1 00:00:00,820 --> 00:00:03,840 Council, any reporting help? 2 00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:11,960 No, thank you, President. Members of board members of the public window, close session under items 10B and 10C. 3 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:17,720 For both of those items, council has given direction was received. There is no further report of election at this time. 4 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:29,600 Okay, so we'll go to 14 information items, we did 14A, 14B, center basin potable, and 5 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,440 recycled water to deliver some rings. 6 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:38,520 President, if I may, we have item 12A. Is that something that we're not going to be discussing? 7 00:00:41,170 --> 00:00:42,830 Yes, we're not going to be discussing. 8 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:45,310 Okay, so that item going to be pulled from the agenda? 9 00:00:47,170 --> 00:00:52,310 Should we pull the item and to a date uncertain the time be? 10 00:00:53,610 --> 00:00:54,750 We just let it die. 11 00:00:54,970 --> 00:00:55,830 We just let it die. 12 00:00:56,610 --> 00:00:58,770 You can, you good? 13 00:01:01,950 --> 00:01:04,210 Okay, we're going to be working on that, right? 14 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:05,290 That's all. 15 00:01:05,450 --> 00:01:07,370 There's a motion to refer to committees. 16 00:01:07,670 --> 00:01:08,210 There is second. 17 00:01:08,550 --> 00:01:09,070 Second. 18 00:01:09,070 --> 00:01:11,710 Second, by Mr. Garza to refer to Alve to committee. 19 00:01:12,570 --> 00:01:13,590 Second, take all the wrong. 20 00:01:15,270 --> 00:01:16,710 Director Ochoa? 21 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:17,050 Yes. 22 00:01:17,370 --> 00:01:18,570 Director Crawford? 23 00:01:19,350 --> 00:01:19,530 Yes. 24 00:01:20,350 --> 00:01:21,310 Director Garza? 25 00:01:21,330 --> 00:01:21,710 All right. 26 00:01:21,910 --> 00:01:22,890 Director Vasquez Wilson? 27 00:01:24,230 --> 00:01:26,350 Director Choco and I believe is absent. 28 00:01:27,230 --> 00:01:28,430 Director Marino? 29 00:01:29,050 --> 00:01:31,350 Absent and President Aminus? 30 00:01:31,390 --> 00:01:31,910 Aye. 31 00:01:32,350 --> 00:01:33,030 Motion passes. 32 00:01:34,110 --> 00:01:34,830 502. 33 00:01:35,330 --> 00:01:35,370 One. 34 00:01:35,710 --> 00:01:35,970 No. 35 00:01:36,150 --> 00:01:36,470 No. 36 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:37,250 14b. 37 00:01:37,670 --> 00:01:40,250 Do I see the agenda at this place? 38 00:01:40,750 --> 00:01:42,550 What do you mean? 39 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,540 President, I misplaced my agenda. Can you repeat the item here? 40 00:01:54,020 --> 00:02:03,740 14B. Yes, so that's the order. That's it's on ongoing table that we have in the summaries, each and every single board meeting, so that our stakeholders and 41 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:16,020 Proveurs can see that at all times, and they will have access to that information every single month. So that's 14B information only. Okay. Thank you. No questions. 14D letter of support. 42 00:02:16,020 --> 00:02:19,600 I'm sorry, 14c, part of all the recycling water connections. 43 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:23,540 So in this case, similar to 14b, it's an ongoing summary 44 00:02:23,540 --> 00:02:28,020 that identifies the connections each of our providers has access to. 45 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,180 One, what they have access on the portable site and two, 46 00:02:31,180 --> 00:02:32,980 what they have access on the recycled water site. 47 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,680 So if there's any question of which cities or providers have access to, 48 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:38,520 this will always be published each month 49 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,500 that's information item, in case there's any questions. 50 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,720 So I remember seeing a map that showed that, right? 51 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,040 That's somewhere. 52 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,000 Yeah, and that's something that we'll work on. 53 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:55,840 I have requested a map for metropolitan to see where our service connections are relative to the feeders. 54 00:02:56,300 --> 00:03:00,820 But ultimately, that's a milestone we'd like to get to a map that shows each per layer 55 00:03:00,820 --> 00:03:04,560 and a connection relative to the per layer that it serves. 56 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:06,120 For TV? 57 00:03:07,220 --> 00:03:08,120 Chairman, just a quick take. 58 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:08,800 Thank you. 59 00:03:10,340 --> 00:03:13,260 To my knowledge, that's, if I understand correctly, that's sensitive information. 60 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:20,920 in terms of exactly where things are located due to security issues so I think if there's 61 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:24,020 any point in time to meet one of the discussion board, just pull the board. 62 00:03:26,020 --> 00:03:29,700 Well, we can have you, I'll say, uh, NDA, right? 63 00:03:30,620 --> 00:03:31,240 Is that NDA? 64 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,040 Oh, do not resound you. 65 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:34,920 Do not resound you. 66 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:36,920 That's NDA. 67 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:41,120 Okay. 68 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:57,520 14D letter support. So this is just a copy that we provide to the board when the general manager and president signing a support letter at the following board meeting will report it and show it as information item. 69 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,740 Okay, questions, the questions. 70 00:04:02,580 --> 00:04:09,680 We put it in our legislative packet to show members that we love our pervellers, right? 71 00:04:10,060 --> 00:04:11,120 So that we sure did. 72 00:04:11,260 --> 00:04:13,580 14 east into the water presentations. 73 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,420 Well, we're for the Dr. Ranger on the schedule for those presentations. 74 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:19,300 Thank you, President. 75 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,160 And board, so I'm happy to report. 76 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:26,380 We have a state of the water presentation coming up with 77 00:04:26,380 --> 00:04:31,440 Senate-Face Spring, September 1st, with President Mendes. 78 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:38,040 And then we also have Bell Gardens, October 26, with the President. 79 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,480 And those are both heavedine. 80 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:48,040 So hopefully we'll get a lot of good vibes and good 81 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,680 positive feedback, but those are the first two, that are scheduled. 82 00:04:53,340 --> 00:04:59,280 So we'd like to encourage directors to consider... 83 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,240 One of their cities or their purveurs. 84 00:05:05,620 --> 00:05:09,280 So we need to do that, and at least one. 85 00:05:09,980 --> 00:05:15,720 So we're trying to, we're trying to assign one presentation per month. 86 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,340 It says, there's been a lot of delay. I'm just hogging them out. 87 00:05:19,700 --> 00:05:20,500 How can them also? 88 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:22,560 I don't think you want to. 89 00:05:23,020 --> 00:05:24,000 Let's do it. 90 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:26,960 Let's do it. 91 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:28,260 Let's do it. Downey? 