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Trecky Meadows Water, oh, it's good, it's on it. The Trecky Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors meeting for Tuesday, December 7th, which is Pearl Harbor Day, and my dad. Do you have any veterans in the audience? Is there anyone in Syvetron? Anyone? No, not a vet here? It's going to ask you to lead us in the pledge. Okay, yes, absolutely. Carl, you're a vet?

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Are you a vet, sir? Okay, all right.

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Okay, would you give us a roll call first, Ms. Falson, and then we'll get to the, we're going to get, we're coming back to you, sir.

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Here?

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Here.

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Here.

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Thank you, Madam Clerk.

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Carl, I don't know your last name, sir.

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Cut.

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Mr. Cut, would you, sir, because of Pearl Harbor Day, would you lead us in the pledge?

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So I

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want to thank you for leading us and I want to thank you for your service.

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Okay, that takes us to item number three public comment.

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Madam Clerk, I don't have any cards in front of me.

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Do we have anyone signed in public comment?

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Is there anyone wishing to speak at this time?

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Seeing none, I will close public comment.

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Item number four, possible board comments or acknowledgements?

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Anyone?

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Okay.

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Seeing none, that will take us to item number five.

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Approval of the agenda.

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What I'd like to do board is I'd like to open items 10a and 10b together.

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And then items 12 and 13 together.

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If the board is amenable to that, I will.

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Mr. Chair.

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Mr. Chair.

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Mr. Floor, George.

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Mr. Chair.

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And I'll know if you can hear me.

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I can hear you.

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Sonia.

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Raise your hand if you can hear me.

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Here.

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I'll, I'll text her and let her know.

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You guys were muted.

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So we, the rest of us on here couldn't hear.

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So I just I don't know if you started the meeting or called the role but we we just have can hear you. Okay. Yes, we did call the role and the meeting has started and we are now an item number five, which is public, which is approval of the agenda under item four possible board comments. Do you have any comments, Mr.

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store. No, I just wanted to let you know I've been here since before the meeting started.

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Thank you. Okay. Approval of the agenda. Again, I'll say I would like to put items 10A and 10B

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together and items 12 and 13 together. And if that's amenable to the board, I will entertain a motion.

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Public. Second. I have a motion by Jardin. Second by Dare. Is there any other discussion?

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Madam Clerk, do we have any public comments on this item?

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Okay, I'll close public comment, bring it back to the board.

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All those in favor please signify by saying aye.

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Any opposed?

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Motion carries unanimously.

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That takes us to item number six, approval of the minutes for October 20th, 2021.

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Are there any mandations to those minutes?

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Seeing none, I will entertain a motion.

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Moved to approve the meeting minutes from October 20th, 2021.

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Motion by Anderson.

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Do I have a second?

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Second. Second by Jardin. Is there any other discussion? Is there any public comments on this item madam clerk?

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We'll close public comment bring it back to the board. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Aye any opposed?

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Motion carries unanimously

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That takes us to item number seven discussion and action on the adoption of the resolution number 298 a resolution to approve the

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Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. Mr. Bowman, welcome.

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Thank you. Good afternoon, members of the board.

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I'm going to try my best to refer to this document no longer as a CAFER, but as an act for.

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We filed them on November 30th following the issuance of an unqualified audit opinion

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from I'd Bailey. Happy to report there were no comments or internal control matters noted

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from their audit.

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Everything went smoothly.

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I definitely want to thank Sophie Cardinal,

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who's right there, our principal accountant,

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for preparing pretty much all the audit schedules

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and coordinating the bulk of the audit,

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went off without a hitch this year.

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Sophie also drafted several of the footnotes

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within the financial statements this year.

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I also want to thank Sonya Folsom over there

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of the act for which which I would recommend taking a look through because that those are some pretty interesting schedules it gives a lot of historical perspective to typically there they're shown with 10 years of history behind them and just some useful information for reference the staff report contains some financial information from the year I'm not going to go through that that's all pulled out of the act for itself and I've already talked about that too with our fourth quarter update that I gave you guys happy to answer any questions

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questions you might have, but a couple of things I do want to point out within the Act

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for this year. First is we implemented a new accounting standard, GASB 84, requires

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that Toma's two OPEB funds are recognized as component units of Toma. And so at SON

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page 34 and 35 of the Act for it's essentially a balance sheet and an income statement for

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the two OPEB trust funds.

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That's new this year.

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We've always prepared those financial statements

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and they've always been audited by IG Bailey,

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but now they just have to be included in the Act

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for thanks to GASB 84.

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They never ask you to do less.

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They always require more disclosure and more work.

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So that is what it is.

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have a December 31st year end,

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so that's because they're they're on a different fiscal year and again those are audited.

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The last thing I want to point out in the staff report it's actually on page 4 of the agenda item

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looks like this here so for the first time this year tumwa is going to do a paffer and ever since

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I started at tumwa michelle's been telling me she she's wanted to do a paffer and what that is is a

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a popular annual financial report.

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So this year with the help of our communications team

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and Robert Sharpentier, we're putting this together.

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it boils down that financial information,

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makes it digestible, and ours is gonna be about 15 pages,

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lots of graphics.

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It boils down into a report that can be useful for the public

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like somebody who doesn't want to read through the Act for,

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which is prepared under these accounting standards,

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very prescriptive, kind of boring.

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a lot more useful and kind of fun to read.

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So we're excited about that.

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We're working on it right now.

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We should be presenting that to this board in January.

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So that's it for this staff report as far as what I want to say.

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And again, we're just asking for approval

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of the 2021 Act for.

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All right. Questions for Mr. Bowman?

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Mr. Ward, do you have any questions for Mr. Bowman?

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Thanks for asking. No, I don't.

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Okay. Thank you so much.

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I'll just note that operating revenues were higher.

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Hydroelectric revenues were lower.

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Our operating expenses were slightly higher.

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But it really, again,

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And Tom was in great financial condition, and I attribute that to having great staff.

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Thank you so much, and I'm still angry about losing Ms. Cardinal, but I'm not holding it against you, Mr. Bowman.

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Nor am I holding it against Ms. Cardinal.

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Our loss, Tom, was gained.

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Do we have any public comment on this item?

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Is there anyone wishing to speak at this time?

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Okay, seeing none?

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Mr. Dare?

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I need to make a motion.

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Go ahead.

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I'd like to make a motion to accept the end adopt.

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Resolution number 298.

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The resolution to approve the annual comprehensive financial report for fiscal year ended June 30th, 2021.

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Congratulations on a good audit and a good year.

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Thank you.

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So I'm a motion minister there.

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Do I have a second?

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Second.

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Second by Mr. Jordan.

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Is there any other discussion on this item?

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We have asked for public comment seeing none.

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All those in favor please signify by saying aye.

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Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously.

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Ms. Dura, I said aye.

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Yes. Thank you. Thank you so much.

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And if I don't hear you, I'm going to assume that you're an aye,

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but I know that you're online unless Ms. Folsom tells me otherwise.

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No, that's fine. Great. Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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Yes. No, no. I understand.

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Unless you tell me otherwise, Ms. Folsom, I'll assume that she's there.

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That takes us board to item number eight, presentation of financial performance of the first quarter fiscal year 2022, Mr. Bowman.

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You are still in the hot seat.

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Bill here. Hello again. Matt Bowman, again for the record.

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So this is our first quarter financial update.

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Like you're used to seeing, this takes our financial results for a period of time.

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We're looking at July, August, it's September of the fiscal year.

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and we compare it to budget for the same period

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and then prior year for the same period.

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So it's the same type of report that I typically

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present each quarter, I'll just be focusing mainly

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on comparisons to budget.

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And the takeaways here for this quarter

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is that we're in good shape, no big surprises.

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That's kind of the thing I want to be able to say

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every quarter, first quarter wasn't any different.

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You can see on the first page we're about $4 million

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dollars over budget on our change in that position about 18% that's sort of the bottom line.

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So what's impacting the bottom line on the positive side water sales are in line with budget

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we're about 1% over budget for the quarter operating expenses in total we're about 4%

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under budget capital contributions were higher than budget on the negative side slightly lower

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investment income during the quarter and we had a fair value investment loss.

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So I'll unpack that just at a pretty high level now if we want to go to page two of the

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staff report.

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The first table is operating revenues and here you can see that water sales were within

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one percent of budget which is good.

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It's always good.

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It's nice to just recognize what you had planned and it helps everything along.

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Hydroelectric revenue you can see was down 27 percent.

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That was because we had lower river flows during the quarter.

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We had planned for it but we ended up having to shut the plants down a little sooner than

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we had even budgeted for. But then what was interesting is because of all the rain we got in

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October, we actually got to turn them back on again, which doesn't typically happen in the fall

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like that. So we got to turn them back on for a while. They're back off now as the river flows have

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dropped, but that was a little bit of a bonus because we didn't expect to be able to do that.

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Other operating sales you can see is quite a bit higher than budget. What's in here, we have higher

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late fees higher call out charges and most of that's due to the quarter from last fiscal year

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where we were in the pandemic and those we weren't charging late fees. We didn't have a lot of call

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outs. We frankly probably under budgeted a little bit there because we really saw an increase

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this quarter. We'll keep an eye on that through the year but I expect that the level off to some

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extent. Not big dollars you can see that that's two percent or so or total operating revenue.

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We'll go to operating expenses which is on the next page. Nothing too significant to note here.

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We're four percent under in total. I do want to point out that we're keeping an eye on price

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increases and services and supplies. Just what does that mean for us? What are we seeing?

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being mostly anecdotal at this point but you know we'll see what it looks like after

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the next quarter and I wouldn't expect it but you know worst case scenario we'd have

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a budget augmentation and really have to look at that.

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On services and supplies you can see that we're actually 1% over budget on that line that's

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the third line in that first group and a lot that's due to timing.

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We're actually if I went through the detail and we're actually 4% under budget if we take

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out some timing related things that we budgeted even late throughout the year, but recognize

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a lot of those costs up front. So, we're looking good at this point, but, again, keeping

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a close eye on that category in the week is a price increases. And if we go to the next

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page, which is not operating expenses, nothing of much significance here. I mentioned fair value

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investment loss. That's really what's driving that interest expenses in this category.

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So our interest expense is basically all fixed so we should always be very close to budget in that category

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The last part of the income statement on the last page is capital contributions and you can see here we're quite a bit over budget, 26%. But more than half of that is developer infrastructure contributions, which is the third line down. And this really fluctuates throughout the year timing wise, we had a pretty low fourth quarter. And I think we caught up quite a bit there with just projects wrapping up, getting mapped and added into our fix asset ledger, and that's what drives that.

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It's non-cache, it's developers constructing assets and dedicating to TUM-1, we recognize them.

