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[CALL TO ORDER ]
HAVE A QUORUM AT 1202.WE JUST DON'T EVER HAVE EVERYBODY LOGGED ON.
AND THE TECHNOLOGY WORKING SO HATS OFF TO EVERYBODY, UM, THAT WE WERE MAKING IT HAPPEN.
SO, AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE GOT A BIG WHOLE AGENDA TODAY.
SO, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
AND I WAS GONNA S I'M LOOKING, WE HAVE, IS THIS A NEW PERSON TAUGHT TONY DAVEY AND TONY IS WITH ARR HE'S OUR EX-OFFICIO FROM ARR.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.
YOU WANT TO SAY HI? AWESOME, TONY.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO I'VE SEEN IT, NOT BECAUSE OF ZOOM WORLD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
HAVE YOU BEEN ON THESE MEETINGS BEFORE? JUST ABOUT ALL LEVEL.
I WAS MISTAKEN YOUR GRAY SQUARE FOR SOME OTHER GRAY SQUARE AND GETTING IT ALL MIXED UP.
WELL, OFF TO A RIP-ROARING START.
SO, OOPS, GOTTA TURN THIS AGENDA OVER.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ]
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS? WE DO.WHAT, HOW EXCITING? NO, IT NEVER HAPPENS.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO TO THE PODIUM.
I NEED TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC HERE.
IS THAT BETTER FOR HELLO? ALL RIGHT.
UM, TO THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THIS TASK FORCE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON HAVING THE LONGEST NAME OF A COMMITTEE I'VE EVER HEARD.
UM, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING A NUMBER OF YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING THE REST SOON, AND I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, MY NAME IS PAUL DE FIORI, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THEY'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN EAST AUSTIN.
FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES TODAY, I'D LIKE TO RAISE AN ISSUE TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR NOW AND HOPEFULLY FOR FUTURE AGENDAS.
UM, AND THAT IS WATER JUSTICE IN OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WATER PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS, LET'S NOT OVERLOOK THE NEEDS.
TALK ABOUT PLANNING, EQUITABLY, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, I THINK, HOW THAT'S REALLY NOT NECESSARILY HAPPENING TODAY AND HOW WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
UM, DESPITE THE FACT THAT TOGETHER, THE WORDS, EQUITY AND JUSTICE ARE MENTIONED MORE THAN 50 TIMES IN THE WATER FORWARD PLAN.
UM, BUT BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, UH, LAST YEAR PUT AIR LAUNCHED A NEW INITIATIVE CALLED THE COLORADO RIVER RIVER CONSERVANCY TO GRASSROOTS LED NETWORK OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALLIES WHO SHARE THE MISSION OF PROTECTING THE WILD AND SCENIC STRETCH OF AUSTIN'S URBAN RIVER, RUNNING EAST OF LONGHORN DAM.
AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE FACING THAT RIVER CORRIDOR, WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR A COMMUNITY CENTRIC VISION FOR THE FUTURE THAT NOT ONLY PREVENTS THE DESTRUCTION OF ECOSYSTEMS FOR WILDLIFE, BUT ALSO GETS IN FRONT OF THE LOOMING GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT, ESPECIALLY OF LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF COLOR AND OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE RESIDENTS.
WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF WATER RELATED ISSUES, BUT THE ONE THAT HAS STOOD OUT TO ME MOST IN RECENT WEEKS IS THAT OF WATER ACCESS AND WATER SERVICE PROVISION.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU GO JUST A FEW MILES EAST OF AUSTIN WHO GETS WATER FROM WHOM AND AT WHAT PRICE, AND WHEN YOU TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, YOU FIND A GLARING EXAMPLE OF INEQUITY THAT IS UNFOLDING RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES TAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF AUSTIN'S COLONY, JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, WHICH HAS FOR YEARS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE POOR QUALITY OF THEIR WATER AND THE FACT THAT THEY OFTEN PAY ASTRONOMICAL RATES FOR IT.
THEY HAVE THE MISFORTUNE OF BEING IN THE CCN OF A PRIVATE COMPANY CALLED SOUTHWEST WATER.
NOW JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THESE PAST TWO YEARS, TESLA HAS BUILT A 4.2 MILLION SQUARE FOOT FACTORY.
ALSO JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
THEY'RE GOING TO USE A LOT OF WATER IN THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, BOTH FOR VEHICLES AND BATTERIES, AND THEY'RE GETTING IT FROM AUSTIN WATER.
HOW TESLA'S PROPERTY WHEN PURCHASED WAS IN THE CCN OF YOU GUESSED IT SOUTHWEST WATER.
SO THEY REQUESTED AN EXPEDITED RELEASE FROM THE PUC AND AFTER SOME LEGAL WRANGLING GOT OUT OF THAT CCN OWING, NO COMPENSATION TO SOUTHWEST WATER, THEY BUILT PIPES AND GOT CONNECTED TO THE CITY INSTEAD BECAUSE WHO WOULDN'T WANT CHEAPER, CLEANER WATER, RIGHT? I BET AUSTIN'S COLONY WOULD.
NOW YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT STORY AS IT RECEIVES ZERO MEDIA ATTENTION AND REQUIRED DIGGING THROUGH PUC FILES AND ASKING CITY OFFICIALS IN ORDER TO FIGURE IT OUT.
WHERE WAS THE OVERSIGHT, THE TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE WASN'T A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE MERITS, LET ALONE APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL AND ENORMOUS NEW INDUSTRIAL USER GETS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO BE ADDED TO AUSTIN WATER
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SERVICE AREA WHILE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS AREN'T.AND THERE ISN'T EVEN ANY INPUT FROM OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, OUR CITY AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP HAS TO DO BETTER AND PREFERABLY ON THE SOONER END OF THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF WATER FORWARD.
SO MY ASK OF ALL OF YOU TODAY IS THAT YOU HELP US AS ADVOCATES WITH YOUR EXPERTISE AND OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY TO MORE FULLY UNDERSTAND THESE ISSUES AND ENSURE THAT WE MANAGE OUR WATER WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN MIND, PRIORITIZING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE OVER THE BUSINESS INTERESTS OF CORPORATIONS RUN BY THE WORLD'S SINGLE WEALTHIEST INDIVIDUAL.
THANK YOU J NOW, UM, I'VE GOT TO PUSH THE BUTTON.
DOES ANYONE, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL ON THE SCREEN? OKAY.
UM, WELL MAYBE, MAYBE WE'LL ASK STAFF TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS AT A FUTURE, A FUTURE MEETING.
UM, ARE YOU STAYING FOR THE MEETING? ARE YOU STAYING, ARE YOU JUST GIVING COMMENTS AND OKAY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THERE'S EXTRA PACKETS.
IF YOU WANT ONE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH, IF YOU'D LIKE THAT, UM, IT MAKES IT'S HELPFUL.
UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LOT OF ISSUES.
UM, TODAY, UH, WE HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA.
THIS IS, I'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP AND, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
ALL RIGHT.UM, MOVING ON, WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR MARCH 21ST TASK FORCE MEETING TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
HEY, WAS THE HANEY, WAS THAT A SECOND OR WAS THERE A FLY? WE'RE GOING TO SAY HANEY SECONDED.
CAUSE I SAW HIM WAVE HIS HAND.
DOES ANYONE NEED TO ABSTAIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? TODD DOES.
[2.a. Water supply update ]
OKAY.WE'RE MOVING ON TO STAFF BRIEFINGS, PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS.
UM, FIRST UP AS A WATER SUPPLY UPDATE, WHICH WOO IT'S RAINED.
UM, NOT ENOUGH, BUT IT HAS RAINED.
SO, AND SARAH EASTMAN FROM OUR TEAM WHO'S JOINING REMOTELY IS GOING TO PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION.
YEAH, AS JENNIFER NOTED IT RAINED, UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T RAIN AS MUCH IN THE WATERSHED AS IT DID IN TOWN, WHICH IS ALWAYS A BUMMER.
BUT, UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
SO OUR COMBINED STORAGE SINCE 2005, WE'RE STARTING THAT, THAT DRIFT DOWNWARD FROM THE SUMMER.
UNFORTUNATELY IT'S AT A LITTLE BIT FASTER RATE THAN WE WOULD HAVE LIKED.
CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? UM, OUR APRIL INFLOWS IN SPITE OF THAT RAIN RANKED AS THE LOWEST INFLOWS ON RECORD, UM, RICHARD HOFFPAUIR SENDS US SOME REALLY FANTASTIC ANALYSIS OF THE INFLOWS.
AND, UM, THAT WAS A PRETTY REMARKABLE NOTE THAT 2022 HAD 5,723 ACRE FOOT, UM, INFLOW COMPARED TO AN AVERAGE VOLUME OF 99,000 ACRE FEET.
SO IT'S ABOUT SIX OF A TYPICAL APRIL.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION IF I MAY, OF COURSE, UM, IS THAT THE LOWEST RECORD FOR APRIL OR THE LOWEST RECORD MONTHLY EVER THE LOWEST APRIL, APRIL.
AND I CAN, CAN PULL UP WHERE IT RANKS OVERALL, BUT IT MIGHT TAKE ME A SECOND.
THAT'S IN THE CHAT ONCE I HAVE A SECOND TO LOOK AT IT, SARAH THAT'S FOR THE PERIOD OF RECORD, RIGHT.
AND AS IT'S SO OFTEN THE CASE YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DROUGHT MONITOR THAT TRAVIS COUNTY IS ABNORMALLY DRY, MODERATE DROUGHT ON TERRIBLE, BUT OUR WATERSHED IS DOING A LITTLE BIT WORSE, UM, RANGING BETWEEN EXTREME AND EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT OFF TO THE WEST OF OUR LITTLE HEART SHAPED COUNTY IN THE CENTER.
THE THREE-MONTH OUTLOOK FROM NOAH.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE RIGHT ON THAT THRESHOLD ON THE PRECIPITATION
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OUTLOOK BETWEEN SORT OF EQUAL CHANCES OF WETTER AND DRIER AND A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN TYPICAL PRECIPITATION.UM, THE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE OUR TYPICAL TEMPERATURE FORECAST.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME, SOME HEAT COMING UP NEXT SLIDE, AND THEN THE LAKE LEVEL FORECAST, UM, AS OF APRIL 1ST, WE ARE, OH, WE HAD EXACTLY THE NUMBER THAT WE ARE, BUT RIGHT OVER 1.5 MILLION ACRE FEET AND COMBINED THE STORAGE, THE PROJECTIONS, UM, EVERYTHING, BUT THAT 25TH PERCENTILE WETTEST PROJECTION GETS US CROSSING THE 1.4 MILLION ACRE FOOT, UM, THRESHOLD FOR STAGE ONE DROPPERS AND DIRECTIONS.
SO ON THE, THE MEDIAN CONDITION PROJECTION THAT IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY.
UM, AND THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS IT OVER TO KEVIN CLINKY, TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSERVATION TEAMS RESPONSE TO THE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE PREPARING FOR.
AND THEN KEVIN CLUKEY ABSENCE.
I THINK MAYBE KEVIN CRITTENDON CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THOSE PREPARATIONS, KEVIN WHEN KEVIN OR ANOTHER, UM, KEVIN CRUTTENDEN, AUSTIN WATER.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, IN, IN MOST OF THESE PROJECTIONS SCENARIOS, WE ARE PROJECTED TO DROP BELOW THE TRIGGER LEVELS SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE INDEED HAVE TO ENACT OUR DROUGHT ONE, UM, CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, SOME DRAFT INFORMATION FOR WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, JUST TO PROVIDE THEM SOME, UM, UM, PRE NOTICE OF THIS CONDITION.
AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND A LITTLE BIT OF JUSTIFICATION AND IMPACT.
UM, THAT WILL ALSO BE A PART OF A PACKET THAT WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL COORDINATE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SO THAT THEY CAN NOTIFY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THIS SORT OF IMPENDING POSSIBILITY.
UM, OUR GENERAL TARGET IS TRY TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION READY TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, AND THEN AT THAT POINT IT'LL SORT OF BE A LITTLE BIT OF A WAIT AND SEE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE THROWS OF NEEDING TO, UM, ENACT, UH, THE, THOSE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS.
AND SO THAT WITH ALL THAT PREFERENCE, UH, PRE-INFORMATION PREPARED, UM, THEN IT'S A PRETTY QUICK, UM, NOTIFICATION PROCESS WHEREBY THE CITY MANAGER WILL ACTUALLY SEND, UH, A MEMO TO COUNCIL ENACTING THE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL OUTLOOK, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEXT STORM.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH IT, UM, BUT BE PREPARED TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS WE CAN.
UH, I LIKE, I LIKE ALL THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT THAT WHEN Y'ALL PREPARE THOSE PACKETS OF INFORMATION, UM, FOR RMC AND WHAT OUR WASTEWATER, CAN YOU SHARE THEM WITH THE TASK FORCE AS WELL, RIGHT.
ONCE, ONCE THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND PRODUCED WELL, BE I THINK IT'S, I MEAN, MOST FOLKS ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SEE AN ACTION, HOW THESE THINGS ROLL OUT.
UM, AND, UH, BECAUSE A BIG PART OF THE WATER FOR PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THESE DROUGHT SITUATIONS.
AND, UM, SO, UH, AND ALSO GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT PRE-PLANNING IS HAPPENING AND YOU KNOW, THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING.
WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING MY TEAM THIS MORNING ABOUT HOW THIS REALLY FEELS LIKE THESE ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS FEEL SIMILAR TO 2011.
UM, A BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT, UM, AS FAR AS WATER SUPPLY GOES THAT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IN PLACE.
SO SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL THINGS AREN'T GONNA HAPPEN, UM, THAT, THAT HAPPENED BEFORE, UM, THE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE HIGHLAND LAKES, BUT STILL THE WEATHER'S THE WEATHER WE'VE GOT WIND, WE'VE GOT LACK OF RAIN.
WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT HIGH TEMPERATURES, UM, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT NINA.
SO, UM, GOT HER GOTTA PREPARE FOR SURE.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE LIKE VIDEOS AND OTHER STUFF ONLINE FOR THE WATER CONSERVATION STAFF.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK? OKAY.
UM, SO, SO IT LOOKS LIKE, Y'ALL SAY RAY HAS KEPT A BIT OF THEIR WIRE UP LIKE CANADA.
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AND SO IT'S, IT'S A BIT FULLER THAN LIKE TRAVIS.IS THERE, IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? ANYBODY KNOW? I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL JUST HISTORICALLY, I MEAN, I THINK IT ELSEWHERE HAS TENDED TO TRY TO KEEP WATER IN THE HIGHEST RESERVOIRS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, THAT GIVES THEM THE MOST CONTROL AS FAR AS WHAT THEY CAN DO AND RELEASE WITH IT.
UM, I KNOW THAT ELSA HAS BEEN WORKING ON A SERIES OF FLOODGATE REMEDIATION PROJECTS UP ON BUCKHANNON.
I THINK THAT'S NOW BEEN COMPLETED.
I THINK THAT GIVES THEM A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO STORE WATER THERE.
THAT'S GENERALLY JUST SORT OF A EXTERNAL OBSERVATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER STAFF MAY HAVE OTHER INFORMATION TO ADD TO THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB THAT I'VE WITNESSED OVER LOTS OF YEARS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE RANGE OF RIVER UPDATE, WHICH IS EITHER KATIE OR NICK, MAYBE, AND NICK AND KATE IS JOINING US FROM WATERSHED PROTECTION AND HELP PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY HI REALLY QUICKLY IMPORTANT IT OVER TO NICK.
I'M YOUR OFFICIAL MEMBER ON BEHALF OF WATERSHED PROTECTION.
UM, I'M YOUR CITY OF AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER, UM, JANELL IS, IS SHARING OUR PRESENTATION HERE.
UH, I'M ALSO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF WATERSHED PROTECTION.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE KICKING OFF THE BREAKTHROUGH PROCESS AND WE'LL TALK WAY MORE DETAIL AS MUCH AS HE CAN IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES ANYWAY.
