TH TASK FORCE MEETING, UM, THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE.ANYONE WANTS TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THOSE APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND PARRY AND ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[2.a. Water supply update]
WE ARE GOING TO DO THE WATER SUPPLY UPDATE NOW, AND WHO'S DOING THAT ONE.AND Y'ALL SHOULD ALL HAVE THESE IN YOUR ATTACHMENTS THAT M NELL HAS SENT OUT, BUT WE'LL ALSO, YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN IN A SECOND.
UM, JUST ONE MOMENT WHILE WE'RE BRINGING UP THIS LIGHT, THE MAP HAS GOT RED OKAY, GREAT.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF WATER SUPPLY UPDATE.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR, UH, UPDATED COMBINED STORAGE OF LAKES, BUCHANAN AND TRAVIS, JANUARY 1ST, 2005 THROUGH MARCH 1ST, 2022.
UH, THE LAKES ARE CURRENTLY AROUND A LITTLE BELOW 1.6 MILLION ACRE FEET OF COMBINED STORAGE.
YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE'VE GOT AN UPDATED CHART HERE SHOWING HIGHLAND LAKES INFLOWS.
THE GREEN BARS ARE 2022 NUMBERS.
WE HAVE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY POPULATED HERE.
THAT'S THE LATEST DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO WE'RE STARTING THE YEAR OFF A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR IN 2021 AND LOWER THAN OUR AVERAGES FROM 1942 TO PRESENT ARE 2008 TO 2015.
WE'LL BE TRACKING THOSE INFLOWS OVER THE COMING MONTHS.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTAKE HERE IN, IN MAY.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT FOR FOLKS JUST IN CASE LIKE, SO THE BLUE LINE IS THE PERIOD OF RECORD HISTORICAL AVERAGE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THIS DARKER BLUE, AT LEAST TO MY EYES, SHORTER PAGE CAPTURES OUR DROUGHT, OUR DROUGHT OF RECORD, OUR KIND OF NEW DROUGHT OF RECORD FOR OUR REGION.
SO THAT'S THE REALLY INTERESTING COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KIND OF UNDER STAY THE DIFFERENT TIME STEPS
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FOR THESE AND LOOKING AT IT.I THINK THIS IS REALLY INSTRUCTIVE HOW Y'ALL PUT THIS TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.
YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SIDE.
JUST WANTED TO SHOW A SNAPSHOT HERE OF TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A MAP THAT'S PUT TOGETHER BY THE US DROUGHT MONITOR, BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT'S WRITTEN BY TW DB STAFF, JUST, UM, KIND OF SHARING HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO SEE SOME MORE SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
NOTABLY EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT HAS RETURNED TO THE STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JUNE, 2021.
WE HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE NOT BEEN AS AFFECTED BY THE DROUGHT.
AND OF COURSE THIS IS A WEEKLY UPDATE.
UM, HOWEVER, IF WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE, UH, WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF SLIDES DOWN, BUT IF YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CYCLE, I SHOULD HAVE REARRANGED THOSE MYSELF.
BUT, UM, IF WE LOOK THE NOAA THREE MONTH OUTLOOK, WE ARE, UM, LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY HAVING BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, AS WELL AS ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
SO WE WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE HOW, UH, TEMPERATURE AND PRECEPT PROCEED AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR COMBINED STORAGE LEVELS.
UH, THIS IS OUR, UM, LAKE LEVELS FORECAST THAT WE GET FROM THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY.
UM, THIS IS DATA TO MARCH 1ST, 2022, BUT YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SEE THE POTENTIAL PATHWAYS, UM, FOR COMBINED STORAGE.
UM, IF WE MOVE OUT AS WE MOVE OUT TOWARDS THE FALL OF 2022, UM, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT MEDIAN CONDITIONS AROUND THE 50TH PERCENTILE, UM, THERE'S A FAIRLY GOOD CHANCE THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE STAGE ONE DROUGHT, UH, RESTRICTIONS MORE TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER.
UM, THOSE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS THAT STAGE ONE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS WOULD REALLY BE A LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO WATER.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON HOSE AND WATERING.
UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN JUST KIND OF THE CONSERVATION STAGE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE ARE IN ALL OF THE TIME.
UM MERISSA AND WHEN WE GO INTO DROUGHT, ONE, TWO, IS THERE, UM, A RAMP UP AND, UM, ENFORCEMENT ON OUTDOOR WATERING? YEAH, SO OUR CONSERVATION DIVISION WOULD BE GOING OUT AND DOING MORE PATROLS AND, UM, THEY WOULD BE, UM, ISSUING ANY, ANY SORT OF, UH, WARNINGS OR CITATIONS AS, AS THEY'RE DOING THAT.
THOSE WILL BE JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE METRICS THAT WE'LL BE WATCHING OVER TIME IN TERMS OF COMBINED STORAGE AND INFLOWS.
AND WE'LL BE UPDATING YOU AS WE MOVE ALONG.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, FOLKS? IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT HOT AND DRY AHEAD.
[2.b. Water Forward 2018 Implementation update]
KEEP MOVING.THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE WATER FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE.
AND SO THIS IS A SUBCOMMITTEE.
OH, WAIT, AM I READING THAT RIGHT? NO, THIS IS JUST IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE HAVE SUBCOMMITTEE AS A SYSTEM.
SO WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF REARRANGING OF THE AGENDAS JUST TO MAKE IT FLOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, WE'VE GOT THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, WE'VE GOT THE IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE.
THEY'RE YOUR REGULAR KIND OF IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE THAT YOU WOULD GET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO KIND OF LUMPED TOGETHER WITH THAT, THE IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE NOTES THAT WE'VE PREPARED THAT ARE ALSO IN YOUR BACKUP AND, UM, GREAT.
YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SIDE.
IT'S A QUICK UPDATE TODAY ARE, SINCE THESE ARE QUARTERLY REPORTS ARE, UM, UH, QUARTER LEAVE REPORT FOR Q2 IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.
ONCE WE HIT THE END OF MARCH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL THAT Q2 REPORT TOGETHER.
UM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON MAKING SOME EDITS TO THE FORMAT OF THE REPORT BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE TASK FORCE.
SO, UM, IF YOU'LL NOTICE I PUT THIS CUTE LITTLE GRAPHIC ON THERE THAT IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IF YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SIDE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO INCLUDE, UM, ON THIS QUARTERLY REPORT INCLUDE ACTUAL VERSUS PLANNED PROGRESS AND THE PLAN PROGRESS AS COMPARED TO OUR IMPLEMENTATION, UH, KIND OF OUTLOOK THAT WE HAD INCLUDED IN THE WATERFORD 18 PLAN, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL STANDARDIZED METRICS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED, UH, REPORTING, UM, IN EACH OF THE QUARTERLY REPORTS, UH, AROUND THINGS LIKE, UM, OUR ONSITE WATER REUSE, IMPLEMENTATION, RECLAIMED IMPLEMENTATION, OR OUR OTHER STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION METRICS.
WE'LL HAVE THE UPDATED Q2 REPORT, UM, FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY
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AND MARCH OF 2022, READY TO PRESENT AT THE MAY 3RD TASK FORCE MEETING THAT ALSO GETS REPORTED OR PRESENTED, UM, SHARED WITH, UH, AUSTIN MOTOR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT, AND I APOLOGIZE, I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED THIS BEFORE, BUT THE ANNUAL REPORT.
SO WE HAVE THE FINALIZED 20 19 20 20 ANNUAL REPORT AND THEN THE 20, THE FY 21 ANNUAL REPORT.
SO THAT F Y THE FISCAL YEARS RUN FROM OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
UM, SO OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021 ANNUAL REPORT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A DRAFT.
SOME OF THE KEY INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT IS REPORTED IN CALENDAR YEAR, RATHER THAN FISCAL YEAR.
SOME OF THE CALENDAR YEAR INFORMATION IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL BE, UH, UH, FINALIZED WITHIN THE COMING MONTH OR SO.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, UM, BEST IF WE COULD WAIT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE KIND OF THE FULL PICTURE OF OUR FISCAL YEAR AND CALENDAR YEAR INFORMATION WITHIN THE ANNUAL REPORT, RATHER THAN AS WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST HAVING KIND OF AN ASTERIX, UM, WITH THE FINAL REPORT THAT WE PROVIDE.
AND SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY ROLL OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, UH, COULD ROLL OUT IN A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
OUR TARGET WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT, UM, UH, THAT FINAL, UH, F Y 21 ANNUAL REPORT BY MAY, BY THE MAY 3RD MEETING.
LET'S SAY ANY QUESTIONS FOLKS, AND HOLD ON.
I TOOK MY GLASSES OFF, CAUSE MY FROGGING UP.
UM, YOU HAVE TO BE ON CAMERA IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED IN THE QUORUM.
SO THAT FOLKS NEED TO TURN ON THEIR, GET THEIR CAMERAS ON IF THEY'RE ABLE.
AND I THINK THAT JUST MEANS PERRY.
YOU, WE NEED TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON.
HE WAS GOING TO SWITCH OR, YEAH.
I GUESS WE NEED TO WAIT FOR HIM.
PERRY, ARE YOU THERE? OH, THIS IS PERRY CALLING ME.
HE GOT PUT IN THE OTHER ROOM WHERE HE CAN'T TURN HIS CAMERA ON.
CAN YOU JUST TURN HIS CAMERA ON? YEAH.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MIGHT NEED TO LEAVE AND COME BACK.
UM, AND YOUR PHONE SEEMED TO BE WORKING WELL, CAUSE SHE SAYS THAT YOU'RE AT, YOU'RE IN THERE AS A PANELIST RIGHT NOW AND SHE CAN'T SWITCH YOU.
IS THERE A WAY TO TURN ON HIS MIC? OKAY.
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ARE WE TASKFORCE MEMBERS AND ALSO WATER STAFF, BUT QUICKLY BECOMING IT PROFESSIONALS, BUT ALSO LEARNING THAT IT PROFESSIONALS ARE PROBABLY UNDERPAID, LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE.UM, SO I JUST ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE NOT GOING TO FLASH IT UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS HAVE WITH, OH, DO THE BEST WE CAN.
COULD IT BE BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE HAIL AND WINDSTORM THAT WE'RE EXPECTING? I DON'T MY, MY INTERNET AND PHONE, MY INTERNET AND PHONE HAD BEEN REAL WACKY TODAY.
I'VE BEEN HAVING, I SEEN THE OTHER SERVICE RELEASE ABOUT THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN IT IN TOWN, BUT ARE Y'ALL GETTING OUT NORM? UH, NO, I JUST SAW THE FORECAST LAST NIGHT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT SAID THE 35 CORRIDOR.