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So you can see that's quite a bit higher. I expect that'll probably level off during the year,

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though. And then the other one that's up quite a bit is developer facility charges,

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and that's supply treatment and storage. The volume of projects that we had revenue coming in during

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the quarter was pretty comparable to the quarter of last fiscal year, but we had some just higher

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dollar projects coming through the door and that's another one that is difficult to predict and

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you know can fluctuate but I think at this point there's no reason that we wouldn't expect to be

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close to budget throughout the balance of the year and that category as well. Last thing I want

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to point out the first line of that category is grants and we had some good news we just signed our

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award for our FEMA grant from the 2017 flood for the Glendale Diversion, which we repaired

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that and had applied for FEMA money. We had to go through a bunch of processes. This process

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called a version change request, but we did all of that. It just got the award and it's going

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to be $1.7 million that we'll be receiving and recognizing in Q2 of grant revenue. So good news.

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we've been waiting and waiting for that one. So I'm excited that that's finally come through.

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So that's the big stuff. Be happy to answer any questions. Again, take away is that there's a

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pretty good quarter as expected. No big surprises. Okay. Good. Not surprised with FEMA.

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Yeah. Yeah. All of those large governmental agencies, BLM FEMA, they all move at glacial

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speeds in my opinion fast tracking is I think that's fast for years is yeah I

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will point out this date of Nevada division of emergency management was very

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helpful throughout that process and really spent a lot of time with us

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helping us understand what we needed to do right right right right they

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I give them a lot of credit for just kind of holding their hand walk in a

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suit because they were very helpful our our capital contributions portion of

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this presentation is is is that potentially a canary in the coal mine? Are we starting

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to see things sort of slowed down in the developmental community a little bit?

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Not on the financial side. Okay. No, we're not. And I think

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Scott's group could attest that probably not in just their activity in the volume of what

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they're processing at this point. It's just it's just when they're when they're making

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in the contributions, is that what's happened?

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Yeah, yeah, so yeah, talking about the actual infrastructure

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contributions, yes, and that also there's timing in there

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as to when things are inspected and mapped

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and put into our GIS system, and then recognize.

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So it's, there can be a little bit of a lag as well.

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Yes, there can be, that's exactly right, there can be a lag.

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Understood.

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Questions for Mr. Bowman?

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Actually, just a comment, I want to say,

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And I'm confident I've told you this before, but I truly appreciate the quality of what you provide for us.

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I love that not only do you provide the data, but you anticipate our questions, and in your summary there, you pretty much most of the time answer mine, at least.

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And I just want to say great job. Thank you.

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Well done. I'm a story. Do you have any questions for Mr. Bowman?

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So again, a great job. Appreciate all the info.

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Okay. All right.

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So what is it that you need from us? This is an action item.

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It's just informational. You don't need us to accept the report.

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Okay. We're all good. Okay. Wonderful.

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Thank you so much. All right. We will close.

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Item number eight, and that takes us to item number nine.

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Discussion and action and possible direction to staff regarding the approval of an interlocal agreement between come one the city of Reno on construction and operation of the American flat advanced purified water demonstration facility Mr. N. Low

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Steph Morris, Miss Morris, and Mr. Bowman

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Mr. N. Low, there is Mr. N. Low, okay. I see I didn't see three three faces. Welcome the floor is yours

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That's more for the record Water Resources Manager. I am going to air on the side of brevity

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because this project has been presented to the board as well as the terms of the ILA.

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But I will give a high level summary and we're happy to answer any questions.

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The item before you is to authorize an interlocal agreement with the City of Reno.

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And that is for the design and construction of the one water Nevada advanced purified water demonstration project at American flat a very long name.

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At any rate, Reno City Reno was presented the ILA and they approved it in their on their November board meeting.

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And the terms are summarized in the staff report and they are consistent with what was presented by Mr. Bowman at our last report at our last board meeting.

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and you can find the deal points there.

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Largely, the construction and design is divided for cost

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and the planning and design 70% to Reno, 30% to Tomwa.

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The ongoing operations maintenance are split evenly.

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The water rights revenue that could be generated from the project

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are allocated 60% to City of Reno and 40% to Tomwa.

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And then the replacement cost allocation is by facility, some are 50-50, and others are

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the sole responsibility of Tumblr and the sole responsibility of City of Reno.

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The way that the cost we're allocated was to sort of acknowledge the need that the City

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of Reno had early on to deal with the effluent management, and Tumblr's longer range needs

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needs for water resiliency and their firstifying our portfolio.

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So that's largely the cost allocation.

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That was what Mr. Bowman presented when he presented the financial models.

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There are obviously broad regional benefits, and those are covered on page two of the staff

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report, including a local reliable drop-proof water supply.

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In the ILA itself, there are a couple of things of interest that maybe we hadn't focused

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done before that I'll just point out.

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One is that all of the grants or loan forgiveness

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that are received and for the project are also allocated

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in the 70% to Reno, 30% to Tumblr.

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We are actively and aggressively pursuing grant monies,

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and there are a lot that are becoming available

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with the Federal Infrastructure Act.

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So we will continue to do that as best that we can.

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In addition to that, I just wanna note that approving

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the ILA. It doesn't allow the parties, Reno, and Tamba to move forward with the full project implementation.

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However, it does provide for the cost allocation and responsibility should the project move forward,

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and it does commit the parties to completing the planning and design. And if you look in the ILA itself

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at the first exhibit, it has the overall cost of the project. And I think Mr. Roman presented the

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financial model in great detail at our last board meeting but we are both

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available as well as Mr. M. Lowe to answer any questions you might have.

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All right, let's go ahead. I'll before is yours. Oh, there are green

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green works, right? Okay, thanks. It's different over at Walshow County. So I am

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going to repeat some questions that I've been asking over at the City of

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Reno. I don't think you'll have the answers, but I think they're good questions to have

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for Tomoa to know how our partner is doing and our partner is Reno. And I view of us

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where both hats. So number one, and they're all fiscal. So except for a couple actually,

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I'll say, most are fiscal.

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Now under Reno's current rate structure,

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what are the revenue projections to pay this debt?

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And so if you had a model of Reno sewer rates coming in

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for the next 5, 10 years, how much debt

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is Reno going to be paying off for this project?

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Because they have taken already $65 million

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dollars for the expansion and this comes with on Exhibit A, another debt in

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Conference, is have you seen the revenues that Reno shows on their books to be

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able to pay for this debt and for paying for all the management of the

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collection system? That's number one question to you all about the partner you have.

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Number two is when Reno pays this debt how are they allocating that payment? Is it

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from connection fees or is it from rates?

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And I just as a side, have you looked at Reno's connection fees recently?

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Sparks has gone up 14% in the last 12 years.

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Reno has kept them flat for 10 or 12 years.

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So is your partner going to have the money

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and the resources to pay debt when they don't raise rates, okay?

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They keep rates stagnant in contrast to other jurisdictions.

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Now, when you look at this Rizworth and Reno's ability to pay for this project, are you

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also looking at their projections for their expenses to Tumblr?

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Because I understand Tumblr just included a capital plan that has some numbers and want

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to know if Reno's financialors are going to be encountering and projecting both of these

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expenses at both plants.

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I've also continued to ask and are very curious here about the sewer shed for this.

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So you're taking effluent from what sewer shed?

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I'd like to see the land and the land use assumptions that you think you're going to be recycling

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water.

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How much is existing?

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How much is plant development?

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How much is development?

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That's land that, you know, what is the status of this sewer shed?

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I think that is a very material question for Tumla.

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And I'd also like to know what the Cold Springs plant that the Washington County Utilities

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has is contemplated in this and Washington County's lemon plant.

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So I think those are good questions for Tom Warf to understand and be able to tell

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the public where you're getting this affluent from.

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Now one thing also about Reno's fiscal is Reno has an agreement with Stomwarf to sewer

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a portion of Reno. And that money all goes to the county for their wash-ow county utilities.

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It doesn't pay for the collection debt. So when Reno repays this debt, are they modifying

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that agreement with wash-ow county? And that might be something the county people want

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to ask too, because when you look at your sewer fund revenues, you get just checks coming

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from Reno. But that doesn't pay back for this debt. That's very interesting. And can Reno

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You know, continue to afford that arrangement and pay for this debt when they're sending all their money over to the county for a summer.

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I've also, Reno's about to stand up a stormwater utility, which will take money that's now going to pay for that for stormwater utility through the sewer fund.

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And I'm wondering if the financial modeling for your partner has taken that into account.

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Now, finally, and this is this and the sewer shed questions I think are the most important

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to TAMWA, although of course TAMWA should have confidence in the financial abilities

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and projections of your partner.

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I am very confused because it looks like the financial modeling here shows revenue for water

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sales, and that's, you know, the water portfolio is mentioned.

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But I cannot understand how this integrates with the Vidler water.

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So how is water going to be sold?

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If I'm customer Jenny in your watershed area that you're going to show the sewer shed,

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and I've got land over here and I want to buy it, who am I going to buy it from?

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And how does that work?

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Do I buy it from Vidler?

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That's been sitting with an asset here and all these agreements that we accounted from

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or am I going to go to you and say how won't your reclaimed water?

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I'm really trying to understand that and the ability of these waters to flow basins.

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So, I won't be supporting the model or the agreement, but I want everyone to know why.

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It's really foremost, I've asked a lot of here.

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I've been asking these for probably three years, these questions.

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I finally have a slide I'm carrying around.

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But hopefully I've provoked some thought for you all too, but it's just not, I'm afraid

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that we're moving forward, Reno in particular, taking on a lot of debt without showing on

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the back end what the payment's going to be, and the big surprise is going to be some

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rate analysis to Reno ratepayers.

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They're kind of out of sync at this point, and that's my number one problem.

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Thank you.

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I recognize that you are not in a position to answer most of those questions of financial

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status and et cetera.

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So if there are pieces of her questions that you can answer, you may, but there were

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many questions in there that I just don't believe that Tomois is in a position to make a comment

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on.

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That's my that's my particular take on on the questions that were asked

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Yeah, I would say on the the financial

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Questions certainly what you said and that someone needs to have confidence in their partner any kind of agreement

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And that's that is the key and I think we do at this point, but again, we're not moving forward with the project yet

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So, we, we wouldn't move forward if we did not have that confidence in our partner to this agreement.

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Yes. So, has this gone before Reno? Are we improved? Yes. Okay. Well, that answers the question that I needed. Thank you. Yeah. The ILA was approved. And so now comes to us. Yes. And so with that said, I think we stand with our jurisdiction at large.

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and I encourage us to do so. Thank you.

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We're on item number nine, Mr. Jordan.

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Mr. Ward, do you have any questions for staff?

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Yeah, yeah. I wanted to say that I definitely supported this over at Reno.

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When we voted on it, the only one thing and it must be the same.

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I assume it's the same.

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I had a question about the

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the number two, the construction cost of future effluent reuse transmission mean. I didn't remember that that was 100% Reno. It probably was. I'm sure it must be the same identical contract that we agreed to over Reno. I don't think there's any changes. I just want to confirm.

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That's correct.

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Okay.

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And I will just say, come and I sit over there.

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I think now more than ever.

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And I said over there that I really talk about my past as the state water planner.

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But in this case, it seems relevant in that.

