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IT'S APPROXIMATELY, WHAT IS IT? 6 0 3 ON A WONDERFUL HOT WEDNESDAY.
UH, YOU SHOULD HAVE, UH, SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF THE ACTUAL, UH, AGENDA.
AND ON THIS AGENDA, I THINK WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION COMING FROM FLEET SERVICES, OF WHICH, UH, I'D LIKE TO PERHAPS GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO GET IN AND GET THE HECK OUTTA HERE SINCE YOU'VE GOT OTHER BETTER THINGS TO DO, PROBABLY.
BUT NONETHELESS, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF REALLY QUICK THINGS ON THIS AGENDA THAT WE CAN PROBABLY COVER QUICKLY AND, UH, AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATIONS.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE, UH, FIRST THING OBVIOUSLY IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.I HEAR, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYONE? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
CRAIG MOVES APPROVAL TO HEAR HER SECOND.
SECONDS THAT, DO I HEAR ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THE MINUTES HEARING? NO DISCUSSIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
[2. Discussion and action to approve 2025 ZWAC Meeting Schedule.]
SEE.THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE ITEM TWO, WHICH IS LITERALLY JUST OUR 2025 COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE.
AND, UH, IT WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I THINK IT'S SIMILAR TO THIS YEAR'S SCHEDULE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
HAVING SAID THAT, UH, I'LL OPEN THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION, NO HEARING, NO DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, DRAFT 2025 MEETING SCHEDULE.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE MAY BE HOME AT SIX 30, BUT
[7. Staff briefing on Fleet Mobility Services Electrification Updates to ZWAC by Rick Harland, Assistant Director of Fleet Mobility Services.]
ANYWAY, GUYS, THE NEXT ITEM HERE, UH, LET'S SEE, LET'S MOVE ON AT THIS POINT TO THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION.RICK, IF YOU WANT TO PRESENT, UH, THE ITEM AND, AND JUST TO COMMENT HERE, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL TRUCK OUT THERE.
WE'RE JUMPING TO, I'M SORRY GUYS.
WE'RE JUMPING TO ITEM NUMBER NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS THE STAFF BRIEFING ON THE FUTURE OF OUR FLEET.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
I'M ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT FLEET MOBILITY SERVICES.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT FLEET A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST THOUGHT I'D GO AHEAD AND KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE, SEE IF THIS WORKS.
UM, SO WE ARE A FLEET OF BASICALLY ABOUT 7,500 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE OVERSEE A COMPREHENSIVE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, WE BUDGET, WE FORECAST PLAN, WE DO THE ACQUISITION PROCESS, MAKE READY, PREPARATION, MAINTENANCE, AND DISPOSAL.
WE ALSO RUN 42 FUEL SITES FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO WE HAVE OUR HANDS FULL ACROSS THE BOARD.
WHAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO WHEN I'M DOING A PRE PRESENTATION TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE FLEET IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THE DIVERSE ARRAY OF VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART ON YOUR LEFT, UH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEHICLES THAT WE MAINTAIN, INCLUDING THE REFUSE TRUCKS.
THE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS OUR FUEL THAT WE DISPENSE.
WE DISPENSE ABOUT 5.6 MILLION GALLONS OF FUEL ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS, ABOUT A THOUSAND TRANSACTIONS A DAY, UM, TO INCLUDE BIODIESEL, UH, E 85, PROPANE C AND G UNLEADED.
THE NEXT CHART, THIS IS A BIT OF AN EYE CHART, BUT UH, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY EASY TO READ.
THERE'S THREE BASIC SWIM LANES HERE.
THE TOP LEFT SWIM LANE IS THE CHOP LEFT REPORT IS THE A RR INVENTORY.
SO THERE ARE 434 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN A RR TODAY VALUED AT ABOUT 88 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THE CHART ON YOUR RIGHT IS WHAT A RR USES FOR FUEL.
BASICALLY ABOUT 1.3 MILLION GALLONS OF FUEL ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.
54,000 TRANSACTIONS A YEAR, AND 76% OF THAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE
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FUEL.A RR BY FAR IS OUR GREATEST USER OF OUR ALTERNATIVE FUELS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THE NEXT SWIM LANE DOWN IS, WE THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU, IS JUST WHAT WE'RE BUYING ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE WE KIND OF BUY ROUGHLY ABOUT 54, 57, 51 OF LATE 37, UM, UH, VEHICLES, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
THE DARK BLUE, UH, BARS ON THE BAR CHART ARE YOUR REFUSE TRUCKS.
UH, THE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THAT IN SPENDING.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 12 TO $13 MILLION A YEAR, 9.9 MILLION IN 2024.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM CHART, THE BOTTOM SWIM LANE, THAT'S KIND OF THE HEALTH OF THE FLEET.
THIS IS WHAT WE USE TO KIND OF DECIDE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BUY, WHAT WE NEED TO BUY, AND HOW WE STAND WITH THE FLEET.
SO THE AVERAGE REFUSE TRUCK IS ABOUT 71,000 MILES ON IT AND IS FOUR YEARS OLD.
THAT'S ABOUT HALF THE AGE OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF A REFUGE REFUSE TRUCK.
SO WE HAVE A VERY YOUNG FLEET, UH, WITH AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.
THE NEXT CHART TO THE RIGHT IS, UM, THE AVERAGE MILES OR THE DRIVEN ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.
SO ABOUT 15,255 MILES IN 2024.
UH, ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING, IS THE WHERE AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, UM, HOW THEY RELATE TO, UH, BENCHMARKING NATIONALLY.
SO WE BENCHMARK THIS FLEET NATIONALLY.
SO YOU COULD SEE THAT WE DRIVE THE REAR LOADERS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR THE EQUIVALENT TRUCK, UH, WHICH WOULD BE 14,334 COMPARED TO 8,600 ON THE CHART.
UH, TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, THE SIDE LOADERS IS 18, UH, 16,000, UH, MILES PER YEAR COMPARED TO 13 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
AND THEN YOU COULD SEE AS A RESULT OF OUR MILES DRIVEN 'CAUSE WE DRIVE MORE, OUR COST PER MILE IS LOWER.
SO WHAT I THOUGHT I'D DO IS JUST KIND OF TALK THROUGH A FEW THINGS LIKE OUR MOBILITY STRATEGY, THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN THAT WE'VE GOT IN PLACE, UM, AND OUR STRATEGIC APPROACH TO BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND A LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO DO IN THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
BUT FIRST OFF, UM, HOW WE LOOK AT THE FLEET IS WE MANAGE THE FLEET THROUGH WHAT WE CALL OUR MOBILITY STRATEGY.
THE MOBILITY STRATEGY IS DESIGNED FOR INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND EFFICIENCY.
AND THE UNDERPINNINGS OF THAT ARE REALLY ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND KIND OF DIFFERENT MOBILE MOBILE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE.
MOVING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS ONE OF THOSE TECH TECHNICAL AREAS THAT WE'RE MOVING TO, BUT WE'RE ALSO DEPLOYING TELEMATICS AND WE'VE DEPLOYED TELEMATICS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FLEET FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN, INCLUDING AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY VEHICLES AND ADVANCED, UH, DRIVER SAFETY EQUIPMENT AS WELL.
WE HAVE ALIGNED OUR FLEET WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.
YOU COULD SEE THAT IN THE PAST SLIDE THAT WE DO ADOPT, UH, QUITE A FEW, A FEW ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR ELECTRIFICATION, WHICH IS THE ALTERNATIVE TO ALTERNATIVE FUELS ACTUALLY.
AND WE DO A BIT OF DATA-DRIVEN PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS.
SO WE HAVE SOME AI ALGORITHMS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FLEET AND WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BREAKING AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
SO THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, UH, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN ASKS US TO, UM, DRIVE, UH, 40% OF OUR TOTAL MILES DRIVEN, BE IT BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE BY 2040.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE WOULD NEED TO BUY ROUGHLY ABOUT 2100 BEVS BY 2040.
UM, THIS WOULD BE AN INCREMENTAL COST ON TOP OF, UH, OUR NORMAL PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE EQUIVALENT INTERNAL COMBUSTION VEHICLE, ABOUT 12 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WE'D HAVE TO INCREASE OUR BEV INVENTORY BY 14% PER YEAR, AND WE'D HAVE TO BILL ABOUT $11.3 MILLION IN CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO DO THAT TODAY.
BUT THIS IS OUR CURRENT GLIDE PATH TODAY.
SO THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU GET THERE? UH, SO OUR FLEET TRAVELS 45 MILLION MILES A YEAR, ARE ON ROAD FLEET INVENTORY IS ABOUT 5,100 VEHICLES.
THE VEHICLES THAT WE CAN BUY THAT ARE BATTERY ELECTRIC TODAY, THE PRODUCT OFFERING FROM THE MANUFACTURERS FALLS INTO THE LIGHT AND MEDIUM DUTY, UH, FLEET SEGMENT.
THE BOTTOM CHART KIND OF ILLUSTRATES WHICH VEHICLES THAT WE WOULD TARGET FOR REPLACEMENT OVER THE NEXT 17 YEARS.
AND THIS DOES INCLUDE AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERIES, LIGHT DUTY FLEET, AND MEDIUM DUTY FLEET.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THEIR REFUSE TRUCKS, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
AND IT, THIS DOES ALSO INCLUDE THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY OR BLACK AND WHITE VEHICLES THAT, UH, WE HAVE IN THE FLEET, ALTHOUGH WE ARE WORKING ON A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THEM AT THIS TIME AS WELL.
SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS RIGHT AND WE DON'T BREAK OUR OPERATION, OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE A VERY STRATEGIC APPROACH TO ADOPTING BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
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WANT TO ENSURE THAT OPERATIONAL SOUNDNESS IS MET BY THE VEHICLE WHEN WE BUY THE VEHICLE, THAT THE VEHICLES THAT WE BUY, THE BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES MUST MEET THE SERVICE DUTY REQUIREMENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS.WE PRIOR ARE PRIORITIZING THE LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES INITIALLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE MANUFACTURERS ARE PRODUCING AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO BUY TODAY.
AND WE DO BELIEVE HEAVILY IN EVALUATING AND TESTING NEW BEV TECHNOLOGY THROUGH PILOT PROGRAMS. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT DO WITH A RR HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IN THE LONG POLE IN THE TENT IS SETTING THE TRANSITION TIMING GOAL TO ALIGN WITH CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND BATTERY TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES.
IT'S MUCH HARDER TO BUILD CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKE SURE IT'S AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND THAT CAN DO THE JOB FOR YOU.
SO TODAY WE HAVE A, UH, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE 351 BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN SERVICE TODAY.
WE'VE SAVED $2.8 MILLION TO THE ON THE PROGRAM LIFE TO DATE.
UH, IT'S BASICALLY ABOUT $1,200 A VEHICLE ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.
48% OF THE SAVINGS IS COMING FROM FUEL, AND 52% OF THOSE SAVINGS IS COMING FROM MAINTENANCE.
THERE ARE HALF THE MOVING PARTS IN A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPARED TO AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE.
SO THEY THEORETICALLY SHOULD BE MORE RELIABLE AND IN IT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE SO FAR THAT THEY ARE, AGAIN, UH, THE LONG POLE IN THE TENT IS CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'VE BUILT 198 CHARGING PORTS FOR OUR FLEET.
WE ARE BASICALLY 1.8 VEHICLES PER CHARGING PORT ACROSS THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
BUT THERE ARE 1500 PUBLIC CHARGING STATIONS THAT THE FLEET COULD USE AS WELL TO CHARGE THEIR VEHICLES NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, FROM A, UH, GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACT, UH, WE'RE SAVING 7,900 METRIC TONS OF GREENHOUSE GAS ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.