UM, LARGE HAIL, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOMEWHERE MY CONNECTION, BUT I KEEP LOSING LIKE BILL'S VIDEO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND IN HANDY, BUT THAT MIGHT JUST BE MY BANDWIDTH OR SOMETHING.
VANESSA, CAN YOU TURN HIS MIC? SORRY.
CAN YOU HEAR US? HELLO, PERRY.
SO JUST BRIEFLY, CAN WE WAIT FOR THAT ONE? UM, WE WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UM, AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION ITEM WE HAVE IN YOUR BACK IT AND YOUR PACKET, UM, A BACK-UP ITEM FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE, MEETING NOTES.
UM, SO ON MARCH 1ST, 2022, WE HAD AN IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS OF SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THOSE.
UM, IT WAS JUST SAFE TO SAY THAT I'M HAVING TROUBLE ACROSS THE BOARD TODAY.
SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE RECAP FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T ATTEND, THESE NOTES ARE ALSO WITHIN YOUR PACKETS.
UM, THE AUSTIN WATER CONSERVATION DIVISION STAFF PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, UM, THAT, UH, THE SLIDES FOR THAT PRESENTATION, OR ALSO INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR PACKET, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE FOR REFERENCE JUST A COUPLE OF HIGH POINTS ON THAT.
THE FOCUS OF THAT ORDINANCE IS GOING TO BE ON NEW SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL BUILDS, HOWEVER THAT COULD INCLUDE REDEVELOPMENT AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THESE, UH, UH, THIS, UH, STRATEGY IS INTENDED TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE WATERFORD PLAN.
UH,
THEY CHANGED THE NAME FROM LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION BECAUSE THIS IS A FOCUS ON NEW BUILDS AS WELL AS REDEVELOPMENT.
SO ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR NOW? IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HAVING SOME AUDIO DIFFICULTIES TRANSMITTING OUT OF THE AA CONFERENCE ROOM.
CAN YOU WAVE YOUR HAND? IF YOU CAN HEAR US? I CAN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? JENNIFER? DID.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR US GRANDVIEW? THEY CAN'T HEAR US.
IT THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE MUTE THING OVER HERE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR I THINK ONLY BLANCA
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CAN SEE THE CHATS BECAUSE IT'S AGAINST THE OPEN MEETING SAG FOR US TO HAVE CHATS.NOW, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? OKAY.
Y'ALL UM, WE'RE GOING TO START OVER AGAIN.
WE HAVE SOME NOTES HERE FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE DOWN MARCH 1ST AT THAT MEETING AUSTIN WATER CONSERVATION STAFF PROVIDED A PRESENTATION ON THE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE.
THE FOCUS OF THIS ORDINANCE IS ON NEW SINGLE FAMILY.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDS, UM, THIS IMPLEMENTS, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION ORDINANCE WITHIN THE WATERFORD PLAN.
SINCE NOVEMBER, OUR STAFF HAS ENGAGED A VARIETY OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS.
THEY'VE HAD SOME, UH, LOWER TURNOUT THAN EXPECTED AT INITIAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME WORK TO MAKE PHONE CALLS AND PERSONALIZED OUTREACH TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVEN'T YET PARTICIPATED WITHIN THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR MORE FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS.
THEY HAVE HAD VIRTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THERE'LL BE PLANNING ADDITIONAL IN-PERSON OUTREACH OPTIONS IN THE FUTURE.
WITHIN YOUR NOTES, YOU WILL SEE A LINK TO THE ORDINANCES, SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGE, WHERE TASKFORCE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ADDITIONAL OUTREACH VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND WE'LL BE HAVING MEETINGS IN THE APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME AS WELL AS AUGUST, UH, CONSERVATION EXPECTS THAT THEY'LL HAVE DRAFT CODE LANGUAGE COMPLETED IN JUNE.
AND THEN THEY'LL BE PLANNING TO COME BACK TO THE TASKFORCE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AFTER THAT MILESTONE IS REACHED.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO ADDED WATERFORD TASKFORCE MEMBER EMAIL ADDRESSES TO THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE STAKEHOLDER LIST.
SO Y'ALL WILL BE RECEIVING UPDATES AS THOSE UPDATES ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, THE REST OF THE NOTES HERE DOCUMENTS SOME QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD BY THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL JUST, UH, KIND OF ALLOW Y'ALL TO, YOU KNOW, ASK ANY QUESTIONS, UM, AS, AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, THIS IS KIND OF OUR FIRST ROLLOUT OF THESE, OF WE'RE HAVING OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THAT, I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THOSE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND FULL TASK FORCE.
WE NEED AN ALTERNATE THEM EVERY OTHER MONTH AND THEN PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE NOTES TO THE TASK FORCE.
SO THAT FOLKS THAT AREN'T ON THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, AREN'T MISSING OUT ON THE CONTENT.
UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.
CAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST, THIS IS THE FIRST SET OF NOTES FROM THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THIS LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION OR SINGLE FAMILY IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, THIS, THIS STANDS TO SAVE US A LOT OF WATER.
SO I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT AND WE'LL BE HEARING MORE FROM STAFF, BUT ALSO, UM, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR EMAILS ABOUT IT ON DIFFERENT KIND OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FROM IT.
I MISS THE DISCUSSION ON THIS, AT THIS MEETING BECAUSE I WAS HAVING MY TROUBLE LOGGING ONTO WEBEX DURING THIS MEETING.
SO, UM, IT, IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THE NOTES.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, ABOUT THIS? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, WHEN, WHEN THIS CAME UP AT OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING THE OTHER DAY, UH, WE WERE UNCERTAIN IF THESE RULES WERE GOING TO APPLY IN THE ETJ, HAVE WE ESTABLISHED, IF THEY WILL APPLY IN THE ETJ, WE DID REACH OUT TO OUR STAFF.
OUR STAFF DID SOME RESEARCH AND IN THE NOTES, UM, ON, WE HAVE INCLUDED THEIR RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST SHARE WHAT THAT RESPONSE WAS THAT, UM, UH, WHETHER A FUTURE ORDINANCE OR MULTIPLE ORDINANCES COULD BE ENFORCED INSIDE OF THE ETJ WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT'S BEING REGULATED, WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S LANDSCAPE, PLANT TYPES, LIMITATION OF TURF IRRIGATION, SYSTEM LIMITATIONS, OR OTHER, UM, AND WHICH SECTION OF CITY CODE THE ORDINANCE OR ORDINANCES WOULD BE PROMULGATED IN WHETHER THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE LAND USE CODE, THE PLUMBING CODE BUILDING CODE OR ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA MANUALS.
UM, SO LET'S SEE STAFF'S ANALYSIS OF THE REGULATED LANDSCAPE, UH, TRANSFORMATION ACTIVITIES ARE APPROPRIATE EFFECTED KOTEX, RELEVANT CODE SECTIONS
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AND RELATED JURISDICTIONAL LIMITATIONS WILL ALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANY PROPOSED CODE CHANGES.SO IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE ANSWER IS IT DEPENDS, UM, BASED ON WHAT WE DECIDE TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE ABOUT AND WHERE THAT, UM, CODE CHANGE IS LOCATED OR NEW CODE IS LOCATED.
MARISSA, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, INFORMATION AND, UH, BILL IT'S AN IT'S ALL THAT'S WRITTEN OUT IN THE MEETING NOTES TOO.
UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, WE HAVE TO MAP WHERE THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS JURISDICTION OVER SUBDIVISIONS SUBDIVISIONS ARE ANYWHERE NEAR A PURPLE PIPE.
I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO BEGIN FORCING DEVELOPERS ON THEIR OWN TIME TO PUT THE PURPLE PIPE IN THE STREET AND EVERY LOT, GET A PURPLE PIPE SERVICE.
AND IF A LOT WANTS AN AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM, THEY HAVE TO HOOK UP, OR IF THEY WANT A PURPLE PIPE HOST BIP TO WATER BY HAND, WE HAD TO DO THAT.
I THINK, UH, I BROUGHT THIS UP THE OTHER DAY.
I MUST ADMIT THIS IDEA WAS NOT GREETED WITH WHAT A GREAT IDEA.
UH, SO I'M NOT, IT'S NOT A GREAT IDEA AND YOU'RE DISGUISING YOUR INTERESTS, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO, FOR THESE SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS TO START USING, AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY AND, AND W AND, UH, THAT'S JUST MY STATEMENT AND I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING VERY HARD.
AND DID YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS AS WELL? THAT'S IT? OKAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF LIANA, I CAN'T REMEMBER THERE WAS SOMEBODY FROM, WELL, IT'S ON HERE ON FROM PARKS, THE QUESTION ABOUT PARD, UM, AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO INTEGRATE WATERFORD OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WORTH EXPLORING MORE IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S DEFINITE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, HIGHLY ANNA, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
WE ARE, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET INVOLVED AND EXPLORE ALL OPPORTUNITIES.
WE KNOW WE USE A LOT OF WATER, ESPECIALLY FOR IRRIGATION IN OUR PARKS AND, UH, UM, WE, WE WOULD LOVE THE CHALLENGE.
UM, I FEEL LIKE, UM, NOT ONLY WOULD THAT BE REALLY GOOD, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME REALLY COOL AND INTERESTING DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AS WELL.
UM, AND, UH, IT JUST IS A GREAT WAY.
LIKE PEOPLE GO TO PARKS AND USE THE PARKS.
AND SO IT'S A REALLY OUTWARD FACING, UM, COLLABORATION TO GET THAT OUT THERE.
AND WE WOULD LOVE ALSO TO, UM, HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECT OF IT, UH, IMPLEMENTED.
UH, WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT WHEN WE SHARE THIS TYPE OF, UH, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, MESSAGES, THEY PROPAGATE TO, UM, ALL DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UH, AND THE DAILY LIFE.
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE, UH, OTHER FOLKS HERE PARTICIPATING IN DOING THIS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS WERE REALLY, UM, ESPECIALLY, UM, UH, SARAH FILES THAT SERVES ON THE PARKS COMMISSION, UM, WAS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S THINKING ABOUT, AND HER ROLE THERE AND THEY'RE MEETING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT, UM, IN HER ROLE, THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT WATER FORWARD AND HOW THAT CAN BE BROUGHT INTO THINGS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT COMMISSION, WHICH IS, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT AND SUPER HELPFUL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, BILL MORIARTY SERVES ON WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION.
SO THAT HELPS US KEEP THAT CROSS-POLLINATION GOING.
