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Okay, good afternoon, everyone. Today is Thursday, January 22nd. And I want to welcome everyone to our first board meeting of 2026. So it's too a little bit past 230. So I want to call the meeting to order.

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Katie, can you do a roll call? Member Kuznick. Here. Member Hockett. Here. Member McGill. Here. Member Pulecki. Here. President Weddington. Here. Katie, can you also lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance?

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So at this time I will take any public comments for items that are not on the agenda.

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Do we have any public comments?

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We have none.

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Okay.

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on the agenda introduction of new employees.

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So it looks like we have four new employees.

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If we could introduce all of them at once,

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then I'll come down and present the pins to you all.

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So we can start with Lady Rand.

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Good afternoon, President Wellington and honorary board members.

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My name is Susan Jacobich.

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I'm an administrative services supervisor

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for the plant operations department.

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And I have the pleasure of introducing Lady Rand

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who is the new administrative services assistant

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in the Plant Operations Department.

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She originally joined Central San

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as a temporary administrative assistant in December 2020

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and became permanent on December 1, 2025.

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Before she joined us, she worked for night adventures

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for 11 years, which is a third-party services for casinos.

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She started there as an associate

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and then she got promoted three times.

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the first time as a lead and then after as an operations supervisor for two years

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and lastly as an operations manager for six years. She holds a

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Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UC Davis. She resides in

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Benisha and enjoys singing in a cover band. She also has a black belt in Taekwondo.

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Please join me in welcoming and congratulate Lady in her new role. Thank you.

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Thank you, welcome.

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Good afternoon, President of the board,

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Weddington and members of the board.

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I'm Al Spenevi, as I'm one of the supervisors from CSO.

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I'm here to introduce our newest employer, Gabriel Elias.

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He comes with experience in CCTV and locating

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from champion cleaning.

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And then he also worked for Swisser construction

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and greatest construction.

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and came off the project that we have at Buchanan Airfield.

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So he's familiar with our work.

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We feel he's a great asset to our company

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and he's a proud father of a one-year-old daughter.

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So he gave real life.

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Thank you, congratulations.

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Welcome.

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Congratulations.

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We're headed at Edinson, members of the board.

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I'm David Wied, program, House of Houses,

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was like Hazard Swayce program at Administrator and introduced our newest

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House of Hazard Swayce Technician 2. This is Fernando Del Rio. He started out

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with his ad as a contractor for a few months. He joined his ad as a permanent

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employee on the December 1st. He comes to us from public services where he was a field

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chemist. He worked abroad. He worked at most of which were natural disasters. He was

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after the little, after the Nichtire, he was in Guantford

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two and a half months, he was down in the Palisades,

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and there was one more and there's somewhere,

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I don't think he what it is but he's, he lives in winters

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and he spends his time with his family, he's welcome Fernando.

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And last but not least, President Weddington, members of the board, my name is Kim Saw, I'm a development services supervisor.

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I oversee our permit counter operations.

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And I would like to welcome Perla Hernandez.

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So she may be a familiar face to most of you.

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Perla has actually been working at Central Sian since June of 2022.

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She started as an administrative assistant in purchasing.

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She's worked in operations and in admin multiple work groups.

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Before she found her way to resource recovery and development services at the permit counter,

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she was working as a temp with us for a year.

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And we were very happy to welcome her as a permanent employee on December 15th of last year.

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So please join me in welcoming our newest engineering assistant at the permit counter for her.

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Thank

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you.

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Okay,

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so that moves us to item number two, receive the renewed District Transparency Certificate

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of Excellence from the California Special Districts Leadership Foundation and I believe Katie will.

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Yes, I am pleased to announce that Central San has received another renewal of the SDLF Transparency

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certificate. It used to be in the past that we received this certificate that was good

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for two years in September 2022. The application changed to three years, so this award that

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we received is now good until December of 2028. This is for all of the work Central San

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does with the transparency of reports and everything on our Central San website or agendas.

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viewing meeting minutes, videos, et cetera. It is a long process, and I want to

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thank the SSD staff, especially Stacy, who put together the application for this

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award. And with that, I'm happy to present the certificate of transparency to the board.

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Okay,

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so that moves us to item number three, where we adopt a resolution, commending our outgoing board president might McGill for his service, and before we take a motion, I just want to read a few things from.

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From the resolution, Mike, you did a lot, a lot of things happened in your tenure.

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I won't read everything.

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There's lots on here, but in terms of central Santa accomplishments, we maintained our

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AAA bond rating, which reflects our continued strong financial management practices.

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We achieved $6.3 million of favorable operations and maintenance budget

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variances from the fire fiscal year and a net of 9.2 million of overall

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favorable variances, helping to bolster overall financial reserves including

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increasing the rate stabilization account balance by a contribution to the

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pension pre-funding trust of $1.6 million, and then you also, Central San also received

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the Platinum 27 Performance Award, which is a big deal, so that's very, very commendable.

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We got the District Transparency Certificate of Excellence Renewal from the CSDA Leadership

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Foundation and the Government Finance Officers Association Certificate of

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Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting and also the Government

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Finance Officers Award Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.

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Let's see. There's so many awards on here. We have great staff here and under

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your leadership we were able to make all those things happen so I just want to

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congratulate you on a great year as president and thank you for all that you do for Central

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San. So with that I will, unless I should probably give Roger if you would like to say a few

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words or anybody else on the board would like to say a few words. I just want to say thanks to Mike

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for facilitating the board meetings over the last year. It's always important that the board president

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and presides over these meetings

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and help us to make sure that the train is running on time

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within the structure that is established by the board

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and you have done a fantastic job.

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So I want to say thank you.

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Congratulations on a very successful tenure

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as the board president and for your direction and leadership

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as I came on as the newest member

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and it was really great to sit next to you

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and how well you've run this meeting

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and I also get to see you running a presumed for a little bit longer.

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The laugh comedings, and so how you manage to keep all the commitments that you have on boards,

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separate is really awesome. So congratulations on a successful year.

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Thank you, Jim. I'd also like to say congratulations Mike.

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Not only for your work here, but you have your fingers in many other opportunities throughout

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country across the county and I'm sure that you're knowledge about all those

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other things going on helps you in terms of making decisions in the best

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interest of our district. So I want to thank you for your service elsewhere as

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well. Thank you Barbara.

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I'm just going to say rather than adding any additional

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comments because I'm sure there's lots I'm just going to move adoption of the

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resolution. Oh good a second. So we have a motion from Tad and a second from

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Barbara, with that, Katie, can you take a vote?

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We have no public comments, and the roll call is Member Kuznick?

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Yes.

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Member Hockett?

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Yes.

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Member McGill?

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Do my vote.

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You can abstain if you would like.

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No, I'll abstain.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Motion passes 4-0-1 abstain McGill.

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so that moves us to the consent calendar. Does anyone wish to pull any items from the consent calendar?

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Are there any public comments?

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We have none.

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All right.

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We'll entertain a motion on the consent calendar items 4 through 7.

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I'll move it.

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All second. Right, so moved by Barbara, seconded by Ted. Can we take a vote? Roll call vote. Member

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Cruznick? Yes. Member Hockett? Yes. Member McGill? Yes. Member Pellecki? Yes. President

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Weddington? Yes. Motion passes 5-0. Okay, thank you. So that moves us to a public hearing.

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We'll have a public hearing to consider the relinquishment of a Central San sewer facility

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at 1600 St. Andrews Drive in Maraga and adopt a resolution ordering the relinquishment

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of the sewer facilities constructed and execution of a quick claim, deed and staff record, staff

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to record the documents with the county clerk's office.

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So with that, I will open the public hearing, Katie, are there any comments?

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We have none.

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So we don't have a presentation prepared, but I want to just give kind of a brief background

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on the item before you guys.

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So President Weddington, members of the board, thank you for having me and considering

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this item.

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The item that you have before you is regarding the relinquishment of existing sewer facilities

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within the Maraga Country Club property and so District Code does require that at the board

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hold a public hearing to consider this item and subsequently execute a resolution for the item.

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We previously had conducted, again a lot of the details are in the position paper, but just

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brief overview, we previously had conducted a relinquishment in this property as well in 2021

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one for sewers that are just upstream of the ones being considered this time.

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And this time around, we had a plan review with the Maraud Country Club that identified

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several encroachments over our easement and pipeline facilities.