92 00:05:28,260 --> 00:05:29,160 Downey, oh yeah. 93 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:36,000 We do it together because we both are grounded and we'd like to do a Downey and a join 94 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:42,740 Like in Linoever, I mean I mean like the second half after because there was an election this year 95 00:05:43,380 --> 00:05:46,200 In early November, so we can just do it like after 96 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,240 Okay, I will see 97 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,080 If that's possible. Yeah, because there's also Thanksgiving sometimes for them 98 00:05:52,080 --> 00:06:00,140 that's right. So we'd be done for the year. Yeah, Jennifer, we're sorry. I'll all ask, and then give you the options, 99 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:08,320 and then see what we can do and what works for you. Okay, that's good. So it's a great January early February. 100 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:16,740 Yeah, it's better. Yeah. So we're off on January. Yeah. So staff is going to continue to try to schedule out. 101 00:06:16,740 --> 00:06:22,760 So if you don't start speaking up, I'm going to take the ball. Then I'm going to start encroaching in your area. 102 00:06:23,020 --> 00:06:24,860 Well, that's what I do in the presentation. They're going to say, 103 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:31,940 I have to put a cut-out next to me. 104 00:06:32,140 --> 00:06:34,800 So I'm going to join you in Bellgarden's and... 105 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:36,280 It's kind of a great school. 106 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:37,840 Yeah, appreciate that. 107 00:06:38,340 --> 00:06:39,100 It's just a check-out. 108 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:39,880 Yeah, of course. 109 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:42,200 Okay, so legal cost summary? 110 00:06:42,780 --> 00:06:48,920 Once again, it's a standard summary that we have at each board meeting, so that's available 111 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:50,700 for the public to see. 112 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:55,240 Finance Director, Staffany, you're a good man. 113 00:06:56,020 --> 00:06:58,480 I'll go ahead and pass that on to Dr. Granger. 114 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:01,920 So thank you, President and Board. 115 00:07:02,460 --> 00:07:09,140 I'm very excited to be giving the report of our staffing and recruitment. 116 00:07:09,140 --> 00:07:11,980 And we do have some updates. 117 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,720 So first, I want to give a little historical, 118 00:07:18,260 --> 00:07:22,980 because this was asked before. 119 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,400 The management and other position did close. 120 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:33,260 We had 119 submissions, 119 submissions. 121 00:07:33,260 --> 00:07:37,320 We had nine interviews. 122 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,800 There was one no show a day. 123 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,680 We had a panelist from a city of LA, 124 00:07:48,060 --> 00:07:50,200 but actually he was sick on the day. 125 00:07:50,940 --> 00:07:53,320 A panelist from the city of Monobello. 126 00:07:54,380 --> 00:07:56,720 And then another panelist bowed out. 127 00:07:57,300 --> 00:08:01,300 So that was replaced on the day by our HR analyst. 128 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:11,580 But we had three finalists, and they were all one, and we interviewed two of them. 129 00:08:11,780 --> 00:08:14,140 One of the finalists dropped out. 130 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:20,360 The other two, they were very skilled, but it was determined they didn't quite fit. 131 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:27,600 We kind of have the central basins, needs are very unique. 132 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:40,640 So, you know, so we, we, while we, we acknowledge a very skilled individuals, very talented, this is, it's not the, so we. 133 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:41,620 I'm sorry. 134 00:08:41,940 --> 00:08:48,420 I want to chime in because I conducted the final and last interview of the last available candidate that was presented to me. 135 00:08:48,420 --> 00:08:56,660 And unfortunately the candidate felt very short of my expectations, even as an entry level for the management analyst. 136 00:08:57,780 --> 00:09:02,540 And so I made the determination that we'd need to retry this all over again. 137 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:13,980 And I respect the process, staff taking the lead, but the final candidate was quite short of my expectations as it relates to the work and functions that we have for the district. 138 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,480 So number one, is our salary competitive? 139 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:22,920 That makes me nervous. 140 00:09:23,620 --> 00:09:26,840 So the salary was done in, I think, 2025. 141 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,120 It goes to the board and the board voted on the salary schedule. 142 00:09:31,860 --> 00:09:35,220 So the next time, according to our code, it comes out in 2020. 143 00:09:36,980 --> 00:09:39,480 I don't know that we're not competitive. 144 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:45,120 I think our percentile is pretty decent. 145 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:55,100 So I don't know that was the reason we did advertise on LinkedIn and government jobs.com. 146 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:59,960 But I think we have in the next... 147 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:07,680 I'm going to talk about what we have kind of expanded our outreach. So I'll speak to that next. 148 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:15,460 So all last to the question is, I have not dug into the competitiveness of the salary survey that was conducted, even though it's been a year or two ago. 149 00:10:16,140 --> 00:10:27,220 I would, I'll make it a priority to look into that. And the reason I say that is, we need to make sure we have comparable classifications with comparable salaries in our industry. 150 00:10:27,220 --> 00:10:32,820 And what I mean by that is we have WSD, West Facing, Upper District, City of Long Beach, 151 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:39,220 Metropolitan that are highly competitive in salaries and when we start selecting cities around 152 00:10:39,220 --> 00:10:46,040 us and try to make oranges and apples merge and we've got to make sure the data set is consistent. 153 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,440 What a management analyst might be to a city, maybe different to the water industry. 154 00:10:51,060 --> 00:10:56,440 It's a lot more sophisticated, it's a lot more advanced in the expectations and so 155 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:22,440 I do have a lot of experience in that area recruiting in the water industry, so it might be, you know, I know the ceiling on this one's about $115,000 a year, that may not compete with the rest of the water industry, and so one step towards recruitment in very specific categories such as water resources might be a relook at the salary survey and also look at the essential functions. 156 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:31,660 I read the job description, and I kind of look at the salary, and you're saying we want 157 00:11:31,660 --> 00:11:36,380 somebody more specific with certain talents. 158 00:11:36,620 --> 00:11:43,080 What I'm saying is that our classification and job description relative to water agencies 159 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:48,760 at the wholesale level, there might be a major difference in the salary ranges, and that's 160 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,660 something I haven't taken the time to look at. 161 00:11:50,660 --> 00:11:58,180 If I see that, what I'll find because the person that I interviewed last had five years of 162 00:11:58,180 --> 00:12:04,300 clerical experience and a few months of what they considered water at the city level, not even 163 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:10,840 close to real water experience. And that was concerning because what we're looking for is someone 164 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:18,500 that's ready and available to take on the metropolitan administered program among other duties and assignments 165 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:25,100 that require more extensive experience and being able to work alone in our short-step environment. 