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[CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:02]

OKAY.

IT'S 6 0 5 AND WE'LL START WATERING THE WASTEWATER COMMISSION, MAY 11 RIGOR A MEETING, AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER PAN MA UH, NUMERO, MICHELLE, LARRY, FOR SURE IN ATTENDANCE.

AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MORIARTY AND COMMISSIONER OF, UH, WILLIAMS. I'M REMOTE AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM A ONE

[A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

APPROVED MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 13TH, 2020 REGULAR MEETING OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION.

UH, COMMISSIONERS GOT A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.

IS THERE MOTION OR NEEDS ANY AMENDMENT I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY VICE CHAIR.

CASTLEBERRY.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEN, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND THE SHOWING ALL PRESENT, UH, RAISE HANDS AND THE COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND COMMISSIONER MORIARTY REMOTE AND YES.

SO APPROVE AN MSD.

NOW YOU MOVE TO ITEM

[B. ITEMS FOR COMMISSION’S REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL]

B E N.

WE WILL GO AROUND THE TABLE AND ESKER COMMISSION TO SEE IF WE'VE GOT ANY, UH, MCU SOURCE OR ANY QUESTIONS ON IT.

SO WE WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER PENN.

I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A WRECK I'VE RECUSALS ON BEFORE AND V6 ARE FIRMS SUBMITTED ON THESE THREE ITEMS. COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

UH, NO QUESTIONS, NO RECUSALS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MICHELLE.

I HAVE NO QUESTIONS RECUSALS ON ITEMS BEFORE, AND MY FIRM SUBMITTED, UH, ON THOSE TWO CONTRACTS.

COMMISSIONER.

MORIATTI NO QUESTIONS.

NO RECUSALS.

THANK YOU.

MY SHOWCASE CASSELBERRY, NO QUESTIONS, NO RECUSALS.

COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, NO QUESTIONS.

AND THEY WERE CANCELS.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER FISHER.

NO QUESTIONS THERE.

RECUSALS COMMISSIONER.

.

UH OKAY.

AND I GOT TO BE QUEUES, UM, ITEM BEFORE AND THE BECAUSE OUR FOREIGN PETITION PAY IN RESPONSE TO THE IFQ SAW THE CONCEPT.

THE CONSENT ITEMS ARE B 1 2 3 7 8 9.

I REPEAT ONE MORE TIME.

CONSENT ITEMS ARE BE ON 2, 3, 6, 7, 9.

AM I CORRECT? 7 7 1 2 3 9 2 6 7 8 9.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

KAREN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER MICHELLE FOR THE CONSENT ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR.

OH, IN WEBER, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SHOWING APPROVE.

AND OBVIOUSLY WITH COMMISSIONER MONNIERI AND ANNE WILLIAMS, UH, AND REMOTE.

OKAY.

SO NOW WE WILL ASK, OKAY, LET ME MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX

[B.6. Recommend approval to negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with the following 7 staff recommended firms (or other qualified respondents) for Request for Qualifications Solicitation No. CLMP329: Harutunian Engineering, Inc. (WBE), CP&Y, Inc., Arcadis US, Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Black & Veatch Corp, Alan Plummer Associates, Inc., and Signature Automation, LLC (MBE), for engineering services for the 2022 Austin Water SCADA Services Rotation List in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00.]

FIRST RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE AND EXCUSE ME, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING SEVEN STAFF RECOMMENDED FIRMS OR OTHER QUALIFIED RESPONDENTS FOR REQUEST OF QUALIFICATIONS.

SORRY.

STATION NUMBERS SHARE MP 3 29 HARTUNIAN ENGINEERING IN WB SHIPPY.

AND WHY? INC.

KTS U S INC.

JACOB'S ENGINEERING GROUP, INC PRODUCTION, WHICH CO-OP CORPORATION, AARON PRIMER ASSOCIATES AND INK SIGNATURE AUTOMATION, LLC MBE FIRM FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE 2022 AUSTIN WATER SCATTER SERVICES, ROTATING THIS IN AN AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $10 MILLION.

AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER PENN NEEDS TO RECUSE IT.

AND THEN I, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, OR IS THERE A MOTION

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I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY KESSEL? MY VICE CHAIR.

CASTLEBERRY.

IS THERE A SECOND CHAIR? I'LL SECOND IT SECOND.

MY COMMISSIONER IS SHARE ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, SHOWING EVERYBODY APPROVED FOR IT AND COMMISSIONER PENN RECUSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

NOW WE WERE TENDER 20TH ESC

[Items B.4 & B.5]

VICE CHAIR.

KESA PERRY TO CONDUCT ITEM BEFORE IN THE .

OKAY.

ITEM BEFORE I WILL READ IN IS RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING 11 STAFF RECOMMENDED FIRMS OR OTHER QUALIFIED RESPONDENTS FOR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS SOLICITATION NUMBER CLMP THREE, 330 COB FENLEY AND ASSOCIATES INC.

STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES, INC MILLER GRAY, LLC AT WBE DO SAY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

W B E A M W M DESIGN GROUP, INC.