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Typically, we resolve those via real property agreements.

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In this case, in engaging with the property owner, they requested that the district consider

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doing another relinquishment of these facilities and we truly feel that

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that's a beneficial option for both Central San and the Murad Country Club.

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For them, you know, they get an encumbered access of their lands, they do take

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ownership of these public facilities. For Central San, we eliminate some easement

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sewers. The system itself is more appropriate for a private use since they are

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are the only connection on these sewer pipelines versus the public use, right, that usually

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serves multiple properties, you know, within our collection system.

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So staff truly feels that it's a win-win solution for both parties to address these encroachments.

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And so, again, a lot of the attachments and the position paper kind of support that stands.

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so I'm happy to answer any questions that you guys might have as you conduct the hearing here.

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Do we have any questions from board members?

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And there's no public comment, so with that I will go ahead and close the meeting, close the

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public hearing, excuse me. And then can I have a motion for the items listed? Do I need to read them all

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again. Do I have a motion?

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Move approval.

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Also again.

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Hey, so we have a motion in a second. Can we take a roll call vote?

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Member Kuznick. Yes.

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Member Hockett. Yes. Member McGill. Yes.

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Member Pulecki. Yes.

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President Weddington. Yes.

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Motion passes 5-0. Thank you.

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So that moves us to item 9, other board action items.

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and this is to adopt Central Sans Vision Mission Values and Goals for Fiscal Year's

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2026 through 2028. Thank you, President Weddington, good afternoon on a role

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members of the board. So as you recall, you held a strategic planning workshop on

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December 4th where you gave input into our Vision Mission Values and Goals for Fiscal

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years 2026-28 in advance of our strategic plan for those plan years. Dr. Biennadi and I are here to

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ask for you to review the proposed, oh sorry let me back up for a second so after that workshop,

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Dr. Biennadi worked with you individually to collect your feedback and synthesize the proposed

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VMVG vision mission values and goals that are in your packet today. Dr. Biennadi and I and staff

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here to answer any questions you might have about that and, yeah, sorry, that's it. Do you have

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anything to add? Okay. And Christina, do we have, can we pull up the mission vision values goal

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set at the board has and the public has reference to it? Let me, if that's as zoomed in as I can get

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with it all on the screen. Are there any questions from board members?

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And I just want to say that to add to what Christina just said. We had the board workshop

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we discussed. We had a chance to make some suggestions and we went back and we took all

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of that information. We've worked with Larry to come up with what you see here, but we

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do want to give you an opportunity to kind of reflect on it and see if it has all of

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what you thought you discussed with us, the direction that you gave us, and to the extent

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that it does, then we will certainly like to take action today. If not, we will incorporate

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rate your feedback and make the necessary revisions.

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Yeah, I just general comment I went through everything and I feel very

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comfortable with the edits that were made and just leave it at that.

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Yeah, I've come it. I don't know if you want me to do the little switch thing.

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Yeah, we just you can go ahead and talk. I see you.

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So, the only comment that I would like to make is that in the vision, we did include something

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that I felt like we needed, which is the terminology of the water sector.

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And I just want to make sure that everybody was comfortable with that, because as I looked

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at the previous documents, we never had anything that really identified what business we're

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And so, I just wanted to make sure people were comfortable with that addition to the terminology here.

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go ahead.

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I'm quite pleased with how this process worked and how well this came out.

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I think we did a great job.

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So, I'm prepared to move forward with it.

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Yes, please.

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I just would like to also add, you know, this document is actually a compilation

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of actually some very diverse views as well as some creative ones and ones that kind of peak your imagination

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and some that just kind of nail what we do and so I think it was an incredibly long process

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but a collaborative one and I think it embodies many many different points of views

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reflects where we all come from and that would be different places so it could

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evolve in the future as we evolve but I think that is what's so cool about

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the process is that it's dynamic and it's it feels where we are so I want to

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thank everyone who made the contributions took a deep breath and spoke their

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mind? Any other comments? I would just like to say thank you. I know it's it's not always easy to

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put into words the thoughts of so many people and make everybody happy so I think it was a good

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effort to kind of compile all of the things that Barbara mentioned the you know the different diverse

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views and aspects and contributions and make it into one cohesive document that we could all

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agree upon. So thank you for that. So with that, do I have a motion to approve?

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Canada, did you move it? No, I have not. I'll move it. It's fabulous.

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I'll second the motion. Okay, so we have a motion and a second. Katie, can you take a real call vote?

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There are no public comments and member Kuznick. Yes.

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Yes, remember hockey. Yes, remember McGill. Yes, remember Pellecki. Yes, President

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Wellington. Yes, motion passes five zero.

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Okay. I say something. Yes.

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Yes, this is my fifth iteration of strategic planning with one of the finest

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water sector organizations I've worked with in many, many years, but if I could

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express gratitude to the greatest person who's the wind beneath my wings and I

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would work for her any day. She's been the quarterback for this so gratitude to you. Thank you

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for everything and the time. Now off to phase two.

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All right thank you. So are there any reports

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and announcements.

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There's no other reports so we'll move to general manager

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reports.

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So we item 10.

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So they receive the boost mentorship program

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presentations. That's correct. All right, so me sorry I'm battling a cough here.

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So all right. Oh,

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okay. Excuse me. All right. So it's still me. So I'm here to present

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a recap of our most recent cycle as we call it of one of our staff development programs

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at Central San, our boost mentorship program. And with me today are the three men or two

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out of the three mentees in our recent cycle. And they'll also be presenting on their projects.

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But I'm just going to give you a little bit of introductory information about this mentorship program that we have so I love an acronym

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So we call it our boost mentorship program based on what we like our mentees to get out of the program

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So the program is designed for our mentees to build relationships with each other with their mentors

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To offer their skills in completing a project

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To own their career to think about what their future is going to be to share experiences

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with each other, with their mentors, with their co-workers,

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and to ultimately transform.

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So a little bit about the program structure.

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It is open to all non-managerial employees.

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So any non-managerial employee can be a mentee,

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or even a, or sorry, can be a mentee.

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We have them paired one mentee to one mentor for an 18-month period.

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Over the years, we experimented with different iterations,

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different lengths, different number of mentors,

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and we found that this was really a sweet spot

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with 18 months to give them the time in the space

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to develop and really cultivate a meaningful relationship

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and to give our mentees sufficient time

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to complete or substantially complete a project.

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So that capstone project is unique to our mentorship program.

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We can thank General Manager Bailey for this idea.

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But we ask each mentee to complete a project

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project, and that project will combine the development of their personal relationships

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with their mentor, gives them like a basis of things to talk about with project management

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experience, so it gives them the opportunity to take control of a project and drive it.

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Our mentees complete that project that develops and showcases their skills, and each mentee

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will each mentee presented their completed project in a sort of graduation ceremony to the

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executive team, their first line supervisors, their managers, their program peers of course

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and the board today.

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So and there's also one additional requirement of this program, we ask each mentor to share

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a functional area of their job with the mentee, whether it's job shadowing or coming to a meeting

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with them, just to give the mentee an additional way to immerse themselves or learn something

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about their mentor's job at Central Sam.

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So a look at our timeline, we began way back in April 2024 when we paired our

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mentees and mentors. We did a bid program check-in as we do midway through the

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program. This allows our mentees to give a brief presentation to the program

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peers on how their mentorship is going and their project is going and in

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October we had that aforementioned graduation and today they're here to

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present their projects to you the board. So our benefits of this program to our

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participants, additional ones, so the ones I kind of talked about earlier, we want to give them

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the opportunity for professional and personal development, increase their value or feeling of

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value and confidence in the workplace, give them through the project an opportunity to suggest

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operational improvements, give them exposure to other alternative careers within Central Sam,

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and a greater understanding of our operations as a whole, as well as lasting cross-divisional

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relationships and us being pairing mentees and mentors cross divisionally allows our mentees

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to talk to people and learn about a part of the district that they don't normally get to learn

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about. So it's win-win for Central San we also get benefits as an organization that aids in our

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succession planning. It serves as a component of flagship offering of our organizational development

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program that strengthens our greatest asset, our staff. It encourages collaborative inter-departmental

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inter-divisional relationships.