UM, BUT THIS IS A PLAN TO GUIDE THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
UH, IT'S A, AN UPDATE TO OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 2001 AND IS ALTHOUGH THAT'S EVOLVED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, IT STILL IS A PLAN THAT WOULD REALLY HAVE BEEN, UH, FULLY OVERHAULED IN 20 YEARS.
UH, IT ALSO DIDN'T PRIORITIZE ENGAGING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND OTHER GROUPS MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES IN AUSTIN.
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF OUR MOST PRESSING ISSUES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE, POPULATION GROWTH AND RACIAL INEQUITIES, SO THAT AUSTIN'S RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUE TO THREAT.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOME OF THOSE CONCRETE STEPS FOR US TO BOTH ACT QUICKLY, BUT ALSO PLAN FOR THE LONGTERM.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE AIM TO DO WITH THIS PLAN.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO NICK AND KATE NOW, KATIE.
UM, SO YEAH, MY NAME IS NIKKI FADE.
I'M A PLANTER AND WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME TIME TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TODAY.
SO YEAH, LIKE KATIE MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR UPDATING THE WATERSHED PROTECTION STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'RE CALLING THIS PROCESS RANGER RIVER, A STRATEGIC PLAN TO PROTECT AUSTIN'S CREEKS AND COMMUNITIES.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
SO LIKE KATIE MENTIONED, WE'RE KEEPING THIS BRIEF, UM, BUT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, AND WE'LL BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT.
SO THERE SHOULD BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY FOLKS WHO WANT TO GET MORE DETAILED INFORMATION TO DO THAT.
AND I'LL SHARE SOME RESOURCES AT THE END AS WELL.
UM, SO YEAH, MOST OF YOU ALL MAY ALREADY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK WE DO IN WATERSHED PROTECTION.
UM, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST BEGIN WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND.
THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IS THE CITY'S DRAINAGE UTILITY.
OUR DEPARTMENT'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT LIVES PROPERTY IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, BY REDUCING THE IMPACT OF FLOODING OR EROSION AND WATER POLLUTION.
OUR WORK HELPS KEEP, KEEP AUSTIN'S CREEKS, LAKES AND LAKES HEALTHY AND CLEAN PREVENTS THINGS FROM ERODING AND STRIVES TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES SAFE FROM FLOODING.
UH, WE ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES.
SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE PERFORMING MODELING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT BUILDINGS AND ROADS ARE AT RISK OF FLOODING, CONDUCTING ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND RESTORATION PROJECTS INSPECTING AND MAINTAINING THE CITY'S DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, WE ALSO BUILD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND WE WRITE REGULATIONS THAT PREVENT POLLUTION AND EXCESSIVE STORMWATER RUNOFF AND DEVELOPMENT IN UNSAFE AREAS.
AND SO YEAH, THIS PROCESS IS ALL ABOUT UPDATING OUR DEPARTMENTS TO TJ PLAN.
AND SO WHAT IS THAT? SO FIRST, SO REALLY IT DOES THREE MAIN THINGS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
FIRST, IT ACTS AS A GUIDANCE BLUEPRINT, IT'S UPS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR OUR WORK.
IT ESTABLISHES HOW WE PRIORITIZE PROBLEMS AND IT HELPS US EVALUATE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.
UM, SECOND IT PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING FUTURE PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS MEASURING OUR SUCCESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND THIRD, IT SERVES AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL TO HELP EXPLAIN OUR WORK AND PRIORITIES TO WATERSHED STAFF, OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS CITY COUNCIL, AND HOPEFULLY THE ENTIRE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.
AND LIKE, CAN'T YOU MENTION, THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR UPDATE WE'VE DONE SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY UPDATED IN 2001.
UM, SO THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS AN VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND THIS PROCESS IS REALLY EMPHASIZING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO, UM, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THE PROVIDING A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR APPROACH
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TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.UM, SO GENERALLY WE'RE PLANNING TO DIVIDE THE PROCESS INTO THREE PHASES.
WE ESTIMATE THIS PROCESS WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE WITH FINAL ADOPTION BY CITY COUNCIL ANTICIPATED AT THE END OF 2024.
UM, SO THE FIRST PHASE AND THE ATTEMPT ON THE FIRST PHASE IS TOGETHER COMMUNITY INPUT AS MUCH COMMUNITY INPUT AS POSSIBLE, AND TO HEAR FROM A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, AND REALLY TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO USE A BROAD RANGE OF STRATEGIES.
UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE TRADITIONAL LIKE SURVEYS, BUT MANY OF THOSE ARE HERE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT FOCUS GROUPS AND A COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO NAME SOME OF THOSE, UH, PHASE ONE ALREADY STARTED IN APRIL.
IT'S GOING TO LAST FOR NINE MONTHS AFTER PHASE ONE ENDS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME INTERNALLY TO EVALUATE ALL THAT INPUT WE RECEIVED AND DEVELOP CONTENT.
THEN WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAY, 2023 TO BEGIN PHASE TWO.
AND SO IN PHASE TWO, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO EVALUATE HOW EFFECTIVELY WE TRANSLATED ALL THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PHASE ONE INTO PLAY IN CONTENT.
AND THEN AFTER PHASE TWO, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER BEHIND THE SCENES PERIOD WHERE WE ACTUALLY WRITE THE DRAFT PLAN.
AND THEN IN WE'LL LAUNCH PHASE THREE AND MAY OF 2024 TO PRESENT THAT DRAFT PLAN TO THE COMMUNITY, FINALIZE THE PLAN FOR ADOPTION PRESENTED BOARD'S CONDITIONS AND ULTIMATELY COUNCIL.
YEAH, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, KEEPING THIS VERY BRIEF, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE NOW SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
UH, SO PLEASE GO VISIT OUR WEBSITE REIN TO RIVER ATX.COM.
UM, IT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROCESS ABOUT THE WORK THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES AND, UM, LINKS TO ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AND PROVIDE INPUT.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR OUR CONTACT LIST THERE TO STAY IN THE LOOP AND GET PROJECT UPDATES, INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS, ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE.
YOU'LL ALSO FIND THERE LINK TO OUR COMMUNITY VISION SURVEY.
UM, THIS IS A TRADITIONAL SURVEY THAT LETS YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR VALUES AND VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN'S CREEKS, UM, AND COMMUNITY.
UH, ALSO, UM, IT LETS YOU DROP POINTS ON A MAP TO IDENTIFY PLACES, UM, THAT YOU LOVE OR HAVE IDEAS FOR HOW TO IMPROVE, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN OPEN APPLICATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS A GROUP OF PAID COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WILL HELP GATHER STORIES AND PERSPECTIVES FROM RACIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
AND WE'RE ACCEPTING THOSE APPLICATIONS THROUGH MAY 8TH.
YOU CAN FIND THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE.
PLEASE SHARE THOSE WITH ANYONE YOU MIGHT THINK IS INTERESTED.
AND SO, YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US GIVE YOU THIS UPDATE TODAY.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND GET Y'ALL'S INPUT.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS TO SHARE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO OUR TEAM.
UM, I WANTED US TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF CONNECTION BETWEEN, UM, THIS AND WATERSHED PROTECTION AND, AND, UM, AS WE MOVE INTO WATERFORD IMPLEMENTATION, AS THERE IS WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER KIND OF ENTERPRISES AT THE CITY, SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS AND, UM, TO, TO KIND OF MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND PUT THEIR VOICE IN.
SO THANK YOU NICK FOR COMING AND GIVING A QUICK PRES OVERVIEW.
THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER WAYS TO FIND OUT MORE, UM, ONLINE, I'VE RECEIVED LOTS OF INFORMATION THROUGH VARIOUS WAYS, SO THANK YOU ALL.
[2.b. Water Forward 2018 Implementation update ]
UM, OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR WATER FOR 2018 OR WF 18 IMPLEMENTATION UPDATES.SO WE'RE GOING TO TEE UP SOME SLIDES TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND YOUR REPORT.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL REPORT COVERING THE PERIOD OF FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 31ST, 2021.
UM, THE ANNUAL REPORT IS, UH, IN YOUR PACKETS OR IN YOUR EMAILED PACKETS.
WE HAVE THE KIND OF NICE GRAPHICALLY DESIGNED VERSION AND THERE, AND I WAS JUST GOING TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT, UM, AS PART OF THIS MEETING.
SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UM, JUST AS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF RECAP SOME OF THE PLAN HISTORY OR WATERFORD PLAN HISTORY.
UM, WE EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT FROM 2008 TO 2016.
UM, 2011 IS NOTED AS THE DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD IN, IN, IN OUR BASIN.
UM, IN 2014 IN RESPONSE TO THE DROUGHT COUNCIL CREATED THE AUSTIN WATER RESOURCE PLANNING TASK FORCE.
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ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT AUSTIN WATER RESOURCE PLANNING TASK FORCE, IN ADDITION TO SHORT TERM, MEDIUM TERM AND LONGTERM OF WATER SUPPLY RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLAN THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE A DESEGREGATED DEMAND MODEL AS WELL AS SOME OTHER ELEMENTS, UM, AFTER THEY DELIVERED THEIR, UM, REPORT IN JULY OF 2014, I THINK IT WAS, UM, COUNCIL THEN CREATED IN DECEMBER OF 2014, THE AUSTIN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLANNING COMMUNITY TASK FORCE, WHICH WE NOW LOVINGLY CALL THE WATERFORD TASKFORCE.UM, THE WATERFORD TASK FORCE BEGAN MEETING IN MAY OF 2015 AND HAS CONTINUED TO MEET SINCE THAT TIME.
IN 2015, WE BEGAN AT THE UTILITY, THE SCOPE DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT IWI RP IN 2016, WE BROUGHT ON A CDM SMITH AND OTHER CONSULTANTS TO BEGIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, AND WE CONTINUED THAT PROCESS THROUGH 2017, UM, AT, UH, INCLUDING TECHNICAL WORK AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WE, UH, COMPLETED TO A HUNDRED DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS OVER THE COURSE OF A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
AND THEN IN 2018, A WATERFORD PLAN WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER.
UM, WE BEGAN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING, UH, AND IN 2018 AFTER COUNCIL APPROVED THE PLAN AND HAVE BEEN IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE SINCE THEN.
UM, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS SUMMARIZES SOME KEY IMPLEMENTATION MILESTONES IN THE PERIOD SINCE THE PLAN, UH, APPROVAL.
AND AFTER WE, UM, COMPLETED AN IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING PROCESS, WE BEGAN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE METERING, ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
UM, COUNCIL APPROVED OUR ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEM, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND INCENTIVE.
THEY'VE ALSO, UM, COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THE, UM, UH, PROCUREMENT OF AN CONSULTANT, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY PILOT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROJECT.
UM, UH, WE, UH, ALSO DEVELOPED AND GOT APPROVED BY COUNCIL ADDITIONAL CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER BENCHMARKING, ONSITE, WATER REUSE, AND EXTENSION OF RECLAIMED WATER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS AND STAFF, UH, AT THE UTILITY ALSO DEVELOPED A NEW VOLUNTARY RECLAIMED WATER CONNECTION INCENTIVE THAT IS NOW LIVE.
UM, DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, WE ALSO WORKED THROUGH THE REGIONAL WATER PLANNING PROCESS, UM, TO SUPPORT THAT PLANS DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH OTHER FOLKS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TASK FORCE.
UM, THE REGION K WATER PLAN WAS ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN 2021.
UM, HERE IN 2022, JUST KIND OF BROADENING OUT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE'VE SO FAR COMPLETED OUR ASR PRELIMINARY STORAGE ZONE SCREENING, UM, AND IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL AQUIFERS FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND WE'VE BECOME OUR, UM, PLAN UPDATE PROCESS THIS YEAR.
THE PLAN WAS, UM, UH, GOING TO BE UPDATED ON A FIVE-YEAR CYCLE AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE REGIONAL WATER PLANNING CYCLE.
UM, WE WERE DELAYED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS IN DELIVERY OF THE 2020 CENSUS DATA.
HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL PLANNING TO DELIVER THAT PLAN, UM, IN 2024, NEXT SLIDE.
I MEAN, THAT SHOULD WORK OUT FINE FOR REGIONAL WATER PLANNING BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA IS FOR FOLKS, IS THAT THE WATER THAT STRATEGIES AND WATER FORWARD WILL BE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND REGION K PLAN, UM, THAT TIMING WILL WORK OUT FINE.
SO THAT'S JUST GREAT CONTEXT TO KEEP IN MIND.
SO WE'RE DOING CITY LEVEL PLANNING.
WATERFORD IS A PLAN FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT ULTIMATELY FEEDS INTO THE REGIONAL WATER PLAN.
UM, THAT IS JEN, WE INCLUDING STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE WHOLE LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN, AND THEN THAT FEEDS UP INTO THE STATE PLAN.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, OF, UH, KIND OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT COORDINATION THAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING.
UM, SO JUST TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SECTIONS OF THE REPORT ITSELF, I WILL GO THROUGH JUST KIND OF QUICKLY, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT Y'ALL, UH, WILL HAVE THE REPORT TO LOOK AT IMPROVES AT YOUR LEISURE, UM, IN TERMS OF WATER SUPPLIES.
AGAIN, JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, CITY OF AUSTIN HAS APPROXIMATELY 325,000 ACRE FEET OF WATER, UM, AVAILABLE TO US FROM OUR COLORADO RIVER AND HIGHLAND LAKES, WATER SUPPLIES IN F 21.
WE DID EXPERIENCE, UM, FAIRLY LOW INFLOWS IN FLOWS TO LAKE TRAVIS AND BUCHANAN WERE THE 10TH LOWEST SINCE THE LAKES WERE BUILT.
UM, AND JUST TO KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS, BUT AS THOSE DRY CONDITIONS, IF THOSE DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST, WE, UM, WE'LL LIKELY SEE COMBINED STORAGE LEVELS, UH, DECREASING AND THE POSSIBLE TRIGGERING OF STAGE ONE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN RESTRICTIONS, NEXT SIDE, UH, IN TERMS OF CUSTOMERS AND WATER USE R F Y 21, TOTAL PUMPING WAS 51.4 BILLION GALLONS, OR ABOUT 49% OF AUSTIN WATERS, TOTAL WATER SUPPLY.
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WE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 1.1, TWO, 5 MILLION PEOPLE, UM, AND OUR WATER USE ON A GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY BASIS WAS EQUAL TO ABOUT 125.UH, I MENTIONED SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES IN, UM, PROTECTING OUR CORE COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES AND WORKING WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS.
UM, WE ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UM, THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY AND THROUGH OUR WATER PARTNERSHIP TO SHARE INFORMATION AND COORDINATE ON WATER SUPPLY PLANNING ISSUES.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION INCENTIVES, CODES, AND ORDINANCES.
DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, AUSTIN WATER CREATED A PILOT PARTNERSHIP WITH AUSTIN ENERGY TO PROVIDE INSTANT REBATES FOR CERTAIN WATER SAVING DEVICES, BASICALLY TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES.
WE ALSO CONTINUE TO INCENTIVIZE LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION WITH OUR EXISTING REBATE PROGRAMS, AND WE BEGAN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE FOR NEW SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE FROM MY ATX WATER, THAT'S OUR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE.
WE, UH, COMPLETED A PILOT PROJECT IN MID 2021 AT THE END OF FYI, 2021.
WE HAD INSTALLED NEARLY 15,000 METERS AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN CURRENT PROGRESS AS PART OF OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE, NEXT SIDE ON THE UTILITY WATER LOSS CONTROL FRONT.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ACTIVITIES, UM, TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR WATER LOSS CONTROL STRATEGY.
WE SURVEYED OVER 450 MILES OF PIPE FOR LEAKS AND RESPONDED TO OVER 80% OF PRIORITY ONE LEAKS AND LESS THAN THREE HOURS.