SO FAR IN 2024, UH, WE ARE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR IS 25 TO 30% OF ALL GREENHOUSE GAS OUTPUT.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR PART TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S DONE FOR US SO FAR.
OKAY, THIS SLIDE IS ALWAYS A VERY INTERESTING ONE FOR US.
WHEN I WALK INTO A ROOM AND IF I WALKED INTO A ROOM OF A THOUSAND PEOPLE, I WOULD WALK OUT WITH A THOUSAND DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON WHETHER BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.
EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION OF 'EM.
I COULD TELL YOU FOR SURE THAT ONCE SOMEBODY DRIVES A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE THEY DROVE ONE, BECAUSE THEY'RE A LOT OF FUN TO DRIVE, SUPER QUIET, VERY RESPONSIVE.
THEY'RE JUST REALLY A, A, A MUCH EASIER VEHICLE TO DRIVE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY IN THESE VEHICLES.
BUT WINNING THE CULTURE IS A VERY DIFFICULT TASK FOR US, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT WE NEED TO WIN THE CULTURE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND WE HAVE A 80% PARTICIPATION RATE ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO EVERYBODY'S TRYING THEM, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE INTO IT.
UH, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY IS ALSO, UH, HAS 13 BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHICH BASICALLY IS ABOUT 4% OF OUR TOTAL DEPLOYED BEVS.
THEY'VE GOT FIVE ON TAP OR SIX ON TAP FOR 2025.
BUT TO BE FAIR, THEY ONLY HAVE 97 LIGHT DUTY AND MEDIUM DUTY VEHICLES.
THE REST OF THEIR FLEET IS ALL VERY HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES, SO THEY DON'T REALLY FIT THE MOLD, BUT, UH, UH, BUT THEY ARE DOING THEIR PART TO ADOPT BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH THEIR LIGHT DUTY FLEET IN, IN 2025 MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE.
NEXT, I WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, THEIR TRANSITION PLAN, WHAT WE THINK A GOOD PILOT PROGRAM WOULD BE, AND, UH, KIND OF SOME OF THE PROS AND CONS OVER, UH, REFUSE TRUCKS.
SO, UM, EXCUSE ME HERE, HERE WE GO.
UM, SO ON THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS, THERE'S THREE CHARTS.
THERE'S THE TOP LEFT CHART, WHICH, UH, TIE OUT TO THE FIRST TWO BULLET POINTS.
AGAIN, THERE'S 434 VEHICLES IN OXYGEN RESOURCE RECOVERIES.
FLEET 394 OF 'EM ARE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES.
OUR GOAL ON THAT TOP LEFT CHART IS TO ILLUSTRATE HOW WE WOULD REPLACE ALL OF THOSE VEHICLES BY 2040.
THE, WHEN YOU READ THE CHART, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE GREEN IS THE LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES, AND YOU COULD SEE THAT THE ADOPTION RATE OF THOSE VEHICLES IS EARLY ON IN THE 26, 27, 28 TIMELINES.
THE PURPLE ARE YOUR REFUSE TRUCKS, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE DOING MAYBE SOME PILOT PROGRAMMING AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT, BUT WE HIT 20 30, 20 31.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY START GETTING INTO THE THICK OF IT AND DEAL WITH, UH, SOME OF THOSE, UH, REFUSE TRUCKS.
UH, SWEEPERS ARE IN BLUE, UH, NOT A LOT OF PRODUCT AVAILABLE.
MIGHT HAVE TO BE A FORCED MARRIAGE BETWEEN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VENDORS TO PRODUCE A GOOD HIGH QUALITY HEAVY DUTY SWEEPER FOR A RR.
THE BOTTOM LEFT CHART ILLUSTRATES YOUR CARBON OUTPUT.
TODAY, THE CARBON OUTPUT OF AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERIES FLEET IS 12,900 METRIC TONS
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A YEAR.OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE THEM TO ZERO.
THE BOTTOM RIGHT CHART IS REPRESENTS THE FUEL ENERGY COST.
SO TODAY THEY'RE BASICALLY ABOUT $4.8 MILLION IN ENERGY COST.
UH, WE WE DID WAS WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF CALCULATING, UH, WE ESTIMATED A HUNDRED MILES PER DAY, UH, WITH A REFUSE TRUCK WOULD TAKE, UH, 448 KILOWATTS OF POWER AT 11 CENTS A KILOWATT, AND THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 50 BUCKS A DAY TO RUN A REFUSE FLEET.
UH, WHEN YOU MOVE TO LEVEL THREE, CHARGING SOME POWER COULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
THIS IS BEST GUESS, BUT YOU GET A A 46% REDUCTION IN THIS FORECASTING MODEL TODAY.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE IS HOW DO YOU GET THERE? LIKE WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO YOU GET STARTED WITH THIS? SO YOU HAVE, UH, ON THE SCREEN HERE, A, UH, CURB TENDER.
THIS VEHICLE'S PARKED OUT FRONT HERE TODAY.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO LOOK AT IT, THIS IS ACTUALLY THAT VEHICLE.
UM, THIS VEHICLE GETS 130 TO 150 MILES OF RANGE.
UH, IT, UH, WITH A DC FAST CHARGER, IT CAN ACTUALLY CHARGE IN AN HOUR IF YOU HOOK IT UP TO THE RIGHT KIND OF CHARGING STATION.
UM, IT DOES COME WITH ITS OWN CHARGER THOUGH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, TRYING TO GET THAT INSTALLED RIGHT NOW, OR AT LEAST OUR FORENSIC AT A RRR.
UH, THERE'S A ONE WARRANTY, UM, AND, UH, ON THE CAB CHASSIS AND A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY ON THE BATTERY.
THIS VEHICLE HERE AS A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE IS ABOUT $116,000 MORE THAN ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PILOT.
YOU PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE UPFRONT, BUT WE ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE MANUFACTURERS THAT WE'RE SERIOUS, WE'RE INTERESTED, AND WE WANT YOU TO KEEP BUILDING, AND WE'RE WILLING TO STEP IN THERE.
BUT WE'RE HOPING PRICES COME DOWN.
WHEN YOU GET TO SOME OF THE HEAVIER DUTY VEHICLES, SUCH AS THE REAR LOADERS AND MULTI-PACKS, THE PRICE GOES UP EXPONENTIALLY AND THE COST PREMIUM IS MUCH HIGHER AS WELL.
SO, JUST KIND OF TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
YOU'VE GOT, UH, YOUR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE ADVANTAGES, PROVEN TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, MEETS THE OPERATIONAL SERVICE DUTY, EXTENSIVE FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE, LOWER UPFRONT COSTS, HIGH CAPACITY PAYLOAD.
WE'RE RUNNING 33 YARD REFUGE TRUCKS TODAY, GOT LONGER RANGE.
THE BOTTOM RIGHT KIND OF ILLUSTRATES THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
UH, BULLET POINTS ILLUSTRATES KIND OF WHAT THE DISADVANTAGES WOULD BE.
IT'S GOING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE, IT'S UNTESTED TECHNOLOGY, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UPFRONT COST RANGE AND CHARGING TIME.
WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THOSE ITEMS IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO THIS IS WHERE, UM, WE GO TO WORK.
WE, WE START WORKING WITH THE MANUFACTURERS.
WE START ADDRESSING THESE THINGS ONE AT A TIME.
NOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO THROW SOUR GRAPES ON EVERYTHING HERE, BUT THERE ARE A FEW ECONOMIC REALITIES THAT WE'VE GOTTA TRY TO OVERCOME GLOBALLY.
ONE GOOD NEWS STORY ALREADY IS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE $3.2 MILLION IN OUR FY 25 BUDGET TO BUILD LEVEL THREE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY.
AND WE ARE BUILDING MORE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE WILL BUILD CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THESE FLEET, THESE VEHICLES FOR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME MACROECONOMIC ISSUES.
WE ARE DEALING WITH COMPANIES THAT ARE THE COST OF CAPITAL'S UP THESE DAYS.
UH, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS INSUFFICIENT CHARGING STATIONS, AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS TO LONG CHARGING TIMES.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS GONNA BE A TRANSFORMATION IN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE.
WE ARE HOPING IT'S SOONER THAN LATER.
WE'RE FOCUSED ON SOLID STATE BATTERIES.
UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES.
SO THESE COMPANIES, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THE THINGS THAT MAKE THEM THE MOST MONEY AND THAT THEY CAN SELL THE MOST OF.
THIS IS A FAIRLY NICHE PRODUCT FOR US.
AND THEN FINALLY ON THE FAR RIGHT REALLY IS JUST ADDRESSING THE MINING OPERATIONS, THE SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS, BACK HAULING ALL OF THAT MATERIAL, ASSEMBLING BATTERIES AND BUILDING ASSEMBLY PLANTS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, OR AT LEAST THE FREE TRADE COUNTRIES.
THESE ARE CRITICAL STEPS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN GLOBALLY TO SMOOTH THIS WHOLE THING OUT FOR US.
SO HOW ARE YOU GONNA PAY FOR IT? HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT, UH, KNOCKING DOWN SOME OF THE COST OF THIS, UH, TODAY, UM, WE'VE SECURED OVER 7.7 MILLION IN STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS FOR, UH, THE FLEET HERE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT HAS GONE TO A RR.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE ONE OF THE YOUNGEST REFUGE FLEETS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FEDERAL GRANTS AND STATE GRANTS, AND I KIND OF LAID OUT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO US THAT'S OUT THERE TO SIFT THROUGH.
AND EACH ONE OF THESE GRANTS HAS ITS OWN CRITERIA.
UH, IN MANY RESPECTS, THE FLEET DEPARTMENT WILL NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE VEHICLES WITH A RR, BUT MIGHT COMBINE THOSE VEHICLES AND GRANTS WITH, UH, WATERSHED PROTECTION OR AUSTIN RESOURCE OR ARE, UH, AUSTIN WATER OR AUSTIN ENERGY,
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AND JUST TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF THESE GRANTS.THESE GRANTS HAVE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT SAYS YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE, UH, LET'S SAY, UH, A VEHICLE THAT'S A 2011 AND OLDER WITH AN ENGINE SIZE OF X AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR OF THESE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GRANT.
SO WE'LL COMBINE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER TO MEET THE CRITERIA.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATE GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE AS WELL.
WE'VE HAVE LIKE THREE ACTIVE GRANTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE CURRENTLY ACTIVE, UH, FOR SOME CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, AS FAR AS WAYS TO KIND OF COVER SOME OF THE COST, UH, IS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.
UH, WE ARE APPLYING FOR THE $7,500 TAX CREDIT WITHIN THE FLEET DEPARTMENT.
WE DO APPLY FOR THOSE TODAY, AND WE, WE DO GET THAT AND WE GET REFUNDED.
UM, THE INTERESTING THING IS, AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THIS UNTIL I STARTED REALLY LOOKING AT THIS, IS THAT OVER 14,000 POUNDS, IT'S A $40,000 TAX CREDIT THAT WE COULD GET.
SO WE FULLY EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WITH SOME OF THE ELECTRIC REFUSE TRUCKS WHEN WE START BUYING SOME OF THIS HEAVIER DUTY EQUIPMENT.
AND TO LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH JUST THE BEST STORY IN THE WORLD, UH,
WE USE A MILLION MORE GALLONS OF FUEL ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.
OUR CARBON OUTPUT IS 10% LOWER THAN IT WAS IN 2007.
