[0:05] and we're

[0:05] free to repeat to go go ahead and staff

[0:11] okay good afternoon thank you for

[0:14] joining valley waters virtual public sql

[0:16] scoping meeting on the pacheco reservoir

[0:17] expansion project

[0:19] i'm chris haigs valley waters deputy

[0:21] operating officer for dam safety and

[0:23] capital delivery

[0:24] i'm your mc for today uh today's virtual

[0:26] meeting

[0:27] before we get into the presentation i'd

[0:29] like to turn the floor over to albert

[0:31] who will go over some logistics about

[0:32] the zoom platform

[0:36] thank you chris i am going to screen

[0:38] share real quickly here

[0:39] uh just to go over the zoom platform

[0:41] some of us may be familiar but i know

[0:43] that never

[0:44] everyone is using zoom always so

[0:47] we are using the language interpretation

[0:50] feature of zoom there is a globe icon on

[0:53] your toolbar

[0:54] if you need to have spanish as your

[0:56] language of comfort or to listen into

[0:58] please

[0:59] select the interpretation button and

[1:00] select spanish we have our interpreters

[1:02] already interpreting on that side

[1:04] and i am going to enable one of our

[1:06] interpreters to describe that process

[1:08] in spanish so i'm gonna look for anna

[1:11] here just give me one second

[1:13] i think i might not be on um i'm here

[1:18] okay okay um

[1:37] thank you so much anna and before we

[1:40] move on to

[1:40] our program i do want to cover how to

[1:42] use zoom if you are listening in that's

[1:45] great if you are having issues with your

[1:47] audio please go ahead and call in using

[1:49] the number

[1:49] on the screen and the webinar id that's

[1:52] listed in our materials

[1:54] you will have an opportunity to ask

[1:55] questions please use the q and a portal

[1:58] of the

[1:59] zoom webinar platform you can also

[2:02] ask your question by raising your hand i

[2:05] will enable your microphone

[2:06] and you can unmute yourself after that

[2:10] if you do use the chat box we recommend

[2:12] not using that for questions

[2:13] it tends to get buried real fast other

[2:16] than that

[2:17] back to you chris

[2:21] thank you albert uh now i'd like to

[2:23] provide an overview of today's virtual

[2:24] meeting

[2:25] uh we'll have welcome remarks from our

[2:27] valley water board members uh director

[2:29] richard santos and director john varela

[2:32] who also comprise of two thirds of

[2:34] valley waters water storage exploratory

[2:36] committee

[2:37] uh we may also have our vice chair gary

[2:38] kramen join us

[2:40] um in order to provide some comments as

[2:42] well and i do see that we have uh

[2:43] director shu up

[2:44] as well on here so i'm not sure if she's

[2:46] gonna provide any comments

[2:48] but she is present as well from there

[2:50] we'll move into our main presentation

[2:51] which is divided into two segments the

[2:53] scoping presentation and an open house

[2:56] the scoping presentation will allow

[2:57] volley water to share the latest news

[2:59] about the scope and content

[3:01] of the environmental impact report that

[3:02] we are preparing for the pacheco project

[3:05] we encourage we're encouraging members

[3:07] of the public and agencies to provide

[3:08] comments on the scope and content of the

[3:10] eir

[3:12] comments can be mailed or sent regular

[3:13] mail we'll provide those addresses

[3:15] during the presentation

[3:16] following the presentation uh you will

[3:18] all have an opportunity to ask questions

[3:20] about the presentation that you just saw

[3:22] and the project environmental review

[3:23] process after the presentation in q

[3:26] a we'll move along to the open house

[3:28] portion of the meeting

[3:29] where we encourage you to share your

[3:30] thoughts and ask more general questions

[3:31] about the project

[3:33] not just about the presentation the goal

[3:35] of the open house

[3:36] is to get your feedback on the overall

[3:38] project and allow the community an

[3:40] opportunity to ask questions and share

[3:42] your opinions

[3:43] before we hear from our directors i

[3:44] would like to provide a brief update on

[3:46] recent developments regarding the

[3:47] pacheco reservoir expansion project

[3:50] when we applied for our water storage

[3:52] investment program grant in 2017

[3:56] the application included an initial cost

[3:58] estimate of 969 million dollars for the

[4:00] proposed

[4:01] project this cost was based on 2015

[4:04] which was a requirement of the

[4:05] application due to project inflation

[4:08] that

[4:09] affects all projects uh the estimated

[4:11] project cost rose to about 1.3 billion

[4:14] in 2019 and then in 2020 we performed a

[4:17] more

[4:17] detailed design study which included an

[4:20] updated cost estimate

[4:21] this design study indicated the

[4:23] construction cost for the proposed

[4:24] project had increased to about 2.5

[4:27] billion

[4:28] that was prompted largely by major