WBE KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES INC HDR ENGINEERING, INC WESTERN SOLUTIONS, INC ATKINS NORTH AMERICA, INC HALF OF ASSOCIATES, INC, AN L J A ENGINEERING INC FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE 2022 SMALL DIAMETER WATER AND WASTEWATER PIPELINE ENGINEERING SERVICES ROTATION LIST IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $12 MILLION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UM, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MADE BY COMMISSIONER FISHER.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL DO A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

I HAVE, UM, COMMISSIONERS PEN, MICHELLE AND LEE ABSTAINING.

UM, CAN WE TAKE A VOTE FOR APPROVAL? WAS SHOW OF HANDS.

OKAY.

I HAVE COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, MORIARTY, UM, VIRTUAL AND, UH, NAVARRO FISHER AND, UH, THE REST RECUSING.

OKAY.

MOVING ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I WILL READ IN RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING 11 STAFF RECOMMENDED FIRMS OR OTHER QUALIFIED RESPONDENTS FOR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS SOLICITATION NUMBER C L M P 3 3 1 JACOB'S ENGINEERING GROUP, INC.

PAY DAWSON CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC DBA ENGINEERS, INC PARSON, WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE, INC K FREES AND ASSOCIATES, INC WBE, CAS CONSULTING AND SERVICES, INC.

N B E A E COMM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.

CPN Y INC.

CDM SMITH, INC BGE, INC FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC.

AND LOCKWOOD ANDREWS AND NEWMAN INC.

FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE 2022 LARGE DIAMETER WATER AND WASTEWATER PIPELINE ENGINEERING SERVICES ROTATION LIST IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $24 MILLION.

WE'VE GOT PENN, MICHELLE AND LEE, UH, RECUSING.

AND I'LL TAKE A MOTION OR IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER FISHER MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, MAKE A MOTION, UH, COMMISSIONER NAVARRO SECONDS.

AND IF WE CAN SHOW, UH, HANDS FOR APPROVAL, I'VE SEE EVERYBODY APPROVING UNANIMOUSLY, UH, MINUS OUR RECUSING OF, UH, PENN, MICHELLE AND LEE, AND THE MOTION PASSES.

UH, WE RETURN THE MEETING TO COMMISSIONER OR, UH, CHARLIE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

LET'S

[C.1. Update from Joint Sustainability Committee]

MOVE ON TO ITEM.

SHE WON UPDATE FROM JONES SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I COULDN'T QUITE HEAR YOU.

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DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT UPDATE AND JOINED SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE? SORRY.

THE MEETING WAS CANCELED THIS MONTH, SO NOW.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S

[C.2. Update from the Austin Integrated Water Task Force]

MOVE ON TO ITEM SHEET TO UPDATE FROM AUSTIN INTEGRATED WATER TASK FORCE, COMMISSIONER MORIARTY.

GOOD EVENING.

CHAIR LI UH, W R UH, TASK FORCE MET ON MAY 3RD.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN OF WHAT WAS, UH, DISCUSSED.

UH, YOU ALSO WATER DEPARTMENT PROVIDED A WATER SUPPLY UPDATE AND, UM, IT SHOWED, UH, WHAT I WOULD SAY ARE SOME CONCERNING DEVELOPMENTS WITH LAKE LEVELS THAT, UH, THE INFLOWS THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN FREAKISHLY LOW.

AND IT APPEARS TO ME BASED ON THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED, THAT THEY WILL LIKELY ENTER STAGE ONE DROUGHT PLAN BY JULY.

OF COURSE, THAT COULD ALL CHANGE WITH MORE RAIN IN THE UPPER PART OF THE BASE OF THAT.

THAT PART IS LOOKING A LITTLE CONCERNING TO MAKE.

UM, SECONDLY, WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ON THEIR RAIN TO RIVER.

STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, WHICH IS QUITE INTERESTING.

ALSO AUSTIN WATER PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE WATER FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS, INCLUDING REGULAR QUARTERLY UPDATE AND OVERVIEW, THE FISCAL YEAR 21 ANNUAL CENTRALIZED RECLAIM WATER SYSTEM OVERVIEW AND AN IMPLEMENTATION SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.

ALSO, THE STAFF PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW, UH, ON WATER FORWARD 2024, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE WATER DEPARTMENT WILL BE UPDATING THE WATER FORWARD 100 YEAR PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT WILL BE A 2024 ITEM.

AND THEY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE TECHNICAL DETAILS REGARDING FORECASTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, AND WE ALSO DISCUSS SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND WATER FOR 24 SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND PROVIDED SOME UPDATES ON THOSE.

SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JULY 12TH AT 12:00 PM.

AND, UH, THAT, THAT WILL BE A, UH, A MEETING THAT WILL BE OFFERED AS A HYBRID MEETING.

MEANING OF COURSE, JUST LIKE THIS MEETING THAT YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON, UH, HERE AT THE AUSTIN ENERGY HEALER BUILDING OR, UH, IN THE 10 VIRTUALLY THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MORIARTY COMMISSIONER GOT ANY QUESTIONS IF NO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND UPDATE.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM

[D.1. Update from Budget Committee Chair]

D ONE UPDATE FROM BUDGET COMMITTEE, CHAIR, COMMISSIONER .

UM, YES.

THANK YOU.

