[Call to Order]
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ROBIN LEWIS WATER COMMISSION, A COMMISSION MEETING BY VIDEO CONFIDENCY.
PRESENT, PRESENT, PRESENT, PRESENT, PRESENT.
WE GOT AN OLD PRESENT EXCEPT THE COMMISSIONER PATTON.
[A. Approval of minutes from the June 8, 2020 Water & Wastewater Commission Special Called Meeting.]
APPROVE MINUTES.EIGHT COMMISSION, SPECIAL MEETING.
YOU GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK INTO THE PROPOSED MINUTES.
I CAN POINT OUT THERE AT THE VERY BACK LAST PAGE OF YOUR PACKET.
AND I MOVED TO APPROVE SECOND COMMISSIONER PEN MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.
[B. ITEMS FOR COMMISSION’S REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL]
NOW.AND WE GO AROUND THE TABLE S OR ANY, UH, QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER PAN, NO QUESTIONS.
I HAVE RECUSALS ON ITEMS B TO B FOUR AND B FIVE.
MY COMPANY IS A SUB CONSULTANT ON THOSE TEAMS. OKAY.
I RECUSED HER ON ITEM B FOR MY COMPANY.
PURSUED THAT CONSULTANT QUESTIONS ON ITEM TWO AND SIX AND LEAVING.
I HAVE NO CLUE AND NO RECUSAL.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, NO QUESTIONS.
CAN WE SHOW UP TO THE APAP? NO QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL BE, UM, UH, I CAN BE TOO, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO THE CONSENT ITEMS ON THESE SHOULD BE SEVEN
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AND TO BE EIGHT ONE, THREE SEVEN EIGHT MOTION TO COMMISSION AND SEE.YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
[B2. Recommend approval to award and execute a construction contract with Santa Clara Construction Ltd. (MBE) for Harmon Avenue Area Water and Wastewater System Renewal in the amount of $3,153,642 plus a $315,364 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $3,469,006. (Districts 4 and 9)]
NOW WE MOVE TO ITEM B AND I NEED TO BE LIKE, SO, OKAY.SO ITEM B TO FOUR, RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AWARD AN EXECUTE, A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH SANTA CLARA, CONSTRUCTION, LTD, UH, FOR HARMON AVENUE, AREA WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM RENEWAL, AND THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION, $153,652, PLUS A $315,364 CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 3 MILLION, $469,006.
THIS IS IN DISTRICTS OR A NINE.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? OH, WE HAD A QUESTION COMMISSIONER HO.
MA'AM MY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE, UM, THE BIDDING, THE BACKUP MATERIAL, UH, SHOWN THAT THE LOWEST BID HAS ONLY ABOUT 29,000 GAP TO THE SECOND BIDDER.
AND THE THIRD BIT IS PRETTY CLOSE AS WELL.
UM, WHAT I NOTICE AND I, MY APOLOGY, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SEND THIS IN WRITTEN, UH, QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, BUT I NOTICED THAT BETWEEN THE LOWEST DEBT AND THE SECOND AND THE THIRD, THE SECOND, AND THE THIRD SEEMS TO HAVE A LOT HIGHER, UM, PARTICIPATION IN MINORITY IN PARTICULAR NATIVE, UH, AND ASIAN.
UH, I KNOW THE GOAL WAS MET BY ALL THREE.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, WAS THE ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, MEETING OF THE GOAL.
WAS THAT TAKEN INTO THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE EVALUATION? UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS THAT SECOND QUESTION IS, WAS THERE, UH, ANY, UH, ENCOURAGEMENT FROM STAFF FOR ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION FOR THE LOWEST BIDDER OR OTHER MINORITY? HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS SHANE WILSON, AUSTIN WATER.
WE HAVE KEVIN KOHLER ON THE LINE TO DISCUSS THIS ITEMS AND HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER KEVIN COOLER ENGINEER FOR COLLECTION ENGINE.
UM, AND THE QUESTION, I THINK IT MIGHT BE BETTER ANSWERED BY, UM, BY OUR CAPITAL CONTRACTING DEPARTMENT OR SMB OUR DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY TYPICALLY GO WITH I'M PROVIDING IF THE GOALS ARE UP TEAMS AND I DON'T THINK THEY TAKE OTHER FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT, BUT WE CAN VERIFY WITH THEM.
THANK YOU, KEVIN, DO YOU KNOW THAT PURCHASING IS ON THE LINE? IF NOT, THIS COULD BE A MORE, UH, MORE ASKING ABOUT POLICY SO THAT IF I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT'S THE CURRENT POLICY, THEN THERE'S NO NEED TO, UM, KIND OF DIE FOR THEM ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
UM, I, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION, UH, RELATED TO, UM, PURCHASE AND I BELIEVE IN, THEY MIGHT BE MARRIED IN DISCUSSING POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT PURCHASING POLICY WHERE WE COULD ENCOURAGE MORE PARTICIPATION.
AND THAT COULD BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION.
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THINK YOU HAVE A GOOD POINT.WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, PURCHASING AND CAPITAL CONTRACT IN THE END TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
MY UNDERSTANDING WITH CONSTRUCTION BIRDS IS THAT REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO GO WITH NO RESPONSIVE BID, AS LONG AS THE BIDDER METHOD AND THE EWB GOALS, AND WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER THAT THAT IS A STATE LAW REQUIREMENT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, YOU KNOW, ELABORATE MORE ON THAT EXPERTS IN THE FUTURE.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO POINT OUT AS WELL IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THOSE ARE SET BASED ON AVAILABILITY IN CERTAIN TRADES.
AND JUST THE FACT THAT TWO OF THE CLOSEST BIDDER HAVE VERY HIGH PARTICIPATIONS ON NATIVE AND ASIAN ON THIS PARTICULAR SOLICITATION.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IF NOTHING ELSE, IN TERMS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF FUTURE SOLICITATION.
SO MAYBE THE GOALS COULD BE POTENTIALLY HIGHER.
UH, BUT YES, I TAKE YOUR ANSWERS.
ANY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? MICHELLE COMMISSIONER MICHELLE.
SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AND WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
ROLL CALL VOTES, UH, COMMISSIONER MORIARTY.
UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. YES.
AND COMMISSIONER MARIETTA ALSO RECUSES.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THREE RECUSALS AND THE REMAINING, UM, ALL IN FAVOR.
I WILL TURN OVER TO THE NEXT ITEM THREE BACK TO A CHAIR.
[B4. Recommend approval to negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (staff recommendation) or one of the other qualified responders for Request for Qualifications Solicitation No. CLMP300 to provide engineering services for the Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion to 100 Million Gallons Per Day in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000.]
NOW, BEFORE, UH, I ALREADY DID, UH, AGENDA ITEM.WE COMMEND APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH A TECHNICAL SERVICE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ONE OF THE
AND I GOT A SIMPLE QUESTION IS A, IS A AGREEMENT COURSE.
THE DESIGN PHASE ONLY INCLUDE THE
I HAVEN'T, UH, FIND OUT THE ANSWER.
SO YOU STOPPED CAN EXPLAIN TOO.
THIS IS SHEA WILSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AUSTIN WATER.
UH, THE, UM, THE SELECTION ON THIS RFQ IS FOR ALL PHASES OF THE PROJECT.
THE INITIAL AUTHORIZATION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS FOR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, UM, TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $66 MILLION.
AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO COMMISSIONING.
SORT OF $15 MILLION IS FOR ENGINEERING.