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It emphasizes the value of coaching and developing our people, and through our projects, these optimizations

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that are mentees discover and present often enhance our ability to deliver our high quality

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customer service. So now it's on to the exciting part. Today we have two out of three of our

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mentees, Jeff and Nicole chick, yeah, Nicole chick, since his apologies he couldn't be here today,

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but it's a good thing. It's not a bad thing. He'll be here in a couple of months when he catches

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his breath and will bring him back to the board so he can present his sewer building function

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evaluation to you. But here today, first off is Brian Walters. He is our maintenance planner,

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or one of our maintenance planners. He was mentored by Greg Norby. Then we have Jeff Nies Wander,

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who is a senior HHW technician. He was mentored by Melody. Let's start off with Brian

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from our graduation ceremony.

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Okay.

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All right, President Weddington,

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and honorable members of the board.

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Did I get that right?

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Beautiful.

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Close.

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So, you know, thanks for being here.

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A little bit about myself,

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as we get started on the foundations

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of an acid handover guidebook, riveting stuff.

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So my name is Brian Walters.

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Some of you I have met over the years.

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I've been here for 14. I started as a summer intern and worked my way through the maintenance

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trades and recently found myself in a maintenance planner position. Weirdly as maintenance tech,

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I have a bachelor's degree from CSU East Bay and I completed that while working here full time,

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which was a good accomplishment. And also because of some people in this room here supporting me

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throughout my career. I was able to last year receive the 2024 mechanical technician of

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the year for CWA for the San Francisco and the state level. So that was a really cool

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award and appreciate everyone who put effort into that application. And I like taking tests.

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So certified reliability leader. I've done different types of ACM technologies. So any sort

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of certification you want to try to, you know, offer me I'll probably go on

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ahead and take. So, I've always liked learning new things and, you know, this

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mentorship had a steep learning curve with what we decided to go with. And, you

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reminded me of one of my favorite quotes from a TV show called Ted Lazo, if anyone's

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ever watched that, taking on a challenge is a lot like riding a horse, isn't it? If

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You're comfortable while you're doing it, you're probably doing it wrong, okay.

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So what are we trying to address here?

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So it's kind of an interesting thing that happened during this whole process.

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I had this dream where Greg came to me and he was more fiest from the Matrix, which is an

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interesting combination, but I sat down there and he presented me with this decision.

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And, you know, it was, it was, do we end the story and stay narrowly focused?

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Do we stay mechanically driven in training or do we see how deep the rabbit hole goes

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and stay in Wonderland?

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Well, of course, I decided to choose red and there was no turning back.

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And so, you know, this, where we tried to go here was part of our asset handover process.

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And again, we started with training, tried to stay narrow, and we decided to differ from

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that.

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So we ended up with our general handover.

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We just wanted limited assets, started with mechanical, it ended up being applicable to

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the process.

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And some of the things we're trying to address is, you know, just access.

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Where is the information?

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And part of our process, right, how do we not miss the details that is important to asset

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handover?

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and so where are we, right? So where did we start?

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Operations maintenance has some of that involvement in our current design bid build process.

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We get a lot of, you know, at the end of the project, everything's up and running, and we call it the Here's the Manual.

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You know, it's 900 pages of goodness. We get to sort through.

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We've had kind of limited and inconsistent training during handover commissioning any of this, any factory training,

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but this is standard. So this is nothing new to the industry. You know, consulting with,

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you know, Greg, other, you know, individuals at other treatment facilities about how their

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asset handover and their capital program works when you get new stuff. It's very similar stuff. So

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this is, you know, really nothing new. And I think we are already making improvements to this process.

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I think we have a really good team here looking to always continuously improve. And so I think we

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We're starting on that right track, but it's still hard to get every step in this process

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optimized.

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So what's the problem?

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So new takes time, and we can have something installed, and it's a pump, but every pump

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is different.

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No matter how close it is to the next one, it always has a little bit of different characteristics.

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So it takes time to learn these things.

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it takes time to understand what part of the process we need to use as a maintenance team

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to best maintain each piece of equipment. So, you know, and where is that information?

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Are we consistent with that information? How do we access it? And when are we responsible as staff

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to take over the equipment and actually, you know, understand when warranty happens?

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You know, when can we do our own custom maintenance or any sort of additions or modifications to it without, you know, harming a contract and, you know, understand the why.

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A lot of the maintenance activities is driven by the why.

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And as an example, we have an ash filter that has a differential pressure and when that differential pressure gets too high, you have to change out ashbacks.

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And we try to figure out why, what's this differential pressure, and it's like inches of water column, so it's like half a PSI, so it's almost nothing, right?

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And we went down the rabbit hole and we couldn't find out the why, so we still don't really have an answer to this, but the result is me changing ash bags.

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So the result is that photo behind you where you have to get in, you have to do maintenance, can find space, respirators.

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but we still don't understand because it's been installed for a long time ago and we just don't have the correct records.

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And that's why set points in understanding the why is so important.

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What's our requirements? What are our proper procedures?

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Because you have OEM procedures, but you also have central sand procedures.

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And we like to hold ourselves above the OEM.

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We want to treat the equipment better than they do, because they like you to buy parts from them.

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So, and we try to do our best to baseline test so that we see, as assets start to

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degrade, we can then treat them a little differently or treat them, you know, with different

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maintenance strategies.

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And some maintenance strategies are run to fail, but some of them are also predictive where

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we want to install or test with other instruments to see where they're at in their life cycle.

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And as a mechanic, I've coined the phrase, we live in inconvenience.

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And so we're good at adapting, we're good at learning, especially on the fly, but why

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not try to remediate some of these issues up front, so where we don't have to learn,

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we don't have to adapt, we don't have to dig in.

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It's right there in front of us or we've taken care of the problem ahead of time.

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So what happened, there's the wall, the learning wall.

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And I had to do a lot of learning in this process, whether it was the capital process, learning

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about specs, you know, how does our handover look currently?

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You know, what can we ask for?

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When can we ask for?

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When do you actually have the ability to say, can you produce

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this document for me?

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I had no idea how to where any of this stuff was at the beginning and whose

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responsible and how we review stuff and the feedback that comes from

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operations and maintenance and comes up to capital and how does all

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and also how does capital receive our wants and needs

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and how do we give our feedback to them

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and where in the process is it the most important

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to do this?

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So what did we have to do?

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I had to learn.

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And I like to say that my mentorship project

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was so important in groundbreaking

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that Greg personally commissioned two products

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to facilitate change.

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That being the asset handover in our MRO Spares Management

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although that's a stretch to say that.

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It was because of this project,

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but you know, it was great timing

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and it helped me understand a lot of these issues.

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And I think without these two projects

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happening concurrently, it would have taken forever

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to get to where I was now through one-on-ones

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because we got to speak in a group

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and really understand how we all intertwined

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and worked together during these workshops

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and different projects.

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And we were able to understand a lot of those questions

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and challenges I had just talked about and focus on some of the smaller parts like the spares

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management and how detailed you have to be to know when you're getting product and how to

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reject product and even know if you're getting it. So that was a great understanding and I've been

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involved in certain project piping reviews and to get the process fully encapsulated and try to

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best bridge of the gap and it was it was a really cool opportunity I think

453
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:19,660
that I probably wouldn't have had if not for this mentorship project. So what

454
00:40:19,660 --> 00:40:20,420
are outcomes?

455
00:40:23,580 --> 00:40:28,320
With discussing all those things I developed sort of a document

456
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:33,160
that's it's currently living and what I wanted to do is sort of point out some

457
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,440
of those things in the process that we thought was really important.

458
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:43,940
So highlighted in green are some of the questions for capital to ask O&M on the right or some

459
00:40:43,940 --> 00:40:46,100
O&M important questions.

460
00:40:46,740 --> 00:40:52,460
And so early on in a design, you want to know, A, if we want to use ACM technology to

461
00:40:52,460 --> 00:40:56,560
track this health, because number one, it's going to guide your future decisions.

462
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,300
And you also need to know your sensors and your IoT.

463
00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:11,440
Because if you don't early on say I want to track the health of this vibration and you try to do it later on, now you're talking about piping, electrical connections, controls, it all becomes involved.

464
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,120
So the earlier on you can make these decisions and determinations the better.

465
00:41:16,380 --> 00:41:20,340
And also from the maintenance side, can you design sample ports into the system?

466
00:41:20,340 --> 00:41:23,940
So at 30 percent you have an idea about what's going in.