UH, WE MET, UH, IN, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE WE MET A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, AND, UH, WE REVIEWED, UM, A LOT OF THE PERMANENT CHANGES IN THE BUDGET.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE COMMISSION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY AMENDED THE EXISTING BUDGET, UH, AND, AND THEIR APRIL 21ST COUNCIL MEETING, UM, BY $1.4 MILLION, THIS AMENDMENT ADDED 16 FULL-TIME POSITIONS FOR AUSTIN WATER UTILITY.

UM, IN REVIEWING THE CHANGES, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE IS A PROPOSED AN ADDITIONAL 45 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

AND, UM, A LOT OF THE INCREASES IN ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WE NEED, UM, WERE BRIEFED ABOUT, UM, WERE CAUSED BY WAGE INCREASES.

THERE'S A 2% ACROSS THE BOARD RATE WAGE INCREASE.

UM, ALSO THERE'S AN 8% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE.

SO THAT BUMPED UP, UH, QUITE A BIT.

UM, THE OTHER INCREASED COSTS THAT WE WERE, UH, PRIVY TO WERE, UM, JUST WITH INFLATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, CONTRACTS HAVE GONE UP 2%, UM, CHEMICALS, THE COST OF CHEMICALS FOR ALL THE TREATMENT PROCESSES HAVE GONE UP 2% AND FLEET MAINTENANCE HAS GONE UP 7%.

UM, THEY CONTINUE, UH, AUSTIN WATER CONTINUES TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THEIR DEBT AND DEFEASANCE.

SO, UM, I'M SURE THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING, THEY'LL SHOW THAT TO YOU.

UM, BUT THAT WAS THE, THE MAJOR CHANGES

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FROM LAST YEAR.

AND DOES ANYBODY ELSE AT TRAVIS OR JESSE, OR ALSO ON THE COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? ANY QUESTIONS WE'LL BE MEETING AGAIN? UM, MAY 26TH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.

IF NOT NORMAL QUESTION, WE'LL MOVE ON

[E.1. Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion]

TO ITEM E ONE, ONE, NOT QUICK WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PRINT EXPANSION PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING.

CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.

I'M SHEA ROLSON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES AT AUSTIN WATER.

AND I HAVE WITH ME CHARLES SOLARO DIVISION MANAGER FOR FACILITY ENGINEERING AND REBECCA VENTO, SUPERVISING ENGINEER FOR WASTEWATER FACILITIES AND FACILITY ENGINEERING.

AND REBECCA IS GOING TO GIVE OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THE WALNUT CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

GOOD EVENING, REBECCA VENTO WITH AUSTIN WATER FACILITY ENGINEERING DIVISION.

LET'S SEE.

SO FIRST I'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WALNUT CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THEN WE'LL GO INTO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR CIP SUMMARY, AND WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON A COUPLE OF NOTABLE PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE EXPANSION, AND THEN WE'LL CONCLUDE AND HAVE QUESTIONS.

THERE'S A LITTLE DELAY, I THINK.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF WALNUT CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

UM, SO THE EXHIBIT ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF WALNUT CREEK WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLAN, AS WELL AS THE CONTRIBUTING BASINS.

UM, YOU SEE THE TP MAY BE HARD TO SEE FROM HERE WITH THE TEEPEE AND THE RECTANGLE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND OF THE EXHIBIT IS THE LOCATION OF WALNUT EAST OF 180 3 ON MLK.

UM, GENERALLY WALNUT TAKES THE FLOW FROM THE NORTH HALF OF AUSTIN.

UM, THE, UM, GRAYISH BROWN AREA IS THE CROSSTOWN TUNNEL BASIN EXTENDING UP, UM, TOWARD 22, 22 AND SIX 20.

I'M ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN TO WALNUT.

UM, THE PURPLE AREA IS THE WALNUT INTERCEPTOR AND LITTLE WALNUT INTERCEPTOR EXTENDING INTO NORTH AUSTIN.

THE RED IS THE JOHNNY MORRIS INTERCEPTOR BASIN, UM, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THE PLANT.

AND THEN THE SMALL BLUE SECTION IS SOME NEARBY CONTRIBUTING FLOWS, UM, NEAR TO THE PLANT.

UM, SOME NUMBERS FOR THE AUSTIN WATER COLLECTION SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.

UM, I'LL JUST HIT A FEW OF THESE.

SO, UM, IN THE COLOR IN THE SYSTEM, THERE'S EIGHT DE-CENTRALIZED PACKAGE PLANTS AND TWO REGIONAL PLANTS.

UM, WALNUT IS ONE OF THE REGIONAL PLANTS AND THE OTHER IS SOUTH AUSTIN REGIONAL OR SAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND WE HAVE ONE BIOSOLIDS FACILITY, WHICH IS HORNSBY BEND BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT PLANT, WHICH RECEIVES SLEDGE FROM WALNUT INSAR AND FURTHER TREATS IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO COMPOSTING.

EXCELLENT.

UM, WALNUT IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED FOR AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF 75 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OR MGD.

AND THE TWO HOUR PEAK IS 165 MGD, SOME BRIEF HISTORY.