[4:29] changes to the dam and spillway design

[4:31] associated with the foundation

[4:33] um so that's uh where we've been and

[4:35] where we currently are

[4:37] uh i'm taking a look to see if director

[4:39] kremen is online yet

[4:40] it doesn't look like he is so i'm going

[4:43] to

[4:43] pass the mic over to let's see

[4:47] i believe it's going to be director

[4:48] santos director santos would you like to

[4:50] say a few words

[4:52] well thank you very much and to

[4:53] everybody who's listening welcome this

[4:55] is i'm sure it's going to be a good

[4:56] uh public testimony in terms of

[4:58] education and so on

[5:00] all i know is this that this is a very

[5:03] very

[5:03] valuable source of water we need all we

[5:06] can do to preserve it

[5:08] i know it's going to be a very tough

[5:10] issue but people continue to worry about

[5:12] costs and we all should but you'll pay

[5:14] more in damage control when you don't

[5:16] take advantage of this great opportunity

[5:18] so with that i'm going to sit back and

[5:20] staff always does a fine job

[5:21] and looking forward to educating

[5:23] everybody on this source of water that

[5:25] is needed

[5:25] thank you thank you director santos for

[5:28] the kind words

[5:29] uh now i'd like to introduce director

[5:31] john varela who's also on the water

[5:33] storage exploratory committee

[5:34] director varela also represents the

[5:36] district with pacheco project is located

[5:38] district 1

[5:39] please welcome director varela

[5:42] thank you chris and hello everybody good

[5:44] afternoon

[5:46] so my name again is john varela and i am

[5:48] the director on valley water board of

[5:49] directors

[5:50] representing district one as many of you

[5:54] know

[5:55] we are off to another dry start to this

[5:57] rainfall

[5:58] season much of our county is

[6:00] experiencing drought conditions

[6:02] and we don't know how much more rain we

[6:04] might receive this

[6:06] season increasing our ability to store

[6:08] water is a vital part for

[6:10] the region the pacheco reservoir

[6:13] expansion project's goal is to help

[6:16] ensure

[6:17] a reliable supply of water for all our

[6:19] communities in santa clara

[6:21] and san benito counties the project aims

[6:24] to reduce the frequency and severity of

[6:26] water shortages

[6:28] during droughts provide water supply

[6:30] during emergencies

[6:31] protect infrastructure and enhance

[6:34] groundwater storage and recharge

[6:36] and improve the habitat for the native

[6:39] steelhead population

[6:41] a species federally listed as threatened

[6:44] in the face of climate change and the

[6:46] risk of more prolonged droughts

[6:48] we must take strategic measures to

[6:50] protect our

[6:51] water supply santa clara county two

[6:55] million residents

[6:56] are counting on us to ensure we have a

[6:59] safe

[6:59] water supply to support our population

[7:02] growth

[7:02] and a thriving community and

[7:06] thriving economy so with that

[7:09] enjoy the afternoon participate engage

[7:13] back to you chris thank you director

[7:15] orella i see our vice chair director

[7:17] gary creman has joined us i would like

[7:19] to uh

[7:20] offer him the opportunity to say a few

[7:21] words before we get into our

[7:22] presentation

[7:23] director kremen hey thanks chris

[7:26] and uh welcome everyone for attending

[7:29] today

[7:30] uh my name is gary kramen i'm the vice

[7:32] chair of the water district i represent

[7:35] district 7 stretching all the way up

[7:37] north from palo alto all the way down

[7:39] the almaden

[7:40] valley and i know everyone's busy and

[7:44] during your busy day i want to thank you

[7:46] for your interest in the pacheco pass

[7:48] reservoir expansion uh project um

[7:52] two of our primary project partners

[7:54] we're not doing this alone we're doing

[7:56] it with partners san benito county water

[7:58] district which serves almost all of san

[8:00] benito county and pacheco pass water

[8:02] district

[8:04] which actually owns the current

[8:06] reservoir um

[8:07] i'd like to welcome members to both

[8:10] agencies

[8:11] on the call today um so let's see

[8:14] i'd like to thank any representatives

[8:16] any other elected officials who are here

[8:18] any state federal and local folks i

[8:21] understand that uh

[8:22] congresswoman lofgren staffer ms

[8:26] duncan is here um so

[8:29] i think you know that basically with our

[8:33] um we were lucky enough to place

[8:36] one in proposition one water storage

[8:38] funding that that is nearly 500 million

[8:41] dollars

[8:42] for this project and it was the highest

[8:43] rating project of any of the other

[8:46] projects

[8:47] so we did pretty well because we've been

[8:49] peer reviewed that this is a good

[8:51] project and um

[8:54] i think they gave us even some early

[8:56] advanced money so that was really good

[8:58] so

[8:58] um we're going to really figure out the

[9:01] reason the scoping