467
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:28,880
You kind of know if you'll have the ability to do it and what the equipment could look

468
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:29,100
like.

469
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:33,160
And so that's a great time to ask that question to give that feedback to capital so that

470
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:34,020
it's on their radar.

471
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,300
So that's sort of how it goes down.

472
00:41:37,420 --> 00:41:43,140
And so we just sort of dive through in every step, every stage, and we try to find opportunities

473
00:41:43,140 --> 00:41:43,980
to bridge the gap.

474
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:51,480
And so, again, you know, this thing is big, but again, like in 60 percent, have we given

475
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,740
input into this back for the project?

476
00:41:53,940 --> 00:41:57,640
It's very important at 60 percent because if we miss it in the spec there, we're not

477
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,260
going to get it at 100 and if it's not in the spec, we don't get it.

478
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:06,840
And then also does, you know, does ONM have all the correct auxiliary components and procedures

479
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:07,780
embedded in them?

480
00:42:08,140 --> 00:42:11,920
So do we actually have the things that we need to be successful in maintenance?

481
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:17,720
You know, and where does maintenance want to depart from standard O&M manual procedures?

482
00:42:18,460 --> 00:42:21,360
Where do we want to be better? Where do we not want to follow that?

483
00:42:21,780 --> 00:42:25,760
And that has to be noted down because otherwise we will question our procedures later on

484
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,240
as other maintenance texts are given the same task.

485
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:35,160
So that's the biggest goal. And I think this is going to be a road map

486
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:39,280
so that our delivery teams can have an impact all throughout.

487
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:51,300
And so the deliverable that project is hopefully going to asset hand over a project subtask 2.3 communication plan and asset hand over guidebook.

488
00:42:51,920 --> 00:43:06,400
And I'm hoping that what I developed and put together with everyone will just provide that foundation and a reference to that project team and act as a springboard for development because this thing will evolve.

489
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:19,280
and hopefully it'll become useful and, you know, if nothing else, maybe it'll save a few meetings because I've already tried to put in the work to give that information to, you know, the delivery team that's going to be working on that asset handout project.

490
00:43:21,180 --> 00:43:30,480
And I'd like to say thanks again to my mentor Greg for working with me on this and it was a really enjoyable experience.

491
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:35,400
we got to, you know, not only talk about the project, but just share other things and experiences,

492
00:43:35,860 --> 00:43:40,160
did a couple job walks, went to some meetings. So he got to see a little bit of my side,

493
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:44,180
I got to see a little bit of his side, which is really fun. You know, I want to thank

494
00:43:44,180 --> 00:43:50,020
Teji and Christina for facilitating the program. And, you know, it's a high quality thing that I think

495
00:43:50,020 --> 00:43:55,400
is great to keep going and give opportunities for people to learn what we do in other areas.

496
00:43:57,420 --> 00:44:00,960
for Nancy Molina, Parker Ewing. They helped me out a lot when I came to the

497
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:05,060
Capitol side, and I appreciate their involvement in it. I had some random

498
00:44:05,060 --> 00:44:09,220
questions. They were involved in a lot of these, you know, project meetings that

499
00:44:09,220 --> 00:44:13,280
helped the crossover, and I thought it was super valuable. And also Bernard

500
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:18,040
Martinez and Sean Sullivan, my direct supervisors, to give me the time to be

501
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:23,400
able to facilitate and, you know, develop this project. I think that's all.

502
00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:27,440
appreciate it. Thank you Brian. Yeah thank you.

503
00:44:31,740 --> 00:44:34,560
So Brian a new season of Ted

504
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:40,480
Lasos Cabin. Yeah I'm excited for that one. Yeah me too and I'm yeah and I just

505
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:46,780
hope a lot of other folks learn about Ted and what he does in tune in because

506
00:44:46,780 --> 00:44:54,860
it's cool. Congratulations. Thank you. We have a question. Brian don't go away

507
00:44:54,860 --> 00:44:58,420
too far. It's not it's not a question it's more a

508
00:44:58,420 --> 00:44:59,260
comment because

509
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:09,500
When you look at the life cycle of a project, or anything we do, design, construction is relatively

510
00:45:09,500 --> 00:45:16,600
short, and O&M lives with the consequences for the next 25 years. So what you've done

511
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:22,600
here, I really like because you're integrating the guys that got to live with it for the

512
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:30,440
entire 30, 40, 50 years getting their ideas and thoughts into the system. So, I'm impressed.

513
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:34,920
This was very good. Thank you. No, I appreciate it. And that was a big driver, you know, living with

514
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:40,200
things. That's the way we've always done it. That's how it is. You know, we don't need to modify that.

515
00:45:40,980 --> 00:45:45,160
You know, we've really kicked back on that and tried to make those improvements systematically,

516
00:45:45,620 --> 00:45:50,520
whether it's small. And I feel like we have a culture of don't just fix it and prove it. And we

517
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:53,920
want to continue that and this is sort of part of it just on a bigger scale

518
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:58,780
and hopefully it'll make impacts like that to where we don't have to modify

519
00:45:58,780 --> 00:46:04,320
things later in the future and you know have a bit more ease of maintenance in

520
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:09,720
20 years when you know I'm not around here so okay don't go anywhere one more

521
00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:16,770
coming as you are encapsulating things I was really hoping you were going to

522
00:46:16,770 --> 00:46:20,570
answer the question of why do we have to change the ash bags out when there's a

523
00:46:20,570 --> 00:46:21,710
one inch different.

524
00:46:24,190 --> 00:46:28,890
Well, my assumption is because it has to pull it all the way from

525
00:46:28,890 --> 00:46:32,970
the basement all the way past the mezzanine. So that differential pressure drop wouldn't

526
00:46:32,970 --> 00:46:37,830
allow all the ash to get up, you know, four stories of pipe. But we haven't been able

527
00:46:37,830 --> 00:46:43,310
to find the exact document telling me so. So we're living on assumptions and we're doing

528
00:46:43,310 --> 00:46:47,050
a good job with that system as of right now. So it's been a little while since I've had

529
00:46:47,050 --> 00:46:51,590
do change the aspects out but you know those are the things that hopefully in the future we won't even

530
00:46:51,590 --> 00:46:57,230
have to ask it'll be at the maintenance and operations fingertips easily accessible is the goal.

531
00:46:58,090 --> 00:47:03,170
Great thank you. Yeah no problem. And I think everybody that's working on the furnaces and things

532
00:47:03,170 --> 00:47:08,850
that we've done a great job with that and I like that. Appreciate it. All right thank you very much.

533
00:47:09,150 --> 00:47:15,630
Thank you. No Brian's sorry I know Brian's worked days over probably so he has to head out but I do

534
00:47:15,630 --> 00:47:20,910
want him to be sure to hear this. Thank you so much. I want to thank all the mentees and the mentors and all

535
00:47:20,910 --> 00:47:26,590
of your staff for the time you all spent in you know investing in our mentees and investing in

536
00:47:26,590 --> 00:47:34,250
yourselves since it's a really good program. So thank you Brian. All right with that your next

537
00:47:34,990 --> 00:47:40,990
mentee is Jeff Nicewonder who is mentor was Melody LaBella. Take it away Jeff. Thank you.

538
00:47:40,990 --> 00:47:42,790
Good afternoon, everybody.

539
00:47:43,730 --> 00:47:45,530
President Weddington, members of the board,

540
00:47:46,410 --> 00:47:49,430
manager Bailey, I'm still learning today.

541
00:47:49,610 --> 00:47:50,650
I'm the only person in this room.

542
00:47:50,650 --> 00:47:52,490
I guess it hasn't seen an episode of Ted Lasso.

543
00:47:54,750 --> 00:47:56,010
Oh, okay, okay.

544
00:47:56,250 --> 00:47:56,850
There's two of us.

545
00:47:56,910 --> 00:47:57,990
You can start any time.

546
00:47:57,990 --> 00:47:58,370
I'm not alone.

547
00:47:58,890 --> 00:48:00,570
Okay, okay, perfect.

548
00:48:01,430 --> 00:48:01,970
Group airing.

549
00:48:02,330 --> 00:48:06,070
So let's talk about what I've been up to for the last 18 months.

550
00:48:07,850 --> 00:48:10,390
So, first and foremost, a little bit about myself.

551
00:48:11,330 --> 00:48:14,670
Currently, I'm a senior household hazardous waste technician here at the district.