UM, THE PLANT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AND CAME ONLINE AND THEN LATE SEVENTIES AND UNDERWENT TWO MAJOR EXPANSION IN THE EIGHT MAJOR EXPANSIONS IN THE EIGHTIES, AND THEN ANOTHER MAJOR EXPANSION.

AND RERATE AROUND 2005 TO ITS CURRENT, UM, 75 MGD CAPACITY.

SO THIS FLOW PROJECTIONS GRAFT IS PRODUCED BY OUR SYSTEMS PLANNING GROUP.

UM, BASICALLY YOU SEE, UM, TOWARDS THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE GRAPH IN THE, THE BROWN, YOU SEE THE HISTORICAL TRENDED FLOW AND THEN THE ORANGE PROJECTION LINE IS THE 10 YEAR AVERAGE PROJECTED PROJECTION USING TEN-YEAR AVERAGE.

UM, YOU SEE, THEY'RE DISPLAYED ON THE GRAPH, UM, AN ARROW POINTING TO THE PROJECTED FLOWS, REACH PEAK REACH CAPACITY, UM, AS NOTED, THE PLAN IS 75 MGD.

AND SO LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE BOLD LINE HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE GRAPH, AND THEN SOME DASH LINES, THEY SHOW 100%

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OF PERMANENT CAPACITY AT 75 MGD AND THEN 90% OF PERMANENT CAPACITY IN 75% OF PERMITTED CAPACITY.

AND SO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE ARE REGULATORY TRIGGERS FOR EXPANSION.

AND SO, UM, WHEN YOU EXCEED 75% OF PERMANENT CAPACITY FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, TCEQ REQUIRES TO BE IN DESIGNED FOR EXPANSION.

WHEN YOU REACH 90% OF PERMANENT CAPACITY, YOU SHOULD BE IN CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN OF COURSE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE EXPANSION ON THE GROUND.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK, I'M SORRY, UM, A COUPLE MORE POINTS ON THIS SLIDE.

SO, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HORIZONTAL AXIS WHERE IN 2022, AND IF YOU GO UP, YOU SEE THAT WHERE WE'VE EXCEEDED WE'VE, UM, WE'VE EXCEEDED THE 75% TRIGGER AND WE ARE MOVING TO FINAL DESIGN PHASE OF THE EXPANSION PROJECT.

UM, THAT PROJECT IS PLANNED TO MOVE TO CONSTRUCTION ABOUT 20, 24 WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AROUND 2028.

AND SO LOOKING AT THIS FLOW PROJECTIONS GRAPH, WE SHOULD START CONSTRUCTION AROUND THE TIME WE ARE PROJECTED TO EXCEED 90% AND THEN COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION, UM, UM, IN 2028, WHICH IS JUST AHEAD OF THE PROJECTED, UM, UM, 2030 REACHING THE, THE PERMIT CAPACITY.

NEXT SLIDE.

THANK YOU.

SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO A CIP SUMMARY.

SO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK GOING ON AT WALNUT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE ALSO MONITORS, UM, MAKING STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AT WALNUT.

AND I WANTED TO, UM, MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT IT IS A MIXTURE OF BOTH REHAB PROJECTS AND GROWTH PROJECTS.

AND SO KIND OF DEFINING THE TWO THAT REHABILITATION PROJECTS ARE UPGRADING AND MODERNIZING, UM, THE EXISTING FACILITIES TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE EXISTING PLANT AND GROWTH PROJECTS OR EXPANDING THE TREATMENT CAPACITY TO SUPPORT GROWTH IN AUSTIN AND MEET NEW REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

UM, AND IN ALL CATEGORIES AT WALNUT, THE FIVE-YEAR OR FYI 23 TO 27 CIP IS ABOUT 370 MILLION.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW SHOWING, UM, UH, MANY OF THE ONGOING PROJECTS AT WALNUT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE THE TEXTS FROM HERE.

UM, BUT IN THE RED PROJECTS ARE IN CONSTRUCTION AND THE GREEN PROJECTS ARE IN DESIGN.

AND SO STARTING FROM THE TOP AND RED, WE HAVE THE PLANT CONTROLS AND NETWORK UPGRADES PROJECT.

SO THAT'S REPLACING AND UPGRADING THE EXISTING SCADA AND NETWORK FOR THE EXISTING PLANT.

THEN MOVING DOWN, WE HAVE THE TERTIARY FILTER IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT, UM, IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE IT, REPLAY IT UPGRADED, RATHER BE, UM, GRAVITY, THE GRAVITY FILTERS FOR THE EXISTING PLANT.

THEN THE SLEDGE THICKENER IMPROVEMENTS, REHABBED THE GRAVITY THICKENER FOR THE EXISTING PLANT.

AND THEN THE SECONDARY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST RED RECTANGLE, UM, THAT WAS IMPROVEMENTS.

SECONDARY IMPROVEMENTS IS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AERATION BASINS AND FINAL CLARIFIERS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO SECONDARY TREATMENT AND FOR THE EXISTING PLANT.

AND THE PUMPING IMPROVEMENTS IS REPLACEMENT OF VARIOUS PUMPS IN PRIMARY TREATMENT AND POST-PRIMARY TREATMENT, UM, INCLUDING THE PLANT'S MAIN LIFT STATION PUMPS.