166 00:12:26,260 --> 00:12:32,960 So, something I can look at fairly quickly, I think the job description needs to be tailored 167 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:40,280 for us and what people are getting into, what the expectations are, the salary, the benefits, 168 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:46,800 the arithmetic of that, and then also the discredement who we are. But I'm getting an idea 169 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:54,420 of some of our challenges, as I'm going to use the whole fishing analogy, is that I used 170 00:12:54,420 --> 00:13:00,120 to be a line fisherman from the ocean, and I used to put spam on it, and hope that I 171 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,320 get a good fish, and I ended up with the bottom feeder. 172 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:11,880 Until I just gave up and said, look, I want to go and hunt for the fish I want to eat, and 173 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,940 I'm getting at is to jump in the ocean look for myself. 174 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,380 So I'm starting to get a feeling here, 175 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,880 especially after the second attempts on some of these things. 176 00:13:23,340 --> 00:13:28,500 Is that maybe we need to go on and look for these people. 177 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,800 I mean, how else do you do it? 178 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:35,660 I'm having to explain who we are and what this position is. 179 00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:37,920 Is when I call somebody to do BRD and say, 180 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:43,020 We're like there's somebody, is there somebody ready for that next level at WRD? 181 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:49,680 Is there somebody ready at the next level of metropolitan, west-facing, is I just don't 182 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:57,120 see that there's that attracting somebody from the universe is going to always work? 183 00:13:57,780 --> 00:14:02,520 Now, I may, if I may comment President, that we did have a nice little string of successes, 184 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:12,020 meeting or HR analyst Elizabeth Gerald as well and Dr. Granger. And so what I see this 185 00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:17,680 management analyst is an opportunity to take a look at a little closer because, again, 186 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:25,360 we had a nice streak of hires with the staff, I just mentioned. So it's pausing, taking a look 187 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:29,520 at the description and everything you're stating is spot on is the salary right or the central 188 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:34,740 functions correct for the responsibilities that they have, and then also our network. 189 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:39,720 Can we start making the calls and bring in some talent that can fill those roles? 190 00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:44,160 So we only have three positions left to fill with exception to the general manager, and that 191 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,700 is the finance director, the engineering manager, and the management analyst. 192 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:52,800 So taking a good look at those is what I'll prioritize my time on, and ensure that we have 193 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:57,240 a good classification, good comps, and then before we go out again. 194 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,980 Exactly, I read that and... 195 00:15:00,180 --> 00:15:13,420 You know, the description was like it went from that legislative knowledge to mapping knowledge, but I guess that means GIS has mapping knowledge. 196 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,960 And so is that typical, is to find somebody in the water industry? 197 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:25,000 In the water industry it is, but that's why the salary, what I see, and I agree with you, it's just the salary is not. 198 00:15:33,860 --> 00:15:39,260 So long story short as I think it's opportunity to revisit it and get ourselves a better pull. 199 00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:47,780 And once again, it's just a small pull of three FTEs that we need to fill with exception of the general manager. 200 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:54,540 So the finance, we have a game plan for that, engineering, we can go out and revisit that 201 00:15:54,540 --> 00:15:57,000 to see what we can attract on the engineering front as well. 202 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:03,080 My suggestion, no, it's just a suggestion, you don't have to respond now or take it under 203 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:12,340 advice or whatever, but perhaps maybe adding for your consideration is calling GMs around the 204 00:16:12,340 --> 00:16:18,260 region and saying, look, is there somebody ready for the next level that has these skills? 205 00:16:18,940 --> 00:16:19,900 Maybe that's what it takes. 206 00:16:20,820 --> 00:16:25,960 It takes someone who's comfortable in air to who's good is to to draw them towards the 207 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:26,260 same way. 208 00:16:26,780 --> 00:16:31,280 That's just a suggestion, but okay, I'm ready for that. 209 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:35,760 So the next one is our finance director. 210 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:43,840 This went opened on August 19th and it's going to close September 3rd. 211 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:48,460 We currently have 12 applications that we received so far. 212 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:58,240 And it was flown so at board suggestion, we kind of expanded where we traditionally had 213 00:16:58,240 --> 00:16:59,180 looked for folks. 214 00:16:59,180 --> 00:17:04,660 So, we did the government jobs.com, we're posted on LinkedIn. 215 00:17:05,780 --> 00:17:14,220 We contacted the surrounding water agencies, HR departments, to see if they might share, 216 00:17:14,740 --> 00:17:19,580 or as you say present, if they have someone ready for the next level. 217 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:28,160 We also reached out and posted on ICMA, which is the International City County Management Association, 218 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:38,200 which is a lot of finance directors or members of and also the MMAAC, which is the municipal 219 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:44,580 management association of Southern California, which is all this very active in the LA area 220 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:53,840 and also has quite a few finance directors. So we're hoping we still have another week and a half 221 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,160 I guess, so we're still hoping to get more applicants, 222 00:17:58,300 --> 00:18:02,360 but I think we've pretty much hit our area, 223 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:07,160 so with then driving distance, pretty much should know 224 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:07,600 we're open. 225 00:18:08,740 --> 00:18:08,840 So. 226 00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:14,580 Come on, did I just had a question in regards to any requirements 227 00:18:14,580 --> 00:18:17,900 that we need to post job descriptions and salaries on 228 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:18,300 website? 