WE HIT PEAK CARBON OUTPUT IN 2007 WITH OUR FLEET.
AND ALL OF THAT WAS ACHIEVED THROUGH ENGINE MANUFACTURER IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, A RIGOROUS, UH, REPLACEMENT STRATEGY AND THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
SO THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS, AND THE NEXT STEP IN OUR JOURNEY REALLY IS TO GO ELECTRIC AT THIS POINT.
AND OF COURSE, WE ARE LOOKING AT HYDROGEN AND OTHER TYPES OF FUEL SOURCES AS WELL.
IN FACT, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ALONG WITH CAP METRO AND OTHERS TO GO UP AND LOOK AT HYDROGEN GENERATION AND STORAGE AND MAYBE SOME VEHICLES THAT WE COULD USE TO DO THAT.
AND UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE.
I, FROM WHAT I'VE SHOWED YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT TRYING TO LEAD THE CHARGE WITH BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION.
THAT IMAGE RIGHT THERE IS ONE OF OUR SOLAR CHARGING STATIONS THAT SITS OVER AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH CHARGING ONE OF OUR, UH, FORD LIGHTNING PICKUP TRUCKS.
WE'VE GOT 48 OF THOSE TRUCKS THAT ARE OUT WORKING TODAY.
UH, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY IS GONNA GET FIVE NEW ONES IN 2025.
I THINK THEY'RE GONNA LOVE THOSE.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, RICK, FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION YOU AND STAFF ARE FOR COMING OUT.
AND NUMBER ONE IS, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE FUTURE'S GONNA TAKE US.
UH, COULD YOU SAY A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE OF BATTERIES? I MEAN, YOU, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT HOW DOES THAT THE TEMPERATURE AFFECT THE BATTERY? WELL, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BATTERY IS, CAUSES TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEGRADATION OF THE BATTERY AND ITS ABILITY TO HOLD A CHARGE, RIGHT? SO THAT IS THE ENEMY OF BATTERIES TEMPERATURE.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY COMES IN.
HOPEFULLY THE SOLID STATE BATTERIES WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL TEMPERATURE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UH, THROUGH THE USE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, DIFFERENT MINERALS AND HOW IT'S ASSEMBLED, UH, GIVING US QUICKER CHARGING TIME, UH, GREATER BATTERY STORAGE, WHICH WILL GIVE US GREATER RANGE OF ABILITY, UH, AND HOPEFULLY GREAT REDUCED WEIGHT OF THE OVERALL BATTERY ITSELF.
SO, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, TEMPERATURE IS THE ENEMY OF THE BATTERY TODAY.
SO IT, BY THAT YOU MEAN THE HEAT? HEAT? YES.
UH, OVER WHAT, AT WHAT TEMPERATURE? I MEAN, DOES OUR HOT WEATHER AFFECT THAT MORE? DOES THE FACT THAT THE BATTERY GENERATES ITS OWN HEAT WHEN IT'S DISCHARGING, WHICH, WHICH IS MORE, UH, POWERFUL, WHICH AFFECTS THE BATTERIES MORE ADVERSELY? YEAH.
UH, WELL OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A DEGRADATION OF THE BATTERY WITH HEAT ITSELF, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE COLD ACTUALLY HAS BEEN A WORSE DEGRADATION OF THE BATTERY, UH, AS THEY FOUND UP IN THE NORTHEAST HERE IN THE LAST YEAR.
I THINK YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT ON THE NEWS.
WHERE PEOPLE WERE LEFT STRANDED ON THE ROAD WITH THEIR BATTERIES JUST DIDN'T LAST AS LONG.
SO, UM, CONTROLLING THAT TEMPERATURE, UH, IS, IS CRITICAL.
I THINK WE CAN MANAGE THROUGH THAT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, YOU KNOW, I I, THE MANUFACTURERS
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ARE BUILDING WAYS TO, UM, REDUCE THAT HEAT AND TO DISSEMINATE THAT HEAT BETTER THAN THEY'VE EVER DONE IN THE PAST.ONE OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, RAPID CHARGING.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT STATIONS FOR RAPID CHARGING? THEY HAVE TO BE MORE POWERFUL.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO CHARGING STATIONS? WELL, SO THERE'S KIND OF THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CHARGING STATIONS.
THERE'S THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU WOULD PLUG INTO YOUR ELECTRICAL OUTLET, JUST THAT WE CALL THAT LEVEL ONE.
LEVEL TWO WOULD BE BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENCY OF YOUR WASHER DRYER REFRIGERATOR.
LEVEL THREE IS THE EQUIVALENCY OF A CONVENIENCE STORE.
YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF POWER.
SO WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT 150 KILOWATTS OR 200 KILOWATTS.
UH, YOU PUT 10 OF THOSE TOGETHER OR EIGHT OF THOSE TOGETHER, YOU GOT ONE MEGAWATT.
UH, TYPICAL SUBSTATION FOR AUSTIN ENERGY IS ABOUT 35 MEGAWATTS.
SO YOU COULD SEE THAT IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY, UH, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FROM POWER POWER COMPANY TO SUPPLY CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY.
THEY ESTIMATE IT WOULD BE, UH, IF WE WENT TO SCALE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, ABOUT 224, 226 MEGAWATTS OF POWER BE REQUIRED TO TAKE BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO SCALE.
THAT, THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BETTER.
COMMISSIONERS, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
I DID, UH, AIR A LITTLE BIT HERE.
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER WHO WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.
AND RICK, I IF WE COULD TAKE A TIMEOUT REAL QUICK AND HAVE HIM SPEAK AND YEAH.
AND I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU CAN FINISH WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU.
DO YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO STAND UP HERE STILL OR WE MAY END UP LITERALLY SPEAKING TO THE SAME ITEMS. SO I MEAN, PHILIP, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US, PLEASE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND RICK, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY, THAT'S QUITE STATE THERE.
I MANAGE A ZERO EMISSION TRUCK INITIATIVE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND.
UH, I WOULD REALLY ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION FROM RICK.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT, UH, AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN HIS SPACE, UH, AS PART OF EDF, UH, I THINK THEY WERE RIGHT ON THE NOSE WITH A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE, UH, ONE OF THE RESOLUTIONS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
UM, I'VE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I'M GONNA TRY TO BE QUICK AND RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME.
UM, BUT I'LL JUST WALK THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER FURTHER QUESTIONS.
SO JUST SET THE STAGE WE WANNA TALK THROUGH, UH, SIMILARLY SOME ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, AND REALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING TO SCALE, UH, TALK SOME ABOUT EDFS TEAM AND WHAT WE DO AND KIND OF HOW WE CAN OFFER A PARTNERSHIP HERE WITH WAC, WITH THE CITY, WITH A RR AND HOW TO THE NEXT STEPS TO TAKE ON THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO SET THE STAGE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS.
JUST GENERALLY IF YOU'RE REPLACING A REFUSE TRUCK, YOU ARE ACHIEVING 26 TIMES GREATER, UH, POLLUTION REDUCTION THAN A PASSENGER VEHICLE.
IT'S ALMOST AS GOOD AS A CLASS EIGHT TRUCK SITTING ON I 35.
THAT'S THE REAL WINNER, THAT ONE YOU'RE GETTING ABOUT A HUNDRED TIMES.
BUT THESE REFUSE TRUCKS, YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BY APPROVING THEM AND AS YOU DESIGN WHERE TO IMPLEMENT THEM, OF COURSE THE FIRST PRIORITY IS WHERE'S THE DUTY CYCLE? WHAT'S THE ROUTE THAT IS GONNA WORK BEST FOR THESE TRUCKS TO MAKE THEM WORK EARLY? BUT THEN RIGHT BEHIND THAT IS, CAN YOU PLACE THESE IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND THE PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE THE WORST AIR QUALITY, THE WORST HEALTH OUTCOMES ALREADY.
IF WE CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT ROUTES WITHIN THE CITY AND HOW YOU'D MANAGE THAT, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A PRIMARY CONCERN FOR EDF.
UH, TO KIND OF BACK UP SOME OF THE COSTS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ELECTRIC TRUCK, THIS IS, UH, NUMBERS.
WE WORK WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE USE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I WILL SAY PRICES VARY SO PEOPLE MIGHT SEE DIFFERENTLY, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A GENERAL TRUCK, WE SEE $575,000 PLUS YOUR FREIGHT WARRANTY.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 600 GRAND TOTAL.
UM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN GET $250,000 FOR A SINGLE AND A GRANT FOR ONE OF THESE TRUCKS PROVIDED YOU MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS, WHICH I CAN TALK ABOUT PLUS THE $40,000 TAX CREDIT.
SO YOU COME OUT NET ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20% CHEAPER OF THE HEAVIEST TRUCKS AND VEHICLES ON THE ROAD TODAY.
REFUSE TRUCKS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CURRENTLY HAVE A TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP THAT ARE BETTER THAN DIESEL.
WE'RE GETTING THERE AND CLOSER TO THOSE WITH SCHOOL BUSES CLOSER TO THOSE WITH, UM, CLASS A TRUCKS.
BUT THESE ARE DEFINITELY BETTER, UH, AND INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY ACHIEVE A NET ZERO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT JUST BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A PILOT PROJECT, FIVE TO SIX TRUCKS.
WE LOOK AT THAT AS BEING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 400 TO $450,000 DEPENDING ON SITE REQUIREMENTS AND NECESSARY BUILD OUT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET ALL OF THAT COVERED BY GRANTS.
IT DEPENDS ON THE APPLICATION AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH AN EDF IS GOING TO WORK WITH A RR IN THE CITY TO HELP DEVELOP THAT.
BUT I JUST WANNA SIGNAL THAT AT THE SMALL SCALE WE'RE TRYING TO START, THIS IS VERY MANAGEABLE
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EVEN TODAY.IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME, BUT IT IS VERY MANAGEABLE ON THE COST SIDE.
UM, BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION IS VERY KEY.
EDF RUNS THIS WEBSITE, ELECTRIC FLEET.ORG.
WE TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS THAT MY CONTINUE PLEASE.
UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS BUILDING AT A RIGHT PACE.
GOING TOO FAST WILL JUST SET EVERYBODY UP FOR FAILURE.
YOU'LL END UP PURCHASING TOO MANY TRUCKS OR TOO EXPENSIVE AND THEY WON'T BE THE RIGHT WAY.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE TO USE THESE TRUCKS FOR A YEAR OR SO TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT WORKS, THIS IS WHAT DOESN'T.
THIS IS HOW THE CHARGING WORKS, THIS IS WHERE IT WORKS.
THE DRIVERS WILL LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE QUIETER AND THEY DON'T CAUSE AS MUCH POLLUTION FOR THEM.
BUT THAT BUILDING OVER TIME IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE URGENCY AND THE CLIMATE NEED TO TRANSITION AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IF YOU DON'T DO IT, THE RIGHT BAY CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE A SETBACK, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN IN THE REGION, IN THE STATE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SO, UH, EDF IS HERE TO HELP PLAN FOR THAT.
WE ADVOCATE FOR PROPERLY SCALING THIS OUT IN THE RIGHT MANNER.
UM, THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE WITH EDF, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THIS.
UH, CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE STATE.
THERE WOULD BE THREE DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT'D BE INTERACTING MYSELF ON THE RIGHT.
UH, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
MY SON AND I WERE BOTH BORN AT THE SAME HOSPITAL AT DIFFERENT TIMES, UH, OVER THERE AT SETON.
UH, LINDSAY OMI MANAGES OUR FLEET.
