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WHAT IS IT? JULY 15TH, RIGHT? UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION MEETING.I DO WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE AND SINCERELY APOLOGIZE.
UM, AND SO GETTING STARTED, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
SO PRESENT WE HAVE MYSELF, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL GAINES, UH, COMMISSIONER MARZULLO, COMMISSIONER CRO ORTIZ, AND THEN REMOTE.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER TRI, COMMISSIONER REYES, COMMISSIONER TUON, AND COMMISSIONER MOSS.
AND I DO WANT TO WELCOME COMMISSIONER MOSS, UH, TO THE COMMISSION.
UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, STEPPING UP AND FILLING THE POSITION.
AND, UH, WE, WE HOPE TO, UH, DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK TOGETHER.
SO I KNOW I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT OF ANY, ANY SORT OF INTRODUCTION, BUT WE JUST WANNA WELCOME YOU TO THE COMMISSION.
AND, UH, YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU ALL IN PERSON AND, UM, YEAH, DOING GREAT THINGS TOGETHER.
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SO SHOULD WE DO THE INTRODUCTION BEFORE WE GET INTO CUSAL? I MEAN OF RECUSALS AND EVERYTHING? OKAY.SO NOW WE'LL PASS THE, UM, MIKE TOO.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS CHAIR.
UM, AS ALWAYS, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR BEING HERE, WE HAVE A NEW ADDITION TO OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MATTHEW THOMAS OVER OUR, UH, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PROGRAM AREA.
AND SO WANTED TO INVITE HIM TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO YOU.
AND, UM, YOU COULD SIT RIGHT HERE NEXT TO COMMISSIONER MARLO AND JUST HIT THE BUTTON ON THE MICROPHONE.
ALRIGHT, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
UH, MY NAME IS MATTHEW THOMAS.
UH, AS, UH, SHEA HAD MENTIONED, I'M THE NEW, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
UH, AGAIN, I'M NEW TO AUSTIN, BUT I'M NOT NEW TO THE UTILITY INDUSTRY.
UH, I'VE HAD OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY.
UM, AND I WORKED, UH, FOR SIX PLUS YEARS AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, A PUBLIC WORKS.
AND SO, UH, I HAVE A GOOD SOLID FOUNDATION IN UTILITY OPERATIONS AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO, TO BE HERE IN AUSTIN.
WELL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THOMAS, WE, UH, WELCOME YOU TO AUSTIN WATER, AND I KNOW A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN AND YOUR TENURE.
THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS, RIGHT? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, NO SPEAKERS.
[DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS (Part 1 of 2)]
AND SO, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY RECUSALS, UM, OR QUESTIONS.SO, COMMISSIONER MARLO, NO QUESTIONS? NO RECUSALS.
COMMISSIONER WALEN CROFT QUESTION ON ITEM NINE.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? NO QUESTIONS.
RECUSALS COMMISSIONER, TRI COMMISSIONER TRI, NO RECUSALS.
AND I WAS JUST LOOKING, I HAVE A VERY MINOR QUESTION ON GIMME JUST A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER REYES? NO, RECUSALS.
COMMISSIONER REYES, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY NOW? YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.
LET ME TRY TO SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT.
COMMISSIONER OL NO QUESTIONS? NO RECUSALS COMMISSIONER MOSS? NO QUESTIONS.
AND THAT WILL HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS TWO THROUGH EIGHT, ITEMS 11 THROUGH 13 WILL BE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I GUESS WE NEED, I, WE SHOULD GO AND
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE, THE MAY, UH, MEETING REAL FAST.SO, UM, DID EVERYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM MAY 20TH MEETING? SO IF I, ANY QUESTIONS OR CHANGES NEEDED? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
COMMISSIONER MARZULLO MOTIONS.
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SECONDS.EVERYONE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UNANIMOUS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE WILL GO TO APPROVING
[DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS (Part 2 of 2)]
THE CONSENT AGENDA.SO AGAIN, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS TWO THROUGH EIGHT AND 11 THROUGH 13.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER MARLO APPROVES.
SO SECONDED AND COMMISSIONER RO SECONDS.