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Back then, which was the 90s to the 2000s.

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I was a huge advocate of underground storage.

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And I continue to be a huge advocate of underground storage as a water supply source in that it has, it really protects the water from the vibration, the app of transpiration.

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Just this weekend, I saw an article by Lawrence Berkeley Labs that did a projection on our snowpack

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and I sent the article over to Mr. Foray to distribute to staff, but the sum and substance of it was

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that they were predicting that our Sierra snowpack would be severely reduced if not completely decreased

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within 25 years and I based on that I mean that's the first article I've seen

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to that effect. I mean I've seen many other articles about climate change but

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that's the first one I've seen specifically about this year's and I just feel

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it's ever more important that we work on expanding our underground storage and

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creating additional or new sources of water. This obviously is one this is

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is taking treated affluent, treating it to a plus plus standard,

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and then storing it underground for future use.

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And I know that that aquifer underground has a limit to,

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and I think our staff had said that that would fill

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potentially within the first five years.

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But it is a good and replenishable,

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and that we're going to keep using,

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or keep creating affluent.

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Therefore, we could probably keep treating it

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to this a plus plus standard.

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So I think it's really important to start doing things like this, especially, I mean, I was absolutely stunned with this article about the potential impact on our snow packs.

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So I just want to reiterate my support.

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I did just so you know, went over this with our staff.

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I had a number of questions about the cost share with both wearing my Reno hat and my Tom Wahad, as you can imagine, I have to balance both sides.

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But I do feel like they came up with a pretty good split. So that's that's what I had it today for the good of the order

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Okay, thank you. Thank you

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Anyone else

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Hold on just a second

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Okay, no one else that hasn't spoke yet. Okay, let me let me jump in first Miss Brekis

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And then I'll allow you to so we're gonna create approximately this is gonna create approximately 2,000 acre feet of storage

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For some reason I thought we had a

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Approximately 10,000

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10,000 in that aquifer

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10,000 in the aquifer because I

447
00:34:22,620 --> 00:34:24,920
Thought it was much higher than that but

448
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:29,160
So so but it's 2,000 under item 4 it's

449
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,060
2,000 acre feet for potential revenue

450
00:34:31,060 --> 00:34:33,200
And for potential revenues

451
00:34:34,060 --> 00:34:35,260
That's right because

452
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,080
Sorry go ahead

453
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,020
No, no that's that is that is that

454
00:34:41,020 --> 00:34:46,680
was portion? It's two thousand acre feet total that the project would generate

455
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:53,060
annually when at full build out but with the aquifer where we can store it is

456
00:34:53,060 --> 00:34:58,820
ten thousand so year after year if we aren't selling that water if we are we

457
00:34:58,820 --> 00:35:03,620
can also be storing it for future extraction so all the water essentially is

458
00:35:03,620 --> 00:35:06,880
filtered and stored in the groundwater basin and pumped out.

459
00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:10,620
Okay to Miss

460
00:35:10,620 --> 00:35:12,160
And it's a good point.

461
00:35:12,380 --> 00:35:19,280
It's a very salient comment about how does this jive

462
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:19,720
with Viddler?

463
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,140
Now we're in now competition with Viddler water.

464
00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:26,400
And I realize that Viddler water is coming into play

465
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:34,000
to fund this, not in the literal sense of fund,

466
00:35:34,140 --> 00:35:38,120
but in order to supply that water that gets reclaimed.

467
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,140
How does that fit together Mr. Emile?

468
00:35:40,620 --> 00:35:42,240
Hi, John Emile for the record.

469
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,180
So a good question regarding Vidler.

470
00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:50,940
We've had some initial discussions with Vidler because I mean,

471
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:55,940
we obviously don't want to necessarily compete with Vidler,

472
00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:02,240
but this would be complimentary to their water and their project.

473
00:36:02,540 --> 00:36:06,160
So what we have contemplated in the agreement,

474
00:36:08,420 --> 00:36:19,800
is finalized yet, I would expect that we would bring it back for board approval at some point in the future, but we have contemplated a kind of a combination of resources.

475
00:36:20,140 --> 00:36:32,360
So say if someone requires 10 acre feet of water, what we may do is something like two thirds, fish, rings, water, one third, this water, that type of thing.

476
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:41,540
At we would end up selling this water, the A plus water at the same price as what

477
00:36:41,540 --> 00:36:49,140
Vidr is selling their water for. And I believe Matt in the financial model, we've made some

478
00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:55,880
pretty conservative assumptions, conservative being low, that we would start by selling

479
00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:06,520
50 acre feet a year of this A plus water and it would take 20 plus years to be able to sell the full

480
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:15,380
2,000 acre feet that this project would generate but that excess water of this A plus water. So

481
00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:22,420
we were talking, Steph was talking about so 2 million gallons a day will generate approximately

482
00:37:25,220 --> 00:37:32,600
a year that we will be able to issue will serve commitments

483
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,160
against that water.

484
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,960
So there's a revenue stream just like anybody else who's buying

485
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,880
real seven water or fish springs water.

486
00:37:41,420 --> 00:37:44,820
So we have taken into account in our financial model

487
00:37:44,820 --> 00:37:46,760
that we would sell.

488
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:48,420
When did it start?

489
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,420
2028 I think was what we assumed.

490
00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:52,340
58.

491
00:37:52,340 --> 00:38:01,660
acre feet of this A plus water, complementary to the water that it springs is selling at

492
00:38:01,660 --> 00:38:09,380
the same price, and then the revenue from that 50 acre feet of water would basically go

493
00:38:09,380 --> 00:38:18,140
back to Tomah and Reno at that 60-40 split, 60 percent to Reno, 40 percent to Tomah.

494
00:38:18,140 --> 00:38:28,420
So one of the things we do want to do is formalize this kind of water rights strategy at some point in the future.

495
00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:32,860
This is just something that we've discussed and have modeled thus far.

496
00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:37,340
And I know Vidler would like to see it kind of formalized as well.

497
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:38,100
Okay.

498
00:38:39,540 --> 00:38:39,760
All right.

499
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:40,480
Thank you.

500
00:38:41,020 --> 00:38:42,240
Yes, Mr. Ford.

501
00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:48,100
I think logistically to do that with what Mr. Ann was talking about, we would just need to

502
00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:55,220
modify rule seven. I believe that is the water rights rule, the water rights dedication rule.

503
00:38:56,020 --> 00:38:58,440
Certainly with discussions with Hitler, but

504
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:03,400
as far as what we would need to do to implement that, that's a pretty simple

505
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:10,440
simple. Does modifying rule seven only entail this border? Does it have to go to the state as well?

506
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:15,640
No, the dedication requirements would be the same, so it's really just a determination

507
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:16,520
by this board.

508
00:39:16,740 --> 00:39:16,920
Okay.

509
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:17,560
Thank you.

510
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:18,160
All right.

511
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:19,620
As for this, floor is yours.

512
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:20,080
Thank you.

513
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:21,740
Okay.

514
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,320
You know, I appreciate the conversation on that.

515
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:31,320
For me, it's all, you know, with infrastructure, how are we advancing our other goals, our

516
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:32,080
land use goals?

517
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:39,380
And before I started to think about some arrangement for the bidler versus this water, I may

518
00:39:39,380 --> 00:39:46,860
They actually want to have an understanding of how, in the whole concept of the valley

519
00:39:46,860 --> 00:39:52,960
and its growth, its redevelopment, the threats it has from, you know, maybe snow-packed

520
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:59,920
deteriorating to the degree misduer saying is, you know, if you keep it all up in this

521
00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:04,080
valley, the bitter water in this water, is that the best way to advance the land use patterns

522
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:05,060
that we're trying to develop?

523
00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:09,080
That's why I'm really curious about the sewer shed boundary, which I still have not

524
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:16,600
seen. And so, you know, I think it's a bigger conversation to talk about how and where to

525
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:22,180
deploy this water. And it gets to, you know, you're always talking about redundancy in the system.

526
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,620
But when you're talking about this, I'm not hearing like you have a redundant system.

527
00:40:27,580 --> 00:40:31,980
You know, what do you call it conjunctive use sort of system? So, you know, maybe there's

528
00:40:31,980 --> 00:40:37,220
basin problems. But the question I did want to ask because I saw it in here, I get the cost share.

529
00:40:37,220 --> 00:40:43,940
And it's because Reno needs it today, so when you need something today you'll pay, you know, more shipping costs or whatever.

530
00:40:44,540 --> 00:40:45,700
That's how I see it.

531
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:56,860
But that looks like this concept for a reservoir of $90 million red rock is off the table for Tom Watt to pay because it looks like a Reno issue.

532
00:40:57,260 --> 00:40:59,500
Likewise, we had a workshop a couple years ago.

533
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:06,620
So I think it was a joint workshop with Tom Y. Even and the tribe, the colony tribe,

534
00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:10,900
came and talked about wanting water over to Hungary Valley.

535
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:12,980
And their lobbyists reached out to me last week.

536
00:41:12,980 --> 00:41:15,240
I didn't have any good answers to tell them.

537
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:21,780
So I'm trying to figure out, you want to put water in the ground and advance your portfolio,

538
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:27,640
Reno thinks they need a reservoir, and the tribe at least got some sort of go ahead from

539
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:34,760
this body to start exploring, getting water themselves. So, where is all that? How's that all

540
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:41,660
being conceptualized at this point? So, just briefly, the discussions between the Reno

541
00:41:41,660 --> 00:41:47,660
Sparks Indian colony have been solely with the City of Reno. Tumwa has not been involved in those

542
00:41:47,660 --> 00:41:55,920
discussions. My understanding and Mr. Flanzberg is in the audience who could address a detailed question

543
00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:05,240
if the board so desires but the from my understanding Reno's first priority is this American flat

544
00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:14,280
project. Their second priority is the Red Rock Reservoir and expansion of their existing I'll just

545
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:21,520
refer it as their purple pipe system. Those are their two highest priorities going forward. The timing

546
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:28,600
of that Mr. Flansberg would have to speak to but the Reno's number one priority is this American

547
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:33,680
flat project that we're talking about today. That's fine. I don't need to hear from him because he's

548
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:38,660
going to be getting these questions tomorrow when he brings the ACOM contract back but I think

549
00:42:38,660 --> 00:42:45,940
there needs to be clear you know specification on what the plan is at this time to everyone

550
00:42:45,940 --> 00:42:49,600
and I appreciate that, thanks.

551
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,060
All right, is there any other discussion on this item?

552
00:42:55,020 --> 00:42:56,900
Madam Clerk, do we have any public comment?

553
00:42:59,290 --> 00:43:02,070
Is there anyone wishing to speak on item number 9?

554
00:43:03,890 --> 00:43:07,230
Okay, seeing none, I will close item number 9 and bring it back to the board.

555
00:43:07,870 --> 00:43:08,230
Mr. Ard.

556
00:43:10,290 --> 00:43:11,830
Did you open 9 and 10 together?

557
00:43:12,630 --> 00:43:15,630
No, no, 9 and 10 are not open together.