229 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:20,840 And our website is at the case, do you know? 230 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,060 we did post this 231 00:18:23,060 --> 00:18:24,680 not just saying just in general 232 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,060 yes, so there is all of our 233 00:18:28,060 --> 00:18:31,120 classifications are posted with the job salaries 234 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:33,500 yes, it is on the website 235 00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:34,540 and I don't know 236 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:36,680 maybe we can bring that back 237 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,340 you know for the board's review 238 00:18:38,340 --> 00:18:41,260 on an annual basis to that may prompt 239 00:18:41,260 --> 00:18:43,020 you know the need and 240 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:44,780 update, you know some of the descriptions 241 00:18:44,780 --> 00:18:46,860 and maybe the people look at the salaries 242 00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:48,120 as well 243 00:18:50,420 --> 00:18:59,120 So specifically this is in the code, so I think maybe that's part of code revision we need to 244 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:04,020 Because when this is brought back is actually in the code. 245 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:04,960 Yeah. 246 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,740 Often is it in the code due to we know? 247 00:19:06,900 --> 00:19:08,980 I believe it's every three years. 248 00:19:08,980 --> 00:19:09,520 Okay. 249 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:10,200 That's dead. 250 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:10,880 Okay. 251 00:19:11,260 --> 00:19:12,400 Thank you for the clarification. 252 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,960 Maybe we're at the end of that currently. 253 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:25,740 We have the board just voted last year, so we have about another year and a half. 254 00:19:26,140 --> 00:19:33,260 Okay. All right, good. So we're good with that. Okay. So 14-H legislative visit. 255 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:37,620 Would you like to speak to it, President? 256 00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:44,380 I don't know. You go ahead. Okay. So we had a legislative visit just a couple weeks ago. 257 00:19:44,380 --> 00:19:47,800 And I know, is it our LinkedIn that has the summary? 258 00:19:49,540 --> 00:19:52,980 We have a nice posted summary of the various visits. 259 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,740 And I found it to be a successful visit. 260 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,860 We're able to meet with two. 261 00:20:01,580 --> 00:20:27,060 8 assembly members and senators. And I can go down the list if we choose to. So, start with the assembly member Shaday Al-Hawari. We had Senator Bob Archilera. Assembly member Mike Gibson. Assembly member Mark Gonzalez. Senator Lena Gonzalez. Assemblywoman Blanco Blanca Pacheco. Senator Maria Elena Durasso. 262 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:34,840 And Assembly Member Jessica Kaloza, a very good list, and it was, we visited it. 263 00:20:35,060 --> 00:20:42,720 It was President Mendez, Director Crawford, and myself, that planned a whole day with, I mean, 264 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:43,620 it was back to back. 265 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:44,820 That was a winning team, no. 266 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:45,320 That was good. 267 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:50,380 We had a really good package that I think all board members will receive a copy, very informative 268 00:20:50,380 --> 00:20:55,920 package that cited our mission, our vision, and our service area. 269 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:08,810 And we also had three specific targeted projects that we shared with each of the assembly members 270 00:21:08,810 --> 00:21:09,310 and senators. 271 00:21:09,530 --> 00:21:14,870 And that included our pump station upgrades, the results of a condition assessment, the 272 00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:17,170 need for funding there for existing rehab. 273 00:21:17,550 --> 00:21:22,450 The second was the Metro Relocation Project, the need for funding to help our disadvantaged 274 00:21:22,450 --> 00:21:24,470 communities with that large-scale project. 275 00:21:24,470 --> 00:21:31,090 And third was future expansion of our recycled water system into disadvantaged communities of color. 276 00:21:31,530 --> 00:21:37,750 Very well received, and I think it was a good start for what I believe had been at least five years. 277 00:21:37,910 --> 00:21:41,690 I could be wrong since we had a organized visit to Sacramento. 278 00:21:42,350 --> 00:21:44,790 I'll pause right there for any comments from Director Crawford President. 279 00:21:44,890 --> 00:21:45,650 Mr. Crawford? 280 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:57,000 Let us say it again. 281 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,040 Yeah, I mean, center of basin was on the yellow big road. 282 00:22:17,060 --> 00:22:22,660 You know, Jim, I got to thank you, Jim, for opening a lot of doors. 283 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:29,600 I think eight visits was because of your, your, your context, you know, you and your 284 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:36,900 color and open doors for us, and you know, we'd go in there, I kind of opened it up. 285 00:22:36,900 --> 00:22:47,300 I'd be Mr. Hart, and Ray with the technician with jump right in, and I said, Mr. Crawford 286 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:53,640 knowing everybody and everybody wanting to know Mr. Crawford and Fondo, where I was very 287 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:54,120 helpful. 288 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:55,560 Oh, 289 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:03,120 I can tell you, we'd be in the hallways, Ray, you could test by this, and I think it's 290 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:04,280 not bad to say this. 291 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,060 We'd be in the hallways and we'd hear, 292 00:23:07,660 --> 00:23:10,700 oh, Jim Crawford, he's here. 293 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,980 And then we end up going to the office all of that. 294 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,660 That was a bit of a, you can't pay for that. 295 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:19,720 You can't pay for that. Well, you can't, but that's, 296 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,540 you saved a lot of money by doing that. 297 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,080 I think our legislative targets are talking points 298 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:27,300 we're right on. 299 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,040 I mean, we had our members just like right there, 300 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,680 They didn't even think twice. 301 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:40,040 We used key word to send managed communities of color, low income, 302 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,380 and that had their attention that, you know, huh? 303 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:43,340 What? 304 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,400 And so they were their attention was grabbed. 305 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:52,380 And just what we described on a very concise level, 306 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:54,900 really peaked their interest. 