THAT METRIC, WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF A DANE FROM THE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM WHERE WE EXPERIENCED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL NUMBER OF LEAKS IN A SMALL PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, WE'LL NOTE THAT OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE LEAKAGE INDEX HAS BEEN HIGHER THAN DESIRED.
GIVEN THE UTILITIES EFFORTS ON WATER LOSS REDUCTION STRATEGIES.
HOWEVER, OUR WATER LOSS ILI HAS BEEN WITHIN THE T WDB RECOMMENDED RANGE OF 3.0 TO 5.0.
THERE ARE, UH, THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITHIN THE REPORT ON OUR WATER LOSS ACTIVITIES, UM, AND ON OUR, UM, WATER LOSS ILI FOR THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, THE, UH, ESTIMATE THAT WE WILL BE SUBMITTING OR HAVE SUBMITTED TO TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WAS 3.864, FYI, UH, 21.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS MOVING AWAY FROM ILI AS A METRIC.
UM, I MEAN, AUSTIN CAN USE WHATEVER AUSTIN USES, BUT, UM, JUST ONE OF THE REASONS BEING THAT IT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR WHAT IT MEANS.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S VERY CLEAR TO PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT OUR WATER LOSS PEOPLE AND UTILITY MANAGERS, BUT AS FAR AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WHAT'D YOU SAY, I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
WELL, CASE IN POINT RIGHT THERE, ROBERT KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS.
DOES THE AUSTIN USE ILI? I MEAN, WILL IT CONTINUE USING ILI AS A METRIC? UH, I THINK THAT OUR WATER LOSS STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO USE ILI AS A METRIC.
IT IS ONE OF OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, UM, THAT WE DO REPORT, UH, HOWEVER THE CALCULATION IS DONE ON A VOLUME METRIC BASIS.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER INFORMATION AND METRICS THAT WE COULD USE, WE CAN SLICE AND DICE IT.
HOWEVER, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT IN A MORE CLEAR WAY.
I MEAN, AS WE CONTINUE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF UTILITY SIDE WATER LOSS AND WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO END UP CONTINUING TO USE A VARIETY OF METRICS.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT OUT ILI THAT CONTINUES TO BE A BEST PRACTICES METRIC, UH, FROM AWW, A HOWEVER WE DO RECOGNIZE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY COMPLEX AND PROBABLY A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO IMMEDIATELY REACT AND KIND OF INTERNALIZE THAT FROM A PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE.
SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE UTILITY.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE ON KIND OF THE OVERALL TOPIC OF WATER LOSS CONTROL.
UM, SO YES, WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE IT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO, I THINK, CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING, IT'S CLEAR AWAY AS WE CAN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WATER LOSS? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW ARE OUR EFFORTS RESULTING IN IMPROVEMENT OF FIREWALLS? AND THINK, UH, IF I HEARD CORRECTLY THAT THE WATER VELVET BOARDS CONSIDERING, UH, WAS A GALLONS PER CONNECTION.
SO I GUESS, I MEAN, I THINK AS THE UTILITY, MY SENSE IS THAT, UM, MORE AND MORE COMMUNICATION ABOUT PROGRAMS AND EVEN PROGRAMS
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THAT FORMERLY, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GENERALLY TELL THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT NOT FOR ANY REASON, EXCEPT FOR LIKE, IT WAS TOO MUCH INFORMATION ALMOST.UM, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK THAT TIME IS, IS OVER AND THAT WE'RE TALKING MORE FULLY AND CLEARLY ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT WE'RE MANAGING WATER SUPPLY.
AND, AND LOOKING AT WATER LOSS IS A HUGE ONE.
AND BEING ABLE TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, AND, AND WHAT OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS ARE, WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, REGULAR PEOPLE.
AND I COUNT MYSELF IN THAT CAN UNDERSTAND, UM, AS YOU KNOW, VERY IMPORTANT, I DON'T THINK ILI GETS US THERE.
I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, CALL IT OUT AS A, AS A, THERE'S A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF FOLKS THAT UNDERSTAND THAT.
I THINK THAT JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH, UH, I MEAN, YEAH, AS A METRIC LOSS FOR CONNECTION AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A CONNECTION, I GUESS IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE METRICS ARE INTENDED REALLY TO COMPARE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, BUT IT IS BIASED TOWARDS URBAN COMMUNITIES.
IF YOU'RE A RURAL COMMUNITY WITH WATER LINES, MUCH GREATER LOSS PER CONNECTION.
SO POINT TAKEN, IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE FROM COMMUNITY COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE USED THAT WAY, BUT I THINK IT, ESPECIALLY IF AUSTIN IS REALLY BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT REPORTING ANNUALLY TO DECISION MAKERS, TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE CUSTOMERS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT, THAT ARE SERVED, UM, THEN, THEN IT BECOMES A WAY TO BENCHMARK FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND ALSO TO DO SOME EDUCATION THAT THESE THINGS, WATER LOSS, AND LOOKING AT WATER LOSS IS NOT NECESSARILY LIKE A, IT'S A LONGER, IT'S A LONG PLAY, YOU KNOW, AND THINGS HAPPEN.
WEATHER HAPPENS WITH, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, BUT YEAH, I'VE MENTIONED, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE UPDATING THE ESTIMATED YIELD FROM THE WATERFORD 18 STRATEGIES AS PART OF THE UPDATE TO THE PLAN AND UPDATING OUR ESTIMATES OF FUTURE SAVINGS AS WELL.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE STRATEGIES AND THEIR POTENTIAL YIELD.
UH, GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND, UH, ALTERNATIVE WATER ORDINANCES AND WATER USE BENCHMARKING.
LIKE I MENTIONED, THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING THAT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS. I THINK WE WERE THE SECOND CITY IN THE NATION TO HAVE, UM, THAT TYPE OF REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS, RIGHT AFTER SAN FRANCISCO.
UM, THEY ALSO APPROVE REQUIREMENTS TO REQUIRE WATER BENCHMARKING SUBMITTALS WITH NEW SITE PLANS.
UM, THOSE WATER BENCHMARKING SUBMITTALS HELP US TO ESTIMATE WATER USE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, THEY ALSO APPROVED AN ONSITE WATER REUSE MANDATE FOR LARGE DEVELOPMENTS.
THOSE THAT ARE GREATER THAN 250,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.
UM, AND THAT'S AGAIN FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS EXTENSION OF THE RECLAIM WATER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS, THE CURRENT RECLAIM WATER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS.
DO YOU HAVE A TECHNOLOGY ISSUE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, YOU CAN HEAR ME ON THE SPEAKERS, BUT HE SAYS HE CAN'T HEAR ME IN THE CONTROL ROOM.
UM, I'LL JUST MENTION, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, UM, IN THE QUARTERLY REPORT, BUT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE PROCESSES TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE NEW REQUIREMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE, UM, INCENTIVES, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A $1 MILLION PILOT INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS. WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, OUR FIRST APPLICATION, I THINK THAT IS STILL IN REVIEW.
UM, AND WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED THAT VOLUNTARY RECLAIM WATER CONNECTION INCENTIVE AS WELL.
UM, IT'S FOR SEWER MINING AND PRIVATE BLACKWATER SYSTEMS. UM, WE CONTINUE OUR STAFF AND THE ONSITE WATER REUSE TEAM CONTINUES TO SUPPORT LARGE VOLUME CUSTOMERS, FEASIBILITY DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS FOR POSSIBLE SEWER MINING, UM, PROJECTS.
AND, UM, AUSTIN WATER HAS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE TEXAS WATER CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONS EFFORTS TO, UM, INITIATE SOME CHANGES TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, TO ALLOW FOR PERMITTING OF NON MUNICIPAL BLACKWATER SYSTEMS. THERE ARE SOME REGULATORY CHALLENGES THERE.
I THINK A GOOD NUMBER OF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS TO TRY TO, UM, MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE FEASIBLE.
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UH, BUILT AND CONSTRUCTED AND ARE, HAVE COMMISSIONED HAVE FINISHED COMMISSIONING, UH, THE, UM, ONSITE WATER REUSE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, OSCAR AND CLARA AT THE CITY'S NEW PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER.AND I THINK THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A SAVE THE DATE, UM, TO CELEBRATE THAT, UM, PILOT SYSTEM.
OH, ADVANCED RECLAIMED ASSEMBLY.
AND SO IF, IF SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T GET THAT, THAT INVITATION, UM, JAY NELL SENT IT OUT, SO THAT'LL BE GOOD.
EVERYONE MAKES SURE AND, YOU KNOW, FLUSH TOILETS WHILE YOU'RE THERE AND STUFF THAT FEED THE SYSTEM AND THE FIRST SYSTEM OF ITS TYPE IN TYPE IN TEXAS, I BELIEVE IT IS AS FAR AS I'M AWARE OF IT IS.
UM, AND I GUESS DON'T HOLD ME TO IT.
THERE MAY BE SOME NICHE SYSTEMS SOMEWHERE, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW IT IS.
UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME STATS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR DECENTRALIZED AND RECLAIM SYSTEMS AND FYI 21 OR DECENTRALIZED RECLAIM FACILITY PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 457 ACRE FEET OF RECLAIMED WATER TO MEET IRRIGATION DEMAND FOR GOLF COURSES.
AND, UM, IN THE SAME YEAR, THE CENTRALIZED RECLAIM SYSTEM DELIVERED 4,441 ACRE FEET OF NON-POTABLE WATER.
UM, THE CENTRALIZED RECLAIM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO OUTPERFORM, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR METRICS AND OUR GOALS AND TARGETS FOR THE WATERFORD PLAN.
UM, I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT, UH, UH, DAN AND HIS TEAM, UH, CONTINUED TO, UH, IMPLEMENT COMPLETE SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF THE UTILITIES COMPLETING THE CORE PLAN.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ABOUT THE, UM, CENTRALIZED RECLAIM SYSTEM AS A WHOLE IN DAN'S PRESENTATION.
NEXT SLIDE, UM, AQUIFER, STORAGE AND RECOVERY.
WE EXECUTED AND KICKED OFF A CONTRACT WITH A NATIONAL ENGINEERING FIRM, HDR AS WELL AS, UM, SUB-CONSULTANTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
AND, UM, WE CONVENED AN ASR TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP, UM, FROM, WITH EXPERTS, UH, ABOUT ASR FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP US WITH OUR IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS.
AND THEN, UM, FYI TONIO AND METRICS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OUR POPULATION ESTIMATE, PORTABLE PUMP EDGE, POTABLE GPCD.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE TBDS TO BE DETERMINED FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF OUR, UM, WATERFORD STRATEGIES.
LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE UPDATING THE YIELD ESTIMATES AND SAVINGS ESTIMATES, UM, FOR ALL OF OUR WATER 18 STRATEGIES THIS SUMMER.
AND, UM, BY EARLY FALL, LIKELY BY THE SEPTEMBER, UH, TASKFORCE MEETING WE'LL HAVE UPDATED INFORMATION TO PROVIDE THERE, UM, FOR YIELD FOR ALL OF THOSE STRATEGIES.
THERE'S JUST A, IS KIND OF A, A LARGER LIFT TO TRY TO ESTIMATE THAT, UH, YIELD.
AND AS WE HAVE THOSE YIELDS ESTIMATED, THEN WE'LL BE UPDATING, UM, INFORMATION.
UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT SOME YIELDS INCORPORATED FOR THE DISTRIBUTED WASTEWATER SYSTEM AND THE CENTRALIZED RECLAIM WATER SYSTEM, UM, BEATING GAR OUR TARGETS, UM, THAT WE HAD SET FOR, UM, UH, 20, 25 DISTRIBUTED WASTEWATER REUSE AND ALMOST THERE FOR 2025 CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM YIELD.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I'LL JUST NOTE THAT THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS A QUARTERLY REPORT.
SO FROM THIS YEAR PAST QUARTER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH, SO THAT QUARTERLY REPORT HAS MORE UPDATE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ON THOSE STRATEGIES.
SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS NOW, OR I CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THAT QUARTERLY REPORT PRESENTATION.
WHY DON'T WE LET YOU DO THE QUARTERLY REPORT, THEN WE'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, SO WE'LL TEE UP THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I, WE HAVE REVAMPED THE QUARTERLY REPORT FORMAT PREVIOUSLY.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE IN A, UH, A TWO PAGE PRESENTATION.
UM, THE GOAL WAS TO TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE VISUALLY APPEALING AND I FAILED MISERABLY.
UM, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE, UH, SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE WERE HOPING TO PROVIDE, UM, UH, TO KIND OF ROUND OUT HOW WE'RE TRACKING AND REPORTING PROGRESS.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, LET'S SEE.
JUST SOME FOR SOME WAYFINDING FOR THIS REPORT ON THE TOP LEFT SIDE IS A TOP LEFT SIDE OF EACH OF THESE BOXES
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IS THE NAME OF THE STRATEGY OR INITIATIVE UNDER, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S JUST TAKE THE WATER FOR 2024 FIRST ORANGE BOX.UM, THE, UH, LANGUAGE DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE TITLE IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE STRATEGY OR INITIATIVE, UM, UNDERNEATH THAT THE
AND THE SECOND COLUMN, AGAIN, MOVING UP TO THE TOP ACTUAL VERSUS PLAN PROGRESS.
WE'VE GOT KIND OF, UM, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE ON SCHEDULE OR DELAYED.
AND IF YOU SEE A DELAYED IN THERE, WE TRIED TO INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHY THAT DELAY HAS OCCURRED, UM, UNDERNEATH THAT CURRENT SLASH PLANNED
UM, THAT JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO ACCOMPLISH WITHIN THE NEXT QUARTER.
UH, GOING UP TO THE TOP ON THE THIRD COLUMN, F Y TWENTY-TWO Q2 STATS, I'VE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF STATS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY ARE CONTEXT SPECIFIC TO THE STRATEGY.
AND, UM, FOR SOME STRATEGIES, THERE'S AN AN N A, UM, IF THERE ARE NO STEPS TO REPORT AT THIS TIME, SECOND ROW OF THE THIRD COLUMN, FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION STEPS, TRACK SOME OF THE BIGGER PICTURE, LONGER TERM MILESTONES THAT WE'RE OUTLINING FOR EACH STRATEGY.
UM, SO IN FOR THE WATERFORD 2024 UPDATE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SKIP THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER SET OF PRESENTATION SLIDES ON THAT TOPIC TO GO DOWN TO MY ATX WATER.
SOME OF THE KEY UPDATES THERE ARE THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INSTALLS TO AROUND 42,000 THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
UM, AND WE HAVE A CUSTOMER PORTAL ADOPTION RATE OF AROUND 32% COMPARED, UH, TO KIND OF A NATIONAL AVERAGE OF, OR OTHER WATER SMART CLIENTS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THERE, METER SURVEYS AND INSTALLS ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUING AROUND AUSTIN.
AND THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A SUMMER MARKETING PUSH TO GET MORE PORTAL SIGN-UPS.
UM, UH, AS WE KIND OF MOVE INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO REPLACE ABOUT 250,000 ANALOG METERS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S ALL OF THE METERS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM, AND WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETION BY FY 2025, UM, THE ACTUAL VERSUS PLANNED PROJECT YOU'LL NOTE THAT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DELAYED, UM, THAT, UH, KIND OF THE EXPLANATION THERE IS THAT OUR CONTRACTOR HAD DIFFICULTIES HIRING, UH, METER INSTALLERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.
AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED VARIOUS KIND OF EVENTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT HAS DELAYED SOME OF THE PROGRESS OF DOING THOSE INSTALLS, UM, ON THE NEXT STRATEGY THAT IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, UH, THE PROGRESS FOR THE PAST QUARTER, WE'VE CONDUCTED STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS FOR INTERNAL, EXTERNAL AND PUBLIC GROUPS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, LAUNCHED OUR SPEAK-UP BOSTON PAGE AND IT BEGAN COLLECTING SURVEY RESPONSES AND HAVE COLLECTED ABOUT 173 SURVEY RESPONSES.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO MEET WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PUBLIC MEETINGS TOGETHER INPUT, UM, THAT, UH, STRATEGY IS PLANNED FOR COMPLETION AND FYI 2023.