558
00:43:15,630 --> 00:43:20,710
10 a and 10 b I apologize if I was okay

559
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,000
I'm looking looking for a motion

560
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:33,260
either in support of or in denial of this Mr. Chair I'll make a motion to

561
00:43:33,260 --> 00:43:38,860
support this item okay I have a motion by Mr. Doer to have a second I'll

562
00:43:38,860 --> 00:43:42,540
second it second by Mr. Dare so I have a motion and a second is there any other

563
00:43:42,540 --> 00:43:48,680
discussion seeing none all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye all

564
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:56,540
as opposed? Okay. Motion carries. What is it? We have five, six, two, one. I think. Is that

565
00:43:56,540 --> 00:44:03,520
what it is? One, two, five to one. Five to one. Forgive me. Okay. Thank you, staff. That

566
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:10,640
takes us to item number 10, which we will open 10A and 10V without objection by our legal

567
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:16,040
council. That is a public hearing on the rate amendments. Introduction to first reading

568
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:20,760
of the amendments, 10A, rather, is the introduction and first reading of amendments to

569
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:27,780
tumourate schedule WSF, water systems facility charges, revising area fee, supply and treatment,

570
00:44:27,980 --> 00:44:35,720
and storage unit costs. That's Mr. Estes, Ms. Sullivan, and Mr. Rotter, and then 10B is

571
00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:41,660
introduction and first reading of amendments to the tumourate schedule BSF, the business service fees.

572
00:44:42,660 --> 00:44:46,420
Also, Mr. Estes, Ms. Sullivan and Mr. Roder.

573
00:44:46,580 --> 00:44:50,000
So I will open those together and we have the public hearing open.

574
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:51,820
The floor is yours.

575
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:59,220
All right, thank you, Mr. Chair, Danny Roder for the Record Engineering Manager, Scott

576
00:44:59,220 --> 00:44:59,900
not handed the button.

577
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:28,360
Turn off to me, the last we saw you here. So he's done a lot of heavy lifting over the years, and I'm looking forward to bringing this forward into the future. Okay. So to give you a little bit of the update of what we've been up to since June, we proceeded to update our existing costs, update our existing growth that we've, the capacity that we've sold, we've updated our cost estimates for things going forward in the future.

578
00:45:29,220 --> 00:45:35,900
We reached out to the Builders Association in June and August, but we didn't hear back

579
00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:39,800
to be in front of their infrastructure and planning committee.

580
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:47,380
We reached out to the NAO, commercial developers association, and we presented them in September

581
00:45:47,930 --> 00:45:52,260
and had some feedback from them that changed something, and I'll mention that a little bit.

582
00:45:52,260 --> 00:45:58,820
But we had a public workshop at Tomaw on September 29th and then we presented in front of

583
00:45:58,820 --> 00:46:05,520
the SAC on October 5th and the representative from BAN was there and we said, hey, if

584
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:09,760
there's any follow-up, let us know and he was going to let us know that and we haven't

585
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:11,080
heard anything back since then.

586
00:46:12,700 --> 00:46:18,080
So we've gone over this before, but I'll just briefly for anybody listening or watching.

587
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:23,720
the process to update these as we take our current facility plans we review our

588
00:46:23,720 --> 00:46:28,500
historical construction costs which we do have an increase that we're seeing

589
00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:32,140
everybody's heard about it they've talked about it so we took a look at that

590
00:46:32,140 --> 00:46:39,440
with recent bid results we update our future costs we update our existing costs

591
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:45,240
where we know we have actual costs that we've incurred and we know those and then

592
00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:50,780
And we update how much GPM has been sold in each area, and then we calculate the new

593
00:46:50,780 --> 00:46:51,340
unit costs.

594
00:46:51,620 --> 00:46:59,960
And so the calculation is that our actual costs, including finance charges and the cost

595
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:06,460
of future facilities, minus our fees collected, is divided by the remaining GPM, and that's

596
00:47:06,460 --> 00:47:11,780
the remaining cost of growth, on a per GPM basis, for max data man.

597
00:47:11,780 --> 00:47:20,700
And so, the results are that some of them have gone up and a couple of them go down.

598
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:26,340
I'll point you, there's the red line in attachment A, which you can actually see each area,

599
00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:36,180
the per GPM amount for supply and treatment, storage, et cetera, and the actual table with

600
00:47:36,180 --> 00:47:43,660
comparisons is on attachment C in a per GPM format which a lot of folks it's

601
00:47:43,660 --> 00:47:48,160
kind of hard to wrap your mind around because it's not actually a per unit. So

602
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:55,640
what we did is on page 3 and page 4 you have an actual 6,000 square foot single

603
00:47:55,640 --> 00:48:02,700
family home in a number of areas around town and in a multi-family unit in a

604
00:48:02,700 --> 00:48:07,740
number of areas around town. And if you look at those, some areas like in

605
00:48:07,740 --> 00:48:14,920
Somerset and Kylie Ranch are down $82 and $29 per single family residence. But

606
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:19,960
then in other areas north valleys at 500 increase per single family unit

607
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:26,340
double diamond a thousand per single family unit on average 416 increase per

608
00:48:26,340 --> 00:48:36,580
single-family unit. And then the multi-family, they're again down 23-8 per multi-family unit,

609
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:47,020
average 117 per multi-family unit. So those are the current costs. I will, I mentioned earlier,

610
00:48:47,380 --> 00:48:55,480
when we met with NAYOP in September, one of their suggestions or one of their suggestions was

611
00:48:55,480 --> 00:49:01,360
to combine some of the areas and one guy even said just give me one area and he said well

612
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:05,080
that's not really apical because the feet just like we were talking about the infrastructure

613
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:09,180
to serve north valleys is different than the infrastructure to serve spanish springs is different

614
00:49:09,180 --> 00:49:14,620
from the infrastructure to serve south trucking meadows but we did take a look and um actually

615
00:49:14,620 --> 00:49:23,240
combined previous area 11 kind of the double diamond stem get east area with area 14 the stem

616
00:49:23,240 --> 00:49:30,540
get West, Thomas Creek area, Galena area, and so that was one thing we did do, so when

617
00:49:30,540 --> 00:49:35,260
you look at the WSF schedule, you'll see that there.

618
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:45,760
And then also along with all of this, you opened up 9A and 9B, 9B being the new business

619
00:49:46,220 --> 00:49:52,440
fees, the business service fees, and in our last update in 2018, we went through a process

620
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:59,640
us to really track accurately and precisely what it costs to inspect a project or review

621
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:07,820
plans or review water rights, et cetera, et cetera, and so that analysis was done also

622
00:50:08,420 --> 00:50:15,100
to actually pay for the costs incurred, the labor and overhead to actually do those things

623
00:50:15,100 --> 00:50:21,000
for view plans, provide planning, inspect, do hot taps, those sorts of things.

624
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:30,400
And so those were up quite a bit, the engineering categories up 76%, the water rights are up 34%,

625
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:36,240
the inspection and crew times are up 100%, specific to each project.

626
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:40,760
And one of the anecdotes I'll just share with you, you were talking with Mr. Bowman earlier on,

627
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:42,800
is this a canary on the coal mine?

628
00:50:43,260 --> 00:50:48,040
One of the things I've been looking at is our new business numbers, number of projects,

629
00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:56,120
projects, and that has remained fairly flat, but the GPM per project has been going up.

630
00:50:56,920 --> 00:51:02,500
So that means the projects are taking on more phases, more houses, more units per each

631
00:51:02,500 --> 00:51:02,980
project.

632
00:51:03,140 --> 00:51:07,940
So each project is getting bigger, which I think is also giving us some insight into each

633
00:51:07,940 --> 00:51:09,180
project takes longer.

634
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:14,580
So when you have an application fee, you're not reviewing smaller projects, you're reviewing

635
00:51:14,580 --> 00:51:15,440
bigger projects.

636
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,360
So I think that's also reflected in here.

637
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:22,280
I think that's it.

638
00:51:22,620 --> 00:51:23,620
I have Michelle here.

639
00:51:23,780 --> 00:51:26,400
If there's BSF fee questions,

640
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:28,600
and one thing I forgot to mention,

641
00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:31,140
this is not existing customer rates.

642
00:51:31,420 --> 00:51:34,260
This is developer fees paid for by new business.

643
00:51:34,540 --> 00:51:35,320
Right, new business.

644
00:51:35,580 --> 00:51:37,980
New business fees, not customer rates.

645
00:51:37,980 --> 00:51:38,300
Correct.

646
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:39,240
Correct.

647
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,660
Good. I'm glad you made that clear

648
00:51:41,660 --> 00:51:44,680
because that was certainly going to be one of my first questions.

649
00:51:45,460 --> 00:51:51,920
So, with that, we'll answer any questions and Scott is here, but I have the baton, so.

650
00:51:52,340 --> 00:51:56,040
Okay. Well, in just a second, Mr. Doer, I see your hand up first,

651
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:58,080
hold on just a second. Yes, you're there and then you'll be second.

652
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:02,780
All right. I just wanted to, or along the lines that were just mentioned,

653
00:52:02,940 --> 00:52:08,900
I wanted to confirm when he said new business, is this mean new business connection fees?

654
00:52:10,060 --> 00:52:10,500
Correct.

655
00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:19,840
In fact, I would say a WSE, WSFV, a water system facility charge, is synonymous with connection fee.

656
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:22,060
Okay. Thank you so much.

657
00:52:22,220 --> 00:52:22,320
Yep.

658
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:24,020
Okay, thank you.

659
00:52:24,580 --> 00:52:25,520
Mr. Davis, floor choice.

660
00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:32,740
So, one of the questions I have, just looking at what we saw before, that we're financially doing well, that things are going up.

661
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:37,980
And things of that fashion, it bequests the question of why are we raising rates over in this level.

662
00:52:37,980 --> 00:52:42,640
I know we talk about this probably every time we do this but I think it's it's

663
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:46,440
worthy of the conversation on our end to make sure that if we are going back

664
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:50,200
because in the very end I appreciate what you said that this isn't going to

665
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:55,340
existing come existing citizens at this point it's new but in the very end it just

666
00:52:55,340 --> 00:52:59,680
raises the cost of housing so in my mind maybe it doesn't but it seems like it

667
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:04,920
does so and we're raising this people are raising and we keep just seeing this

668
00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:07,020
thing go to this level.

669
00:53:07,780 --> 00:53:12,420
Some point, we're already in a place where many of our own kids

670
00:53:12,420 --> 00:53:14,020
couldn't afford home if they wanted to live here.

671
00:53:14,620 --> 00:53:17,440
So how do we balance out that we know we're

672
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:18,360
doing well over here?

673
00:53:18,620 --> 00:53:19,620
We see this going on.

674
00:53:19,980 --> 00:53:23,760
And is there any way to allow this to come together?

675
00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:25,580
Does that all make sense?

676
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:27,080
I understand your question, yeah.

677
00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:32,980
I think in 2018, we were about 90 million.