552
00:48:15,450 --> 00:48:20,250
I joined the district back in 2018 as an HHW Tech 1.

553
00:48:22,050 --> 00:48:28,170
On top of my everyday activities, I also sit as a member on our deferred comp advisory committee.

554
00:48:31,530 --> 00:48:37,290
The big question, I guess everybody's asked so far, is, you know, why the mentorship program and what do you want to do with it?

555
00:48:37,290 --> 00:48:48,270
So I have a hard time turning down a opportunity to learn a new skill set to learn something new to apply myself wherever I possibly can.

556
00:48:49,250 --> 00:48:53,610
Sometimes that leads to me biting off more than I can chew, but so far so good.

557
00:48:55,170 --> 00:49:04,570
In 2014, I graduated from Humboldt State with a bachelor's in environmental science, with a primary focus in climate change and energy topics.

558
00:49:05,410 --> 00:49:10,350
During my time here with the district, I worked on a master's degree from Johns Hopkins

559
00:49:10,350 --> 00:49:17,210
and finished that in 2022 with an emphasis in energy policy and climate change.

560
00:49:20,810 --> 00:49:25,770
So during the mentorship, I got to meet with my mentor Melody.

561
00:49:27,290 --> 00:49:31,650
Several times a month, we got to work out what the program was going to look like, what the

562
00:49:31,650 --> 00:49:34,890
project was going to be, and then where was I deficient?

563
00:49:34,890 --> 00:49:40,190
Okay, for my entire career up until that point had been Hazard's Waste.

564
00:49:40,490 --> 00:49:42,730
I didn't have any sort of background in wastewater.

565
00:49:43,810 --> 00:49:48,150
And so I had to learn the fundamentals of what it is we do here.

566
00:49:48,950 --> 00:49:55,730
So I got to take a couple of CWA classes where I got to learn the fundamentals and sort

567
00:49:55,730 --> 00:49:59,350
of the background and the backbone of this plant and others like it.

568
00:50:00,450 --> 00:50:07,150
I got to tour various parts of the district including the M.A.B.R. pilot program.

569
00:50:07,810 --> 00:50:12,790
I got to sit on a couple of meetings including the Water Reuse Northern California chapter,

570
00:50:13,770 --> 00:50:17,350
a water energy environment task force.

571
00:50:18,270 --> 00:50:28,230
The now no longer operating California Hydrogen Hub project that was going to be the federal operation

572
00:50:28,230 --> 00:50:30,810
where the port of Oakland was going to actually be a hydrogen hub.

573
00:50:32,910 --> 00:50:34,310
Unfortunately, that got defunded

574
00:50:34,310 --> 00:50:41,950
so that's no longer something that's on the horizon. But we'll see. I also was given the opportunity

575
00:50:41,950 --> 00:50:48,030
to sit in and observe the energy management planning consultant interviews where I got to see

576
00:50:48,030 --> 00:50:54,090
who and what the energy management plan is going to be and who's going to take it on for us.

577
00:50:55,250 --> 00:51:00,350
And then to get a little more insight into what the central sand energy budget looks like

578
00:51:00,350 --> 00:51:04,910
here at the plant, I actually got to also review some of the DARS information of the energy

579
00:51:04,910 --> 00:51:12,490
flow through the plant and just to get a general idea of from a year-to-year basis, how much

580
00:51:12,490 --> 00:51:14,150
are we actually using, how much do we need?

581
00:51:14,870 --> 00:51:19,730
So that gave me sort of a framework and an idea of, okay, this is where we can start.

582
00:51:20,210 --> 00:51:22,510
This is the beginning, how can we build from here?

583
00:51:22,510 --> 00:51:23,470
So,

584
00:51:25,940 --> 00:51:32,820
like I said, part one, this was my background from an academic perspective.

585
00:51:34,220 --> 00:51:39,660
The two aspects that you look at when it comes to alternative energy is storage and

586
00:51:39,660 --> 00:51:39,960
generation.

587
00:51:40,540 --> 00:51:45,000
So storage, you need to have a place to keep all of those electrons that you generate.

588
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:49,980
Generation is, okay, how are you going to make those electrons and how are you going to

589
00:51:49,980 --> 00:51:53,220
to send them to a storage device of some sort.

590
00:51:54,000 --> 00:52:01,120
So I dove into a couple of the concepts and practices

591
00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:03,360
that I was familiar with, and then I also expanded

592
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:05,320
and pushed out of my comfort zone

593
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:06,880
into some of the newer technologies.

594
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,480
So grid tied lithium ion batteries.

595
00:52:10,540 --> 00:52:13,980
That's large format lithium ion, which

596
00:52:13,980 --> 00:52:17,260
is the new up and coming, I guess, standard

597
00:52:17,260 --> 00:52:18,640
that's being put into place now,

598
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:24,300
where you actually tie it to something like a wind farm, a solar farm, something

599
00:52:24,300 --> 00:52:28,480
along those lines, and you keep it in close proximity. So you effectively have

600
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:34,340
made your own power plant. So you charge up the batteries during the day, and then

601
00:52:34,340 --> 00:52:40,220
at any point you have a bank that you can call upon and bring it down for you

602
00:52:40,220 --> 00:52:42,580
to make merit to actually do work.

603
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,520
Second option that I pursued was hydrogen fuel cells.

604
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:55,100
This was an interesting concept that I didn't realize was actually something in the works

605
00:52:55,100 --> 00:53:00,000
at wastewater plants, but I guess it's, at a minimum, been conceptualized.

606
00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:06,060
The idea of being, you purify the effluent to the point where you can electrolyze it,

607
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:11,480
split your own hydrogen and oxygen, and then you can use that to fuel your own hydrogen

608
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:18,240
and fuel cells. It's incredibly energy intensive, which is why it's not put into practice in a

609
00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:25,260
wide scale. You have to need the power of that badly to actually go through that process.

610
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:26,880
But it's still an option.

611
00:53:29,020 --> 00:53:33,360
A newer technology that I hadn't heard of that I learned a little bit

612
00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:38,740
about with thermal batteries. Pretty simple concept after you dive through it. You're essentially

613
00:53:38,740 --> 00:53:45,480
using your excess power or your excess heat, and you're sending it to a hyper-insulated

614
00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:52,060
capsule or structure depending on how you want to design it, and you're storing that

615
00:53:52,060 --> 00:53:57,220
heat for prolonged periods of time, sometimes maybe just a day, sometimes multiple days, but

616
00:53:57,220 --> 00:54:03,960
then you're calling upon that heat to either generate steam for use down the road or you're

617
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:07,940
you're using that steam to drive an electric turbine and create your own power.

618
00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:11,240
So waste and excess heat is what you have.

619
00:54:11,620 --> 00:54:12,720
You can use something like this.

620
00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:21,920
Another one that California is relatively, it has been at least a relatively friendly hydroelectric

621
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:22,480
state.

622
00:54:22,820 --> 00:54:26,760
We have many rivers, streams, and dams and reservoirs to call upon.

623
00:54:27,180 --> 00:54:31,400
Pump hydroelectric is a concept where you take your excess power.

624
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:37,280
you drive your water uphill and you store it in a large reservoir to call

625
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:42,300
upon when you actually need it. So you effectively generate your own hydroelectric

626
00:54:42,300 --> 00:54:47,240
dam and you can call upon it that way. Benefit of that is you have the potential

627
00:54:47,240 --> 00:54:53,740
of also creating a natural reservoir where you can actually incorporate things like

628
00:54:53,740 --> 00:54:59,460
wildlife sections and stuff like that. The main problem for us out here is it

629
00:54:59,460 --> 00:55:05,500
requires a lot of real estate and requires a lot of elevation drop. Two things that aren't

630
00:55:05,500 --> 00:55:14,680
really available in our current area. From a generation standpoint, solar was the

631
00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:21,080
standard. California is one of the sunnier states in the Union and everybody has rooftop

632
00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:28,260
solar. Everybody has seen ground-mounted solar, just like the one that we have at our facility.

633
00:55:30,140 --> 00:55:37,320
Wind, if anybody has taken a tour of Highway 680 or gone over the Altamont Pass, there's

634
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:38,200
wind farms abound.