[9:02] meetings happening is we want to kind of

[9:04] hear from you the public

[9:06] and other stakeholders if this makes

[9:09] sense

[9:09] and get any feedback on the project

[9:12] could we do it better

[9:13] is the design elements can we do stuff

[9:16] and of course we're looking at other

[9:18] stuff whether it be

[9:19] style storage

[9:30] other storage projects thank you

[9:36] director kramen uh we broke up there at

[9:37] the end but i think uh we have a

[9:39] second opportunity for you to go ahead

[9:41] and say some words a little bit later on

[9:43] but thank you for joining and we did

[9:44] receive some early funding about 24.2

[9:47] million dollars just as you referenced

[9:48] um so that was one of the benefits of

[9:50] being the top rated uh

[9:52] project in the prop 1 grant now i'd like

[9:55] to turn things over to ryan mccarter

[9:56] valley waters project

[9:57] delivery manager for the project he'll

[10:00] be

[10:01] presenting on the process that we're

[10:03] currently engaged in

[10:05] after the presentation there'll be an

[10:06] opportunity to address any questions

[10:07] regarding the project presentation from

[10:09] our virtual audience

[10:10] with that said i now turn it over to

[10:12] ryan mccarter for the presentation

[10:15] great thank you chris pull up a

[10:18] powerpoint presentation here

[10:22] to go through for the scoping meeting

[10:26] okay so the first segment of this

[10:28] presentation will cover the

[10:30] california environmental quality act

[10:32] otherwise known as seqa

[10:33] process and the purpose of the scoping

[10:35] meeting

[10:38] the items shown in blue on this slide

[10:42] represent the steps in the sql process

[10:44] the initial study and the notice of

[10:46] preparation were released in august

[10:47] 2017 just before the water storage

[10:50] investment program application that was

[10:52] mentioned earlier

[10:54] the first green box on the right

[10:56] indicates where the project currently

[10:57] stands as the team is beginning to

[10:59] prepare the draft environmental

[11:01] impact report or eir and the second

[11:04] green box

[11:05] notes the actions the team will

[11:06] undertake after public comment on the

[11:08] draft eir

[11:10] in preparation for the final eir that is

[11:12] slated for completion

[11:14] in 2023

[11:19] the purpose of the scoping meeting at

[11:20] this stage is to provide a public update

[11:23] of the project status

[11:24] provide an opportunity to receive

[11:26] additional public and agency input

[11:29] and specifically receive input for the

[11:31] scope and content of the eir

[11:33] as begin preparing the draft to be

[11:35] released to the public

[11:36] later this year in 2021

[11:43] the next segment of this presentation

[11:44] will cover the background of the project

[11:50] the existing dam on the north fork of

[11:52] pachico creek forms pacheco reservoir

[11:54] just north of pacheco pass highway

[11:56] or state route 152. the approximately

[12:00] 100 foot tall dam was built in 1939 and

[12:03] pounds up to 5500 acre feet of water

[12:08] pacheco pass water district owns and

[12:10] operates the dam and releases water

[12:12] stored in the reservoir into pacheco

[12:14] creek to recharge the downstream

[12:16] groundwater aquifers

[12:18] the groundwater is then pumped to the

[12:20] surface through wells for agricultural

[12:22] use

[12:23] it is important to note the existing

[12:25] reservoir facility only has the ability

[12:27] to directly divert water into the creek

[12:29] and has no other conveyance capability

[12:32] such as a pipeline connection to a water

[12:36] system

[12:39] over the years there have been many

[12:40] historical evaluations related to the

[12:42] pacheco reservoir

[12:43] the most relevant to the current project

[12:45] dating back to the 1990s

[12:48] california's proposition 1 of 2014

[12:51] dedicated 2.7 billion

[12:53] for investments in water storage

[12:55] projects

[12:56] as mentioned earlier the pacheco

[12:58] reservoir expansion projects 2017

[13:00] application

[13:01] for this water storage investment

[13:03] program scored highest out of the eight

[13:05] projects that received eligibility

[13:08] for conditional funding administered by

[13:10] the california water commission

[13:17] the pacifico reservoir expansion project

[13:19] is related to a project called the san

[13:21] luis

[13:21] lowpoint improvement project being

[13:23] pursued by the u.s bureau of reclamation

[13:26] the san luis reservoir provides storage

[13:28] for both state and federal water

[13:30] contractors

[13:31] and valley water imports about 45 of its

[13:34] annual water supply

[13:35] and over half of that water comes from

[13:38] the san luis reservoir through a pumping

[13:40] plant and pipeline

[13:41] called the pacheco conduit

[13:44] in dry years when the reservoir reaches

[13:46] low levels the intakes for the pumping

[13:48] plant

[13:48] begin to pull in poor quality water near