678
00:53:33,740 --> 00:53:45,900
We did advance about $90 million to developers 80 to 90 and we're still at like 40 to 50 at this point where we have sunk costs that we have put into the system that we need.

679
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:52,900
We still are going to be expanding and we're still going to be putting money into this based on our CIP plan.

680
00:53:52,900 --> 00:53:58,800
But we still are, the developers still owe $40 to $50 million in infrastructure right now.

681
00:53:58,980 --> 00:54:06,200
So this is all part of the calculation of how there's only a limited amount of GPM per area.

682
00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:10,740
And it's got to cover the cost of building that extension.

683
00:54:13,490 --> 00:54:19,430
So are we saying, nice again, I get that there are almost two separate funds in a sense of how our brain works.

684
00:54:19,430 --> 00:54:25,370
that works really well for bookkeepers and what's in countenance and all that you do.

685
00:54:25,870 --> 00:54:30,970
And the world I live in, this is turmoil altogether looking, you say you're making money over here.

686
00:54:31,050 --> 00:54:38,970
Is there ever a time that we could look and say we're not increasing this because we have this or we stuck with this being its own thing.

687
00:54:39,070 --> 00:54:42,950
Because I appreciate that we're doing well, so we say we're doing well.

688
00:54:43,050 --> 00:54:47,590
But now we're raising the cost to everybody who, because these new homes aren't just for

689
00:54:47,590 --> 00:54:54,510
people moving from another state, we're buying these new homes. It's driving these prices up.

690
00:54:55,930 --> 00:55:00,190
So real quick, Danny Rotter for the record. I have this discussion quite a bit

691
00:55:00,190 --> 00:55:06,110
and I added it Carson in previous years before and I would say that the

692
00:55:06,830 --> 00:55:11,890
for to continue this methodology and say that we've fronted costs and we're going to collect over time

693
00:55:11,890 --> 00:55:15,870
and that growth is going to pay that back.

694
00:55:16,230 --> 00:55:19,650
If we're going to strategize to lower these fees,

695
00:55:20,170 --> 00:55:23,510
the effect to me is that I'm not building

696
00:55:23,510 --> 00:55:24,730
as much growth facilities.

697
00:55:25,070 --> 00:55:27,170
I'm only focusing on our existing customer rates

698
00:55:27,170 --> 00:55:28,710
and I'm not staying ahead of growth

699
00:55:28,710 --> 00:55:31,770
so that when a growth comes in in South Trucke Meadows

700
00:55:31,770 --> 00:55:36,110
or North Spanish Springs, I say, I can't serve you right now.

701
00:55:36,250 --> 00:55:39,350
I have to build XYZ because I'm not going to get too far

702
00:55:39,350 --> 00:55:42,870
in front of myself with the dollars that she was talking about.

703
00:55:43,130 --> 00:55:48,930
So in my opinion it would be the effect of slowing down growth, slowing down those

704
00:55:48,930 --> 00:55:53,930
projects because we wouldn't continue to build growth further and further and further.

705
00:55:54,610 --> 00:55:57,050
Let me ask a question differently because I get what you're saying.

706
00:55:57,990 --> 00:56:04,310
So if we have any extra that we beyond what we normally thought we would get, is it possible

707
00:56:04,310 --> 00:56:09,290
to create any kind of funding on an area that says we're going to offset and try to help keep

708
00:56:09,290 --> 00:56:15,130
our prices down I get that everything has it's almost seems like this is its own drive we're not

709
00:56:15,130 --> 00:56:21,570
willing to mix it but I'm saying I am if we can try to hope bring prices to a better place now

710
00:56:21,570 --> 00:56:28,810
again I'm not an accountant and maybe I'm a nightmare but with that said if we I don't like seeing

711
00:56:28,810 --> 00:56:34,550
prices keep going up I mean obviously they're going to but I some of these are huge 105% increases

712
00:56:34,550 --> 00:56:40,210
that's huge. So anyway, those are my thoughts. I don't know if there's an answer or a thought,

713
00:56:40,370 --> 00:56:44,550
but I would, if we have extra over here, I don't want to just see prices going up just because it's

714
00:56:44,550 --> 00:56:48,990
its own lane. Is there a way to take what's here at all and say, hey, we're going to create a small

715
00:56:48,990 --> 00:56:53,970
like we did our rainy day fund. We have maybe a contingency fund helping to keep these prices

716
00:56:54,910 --> 00:57:00,910
where we're not seeing such a big hit. Is my question very specific that the customer rate should be

717
00:57:00,910 --> 00:57:03,710
based on what the customer cost.

718
00:57:04,570 --> 00:57:07,170
I'm sorry, is my mic on?

719
00:57:07,270 --> 00:57:08,770
Is Michelle Sullivan for the record?

720
00:57:09,610 --> 00:57:11,750
It's just, it's very specific that the customer needs

721
00:57:11,750 --> 00:57:15,030
to benefit, you know, and what he pays for

722
00:57:15,030 --> 00:57:18,950
or she is what it costs to deliver the water.

723
00:57:19,190 --> 00:57:21,070
And there's, it's almost like you have to keep

724
00:57:21,070 --> 00:57:23,330
the two fun separate growth pays for growth

725
00:57:23,330 --> 00:57:26,150
and customer pays for the delivery of water.

726
00:57:26,150 --> 00:57:28,830
So operating expenses, there's certain buckets

727
00:57:28,830 --> 00:57:32,650
It's that those are considered covered by the customer water rate.

728
00:57:32,810 --> 00:57:34,890
And then another bucket is covered by growth.

729
00:57:35,470 --> 00:57:39,050
And if you, growth is supposed to pay for growth.

730
00:57:39,050 --> 00:57:43,130
And if you do decide, there's no, there's no, you know,

731
00:57:43,370 --> 00:57:44,510
slush fund in the middle.

732
00:57:45,770 --> 00:57:49,470
So you can't just decide, well, I'm going to move money around.

733
00:57:49,750 --> 00:57:50,690
It's very specific.

734
00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:55,960
Mr. Chairman, yeah, I'd like to expand on that.

735
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:59,380
Yes, they are two very separate funding mechanisms.

736
00:57:59,380 --> 00:58:05,660
The reasons one is to pay for water service on a monthly basis to customers.

737
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:11,900
They can't be intertwined because the board has a policy against cross subsidizing one to the other.

738
00:58:12,640 --> 00:58:17,580
And if you look at the numbers at Miss Sullivan stated,

739
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:25,100
we were behind by about $90 million before our last increase in 2018.

740
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:26,220
We've knocked that in half.

741
00:58:26,220 --> 00:58:33,740
We cut that in half, we still have 45 million that we have fronted for the development community.

742
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:37,960
That means that when they are ready to build, they just have to pay fees.

743
00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:44,200
They don't have to get together with five or six different developers and fund a $7 million project themselves.

744
00:58:45,140 --> 00:58:47,280
So that's kind of the nature of the beast.

745
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:51,260
And when you talk to, like Scott and I talked to,

746
00:58:51,260 --> 00:58:58,060
the ban, their committee about this three years ago, the alternative that Mr.

747
00:58:58,260 --> 00:59:06,160
Rotter mentioned was mentioned, and that was not the preferred option to them to have

748
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:09,620
to get together as different developer groups and fund big projects.

749
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:17,520
So it's all in all, nobody likes pricing increases, but we were seeing construction costs go up

750
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:27,660
significantly like everybody is and again the growth for growth requirement that we have

751
00:59:27,660 --> 00:59:33,580
here and the policy to not cross subsidize keeps those two really separate. So thank you.

752
00:59:33,980 --> 00:59:38,910
Thank you for the conversation. I just obviously concerned, but I understand. Thank you.

753
00:59:40,770 --> 00:59:49,010
I mean, what how I feel is this is a real good model, and it drives me nuts that it's

754
00:59:49,010 --> 00:59:53,730
not the same model that Reno's doing with their sewer fund, you know, their sewer

755
00:59:53,730 --> 00:59:59,830
fund is one area, their sewer fund has not even increased on a CPI, which I don't

756
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:28,660
And I think it's the best. Rates are increased on a CPI. Here you calibrate your rates to your CIP in a periodic manner. That's best practice, bar none. And so, you know, great. And when you get to talk about household costs, that's, you know, that does come into play. And I think it's even a best practice there because you have a firewall between the rates, which are household costs, reoccurring household costs.

757
01:00:28,660 --> 01:00:31,380
and these one times for housing production.

758
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:34,700
Reno has no firewall and three of my questions

759
01:00:34,700 --> 01:00:36,220
that I've been asking for three years

760
01:00:36,550 --> 01:00:38,800
are related to how debt for new growth

761
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:40,140
is gonna be paid, no answers.

762
01:00:42,180 --> 01:00:44,180
And ultimately it does come to the questions

763
01:00:44,180 --> 01:00:45,760
that one no one can afford to live here.

764
01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:46,560
It's so expensive.

765
01:00:47,460 --> 01:00:49,800
Yeah, but I don't think it's fair to hit a water board up

766
01:00:49,800 --> 01:00:52,260
for large macroeconomic trends

767
01:00:52,260 --> 01:00:54,680
that are generational, billionaires making more money,

768
01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:59,400
of the investment in, you know, the middle and lower class increase in poverty.

769
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:06,140
I mean, that goes quickly to that point, but keeping a water board solvent in really best

770
01:01:06,140 --> 01:01:13,280
practices in planning for your costs is going to be so important in this Western mountain

771
01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:15,740
scenario that Ms. Doer was talking about.

772
01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:19,800
I mean, it's really a good practice.

773
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:24,400
I just wish Reno was doing that on the, on the effluent, but I'll tell you what, if they

774
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:31,680
We would not be doing those agreements because we would have a real cost on what that little treatment plant is going to be and when those

775
01:01:33,100 --> 01:01:39,960
Rooster when those cows come home to, you know, whatever roost missed my metaphors. It's going to be a real day in Reno.

776
01:01:41,540 --> 01:01:43,340
So thank you.

777
01:01:43,500 --> 01:01:43,860
Okay.

778
01:01:45,680 --> 01:01:47,820
Mr. Charden, make like a tree and get out of here.

779
01:01:47,940 --> 01:01:48,580
Thank you very much.

780
01:01:48,580 --> 01:01:54,600
it cows graze. I'm just helping her. Sorry, I knew where she was going with that. I'm just getting

781
01:01:54,600 --> 01:02:01,040
the farm animals correct. So I guess I'm kind of in the middle on this. When I totally understand

782
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:05,260
and I'm supportive of it and I kind of see both sides as someone who fully understands the delicate

783
01:02:05,260 --> 01:02:11,200
balance of growth and the need to keep costs in check for them to be able to produce so we can get

784
01:02:11,200 --> 01:02:18,220
more product to the market. I also understand this this very important concept of the growth

785
01:02:18,220 --> 01:02:24,020
of favor growth, but also whenever we have any project that comes before any public body.