COMMISSIONER HAS GOT ANY OTHER CUSHIONS FOR STUFF.
IF NOT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AND IS SAY A TURN OUT A SECOND COMMISSIONER SECONDS FOR THE MOTION
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COMMISSIONER.COMMISSIONER THE SHERIFF COMMISSIONER.
WE GOT EVERYBODY APPROVE IT AND WE KILL SO LONG IT
[B5. Recommend approval to execute an amendment to the professional services agreement with URS Corporation for engineering services for the Redbud Trail Bridge over Lady Bird Lake project in the amount of $9,279,993, for a total contract amount not to exceed $11,293,575. Austin Water’s requested authorization in this contract amendment totals $788,376. (District 10)]
FIVE AND WE GOT COMMISSIONED A PEN.MICHELLE SAYS THAT ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, IT'S NOT REALLY IN THE 10 MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CASTLEBERRY MOTION MADE BY NICE CHAIR, KISS A PRIORY.
I SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
YES, YES, YES, YES, YES WE SHOULD.
[B6. Recommend approval to increase the City’s participation in the cost participation agreement with Philip Boghosian Living Trust to a maximum amount not to exceed $6,797,190 for costs associated with the design and construction of an oversized wastewater interceptor, lift station and force main related to Service Extension Request No. 4038R that will provide wastewater service to a proposed mixed use development located at Slaughter Lane and Thaxton Road. (District 2)]
LET'S MOVE TO ITEM B.COULD I HAVE YOU CONFIRM, UH, BEFORE, UH, DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION FOR THAT ITEM? I BELIEVE YOU WERE.
I DON'T HAVE A GOOD EXCUSE TO MEET PEOPLE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.
BEFORE I MADE THE, I DON'T HAVE ANY, THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING.
WELL, WHAT CAN WE INCREASE THE CDS PATIENT AND WOMEN? WE SPEAK IT ALWAYS THING, I GUESS, GIVEN TRUST
WE SHOULD DESIGN AND THE CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, WHICH SWABBING INTERCEPTED THE STATION AND THE MAN RELATED SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST NUMBER
LET ME SHOW YOU GOT A QUESTION.
UM, AWESOME WATER STAFF HAS WORKED IN, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING AND ANSWER ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.
UH, THE QUESTIONS I HAVE REMAINING ARE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER, I HEARD ME MIGHT BE ATTENDING.
NOT SURE IF HE'S ON PERSONAL HOLD.
THIS IS CHRIS HARRINGTON CITY OF AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.
UH, MY, MY QUESTIONS ON THIS IS JUST TO CONFIRM MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, NORMALLY AT THIS, THE REASON WHY THIS ITEM IS ON COMMISSION, UH, REVEAL IS BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS A COST SHARING AGREEMENT.
UH, UNLIKE SOME OTHER SCR THAT IS IN THE WATER PROTECTION ZONE, UH, WHICH WOULD TRIGGER, UM, REVIEW AUTOMATICALLY FOR PERMISSION.
UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE, WHEN THIS ONE CAME TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, IT WAS VOTED DOWN, BUT THAT WAS ON AN UNRELATED MATTER RELATED TO THE WAVER CREEK CROSSING, CORRECT.
THERE WAS A NEED, UM, FOR A VARIANCE FROM OUR CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE PROTECTIONS THAT DID REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE LAND USE COMMISSION.
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COMMISSION DID DENY THAT VARIANCE, UH, WHICH THEN RESULTED IN THE LION NEEDING TO FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.SO THE LINE NEEDING TO BE IDENTIFIED.
AND I THINK I JUST WANT TO KIND OF DRAW THE DISTINCTION IS THE ITEM WE'RE LOOKING AT ON WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION IS MORE FOR THE COST SHARING AGREEMENT VERSUS THE VARIANCE OR CREEK CROSSING, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MY UNDERSTANDING.
I WOULD CERTAINLY DEFER TO AUSTIN WATER STAFF TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE COST PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, BUT THIS WOULD JUST BE RELATIVE TO THE SERVICE EXTENSION REQUESTS, THE OPEN IT, UH, DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF THE LINE WOULD OCCUR AT A LATER TIME BY OUR LOOK AT WHAT IS PRESENTED DIAGRAMMATICALLY IN THE BACKUP IS THAT IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE IS A LAND USE COMMISSION VARIANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ALTERNATE ALIGNMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I THINK THE LAST VILLAGE IS MORE OF A COMMENT.
UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S OTHER EXISTING FACILITY THAT AUSTIN WATER HAS IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY THE FORCE MAIN, FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, IN MY OPINION, THAT THIS NEW FORCE THAT REPLACING THE GRAVITY LINE IN THE PREVIOUS DESIGN TAKE AWAY THE VARIANCE, IT CERTAINLY WILL REINFORCE THE FACT THAT THE OLDER ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM WILL BASICALLY HAVE TO REMAIN IN PLACE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A COST SHARING AGREEMENT.
I'M SAYING 1.4 TO ONE POINT $6 MILLION OF INCREASE IN PUBLIC FUNDING.
I JUST THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE BETTER WAY TO SPEND PUBLIC DOLLARS, UH, IN, IN A SYSTEM THAT MIGHT REINFORCE THE HIGHER MAINTENANCE COSTS OF OLDEST SYSTEM IN PLACE AS WELL.
UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, UH, THE DESIGN AND THE STAFF ON BOTH COMMISSIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER, SO APPROVE SOMETHING AND THEN COME BACK, HAVE TO PAY A HIGHER DOLLAR AND THEN MORE MAINTENANCE.
THANKS FOR JOINING THE MEETING.
AND JUST TO SORT OF REITERATE, UH, WE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF, AS WELL AS STAFF WITH US, THE WATER CERTAINLY REALIZED THAT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS COULD HAVE, COULD BE MADE AND THE FUTURE AS A RESULT OF, UH, THE WAY THAT THIS CASE, UM, ULTIMATELY WAS DECIDED BY LAND USE COMMISSION.
SO I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF IMPROVING OUR COLLABORATION SO THAT WE DON'T GET INTO A SITUATION LIKE THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT INPUT.
I NEED PROVOCATION ON THE STAFF SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST 38 IS THAT IT'S BEEN APPROVED.
SO COMMISSIONER, THIS IS KEVIN QUITMAN, UH, AUSTIN WATER.
UM, YES, THE SERVICE EXTENSION REQUESTS WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COMMISSION.
UM, WE'RE JUST BRINGING IT BACK AT THIS POINT TO REFLECT THE CHANGE AND DESIGN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND THE INCREASED COSTS, UH, RESULTED BY THAT CHANGE IN DESIGN.
SO THE FORKING STUDY IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, BUT IT DOES NOT NEED TO GO BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
AM I CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? IF NOT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
NOW LET'S MOVE TO THE PRESENTATION.
FIRST PEOPLE MAKE MOTION ITEM NINE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WE'LL GET TO THE STUFF, MAKE A PRESENTATION.
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BUDGET COMMITTEE BRIEFING AND THEY APPROVED THEIR MINUTES.WE COME BACK TO THE ITEM NINE.
IS THAT OKAY? YES, THAT'S PERFECT.
[E2. Austin Water’s FY 2020-2021 Proposed Budget]
HE OFTEN WATERS FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROPOSED THE BUDGET IS THE ENDLESS GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.IF Y'ALL CAN, IF, UH, ATV CAN CALL UP OUR PRESENTATION AND SHARE ON SCREEN, PLEASE A PDF.