UM, FOR AGAIN, SERVING THE EXISTING PLANT AND WALNUT IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE WHERE IT HAS, UM, THE TUNNEL COMING IN AND THROUGH HEADWORKS PRELIMINARY TREATMENT AND PRIMARY TREATMENT.

IT'S ACTUALLY FLOWING BY GRAVITY.

AND THEN THE, THE MAIN LIFT STATION IS AFTER PRIMARY TREATMENT.

SO STARTING BACK IN GREEN AND THE PROJECTS AND DESIGN, WE HAVE THE INFLUENT LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS STARTING AT THE TOP AGAIN, UM, THAT'S A LIFT STATION TO SERVE THE JOHNNY MORRIS INTERCEPTOR.

WE HAVE HEADWORKS ONE IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, HEADWORKS ONE IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLANT FROM, UM, 1977 PLANT.

AND SO THAT, THAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS, UM, A COMPLETE REHAB OF HEADWORKS ONE.

AND IT'S ALSO KIND OF THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS, UM, SETTING UP THE EXISTING PLANT FOR THE EXPANSION.

UM, IT'S REQUIRED TO SEND, UM, SEND THE FLOW TO THE EXISTING PLANT TO MAKE THE EXPANSION CONSTRUCTION POSSIBLE.

THEN MOVING DOWN TO THE PRIMARY CLARIFIER AND FEB REHAB PROJECT.

UM, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, UM, BUT BASICALLY THOSE ARE UNDERGROUND.

YOU SEE, BASICALLY SEE CONCRETE AND SKYLIGHTS THROUGH THE GREEN.

UM, THOSE ARE UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES WITH PRIMARY CLARIFIERS AND INLINE FEVS.

AND SO THAT PROJECT IS A COMPLETE REHAB OF THE CLARIFIERS AND VENTILATION AND ALL THOSE SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR, UH, FOR PRIMARY TREATMENT.

AND THEN, UM, TOWARDS THE BOTTOM IS A HUNDRED MGD EXPANSION IT'S, UM, LARGELY GREENFIELD.

THERE ARE ALSO SOME, UM, THERE'S ALSO A CONVERSION OF THE EXISTING PLANT, BUT KIND OF JUST SHOWED IT, UM, IN THE GREENFIELD AREA OF THE PLANT

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SO HERE'S A PROJECT SUMMER SUMMARY, BASICALLY THE SAME PROJECTS IN A TABULAR FORMAT.

UM, HERE, I WANTED TO NOTE SOME UPCOMING COMMISSION ACTIONS, SO THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, BUT, UM, THE TWO THAT ARE UPCOMING FOR JULY 20TH ARE PRIMARY CLARIFIER AND FEB REHAB, UM, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK OR CMR CONTRACT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL IN A FEW SLIDES, AND THEN WE HAVE THE EXPANSION TO 100 MGD, UM, DESIGN PHASE SERVICES AMENDMENT WILL ALSO BE ON THE JULY 20TH, UM, COMMISSION.

SO AS MENTIONED, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON AT WALNUT, WANTED TO SHOW SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AND SOME CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS, UM, EXCUSE ME, ON THE LEFT IS THEY REHABILITATED GRAVITY THICKENER, UM, DOES HAVE A ROOF ON IT.

SO THE LIGHTING, UM, IN THAT PHOTO IS NOT GREAT, BUT IT IS A REHAB GRAVITY THICKENER IN THE MIDDLE IS THE NEW DIFFUSERS IN, UM, ALL THE AERATION BASINS, OF COURSE HERE, YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE DIFFUSERS, BUT YOU'RE SEEING THAT THE NEW DIFFUSED ERROR PATTERN AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MAIN LIFT STATION PUMPS, WHICH WE CALL THE SUBTLE WASTEWATER PUMPS.

SO A COUPLE OF NOTABLE PROJECTS, THE FIRST IS THE EXPANSION TO 100 MGD.

SO FIRST IT IS A CAPACITY EXPANSION AS MENTIONED ON THE FLOOD PROJECTION SLIDE.

UM, IT, THE EXISTING CAPACITY IS 75 MGD.

THE EXPANSION IS TO 100 MGD.

UM, HIGH-LEVEL CAPITAL COST.

THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST IS FIVE TO 600 MILLION.

UM, HIGH MILESTONES PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING IS FINISHING UP THE SPRING WITH FINAL DESIGN, UM, COMPLETING IN 2024, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION PLAN TO START IN 2024 AND SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN 2028.

AND AGAIN, THAT UPCOMING, UM, RCA COMMISSION, UH, COMMISSION ACTION, JULY 20TH FOR FINAL DESIGN PHASE SERVICES AMENDMENT, AND THE EXHIBIT ON THE LEFT, UM, SHOWS KIND OF SOME GENERAL LOCATIONS OF NEW PLAN TREATMENT UNITS.

THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER IS, UM, THE NEW 25 MGD TREATMENT TRAIN, UM, TOWARDS THE LEFT OF THE ARIEL IS WET WEATHER KIND OF, UM, PEAK FLOW FACILITIES.

AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER UNITS ARE, UM, KIND OF SUPPORTING PROCESSES OR ELECTRICAL SUPPORTING THOSE NEW TREATMENT AREAS.

