Apr 17, 2024 Water and Wastewater Commission

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES.

SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND WE DO NOT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

AND IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

I CAN MAKE A MOTION.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER PANDER WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

AND DO, DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ANGO SECONDS.

SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE, UH, THE, THE BULK OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, UH, FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

AND, UH, WE'LL TRY TO PULL TOGETHER OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO PULL OUT TO MENTION FIRST YOU VOTE ON THAT.

PARDON ME? OH, I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE VOTES MINUTES.

I SKIPPED RIGHT THROUGH THAT.

MY, MY, MY FAULT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OKAY, SO COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU, UH, APPROVE THE MOTION.

RIGHT HANDS PLEASE.

ACTION OF THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS FOR VOTING.

SEEING ALL PRESENT AND ALL REMOTE VOTING IN FAVOR, THE MINUTES PASS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION

[DISCUSSION AND ACTION ]

UM, FOR ITEMS 11 AND 12, THERE IS A PRESENTATION FOR THOSE ITEMS LATER.

SO I'M GOING TO PULL THOSE, PULL THOSE FOR VOTING ON AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS.

AND SO WE WILL THEN, UH, GO THROUGH THESE ITEMS FOR QUESTIONS AND RECUSALS FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

AND I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH THAT POLLING, I'LL GO THROUGH THAT POLLING DOWN.

I'LL START WITH THOSE HERE, PRESENT.

AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE REMOTE FOLKS.

SO, UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES.

ANY QUESTIONS OR RECUSALS? NO QUESTIONS.

NO RECUSALS.

COMMISSIONER REYES, I HAD A QUESTION ON NUMBER ITEM NUMBER TWO.

UM, WE CAN GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

I THAN THAT, NO QUESTIONS, NO RECUSAL QUESTION ON ITEM TWO AND A RECUSAL? NO, NO RECUSAL, UH, NO RECUSALS? CORRECT.

COMMISSIONER PANDER, NO QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT.

NO RECUSALS AND COMMISSIONER ANGO? NO QUESTIONS AND NO RECUSALS.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER MORIARTY.

UH, NO QUESTIONS.

NO RECUSALS.

AND COMMISSIONER RECHART, NO QUESTIONS.

NO RECUSALS COMMISSIONER SION, NO QUESTIONS.

NO RECUSALS AND COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE, I'M SORRY, I HAD A QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, BUT NOTHING UNDERNEATH ANY OF THE OTHERS.

AND 10 MINUS ITEM ONE BECAUSE, UH, THAT WAS THE MINUTES AND WE ALREADY APPROVED THEM.

SO I HAVE QUESTIONS ON ITEMS TWO AND NINE AND A RECUSAL.

AND, AND THEN FOR MYSELF, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A RECUSAL ON ITEM 13.

AND SO I'LL BE TURNING OVER THE MEETING TO COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES TO GO THROUGH THAT ITEM.

SO THAT'S QUESTIONS ON TWO AND NINE AND A RECUSAL ON 13.

THAT LEAVES, AND WE HAVE PULLED ITEMS 11 AND 12 FOR, FOR VOTING AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS.

SO THAT MAKES OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

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THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER REYES.

ALL COMMISSIONERS THAT VOTE TO APPROVE, PLEASE VOTE BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND AND ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT AND REMOTE HAVE A RAISE THEIR HAND TO APPROVE.

THE ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE, THE ITEMS THAT WERE INITIALLY, UH, THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON.

ITEMS TWO, ITEM

[2. Recommend approval to execute a contract for crane and boom lift rentals with GAC Equipment, LLC d/b/a Austin Crane Service, for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $3,100,000.]

TWO AT FIRST.

ITEM TWO IS TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR CRANE AND BOOM, LIFT RE RENTALS WITH GAC EQUIPMENT, L-L-C-D-B-A AUSTIN CRANE SERVICE FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,100,000.

UH, COMMISSIONER REYES HAD A QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.

YES.

UM, FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, UM, THE LANGUAGE STATES SLOWEST RESPONSIVE OFFER OUTTA THE THREE.

UM, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE, UM, THROUGH AUSTIN FINANCE ONLINE, IT WAS UNCLEAR TO ME THAT GAC EQUIPMENT DOING BUSINESS AS AUSTIN CRANE SERVICE PROVIDED THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE OFFER BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT STATED WHAT THEIR OFFER WAS, BUT THERE WAS DOCUMENTATION FROM THE OTHERS, SO IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO COMPARE.

UM, I WAS LOOKING TO CLARIFY THAT AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY BACKGROUND FOR THAT ITEM.

UM, THE COMPARISONS HAD STARS, I BELIEVE FOR, UM, AUSTIN CRANE SERVICE ON THEIR RESPONSE AND I COULD NOT FIND IT.

AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

UH, UH, UH, JONATHAN DOHA WITH AUSTIN WATER PURCHASING OFFICE.

UM, SO NOT AN EXPERT IN THE, UM, FINANCE ONLINE SYSTEM.

BASICALLY THAT'S RUN BY, UH, THE CENTRAL PURCHASING OFFICE.

UM, ACTUALLY I DO UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT'S RUN BY CENTRAL PURCHASING OFFICE.

UM, I DO HAVE, I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH IT.

I DO HAVE A BID TAB, UM, BASICALLY I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, DIDN'T BRING GLASSES A LITTLE HARD FOR ME TO SEE, BUT, UH, LET ME GO BACK SO I CAN SEE A LITTLE BETTER HERE.

BUT, UM, THE ONE BIDDER VENDOR WITH THE STARS, THEY DID NOT SIGN THE OFFER SHEET, WHICH IS AUTOMATIC, UH, DI DISQUALIFICATION.

SO THEY WERE NOT CONSIDERED FOR BID.

UM, AUSTIN CRANE, UH, WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER.

I CANNOT, UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE REAL QUICK TO SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.

UM, TYPICALLY UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD IS USUALLY WHERE THEY POST THE, UM, PRICE SHEETS.

UM, AND I'M GONNA DRIVE DOWN, SO I DO SEE, SO IF YOU GO TO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD, LET ME BLOW THIS UP.

UM, ON THE SECOND PAGE BASICALLY IS THE PRICE SHEET.

IT'S A BID TAB SUMMARY AND IT LISTS, UH, ALL THREE VENDORS, UM, AS WELL.

AND SO GAC UM, SUBMITTED A TOTAL BID OF ROUGHLY 560,559.

AND THEN THE, UH, VISION CRANE SUBMITTED A BID FOR 9 47 925 AND THEREFORE THE OTHER ONE, WHICH WAS DAB AUSTIN EQUIPMENT, IS NOT CONSIDERED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT SIGN THE OFFER SHEET.

OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

SURE.

YEP.

ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO? ALRIGHT, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM TWO.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER REYES, I SECOND AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PENDER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I, I'M NOT FORGETTING TO DO MYSELF.

UM, ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT AND REMOTE HAVE VOTED IN FAVOR.

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THE OTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR QUESTIONS IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[9. Recommend approval to execute a contract for construction services for the Northwest Austin Booster Stations Improvements with C.C. Carlton Industries, LTD, in the amount of $8,940,800 plus a $894,080 contingency for a total contract amount not to exceed $9,834,880. (Districts 10, 8)]

I RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE NORTHWEST AUSTIN BOOSTER STATION'S IMPROVEMENTS WITH CC CARLTON INDUSTRIES LTD IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,940,800 PLUS AN $894,080 CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,834,880.

THIS IS IN DISTRICTS 10 AND EIGHT.

COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE, IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

YES, I HAD ONE QUESTION.

I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW I'D SAY ON THERE, THERE'S TWO BIDDERS.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THE PEOPLE IN, IF THE ENGINEERS OR WHOEVER HAD STARTED THIS DESIGNED JUST KNEW WHY IT WAS ONLY TWO BIDDERS AND NOT MORE THAN THAT.

'CAUSE I WOULD THINK SOMETHING THAT SIZE OF A JOB WOULD'VE MORE THAN TWO BIDDERS.

UH, CHARLES RO ALSO WATER.

UM, WE DID ONLY HAVE TWO BIDDERS, I BELIEVE.

UM, THIS WAS THE ACTUAL, UH, FOR TWO OF THE PUMP STATIONS, THE FOURTH TIME WE BID, AND THIS IS THE SECOND ROUND.

WE DID THIS BID, UM, ALL BEFORE WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE BIDDER, SO TWO BIDDERS.

WE WERE LUCKY, I GUESS, TO HAVE TWO BIDDERS THIS TIME, THE FOURTH TIME AROUND IT HAS BEEN A HARD PROJECT FOR US TO LAND.

UM, WE STARTED OFF WITH INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL AND WE PUT 'EM TOGETHER.

UH, COMMISSIONER GUS GROVE TO MAKE A LARGER PROJECT TO GET MORE ENTICEMENTS FOR BIDDERS TO, FOR, TO PRESENT.

AND, UM, WE, WE JUST WEREN'T FORTUNATE TO GET MORE THAN TWO BIDDERS.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NUMBER NINE.

ALRIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER GAIN MAXWELL GAINES SECOND AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, AN GORY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT AND REMOTE VOTING IN FAVOR, THE ITEM PASSES.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT FOR THE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE FALWELL LANE CAPITAL RENEWAL PROJECT WITH HALF ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,500,000 FOR A REVISED TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9 MILLION.

UH, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THE MEETING TO COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES TO TAKE UP THE NEXT ITEM THAT I HAVE A RECUSAL ON AS I ARE MY EMPLOYER IS A MEMBER OF THIS, UH, PROJECT TEAM.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PENN.