SO SHE'S, SHE CAME BACK, SHE COMES BACK WITH IDEAS OF LIKE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND PARKS COMMISSION.
UM, IF WE CAN BRING SOMEBODY SANCTIONED WATERFORD OVER THERE.
[2.c. Water Forward 2024 update]
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? OR WE MOVE FORWARD TO WATERFORD TO OUR NEXT ITEM.[00:30:14]
WE HEAR YOU PERRY AGAIN, IT LISTS ME AS A 10 DAY.I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
MAYBE WEBEX IS GOT A, A GHOST IN THE MACHINE TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH THESE SLIDES.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO FINISH OUT A PRESENTATION THAT WE STARTED AT THE FEBRUARY 11TH MEETING.
THEN WE'RE GONNA, UM, DO A LITTLE RECAP FROM THE WATER 4 24 SUB COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, AND WE'LL FINISH OUT WITH THE CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY ANALYSIS UPDATE.
UM, YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF OUR PROJECT PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS ONGOING ACTIVITIES AS WE'RE UPDATING THIS PLAN.
UM, THROUGH JANUARY, 2024, OUR FIRST TASKS ARE TO REFINE OUR PLANNING METHODOLOGY.
AND, UH, WHEN, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THIS ACTIVITY, REVISITING OUR MISSION STATEMENT, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, OUR OBJECTIVES, AND OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
UH, SO YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT OF OUR TASK PROGRESS TO DATE AND NEXT STEPS.
UM, SOME, UH, NOTABLE MILESTONES ACHIEVED IN THE RECENT, UH, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS INCLUDE ARE THE SELECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON SCHEDULING THEIR MEETINGS AS WELL AS SCHEDULING OUR EQUITY GROUNDING WORKSHOPS THAT WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS AND ALSO BY THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
SO WE'LL BE, UM, WORKING ON PUTTING THAT, UH, THAT, UH, SCHEDULE TOGETHER AND SENDING Y'ALL OUTLOOK INVITATIONS FOR THOSE DATES AS WELL.
AND WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO DRAFT OUR EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A DRAFT READY TO, TO SHARE HERE IN THE NEXT MAY MEETING.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OUR BASELINE 2020 POPULATION ESTIMATES.
THAT'S GOING TO FEED INTO OUR POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND OUR DEMAND FORECAST WORK.
UM, AND ON THE UT SIDE, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
UM, LATER ON, AS WE GIVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE CLIMATE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP MEETING, YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP, UM, WE'VE SELECTED NINE MEMBERS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING MONTHLY MEETINGS FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS AS THEY'RE GETTING ON BOARD.
AND AS THEY'RE BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH, UM, KIND OF THE WATERFORD PLAN AND, UH, WATER ISSUES, AND, UM, THEN OVER TIME, WE'RE GOING TO LIKELY BE PHASING OUT, UH, OR HAVING MEETINGS THAT ARE SEQUENCED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER APART.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALSO ENGAGING IN SOME, UM, WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PERSON, NOT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH, UM, OTHER ONLINE METHODS METHODS.
THE GOALS OF THE CAG ARE LISTED BELOW HERE IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ENSURING MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN AUSTIN, UM, AS PART OF OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR THE OVERALL UPDATE OF THE PLAN AND BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUSTIN WATER AND THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS KIND OF A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WATER PLANNING, AS WELL AS HOW THEIR CITY WORKS TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO TO ROLL INTO OUR MISSION STATEMENT, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO OUR MISSION STATEMENT FROM, UH, 2018 FROM THE FIRST WATER FOR A PLAN IS OVER HERE ON THE LEFT.
UM, WE HAD INCLUDED A LOT OF REALLY GREAT POINTS.
UM, BUT FOR THIS PLAN, WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, MORE LIKE OUR ELEVATOR PITCH, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD KIND OF COMMUNICATE REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, AND ALSO THERE WERE SOME THINGS WITHIN THE 2018 MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE FELT BELONGED, UM, MORE IN GUIDING PRINCIPLES OR IN SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT, UM, ARE HOW, THE WAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE EVALUATING OUR PORTFOLIOS OF STRATEGIES.
SO I'LL READ REALLY QUICKLY OUR WATERFORD 2024 MISSION STATEMENT.
THE PURPOSE OF WATERFORD IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT DIVERSE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO ADAPT TO GROWTH DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENSURE A SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, EQUITABLE, AND AFFORDABLE WATER FUTURE FOR OUR, UH, FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
I'LL NOTE THAT IN OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, WE DID GET A KIND OF A COMMENT THAT A WATER FUTURE IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR.
UM, AND SO WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS, AS WE WERE, UH, PROPOSING REVISIONS TO THIS MISSION STATEMENT,
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YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.SO GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UH, IN THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FROM THE WATERFORD 2018 PLAN.
AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ARE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES FROM THE WATERFORD 2024 PLAN.
THESE DO NOT INCORPORATE ANY EDITS FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING THOSE, UM, ANY COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED WITHIN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING GERD ARE NOTED WITHIN THE NOTES.
HOWEVER, UM, I JUST WANTED TO START US OFF ON THE SAME BASELINE HERE.
SO ON THE WATERFORD 18 SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL STRATEGIES DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM THAT HAVE SOME, UH, RED TEXT IN BOXES BESIDE THEM, THE, UM, THE THREE, UH, VETTING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE NEXT TO THE BOX, UH, NAMED FOUNDATIONAL UTILITY PRACTICES.
THESE ARE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS THINGS THAT ARE REALLY JUST KIND OF TABLE STAKES.
THESE ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE, HOW THE UTILITY DOES BUSINESS RATHER THAN SPECIFIC TO WATERFORD.
SO, UM, OUR THOUGHT THERE IS TO INCLUDE THAT AS IN A SECTION OF THE WATER FORAGER REPORT, THAT WOULD JUST NOTE HOW IMPORTANT THESE ARE, UM, AND HOW THESE ARE GOING TO BE FOUNDATIONAL UTILITY PRACTICES MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THE LAST WATER FOR 2018 GUIDING PRINCIPLE, WE MOVED THAT TO OBJECTIVES, MAINTAINING COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS, AS THAT BEING A PART OF OUR KIND OF HOLISTIC PLANNING PROCESS ON THE, UM, WATER FOR 2024 LISTS.
YOU ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S A NEW GUIDING PRINCIPLE AT THE BOTTOM THERE, UM, THAT STATES TO USE AN EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY LENS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.
THIS IS NEW AND WAS NOT INCLUDED AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN WATERFORD 2018.
I'LL JUST MENTION SOMETHING, UM, ABOUT KIND OF HOW WE'RE VIEWING THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN THIS ROUND OF PLANNING.
UH, OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE REALLY, UM, CONNECTED TO THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE LAY OUT FOR THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT TO SEE FROM OUR WATERFORD STRATEGIES.
SO THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, RATHER THAN BEING KIND OF, UM, DISCONNECTED FROM OUTCOMES AND HOW WE EVALUATE THE PLAN, THEY ARE REALLY TIED TO, AND VERY CLOSELY LINKED TO HOW WE EVALUATE, UM, THINGS LIKE WATER, RELIABILITY, HOW WE EVALUATE, UM, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES AND HOW WE EVALUATE THINGS LIKE OUR, UM, UH, PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, FEASIBILITY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PLAN.
UM, AFFORDABILITY, OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PLAN THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
SO WE REALLY TRYING TO OPERATIONALIZE THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THROUGH OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
YOU CAN ROLL ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
I THINK Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THESE COUPLE OF SLIDES BEFORE SOME TRYING TO NOT LINGER TOO LONG ON THEM.
UM, SOME OF THE KEY CONCEPTS THAT WE'RE USING WITHIN THIS ROUND OF WATERFORD PLANNING INCLUDE THESE CONCEPTS OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND PROCEDURAL JUSTICE.
SO AS WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT AN EQUITY LENS WITH THIS PLANNING PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF COMING.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH TALKING TO OUR EQUITY OFFICE AND WE CAME TO THESE TWO CONCEPTS THAT WE THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE IS THIS CONCEPT THAT PERTAINS TO THE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS WITHIN A SOCIETY.
SO THE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS OF, UM, RELATED TO, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER THAT BE CONSERVATION OR AN, OR REUSE OR WATER SUPPLY STRATEGIES.
UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, PROCEDURAL JUSTICE IS A CONCEPT THAT FOCUSES ON THE FAIRNESS OF A PROCESS BY WHICH YOU REACH A DECISION ABOUT HOW TO DISTRIBUTE BENEFITS AND BURDENS.
SO BASICALLY HOW FAIR IS THE PROCESS WHERE YOU MADE DECISIONS ABOUT AN OUTCOME, UM, AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF TIE THESE TWO THINGS INTO OUR OBJECTIVES, UM, THAT YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE COMING SLIDES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS AS WELL AS AN EQUITABLE PROCESS OF COMING TO DECISIONS.
WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, IN, UH, OUR PLANNING PROCESS, WE ARE TRYING TO ALIGN ALSO WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN EQUITY OFFICES FOCUSED ON RACIAL EQUITY EQUITY.
AND THIS IS IN RECOGNITION THAT RACE IS THE MOST CONSISTENT PREDICTOR ACROSS ALL QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES.
UM, OUR EQUITY OFFICE HAS ALSO PROVIDED KIND OF THIS GUIDANCE HERE THAT SAYS THAT INTERSECTIONS EXIST WITHIN OTHER OPPRESSIONS, SUCH AS GENDER SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE ABILITY, CLASS, IMMIGRANT STATUS, VETERAN STATUS, HOWEVER OUTCOMES WITHIN THESE IDENTITIES STILL MOST NEGATIVELY IMPACT PEOPLE OF COLOR.
UM, AND WE ARE TRYING TO ALIGN WITH THAT, UH, GUIDANCE AND THAT AT THAT THOUGHT PROCESS, UM, AS WE'RE, UH, IMPLEMENTING
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AN EQUITY LENS WITHIN THE WATERFALL PLAN AS WELL.SO YOU'LL SEE TWO TABLES HERE WITHIN YOUR PACKETS THERE.
UM, UH, THESE, UH, TWO TABLES ARE SHOWING, UH, KIND OF A SELECT SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND SHOWING THE PROCEDURAL ELEMENTS.
SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENSURING THE FAIR PROCESS? AND THEN IF YOU ROLL TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'VE ALSO SEPARATED OUT A SELECT SET OF OUR GUIDING PROCESS, UH, PRINCIPLES, AND THEN THE DISTRIBUTIVE ELEMENTS.
SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS OR AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS? UM, SO WE'LL START HERE WITH THE DISTRIBUTED ELEMENTS.