786
01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:32,940
The thing that we hear consistently is you need to put the infrastructure in before you

787
01:02:32,940 --> 01:02:34,160
build the whatever.

788
01:02:34,660 --> 01:02:39,020
You need to make sure certainly that it's not lagging behind it, and we get those sorts

789
01:02:39,020 --> 01:02:40,760
of communications with great regularity.

790
01:02:41,300 --> 01:02:47,180
Now this may not get us all the way to future build out before a stick bill, anything goes

791
01:02:47,180 --> 01:02:53,520
vertical, but it certainly gets us closer to that. And to me, that's the answer that we are – the

792
01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:58,060
question that we are answering here today is moving in the direction of having the infrastructure

793
01:02:58,060 --> 01:03:03,840
in place so that the growth to meet our housing demands can occur, not have the lag, not have the

794
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:10,590
confusion and what's on the backs of the developers to solve the problem. So I totally get it. I don't

795
01:03:10,590 --> 01:03:13,890
like to see any fees go up, but totally understand.

796
01:03:14,170 --> 01:03:15,690
And again, this is growth, thank you, growth.

797
01:03:17,790 --> 01:03:20,930
OK, and look, and I concur, just

798
01:03:20,930 --> 01:03:23,250
to follow up and finish up here.

799
01:03:24,350 --> 01:03:26,750
I do not believe that we should be on the hook

800
01:03:26,750 --> 01:03:30,470
to front load any infrastructure at the municipalities.

801
01:03:31,150 --> 01:03:32,150
We get that all the time.

802
01:03:32,350 --> 01:03:35,050
You can't build this because the infrastructure doesn't exist.

803
01:03:35,470 --> 01:03:37,590
Well, it is a condition of approval.

804
01:03:37,910 --> 01:03:41,450
And this is sadly in 2021.

805
01:03:41,450 --> 01:03:44,490
one. This is the cost of doing business. I don't know whether any of you have

806
01:03:44,490 --> 01:03:49,290
noticed the cost of everything in the grocery store. I used to be able to get

807
01:03:49,290 --> 01:03:52,270
out of Costco for a hundred bucks. I can't get out of there now for under three

808
01:03:52,270 --> 01:03:55,470
hundred bucks. I get out for under three hundred bucks. I'm looking for a

809
01:03:55,470 --> 01:03:59,250
certificate. You know, some kind of a win.

810
01:04:01,310 --> 01:04:05,430
It's just the way it is now. So I'm also

811
01:04:05,430 --> 01:04:10,670
supportive of this, but I understand there's a it's a delicate balance of it's

812
01:04:10,670 --> 01:04:19,470
this constant spiral upwards, but what we're looking for today is what's written in our staff

813
01:04:19,470 --> 01:04:27,070
report. That's what's in front of us. As we have this conversation, Madam Clerk, do we have

814
01:04:27,070 --> 01:04:30,030
anyone else who would like to chime in under public comment?

815
01:04:32,220 --> 01:04:33,980
Is there anyone wishing to speak under

816
01:04:33,980 --> 01:04:41,660
public comment? Okay, so what staff is asking us for is a first reading with a second reading

817
01:04:41,660 --> 01:04:46,400
an adoption on the first reading today, a second reading and adoption on January 29th

818
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:52,460
with an effective date of Monday, January 31st, 2022, or January 19th, rather.

819
01:04:53,260 --> 01:04:56,720
Let me rephrase that, a second reading and adoption of these rates at the Board's

820
01:04:56,720 --> 01:05:03,020
January 19th, 2022 meeting, forgive me for that, that misstep, and an effective date of

821
01:05:03,020 --> 01:05:06,280
Monday, January 31st, 2022.

822
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:13,080
to. So if we have no other discussion, I will entertain a motion to adopt this first

823
01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:13,380
reading.

824
01:05:14,040 --> 01:05:18,220
Mr. Chair, if I could just interject, please, the preferred procedure would be a motion

825
01:05:18,220 --> 01:05:23,040
to refer to a second reading. And if you could do it in two separate motions, one for 10

826
01:05:23,040 --> 01:05:29,850
a and one for 10 b, that would be appreciated. Okay, so the so we do it a little differently

827
01:05:29,850 --> 01:05:35,990
at the county. So every jurisdiction doesn't have to tell us historically done it as a motion

828
01:05:35,990 --> 01:05:39,530
to refer to a second reading. Okay, so that's, so that's what we're doing. We're not doing

829
01:05:39,530 --> 01:05:46,330
a first reading and an adoption and then a second reading. Okay, okay. Does everyone understand

830
01:05:46,330 --> 01:05:53,610
what Mr. Pony is looking for? Good. Since I heard nothing. Okay, I'm looking for a motion.

831
01:05:54,870 --> 01:06:00,970
I'll move to refer 10 a and 10 b for a second reading at the January board meeting.

832
01:06:00,970 --> 01:06:06,870
okay so do I need a vote on this because at the county we don't need a vote we

833
01:06:06,870 --> 01:06:11,710
just need we just need an adoption come on historically it's taking a vote

834
01:06:11,710 --> 01:06:17,030
okay so I have a motion do I have a second I'll second okay so I have a motion by

835
01:06:17,030 --> 01:06:20,890
Miss Breckis I the first second I heard I'm sorry my store was Miss

836
01:06:20,890 --> 01:06:26,150
Chardon so I have a motion and a second we have asked for public comment is there

837
01:06:26,150 --> 01:06:30,490
any other discussion on this item you know it would be good to have a point on

838
01:06:30,490 --> 01:06:34,710
that I thought second readings were only for ordinances and not, you know, rulemaking

839
01:06:34,710 --> 01:06:38,350
for a non-ordinance-producing body.

840
01:06:38,510 --> 01:06:38,870
Mr. Pony.

841
01:06:39,530 --> 01:06:44,450
So, Tomas procedure under the cooperative agreement gives some latitude on how you

842
01:06:44,450 --> 01:06:46,270
go about in your rulemaking process.

843
01:06:46,750 --> 01:06:53,170
The board has followed generally the procedures in chapter 318, which apply to general improvement

844
01:06:53,170 --> 01:06:53,510
districts.

845
01:06:53,510 --> 01:06:56,950
You're not bound by those statutory procedures, but those are the ones you generally follow.

846
01:06:56,950 --> 01:07:00,470
that's why we do two readings in introduction and then a second reading on

847
01:07:00,470 --> 01:07:07,310
adoption. I get that. It's our decision to do a two step process but if we

848
01:07:07,310 --> 01:07:10,390
wanted to shorten the streamline things we could certainly reconsider. Thank

849
01:07:10,390 --> 01:07:14,530
you for that. We have a motion. We have a second seeing no other discussion. All

850
01:07:14,530 --> 01:07:19,370
those in favor please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries

851
01:07:19,370 --> 01:07:26,590
unanimously with a second reading to occur on January 19th, 2022. Okay. Thank

852
01:07:26,590 --> 01:07:27,430
Thank you so much, staff.

853
01:07:27,850 --> 01:07:31,890
Moving right along, that takes us to item number 11.

854
01:07:32,790 --> 01:07:34,830
Presentation of the Trekkie River Fund activities

855
01:07:34,830 --> 01:07:37,990
for the calendar year 2021, Ms. Falson, floor is yours.

856
01:07:40,020 --> 01:07:41,430
Oh, Mr. Enlow, I'm sorry.

857
01:07:49,170 --> 01:07:49,710
Okay,

858
01:07:52,690 --> 01:07:54,290
with keyboard in hand.

859
01:07:54,630 --> 01:07:55,250
Thank you, good eye.

860
01:07:55,730 --> 01:07:57,090
That's all right, thank you.

861
01:07:59,630 --> 01:08:03,050
Good afternoon, members of board, Sonia Falson.

862
01:08:03,270 --> 01:08:05,670
Before you have agenda item number 11,

863
01:08:05,670 --> 01:08:09,870
presentation of the Jackie River Fund activities for calendar year 2021.

864
01:08:10,690 --> 01:08:17,450
This is just a summary of all the projects that you approved or denied in 2021 and this year we

865
01:08:18,470 --> 01:08:26,210
a total of 193 projects were approved since inception of 2004. 12 were approved in 2021

866
01:08:26,990 --> 01:08:34,750
and have those the total amount of resolution approved was 15 million by come along in total

867
01:08:34,750 --> 01:08:43,050
last of the grantees was $25.2 million. In 2021, we had, I'm sorry,

868
01:08:49,380 --> 01:08:50,140
I had it in here

869
01:08:50,140 --> 01:08:53,320
but anyway. Okay,

870
01:08:55,920 --> 01:09:03,720
so I, here I'm sorry, look at the wrong document. So in 2021, we had

871
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:12,440
And a board approved $928,000 approximately, and they had a match of $1.95, $1.95 million,

872
01:09:13,550 --> 01:09:14,580
which is significant.

873
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:21,820
And then in, so the remaining funds that Turkey River Fund has for a fiscal year 2022

874
01:09:22,910 --> 01:09:28,060
to allow for spring RFPs is approximately $163,000, $500.

875
01:09:28,060 --> 01:09:36,600
dollars. And the projects that we summarize to you're in the staff report, many of them are

876
01:09:36,600 --> 01:09:45,240
returning, the steering about a journey, key trucky metals beautiful, one trucky river fund,

877
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:52,360
as well as Washer County for their trucky river port gore outreach program.

878
01:09:55,580 --> 01:09:56,520
And with that,

879
01:09:56,520 --> 01:10:07,560
Ms. Brecus. The only question I have is I notice the city of Reno appointees are each of

880
01:10:07,560 --> 01:10:15,140
them are moving on 17 years of service. Do they expire? I know it's always a can of worms

881
01:10:15,140 --> 01:10:21,960
when you start asking about board members but 17 years is a long run and does that go

882
01:10:21,960 --> 01:10:25,800
over to Reno then? It does go over to Reno so the appointees here for the

883
01:10:25,800 --> 01:10:32,180
trackie river fund are outside of tummo's purview. So the it's based on if

884
01:10:32,180 --> 01:10:39,080
they're willing to continue and they go to their okay okay jurisdictions. Now

885
01:10:39,080 --> 01:10:44,440
Miss Phillips the chair she she has been talking about leaving leaving but

886
01:10:44,440 --> 01:10:51,060
she is as you can see one of the longest term serving members and has a lot of

887
01:10:51,060 --> 01:10:56,860
knowledge. Yeah, I'm over from Tumwa. When she retired, she started serving on the

888
01:10:56,860 --> 01:11:01,420
Tricky River Fund Advisory Committee. She is the president of the Tahoe

889
01:11:01,420 --> 01:11:06,560
Pyramid Trail. Yeah. And so she has, she has a lot of historical knowledge and

890
01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:15,200
she really values the committee and doesn't want to leave it, you know, unprepared.