SO ITEM NUMBER 13,

[13. Recommend approval to negotiate and execute an amendment to the contract for engineering services for the Fallwell Lane Capital Renewal Project with Halff Associates, Inc., in the amount of $5,500,000, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $9,000,000.]

SO SINCE WE ONLY HAD A RECUSAL AND NO QUESTIONS ON THIS NUMBER, ON THIS ITEM NUMBER, I BELIEVE I WILL, UM, UH, SOLICIT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

NO.

TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER ANGO.

UM, MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MOTION TO SECOND.

COMMISSIONER REYES.

UH, SECOND THE MOTION.

SO NOW SEE RAISE OF HANDS FOR APPROVAL.

SO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS PRESENT VOTED IN APPROVAL EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER PENN, WHO IS RECUSING HIMSELF AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS REMOTE, UM, UH, APPROVED AS WELL.

SO, UH, MOST THE ITEM, UH, IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

NO, I CAN'T SAY THAT IS APPROVED.

RIGHT.

OKAY, SO WE ARE NOW DOWN TO A DECISION FOR WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM? SHOULD WE JUST GO STRAIGHT TO ITEM, UM, 14.

OFFICER ELECTIONS.

TO CONDUCT OFFICER ELECTIONS FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSIONS.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEMS 14 AND 15 AND 1614.

FIRST, UH,

[14. Conduct officer elections for the Chair and Vice Chair for the Water and Wastewater Commission.]

I THINK AT THE FIRST STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS TO LOOK FOR NOMINATIONS, COMMISSIONERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR POSITION? UH, TO NOMINATE SUSAN TTA

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FOR THE CHAIR, WE HAVE A NOMINATION FROM COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE TO, FOR SUSAN COMMISSIONER CHAIR SUSAN TTA TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.

I SECOND THAT AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PANDER.

ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALL RIGHT, THEN I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS TO PUT THIS TO A FORMAL VOTE.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER TOTA AS THE CHAIR FOR THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, THE VICE CHAIR POSITION.

AND COMMISSIONERS.

I'M LOOKING FOR A NOMINATION FOR THE VICE CHAIR POSITION.

I NOMINATE JUDY MUSGROVE.

I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE.

UH, I CAN'T TAKE THAT.

UM, ON, IS THAT SOMETHING I CAN SAY THAT I'M NOT SURE SURE.

HOW TO DO THAT.

YES.

UM, THE NOMINEE HAS TO ACCEPT IT IF, UH, YOU DO NOT WANT TO ACCEPT IT, IT LEAVES THE POSITION OPEN FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BE NOMINATED.

I APPRECIATE IT A LOT.

I JUST CAN'T BE THERE ALL THE TIME.

AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE.

COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE.

AND, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE DECLINING, IS THERE A, UH, ANOTHER NOMINATION? SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF IF POSSIBLE FOR VICE CHAIR THAT IS ACCEPTABLE.

WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES.

I CAN SECOND THAT.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PANDER.

AND SO, COMMISSIONERS, UM, JUST ONE LAST CHANCE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER NOMINATION.

NOT SEEING ANY.

LET'S PUT THIS TO A VOTE FOR THE VICE CHAIR POSITION FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

SO I SEE PRESENT, I SEE COMMISSIONER REYES, UH, COMMISSIONER NAVARRO, COMMISSIONER NAVARRO HAS NOW JOINED THE MEETING.

UH, AND COMMISSIONER NAVARRO PENI ANDRY, COMMISSIONER PENN, AND I THINK I SAW REMOTELY.

WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AGAIN? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I COUNT YOU.

COMMISSIONER MORIARTY, RYKER, SCION AND MUSGROVE.

SO, UNANIMOUS.

YEAH, UNANIMOUS.

SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE EVERYBODY'S HANDS AT FIRST.

AND OH, MAXWELL GAINES DID ABSTAIN.

THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.

GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM 15, WHICH IS TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE 2024 BUDGET COMMITTEE.

UM, NOW WE'RE

[15. Appoint members to the 2024 Budget Committee.]

AND WE MAY HAVE SOME WORK TO DO HERE, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE HAD ANYBODY VOLUNTEER AT THIS POINT.

SO, UM, LOOKING AROUND FOR VOLUNTEERS, I THINK WE NEED UP TO, WE NEED THREE TO FIVE MEMBERS, BUT NOT MORE THAN FIVE AND A MINIMUM OF THREE.

SO COMMISSIONER AND GORY HAS, UM, HAS VOLUNTEERED.

I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER TOTA HAS BOTH VOLUNTEERED FOR THE TO BE ON AND TO BE CHAIR, IF THAT'S, UH, UNLESS THERE'S OTHERS.

SO WE'VE GOT TOTA AND WE'VE GOT ANGO COMMISSIONER, AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER.

I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER.

COMMISSIONER SION IS, IS NOW A VOLUNTEER, AND SO IS COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE.

SO THAT'S FOUR.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A, I THINK WE HAVE A BUDGET COMMITTEE.

UH, DO WE NEED TO VOTE? MM-HMM.

OH.

SO NOW WE DO THE SAME PROCESS.

UH, WE WILL, UM, UH, ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR AND THEN VOTE ON CHAIR, THEN DO THE SAME PROCESS FOR VICE CHAIR.

MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO NOMINATE, UH, OR TO BE NOMINATED AND, UH, VOLUNTEER TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION AND BE VOTED ON AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.

SO OF THE, UM, NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS THAT YOU JUST APPOINTED, THOSE

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SO FIRST WE NEED TO FIND A, A, A CHAIR FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

AND, UH, AS I MENTIONED, I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER RIETTA, WHO'S DONE THIS IN THE PAST AND HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS, HAS VOLUNTEERED TO CHAIR.

AND SO I WOULD NOMINATE HER TO BE THE CHAIR AGAIN ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

I SECOND THAT AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER AN GORY AND LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS.

I DON'T SEE ANY.

SO WE'LL PUT THIS TO A VOTE, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER RIETTA TO BE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOVE ON TO THE VICE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

THE ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, AND NOW LET'S

[16. Conduct officer elections for the Chair and Vice Chair for the Budget Committee.]

UM, LOOKING FOR A NOMINATION AND YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF FOR THIS POSITION.

I NOMINATE COMMISSIONER SCION AND COMMISSIONER PANANG NOMINATES, COMMISSIONER SION AND COMMISSIONER SION.

DO YOU ACCEPT? I DO.

ALRIGHT.

LOOKING FOR A SECOND, A SECOND NOMINATION.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES.

I'LL CHECK FOR ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL PUT THIS TO A VOTE FOR COMMISSIONER SION AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

PLEASE VOTE BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR APPROVAL.

AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

ITEM 17, STAFF BRIEFINGS.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED ITEMS 14, 15, AND 16.

YES.

VERY GOOD.

ALRIGHT, AS DISCUSSED, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON DOWN TO

[17. Staff briefing on Austin’s Drought Contingency Plan and Water Conservation Plan updates]

THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE OF INTEREST THAT WE'LL COME BACK AND VOTE ON AFTERWARDS.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION FIRST AND, UH, COME BACK TO THOSE ITEMS AFTER THAT.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

I'M KEVIN CRITTENDON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN WATER.

UM, WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A, UH, PRESENTATION ON OUR 2024 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES.

UH, WITH ME THIS EVENING WE'LL BE GIVING A LOT OF THIS PRESENTATION IS KEVIN KLUGE.

HE'S OUR DIVISION MANAGER FOR OUR WATER CONSERVATION DIVISION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO OUR AGENDA, UH, WE'LL SPEND JUST A FEW MINUTES JUST REACQUAINTING EVERYONE WITH OUR WATER SUPPLY, UM, CIRCUMSTANCE.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE A PLANNING OVERVIEW OF KIND OF THE WATER CONSERVATION DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANNING EFFORTS.

UM, THEN KEVIN WILL STEP IN AND TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED WATER CONSERVATION PLAN CHANGES, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN CHANGES.

AND THEN WE'LL END OUR PRESENTATION WITH JUST SOME NEXT STEPS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO YOU'LL PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS SLIDE.

THIS IS REALLY JUST A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S WATER SUPPLY.

AS A REMINDER, WE GET ALL OF OUR WATER FROM THE TEXAS, COLORADO RIVER.

UM, THAT WATER IS PROVIDED TO US THROUGH A COMBINATION OF STATE GRANTED WATER RIGHTS, UM, AND IT'S BACKED UP WITH A LONG-TERM CONTRACT FROM THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY.

THE COMBINATION OF OUR WATER RIGHTS AND OUR CONTRACT ALLOW US TO TAKE UP TO 325,000 ACRE FEET OF WATER ANNUALLY.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, LCRA, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, PAID LCRA ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO PREPAY FOR RESERVATION OF WATER SUPPLY.

BY DOING THAT, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY LCRA FOR WATER DIVERTED UNTIL WE REACH THAT 201, UH, THOUSAND ACRE FEET USAGE PER YEAR.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND THERE.

SO WHY DO WE NEED THESE PLANS? UM, TEXAS UTILITIES HAVE TO PROVIDE WATER CONSERVATION PLANS AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS, UH, FOR THEIR OPERATIONS.

UM, THOSE PLANS ARE REQUIRED BY TCEQ TO BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS.

UM, SO WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT IS REALLY JUST THE STANDARD OPERATION OF THE EXPIRATION OF THAT FIVE YEAR TERM WHERE WE'RE GETTING BACK AND

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UPDATING OUR PLANS.