[13:50] the surface and the water level

[13:52] can even drop below the intakes to the

[13:54] pumping plant

[13:56] the san luis lowpoint improvement

[13:57] project intends to resolve this issue

[14:00] and the pacheco reservoir expansion

[14:01] project is one of the five action

[14:03] alternatives identified

[14:04] as one of its solutions

[14:08] in addition to helping solve the low

[14:09] point problem the pacheco project

[14:11] offers emergency water supply and

[14:13] improves habitat for steelhead in

[14:15] pacheco creek

[14:17] these two efforts can come together as a

[14:19] nexus project that can solve an array of

[14:21] deficiencies

[14:27] the next segment will describe where the

[14:28] project is located and why it provides a

[14:31] unique opportunity to meet multiple

[14:32] objectives

[14:37] the pacheco reservoir is situated in

[14:39] southeast santa clara county

[14:41] just off state route 152 about 30

[14:44] minutes

[14:44] east of gilroy san luis

[14:48] reservoir is located about eight miles

[14:50] east of the pacheco reservoir

[14:54] after water from the current pachico

[14:56] reservoir is released into pacheco creek

[14:58] it travels about 17 miles to san felipe

[15:01] lake before it makes its way into the

[15:03] pajaro river

[15:10] as we face future climate change

[15:11] potential multi-year droughts

[15:14] and the water supply outages due to

[15:15] earthquakes or other disasters

[15:17] valley water recognizes a need to

[15:19] develop solutions to these emergencies

[15:25] the national oceanic and atmospheric

[15:27] administration

[15:28] office of marine fisheries has

[15:30] identified the south central california

[15:32] coast

[15:32] steelhead as a federally threatened

[15:35] species

[15:36] the pajaro river watershed that includes

[15:39] pacheco creek

[15:40] has been identified as a critical

[15:41] recovery domain needed for these fish

[15:48] the primary objectives of the project

[15:50] are to meet the needs previously

[15:52] described

[15:53] while the primary objectives are

[15:55] considered to have equal importance

[15:57] the secondary objectives will be pursued

[15:59] to the extent possible without

[16:01] adversely affecting the primary

[16:06] objectives

[16:10] project alternatives will be described

[16:12] in the following segment

[16:18] the project team is looking at various

[16:20] alternatives including a no project

[16:22] alternative

[16:23] these alternatives have been formed by

[16:26] investigations

[16:27] analysis and coordination with

[16:29] stakeholders and regulatory agencies

[16:35] all of the action alternatives include a

[16:37] new dam upstream of the existing dam

[16:40] an expanded reservoir and related

[16:41] facilities

[16:43] a connection to the existing pacheco

[16:46] conduit

[16:46] that allows imported water from san luis

[16:49] reservoir to be pumped into the expanded

[16:51] reservoir

[16:52] and stored until it's needed

[16:55] decommissioning and removal of the

[16:56] existing dam along with restoration of

[16:59] the channel between the sites

[17:00] for the new dam roadway improvements

[17:05] power transmission upgrades and

[17:09] construction material borrow source

[17:11] stockpiling and staging areas

[17:18] the variations between the action

[17:19] alternatives include two different dam

[17:21] sites two reservoir sizes and two dam

[17:24] types

[17:26] the alternatives also include variations

[17:28] of the operations

[17:29] after construction

[17:37] the project team has explored two dam

[17:39] sites referred to as the upstream

[17:41] and downstream sites the figure

[17:44] shows the distance relative to highway

[17:46] 152 and the existing dam

[17:49] you can see the upstream site would

[17:50] allow for a greater amount of channel

[17:52] restoration

[17:53] between it and the existing dam which

[17:55] would be new habitat for steelhead

[17:57] and other species

[18:02] two reservoir sizes are being considered

[18:04] as part of the analysis

[18:06] a 140 000 acre foot reservoir at each

[18:09] site

[18:10] and a 96 000 acre foot reservoir at the

[18:12] upstream site

[18:19] two different dam types are being

[18:21] considered in the alternatives

[18:23] heart fill which is a newer technology

[18:25] using rock materials

[18:27] from the site that are mixed with cement

[18:29] and compacted

[18:30] the strength of this material allows for

[18:32] steeper slopes on the dam faces

[18:34] and a smaller footprint the emergency

[18:37] spillway and inlet

[18:38] outlet pipelines can be integrated into

[18:41] the hard fill dam

[18:42] allowing reservoir overflows to spill

[18:44] over the body of the structure

[18:46] through a channel and then there's the

[18:49] earthville dam

[18:50] which is similar to valley waters

[18:52] existing dams that would require

[18:54] separate construction work areas for the

[18:55] spillway and inlet outlet pipelines

[19:04] the long-term operations variations in