SOME KEY PROJECT FEATURES, AGAIN, ALONG WITH THE CAPACITY EXPANSION, UM, WE'RE ALSO TREATING TO, UM, ARE REQUIRED TO TREAT TO MORE STRINGENT EFFLUENT QUALITY FOR THE, UM, TREATED WASTEWATER DISCHARGE, THE COLORADO RIVER.

AND SO, UM, ALONG WITH THAT COMES, THE, UM, UM, PART OF THE EXPANSION WILL BE CONVERSION, UM, OF THE EXISTING PLANT TO BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL OR BNR.

AND THE NEW 25 MGD TREATMENT TRAIN WILL INCLUDE BNR.

AND THE, UM, THE PERMIT WITH THE EXPANSION INCLUDES A PHOSPHOROUS LIMIT OF ONE AND THE, UM, THE BNR PROCESS FOR THAT PROJECT WE'LL REMOVE PHOSPHOROUS AND NITROGEN.

UM, THE EXPANSION ALSO INCLUDES WET WEATHER FACILITIES AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS DRAINAGE, DETENTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION.

AND SINCE THIS IS SUCH A LARGE PROJECT AND WE'RE MOVING INTO DESIGN, I'M WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON MAKING DECISIONS ON THE BEST APPROACH FOR BID PACKAGING, PHASING AND DELIVERY METHOD.

SO ALICE 14 IMPACTS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO COMMISSION RECENTLY.

AND SO WANTED TO NOTE THAT WALNUT IS ONE OF THE SITES THAT IS IMPACTED, UM, AS PART OF THE EXPANSION PROJECT.

THE ANTICIPATED SOLUTION IS A FLOOD WALL AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE.

AND, UM, ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH, UM, OUR INTERNAL AWS FINANCE GROUP, ALSO OUR FINANCE GROUP AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO TRY TO GET THE FLOOD PROTECTION PORTION OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDED IN THE STATE FLOOD PLAN, UM, WHICH MAY OPEN US UP TO ELIGIBILITY FOR LOW INTEREST LOANS.

UM, THE SECOND AND FINAL NOTABLE PROJECT IS A PRIMARY CLARIFIER AND FLAKE REALIZATION BASED IN REHAB.

UM, AND WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS PROJECT NOTABLE IS THE DELIVERY METHOD.

AND I'LL PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.

SO I'M STARTING FROM THE TOP OF THE COST.

THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILLION PROJECT MILESTONES.

UM, WE HAVE STARTED FINAL DESIGN WITH COMPLETION AROUND THE END OF 2023, UM, AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CMR PACKAGES AROUND THE SAME TIME, 2023 END OF 2023 SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, UM, IN 2027,

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UM, IN THAT UPCOMING COMMISSION ACTION IN JULY FOR THE CMR CONTRACT.

AND SO, UM, AS NOTED EARLIER, THE PRIMARY CLARIFIERS AND FEVS ARE LOCATED AND UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES, THERE'S FOUR PRIMARY CLARIFIERS AND EIGHT INLINE FEVS.

AND, UM, THE THERE'S BASICALLY SKYLIGHTS FOR ACCESS AND SOME OTHER, UM, SOME OTHER ACCESS.

SO BASICALLY ACCESS IS, UM, ACCESS IS CHALLENGING.

AND SO WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT DELIVERING THIS PROJECT, WE STARTED LOOKING AT WAYS TO REDUCE, UM, REDUCE RISKS DURING CONSTRUCTION OR REDUCE RISK TO THE PROJECT.

AND SO WE DECIDED TO GO WITH CMR, UM, CMR DELIVERY METHOD FOR THOSE OVERALL CONSTRUCTABILITY CHALLENGES.

UM, AND SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, THOSE CONSTRUCTABILITY CHALLENGES, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THE CMR, UM, CONTRACTOR ONBOARD BETWEEN ABOUT 30% AND 60% DESIGN, UM, TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE PROJECT TEAM AND CONTRACTOR, UM, THROUGH THOSE TO TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO MITIGATE THAT RISK, UM, AND HAVE A MORE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH DURING DESIGN.

AND THE OTHER ADVANTAGE IS, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO RELEASE LONG LEAD EQUIPMENT LIKE THE CLARIFIER MECHANISMS CLOSER TO THAT 90% DESIGN MARK, UM, WHICH COMPARED TO A TRADITIONAL DESIGN BID BUILD OR LOW BID PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

SO KIND OF WRAPPING THINGS UP.

UM, THE INVESTMENT IN WALNUT IS ABOUT 370 MILLION IN THE FIVE-YEAR FYI, 23 TO 27 CIP.

UM, WITH ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN THE LONGTERM, WE HAVE A MAJOR EXPANSION MOVING TO DESIGN PHASE, AND WE DO HAVE SOME ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 24TH, UM, AND AS THE EXPANSION PROJECT CONTINUES, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS COMMISSION HAS GOT ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER FISHER.

YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, IS THIS GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH? IT LOOKS LIKE TWO YEARS AFTER IT'S DONE.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT 75% CAPACITY.

LIKE I'M LOOKING AT THE WALNUT PROJECTIONS, SO IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN 2028, BUT IT'S GOING TO HIT 75% AT 2030 OF A HUNDRED MILLION.