UM, SPECIFICALLY IN, IN VERY HIGH LEVEL WATER CONSERVATION PLANS DEAL WITH PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCING OVERALL WATER CONSUMPTION OR IMPROVING, UM, WATER USE EFFICIENCY.

UM, AND THAT SORT OF CHARACTERIZED FROM OUR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS, WHICH ARE SPECIFIC PLANS RELATED TO, UH, WATER USE RESTRICTIONS OR RESPONSE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN DROUGHT TRIGGERS.

SO THOSE ARE VERY SIMILAR AT SOME LEVEL, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF THE NUANCED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO PLANS.

ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AGAIN.

A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, OF COURSE, APPLIES TO ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THE PLAN DESCRIBES THE UTILITY AND WATER USE INFORMATION FOR OUR UTILITY.

IT FURTHER DESCRIBES CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS REBATES, EDUCATION OR ENFORCEMENT.

UM, DISCUSSES OUR WATER LOSS REDUCTION, UM, ACTIVITIES AND WATER REUSE ACTIVITIES.

AND FINALLY, IT IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC WATER CONSUMPTION AND WATER LOSS TARGETS OR GOALS COMPARED WITH THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC DROUGHT ACTIVITIES OR DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

UM, THE ELEMENTS OF THAT PLAN INCLUDES DROUGHT STAGES.

SO WE ACTUALLY SPECIFY WHICH STAGES OF DROUGHT, YOU KNOW, APPLY TO CERTAIN, UM, UH, RE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES.

UM, WE IDENTIFY SPECIFIC TRIGGERS IN THAT PLAN, UM, BOTH ON THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY SIDE.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC ACTIONS OR RESTRICTIONS THAT WILL BE DICTATED BY THOSE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.

UM, ANOTHER ELEMENT BECAUSE OF, OF ALL OF OUR WATER SUPPLY BEING PART OF THE COLORADO RIVER, IT MUST, UM, OUR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN MUST BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITIES DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

UM, AND OF COURSE, UM, SOME OF THESE CHANGES WILL NECESSITATE OR DO NECESSITATE CHANGES TO OUR LOCAL CODES AND ORDINANCES.

SO THAT'S A PRETTY QUICK HIGH KIND OF VIEWPOINT OF THE DIFFERENT PLANS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE KEVIN KIND OF WALK THROUGH, UM, OH, YOU WANNA TAKE THIS ONE OR YOU WANT ME TO REDO IT? OH, LEMME FINISH THIS ONE.

I, SORRY.

I GOT OUR, OUR TRANSITION A LITTLE OFF.

UM, SPECIFICALLY THESE DO ALIGN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WITH, UM, OUR REGIONAL PARTNER, LCRA.

AGAIN, THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN DOES HAVE TO ALIGN WITH LCRA.

UM, THEY, IN, IN THEIR UPDATE THEIR FIVE YEAR UPDATE MOST RECENTLY HAVE INCLUDED SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THEIR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

THEY APPROVED THAT PLAN BACK ON MARCH THE 26TH.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER ELEMENT TO WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, AND AGAIN, KEVIN WILL TALK IN MORE DETAIL, BUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT PLAN UPDATE INCLUDES THAT THEY'VE, UH, UM, CHANGED SOME OF THEIR DROUGHTS TRIGGERS.

SO CURRENT, PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD FOUR TRIGGER STAGES.

NOW THEY WILL HAVE FOUR.

KEVIN WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THOSE STAGES HAVE CHANGED TO AND HOW THAT IS TRANSLATED INTO OUR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

UM, ALSO LCRA ADDED AN INFLOW TRIGGER, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

UM, HISTORICALLY WE'VE USED JUST OR LCRA HAS USED JUST STORAGE VOLUME IN THE HYLAND LAKES TO BE THE TRIGGERS.

UM, IN THIS CASE, THEY'VE ALSO ADDED A, UH, INFLOW TRIGGER AT STAGE TWO.

AGAIN, WE'VE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND WE FEEL LIKE IT, IT ALSO ADDS THE, THE, THE ADDITIONAL ELEMENT OF NOT ONLY STORAGE, BUT THE IMPACTS OF THE WATER THAT'S FLOWING INTO THE LAKES.

SO DEFINITELY, UH, AN IMPORTANT ITEM TO ADD.

AND THEN FINALLY, THEY'VE ALSO SPECIFIED SOME ADDITIONAL DROUGHT CONDITION WATER USE RESTRICTIONS, UH, FRANKLY IN A MORE, UM, UM, DEMONSTRATIVE WAY THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

AND AGAIN, KEVIN WILL KIND OF TALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THAT.

SO NOW WITH THAT, I'LL TRANSITION TO KEVIN.

KEVIN KLUGE, WATER CONSERVATION DIVISION MANAGER.

UM, WHERE WE MAKE SURE THAT COMMERCIAL FACILITIES WITH COOLING TOWERS, IRRIGATION OR VEHICLE WASH, UM, HAVE BEST PRACTICES IN TERMS OF WATER CONSERVATION AND THEN WATER LOSS REDUCTION AND WATER REUSE.

THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, AS KEVIN MENTIONED, REALLY DESCRIBES WHAT WE DO.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR PLAN THAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TONIGHT DESCRIBES ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE UNDERTAKE.

NOT ONLY JUST PUBLIC OUTREACH, BUT ALSO RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE, SUCH AS, UH, DISTRIBUTING FREE MATERIALS TO HOUSEHOLDS OR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE PLUMBING ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS.

IT ALSO INCLUDES INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL REBATES, AS WELL AS REGULATORY PROGRAMS. THESE ARE THE, EITHER THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE WATERING RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE, OR OUR THREE COMMERCIAL CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS,

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NEXT SLIDE, WATER CONSERVATION UPDATES.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE NEW TO THIS PLAN.

UM, WE ADOPTED A CONSERVATION PLAN BACK IN 2019, SO WE JUST WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED IN THIS PLAN.

OF COURSE, WE'VE UPDATED ALL THE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND INCLUDED WATER SAVINGS AND THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE GOT FOR EACH ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS. AND WE'VE INCLUDED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW MYY WATER PROGRAM, THE SMART METER PROGRAM, THAT WE ARE ALMOST FULLY DEPLOYED.

SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE ACROSS THE CITY.

SO WE'RE A LONG WAYS, UH, NOW THAN WHAT WE WERE IN THE LAST PLAN.

SO WE TRIED TO INCLUDE MORE OF THAT IN THIS NEW PLAN.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES UPDATED WATER CONSERVATION GOALS AND WATER LOSS GOALS.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE OVER THE NEXT TWO SLIDES.

THESE WATER CONSERVATION PROPOSED GOALS WITHIN THESE, THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, WE ARE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE, UM, GOALS AT FOR FIVE YEARS AND 10 YEARS OUT.

AND THAT WOULD BE 2029 AND 2034.

AND THESE GOALS ARE BASED ON THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF OUR PER PERSON WATER USE OR FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF OUR WATER LOSS PER PERSON WATER PER PERSON WATER LOSS, OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE LEAKAGE INDEX.

SO EACH ONE OF THOSE, THERE'S A GOAL OUT IN 2029 AND 2034.

NOW, WE CHOSE THESE GOALS BY LOOKING AT THE BEST PRACTICES, WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND WHAT WE FEEL THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE IN THE NEXT FIVE AND 10 YEARS.

THESE GOALS ARE, WE BELIEVE, ARE BOTH ASPIRATIONAL AND ACHIEVABLE.

SO THE GOALS TO SEE UP ON THE SLIDE NOW ARE, ARE WHAT ARE ARE IN THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, TOTAL GPCD.

THAT MEANS, UM, TOTAL GALLONS PER CAPITA DAILY.

ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S THE TOTAL WATER USE COMING OUR OUT OF OUR TREATMENT PLANTS DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION SERVED.

SO PER PERSON WATER USE, THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE IS 1 27.

AND THEN BY 2029 AND 2034, WE FEEL THAT WE CAN, UH, ACHIEVE A SAVINGS TO GET THOSE DOWN TO 1 23 AND ONE 16.

YOU SEE RESIDENTIAL GPCD, THAT'S THE VOLUME OF WATER USED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND MULTIFAMILY, UH, COMPLEXES DIVIDED AGAIN BY THE POPULATION SERVED, UH, GOING FROM 64 DOWN TO 62 AND 58.

AND THE WATER LOSS GALLONS PER CAPITA DAILY, THAT'S OUR ESTIMATED WATER LOSS FOR A YEAR DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION.

AND THEN FINALLY, INFRASTRUCTURE LEAKAGE INDEX.

UH, THAT'S A MEASURE, UM, THAT ESSENTIALLY SEES HOW MUCH YOU'RE DOING ABOVE THE THEORETICAL.

SO IN A SENSE, IT, WELL, NOT IN A SENSE, ACTUALLY, YOU TAKE THE TOTAL REAL LOSS FOR A YEAR, HOW MUCH REAL LOSS THERE WAS, AND DIVIDE IT BY A THEORETICAL MINIMUM.

SO EVERY WATER SYSTEM WILL LOSE SOME WATER.

UM, YOU KNOW, SOME WILL LOSE MORE OR LESS DEPENDING ON THEIR SIZE, THEIR AGE, WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO THERE'S A THEORETICAL MINIMUM YOU CAN GET DOWN TO.

SO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE LEAKAGE INDEX DIVIDES THE REAL LOSS DIVIDED BY THE THEORETICAL.