[19:06] the alternatives include

[19:08] two flow target scenarios for releases

[19:10] into pacheco creek

[19:11] the original target flow was identified

[19:14] for the water storage investment program

[19:16] application in 2017

[19:18] and the refined target flows developed

[19:20] over the past few years with input from

[19:23] state and federal resource agencies

[19:25] with consideration of the water year

[19:27] type

[19:28] and these releases are for the steelhead

[19:30] benefit

[19:37] there are also two different

[19:38] participation scenarios in the

[19:40] alternatives for comparison

[19:42] a scenario without project participation

[19:44] from san benito water

[19:45] county water district and another with

[19:48] 10

[19:49] which is their maximum anticipated

[19:51] participation

[19:53] san benito county water district is a

[19:54] key partner for this project since their

[19:56] system

[19:57] also directly connects to the pacheco

[19:59] conduit that delivers imported water

[20:01] from san luis reservoir

[20:09] this is a summary of the preliminary

[20:11] range of alternatives to be assessed in

[20:12] the draft eir

[20:14] which will include a no project

[20:15] alternative

[20:17] in preliminary alternative number one

[20:20] represents the original project

[20:21] presented in the initial study

[20:23] and the 2017 water storage investment

[20:26] program application

[20:27] while the other alternatives have one or

[20:29] more variations

[20:30] to the original project which will be

[20:32] covered in greater detail

[20:34] on the subsequent slides

[20:41] this is a bird's eye view of the

[20:42] expanded reservoir area in blue

[20:45] and a close-up of the new dam and

[20:46] related facilities is for alternative

[20:48] number one

[20:51] the reddish brown area represents the

[20:52] proposed dam footprint

[20:56] the green lines show the arrangement of

[20:58] the new pipelines and pump station to

[21:00] deliver water in and out of the expanded

[21:02] reservoir

[21:04] the emergency spillway will be located

[21:06] in the brown area shown

[21:10] the yellow lines show the roads to

[21:12] access the site and the new facilities

[21:17] and the red lines represent the proposed

[21:19] power transmission line alignment

[21:21] and these colors are used on the

[21:23] subsequent slides for each alternative

[21:24] as well

[21:26] and again this is the downstream earth

[21:29] bill option

[21:32] alternative number two replaces the

[21:35] earth build dam with the hard fill dam

[21:37] at the downsteering site as mentioned

[21:40] this integrates the spillway into the

[21:42] body of the dam

[21:43] as well as the inlet outlet pipeline

[21:45] arrangement which significantly reduces

[21:47] the area of ground disturbance

[21:56] alternative number three moves the

[21:57] earthville dam to the upstream site

[22:00] the preliminary design utilizes a

[22:02] natural slope over the west abutment

[22:05] for the emergency spillway which is a

[22:06] favorable characteristic of

[22:08] the site when compared to the earthville

[22:10] dam at the downstream site

[22:18] alternative number four has two

[22:20] variations from the original concept

[22:22] with the hard fill dam located at the

[22:24] upstream site

[22:26] as compared to the previous alternative

[22:28] at the upstream site

[22:29] the hartfield dam allows a much smaller

[22:31] construction footprint

[22:33] with the spillway and pipeline

[22:34] arrangement again integrated within

[22:36] the body of the dam

[22:43] the last action alternative to be

[22:45] assessed in the eir

[22:46] is a smaller earth build dam at the

[22:48] upstream site with a reservoir size

[22:51] of 96 000 acre feet

[22:59] in this next segment we will review the

[23:01] project impacts to be assessed in the

[23:06] eir

[23:09] the activities of the project and

[23:11] effects can be broken down into three

[23:12] areas

[23:14] the reservoir and work areas that would

[23:15] be directly affected by construction

[23:17] activities and inundation with the

[23:19] expanded reservoir

[23:21] the downstream areas that would be

[23:23] affected by the changes in water flow

[23:25] releases

[23:27] and water service areas that would be

[23:29] affected by changes in water storage

[23:31] and deliveries

[23:38] impacts to the physical environment to

[23:41] be assessed include

[23:42] aesthetics agricultural and forestry

[23:46] resources

[23:47] air quality energy

[23:50] geology and soils greenhouse gas

[23:53] emissions

[23:55] hazards and hazardous materials

[23:57] hydrology

[23:58] and water quality mineral resources

[24:02] and wildfire

[24:08] impacts to biological resources to be

[24:10] assessed include

[24:12] botanical resources fisheries and

[24:14] aquatic resources

[24:16] and terrestrial and other wildlife

[24:18] resources

[24:25] impacts to the human environment to be

[24:27] assessed include

[24:28] land use and planning noise

[24:32] population and housing transportation