SO THE GRAPH SHOWS THE GRAPH SHOWING THE GREEN MEETS ON THAT.

THERE WE GO.

SO THE GRAPH THAT PRESENTED THE A HUNDRED PERCENT, IS IT 75 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT CAPACITY.

SO WE DON'T SHOW THE A HUNDRED MILLION GALLONS THAT ACTUALLY THE VERY TOP LINE OF THAT GRAPH AND THAT, NO, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT IF, SO, IF IT'S AT A HUNDRED MILLION AND YOU FINISH BUILDING IN 20 28, 75, RIGHT.

IT'S AT 75,000,002 YEARS AFTER THAT, IF WE LOOK AT YOUR PROJECTION LINE, RIGHT? SO IN TWO YEARS AFTER WE FINISH IT, WE HAVE TO LEGALLY START DESIGNING THE NEXT PLANT.

SO WE'LL HAVE, I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

UM, WE'LL HAVE A HUNDRED MGD CAPACITY, BUT OUR FLOWS WILL NOT YET BE 100 MGD.

SO, SO THESE PROJECTIONS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THEM OVER TIME.

OKAY.

AND THEN WE'LL ADJUST OUR PLANNING FOR PLANT CAPACITY AS THOSE PROJECTION BUILD OUT.

I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T KNOW WITH CERTAINTY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE TWO YEARS AFTER WE FINISHED DESIGN.

THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A WORST CASE PLANNING EFFORT.

AND SO, I MEAN, IT DOES TRACK WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN, BUT WE CAN'T, WE'LL ADJUST AS WE GO BASICALLY.

BUT I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE GRAPH YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE COULD FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION OF NEEDING TO GO TO 125 MGD.

AND THAT IS IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN FOR WALNUT.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY ADVANTAGE TO DOING IT NOW VERSUS LATER? I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY PAST THAT POINT, BUT I THINK THAT AT THIS POINT, AND WITH THE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE, WE STAY THE COURSE AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FLOWS AS THEY DEVELOP.

AND, UM, AND THEN WE ADJUST, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT INTO THE DESIGN, WE WILL.

HOWEVER, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WAY DEVELOPMENT CAN BE IN AUSTIN.

UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO LOOK INTO YOUR CRYSTAL BALL.

AND YOU HAD A QUESTION FOR THE , UM, REAL QUICK, HAS THIS PLANT EVER FLOODED IN THE PAST THAT YOU GUYS KNOW OF? SINCE MY BUDDY UP HERE HAS ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO THERE, UM, LIMITED KNOWLEDGE.

AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE OPERATIONS BUILDING WHERE THERE'S BIG SET OF WASTEWATER PUMP IS THERE IS A SHARPIE ON THE WALLS IS 1991.

APPARENTLY IT WAS A MEMORIAL DAY FLOOD.

SO IT DID FLOOD THE BUILDING, BUT THERE WERE SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES

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THAT WOULD, THAT WOULDN'T OCCUR TODAY.

BUT IN TERMS OF HAS THE WALNUT CREEK ACTUALLY COME UP AND OVER AND GOTTEN INTO THE PLANT, IT'S FLOODED THE ROAD OUT IN FRONT OF IT SEVERAL TIMES.

BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT, NINE YEARS.

IT HAS NOT FLOODED THE PLANT.

OKAY.

AND THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, ARE WE DOING ANY IMPROVEMENTS FOR ODOR CONTROL FOR THAT PLANT WITH ALL THIS? YES.

AS PART OF, UM, ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT, UM, WE ARE CENTRALIZING ODOR CONTROL FOR THE EXISTING PLAN AND THE PLAN EXPANSION.

GOOD.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

UM, I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, WILLIAMS, PRIESTS.

UM, AND YOU GUYS MAY BE, GET READY TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IS THERE, UM, ARE THERE PLANS TO TRY TO GET SRF FUNDS OR OTHER FUNDS TO HELP WITH THIS, UM, THESE REHAB AND EXPANSION COSTS AND SORT OF AS A COROLLARY TO THAT? AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION FOR A DIFFERENT MEETING, BUT, UM, ARE YOU GUYS COOPERATING WITH THE SRF FOLKS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THESE NEEDS ARE GETTING CAPTURED IN THE CLEAN WATERSHED NEEDS SURVEY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT THE, AT APA? UM, SO NOT FOR THE EXPANSION PROJECT EXCEPT, UM, THE FLOOD PROTECTION PORTION.

WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR FUTURE BE INCLUDING IN THE STATE FLOOD PLAN, BUT AS FAR AS THE SRF LOANS, UM, WE JUST, UM, FINISHED SOME APPLICATIONS TO, UM, SUBMIT CHECKS, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR TWO PROJECTS OUT WALNUT.

ONE OF THEM IS THE SEAMER PROJECT THAT I PRESENTED THE, UM, PRIMARY CLARIFIERS AND POLITICALIZATION BASINS.

AND THE OTHER IS THE HEADWORKS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT TO YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS ABOUT, UM, THE NEEDS SURVEY.

UM, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH AUSTIN MOTOR FINANCE AND FIND OUT IF WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN THAT, BUT, UM, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.

YEAH.