AND I THINK THERE'S SOME DRAFT ORDINANCE LANGUAGE THAT'S PLANNED TO BE PRESENTED THIS SUMMER AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
NOW, THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS ARE ON THE LIST NOW FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT.
THERE IS A STAKEHOLDER MEETING TONIGHT AT SIX.
AND THEN ONE ON THURSDAY, LIKE AT NOON OR ONE, I BELIEVE SAME MEETINGS, BUT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THAT IN THEIR INBOX.
THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT COMMUNICATIONS LOOK REALLY GOOD TO US.
FOR ONSITE, UH, THE CODE CHANGES THAT WE DISCUSSED ONSITE, WATER RESISTANCE, BENCHMARKING AND RECLAIMED, UH, CODE CHANGES.
UH, STAFF HAS BEGAN DRAFTING THE MANDATORY ONSITE WATER REUSE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND MODELING INPUTS AND PACKS FOR DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT TOPOLOGIES, AND ARE CONSIDERING CONTINUING OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS THE APPROACH, TO DEVELOP THE AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT THAT WILL NEED TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ULTIMATELY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR CITY OF AUSTIN STAKEHOLDERS, UM, ON THAT MANDATORY PROGRAM, UH, LANGUAGE, UM, AND WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ON, ON SPECIFICS THERE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO PLANNING FOR FUTURE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STEPS.
UM, AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG AND CLOSER
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TO THE, UH, 2023 IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME, UM, ON THE THAT'S FOR THE SPECIFIC KIND OF SUITE OF CODE CHANGES.NOW THERE'S ANOTHER BOOK THAT'S KIND OF JUST MORE ADDRESSING THE ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, UM, STAFF HAS CONTINUED TO REVIEW ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN, THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEY'VE ALSO, UM, REVIEWED WATER BENCHMARKING APPLICATIONS FOR ALL SITE PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AFTER DECEMBER 1ST, 2021, WHEN THAT BECAME A REQUIREMENT.
UM, WE ARE LIKE MENTIONED, LIKE I MENTIONED, UM, WORKING TOWARDS, UH, THAT, UM, CELEBRATION FOR THE OSCAR AND CLARA COMMISSIONING.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATER BENCHMARKING APPLICATION PROCESS TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING REALLY RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, UM, FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION STEPS.
WE'VE GOT SOME TARGETS THERE FOR PILOT INCENTIVE FUNDS.
AND THEN, UM, WE ARE ALSO COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEM OPERATOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, UM, AND KIND OF LIKE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
IS THAT BEING A NECESSARY COMPONENT FOR KIND OF HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THESE SYSTEMS OVER TIME? NEXT SIDE, I'M TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS EXPEDITIOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S EITHER THRILLING OR SUPER BORING.
UM, DECENTRALIZED RECLAIMED OUR STAFF INTERNALLY HAS BEEN PREPARING DRAFT DECENTRALIZED RECLAIMED AREA PLANS.
THIS IS A KEY COMPONENT TO MAKING SURE THAT THESE SYSTEMS ACTUALLY GET IMPLEMENTED AS KIND OF LIKE IDENTIFYING THE AREAS THAT COULD BE SERVED WITH THIS, UM, DECENTRALIZED RECLAIM WATER, UM, AND KIND OF WHAT THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO OUR, OUR LONG, UM, PLAN, UH, LONG RANGE PLANNING AND OTHER, UM, UH, PLANNING PROCESSES.
UM, THAT'LL, UH, FOLD RIGHT INTO OUR, UH, CENTRALIZED RECLAIM MODE.
THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE KIND OF CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER, UM, UH, ON THE CENTRALIZED RECLAIM FRONT.
I THINK I WILL GO AHEAD AND SKIP THAT ONE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT ONE.
SO THEN YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL GO FOR STORAGE AND RECOVERY IS OUR LAST UPDATE HERE.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, FINALIZE THAT HIGH LEVEL STORAGE ZONE SCREENING.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE DETAILED STORAGE ZONE ANALYSIS.
WE'RE WORKING ON INTEGRATION POINT ANALYSIS.
SO HOW WOULD THAT INTEGRATE TO OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM? WE PERFORM TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.
WE'VE GIVEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY, UH, ROADMAPPING AND TOOL DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE CONTINUING OUR WORK ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLANNING GIVEN THE, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, AND I THINK, WELL, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SIDE AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
DO FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A COUPLE, BUT WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU, JAY? NOW THIS IS JUST THE BARE MINIMUM.
BESIDES REMIND ME TO PUSH THIS BUTTON.
I'D ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, ALL RIGHT.
DOES DO FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL I SEE IS SQUARES RIGHT NOW.
SO COME OFF MUTE OR WAVE YOUR HAND.
UM, I GUESS, I GUESS I REQUEST THESE, UH, THESE ANNUAL REPORTS ARE USEFUL AND, UM, AND I DON'T SEE WHERE WE PUT THOSE ONLINE.
I SUSPECT THEY'RE PROBABLY CERTAINLY SHOW UP LIKE THE MEETING STUFF.
UM, I WOULD REQUEST THAT ON OUR, ON THE WATER FORWARD WEBPAGE, WHERE WE LIST THE WATER PLAN, WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND POST THOSE ANNUAL REPORTS THERE.
SO IT'S KIND OF CLOSE TO THE REPORT.
SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE KIND OF LOOKING, LOOKING FOR THAT, THEY CAN FIND IT PERHAPS MORE EASILY THAN WHEREVER THEY'RE AT NOW, BECAUSE I'VE POKED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T COME ACROSS WHERE A, WHERE THESE ANNUAL REPORTS ARE.
I THINK WE CAN PUT THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT EASIER PLACE.
THEY ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, BUT YOU HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WEBSITE, GO TO THE RIGHT, TO THE LITTLE GRAY BOX ON THE VERY BOTTOM AND CLICK LEARN ABOUT WATERFORD.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE ANNUAL REPORTS ARE.
SO WE'LL WORK WITH OUR, OUR TEAM THAT DOES THE WEBSITE UPDATES TO GET THOSE PUT INTO AN EASIER TO FIND LOCATION.
UM, I GO TO THE WATERFORD WEBSITE AT AUSTIN WATER TO TRY TO FIND STUFF.
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WE, AND THE THING IS, IS WE HAVE SO MUCH GREAT INFORMATION THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME IF IT WAS, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE MICROMANAGING ON MY PART.SO, YOU KNOW, I ALSO KNOW TO GO LOOK AT THE TASK FORCE, IF YOU KNOW, WHAT THE LONG NAME IS AND GO FIND THE MEETING MATERIALS, WHICH IS HOW I USUALLY FIND STUFF.
BUT, UM, BUT THAT'S NOT, NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT AUSTIN WATER, THAT THERE'S A BUNCH OF WEBSITE SHIFTING AROUND AND BUILDING STUFF HAPPENING TOO.
SO, I MEAN, IT LOOKS TO ME JUST A SUGGESTION IS YOU COULD EASILY COMBINE THE MAIN PAGE THAT, UH, LEARNED ABOUT WATER FORWARD OR ABOUT THIS PAGE.
I HATE TO BE THE BAD PERSON, BUT I KNOW WE'RE IN BETWEEN PRES PRESENTATIONS.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY FOLKS DON'T HAVE THEIR CAMERA ON.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT WE NEED A CAMERA'S ON GET AHEAD.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON, WE CAN'T COUNT YOU AS PRESENT AND THEN WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A QUORUM.
AND THEN JANE NELL GETS IN TROUBLE.
SO WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
NOW LET'S SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER WHAT MY QUESTION WAS.
UM, THE NATIONAL ONSITE WATER REUSE OPERATOR CERTIFICATION DOES THAT EXIST, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BRING IT TO AUSTIN OR IS AUSTIN REALIZING THE NEED AND TRYING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING, REALIZING THE NEED AND TRYING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING WITH OTHER, UM, NATIONAL PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT, SOMEWHAT.
THERE'S OTHER STUFF ON THE LIST, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
SO, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT LOVE TO HEAR THAT.
UM, AND THE, UM, THE ONSITE WATER REUSE ORDINANCE, UM, AND THE EVALUATION OF IT.
UM, I KNOW THAT MERISSA, YOU KNOW, THIS AND JNL, BUT, UM, CHARLENE AND I, UM, CHARLENE THE PAST CHAIR REALLY, REALLY, UM, WHEN, WHEN THIS WAS GOING THROUGH AND WE'RE, THERE'S TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY AND THE AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT.
UM, WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE FOR KIND OF HOW TO DO THIS, THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH THE TASK FORCE.
UM, AND, UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO SHARE IT WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IS WHAT IT'S CALLED NOW.
UM, PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT OR ANYTHING TO DEVELOP IS THE NAME OF THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING IS PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
IT'S NOT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ANYMORE THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH.
I'M NARROWING OCCUPIES THE DEPARTMENT THAT PRIMARILY OCCUPIES THAT LOCATION IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WHO'S DOING THE AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABILITY IS HOUSING AND PLANNING.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO SHARE KIND OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE TASK FORCE AND THEN ALSO WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING, WE'VE SHARED THEM, BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T, WE CAN DO THAT LIKE IN A SUBCOMMITTEE OR SOMETHING, BUT WE'VE LOOKED AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH ON-SITE REUSE AND HAVE A BUNCH OF CASE STUDIES AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS ANALYSIS BECAUSE, UM, AND OF COURSE, HOUSING AND PLANNING HAS THEIR WAY THEY DO IT.
BUT, UM, WITH THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT KIND OF THE LONGTERM BENEFITS INSTEAD OF JUST AS A COST TO BUILD IT.
UM, WHICH CONCERNS ME IF THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS, BECAUSE THEN IT'S GONNA, WELL, IT'S PROBLEMATIC FOR LOTS OF REASONS IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT WAS FROM, UM, THE FISCAL YEAR 21 UPDATE, BUT, BUT THE, UM, INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR ONSITE WATER REUSE AND THE BENCHMARKING AND HOW THAT'S ALL GOING, I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF, NOW THAT IT'S BEEN ROLLING FOR A LITTLE WHILE FOR THE TASK FORCE TO GET, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEP DIVE ON HOW IT'S GOING FROM KATHERINE AND ROBERT OR WHOEVER THE APPROPRIATE FOLKS ARE AT, UM, A FUTURE TASKFORCE MEAN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ON AN IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE OR IF THE FULL TASK FORCE WANTS TO HEAR IT, BUT WE CAN PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE COMPONENT, THIS, THIS PILOT PART OF IT.
UM, AND I KNOW AUSTIN WATERS HELPING UNTIL, YOU KNOW, LEARN AND DEVELOP THE PROGRAM, BUT THE TASK FORCE NEEDS TO HEAR ABOUT IT AS WELL, TOO.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, GOOD TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING.
WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF TASK FORCE MEMBERS HERE.
I WONDER IF WE COULD SEE A SHOW OF HANDS IF THEY WOULD WANT THAT PRESENTATION AT THE FULL EDIT FULL TASK FORCE MEETING OR WHETHER WE WOULD WANT THAT PRESENTATION AT AN IMPLEMENTATION SESSION.
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IF WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VOLUNTARY PERIOD WITH THE ONSITE WATER REUSE, UM, PILOT, PILOT, PILOT PERIOD, UM, THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM, THE REAL, THE BIG INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT'S UNDERWAY, THE BENCHMARKING WHO'S BEEN SUBMITTING BENCHMARKING, HOW'S THE INTERACT, HOW THE MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPERS GOING, UM, DOES, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE WHOLE GROUP WANTS TO HEAR OR, OR SUBCOMMITTEE LEVEL? UM, IF YOU WANT THE WHOLE, IF YOU WANT TO, HOW DO WE DO THIS, IF YOU WANT IT TO BE PART OF THE FULL, UM, WATERFORD TASK TASKFORCE MEETING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT MERISSA JUST PRESENTED? UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LOTS OF, LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING.
UM, THE OTHER THING ON IMPLEMENTATION, WAIT, YEAH.
IMPLEMENTATION IS MAYBE WHEN, WHEN WE DO THAT PRESENTATION, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE BIRDIE OAKS PUD.
UM, I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT IT.
I KNOW BOBBY'S INVOLVED IN IT, SOME OTHER PEOPLE, UM, THAT IS A VERY POTENTIALLY, I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT POTENTIALLY VERY GOOD CASE STUDY TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING.
WHEN WE CAN GET THAT SCHEDULED, DEPENDING ON STAFF'S AVAILABILITY, IT MIGHT BE THE JULY MEETING.
UM, IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, IF NOT, WE MIGHT NEED TO GRAB FOR SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND MAYBE THAT ONE COULD JUST BE PART OF A SUBCOMMITTEE TO SHARE SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY THAT PROJECT I'VE BEEN TOLD SPECIFICALLY THAT PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY TAKING WATER FORWARD ELEMENTS AND PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE.
WELL, OUR NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IS ON FOR IMPLEMENTATION IS ON JUNE 24TH.
IS THAT RIGHT? I GUESS IT'S JUNE 24 TO MAYBE AVOID SOME OTHER, UH, ITEMS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SCHEDULE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
LET'S UH, LET'S GET TO THE, TO THE BIG SHOW.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THE CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED SYSTEM OVERVIEW.
THIS IS OUR DEEP DIVE OPPORTUNITY, UM, WITH DAN, UM, BECAUSE HE IS THE RESIDENT EXPERT AND IS ATTEMPTING TO RETIRE THIS SUMMER.
UM, ANYWAY, I W I WAS PROBABLY HAPPENING.
I JUST, YOU HAVE ALL THE, YOU HAVE ALL THIS IN YOUR BRAIN, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SHARE IT WITH US.
IF IT'S EASIER TO STAND UP THERE, YOU CAN DO THAT, WHATEVER YOU WANT SITTING DOWN.
UM, UH, TELL ME, TELL ME IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.
UH, SO, UH, ANYHOW, AS JENNIFER MENTIONED, UH, MY NAME IS DAN PATTERSON.
I'M ON STAFF WITH AUSTIN WATER AND I MANAGE THE RICO, THE CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED WATER, UH, PROGRAM.
UM AGAIN, DAN PEDERSON, AUSTIN WATER RECLAIM PROGRAM.
UH, AND I WANTED TO THANK THE TASK FORCE FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.
UM, JANELL, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, ON, UH, TOPICS THAT THE TASK FORCE, UH, REQUIRED REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THE CENTRALIZED RECLAIM SYSTEM.
THE RECLAIMED INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN SOMETIMES, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MASTER PLAN AND THE MANDATORY CONNECTION ORDINANCE, AND IF TIME PERMITS, UH, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AS WELL.
UH, SO THIS MAP SHOWS THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM, THE DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS, UH, SHADED BY DIFFERENT COLORS ARE DIFFERENT PRESSURE PLAINS, EXISTING MAINS ARE SHOWN AS CELLAR SOLID COLORED, AND, UH, DASH MAINS ARE ONES THAT ARE EITHER, UH, PLANNED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, ESSENTIALLY THE SYSTEM WORKS, UH, FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST.
THE WASTEWATER LARGE WASTEWATER PLANTS ARE LOCATED IN THE EAST AND WE, UH, PUSH WATER TO THE WEST WHERE WE PICK UP, UH, THE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR CUSTOMER BASE.
UH, OF COURSE WE PICK UP CUSTOMERS ALONG THE WAY AS WE TRAVERSE AUSTIN, WE'VE GOT, UH, ABOUT 180, WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER TRADITIONAL RECLAIMED WATER CUSTOMERS WHERE WATER PASSES THROUGH A METER AND IS
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BILLED.AND WE ALSO HAVE 141 BULK FILL CUSTOMERS, UH, WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO WEED OUT INACTIVE CUSTOMERS FROM OUR, UM, DATABASE, AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO GROW CUSTOMERS THERE.