891
01:11:15,200 --> 01:11:23,360
Yeah, so with that being said Brian Bonafonks who is the vice chair and he's been vice chair this past year and

892
01:11:24,040 --> 01:11:31,760
She's looking to let him the plan is for him to sit in vice chair for a year or two and then transition out

893
01:11:33,040 --> 01:11:39,920
And then let City of Reno know. Okay. I'll look at it. These appointments over there because each one of ours is 17 years in the running

894
01:11:39,920 --> 01:11:44,500
it's a long run. My camera just retired from the nature of conservancy but

895
01:11:44,500 --> 01:11:50,140
decided to continue to serve. Yeah. Okay. That's good. And Ms. Phillips has been

896
01:11:50,140 --> 01:11:54,480
amazing. She had a personal tragedy in her life. I know she's back and off

897
01:11:54,480 --> 01:12:02,060
I'm doing a lot of this stuff and so she's but she's still very active and and I'm

898
01:12:02,060 --> 01:12:05,580
I'm deeply appreciative of all the work she's done and especially on the bike

899
01:12:05,580 --> 01:12:13,440
Oh my god. I don't think it would happen if happened without Janet. I mean she was, she's, she's a monster.

900
01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:18,040
She's got a lot of horsepower in that. Now any other questions, Mr. Garrett?

901
01:12:19,480 --> 01:12:24,880
I'm just looking at the ones that, I mean this is exciting. Anytime we can help. This is a great, good job.

902
01:12:25,300 --> 01:12:33,120
But some of the ones we didn't do, sometimes they just wonder what, why do we decide not to? I'm looking at the river clean up.

903
01:12:33,700 --> 01:12:38,440
So this spreadsheet, I thought I had my notes in one and I haven't on the other

904
01:12:38,440 --> 01:12:38,780
spreadsheet.

905
01:12:39,160 --> 01:12:43,900
So this spreadsheet on the 11 by 17 is not the full list of the Truckie River fun active

906
01:12:43,900 --> 01:12:46,620
projects that were approved or not approved.

907
01:12:47,040 --> 01:12:48,720
It would go on to 20 pages plus.

908
01:12:49,340 --> 01:12:54,980
So this is just, I cut it off at 2018 and until 2021.

909
01:12:55,440 --> 01:13:01,000
So if you have a question about a particular project that was not funded, I take an example.

910
01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:01,760
So,

911
01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:09,600
the tricky river watershed, this is 211, I just want, so I understand, I'm just picking

912
01:13:09,600 --> 01:13:10,040
on that one.

913
01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:14,300
But, I mean, I liked the trash removal involved, some of those things.

914
01:13:14,440 --> 01:13:19,620
Why would somebody choose this one and say, no to this, but to another cleanup crew, yes.

915
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:20,300
Okay.

916
01:13:20,540 --> 01:13:20,920
Any idea?

917
01:13:21,040 --> 01:13:26,360
Without having the project description and full our fan front of me, I can't answer to

918
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:27,020
the specifics.

919
01:13:27,020 --> 01:13:36,780
but generally speaking, the tricky refund advisor committee would reject or the tumble board would reject approval of said projects.

920
01:13:36,780 --> 01:13:53,820
If it was outside of the tricky eventals service area or downstream, for example, or it didn't fall under one or two priorities of the of the grant priorities that are listed in the.

921
01:14:07,800 --> 01:14:23,800
And I want to commend I do want to just add the conversation about Ms. Phillips I can't say enough about what she's doing.

922
01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:32,020
done for the community and this particular effort, so thank you so much. So this is this is just

923
01:14:32,020 --> 01:14:36,960
for discussion and presentation only, but is there anyone wishing to speak at this time? I don't

924
01:14:36,960 --> 01:14:44,900
have any cards in the audience. I did not receive anything. Okay. All right. If no one has any further

925
01:14:44,900 --> 01:14:50,780
discussion or any other questions, I will close item number 11 and that takes us now to item 12 and I

926
01:14:50,780 --> 01:14:53,480
I will open item 13 at the same time.

927
01:14:53,660 --> 01:14:54,220
So let me read those.

928
01:14:54,940 --> 01:14:57,500
Item number 12 is discussion and action impossible direction

929
01:14:57,500 --> 01:14:59,920
to staff regarding the appointment of John Combs to.

930
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,260
To the Standing Advisory Committee or the SAC, to fill a wholesale customer representative alternate position for the term beginning January 1st, 2022 to December 31st, 2023. That is for action or possible action item 13 is discussion and action and possible direction to staff regarding appointments to the standing advisory committee or the SAC to fill vacancies in existing positions whose terms expire on December 31st, 2021.

931
01:15:29,260 --> 01:15:38,520
One such appointments to be made for new terms from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 from the following list of candidates.

932
01:15:38,760 --> 01:15:59,240
One, Chris Melton, primary representative wholesale customer, two, Johnny Pullman, alternate representative, multi-family customer, three John Crompotic, alternate representative, commercial customer, four, Colin Hayes, primary representative from ban, five Jim Smith, alternate representative from ban, six,

933
01:15:59,240 --> 01:16:07,780
Alex, Christine Brown-Calliger, primary representative from the Reno Sparks Chamber and seven and silver alternate representative to the Reno Sparks Chamber.

934
01:16:08,020 --> 01:16:13,060
This is awesome. The floor is yours to deal with items number 12 and 13.

935
01:16:13,440 --> 01:16:24,960
Thank you Mr. Chair. So with the first item, number 12, the appointment of or confirming the recommendation to appoint John Combs as the alternate representative for some valid GID.

936
01:16:24,960 --> 01:16:31,700
the San Valley G.I.D. Board felt it was appropriate to have an alternate in case Mr. Melton, who

937
01:16:31,700 --> 01:16:33,940
could not attend, and John Holmes is the general manager.

938
01:16:35,080 --> 01:16:46,800
And then for the rest of the members, I received a notification from Mrs. Susan Hogue, thank you,

939
01:16:47,780 --> 01:16:53,780
who is not going to continue, nor is Mr. Harry Culbert, even though his term expires next

940
01:16:53,780 --> 01:16:58,560
year he notified me this year that he's not continuing. So those two vacancies

941
01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:04,700
will are open and every other member has confirmed that they will continue

942
01:17:04,700 --> 01:17:09,500
for another two-year term. We are awaiting confirmation from Mr. Jim Smith,

943
01:17:09,940 --> 01:17:15,940
actually from Van for reappointing Mr. Jim Smith and as of this moment.

944
01:17:26,090 --> 01:17:26,770
And that's

945
01:17:27,990 --> 01:17:33,190
Since I see no questions do I have any public comment on this item? I don't have any cards. Is there anyone wishing to speak of this time?

946
01:17:34,690 --> 01:17:38,150
I will close public comment and bring it back to the board. Okay. What do we want to do?

947
01:17:40,390 --> 01:17:41,130
Check your pulses.

948
01:17:44,090 --> 01:17:53,250
All right. Does someone need to call Ramza? I can go. I can make a motion Mr. Chair ahead. Go ahead. All right. Well, I'll motion to

949
01:17:53,250 --> 01:17:56,830
to make the appointment says outlined by Ms.

950
01:17:57,250 --> 01:17:57,630
Olson?

951
01:17:57,970 --> 01:17:58,750
In the staff report.

952
01:17:59,570 --> 01:18:00,270
Is that part?

953
01:18:00,750 --> 01:18:02,210
Is that both 12 and 13?

954
01:18:07,510 --> 01:18:08,690
Well, excuse me, yes.

955
01:18:09,130 --> 01:18:09,410
Thank you.

956
01:18:09,970 --> 01:18:10,070
Yes.

957
01:18:10,210 --> 01:18:10,410
Thank you.

958
01:18:10,930 --> 01:18:11,150
Okay.

959
01:18:11,350 --> 01:18:12,090
I just wanted to be sure.

960
01:18:12,430 --> 01:18:16,170
Mr. Pony, do we need to take separate motions on 12 and 13?

961
01:18:16,170 --> 01:18:17,190
Or can we combine them?

962
01:18:17,510 --> 01:18:18,230
You can combine them.

963
01:18:18,410 --> 01:18:18,510
Okay.

964
01:18:18,630 --> 01:18:18,710
Good.

965
01:18:19,150 --> 01:18:19,270
All right.

966
01:18:19,270 --> 01:18:20,610
So I have a motion by Ms. Stewart's second.

967
01:18:20,690 --> 01:18:23,730
We've already asked for public comment.

968
01:18:24,350 --> 01:18:24,850
We had none.

969
01:18:24,850 --> 01:18:26,470
Is there any of the discussion on this item?

970
01:18:27,670 --> 01:18:29,570
All those in favor, please think if I'm saying aye.

971
01:18:29,850 --> 01:18:30,070
Aye.

972
01:18:30,470 --> 01:18:31,070
Any opposed?

973
01:18:31,750 --> 01:18:32,750
Motion carries unanimously.

974
01:18:33,470 --> 01:18:33,770
Well done.

975
01:18:34,110 --> 01:18:34,350
Okay.

976
01:18:34,550 --> 01:18:35,230
Thank you, Ms. Folsom.

977
01:18:36,290 --> 01:18:37,570
Item number 14.

978
01:18:37,750 --> 01:18:43,610
Discussion and action on scheduling regular board meeting dates and times for the calendar year 2022.

979
01:18:43,770 --> 01:18:44,730
Ms. Folsom.

980
01:18:45,930 --> 01:18:46,050
Hi.

981
01:18:46,230 --> 01:18:47,650
So happens the floor is yours again.

982
01:18:47,690 --> 01:18:49,270
Make it simple and efficient.

983
01:18:49,270 --> 01:18:49,750
Well done.

984
01:18:50,190 --> 01:18:50,490
Yes.

985
01:18:50,490 --> 01:18:57,310
Yes, before you have the proposed schedule for 2022, we have stuck with the third one

986
01:18:57,310 --> 01:19:02,970
day of every month, and we will keep the Sparks Council chambers as our location when we

987
01:19:02,970 --> 01:19:08,410
meet in person, and except for the October strategic planning meeting which is scheduled

988
01:19:08,410 --> 01:19:13,970
for October 19th, and I've outlined that that will be held at Tomoa and it's approximately

989
01:19:13,970 --> 01:19:22,690
four hours. The four dates that I am going to call out here that are different are that Thursday,

990
01:19:22,770 --> 01:19:28,050
May 19th, date for our budget hearing that avoids any conflict with any other jurisdiction.

991
01:19:29,130 --> 01:19:34,470
Thursday, July 21st and Thursday, November 17th have been moved because there is a conflict

992
01:19:34,470 --> 01:19:42,070
with City of Reno Council, meaning that's held on Wednesday, July 20th and Wednesday, November 16th.

993
01:19:42,070 --> 01:19:55,650
And then the December meeting, we moved up quite a bit because third Wednesday is on the 21st and that falls really close to holiday season, as well as cutting it really close with filing the aquifer for tumble with the state.

994
01:19:56,150 --> 01:20:00,010
And we moved that to Thursday, December 8th. All the times have remained the same.

995
01:20:01,250 --> 01:20:07,010
If that works with everyone, I think you can approve that for 2022 unless you have any questions.