SO VERY BEST YOU GET IS ONE.

SO THOSE ARE OUR GOALS IN THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.

SO ALL THE TIME WE ARE CONSERVING WATER.

SWITCHING OVER TO AUSTIN'S DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

UH, THE PLAN THAT THAT YOU'LL SEE INCLUDES DISCUSSION ON OUR CURRENT SOURCES AND PROJECTIONS.

AND THEN AS, AS KEVIN CRITTENTON MENTIONED, IT INCLUDES THE DIFFERENT STAGES, UM, AND THEN THE DIFFERENT TRIGGERS, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT WE'LL TAKE WITHIN EACH STAGE.

NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES TO GO DOWN THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STAGES.

SO BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO STAGE ONE, WE ARE IN CONSERVATION STAGE.

UM, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE.

SO EVEN WHEN THE RESERVOIRS ARE FULL, WITH THE COMBINED STORAGE OF 2 MILLION ACRE FEET, WE UNDERTAKE WATER CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES AND WE STILL HAVE THE ONE DAY PER WEEK WATERING.

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WHEN THE COMBINED STORAGE OF THOSE TWO RESERVOIRS DECLINES DOWN TO 1.4 MILLION ACRE FEET, OR ABOUT 70% OF THE VOLUME, UH, WE ENTER INTO STAGE ONE.

UH, WE UNDERTAKE A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES, UH, INCLUDING EXPANDED ENFORCEMENT WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

AND, UH, THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES POSSIBLE INCREASE IN INCENTIVES FOR RECLAIMED AND CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES BEYOND THOSE THREE POINTS THERE, THE TIME THAT PEOPLE CAN WATER DECREASES SLIGHTLY, UM, STILL ONE DAY A WEEK FOR AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION, OR YEAH, ONE DAY A WEEK FOR AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION.

AND JUST THE TIME DECREASES A BIT.

STAGE TWO IS 900,000 ACRE FEET.

UM, AND THAT'S THE STAGE THAT WE ARE IN NOW.

AND WENT INTO LAST AUGUST, UH, WE WERE ABOUT 850,000 ACRE FEET.

RIGHT NOW, YOU SEE ONE BULLET DOWN THERE, UM, REDUCES THE TIME FOR IRRIGATION.

UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE, THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE DOING.

UH, THAT'S JUST THE, THE ADDITIONAL, UH, STEP THAT WE TAKE.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT ENFORCEMENT AND INCENTIVES AND WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

SO THAT'S STAGE TWO, STAGE THREE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

IS 750,000 ACRE FEET.

AND THIS IS A NEW STAGE THAT THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY IMPLEMENTED IN THEIR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

AND, AND WE INCLUDED IT IN OURS.

SO THIS IS A NEW STAGE, 750,000 ACRE FEET, UH, FURTHER REDUCTION IN ELIGIBLE TIME FOR IRRIGATION.

SO IT GOES DOWN TO SIX HOURS THAT COULD BE IRRIGATED, UH, ONE DAY A WEEK FOR AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO INCLUDE VOLUNTARY WATER BUDGETING, UTILIZING THE MY TX WATER SYSTEM AND TRYING TO UTILIZE THAT TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES TO, UH, SET THEIR OWN BUDGETS.

AND THEN THAT THIRD BULLET THERE WILL PLACE AUTOMATIC EXEMPTION FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS.

CURRENTLY, ATHLETIC FIELDS HAVE AN EXEMPTION, UH, THROUGH ALL STAGES IN DROUGHT IN WHICH THEY CAN WATER WHENEVER, HOWEVER THEY WANT.

UM, FIRST SAFETY REASON, GOOD REASONS FOR THAT.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN STAGE THREE IS THAT THE, THAT AUTOMATIC BLANKET EXEMPTION TRANSFERS TO A VARIANCE IN WHICH IF THEY NEED TO WATER, THEY WILL FILL OUT OR SUBMIT AN ONLINE VARIANCE FORM, UH, TO AUSTIN WATER, UM, IN WHICH WE'LL REVIEW.

AND THE INTENT IS NOT TO, YOU KNOW, UM, STRANGLE ATHLETIC FIELDS OR TO MAKE THEM LESS SAFE OR ANYTHING BY THAT POINT IN THE DROUGHT.

THE INTENT IS TO, UM, SUBMIT, HAVE THE OPERATORS OF THESE ATHLETIC FIELDS SUBMIT INFORMATION TO US ABOUT THEIR BEST PRACTICES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO HAVE THOUGHTFUL OPERATION OF THEIR ATHLETIC FIELDS IN TERMS OF WATER USE.

AND THEN FINALLY, AT THIS STAGE IN DROUGHT, UM, WE WILL TRANSFER OVER TO, UM, IRRIGATION CITATIONS WITHOUT WARNINGS.

UH, CURRENTLY IF, IF SOMEONE IS, UM, WITNESSED WATERING ON THE WRONG DAY OR WRONG TIME, THEY RECEIVE A WARNING INITIALLY, AND THEN IF THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY, UH, WITNESSED WATERING ON THE WRONG DAY OR WRONG TIME, THEY'LL RECEIVE A CITATION WITH A PENALTY.

AT THE STAGE THREE WE'RE PROPOSING, IN A SENSE, TO GO TO FOREGO THE, THAT INITIAL WARNING.

UM, IF THEY ARE WITNESSED WATERING ON THE WRONG DAY OR TIME AT THAT POINT IN DROUGHT, THEY WILL RECEIVE A CITATION WITH A PENALTY.

HOWEVER, THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT PENALTY DISMISSED.

UM, WITH THE COMPLETION OF A ONLINE WATER CONSERVATION IRRIGATION COURSE, SOMEONE LIKE DEFENSIVE DRIVING THAT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, UH, STAGE FOUR, STAGE FOUR IS 600,000 ACRE FEET, AND THIS IS OUR 30% OF OUR WATER SUPPLY REMAINS, AND WE HAVE NEVER REACHED THIS POINT.

UM, SO ANY ACTIVITIES AT THIS POINT, WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION IN TERMS OF WATER SUPPLY.

NEW ACTIONS, UH, THAT FIRST BULLET, THERE IS ONE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON NEW IRRIGATION AND POOL PERMITS.

SO THERE'D BE A TEMP TEMPORARY HALT ON THE APPROVAL OF PERMITS FOR NEW SINGLE FAMILY POOLS AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS DURING THIS TIME OF THIS STAGE OF DROUGHT.

THE SECOND BULLET

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REFERS TO A REQUIREMENT THAT LCRA ADOPTED IN THEIR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN, IN WHICH AGAIN WE CARRIED FORWARD IN OURS.

THAT IS THE, UH, NO IRRIGATION OF TURF GRASS, SPECIFICALLY ORNAMENTAL TURF GRASS IS WHAT THE LCRA USED TO DESCRIBE IT.

UH, IN OUR, OUR CODE CHANGES AND IN OUR ANTICIPATED IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS, WE'RE USING A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TERM OF NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF.

BUT IN ANY CASE, WHAT IT ESSENTIALLY MEANS IS, IS THAT THERE CAN BE NO IRRIGATION OF TURF GRASS UNLESS THAT AREA IS UTILIZED BY THE COMMUNITY, EITHER FOR SPORTS OR FOR, UM, OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS.

IT HAS TO BE ACTIVELY USED.

IT, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, UM, AND OR OTHER AREAS SUCH AS MEDIANS ALONG THE HIGHWAY.

SO IT'S, THE INTENT IS ONLY IRRIGATE THOSE AREAS, UH, THAT ARE BEING USED ACTIVELY BY THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THE LAST BULLET JUST NOTES THAT IN OUR, OUR SPEAK UP IN EMAIL SURVEY RESPONSES, UH, FROM THE SURVEYS INDICATE THAT THERE'S STRONG SUPPORT FOR, UH, THESE REGULATORY MEASURES.

AND THEN OF COURSE, STAGE FIVE, UH, IS EMERGENCY DROUGHT, UH, THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN EITHER BELOW STAGE FOUR OR AT OTHER TIMES IF THERE'S THIS EMERGENCY IN THE SYSTEM.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL SLIDES, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT STAGES AND WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF, OF WATER STORAGE.

THIS IS A GRAPH FROM THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY SHOWING THE CURRENT VOLUME IN TERMS OF STORAGE.

OVER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE GRAPH, YOU SEE A BLUE LINE GOING HORIZONTAL ACROSS, AND IT HITS THAT VERTICAL GOLD LINE.

THAT HORIZONTAL BLUE LINE IS THE VOLUME OF WATER IN THE RESERVOIRS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS GONE DOWN A BIT AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN STABLE FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS THERE TO THE RIGHT OF THAT GOLD LINE.

ARE THE DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS FROM THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE MIGHT SEE GOING FORWARD? UH, CERTAINLY THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPTIMISTIC GREEN LINE IF IT'S WET CONDITIONS OR BLUE LINE IF THERE'S MEDIAN CONDITIONS.

BUT THE ORANGE AND RED LINES INDICATE THE, WHAT WE MIGHT SEE GOING FORWARD INTO THE SUMMER.

UH, IT, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT UNLESS YOU'RE HOLDING IT UP THERE, BUT I HAD MENTIONED THE NEW STAGE AT 750,000 ACRE FEET.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORANGE OR RED LINE, THAT THAT COULD COME ABOUT AS EARLY AS MID-JUNE OR MID-JULY FOR THAT NEW STAGE.