I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK MUCH ABOUT THAT.
UH, SINCE YOU ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS INTIMATELY A HUNDRED YEAR, UH, WATER SUPPLY PLAN AS AUSTIN GROWS FROM A MILLION POPULATION TO 4 MILLION POPULATION, WE CURRENTLY SERVE, UH, ABOUT, UH, THREE TO 5% OF THE CITY'S WATER NEEDS.
AND ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, UH, WE WILL, THAT WILL GROW DRAMATIC DRAMATICALLY ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS UP TO ABOUT 16%.
AND SO THAT'S A 14 FOLD INCREASE IN DEMAND.
THIS IS A GRAPH THAT SHOWS RECLAIMED WATER USE, UH, SINCE, UH, 2001.
UM, IF YOU LOOK OFF ON THE RIGHT, THERE ARE SOME PURPLE COLORED LINES.
THOSE ARE, UH, ANTICIPATED GROWTH IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
IT'S A STRAIGHT FORWARD PROJECTION OF, OF, OF THE PATTERN.
UH, AUSTIN STARTED ITS RECLAIMED WATER SERVICE, UH, EXCUSE ME, IT'S RECENTLY WATER PROGRAM IN 1974.
UH, AS RECENTLY AS 2005, WE ONLY HAD A HANDFUL OF CUSTOMERS.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS CUSTOMER GROWTH OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXTREME RIGHT OF THE GRAPH, WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 180 CUSTOMERS, SO WE'VE GROWN QUITE DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, I PUT THIS SLIDE IN THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE OFTEN AUSTIN IS, UH, COMPARED TO SAN ANTONIO FOR A LOT OF REASONS, UH, IN, UH, RECLAIMED WATER IS, IS NO EXCEPTION, UH, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THOUGH, IT'S AN UNFAIR COMPARISON BECAUSE AUSTIN WATERS PROGRAM IS SET UP TO FAIL FOR ONE REASON.
AND, UM, SAN ANTONIO IS SET UP FOR ANOTHER REASON, UM, GETTING OFF OF, OF GROUNDWATER IN PARTICULAR.
BUT ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT I LOOK AT WHEN I SEE THIS IS THAT, UM, THEY, THEY SEEM TO HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF CAPACITY, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY DRIVEN TO, UM, WATER IN RIVERS AND CREEKS.
THEY PUT, UH, RECLAIMED WATER INTO THE RIVERWALK.
THEY PUT A FAIR AMOUNT OF RECLAIMED WATER INTO SALADO CREEK AND THEY, UH, COUNT SOME WATER THAT THEY PUT INTO THE, INTO THE RIVER FOR A DOWNHILL POWER PLANT USE.
BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT A WATER THAT PASSES THROUGH A METER TO A CUSTOMER AND IS BUILT, THE SIZES OF THE SYSTEMS ARE ABOUT THE SAME.
UM, SO IT IS OFTEN IT'S AN UNFAIR COMPARISON, BUT, UH, THERE IS, UH, SOME SHOWN ON THIS, ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE.
SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT WE RECENTLY COMPLETED OUR RECLAIM INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
IT'S PROBABLY WORTHWHILE, UM, GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY ON PAST, UH, PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE RECLAIM PROGRAM.
UM, JUST, UH, SO WE CAN REFLECT ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
UH, WE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, PLANNING STUDIES DONE IN THE PAST AND THE NINETIES AND THE EARLY O'S AND, UM, THEY, THEY HAD A NUMBER OF DEFICIENCIES, UH, FOR, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UH, STARTING IN 2005, WHEN AUSTIN WATER ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE BUREAU BUREAU OF RECLAMATION'S TITLE 16 PROGRAM, UH, WE, UH, DID A MASTER PLAN FOR THE RECLAIM WATER SYSTEM AND THERE WERE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT EFFORT.
FIRST OFF WE DEVELOPED, UH, DEMAND CURVES FOR INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS, WHICH, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE.
WE, UH, ALSO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED PRESSURE ZONES FOR THE SYSTEM, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE.
AND WE DEVELOPED A GOAL FOR STORAGE AMONG A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS.
UH, IN 2011, WE ALSO DID AN UPDATE OF THE PLAN.
UM, WE, UH, TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, INCLUDE NEW CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAD ACQUIRED OVER THE INTERVENING SIX YEARS AND, UH, ADDITIONAL OPERATION EXPERIENCE AS WELL, UH, IN UP THE ANTICIPATED, UH, DEMAND FROM THE SYSTEM AND THE MILES OF PIPELINE AS WELL.
UM, AND THE MOST RECENT UPDATE, UH, WE'RE NOT CALLING IT A MASTER PLANNING MORE, WE'RE REFERRING TO IT AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE RECLAIMED INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
UM, WE, WE DID A NUMBER OF THINGS INCREASING THE CUSTOMER BASE, UH, MODIFIED THE PLAN BASED ON AGAIN ON OPERATIONAL
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EXPERIENCE.UH, ONE NEW THING IS THAT WE ADDED A 10% GLOBAL DEMAND FOR LEAKAGE.
IF YOU TALK TO THE MODELERS IN OUR SYSTEM PLANNING, WHEN THEY MODEL THE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM, UH, THEY INCLUDE A 10% GLOBAL DEMAND FOR LEAKAGE.
UH, WE TRADITIONALLY HADN'T DONE THAT WITH THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WAS SO NEW AND THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS WERE NEW IN GENERALLY IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION, BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING OUT OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, UH, WE PUT IN, UH, GLOBAL DEMAND FOR LEAKAGE, DID SOMETHING SILLY, SIMILAR FOR, UH, MANDATORY CONNECTIONS.
WHEN WE IDENTIFY THE DEMAND FOR THE SYSTEM, WE LOOKED AT INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS AND OF COURSE, MANDATORY CONNECTIONS ARE NOT KNOWN.
AND WE KNEW THAT THE DEMAND WOULD GO UP.
SO WE PUT IN AN ADDITIONAL, UH, 50%, UH, FOR THEM AGAIN, MILES OF PIPE INCREASED AND, UH, WE'RE, UH, SET IT.
WE WE'VE SET THE PLAN TO MEET, UH, WATER FORWARD DEMANDS IN 2040 AND 2070 AS WELL.
DAN, EXCUSE ME, DID YOU SAVE 50% ADDITIONAL DEMAND FOR ME? I THOUGHT I JUST HEARD YOU SAY 50.
I MAY HAVE MISSPOKEN, UH, 5% FOR ME.
UH, W W WHAT IS ON THE SLIDE IS CORRECT 5%.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE YOU COULD ALSO REFER THE LEAKAGE IS ENHANCED RECHARGE AND, UM, NO COMMENT ON THAT.
SO WHAT WILL THE RECLAIM SYSTEM LOOK LIKE BY 2040? UH, FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON IS COMPLETING THE CORE MAINS, WHICH ARE THE DASH LINES.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPHIC, UM, UH, THE PURPLE-ISH COLOR LINES WITH HASH MARKS THROUGH THEM ARE, UM, DION COMPLETING THE CORE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING NEXT TO BUILD SOME MAINS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO FORCE MORE MANDATORY CONNECTIONS THAT THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS SEEN AS A, UH, VERY LARGE DEMAND CENTER FOR THE RECLAIM SYSTEM.
AND WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING A BACKBONE FOR A FUTURE LOOP, UH, FROM OUR WALNUT PLANT TO SERVE THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL.
AND THEN AS YOU GET A LITTLE BIT LATER, UH, 20, 30 TO 2040, WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON A SERIES OF MAINS, UH, FROM, UH, THE, UH, SAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO OUR MO ON TOPLESS TANK AND A LITTLE BIT BEYOND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE MONTOPOLIS TANK TO DRAIN BACK AND FEED THE SYSTEM AND TO PUSH MORE WATER OUT TO CUSTOMERS.
SO THIS MAP SHOWS 20, 70, IT'S NOT AS CLEAR AS THE PREVIOUS ONES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FINALLY DOTTED LINES, THOSE ARE THE MAINS THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED, UH, BETWEEN 20, 40 AND 2070.
SO WE'RE EXPANDING TO A NEW PRESSURE ZONES AND, UH, NEW AREAS OF THE CITY.
UH, SO IN, IN SUMMARY FROM 20, FROM PRESENT DAY TO 2030, WE'RE WORKING ON COMPLETING THE CORE AND DOWNTOWN MAINS FROM 2030 TO 2040, THERE'LL BE SOME PUMP STATION UPGRADES AND LARGE DIAMETER MAINS BETWEEN SAR AND WALNUT, UH, IN 2070, WE'RE EXPANDING TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY, OTHER PRESSURE ZONES.
AND ALL OF THIS IS DESIGNED WITH THE INTENT FOR MEETING WATER FORWARD GOALS IN 20 25, 20 40 AND 2070.
UH, SO THE LAST SUBJECT OF INTEREST TODAY IS THE MANDATORY CONNECTION ORDINANCE, PROBABLY WORTHWHILE STARTING WITH WHAT THE PAST ORDINANCE LOOKED LIKE, BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY BUILDING ON THAT RATHER THAN HAVING A WHOLESALE, UH, CHANGE.
UM, IT WAS SET UP FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS DEFINED AS THOSE WHO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN.
IF THEY'RE WITHIN 250 FEET OF A MAIN, THEY HAVE TO RE THEY HAVE TO CONNECT TO THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION COOLING AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT USES.
THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THERE ARE VARIANCES AVAILABLE, UH, BASED ON, UH, RISKS TO APPLICANT OR RISK TO THE PUBLIC OR A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
SO FAR WHAT WE'VE SEEN WHEN A VARIANCE APPLICATION COMES IN IS THIS SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IS, IS, UH, THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE VARIANCE, WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S GRANTED, UH, DEPENDS ON OUR REVIEW, BUT THAT IS THE MOST COMMON, UH, REQUESTS.
DO YOU WANT TO HOLD, I'M ALMOST DONE.
JENNIFER, DO YOU WANT ME TO ON THIS SLIDE? GO AHEAD, TODD.
UM, UNDER THE EXCEPTIONS, UM, DO WE ALSO HAVE EXCEPTIONS FOR, UM, STATE FACILITIES, LIKE, UH, STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS? GOOD
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QUESTION.WHEN WE DEAL WITH THE STATE, THERE IS A QUESTION OF LAW, WHETHER LOCAL ORDINANCES CAN TRUMP, UH, STATE ORDINANCES OR FEDERAL ORDINANCES.
SO GENERALLY WE WORK, TRY TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THAT PARTICULAR AGENCY.
UH, THIS WEEK DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FORCE THEM TO CONNECT.
THERE, THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, WITH, UH, STATE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, UM, ARE THOSE BUILDINGS CONNECTING TO THIS SYSTEM? WE'RE SEEING A FAIR AMOUNT OF, OF WATER USE, UH, AN INTEREST IN OUR RECLAIM SYSTEM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THEIR LARGEST COOLING TOWERS CONNECTED TO THE RECLAIM SYSTEM.
UM, UH, THE STATE COMPLEX, UH, THEY'VE STATED FROM TIME TO TIME THAT THEY LIKE TO BE ON THE SYSTEM, BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF FOLLOWUP FROM THEM.
WE EXPECT WHEN THEY, UH, REVAMP THEIR, UH, DISTRICT COOLING FOR THAT AREA, THAT THEY WILL CONNECT, UH, THEIR COOLING TOWERS.
SO, UM, BACK TO THE, THE MANDATORY CONNECTION CHANGE, UH, ONE THING WE DID WAS WE MOVED IT FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, WE, WE MOVED IT FROM THE LAND, UH, WATER CONSERVATION CODE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, SIMPLY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR, UH, DEVELOPERS AND THEIR ENGINEERS TO F TO FIND IT.
THEY WOULD OFTEN DISCOVER IT KIND OF LATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WHICH CAUSED A LOT OF CONSTERNATION, UH, AND THEN FOR THE VERY LARGEST OF DEVELOPMENTS, AND WE PICKED THE SIZE CONSISTENT WITH THE ON-SITE REUSE, UH, ORDINANCE THOSE GREATER THAN 250,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THE, UH, DISTANCE INCREASED FROM 250 FEET TO 500 FEET FOR THE MAIN.
UH, WE ALSO REMOVE THE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, UH, VARIANTS FOR THE, UH, LARGEST OF, OF THOSE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, WE, THERE'S ALSO A VARIANCE FOR A LARGE DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT, AND THAT IS RELATED TO THE STUDIES THAT ARE NEED TO BE DONE IN OUR ONGOING, UH, BOTH FOR ON SITE REUSE AND FOR RECLAIMED WATER, UH, WITH, WITH CHANGES TO THOSE ORDINANCES.
UH, IT TOOK EFFECT IN DECEMBER.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE SINCE THAT TIME.
SO THE IMPLEMENTATION SEEMS TO BE GOING RATHER SMOOTHLY.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE JENNIFER, IF THERE'S TIME AND, UH, WILLING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, UH, UH, I KNOW MARISSA KIND OF SKIPPED OVER THE SECOND QUARTER IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS.
I'M HAPPY TO MENTION THAT TOO, IF TIME PERMITS.
ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THE RECLAIMED BILL AND HANEY? LET'S GO BILL FIRST.
UM, DAN DID THE NEW TESLA FACTORY HOOK UP TO THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE NOT HOOKED UP CURRENTLY, ALTHOUGH WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO AS A MANDATORY CONNECTION.
SO, UM, THEY'VE GOT, UH, AN APPLICATION PENDING, UH, IN THE, IN THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS FOR SIGNIFICANT IRRIGATION ALONG A LONG ENTRY ROW THAT THEY'VE GOT COMING INTO THE SITE, AND WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THEM WITH WATER QUALITY DATA FOR USE IN THEIR COOLING TOWERS.
UH, TODAY THEY HAVE NOT CONNECTED, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO CONNECT.
HOW DID WE LET THEM OPEN THE FACTORY WITHOUT THEM CONNECTING? WELL, THEY'RE REALLY NOT PRODUCING MUCH IN THE WAY OF CARS YET.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEIR TEST, UH, THEY'RE REALLY JUST TESTING PRODUCTION FACILITIES AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA HOOK THEM UP.
UM, THESE LINE, THE RECLAIM LINE THAT PER TESLA, HOW, HOW LONG A, UH, AN APPROACH MAIN, IF I COULD USE THAT TERM, WOULD THAT BE TO SERVICE TESLA? WELL, UM, SO THE, THE, WE HAVE AN EXISTING MAIN RIGHT THERE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND SO FOR THEM TO, UH, TO INITIALLY TAP IT, UH, IT, IT IT'S RIGHT THERE.
ANY SORT OF EXTENSION FOR IMMEDIATE NEED WOULD, WOULD BE, UH, ON THEM.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST AGREEMENT WITH THEM, SO THAT ONCE THEIR DEMAND EXCEEDS A THOUSAND GALLONS PER MINUTE, THEY ARE ON THE HOOK FOR EXTENDING, UM, SEVERAL OTHER MAINS.
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PERFECT.THAT'S THE QUESTION THEN? SEVERAL OTHER MAINS OF PURPLE PIPE, UH, SORRY FOR TESLA.
UH, YES, THERE'S A 10,000 FOOT 24 INCH MAIN.
AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER 1000, A 36 INCH MAIN TEST TESLA WOULD PAY FOR ALL THAT.
UM, TALK TO ME ABOUT THE BASKETBALL ARENA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
DID THEY HOOK UP THE RECLAIM WATER? THEY HAVE HOOKED UP TO RECLAIMED WATER FOR IRRIGATION, NOT HOOKED OUT FOR ALL THE FLUSHING.
WILL THAT SAY DEFENDANT DOES A DECISION THAT THEY HAVE MADE IS I'M NOT PRIVY TO WHY.