[24:35] and traffic

[24:36] public services utilities and service

[24:39] systems

[24:41] and recreation

[24:46] impacts to cultural resources to be

[24:48] assessed include anything with historic

[24:50] or prehistoric importance

[24:52] and impacts to tribal cultural resources

[24:55] to be assessed

[24:55] include sites places cultural landscapes

[24:59] features sacred places and objects with

[25:02] cultural value

[25:03] to native american tribes

[25:09] the last segment of this presentation

[25:11] will describe the process for the

[25:12] additional scoping comment period

[25:19] one of the primary purposes of the

[25:20] virtual scoping meeting we're having

[25:22] today

[25:22] is to solicit input from the public and

[25:24] agencies on the information

[25:26] to be included in the draft eir input

[25:29] may be provided for the range of

[25:31] alternatives

[25:32] environmental impacts and potential

[25:34] mitigation measures

[25:40] we would like to receive comments by

[25:42] march 12 2021

[25:43] to allow time to consider them as we

[25:45] prepare the draft eir

[25:48] in order to be considered comments must

[25:50] be written

[25:51] and emailed to pacheco expansion

[25:53] valleywater.org

[25:55] or mail to santa clara valley water

[25:57] district attention todd sex

[25:58] hour at five seven five zero almaden

[26:01] expressway

[26:02] san jose california 95118

[26:10] for additional information please

[26:11] explore our project page on

[26:13] valleywater.org

[26:14] backslash pacheco expansion you can also

[26:17] find a pre-recorded

[26:18] presentation just like this one as well

[26:20] as the slides and pdf

[26:23] additional questions can also be emailed

[26:25] to pacheco expansion

[26:26] at valleywater.org

[26:31] that concludes the presentation and i

[26:33] will send it back to chris

[26:35] thank you ryan appreciate the

[26:37] presentation as always

[26:38] uh now i would like to open it up to the

[26:40] audience uh for any questions that you

[26:42] may have

[26:43] about the project information that was

[26:44] just shared with you today

[26:46] um there is the second open house for

[26:48] kind of more general questions so we'd

[26:50] appreciate it if you do focus your

[26:51] questions

[26:52] on the material that ryan just discussed

[26:54] or the environmental process in general

[26:56] you can put your questions in the q a or

[26:59] raise your hand

[27:00] and you can also put your questions in

[27:02] chat but as albert mentioned

[27:03] they tend to get buried down there so

[27:05] the q a portal or the

[27:07] raise your hand feature is probably the

[27:08] best bet to get your questions in

[27:11] again we are happy to address questions

[27:12] related to clarifying the presentation

[27:13] itself

[27:14] ask that you save the broader questions

[27:15] for the open house that's right after

[27:17] this

[27:17] should you have any input that you would

[27:19] like us to consider as we prepare the

[27:20] eir

[27:21] then please provide written comment to

[27:23] the email previously provided

[27:25] once we've addressed all your questions

[27:26] about the environmental process we will

[27:28] transition to the open house

[27:29] where we will be happy to answer

[27:31] additional questions about the jayco

[27:32] project

[27:34] okay uh albert you want to give us a

[27:36] quick zoom reminder

[27:38] absolutely uh just for those joining us

[27:41] on the zoom itself please

[27:43] answer your questions from the q a

[27:44] portal i'm just going to replace my

[27:46] spotlight here there you go

[27:47] to raise your hand to ask a verbal

[27:49] question uh once

[27:51] you raise your hand we will call it your

[27:52] name and i will enable your microphone

[27:54] please unmute yourself

[27:55] following that uh if you are speaking or

[27:59] have a question in spanish go ahead and

[28:00] ask your questions spanish

[28:02] our interpreter will repeat the question

[28:04] in english for us

[28:05] as well if you are joining us via

[28:07] facebook live feel free to comment your

[28:08] question we will transfer it over and

[28:10] ask it live in the zoom

[28:12] chris back to you thank you albert

[28:15] um so we've got uh well we had a hand

[28:17] raised but it seems to have

[28:18] gone down so we'll go to the uh q a

[28:20] section i believe that's from katja

[28:22] irvin

[28:23] is all the information in this

[28:24] presentation in the nop

[28:26] i'm going to send that over to todd todd

[28:28] are you available to answer that

[28:30] question

[28:30] yeah sure

[28:34] there's most of the information is

[28:36] available in the nlp

[28:38] for the general project however we we

[28:39] did look at

[28:41] some additional alternatives that are

[28:43] being considered now that weren't

[28:45] discussed in the original nop back in

[28:47] 2017

[28:48] and so those are those additional uh

[28:51] items are now

[28:53] in the veteran the project presentation