AND THEN IT MAY GO EVEN CLOSER DOWN TO TOWARDS 600,000 ACRE FEET, UH, BY OCTOBER AT THE END OF THE GRAFT THERE.

SO IN THE DIFFERENT STAGES YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT.

IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 12TH.

JUST TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR THE PROPOSED UPDATES.

UH, BACK LAST YEAR IN NOVEMBER, WE SET UP A SPEAK OF AUSTIN PAGE TO TALK ABOUT THESE NEW PROPOSED CHANGES, PARTICULARLY TO THE DROUGHT CONTINUENCY PLAN.

AND WE HELD A PUBLIC MEETING ON DECEMBER.

IT WAS BOTH ON THE SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGE AND INDEPENDENTLY WE SENT OUT SURVEYS, UM, TO AUSTIN WATER CUSTOMERS.

AND BETWEEN THE SURVEYS FROM THE SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGE AND WHAT WERE EMAILED OUT, WE HAD A COMBINED RESPONSE OF 110 RESPONSES.

AND AS I NOTED BEFORE, THERE WAS A STRONG MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS, PARTICULARLY THE REGULATORY POSITIONS, UH, TO BE ENACTED BY THE CITY.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DROUGHT CONTINUOUSLY PLAN, YOU'LL SEE THE RESULTS OF THOSE SURVEYS AT THE END.

BUSY, UM, SPRING AND SUMMER FOR US.

THANK YOU, KEVIN, YOU WANNA TAKE THE LAST, SO I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY THROUGH THE DETAILS AS FAR AS THANK YOU.

THAT BASICALLY HITS THE HIGH LEVEL.

UM, AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, WE ARE PLANNING TO TAKE THIS, UH, PROPOSED, UH, CHANGES TO THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN AND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, THE COUNCIL ON MAY 2ND.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE WILL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON WATER SUPPLY CONDITIONS OVER THE SUMMER, UM, START TO PLAN AROUND A POSSIBLE DROUGHT.

STAGE THREE, AS KEVIN INDICATED, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS, IF THINGS STAY IN THAT DRY TO VERY DRY CONDITION, WE COULD SEE THAT IN THE JUNE OR JULY TIMEFRAME.

UM, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY INCREASE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND NOTIFICATION, UH, CONTINUED INCREASED, UH, COLLABORATION WITH LCRA THROUGH THAT TIMEFRAME, STEP UP OUR ENFORCEMENT.

SO IT WILL BE A

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UM, BEYOND THAT, WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH LCRA FOR THE POSSIBLE, UM, UH, POTENTIAL DROUGHT STAGE FOUR, WHICH AGAIN WOULD BE APPROACHING AT 600,000 ACRE FOOT LEVEL OF STORAGE.

THAT WOULD BE A STORAGE LEVEL THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE HIGHLAND LAKES.

UM, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH LCRA THERE BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR NEW ASPECTS OF THE DROUGHT, THEIR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN WILL BE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF, UH, PROTIC CURTAILMENT.

SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW STARTING TO WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF WHAT PROTIC CURTAILMENT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THAT AS A, AS A UH, MAG UTILITY PROVIDER.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF OVERVIEW ON WHAT'S ON ON IN STORE.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'LL JUST, UH, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENT ON EITHER OF THE PRESENTATIONS? YES, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES, PLEASE.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.

AND UM, SO I HAD SOME TIME TO READ THROUGH EVERYTHING, UH, TODAY AND I HAD A COUPLE POINTS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, UM, IN THE PLAN.

UM, SO, UH, I GUESS STARTING ON THE, THE PLUMBING PROGRAM, THE GO REPAIR PLUMBING PROGRAM, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, RIGHT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A VERY LOW USAGE OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S A DIFFICULTY IN TRYING TO GET THESE TYPE OF, UH, PROGRAMS AND THEIR NOTIFICATIONS OUT TO PEOPLE.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, READING ABOUT WHO QUALIFIES, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, EQUAL TO, UH, LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF AUSTIN MEDIAN.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MANY HOUSEHOLDS THAT FIT THAT, BUT THERE'S ALSO MANY HOUSEHOLDS THAT COULD USE PLUMBING REPAIRS THAT'S RIGHT ABOVE THAT, RIGHT? SO EVEN IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS AND READ, OH, WELL I'M NOT AT THAT LEVEL, YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE A WAY TO TRANSITION THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT QUALIFICATION SO THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME MORE HOUSEHOLDS, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, QUALIFY FOR THIS.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, ALSO TOO, THOSE HOUSEHOLDS MAY BE OF, UH, OLDER STOCK AND NEED, UH, YOU KNOW, PLUMBING REPAIRS, UH, FOR WATER CONSERVATION NEEDS.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO MAYBE HOPEFULLY INCREASE THE UPTAKE AND USE OF THAT PROGRAM? ALRIGHT, WE WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, SHARE THAT, THAT CONCERN, THAT DESIRE TO, TO INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UM, TO TRY TO GREASE THE WHEELS ON OUR END TO MAKE THINGS MOVE FASTER IN TERMS OF THEIR APPROVAL AND PAYMENTS.

THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THE PLUMBING PROGRAM AS I CALL IT, UH, IS ACTUALLY A, UH, I GUESS I, I GREW OUT OF A PREVIOUS PROGRAM, THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM BACK IN EARLY 2022.

AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE GOT FROM MOVING IT OUT OF THAT GO REPAIR PROGRAM TO AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAM, UM, WAS BEING ABLE TO INCREASE THAT, UM, LIMIT ON THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT WE COULD PAY FOR A WHILE.

UM, SO WE'RE STILL HOPING THAT THAT WILL GAIN STEAM AND WILL BE DOING MORE ON THAT.

UM, BUT WE DID RECENTLY INCREASE THAT IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

YEAH, I THINK I WOULD JUST ADD, I MEAN, WE WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS AND CERTAINLY PROGRAM ADOPTION.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HELP, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT CUSTOMERS WITH THIS.

UM, WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE DO ADMINISTER THIS PROJECT OR THIS PROGRAM THROUGH A SIBLING DEPARTMENT, SO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING.

AND SO I MEAN, I THINK AS KEVIN HAS INDICATED, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF IMPROVE THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE FUNDED THIS PROGRAM FAIRLY AGGRESSIVELY, PARTICULARLY, IT KIND OF MADE THAT TRANSITION AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF COVID TIME.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND THAT SWEET SPOT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

SO WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP OUR BEST EFFORTS ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UTILIZING THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND TRYING TO HELP THE RIGHT FOLKS.

WELL, UM, I BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE OF THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S, UH, RESOLUTION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN.

SO, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PERIOD NOW WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, TO INCLUDE ON THIS PLAN.

AND SO ONE,

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THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THIS QUESTION IN PARTICULAR WAS, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN? SO, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.

UM, THEN I GUESS MOVING ON TO THE, UH, REBATE INCENTIVES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO SEE THE, THE NUMBER OF REBATES, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FISCAL YEARS IS VERY INSIGHTFUL.

UM, BUT I WAS REALLY DRAWN TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WATERWISE LANDSCAPE REBATE.

UM, AND JUST AGAIN, SEEING THE LOW NUMBERS AS WE KNOW, WE KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE FIGHTING THIS, THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, IRRIGATION, LET'S JUST PUT IT BLUNTLY IN TERMS OF FUTURE REDUCING WATER USE, RIGHT? IT IS OUTDOOR IRRIGATION.

AND, UM, AND SO THE WATERWISE LANDSCAPE REBATE COULD BE A, A GREAT, UH, POTENTIAL AND UH, A REBATE PROGRAM.

BUT WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THESE REBATE PROGRAMS, UH, AND, AND THEN WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO LIKE, SAY THE RAINWATER REBATE, WHICH HAS A VERY HIGH, UH, NUMBER, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING IS, IS THERE SOME WORK? I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CHANGE THESE NUMBERS OVER THE YEARS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SET IN THIS YEAR.

I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST SEEING THESE NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, MAN, THAT IF, IF THERE COULD BE SOME MORE, UH, MONEY, YOU KNOW, PUT TOWARDS THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, YOU KNOW, THAT MAX 3000, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS, THAT'S A 3000 SQUARE FEET OF AND OF RECLAMATION, RIGHT? AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MOST URBAN YARDS, YOU KNOW, DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT MUCH GRASS RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THE LARGER LOTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, COULD IT BE CHANGED TO WHERE IN THE SMALLER, YOU KNOW, THE A HUNDRED, THE 200, THE 300 SQUARE FEET, YOU GET MORE MONEY UP FRONT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO TYPICALLY FIND WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SAY, WELL, I DON'T NEED MY FRONT YARD GRASS ANYMORE, BUT THAT'S ONLY 250 SQUARE FEET AND I'M GONNA GET $250 FOR ALL THAT WORK.

SO JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST KIND OF A, A COMMENT THERE, JUST BECAUSE OF MY WORK WITH THESE REBATE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, MY DAY TO DAY, UM, AND JUST SOME INSIGHT, UH, THERE ON THAT.

'CAUSE I, I BELIEVE IT COULD BE A GREAT REBATE OPPORTUNITY.

AND IT'S HITTING RIGHT, EXACTLY.

WHAT WE WANT IS REPLACING TURF AREAS THAT ARE IRRIGATED WITH LESS WATER USE, YOU KNOW, AREAS.

SO, UM, AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ON YOU WHEN YOU WERE MENTIONING ABOUT THE GOALS FOR THE WATER USE AND WATER LOSS.