AND MARISSA NIXON, SHE'S AN ANALYST FOR OUR TEAM AND ACTUALLY SPECIALIZES IN REFUSE TRUCKS AND AS AN, UH, MUNICIPAL WASTE BACKGROUND.
SO SHE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THIS, BUT SHE LIVES IN ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY.
UM, IN GENERAL AND JUST CREATING SUCCESSFUL PILOT, SUCCESSFUL PILOT PROGRAM.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THESE STEPS TO LOOK AT.
AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP CAN BE DEPENDING ON, AND JUST EVEN SEEING THE PRESENTATION FROM RICK TODAY, I THINK THEY MAYBE HAVE A LIMITED, BUT IDENTIFY A PARTNER CONSULTING FIRM TO WALK THROUGH THESE KIND OF STEPS AND DEVELOP AN RFP.
YOU CAN KIND OF IDENTIFY THIS IS WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TODAY.
THIS IS WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE GAPS IN ANALYSIS.
AND THEN IDENTIFY FOLKS THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN A TYPE OF CONTRACT.
ONCE YOU HAVE THAT CONTRACT SET UP IN ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME, YOU CAN HAVE TRUCKS ON THE ROAD AND BE OPERATING AND DOING YOUR TESTING.
THIS TYPE OF GRANT ANALYSIS, VEHICLE PROCUREMENT AND EVERYTHING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, COORDINATED PLANNING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY AND I WOULD SAY WITH THE EUC IS IMPORTANT.
UM, ONE THING TO KNOW IS THAT V TWO G WITH THESE REFUSE TRUCKS IS POSSIBLE AND CAN SAVE $200 A MONTH PER TRUCK.
THAT MEANS THAT WHEN THE TRUCK CAN PROVIDE POWER BACK TO THE GRID IF NECESSARY, YOU ALSO CAN USE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AND LITTLE MICROGRIDS WITH SOLAR PANELS TO HELP POWER THESE TRUCKS ON THE SITES WHERE THEY TYPICALLY WILL BE.
THAT ALSO CAN PROVIDE COST SAVINGS FOR UP TO $200 A MONTH.
THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES SPECIFICALLY FOR FLEETS, CITY FLEETS THAT ARE WORKING ON BUILDING OUT REFUSE TRUCKS.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WELL.
UH, EDF OFFERS THESE CLIMATE CORE FELLOWSHIPS.
THIS IS WHERE FOR MORE LONG-TERM PLANNING, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LONG-TERM DISCUSSION, LIKE RICK DISCUSSED, UM, WE CAN PROVIDE FOR FREE A GRADUATE STUDENT LEVEL PERSON THAT WOULD FOR 12 WEEKS WORK WITH THE CITY, WORK WITH A RR, WORK WITH ANYBODY TO DEVELOP, UH, A TRANSITION PLAN IN THE LONG RUN.
SO SPECIFICALLY CAN IDENTIFY WE WANNA MOVE THIS MANY VEHICLES AT THIS TIME.
EDF WILL COVER THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC, UH, ENTITY.
EDF CAN COVER THE COST OF THAT.
AND WE HAVE THAT WORKED INTO OUR BUDGET.
SO THIS WILL BE NO COST TO THE CITY FOR DOING THAT.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A R ON THAT.
THEY'RE READY TO APPLY, WE'RE READY TO GO ON THAT.
I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EDF IS BRINGING TO THE TABLE FOR THIS AND FOR THIS WORK.
UM, I HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION, BUT I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THAT'S MY EMAIL, UH, FOR ANYBODY WHO DOES HAVE THEM.
AND HAPPY TO HEAR ANYTHING ELSE THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
PHILIP, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I, WHAT'S ENCOURAGING IS WE'RE LITERALLY SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE WITH A RR AND, UH, FLEET MANAGEMENT AND THE EDFI MEAN, WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE SAME OPPORTUNITY HERE.
IT'S GETTING THERE IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY, AND THAT'S ENCOURAGING THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE HERE, WHICH AGAIN, THANK YOU.
RICK, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK UP, I'D LOVE TO.
I THINK THERE'S A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS AND PHILLIP, IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HIM 'CAUSE IT'S, WE CAN TAG BOTH OF YOU GUYS AT THE SAME TIME IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I, I PERSONALLY HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WELL, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? GO AHEAD.
I MEAN, MY QUESTIONS ARE, ARE PRETTY SIMPLE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY KNOWING THAT WE LIVE IN A CITY THAT IS PRETTY MUCH FINITE.
WE KNOW WHERE OUR BOUNDARIES ARE AND WE KNOW HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO, WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO EVERY SINGLE DAY, IT'S GETTING THERE.
AND HOW WE GET THERE IS, IS THE QUESTION THE CHARGING STATIONS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
I MEAN, THOSE TO ME ARE, ARE ABSOLUTELY EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE AS A COMMISSION HAVE BEEN SEEKING A TRANSFER STATION IN THE
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NORTHERN PART OF AUSTIN, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL GIFT SOMEDAY AND IT WILL HAPPEN.HAVING SAID THAT, DOES THAT GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY TAKE THESE, THESE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TRUCKS AND UTILIZE THEM CITYWIDE? AGAIN, COST BEING ONE THING, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL DISCUSS LATER.
COST IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, BUT RICK, I MEAN THAT'S, TRANSFER STATIONS WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
A TRANSFER STATION FOR US AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS A GAME CHANGER.
WE, UH, THEY WOULD DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, IT WOULD LIGHTEN THE LOAD.
UH, SO YOU'RE CARRYING LESS WEIGHT, LESS WEIGHT MEANS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, UH, TRAVEL FURTHER AND DO MORE.
UH, THE OTHER PIECE TO IT IS THAT WE COULD DESIGN ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO JUST TRANSFER THE, UH, WASTE FROM THE TRANSFER STATION TO THE DUMP.
TODAY WE DRIVE THOSE VEHICLES FROM FAR NORTHWEST AUSTIN ALL THE WAY TO THE DUMP EVERY DAY.
UM, WE PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MILES ON ON THOSE VEHICLES.
I THINK WITH TRANSFER STATIONS YOU COULD SHORTEN THE ROUTES, UH, ALSO WITH THE NORTHEAST SERVICE CENTER AS WELL.
ONCE THAT IS BUILT, THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU CENTRALIZE A GOOD PORTION OF YOUR FLEET ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AUSTIN.
AND WITH TRANSFER STATIONS, THOSE TWO THINGS WOULD CHANGE DYNAMICALLY.
UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM WITH A RR.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? I'VE GOT A FEW.
I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT, UM, PLANNING THEN, WHEN YOU BUILD A TRANSFER STATION FOR THE POWER NEEDED, THERE WILL BE IMPORTANT AND THE PHYSICAL PLACE MIGHT BE FOR A LONG TIME.
THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO INTEGRATE.
UM, THE ONLY THING IF I GOT TO MENTION WAS THAT YOU MENTIONED KIND OF TRUCK ROUTES.
UH, A PILOT THAT EXISTS CURRENTLY TODAY IN A VEHICLE THAT'S RUNNING IN NORTH SIDE IN NORTH TEXAS.
UM, IT RUNS ABOUT 123 MILES ON THEIR ROUTE AND THEY CAN FINISH THEIR COMPLETE ROUTE WITH, I, I HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER ON MY, ON MY COMPUTER, BUT THEY CAN FINISH THEIR ROUTE AND THEIR NORMAL SERVICE WITH ABOUT 15% CHARGE LEFT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND THEN STILL POWER ABOVE OVERNIGHT.
SO YOU CAN DO THIS WITH A GOOD RANGE.
NOW, THE DISTANCE YOU'RE DESCRIBING, YES, YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO POWER UP OR DO SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE, BUT JUST TO SPEAK OF THE OPPORTUNITY, WHAT'S AVAILABLE TODAY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO SHARE THAT STATISTIC WITH THE COMMISSION.
AND AGAIN, BACK TO JUST THE LOGISTICS AND THE CHALLENGES OF THESE VEHICLES.
I MEAN, STEPPING RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR STREETS ARE NOT THAT WIDE.
SO WITH THE, WITH THE ABILITY TO CHARGE THESE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS, PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN SMALLER ELECTRIC REFUSE VEHICLES, THE ONE THAT'S OUTSIDE.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT SHOW AND TELL.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS WONDERFUL, IMPRESSIVE.
AND, UH, I WISH WE COULD KEEP UP A HUNDRED OF THOSE HERE.
BUT, UH, HAVING SAID THAT, WOULD THE SIZE WITH ENOUGH CHARGING STATIONS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE FLEET OR THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE ITSELF, WHICH PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE MANEUVERABILITY IN SOME OF OUR MO MORE DIFFICULT STREETS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF HERE IN AUSTIN.
THE AUSTIN IS NOT GETTING, THE STREETS AREN'T GETTING ANY WIDER.
AND THERE'S MORE DENSITY THAN EVER BEFORE.
SO YOU'RE HITTING MORE HOUSEHOLDS PER MILE THAN YOU'VE EVER HIT BEFORE.
UH, TRANSFER STATIONS WOULD ALLOW US TO DOWNSIZE THE SIZE OF THE HOPPER THAT'S ON THESE VEHICLES, THEREBY REDUCING THE WEIGHT.
UH, AND UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT BODES WELL FOR A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
BATTERIES ARE NOT WITHOUT THEIR LIMITATIONS.
I THINK THAT THAT OPERATIONAL CHANGE WITH TRANSFER STATIONS, THAT'S AN OPERATIONAL CHANGE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF IMPROVEMENT IN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COULD PUT YOU AT THE CROSS AIRS OF A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR PHILIP OR RICK? YEAH, I DO.
COMMISSIONER CATUSA DID ALL YES.
UM, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
UM, DID YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING TOGETHER? EDF IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN? UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, MEETINGS WITH A RR OFF AND ON FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP AND ENSURE THE CLIMATE CORE FELLOW IS THERE.
AND THEN WE'VE KIND OF BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TO FORMALLY MATERIALIZE, I GUESS, TO WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY AND DIRECTLY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? FORMALLY MATERIALIZED, UH, WORKING ON THIS RESOLUTION.
AND THEN ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT A RR IS, WE CAN BRING TO THEM WHAT THEY NEED.
I THINK THE FIRST PIECE OF THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE CLIMATE CORE FELLOW.
THAT'S A BIG VALUE ADD WE HAVE.
BUT THEN BEYOND THAT, IT'S HOW DO WE, UH, START MEETING A REGULAR BASIS TO PROVIDE VALUE ADD TO WHAT THEY ALREADY DO AND THE RESOURCES THAT, UH, THE FLEET MOBILITY TEAM HERE AT THE CITY ALREADY HAS.
AND SO EVEN FROM THE PRESENTATION TODAY, LIKE, WELL, THERE'S THINGS I DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT
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WE DO WORK ON THOUGH, LIKE GRANTS AND I AM ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE ON IMPROVING THE STATE GRANTS SO THAT WE CAN HELP ACHIEVE SOME OF THAT.UH, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
I KNOW THAT, UH, THEY DISCUSSED THAT THE CITY'S FLEET, UH, IS VERY NEW AND YOUNG.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY A SET OF VEHICLES THAT ARE OLDER.
THE STATE WILL ALLOW YOU TO SCRAP A THIRD PARTY SCRAPPAGE, OR LET'S SAY THERE'S A REGIONAL CITY THAT'S GOT A VERY OLD TRUCK.