EVERYONE IN FAVOR OF, OF, UH,
UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[9. Recommend approval to authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with 730 FM 1626, LLC allowing for the formal transfer of a portion the Forest Oaks Mobile Homes, LLC water certificate of convenience and necessity (“CCN”) No. 12086 to the City of Austin water CCN No. 11322 for the area that overlaps with the 730 FM 1626 LLC Tract, generally located at 730 W FM 1626 in Austin, Texas. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. Landowner will be responsible for infrastructure costs to extend from Austin Water’s system. ]
ITEM NUMBER NINE.ITEM NINE IS RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH SEVEN 30 FM 1626 LLC ALLOWING FOR THE FORM FORMAL TRANSFER OF A PORTION OF THE FOREST OAKS MOBILE HOMES, LLC WATER CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NUMBER 1 2 0 8 6 TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN WATER, CCN NUMBER 1, 1 3 2 2 FOR THE AREA THAT OVERLAPS WITH THE SEVEN 30 FM 1626 LLC TRACT, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SEVEN 30 WEST FM 1626 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
THE FUNDING THERE, UH, THIS ISSUE HAS NO FISCAL IMPACT.
LANDOWNER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS TO EXTEND, UH, FROM AUSTIN WATER SYSTEM.
SO COMMISSIONER SCRO, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
UM, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS ITEM.
UM, THIS IS, UH, WITHIN THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT, AND SO FROM THE BRIEFING MATERIALS, WE KNOW THAT THE TRACT IN QUESTION IS WITHIN THE CITY'S ETJ.
UM, OF COURSE THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED THAT THE, UH, CCN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY FROM THE CURRENT, UM, CCN HOLDER.
AND, UM, AUSTIN WATER IS RIGHT NOW CONSIDERING A SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST FOR WASTEWATER SERVICE.
UM, AND SO I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW AT THIS POINT IS THERE ANYTHING WE, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE MAY KNOW ADDITIONALLY AROUND THE PROPERTY OWNER'S INTENT TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY? UM, SORT OF INFERRING THAT THIS REQUEST TO TRANSFER THE CCN IS GOING TO PROCEED, UM, SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, POTENTIALLY A SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST FOR WATER SERVICE.
WE'VE GOT STAFF COMING FORWARD TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION.
HI, I AM VIRGINIA COLLIER WITH THE KEY ACCOUNTS TEAM.
UM, I SPOKE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, THEY HAVE NOT FILED ANY SITE PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT DID INDICATE THAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY WITH A COMMERCIAL SLASH FLEX INDUSTRIAL PROJECT AND KATIE MIGHT HAVE MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASTEWATER.
YES, MY NAME IS KATIE FRAZIER, SUPERVISING ENGINEER, UH, WITHIN UTILITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, LIKE YOU SAID, WE ARE REVIEWING A WASTEWATER SER FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THAT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT VIRGINIA DISCUSSED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER? YES, YES, WITH THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, SO A MIX OF OFFICE, WAREHOUSE AND, UH, RETAIL.
SO THAT RAISES A QUESTION THAT I GUESS I HAVE.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON FOR NOT A WATER SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST AND NO WASTEWATER? I COULD, WELL, WHY HAVEN'T THEY SUBMITTED ONE? YES, I GUESS OKAY.
IF THEY'RE PLANNING ON DEVELOPING THIS, UNLESS THERE'S A WELL ON SITE OR SOMETHING.
BUT YES, SO THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED A WATER SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THE CCN TRANSFER WAS, WAS FORMALIZED.
UM, AND SO BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LOCATED WITHIN OUR CCN CURRENTLY AND THEY'RE IN THE ETJ, WE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO SUBMIT AN ANNEXATION REQUEST FORM.
AND SO IF, YOU KNOW, IF THE CCN IS OFFICIALLY TRANSFERRED TO CITY OF AUSTIN, WE WOULD NO LONGER REQUIRE THAT, UH, ANNEXATION REQUEST FORM.