307 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,320 And, you know, Senator Archilera, I need to tell you, 308 00:23:58,780 --> 00:24:04,660 I'm so impressed with that, that gentleman, that senator, I've never seen him in action, 309 00:24:05,140 --> 00:24:09,780 and he reminds me of my former boss, Grace Tippoli, Tonnery, I told him that he knew Grace, 310 00:24:10,580 --> 00:24:14,420 and he says that's where I learned it from, because we went his office, we presented 311 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:19,140 the issues, very concise, and he goes, okay, here's what I'm going to do. 312 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:27,880 I'm going to an ABCD, and we're out, we're so shocked that to hear this feedback, and we'd 313 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:33,780 another office and we give our spiel and say oh and at the end oh we also talk to 314 00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:38,060 Senator and our Chairman about this he's going to help us up oh well what is the 315 00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:42,260 Senator doing? I'm on board you just you just tell him to give me a call and 316 00:24:42,260 --> 00:24:48,700 tell him where I need to be and they'll be there so we really read I mean that's a 317 00:24:48,700 --> 00:24:54,640 huge benefit is get to get a legislator who's respected in the legislature and 318 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,980 and have them join on board so we have an opportunity to sort it to follow up on this. 319 00:25:00,430 --> 00:25:10,270 Soon, and really go to the legislature with a specific ask now. And we're talking about some of 320 00:25:10,270 --> 00:25:20,650 the ask is, is we might need three very specific projects that we, the first was our rehab program, 321 00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:25,390 which is the results of the condition assessment to help us with the short-term needs of upgrading 322 00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:32,610 our pumps and VFDs. The second was any type of assistance with the metro relocation, which 323 00:25:32,610 --> 00:25:37,690 is a little bit more of a long term, long lead, meaning we have at least three years to get 324 00:25:37,690 --> 00:25:43,510 that funding in place. And then the third one was expanding the existing system that we had, 325 00:25:43,530 --> 00:25:48,890 unfortunately we had lost a little bit of that prop one funding. But now with the transition 326 00:25:48,890 --> 00:26:04,950 and having a work plan and studies in place to help us with that is where we're headed so any type of funding that can help us with the expansion of the system was the third project that we started pitching them with. 327 00:26:05,210 --> 00:26:16,310 Yes, and Senator Archer that I want to help us with the city of Whittier and putting us together to resolve our issue with the lease, so that's very positive. 328 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:18,250 And so that's a report. 329 00:26:18,550 --> 00:26:21,770 Any questions, concerns, anything we missed? 330 00:26:28,470 --> 00:26:28,930 Our list. 331 00:26:29,370 --> 00:26:30,570 Thank you. 332 00:26:30,570 --> 00:26:31,930 Thank you. 333 00:26:31,950 --> 00:26:33,070 Thank you for your efforts. 334 00:26:33,290 --> 00:26:34,030 Appreciate that. 335 00:26:34,390 --> 00:26:35,770 And hopefully goes a long way. 336 00:26:36,490 --> 00:26:39,450 And continue to build bridges on our behalf. 337 00:26:39,490 --> 00:26:40,350 Thank you very much. 338 00:26:42,330 --> 00:26:42,390 Yeah. 339 00:26:42,390 --> 00:26:42,430 Yeah. 340 00:26:42,430 --> 00:26:43,330 I feel like we hit the banana. 341 00:26:43,770 --> 00:26:44,290 We just did it. 342 00:26:44,370 --> 00:26:44,890 Pick up the candy. 343 00:26:47,330 --> 00:26:47,810 Okay. 344 00:26:48,230 --> 00:26:48,650 All right. 345 00:26:48,650 --> 00:26:51,730 So, let us say the positions. 346 00:26:53,010 --> 00:26:55,110 I'll have Dr. Greenger, provide the update. 347 00:26:57,210 --> 00:27:03,130 So, in the thank you president and board, I'll try to make this quick. 348 00:27:04,150 --> 00:27:08,910 So, the AB-35 was approved by the governor. 349 00:27:09,970 --> 00:27:14,370 The rest are still in movements. 350 00:27:14,370 --> 00:27:19,910 there was a lot of moments. Most of them went to another reading. I don't know if you want me 351 00:27:19,910 --> 00:27:27,090 to go through each one of them, but yeah, so I would say that we're still watching them, but 352 00:27:27,090 --> 00:27:34,730 they're kind of coming down to the wire and a lot of movement. But the list is attached and anyone 353 00:27:34,730 --> 00:27:40,470 in the public who wants to read it, it's available. Okay, great. We want to 15 reports from 354 00:27:40,470 --> 00:27:43,610 Mr. President, from Metropolitan Ball to Water District. Mr. Garza. 355 00:27:45,870 --> 00:27:47,930 Thank you, Chair. Jim, do you want to start his offer? 356 00:27:48,390 --> 00:27:48,790 I want me to start. 357 00:27:49,870 --> 00:27:52,390 No, go ahead. I was out. I was out of comment. 358 00:27:52,850 --> 00:27:53,090 Okay. 359 00:27:54,450 --> 00:27:54,730 No problem. 360 00:27:54,970 --> 00:27:55,590 I remember that. 361 00:27:56,210 --> 00:27:57,550 You were there the first day, so I thought maybe. 362 00:27:58,490 --> 00:27:59,710 I'll make this really quick. 363 00:28:00,030 --> 00:28:04,730 President and Director Crawford, please feel free to fill in anything I mean, miss. 364 00:28:05,470 --> 00:28:07,410 But just in the interest of time, 365 00:28:08,330 --> 00:28:14,090 I'm not sure if you saw the news over the last few weeks, but Lake Powell and Lake 366 00:28:14,090 --> 00:28:22,590 Mead are at their lowest levels ever since these dams got built, and these reservoirs 367 00:28:22,590 --> 00:28:28,250 are filled, and so it's pretty, we're living in unprecedented times when it comes to the 368 00:28:28,250 --> 00:28:33,550 Colorado River watershed, as you know, the Colorado River watershed is one of our two 369 00:28:33,550 --> 00:28:35,770 mean sources of water that we import water from. 370 00:28:36,010 --> 00:28:38,870 So when one of the two is in bad shape, 371 00:28:39,990 --> 00:28:41,530 and I'm not saying that the other is in great shape, 372 00:28:42,890 --> 00:28:45,730 but if we're living in unprecedented times, frankly. 373 00:28:48,350 --> 00:28:51,310 So there are lowest snowpack on record 374 00:28:52,330 --> 00:28:54,890 was recorded over this past winter period. 375 00:28:56,030 --> 00:28:58,530 So which leads me to the next segue, the second item 376 00:28:58,530 --> 00:29:01,410 I was going to share is that at last Friday, 377 00:29:01,410 --> 00:29:06,090 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior, they released a record at its 378 00:29:06,090 --> 00:29:14,830 vision, and that essentially lays out how in light of these facts, in a light of the fact 379 00:29:15,650 --> 00:29:19,330 that the, we said, haven't come to an agreement on the use of water from the Colorado River, 380 00:29:21,230 --> 00:29:27,910 that the federal government decided to impose their operating guidelines as to how things 381 00:29:27,910 --> 00:29:32,210 going to go forward for the next two years. And so for the next two years out of the seven 382 00:29:32,210 --> 00:29:39,610 states, that get their water from the Colorado River, three of the seven are going to be 383 00:29:39,610 --> 00:29:46,310 mandated cuts in their water allocations. And so that includes California. So over the next three 384 00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:53,190 years, there's going to be a total loss of 3.25 million acre feet of water, which is incredible. 385 00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:59,970 It's a lot, I mean, metropolitan alone we, right now we're using around a million, three acre feet. 386 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:08,960 So we're talking about almost three times the amount of water that we are metropolitan use, the state of California, Nevada and Arizona are going to lose. 387 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:20,000 And so a lot, the good thing is that we as the lower basin states, that's what we're called, we did agree to a lot of these cuts ourselves. So we already have plans and the federal government is working with us on that. 388 00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:29,380 But if things grow worse, post those two years, it's going to be pretty impressive in it. So this is a short term solution. It's not a long term. 389 00:30:31,340 --> 00:30:37,400 And so long-term-wise, we still need it to continue to look at ways of developing new water. 