THIS IS PROBABLY MORE LIKE WHAT WE HAD WITHIN THE LAST ROUND OF PLANNING AS OUR EVALUATION MATRIX FOR OUR PORTFOLIOS OF STRATEGIES, UM, OUR PORTFOLIOS OF STRATEGIES, JUST AS A REFRESHER, THEY MADE UP OF DOMAIN MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, WAYS TO CONSERVE OR REDUCE OUR USE OF WATER.
UM, REUSE STRATEGIES, WAYS WE CAN REUSE, UM, HIGHLY TREATED WASTEWATER, EFFLUENT, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL SUPPLY STRATEGIES.
UM, AND, UH, THIS ROUND OF PLANNING WE'VE GOT, WE'VE TIED.
LIKE I SAID, OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES OVER HERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, OUR STRATEGIC GOALS TO OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE UTILIZING AS MORE AS TACTICAL, UM, GOALS AND TACTICAL STRATEGIES.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT PERFORMANCE MEASURES HERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR KIND OF INITIAL HIGH LEVEL THOUGHTS ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING THESE OBJECTIVES.
I'M GOING TO PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND, BECAUSE I KNOW I'M ROLLING RIGHT THROUGH THIS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO, YOU KNOW, RAISE A HAND AND, OR LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT GOOD UNDERSTANDING AS WE ROLL THROUGH THIS.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND RELATED OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UM, HERE ON THIS, UH, ON THIS SLIDE.
SO FOR OUR FIRST GUIDING PRINCIPLE, WE HAVE TO CREATE A PLAN THAT'S RESILIENT TO GROWTH DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE RELATED OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO AVOID SEVERE WATER SHORTAGES DURING DROUGHT AND A VARIETY OF CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS.
AND THEN OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE WOULD BE BASED ON THE WATER AVAILABILITY MODELING RESULTS.
OUR SPECIFIC MEASURES WOULD BE DETERMINED, UM, IN FUTURE, AS WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, BUT WE WOULD BE TAKING THE OUTCOMES OF THAT MODELING AND RELATING THAT TO, UH, SOME SPECIFIC METRICS ON THE SECOND LINE.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE INCLUDES, UH, IT WOULD BE TO INCLUDE DIVERSE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT MAKE USE OF ALL WATER SOURCES, INCLUDING REUSE CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY.
OUR OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO CONTINUE AUSTIN'S FOCUS ON WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY.
AND OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES WOULD INCLUDE OUR POTABLE GALLON PER CAPITA, PER DAY METRIC, AS WELL AS A PORTFOLIO DIVERSITY SCORE THE PORTFOLIO DIVERSITY SCORE, SOMETHING THAT WILL BE NEW FOR WATER FOR 2024, AND WOULD MEASURE, UM, HOW DIVERSE OUR PORTFOLIOS OF STRATEGIES ARE.
THIS COULD BE A MEASURE THAT, UH, UM, THAT, UH, IS LOOKING AT THE DIVERSITY OF STRATEGIES IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE BIG GROUPINGS OF CONSERVATION REUSE AND SUPPLY OR WITHIN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, HOW KIND OF THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CONSERVATION STRATEGIES JUST AMONG THEMSELVES, THE DIVERSITY OF OUR REUSE STRATEGIES JUST AMONG THEMSELVES, OR YOU COULD HAVE A PORTFOLIO, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ONLY FOCUSES ON CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED OR ARE, IF WE'RE BUILDING MORE OFF OF OUR WATER FOR 2018 PORTFOLIO, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF REUSE STRATEGIES IN THERE.
EVERYTHING FROM ON-SITE REUSE ALL THE WAY UP TO CENTRALIZED RECLAIM.
UM, COUPLE THOUGHTS COME TO MIND.
ONE IS LIKE LOOKING AT THE OBJECTIVES, UM, AND LIKE THERE'S A BULLET THERE UNDER INCLUDE DIVERSE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES CONTINUE AUSTIN'S FOCUSED ON CONSERVATION.
I MEAN, YES, OF COURSE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE COULD BE OTHER BULLETS THERE.
LIKE, IS THIS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT? YEAH.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION AND THAT, UM, WE GET SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING A FEEDBACK WITHIN PROBABLY THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT FEEDBACK, COMPILE IT AND COME BACK WITH SOME REVISED, UM, UH, INFORMATION FOR YOU.
AND THEN NOT KNOWING AT ALL HOW THIS DIVERSITY SCORE IS GOING TO WORK.
I WILL, YOU KNOW, STICK MY NECK OUT AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
UM, I MEAN, THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT COULD PLAY OUT.
UM, AND IF THE GOAL IS TO HAVE LIKE A HIGHER DIVERSITY SCORE AND THEN YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO HYBRIDS DESIGNED JUST FOR THE SAKE OF, ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S AN, I LIKED THE IDEA OF
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THAT.AND MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, LIKE HANEY OR SOMETHING, BUT OUR BILL.
BUT, UM, I LIKED THE IDEA OF THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS FOR HOW WE GET GET THERE.
ANY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW WHILE I HAVE PAUSED MERISSA OH, I FORGOT YOUR WELLNESS AND APPEAR FOR HANDS.
I JUST SAID, I'LL JUST ECHO THE CONCERN ABOUT THE DIVERSITY SCORE COMMENT.
CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, AT THE LAST LEGISLATURE WE ACTUALLY FACED A BILL WHERE THEY TRIED TO TREAT AUSTIN'S WATER SUPPLY AS NOT DIVERSE.
UM, AND IT DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE EMPLOYING AS, AS A DIVERSE WATER SUPPLY.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO GET FLUSHED OUT IN A LOT OF THOSE DETAILS.
UM, CAUSE IT, IT DOES CONCERN ME THAT IT COULD BE USED AS A TALKING POINT THAT DOESN'T REFLECT REALITY.
I'LL KEEP GOING THROUGH, UM, AND I'LL TRY TO TAKE A BREATH EVERY NOW AND THEN, SO THAT FOCUSING ON A WORD, SORRY.
CONSIDERING ALL THE REASONABLE, WE STILL SEE IT.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN TRYING TO JUST LIKE GET THROUGH IT JUST WHILE EVERYTHING'S WORKING.
UM, SO OUR NEXT GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS TO USE AN EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY LENS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.
OUR OBJECTIVE RELATED OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS AND MAXIMIZE BENEFITS OF THE PLAN OUTCOMES FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND RELATED PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UM, COULD INCLUDE COST IN TERMS OF LIFECYCLE CAPITAL AND ONM COSTS, AS WELL AS THE USE OF AN EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY TOOL.
I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY TOOL AT THIS POINT.
UM, I THINK THAT OUR, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT KIND OF THE PROCESS TO GET THERE, BUT RATHER THAN THIS BEING LIKE A TOOL THAT PROVIDES KIND OF A DETERMINISTIC, UM, KIND OF, UH, QUANTITATIVE MEASURE IS THIS EQUITABLE, IS THIS AFFORDABLE.
WE'RE THINKING THAT THIS IS REALLY AN ANALYSIS TOOL THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF DATA AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCATION OF, OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, INCOME, RACE, GENDER, AGE, ET CETERA.
AND IT HELPS US TO ASSESS KIND OF THE IMPACTS THAT OUR DIFFERENT WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES COULD HAVE ON, UM, ON COMMUNITIES.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO.
WHEN WE SAY A TOOL, THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME METRICS THAT WE'RE PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON.
UM, IF WE WERE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING AN EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROADMAP OR WERE OUTLINING SOME KEY CONSIDERATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE CONTEXT OF WATER PLANNING, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT KIND OF UNDULY BURDENING, UH, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WITH, UH, WITH THE STRATEGIES.
AND THEN, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THOSE ARE KIND OF THE METRICS THAT WE'RE EVALUATING, DO WE HAVE THE DATA AND INFORMATION TO PERFORM THAT EVALUATION WITHIN THIS TOOL? AND THEN AS WE KIND OF LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PORTFOLIOS OF STRATEGIES, ARE THERE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE TO THE PORTFOLIOS TO IMPROVE THAT DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS? SO THIS IS REALLY KIND OF AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
IT'S A DIALOGUE, THAT'S A CONVERSATION ON A PROCESS.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KIND OF LEARNING AS WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW OTHER CITY PLANNING PROCESSES ARE WORKING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT IS, IT'S A PROCESS.
SO NOBODY'S THERE TO JUST TELL US THE ANSWER.
SO WE ALL HAVE TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
SO MARISA ON THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY TOOL, UM, I'M STILL TRYING TO KIND OF VISUALIZE HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION AND ALL THE PREVIOUS ONES THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ON THAT.
AND SO THIS IS A NEW THING FOR US.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL OR INTERESTING IF, IF, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT, UM, HOW THAT'S BEEN OPERATIONALIZED MAYBE FOR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT HAS BEEN JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A CASE STUDY OR I DON'T KNOW.
AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MAYBE SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT USES IT COULD TALK ABOUT LIKE HOW THEY USE IT, JUST SO WE CAN, AT LEAST FOR ME, I LEARN BETTER THAT WAY.
AND I CAN, THAT I CAN KIND OF THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT, HOW IT GETS DEVELOPED AND APPLIED AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE NOT THE ONES DEVELOPING IT, BUT IT COMES TO US AT SOME POINT, IS THAT WHO'S GOING TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP THAT.
IS THAT GOING TO BE THE CAG? YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CAG, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP WILL HELP US WITH DEVELOPING THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROADMAP.
AND THEN STAFF WILL TAKE THAT AND TRY TO TURN THAT INTO A SET OF DATA, INFORMATION AND METRICS.
SO, UM, I MAY BE THE ONLY ONE, BUT, UM, I'M DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, THINK THAT THIS IS GREAT A LITTLE BIT.
DON'T KIND OF, I'M HAVING TROUBLE LIKE FIGURING OUT SPECIFIC OR UNDERSTANDING SPECIFICS ABOUT IT, MAYBE CAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST YET, BUT JUST AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HELPING
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US ALONG THE WAY WITH THE LEARNING, UM, IT'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT TO BE FAIR.SO, UM, THIS IS ALL KIND OF NEW AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRUSTING THE PROCESS TOO.
WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL, THERE'S A LOT OF TRUST INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS, BUT I THINK THIS IS A RIPE TOPIC FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
OR WE CAN DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WE CAN BRING SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES THAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR.