635
00:55:40,780 --> 00:55:47,540
Another concept that we looked into was an improved thermal capture on the incinerators or

636
00:55:47,540 --> 00:55:54,600
cogent, where you try to take as much of the heat off of the exhaust as you can without

637
00:55:54,600 --> 00:56:03,160
affecting the work being done by either of those because you don't want to have a negative impact just by generating power to feed the purpose altogether.

638
00:56:04,820 --> 00:56:12,100
But if you can capture more of that heat, either store it or use it to actually generate more power, then it's an added benefit.

639
00:56:12,100 --> 00:56:17,380
But another concept floated was nuclear.

640
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:25,780
Small modular reactors are making a come-up and the TNCFR is now being updated to actually

641
00:56:25,780 --> 00:56:30,300
accept the next generation of nuclear power plants in the U.S.

642
00:56:32,620 --> 00:56:38,000
Unfortunately, California has a ban on new nuclear power plants, so at this time it would

643
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:44,680
be a significant legislative hurdle to overcome, but stay tuned see if there's any movement

644
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:55,160
on that as price of natural gas goes up as changes in the country's energy budget fluctuates.

645
00:56:57,720 --> 00:57:05,420
So from that point, like I said, I expand all over the place and I dive into various other

646
00:57:05,420 --> 00:57:13,320
other topics. So part two of my mentorship project was related to one of the other hats

647
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:20,200
that I wear here at the district or have worn at the district. For multiple years, I was

648
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:29,160
the point person for the local one new hires. And so I would, you know, when they're hired

649
00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:33,980
on the first couple of weeks, sit down with them and answer any questions that they might

650
00:57:33,980 --> 00:57:40,040
have. I'm sure we all remember our first couple of days on the job. You're just trying to remember

651
00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:46,460
everybody's name. You're trying to remember where you're supposed to go at what time. And it's

652
00:57:46,460 --> 00:57:52,300
chaotic. You're not thinking about, oh, should I be, should I start saving for retirement now? Should I

653
00:57:52,300 --> 00:57:58,860
start looking into what benefits are available for us? And so a lot of the questions that I was getting

654
00:57:58,860 --> 00:58:04,380
we're in relation to that and so I started building out you know another one

655
00:58:04,380 --> 00:58:09,020
more cheat sheet, one more bullet point, one more, okay if this is a question this

656
00:58:09,020 --> 00:58:12,860
is how we answer it and so those topics just like rest-procity.

657
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:19,240
Cicero form 104 in the event that you died during service like how best to

658
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:23,060
benefit your family and those that you're leaving behind if that should ever

659
00:58:23,060 --> 00:58:27,400
happen. What is the difference between legacy and

660
00:58:27,400 --> 00:58:29,680
PEPRA calculations for retirement.

661
00:58:30,460 --> 00:58:34,800
And so we do have some, I've had one or two legacy members

662
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,840
get onboarded and I have to have the talk of like,

663
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:39,900
okay, when were you hired at your last public agency?

664
00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:41,380
Okay, perfect.

665
00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:44,280
This is what you should be looking for.

666
00:58:45,060 --> 00:58:47,760
And then some of the new hires who are at their first job

667
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:48,620
just getting started here.

668
00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:50,720
Well, this is your PEPRA calculation.

669
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:51,640
It's a little bit different.

670
00:58:53,560 --> 00:58:57,080
During COVID, some of the folks that we onboarded

671
00:58:57,080 --> 00:59:00,820
had temporary time that they weren't sure if they were allowed to buy back or not.

672
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:02,980
And so I had to look in and learn that process.

673
00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:09,400
Are you bringing over Social Security credits from a private sector job or from a different agency?

674
00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:17,700
Okay. Are you going to have to work after you retire here to get your total Social Security retirement as well?

675
00:59:19,100 --> 00:59:36,560
And then sometimes dive into the three-bucket concept of, okay, well, our pension is going to be taxed and you have options for tax-deferred pre-tax contributions to your 457, and then you also have Roth contributions where the earnings are going to be free.

676
00:59:37,360 --> 00:59:39,680
You're not going to be taxed on those when you go to withdraw and retirement.

677
00:59:42,580 --> 00:59:53,800
And it seems to have helped so far, but there's some miles to go before we all sleep, I guess, is the figure statement there.

678
00:59:54,860 --> 00:59:59,900
One thing on the horizon is there may be...

679
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:12,840
Some new help for the new hires in the form of a little more information for 1A contributions. And what there should be prepared for when they come and show up on their first day. So stay tuned on that.

680
01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:29,060
With that, I'll conclude by thanking my mentor melody. You pushed me out of my comfort zone when I didn't want to go sometimes. I appreciate that. It's good for me.

681
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:42,960
I've never worked for an agency or for a company that had something like this and it was awe-inspiring.

682
01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:51,380
It was eye-opening. I'm truly grateful for the option and having the opportunity to see what everything that we do here.

683
01:00:52,760 --> 01:01:08,060
to my division manager, Laurie, and my supervisor, Dave, thank you for just giving me the time and, again, the opportunity to undergo 18 months on top of my regular 40-hour work week.

684
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:14,840
So that's much appreciated. And to the board and leadership team for keeping a program like this going.

685
01:01:16,820 --> 01:01:20,120
Yeah. I'll sign up again if you let me.

686
01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:25,740
So that's about it for me. Any questions?

687
01:01:26,020 --> 01:01:29,080
Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board?

688
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:36,580
I have a general comment. It's not related to the work you did even though I think that was outstanding.

689
01:01:37,660 --> 01:01:40,720
And you did thank us for keeping this program going.

690
01:01:41,900 --> 01:01:46,280
Given the two presentations we saw today, how can we not keep this going?

691
01:01:48,540 --> 01:01:49,100
Yeah.

692
01:01:50,620 --> 01:02:02,500
I'd like to also comment, and I'm sorry that Brian didn't get a chance to hear what I was going to say, which is listening to both presentations, and especially on the heels of our mission vision statement.

693
01:02:02,500 --> 01:02:10,140
And I am just so proud of the work that all of you are doing, the fact that we talk

694
01:02:10,140 --> 01:02:18,320
about supporting and encouraging creativity and ingenuity and creating those opportunities

695
01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:24,320
where everybody gets to be their best and bringing that out and to hear these presentations

696
01:02:24,320 --> 01:02:31,800
where this is concrete example of those practices being put into place and how it benefits

697
01:02:31,800 --> 01:02:39,640
this organization and it just I am so incredibly proud and you know new to the game here still but

698
01:02:39,640 --> 01:02:47,040
I just want to say that this is really phenomenal and kudos to the getting this in place

699
01:02:48,540 --> 01:02:54,100
blonde before I got here and I am looking forward to seeing many more of these so well done to all

700
01:02:54,100 --> 01:03:01,160
of you yeah good job and according to Ted Lasso you're doing it right if you

701
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:07,220
are uncomfortable all right I know what I got to do when I go home now thank

702
01:03:07,780 --> 01:03:13,320
you all have a great night I just wanted to go ahead and quickly say a few

703
01:03:13,320 --> 01:03:21,500
things one we really at Central San we have a very talented workforce and one of

704
01:03:21,500 --> 01:03:26,820
the beautiful things about this mentorship program and we went through a lot of discussion

705
01:03:26,820 --> 01:03:33,020
internally about putting it together and we were able to couple two sets of things.

706
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:35,700
One of them is leadership development.

707
01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:46,220
But the other one was to bring some practical projects to the discussion so that each mentee

708
01:03:46,220 --> 01:03:49,120
could work in something that has mutual benefits.

709
01:03:50,040 --> 01:03:53,740
And as you've seen and we have done this quite a few times,

710
01:03:54,340 --> 01:03:56,980
we have a lot of talent and what they have done

711
01:03:56,980 --> 01:04:00,180
and what they have worked on has benefit to them.

712
01:04:00,320 --> 01:04:02,000
It gives them the pride of ownership.

713
01:04:02,540 --> 01:04:05,840
It really shows us the talent that they have.

714
01:04:06,260 --> 01:04:09,520
But beyond that, it also allows us to get some things

715
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:11,280
that we needed to put in place done.

716
01:04:11,540 --> 01:04:13,980
So just want to say thank you to the mentees.

717
01:04:13,980 --> 01:04:20,180
I want to say thank you to the men's tours and I want to say thank you to the board for allowing us to continue to do this.

718
01:04:22,260 --> 01:04:25,460
Great job. Great program. Thank you to all of you.