IF THAT CITY REMOVES THEIR OLD TRUCK, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WERE TO SELL THEIR USED TRUCK TO THEM AND THEN PURCHASE A NEW ELECTRIC TRUCK, THEY COULD THEN QUALIFY THE CITY COULD QUALIFY FOR A NEW ELECTRIC TRUCK.
SO THAT EXISTS NOW IN A WAIVER FORM.
WE HAD TO IDENTIFY THOSE VEHICLES.
THAT'LL BE A MORE FORMAL PROGRAM, HOPEFULLY, UH, AT THE END OF NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WE HAVE STRONG SUPPORT FROM, UH, A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS ON THAT.
SO THOSE TYPE, THAT'S THE TYPE OF THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
IT'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS AND WHERE CAN WE HELP EACH OTHER AND WHAT GUIDANCE CAN WE PROVIDE.
SO RICK IS, UM, IS A RR WELCOMING AND, UH, WORKING WITH EDF? WELL, I'VE, I'VE SHARED MY INFORMATION WITH EDF AT THIS POINT.
UM, MY CONTACT INFORMATION, I'M HOPING TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP THERE.
AS FAR AS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, THEY'RE VERY, UM, THERE ARE OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS.
WE ARE PROBABLY, THERE IS PROBABLY NO DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT WE'RE CLOSER TO THAN AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.
WE'RE WALKING THEIR WORLD EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK.
UM, THE, UH, THEIR LEADERSHIP, OUR LEADERSHIP, THEIR FRONTLINE STAFF, OUR FRONTLINE STAFF, THEIR MISSION IS OUR MISSION.
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOCKSTEP WITH AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY ON WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR FLEET.
BUT YOU ALL ARE ON BOARD WITH THE FLEET MOBILITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? MELISSA, IS THAT MELISSA? YES, GARY, THANK YOU.
I I COULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE MEETING, BUT
UM, SO WHEN RICK, WHEN YOU WERE SHOWING ALL OF THE GRANTS THAT WERE APPLIED FOR, I DIDN'T SEE THE CFI GRANT, THE CHARGING, UM, FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS APPLIED FOR, UM, IN ORDER TO HAVE MORE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY.
UM, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION TOO, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT REAL FAST.
I, UH, PULLED TOGETHER WHAT I FELT LIKE WERE MM-HMM
UH, SO I PROBABLY MISSED THE ONE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE THAT BACK AND GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
I WAS TAKING NOTES VERY RAPIDLY WHILE YOU WERE GIVING YOUR PRESENTATION, YOUR SLIDE PRESENTATION, RICK.
SO I MAY HAVE MISSED WRITING DOWN SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
BUT YOU WERE SAYING IN ORDER TO MEET THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN REQUEST, YOU HAVE, YOU NEED TO HAVE 2100 MORE BVS IN ORDER TO MEET THAT, UM, THAT PLAN REQUEST.
AND THAT'S GONNA INCREASE THE COST OVER THE ICE TRUCKS BY 12 MILLION.
AND IN A DIFFERENT SLIDE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS $2.8 MILLION SAVED BY THE CURRENT BEV FLEET THAT YOU HAVE.
SO I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING WITH THE CURRENT TECHNICAL TE TECHNOLOGY STATE OF THE BATTERIES THAT WE HAVE NOW, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE IMPROVING THE RANGE, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOWERING THE COSTS OVER TIME.
SO THESE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE OVER TIME FOR SURE.
SO I, UM, I GUESS MY POINT AND, UM, MENTIONING THE NUMBERS FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT THE $12 MILLION INCREASE IS THAT INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FUTURE SAVINGS THAT WILL BE HAD OVER THE, UM, INVESTMENT OF, OF ADVICE TRUCKS.
THE, UH, $12 MILLION INCREMENTAL COST IS AN ACQUISITION COST.
THAT'S THE COST OF BUY THE VEHICLE.
UH, COMPARED TO THE COST OF THE EQUIVALENT IN, UH, ICE OR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE, THE $2.8 MILLION SAVINGS IS AN OPERATIONAL SAVINGS.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THE VEHICLE PAYS FOR ITSELF OVER TIME.
WE TYPICALLY IN FLEET REFER TO THAT AS TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP.
UM, AND IT'S YOUR ACQUISITION COST MINUS YOUR DEPRECIATION, YOU KNOW, AND YOUR EXPENSES, YOUR FUEL EXPENSE AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSE OVER TIME.
UH, SO THEY KIND OF TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE TWO NUMBERS RELATED TO A LITTLE BIT OF APPLES AND ORANGES, BUT THEY WERE PARTS OF THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP.
ONE, THE 12 MILLION WAS A ACQUISITION, INCREMENTAL COST OVER AND ABOVE ICE.
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AND THE 2.8 WAS OPERATIONAL SAVINGS OF FUEL AND MAINTENANCE OF WHAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN HAD WE BEEN DRIVING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE.SO WE'VE SAVED, UM, AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE 48% ON FUEL OF THAT $1,200 PER VEHICLE, WE WOULD'VE SPENT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, 48% MORE WE SAVED 48% ON IN TERMS OF FUEL COST.
UH, THE 52% WE SAVED, UH, FROM A MAINTENANCE COST STANDPOINT, WE WOULD'VE SPENT, UH, 52% MORE, UH, UH, TRYING TO MAINTAIN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE.
YOU GOT THE OIL CHANGES AND YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT RELATE TO THE ENGINE.
SO OPERATIONAL COSTS VERSUS ACQUISITION COSTS, BUT ALL OF THAT FALLS INTO THE UMBRELLA OF TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP.
SO THE ACQUISITION COST, UM, BASED ON WHAT I SAW FROM PHILIPS SLIDES, UH, YOU'RE GONNA GET A HUGE DEAL IF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THESE BRAND OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND THEN INFLATION REDUCTION OPPORTUNITY SO THAT IT REDUCES THAT COST, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO, YEAH, ACQUISITION RETAIL, UM, I'M SURE IT WOULD BE A CONSIDERABLE MORE DOUBLE THE PRICE THAN AN ICE TRUCK, BUT NOT NECESSARILY IF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THESE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
YEAH, THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE THE THING THAT MAKES IT AN AFFORDABLE, UM, PROPOSITION FOR US.
UH, THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 'EM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BOTH FOR BUYING THE VEHICLE AND ALSO BUILDING THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, BOTH OF YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE ENLIGHT SPEAK.
JERRY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE PRESENTATION.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A VERY THOROUGH AND COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION.
I THINK THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY PROMISING.
UM, WHENEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CHARGER CHARGING POINTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S 1 98.
IS THERE A GOAL NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE CURRENTLY? SO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, I THINK AT THIS POINT NOW, WE WERE SHOOTING FOR LIKE A TWO TO ONE RATIO, TWO BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO ONE LEVEL TWO CHARGING STATION.
THESE WERE EARLY METRICS FOR US.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE BOUGHT THESE VEHICLES, THERE WAS GONNA BE A PLACE TO CHARGE 'EM.
UH, WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO FREAK OUT OVER RANGE ANXIETY, SO WE WANTED TO GIVE 'EM, UH, A PLACE TO CHARGE THE VEHICLE.
THE REALITY IS, IS AS RANGE INCREASES WITH THESE VEHICLES WITH IMPROVEMENT IN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO TO A THREE TO ONE RATIO OR A FOUR TO ONE RATIO BECAUSE CHARGING TIMES WILL BE FASTER AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DRIVE FURTHER.
IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, 90% OF ALL OF OUR VEHICLES TRAVEL LESS THAN 200 MILES IN A WEEK.
SO THEY REALLY ONLY NEED TO CHARGE ONE OVERNIGHT CHARGE ON A LEVEL TWO CHARGING STATION.
THE OTHER PIECE TO IT IS THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER ABOUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE? WELL, LEVEL TWO, YOU'LL NEED TO CHARGE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT THE OVERNIGHT TYPICALLY.
UM, BUT FOR LEVEL THREE OR DC FAST CHARGE, THEY BOTH GET USED INTERCHANGEABLY.
BUT, UH, YOU COULD GET A FULL CHARGE ON YOUR BATTERY IN 30 MINUTES AND THEN YOU'RE, THEN YOUR CHARGING EXPERIENCE IS THAT OF LIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN A TANK OF GAS, GO IN, YOU GET YOUR CHARGE, YOU LEAVE, YOU GO, AND I'LL JUST ADD ON THE HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE SIDE, ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE REGENERATIVE REGENERATIVE BRAKING IS GONNA ADD SOME MORE POWERS TO GO.
AND THAT TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
AND THEN ALSO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MAX AND ADD AROUND 600 KILOWATTS IN A CHARGE WITH THESE TRUCKS.
BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IS PUT OUT A ONE MEGAWATT CHARGING KIND OF TECHNOLOGY, UH, GRANT FUND THAT ACTUALLY JUST CLOSED YESTERDAY FOR A CONCEPT PAPER.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA SEE THOSE DEVELOPED AND TESTED SOON.
SO BY THE END OF THE DECADE, I THINK ONE MEGAWATT CHARGING FOR THESE KIND OF HEAVIER DUTY TRUCKS WILL BE VERY COMMON.
AND SO THAT'S JUST A SIMPLE, LIKE, SO YOU'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT THING.
SO THE GOALS WILL SHIFT AS THE TECHNOLOGIES IMPROVE OVER TIME.
AND THAT'S WHY JUST GETTING THE MOST YOU CAN RIGHT NOW FOR ANY CLASS OF VEHICLES IS GREAT.
AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND KIND OF WHAT THEY'VE SET FORTH SO FAR.
I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE FURTHER ALONG.
I, I DO THESE PRESENTATIONS WITH OTHER CITIES AND WE PARTNER WITH OTHER STATES AND WE ARE, UM, 10 STEPS AHEAD OF SOME OTHER PLACES.
SO I'M VERY PROUD TO SEE WHAT THE CITY'S DONE SO FAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAITLIN? HI.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE NICHE, UM, BUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, I NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BY MAKING ALL OF THESE TRUCKS, EVS, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, UH,
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KIND OF MITIGATING ALL SCOPE ONE EMISSIONS, DIRECT EMISSIONS, AND THEN SCOPE TWO, BY THE TIME AUSTIN ENERGY IS FULLY, UH, HOPEFULLY NET ZERO BY 2040, THERE'LL BE NO SCOPE TWO EMISSIONS.I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF CONSIDERATION FOR EMBODIED CARBON OF THESE TRUCKS OR LIKE ANYTHING INVOLVING SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS? CAN YOU CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? CAN YOU SURE.
UM, SO WITH SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS, UM, JUST KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PURCHASED GOODS, UH, SO KIND OF THE, UH, INTENSIVE PROCESS THAT GOES INTO MAKING THESE TRUCKS, UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS KIND OF IF THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION THAT YOU GUYS HAD MADE AT ALL.
I MEAN, I THINK OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE, IS LOOKING AT THE CURRENT CARBON OUTPUT OF THE EXISTING FLEET.
AND, UM, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
OUR, UH, WITH UH, EITHER WITH ALTERNATIVE FUELS OR WITH BATTERY ELECTRIFICATION, UH, REDUCE THE TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS OUTPUT OF THE FLEET ITSELF.
LOOKING FURTHER UPSTREAM AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE CARBON INTENSITY TO PRODUCE A BATTERY OR TO ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE THE VEHICLE ITSELF.
UH, THOSE ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN OUR CURRENT EQUATIONS, ALTHOUGH IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION MORE ON A MACRO BASIS.