UH, I'LL MAKE MY, UH, STATEMENT THAT, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO GET MUCH TOUGHER WITH THIS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I DON'T BUY THE STORY AND I'M NOT DISPUTING DAN'S INTERPRETATION, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, UH, WE, WE CAN'T JUST LET THESE GUYS ESCAPE ALL OF THESE RULES.
AND, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A SYSTEM TO GET THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN THE STATE TO BEGIN, UH, CONFORMING TO THE WATER CONSERVATION RULES THAT WE HAVE APPLIED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND, UH, I THINK WE'VE JUST KIND OF LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US GET A LOT TOUGHER.
AND YOU'RE ON MUTE IF YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND, UM, AT ONE TIME I'VE HEARD THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY FOR THE COOLING TOWERS.
IS THAT STILL THE CASE OR THINGS HAVE IMPROVED? YEAH.
SO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DOES HAVE A CONCERN OVER DRIFT FROM COOLING TOWERS, BUT IT'S NOT SIMPLY RESTRICTED TO, UH, THE RECLAIMED WATER IN THEIR COOLING TOWERS FOR THEIR POWER PLANT.
THEY ALSO HAVE A COOLING TOWER WAS RUNS OFF AUSTIN, WATER'S DRINKING WATER SYSTEM.
AND APPARENTLY THE DRIFT, UH, GETS PULLED INTO THEIR, UM, GENERATING EQUIPMENT AND CAUSES CORROSION ON SOME PARTS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT CONNECTING TO THE RECLAIM SYSTEM.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A RECLAIMED WATER QUALITY ISSUE.
UH, IT'S, IT'S GOT TO DO WITH COOLING TOWER DRIFT.
I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE COOLING TOWER DRIFTS.
SO, UM, IF YOU'VE EVER LOOKED AT A COOLING TOWER, IF IT'S A COOLER, NORMAL DAY, YOU'LL SEE A STEAM, ESSENTIALLY, A RISING OFF OF IT THAT DOES HAPPEN EVEN ON HOT DAYS WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE THE, THE STEAM OR CONDENSATION.
THERE, THERE IS A SMALL LOSS, A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER LOSS FROM THE COOLING TOWER, UH, THROUGH, UH, WHAT THEY CALL DRIFT AND THAT'S THEIR CONCERN.
UH, YES, IT CAUSES ISSUES FOR THEIR, UH, ELECTRICAL GENERATING EQUIPMENT.
IS THERE ANYTHING, UH, ON AUSTIN WATERS, UH, SIDE THAT THEY CAN HELP WITH THAT, OR IT'S SOMETHING BEYOND, UH, OUR EXPERTISE, I MEAN, IS THAT CAUSING THEM TO, UM, USE LESS, UM, REUSE WAR? IT'S REALLY NOT AN ISSUE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED BY AUSTIN WATER EITHER ON THE RECLAIM SIDE OR ON THE DRINKING WATER SIDE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SARAH? WELL, I GUESS I FIRST WANTED TO SAY THAT SECOND, WHAT BILL MORIARTY SAID ABOUT, UM, BEING ABLE TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE, WHETHER IT'S PERSUASIVE, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC PRESSURE OR WHATEVER IT IS TO GET THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS TO PARTICIPATE TO A MUCH GREATER EXTENT IN REUSE.
I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS ABOUT THAT.
IT'S, UM, ALSO TRUE THAT IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS
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OF MORE WATER REUSE AND LESS FRESHWATER USE, BUT A LOT OF THESE FACILITIES THAT THEY'RE OPENING ARE VERY HIGH PROFILE.UM, THE OPENING OF THAT BASKETBALL ARENA WAS, YOU KNOW, ON ALL COUNTS, IT'S STILL IS A VERY HIGH PROFILE EVENT AND IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL PUBLIC EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY IF WE WERE HIGHLIGHTING THAT THIS IS THE MOST WATER EFFICIENT EVENTS CENTER IN THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND TALKING ABOUT AUSTIN WATER AND HOW GREAT OUR WATER EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS ARE.
SO I SEE IT AS LIKE A, UH, YOU KNOW, A MISSED OPPORTUNITY ON TWO SIDES.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARDS, WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT FROM A DIFFERENT LENS AND DETERMINE WHAT ARE OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH THEM IN A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, ON THIS TECHNICAL ISSUE ABOUT THE, THE DRIFT AND I AM NOT GOING TO CLAIM THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT, OR HAVE ANY ADVICE OTHER THAN AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND AUSTIN WATER, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REALLY SMART ENGINEERS AND LET'S LIKE SORT IT OUT.
AND IF IT'S AN ISSUE FOR UT, MAYBE IT'S AN ISSUE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES.
SO WE NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME WORKING ON IT ANYWAYS.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN BE CLEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE AND WORK WITH YOUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE OR YOUR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF SECOND FILL AND HOPEFULLY AS WE MOVE FORWARDS AND, UM, WE CAN PUT IT, PUT ANOTHER, UH, MAKE ANOTHER GO AT IT.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING SHOULD HAVE DONE ANYBODY SHOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY TO DATE, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT MOVING FORWARDS.
I MEAN, YOU, T'S CLEARLY GONNA KEEP BUILDING.
I SAW A THING TODAY ABOUT HOW THEY'RE OPENING JUST STARTED ON A NEW GRADUATE STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT.
SO I THINK THERE'S JUST GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THEM.
LUCHEA I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL COULD HEAR ME.
I'M WORKING IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT TODAY WITH DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY.
I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN ON THAT LAST COMMENT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, INTERFACING WITH THE PUBLIC ON SOME OF THESE INNOVATIVE, UH, FACILITIES AND, AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, THE, THE CHALLENGE IN MY EXPERIENCE WHEN THESE BIG FACILITIES ARE OPENING IS YOU'RE COMPETING WITH A MILLION MESSAGES, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE WANTING TO SAY THAT INCLUDING PEOPLE LIKE MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, UM, BUT I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE OPENING, YOU KNOW, AT EVENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDING.
AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, WORKING WITH THE Q2 SOCCER STADIUM, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INNOVATIVE STUFF HAPPENING THERE, INCLUDING WITH WATER AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SHARING MESSAGES WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING AT THE STADIUM.
UH, BUT THAT'S PARTLY A PARTNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR WASTE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT.
SO PART OF THE CHALLENGES, I JUST WANTED TO SAY REALLY QUICK, UH, SPONSORS GET THEIR MESSAGES HEARD AT EVENTS LIKE THAT.
SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN WATER TO SPONSOR MESSAGES, UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THAT, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET MESSAGES OUT AT FACILITIES LIKE THAT, THAT SOMETIMES WE MIGHT HAVE TO BECOME ACTUAL SPONSORS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THOUGHT, THANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.
SO THE SECOND THAT WE GET, THE MESSAGE REALLY IS THAT WE USE AS A GREAT RESOURCE AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH CONSERVATION AND YOU KNOW, THAT THE KIND OF SITUATION WE HAVE, AND MAYBE WE NEED MORE PR WORK, UH, TO GET THESE GUYS TO, UH, TO, TO AGREE, ESPECIALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, UT AND, AND ALL OF THESE GUYS.
UM, SO AS US, THE WATER THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING SOME PR FIRMS INVOLVED FROM BAT OR THERE PR PEOPLE DOING THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS HANEY IS, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, GREAT COMMENTS TO EVERYBODY FROM EVERYBODY THERE, UM, IS WE'VE GOT TO GET UT AND THE STATE BEING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS, UM, AND NOT DOING THIS ON AN AD HOC WAY, UM, AS WE CAN, WHICH IS HOW SOME OF THE, IT HASN'T BEEN ALL BEEN AD HOC.
A LOT OF IT'S BEEN THROUGH PROCESSES, BUT THE WAY THAT YOU GET THESE KIND OF HIGHER PROFILE BUILDINGS BUILT AND HOOKED UP LIKE THE LIBRARY, LIKE THE TRAVIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, WHICH ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A RECLAIMED BLIND YET, BUT THEY'RE READY.
UM, AND THEN TO HAVE SOMEBODY STANDING RIGHT THERE, READY TO SCREW THE LINE IN OR ATTACH IT, BUT, UM, IS WE'VE GOT TO GET IN,
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WE'VE GOT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS NOW ABOUT THAT AND SET THAT EXPECTATION AND MAKE THE CASE FOR HOW ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO BE A DEMONSTRATION FOR THE COMMUNITY, A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE MESSAGES WITH THE MOODY CENTER AND OPENING DAY, OF COURSE, POINT WELL TAKEN LUCHEA AND OTHERS, BUT WE NEEDED TO TALK TO THEM A LONG TIME AGO AND MAYBE WE DID, AND THEY NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING IN A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT WAY.
AND THEN THAT IS PART OF, OF THE STORY OF THAT, OF THAT BUILDING OF THAT FACILITY.
I WAS JUST SOMEHOW POPPED UP ON MY PHONE YESTERDAY, UM, AT THE ONE WATER SUMMIT IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH BILL AND A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE.
AND WE TOURED THE MINNESOTA TWINS, BASEBALL STADIUM BASEBALL, IS IT BASEBALL? OKAY, GOTCHA.
AND, UM, AND, UH, IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
THEY HAVE SO MUCH WATER RECYCLING AND REUSE.
ONE OF THE USES OF IT WAS TO WASH DOWN THE STADIUM SEATS, WHICH IS APPARENTLY A THING THAT HAPPENS IS THAT STADIUMS THEY HAD, THEY HAD SIGNAGE ALL ALONG THE WALLS.
THE WALLS WERE PAINTED WITH THE MURALS ABOUT THE WATER USE.
I JUST HAPPENED TO SEE THAT IN MY PHOTO ROLL YESTERDAY, BUT THAT WAS A REALLY COOL FACILITY.
UM, AND DOESN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, IT REQUIRES FOR PLANNING.
AND THEN IT REQUIRES OWNING THE FACT THAT WE'RE A FACILITY THAT SAVES WATER.
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVE CELEBRITY ENDORSERS AND TEAMS AND WE WANT TO SELL STUFF AND WE HAVE SPONSORS, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA, WE, UM, WE ARE A FACILITY THAT USES LESS WATER AND OUR, AND OUR HELPING THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE JUST NEED MORE AND MORE OF THAT.
UM, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET UT ON BOARD THEY'RE BULLYING STUFF LIKE CRAZY.
THERE'S SO MANY NEW BUILDINGS OVER THERE.
UM, AND, UM, AND THE STATE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GREAT LAWN THERE.
IT SHOULD BE IRRIGATED WITH REUSE WATER AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WILL.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, UM, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION.
AND I THINK ONE THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THINKING ABOUT, UM, JENNIFER, WHAT'S THE PLAN? WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT
SOME, SOME PEOPLE MEET WITH THEM.
AND AGAIN, THAT COULD BE THE WATER DEPARTMENT OR SOME OF US.
AND THEN WITH THE STATE AND SAY, WE'D LIKE YOU TO VOLUNTARILY ADOPT THESE RULES AND IN THE FUTURE, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO START PLUGGING INTO THE PURPLE PIPE AND YOU'RE GOING TO START CATCHING THE RAINWATER.
I MEAN, I THINK WE GOT TO GET GOING BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY BILL THAT'S, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, IS, UM, IS ON ONE HAND, UM, I'VE SEEN HOW JUST A FEW PEOPLE ENGAGING ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS AT THE RIGHT TIME CHANGES THE OUTCOME OF THAT PROJECT.
FUNDAMENTALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE BILL AND I SHOWING UP AT, YOU KNOW, TO TALK TO A COMMISSIONER OR SOMETHING.
IT, IT REALLY DOES, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE ORGANIZED EFFORT TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OSCAR WATER, UM, TASKFORCE MEMBERS, UM, THAT ARE WILLING, UM, AND WANT TO BE PART OF THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AUSTIN WATER'S DOING, BUT ALSO MAYBE LIKE, YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT AT OUR NEXT IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IS, UM, THIS IS GONNA SEEM VERY MINOR AFTER ALL THAT.
UM, SO THE MOODY CENTER, UM, WHICH I COULD WALK TO FROM MY HOUSE AND I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH PARKING, BUT, UM, THE, UH, I'VE, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THERE AND STUFF, AND I'VE SEE THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO START PUTTING IN THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEIR, THEIR LANDSCAPE.
HOW MUCH ARE THEY PROJECTED TO USE? DO YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE USING RECLAIM FOR LANDSCAPES, SO THAT'S GREAT.
UM, I ACCOLADES FOR THAT, BUT YEAH, UH, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR, THE METER APPLICATION AND SEE HOW MUCH THEY WERE ESTIMATING TO BE USED AS PART OF THAT.
MAYBE MERISSA, OR JNL CAN SHARE THAT WITH US.
CAUSE THAT'S JUST INTERESTING TO KNOW TOO.
UM, CAUSE LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, THE CENTRAL LIBRARY DOWNTOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TOILET FLUSHING AND LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION WITH, YOU KNOW, ONSITE WATER CLAIM GATHERED ONSITE WITH RECLAIMED AS BACKUP, BUT THAT'S 90% OF THE BUILDINGS YOU, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT COULD BE SIGNIFICANT THE LANDSCAPE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT WAS DUAL PLUMBED AND THEY WERE USING IT FOR ALL NON-POTABLE USES, BUT, UM, BUT LANDSCAPE IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT.
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YEAH, IF I MIGHT JUST, I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN, KEVIN KIRTLAND AND AUSTIN WATER, UM, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN ANYBODY THINK THAT WE'RE NOT SYMPATHETIC AND DON'T SUPPORT, UM, ALL OF THESE, UH, PREMISES WE DO, I AM, WE'RE WORKING REALLY FRANKLY, ON A DAILY BASIS TO TRY TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE ESTABLISH THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WATER FUTURE FOR THE, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WHICH DOES INCLUDE UTI.IT INCLUDES TEXTILES, IT INCLUDES FACILITIES COMMISSION.
SO WE ENGAGE ON MANY, MANY FRONTS ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO UT, UM, WE HAVE A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, UM, EXECUTIVES, UH, UP TO THE VICE PRESIDENT LEVEL.
UM, TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
DAN ATTENDS MOST EVERY ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, AND SO WE ARE ENGAGED VERY ACTIVELY WITH THEM JUST AS A POINT OF FACT, UH, UM, WE ARE SCHEDULED IN OUR JULY, JUNE MEETING, EXCUSE ME, OUR JUNE QUARTERLY MEETING, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE AT THE PDC.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING IS OBVIOUSLY TAKING A TOUR OF OSCAR AND CLARA, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSITY HAS ITS OWN BUSINESS MODELS THAT IT HAS TO ATTEND TO.
WE CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WATER IS A PRECIOUS COMMODITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE REALLY NEED THEM TO HELP IN THAT REGARD.
AND, UM, UT SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER PARTICIPATES IN THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
SO, UM, UT IS A LARGE USER, ONE OF THE LARGEST USERS OF RECLAIMING CENTRALIZED WATER.
UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH UT ON A POSSIBLE, UM, UH, SEWER MINING PROJECT.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAINLY OPPORTUNITIES AND WE CERTAINLY ARE CONTINUING TO PUSH THEM ON OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HOPE THAT WE'LL EVENTUALLY KIND OF GET SOME MORE TRACTION ON SOME OF THE LARGER PROFILE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
I THINK TYPICALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN STATED SO FAR IS SORT OF MOVING RECLAIMED WATER INDOORS.
AND SO WE WANT TO TRY TO ALLAY THOSE FEARS BY INVITING THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE PDC, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'LL BE A GOOD, THE VERY PURPOSE OF THE PDC IS TO BE A PILOT AND TO BE A DEMONSTRATION.
AND I THINK ONCE WE CAN GET THAT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL START TO GET PEOPLE ON BOARD, YOU KNOW, MORE READILY.
SO ANYWAY, WE'RE WORKING IT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL ANGLES AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHATEVER WAY WE CAN GET IN.