SO I, I THINK I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I JUST KINDA WANT TO AIR IT OUT THERE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AFFORDABILITY TOOL WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE END USER OF THE WATER, NOT NECESSARILY THE INITIAL BUILDER OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH UTTER OTHER AFFORDABILITY ANALYSIS, UM, TOOLS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, IN THE PAST YEARS IS ANY TIME A CODE REVISION WILL INCREASE THE INITIAL COST.
IT'S DEEMED AS A NEGATIVE DETRIMENT ON AFFORDABILITY, WHICH I DON'T THINK WOULD BE AT LEAST NOT ACCURATE IN THIS SCENARIO WHERE THE END GOAL IS TO TRY TO REDUCE THE OVERALL WATER COSTS FOR, UM, THE END USER, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY MORE EQUITABLE AND MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM.
AS A, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE.
NOT JUST LIKE THE UPFRONT CAPITAL COST OF, YOU KNOW, FOR A DEVELOPER OR OTHER, UM, BUILDING OWNER, BUT ALSO KIND OF THE, IN THE LONGTERM.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND I THINK THE FIRST THING FOR US THAT THAT'S REALLY COME TO BEAR IS, UM, WITH THE, UH, ON-SITE REUSE ORDINANCE, UM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, BEEN ADOPTED, BUT IT'S STILL NOT ALL, IT'S STILL PENDING AN AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT.
UH, WE'RE CALLING IT IN FOR STABILITY IMPACT REPORT REPORT.
UM, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SOME OF THAT WASN'T FLESHED OUT.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT I PUT IN COMMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL ASKING SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT BOBBY WAS TALKING ABOUT AND OTHER STUFF AS, AS THAT GETS DONE.
SO THAT'LL BE COMING, YOU KNOW, UM, SEPTEMBER 20, 23.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S TIME TO, TO THINK THROUGH THAT APPROACH, BUT THAT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR THIS KIND OF THING WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTING BENEFITS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS BENEFITING FROM, UH, THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE.
EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE TODAY, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS A HUNDRED-YEAR PLAN.
SO WE'RE ALSO PLANNING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE HERE 100 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
ANYBODY THAT'S NOT IN THIS ROOM HAVE A COMMENT.
I CAN ONLY SEE A COUPLE PEOPLE UP ON THE SCREEN, SO JUST FEEL FREE TO YELL OUT.
UM, SO THEN THE NEXT GUIDING PRINCIPLE HERE CONTINUE TO PROTECT AUSTIN'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE NOTES.
THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT PER THE WORDING OF THAT PARTICULAR, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLE.
WE CAN TOUCH ON THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
UM, THE RELATED OBJECTIVE HERE IS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT CONTINUE TO PROTECT AUSTIN'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING SOURCE AND RECEIVING WATER QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UM, UH, RELATER PERFORMANCE MEASURES INCLUDE NET RETURN FLOWS, OPERATIONAL ENERGY USE AND WATER QUALITY IMPACTS WATER QUALITY IMPACTS IS A PERFORMANCE MEASURE THAT WOULD BE NEW FOR WATERFORD 20, 24.
AT THIS POINT, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE KIND OF A HIGHER LEVEL ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY IMPACTS.
SO INTO, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING ANY PHYSICAL WATER QUALITY MODELING, UH, WITHIN THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT GUIDING PRINCIPLE WOULD BE MINIMIZE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL RISK.
THE RELATED OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AND OPERATED WITH A MANAGEABLE LEVEL OF RISK AND RELATE TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
THERE WOULD INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL RISK SCORING A VOLUME OF LOCAL, THE VOLUME OF LOCAL AND AUSTIN WATER CONTROLLED WATER RESOURCES AND SYSTEM RESILIENCY BENEFITS.
AND ALSO WITHIN THE NOTES THERE, WE HAD A SUGGESTION TO CREATE A SEPARATE ROLE OVER THERE SO I CAN SEE IT.
UM, WE HAD A SUGGESTION TO CREATE A SEPARATE GUIDING PRINCIPLE, UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE A FOCUS ON LOCALLY AVAILABLE WATER SUPPLIES AND ALIGNING GET WITH THE VOLUME OF LOCAL AND AUSTIN WATER CONTROLLED WATER RESOURCES, PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
SO THAT WOULD GO IN AS KIND OF A NEW GUIDING PRINCIPLE.
WE DEVELOPED SOME LANGUAGE FOR THE RELATED OBJECTIVE AND THEN THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE, THE VOLUME OF LOCAL ON AWS CONTROLLED WATER RESOURCES WOULD BE TIED TO THAT GUIDING PRINCIPLE
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ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.SO COULD WE, YEAH, COULD WE GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONE? OKAY.
AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE HERE WE HAVE, UH, SOME OVERLAPPING OVERLAPPING GUIDING PRINCIPLES HERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE WAY THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT AS THE, RATHER THAN HAVING PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UM, FOR THESE ELEMENTS, UM, THAT ARE EVALUATING THE OUTCOME OF THE PORTFOLIO.
THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE EVALUATING THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS PLAN.
UM, SO FOR THE FIRST GUIDING PRINCIPLE TO CREATE A PLAN THAT'S RESILIENT TO GROWTH DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE A TACTICAL OBJECTIVES WOULD INCLUDE INCORPORATING METHODS TO PLAN FOR UNCERTAINTY, WITH STRATEGIES THAT ARE RESILIENT THROUGH A RANGE OF POSSIBLE FUTURES, FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON LONG-TERM WATER SUPPLIES, BUT ALSO CONSIDERING EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY BENEFITS.
AND THEN OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES WOULD BE DOCUMENTATION DOCUMENTING OUR PROCESS TO INCORPORATE CLIMATE DATA, PERFORMING SCENARIO PLANNING AND EVALUATING RESILIENCY BENEFITS.
IS THERE A LITTLE BIT META, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THINKING PLANNING ABOUT THE PLAN.
UM, THE SECOND GUY TO PRINT GUIDING PRINCIPLE HERE USE A HOLISTIC AND INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO WATER RESOURCE PLANNING THAT INCORPORATES THE AUSTIN VALUES.
THE RELATED OBJECTIVES WOULD INCLUDE MEANINGFULLY ENGAGING THE AUSTIN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLANNING, COMMUNITY TASKFORCE, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, REGIONAL PARTNERS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE FOLKS LIKE LCRA AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND USING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING AND REFLECTING OUR COMMUNITY'S VALUES IN THE EVALUATION OF TRADE-OFFS RELATED PERFORMANCE MEASURES INCLUDE TRACKING OUR ENGAGEMENT AND COORDINATION MEASURES.
UH, DOCUMENTING THE INCOME AND DOCUMENTING THE INCLUSION OF COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS.
THEN OUR THIRD GUIDING PRINCIPLE ABOUT DIVERSE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES WOULD INCLUDE AN OBJECTIVE, UH, TO PLAN FOR WATER SUPPLY REUSE AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE WOULD INCLUDE DOCUMENTING THE PROCESS TO SELECT AND CHARACTERIZE OUR STRATEGIES THEN, UM, ON THIS LIST, THE LAST GUIDING PRINCIPLE ON THIS LIST AROUND THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ARE RELATED OBJECTIVE, UM, WOULD BE TO USE AN EQUITY LENS THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AND EVALUATE AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS IN A HOLISTIC MANNER THAT BALANCE NEAR TERM AND LONGTERM COST.
UM, THE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE MEASURE WOULD BE TO DEVELOP AND, UH, WATERFORD 24 EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROADMAP.
I THINK WE CAN, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL IN AN UPCOMING SLIDE.
SO LET'S KIND OF ROLL TO FORWARD THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTOR.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST ALL OF THEM KIND OF ALL TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BETTER TO LOOK AT THEM SEPARATELY OR BETTER TO LOOK AT THEM TOGETHER.
UM, BUT THIS IS ALL OF THOSE PROCEDURAL AND DISTRIBUTE DEVELOPMENTS TIED TO THEIR RELATED GUIDING PRINCIPLE, UM, TO THIS IS KIND OF HOW WE WOULD BE EVALUATING THE OUTCOMES AS WELL AS OUR PROCESS AS A WHOLE.
UM, DO YOU WANNA ROLL ON TO THE NEXT ONE? WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS, BUT WE HAD A TASK FORCE MEETING WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE, UM, UM, PRINCIPLES AND FEEDBACK AND WORDING AND WHAT MIGHT BE MISSING AND STUFF.
UM, AND, AND SINCE WE JUST WENT THROUGH THEM ALL, I'D HATE TO ROLL THROUGH THEM WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT ON THEM, BECAUSE IF FEEDBACK IS NOT TO BE CLEAR, THE FEEDBACK IS NOT REFLECTED IN WHAT YOU JUST PRESENTED.
CAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORK, THAT WORK IS REFLECTED AND ASKING FOR COMMENTS FROM FOLKS.
CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THIS SLIDE AND THEN WE'LL ROLL OVER TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE NOTES SO WE CAN TIE THAT IN.
UM, SO JUST TO TOUCH ON, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY CONCEPTS.
UM, IN THIS AT, IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONVENING OUR CAG.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US TO DEVELOP THIS EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROADMAP.
UM, KEY CONSIDERATIONS THAT COME OUT OF THAT WILL FEED INTO OUR EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY TOOL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UM, DURING THE SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL FROM, UH, USING THE, THAT EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY TOOL.
SO A SET OF DATA AND METRICS, WE'LL BE CHARACTERIZING OUR WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND ADDITION TO CHARACTERIZE AND KIND OF THE OTHER INFORMATION LIKE YIELD AND COSTS, ET CETERA, AT SOME OF THE HIGHER LEVEL COST INFORMATION.
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WE WILL BE USING THAT EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY TOOL TO EVALUATE THE PORTFOLIOS AS A WHOLE AND REFINING THOSE, UM, OVER TIME AS WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF, UM, THE DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS.SO THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF KIND OF THE TIMING AND HOW THAT WILL OVERLAY WITH THE REST OF THE PROCESS NOW.
UM, SO WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT THE WE'RE GOING TO, AND I'M THINKING BACK TO THE LAST PROCESS, AND I KNOW THIS ONE MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT SOME OF THE SIMILAR ELEMENTS IS WE HAD WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND WE HAD A GROUPED, UM, TO ACCOMPLISH DIFFERENT GOALS AND STUFF.
WE HAD THAT MATRIX THAT WE EVALUATED THEM BY.
SO ARE WE NOT GOING TO BE USING SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOW? OR WILL IT ALSO, I MEAN, I, I'M FINE WITH, WE DON'T USE THE SAME ONE, BUT THIS EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY TOOL THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP WILL BE THE EVALUATION TOOL FOR OUR PLAN.