UH, AND UH, I THINK PEOPLE WILL DO THAT MORE AS TIME GOES ON.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT JUST WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF JUST HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY TAKE IT TO ZERO, UH, AND MAKING THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE 351 BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT WE'VE ONBOARDED TO HAVE 7,900 METRIC TONS OF DIRECT CARBON SAVINGS.
IS I, I CONSIDER THAT A HUGE SUCCESS.
I'LL JUST, I'LL ADD JUST REAL QUICKLY TO THAT IS THAT THERE ARE, UM, ON THE MACRO LEVEL, OBVIOUSLY IN THE PRODUCTION, EDF WORKS ON THAT WITH COMPANIES ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT'S SOME THAT'S NOT RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE CITY, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE DISCUSS.
UH, THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT WILL RECYCLE TRUCK PARTS AND THEY CAN GO THROUGH THAT.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE AN OLD TRUCK, IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU REMOVE IT FROM THE ROAD AND THEN IT GOES INTO SCRAPPY, IT CAN BE REUSED, YOU CAN REDEVELOP THOSE PARTS.
I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS I'VE BEEN A PART OF WHERE I'VE SEEN THOSE COMPANIES.
SO DOWN THE LINE IT COULD BE A DISCUSSION.
MAYBE I BRING THEM, UH, TO A FUTURE MEETING OR SOMETHING ELSE Y'ALL CAN TALK ABOUT TO HEAR FROM THEM AND IDENTIFY IF THERE'S WAYS TO KIND OF CONNECT WITH THAT.
SO WHEN THESE TRUCKS REACH THERE VIABLE END OF LIFE CYCLE HERE WITH THE CITY MM-HMM.
THEIR PARTS COULD STILL BE REUSED FOR ADDITIONAL TRUCKS AND MANUFACTURED ON THE LINE.
IT, THOSE PLANTS DON'T EXIST IN TEXAS TODAY.
THERE'S ACTUALLY, WELL THERE WAS ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
I HOPE IT'S STILL THERE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO DEVELOP THAT IF THE CITY WANTS TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND FIND THOSE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIPS DOWN THE LINE.
LEMME, THIS IS SUCH A COOL, UM, IDEA.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
CRAIG, YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION? YEAH.
I'M GONNA THROW THIS OUT THERE.
THIS IS LISTENING TO THIS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU START THINKING ABOUT, UM, AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN TALKING TO AUSTIN ENERGY.
'CAUSE AUSTIN ENERGY IS GOING THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES AND ONE SUGGESTION WITH AUSTIN ENERGY IS, YOU KNOW, BATTERY AND, YOU KNOW, UTILITY SIZED BATTERY AND IT HELPS THE GRID TO KEEP THESE SPREAD OUT.
WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SUBSTATIONS ALL OVER THE CITY, AND THESE SUBSTATIONS USUALLY HAVE SPACE FOR A GRID SIZED BATTERY, WHICH WHERE THEY MAY GO, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLACE TO PUT IN A LEVEL THREE CHARGING FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR TRUCKS.
I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD ALL WORK TOGETHER.
OF COURSE THAT WOULD INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT.
BUT I JUST, THAT IDEA, JUST, I'M SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU DO, 'CAUSE IT OBVIOUSLY THE LEVEL THREE IS VERY USEFUL.
SO I, I DON'T, THERE WASN'T A QUESTION IN THERE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH AUSTIN ENERGY.
THEY ARE A CRITICAL PARTNER TO US.
AND WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM, HAD THE CITY NOT OWN ITS OWN, UH, POWER COMPANY.
UM, SO THEY, UH, HAVE HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY IN TERMS OF BUILDING OUT CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, THEY'RE HELPED US WITH ESTABLISHING CONTRACTS.
UM, THEY ARE WITH US ALL AWAY WITH PLANNING, UH, AND ENGINEERING AND DESIGNING A MORE MACRO CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, THE BIG PICTURE WITH THEM, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UH, HOW DO YOU, UM, TAKE THIS TO SCALE, UH, AND, UH, REALLY OVERALL BIG PICTURE
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ADOPTION, AND WE GET TO PARTNER WITH THEM.AND SO IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, JUST LIKE IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS LOCKSTEP IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS SORT OF THING.
YOUR COMMENT ABOUT LIKE A, UH, THERE'S ONE THING YOU SAID THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND I WANTED TO KIND OF TOUCH ON IT.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND YOU IMPLEMENT THAT FOR A CRITICAL SERVICE, IF POWER IS DOWN, AND YOU KNOW, IN AUSTIN, WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE OF, UH, MOMENTS HERE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THIS YEAR WAS GOOD, BUT THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE HAD POWER OUTAGES.
WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU MADE, YOU SAID A WORD THAT, UH, THAT IS I THINK, AN IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND.
THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS CALLED MICROGRIDS THAT THEY, UH, ARE SCALABLE THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE AS BACKUP POWER TO DO THINGS LIKE SUPPORT LEVEL THREE, CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE EVENT THAT A POWER FAILURE TAKES PLACE, THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD WOULD BE TO HAVE AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE GENERATOR POWERING A ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION.
SO WE LIKE THE IDEA OF THE MICROGRIDS, AND WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING THAT SORT OF TECHNOLOGY AS BACKUP POWER FOR THIS WHOLE PLATFORM AS IT EVOLVES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, BOTH OF YOU.
[5. Approve a resolution making recommendations to the electrification of the ARR fleet of vehicles.]
ON.THE NEXT ITEM HERE WOULD BE, UH, LITERALLY ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION.
AND THE RESOLUTION JUST TO SUMMARIZE, IS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF A RR TO CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD, TO ELECTRI ELECTRIFYING THE FLEET.
ARE THERE ANY I MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THAT MELISSA ROTHROCK? MELISSA MOVES APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM ON THE RESOLUTION HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? ANY NAYS? NOPE.
SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR ENTIRE FLEET SHOULD BE ELECTRIFIED AND WE SHOULD BE RUNNING ON THE STREETS AND, UH, EMITTING ZERO WASTE, NO PUN INTENDED.
BUT ANYWAY, GUYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
PHILIP, THANK YOU FOR, UH, JOINING US AND, UH, CHIMING IN.
I APPRECIATE THAT, COMMISSIONERS.
[3. Discussion and action to approve amendments to Department Administrative Rules for Single Family Homes.]
ON GUYS.THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE, I GUESS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS, I'M SORRY, YEAH, ITEM NUMBER THREE HERE.
AND ITEM NUMBER THREE IS, IS THE, UH, DISCUSSION TO ACTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND I THINK JASON MCCOMBS HAD A PRESENTATION FOR US.
HI, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UH, JASON MCCOMBS, DIVISION MANAGER, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.
I'VE GOT A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION HERE.
BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK JUST A, UH, REMINDER OF, UH, BACK IN AUGUST, UH, WE, UH, PRESENTED SOME, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE RULE CHANGES TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UM, THAT, UH, WAS PUT ONLINE, UM, ON SPEAK UP AUSTIN.
AND, UH, WE'VE ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ALONG WITH THOSE CHANGES.
AND IT WAS UP FROM MIDGUT THROUGH MID-SEPTEMBER.
AND SO WE DID RECEIVE A FEW COMMENTS, UM, ONLINE.
UM, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS WERE, I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AROUND JUST THE DEFINITION OF MULTI-FAMILY, UH, ESPECIALLY CONCERNED TO SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL RECTIFY ITSELF, THAT JUST 'CAUSE WE BROKE UP THESE SECTIONS OF THE RULES.
UM, WE'LL HAVE MULTIFAMILY COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO, UM, IF ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED, WE THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THAT AS PART OF THE NEXT SECTION.
BUT WE DID RESPOND TO THOSE WITHIN, UH, UH, THE SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGE ITSELF.
UM, THE, UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT, UH, SEEKING CLARIFICATION ON, UM, IT WAS ITEM 4 1 4, AND IT WAS SPEAKING TO, UM, A, UH, WHEN THERE WAS A VACANT PROPERTY.
AND, UM, YOU CAN SUSPEND CART SERVICE FEES FOR THAT TIME.
AND SO WE PROVIDED SOME CLARIFICATION TO THAT LANGUAGE, SPEAKING TO HOW WE DO THAT AND HOW WE VERIFY THAT THOSE PROPERTIES ARE VACANT.
UH, WE TYPICALLY SEE THESE, UH, DURING, UH, TIMES OF CONSTRUCTION AROUND TOWN.
AND, UM, WHEN THERE IS A LARGE, UM, YOU KNOW, A ROLL OFF TIMES,
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SOMETIMES IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR RENOVATION OF A HOUSE, AND, UH, AND A HOUSE IS VACANT, AND SO THEY'LL, YOU CAN SUSPEND A CART, SERVICE FEES, YOU DO STILL PAY ALL OTHER FEES, CLEANING COMMUNITY FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.UM, BUT, AND CITY STAFF DOES VERIFY THAT THE PROPERTY IS VACANT, UH, BY MONITORING BILLS.
SO WE ADDED SOME CLARIFICATION LANGUAGE THERE.
SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY GO TO COUNCIL, UH, IN NOVEMBER.
HERE WOULD BE THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO BRING THESE FORWARD.
AND I THINK WITH THAT, UM, I THINK THERE VISITORS WE WOULD BE SEEKING, UM, JUST RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO APPROVE.
UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE A BACKUP OF THE RCA THAT WE'D BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, THE SPEAK UP AUSTIN COMMENTS AND HOW WE RESPONDED.
AND THEN ALSO THE DRAFT LANGUAGE ITSELF.
AND YES, THOSE ARE INCLUDED HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? ANY COMMENTS? PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD CAN HAVE.
SO, FOR THE, THE CART THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS FOR THE COMPOST PART, IS THIS FOR ALL OF ALL THREE CART LANDFILL, RECYCLING, COMPOST? ALL THREE? YES.
SO WHEN YOU WERE SAYING THAT TO DEFINE BETTER, WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE UNIT ON A SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW HOME INITIATIVE, SO YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE UNIT ON A SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THESE NEW RULES, WOULD THERE BE MULTIPLE CARTS FOR THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOME? FOR EACH UNIT? THERE WILL BE.
UM, THIS SECTION OF RULES, THOUGH, IS REALLY FOCUSED.
WE'RE, THAT'LL BE THE NEXT SECTION IN MULTIFAMILY.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE TWO, UH, THE TWO UNITS AND ABOVE A DUPLEX, YOU KNOW, OR TWO SEPARATE UNITS, ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT, ET CETERA, THAT WILL BE IN OUR MULTIFAMILY.
SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE ONE UNIT PER LOT RIGHT NOW FOR THIS SECTION OF RULES.
UM, BUT YES, YOU WILL HAVE POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE SETS OF CART IN THE FUTURE, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MELISSA.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE, UM, APPROVE THESE, THESE CHANGES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? HEARING? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
PLEASE SUPPORT ANY NAYS OUT THERE.
[4. Discussion and action on amending By-laws related to ZWAC Committees.]
GUYS, MOVING ON HERE.I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS, UH, KIND OF AN ITEM, I GUESS WE ASKED FOR AS A COMMISSION, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, STAFF, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE AND SUPPORT US OR
BUT NONETHELESS, IT WAS ONE, UH, IN WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, SOME GUIDANCE WITH THE, UH, BYLAWS RELATED TO THE COMMISSION, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES OR COMMITTEES, TO SAY THE LEAST.
I'M GINA MCKINLEY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
LIKE YOU SAID, NEED, YOU SAID THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS A RESULT OF A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AT, I THINK I FORGET NOW, JULY, AUGUST.