SO THEY'RE JUST WAITING UNTIL THAT IS OFFICIALLY, UM, SWITCHED OVER TO OUR CCN AND THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A WATER SCR AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND, UH, A FUTURE SCR REQUEST WOULD COME BACK UP BEFORE THE COMMISSION, CORRECT? OR POTENTIALLY NOT? UH, IF THEY, IF WE PROPOSE SOME OVERSIZED INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY REQUESTED THAT WE COST PARTICIPATE WITH THEM ON THAT, THEN IT WOULD
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COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION, YES.THEN I THINK MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO THAT WOULD BE, UM, KNOWING THAT THIS IS WITHIN THE CITY'S ETJ AND UNDERCURRENT PROCESSES, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETINGS, WHERE, UM, FOLKS CAN PETITION TO HAVE THEIR PROPERTY REMOVED FROM THE ETJ, UM, DO WE ANTICIPATE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE PLANS TO MAYBE SCOPE OUT WHAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MIGHT BE IF THEY CHOOSE TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE CITY'S ETJ AFTER SERVICES ESTABLISHED? UM, GOOD QUESTION.
UH, THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT CAPACITY OF OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS AND EVALUATING THE SERVICE PLAN THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, IF THEY WERE TO DE ANNEX FROM THE CITY, WOULD THEN BE, UM, TO TRAVIS COUNTY'S STANDARDS REGULATIONS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, NOW I HAVE A QUESTION.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT TRAVIS COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH REGULATORY AUTHORITY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE MATTERS.
WOULD IT BE THEN UNDER LIKE TCE? SO IF THEY WERE TO DE ANNEX FROM THE ETJ, UM, THEY, THEY WOULD STILL BE, YOU KNOW, UNDER TRAVIS COUNTY'S, UM, JURISDICTION, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE, UM, SOME, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD GET INTO THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THAT 'CAUSE I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON TRAVIS COUNTY'S
UH, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, TREE PROTECTION WOULD NOT BE ONE.
BUT IN THE ETJI DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH IN TERMS OF TRUE PROTECTION AS IT IS.
I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO WASTEWATER IN PARTICULAR, THAT TRAVIS COUNTY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF REGULATION AND THAT THEY'RE UNABLE TO DO IT.
UM, PRO PROVIDING WASTEWATER SERVICE OR, UH, NO, ACTUALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CER UH, REGULATIONS LIKE THE SAVE OUR SPRINGS ORDINANCES, LIKE THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T APPLY IN TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THERE IS NO AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF TRAVIS COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH TCEQ TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THIS AREA IS JUST FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THIS AREA IS NOT IN THAT OR THAT SAVE OUR SPRINGS ORDINANCE AREA.
KATIE, CAN YOU CLARIFY, THIS IS IN THE CITY'S ETJ? CORRECT.
AND THIS PROPERTY IS NOT RELEASED FROM THE ETJ, CORRECT? THEY HAVE NOT.
I, I HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS QUESTION THAN LIKE A CONTENT ONE, WHICH IS, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE MIGHT BE, OR THAT THERE WAS A FORM A A FORM OF ANNEXATION.
WOULD THAT ESSENTIALLY BE THE PROPERTY OWNER ASKING TO BE MOVED INTO THE CITY OF AUSTIN PROPER, OR IS THAT SOMETHING SEPARATE? YES.
SO THEY ARE REQUIRED BY CODE TO SUBMIT THIS FORM IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT COVERED BY A CCN.
AND IT'S OUTSIDE THE FULL PURPOSE.
HOWEVER, THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME MORE STEPS NEEDED TO ACTUALLY ANNEX THE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S JUST AN INITIAL STEP IN THE PROCESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THEN DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM? I MOVE TO APPROVE.
COMMISSIONER WALEN CR MOTIONS TO APPROVE.
WOW, Y'ALL JUST TRADING BACK AND FORTH TODAY.
EVERYONE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[10. Recommend approval to authorize negotiation and execution of a financing agreement with the Texas Water Development Board for a 20-year, low-interest loan in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for Austin Water’s polybutylene pipe replacement project, also known as the Municipal Conservation Project. Funding: Contingent upon available funding in future Austin Water budgets. ]
ITEM NUMBER 10, RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A FINANCING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR A 20 YEAR LOW INTEREST LOAN IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION FOR AUSTIN WATERS POLY BRUTAL PIPE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPAL CONSERVATION PROJECT FUNDING CONTINGENT UPON AVAILABLE FUNDING IN FUTURE AUSTIN WATER BUDGETS.[00:15:01]
UM, I THINK THIS QUESTION IS REALLY, UM, LANGUAGE.SO, UM, WE'RE REPLACING THE, IT SAYS POLYBUTYLENE PIPES REPLACEMENT.