UH, IT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF EVALUATION FOR THE PORTFOLIO.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU ROLL BACK, UM, HERE WE GO.
SO IF YOU, THESE, UM, PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE KIND OF MARKED AS DISTRIBUTED PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THAT IS PROBABLY MORE LIKE THE MATRIX THAT WAS USED IN THE LAST PLANNING PROCESS.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO REVISE THE MATRIX.
CAN YOU ROLL BACK ANOTHER ONE THAT IT'S JUST, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
THIS IS, THIS IS BASICALLY I LIKED YOUR ONE WHERE IT'S TOGETHER BETTER.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT MORE HELPFUL THAT WAY.
ONCE I ACTUALLY FIGURED OUT THAT THIS ONE WAS A MASHUP OF THE OTHER TWO.
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE EACH OF THE PRINCIPLES AND THEN WHAT THE, WHAT THE DISTRIBUTIVE AND PROCEDURAL ARE.
AND YOU CAN, IT'S A LITTLE HELPFUL TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE, AT LEAST FOR MY BRAIN WHEN THEY'RE ALL IN ONE PLACE.
I SEE THAT CAUSE LIKE WAY I'M MODELING RESULTS, LIKE WE DID THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, PROCESS, YOU KNOW? YES.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE, THEY THIS SAME SET OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THERE'S LIKELY GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
UM, HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SOME METRICS METRICS BASED ON KIND OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY, UH, SPECIFIC TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN, UM, YOU CAN ALSO, THIS IS KIND OF SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH, BUT THE MEASURES THAT WE USED IN THE LAST PLANNING PROCESS, LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAM MODELING RESULTS OR GPCD, YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE MEASURES THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE QUANTITATIVE.
IT CAN BE A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF KIND OF WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE? YEAH.
I THINK WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THAT.
OKAY, SO WE'LL, LET'S KEEP GOING.
WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SUB COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO WE HAD, WHO WAS IN THAT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ME PERRY AND VANESSA.
I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST YOU AND VANESSA.
THE NOTES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TASK FORCE MEMBER BACKUP.
UM, SO WE GAVE BASICALLY THE PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST GAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMENTS, COMPETENT DISCUSSION AND THE TASK FORCE MEMBER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ARE INCLUDED IN THE NOTES AS WELL.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED, TASK FORCE MEMBERS NOTED THE PHRASE WATER FUTURE, AND THE DRAFT FOR POST MISSION STATEMENT MAY BE UNCLEAR.
UM, WE, UH, TASK FORCE MEMBERS PROPOSED EDITS TO THE DRAFT PROPOSED GUIDING PRINCIPLE REGARDING AUSTIN'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND I, UH, TRIED TO CAPTURE THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE THERE UNDERNEATH THAT BULLET.
AND THEN TASK FORCE MEMBERS SUGGESTED ADDING A GUIDING PRINCIPLE THAT WOULD FOCUS, INCLUDE A FOCUS ON LOCALLY AVAILABLE LOCALLY AVAILABLE WATER SUPPLIES AND ALIGNING IT WITH THE VOLUME OF LOCAL AND AWU CONTROLLED WATER RESOURCES, PERFORMANCE MEASURE.
AND THEN A TASK MEMBER SUGGESTED EDITING THE DRAFT PROPOSED GUIDING PRINCIPLE REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL RISK TO MAKE IT CLEAR AND NOTED THAT THE 2018 GUIDING PRINCIPLE ON THAT SUBJECT MIGHT HAVE, MIGHT BE CLEAR ACTUALLY THEN WHAT WE REVISED IT TO.
SO I'LL JUST SAY, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I SEE THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK.
SO I THINK THE KNOWING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA, I GUESS I KINDA THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING INTO WHAT WE, WHAT WE WILL THEN BE PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON RATHER THAN HAVING TO LOOK AT THE SET OF WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN ALSO THE COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, JUST SO IT CAN BE AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL THAT WAY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS, UM, WE WOULD JUST WENT THROUGH
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ALL THAT REALLY FAST.UM, JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, AND MAYBE THE WAY TO DO IT WOULD BE TO PUT UP THIS SLIDE.
UM, SO VANESSA, YOU CAN HELP ME IF, IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE HERE, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS AND THIS WAS MADE ACTUALLY AT OUR LAST TASKFORCE MEETING, WHEN WE WENT OVER THESE QUICKLY WAS THERE WAS THIS, ONE OF THE, UM, PROPOSED 20, 24 ONES WAS TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT AUSTIN'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND THE COMMENT WAS MADE, I THINK BELIEVED BY, BY SARAH FAUST.
UM, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, PLEASE.
THAT ONE, UM, WAS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE AS IS VERY PASSIVE.
UM, WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE, AND THEN WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND THE, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PRIORITIZE ONE THING OVER THE OTHER NECESSARILY.
UM, BUT, UH, WE HAD PROPOSED LANGUAGE ABOUT ENSURE THE FUTURE HEALTH OF AUSTIN'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED.
WE WANT SOMETHING STRONG THERE, NOT JUST CONTINUE BECAUSE WELL, FOR LOTS OF REASONS, BUT, OR, UM, ANYWAY, I'M LOOKING AT THESE OTHER OPTIONS.
I REALLY LAND ON THE FIRST BULLET HERE.
AND THE, UM, I, I'VE BEEN KINDA THINKING ABOUT THIS SINCE OUR TASK FORCE.
WE NEED TO, I MEAN, OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, BUT THAT WE REALLY DO WANT TO ENSURE AND MAKE THAT I DON'T, I DON'T, WE DO.
WE DON'T NEED TO SAY PRIORITY CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIORITIES, A LOT OF SHARED PRIORITIES, AND WE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY WITHIN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ALREADY SAY ONE THING, BUT WE, BUT WE DO WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE AWARE OF THAT.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WAS, UH, INCLUDING LANGUAGE IN HERE ABOUT SOURCE WATER PROTECTION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR LAST PLAN.
UM, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER FOCUS IN THE COMING UP PLAN.
I MEAN, THESE THINGS ARE NOT PREDETERMINED.
THERE'S A LOT OF EVALUATION AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT GO THROUGH, BUT, UM, SOURCE WATER PROTECTION IS DEFINITELY, UM, A BIG TOPIC.
UM, WE DO HAVE A DIVERSIFIED WATER SUPPLY, BUT THE, THE CORE OF IT, UM, COMES FROM A WATER SOURCE THAT HAS A WATERSHED THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT, UM, WAYS TO PROTECT IT.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT BRINGING FORWARD THE, UM, JUST CAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF ABOUT THIS PLAN IS THE RELIANT, YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS ON LOCALLY AVAILABLE WATER SUPPLIES AND HAVING THAT AS ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE REALLY DO TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE WILD, UM, TALKING ABOUT THIS PLAN.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE REALLY, REALLY GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT THAT PEOPLE REALLY LATCH ON TO, AND ALSO WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO KNOW THAT THAT REALLY IS AUSTIN'S FOCUS.
UM, AND THEN, YEAH, GO AHEAD, VANESSA, I'LL TAKE A BREATH.
WELL, I THINK YOU STARTED OFF TALKING ABOUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE RELATED TO SEND YOU TO PROTECT US AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND KIND OF WHAT NATURAL AND VIRUS BERMAN MEANS AND HOW WE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE SHOULD INCLUDE THE WATERSHED COMPONENT TO THAT OR NOT.
AND THE OTHER ITEM I THINK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT I FOUND A LITTLE HARD TO UNDERSTAND WAS THE MINIMIZE AND IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL RISK.
LIKE I REALLY THAT WASN'T WEIRD TO ME WHAT THAT MEANS.
UM, AND SO WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THAT DOES MEAN, WHICH I THINK THE LATER SLIDE KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT, BUT I STILL FEEL KIND OF STRONGLY THAT IT JUST ISN'T REALLY THE WAY WHAT I WOULD INCLUDE IN A BETTING PRINCIPLE.
WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE, SHOULD WE GO BACK TO WHAT WAS IN THE LAST PLAN, WHICH WAS, I THINK, FOCUSED ON PROJECTS THAT ARE TECHNICALLY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE OR, OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO WORD, BUT THAT MAYBE, UM, SOUND MORE LIKE IT WOULD SOUNDS CLEARER.
I THINK THAT WAS, THOSE WERE SORT OF THE MAIN POINTS.
AND THEN JUST, WE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE DRAFT PROPOSED STATEMENT OF PURPOSE INCLUDES THE PHRASE WATER FEATURE.
AND WE WERE LIKE, WHAT IS WATER? I WOULD THINK THAT WE CAN JUST KIND OF ROLL RIGHT OVER THAT AND THAT WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO, UH, TO REGULAR PEOPLE? UM, NOT THAT WE AREN'T REGULAR, BUT, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, AND THEN, AND THEN TO THINK ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THE, THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THIS WOULD BE, AS YOU GO IN AND ARE ASKING FOR COMMENTS BY A CERTAIN TIME.
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I'D LIKE TO SEE THE, KIND OF THE WORK THAT THE TASK FORCE THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE DID REFLECTED AND, AND THE MATERIAL THAT FOLKS CAN COMMENT ON.UM, IF POSSIBLE, IF NOT, MAYBE VANESSA AND I CAN GET TOGETHER AND KIND OF REDO THIS GUIDING PRINCIPLES BASED ON THE COMMENTS WE HAD.
AND THAT COULD BE THAT VERSION, BUT I THINK IT'S HARD TO LIKE, LOOK FROM THE NOTES TO THAT AND MAKE COMMENTS.
I FEEL LIKE THE NOTES ARE GOING TO GET SKIPPED OVER AND WE'RE GOING TO GET REDUNDANT STUFF.
I THINK THAT IT, I THINK WE CAPTURED IT PRETTY WELL IN THE NOTES TO BE ABLE TO JUST MAKE THE EDITS TO WHAT'S IN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
AND WE CAN SEND THAT AS A FOLLOW-UP, UM, TO THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS VIA EMAIL AFTER THE MEETING, UM, PROBABLY BY EARLY TOMORROW.
AND THEN ASK FOR TASK FORCE MEMBER COMMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
IF WE COULD GET THOSE COMMENTS VIA EMAIL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE THEN WE'LL HAVE, UM, FOUR WEEKS OUT FROM NOW, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, UM, WHERE WE'LL LIKELY WANT TO DO SOME WORK TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUGGESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE COME IN VIA EMAIL AND THEN COME UP WITH SOME REVISIONS THAT WOULD THEN COME BACK TO OUR MAY 3RD TASK FORCE MEETING.
IF THAT PROGRESSION MAKES SENSE.