390 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,700 Like pure water is one of them which is going to be something that we consider later on. 391 00:30:41,980 --> 00:30:46,180 This year, early next year, as metropolitan, but so more to come on that. 392 00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:51,580 And then the last thing I have is, as you me know, I am the representative of metropolitan 393 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:58,560 on the Delta Convenience project, they have an authority at Jim Pais Authority that oversees 394 00:30:58,560 --> 00:30:59,100 that project. 395 00:31:00,220 --> 00:31:05,180 As you may know, that project right now is a $20 billion project, it's a largest water 396 00:31:05,180 --> 00:31:11,240 project in the state of California right now, and so I am, I gotta send it to be its representative 397 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:18,320 and June, actually I've been the alternate on that since April, and June I got to be the primary 398 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:26,900 representative, and at our board meeting last Thursday, so five days ago, I got 399 00:31:26,900 --> 00:31:32,920 a send it to be its chairman. So we never have had a representative, not only, we 400 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:38,220 haven't had a representative since until Bayesian Beats Chair in its history, so it's a 401 00:31:38,220 --> 00:31:42,660 lot, a big, a tremendous amount of weight on my shoulders. The good thing is that I'm 402 00:31:42,660 --> 00:31:47,600 not alone. We have staff, we have diligent good staff at DCA, so I am not 403 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:54,820 Now, I remember every third water board and it's leader now, so it's a humbling honor, and I will 404 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:56,840 make sure to represent as well. 405 00:31:58,140 --> 00:32:04,120 So on that board, is it a north-south kind of anything? 406 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:09,060 Yeah, yes, it's actually, so it has a total of seven board members. 407 00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:14,740 And two of the board members are from what are traditionally northern water agencies. 408 00:32:14,740 --> 00:32:21,240 So there be area and the other five are two of them are in Central Valley and in the balance 409 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:28,600 are more southern like we have a couple out in the desert here in SoCal and so it tend to be 410 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:36,680 a north south turn in terms of Chermyship and normally this would have been the north turn 411 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:44,200 to be chair but the representative in the north I would have ascended to be Chermyn he actually 412 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,580 the instruments at the end of this year, and so he didn't feel 413 00:32:47,580 --> 00:32:55,280 it appropriate to take the gavel, and considering the circumstances that 414 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,660 we're fighting ourselves in, I think that leadership just found it appropriate 415 00:32:58,660 --> 00:33:02,840 for metropolitan to take the lead for this turn. 416 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,280 And so, yeah, but that completes our report. 417 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,040 Director Crawford, did I miss any of the anything else you want to add? 418 00:33:12,380 --> 00:33:13,320 That completes our report, sir. 419 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:21,010 Okay, thank you. Okay, so next is governmental affairs. 420 00:33:23,290 --> 00:33:35,630 So Mr. Jakone and I were there and we had a kind of robust agenda and primarily information items is basically planning what we do from here. 421 00:33:35,630 --> 00:33:43,190 I think that legislative visit was really a home run, and so being able to learn off that and 422 00:33:43,190 --> 00:33:50,690 to take some lessons and what we need to do to move forward, and some of that is, again, developing 423 00:33:50,690 --> 00:33:56,570 our legislative plan, legislative visit plan. And looking at Lobby Day, since we had our first 424 00:33:56,570 --> 00:34:02,430 trying Sacramento, and it was successful, is what do we do for the national? Are there national 425 00:34:02,430 --> 00:34:07,030 association, I don't know, national water associations that we join their lobby 426 00:34:07,030 --> 00:34:11,450 day. I don't know that yet. And to look at what the state of 427 00:34:11,450 --> 00:34:17,730 associations have lobby days. I know that Aqua has a legislative briefing, and 428 00:34:17,730 --> 00:34:22,510 I know when I was up there for that, they didn't have a complimentary visits. 429 00:34:23,050 --> 00:34:27,070 I don't know how they planted that way or whatever, but we need to stay active in 430 00:34:27,070 --> 00:34:31,090 those areas. And let me tell you, I think Mr. Crawford made mentioned at 431 00:34:31,090 --> 00:34:38,370 is I think we did better as a team of three and it could be more. We did better than 432 00:34:38,370 --> 00:34:43,090 had we paid for that. We paid five to ten thousand dollars for someone to do 433 00:34:43,090 --> 00:34:49,330 that for us. I think we really did a good job. Okay so and so looking at next year 434 00:34:49,330 --> 00:34:53,150 what are we doing next year? What do we start neat? What lobby days do we 435 00:34:53,150 --> 00:34:59,470 start planning for? Besides our own individual is what state wants we need to 436 00:34:59,470 --> 00:34:59,970 work with. 437 00:35:00,110 --> 00:35:18,830 And so again, and the next item is the wider presentations, I think, getting information and the whole purpose of us doing that was for us to write our own just narrative on who we are, what we do and what direction we're taking. 438 00:35:18,830 --> 00:35:22,570 And I think being in control of that narrative will help us a lot. 439 00:35:24,230 --> 00:35:32,910 This little moot, we talked about having a GM reception whenever we get a GM is to start 440 00:35:32,910 --> 00:35:34,670 thinking about what would that look like? 441 00:35:34,690 --> 00:35:41,010 Does this sort of set a framework as whatever GM, when we bring the GM a new GM, 442 00:35:45,950 --> 00:35:46,010 is that 443 00:35:47,450 --> 00:35:54,350 perveres and residents and elected officials and appointed to meet the GM and start that relationship building. 444 00:35:55,450 --> 00:35:57,790 So, setting a framework and how that would look like. 445 00:35:57,870 --> 00:35:58,890 Talk to about interns. 446 00:36:01,710 --> 00:36:05,050 So, we're going to work it out, I guess, but Leo Council and how that would look like. 447 00:36:05,510 --> 00:36:11,810 But, you know, as we do more outreach, as we look for GIS interns, 448 00:36:11,810 --> 00:36:15,750 is that we'd have to set looking to some certain issues. 449 00:36:16,870 --> 00:36:20,810 We also just thought about what the cost benefit is 450 00:36:21,430 --> 00:36:26,770 about getting a governmental affairs consultant, 451 00:36:27,210 --> 00:36:28,290 is what's the cost benefit? 452 00:36:28,370 --> 00:36:30,450 Are we better off on our own? 453 00:36:31,610 --> 00:36:32,650 And that's the position. 454 00:36:33,010 --> 00:36:34,010 So that's basically it. 455 00:36:34,070 --> 00:36:35,530 That was a governmental affairs. 456 00:36:35,750 --> 00:36:38,790 So we'll go on to engineering operations, Mr. Crawford, 457 00:36:38,790 --> 00:36:40,570 and you reported an engineering operations? 458 00:36:42,050 --> 00:36:45,610 Yeah, we've had a really good meeting on lots of information coming across. 459 00:36:46,890 --> 00:36:48,630 We'll see the items that we're on here in general. 460 00:36:48,830 --> 00:36:50,890 We're on the order agenda today, which was the, 461 00:36:51,370 --> 00:36:55,770 I didn't under 23, basically, the Metropolitan Program was passed. 462 00:36:56,750 --> 00:37:00,890 The new report said the added to the engineering are now on our order agenda. 463 00:37:01,410 --> 00:37:07,890 And that would be the portable recyclable deliveries, the recycled connections, 464 00:37:07,890 --> 00:37:15,530 the Rioana Cup dates up and the conservation program up here. So, really good discussion, but I think we're getting a lot of information. 