996
01:20:07,290 --> 01:20:07,590
Thank you.

997
01:20:18,030 --> 01:20:29,710
I'm trying to get some confirmation there was some discussion about City of Reno moving their January meeting to I think the 19th I think that's the same day.

998
01:20:29,710 --> 01:20:41,570
Okay, so I don't know. I do have some information. I'm sorry to interrupt. Thank you. I didn't I just didn't want this to go by without that there's been no action taken on it. I just know there has been some discussions about that.

999
01:20:42,590 --> 01:20:51,330
Yes, thank you. I happen to talk to our not our manager, but JW Hodge or special project strategic planning.

1000
01:20:51,330 --> 01:20:57,990
And he said they were looking at moving it, but just they had just confirmed that the mayor could not make that new date.

1001
01:20:58,610 --> 01:21:05,610
And there was also a challenge with a hearing that had to be held within so many days, so they had to keep the January 12th meeting.

1002
01:21:06,470 --> 01:21:09,830
That was just what I heard as recently as today.

1003
01:21:09,830 --> 01:21:10,310
Great.

1004
01:21:10,650 --> 01:21:11,410
Claire's that up there.

1005
01:21:11,850 --> 01:21:12,230
Thank you so much.

1006
01:21:12,330 --> 01:21:12,590
Ms. Breakfast.

1007
01:21:12,950 --> 01:21:13,110
Yeah.

1008
01:21:13,410 --> 01:21:14,950
Reno did do something.

1009
01:21:15,030 --> 01:21:15,970
Little Catty Wong-Kiss.

1010
01:21:15,970 --> 01:21:18,010
And I can see what happened to their norms.

1011
01:21:18,270 --> 01:21:21,950
But my questions are the July and the November that are in blue.

1012
01:21:22,330 --> 01:21:25,830
We often cancel a couple of meetings a year, right?

1013
01:21:26,030 --> 01:21:27,370
Are those the two that we cancel?

1014
01:21:27,390 --> 01:21:27,570
Yes.

1015
01:21:28,050 --> 01:21:31,910
So we'll decide that like the meeting before or so, right?

1016
01:21:32,090 --> 01:21:32,330
Correct.

1017
01:21:32,910 --> 01:21:33,130
Got you.

1018
01:21:33,490 --> 01:21:37,610
We've kept those meetings in case something comes up throughout the year

1019
01:21:37,610 --> 01:21:42,690
that it needs to be addressed and it's on your calendar so I'll go back to

1020
01:21:42,690 --> 01:21:49,070
the office and get that scheduled for 2022 and if it's determined that we

1021
01:21:49,070 --> 01:21:52,030
don't need to have that meeting then I will delete that meeting invitation

1022
01:21:52,030 --> 01:21:56,030
and send out a cancelation. Those are the two months that we typically do. Okay thank

1023
01:21:56,030 --> 01:22:03,570
you. Is there any other discussion for staff or any questions for staff? Is there any

1024
01:22:03,570 --> 01:22:08,090
public comments on this item. I have no cards. I see no one wishing to speak in

1025
01:22:08,090 --> 01:22:10,990
the audience. I'll bring it back to the board with do you need from us miss

1026
01:22:10,990 --> 01:22:15,370
Folsom do you need us to adopt this schedule. I need you to approve the proposed

1027
01:22:15,370 --> 01:22:20,050
town. Okay. We're going for a motion. I have a motion by Ms. Jarden. Do I have a

1028
01:22:20,050 --> 01:22:25,030
second? Second. Have a second by Mr. Anderson. Is there any other discussion on this

1029
01:22:25,030 --> 01:22:29,670
item? Seeing none all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed?

1030
01:22:35,030 --> 01:22:45,030
We are moving along nicely well ahead of the schedule that I had set forth on my own agenda that takes us to item 15 general manager's report.

1031
01:22:51,180 --> 01:22:51,740
That's good, it's not too bad.

1032
01:22:51,740 --> 01:22:52,340
Yeah, that's good.

1033
01:22:52,340 --> 01:22:53,640
My house last night.

1034
01:22:56,750 --> 01:22:58,330
Yes, so Sadler.

1035
01:22:58,530 --> 01:22:58,990
We're looking

1036
01:23:02,830 --> 01:23:05,610
at another thing you'll be in the town manager report.

1037
01:23:09,780 --> 01:23:10,740
The court case, the

1038
01:23:14,860 --> 01:23:17,640
pumping groundwater that may have any kind of contaminant

1039
01:23:19,760 --> 01:23:20,080
could.

1040
01:23:25,300 --> 01:23:28,980
The staff's going to come up here and help me with this a little bit.

1041
01:23:29,840 --> 01:23:36,180
But it could, the California case could hold a public utility responsible for

1042
01:23:36,180 --> 01:23:40,440
for being a transporter of hazardous waste,

1043
01:23:41,340 --> 01:23:45,280
even if the water meets all drinking water standards.

1044
01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:49,180
So we have some, a lot of utilities have very low levels

1045
01:23:49,180 --> 01:23:51,040
below the drinking water standards

1046
01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:53,800
of certain contaminants in the water,

1047
01:23:53,800 --> 01:23:59,040
but this case was problematic for pretty much all water utilities

1048
01:23:59,040 --> 01:24:04,300
and although we, yeah, and although we did not intervene

1049
01:24:04,300 --> 01:24:14,560
Intervene as a as in an amicus we are a member of the Western urban water coalition a group of the largest urban water utilities in the West and they

1050
01:24:15,860 --> 01:24:18,800
are in the case now as a

1051
01:24:19,380 --> 01:24:24,420
Amicus am I am I correct just wanted to let you know about that and go ahead stuff with

1052
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:26,640
Correct correct me where I'm wrong

1053
01:24:26,640 --> 01:24:36,800
No, it was right. The ninth circuit did decide a case. It is a California case, but because we are in the ninth circuit, it would be binding for us on appeal.

1054
01:24:37,700 --> 01:24:44,280
And it's under Rikra, and it does make it made the city of Vacaville. It's the Friends of the River versus the city of Vacaville case.

1055
01:24:44,280 --> 01:24:51,500
case. The Ninth Circuit panel decided that the case couldn't be dismissed on the basis

1056
01:24:51,500 --> 01:24:58,600
that the city hadn't transported the what the the hex chrome is what it was. And essentially

1057
01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:05,180
they said it could be a transporter which is pretty much a strict liability under regret.

1058
01:25:06,120 --> 01:25:14,040
And so a lot of people are concerned about it because everybody acknowledged and the facts

1059
01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:19,580
would treatment plant down the way it had caused the contamination and the city had nothing

1060
01:25:19,580 --> 01:25:23,380
to do with it. It's just that it had hit the groundwater basin and was being pumped

1061
01:25:23,380 --> 01:25:27,440
and they're out of their wells and served. So even though it met all drinking water standards,

1062
01:25:28,140 --> 01:25:33,380
it was still a transporter of a hazardous material under Rikra. So if you think about the

1063
01:25:33,380 --> 01:25:37,840
logical conclusion, that means if you got on your yard and you turn on the water, you spray

1064
01:25:37,840 --> 01:25:42,840
the hose that you also are a transporter. So it's a bit of a stretch.

1065
01:25:42,840 --> 01:25:57,240
So what they asked to do and what we, um, what Wu Wack filed an Amicus brief on was for the whole night circuit on bond. So all of the justices to rehere that case and we are still waiting to see if they will reher it.

1066
01:25:57,420 --> 01:25:59,080
They asked the plaintiffs to respond.

1067
01:25:59,640 --> 01:26:05,500
They have to respond at the end of this month and we likely won't hear until January, February, if they will reher it.

1068
01:26:06,640 --> 01:26:07,660
Hopefully that's clear.

1069
01:26:09,220 --> 01:26:10,280
Ah, the joys.

1070
01:26:13,080 --> 01:26:14,560
And that's all for me.

1071
01:26:14,680 --> 01:26:14,940
Thank you.

1072
01:26:14,940 --> 01:26:15,480
Thank you, Mr. Ford.

1073
01:26:16,500 --> 01:26:16,780
Okay.

1074
01:26:17,620 --> 01:26:18,160
All right.

1075
01:26:18,360 --> 01:26:21,100
That takes us now to item 16.

1076
01:26:21,100 --> 01:26:22,200
Our final public comment.

1077
01:26:22,340 --> 01:26:24,440
Ms. Folsom, do we have anyone wishing to speak at this time?

1078
01:26:26,540 --> 01:26:26,900
Okay.

1079
01:26:27,140 --> 01:26:28,800
Is there anyone in the audience wishing to speak?

1080
01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:30,720
Seeing none, I will close that.

1081
01:26:31,120 --> 01:26:32,480
That takes us to item 17.

1082
01:26:32,620 --> 01:26:34,720
Board comments or requests for future agenda items?

1083
01:26:34,980 --> 01:26:35,880
Ms. Prakis, do you have anything?

1084
01:26:36,800 --> 01:26:37,140
Mr. Dan?

1085
01:26:37,140 --> 01:26:50,300
Mr. Anderson? Mr. Anderson? Mr. Jordan? Mr. Doer? Yeah. Just one thing, this article that I sent

1086
01:26:50,300 --> 01:26:56,640
to the Tomwha to Mr. Forrey, I'm hoping that he'll review it and see if there's any other

1087
01:26:56,640 --> 01:27:03,880
articles in this similar line. And then at some point, bring us an update on what people are thinking

1088
01:27:03,880 --> 01:27:08,000
about the potential impacts of climate change on the snowpack.

1089
01:27:08,680 --> 01:27:10,740
So this isn't necessarily for next meeting,

1090
01:27:10,920 --> 01:27:13,860
but at some meeting within the next quarter or so perhaps.

1091
01:27:14,980 --> 01:27:15,140
Okay.

1092
01:27:15,820 --> 01:27:16,400
We can do that.

1093
01:27:16,660 --> 01:27:16,840
Thank you.

1094
01:27:16,880 --> 01:27:17,980
All right, thank you, Mr. Forrey.

1095
01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:18,780
Thank you, Mr. Stewart.

1096
01:27:19,700 --> 01:27:22,500
As for me, I would like to wish everyone a happy holiday,

1097
01:27:23,220 --> 01:27:27,920
have a healthy, safe Christmas, and a happy new year.

1098
01:27:28,020 --> 01:27:29,160
We won't see you before then.

1099
01:27:30,240 --> 01:27:32,220
And if there is nothing else from the board,

1100
01:27:33,160 --> 01:27:35,720
We are adjourned.

1101
01:27:37,610 --> 01:27:38,050
Yay!

1102
01:27:39,410 --> 01:27:40,310
We did it!

1103
01:27:40,670 --> 01:27:41,130
Another year.

1104
01:27:42,430 --> 01:27:44,270
I got a schedule.

1105
01:27:44,990 --> 01:27:46,110
Have a good evening.

1106
01:27:46,770 --> 01:27:49,210
Yeah, we've tried to find out about that.