I DON'T SEE WHICH ITEM ON THE SCREEN.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, WE'RE STARTING WITH THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, AS I SAID, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR AUSTIN WATER.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU AUSTIN WATER'S PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET.
THIS IS OUR PRESENTATION OUTLINE.
SO WE'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF BUDGET OVERVIEW, UH, TALK ABOUT OUR SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS, UH, BUDGET CHANGES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, UH, SOME OF THE IMPACTS ON AVERAGE BILLS AND OF COURSE OUR CIP BUDGET.
AND AS WE DID LAST YEAR, WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE AFFORDABILITY METRICS, UM, AND UPDATE OF THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS, AS YOU RECALL, IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WE DID A RATE REDUCTION FOR CAP AND NON CAP CUSTOMERS OF 10% FOR THE FIRST THREE BLOCKS ON WATER.
AND THE FIRST TWO BLOCKS ON WASTEWATER, UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, THROUGH, UH, OCTOBER 31ST.
SO ON NOVEMBER, FIRST OF THIS YEAR, THE RATES FOR NON CAP CUSTOMERS WILL INCREASE BACK TO THE PRE COVID LEVELS.
BUT OUR CAP CUSTOMER RATE REDUCTION IS PROPOSED IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET TO BE EXTENDED FOR ALL OF 2021.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A $4 AND 38 CENT AVERAGE BILL REDUCTION FOR OUR CAP CUSTOMERS CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THE AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR CAP CUSTOMERS.
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES LOOKING AT DEBT DEFEASANCE IS REFINANCING AND USE OF, OF, UH, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOANS.
WE DID A $40 MILLION DEBT DEFEASANCE IN FISCAL YEAR 20 IN APRIL, AND IT RESULTED IN, IN $40 MILLION IN DEBT SAVINGS INTO THE FUTURE.
IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 21 DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS ARE 46 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS LESS THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, GIVEN ALL THE PREVIOUS DEFEASANCE AND REFUNDINGS THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE 2016.
AND WE'LL PROVIDE A GRAPH TO SHOW YOU THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 18 NEW FULL TIME POSITIONS FOR AN OPERATIONS.
UH, ONE IN ENGINEERING, A THREE IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AREA, FIVE SUPPORT SERVICE POSITIONS, UM, AND THREE POSITIONS SUPPORTING THE AMI AND TWO SUPPORTING OUR WATER FORWARD INITIATIVES.
THIS IS OUR SOURCES OF THENS GRAPHIC.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE AUSTIN WATERS, FISCAL YEAR 21, PROPOSED REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN IS 614.2 MILLION.
THIS IS A REDUCTION OF ABOUT 15.8 MILLION FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND THE GRAPH BREAKS DOWN, UH, OUR BUDGET COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 20 BUDGET BELOW THE YELLOW BARS ARE OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN FOR WATER SERVICES, WASTEWATER SERVICES, RECLAIMED OTHER REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN
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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.THE A, THIS IS THE USES OF FUNDS.
SO OUR EXPENSES AND TRANSFERS OUT, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 20, OUR FISCAL YEAR 21 IS 616.3 MILLION, WHICH IS FOUR AND A HALF MILLION A REDUCTION FROM FISCAL YEAR 20.
AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE ADDING 18 POSITIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 21 THAT WILL, UH, UH, BRING OUR TOTAL POSITIONS TO 1,236, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE GRAPHIC SHOWS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS WITH OPERATIONS, UH, THE OTHER PROGRAMS AND REQUIREMENTS, OUR DEBT SERVICE AND OUR TRANSFERS.
THIS SLIDE PROVIDES THE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CHANGES FROM FISCAL YEAR 22, THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET.
AND WE'VE INCLUDED SOME INCREASES, A HIGH, HIGH DOLLAR INCREASES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DECREASES, UM, GOING FORWARD.
SO THE, UH, INCREASE IN CASH TRANSFERS.
WE DO HAVE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS FOR PAY AS YOU GO CIP FINANCING OF APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET, OUR BALCONIES KENYAN LAND PRESERVE AND THE LONGHORN DAM OPERATING COST, UH, IS AN INCREASE OF 2.1 MILLION, UH, BECAUSE THESE, UH, THE EXPENSE REFUNDS THAT WE HAD BEEN PROVIDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND ARE BEING ELIMINATED.
SO WE'RE TAKING OVER THOSE COSTS IN FULL, I MENTIONED THE 18 NEW FULL TIME POSITIONS.
THAT'S A COST OF ABOUT $2 MILLION INCREASE.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER HAS PROPOSED TO COUNCIL A 2% EMPLOYEE WAGE ENHANCEMENT AND THAT'S, UH, APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILLION.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE AMI METERING CONTRACT WARRANTY AND ANNUAL MAINTENANCE COSTS AS THAT PROJECT GETS UP, UH, THAT IS INCREASING, UH, BY 1.2 MILLION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE'VE CREATED A NEW ONSITE REUSE INCENTIVE GRANT.
SO WE HAVE $1 MILLION PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET TO, UH, PROVIDE THAT, UH, INCENTIVE FOR, UH, LARGE CAMPUSES THAT MIGHT USE ONSITE REUSE, UH, AS THEY'RE BUILDING OUT.
AND THEN WE JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 1.8 MILLION IN INCREASE IN BUILDING INSPECTIONS, MAINTENANCE REPAIRS, AND SOME OF OUR CITY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT COSTS ARE GOING UP AS FAR AS DECREASES, UH, IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, WE DO HAVE A JOURNAL FUND TRANSFER DECREASE OF ABOUT POINT 9 MILLION.
THAT IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 19 ACTUALS, AS WELL AS THE 20, UH, CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATE.
THAT'S A PART OF THAT CALCULATION BEING LOWER THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED IN THE PAST.
SO THAT IS REDUCING THAT GENERAL FUND TRANSFER.
UH, WE HAVE A DECREASE IN DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS AT 12 POINT $8 MILLION, UH, DUE TO SOME OF OUR DEFENSES, UH, AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, IMPACTS FROM, UH, OTHER DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED.
AND THEN WE HAVE A DECREASE IN THE TRANSFER FOR DEBT DEFEASANCE.
UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, MORE MONEY IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20.
WE AMENDED THE BUDGET, BUT THEN ULTIMATELY DID NOT USE THAT.
WE'RE PULLING BACK ON ANY OPERATING TRANSFERS FOR DEBT TO FEES, AND WE'LL JUST BE USING CRS NEXT YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CHANGES INCLUDED IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 21, PROPOSED BUDGET.
JUST TO MENTION SOME OF OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW, WE DO USE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES FOR IT, THE FEES AND TAXES.
SO IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT $32 MILLION AND WE EXPECT FOR NET REVENUES FROM CRS AND THIS YEAR, AND FOR NEXT YEAR, WE ARE PROPOSING $35 MILLION TO BE USED FOR A FISCAL YEAR 21 DEBT DEFEASANCE, THOSE DEBT DEFEASANCE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD 40 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 20 THAT RESULTED IN JUST OVER 40 MILLION IN SAVINGS THROUGH 2023, BUT SINCE 2016, UH, WE HAVE 189.4 MILLION IN TOTAL DEFENSES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN, UH, JUST UNDER 200 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS, UH, INTO THE FUTURE.
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USE OUR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, LOW INTEREST LOANS FOR MAJOR CIP PROJECTS, AND, UH, CONTINUE TO EVALUATE OUR CIP SPENDING PLAN FOR THE INCLUSION OF THOSE PROJECTS, UH, AS PART OF THE, UH, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOAN CAPACITY.THIS GRAPHIC IS ONE THAT PROVIDES SORT OF A DEBT MANAGEMENT IMPACT SINCE 2016, WHEN WE STARTED USING A CRS FOR DEBT DEFEASANCE, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND REFINANCING.
SO THE BLUE LINE UP AT THE TOP IT'S PARTIALLY DOTTED IS THE DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE IN PLACE IN 2016.
SO THAT WAS THE PATH THAT WE WERE ON PRIOR TO US STARTING OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND THE BLUE BARS AT THE BOTTOM ARE WHAT OUR ACTUAL PROJECTED DEBT SERVICES, UH, GOING FORWARD.
AND SO THE GREEN BARS BETWEEN THOSE TWO LINE AND, AND THE BLUE BARS IS THE SAVINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATED FOR EACH OF THOSE YEARS IN OUR PREVIOUS AND PROJECTED DEFEASANCE DEFEASANCE IS SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN EACH OF THOSE YEARS FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, THAT GAP IS 46.5 MILLION.
SO WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SPENDING 46 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR ON DEBT SERVICE.
HAVE WE NOT IMPLEMENTED THESE STRATEGIES? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS JUST OUR AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER PROPOSED BILL IMPACTS.
AS I MENTIONED, OUR NON CAP CUSTOMERS, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOR MOST OF ALL THE 2020 WE'RE AT THE SAME BILL AS THEY WILL BE IN 2021.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO CHANGE THERE, BUT FOR A CAP CUSTERS CUSTOMERS, I MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD EXTEND OUR COVID REDUCTION, UH, INTO, UH, FOR ALL THE 21.
SO THAT IS A $4 AND 38 STANCE REDUCTION IN THAT AVERAGE BILL.
SO IT BRINGS THE PROPOSED CAP CUSTOMERS AVERAGE TO 39 59.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE FOCUSING ON THE CAP CUSTOMERS WE HAVE AROUND 13,000 CAP PARTICIPANTS CURRENTLY, AND THEIR WAY THEIR FIXED FEES AND HAVE DISCOUNTED VOLUME RATES ALONG WITH OUR FOUR 38 REDUCTION, UH, THAT WE DID FOR THE COVID EXTENDING INTO NEXT YEAR.
THAT CAP DEAL AT 39 59 REPRESENT A 51% DISCOUNT FROM WHAT THE NON CAP CUSTOMERS, UM, UH, AVERAGE BILL WOULD BE SO FAR OUR MOST VULNERABLE CUSTOMERS.
OUR CUSTOMERS ARE VERY AFFORDABLE AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNTS, UH, AS COMPARED TO IF THEY WERE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE, I WANT TO TURN TO OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL SPENDING AUSTIN WATER'S PROPOSING A $971 MILLION CIP PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS, 21 THROUGH 25.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE SCHEDULE OF THAT, UH, BETWEEN WATER WASTEWATER AND RECLAIMED, UH, WATER IS APPROXIMATELY 39%.
UH, WALTZ WATER IS BASICALLY 58% AND BASICALLY RECLAIMED ABOUT 3%.
UH, SO JUST TO SHOW YOU THE, WHAT IS PLANNED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR OUR CIP SPENDING, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS THAT SAME FIVE-YEAR CIP SPENDING, BUYING IN BULK AND DOWN BY THE SPENDING CATEGORY.
SO YOU HAVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, A WATER PIPE NETWORK, WASTEWATER PIPE, NETWORK, TREATMENT, WATER TREATMENT, PLANTS, RESERVOIRS RECLAIM PUMP STATIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT LIST, THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANTS AND THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PIPE SYSTEM, THOSE FOUR AT THE TOP TOTAL 769 MILLION, OR ALMOST 79% OR OVER 79% OF THE SPENDING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN THOSE NETWORKS AND PLANTS.
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I WANT TO TURN, JUST TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE OF OUR AFFORDABILITY METRICS.YOU KNOW, AFFORDABILITY IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL FOR AUSTIN WATER.
WE HAVE, UM, EFFECTIVE UTILITY MANAGEMENT AND FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY.
AND SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU A QUICK BRIEFING OF OUR UPDATE OF OUR AFFORDABILITY METRICS THAT WE DO EACH YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JUST AS A OVERVIEW OF OUR AFFORDABILITY AND JUST SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE, UH, SINCE 2018, WE HAVE REALLY BEEN, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING OUR AFFORDABILITY AND IMPROVING THAT THROUGH OUR RATE CHANGES AND, AND OUR, UH, CAP CUSTOMER FOCUS ON REDUCING THOSE BILLS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE RATE CHANGES THAT WE HAD ALL ARE AWARE OF A 4.8% RATE REDUCTION THAT WE HAD IN FISCAL YEAR 18.
AND THEN WE HAVE KEPT RATES STABLE FOR 19 2021.
AND WE'RE PROJECTING FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 AS 0% RATE INCREASE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP OUR AFFORDABILITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AS FAR AS OUR CAP CUSTOMER AFFORDABILITY, WE HAVE EVEN BE BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THE RATE REDUCTIONS FOR THESE CUSTOMERS IN THE 18, WE HAD AN 11.4% RATE REDUCTION AND A 0% IN 19, OUR FISCAL YEAR 20 THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, HAD A RATE REDUCTION INCLUDED AS WELL, WHICH WAS 8.3%.
AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR 21, WE ARE PROPOSING THE 10% RATE REDUCTION OR MAINTAINING THE COVERAGE DISCOUNTS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 21 THAT HAVE RESULTED IN THE BILL REDUCTIONS THAT WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THE KOBE BILL RELIEF AND WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON OUR BRIEFING, QUICK BRIEFING ON THE BILL RELIEF UPDATE LATER IN THE AGENDA.
BUT WE DID HAVE THAT RATE REDUCTION FOR THE 10% FOR CAP AND NON CAP.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE EXTENDING THAT FOR OUR CAP THROUGH FISCAL 21, THE 5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE PLUS ONE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, FROM BOTH, UH, AUSTIN WATER AND AUSTIN ENERGY, IS IT BEING UTILIZED BY OUR CUSTOMERS? AND UNLIKE SAY, WE'LL PROVIDE, UH, AN, AN UPDATE ON THAT SHORTLY.
I WANTED TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH THESE GRAPHICS.
THESE ARE OUR METRICS THAT WE REPORT OUT IN AFFORDABILITY METRIC REPORT.
UH, THIS ONE HAS TO DO WITH CPI TRENDS AND INDUSTRY TRENDS.
SO OFTEN WATERS GO FROM 2016 AS A BASE IS TO MAINTAIN A 2% REDUCTION OR A 2% TREND LINE OR LOWER FOR ANY OF OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES.
SO OUR PURPLE LINE IS SORT OF THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE CURRENTLY IT'S ABOUT 5% PER YEAR THROUGHOUT THE WATER AND WASTEWATER INDUSTRY AND AUSTIN WATERS RESULTS.
IN THE BLUE LINE, WE CAN SHOW THAT IN 2018 OR 2017, WE WERE ABOVE THAT, OR RIGHT AROUND THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE FOR OUR INCREASES, BUT THEN IN THE 2018 RATE REDUCTION AND THEN KEEPING OUR GREAT STABLE THROUGH 2022, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE TRENDING WELL BELOW OUR 2% TREND LINE, UH, WITH SOME, UH, INCREASES PROJECT FOUR 22 AND 25, BUT WE STILL STAY BELOW THAT TREND.
IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO READ, CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES.
WE, WE BENCHMARK BASICALLY AGAINST 37 CITIES, UM, THAT WE LOOK AT EACH YEAR AND GET DIFFERENT, UM, METRICS THAT WE REPORT ON AND COMPARE THIS PARTICULAR METRIC IS FOR A COMBINED BILL OF, FOR A RESIDENTIAL LOW VOLUME.
SO THE, UH, USAGE IS AT 3000 GALLONS WATER IN TWO GALLONS WASTEWATER.
AND WHAT WE SHOW ON THE GRAPH AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN SIMILAR GRASS, UH, IN THE COMING SLIDES IS YOU'LL SEE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, THAT THAT'S CURRENTLY ON.
THAT IS OUR, UH, NON CAP CUSTOMERS RESIDENTIAL.
AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE AT THE TOP AND AUSTIN CAP, THAT IS OUR FISCAL YEAR 20 ACTUAL AUSTIN CAP RATE
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AT THIS, UH, UH, LEVELS OF USAGE.AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED A CAP PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 21.
SO IT IDENTIFIES SOME OF THOSE REDUCTION IN THE VOLUME RATES THAT WE'RE, UM, CONTINUING INTO 21.
SO THIS PARTICULAR GRAPHIC SHOWS THAT OUR CAP CUSTOMERS ARE THE LOWEST OF ALL THESE CITIES AND WE'LL TRY AND EVEN LOWER WITH THE, UH, ADDITIONAL RATE REDUCTION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN.
UM, OUR AUSTIN, UH, NON CAP CUSTOMERS ARE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE 50 PERCENTILE OF OUR GOAL.
SO WE WOULD HELP TO SEE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS OUR RATES REMAIN STABLE, TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS IS A SIMILAR GRAPH, BUT IT'S OUR ACTUAL AVERAGE CUSTOMER AVERAGE VOLUME USING 5,800 GALLONS OF WATER AND 4,000 GALLONS OF WASTEWATER.
YOU CAN SEE OUR, UH, AUSTIN, TEXAS NON CUSTOMERS ARE AT 80 79.
THIS IS STILL OUTSIDE OF OUR GOAL OF 65, 65TH PERCENTILE.
UH, AND SO WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THAT AND WITH OUR, UH, STABLE RATES, HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE AND GET INTO THAT, UM, INTO THAT GOAL.
BUT FOR OUR CAP CUSTOMERS, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE BASICALLY RANKED AROUND SIX IN FISCAL YEAR 20, BUT OUR FISCAL YEAR 21 CAP CUSTOMER REDUCTION WOULD RANK US AT FOURTH ON, ON ALL THESE TEXAS.
SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UH, AFFORDABILITY IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR CAP CUSTOMERS, UH, THAT USED OUR AVERAGE GALLONS.
THIS, THIS PARTICULAR GRAPHIC IS ABILITY.
METRIC IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BASICALLY, THIS IS A METRIC THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY AUSTIN.
UH, I MEAN BY THE, UM, UH, A PROFESSOR AT TEXAS A AND M THAT BASICALLY LOOKS AT THE PERCENTILE OF MHI.
SO IT'S REALLY THE LOWEST INCOME CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OUT IN AUSTIN, AND IT TAKES THAT HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
AND ONCE YOU PAY FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS, LIKE HOUSING AND FOOD AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, IT LOOKS AT WHAT OUR EXISTING BILL WOULD BE FOR A 4,000 GALLON WATER USED AND 4,000 GALLON WASTEWATER USE.
AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE REMAINING DISPOSABLE INCOME AFTER PAYING FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS IS USED FOR WATER IN WASTEWATER? THE ARTICLE SUGGESTED A LESS THAN 10%, UM, UH, SORT OF SUGGESTED RULE AUSTIN WATER HAS SET A LESS THAN 5%, UH, FOR OUR CAP AND NON CAP CUSTOMERS.
WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT LEVEL AT 5% OF THE, UH, HOUSEHOLD INCOME AFTER PAYING FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS IS, UH, THAT THAT REMAINING DOLLARS IS USED FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES, OR RIGHT THERE AT THAT GAP.
YOU CAN SEE FOR OUR AUSTIN CAP CUSTOMERS, THEY HAD A REDUCTION BECAUSE OF THE RATE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING INTO 21.
UH, THEY WENT FROM 2.7% TO 2.4%, UH, ON THIS RATIO.
SO THAT IS STILL AN IMPROVEMENT OF AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR CAP CUSTOMERS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE BACK ONE, PLEASE.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, OUR MINIMUM WAGE, UH, METRIC.
THIS IS ALSO DEVELOPED BY THAT SAME TEXAS A AND M PROFESSOR.
AND IT BASICALLY SAYS YOUR COMBINED BILL FOR RESIDENTIAL USING 4,000 GALLONS AND 4,000 GALLONS, SORT OF THE ESSENTIAL NEEDS OF WATER USAGE, UH, THE NUMBER OF HOURS AT MINIMUM WAGE THAT A CUSTOMER MUST, UH, WORK TO PAY FOR THAT BASIC SERVICE.
AND SO FOR AUSTIN, TEXAS, UH, OUR NON-CASH CUSTOMERS ARE 9.3% THAT'S UNCHANGED FROM LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S STILL ABOVE OUR
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SORT OF GOAL OF AROUND EIGHT, EIGHT HOURS.UH, BUT AS FAR AS OUR CAP CUSTOMERS, OUR AUSTIN CAP IS, UM, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 20 IS 4.9.
AND WITH THE RATE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CONTINUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 WERE 4.4.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY THE SECOND LOWEST IN THE RANKING OF ALL.
SO CONTINUES TO EMPHASIZE FOR OUR CAP CUSTOMERS, OUR MOST VULNERABLE CUSTOMERS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN AFFORDABLE, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE.
THIS IS AN AVERAGE MONTHLY BILL COMPARISON, BUT IT'S FOR A HIGHER WATER USE CUSTOMER, UH, THAT WOULD USE 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER AND 5,000 GALLON WASTEWATER.
THIS IS MUCH HIGHER THAN OUR AVERAGE OF 5,800, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME INDICATION OF WHERE WE STAND ON THIS.
THE, UH, AUSTIN NON-CASH CUSTOMERS ARE ABOVE OUR 75, UH, 75TH PERCENTILE GO.
SO JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT THERE'S STILL CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENT THERE, BUT OUR GOAL BEING UNDER THE 50TH PERCENTILE FOR OUR CAP CUSTOMERS, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.
BUT WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH A HIGHER USAGE THAT, THAT, UH, CAP CUSTOMER WOULD SEE A REDUCTION FROM $79 AND 38 CENTS DOWN TO 66, UH, 28, BASICALLY, UM, $13 IN, IN REDUCTION.
SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION THAT SHOWS FOR ANY HIGHER WATER USERS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, CONTINUED, UH, RATE REDUCTION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR 21, UH, WOULD, UH, BENEFIT THOSE CUSTOMERS, OUR CAP CUSTOMERS AS WELL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL, UH, UTILITY METRICS, WHICH IS JUST THE AVERAGE ANNUAL BILL AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR THAT CITY.
UH, THIS IS JUST FOR AUSTIN WATER.
AND FOR 2019, WE WERE AT 1.47%, UH, IS, UH, OF THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS USED FOR WATER SERVICES.
THAT IS JUST BELOW OUR 1.5 GOAL FOR, UH, AUSTIN WATER.
AND AS DO YOU SEE AS WE KEEP OUR RATES MORE STABLE, AND, UH, WE WOULD ASSUME THAT OUR, UH, PERCENTAGES WOULD TEND TO TREND DOWNWARD, UH, WITH STILL INCREASES IN 23 AND 25 WHEN WE PROPOSE, UM, POTENTIAL RATE INCREASES IN THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR FOCUS FOR AUSTIN WATER IS ON OUR CAP CUSTOMERS, OUR MOST VULNERABLE CUSTOMERS AND MAKING, UM, THEIR BILLS AFFORDABLE.
THAT PROGRAM HAS JUST STARTED IN 2009.
SO IT'S ONLY BEEN GOING ABOUT 11 YEARS.
SO THIS SORT OF PRESENTS THE HISTORY OF OUR AVERAGE CAP CUSTOMER BILL, UH, DURING THAT TIME.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE 2008 TO THE FAR LEFT, THEY HAD A BILL AT THAT TIME OF OVER A $49 29 CENTS.
AND THEN WE INITIATED IN 2009, THE FIXED FEE DISCOUNTS.
THEN AGAIN, IN 2013, WE ADDED WATER VOLUME DISCOUNTS TO THAT IN 2018, WHEN WE DID THE RATE DECREASE, UH, WE ALSO, UH, INCLUDED WASTEWATER VOLUME DISCOUNTS AS PART OF THAT, A REDUCTION IN 2020, WE HAD A $4 VOLUME METRIC RATE DECREASE FOR CAP CUSTOMERS, UM, THAT I HAD MENTIONED.
AND THEN FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, WE HAVE THE 10% RATE REDUCTION THAT BRINGS THEIR, UH, BILL DOWN TO 39 59.
AND WE ASSUME SORT OF THAT BEING THE SAME GOING FORWARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT BILLS, YOU KNOW, EVEN SINCE THE INITIATION OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, UH, THEIR CURRENT AVERAGE BILLS ARE, ARE BELOW WHERE THEY WERE IN, UH, 2008 BEFORE THE PROGRAM.
SO, SO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON OUR CAP CUSTOMER AFFORDABILITY.
I THINK THIS IS THE FINAL SLIDE.
THIS IS JUST A FUN SUMMARY OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 20 AMENDED BUDGET VERSUS ALONG WITH OUR ESTIMATED FOR THIS
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YEAR, AND THEN OUR PROPOSED, UH, FOR OUR AVAILABLE FUNDS AND TOTAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND SOME OF OUR DEBT COVERAGE AND OTHER FINANCIAL METRICS.UM, SO YOU SEE A $614 MILLION IN AVAILABLE FUNDS WITH 616 MILLION IN TOTAL REQUIREMENT.
UH, STILL END UP WITH A DAY'S CASH ON HAND DEBT COVERAGE IN OPTIMAL AREAS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE CAN TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND, UH, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TENURE MADE IT PUSHES TO THE STUFF UNTIL THERE'S A BUDGET COMMITTEE, MAKE A PRESENTATION.
THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO ITEM B NINE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
UH, OKAY, SO NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
[C2. 2. Budget Committee Report (Part 1 of 2)]
SHE OR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.SO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU, CHIN.
UM, IF YOU COULD, UH, FIND YOUR WAY TO PAGE 46 OF YOUR PACKET, UM, THAT IS A SUMMARY, UM, OF WHAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY VOTE ON TODAY.
UM, WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT PAGE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK, UH, AWESOME WATER STAFF FOR, UM, PREPARING ALL THE MEETINGS FOR OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE AND, UM, EXPLAINING THINGS BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING TIME.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT THE WATER UTILITY IS AGAINST.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND THE, UH, CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE WHOLE SNAPSHOT ON AFFORDABILITY.
UM, I THINK THE CITY OF AUSTIN WATER UTILITY IN PARTICULAR ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB TO BE AWARE AND BE COMPETITIVE AND BE REASONABLE ON THERE.
AND THEN THE THIRD THING THAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I ALWAYS DO THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT IS THE MANAGEMENT OF A DEBT SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE UTILITY OVER THE LAST, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS NOW, SEVEN, EIGHT, UM, IT'S PUT AUSTIN WATER IN A VERY GOOD PLACE RIGHT NOW AND NOT ALL UTILITIES ARE DOING THIS WELL.
I JUST SAW AN OPENING SESSION FOR TEXAS WATER THIS MORNING, AND MANY, MANY LARGE UTILITIES AND SMALL ARE REALLY, UM, CONCERNED, UM, WITH THE CHANGE IN WATER USE AND THE PAID AND, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE NOT TO OPERATOR OR CUT DOWN WHAT THEY DO, BUT THEIR INCOME LEVEL IS DROPPING.
SO, UM, I JUST, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO LET THE AUSTIN WINERY UNTIL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND, UM, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER GETTING MORE UPDATES MORE OFTEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS STILL IS VERY FLUID.
UM, BUT I WILL LEAVE THAT TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION TO DECIDE, CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE QUARTERLY, I BELIEVE.
AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT PAGE 46, IT'S A LOT OF VERBIAGE.
UM, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT OR I'D LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON IT, IT VERY MUCH MIRRORS WHAT DAVE, DAVID JUST PRESENTED TO US.
SO, UH, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE.
THAT'S NOT IN WHAT HE PRESENTED TO US TODAY.
AND AS YOU'RE SCANNING IT, I WOULD BRING ALL OF OUR ATTENTION TO THE LAST PAGE, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS IS REALLY WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD BE VOTING ON.
UM, CAUSE THIS IS WHAT WOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL IF WE APPROVED IT.
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IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANOTHER THING I MIGHT POINT OUT THAT I, UM, YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T SEE THIS IN DAVID'S PRESENTATION, BUT BEING IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WE DID IS THAT SINCE COVID AND THE SHUTDOWN HAS HAPPENED, THIS, THE STAFF TOOK A STAIR-STEP APPROACH TO FORECAST.AND DAVID, YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT REAL BRIEFLY, UM, HOW YOU FORECAST IT ONCE WE GET, YOU HAD THOSE TWO MONTHS OF DATA AND HOW YOU TOOK THAT APPROACH.
I THINK THAT'D BE VALUABLE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR SURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FORECASTING, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER REVENUE, UH, DURING THIS PANDEMIC HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A CHALLENGE FOR US, BUT WE DID SEE IN APRIL, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN OUR REVENUE FORECAST WAS ABOUT 15%.
BUT THEN IN MAY, WE SAW, AND IN JUNE WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AS WELL.
AND, AND SO, UH, FOR SOME CLASSES, UH, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL CLASSES, QUITE SIGNIFICANT, IT WAS OVER 30%, UH, IN, IN MAY AND JUNE.
AND SO WHAT WE DID, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME SORT OF PROJECTION GOING FORWARD FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, FOR THE MONTHS THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND THEN GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WERE CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE STILL WANTED TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN, ESPECIALLY OUR COMMERCIAL CLASS THAT WAS IMPACTED AS, AS WE CAME BACK.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE AT 30% IN, IN, UH, MAY, AND WE WOULD LOOK AT JUNE BEING LIKE 28% AND THEN, UH, JULY LIKE 26% AND JUST RAMP DOWN THAT PERCENTAGE REDUCTION THAT WE ASSUMED BETWEEN NOW AND REALLY ALL OF NEXT YEAR.
SO IT WOULD REDUCE OUR, UM, UH, REVENUE, PROJECTIONS GIVEN SOME METHOD.
AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT TO DETERMINE, OKAY, WELL, IN JULY WHEN WE GET THE REVENUES, WE ASSUMED OUR REVENUES WOULD BE DOWN BY, YOU KNOW, 26%.
WELL, WHAT ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, IS IT, ARE WE A LITTLE AHEAD, A LITTLE BEHIND AND JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT EACH MONTH, BUT THAT CONSERVATIVE APPROACH FOR FORECASTING, UM, YOU KNOW, WILL, YOU KNOW, BE MORE APPROPRIATE, UH, GOING FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL DO, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T LEAVE US IN A POSITION WHERE WE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW BUDGET NEXT YEAR.
WE AT LEAST ASSUMED THAT THERE'D BE SOME REDUCTIONS GOING FORWARD.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL OR DO I NEED TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA? CHIN? I THINK YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT NEXT AGENDA APPROVING THE MINUTES FIRST.
WAIT, WE ALREADY APPROVED THE MINUTES.
SO IS IT C TWO? I DON'T HAVE C BUDGET COMMITTEE DRAFT MEETING MINUTES.
I BELIEVE WE APPROVED THAT DRAFT.
YEAH, WE DID C, C THREE TO THE VOTING ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
SO WE NEED TO MOVE TO C THREE.
JEN, DO YOU HAVE THE AGENDA AND FERNIE? CAN YOU READ THAT? CAUSE I HAVE TO GO THROUGH 48 TO PAYDAY, BUT I GUESS I CAN
[C3. June 24, 2020 Budget Committee Draft Meeting Minutes – Committee Members only]
GET THERE AND IT'S OKAY.[01:05:01]
I SAID I WAS IN FAVOR OR SHOULD I TAKE FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY? IT SAYS I RECOMMEND CONSTRAINTS FOR YETTA, UH, THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE NUMBERS FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, UM, UH, SAY THAT THEY APPROVE, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUN OUT OF TIME.SO BOTH SO COMMISSION, THERE'S A TREE, UM, MICHELLE OR YARDI, UH, PAT AND FISHER, IF YOU CAN, UM, CONFIRM THAT YOU APPROVE THE DRAFT MEETING MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 24TH, UH, BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING FISHER APPROVES, AND I APPROVE.
[C2. 2. Budget Committee Report (Part 2 of 2)]
SO NOW WE MOVE TO ITEM C THREE C TWO, I'M LOOKING FOR AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORT.WE JUST REVIEWED THE BUDGET GENERALLY MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE.
CAN WE USE YOUR PEN SECONDS? ALRIGHTY, I'LL TAKE ROLL.
SEE ON CASTLEBERRY, NOT HO TRAVIS.
MICHELLE, AM I MISSING WILLIAMS CHRISTIE OFF AS A YES.
AND A COMMISSIONER GRANT FISHER ALSO.
NOW NEXT ITEM LOOKS LIKE CHIN'S HAVING AGENDA ITEM
[B9. Recommend approval of Austin Water’s FY 2020-2021 Operating Budget, Capital Budget, new appropriations, 5-year CIP spending plan and system-wide rate revenue changes.]
B BUDGET.YES, MA'AM THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE VOTE RELATED TO THE BONE ITSELF AND FORM A DISCUSSION AND A REQUEST FOR STAFF.
UM, LAST ONE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET, MY RECOLLECTION.
UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, DAVIDSON AND THE TEAM HAS A VERY FEDERAL AFFORDABILITY BENCHMARK.
I THINK THAT'S VERY HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS TO TALK ABOUT AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE BUDGET.
UM, MY COMMENT AND MORE OF A REQUEST IS LAST ONE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
UM, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, I, I REQUEST SOME UPDATE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY, UH, A FEE WAIVER FEE WAIVER AFFORDED THAT WAS RELATED TO THE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, COST IMPACT WAIVER.
UH, THERE WAS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A CEILING OF 600 UNITS, AND I THINK THERE WAS A POLICY CHANGE THAT MAKES SURE THAT THOSE FEE WAIVER ONLY GOES TO THE AFFORDABLE UNIT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I, I HIGHLY SUPPORT.
UM, SO JUST, JUST ESSAY, ANNUAL CONVERSATION, UM, MINDER THAT I THINK IS ALSO HEALTHY TO LOOK AT, UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE WAIVING PROGRAM TO SEE HOW THAT MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO THE TOTAL BUDGET.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I SEE A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UH, THANKS TO THE BOND THAT WAS APPROVED.
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WANT TO RENEW THAT CONVERSATION, UH, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET.JUST BRIEFLY, THERE IS A LIMIT OF 1500 FEE WAIVERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, EACH YEAR.
UH, I THINK IT'S PART OF OUR, UH, QUARTERLY UPDATE AS PART OF OUR FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT.
I THINK WE'VE INCLUDED A FEE WAIVER TABLE IN THERE, UH, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT, UH, UH, ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS, UH, TO PROVIDE YOU THAT UPDATE, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN CLOSE TO THE 1500, UM, FOR THIS YEAR.
WELL, I JUST INSERT LIKE A SIMPLE SLIDE THAT YOU DID SIMILAR TO THE AFFORDABILITY METRICS.
I THINK COUNTING THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT IS WAY UNDER THAT PROGRAM IS A VERY MUCH HIGH, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD MATRIX TO SHOW.
GOSH, I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT PHOENIX ARIZONA DOES TO, TO GET THEIR PRICES SO LOW, BUT MAYBE THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT YOU GUYS CAN LEAVE THE BOARD.
CAN WE SHOW ONLY 17 MINUTES LEFT FOR THE MEETING? LET'S MOVE ON REALLY QUICK.
SO WE ARE IN THE 10 MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
IS THERE A SECOND? YES, YES, YES, YES.
APPROVE AN MSD NOW MOVE TO ITEM 20, 19 2020, AND I WILL DO IT AND I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS AND COMMISSIONER GOT ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS TO MAKE MOTION OR APPROVAL MOTION TO APPROVE.
YES, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD YES, WE SHOULD HAVE, LET ME SHOW THEM MICHELLE.
SO NOW A COMMISSION, IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, ONE
[E1. COVID-19 – Austin Water Operation, Staff and Financial Impact Update]
COVID-19 OPERATION AND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT UPDATE.I WILL GIVE A, A VERY CONDENSED VERSION OF THIS.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW FOR OUR BILL RELIEF, THE $5 MILLION THAT WE PUT IN THE EXTRA TO THE PLUS ONE IN JUNE ALONE, WE PROVIDED $1 MILLION IN RELIEF TO OVER 2,700 CUSTOMERS THAT APPLIED FOR THAT IN JUNE AND SINCE APRIL 9TH, WE'VE, UH, BASICALLY PROVIDED ABOUT $2 MILLION IN BILL RELIEF FOR OVER 5,000 CUSTOMERS.
SO THAT PROGRAM CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND, AND MORE AND MORE ARE ACCESSING THOSE FUNDS THAT ALSO EUGENE AUSTIN WATER PUT IN, UM, JUST FOR REVENUE UPDATE, UH, FOR JUNE, WE'RE BASICALLY ABOUT THREE POINT $4 MILLION BELOW, UH, BUDGET, PRIMARILY IN THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, UM, CLASS THAT, UH, UH, BUT A LOT OF THAT WAS, UH, WEATHER RELATED TO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL DURING THE MAY TIMEFRAME.
UH, OUR DEMAND TRACKS HIGHER IN JUNE.
SO WE WOULD HOPEFULLY EXPECT OUR JULY REVENUES TO RECOVER.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL ASK ANY QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL HAVE THEM.
IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL GIVE AN UPDATE THE NEXT MONTH.
[E3. Water Forward Update]
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OKAY.ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME TO DO THE UPDATE OR IS THE STAFF HAS THE POWERPOINT, HEY, GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT, WE'LL BE MAKING THAT PRESENTATION.
THIS IS THE TECH AT CITY HALL.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? YES.
HELLO, THIS IS MARISA FREDRICKSON, DALLAS AUSTIN WATER.
UM, THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WATERFORD OPTUM WATERS.
100 YEAR INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLAN.
WAIT A FEW MOMENTS FOR THE PRESENTATION SIGNS.
WELL, IN THIS INTERIM PERIOD WAS JUST, UM, KNOW THAT, UM, Y'ALL KNOW THAT OUR WATER SUPPLIES, UH, COME FROM THE COLORADO RIVER AND HAVE A LAKE.
UM, THERE'S LIKE GRAPHIC ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE PDF SHOWING OUR CURRENT COMBINED STORAGE.
UH, SO 1.7, 2 MILLION ACRE FEET, UH, THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SECOND PDF PAGE, IF YOU CLICK THROUGH THE TITLE SLIDE.
AND SO THEY'VE IT BEEN PRETTY LOW THE PAST TWO MONTHS, AND THAT TREND LOOKS TO CONTINUE THIS MONTH OVER THE NEXT COMING MONTHS, WE'LL BE WATCHING TO SEE IF ANY NEW CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN THE FALL AND WINTER.
NEXT SLIDE SINCE, UH, NOVEMBER, 2018, UM, OPTUM WATER STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.
UM, ON THE NEXT SIDE, WE'LL JUST SEE THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THAT PLAN, INCLUDING REDUCING DEMAND, INCREASING GREECE, PROTECTING OUR CORE COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES, BUILDING DROUGHT, RESILIENCY, AND CONTINUING TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, TODAY WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME PROGRESS MADE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE STRATEGIES.
PETE, GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THIS SUMMER, THE ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION OUR KEY RECEIVED COUNCIL APPROVAL AND AUSTIN WATERS.
AND MY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON INITIAL PILOT PLANNING AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS.
THE TEAM IS BRANDED OUR AMI EFFORT AS MY APX WATER, AND THERE'S A LIVE REDPAGE@MYHEXWATER.ORG, WHERE YOU CAN FIND A PROJECT OVERVIEW, LEARN ABOUT BENEFITS TO CUSTOMERS AND FIND OTHER RESOURCES, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
BUT, UM, IF WE MOVE ON TO STRIDE TITLED ONSITE REUSE, I THINK IT'S THE FIFTH SLIDE.
UM, I'LL JUST MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF WORK IN THE PAST MONTH HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO OUR ONSITE REUSE STRATEGIES.
UH, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER PILOT, UH, COMMISSIONING PROCESS IS GOING TO BE ONGOING TO FALL OF 2020.
UM, THAT'S CONTINGENT ON THE MOVING DATE FOR PDC STAFF.
UM, IN ADDITION, STAFF HAS DEVELOPED A DRAFT ONSITE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.
THAT'S CURRENTLY AN INTERNAL REVIEW AND WE'RE PLANNING TO PRESENT THAT FRAMEWORK AND OTHER CODE CHANGES FOR STAKEHOLDER INPUT IN FALL 2020.
YOU MOVE FORWARD IN THE SLIDE.
IF YOU KEEP MOVING ONE MORE SLIDE FORWARD.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A DELAY WITH THE BROADCAST OR WE'RE LOOKING FOR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY.
I WENT LOOKING FOR THE CENTRALIZED BRIEF PLANE RIDE.
LET'S SAY AGAIN, WHAT THE HEADLINE SAYS.
HEY, THE THING BETWEEN US, I GUESS.
SO A AUSTIN WATER STAFF ARE ALSO MOVING THE CENTRALIZED
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RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM FORWARD.WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT OPTUM WATERS, 2013 COMPLETING CORE PLAN SIXTH GRADE, A CORE RECLAIMED LOOP THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND EAST AUSTIN.
UM, AND SAC IS ALSO CONTINUING WORK ON UPDATING THE CENTRALIZED RECLAIM WATER MASTER PLAN AND HAVE THE GOAL OF HAVING INITIAL PHASES OF THAT UPDATE WORK COMPLETED IN LATE 20, 20, EARLY 2021 LATER PHASES OF THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE INCORPORATION OF DECENTRALIZED OR COMMUNITY SCALE RECLAIMED WATER.
IF YOU GO ON TO THE SLIDE TITLED, UH, PROTECTING OUR CORE COLORADO RIVERS SUPPLIES, OKAY.
CUSTOM WATERS STAFF HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE REGION.
K A WATER PLANNING GROUPS TO INTEGRATE OUR WATERFORD PLAN STRATEGIES IN THE BROADER REGIONAL WATER PLANNING PROCESS.
THE REGION K INITIALLY PREPARED PLAN IS NOW THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS AND IT'S MOVING TOWARDS ADOPTION IN EARLY FALL, 2020, AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE SLIDE, ENTITLED AQUIFER, STORAGE AND RECOVERY, TO BUILD OUR RESILIENCY TO DROUGHT AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE.
AUSTIN WATERS ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK ON OUR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY STRATEGY.
WE'RE IN THE FINAL PHASES OF PROCURING AN ASR PILOT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT TO SUPPORT THAT WORK.
IF YOU MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT HAS AN AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY TIMELINE ON IT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING TO BRING THE RCA FOR CONSULTANT PROCUREMENT AS FOR THE PILOT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT TO THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION AT THE AUGUST MEETING, THIS PROCUREMENT WILL BE FOR PHASE ONE SERVICES TO INCLUDE DESKTOP MODELING AND FIELD TESTING, TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL SITES FOR PILOTING.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A MUCH LONGER TIMELINE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT ASR.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE REACHED THIS VERY IMPORTANT MILESTONE.
AND THAT IS THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, SILVER, KEVIN AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE, IF THERE'S 10, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM B ONE UPDATE FROM JONES AS A BUSY COMMITTEE MEETING COMMISSIONER.
YEAH, THERE'S NOT, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DISCUSSION RELATED TO, UH, AUSTIN WATER, JUST MAINLY ON THE COMMUNITY TRUST.
I'LL PROVIDE MORE DETAIL UPDATE WHEN WE HAVE MORE TIME.
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TWO.UPDATE FOR WATER RESOURCE TRAINING COMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, UPDATE COMMISSIONER MONI, ABBY.
WE ARE HAVING OUR MEETING THIS FRIDAY.
MARISSA GAVE A VERY GOOD SUMMARY OF THE PROGRESS.
NOW LET'S MOVE TO THE LAST ITEM.
ONE DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COMMISSIONER WANTS TO PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA? EITHER YOU CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
YOU ALWAYS CAN TALK WITH, UH, MS. FRANCA AND GET THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO SPONSOR EACH EIGHT.
ANY OTHER HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS OR ANYTHING THAT'S NEED TO BE DISCUSSED? COLD ONES GO TWICE.
AND IF NOT, LET'S THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
FOR THE PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY STUFF BEHIND THE SCREENS, HELPING US AND THE MEETING WE'LL ADJOURN TWO 26 AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.