SO THAT THE, YEAH, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT LIKE THAT IN THE TECH, THE STAFF WILL PROBABLY TAKE THAT, TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LIST OUT THE COMMENTS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED AS WE'VE DONE IN KIND OF PAST TIMES WHEN WE'VE RECEIVED TASKFORCE MEMBER FEEDBACK, AND THEN MAYBE TAKE A STAB AT TRYING TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE EDITS TO COMPILE THEM.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN THIS IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, MAKE SURE WE'RE OKAY WITH THOSE REVISIONS AND THEN COME BACK AT THE MAY 3RD MEETING.
AND THEN, AND THEN AT THAT MAY MEETING, ARE THESE FINALIZED OR THERE'S JUST, THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THERE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE AND WE, WE MAY NEED TO ADDRESS THEM OR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP.
WHAT'S THE PROCESS, I THINK IN, BY THE MAY MEETING THERE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LIKE IN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, THESE ARE LIKE 95, LET ME KNOW.
AND THEN IF THERE'S SOME, AN ADDITIONAL 5% THAT WE NEED TO LEAVE, JUST SO THAT WE'VE GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME WIGGLE ROOM, IF WE GET SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAJOR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP OR ANY LIKE, UH, COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS THAT WE DO, OR WE REALIZE SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THEN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY WE WANT TO LEAVE THAT OPEN, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK THOSE WOULD BE PRETTY DONE.
UM, PLEASE, THEY'RE NOT THERE, UH, TO GATHER THESE COMMENTS, I PRESUME AN EMAIL WOULD BE INITIATED WITH THE MATERIAL THAT YOU WANT OUR COMMENTS ON AND DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS WITH CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS AND A DUE DATE.
WE'LL WORK TO SEND THAT OUT TOMORROW MORNING.
AND IF YOU GUYS WANT MY HELP ON THAT, OR WANT ME TO LOOK ANYTHING OVER ANYTHING, JUST LET ME KNOW OR TEST ME OUT TO SEE IF IT'S MAKES SENSE.
UM, SO, SO THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, I KEEP, I'M TRYING TO SAY THE RIGHT THING, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND MISSION STATEMENT, MISSION STATEMENT OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
UM, UH, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR COMMENTS, UM, BY THE END OF THE, BY EARLY APRIL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE OR MYSELF, BUT NASA, BOBBY AND PERRY.
AND I KEEP TRYING TO PUT PERRY ON EVERYTHING.
I THINK THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL, WE WILL TAKE AN, UH, COMMENTS AND TRY TO INTEGRATE AND THEN COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED.
SO JUST SO FOLKS KNOW THE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARALLEL GOING ON.
I WANT FOLKS TO BE CLEAR ON WHICH ONE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ABOUT 12 HAPPENING AT ONCE.
I, I I'LL JUST MAKE THE COMMENT.
I REALLY LIKED THE SUBCOMMITTEE THING.
I THINK IT WORKS WELL BECAUSE YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK, WORK ON SOME STUFF BRINGS YOU SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BACK.
I THINK IT'S YEAH, WELL, YEAH, WE JUST, WE GOTTA, WE WE'VE, WE'RE GETTING OUR RHYTHM HERE.
UM, AND, UH, AND IF TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING, IT WORKS WITH US, THEN WE'RE, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE GOING.
UM, SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? OR ANY COMMENTS? OKAY.
THAT'S KIND OF A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION AND I MIGHT'VE JUST ADDRESSED THIS AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, BUT, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THE, UH, EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY TOOL OR OTHER TOOLS AND METRICS, AND WE'RE EVALUATING THE PLAN AT WHAT LEVEL ARE WE DOING THAT IS THAT
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AS AN OVERALL PLAN OR EACH INDIVIDUAL POLICY WITHIN THE PLAN.AND I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF ON CAN ALSO GETTING INTO LIKE PLAN VERSUS POLICY.
SO, UM, I GUESS I CAN, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE APPLIED, UM, ON AN INCREMENTAL BASIS.
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO I THINK THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY METRICS THAT WE COME UP WITH ARE KIND OF THE DATA AND METRICS THAT WE COME UP WITH.
WE'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT EACH STRATEGY THROUGH THAT EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY LENS TO DEVELOP SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AS REALLY, THAT'S KIND OF THE BUILDING BLOCK FOR US TO DO THE PORTFOLIO LEVEL EVALUATION.
I THINK THE KEY, UM, EVALUATION IS GOING TO BE AT THE PORTFOLIO LEVEL BECAUSE ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES KIND OF WORK TOGETHER.
UM, SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT AT THAT HIGH LEVEL, AND WITH THE KIND OF IDEA OF HAVING A HUNDRED-YEAR PLAN THAT HAS NEAR TERM IMPLEMENTATION, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS IT'S REALLY STRATEGIC LEVEL PLANNING.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GETTING DOWN INTO THE LEVEL OF, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE DOING AN EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL CODE LANGUAGE.
YOU KNOW, WE WON'T HAVE LIKE DRAFT CODE LANGUAGE WHERE WE CAN LIKE REALLY DIVE IN AND KIND OF MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF, YOU KNOW, THESE WOULD BE SPECIFIC AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS OF, YOU KNOW, ON SPECIFIC BUILDING TYPOLOGIES.
I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DO A HIGHER LEVEL OF ANALYSIS ON, YOU KNOW, THESE COULD POSSIBLY BE A RANGE OF IMPACTS THAT WE COULD SEE DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION AND KIND OF LIKE TACTICAL, UH, STRATEGIES THAT ARE TO BE DEVELOPED.
UM, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, IF WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION WORK WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF DOING LIKE THE ASR PROJECT, WE HAVE AN EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY PROCESS FOR THAT.
I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR SMART METERS, MY ATX WATER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WORKING GROUPS WITHIN OUR STAFF TO KIND OF LOOK AT EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS OF THAT.
SO THIS IS MORE OF THE HIGH LEVEL, BUT AS WE GET INTO IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE OF THESE, I GUESS, STRATEGIES LIKE LATER, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR STAFF IS DEFINITELY PRIORITIZING.
SO THERE'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A STANDARD SET OF DELIVERABLES ALMOST THAT ASSOCIATE OR ASSOCIATE WITH THE PLAN AND ALSO WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL STRATEGY.
SO LIKE EACH INDIVIDUAL STRATEGY WOULD HAVE THEIR EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROADMAP AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ASSESSMENT.
WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL IN THIS HIGHER LEVEL PLANNING PROCESS THAT IT HAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, WILL HOPEFULLY BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMEFRAME FOR US TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE AND FOR US TO LIKE PUT THESE STRATEGIES IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED, YOU KNOW, FROM, WITH ALL OF THAT EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY INFORMATION AND KIND OF WORK THAT WE WOULD BE DOING.
IS THAT, IS THAT KIND OF HELPFUL? I THINK IT IS.
I THINK I HEARD ALL OF THE ABOVE IN A WAY, BUT, UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M, I'LL GET TO IT AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE LEVEL.
CAUSE I THINK IT'S, I HAVE SOME SPECIFIC POLICIES IN MIND THAT I THINK WOULD SCORE PRETTY WELL WITH AN EQUITY LENS, UM, THAT I'M NOT SURE IT WILL BE CAPTURED IF WE DON'T LOOK AT THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'VE COVERED A LOT CONSIDERING WE'VE SPENT HALF OUR TIME ALREADY IN TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
SO WE'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND THEN, UM, WE'LL WORK THROUGH KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT WE ALIGNED WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND, UM, WE'LL COME BACK WITH SOME REVISED INFORMATION, UM, FOR THE MAY 3RD TASKFORCE MEETING MERISSA YES, MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE THE NEXT, WE HAVE ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THEM ON THEIR CALENDAR ALREADY.
SO IF FOLKS DON'T HAVE THEM ON THE CALENDARS AND YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE ON THEM, UH, LET JAY NOEL KNOW, RIGHT.
AND THOSE MEETINGS WILL ALL BE ON TEAMS. UM, THEY'RE MUCH EASIER FOR US TO SCHEDULE, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
WE CAN ONLY HAVE FIVE MEMBERS ATTENDING EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR TASK FORCE MEETINGS ARE ON WEBEX.
SO THEN THE LAST THING THAT WE NEEDED TO COVER WAS TO, UM, TALK ABOUT OUR CLIMATE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP.
AND THOSE MEETING NOTES ARE ALSO INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR BACKUP, UM, THIS CLIMATE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF IT WAS, UH, FOR US TO CONVENE A GROUP OF CLIMATE EXPERTS, UM, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF, UM, WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT TO OUR CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY ANALYSIS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE MEETING NOTES, UH, LAST TIME AROUND, WE ONLY HAD TWO MEMBERS OF THE C TECHS
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OF TWO OF OUR CLIMATE EXPERTS WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND AT THAT TIME, AS WELL AS OUR AUSTIN WATER STAFF.UM, UH, UH, OUR, UM, CHAIR, JENNIFER WALKER, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, UT UH, CONSULTANTS.
SO JOHN NELSON GAMMON, THE STATE CLIMATOLOGIST, UM, WAS ABLE TO BE PRESENT AS WELL AS JULIE VANOS SHE'S FROM ANN CARR.
UM, AND, UH, SHE'S WAS ABLE TO ATTEND AS WELL.
UM, SO UT IS ACTING AS OUR CONSULTANT ON THIS PROJECT AND OUR RICHARD HOFFPAUIR IS ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, UT AND WITH, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF.
HE'S OUR CONSULTING HYDROLOGIST, UM, AT THE MEETING, THE UT TEAM PRESENTED SOME RECENT CHANGES TO OUR TASK.
THIS MEMO IS, UM, AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROCESS TO SELECT GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS, UM, TO, UH, DEVELOP OUR TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DATA.
UM, THAT'S GONNA FEED INTO OUR HYDROLOGIC MODELS AND SHOOT OUT STREAMFLOW.
UM, FOR OUR FUTURE PROJECTION YEARS, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, A CHANGE IN A TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION FOR THE, THAT WAS MADE FOR THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MODEL, THEN HISTORICAL DATA FOR A ONE-TO-ONE COMPARISON.
UM, THIS IMPACTED HOW THE MODELS WERE RANKED AS WE'RE SELECTING, WHICH ARE THE BEST MODELS FOR REGION FOR OUR AREA.
WE, UM, TALKED ABOUT THE THREE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND SSP ONE, UH, 2.6 SSP TWO, WHICH IS A 4.5 AND AN SSP FIVE, WHICH IS AN 8.5.