UM, SO IN THERE, TALKING ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, UM, SO I MENTIONED ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION FOR NEW SINGLE HOMES.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S A PROCESS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

AND SO I GUESS WAS THAT WORDING THERE, THINKING ABOUT WHEN THAT KIND OF COMES TO PASS AND SETTLES DOWN ON, ON WHAT THE EXACT RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHAT THE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPE, UH, ORDINANCES FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION, WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKING? WELL, I I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROCESS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT AND EVERYTHING, AND I DON'T, I THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN A FINALIZED ORDINANCE RIGHT FROM THE LANDSCAPE, UH, CORRECT.

LET ME, UM, A DIFFERENT, A BIT DIFFERENT TACK.

AS YOU NOTED THAT IN THE WATER FORWARD PLAN, THERE WAS A STRATEGY ENTITLED LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION ORDINANCE.

UM, WE, AFTER A YEAR OF, OF LISTENING AND A YEAR OF TRYING TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO IMPLEMENT THIS, WE DETERMINE IT'S NOT JUST ONE ORDINANCE.

WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING ONE ORDINANCE TO COUNCIL, AND THAT'S GONNA SOLVE IT ALL THE WAY THAT WE BELIEVE THE BEST WAY TO TRANSFORM FUTURE LANDSCAPES OF, OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WAS A, A NUMBER OF BASKET OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.

UM, ENSURING THAT THE INSPECTIONS OF OF SOIL ARE BEING DONE BY OUR SISTER AGENCY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, MAKE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE STARTING TO IMPLEMENT IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS IS ANOTHER WAY.

AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS GOING THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO COUNCIL LATER THIS YEAR AS PART OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE.

UH, LOCAL AMENDMENTS INCLUDING, UM, UM, REQUIRING PRESSURE REGULATING DEVICES ON IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, UM, LIMITING IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION, THE VAULT AREA OF IRRIGATION IN NEW LAWNS, AND THEN ALSO REQUIRING, UM, LAUNDRY LANDSCAPE READY PLUMBING IN NEW HOMES.

SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND SOME OF IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED NOW.

UM, WE'RE STARTING TO HIRE, TRYING TO HIRE INSPECTORS TO DO THOSE IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH TSD TO MAKE THOSE LOCAL AMENDMENTS INTO THE NEXT PLUMBING CODE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

YEP.

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AND, UM, I GUESS ONE OTHER LAST COMMENT AND QUESTION THAT JUST CAME UP, UM, UH, THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO ON THE WATER RESTRICTIONS ENFORCEMENT, SO RIGHT NOW IN THE PLAN, IT STATES, YOU KNOW, THE 3 1 1 HOTLINE IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FIVE YEAR, ESSENTIALLY A FIVE YEAR PLAN, RIGHT? THAT'S BEING SET DOWN.

AND SO WITH TECHNOLOGY MOVING SO FAST, AGAIN, YOU'VE HEARD ME ASK THIS BEFORE, BUT WITH THE, MY A TX AND THE SMART METERS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WITH STAGE THREE, YOU'RE JUST GONNA GET A IRRIGATION, UH, UH, CITATION, CITATION IMMEDIATELY, NO WARNING.

SO AGAIN, FIVE YEARS IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE AI AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT CAN ANALYZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE SIGNATURES FROM WATER USE TO, YOU KNOW, TRIGGER AN IRRIGATION WARNING BECAUSE AT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, THERE'S THIS HUGE SPIKE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST BIG NOT KNOWING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, OF HOW THESE PLANS ARE UPDATED AND IF THERE'S INTERIM AND IF YOU, IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED, IS IT SOMETHING WHERE IT'S LIKE, NO, NO, YOU CAN'T USE THIS AS A SIGNAL, IT'S ONLY 3 1 1, YOU KNOW? SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A FUTURE LOOKING KIND OF COMMENT.

SO, WELL, I'D SAY CERTAINLY FROM THE PLAN, WHATEVER'S IN THE PLAN WE HAVE NOW IS NOT GONNA CONSTRAIN US FROM DOING NEW THINGS OKAY.

IN THE NEXT 2, 3, 4 YEARS.

GOT IT.

THIS IS JUST WHAT WE ENVISION NOW.

AND WE'RE GONNA BUILD ON THIS PLAN GOING FORWARD.

YEAH.

SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE RESTRICTIONS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER TYPE OF PLANS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S SET, IT'S SET KIND OF THING, SO, OKAY.

UH, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES AS YEARS GO BY AND, AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN STARTS USING THAT DATA AND, AND THOSE THINGS THAT IT COULD REALLY BE A BENEFIT TO, YOU KNOW, FUTURE DROUGHTS AND, AND WATER CONSERVATION.

SO, UM, SO THAT IS THE END OF MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES.

DO I HAVE OTHERS? I'VE GOT A COUPLE HANDS UP.

UH, LET ME GO TO, LEMME GO, UH, REMOTELY FIRST AND I'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE.

I SAW HER HAND UP FIRST, SO, HI.

AND I'LL BE PRETTY QUICK TOO.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF EFFORT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE LCRA, ALL THEIR THINGS HAVE TO BE IN OUR PLAN.

DOES OUR, DOES OUR WHOLESALE USERS HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME PLANS ALSO WITH THE SAME TYPE OF THINGS IN IT? UH, COMMISSIONER, I WOULD JUST SAY GENERALLY THE, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.

UM, OUR, THERE WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONTRACTS AND SO, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ALL ALIGNED, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, YES.

AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, ARE YOU GONNA ADD STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE, THE BINDS OR THE CITATIONS RIGHT.

ON THE, WHEN YOU GO TO THAT STAGE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A, A, ANY KIND OF A, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WARNING OR WHATEVER, YOU HAVE TO DIS ON THE QUICK CITATION.

ARE THERE GONNA BE ANY STAFF OUT OF THOSE SUMMER TIMES? Y YES, WE ARE ADDING STAFF BOTH THIS SUMMER AND WE ADDED STAFF LAST SUMMER.

UM, WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPLEMENT OUR EXISTING STAFF WITH SEVEN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, UH, SPLIT BETWEEN PATROLS AND THEN ADMINISTRATIVE.

'CAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, YES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART CAN BE, UH, SIGNIFICANT ALSO DURING THE HIGH TIMES OF IRRIGATION.

UH, COMMISSIONER MUS GRUBA COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK SHE HAD TO SIGN OFF.

COMMISSIONER SION? YES.

I'LL ASK A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE I HAVE TO SIGN OFF MYSELF.

I'M CURIOUS, YOU, YOU SPOKE ABOUT YOUR PROPOSED GOALS THAT YOU'RE SETTING IN THIS PLAN, ITERATION OF THE PLAN, UM, HOW DID THE UTILITY DO ON THE LAST SET OF GOALS THAT WERE SET FIVE YEARS AGO? SO, UM, THANK YOU.

SO JUST TALKING THROUGH IT VERBALLY, AS YOU SAW AND AS YOU SEE IN THE PLAN THERE, UM, THE TOTAL GPCD, OUR GOALS IN THIS PLAN THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE US FOR YOU TODAY HAS A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF 1 27 AND A 2029 GOAL OF 1 23 AND A 2034 GOAL OF ONE 16.

IN THE LAST PLAN, THE TOTAL GPCD WAS, I'M SORRY, THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE WAS 1 26, SO ONE LESS THAN WHAT IT IS NOW.

AND THE 2024 GOAL IS ONE

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19 OR WAS ONE 19.

AND THE 20 29 29 GOAL IS 1 0 6.

SO WE ARE NOT MEETING THOSE GOALS THAT WE MET BEFORE.

AND AS PART OF THE PROCESS HERE, WE HAD TO RECOGNIZE WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MOVE THOSE DOWN.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, BEFORE I'M GONNA ASK ONE MORE.

ANY OTHER REMOTE QUESTIONS? OKAY.

COMMISSIONER PENI HAS A QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

UH, THANK YOU.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS, ONE ON THE WATER USE.

UM, I NOTICED WITH THE RECLAIMED WATER USE FROM FY 22 TO 23, THERE'S ACTUALLY A DIP IN THE MILLION GALLONS OF WATER USE.

THAT'S NOT EXP I MEAN, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE ACTUALLY DIPPED IN THE USE OF RECLAIM WATER? I'M NOT SURE OFFHAND.

I, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT, BUT OKAY.

YEAH, I MEAN IT'S FROM THE, UH, WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, PAGE 23, JUST, I MEAN, ALL OF THE OTHER YEARS IT'S HAD AN UPWARD TREND JUST THAT YOU ARE, UH, FOR 23 IT DROPPED WHATEVER, 60, 70, UM, MILLION GALLONS.

WE, WE, WE CAN CHECK INTO IT.

I MEAN, JUST PURE SPECULATION.

I MEAN, A LOT OF OUR RECLAIMED WATER USE IS IRRIGATION BASED AND CERTAINLY, UM, WHILE WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY DRY 24, YOU KNOW, 23, EXCUSE ME, 2223 WAS NOT QUITE AS, YOU KNOW, UM, DRY.

SO THAT COULD BE IT, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT.

I DON'T HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER THERE.

I DON'T STILL, THE FINANCE GUY MAY KNOW JOSEPH GONZALEZ, AUSTIN WATER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND, UH, KEVIN'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR, OUR RECLAIMED UH, YOU KNOW, CONSUMPTION IS IRRIGATION RELATED.

BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME INDUSTRIAL USE, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, WITH AUSTIN ENERGY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN ENERGY HAD, UH, SOME ACTIVITIES THAT, THAT DID SEE REDUCED DEMAND.