719
01:04:36,680 --> 01:04:38,740
That brings us to

720
01:04:41,620 --> 01:04:51,460
item 11. Receive the quarterly informational list of pending board items and standing committee parking lot items.

721
01:04:51,460 --> 01:04:57,960
This is just the quarterly list for your viewing and if you have any questions or additions

722
01:04:57,960 --> 01:05:00,500
or whatnot, just let me know.

723
01:05:03,040 --> 01:05:10,080
Do any of you have any comments on that at this point or should we move on to item 12?

724
01:05:10,880 --> 01:05:13,220
All right, so announcements.

725
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:16,300
I have nothing beyond what's in your packet.

726
01:05:16,300 --> 01:05:21,980
Okay, then that brings us to financial reports.

727
01:05:22,140 --> 01:05:30,140
Item 13, receive expenditures incurred November 1st through November 1st, 2025, through November

728
01:05:30,140 --> 01:05:32,040
26, 2025.

729
01:05:32,740 --> 01:05:35,040
Any comments from board members?

730
01:05:36,320 --> 01:05:41,780
All right, so we will receive the report, Council.

731
01:05:42,620 --> 01:05:43,800
Nothing to report today.

732
01:05:44,580 --> 01:05:46,740
Secretary of the District, Katie.

733
01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:49,660
I just want to let you know that we have a couple of meetings.

734
01:05:50,200 --> 01:05:51,360
Committee meetings coming up.

735
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:55,220
We have REAP on Wednesday, January 28th at 9 a.m.

736
01:05:55,800 --> 01:05:58,840
Followed by Admin on February 3rd at 9 a.m.

737
01:05:59,100 --> 01:06:02,840
You know, on February 4th at 9 a.m.

738
01:06:03,260 --> 01:06:06,860
And then our regularly scheduled board meeting for February 5th at 230.

739
01:06:08,080 --> 01:06:09,100
Thank you, Katie.

740
01:06:09,100 --> 01:06:17,800
committee. So committee minutes for the REAP committee meeting on December 11th, Chair

741
01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:23,880
Hockett or Member Pillicki. Do you have any comments or any other board members have questions?

742
01:06:24,140 --> 01:06:31,100
I have a comment. I'm going to miss it. I'm December 11th. I'm going to miss REAP. Oh,

743
01:06:31,380 --> 01:06:38,600
terribly. Yes. So I just thought you should know that. Yeah. You may find me on the Zoom

744
01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:45,160
more the teams. Be careful, my brother. Don't tell the browl, don't tell the browl.

745
01:06:46,660 --> 01:06:54,000
I have to have an eulius. All right, for the December 16th Finance Committee, Chair

746
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:56,120
Falecki and member McGill, any comments?

747
01:06:59,240 --> 01:07:07,580
Any questions from other board members? All right, so we will receive those minutes and

748
01:07:07,580 --> 01:07:12,020
and then we will go to Board Member Reports and Announcements.

749
01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:18,180
I attended the Lafko meeting.

750
01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:28,860
There were a couple of items that were interest for us, including the annexation of a single

751
01:07:28,860 --> 01:07:32,980
family home to the Mountain View Sanitary District.

752
01:07:32,980 --> 01:07:39,080
And I thought it was interesting because the sentiment was that as far as Lafko goes,

753
01:07:39,140 --> 01:07:44,720
they're trying to increase the number of sewer hookups to replace a longstanding septic tanks

754
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:51,440
that included the gun club out in Point Richmond.

755
01:07:52,180 --> 01:07:59,360
And then there's single-family homes going in close by that are also being annexed to the Mountain View sanitary district.

756
01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:10,540
So, and then LAFCO is also offering seminars, I believe, on the changes to the Brown Act that are available.

757
01:08:11,240 --> 01:08:12,640
So, there we go.

758
01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:21,940
And, see, Central Contra Costa also had two applications in the LAFCO meeting, or one parcel and two parcels.

759
01:08:22,660 --> 01:08:24,920
Those were my notes. Don't ask me where they are.

760
01:08:26,620 --> 01:08:27,900
Thank you.

761
01:08:28,280 --> 01:08:32,960
Member Hockett, do you have any reports or announcements for

762
01:08:35,770 --> 01:08:36,210
McGill?

763
01:08:36,450 --> 01:08:39,770
I have a variety of things to announce.

764
01:08:40,450 --> 01:08:44,150
I did attend the Mayor's Conference in Pittsburgh in January 8th,

765
01:08:44,150 --> 01:08:46,130
and that was a district expense.

766
01:08:47,350 --> 01:08:51,350
I attended the Ranges Mayor's liaison meeting that had no expense.

767
01:08:51,350 --> 01:09:01,330
I attended a supervisor, Chanel's Scales Caps Frab Feed on Saturday the 17th, I bore that expense alone.

768
01:09:02,590 --> 01:09:06,930
I attended the Coco Attack Executive Committee meeting yesterday.

769
01:09:08,070 --> 01:09:11,490
I attended the Rinda Chamber Board meeting yesterday.

770
01:09:12,650 --> 01:09:15,710
And today I chair at a Workforce Development Board Youth Committee.

771
01:09:16,530 --> 01:09:24,550
Well, coming up, there is a coco-tax meeting on January 23rd, it's a full meeting.

772
01:09:25,570 --> 01:09:30,870
There's a CCSDA meeting where I'm the liaison, so there will be a stipend related to that.

773
01:09:31,670 --> 01:09:36,530
I will be attending the NACWA conference February 2 to February 6.

774
01:09:37,610 --> 01:09:43,310
So I will be participating at our board meeting February 5th using the Just Cause.

775
01:09:44,350 --> 01:09:45,070
Okay.

776
01:09:45,070 --> 01:09:54,010
I'm not going to try to use just cause for the admin committee meeting because I'm just not sure about the timing on the first day of the conference and that would be the new hour.

777
01:09:54,470 --> 01:09:57,390
So we're going to either. Well, we'll have to get nominated.

778
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:02,620
All right. Thank you.

779
01:10:03,420 --> 01:10:04,520
Pat, do you have any?

780
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:10,580
Yes. Several of us attended Dr. Fitz presentation on sanitation.

781
01:10:11,820 --> 01:10:13,880
Very good. I think Barbara was there.

782
01:10:13,880 --> 01:10:22,390
Yeah. Yeah. I think we don't. I was online. That was right, Mike. That was a lot of fun.

783
01:10:23,230 --> 01:10:29,590
I enjoyed it. I don't have anything to ask for that. So that will me move us to

784
01:10:30,690 --> 01:10:35,090
remember requests for stipends, reimbursements, or conference attendance.

785
01:10:38,170 --> 01:10:44,290
Jean, anything? No, Katie knows I want to let go. So we're good. Okay.

786
01:10:44,290 --> 01:10:52,290
Barbara anything for that? Mike or Ted? So I think this is where we could talk

787
01:10:52,290 --> 01:10:59,490
about the untapped fellowship. I was made aware of this program I think Katie

788
01:10:59,490 --> 01:11:06,110
sent and information about it to all of you so you could take a look at it to

789
01:11:06,110 --> 01:11:12,690
see if there's any interest in adding that program to our list of approved

790
01:11:15,610 --> 01:11:21,610
conferences so I don't know if you had chance to look at it or if you had any

791
01:11:21,610 --> 01:11:31,720
questions I think we have enough but I didn't delve into it. I'm sorry I don't

792
01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:39,400
have a water. It's on on water I think their focus for the untapped fellowship

793
01:11:39,400 --> 01:11:48,600
program is to make elected officials aware of water issues and how it impacts people.

794
01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:55,640
They mention it's for Latino leaders but they're more interested in people who have

795
01:11:55,640 --> 01:12:06,260
Latino folks within their constituency and they just want to make people aware of different

796
01:12:06,260 --> 01:12:10,520
issues that can impact folks throughout the state, really.

797
01:12:15,440 --> 01:12:19,420
A couple of comments and a little bit of knowledge, as you know, can be dangerous.

798
01:12:19,700 --> 01:12:23,760
But Lonnie is, if it's the program, I think it is. I've heard very good things about it.

799
01:12:25,020 --> 01:12:29,380
And I believe Anna Marie Ferris, who is now our assembly member,

800
01:12:30,360 --> 01:12:33,740
he went through when she just said it was an outstanding program.