[28:56] are not discussed in the nlp

[28:59] thank you todd uh we have a question

[29:01] from ann hard

[29:02] versus earth and dam cost difference and

[29:05] why use

[29:05] older technology i'm going to send that

[29:07] over to ryan

[29:10] ryan

[29:14] okay i just had to get unmuted there

[29:16] yeah so the hardfield dam is

[29:18] is a fairly newer technology um similar

[29:20] to roller compacted

[29:22] concrete and when we went through a

[29:24] large range of alternatives for

[29:26] our engineering analysis we considered

[29:28] many different types of dams

[29:30] and the hardfield dam did flush out

[29:32] towards the top um earthville dams are

[29:34] very common

[29:35] um the california dsod is very

[29:37] comfortable with

[29:38] with the earthville dam technology that

[29:41] we have in our current reservoirs

[29:43] and we are considering the hartford dam

[29:45] is something new

[29:46] that we want to look into in further

[29:48] detail

[29:50] thank you ryan um so there's a question

[29:53] related to hardcore dams that came in by

[29:55] a facebook from allen

[29:57] is the hard fill damn option more

[29:59] seismically resilient

[30:01] right

[30:04] i think that comparing the hardfield dam

[30:07] and the earthville dam

[30:08] i don't think one is more seismically

[30:09] resilient than the other

[30:11] as far as my understanding um we can we

[30:14] can return back to that question later

[30:16] with more information from our

[30:18] our technical design team thank you ryan

[30:21] uh we do have a hand raise from swanny

[30:24] uh albert can we

[30:25] activate swany's mic go ahead and make

[30:28] yourselves funny

[30:30] can you hear me yes we can thank you

[30:35] um i i kind of got in late but

[30:38] in looking at the map of the proposed

[30:41] dam i noticed there is an electric

[30:43] line that kind of goes towards the dam

[30:47] and then just kind of ends out in space

[30:49] is that existing

[30:51] and have you thought at all of having a

[30:55] small

[30:55] generating plant there to run your pumps

[30:58] and that kind of thing

[31:00] ryan i think that one's for you as well

[31:02] yeah the the transmission

[31:04] upgrades needed are at a fairly early

[31:07] stage

[31:07] in the project design process we have

[31:10] just recently identified the alignment

[31:12] that was shown

[31:13] there is an existing alignment there but

[31:16] we do expect to do

[31:17] some power upgrades to the the poles and

[31:20] lines in order to

[31:21] to generate the capacity needed to

[31:23] operate the pump station

[31:24] uh we we have considered generators for

[31:27] for backup power but um

[31:29] having generators capable of powering um

[31:32] the

[31:32] the full pump station when when needed

[31:34] at full capacity would be uh

[31:36] probably not feasible thank you ryan

[31:40] a question from margaret how long is the

[31:42] estimated construction for the project

[31:44] ryan based on the different alternatives

[31:48] we're looking at a range of five to

[31:50] eight years

[31:52] thank you um we have a question from uh

[31:55] i apologize if i mispronounce this

[31:57] either loa or

[31:59] um i live in northeast san benito county

[32:01] ran regarding the 10

[32:03] 10 san benito county participation

[32:05] option will that translate to 10

[32:08] availability i'm going to send it back

[32:10] to ryan

[32:13] um i'd have to check with san benito

[32:15] county water district on the

[32:17] details and logistics and on how they

[32:18] plan to do it um

[32:20] for now the way we're looking at an eir

[32:22] is a is a range of participation from

[32:25] from zero to ten percent and those are

[32:26] kind of our bookends

[32:28] it will be up to san benito county water

[32:30] district to make the final determination

[32:32] on on how much

[32:33] participation they'd like in the project

[32:36] thank you ryan

[32:36] i think jeff matano from san benito

[32:38] county is on the line um

[32:40] and basically we'll make sure that that

[32:41] question makes his way to him

[32:43] uh and get that answer posted to our

[32:44] website as well

[32:46] okay uh katja is it is this an official

[32:50] nlp

[32:51] why wasn't it noticed and posted to

[32:53] sqnet

[32:54] uh i believe that's a question for todd

[33:00] yes um i believe it's my understanding

[33:04] that it was posted to sequence i'm

[33:05] surprised to hear that it wasn't

[33:06] we normally as our normal practice we do

[33:10] post all of our nlps to sqnet i'll look

[33:12] into that

[33:13] thank you todd i think uh clarification

[33:15] i think um

[33:16] kacho was asking if this particular

[33:18] meeting needed a specific nlp

[33:20] i believe the original project nlp might

[33:22] have been posted previously on people

[33:24] is that correct yes it's my

[33:27] understanding that it was but i would

[33:28] have to confirm that

[33:29] uh because i wasn't on the project at

[33:31] the time um

[33:33] this this i guess we should have posted