AND SO, SO THE BIGGEST PART OF THE, THE DECREASE WAS, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY'S USE, UM, AT UH, TWO OF THEIR PLANTS.

SURE.

JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION.

UM, I THINK BETWEEN STAGE THREE, STAGE FOUR, I THINK MAINLY FOR KEVIN, UM, KLUGE, UH, STAGE THREE TO FOUR, I THINK YOU TALKED REALLY WELL ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE IRRIGATION CITATIONS WITHOUT WARNINGS WERE GONNA HAPPEN ON STAGE THREE, BUT GOING FROM STAGE THREE TO STAGE FOUR, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF CITATIONS.

SO WERE WE JUST GONNA CONTINUE THAT OR WAS THAT GONNA GET MORE STRINGENT IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW THE CITATIONS WERE GONNA BE ISSUED? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD CONTINUE INTO STAGE FOUR.

SO NO ADDITIONAL, UM, NO ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS.

IT'S JUST GONNA BE ASSETS GOING FROM THREE TO FOUR AND FOUR TO FIVE.

WELL, UH, FROM STAGE GOING INTO STAGE FOUR, THERE WILL BE THE NO IRRIGATION OF TURF.

MM-HMM , UM, EXCEPT FOR THAT COMMUNITY USED TURF.

UM, SO THAT'S A NEW RESTRICTION WHERE IN THREE YOU COULD STILL WATER ONCE A DAY ON YOUR, YOUR LAWN.

UM, BUT WITH IT, SPECIFICALLY WITH CITATIONS WITHOUT WARNINGS, THAT'S JUST GONNA CONTINUE THROUGH ALL THROUGH THE THREE END REMAINDER STAGES.

THAT'S ALL I HAD.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

AND I DON'T SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS AND WE ARE GONNA MOVE THESE TWO ITEMS TO A VOTE.

AND SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF MOVE TO THERE AND WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER

[11. Recommend approval of a resolution adopting a Drought Contingency Plan, as required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and repealing Resolution No. 20160505-004.]

11.

AND SO I'LL READ THIS ONE IN, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A DROP CONTINGENCY PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 1 6 0 5 0 5 DASH 0 0 4.

UM, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO A VOTE? SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

A MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER ANGO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

AND THE MOTION PASSES.

THE ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CAN YOU RECOGNIZE THAT COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE, UM, HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETINGS SO WE CAN HAVE HER NOT COUNTED? YES.

AND, AND COMMISSIONER ERT.

SO MU MUSGROVE AND ERT HAVE LEFT THE MEETING, SO UNANIMOUS IS THE REMAINING COMMISSIONERS.

ALRIGHT,

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MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[12. Recommend approval of a resolution adopting the Water Conservation Plan, as required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and repealing Resolution No. 20190411-002]

12.

UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 1 9 0 4 1 0 0 2.

UH, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, UM, WE'LL MOVE THIS TO A VOTE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER NAVARRO.

AND LOOKING FOR A SECOND? I SECOND IT.

AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PAN DURRANI.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

AND I CAN'T SEE IF EVERYONE REMOTE HAS THEIR HAND ALL THE WAY UP.

SO I HAVE COMMISSIONER SION AND GORY PAN, DURRANI PEN, REYES, MAXWELL GAINES, AND NAVARRO VOTING FOR, AND COMMISSIONER MORIARTY, I'M VOTING AGAINST AND VOTING AGAINST IS COMMISSIONER MORIARTY.

SO WE HAVE A, A FINAL VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE.

ARE GONNA MOVE NOW, NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 18, COMMITTEE UNDER COMMITTEE UPDATES FOR AN UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES ON THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.

THAT IS ALL FOR THE VOTING ITEMS, I BELIEVE FOR THIS EVENING.

SO WE

[18. Update from the Joint Sustainability Committee meeting regarding conservation and sustainability initiatives – Commissioner Chris Maxwell-Gaines]

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PENN.

UM, SO I'LL MAKE THIS BRIEF.

THE, UH, LAST MEETING WAS VERY, UM, UH, EXCITING.

IT WAS THE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, I GUESS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN.

SO, UM, IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, WHEREAS THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE NORMALLY DOESN'T HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.

SO, UM, WE HEARD FROM A WIDE RANGE OF, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, INTEREST, UM, BRINGING UP, UH, WHAT THEY BELIEVE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN.

UH, SO THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE, OF THE MEETING.

AND THEN, UM, WE DID GET A, UM, UH, KIND OF A UPDATE ON THE ACTUAL, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN.

AND SINCE I WASN'T AVAILABLE AT THIS MEETING LAST MONTH, I GUESS I WANTED TO, UH, RUN THROUGH THAT, UH, SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN IS.

AND SO, UM, THIS WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, I BELIEVE, IN JANUARY, UM, TO THE COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL.

UM, AND SO THE IN INTENTION, UH, WITH THIS PLAN IS JUST TO, UH, RECONFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING NET ZERO BY 2040.

UM, AND THEY HAVE A, A, A VARIETY OF, OF KIND OF DESIRES OF HOW TO GET, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

UM, BUT WE WANTED TO, UH, HE WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT LIKE REAL MONEY BEHIND THIS AND SO THAT THEN IT CAN HELP MOVE THESE THINGS TOWARDS THE FINISH LINE.

UM, AND SO THEN, UM, IN THE RESOLUTION, IT PUT IT TO THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, UH, TO TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC, ALSO FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, OF WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THIS INVESTMENT PLAN.

AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR SOME INTERDEPARTMENTAL, UM, IDEAS TO COME TOGETHER SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S ONE GOAL AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS KIND OF HEADING THAT SAME WAY, IF THERE'S SOME WAYS TO PUT THOSE EFFORTS TOGETHER AND ALSO PUT, UH, SIMILAR MONIES, UH, TOGETHER FUNDS BEHIND THAT EFFORT SO THAT WE CAN SPEED TOWARDS THIS NET ZERO, UM, GOAL.

SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN.

SO, AND IT'S ALSO VERY QUICK, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE TIMELINES THAT THEY'VE GIVEN TO US.

UM, AND SO, UM, IN TERMS OF FROM A WATER AUSTIN WATER STANDPOINT, IN THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, UM, THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY APPLIED THERE FROM AUSTIN WATER WAS, UM, MAYBE FUNDING TOWARDS, UM, STAFF MEMBERS OR, UH, REBATE PROGRAMS THAT CAN INCREASE THE, UH, THE, THE USE OF THE REBATE PROGRAMS, UH, THE WATER CONSERVATION REBATE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY THE ONLY DISCUSSION SO FAR FROM A AUSTIN WATER STANDPOINT.

UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S UH, SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE GO REPAIR THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, I ALSO REACHED OUT THIS AFTERNOON, UH, TO THE CHAIR OF AUSTIN OF WATER FORWARD, UM, FOR SOME IDEAS IF THERE'S SOME FUNDING, UM, NEEDS TO HELP PUSH THE INITIATIVES OF AUSTIN, UH, OF THE WATER FORWARD, UH, PLAN,

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UH, FORWARD.

SO, UM, THAT WAS IT.

THAT'S THE UH, UH, UPDATE.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF A SCATTERSHOT OF, OF STUFF 'CAUSE IT'S HAPPENING FAST THERE AND, UH, AND ACTUALLY WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK AND OUR NORMAL SCHEDULE IS THE LAST WEEK OF EVERY MONTH.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF DOUBLING UP, UH, MEETINGS THIS MONTH SO THAT WE CAN PUT SOME MORE TIME OF EVERYONE GETTING TOGETHER AND BRINGING THESE RECOMME RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE MAY 1ST, UH, DEADLINE FOR THAT.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE, ARE ANY COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES? ALRIGHT, WE WILL

[19. Update from Public Involvement Committee for Austin Water Cost of Service Study meeting regarding Austin Water’s potential future rates and fees– Commissioner Jesse Penn]

MOVE ON TO THE NEXT UPDATE, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE AUSTIN WATER COST OF SERVICE STUDY.

AND I'LL BE GIVING THAT UPDATE AND TAKING ANY INPUT FROM COMMISSIONER NAVARRO AND, UH, JUST ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT COMMISSIONER REICHART IS ALSO ON THAT COMMITTEE.

UM, SO THE PROCESS, THE, THE COST OF SERVICE PROCESS AND THE PICK MEETINGS ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OVER HALFWAY.

THEY'VE STARTED IN JANUARY WITH MEETINGS EVERY OTHER WEEK.

UM, WE'RE PROBABLY AT ABOUT MEETING NUMBER SIX.

AND, UM, DURING THE LAST MONTH WE, WE HAD ONE MEETING, AND THAT WAS THIS PAST MONDAY.

AND THERE WAS MOST OF THE EFFORT IN THE LAST MONTH WAS TO DEVELOPING THE, THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER MODELS, UH, FOR, FOR THE, FOR REVIEWING THE RATES AND, AND THE COMPONENTS OF THE RATE STRUCTURE.

SO, UM, A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THAT.

THEY'VE BEEN PULLING TOGETHER INFORMATION FROM 2023.

THEY'VE LOOKED AT FIVE YEAR INFORMATION AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT KNOWN AND MEASURABLE CHANGES AND, UH, PUTTING THIS INTO THE MODEL.

AND THEY'VE GOT THE FIRST VERSIONS OF THESE MODELS THAT ARE NOW, WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE TO THE REST OF THE PICC COMMITTEE SO THAT THE, UH, VARIOUS MEMBERS CAN GET IN, GET FAMILIAR WITH HOW COSTS ARE ALLOCATED, WHAT THE COSTS ARE, HOW THIS MAY LEAD TO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE, THE FUTURE RATE STRUCTURE.