801
01:12:39,190 --> 01:12:46,610
I mean, maybe one of the things that we can do is since it's not agenda as for discussion

802
01:12:46,610 --> 01:12:53,110
today is put it on the admin committee to see if this is something that the board would

803
01:12:53,110 --> 01:13:02,430
like to add to the list of conferences on training and other things that you do on a annual

804
01:13:02,430 --> 01:13:08,510
basis and if to the extent you have that discussion at the admin committee will then bring it to

805
01:13:08,510 --> 01:13:14,370
the board and then you can make a decision. You can have a more in-depth discussion. We are not

806
01:13:14,370 --> 01:13:20,750
concrete agendas for that discussion today. Notice how Roger very tactfully kept me out of trouble.

807
01:13:22,510 --> 01:13:33,260
All right. We have a general consensus to bring it to Admin. Yes. Thank you. Thank you Katie.

808
01:13:33,840 --> 01:13:35,800
I'm sorry,

809
01:13:38,320 --> 01:13:42,920
I lost my spot on here. Emergency situations. Do we have any emergency?

810
01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:43,340
It is done.

811
01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:46,880
Request for future agenda items.

812
01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:56,900
Okay, so that brings us to our annual meeting of facilities, finance,

813
01:13:56,900 --> 01:14:05,840
see authority. So I will adjourn this board meeting to that FFA meeting which

814
01:14:05,840 --> 01:14:07,840
Tad will do

815
01:14:10,210 --> 01:14:11,610
that right. I got to give him the camera.

816
01:14:14,570 --> 01:14:18,510
I'll start off by asking you guys want to take a quick five minute break or just go

817
01:14:18,510 --> 01:14:22,330
report. I think we're fine, but it's okay.

818
01:14:28,290 --> 01:14:32,390
I'm going to knock on the door. Are you all set, Barbara?

819
01:14:32,890 --> 01:14:40,830
I have the whole time. Barbara, are you all set? Do I look all set? I'm just here in the seat.

820
01:14:41,290 --> 01:14:48,570
She needed a 30 second. Oh, it could be able to. I'm all set. I think we're all ready.

821
01:14:48,570 --> 01:14:52,190
Hold on one second. We're checking the ID.

822
01:14:55,130 --> 01:14:56,130
Being recorded.

823
01:14:57,370 --> 01:14:58,310
How is that?

824
01:14:58,670 --> 01:14:59,670
That's a big deal.

825
01:15:08,830 --> 01:15:33,370
Okay, I'm going to call to order the annual meeting of the Central Counter-Costa Financing Authority. My name is Tad Pilecki. I'm the outgoing chair of the Finance Authority, and I will be facilitating today's meeting. Katie, roll call, please. Member Kuznick? Here. Member Hockett? Here. Member Vigil?

826
01:15:33,370 --> 01:15:34,070
Here.

827
01:15:34,430 --> 01:15:34,990
Member Weddington?

828
01:15:35,230 --> 01:15:35,930
Yes, here.

829
01:15:35,950 --> 01:15:38,470
President, our chair, Pellecki.

830
01:15:39,150 --> 01:15:42,490
Let's go on to item number three, Katie, do we have any public comments?

831
01:15:42,770 --> 01:15:43,890
We have no public comments.

832
01:15:44,310 --> 01:15:49,830
Okay, so item number four, appointment of officers in accordance with article three section two

833
01:15:49,830 --> 01:15:52,390
of the by-laws, the following is proposed.

834
01:15:52,970 --> 01:15:58,930
A point, Mike McGill as a chair of the authority, number two, a point, Barbara Hockett as the

835
01:15:58,930 --> 01:16:04,350
The vice chair of the authority, a point, the general manager is the executive director

836
01:16:04,350 --> 01:16:10,810
of the authority, a point finance manager is the treasurer of the authority, and appoint

837
01:16:10,810 --> 01:16:15,790
the secretary of the district as the secretary of the authority.

838
01:16:16,610 --> 01:16:18,310
Katie, do we have any public comments on this?

839
01:16:18,490 --> 01:16:18,950
We have none.

840
01:16:19,570 --> 01:16:22,890
Do we have any board discussion on this or questions?

841
01:16:23,430 --> 01:16:26,070
I'm a little bit, okay, that was going to be my next question.

842
01:16:26,330 --> 01:16:26,810
I'll second.

843
01:16:26,810 --> 01:16:33,730
So we have a motion from Member McGill, a second from Member Weddington, Katie Roehl-Colville-Pillys.

844
01:16:34,030 --> 01:16:40,270
Member Kuznick, a member Hockett, a member McGill, a member Weddington, a chair-palecky.

845
01:16:40,830 --> 01:16:42,050
Motion passes 5-0.

846
01:16:42,630 --> 01:16:45,870
Okay, we go on to item number 5, approval of minutes.

847
01:16:46,570 --> 01:16:53,510
The meeting notes from the January 9th, 2025 meeting are enclosed in our packets.

848
01:16:54,630 --> 01:16:57,610
Do we have any comments or questions on that?

849
01:16:58,610 --> 01:17:00,070
Katie, do we have any public comments?

850
01:17:00,250 --> 01:17:00,690
Do you have none?

851
01:17:01,250 --> 01:17:03,050
At this point, I would entertain a motion.

852
01:17:04,350 --> 01:17:05,130
I'll move it.

853
01:17:06,670 --> 01:17:07,830
I can second the motion.

854
01:17:08,610 --> 01:17:12,310
Okay, so we have a motion from Member Weddington,

855
01:17:12,450 --> 01:17:14,390
a second from Member Kuznick.

856
01:17:15,050 --> 01:17:16,150
Katie, we'll call vote please.

857
01:17:16,570 --> 01:17:17,210
Member Kuznick?

858
01:17:17,330 --> 01:17:17,490
Yes.

859
01:17:17,650 --> 01:17:18,170
Member Hockett?

860
01:17:18,410 --> 01:17:18,550
Yes.

861
01:17:18,790 --> 01:17:19,350
Member McGill?

862
01:17:19,490 --> 01:17:19,710
Yes.

863
01:17:19,710 --> 01:17:20,530
Yes, Member Weddington.

864
01:17:20,810 --> 01:17:20,950
Yes.

865
01:17:21,150 --> 01:17:21,710
Chair Pellecki.

866
01:17:21,890 --> 01:17:22,010
Yes.

867
01:17:22,230 --> 01:17:23,410
Motion passes 5-0.

868
01:17:24,010 --> 01:17:24,910
Item number 6.

869
01:17:25,050 --> 01:17:25,970
Budget and Finance.

870
01:17:26,530 --> 01:17:32,150
We have attached in our packet the Treasurer's Report for calendar year 2025.

871
01:17:33,430 --> 01:17:38,370
I believe there's no report out, but do we have any questions or comments on that report?

872
01:17:39,410 --> 01:17:40,650
Any public comments?

873
01:17:40,950 --> 01:17:41,410
We have none.

874
01:17:41,710 --> 01:17:43,670
Then we will consider the report receipt.

875
01:17:44,950 --> 01:17:45,670
Item number 7.

876
01:17:45,870 --> 01:17:48,090
Any other business relating to matters above?

877
01:17:48,090 --> 01:17:55,150
Well, do we have any? None? Which will them bring us to item number eight, adjournment.

878
01:17:56,070 --> 01:17:57,050
All right.

879
01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:00,980
We'll go back to.

880
01:18:01,100 --> 01:18:02,360
Thank you, Tab. Thank you.

881
01:18:06,260 --> 01:18:11,400
So we'll resume our regular special board meeting.

882
01:18:11,760 --> 01:18:15,100
And at this time, I'll ask Joan to announce the closed session.

883
01:18:15,100 --> 01:18:22,780
Thank you. The board will be moving into closed session to discuss item 17 conference

884
01:18:22,780 --> 01:18:29,300
with labor negotiators pursuant to government code section 54957.6. District negotiators

885
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are Roger Bailey, General Manager, Phil Lieber, Deputy General Manager, Greg Norby, Deputy

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General Manager, and TGOM Alley, Human Resources and Organizational Development Manager.

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Employee

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Management Support Confidential Group, MSCG, and Management Group.

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Thank you.

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01:18:51,100 --> 01:18:51,980
Thank you, Joan.

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With that, we will move to closer.