465 00:37:15,830 --> 00:37:21,670 That's what people can see what we're doing and what we're at and what we're doing. So, thank you, Ray. Really good job of getting information. 466 00:37:21,970 --> 00:37:27,130 Of course, every second water assessment was presented today. So, that was very, very thorough. 467 00:37:27,390 --> 00:37:33,630 Good information and a lot of lots of stuff just being shared. That completes my report on the 7th anniversary. 468 00:37:34,090 --> 00:37:35,650 No, thank you. 469 00:37:36,470 --> 00:37:38,470 Okay, Edmund and Finance, Mr. Garza? 470 00:37:39,370 --> 00:37:41,370 Chair, I was going to ask you, maybe one of the two gentlemen 471 00:37:41,370 --> 00:37:43,830 could take all right, it wasn't present at the last time 472 00:37:43,830 --> 00:37:44,750 when we're in a finance meeting. 473 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,200 The interim, can maybe do that for us. 474 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,060 And it's both of the items are on the agenda today. 475 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:58,160 So we also had a good dialogue on what was presented today as well, 476 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,460 which is a report on recruitment. 477 00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:04,200 And so that was presented for the management analyst as well. 478 00:38:05,740 --> 00:38:11,330 Mr. Ochoa, I appreciate the follow-ups. Definitely the items that we're discussed in A&F 479 00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:17,360 Kim, Kim agenda is in today's meeting and we're discussed. So thank you very much. 480 00:38:19,470 --> 00:38:20,890 We'll want to add how committees 481 00:38:21,570 --> 00:38:26,310 district legal counsel. I think that's pretty much 482 00:38:27,250 --> 00:38:34,350 Fulfilled it's purpose up to this point. It's um, so we're ready to maybe sense that that 483 00:38:34,350 --> 00:38:36,350 Now, many comments on that? 484 00:38:38,710 --> 00:38:38,850 No. 485 00:38:39,070 --> 00:38:39,870 I don't have any comments. 486 00:38:40,290 --> 00:38:40,710 Thank you. 487 00:38:40,890 --> 00:38:41,150 Here you go. 488 00:38:41,670 --> 00:38:41,970 Okay. 489 00:38:42,450 --> 00:38:43,270 Administrative Code. 490 00:38:43,590 --> 00:38:47,910 Well, we saw the product of months of efforts. 491 00:38:48,890 --> 00:38:51,590 And a lot of sweat and blooded tears. 492 00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:55,530 And so we're, hopefully, we'll get that first part. 493 00:38:55,950 --> 00:38:58,510 And Dr. Grajer, have anything to add on? 494 00:38:59,650 --> 00:39:02,310 No, just excited to move on to the next part. 495 00:39:02,850 --> 00:39:13,490 So, I think what we're going to do is for this first board by loss is we'll come back for the final reading. 496 00:39:14,190 --> 00:39:19,690 We want to go through it one more time to see if we missed anything and ask for any comments. 497 00:39:20,830 --> 00:39:23,350 And we'll bring the code back again, we'll all test the code. 498 00:39:23,930 --> 00:39:28,210 So if you have any, we want to do one more cleanup after final dodge, just this area. 499 00:39:28,210 --> 00:39:36,030 And then we'll look at what the next round is and that may be personal and maybe personal. 500 00:39:36,850 --> 00:39:37,850 He may resource. 501 00:39:38,570 --> 00:39:42,270 Yeah, the next if we don't skip it's human resources. 502 00:39:42,310 --> 00:39:47,710 Because it's been mentioned finance is looking at some code updates and finance. 503 00:39:48,310 --> 00:39:52,330 So we'll come back to you and you can choose. 504 00:39:52,330 --> 00:39:56,130 And, okay, gentlemen, management recruitment. 505 00:39:57,510 --> 00:39:59,690 Well, I think we've learned a lot from that. 506 00:40:02,190 --> 00:40:08,750 I was going to ask for any comments. Okay. All right. Rehunter pump station? 507 00:40:11,220 --> 00:40:17,840 Yes. We met was a Friday. We can have a go to go over the first 508 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:27,860 ad hoc committee meeting of which we were able to go over the chronology of the VFD at the Rio Hondo pump station, breaking down. 509 00:40:27,860 --> 00:40:32,200 and then the steps that we've taken proactively to actually bring the 510 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,860 consultation back up to operational where we're now serving 511 00:40:35,860 --> 00:40:38,880 Monobello Heights on a daily basis, especially with this heat wave. 512 00:40:39,460 --> 00:40:44,200 In addition to that, I presented a longer-term plan, which is to replace 513 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:48,520 the two BFDs, the larger BFDs, or the larger pump 514 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:53,560 brains, and the at-home committee 515 00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:57,520 confirmed that that was the right approach. So we're proceeding with that 516 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:08,480 And I don't happen in the next three to four weeks where we'll come in and have a spare VFD available so that we have much more reliability at the Rio Honda pump station. 517 00:41:09,260 --> 00:41:13,240 So really good meeting and we'll probably meet in another month or so. 518 00:41:13,820 --> 00:41:18,260 Just one couple of items that I'll sit down with legal. 519 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:26,480 Yes, it's on a couple of items that I'll sit down with legal to see if there was any exposure during that outreach and we'll talk about that offline. 520 00:41:27,540 --> 00:41:34,780 Yeah, I don't want to be too burdensome, but I wonder if it's possible to do a report. 521 00:41:34,980 --> 00:41:39,000 You can even talk to an AI and just let them do that for you. 522 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:47,700 But just so that we could, I guess, take note that we've done this, is that so, in any case 523 00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:54,720 in the future, any board wants to see how we handled the issue that that could be found 524 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:57,820 then it doesn't need to be reinvented. 525 00:41:58,080 --> 00:41:58,640 Yeah, okay. 526 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:01,480 All right, so General Manager's report? 527 00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:05,560 Yeah, just I think the fact that we have a lot of ad hocs 528 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:08,080 and the prior summaries really summarizes the activities 529 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,100 that the districts is incurring. 530 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,860 Number one is the legal search for legal counsel. 531 00:42:14,140 --> 00:42:16,420 Number two, the admin code reviews. 532 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:20,120 Number three, General Manager recruitment, the pump station. 533 00:42:20,700 --> 00:42:22,900 And the fact that we have a ad hoc that thoroughly reviews 534 00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:24,980 that those are really good activities that are 535 00:42:24,980 --> 00:42:26,180 some very well there. 536 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:28,560 In addition to that, we did have a nice thorough report 537 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,200 on recruiting activities. 538 00:42:30,660 --> 00:42:32,220 So we've got that to the board. 539 00:42:33,020 --> 00:42:34,680 Don't think there's anything else I would add 540 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,240 because this was a very informative meeting. 541 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,300 And we had a lot of the agenda for a central basin. 542 00:42:41,460 --> 00:42:43,960 OK, director's report, we're going to start from the mine 543 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:44,400 left. 544 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:46,080 Is Baskis Wilson? 545 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:50,900 I don't have any reports at the moment. 