AND, UM, I WILL SAY ONE FINAL TOPIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE INCENTIVES NOW THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED AND WE'VE ALSO MADE SOME OF OUR INCENTIVES AVAILABLE TO EVEN RECLAIM CONNECTIONS.
UM, SO THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THE FACILITIES COMMISSION ABOUT, UM, THE CAPITAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
SO AGAIN, WHERE WE REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, CALMER HEADS WILL PREVAIL AND, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WITH UT THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH US.
SO WE'RE WORKING IT, BUT, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP, KEEP UP THE EFFORT.
UM, KEVIN THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
UM, AND UT IS, IS DOING SOME STUFF.
GREAT TO HEAR THAT Y'ALL ARE IN REGULAR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON THAT.
UM, SO LET'S KEEP, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR DAN, UM, DAN, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ACTUALLY.
SO WHAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITH YOUR PROGRAM? I MEAN, THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH YOU AND STUFF, AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE.
I SEE YOU EVERY TIME I HAVE A RECLAIMED QUESTION FOR YEARS AND YEARS, I GO STRAIGHT TO YOU AND YOU ANSWER IT.
UH, WELL, I DON'T FORESEE, I MEAN, OTHER THAN A PERSONNEL CHANGE, I DON'T FORESEE A WHOLE LOT CHANGING IN THE PROGRAM.
THE, UH, THE ENGINEERING, UH, THE PIPELINE ENGINEERING SIDE IS BEING REORGANIZED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGE FOR WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
WELL, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME HERE AND GIVE US A DOWNLOAD ON THIS AND, UM, AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHEN ARE YOU PLANNING TO RETIRE? UH, END OF AUGUST.
AND I'VE BEEN, UH, TRAINING MY STAFF, SO IT SHOULD BE PRETTY SEAMLESS.
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THAT'D BE THESE TO RETIRE IN AUGUST.OH, WE HAVE, I JUST CHECK THIS.
WE HAVEN'T DONE AN IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE WERE TURNING ENDING BY TWO AND THE INTEREST OF TIME.
MAYBE WE CAN JUST NOTE THAT THAT REPORT IS IN YOUR PACKETS.
IT INCLUDES NOTES AND A SUMMARY OF OUR CONVERSATION ON AMI IMPLEMENTATION AND DEPLOYMENT.
UM, AND IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THOSE, THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE, SEND THOSE VIA EMAIL, OR WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT A FUTURE SEPARATE MEETING.
I LOVE THESE MEETING NOTES FROM THE, FROM THE, THE, UM, COMMITTEE MEETINGS IS VERY HELPFUL.
[2.c. Water Forward 2024 update ]
ALL RIGHT.LET'S MOVE ON TO WATERFORD 24 UPDATE.
OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TEE THOSE UP.
UM, SOME OF THIS, WE MAY HAVE TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE ARE SOME KEY SCHEDULING, UH, KIND OF CONSIDERATIONS IN HERE THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON.
UM, THANK YOU JENELLE FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB OF STEERING US THROUGH THIS WHOLE MEETING AND PRESENTATIONS ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
UM, SO, UH, IN THE WATER FOR 2024 SNAP SENSE WHAT WATER FOR 2024 PROJECT PLAN THERE AS, UH, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A, THERE WE GO.
SO WE'VE GOT THE, UM, THIS THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
THIS IS OUR OVERALL KIND OF TASK PROGRESSION.
I THINK WE HAVE PROVIDED THE ADDITIONAL KIND OF COMPONENT TO SHOW THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROADMAP AND TOOL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AS WELL.
BUT I'VE JUST INCLUDED THAT ON THIS KIND OF OVERARCHING MAP, UM, TO SHOW HOW THAT'LL KIND OF BE DEVELOPED IN PARALLEL WITH THE OTHER TECHNICAL TASKS THAT WE'LL BE ACCOMPLISHING AND THEN THROUGHOUT WE'LL BE PERFORMING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, IF YOU GO ONTO THE NEXT SIDE, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TIME TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE KIND OF KEY COMPONENTS.
UM, THIS IS JUST OUR SUMMARY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AT EVERY TASK FORCE MEETING TO SHOW OUR PROGRESS TO DATE ON KEY TASKS AND NEXT STEPS.
UM, I'LL NOTE THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR WATERFORD UNIVERSITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS GROUP.
THAT WAS A THREE SERIES, UM, KIND OF, UH, UH, UH, PRESENTATION OR A THREE SERIES, KIND OF A THREE MEETING SERIES.
THAT'S WHAT I COULD FIND A THREE MEETING SERIES TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW INFORMATION TO BRING FOLKS UP ON WATER POLICY, UM, ON OUR WATER SUPPLIES AND TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR THE WATERFORD PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, WE ARE WORKING CURRENTLY WITH OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE TO, UM, COMPLETE OUR EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO DO SOME PLANNING FOR OUR FIRST COMMUNITY WORKSHOP, UM, AND TO BUILD AND LAUNCH A COMPLETE THE LAUNCH OF OUR SPEAK-UP AUSTIN PAGE.
UM, AND THE PLANNING METHODOLOGY FROM WE, UM, HAVE, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED THE MISSION STATEMENT, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES, UM, THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR PACKET IN YOUR BACKUP.
UM, LET'S SEE, IT SHOULD BE THE LAST LITTLE COMPONENT HERE.
UM, WE HAVE INCORPORATED THE TASKFORCE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED ON BOTH THE MISSION STATEMENT, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE OBJECTIVES LANGUAGE THAT'S ON THE BACK OF THAT.
UM, I'VE INCLUDED SOME LANGUAGE HERE TO SAY THAT THE MISSION STATEMENT GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL IN A DRAFT FORMAT.
SO WE'RE PLANNING SOME UPCOMING PUBLIC WORKSHOPS FOR JUNE, 2022, WHERE WE'LL SHARE THESE KEY PLAN COMPONENTS WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY, AND WE'LL BE GATHERING COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH THOSE WORKSHOPS, AS WELL AS, UM, DOING WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS GROUP TO DEVELOP THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROBOT.
AND THAT INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM BOTH OF THOSE METHODS MAY FURTHER INFORM REFINEMENT OF THESE, UM, OF THESE KEY PLANNING COMPONENTS.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING WITH THE TASK FORCE TO DO THIS MEETING.
AND ALSO OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, ALSO ON THE PLANNING METHODOLOGY FRONT, WE'VE CONTINUED OUR INTERNAL WORK TO TRY TO DEFINE WATERFORD 24 MODELING SCENARIOS FOR OUR PRELIMINARY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF HYDROLOGY, UM, PERIOD OF RECORD AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADJUSTED AND STOCHASTIC HYDROLOGY AS WELL AS DEMANDS AND SUPPLY SCENARIOS.
UM, OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO FINALIZE THOSE SCENARIOS, UM, UH, TO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODEL WATER AVAILABILITY MODEL PARAMETERS, OR UPDATING THOSE PARAMETERS TO DO THAT PRELIMINARY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DEVELOPING OUR BASELINE 2020 POPULATION ESTIMATES AND WE'VE ACHIEVED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF OUR HUNDRED YEAR, UH, CONTROLLED TOTAL POPULATION PROJECTIONS.
UM, WE'VE ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED DESEGREGATED DEMAND MODEL STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS,
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AND OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO FINALIZE THOSE ITEMS AND TO DIS-AGGREGATE OUR 100 YEAR CONTROL TOTAL PROJECTIONS TO THE DTI LEVEL ON THE CLIMB.SO, UM, I WAS DOING REAL GOOD UNTIL YOU SAID THAT ONE.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO, SO WE'VE GOT OUR HUNDRED-YEAR CONTROL, TOTAL PROJECTIONS, SO ARE, UM, FOR POPULATION THAT JUST TELLS US HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE EXPECTED, FUTURE PLANNING, HORIZONS.
AND THEN, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE LAST PLANNING PROCESS, WE HAVE THESE SMALL AREA POLYGONS THAT WE USE AS A PLANNING BASIS, A SPATIAL BASIS FOR OUR PLANNING.
AND, UM, WE'LL DESEGREGATE THAT CONTROL TOTAL DOWN TO THAT DTI POLYGON.
YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND ASSIGN THEM TO ASSIGN THEM TO THEIR POLYGONS.
AND TO DEVELOP THOSE A HUNDRED-YEAR OF CONTROL TOTAL PROJECTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH THE CITY DEMOGRAPHER AND, AND WE HAVE A NEW CITY DEMOGRAPHER THIS ROUND LAILA VALENCIA.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH HER AND HER TEAM AT HOUSING AND PLANNING.
AND SO DO YOU THEN, UM, ASSIGN A, LIKE A TOTAL GPCD THEN TO THOSE POLYGONS, YOU COULD CALCULATE A TOTAL GPCD, UM, ONCE YOU DO THE DEMAND FORECASTING.
SO ONCE WE PULLED UP, UM, WE'LL TURN THAT POP ESTIMATE INTO ESTIMATES OF SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY UNITS, UM, THAT GETS INCORPORATED INTO THE DESEGREGATED DEMAND MODEL.
ALSO, OUR EMPLOYEES BY SECTOR GETS INCORPORATED INTO THE DIS-AGGREGATED DEMAND MODEL.
WE COME UP WITH OUR DEMAND FORECAST AT THE DTI POLYGON LEVEL, SO A TOTAL VOLUME AS WELL AS THE BREAKDOWN INTO THE DIFFERENT SECTORS AND SUB-SECTORS, AND FROM THAT TOTAL VOLUME, IF YOU JUST DIVIDE IT BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN THAT, UM, DTI POLYGON, YOU CAN COME UP WITH THE GPC ASSUMPTIONS.
ARE YOU MAKING ON WHAT WATER USAGES, I GUESS ON A PER CAPITA BASIS? OH, SORRY.
WELL, NEXT TIME WE'LL EVER ADVOCATE TO JUST GET THESE, UM, UH, SO THE BASIS OF THE DESEGREGATED DEMAND MODEL IS WHAT WE CALL A WATER USE FACTOR.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL WATER USE, UM, WITHIN THAT DTI POLYGON AND THAT SECTOR AND OR SUB SECTOR, UM, AND WE DIVIDE THAT, UM, USAGE BY THE NUMBER OF UNITS OR EMPLOYEES THAT GETS US ESSENTIALLY A WATER USE FACTOR FOR THE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE APPLY THAT WATER USE FACTOR BY THE FUTURE PROJECTION OF UNITS, UH, OR EMPLOYEES.
AND THAT GETS US OUR, OUR TOTAL DEMAND PROJECTION.
DID YOU, UH, UM, ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE, UM, I GUESS ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, UH, UM, NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS MORE WATER, EFFICIENT, UM, FIXTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I KNOW THE WATER BELMONT BOARD KIND OF BUILT THAT INTO THEIR, THEIR PROJECTIONS.
THERE'S A PASSIVE CONSERVATION COMPONENT THAT WE BUILT INTO THE MODEL.
LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE PRESENTATIONS ON DEMAND FOR, YEAH.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'M ALWAYS LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING IN A LOT OF, UH, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND SWIMMING POOLS IN AN, IN AN AREA AND BY POLYGON WHERE I LIVE, THAT THAT HAVEN'T EXISTED PREVIOUSLY.
SO BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE OF HOW WE DID IT BEFORE, I'M LIKE, SO WE MAY NEED TO CHANGE THE WATER USE PATTERN AND THE POLYGON I'M IN, BASED ON OBSERVATIONS WILL WALKING THE DOG.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT SO MY, MY RECOLLECTION, MY MEMORY, AND THIS IS WHY I KNOW ABOUT THIS SO WELL IS WE DID SOME PRETTY IN-DEPTH AND, AND WORKSHOPS WITH THE TASK FORCE LAST TIME, UM, TO BE FAIR, IT WAS AS THEY WERE BEING DEVELOPED AND IT WAS KIND OF NEW TO EVERYBODY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED THAT WE DO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO LEARN ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND THESE AND KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE FLOW OF HOW THEY FEED INTO ALL THIS.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT, UM, AND WE CAN DECIDE AT THE PROPER TIME OF WHETHER IT'S A SUBCOMMITTEE OR A FULL TASKFORCE SITUATION, BUT SPENDING SOME TIME ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE THREE AND FOUR HOUR MEETINGS AT NIGHT TOO THOUGH.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
SO JUST, BUT, BUT THIS I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
AND YEAH, THERE'S PROBABLY, WE WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE FORECAST DEVELOPED, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, VERY SOON, BUT THERE'S SOME BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT INFORMATION.
LIKE I HADN'T EVEN REMEMBERED THAT YOU WEREN'T THERE DURING THE DEMAND FORECASTING.
AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER MEMBERS TOO, WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH LIKE THE STRUCTURE OF THESE MODELS AND HOW THEY'RE DEVELOPED.
SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO TOUCH BASE ON FOR SURE.
UM, AND THEN, OKAY, JUST TO TOUCH BASE ON THE CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY ANALYSIS.
SO WE HAVE OUR WORKING WITH UT UT HAS DONE SOME WORK TO, UH, BASICALLY TAKE OUTPUTS FROM THE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS AND FIT THEM TO THE GRID THAT WILL THE SPATIAL GRID THAT WE'LL BE USING, UM, TO DEVELOP STREAMFLOW PROJECTIONS ARE THESE ONE DEGREE BY ONE DEGREE QUADRANGLES THAT ARE USED
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BY TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.AND, UM, THEY HAVE ALSO PERFORMED A TREND ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS CLIMATE VARIABLES LIKE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION.
I FORGOT THE PEOPLE WERE ON THE SCREEN THERE, UM, TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THOSE TRENDS LOOK LIKE OVER THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN AND AUSTIN UT HAS ALSO BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROLOGIC MODELS, UM, THAT ARE USING A, AN APPROACH TO ADJUSTING RUNOFF OUTPUT FROM, UH, THE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, OUR CONSULTING HYDROLOGISTS RICHARD HOFFPAUIR, UH, HAS DEVELOPED, UM, HYDROLOGIC MODELS FOR ALL OF THE GAUGES THROUGHOUT THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN THAT USE, UH, UM, THAT ARE THEY'RE MULTI-VARIATE MODELS.
THEY BASICALLY DEVELOP, UM, CORRELATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CLIMATE VARIABLES AND USE THOSE CORRELATIONS TO DEVELOP A, UM, MULTI-VARIATE EQUATION THAT, UM, CAN TAKE THEN INPUTS FOR PROJECTED, UH, TEMPERATURE, PRECINCT, UH, OTHER CLIMATE VARIABLES AND, UM, DEVELOP PROJECTIONS OF STREAM FLOW FOR EACH OF THE GAUGES FOR EACH OF THE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS.
SO WE HAVE ALSO HAD A TECHNICAL CLIMATE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP MEETING ON APRIL.
WAS IT APRIL 12TH, I GUESS IT WAS APRIL 12TH WHERE WE DISCUSSED THIS INFORMATION, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER, UH, KIND OF MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE BIAS CORRECTION THAT U UT HAS BEEN DOING AND SOME OTHER KIND OF TECHNICAL DETAILS.
UM, AND ONE OF THE I'M RECAPPING A LITTLE BIT THE CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY MEETING NOTES FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT AS ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT, UM, WHAT HYDROLOGIC MODELS WE'LL BE USING TO DEVELOP STREAMFLOW PROJECTIONS FOR USE IN THE WATER FOR PLANNING PROCESS.
AND IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MULTIVARIATE MODEL AND USING UTS MODEL AS A FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, ESSENTIALLY.
UM, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR DISCUSSION AGAIN, IN THE CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING NOTES, UM, THAT ARE ALSO INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR PACKET.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO BE TO FINALIZE THOSE HYDROLOGIC MODELS, DEVELOP MONTHLY TIME FLOW SERIES, AND THEN CREATE ENSEMBLES FROM THOSE, UM, UH, TIME SERIES TO BE USED IN THE WATER AVAILABILITY MODEL, NOT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE TASKS WILL INCLUDE THE PRELIMINARY NEEDS ANALYSIS.