SO ARE WE REPLACE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE MATERIAL THAT, WHAT KIND OF PIPES DO WE REPLACE THEM WITH? IS IT, I HOPE WE WOULDN'T DO OR I, MAYBE WE DO POLYBUTYLENE AGAIN OR DO WE DO SOME KIND OF HDPE OR COPPER? SO, YEAH, JUST WANTING TO KNOW, ARE WE REPLACING WITH NEW POLYBUTYLENE PIPES OR IS THERE A NEW MATERIAL THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS OR A PLACE? CHARLES LARO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SERVICES.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, REMOVING AND REPLACING THE EXISTING POLY BEE SERVICES IN OUR CURRENT STANDARD SERVICES HDPE PIPE.
AND THIS WOULD BE FOR THE SERVICE LINES FROM THE, THE PIPE THAT'S IN THE MAIN ROADWAY UP TO THE PROPERTY METER.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, BUT AGAIN, THE LANGUAGE WAS LIKE, REPLACE THE POLYBUTYLENE OR, UH, WITH OR REPLACE THE CURRENT POLYBUTYLENE WITH NEW MATERIAL.
AND, AND IN THAT I SO MOVE TO APPROVE IF, IF I MAY MOTION ITEM 10, THE AGENDA.
SO COMMISSIONER TRI, UH, MOVES TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
EVERYONE VOTING IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[14. Discussion and possible action on the Water and Wastewater Commission’s 2026-2027 annual report. ]
THE LAST ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH IS DISCUSSING THE, UM, WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSIONS 20 26 27 ANNUAL REPORT.I DO WANT TO TABLE THAT UNTIL NEXT MEETING, UM, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO COMPLETE THAT REPORT.
UM, SO I WILL BE FINISHING THAT HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT AT OUR JULY 29TH MEETING.
SO I HOPE EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH THAT.
HOPE YOU WEREN'T COMING EXCITED ABOUT DIVING INTO THE COMMISSION REPORT.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, WE'LL TABLE ITEM NUMBER 14.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
FUTURE AGENDA AGENDA ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO COMMISSIONER CROT? I WANNA BRING UP A COUPLE AGENDA ITEMS, UM, THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE MOST RECENT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, IN ADVANCE TO THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON JULY 29TH.UM, AND SO THANKS TO, UH, TINA AND THE AUSTIN FINANCE TEAM, UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE, UM, SOME GREAT STUFF COMING UP FOR THE END OF THE MONTH.
I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THOUGH THAT, UM, IN THE DISCUSSION FOR THE 29TH AROUND, UM, THE, UH, AUSTIN WATER BUDGET PRESENTATION, JUST FROM MY MEMORY OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED, UM, THAT WE'RE INCLUDING, UM, SOME DISCUSSION AROUND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE MOVING FORWARD IN, UM, THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, IN THE LAST MEETING WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT ROUGHLY 90% OF THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD, INTERESTED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT'S THE CHANGE IN THAT SORT OF ESTIMATED 10%.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, JUST ALONG THAT SAME VEIN, ADDITIONAL CONTEXT BEHIND, UM, SORT OF LIKE THE BASELINE AND THE BENCHMARK FOR, UH, NEW STAFF, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING ON IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, AND HOW THAT IS CONNECTED TO, UM, OUR SORT OF LONG-TERM PLANNING AND NEEDS.
AS WELL AS, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT BEHIND, UH, THE BUDGET SPREADSHEET THAT WE SAW.
JUST MAKING SURE WE GET A CODE BOOK SO THAT WE'RE DEFINING THE COLUMNS IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND, UH, ADEQUATELY PREPARE FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THE 29TH.
UM, THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, UH, I'VE BEEN A REPRESENTATIVE FOR TWO, THREE YEARS AND SO, UH, KIND OF WANNA CYCLE OFF BECAUSE ALSO TOO, IT, THEY JUST ELECTED, UM, IT'S A REPEAT, UH, I DUNNO WHAT YOU CALL IT.