THE LAST MEETING THAT YOU HAD, YOU BROUGHT, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT COMMITTEES, AND THE BYLAWS IS WHERE THERE'S DETAIL ABOUT THE COMMITTEES OF THE COMMISSION.
I LEFT MY BINDER AT MY DESK, BUT THERE'S THREE COMMITTEES CURRENTLY WITHIN THE BYLAWS.
IT'S THE URO COMMITTEE, AN ORGANICS COMMITTEE, AND A CD COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT ARE THE, OH, THANK YOU.
ARE THOSE STILL NEEDED? UM, ARE COMMITTEES THE THING TO HAVE BY PER THE BYLAWS, THE COMMITTEES REQUIRE STAFF SUPPORT, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO MEET QUARTERLY, UM, EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES.
UM, WE HAVEN'T, I DON'T BELIEVE, HAD A MEETING AT LEAST OF URO SINCE 2022.
SO THOSE COMMITTEES WERE ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED TO REALLY HELP GET THE URO IN PLACE, GET THE C AND D ORDINANCE IN PLACE, GET CURBSIDE COMPOSTING ROLLED OUT.
AND I THINK THE QUESTION WAS, ARE THEY STILL NEEDED? ARE WORKING GROUPS MAYBE A BETTER TOOL FOR THIS COMMISSION GIVEN THE INTEREST IN MULTIPLE TOPICS AND TRYING TO TACKLE THINGS LIKE THE ELECTRIFICATION OF OUR FLEET WAS ONE OF THE IDEAS.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION YOU JUST PASSED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND.
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IF YOU NEED IT.
I, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COMMENTS HERE, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE, WE, WE'VE FORMED THESE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES TO, TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL OR TO, TO FIND A SOLUTION TO A, A POTENTIAL CHALLENGE.
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WE'VE, YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE VERY WELL AT THAT.AND, UH, WITH THE WORK WITH THE COMMISSION, IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
I MEAN, HERE WE ARE ROLLING OUT, UH, MULTIFAMILY COMPOST, UH, THIS PAST, UH, WEEK.
DO WE STILL NEED THE SUBCOMMITTEES? WELL, PERHAPS, IF NOT A SUBCOMMITTEE, TO YOUR POINT, A WORKING GROUP THAT WOULD AT LEAST ANALYZE THE RESULTS OF THIS, OF THIS, UH, UH, ENDEAVOR.
NOW, SOME OF THE FUTURE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE, YES.
IN FACT, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UH, SOME WORKING GROUPS AND OR PERHAPS A SUBCOMMITTEE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIGGER TICKET ITEMS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE ROAD, C AND D RECYCLING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT COMES TO MIND.
WE, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING, WE, WE ASK THAT THIS BE DONE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY THERE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO WOULD A SUBCOMMITTEE TASKED WITH SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO THIS BENEFIT, THE BENEFIT TO A RR AND OR THE, UH, ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE? AND SO, BUT BACK TO THE POINT HERE, THESE, THESE, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, ZAC COMMITTEES, THAT WAS MORE, THAT WAS MORE ON THERE.
SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE HAVE HAD COMMITTEES, HOW DO WE KEEP THESE THINGS GOING? SHOULD WE KEEP SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES GOING? OR SHOULD WE, UH, SUNSET SOME OF THESE? AND I THINK, UH, THE THREE COMMITTEES THAT I, THAT I, UH, RECALL, THE, UH, URO, WE DID HAVE A, UH, C AND D COMMITTEE THAT, UH, IS STILL OR SHOULD BE ACTIVE AGAIN BEYOND THAT.
AND, UH, WHAT WAS THE OTHER COMMITTEE? I'M SORRY, G OKAY, SO JUST ORGANIC COMMITTEE.
THERE'S THE UNIVERSAL RECYCLING ORDINANCE COMMITTEE.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION ORDINANCE REFORM COMMITTEE, AND THE ORGANICS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
SO THOSE ARE THE COMMITTEE, THOSE ARE IN THE BYLAWS WITH SPECIFICATIONS ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THOSE THINGS AREN'T HAPPENING CURRENTLY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S WHERE THE CONVERSATION STARTED.
UM, AND LIKE YOU SAID, CHAIR WORKING GROUPS ARE A GREAT SOLUTION.
THOSE ARE TYPICALLY, IF THERE'S A TOPIC, SAY IN C AND D, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE IF THERE'S A, THERE IS A, AN IDEAL GOAL THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE, THAT IS AN, THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU COULD SET OUT A WORKING GROUP TO DO THAT AND HAVE A REPORT ON IT.
YOU CAN ALSO HAVE A COMMITTEE JUST UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DIFF THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF EXPECTATIONS OF MEETING TIMES AND THE FORMALITY OF THE GROUP.
SO PERHAPS WE NEED A WORKING COMMITTEE TO SOLVE THE ISSUES WITH A WORKING COMMITTEE VERSUS A SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, CHALLENGE
SO, BUT MEAN, HAVING SAID THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS TOPIC IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET SOLVED TONIGHT.
AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT WE WILL ENTERTAIN IN THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO.
UM, AS, AS, NOW, I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, UM, THE COMMITTEE IS NOW IN THE BYLAWS.
SO A BYLAWS CHANGE HAS TO GO THROUGH, UH, UH, AUDIT AND FINANCE.
UM, SO THAT WE, IN ORDER TO DO AWAY WITH THE COMMITTEES, WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, TO, IF THE COMMITTEES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING QUARTERLY AND THEY'RE NOT SO
I, I, I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL ANSWER TO THAT, I'M NOT SURE.
BUT IT, WE ARE A TECHNICALLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OUR BYLAWS.
SO WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? WHY DON'T WE TAKE THIS TOPIC UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
SERIOUSLY, SIT DOWN AND, UH, COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS AND SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS, AND PRESENT THOSE AS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
THAT'D BE THE WILL OF THIS COMMISSION TONIGHT.
TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WORDSMITH, IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF SOLVING THIS OR FINDING A SOLUTION FOR THIS.
BUT, UH, COMMISSIONERS, I'M ASKING, UH, US TO CONSIDER TABLING THIS FOR ANOTHER MEETING SO THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME, UH, ACTUAL SOLUTIONS, PUT THOSE IN A, ON THE AGENDA AND, UH, AND ADDRESS THOSE AFTER PERHAPS SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE FOLKS NEXT DOOR HERE.
UH, AS, AS THE GREATEST OFFENDER HERE, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING THE CD GROUP, UM, I THINK THE CHALLENGE WAS KIND OF THESE, WE PUT
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THAT ONE ON HOLD DUE TO SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE HAVING.AND I DIDN'T REALIZE, EVEN AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUBCOMMITTEE AND A WORKING GROUP, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DRAFT SOMETHING, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN HAVE A TWO MINUTE TO FIVE MINUTE DISCUSSION JUST AS TO WHAT DIRECTION WE MAY WANT TO DRAFT, OR WHAT A COUPLE OF DIRECTIONS MIGHT BE.
I MEAN, ONE, IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OPTION WOULD BE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND DISBAND ALL SUBCOMMITTEES AND SWITCH TO A WORKING GROUP MODEL, WHICH ALLOWS US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY, PARTICULARLY SINCE IT APPEARS THAT ONE OR TWO OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES ARE PROBABLY MOSTLY OBSOLETE AT THIS POINT.
AND THAT C AND D ONE, UM, MAY NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF HOW QUICKLY THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION.
AS A, AS A COMMISSION, WE CAN FORM FUTURE SUBCOMMITTEES TO TACKLE A, AN ISSUE OR A CHALLENGE.
SO THE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE BYLAWS, SO, CORRECT.
LIKE COMMISSIONER NASSER SAID THAT, THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE BYLAWS, YOU WOULD JUST NEED TO AMEND THE BYLAWS TO INCLUDE CORRECT.
SO ASSUMING WE CLEAN UP AND, UH, GET RID OF SOME OF THE, ELIMINATE SOME OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY ACTIVE WITH, IF WE DID THAT AT THIS POINT, AGAIN, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF COMING BACK LATER.
IF THERE IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS UP BACK TO C AND D, FOR EXAMPLE.
I MEAN, THAT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE PERHAPS SHOULD KEEP ON THE BOOKS NOW, BUT IT, AS FAR AS THE OTHER TWO SUBCOMMITTEES, WHICH IS THE URO, WHICH IS UP AND FUNCTIONING AT THIS POINT, PERHAPS A WORKING GROUP MIGHT, UH, FUNCTION AT THIS POINT FOR THAT COMMISSIONER, SORRY, JUMP IN.
UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, JANE, BUT, UM, WORKING GROUPS, THEY DON'T HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THERE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THAT, THAT IS IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT STAFF WILL NOT ATTEND.
UM, WE GENERALLY DO TRY TO ATTEND, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT IN THE SAME WAY THAT THERE'S THE POSTING REQUIREMENTS, THE KIND OF ALL THE KIND OF BACKGROUND THAT WORK THAT STAFF HAS TO DO TO PREPARE FOR MEETINGS, POST MEETINGS, TAKE MINUTES, AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WE COULD STILL GET INFORMATION FROM THE A OR? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND, AND JUST IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO SUNSET THE URO COMMITTEE, FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T EVER TALK ABOUT THE URO.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE URO.
THERE MAY BE FUTURE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE'S FUTURE AMENDMENTS POTENTIALLY TO THE URO.
SO THOSE THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN STAFF, THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION IS OVER.
ALSO ON THE URO, WE HAVE NOT HAD A MEETING FOR A WHILE AMONG THAT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I TRIED TO, UH, APPROACH HAVING A MEETING, IT WAS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY BUSY.
AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE I WAS PULLING YOU OFF FROM THE IMPORTANT THINGS YOU WERE DOING.
UM, BUT IT'S LIKE THE, THE PART WE WERE WORKING ON WAS FINISHED, AND THEN IT WAS GONNA BE THE START OF IT, AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION OF IT.
SO IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD IT BE GOOD TO GET THE URO, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING AGAIN, NOW THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE IMPLEMENTATION TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING AND BRING MORE PEOPLE IN, AGAIN, FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE STAKEHOLDERS ON THAT, IT WOULD ALMOST DOUBLE THE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO THEM? WELL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU ALL ON HOW, HOW YOU PREFER, I JUST WANT YOUR OPINION.
IT, THE, THE UNIVERSAL RECYCLING ORDINANCE SEEMS TO BE A TOPIC THAT THE ENTIRE COMMISSION IS INTERESTED IN.
UM, HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE PRESENTED UPDATES TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION ON, YOU KNOW, THE ANNUAL REPORTING PERIOD, WHICH IS IN FEBRUARY.
HOW ARE THINGS GOING? UH, I THINK THAT AT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE URO WOULD BE A GR WE, A COMMITMENT WE COULD MAKE AS STAFF THAT WE SCHEDULE REGULARLY.
WE COULD EVEN IDENTIFY A MEETING THAT MADE SENSE TO BRING IN A-U-R-O-U-R-O UPDATE AND PRESENT IT TO THE COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY OPINION OF A GOOD WAY FORWARD.
OR WE AS STAFF COULD SAY, HEY, COULD WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE NEED ASSISTANCE ABOUT, OR WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING NEW.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NOTION THAT IF WE HAD THE URO MEETING, THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS WOULD BE THERE AND THEY WOULD HAVE ANOTHER WAY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS OR THEIR IDEAS?