THE 8.5 SCENARIO IS MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED TO THE, UM, THE SCENARIO THAT WE USED IN THE LAST PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW, UH, WHICH V FIVE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS WE SELECTED THE GOBBLEDY GOOP AFTER THAT, UM, IS, ARE THE NAMES OF THE GCMS. UM, WE SELECTED THOSE FIVE GCMS BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE FOR OUR AREA, THE AVAILABILITY OF DATA FOR EACH OF THOSE GCMS, AND THEN THE LEVEL OF EFFORT REQUIRED TO GET DATA FROM THOSE.
UM, LET'S SEE, WE, UH, DISCUSSED KIND OF THE BENEFITS, UM, OR OF, UH, POTENTIALLY EITHER REGRETTING THE DATA OR DOWNSCALING TO A SPECIFIC POINT.
UM, THE BASIN, EH, THE DATA FOR THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, KIND OF MODELED THROUGH 27 GRID CELLS THAT ARE ONE DEGREE BY ONE DEGREE GRID CELLS.
THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE, UM, EVAPORATION QUADRANGLES THAT ARE COMING FROM T WDB, UM, IN THE LAST WATER FORD CYCLE, WE ACTUALLY REGRETTED, UH, OR WE DOWNSCALED THE DATA TO INDIVIDUAL WEATHER STATIONS SO THAT WE COULD DO A COMPARISON OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WELL THE INDIVIDUAL WEATHER, HOW WELL THE GCMS, UM, REPLICATED DATA FROM THE INDIVIDUAL WEATHER STATIONS.
BUT THIS TIME AROUND AS KIND OF LIKE A, UH, AN EFFICIENCY MEASURE, WE'RE THINKING INSTEAD OF NEEDING TO DO THAT DOWN-SCALING TO THE INDIVIDUAL POINT, UM, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO WITH THE ONE DEGREE SQUARES.
UM, THIS IS, UH, UH, AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL, UH, AN ACCEPTABLE RESOLUTION FOR THE INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY FOR WHAM INPUTS.
SO WE THINK THAT, AND WE GOT THE CONSENSUS FROM OUR CLIMATE EXPERTS AT THIS WOULD BE A FINE APPROACH.
UM, LET'S SEE, UH, THE UT TEAM ALSO PRESENTED SOME PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON CLIMATE TRENDS, UH, WITHIN THE COLORADO BASIN.
UM, AND THEY, UM, TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY HAD TESTED THE MODEL'S ABILITY TO REPRODUCE HISTORICAL DATA WITH, UM, SIX DIFFERENT METRICS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION.
UH, THEY ONLY PRESENTED THE MEAN TEMPERATURE DATA, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THOUGH THEY'LL BE PRESENT, UM, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.
UM, WE'VE DOCUMENTED SOME OF THE DISCUSSION HERE.
SOME OF IT IS FAIRLY TECHNICAL.
WE AS STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS VERY TECHNICAL DATA IS, UM, PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT'S ACCESSIBLE.
I'LL SAY THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE NOTES IS KIND OF THE RAW MATERIAL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE TAKING SOME TIME WITH THAT.
WE'LL BE TAKING SOME TIME WITH OUR MEMOS.
UM, WE'LL BE DEVELOPING SOME ABSTRACTS IN SUMMARIES THAT ARE IN A MORE, UH, PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARIES, LIKE BASED ON GUIDANCE THAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM SOMEPLACE LIKE AGU.
UM, AND WE'LL BE WORKING QUITE A BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE DATA PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT IS MORE ACCESSIBLE.
UM, BUT WE ARE VERY TRANSPARENT IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO YOU GET TO SEE IT FROM YOU GET TO SEE HOW THE SAUSAGE
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IS MADE, ESSENTIALLY AS THE PERSON THAT'S AT THOSE MEDIANS, THEY ARE SUPER COMPLICATED UNLESS YOU'RE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS AND THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT, BUT, UH, AS A LAY PERSON.SO GOOD LUCK DEMYSTIFYING THAT FOR, FOR NON CLIMATE SCIENTISTS, WE'LL BE TAKING IT FROM THIS POINT, FROM THIS KIND OF VERY RAW, YOU KNOW, SCIENCY, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MATERIAL TO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO KIND OF THE BROADER PUBLIC, AND THAT WILL FEED INTO KIND OF THE JUSTIFICATION AND, AND, UH, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN WATERFORD.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF NEW ACRONYMS AND, UH, IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
SO THERE'S, LUCHEA TURNED HER CAMERA ON.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, HEY, YES, I WOULD.
HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT WAS MY, THAT WAS MY SIGNAL CAMERA.
I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN THE WHOLE TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN, UH, WITH MARISA'S, UH, PRESENTATION ON THIS WORK.
JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AND TO MARISSA FOR CONTINUING THIS CLIMATE MODELING WORK.
I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS ARE USING THE SAME TEAM FROM UT THAT WE'RE USING IN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY CONCURRENTLY TO UPDATE OUR OVERALL CLIMATE MODEL PROJECTIONS FOR AUSTIN.
SO, UM, THE WAY THAT THE TEAM IS, UH, THE RESEARCHERS ARE DOING THE WORK, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF BOSTON WATER IS, IS, UM, IT'S, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S DIFFERENT.
THERE'S JUST A DIFFERENT FOCUS WITH THE SINGS, LIKE THE STREAM FLOWS.
BUT, UM, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD ALL BEEN USING, UH, DR.
AND SO NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SHIFTED DR.
HAY HOSE IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE TO DO THIS KIND OF MODELING FOR US THROUGH HER COMPANY THAT WAS CALLED ATLAS RESEARCH SINCE SHE BECAME THE CHIEF SCIENTIST FOR THE NATURE CONSERVANCY.
I THINK I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT, UH, IN ANY WAY, THE FACT THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THIS WORK AND ON A PARALLEL PATHWAY USING THE SAME SCIENTIST, THE SAME CLIMATE MODELING SPECIALISTS IS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE THAT WAY WE WON'T GET, YOU KNOW, VASTLY DISPARATE RESULTS WHEN WE GET THESE DIFFERENT MODELS BACK.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.
AND I KNOW ZACH HAS BEEN MEETING WITH HUMOROUS ZACH BOMBER, THE CLIMATE PROGRAM MANAGER, AND WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP COLLABORATING WITH YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU T YOU AND YOUR STAFF AS WELL.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH JUST THOSE KINDS OF, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF ON THE SAME PATHWAY.
LUCHEA FOR CHIMING IN, UM, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF WORKING TOGETHER, AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT IT WAS THE SAME GROUP.
I MIGHT'VE MISSED IT WHILE I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AN ACRONYM OR SOMETHING.
SO I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THE SAME GROUP AND THAT THAT WORK WAS HAPPENING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
UM, AND THEN THIS DATA THAT GETS PUT TOGETHER, UM, RICHARD HOFFPAUIR WHO MOST FOLKS ON THE TASK FORCE, OR ALL OF US SHOULD KNOW IS THE MODELER IS GOING TO TAKE THAT DATA AND DO A WATER AVAILABILITY MODEL FOR US.
SO THAT'S HOW THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE SPECIFIC FEED IN FOR, FOR OUR WORK HERE ON THE TASKFORCE.
ANY QUESTIONS, FOLKS? ALL RIGHT.
LET ME, UM, I WENT AND LOOKED, I DID
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A LITTLE LOOK SEE HERE ABOUT FUTURE MEETINGS.I WANT EVERYONE TO BE SUPER CLEAR ON THIS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON.
SO, UM, OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS COMING UP ARE ON APRIL 8TH WOULD BE THE IMPLEMENTATION TASK FORCE OR SUB COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT 10 O'CLOCK ON APRIL 8TH.
AND THAT IS BILL MORIARTY, PERRY, SARAH FAUST, MYSELF AND HANEY ON THAT COMMITTEE.
AND THEN ON APRIL 13TH IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER 4 24.
ALTHOUGH IT SAYS SOMETHING ELSE ON THE IT'S LIKE FIVE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION OR SOMETHING THAT APPOINTMENT SAYS SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THAT'S ALSO AT 10 O'CLOCK ON APRIL 13TH, AND THAT IS MYSELF, BOBBY, VANESSA, AND ROBERT MACE PERRY.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO SIGN YOU TO AN EXTRA COMMITTEE JUST RANDOMLY, BUT YOU DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THAT ONE, BUT WE STILL HAVE A SPOT.
UM, IF SO FOLKS WANT TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE, THERE'S STILL AN OPENING ON THAT ONE, FYI.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FULL TASK FORCE MEETING ON MAY 3RD, AND THAT'S AT NOON AND WE'LL BE HERE AT MUELLER AND AUSTIN ENERGY OR ONLINE, WILL IT BE WEBEX, WEBEX.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW TO HELP WITH THAT.
TOO LATE WEBEX WE'VE FIGURED IT ALL OUT.
NOW THE LIGHTS JUST TURNED ON AUTOMATICALLY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE.
WELL, UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS,
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THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED.IN THE PAST EXCITED, THAT'S LIKE A SUMMARY, UM, THE ACTIVE THING THAT WE'RE DOING, SO WE CAN TOUCH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE STUDENTS, AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT OR MAKE IT SOMETHING ON THAT.
YOU, YOU SAID A SUMMARY ON THE, ON THE, UM, OKAY.
I GET THE ACTIVITIES THAT, UM, THE WAR TASK FORCE IS DOING.
SO SINCE OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE READY AFTER THE END OF MARCH AS THIS QUARTER INCLUDES JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH.
SO WE'RE WAITING THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE'LL BE GATHERING THAT DATA INFORMATION WE'LL BE PRODUCING THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT READY BY THE MAY 3RD, A TASK FORCE MEETING.
W WOULD THAT BE LIKE A SUMMARY? YES, SIR.
IT'LL BE A KIND OF A TWO PAGE SUMMARY THIS TIME AROUND IT'LL INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO PROBABLY AROUND THREE OR FOUR PAGES.
IT'LL BE A T IT'LL BE A TABLE.
THERE'LL BE SOME, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION, ACTUAL VERSUS PLANNED PROGRESS AND SOME METRICS, UH, JUST TO SHOW KIND OF, UH, KIND OF SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO STRATEGIES.
DOES THAT WORK OR DO YOU NEED MORE OF A NARRATIVE HANEY? NO, THIS IS GOOD.
I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GOOD AND EASY.
YOU SAID, UM, MAY BE WHAT? I'M SORRY.
IT'LL BE READY BY THE MAY 3RD TASK FORCE MEETING.
AND YOU'LL GET THE PACKET THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE MEETING.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? BYE BYE VANESSA.