AND ALL OF THIS IS KIND OF LEADING UP TO US, BEING ABLE TO PERFORM THAT WATER SUPPLY NEEDS ANALYSIS, AND LOOK OUT INTO THE FUTURE AND SEE HOW MUCH WATER, UM, UH, WHAT, HOW MUCH WATER WE WOULD BE NEEDING TO MEET OUR DEMANDS, UM, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AS WELL AS FOR THE IMPACT ON THE PATIENT.
I MISSED THE LAST, UH, DIENER TOO.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, Y'ALL MAKE CHOICES ON WHICH PROJECTIONS TO USE.
UM, DO YOU, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY DECISIONS MADE ON WHICH PROJECT, I GUESS YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL PROJECTIONS THAT YOU'RE USING ON THE MODELING WORK, BUT THE DOWNSCALING OF THE CLIMATE MODELS, AS WELL AS THE, AND I'M ASSUMING THE HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS WILL BE DONE IN EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, HAS A DECISION BEEN MADE IN WHICH SCENARIO TO USE FOR, FOR THE PLANNING GOING FORWARD FOR THIS PLAN? YEAH, SO THE, UM, THE SCENARIOS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE ARE THE, UM, SHARED SOCIOECONOMIC PATHWAYS AND THEY'RE BASICALLY LIKE, UM, DIFFERENT NARRATIVES OR STORIES THAT COULD DESCRIBE LIKE DIFFERENT, UM, UM, UH, KIND OF FUTURES THAT THE WORLD COULD EXPERIENCE.
SO LIKE AN 8.5, AN SSP 8.5 IS WHAT THEY CALL A BUSINESS AS USUAL.
IT'S KIND OF A MISNOMER, BUT IT BASICALLY MEANS, YOU KNOW, EMISSIONS CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND WE DON'T DO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK AS LIKE A GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OR TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND SO THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A HIGHER RANGE SCENARIO, UM, UH, THAT IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR ANALYSIS.
UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, SSP 4.5 AND THEN THERE, UH, ON THE LOWER END WE'RE LOOKING AT IN, UH, THE SSP, I THINK IT'S 2.5, 2.6 AS WHAT IT IS AND THE SSPS.
UM, SO YEAH, UH, 2.6, 4.5 AND 8.5 TO CAPTURE A RANGE OF, OF DIFFERENT FUTURES.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE IN THE HYDROLOGIC SCENARIOS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UM, THE PERIOD OF RECORD HYDROLOGY.
SO THE HYDROLOGY AS IT WAS IN THE HISTORICAL PAST AND THE OBSERVED, UM, UH, PERIOD, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE STOCHASTIC
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SERIES THAT, UM, WE DEVELOP USING, UM, BOTH THE PERIOD OF RECORD HYDROLOGY AND THE CLIMATE ADJUSTED ON THE ENSEMBLE, CLIMATE ADJUSTED STREAMFLOW, UM, WHERE WE'RE JUST TAKING EACH YEAR WITHIN THOSE TIME SERIES.AND WE RE SEQUENCE THEM TO CREATE THESE 10,000 YEAR, UM, SEQUENCES.
AND FROM THOSE 10,000 YEAR SEQUENCES, WE IDENTIFY DROUGHTS THAT WERE WORSE THAN THE DROUGHT OF RECORD DROUGHTS THAT ARE WORSE THAN THE WORST DROUGHT WE'VE EXPERIENCED, UM, IN THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND LAKES.
AND WE USE THOSE ALSO TO TEST OUR, UM, UH, OUR PORTFOLIOS AGAINST AND TO IDENTIFY, UH, A POSSIBLE RANGE OF NEEDS THOUGH.
ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT YEAH, BUT YEAH, ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE USED IN, UH, ESTABLISHING A RANGE OF NEEDS.
SO I THINK IN A FUTURE, ONE OF THESE MEETINGS WILL NEED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC PRESENTATION TO TALK MORE ABOUT OUR METHODOLOGY, HOW OUR METHODOLOGY IS ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY.
WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING MORE REFINED IN OUR APPROACH AND IT WOULD BE WORTH IT FOR US TO SHARE SOME MORE OF THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL.
UM, DID YOU HAVE A THOUGHT OR A QUESTION? NO, BUT SINCE YOU OPENED THE DOOR, I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BECOME? IT'S 1 58.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY, I I'VE WENT AHEAD AND I JUST GAVE THE CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY ANALYSIS UPDATE.
I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, IF WE HAVE TO GO OVER THERE AS WE'RE DOOMED.
I KIND OF GOT GAVE THOSE, BUT ONE THING I, IF I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET KICKED OFF AT TWO, IF FOLKS CAN WAIT JUST A FEW MINUTES, I DID WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON, IF YOU SCROLL OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE ARE SOME FUTURE MILESTONES, UM, THAT WANTED TO MAKE SURE WERE, WERE ON OUR RADAR.
I MENTIONED, WE ARE PLANNING TO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.
THEY WOULD BE VIRTUAL PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, UM, TO START GATHERING COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, ON COMMUNITY VALUES AND EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY CONSIDERATIONS.
AND WE WOULD BE PROVIDING INFORMATION ON KIND OF THE WATERFORD PLAN, OUR MISSION STATEMENT, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE SET DATES FOR THOSE YET, BUT AS SOON AS WE DO, WE'LL BE PROVIDING, SAVE THE DATES, UM, FOR Y'ALL.
ARE WE, ARE WE READY TO DO THAT YET? I KNOW WE'VE HAVE SOME DRAFT, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN THE MISSION STATEMENT.
UM, YEAH, I GUESS WE'RE WE'RE INFORMATION GATHERING AT THIS POINT.
THIS IS, THIS IS HIGH LOAD, LIKE PROVIDING STUFF FOR PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO NECESSARILY, EXCEPT FOR THE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED.
WE JUST WANT TO GET OUT TO FOLKS KIND OF EARLY AND START SAYING LIKE, HEY, WHAT ARE YOUR VALUES WHEN IT COMES TO WATER? BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY, WE WON'T HAVE A ROADMAP DEVELOPED, BUT THIS IS LIKE THE INITIAL FEEDBACK THAT WE WANT TO START GATHERING TO HELP US DEVELOP THAT ROADMAP.
AND THEN, UM, OKAY, SO SAVE THE DATES YOU SHOULD HAVE ON YOUR CALENDARS.
UM, SAVE THE DATES FOR JUNE 8TH AND NINTH, UM, EQUITY WORKSHOPS AND A JUNE 27TH DEBRIEF.
AND, UM, THE, THIS WOULD BE A TWO DAY EQUITY WORKSHOP FOR A TASK FORCE MEMBERS, COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS, AND A SMALL NUMBER OF WATER STAFF.
WE'RE SCHEDULING A SEPARATE, UM, EQUITY WORKSHOP FOR, UM, ALL OF THE OTHER OSTIUM WATER STAFF.
CAUSE WE HAVE SOME LIMIT LIMITATIONS ON THE GROUP SIZE.
SO WE'RE GETTING INTO LIKE BUSY.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, RUBBER HITTING THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, WITH PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, CANCEL YOUR VACATIONS.
EVERYONE CANCEL YOUR VACATION.
SO JULY 12TH AT THAT BORDER FORCE TASK FORCE FEEDING RELATED TO WATER FOR 24 ARE PLANNING TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON OUR POPULATION, UNEMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS, UM, UH, OUR, UH, RECAP ON OUR JUNE EQUITY TRAININGS AND THEN RECAP ON OUR JUNE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.
AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST LOOKING OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, THE SEPTEMBER SIX WATERFORD TASK FORCE MEETING.
SO, UM, IN THE, AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, WE WANT TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON OUR DEMAND PROJECTIONS, UM, ON THE CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY ANALYSIS RESULTS AND PROVIDE A DRAFT EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROADMAP.
THOSE ARE THREE KEY DELIVERABLES THAT WE WANT TO HAVE READY FOR THAT MEETING.
AND IN OUR TASK PLANNING, WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE THOSE READY FOR THE, UH, TASK FORCE APPROVED DATE OF SEPTEMBER 6TH.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, DISCUSS WITH Y'ALL THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING THIS SEPTEMBER 19TH
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TO HAVE THE TIME TO FINALIZE THOSE PLANNED DELIVERABLES AND STAY PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK.UM, YES, JAY, NOW WE'LL BE REACHING OUT ALSO.
WE NEED TO SCHEDULE ADEQUATE TIME TO COVER ALL THESE TOPICS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE CRUNCHED FOR TIME AGAIN, SO WE'LL NEED TO BE A LONGER MEETING.
AND IF WE HAVE GIVE OURSELVES MORE TIME, WE'LL FINISH EARLY.
MAYBE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
THOSE ARE PRETTY BIG TOPICS, SO, OKAY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THE PRELIMINARY NEEDS ANALYSIS THAT WE WILL BE BEGINNING IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND THEN PERFORMING THROUGH OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND FINISHING UP IN DECEMBER.
SO THEN ON THE NOVEMBER 1ST WATERFORD TASK FORCE MEETING, WE WANT TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE PRELIMINARY WATER SUPPLY NEEDS ANALYSIS.
UH, WE, THIS HAS A RESULT, BUT IT MAY BE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SOME UPDATES ON KIND OF THE PROGRESS OF THAT TASK AND, AND RESULTS WILL BE INTERIM RESULTS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE PROVIDING UPDATES ON YIELD UPDATES FOR OUR WATERFORD 18 STRATEGIES AND THEN, UM, A PROGRESS UPDATE AND HOW WE'RE USING THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY ROADMAP TO TURN THAT INTO A TOOL THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE USED FOR THE PORTFOLIO AS PART OF THE PORTFOLIO EVALUATION PROCESS.
CAN YOU GO BACK, UM, A SLIDE? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIVERSITY EQUITY WORKSHOP ON JUNE 8TH AND NIGHT.
I DIDN'T HAVE THAT ON MY CALENDAR.
DID WE, DID WE, WAS THAT PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION LIKE REGARDING TIMING.
THAT'S ALSO THE DATE OF THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OPEN HOUSE JUNE EIGHT.
UM, AND ALSO I'M NOT REALLY AVAILABLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT.
THE TIMING, CURIOUS WHAT EXACTLY TO TAILS, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LIMITED BECAUSE WE'RE SCHEDULED, WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO SCHEDULE THIS WITH A CONSULTANT.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, WORK WITH THAT CONSULTANTS SCHEDULE AS, AS WELL.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT WORKSHOP AND, UH, THE TIMEFRAMES BELIEVE IT WILL BE A 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM COMMITMENT.
SO IT'S FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL ON THOSE TWO DAYS JUST WHILE WE'RE HERE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE TASK FORCE WHO HAS NOT RECEIVED THAT OUTLOOK INVITE? OKAY.
I HAVEN'T HANEY HASN'T ANYONE ELSE? OH YEAH.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, YOU'RE SAYING NINE TO FOUR ON JUNE 8TH AND NINTH.
AND WE'RE FINDING I, YEAH, THAT'S HARD TO FIND OUT ABOUT THAT A MONTH IN ADVANCE.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF PART, BUT SEND IT ANY WAY YOU CAN.
SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THE, UM, INVITES.
IN JUNE 8TH IS THE OSCAR AND CLARA OPEN.
WE LEARNED ABOUT THE OSCAR AND CLAIRE OPENING AFTER WE HAD SET THOSE DATES.
SO HOW MANY TASK FORCE MEMBERS ARE YOU EXPECTING TO ATTEND THE WELL, WE WERE HOPING THAT THE VEST THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TASK FORCE MEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT WE'LL FOLLOW UP VIA EMAIL AND IDENTIFY WHETHER THAT WILL FIT WITH TASK FORCE MEMBER AVAILABILITY.
SINCE WE'RE, IT'S LOOKING LIKE THE WORKSHOP INVITES, UM, POTENTIALLY WEREN'T RECEIVED AND, UH, WE'LL IDENTIFY IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN SCHEDULE.
DO WE HAVE OTHER, I WAS JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF I HAD THIS ON MY COMPUTER.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT IS IT FOR THIS MEETING? YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CAN WE HAVE MORE SLIDES, BUT I THINK THEY'RE JUST BACK UP, RIGHT.
I THINK YOU CAN, WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE BACKUP AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP THAT FUTURE MEETINGS.
UM, THIS WAS A LOT TASKFORCE MEMBERS, EVERYONE'S STAFF, A LOT OF STUFF.
UM, I'VE KIND OF THINKING BACK, LIKE HOW DID WE DO ALL THIS BEFORE? AND THEN HAVE TIME FOR ALL THIS DEEP LEARNING.
UM, WE WENT IN THE EVENINGS, WHICH I DON'T THINK MAKES DIFFERENCE.
AND DURING THE DAY AND THE EVENING,
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UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE LONGER MEETINGS, UM, SO I'M NOT SURE, LIKE IF WE NEED TO ADJUST THINGS OR WHATEVER, I THINK WE JUST KIND OF JUST GOT THINGS SET REALLY, UM, TO HAVE OUR FULL TASK FORCE.AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON THE INNER SEEDING MONTHS, EITHER THE IMPLEMENTATION OR THE, UM, UH, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ONES.
SO IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS OR IDEAS ON, ON, OR COMPLAINTS OR WHATEVER AND HOW WE CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, BUT YEAH, BUT, UM, GOOD JOB ON GETTING ALL OF THIS OUT.
THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF STUFF IN OUR, IN OUR, UM, PACKET.
SO WE CAN LOOK BACK OVER IT AND WE'LL HAVE A TASK.
WE'LL HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMING UP AS WELL.
AND I WOULD, UH, I GUESS MY REQUEST WOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO PULL TOGETHER.
UM, AND SOME, I GUESS IF WE ARE NEEDING, WE, WE CAN EXTEND THE TIME FOR MEETINGS OR IF WE'RE NEEDING ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, WE ALREADY HAVE DATES SET FOR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND SO IF THERE'S A NEED FOR US TO UTILIZE THOSE, ANY OF THOSE DATES TO HOLD SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS, MY REQUEST WOULD BE TO LIKE TRY TO UTILIZE THOSE AND POTENTIALLY POST THEM RATHER THAN TRY TO GET HAVE, UH, AND THEY, THEY MAY NOT ALL BE RECORDED IF WE CAN'T GET THE ROOM LOCATIONS, BUT TO TRY TO HOLD THOSE DATES AND TIMES SINCE IT WAS SCHEDULING THIS VERY CHALLENGING, THE THOUGHT IS THAT, UM, WE'RE ENTERING A VERY BUSY TIME RIGHT NOW WITH THIS.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I THINK TR TRYING TO MEET EVERY MONTH, LIKE A FULL TASK FORCE MEETING IS, IS A LOT TO ASK OF Y'ALL AND OF THE MEMBERS.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE MAY NEED SOME MORE TIME FOR THESE MEETINGS, WHICH IS ALSO A LOT TO ASK.
CAUSE IT'S DURING PEOPLE'S WORKDAY AND FOLKS ARE NOT NECESSARILY DOING THIS AS PART OF THEIR JOB.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THE SOLUTION IS, DO WE NEED TO MOVE BACK TO EVENING MEETINGS? I KNOW THINGS GOT ALL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ME FEEDBACK CAUSE I'M JUST WONDERING ALOUD.
UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR BIG AGENDA AND STUFF, UM, THAT THERE'S MORE TIME QUOTE UNQUOTE IN THE EVENINGS.
AND I THINK IT MIGHT JUST BE EASIER FOR FOLKS, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
I MEAN, YEAH, NO EASY SOLUTION.
MAYBE WE JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH IT IN TWO HOURS, BUT THERE'S JUST THIS A LOT OF STUFF.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UM, WE CAN BE ADJOURNED.
ANY COMMENTS, HAITI OR MICROSOFT, DO YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING OR DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? NO.