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I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.WELL, IT WOULD BE IF WE HAD A URO MEETINGS AND WE INVITED STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH OF COURSE WE DO, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER AVENUE FOR THEM, WOULDN'T IT? AS OPPOSED TO JUST PICKING UP THE PHONE AND CALLING ON YOU.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY COULD TALK AND GET, GENERATE IDEAS FROM EACH OTHER.
AND TYPICALLY THOSE HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHEN WE'RE CREATING POLICY PROPOSALS OR CHANGES THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO ADAPT TO.
WE'LL WANNA HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I DO BELIEVE THEY, THEY SHOWED UP BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INTEREST.
UM, WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STAFF, SO THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT SOMETHING HAPPENING AROUND THE URO.
WE HAVE STAFF THAT COULD CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET FEEDBACK.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO WATCH ABOUT HAVING A QUORUM OF THE WHOLE GROUP.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVERYTHING.
WHEREAS IF YOU DO A WORKING GROUP, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
I MEAN, YOU STILL CAN'T HAVE A QUORUM OF THE WHOLE GROUP, BUT THE WORKING GROUP.
BUT AS A WORKING GROUP, YOU CAN ALSO INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE A PART OF THE WORKING GROUP, WHICH MEANS THAT IF SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO GET INVOLVED CAN REALLY SIT THERE AND GET INVOLVED, TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THE FLEXIBILITY IS VERY GOOD.
AS THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, THOUGH, WORKING GROUP IT, IT WORKS AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN IT DISSOLVES.
UH, THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LAST LONGER.
SO, I, I JUST THINK THAT, THAT, FROM MY EXPERIENCE SO FAR ON THIS COMMISSION, WE THE, AT LEAST, UH, WHAT I'VE SEEN, WE COULD, WE COULD DO A WHOLE LOT OF THIS IN THE WORKING GROUP OR BRING IT UP IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE COMMISSION.
SO I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO, UM, DISSOLVING THE COMMITTEES AT THIS POINT, AT THIS POINT.
YET, I HAVE A CONCERN AGAIN, ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDERS, THAT SOMETIMES, WHATEVER THE ISSUES ARE THERE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE, WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL, UH, STA UH, MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS THERE.
JASON, DO YOU REMEMBER? AND WE JUST HAD SUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR THE URO, AND I THINK IT, IT, IT FOLLOWED THROUGH AND HOW THEY WERE GONNA BE INVOLVED.
SO WE WOULD LOSE THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY PUBLICIZE THE WORK.
YOU WORK, WORK, YOU WOULD WELL, I, I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT, BUT THEN THE COMMITTEES ARE SUPPOSED TO MEET QUARTERLY AND THEY'RE NOT CORRECT.
WE'RE BEING REPRIMANDED AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE BEING, WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION WHO ARE, WHO ARE AVAILABLE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO COME TO MEETINGS, THEN, THEN THAT KIND OF LOOKS BAD.
AND, AND AGAIN, I MEAN, JAN, YOU'RE ON THE C AND D COMMITTEE HERE.
I MEAN, HERE, WE'RE PROBABLY, AGAIN, NOT GOING TO FIND A SOLUTION THIS EVENING, BUT IF WE CAN PUT OUR THINKING CAPS ON AND COME IN WITH SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS PRIOR TO OUR NEXT MEETING THAT MIGHT, THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE COMMISSION AND STAFF IN FUTURE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS.
I MEAN, DO WE WANT TO GO THE SET A COMMITTEE ROUTE, OR DO WE WANT TO USE WORKING GROUPS OR A COMBINATION, WHICH WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
AND I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THE INPUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ON MANY, MANY OF THESE SUBCOMMITTEE WORKING GROUP, UH, COLLABORATIONS.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, I, AGAIN, I'M, I'M OPEN TO TABLING THIS, PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING, IF THAT BE THE WILL OF THIS COMMISSION.
WILL WE TABLE IT TO I SECOND? UH, WE HAVE A MOTION.
UM, I, JERRY I'M JUST GONNA, UM, ALSO AGREE WITH JAN THAT I THINK DISBANDING THE, UM, SUBCOMMITTEES AS WE HAVE THEM NOW, AND, UM, REVISITING IN THE FUTURE IF WE WANT TO CREATE NEW SUBCOMMITTEES OR REVITALIZE THE SUBCOMMITTEE, OR I THINK HAVING A WORKING GROUP WITH SUFFICE AS WELL.
BECAUSE THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE HAD, WE'VE, WE HAD 'EM FOR A REASON AND WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THOSE GOALS, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO THINK OF WHAT NEW GOALS WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS WITH THE WORKING GROUP, WHICH WOULD BE LESS WORK AND STAFF REQUIRED, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MELISSA.
THE GOAL, THE GOAL WAS HIT WITH SOME OF THESE SUBCOMMITTEES.
CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF.
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NOW WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES COMING DOWN THE ROAD HERE.TRANSFER STATION COMES TO MIND FOR SOME STRANGE REASON.
THAT COULD BE ONE, C AND D IS ANOTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PERFECT HERE.
BUT AGAIN, LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS.
AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, MELISSA, PERHAPS NEXT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE THAT, THAT MOTION OUT THERE TO DISSOLVE THE CURRENT WORKING GROUPS AS AS THEY ARE.
AND, UH, PERHAPS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, SUBCOMMITTEES AND PERHAPS MOVE MORE TOWARDS THE WORKING GROUP CONCEPT.
AND IF WE EVER NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE AGAIN, WE CAN FORM THAT LATER ON.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS.
AND I HAVE A MOTION TO DO SUCH AND A SECOND BY CRAIG TO, TO YES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM, HEARING, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING THIS AND COMING BACK NEXT WEEK WITH A, WITH A CONCEPT AND A THOUGHT AND A GOOD IDEA.
ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAYS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALRIGHT.
YOUR, I'M SORRY, WAS THAT A YAYAY? I, I SAY YES.
UM, HEY, UH, FIRST IT'S NEXT MONTH.
UM, BUT WHAT IS, WHO, WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE ACTION, I GUESS TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AS TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO? I, I'M POTENTIALLY WILLING TO WORK WITH SOMEONE, BUT IT GINA VOLUNTEERED.
JUST HE, NO, NO, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS.
I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN GO BACK AND LITERALLY LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT, WHERE WE, HOW WE CAME TO THIS, TO THIS POINT AND WHY WE, WE GOT HERE AND, AND LITERALLY HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I, YEAH, I'LL DEFINITELY WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
IT'S UNANIMOUS, I GUESS I'M ASSUMING.
[8. Staff briefing on the status of Austin Resource Recovery Operational and Administrative projects as well as public outreach efforts by Richard McHale, Director of Austin Resource Recovery.]
ITEM OF BUSINESS HERE IS LITERALLY THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.AMY SLAGEL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW UPDATES FROM ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT, UH, THIS MONTH IN DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
I WAS GONNA PULL OUT, UH, A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, THAT, UH, OVER THE LAST MONTH.
IT'S ANOTHER, UH, I THINK THEY'RE IN THEIR SIXTH YEAR NOW IN THE COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE TO, UH, DIVERT MATERIAL FROM THE LANDFILL, UH, AND REHOME, UH, REUSABLE FURNITURE.
SO THEY HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR, 30 TONS, OVER 600 PIECES OF FURNITURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, REHOMED.
UH, JUST WANNA SAY GREAT JOB TO JASON MCCOMBS AND HIS TEAM FOR, FOR HELPING PUT THAT TOGETHER.
SO, UH, AS JERRY MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, MULTIFAMILY COMPOST HAD STARTED LAST WEEK.
SO THAT STARTED ON TEN ONE, YOU SAW PROBABLY SEEN QUITE A BIT OF PRESS ABOUT IT, UH, HERE, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
I KNOW, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT, UH, UP AND RUNNING HERE IN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE KEEP WORKING TOWARDS OUR ZERO WASTE GOALS.
UH, ANOTHER ONE WAS, UH, OUR SWANA SAFETY AWARD.
UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT, UH, WON THAT, UH, IS, UH, AWARD FROM SWANA FOR THE BIGGEST SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.
AND THAT CAME FROM BEING ABLE TO PUT SOME OF OUR GATE CHECK INFORMATION INTO, UH, AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT.
IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN KINDA A PAPER FORMAT.
AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT CAPTURES THE INFORMATION QUICKER AND ALLOWS US TO GET THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO THE SUPERVISOR, AND THEY CAN ADDRESS ANY, ANY DEFICIENCIES WITH THE EMPLOYEE.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY BEEN A BENEFIT TO THE PAR DEPARTMENT.
SO IN TERMS OF, UH, ADDRESSING SOME OF, UH, SOME SAFETY, UH, SOME SAFETY CONCERNS.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SAFETY TEAM FOR, FOR HELP, FOR, FOR WINNING THAT AWARD.
AND, UH, ONE FINAL THING, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PUT IN THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT THIS MONTH BECAUSE IT HAPPENED JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND.
SO WE MISSED THE POSTING DEADLINE WHEN IT HAPPENED.
UH, BUT WE HAD, UH, FOUR A RRR EMPLOYEES AND ONE FLEET MOBILITY EMPLOYEE, UH, PARTICIPATE IN WAN'S INTERNATIONAL RODEO.
IT'S A INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WHERE THEY BRING IN AND THEY, THE DRIVERS COMPETE, UH, A DRIVING COURSE.
UH, AND, AND THE MECHANICS GO THROUGH A PRACTICAL ON, ON AN PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND SO, UH, WE HAD, UH, FOUR OUT OF OUR FIVE FOLKS PLACED IN, UH, IN THAT INTERNATIONALS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TWO FOLKS THAT PLACED, UH, MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, YOU, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF THE EQUIPMENT YOU SEE IN OUR FLEET IS REAR LOADER.
AND WE HAD, UH, PASCAL GOOD WHO CAME IN SECOND.
HE'S A CREW LEADER IN OUR BRUSH GROUP, UH, AS WELL AS ALONZO ZAINO JR.
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AN OPERATOR IN OUR TRASH GROUP.UH, AUTOMATED SIDE LOADER, JOEL GARCIA, THIRD PLACE, HE'S A CREW LEADER IN TRASH.
AND THEN, UH, EDDIE MARTINEZ IS, UH, CAME IN THIRD PLACE IN FLEET, UH, AND HE'S WITH FLEET MOBILITY SERVICES.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, OF, UH, THE WORK THEY PUT IN TO, TO COMPETE AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.
AND NEXT YEAR WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SWEEPING ALL THOSE CATEGORIES.
BUT, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR AMY? AMY, THANK YOU GUYS VERY, VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, THAT TAKES US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA HERE.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I GUESS ONE OF THE ITEMS WOULD BE THE, UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON A SUBCOMMITTEE VERSUS WORKING GROUP, UH, CONCEPT.WE CAN PROBABLY COME UP WITH A FEW OTHER, UH, IDEAS FOR AGENDA ITEMS. WE PROBABLY WOULD LIKE ANOTHER UPDATE, MORE THOROUGH UPDATE ON THE, UH, ROLLOUT OF THE COMPOST PROGRAM IF POSSIBLE.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON THAT.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY THOUGHTS ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT FEEL FREE TO INTERJECT LATER ON IF, IF THERE'S AN IDEA OR TWO THAT COMES UP.
BUT, UH, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND MAKING THIS PLEASANT AND SIMPLE AND AND KNOWLEDGEABLE FOR US.
HEARING NO ITEMS OR SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO ITEMS LEFT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
GREG MOVES, ADJOURNMENT, KATHY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I GOT MY FREEDOM, BUT I DON'T, LET'S.