546 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,680 I just continue doing all the meetings 547 00:42:53,680 --> 00:43:00,020 that are not all of them, but my meetings to the WOD, lots going on there, lots going 548 00:43:00,020 --> 00:43:01,080 on there, 549 00:43:03,240 --> 00:43:05,980 and the Southeastern Coalition, that's a good one. 550 00:43:06,460 --> 00:43:06,820 That's it. 551 00:43:06,860 --> 00:43:07,200 I'm happy. 552 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:07,720 Thank you. 553 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:08,760 Mr. Garza. 554 00:43:10,060 --> 00:43:14,600 Kind of same as Director Vessis Wilson, just a involvement in a lot of stuff with Metropolitan 555 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:19,800 leadership there, and then now DCA, just a lot of meetings, a lot of meetings, but continue 556 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:20,140 to serve. 557 00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:20,940 Thank you. 558 00:43:20,940 --> 00:43:22,640 Thank you. Mr. Ocho. 559 00:43:23,420 --> 00:43:24,240 I'm not very important. 560 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,240 So I went to the Urban Water Institute conference. 561 00:43:31,940 --> 00:43:36,480 You know, they may be a little, they need work in the delivery, 562 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:38,560 but it's great information. 563 00:43:40,020 --> 00:43:41,200 They're not like entertainers. 564 00:43:44,340 --> 00:43:46,580 But the information is so valuable. 565 00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:49,800 I mean, I've learned a significant amount. 566 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:58,180 The networking, I'm certainly comfortable and start talking to people and, you know, I've been cautious 567 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:05,980 Because at first conferences, I really kind of spilled my guts or I met and I've regretted a little bit 568 00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,480 So now I'm kind of tempering myself 569 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:17,900 But I always ask questions at the table because I think that at least I need to benefit of these people's experiences 570 00:44:17,900 --> 00:44:27,960 You know, like I said, I sat with a human resource manager and water that's been in the industry for 20 years in HR. 571 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,140 So I was able to ask her a question. 572 00:44:30,780 --> 00:44:39,200 I sat with a director who worked for the water to support 40 years, who was now on the board. 573 00:44:39,620 --> 00:44:46,540 So I was like, you know, I got to learn what her experience, oh my God, I couldn't tell her to stop. 574 00:44:46,540 --> 00:44:48,400 But anyway, that was good 575 00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:50,700 West basin 576 00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:59,980 You know, I think it was good to sit with somebody really I didn't even know he was on West basin Tommy. Do you know Tommy his name yeah, yeah. Yeah, he's he's out he's a leader with the 577 00:45:01,540 --> 00:45:05,280 And so I knew him before. I had no idea he was on a law board. Do you know that? 578 00:45:05,380 --> 00:45:11,140 He's recently appointed. Oh, okay, he's appointed. So, okay, oh, that's what it is, okay. 579 00:45:11,300 --> 00:45:17,580 But I learned a lot from him as well. So, anyway, these conferences are not, they're not a vacation. 580 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:23,360 Don't get, don't get the wrong impression, because they started early too. 581 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:27,580 And so anyway, I found that to be beneficial. 582 00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:29,780 And I'm looking forward to the Colorado River, 583 00:45:31,260 --> 00:45:36,740 because with all this news about the water flow 584 00:45:36,740 --> 00:45:40,340 and what's available, I'm really concerned about that. 585 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,400 And so it's my confidence update. 586 00:45:44,060 --> 00:45:51,100 Really proud to that we've moved so far in some areas. 587 00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:55,120 and we still have some things that take care of. 588 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,740 And part of that is, is looking for a GM. 589 00:45:59,740 --> 00:46:02,040 We were unsuccessful this last search, 590 00:46:02,500 --> 00:46:05,440 but I think we've learned a lot from these last two searches. 591 00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:08,780 And that is, is that we need to control our narrative. 592 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:13,460 And as we need to go look for people that we would like to serve. 593 00:46:14,220 --> 00:46:15,820 And so there's nothing wrong with that. 594 00:46:16,100 --> 00:46:20,520 Other places still people, more than institution I was before. 595 00:46:21,020 --> 00:46:26,280 We pay for it. Everybody pay for it. Long be to come and take our person and make them 596 00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:32,180 a superintendent. They take the department with them, vice versa. And we all thought 597 00:46:32,180 --> 00:46:38,240 that was okay because it's all for the system. It's all for water and water districts. 598 00:46:38,980 --> 00:46:43,740 So anyway, that's my report. So now I need to direct your comments on future dentists. 599 00:46:43,860 --> 00:46:50,240 You want to see anything in the future? We do have the code review coming back. Anything 600 00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:57,660 I'd like to say a master calendar and maybe we could look at the code on some things that 601 00:46:57,660 --> 00:47:02,880 should happen in the first of the year when we do re-org and part of that re-org I think 602 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:09,860 is a starting the master calendar where you could always just keep it attached as an information 603 00:47:09,860 --> 00:47:18,060 item that master calendar so we could see what it looks like in a hole that we don't have 604 00:47:18,060 --> 00:47:20,420 be searching through our emails for this and that, 605 00:47:20,580 --> 00:47:22,480 that it's all on one master calendar. 606 00:47:24,020 --> 00:47:24,280 OK, so. 607 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:30,700 Chairman, I do have a request in the past. 608 00:47:30,780 --> 00:47:34,060 Central Basin has had a practice of every year. 609 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:36,820 I'm not sure if it was in December, January, 610 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:41,560 where we reviewed the meetings, the approved meetings, 611 00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:44,880 that we could attend, and conferences. 612 00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:47,840 Yeah, so I'd like to return to that practice. 613 00:47:50,300 --> 00:48:02,880 I think there are a lot of organizations that are not on that list, I think that should be on their like West Basin, and I think it'll be really helpful also for our staff to 614 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:09,920 to be able to look at that list and, you know, either attend the meetings because I think 615 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:15,720 we're, our staff is growing and we have a lot of really great people that, that are 616 00:48:15,720 --> 00:48:21,660 some of them may be new to water, but I think them really kind of developing and cultivating 617 00:48:21,660 --> 00:48:30,220 a relationship with our sister, agencies in the area would be very helpful to them as they do their job 618 00:48:30,220 --> 00:48:37,020 for us, so like I know that the general managers have a meeting in the area, the board 619 00:48:37,020 --> 00:48:43,840 secretaries get together for lunch with, you know, West Basin, W.R.D., Upper San 620 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:44,440 Gabriel, 621 00:48:46,740 --> 00:48:52,060 and, you know, HR folks, and all of that, I think would be really helpful as we continue 622 00:48:52,620 --> 00:48:55,600 to grow and build relationships. 623 00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:56,940 Thank you. 624 00:48:58,100 --> 00:49:01,940 All right, so then if there's other comments, we are adjourned. 625 00:49:04,390 --> 00:49:04,630 Thank you.