SO THAT MODEL, THE MODELS WERE, THEY WALKED US THROUGH THE MODELS, THEY SHOWED US HOW THEY WERE WORKING.

UM, I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE INFORMATION IS THERE, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME BIG DECISIONS.

SO WE'RE STILL AT THE POINT WHERE THIS IS REVIEWING AND, AND GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE INFORMATION.

I KNOW A COUPLE OF BIG TOPICS THAT ARE LEFT FOR DISCUSSION ARE CASH FINANCING, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE BIG PROJECTS CIP WORK WILL BE CASH FINANCED.

UM, HOW THE RATE STRUCTURE WOULD AFFECT MON AND MONETARY POLICIES COINCIDE AND SPECIFICALLY DEBT SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT THESE MONETARY POLICIES ARE BEING MET.

AND THEN JUST, UH, BIG PROJECT BIG CIP DECISIONS AND HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT.

SO THAT'S STILL BEING TWEAKED.

AND SO WHAT'S IN THE MODEL NOW IS NOT THE FINAL VERSION, BUT IT'S ENOUGH TO LET VERY, THE MEMBERS, UH, THE, THE DIFFERENT CUSTOMER CLASSES WHO HAVE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT THEM, THEY CAN GET IN AND, AND SEE ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT INFORMATION.

UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE NEXT STEPS IS TO LET THE, THE, LET THE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE PICK, UH, REVIEW THAT INFORMATION AND COME BACK WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

UM, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA ADD A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS TO THE SCHEDULE, SO THIS IS GONNA GO INTO, UH, POSSIBLY INTO JUNE.

AND, UM, AGAIN, ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS ON SPEAK UP AUSTIN.

SO IF YOU WANNA SEE THE PRESENTATIONS, IF YOU WANNA SEE A LIVE RECORDING OF THE MEETING, A VIDEO THAT IS AVAILABLE.

AND THEN I'LL LOOK OVER TO COMMISSIONER NAVARRO TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.

GOT IT.

YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S REALLY THE GIST OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THIS PROCESS.

UM, COMM ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.

AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[20. Update from the Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force meeting regarding Water Forward Plan implementation and progress on plan updates – Commissioner William Moriarty]

20.

THE LAST, UH, COMMITTEE UPDATE WITH COMMISSIONER MORIARTY WITH THE, UH, AUSTIN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLANNING COMMUNITY TASK FORCE MEETING.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UH, WE HAD OUR REGULAR MEETING TWO DAYS AGO, AND THAT MEETING INCLUDED AN UPDATE ON THE WATER SUPPLY SITUATION.

THE LAKES ARE SITTING AT 42% AND, UH, WE WERE RE ADVISED, UH, BY STAFF THAT WE'RE ENTERING A SOMEWHAT DRIER PERIOD BASED ON, UH, METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTS.

AND I WOULD WATCH THOSE LAKE LEVELS BECAUSE IN MY ESTIMATION, THEY WILL GO DOWN 1% EVERY TWO WEEKS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN THE RIGHT SPOT.

SO, UM, BY THE FALL WE COULD BE LOOKING AT

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SITUATION UNPRECEDENTED.

UM, STAFF GET A PRESENTATION ABOUT VARIOUS WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING FOR THE WATER FORWARD 2024 UPDATE.

AND, UM, THEN THEY ALSO MADE A PRESENTATION ABOUT METHODOLOGY THEY'RE USING TO SCREEN THESE VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES.

AND, UM, SO IT'S VERY, VERY INTERESTING.

BUT AGAIN, THE, THE AUSTIN WATER IS GOING THROUGH AN UPDATE OF OUR LAST WATER FORWARD PLAN, WHICH THEY'VE COMMITTED TO DO EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO I BELIEVE THAT PLAN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME, SOME REVIEW BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AT SOME POINT.

UH, LAST THING WE TALKED ABOUT, AND THIS EVENING I SAT THROUGH MY THIRD PRESENTATION ON THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN AND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.

AND, UH, WE AS A TASK FORCE, WERE NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THE PLAN AND WE, UH, ASKED VARIOUS QUESTIONS OF THE STAFF AND WE REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT WEEK TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN.

OUR ISSUES WERE, THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY PROGRESS ON LOWERING THE GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY.

UM, AS WAS POINTED OUT IN THE EARLIER QUESTION BY THE YOUNG WOMAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP, NOT DOWN.

AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS THING ON A TRACK WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE PROJECTING NUMBERS GOING DOWN AND WE'RE MAKING THEM GO DOWN.

SO I WOULD ASK THE AUSTIN WATER DEPARTMENT TO SEND A, A NOTICE OF THIS SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW AT ONE O'CLOCK, BUT I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT TIME.

AND THOSE MEMBERS OF THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION THAT WOULD LIKE TO OBSERVE THAT MEETING, 'CAUSE I THINK WE'LL GET INTO SOME DETAILS ON THIS PLAN.

AND, UH, SO THAT IS BY PRESENTATION.

I'M NOT TRYING TO, UH, DELAY THE, THE MEETING.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTION FOR COMMISSIONER MORIARTY? UH, COMMISSIONER MORIARTY? I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

THE MEETING THAT WOULD BE NEXT WEEK, IT IT, IT'S OPEN TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.

YOU KNOW, I I I WOULD, I WOULD GIVE THAT QUESTION TO THE RIGHT CITY PEOPLE.

I MEAN IT, THE PUBLIC I BELIEVE CAN ATTEND THESE THINGS.

SO, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE COULD BE QUORUM ISSUES AND MAYBE SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT BETTER.

I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

BASICALLY, UH, YES, ANY PUBLIC MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, BUT IN YOUR CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE IS A QUORUM OF MEMBERS AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE LIKELY TO ATTEND, UM, I WOULD POST A NOTICE OF INTEREST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A QUORUM, BUT Y'ALL WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION.

JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THERE'S A QUORUM OF COMMISSIONERS FROM THIS COMMISSION ATTENDING ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING.

EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OPEN TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND IT IS, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO IF YOU ARE HAVE INTEREST AND YOU WANT TO ATTEND, PLEASE COORDINATE WITH BLANCA SO THAT SHE KNOWS THAT IF THERE, IN, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S MORE THAN THAT, THERE'S SIX OR MORE THAT WE HAVE, UH, MAKE THAT NOTICE PUBLIC.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE, I I JUST WANNA KNOW THE DATE AND THE TIME OF THE MEETING.

COMMISSIONER MORIARTY, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE DATE AND TIME OF IT'S 1:00 PM YOU SAID NEXT WEEK? YEAH, A WEEK FROM TOMORROW.

AND, UH, LET'S SEE, SO THAT WOULD BE APRIL 25TH AND I'M SAYING IT'S AT ONE O'CLOCK.

I WAS TOLD THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN AN ACTUAL MEETING INVITATION.

SO LET'S, LET'S ALL AGREE THAT WHEN WE GET THE PROPER MEETING INVITATION, THAT'S THE CORRECT TIME AND DATE, BUT I THINK I WAS TOLD THAT.

TO SEE? THE PEOPLE WILL NEED TO ATTEND THE PERS THE MEETING IN PERSON OR THEY'LL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE RECORDING AFTERWARDS WHEN IT'S POSTED ONLINE.

AND YES, COMMISSIONER MORIARTY, YOU ARE CORRECT.

THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED OR WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 25TH FROM 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM IT WILL BE HELD AT THE PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, UM, DUE TO THE QUICK TURNAROUND NATURE OF SCHEDULING, IT WILL NOT BE LIVE STREAMED, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE RECORDED AND POSTED AFTERWARDS TO A TXN.

SO CAN PEOPLE GO TO THE MEETING? CAN THEY SEE THE MEETING ON ZOOM OR HOW, HOW DO WE GO TO, HOW DO WE DO THIS MEETING

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SO IF I'M GOING TO THE MEETING, I GOTTA SHOW UP IN PERSON AS A TASK FORCE MEMBER, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBEX 'CAUSE IT WILL BE HYBRID.

WELL THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, REPORT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CLARIFICATIONS.

AND AGAIN, JUST MAKE SURE YOU COORDINATE WITH BLANCA FOR IF, FOR ANY ATTENDANCE.

ITEMS, SECTION COMMISSIONERS, ANY REQUEST FOR FUTURE ITEMS AT THIS TIME? YES, I HAVE ONE.

I'M LOOKING AT OUR AGENDA.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE MADE IT DOWN TO THE FUTURE AGENDA

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

SO WITH THE NEW EPA RULE ON PFAS, I GUESS WANTING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN GET SOME SORT OF UPDATE ON ANY OF THOSE, UH, MONITORING AND, AND SPECIFICALLY 'CAUSE SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE HAD BROUGHT UP A ARTICLE ABOUT, UH, PFAS AND SLUDGE.

AND SO THEN THE COMMENT ABOUT THE DILL DIRT AND, UH, CONCENTRATIONS, UM, IN THAT.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE MAYBE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR AUSTIN WATER TO COMMENT ON THE PAS SITUATION.

SO, YEP.

ALRIGHT, UH, A TIMELY REQUEST AND, UH, WE ARE GETTING SOME, UH, SOME HEADS NODDING, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS GONNA BE ADDED TO THE FUTURE AGENDAS.

WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH THE CHAIR TO DETERMINE A SCHEDULE FOR THAT.