MAYBE IF YOU COULD JUST COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING AND LET ME KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, CERTAINLY.

AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT TEXAS WATER VOLUME BOARD FUNDING, BUT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS WHERE, UM, PERIODICALLY WE LOOK AT OUR ENTIRE CIP AND SORT OF RATE THE PROJECTS FOR ELIGIBILITY AND THEN SUBMIT A NUMBER OF THEM, UM, TO THE, UH, TO THE BOARD FUNDING PROCESS, WHICH WE JUST FINISHED.

AND I THINK WE SUBMITTED THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, JUST AS WE KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG INFLUX OF MONEY, PROBABLY I'M INTO INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO OBVIOUSLY KEEP THOSE, UM, COMMUNICATIONS OPEN AND TO ALSO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH THE CLEAN WATERSHED NEEDS SURVEY.

IT IS NOT USED AS PART OF THE FORMULA FOR SR FUNDING RIGHT NOW, BUT IT COULD BE IN THE FUTURE.

SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT AND ADVISABLE FOR, UM, AUSTIN TO BE ACCURATELY REPRESENTED WITHIN THAT SURVEY, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

I AGREE AND UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU.

AND WE DID SUBMIT MORE PROJECTS THIS YEAR THAN WE EVER HAVE.

SO COMMISSIONER MORIARTY, YOU GOT A QUESTION FOR STUFF? NO QUESTIONS, SIR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

I AM FOLLOW-UP WITH COMMISSION OFFICIALS QUESTION, UH, IS OUR SEWER SHED OR SAY WATER SHED IS, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY DEVELOPED, ALREADY SAW THE, THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF FUTURE CAPACITY SAYS FROM 75 MGD TWO TO 100 MGD ESSENTIALLY IS LIKE PSEUDO INFIELD CAPACITY.

AM I CORRECT? ALL, WE HAVE ARROWED A LOT OF ANTIBIOTIC UPSTREAM, LIKE SAY ROUND ROCK AREA THAT GO INTO COME TO OUR, OUR SYSTEM.

I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO GET SOME INPUT FROM SYSTEMS PLANNING ON THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH WE EXPECT TO BE INFILL VERSUS GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT IN THE SEWER SHED.

BUT, UM, WE CERTAINLY SEE THAT OVERALL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ON, UH, THE, THE NORTHEAST PART OF OUR SERVICE AREA IS GROWING VERY QUICKLY.

A LOT OF THAT IS BEING SERVED BY OUR WILD HORSE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UM, BUT OF COURSE WE'RE M WE'RE EXPANDING THAT ONE AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN SOME OF THAT WILL COME INTO THE WALNUT.

SO THAT IS PART OF HOW WE DEVELOP HOW SYSTEMS PLANNING, DEVELOPS THESE PROJECTED FLOWS, UM, AND PART OF WHY THOSE PROJECTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, CAN VARY OVER TIME.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

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WE SHOULDN'T HAVE GOT ANY QUESTION FORRESTER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

CAN I GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER FISHER, UM, LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS.

AND I WANTED TO MAYBE ADDRESS IT A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE HIT THE 75%.

WE HAVE A UNIQUENESS, RIGHT? AT 75%.

WE HAD FLOW, UM, IS THAT WHEN WE ENTERED THE, THE EXPANSION, THE FIRST PHASE THAT WE DID WAS A FACILITY PLAN.

SO WE DID MAKE A PLAN TO PICK THE FACILITY TO GO ALL THE WAY TO 150 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

SO IN TERMS OF TCEQ REQUIREMENTS, ONCE WE HIT 75, HAVE WE STARTED THE PLANNING PROCESS? I WOULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS AS PART OF THE OLDER ULTIMATE FACILITY PLAN ON THAT PROJECT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

IF NATE, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL

[F.1. Discussion of administration matters]

MOVE ON TO ITEM F1 DISCUSSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

I LOOK, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED REMINDER OF THAT FROM TWO 15? YES.

UH, PRIYANKA JUST TOLD ME, REMIND EVERYBODY THAT OUR JULY MEETING GOING TO BE ON JULY THE 20TH, WEDNESDAY AT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER, WHICH IS, UH, HEIDI, HEIDI, HEIDI MOORE, RIGHT? UH, YES.

SO IT'S THE PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH, UH, INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GET THERE, WHERE PARKING IS, WHERE TO LOCATE THE BUILDING.

GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM G ONE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND WE STILL HAVE THREE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, ON OUR TABLE, WHICH ONE IS, UH, COMMISSIONER NARROW TALKING ABOUT THE WATER CONSERVATION AND USAGE AT TARA TESLA PRINT.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, COMMISSIONER MICHELLE, ABOUT AN UPDATE OF ZEBRA MUSSEL MITIGATION, AND THEN ALSO COMMISSIONER REQUESTS ABOUT AN UPDATE ON STATUS OF AQUIFER RECHARGE AND RECOVERY.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS WE HAVE THAT STUFF IS GOING TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED, YOU WANT TO CONSIDER TO PUT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I THINK THAT'S KEEPING THEM BUSY ENOUGH.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONER WANTS TO TALK ABOUT? IF NOT, WHY NOW IS 6 47 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MORIARTY AND THE COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS.