* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] 4:00 AM. IT [Call to Order] IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH. THIS IS THE AUSTIN WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. AND WE ARE MEETING IN REMOTELY CAUSE WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH COVID. SO WE ARE NOT MEETING IN PERSON RIGHT NOW. UM, AND WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS ON OUR AGENDA. ITEM. ONE IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTE MINUTES FROM, FROM THE LAST MEETING. UH, WE ALSO WILL HAVE BRIEFINGS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, UH, DISCUSSION OF ONSITE WATER TREATMENT FOR THE TESLA SITE AND ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE, THE AMI UPDATES AND AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY ITEMS. SO THOSE ARE THE FEW THINGS WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA TODAY SHOULD BE A GREAT DISCUSSION. UH, DO I HAVE [1. Approve the minutes ofthe May 13,2020 meeting ofthe Austin Water Oversight Committee.] A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM LAST TIME? COUNCILMEMBER ALTER MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR POOL? UM, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. LOOKS LIKE THAT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE VIRTUAL DYESS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. DID YOU SAY THEY WERE MOVING SOME PEOPLE OVER FROM, FROM THE ATTENDEES LIST? I KNOW NEXT WE HAVE A BAR, OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT. SO I WANTED TTM TO KNOW IT'S OKAY TO MERGE OVER, UM, DIRECTOR BIZARROS CHAIR ELLIS. DID WE RECEIVE ANY OF THESE PRESENTATIONS BY EMAIL? CAUSE THEY'RE NOT POSTED ON THE, I BELIEVE I SAW THEM THAT HEATHER HAD SENT THOSE OUT. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK THE TIMESTAMP ON IT. CHRIS SEARCH AND WHY WHILE THE CHAIR IS BAD, WE CAN JUST LATCH THE DIRECTOR AND THE STAFF LIKE I SAW ON THERE THAT WE NORMALLY, YOU NORMALLY GET THESE, UM, WELL, AUSTIN ENERGY SENDS US, UH, THE BACKUP A WEEK IN ADVANCE AND THAT WAS A PARTICULAR REQUEST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY OF SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS. AND SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUR BACKUP AT LEAST THE FRIDAY BEFORE OUR MEETINGS GOING FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ATTACHED ALSO TO WHATEVER THE AGENDA IS POSTED ONLINE. THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE HELPFUL. I KNOW THAT IN OUR MEETING YESTERDAY AS WELL, WE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE, THE FEED CUTTING IN AND OUT WITH THE PRESENTATION. SO THAT WOULD ALSO HELP US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WE'VE GOT THE DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW IN CASE ANYTHING, UM, CREATES A GLITCH. IT WAS BEING PICKED UP ON ATX END, BUT IT WAS NOT SHOWING ON OUR SCREEN. AND SO THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING I JUST HADN'T SEEN BEFORE, BUT IT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT AS BACKUP. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE 5:51 PM LAST NIGHT, HEATHER CORRUPTED SENT OUT, UM, THE ATTACHMENTS FOR THESE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THEM, UM, ON YOUR OWN SCREEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD. GOOD MORNING DIRECTOR WAS RS [2. Director's Report] MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, I JUST, UH, GONNA GIVE A VERBAL UPDATE ON MY DIRECTOR REPORT TODAY. JUST RUN DOWN A FEW ITEMS. SO NICE TO SEE EVERYONE, UH, IN TERMS OF COUNCIL, RCA ITEMS, THE MOST NOTEWORTHY ONE COMING UP IS ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK. IT'S, UH, OUR START OF OUR ENGINEERING FOR OUR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY. AND SO WE'VE SELECTED A BRIEFING TODAY FOR YOU TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THAT PROJECT. AND WHAT'S COMING UP FOR YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA, UH, NEXT WEEK. UM, I DO WANT TO NOTE A COUPLE KEY OPERATIONAL PROJECTS FOR THE COUNCIL. SOME PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS THE COUNCIL WILL RECALL. OUR RAW WATER SYSTEM HAS BEEN INFESTED WITH ZEBRA MUSCLES FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND WE'VE HAD SOME OPERATIONAL IMPACTS AT AUSTIN WATER WITH THOSE. UH, WE HAVE STARTED, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT ALL, THREE OF OUR PLANTS TO CONTROL ZEBRA MUSSELS IN OUR RAW WATER PIPING SYSTEM. AND WE EXPECT THOSE SYSTEMS, UH, CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH AND GO INTO OPERATION. WE'LL START ADDING A SMALL DOSE OF A CHEMICAL IN OUR RAW WATER PIPING TO RID THAT SYSTEM OF A ZEBRA MUSSELS. WE WOULD EXPECT BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT OUR RAW WATER PIPING WILL BE FREE OF ALL ZEBRA MUSCLES. SO THAT'S A IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR US. OF COURSE, THEY'LL STILL BE IN THE LAKE ITSELF AND WE'LL STILL HAVE TO MANAGE THE IMPACTS ON OUR INTAKES, BUT IN TERMS OF THE RAW WATER PIPING ITSELF, UH, WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY WITH, UH, WITH, UH, READING OUR SYSTEM OF ZEBRA MUSCLES. ALSO, I WANT TO NOTE PROGRESS ON OUR POLYMER SYSTEM. UH, THE COUNCIL MAY RECALL AFTER THE 2018 COLORADO RIVER FLOODING AND BOIL WATER NOTICE THAT WE DID AN ENGINEERING AFTER ACTION ANALYSIS AND THE CORE RECOMMENDATION OF THAT WAS TO ADAPT OUR THREE PRIMARY DRINKING WATER PLANTS [00:05:01] WITH POLYMER SYSTEMS. THAT'S A CHEMICAL THAT WOULD GIVE US ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO MANAGE HIGH TURBIDITY EVENTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE COLORADO FLOODING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE TARGETED OUR ALRICK PLANT, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST PLANT, UH, AS OUR FIRST, UH, POLYMER PROJECT. AND THAT PROJECT IS WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE EXPECT THAT TO GO INTO SERVICE THIS FALL AND WILL GIVE US A NEW TOOL AT ALL, RICK, TO MANAGE A HIGH TURBIDITY RIVER UPSET EVENTS. AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP IN 2021 WITH POLYMER SYSTEMS AT OUR DAVIS AND HIGH HANCOCK'S PLANTS. SO REALLY WANT TO THANK MY STAFF FOR ACCELERATING THIS PROJECT AT ALL. RICK IN ABOUT 15 MONTHS, WE DESIGNED PERMITTED AND CONSTRUCTED THAT PROJECT. AND IF YOU KNOW, CITY PROCESSES, THAT'S MOVING AT WARP SPEED. SO WE'RE PLEASED THAT WE'RE PUTTING THAT INTO SERVICE THIS FALL. LASTLY, I WANT TO NOTE A GOOD PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING ON TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOANS. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR HAS BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE AND HAD MET WITH ME A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT, UH, IMPROVING THE WORK WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ON LOANS. AND WE'RE MAKING EXCELLENT PROGRESS THERE. THE COUNCIL MAY RECALL LAST WEEK, THEY APPROVED A LOAN FOR OUR AMI PROJECT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF SEVERAL THAT WE'LL BE DOING. UM, AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL LOANS COMING TO THE COUNCIL IN THE FALL, PROBABLY OCTOBER IN TOTAL, WE WOULD EXPECT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT WE'LL TAKE LOANS OUT FOR APPROXIMATELY $400 MILLION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK, UH, IN THE YEARS AHEAD, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, UH, PRIMARILY THEY'RE SRF LOANS FOR DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANTS. AND, UH, AND PARTICULARLY ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY THERE. AND SO WE'RE PLEASED THAT WE'RE MAKING EXCELLENT PROGRESS THERE AND, UH, AND THOSE LOANS SAVE US SUBSTANTIAL FINANCING DOLLARS. SO JUST WANTED TO REPORT THE PROGRESS ON THAT. AND, UH, AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT I COVERED ON, ON THAT THIS MORNING. THAT'S KEVIN NUMBER. HOLD ON. I SEE YOUR HAND UP. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW DIRECTOR. MAZARRA UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UM, LOANS, WE GET THE LOANS AT A MUCH LOWER RATE, WHICH SAVES OUR RATE PEERS, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME. UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHEN YOU SAID THAT WE'D BE TAKING OUT THE $400 MILLION OF LOANS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, WILL THOSE ALL BE ABLE TO BE, UM, AT THIS REDUCED RATE OR, UM, WAS THAT JUST GENERALLY HOW MUCH WE'RE TAKING? NO, THAT, THAT WOULD ALL BE THROUGH THEIR SRF PROGRAMS, WHICH WOULD COME AT A REDUCED INTEREST RATE. WONDERFUL. NOW WE HAVE TO APPLY AND BE ACCEPTED, BUT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THESE WOULD BE HIGH WORTHY PROJECTS AND WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE AWARDED THE LOAN DOLLARS. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S A VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY TO BE APPROACHING IT. YEAH. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENT WORK. UM, I KNOW ZEBRA MUSSELS IS, IS SUCH A HUGE ISSUE WHEN THEY DO PRESENT THEMSELVES THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS MITIGATED. UM, IT'S CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR WATER QUALITY. UM, AND THERE WAS A MENTION BRIEFLY IN OUR ENERGY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY ABOUT CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UM, I SEEM TO HAVE NOT WRITTEN DOWN THE NUMBERS, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS, I THINK 2.1 MILLION OF CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE THAT WAS FOR, UM, AUSTIN WATER CUSTOMERS. UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT WEBSITE AND SOMEONE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN ASSISTANCE OF THAT NATURE, THAT IT IS ATX FILL HELP.COM. AND SO I KNOW THAT AUSTIN WATER AND AUSTIN ENERGY HAD BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED IN THIS TIME TO MAKE SURE THEIR BILLS ARE PAID OR GETTING THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED. AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND SOME OF HER ALTAR, THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON MY BUDGET RYDER. UM, AS FOLKS WILL RECALL, I HAD A BUDGET RIDER THAT WAS, UM, ASKING AUSTIN WATER TO COME BACK, UM, WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS READY TO EXTEND THE CAP PROGRAM, UM, TO ADDITIONAL, UM, HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GETTING THE AEA ASSISTANCE, UM, BUT NOT ABLE TO GET WATER BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE TWO TYPES OF METERS WORK. UM, I APPRECIATE AUSTIN WATER STAFF WORKING HARD ON THIS. AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT, UM, PERHAPS THAT CAN COME BACK TO OUR COMMITTEE, UM, BEFORE THAT IT GOES TO COUNCIL. IF THE TIMING WORKS ON THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, SOME GOOD OPTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FURTHER ASSISTANCE, UM, ARE ABLE TO ACCESS WATER AS EASILY AS THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS THE AUSTIN ENERGY, UM, RESOURCES. [00:10:01] YES, CORRECT. WAS OURS GO AHEAD. YES. OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS, UH, I BELIEVE OCTOBER 28TH AND I THINK THAT WOULD TIME OUT WELL FOR US TO COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE AND REPORT ON OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPANDING OUR CAP PROGRAM TO INCLUDE A MULTIFAMILY AND A, AND A, YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS WE'LL CERTAINLY PLAN. I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY INTERESTING TOPIC. SO IF THAT TIMELINE WORKS WELL, I THINK, UM, WE'LL JUST MOVE THAT ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA AND SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT AND GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO BE ABLE TO HELP SPELL IT OUT FOR US SO WE CAN ASSIST THOSE CUSTOMERS AS WELL. YOU BET ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE [3. Discuss potential on-site water treatment methods for Tesla site.] ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. DISCUSSED POTENTIAL OPTIONS, WHITE WATER TREATMENT METHODS, BUT A TESLA SITE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT VICE-CHAIR POOL HAD BROUGHT UP, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION. DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE, AS WE GET STARTED? I WOULD. AND, UM, LET'S SEE, WE'LL BE BRINGING TWO FOLKS IN TO JOIN US. DAVID FOSTER AND RICHARD SUTTLE. MR. SUTTLE IS THE AGENT, UM, UH, WITH HIS CLIENT BEING TESLA AND DAVID FOSTER LEADS, UM, TEXAS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. AND, UM, HE, ALONG WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY GROUPS IN BOSTON HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG ON THE ADVENT OF THE DISCUSSION AND THE AVALON TO HAVE TESSA COMING TO AUSTIN. DAVID, ARE WE ABLE TO SEE YOU? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN SEE, I CAN SEE RICHARD AND I CAN SEE THAT HIS MIC IS TURNED ON. YEAH. OKAY. I CAN SEE DAVID IS NO LONGER ASLEEP. OKAY, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. I THOUGHT THIS, UM, I'M SORRY. I, I, I GAVE THE WRONG, UM, UH, ENTITY FOR CLEAN WATER ACTION. AND SO, SORRY, SO SORRY. UH, THERE IS A CONSORTIUM OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, UM, WORKING, UH, WITH CLEAN WATER ACTION ON THIS ISSUE. UM, SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF ADVANCE INFOR, UH, INSIGHTS INTO WHAT'S GOING ON AND, UH, THE, UH, EXTRA TERRESTRIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN. UH, IT IS THE ETJ. THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE AS MUCH, UM, OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY. UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, UM, MR. SUTTLE AND TESLA ON, UH, AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE REALLY KEY ITEMS HAVE TO DO WITH WATER TREATMENT AND WATER QUALITY BECAUSE THE ACREAGE THAT TESLA WILL BE BUILDING ON, ON THE COLORADO RIVER. SO THERE ARE CLEARLY, UH, SOME CONCERNS THAT, UM, ALL OF US WHO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TOP OF MIND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT, UM, CHAIR. DID YOU HAVE, UM, ANY PARTICULAR WAY YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD? LIKE, SHOULD WE HAVE RICHARD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS CLIENT AND WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING AND THEN MAYBE HAVE DAVID, UM, RESPOND ON BEHALF OF CLEAN WATER ACTION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS? I THINK THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I KNOW A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT FOOD. GIVE IT A DAYLIGHT. UM, WHAT LESSONS ARE IN REAL TIME? SURE. DO YOU WANT ME TO KICK OFF WITH AN OVERVIEW AND THEN ANSWER QUESTIONS? THAT'S GREAT. PERFECT. SO, UM, I'M RICHARD SILER. I REPRESENT TESLA. THEY, TESLA HAS PURCHASED. WHAT YOU ALL KNEW IS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THE AUSTIN GREEN PUD, WHICH CONSISTED OF ABOUT 2100 ACRES. IT'S A, THE FORMER MARTIN MARIETTA, UM, MINING SITE, BASICALLY ALONG THE RIVER. UM, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN WHAT SAND AND GRAVEL MINING DOES TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT BASICALLY MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE MOONSCAPE THING. THE WAY ITS MIND IS YOU DIG A BIG HOLE, YOU LAY ALL THE DIRT OFF TO THE SIDE, YOU GET DOWN TO THE SAND AND GRAVEL, YOU DIG IT OUT, YOU HAUL IT OFF AND THEN YOU JUST GO ONTO THE NEXT HOLE. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THAT THE PROPERTY, ESSENTIALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE 2000 ACRES OF, UH, OF CRATERS. ESSENTIALLY. THEY DID SOME HAVE GROWN UP, UH, WITH VEGETATION AND SOME OF THEM ARE STILL OPEN, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, IT'S IN THE ETJ. UH, THESE, THIS MINING WAS DONE, UNDERMINING PERMITS AND RECLAMATION PERMITS, AND TESLA PURCHASED THE ENTIRE SITE AND HAS BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF RECLAIMING THE MINE SITE UNDER THE RECLAMATION PERMITS FOR OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS. UM, YEAH, AS PART OF THAT, UM, [00:15:01] THERE'S DUAL REVIEW IN THE ETJ FOR SITE PLANS, THE CITY REVIEWS FOR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL WATER QUALITY, BASICALLY. UM, AND IF IT GETS SUBDIVIDED, WHICH RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE SUBDIVIDED, BUT SUBDIVISION. AND THEN ALSO THE COUNTY GIVES A GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AS WELL. AND THEY'RE LOOKING MORE AT DRAINAGE AND FLOOD PLAIN, UM, REGULATIONS. UM, SO THEN THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF IT ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SIDE OF IT, THIS, THE, THE, THE TRACK STRADDLES ONE 30. AND IF YOU WERE TO LOOK TO THE WEST OF ONE 30, I BELIEVE A LOT OF THAT IS IN AUSTIN'S WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE AREA. AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF ONE 30, IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE SERVICE AREA OF HORNSBY BEND, ALSO KNOWN AS SOUTHWEST WATER. UM, SO SOUTHWEST WATER HAS INDICATED IN THE PAST WITH, WITH SOME SUBSTANTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND, UM, NEW DISCHARGE PERMITS AND FACILITIES THEY COULD POSSIBLY SERVE, UH, THE TESLA SIDE. AND WE'VE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THEY THINK THAT THEY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO SERVE, SORRY. MMM. WE HAVE FILED A CCN RELEASE, EXPEDITE AND RELEASE WITH THE PUC, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO START. YEAH. THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUT OF SOUTHWEST CCN, WHICH WOULD THEN I THINK PUT US INTO AUSTIN'S IF EVERYTHING WORKED OUT. SO THAT'S THE STATUS OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY SITUATION. THERE IS A RECLAIMED WATER LINE THAT COMES ACROSS THE RIVER ONTO THIS PROPERTY, AND THEN HEADS WEST THAT, UM, IS, IS IN PLAY AND IS A VERY INTERESTING AND, AND, UH, RESOURCE THAT, UH, TESSA WOULD LIKE TO USE AS PART OF THEIR PROCESS. AND IN FACT, THERE'S A PLAN. GREG IS PROBABLY AWARE THAT, UM, THERE'S AN UPGRADE TO THOSE LINES AS THEY COME ACROSS, UH, THE CITY NEEDS SOME MORE LAND AND SOME MORE EASEMENTS TO DO THE UPGRADE, AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON GETTING THOSE, THOSE EASEMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THE UPGRADES. UM, SO THAT, YEAH, THAT DEALS WITH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER CURRENT SITUATION. AND THEN FROM A WATER QUALITY STANDPOINT AND RUNOFF, UM, THE CURRENT PLAN FOR PHASE ONE, UH, THAT HAS, UM, BEEN UNDER REVIEWED PHASE. ONE OF IT HAS BEEN THE WATER QUALITY STRATEGY RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE A DUAL POND SYSTEM ON, ON THINGS. ONE, ONE IS A BIOFILTRATION POND ON A SMALLER PORTION OF THE DRAINAGE AREA, AND THEN A LARGER WET POND, UH, TREATMENT ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD CAPTURE THE RUNOFF FROM THIS PHASE, UH, IN A BIG WET POND AND HAVE IT TREATED AS, AS WET PALMS DO WITH THE VEGETATION PLANNINGS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW. THE SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO, THERE'S A YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT, UM, AN ENTHUSIAST IS OUT THERE FLYING DRONE FOOTAGE EVERY DAY. IT'S ACTUALLY VERY HIGH QUALITY DRONE FOOTAGE, AND YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND LOOK AT IT IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. UH, SO THAT'S THE STATUS OF THE REGULATORY ISSUES RIGHT NOW. TESLA'S GOT PHASE ONE OF THE FACTORY IN PLAY AS EVERYTHING PROGRESSES. THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT FUTURE PHASES WILL ALSO BE BUILT ON THE SITE. SO THERE THAT'S THE OVERVIEW. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I TRY TO ANSWER? AND IF I CAN'T ANSWER THEM, I'LL, I'LL SURELY GET THEM WRITTEN DOWN AND GET ANSWERS FOR YOU. SURE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL NUMBER POOL HAD A QUESTION EARLIER AND PARDON ME IF I MISSED PHRASE, BUT WAS IT ABOUT MANUFACTURING PRACTICES AND ENSURING THAT NOT ONLY THE DRAINAGE STANDARDS ARE BEING FOLLOWED, BUT IF THERE'S ANY, UM, POTENTIAL BYPRODUCTS FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE MITIGATING FOR AND I'M LOOKING AT, SO PART, PART OF THE PROCESS OF, UH, OF THE WASTEWATER SIDE, NOT THE RAINWATER RUNOFF, BUT THE WASTEWATER SIDE, AS PART OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, THERE IS A PRETREATMENT, UH, SITE. IT WILL BE PART OF THE PLANT WHERE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER IS PRETREATED ON OUR SIDE BEFORE IT ENTERS THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S, UH, WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. UM, [00:20:01] SO, UH, THAT'S ABOUT THE EXTENT OF MY KNOWLEDGE, OTHER THAN IT GETS PRECLEAN BEFORE IT GETS PUT INTO THE CITY'S WASTEWATER SYSTEM. AND THEN FROM THERE, IT WOULD FOLLOW THE TYPICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS IN PLACE. YES. OKAY. INTERESTING. UM, HOW'S IT EVER PULLED? DID YOU HAVE MORE, UH, MORE QUESTIONS? I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE MR. FOSTER HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER WATER QUALITY ISSUES THAT MAY BE MORE SPECIFIC. YEAH, I THINK, UM, UNLESS, UH, ALTAR HAS ANYTHING TO ASK, WHY DON'T WE MOVE OVER TO DAVID FOSTER AND HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT FROM PING WATER ACTIONS PERSPECTIVE THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. SETTLE, MR. FOSTER. UM, I WANTED TO JUST ASK AND YOU COVERED A LOT THERE, SO I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED IT. I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITE AS, UM, EITHER OF YOU AT THIS POINT. UM, SINCE WE'VE JUST HAD A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SORT OF UNDERSTANDING THE SETBACKS FROM THE RIVER AND, AND WHAT THE PLANS ARE IN TERMS OF, UM, PLACEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU WOULD BE BUILDING. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TALK OF A TRAIL ALONG THE RIVER AND, AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, ENJOY, BUT IN TERMS OF KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KEEP OTHER SECTIONS OF THE RIVER, UM, HEALTHY BY HAVING A SETBACK. WHAT IS THE PLAN AND THE VISION THAT AT THIS POINT? WELL, CURRENTLY THE, UH, THE SITE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE WATERSHED ORDINANCE, WHICH INCLUDES A CRITICAL ZONE ALONG THE RIVER, WHICH I BELIEVE IN THIS AREA IS, UH, COULD BE UP TO UP TO 400 FEET DEPENDING ON FLOOD PLAIN AND ALL THE WHILE WE HAVE NOT SUBMITTED ANY PLANS FOR THE AREA ALONG THE RIVER WITH THE INITIAL SET OF PLANS HAS STAYED OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN AND OUT OF THE CRITICAL ZONE. THE NEXT PHASE WILL PROBABLY INCLUDE THE PLANS FOR THE RIVER SETBACK AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND, UM, WATER QUALITY MEASURES, IF ANY, WITHIN THAT CRITICAL EYE, USUALLY WHAT YOU TRY TO DO IS STAY OUT OF THE CRITICAL ZONE ALTOGETHER. UM, THERE'S ALWAYS A RUNNING CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PARKS AND TRAILS PEOPLE, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITHIN THE SETBACK AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOLKS AND WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE SETBACK. AND IT'S ALWAYS A LIVELY CONVERSATION THERE, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING BEFORE THE CITY. AND RIGHT NOW ALL THE PERMITS AND PHASES HAVE STAYED OUT OF THOSE SETBACKS. SO IT'S A CLEAN SLATE. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE RULES THAT WE HAVE REGARDING THAT ELSEWHERE ON THE RIVER HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL, UM, AND USEFUL FOR HELPING US TO MAINTAIN QUALITY. AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'LL, I'LL BE WATCHING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, GEELONG MUSK, UM, THE HEAD OF TESLA HAS ACTUALLY SAID PUBLICLY THAT, UM, HIS VISION INCLUDES, UH, UH, SOME SORT OF PUBLIC USE AND MAKING, UH, BRINGING BACK THAT AREA ALONG THE RIVER. OF COURSE, IT'S, IT'S BEEN MINED AND IT'S, IT'S PRETTY ROUGH RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY BRINGING IT BACK AND, AND I APPRECIATED THAT AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE HEARD AND I'M, THAT'S WHAT I HOPE WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THESE OTHER PROCESSES, I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING AND LOOKING AT. AND I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE THINKING MORE BROADLY ABOUT HOW WE, UM, HOW WE EXTEND SOME OF THOSE PROTECTIONS FURTHER DOWN THE RIVER THAT WE HAVE ELSEWHERE. THAT'S CERTAINLY BEEN ON MY RADAR TOO. UM, SINCE THE AUSTIN GREEN PUD HAD THAT ACTIVATED, UM, YOU KNOW, WATERFRONT SPACE THAT PEOPLE COULD USE, IT WOULD BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WALK OR BIKE, UM, OR STROLL. AND I REALLY LIKED THAT TOO. SO I'M HOPING AS WE MOVE ALONG THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THAT THAT PART OF THIS, THIS TRANSITION IS MAINTAINED THROUGH, THROUGH THE STEPS MOVING FORWARD. DID YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL? I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE MOTOR ACTION AND MR. FOSTER, THANKS FOR JOINING US, MR. FOSTER. THAT'S GREAT. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. UH, THANK YOU, UH, VICE CHAIR POOL FOR SETTING US UP. AND, UH, I WANT TO TAKE THE CITY STAFF TO, FOR ENABLING LOOKS LIKE ME TO GIVE INPUT DURING THE PANDEMIC. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK THOUGHTS ON WATER QUALITY, [00:25:01] BUT MAINLY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WATER, QUANTITY AND WATER SUPPLY AND HOW I THINK TESLA CAN HELP OUR CITY MEET FUTURE NEED. SO ON, ON WATER QUALITY, I THINK THAT TESSA SHOULD LOOK AT GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, GREEN WALLS, GREEN ROOFS, PORES, COURSE PAVEMENT, UH, FOR PARKING. THAT SORT OF THING THAT IS, UH, HAS BEEN MUCH TALKED ABOUT IN RECENT YEARS. AND THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THAT INCORPORATED INTO THE EARLY DRAFTS. UH, WELL, NOT SO EARLY, BUT THE DRAFTS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT, MAINLY THOUGH WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WATER SUPPLY. UM, AND TESSA'S DECISION TO COME TO AUSTIN, LETS US ALL KNOW ONCE AGAIN THAT THIS REGION IS NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NEED TO ADD POPULATION. AND WE NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF FUTURE WATER SUPPLY BECAUSE OF THAT. UH, AND JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO, A NEW REPORT CAME OUT FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, JOHN NIELSEN, CAMERON, UH, AUSTIN WATER UTILITIES VERSUS THE FOREST. GONZALEZ HAD SOME INPUT IN THAT TOO, THAT WARNS US OF LIKELY MEGA DROUGHTS, UH, IN THE FUTURE, WHICH FOR US COULD MEAN WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT BACK TO BACK TO BACK YEARS THAT ARE AS EVERY BIT AS HOT AND DRY AS 2011 WAS. SO WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY STEP WE CAN NOW AND SORTA TAKE INTENTIONALLY AND LONGTERM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THEN WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO MEET FUTURE DEMAND. AND AN IMPORTANT WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS, UH, AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE. IT'S KIND OF BUILT INTO OUR LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY PLAN KNOWN AS WATER FORWARD IS TO DESIGN AND BUILD NEW BUILDINGS IN A WAY THAT THEY BECOME WATER, SUPPLY SOURCES, SOURCES OF NEW WATER, NOT JUST CONSUMERS OF NEW WATER. UH, THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THE WATERFORD PLAN. THERE WERE ALSO INCORPORATED INTO THE FIRST TWO DRAFTS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THEY'RE ON HOLD ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE CODE, OR AT LEAST FOR PART OF THE LAWSUIT IS ABOUT, BUT THEY'RE ON HOLD. AND WHAT I WOULD CHALLENGE A TESSA TO DO IS TO DESIGN AND BUILD ITS FACILITY IS IF THOSE FEATURES HAD ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED INTO OUR, OUR ORDINANCES AND RULES AND APPLY IT TO THEM. SO WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, AND OF COURSE, FORTUNATELY, YOU'VE GOT GREG BARRELS THIS YEAR AND MAYBE OTHER FOLKS FROM AUSTIN WATER COULD SPEAK ABOUT THIS IN GREAT DETAIL, BUT I THINK TESSA SHOULD DRAFT A WATER BUDGET. SO HOW MUCH, HOW MANY GALLONS PER MONTH OR PER YEAR ARE YOU EXPECTED TO USE, UH, FOR FLUSHING, TOILETS AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES IN COOLING TOWERS FOR IRRIGATION, THAT'S PART OF IT. AND THE CITY STAFF, UH, VERY MUCH TO HIS CREDIT IS DEVELOPING WAYS TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS LIKE TESLA, UH, TO DO JUST THAT. AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER BUDGET IS HOW MUCH WATER COULD TESSA'S SITE POTENTIALLY GENERATE THROUGH AC CONTENT SAFE CAPTURE THROUGH CAPTURING RAINWATER. SO RAINWATER HARVESTING, HOW MUCH POTENTIAL WATER IS THERE FROM TREATING IT'S GREYWATER WATER AND EVEN ITS BLACKWATER ONSITE AND USING IT ONSITE. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE, WATER, UH, AND A BIG ONE THEN IS I'LL DO A PLUMBING. SO MR. SUTTLE, MATCHA, AND THE RECLAIMED WATER LINE THAT RUNS TO A PORTION OF THIS, OF THIS, UH, PARCEL. THAT'S GREAT. SO THE WATERFORD PLAN ENVISIONS LARGE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS BEING DUAL PLUMBED. SO YOU CAN TAP INTO RECLAIM WATER AND USE THAT WATER FOR NON-POTABLE NEEDS. YOU'D HAVE A SEPARATE SYSTEM OF PLUMBING FOR YOUR POTABLE PURPOSES. AND OF COURSE YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE STEPS. SO THERE'S NO CROSS CONTAMINATION AND YOU CAN ALSO USE THE DUAL PLUMBING SYSTEM TO MOVE AC CONTENT, SAY RAINWATER, HARVESTING, ET CETERA, AROUND THE CAMPUS, UH, TO OP TO OFFSET POTABLE DEMAND. YOU, YOU WOULD USE THAT FOR NON-POTABLE NEEDS. UH, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NEW, UH, CITY HALL, DOES IT CAPTURES AC CONDENSATE AND RAINWATER AND PLUS SHE'S TOILETS AND IRRIGATES WITH IT. UH, THE W HOTEL IS DOING SOME OF IT. THE NEW TRAVIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS GOING TO BE DESIGNED WITH DUAL PLUMBING, UH, TO DO THE SAME. AND YES, THERE IS AN UPFRONT ADDED COST TO THIS, BUT IN THE CASE OF THE COURTHOUSE, THE ESTIMATE IS WITHIN 11 YEARS, THEY WILL OFFSET THAT UPFRONT COST BY AVOIDED WATERVILLE BY REDUCED TO PAY BY RALLY. SO I TH I THINK TASKS THAT SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE LOOKING AT DOING DUAL PLUMBING, UH, BUILDING INTO THEIR, THEIR PLANS. UH, WE USED ONSITE OF AC CONTENT SAY, CERTAINLY RAINWATER HARVESTING, WHY NOT LOOK AT BLACKWATER? AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING, WHICH IS NEAR COMPLETION. IT MAY ALREADY BE DONE AT THE, AT THE OLD HIGHLAND MALL SITE IS TREATING IT SEWAGE ONSITE RIGHT THERE AND USING IT ONSITE. THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WIMBERLEY. THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT AND DO THE SAME. SO THIS IS NOT ANYTHING NEW, BUT WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A UNIQUE FOR TESLA, WHICH PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING CUTTING EDGE PRIDES ITSELF AS SORT OF SETTING A PACE AND BEING A MODEL FOR OTHERS TO BE, TO BE A PIONEER HERE AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEING DONE ANYWHERE ON THIS SCALE. NOW THERE IS A MICROSOFT CAMPUS ON THE WEST COAST THAT WE USE. IS IT SEWAGE? BUT I THINK, I THINK THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR TESTING JUST TO SHOW THE WORLD [00:30:02] WHAT THE POTENTIALS ARE. IF YOU DESIGN AND BUILD BUILDINGS THAT CAPTURE AND USE WATER ON SITE. SO BUILDINGS THEMSELVES BECOME A WATER SUPPLY OPTION OR A SOURCE OF NEW WATER GOING POINT WILL ALSO SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN AS A COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THIS WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER WE HAVE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE COLORADO RIVER TO MEET DEMAND. AND AS I THINK YOU ALL KNOW OUR, OUR CONTRACT WITH, WITH THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY REQUIRES US TO PAY CURRENT MARKET RATE OF ALL THE WATER ABOVE OUR RUN OF THE RIVER RIGHTS THAT WE TAKE OUT OF THE, OUT OF THAT RIVER. ONCE AS A COMMUNITY, WE TAKE 200, 1000 ACRE FEET OR MORE OF WATER TWO YEARS IN A ROW. UH, SO, SO THE MORE CREATIVE WE ARE WITH USING OTHER SOURCES OF WATER, THE LONGER WE POSTPONE THAT TRIGGER, IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, NOW WE'D BE PAYING SOMETHING LIKE 9 MILLION EXTRA DOLLARS A YEAR AS A CITY FOR WATER SUPPLY. RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. UH, AND, UM, I'M HOPEFUL AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, THAT TESSA CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND DESIGN AND BUILD ITS CAMPUS AS IF THOSE WATERFORD PROVISIONS WERE ALREADY IN EFFECT AND APPLIED TO THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FOSTER. THAT'S ALL VERY INTERESTING. UM, JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, MR. SUBTLE INNOCENCE, OR MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US TODAY, BUT ARE THERE OTHER FACILITIES, UM, IN OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY THAT MIGHT BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THERE'S DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS AND DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF TESLA HAS DONE THIS ANYWHERE ELSE AND HAS SOME SORT OF BLUEPRINT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT, BUT I'VE GOT THE GUYS WORKING ON IT. THEY'VE GOT A NEW SITE IN CHINA, A NEW SITE IN BERLIN. AND THIS ONE, THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN THE WORLD TODAY. I'M KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE BEING COMPARED TO BERLIN AND IN CHINA, BUT IT'S, IT'S FASCINATING, BUT I'LL FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'M CURIOUS ABOUT. SO I'M HAPPY TO, IF YOU CAN EITHER SEND ME THAT INFORMATION, I'LL SHARE IT TO THE REST OF THE TEAM, OR, UM, MAYBE OUR STAFF AT AUSTIN WATER CAN HELP KIND OF GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO US. I WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS, CURIOUS ABOUT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. YES. THERE YOU GO. GOT IT. SO, AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, THANK YOU CHAIR FOR, UM, FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. UH, I THINK, I THINK WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, RACHEL RICHARD AND AT THIS POINT, D IS THERE A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT FROM TESLA, UM, TO, TO, UM, WORK WITH THE CITY ON DUAL PLUMBING AND TO BE, UM, I THINK EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. I TALKED TO THE CHIEF ENGINEER THIS MORNING TO GIVE HIM A, A BRIEFING ON WHAT I ANTICIPATE TODAY. UM, TESLA IS A VERY DIFFERENT, UM, I'VE NEVER REPRESENTED SOMEBODY LIKE THIS BEFORE, WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DESIGNING THEIR PERMITTING AND THEY'RE BUILDING ALL AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS BASED ON AND HOW THEY GET THEIR STUFF DONE REALLY QUICK. SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WE'RE OUT THERE DOING SITE WORK NOW THAT THE BUILDING HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY DESIGNED. SO NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND THEN WHAT WILL BE DONE IS THESE ENGINEERS GO BACK AND THEY DEAL IN TERMS OF HOURS, NOT DAYS OR WEEKS, THEY LOOK AT THE LOGISTICS OF DUAL PLUMBING, UM, CONDENSATE CAPTURE, RAINWATER CAPTURE, LITERALLY AS WE SPEAK. AND, UM, IT'S ALWAYS A BALANCING ACT AND, AND, UH, DAVID IS AS MENTIONED, IT DOES COST MORE UPFRONT. AND THEN THERE'S A, THEY HAVE A VERY ELABORATE, UM, COST ANALYSIS. AND FOR INSTANCE, AT THE COURTHOUSE, WHILE IT MAY HAVE MADE SENSE, IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE ON EVERY PHASE OF TESSA OR IT MIGHT MAKE PERFECT SENSE, BUT THEY'VE GOT ENGINEERS THAT CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, GIVEN HOW FAST IT'S MOVING, CAN YOU GIVE US A, AN IDEA OF WHEN YOU COULD GET BACK TO US ON WHETHER THERE'S A COMMITMENT? SURE. I THINK YOU ALL MEET MONTHLY OR DO YOU JUST MEET WHEN YOU NEED TO? IT IS QUARTERLY AND OUR NEXT ONE IS ON OCTOBER 28. RICHARD IT'S OPEN 24 SEVEN. YEAH. YOU COULD GET BACK. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT TO BE AT A MEETING. AND SINCE YOU'RE MOVING SO FAST, I WOULD, I WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE WE, BEFORE THE WINDOW IS CLOSED, IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO, UM, TO, UH, INCLUDE [00:35:01] THAT IN THE D INCLUDE THE, UM, YEAH. DUAL PLUMPING IN THE DESIGN. WELL, IT, IT, UH, DAVID AND I HAD A CONVERSATION THIS WEEK AND I'VE ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY ON THEIR RADAR BECAUSE I'VE EXPRESSED TO THEM WHAT, THE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, DAVID DAVID MENTIONED AND WHAT LESLIE MENTIONED. SO IT'S, IT'S ON THEIR RADAR. I JUST, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY, YET. I'M GOING TO SEE IF HE'D DONE OR LET ME EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE POINTS THAT ANDY WAS RAISING IN THE WATER BUDGET, UH, THAT WAS, UH, BROUGHT UP, UH, I'M SURE THAT TESLA IS THE ENGINEERS ARE THERE. EVERYBODY'S KIND OF TALKING IN TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE INTERNAL SYSTEMS AND THE PIPING. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GIGAFACTORY WILL USE A WHOLE LOT OF WATER. UM, AND THERE IS, UM, THERE IS GOOD REASON FOR US TO WANT TO UNDERSTAND, AND CERTAINLY TESLA TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WATER WILL BE USED EITHER, UH, THROUGH THE PURCHASE FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR AS RECLAIMED ON THE SITE. UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIC DROUGHTS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITS ON OUR WATER RESOURCES, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T MAKE IT RAIN, UH, WE CAN'T CREATE WATER. WHAT WE CAN DO IS TRY TO HARVEST IT FROM STRUCTURES, EVEN IN A DROUGHT. SO, UM, IS TESLA WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH AUSTIN AND WATER UTILITY STAFF TO CRAFT A WATER BUDGET? OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S AND I TALKED TO THE ENGINEER THIS MORNING AND USE THAT EXACT TERMINOLOGY. CAUSE SOMETIMES YOU USE A TERM OF ART AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, AND IT'S EASY TO SAY SURE. BUT HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT MEANT. AND IN FACT, WE'VE GOT A MEETING WE'RE GETTING READY TO START THE MEETINGS NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE SERVICE EXTENSION REQUESTS WITH THE CITY, BOTH FROM A WATER WASTEWATER AND RECLAIMED WATER STATE. ALRIGHT. THE ELEMENT IN THE WATER FORWARD PLAN, THAT WOULD BE, UM, OPERATIONAL. NOW, IF IT HAD NOT BEEN PUSHED ASIDE, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY PART OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, BUT IT HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE LAWSUIT ON THE LDC. UH, WE COULD MOVE IT FORWARD IF WE, IF WE CHOSE. AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO KICK AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE HERE'S A REALLY PRIMARY, THIS IS A PRIME CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE NEED WATER FORWARD TO BE PUSHED FORWARD AND APPROVED AND IMPLEMENTED TO SUITE. UM, TESLA, WE'LL BE USING A WHOLE LOT OF WATER. DUAL PLUMBING IS CRITICAL TO RESILIENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE SUCCESS OF TESLA'S OPERATIONS. CAN WE, UM, ASSUME THAT TESLA WILL BE WILLING TO COMMIT TO DO A PLANNING, UM, IN ITS BUILDINGS? IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'LL BE MORE THAN ONE SYSTEM. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DUAL PLUMBING AND YOU, YOU, THERE WERE, THERE WERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF WORDS THERE AND I GOTTA MAKE SURE I DON'T OVER COMMIT AND UNDERPERFORM. THERE'S THERE HASN'T BEEN A COMMITMENT TO DUAL PLUM YET, BUT IT IS ON THE TABLE FOR CONVERSATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T IN THE EVENT THAT PARTS OF THE BUILDING, REMEMBER THESE BUILDINGS, THESE BUILDINGS ARE KIND OF HARD TO IMAGINE, BUT IMAGINE A BUILDING THAT IS 60 OR 70 ACRES, ONE BUILDING ALL, ALL ONE LEVEL, THAT'S THE MAGNITUDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE TABLE AND IT'S BEING DISCUSSED AT THIS MEETING TODAY. I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO BLAME BACK THE TAPE AND SAY HE COMMITTED TO DO A PLUMBING AND IS NOT DOING IT BECAUSE I JUST FLAT CAN'T COMMIT TO IT TODAY. AND I, I THINK WE ALL HEARD THAT WE, AND I, I DID WANT TO PRESS THAT POINT THOUGH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS REALLY CLEAR. AND I ALSO WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE SUCCESS OF THIS FACTORY FOR TESLA WILL REST IN LARGE PART ON HOW THE WATER SYSTEMS ARE DEVELOPED AND PUT INTO PLACE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE DUAL PLUMBING, WHILE IT MAY BE MORE EXPENSIVE, SOME SAY, UM, MAYBE IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE AT THE FRONT END, BUT THE BACKEND, I THINK THAT MR. MUSK WILL BE REALLY DELIGHTED THAT HE, UH, WAS FARSIGHTED ENOUGH TO DO THAT WORK IN ADVANCE BECAUSE IT WILL PAY MASSIVE DIVIDENDS AT THE BACKEND. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT DROUGHT WILL BE, AND WE HAVE LIMITS THE LCRA HAS LIMITS ON THE GROUND, THE FEET OF GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN TAKE OUT OF OUR HIGHLAND LAKES. UM, AND LIKE TRAVIS AND, UH, AND THEN THE DOWNSTREAM FOLKS YOU HAVE, UH, FISHERMEN AND SHRIMPERS AND THE, UM, THE VARIOUS, UH, INDUSTRIES DOWN RIVER TO THE, TO THE GULF THAT ALSO RELY ON THE COLORADO RIVER. AND THIS [00:40:01] MASSIVE FACTORY WILL BE RIGHT THERE ON THE BANKS OF THE COLORADO RIVER. SO TESLA IS JOINING A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL, INTACT INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL FARMING, RANCHING, RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS CENTER COMMUNITY FROM THE HIGHLAND LAKES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. AND, UM, WE WILL NEED TO, IT WILL NEED TO BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH EVERYBODY ALL ALONG THE RIVER. I THINK THAT THAT IS A, A REALLY IMPORTANT MESSAGE AND I'M SURE THAT THE CHILD HAS COMMUNICATED THAT. AND MR. MUSK I'M SURE IS COMPLETELY AWARE, UM, OF ALL OF THE VARIOUS COMPETING INTERESTS. THAT'S A NUMBER OUT THERE. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND I'M EARLY IN THAT, IN THE PROCESS. UM, I DID WANT TO JUST, UM, PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MR. FOSTER SAID ABOUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ADOPTING THE RULES THAT WE HAD LAID OUT IN THE DRAFT CODE, UM, AS WHAT YOU FOLLOW, UM, MOVING FORWARD. UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, CHAIR ELLIS, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE SOME LEADERSHIP AND SAY, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PIECES OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO, UM, THE LAWSUIT IN AND OF THEMSELVES. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ZONING. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH, UM, THE PROTEST RIGHTS AND WE, THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP US FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE. I THINK THERE'S UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT ON COUNCIL. THOSE ARE GOOD RULES. UM, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY STRONG THING FOR, UM, THIS COMMITTEE, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. I THINK THEY WOULD, I THINK THERE WAS BROAD AGREEMENT. UM, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE, UM, REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, TO MOVE THAT FORWARD, UM, QUICKLY, CERTAINLY WILLING TO THINK ABOUT THAT. UM, I THINK WE MAY ACTUALLY HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION COMING TO US NEXT WEEK ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT COPY. UM, I KNOW ON THE DIET, THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION AROUND WHETHER WE PULL OUT CERTAIN PARTS OF IT OR NOT. SO I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PUSH WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WHERE AT ALL POSSIBLE. UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A LARGER CONVERSATION ON COUNCIL ABOUT WHICH PORTIONS OF THAT REWRITE MAKE SENSE TO PULL OUT IF IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER, BUT I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. AND, UM, ESPECIALLY THROUGH NEXT WEEK, SEEING EXACTLY WHAT OUR CITY STAFF AND LEGAL STAFF MAY HAVE AS ADVICE FOR US, BUT CERTAINLY AGREE THAT WATER FORWARD INITIATIVES ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BUDGET QUITE HONESTLY. UM, DID I SEE OUR HAND UP COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? OH YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO SECOND, I, I THINK I'D LIKE TO, WE CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATION, BUT I'D LIKE TO PUT IT ON OUR NEXT AGENDA, UM, FOR THIS, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE CONSIDER MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OUT OF THE COMMITTEE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH, UH, THE WATER FORWARD ASPECTS, UH, AND CHANGES TO THE CODE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO MOVE ON. AND THEN I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMITTEE COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON. UM, UM, I HEAR, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS A LARGER CONVERSATION, AND I THINK THAT THAT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE, UM, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE LDC TO BRING FORWARD, BUT I DON'T, REGARDLESS. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD WAIT ON WATER QUALITY AND I DON'T THINK IT'S DEPENDENT ON WHAT WE DO WITH THE BROADER PICTURE. SO WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE IT UP IN, UM, OCTOBER I THINK IS WHEN WE SAID, I THINK YOU SAID OUR NEXT COMMITTEE IS, UM, MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION, UM, AND THE COMMITTEE. SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. I'LL CERTAINLY MAKE A NOTE OF IT. UM, SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE, AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE MAY TALK ABOUT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION NEXT WEEK, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A GOOD THING FOR US TO BE THINKING ABOUT. SO I'LL ABSOLUTELY MAKE A NOTE OF BRINGING THAT IN OCTOBER IF, UM, IF OUR CONVERSATIONS OVER THE NEXT WEEK LEND THEMSELVES WELL TO THAT CONVERSATION PLAYING OUT HERE. I THINK WE CAN. UM, I THINK WE CAN, IN FACT WITH THAT ON THE AGENDA, I, I WILL BE JOINING, UH, BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALTAR AND KITCHEN IN PLACING IT ON THIS, UM, COMMITTEE'S AGENDA. AND I'M ACTUALLY THINKING THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO, UM, TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE SOONER. WE CAN DO A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AND WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL IN ORDER TO PROGRESS THIS FORWARD. BUT I, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY WAITED TOO LONG. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, UM, ACTIVATED AND IMPLEMENTED WATER FORWARD, I THINK EARLIER THIS YEAR. UM, AND I THINK IT WAS EVEN DELAYED FROM LAST YEAR. UM, DAVID, CAN YOU REMEMBER, WAS IT, WAS IT LAST JUNE OR THIS JUNE, YOU KNOW, TIME HAS TAKEN ON [00:45:01] BIZARRE QUALITIES OF LIFE. IT'S GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT HERE IN JUNE AND OTHER PARTS OF IT LATER, BUT NO LATER THAN 2021. AND, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WELL, I MEAN, MR. MURALS COULD SPEAK TO THIS TOO. ADW IS THINKING THAT THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE OF IT WILL SLIDE LIKE THIS, THE LONGER THIS, THIS TAKES. SO TO ADD NOW WE'LL ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THOSE OTHER ASPECTS, UH, AS WELL, MAYBE NOT RIGHT AWAY, BUT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO I'M A BIG FAN OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS NOW. YEAH. LOOKING AT WHAT THE WEATHER'S BEEN DOING TO US THIS SUMMER, I WORRY THAT WE'RE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF YET ANOTHER DROUGHT. SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO BE ACTING WITH, UM, WITH STEAM. SO THANKS FOR ADDING THAT CHARGE INTO OUR NEXT AGENDA CHAIR. AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT BEFOREHAND. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WELL. APPRECIATE THE INPUT. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, HOW SOME OF OUR ALTAR, UM, MR. SATO, CAN YOU JUST, UM, HELP US REMIND US OF THE TIMETABLE OF WHAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT NOTHING WILL BE COMING BEFORE. UM, THE, UM, METHODOLOGY OF THIS ONE IS, IS NAMED TJ. AND AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT ANTICIPATED THAT, UH, THERE ARE ANY OF THE, UH, OF THE COUNCIL. I'M ACTUALLY ANTICIPATING. IF, IF WE GET INTO THE CONVERSATIONS OF THINGS THAT ARE DISCRETIONARY, THERE WILL BE A BACK AND FORTH. AND THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY AMEND THE AUSTIN GREEN PUD TO CONVERT IT TO AN ATJ PUTT AND CONVERTED TO A MANUFACTURING FACILITY WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS INSTEAD OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE AUSTIN GREEN. BUT, UM, BUT THE, THE NEXT PHASE IS WE'LL BE, UH, AS WE, THIS, AS WE EXPLORE THE OPTIONS, THE OPTIONS ARE WATER AND WASTEWATER FROM SOUTHWEST WATER AND WASTEWATER FROM AUSTIN. AND IF, AND WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED AS IF WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH AUSTIN, BECAUSE THE RECLAIM WATER IS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE. UM, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA FILE SCRS SERVICE EXTENSION REQUESTS WITH THE CITY, BUT THOSE ARE IN, THOSE ARE NOT COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS EITHER BECAUSE IT'S DESIRED DEVELOPMENT ZONE AND WOULD BE IN THE SERVICE AREA IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST SERVICE AREA. BUT AS FAR AS TIME GOES, I WANT TO EXTEND THE INVITATION TO, IF YOU CHOOSE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY SAFE AND OUTDOOR AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED, UH, OBSERVATION OF THIS SITE. AND IT IS FASCINATING TO SEE THAT THAT IS A LARGE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO OUT THERE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, AND WE'LL GET YOU OUT THERE TO SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING NONE OF US HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE IN THIS TOWN OR IN AUSTIN, AND MAYBE NOT EVER. SO A LOT OF WORDS, BUT THAT'S TO SAY THAT YOU MAY NOT SEE ANYTHING. UM, BUT IF WE GET INTO CONVERSATIONS WHERE THERE'S A GIVE AND TAKE THING, THEN YOU MIGHT, AND IT COULD BE AS EARLY AS, UH, WITHIN A MONTH OR TWO. SO THE AUSTIN GREEN POD ALLOWS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. I'M JUST, I, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE FAMILIARITY OF THE DETAILS. SO THEY ALSO, THE AUSTIN GREEN PUD WENT THROUGH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROCESS AND IT ACTUALLY GOT TO YOU AND THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE AUSTIN PAPER PUT ON FIRST READING YOU AUSTIN GREEN PUTT ANTICIPATED BEING ANNEXED INTO THE CITY FOR LIMITED PURPOSES. UM, AND, UH, THAT IS ALL STILL A POSSIBILITY IT'S ON HOLD, BUT THIS SITE REALLY DOESN'T FIT INTO REGULATIONS THAT AUSTIN HAS. SO, UM, IF IT CAME BACK TO YOU, IT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AS AN ETJ PIPE, WHICH IS ALLOWED BY STATE LAW. IT'S VERY SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED BY STATE LAW AND WE CAN, WE COULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND WATER REUSE AND KIND OF STUFF THROUGH THAT PROCESS. BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, IT'S THE, THE PUD IS ON HOLD. IT'S SITTING THERE IN A HOLDING PATTERN PASSED ON FIRST READING. SO UNDER WHAT, UM, ORDINANCE OR WHATEVER YOU WOULD CALL IT, ARE YOU WE'RE OPERATING UNDER ETJ RULES, WHICH IS CITY DOES WATER QUALITY DRAINAGE, WATER QUALITY, AND COUNTY SIDE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. [00:50:03] DAVID, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? NO, I'M JUST DOING THIS. THAT'S ON THE KITCHEN. I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE ETJ REQUIREMENTS. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT APPLIES IN THIS CASE OR NOT RICHARD. UM, I'VE SEEN IT WITH REGARD TO OTHER CASES WHERE IT, UH, WHERE IT HAS TO GO THE COUNTY, IF IT, IF IT'S UNDER, UM, ETJ, UM, REGULATIONS. AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S THE CASE. SO THE, SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE COUNTY WITH REGARD TO ZONING TYPE THINGS. THIS FACILITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WATER QUALITY TYPE THINGS, AND IT COULD COME TO US IF IT IS, IF IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE THE OUT OF CITY PUD ALONG THE LINES, OR IF IT, IF IT'S REQUESTING THE OUT OF CITY PUB KIND OF, UM, OF, UM, DESIGNATION THAT THE GREEN POD WAS IS, IS THAT THE RIGHT WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT GENERALLY, BUT THERE ARE SOME FINE DISTINCTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY HAS NO ZONING AUTHORITY. THEY REGULATE FOR FLOOD PLAIN. UM, THEY'RE THE KEEPER OF THE FLOOD, PLAIN REGULATIONS, UH, AND DRAINAGE. AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THEIR, THEIR JURISDICTION IS OUT THERE. AND THEN ON THE CITY SIDE, IT IS BECAUSE OF UNDER THE WATER CODE, THEY ARE ABLE, WE, THE CITY ARE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR WATER QUALITY ORDINANCES INTO THE TJ. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A DUAL REVIEW CITY AND COUNTY, BUT IT'S ALL ADMINISTRATIVE, UNLESS YOU NEED A VARIANCE AND THE TWO VARIANCES, IT WILL COME UP EVENTUALLY ON THIS, THERE WILL BE A FLOODPLAIN MODIFICATION VARIANCE EVENTUALLY ON THIS SITE, NOT UNDER THE FIRST PHASE. AND YOU, WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING SITES IS BIG, THERE INEVITABLY IS A CUT AND FILL VARIANCE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE. THOSE ARE THE VARIANCES THAT I CAN ANTICIPATE SEEING IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. AND THOSE ARE VARIANTS THAT WOULD GO TO THE COUNTY. IS THAT WHAT? WELL, IT DEPENDS FLOOD PLAIN MODIFICATIONS GO TO THE COUNTY, A WATERSHED ORDINANCE VARIANCE WOULD GO TO THE CITY. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION ON THIS IS, UM, I I'VE, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE THAT WE HAD, THAT WAS IN THE ETJ, UH, THAT WENT THROUGH OUR, OUR ZAP METI AND THROUGH OUR ZONING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE. AND THEN, THEN IT WENT TO THE COUNTY, UM, WITH THIS, WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING HERE AT THE TESLA SITE, GO TO OUR ZAP COMMISSION. WELL, WENT THROUGH THAT WAS AUSTIN GREEN PUD, WHICH WAS A MIXED USE LAND USE AND ZONING. IT ANTICIPATED THE CITY ANNEX IN IT FOR LIMITED PURPOSES AND PLACING A PUDGE ZONING. UM, THIS TITAN WOULDN'T NECESSARILY DO THAT. IF WE BROUGHT THE PART BACK TO AS AN ETJ POD, MEANING THE DISTINCTION AREAS WOULDN'T ANNEX FOR LIMITED PURPOSES, IT JUST BE AN ATJ. ANY TJ PART IS REALLY JUST A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IT'S NOT SONY, IT'S A D IT'S AN AGREEMENT AS TO THE GIVES AND TAKES OF THE REGULATION. IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO BACK TO ZAP THEM DIRECTLY TO YOU AS AN AMENDMENT TO PUT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PASSED ON FIRST READING. OKAY. I'M ALSO FAMILIAR WITH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE NOT PUDS, SO THAT HAVE GONE TO ZAP AND THEN, AND THEN COME ON TO THE CITY. THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT IN MY, IN THE ETJ ASSOCIATED WITH MY DISTRICT, THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT AND IT RELATED TO, UM, UM, HOUSING, BUT IT DID GO THROUGH ZAP AND I, I'M NOT REMEMBERING THE DETAILS. IT MAY HAVE GONE TO THAT RELATED TO WATER ISSUES. UM, SO IF, IF YOUR, SO REALLY MY QUESTION IS, WILL THIS BE GOING TO ZAP REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S, UH, OUT OF, UM, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S A PER THAT HAS TO COME TO COUNCIL, AND IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S FINE, I CAN GO BACK AND CHECK THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I JUST KNOW THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THERE'S DEVELOPMENT IN ETJ THAT WILL GO TO OUR ZONING AND PLANNING. SO IF YOU ARE SUBDIVIDING, YEAH. IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE IN THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS, YOU DEFINITELY GO TO ZAP. IF YOU DON'T SUBDIVIDE, THEN YOU DON'T GO TO ZAP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE ONE YOU'RE REFERENCING. I COULD LOOK AT IT AND COMPARE IT, BUT I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T SEE A SCENARIO, ESPECIALLY FOR PHASE [00:55:01] ONE. THAT'S GOING ON, THEY'RE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT IT WOULD GO TO ZAP. OKAY. THE DISTINCTION MAY HAVE BEEN THE SUBDIVIDING CAUSE THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT WAS. OKAY. IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A FEW THINGS THAT WE REALIZE HAVE STATE LAW SURROUNDING THEM THAT MAY OR MAY NOT COME TO US. UM, BUT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT WHAT OUR PROCESS IS ALLOWED FOR AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR, YOU KNOW, TIMELINE AND APPROVAL FOR ANY OF THIS. UM, IF, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS IT'S 11 O'CLOCK AND WE'VE GOT TWO MORE ITEMS TO MOVE ON TO, BUT I THINK THIS WAS A REALLY ENGAGING DISCUSSION AND REALLY APPRECIATE MR. FOSTER AND MR. SUTTLE BEING HERE TO HELP US THINK THROUGH SOME OF THESE, UM, SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WITH, WITH THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LAND. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO BE HERE. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH, RICHARD AND DAVID, AND OPEN INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING YOUR DAVID. IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE, IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY INTERESTING. I'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU UP ON THAT FOOTAGE THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER. YEAH, THERE'S A GUY THAT'S FLYING DRONE. HE'S UNAUTHORIZED. HE GETS UNDER EVERYBODY'S SKIN, BUT HE'S GOT SOME VERY HIGH QUALITY DRONE FOOTAGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS GUYS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES [4. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Update.] INTO METERING INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES COUNCIL, GOING TO PROVIDE THAT PRESENTATION. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, RICK. LET'S SEE IF I CAN UNMUTE. WE HEAR YOU NOW. OKAY, GOOD. COOL. YEAH, THERE WE GO. UH, ALSO HAVE, UM, SO AGAIN, I'M ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS. UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THREE OF THE EXECUTIVE SPONSORS FOR THE AMI PROGRAM ALSO ON THE LINE IS RANDY JENKINS, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WHO'S, UH, ROLLS OVER THE METER OPERATIONS, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISIONS. SO SHE IS ALSO ON THE LINE IN CASE WE HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. UM, IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THE LAST, UH, UPDATE. UM, WE HAVE DONE A LOT IN SIX MONTHS, BUT I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE LAST PRESENTED, UH, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE TO DATE. UH, LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE WOULD COME TO YOU AND COMMIT TO A SIX MONTH BRIEFING. UH, THIS IS THE SIX MONTH BRIEFING AND UPDATE AS WELL AS PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAILS ON THE PROGRAM. UM, THE FOCUS AREA FOR THE PILOT, UH, UPDATE ON COMMUNICATION PLAN AND SOME, UH, ALSO COMMUNICATION TOOL UPDATES FOR THE WEBSITE. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO PROGRESS TO DATE. UM, I WANNA, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR HAVING COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH, UM, BOTH THE CLARA AND WATER SMART. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT AND, AND EXECUTE, UH, WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, FROM APPROVAL. UH, WE EVEN WITH THIS, UM, STAY HOME ORDER, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO, UH, ONLINE AND REMOTELY WERE KIND OF AT LEAST KICKOFF, UH, SOME, UH, MEETINGS WITH BOTH THE CLARA AND WATER SMART INDEPENDENTLY, UH, TO GET TO KNOW AUSTIN WATER, TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE IN THE CONTRACT, UH, GET FAMILIAR WITH THE FACILITIES AT SOME POINT. AND SO THOSE WERE DONE REMOTELY FAIRLY EARLY ON IN MAY OR SO, BUT SOME OF THE FIELD ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, KIND OF POSED A LITTLE CHALLENGE, BUT DEFINITELY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE LAST REPORT OUT, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILT OUT THROUGHOUT CITY, UH, IN INCLUDED SEVERAL COMPONENTS THAT, UH, WOULD BE BUILD OUT FOR THE NETWORK. AND, AND SOMETIMES THE TERMINOLOGIES ARE, ARE THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND YOU HAVE SOME RESOURCES ON THE WEBSITE TO HELP GUIDE US THROUGH THAT, BUT JUST TO REFAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH WHAT'S ALL INVOLVED IN THE AMI PROJECT IS WE HAVE A LOT OF FIELD DEVICES ASIDE FROM JUST THE METERS THEMSELVES. WE HAVE RADIO COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE RADIOS THAT GO INTO THE PITS, THEN THEY COMMUNICATE BACK TO WHAT WE CALL A DCU, UH, DATA COLLECTION UNIT. [01:00:01] AND SO SOME OF THAT EARLY ON SURVEYING THAT WE HAD TO DO, UM, JUST LATE SPRING WAS TO SURVEY POTENTIAL SITES THAT WOULD, UM, BE PREPARED FOR INSTALLATION OF A DCU. AND WE HAD ALWAYS PLANNED THAT WE WOULD, UH, EVALUATE AWESOME WATER PROPERTIES TO USE AS, UH, LOCATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATIONS OF THE DC USE. UH, WE HAVE, UH, SINCE, UM, THE DETERMINED THAT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THOSE SITES ARE, ARE VIABLE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT PATH. AND JUST AS A NOTE, UM, I PUT A NOTE THERE AS THE FIRST INSTALLATION OF DCU ACTUALLY HAPPENED YESTERDAY. AND SO, UH, YESTERDAY WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, TAKE A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF THE 51ST STREET TANK IS ABOUT A 200 FOOT TOWER, UH, COMPOSITE TANK FOR THE RECLAIM SYSTEM. AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL A DIGITAL OR A DATA COLLECTION UNIT ON TOP OF THAT TANK. NOW THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IS YOU HAVE TO AT LEAST RECEIVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INSTALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT, UH, HAVE MATERIALIZED WE'VE RECEIVED OVER ABOUT A THIRD OF THE, UM, METER TRANSMISSION OR THE MTUS THE METER TRANSMISSION UNITS IN OUR WAREHOUSE. UM, OUR NEXT STEPS IN THE NEXT COMING MONTH IS TO INSTALL THOSE WITH THE EXCHANGE OF SOME OF THE METERS IN SOME OF THE PILOT AREAS. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS IS, I MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT FOR AUSTIN WATER. SO THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS PROCESS REVIEWS, INCLUDING TRAINING, UH, WITH INTERNAL STAFF AND ALSO STAFF FOR AUSTIN ENERGY. UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE AND EXPAND OUR COMMUNICATION INTERNALLY TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL OVER THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS. UM, AND SO WE'VE ESTABLISHED A LOT OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT ON THE RIGHT, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS SLIDE DECK, BUT ON THE RIGHT IS KIND OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE WILL SEE IN THE FUTURE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS, PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE AUSTIN WATER FACILITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE PUMP STATIONS OR LIFT STATIONS ON THE WASTEWATER OR WATER, OR ARE THEY, UH, WATER, WATER STORAGE TANKS, WE'RE GOING TO MAXIMIZE, UM, THE USE OF THOSE PROPERTIES TO INSTALL, UH, EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS SUCH AS THE, UH, DC USE. UM, AND FURTHER AS WE MAKE PROGRESS, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU SOME OF THOSE ACTUAL PHOTOS OF THOSE INSTALLATIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS HAS BEEN A, UM, UM, A BUSY WEEK. UH, WE DID A RELEASE, UH, HAVE A PRESS RELEASE ON NOT ONLY, UM, TO THE IMPACTED IMMEDIATE AREAS FOR THE PILOT. UH, JUST KIND OF A STEP BACK AS THE PILOT IS A, UH, IS A MORE ADVANCED DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYSTEM THAN WHAT WE DID ABOUT SIX, SIX YEARS AGO. AND THE RIVER PLACE AREA WAS WHERE WE HAD ONLY LIMITED PROOF OF CONCEPT TYPE PILOTING. AND THIS TIME AROUND WE'RE TARGETING ABOUT 5,000 METERS, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 2% OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE METERS, UH, IN DOING SO. UH, WE STILL HAVE, UM, IN THE INITIAL PROOF OF CONCEPT TO RAIN AND SIGNAL STRENGTH, AS WELL AS GETTING, UH, ADEQUATE REPEATABILITY OF SIGNALS WAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IN THE DEMONSTRATION PILOTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO ADVANCE THAT INSTILL CHALLENGE, THE TERRAIN AREAS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE MAY HAVE IN PARTICULAR LIKE IN THE MEALER AND WINDSOR PARK AREA. UM, AND WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE IT AS MANY OF THE DISTRICTS IN THIS PILOT AS POSSIBLE, BUT KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THROUGH SOME OF THE, UM, SYSTEM TESTS IS, IS THE, IS QUICKER FOR US TO GET INTO A LONGTERM, UH, REPLACEMENT. UM, SO HOPEFULLY BY THE, BY THIS TIME, [01:05:01] NEXT YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT FULL CITY DEPLOYMENT, IF ALL THE CHECKS AND BALANCES, UH, CHECK OUT. UM, THE OTHER PART IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR EXISTING READ ROUTES AND, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE BLACKOUT TIMES AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE CUSTOMER'S NOT IMPACTED ON THEIR BILL. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, INTIMATE DETAILS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WHEN WE HAVE TO DO, AS OF CITYWIDE ROLLOUT. THE OTHER, ANOTHER GUIDING CRITERIA WE USE FOR THE PILOT WAS JUST THE VARIOUS SIZES AND METERING AND DWELLING TYPES, AS WELL AS AGAIN, UM, WE'RE FOCUSING ABOUT 5,000 METERS OF WHICH 2000 OF THAT WILL BE IN THE RIVER PLACE, GLEN LAKE AND LONG CANYON AREAS, AS WELL AS, UH, ANOTHER 3000 IN THE WINDSOR PARK MUELLER AREAS. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THESE TARGETED AREAS. WE'LL HAVE, UH, DEFINITELY A GOOD SAMPLE SET OF THINGS TO WORK THROUGH, UM, HOW WELL WE CAN EXCHANGE METERS IF THERE'S ANY OBSTRUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON, UH, REPLACING SOME OF THE METER BOXES. UH, ONE OF THE KEY GOALS IS, UH, AT SOME POINT IS ALSO THE LAUNCH OF THE PORTAL. UH, AND SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PORTAL LAUNCH AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION FOR, UM, BUT PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND MAKING SURE ALL OUR TEAMS ARE ADEQUATELY TRAINED AND INFORMED. UM, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT KIND OF ALSO, UH, HIGHLIGHTS THAT NOT ONLY INTERNAL CUSTOMERS OR STAKEHOLDERS ARE PART OF THE PLAN FOR THE PILOT, BUT ALSO WHAT WE LAUNCHED THIS WEEK IS NOW THE COMMUNITY AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WHAT IS, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THE CLARA'S CONTRACTOR COMES OUT TO EXCHANGE YOUR METERS, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN, UM, YOU HAVE AN INSTALLED METER AND HOW DO YOU GET THE INSIGHTS OF YOUR WATER USAGE? THOSE ARE ALL CRITICAL PIECES, AND WE DON'T WANT TO SHORTCUT ANY OF THOSE DURING THE COMMUNICATION PLAN. WELL, THIS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS A LITTLE BIT ON, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING THAT COMMUNICATES INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND A YEAR AS WE GET INTO FULL DEPLOYMENT. SO WHAT YOU SAW, UM, IN SOME OF THE PRESS AND ALSO UPDATES TO THE WEBSITE IS CONTENT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, UH, TO ANY CUSTOMERS, UM, WHETHER IT'S, UM, AREAS THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN THE, THAN THE PILOT AREA OR NOT. WE HAVE COMMUNICATION ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL FOR THE NEW LAUNCH OF THE NEW WEBSITE. WE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE WEBSITE FOR SOME TIME, AND IT IS, UM, I, I, I WANT YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT IS IN THAT, SO THAT WAY, IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS MONTH IS, IS HEAVY ON EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. UM, WE HAVE THIS MEETING TODAY, WE HAVE WATER AND WASTEWATER THAT WE WILL ALSO UPDATE TOMORROW. WE DID SEND OUT SOME MAILERS THIS WEEK, UH, AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW WEBSITE, UH, AND A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND PRESS RELEASE INFORMATION WAS ALSO SENT OUT THIS WEEK. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GEARING UP FOR QUESTIONS FOR, FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'LL ALSO BE GEARING UP FOR, UM, COMMUNICATION TO THE PILOT CUSTOMERS. THE PILOT CUSTOMERS WILL SEE A MAILER, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO, UH, SEND MAILERS TO THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. UM, CALENDAR YEAR, UH, POSTCARDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE PILOT CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS WE'LL EVENTUALLY INSTALL A METER AND EXCHANGE THAT OUT WITH THE EXISTING METERS. UH, WHEN WE COMPLETE THE WORK, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE DOOR HANGERS [01:10:01] EVEN PRIOR TO, UH, EXCHANGING. SO WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE POINTS OF COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS. UM, WE WANT TO, UH, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE, AND WE'LL ALSO, UH, REQUESTS FOR FUTURE CUSTOMER FEEDBACK THROUGH SURVEYS. UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF A LOT TO, TO DO IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT I THINK WE'RE WELL POSED IN A POSITION TO DO, DO THIS WITH THE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD. UM, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE MATERIAL THAT CUSTOMERS WILL BE RECEIVING, STARTING FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT IS A POSTCARD THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE CUSTOMERS AND IT KIND OF DEPICTS, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE, AS MY ATX WATER, THAT'S THE NEW BRANDING FOR THIS LAUNCH. I WILL NOT BE AND REFERRING TO THIS AS THE AMI PROGRAM, I'M GOING TO BE REFERRING TO IT NOW, MOVING FORWARD AS MY ATX. AND SOME OF THE BACKGROUND WITH THAT IS THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD FOCUS GROUPS WITH WESTMAN ROW THAT'S HIRED GROUP SOLUTIONS. WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO UNDERSTAND IF, IF CUSTOMERS KNOW WHAT AMI MEANS, WHAT IS A DIGITAL METER. UM, AND WE'VE ALSO ENGAGED WITH, UH, OUR OWN PIO WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS AND SURVEYS, UH, TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE THIS CONTENT TO CUSTOMERS. AND SO THIS IS A, UM, A RESULT OF A LOT OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS IS THEY THEY'D LIKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK. WAS THIS STYLE OF PRESENTATION, THE BRANDING OF MY ATX WATER. IT'LL ALSO BE PART OF THE PORTAL. SO THIS IS KIND OF A LAUNCH OF THE NEW BRANDING OF, YOU KNOW, THE INSIGHTS INTO YOUR WATER. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ONLY A, A CONSERVATION PROGRAM, BUT DEFINITELY A COMMUNICATION TOOL TO CUSTOMERS MOVING FORWARD. ALSO ON THE LEFT, UH, TO THE LOWER IS A CARD THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THAT OUR VENDORS TO HOLD. IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AS THEY'RE, THEY WILL, OUR VENDORS WILL BE IN UNIFORM AND BE IDENTIFIABLE TO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CUSTOMER UNDERSTANDS WHO THE VENDORS ARE, THEY'LL PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION. THIS WOULD BE A BUSINESS CARD RELATED TO THIS, TO THE INSTALLATION VENDOR, IF, UH, FURTHER, UH, COMMUNICATIONS IS REQUIRED, THE MIDDLE OF PAMPHLET OR BROCHURE GOES OUT TO THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE IMPACTED DIRECTLY ALONG WITH A LETTER. AND SO IT'S AN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. UM, AND, AND FINALLY YOU HAVE A TYPICAL, UH, DOOR HANGERS THAT EITHER ARE INITIATED BEFORE THE INSTALL OR AFTER THE INSTALL. SO THESE ARE JUST SAMPLES OF SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, BUT DEFINITELY WE'LL REFINE THIS THROUGH THE PILOT AND, UH, ADJUST AS NEEDED FROM SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I MENTIONED LAUNCH OF THE WEBSITE, UH, WITH THE REDESIGN OF THE WEBSITE. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISPLAY, UH, AS WE GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. UH, WE'LL ALSO UPDATE THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, UH, THAT WE'VE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, PREPARING FROM OTHER UTILITIES THAT HAVE HAD FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM OUR DEMONSTRATION, UH, FROM THE RIVER PLACE, UH, DEMONSTRATION PILOT, AND ALSO, UH, THROUGH OUR CONSULTANT AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK OR FOCUS FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED IS, UH, HOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WAS DONE IN ANY OTHER MATERIAL THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE WEBSITE ALSO IS A PILOT PROJECT AREA MAP. AND I'VE PLAYED WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY TYPE IN AND ADDRESS THE AREAS IN GREEN ARE THE HIGHLIGHTED PILOT AREAS. AND DEFINITELY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THIS WOULD BE A TOOL [01:15:01] FOR CUSTOMERS TO USE. AND OUR SCHEDULING OF THE ROLLOUT FOR THE CITYWIDE WOULD BE ON THIS MAP. EVENTUALLY IT WOULD, IT WOULD TRANSITION FROM A PILOT PROJECT AREA TO A FULL DEPLOYMENT MAP. SO THAT WAY CUSTOMERS WILL KNOW WHEN WILL WE BE IN THE AREA, UM, AND SEE WHEN THEY MAY BE IMPACTED IN EXCHANGE OF THEIR METER AND RECEIVE NEW TOOLS. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FINALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CUSTOMER AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WILL WE BENEFIT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE AMI PROGRAM. UH, MY ATX WATER, UH, PORTAL WILL BE AVAILABLE AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR, NEXT YEAR, SPRING, WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, UH, THE TRAINING, UH, WE WE'VE BEEN DESIGNING THE WEBSITE OR THE PLATFORM PORTAL. UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, TESTING IT AND, UH, TRAINING INTERNAL STAFF WE'RE, UH, ADVANCING THAT TRAINING WITH OTHER AUSTIN WATER CUSTOMERS TO GET THE FEEL FOR THIS PORTAL. UH, AS SOON AS WE FEEL THAT IT'S, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED ENOUGH THAT WE CAN, UM, THEN MOVE TO THE SPRING TIMEFRAME, UH, TO INTRODUCE THIS TO THE FIRST LEVEL OF CUSTOMERS ON THE PILOT, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE ON CURRENTLY ON DROP COUNTER, COULD TRANSITION TO, UH, THIS MY ATX WATER, WHICH IS THE WATER SMART PRODUCT. UH, AND SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD SEE, NOT ONLY, UH, CONSERVATION TIPS, BUT NOTIFICATIONS TO, UH, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA TYPE CONNECTIONS, YOU'LL HAVE LINKS TO HOW TO PAY A BILL. UM, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SET UP NOTIFICATIONS. UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY ADVANCING OUR, UH, CAPABILITY OR NEW SERVICES FOR CUSTOMERS TO NOT ONLY HAVE A SELF SERVICE PORTAL, BUT LOOK AT YOUR DATA USE AND, AND THAT, UH, ANALYTICS, UH, CUSTOMIZED MESSAGING THAT I MENTIONED FROM CONSERVATION TIPS, AS WELL AS, UH, SETTING UP AUTOMATED ALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTH BRIEFING? SO WITH THE, UH, FIRST DCU INSTALLED YESTERDAY, WE, WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND, UH, WE PLAN TO START INSTALLING METERS AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER. UM, AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ALSO BE UPDATING YOU JUST KIND OF OVERALL CITY PROGRESS. I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S POTENTIALLY UP TO 190 A D C USE, UH, DATA COLLECTION UNITS THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, HAPPEN OVER A COURSE OF A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS. AND SO WE'LL DEFINITELY TELL YOU WHAT THE PROGRESS IS ON THE NEXT MEETING. UH, WE'LL ALSO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW WE'VE PROGRESSED ON INSTALLATIONS IN THE PILOT AREA, UM, AND ALSO UPDATE YOU ON THE CUSTOMER PORTAL ROLLOUT. I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING SOME TRAINING, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO ADVANCED TESTING, BUT BY THE TIME NEXT, NEXT REPORT OUT IN SIX MONTHS, SOMETIME FEBRUARY, MARCH, WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE MORE DETAILS ON OUR PROGRESS. UM, WITH THAT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END OF MY SLIDE DECK. ONE MORE SLIDE, PLEASE. AND I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT RANDY CAN, UM, SUPPLEMENT ON CHILL, GLADLY DO THAT AS WELL. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE. IT'S GOOD INFORMATION. UM, HOW, HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHERE TO ROLL OUT NEXT? ARE YOU WAITING TO SEE HOW THE PILOT WORKS OR, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU DO IT BY DISTRICTS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO EITHER REQUEST THOSE OR WHERE YOU DECIDE TO, TO EXPAND NEXT? SURE. UH, THE, THE PILOT IS ONLY FOCUSED ON CERTAIN AREAS BASED ON WHERE THE DCUS ARE INSTALLED. SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, WITH CITYWIDE ROLLOUT IS THAT WE CAN'T [01:20:01] NECESSARILY, UH, START IN ANY ONE PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREA. THEY'RE ALL SITE-SPECIFIC. SO WE ARE CONCENTRATING ON WHERE ARE OUR ASSETS ARE LIKE HIGH, HIGH LEVEL TOWERS. AND SO, LIKE OUR DRINKING WATER TOWERS ARE IDEAL, UH, FOR, UH, CAPTURING A LARGE AMOUNT OF CUSTOMERS. AND SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WOULD INITIATE FIRST, BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO INSTALL THOSE AFTER THAT IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, PERMITTING THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH, IF THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, IF WE HAVE TO INSTALL POLES, UH, SO THEY BECOME A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED, BUT THE INSTALL FOR CITYWIDE IS REALLY GONNA RUN THROUGH WITH COORDINATION WITH THE ROUTES AND THE ROUTES ACTUALLY CUT THROUGH MULTIPLE AREAS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE IF IT'S IN ONE CONCENTRATED, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, SO IT MAY CUT THROUGH SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS ROUTES WOULD, BUT WE WANT TO ALIGN THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, IN BLACKOUT DATES. SO I THINK THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN, UH, YET, BUT THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE MAP THAT WE WILL PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE ON WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, UM, MY PRESUMPTION IS THAT IF WE'RE USING WATER TOWERS, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE MORE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN THAN ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, FOR INSTANCE. UM, SO THERE MAY BE SOME CONVERSATION AROUND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TO UTILIZE THIS, UM, THIS TECHNOLOGY. I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR, UM, FOR OWNERS AND FAMILIES TO REALLY GET A, A GOOD GRASP ON, YOU KNOW, THEIR WATER USAGE. AND, UM, SORRY, I'M INTERESTED IN THAT CONVERSATION. WE MAY LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST TO KIND OF KNOW HOW THE PILOT'S GOING, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT WITH THIS. WE HAVE TWO SIGNIFICANT TOWERS ON THE EAST SIDE, WE HAVE THE RECLAIM TOWER FOUR AT SAR. WE HAVE THE NEW REUSE TOWER, UH, SO WE DEFINITELY WILL UTILIZE AS MUCH, BUT WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OTHER BUILDING FACILITIES THAT, UH, WE CAN LEVERAGE WITHIN AUSTIN WATER AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO DEFINITELY JUST DUST BECAUSE THE TOWERS ARE MAINLY IN THE WEST, WE WILL CONCENTRATE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, DEFINITELY IN, IN THE EAST AS WELL. CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON SOME OF OUR ALTAR? YOU DID. I'M GOING TO JUST TURN MY VIDEO OFF, GO AHEAD. UM, I HAVE, UH, OTHER FOLKS IN MY RIGHT NOW, SO I'M OKAY. I THINK WE'RE FINE NOW. UM, SO I, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS METERING STUFF BEING, UM, PULLED OUT, UM, AND JUST WANT TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONNECT UP WITH, UM, MY OFFICE QUICKLY, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME UPCOMING MEETINGS IN THOSE AREAS THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO GET YOU BEFORE, UM, THE NEIGHBORS SO THAT, UM, WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THE ROLLOUT, UM, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, UM, THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THOSE AREAS DON'T COME VERY OFTEN. SO I WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT YOU WITH THEM. UM, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO KURT IN MY OFFICE AND HE CAN WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. UM, AND THEN I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, TO WHAT EXTENT WAS WATER USAGE? ONE OF THE FACTORS, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF WATER USAGE IN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT I FAMILIAR WITH, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE ADVANTAGE OF THE METERING SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THEIR, THEIR WATER USAGE. UM, DID THAT PLAY ANY ROLE IN THE PILOT CHOICES OR WAS IT MORE JUST WHERE THE DCS COULD BE IN PROXIMITY TO REVERBERATE FOR THAT YOU HAD ALREADY, THAT THAT DID NOT, UH, PLAY INTO THE FACTOR OF DETERMINING THE PILOT AREAS? HOWEVER, I BELIEVE WE WILL CAPTURE SOME OF THAT IN THIS PILOT. UM, DEFINITELY WE WANT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DETERMINED THAT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE SIGNAL STRENGTH AND THE, UH, SIGNAL GETS BACK TO A CENTRALIZED LOCATION. SO GETTING THE METER READ, UH, DIGITALLY AND WIRELESS LEE WAS VERY CRITICAL. AND SO TERRAIN TENDS TO PLAY A FACTOR INTO THAT. AND LIKE [01:25:01] I MENTIONED, THE OTHER PART OF THAT WAS YOU MAY HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, THAT MIGHT BE AN EASIER INSTALLATION EXCHANGE, BUT AGED INFRASTRUCTURE IN WHICH, UH, UM, SOME OF THE METER BOXES HAVE NOT BEEN EXCHANGED IN SUCH A LONG TIME. THEY MAY BE CONCRETE BOXES. YOU MAY HAVE TO EXCHANGE THE LIDS. THOSE ARE THE OTHER AREAS OF CHALLENGE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT TO ENSURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SUCCESS IN THE PILOT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS ROLLOUT, WHAT WAS THE FULL TIME HORIZON FOR, UM, FULL IMPLEMENTATION? SO WE EXPECT TO BE, UM, IN FULL IMPLEMENTATION TO START ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. SO DEFINITELY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT A YEAR'S WORTH OF PILOTING BY THE TIME WE'RE, WE'VE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATIONS. WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, THE BEGINNING OF NEXT 20, 21, UH, WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE SYSTEMS CHECK OUT BEFORE WE DO A SYSTEM WIDE ROLLOUT. SO BY THE TIME, YOU KNOW, LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL, NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING FULL, UM, CITYWIDE IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WILL AGAIN, WILL BE DEDICATED AND DETERMINED BY ROUTES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THE CONCENTRATED DC USE ARE, UH, HOW FAR WE ARE IN INSTALLING A NETWORK. UM, BUT THAT IS THE PLAN OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, MS. JENKINS, HOW ARE THINGS GOING? ARE YOU GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK ON THIS PROGRAM? WE ARE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO KICK THIS OFF. THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR AUSTIN WATER. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE WATER FORWARD PLAN, SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES COMING OUT OF WATER FORWARD. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING INTO A SUCCESSFUL ROLLOUT AND WHAT WE'RE ALL EXCITED TO SEE IT CONTINUE ON AND TO ONE DAY BE EVERYWHERE. ABSOLUTELY. SO ARE WE, AND I'M TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS POINT ABOUT REACHING OUT TO HER OFFICE? I HAVE NOTED THAT AND I WILL ENSURE THAT STAFF DOES SO FANTASTIC. THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE AMI UPDATES BEFORE MOVING ON TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM, I GUESS NOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, OUR [5. Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Project Overview.] LAST ITEM IS GOING TO BE ABOUT AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY IN COUNCIL, A ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, KEVIN CRITTENDON WILL BE PROVIDING THIS UPDATE FOR YOU. FANTASTIC. GIVE HIM A MINUTE TO SWITCH OVER. I KNOW IT TAKES A SECOND TO THAT VIDEO AND AUDIO MERGED IN HERE. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KEVIN. CRITTENDON I COMING THROUGH THERE? WELCOME. YES. THANKS FOR JOINING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY INITIATIVE, ALASKA ITX FOLKS THAT GO AHEAD AND PUT UP THE PRESENTATION FORM. ALL RIGHT. AND WHILE THAT'S THERE, UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS KEVIN, THEN I'M ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN WATER. UM, I'M OVERALL SOME WATERS, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS. AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS, UH, UH, TRANSFORMATIONAL WATER SUPPLY APPROACH, UM, AND A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT OF OUR, UH, TO TRY TO PROMOTE A FURTHER RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY WITH FUTURE FOR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. UM, AS AN OVERVIEW, AND FIRST OF ALL, JUST IN FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSTON, I'M GOING TO TRY, YEAH, AT COURSE, ASR, AQUIFER, STORAGE AND RECOVERY. IT'S A MOUTHFUL. SO, UM, TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THIS, I'LL PROBABLY FALL BACK ON USING THE ABBREVIATION. SO MY APOLOGIES, BUT REALLY WHAT I TRY TO, WELL, I'LL TRY TO COVER THE NEXT STEP 10 OR 15 MINUTES IS JUST A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT ASR IS, UM, ASR, AS IT RELATES TO OUR WATER FORWARD INITIATIVE, I'M ASR PILOT PROGRAM AND I'M PROGRAM MANAGEMENT APPROACH, WHICH COUNCIL WILL BE SAYING OTHER VERY SHORTLY. [01:30:01] AND I REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION AND THEN PROVIDE A BRIEF NEXT SLIDE. AS FAR AS BACKGROUND IS CONCERNED, UNCLE'S A STORY. SO RECOVERY IS A WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY. IT USES A NATURAL AQUIFER TO STORE WATER. ONCE A DAY, FLIES ARE PLENTIFUL, AND THAT ALLOWS US WATER AT A LATER TIME WHEN THOSE SUPPLIES ARE NEEDED, THE FEATURE OF ASR LIONS, RESILIENCY DURING GROUT OR OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE WHILE WATER QUALITY UPSETS MAY OCCUR, UM, AND IT'S SIMPLY ACCESS BASICALLY SAVINGS ACCOUNT. UM, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM OTHER STORAGE STRATEGIES BECAUSE IT USES A NATURAL AQUIFER, WHICH PROTECTS THE WATER FROM EVAPORATION ON IT ALSO REQUIRES MUCH LESS, UM, LAND DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS AS A MORE CONVENTIONAL SURFACE WATER RESERVOIR OR, OR A SERIES OF TANKS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S ADDITIONALLY DIFFERENT FROM TRADITIONAL GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT, IN THAT IT DOESN'T MIND NATIVE GROUNDWATER, BUT RATHER IT INTRODUCES WATER FROM ADDITIONAL SOAR, AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE AND DO AN UNDERGROUND FORMATION WHERE IT CAN BE WITHDRAWN AT A LATER TIME. NEXT SLIDE, UM, AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY IS USED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. UM, AND THROUGHOUT THE U S THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA, SPAIN, CALIFORNIA, YEAH, COLORADO, FLORIDA, OREGON, AND OTHER STATES SPECIFICALLY IN TEXAS, THREE NOTABLE ASR FACILITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN USE. UM, YOU'LL PASS OUT FACILITY DATES BACK TO 1980, 85. IT'S A 10 MILLION GALLON A DAY FACILITY. SO IT'S ONE OF THE LONGER LIVED ASR APPLICATIONS IN THE STATE FOLLOWED BY THE KERRVILLE FACILITY, UM, WHICH WAS INSTALLED IN 1995. AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, UH, SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM HAS INSTALLED WHAT THEY CALL THEIR H TWO O A FACILITY THAT'S A VERY LARGE. SO THE SOARING AROUND 16 GALLONS, A DAY OF WATER SUPPLY, UM, WHERE IT TAKES WATER FROM THE EDWARDS AND STORES IN THE CURRYS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STUDIES BEING CONDUCTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FIXES WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AROUND THE ASR, UH, FOR USE AND ESSENTIALLY PORTLAND, CHRISTY, UH, NEW BRONZE FOALS OF VICTORIA. UM, ADDITIONALLY, ANY OF THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS INDEPENDENTLY LOOKING AT A STATEWIDE AQUIFER SUITABILITY STUDY, UH, WHICH THEY'RE CURRENTLY ENGAGED AS WE SPEAK NEXT SLIDE, JUST TO TRY TO PROVIDE SOME LINKAGE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW ASR LINKS INTO SOME OF THE KEY DRIVERS AND PRINCIPLES OF OUR WATER FORWARD PLANNING. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S THE DELAY ON THAT. THERE WE GO. PERFECT. UM, OVERALL, OUR WATER FORWARD AS PLANNING STRATEGY INCLUDED, UM, KEY DRIVERS FOR POPULATION GROWTH, CLIMATE RESILIENCY, AND TRYING TO PROTECT, AND WE'VE BEEN TO, UH, EXTREME DROUGHT, UH, AS I DESCRIBED SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS EARLIER, ASR, YOU KNOW, MEETS THOSE DRIVERS IN A VERY DIRECT WAY. UM, ASR ANTICIPATES THIS ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND PROVIDES A SEPARATE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY. IT PROVIDES FOR A DROUGHT RESILIENCY THAT I DESCRIBED IN THAT IT'S STORING WATER UNDERGROUND. UM, AND IT PROVIDES THE LITTLE FEATURE OF BEING AN EMERGENCY BACKUP AND THE, THE INSTANCE OF, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL SYSTEM UPSET. UM, SOME OF THE OTHER FEATURES WHERE ASR REALLY ALIGNS WITH OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND WATER FORWARD, UM, ASR IS A LOCAL RESOURCE THAT ALLOWS US TO MAXIMIZE LOCAL RESOURCES. UM, IT IS PROTECTIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WHAT'S WHERE, AND IT ALLOWS US TO STORE VERY LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER WITH LESS LAND DEVELOPMENT AND PLANTS, UM, AND ALSO HELPS US PROTECT AND EXTEND OUR CORE COLORADO UBER SUPPLIES. AND IT, UM, HELPS ENSURE DURING, UH, DROUGHTS FOR EMERGENCY SITUATION. NEXT SLIDE. NOW I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON AUSTIN WATER'S PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ASR IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MAJOR TASKS COMING. UM, PROBABLY THE KEY OF WHICH IS, UH, THE, THE BEGINNING OF OUR PILOT STUDY AND, UH, FEASIBILITY WORK TO TRY TO, UM, IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR FEASIBILITY, UM, WORK AND ULTIMATELY PILOT TESTING OF THE ASR. ALL OF THAT EFFORT WOULD BE IN FRONT OF, OR BEFORE WE WOULD MOVE INTO A FULL SCALE FACILITY DESIGN, WHICH WILL BE MUCH LATER DOWN THE ROAD. UM, BUT AGAIN, OVERALL, THE PLAN IS TO STORE TREATED AUSTIN WATER SURFACE WATER FROM OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. UM, IN THE WATER FORWARD STUDY, WE LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING THE CREO [01:35:01] FREEZO WILCOX AS A RECEIVING, UH, AQUA FOR, FOR THAT WATER. UM, BUT DURING THIS PILOT PHASE AND THE STUDY AROUND IT, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL PATIENTS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE'RE, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE TARGET AQUIFER, UM, LONGTERM, OUR TARGET WOULD BE TO HAVE 60,000 ACRE FEET OF WATER SUPPLIES STORE IN AN ASR FACILITY BY 2040. SO THAT'S SOMETIME OFF, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET MOVING TODAY. ULTIMATELY, OUR WATERFORD ESTIMATES, UH, ANTICIPATE THE COST OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION TO BE AROUND 360 TO 379. OF COURSE, THAT WILL BE SPREAD OUT OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PILOTING, THE FEASIBILITY, AND THEN MOVE INTO A FURTHER PHASES IN THE PROJECT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN ADDITION TO THE TECHNICAL DETAILS, THAT WILL BE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THROUGH OUR PROJECT SEED'S ABILITY AND OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATION. WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF QUALITATIVE ELEMENTS, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES. I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THESE WERE VERY, UM, IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OUR WATERFORD PROGRAM OVERALL, UH, THE IMPORTANCE FOR US TO BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES, IMPORTANCE OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, UM, AND I'M CITING THE FACILITIES, UM, AND THE IMPACTS THAT THOSE FACILITIES HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY AFFORDABILITY IS AN ONGOING, UM, AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE UTILITY. AND SO THAT WILL BE, UM, A POINT OF CONSIDERATION AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR FEASIBILITY WORK. AND THEN OF COURSE, EQUITY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IN ADDITION TO PROBATE A SUSTAINABLE UTILITY, THAT WE'RE A SUSTAINABLE, A WATER SUPPLY FOR ALL AND OUR COMMUNITY NEXT DOOR, JUST ANOTHER FOCUS ON FINDING THAT IMMUNITY, RESILIENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ASR INITIATIVE, IT INCREASES OUR CLIMATE RESILIENT CITY, HAVING A SECOND SOURCE OF WATER DURING A DROUGHT OR AN EMERGENCY. IT PROTECTS THAT WATER FROM RISING CLIMATE OF RAILS FOR WEATHER RELATED UPSET. I'VE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS SLIDES. UM, ASR IS UNIQUE AS A STRATEGY IN THAT IT ACTUALLY STORES PHYSICAL MOLECULES OF WATER FOR FUTURE USE. SO IN ADDITION TO ENHANCING, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF OUR, SOME OF OUR WATER CONSERVATION OR WATER EFFICIENCY STRATEGIES, WHICH ACTUALLY REDUCE USE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT. THIS ACTUALLY PROVIDES US ADDITIONAL WATER TO MEET A GROWING DEMAND. UM, AND THEN FINALLY ASR ONLINE. SO WITH OUR SD 2023 OUTCOMES AND THE SAFETY AND HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT FRONTS IN PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF WATER, THAT'S SAFE FROM CLIMATE EFFECTS AND ADDS RESILIENCY TO THE SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE. UM, THIS IS BASICALLY AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ASR INITIATIVES. AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S A VERY LONG LIVE PROJECT STARTING NOW IN 2020 AND CONTINUING TO 2035. SO OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS OR SO, UM, AS I SAID EARLIER, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 60,000 ACRE FEET OF WATER STORED IN AN ASR FACILITY AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE 2014 TIMEFRAME. SO THOSE WERE THE TIMEFRAMES, UM, UH, REPRESENTED IN OUR WATERFORD PLAN. UM, BUT OF COURSE THE, THE, THE JOURNEY OF 100 YEARS STARTS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE STEPS THAT WE TAKE TODAY. UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT VERY FIRST PIECE OF, UM, UNDERSTANDING FEASIBILITY, TRYING TO FIND, UM, APPROPRIATE, UM, UH, PILOT LOCATIONS SO THAT WE CAN ULTIMATELY MOVE INTO A, AT EIGHT A PILOTING EXERCISE. SO WE CAN TEST SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WILL, WILL FIND THROUGH OUR VISIBILITY WHERE NEXT SLIDE, AS FAR AS THE NEAR TERM ASR WORK THAT'S COMING, UM, BASICALLY IT'S BROKEN INTO THREE PHASES. PHASE ONE WOULD BE TO DEVELOP AN ASR PROGRAM AND PERFORM DESKTOP MODELING AND FIELD TESTING THAT WILL EVALUATE ESSENTIAL, UH, NESTING SITES. AND THAT WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN A VERY FEW DAYS, ACTUALLY WEEKS. UM, THE SECOND PHASE WOULD THEN BE FOR DESIGNING CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF AN ASR PILOT FACILITY. UM, AND THEN ASSUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, UM, VIABILITY OF THE ASR INSTALLATION WILL BE PROVEN OUT AS WE ANTICIPATE, [01:40:01] THEN WE WOULD MOVE TO, UM, FURTHER PHASES, PHASE THREE AND BEYOND TO ACTUALLY, UM, DO FINAL DESIGN AND FULL SCALE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEXT SLIDE. UM, VERY NEAR TERM, AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL BE PRESENTING A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL ACTION TO WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE TOMORROW. UM, FROM THERE, WE WILL BRING THAT RCA TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST THE 27TH, THAT OUR CA SEEKS TO APPROVE, UH, $6 MILLION WORTH OF CONTRACT FOR PHASE ONE SERVICES, UM, AND SOME CONTINGENCY. AND OF COURSE THAT RCA WOULD BE THE FIRST IN THE SERIES OF TEACHER COUNCIL ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED ALONG THE WAY TO ULTIMATELY APPROVE FULL-SCALE ASR STRATEGY NEXT, UM, ALONG THE WAY, WE INTEND TO CONTINUE OUR INFORMATION SHARING ABOUT ASR AND ITS PROGRESS. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE OUR WATERFORD TASK FORCE TO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES ON ASR WE'RE MEETING WITH OUR TASK FORCE ABOUT ROUGHLY ON A BIMONTHLY OR EVERY OTHER MONTH BASIS. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE THAT, UM, IN ADDITION, WE FORMED AN ASR TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP TO SHARE INFORMATION AND TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THAT GROUP. UM, OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP INCLUDES MEMBERS OF ACADEMIA, UH, STATE AGENCIES, OTHER UTILITIES WHO ARE CURRENTLY PRACTITIONERS, UM, UH, ISR STRATEGIES, AND THEN, UH, SELECTED REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR WATERFALL TASK FORCE ARE ALSO ON THAT ADVISORY GROUP. AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE COMMITTED TO ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, THROUGH OUR OVERALL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE WATERFALL EXERCISE BROADLY, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ISR AS A, AS AN ELEMENT AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. SO IN SUMMARY, UH, ASR IS AN IMPORTANT WATER SUPPLY STRATEGY ENVISION IN OUR WATER, A FORWARD PLAN THAT IMPROVES AUSTIN'S CLIMATE RESILIENCY IN STORES CREATED DRINKING WATER, MAXIMIZES, LOCAL RESOURCES. UM, WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU WITH PHASE ONE ASR CONSULTING SERVICES, PRIMARILY FOR DESKTOP MODELING, SOME FIELD TESTING, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS A FUTURE, UM, EXPENDITURES AND FUTURE REQUESTS. UM, AND AGAIN, WOULD REINFORCE THAT WE ANTICIPATE A CONSIDERABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT ASR AND, UH, THE BENEFITS THAT IT CAN PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES WHILE THE SUPPLY NEXT SLIDE. SO WITH THAT, UM, I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. CAN'T FEEL ONE ON MY SCREEN. SO I APOLOGIZE IF YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TRIGGERS FOR WHEN YOU WOULD DECIDE FOR WATER WHEN YOU WERE DECIDING ON A STORAGE? ARE THERE SPECIFIC METRICS OR, UM, PROJECTIONS THAT YOU RELY ON? I MEAN, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NOT DEVELOPED ANY PARTICULAR, UM, OPERATIONAL TOOLS THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, UM, EXPRESS THE GUIDE THAT I THINK AS A GENERAL CONCEPT, UM, YOU KNOW, DURING NORMAL WEATHER PATTERNS, UM, THERE'S OFTEN QUITE A BIT OF WATER AVAILABLE FROM THE COLORADO RIVER THAT COULD BE CAPTURED AND STORED. AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUTSIDE OF FLOODS AND WHAT WE WOULD DESCRIBE AS MORE TRADITIONAL WET YEARS, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF SURFACE WATER THAT, THAT WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE. SO SIMPLY PUT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE IN WET YEARS, LOU BREAD STORE, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND THAT WATER TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE STORAGE OR TREATMENT CAPACITY, AND THEN STORE THAT WATER. UM, AND THE ULTIMATE GOLD WOULD HAVE BEEN TO SORT OF BUILD UP THAT, THAT CACHET OR THAT STORAGE TO WATER, UM, SO THAT IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO WITHDRAW AT A FUTURE TIME. SO THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO DEAL WITH LATER, AS WE DO MORE FURTHER DESIGN ON THE ACTUAL INFORMATION AND THE WELL CONFIGURATIONS. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION WILL, WILL WORK ON TOMORROW AND WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE. CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW OUR DOWNSTREAM NEIGHBORS AND THE OTHER HISTORIC CONVERSATIONS AROUND WELLS AND WELL REGISTRATIONS. AND I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF DIFFERENT, BUT AN OVERLAPPING CONVERSATION AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, STORING WATER AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM. UM, SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE COMMISSION DISCUSSES TOMORROW. UM, ARE THERE ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS, [01:45:04] ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE NEXT AGENDA? I'VE MADE NOTE OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE MULTIFAITH CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT WATER FORWARDS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE LDC AND, UM, COURT CASE CURRENTLY GOING ON ON SOME NUMBER ALTAR. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE INCREASED WORK THAT AUSTIN WATER IS DOING ON WILDFIRE MITIGATION. AND, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME BACKUP ON THAT IN OUR BUDGET, UM, Q AND A, UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD. UM, IF THERE'S TIME AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, FOR THEM TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR WILDFIRE MITIGATION EFFORTS, UM, I APPRECIATE THEM STEPPING UP IN THE UTILITY, UM, RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT THOSE EFFORTS ARE FOR THE CONTINUED, UM, SAFETY OF OUR, OF OUR CITY, BUT ON THE PARTICULAR WILDLANDS THAT THEY MANAGE AS WELL AS NEAR, UM, THEIR FACILITIES. AND I THINK THAT, UM, IT'D BE GOOD FOR MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT WORK, WHO PLAN TO PREPARE FOR THAT. YEAH. AND IF WE, IF THE OTHER ITEMS, THE OTHER ITEMS MAY BE MORE TIME SENSITIVE, SO WE CAN MAYBE DO THAT ONE LAST BITE. I THINK IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO, UM, IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING TO GET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PAY ATTENTION, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE UTILITIES STEPPING UP AND, UM, MOVING THESE THINGS FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT COMPANY. ALRIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD. I KNOW PERIODICALLY WE GET AN UPDATE ON THE WATER FORWARD PLAN. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO IT OF THAT ARE. AND SO THIS ONE WAS VERY HELPFUL TODAY. HUGE PART OF IT. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS FOR THAT, UH, CHAIR, UH, BUT, UM, I WOULD EXPECT ONE OF OUR ADDITIONAL, ONE OF OUR NEXT MEETINGS. I HAD THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THOSE UPDATES QUARTERLY, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE SPECIFIED, SO, I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A WHOLE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN GOING ON AROUND ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WATER WATER FORWARD. RIGHT. AND I CAN CERTAINLY CHECK ON THAT WITH LAST MEETING ABOUT QUARTERLY, UM, THAT MIGHT MEET THAT GETS A HEADLINE WITHIN OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT OR, UM, KIND OF AS A STANDING ITEM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT'S APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE WATERFORD TASK FORCE MEETINGS AND, UM, AND OTHER TOPICS THAT CAN REALLY JUST HELP US STAY ABREAST OF WHAT THE LATEST INFORMATION IS. SO, ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN, SORRY. YEAH, I JUST, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR LOCKER FORWARD DASHBOARD FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND THERE IS, UH, AN EXPANDED DASHBOARD WITH MORE DETAILS ON, UH, ON THE, THE, UH, LOOK AHEAD AS WELL AS THE OVERALL SCHEDULE. UH, SO JUST, JUST KIND OF POINTING THAT OUT. PERFECT. THAT'S APPRECIATED. I DID NOT MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF COUNCIL NUMBER ALTAR. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE GERMANE TO RUBBER KITCHENS QUESTION. I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GONNA POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS AN UPDATE IN OUR BACKUP. UM, YEAH. I JUST KNOW IF WE HAVE IT PRESENTED, IT MAY BE EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN GO FIND DATA. UH, AND AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON TIME, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT'S ALL I WAS THINKING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 11:53 AM. THANKS EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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