UH, 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT A COMMISSIONER, IT'S THE, THE PERSON THAT'S HEADING THAT COMMITTEE.
AND SO THEY, UH, SO IT'S KIND OF A NEW BREAK, IT'S A GOOD BREAK TIME.
SO JUST MAYBE ON THE, ON THE JULY 29TH, A MEETING THAT WE CAN HOLD A, A NOMINATION OR, OR IF ANYONE WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THEIR SELF THERE.
UM, JUST SAYING THAT I WANT TO KIND OF CYCLE OFF OF THAT.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR THE JOINT, UH, SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN TO HAVE A NEW REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION.
SO THINK ABOUT IT, IF Y'ALL WANT TO SERVE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, ONE TO TWO HOUR MEETING
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A MONTH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY.UM, BUT IT ALLOWS YOU TO GET GREAT INSIGHT AND GREAT INPUT INTO CITY OF AUSTIN SUSTAINABILITY PLANS.
ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO THESE ARE, IT'S MORE JUST GENERAL REQUESTS.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF IT NEEDS TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM.
IT COULD PROBABLY JUST BE ANSWERED WITH AN EMAIL.
UM, FIRST I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD GET AN UPDATED ORG CHART FOR THE UTILITY.
I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN SOME SHIFTING AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR ON WHO'S WHERE AND DOING WHAT.
UM, AND I NOTICED ON, UM, SOME OF THE PIPELINE PROJECTS THAT THERE WERE, I THINK TWO MAYBE AWARDED TO THE SAME CONTRACTOR.
UM, AND THEN I WAS CHECKING ON THE BIDS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW KIND OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS THAT ARE SUBMITTING, UM, AND, AND GETTING THESE AWARDS.
I WAS CURIOUS, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO CHECK, UM, LIKE WHICH CONTRACTORS WERE AWARDED WHAT, AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH EACH OF THEM HAS AND, AND KIND OF HOW THAT IS BEING SPREAD AROUND.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
UM, OR IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET ACCESS TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
YEAH, I'M SURE, UH, AUSTIN WATER CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE.
UH, IF THERE IS A, A WEBSITE OF, OF SORTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, AUSTIN FINANCE ONLINE.
UM, WE'LL ASK, UH, THE CAPITAL CONTRACTING TEAM IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SORT OF HOW BEST TO, FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION.
I KNOW FOR A WHILE WE WEREN'T GETTING BIDS AND NOW WE'RE GETTING A BUNCH, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AT HOW THAT'S KINDA SHAKING OUT.
OKAY, SO NO NEW FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I JUST WANNA ADD ONE MORE THING.
COMMISSIONER TRI
UM, MY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING AND KIND OF REAL QUICK, UM, SHE PULLED TOGETHER JUST SOME DISTRICT 10 INFO FOR ME, HELPED ME SUMMARIZE.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT, I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE SOMETIMES COORDINATING WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR DOING ANY COMMUNITY WORK, BUT OVERALL IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I MOSTLY INTRODUCED MYSELF, YOU KNOW, AT THE TOP OF THE PROGRAM.
BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO KINDA CAME WITH, UM, KINDA CONCERNS OR INTRODUCED THEMSELVES, LIKE IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING LIKE KIND OF CIVIL SOCIETY.
AND, UM, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HEATHER ON JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP, BUT, UM, MORE JUST APPRECIATION AND CURIOSITY IF ANY OTHER, YOU OTHERS ARE DOING ANY KIND OF SIMILAR EVENTS WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, AND IF NOT AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU.
UM, I THINK, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, A GOOD EXERCISE AND PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT A COMMISSION.
LIKE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW COMMISSIONS WORK, SO I EVEN EXPLAINED KIND OF HOW, HOW THEY WORK, THEIR VOLUNTEER, ET CETERA.
SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE AND ASK IF ANY OF YOU ARE HAVING SIMILAR ONES.
AND I WILL SECOND THE THANKS FOR HEATHER AND VICKY BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO BEHIND THE SCENES AND GETTING ME PREPPED AND EVERYTHING.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, TOO, UH, YEAH, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WELL THEN I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6 0 3.