[33:36] on supernet

[33:37] but for the public scope community but i

[33:39] guess that was an oversight we apologize

[33:40] for that

[33:41] okay thank you todd

[33:45] um we have a hand raised from bill

[33:47] sherman albert can we uh activate his

[33:49] mic

[33:50] bill you're mike's activated please

[33:52] don't meet yourself

[33:56] got it i think can you hear me we can

[33:59] okay uh i plan on sending in comments

[34:03] but to help that

[34:04] i have two questions the first one are

[34:07] you aware

[34:08] that the cost that you're presently

[34:10] projecting

[34:12] amounts to over seventeen thousand

[34:14] dollars per

[34:16] one acre foot of capacity

[34:19] added most of your uh supply

[34:23] projects are in the range of two

[34:25] thousand dollars or less

[34:28] to add one cc

[34:31] uh or one acre foot of

[34:34] delivery so this only adds capacity

[34:37] versus delivery that's my first question

[34:40] and secondly where is the water

[34:44] coming from what sources will it be

[34:46] coming from to fill

[34:47] the reservoir i'll go ahead and take

[34:51] that one and spare ryan from having to

[34:53] talk on everything um so you're correct

[34:55] the price per acre foot

[34:57] is higher than what our traditional

[34:59] storage projects are that's because the

[35:01] use of this

[35:02] facility is different from our

[35:03] traditional operational storage projects

[35:06] this is an emergency supply facility so

[35:08] basically what we're looking at

[35:09] is the cost to have water available when

[35:12] water is not available through

[35:13] traditional means either groundwater

[35:15] importation or in our existing supplies

[35:18] our board will be considering the cost

[35:20] as it

[35:20] factors into our water supply master

[35:22] plan and our demand projections

[35:24] and we'll be making decision moving

[35:25] forward on just how valuable

[35:27] that commodity is to have that safety

[35:29] net to fall back on

[35:30] um so that's the question on cost per

[35:32] acre foot um

[35:34] bill can you repeat the second question

[35:37] let me just re-enable him real quick

[35:39] hold on

[35:42] they'll go ahead and repeat your second

[35:44] part of question again

[35:46] sorry uh the second question is where is

[35:50] the water

[35:51] coming from from the pacheco reservoir

[35:54] from the watershed

[35:55] from the central valley projects etc

[35:59] so yeah the reservoir will be fed both

[36:04] locally from the sheikah watershed and

[36:06] from

[36:07] our supplies in the san luis reservoir

[36:09] now currently

[36:10] the secular valley water district is

[36:12] both a state water contractor and

[36:14] federal uh cbp contractor right now the

[36:18] intent is to put cvp water into

[36:21] the pacheco reservoir so basically if we

[36:23] have extra supply in san benito

[36:25] rather than spilling and losing that

[36:26] water we would then import it up into

[36:28] our pacheco reservoir and have it for

[36:30] future use

[36:31] of course we'll also collect any water

[36:33] from the local watershed

[36:34] and depending on the water year uh will

[36:36] depend on what kind of balance we have

[36:38] between those two sources

[36:40] okay let's go back to some of our q a

[36:44] i have a question from stephanie i'm a

[36:46] bit confused

[36:47] where is it going to connect to the

[36:49] existing pipe that is across the freeway

[36:52] is it going to be a t-pipe are you going

[36:53] to have and put in a new pipe

[36:55] on land across the freeway that one's

[36:57] back to you ryan

[37:02] yeah the existing pacheco conduit does

[37:04] run

[37:05] on the south side of highway 152 so

[37:08] you're correct about that and we are

[37:09] looking at putting a t with valves

[37:12] at that location um just south of the

[37:14] reservoir um

[37:15] and south of uh highway 152. um

[37:19] i think that answered the question i'm

[37:20] not sure if there was another part to

[37:22] that

[37:23] well i think you got it uh we have

[37:25] another question from katja

[37:26] where can we find new info that wasn't

[37:28] in the original nop

[37:29] uh todd

[37:34] here oh there we go um yes the that's

[37:37] that was one of the purposes of this

[37:38] of these two public information uh

[37:41] scoping meetings

[37:42] uh to present updated information that

[37:45] has

[37:46] you know been added since the original

[37:48] nlp was released back in 2017.

[37:50] also the open house at the end of these

[37:52] two public scoping meetings will also

[37:54] provide information that wasn't provided

[37:57] in the original nop

[38:00] thank you todd i actually have two

[38:01] questions from stephanie in the q

[38:03] a that i believe are more of the general

[38:04] questions that we'll be talking in the

[38:05] open house

[38:06] so we'll save those and once we

[38:08] transition to the open house section

[38:10] we'll go ahead and make sure those get

[38:11] answered

[38:13] let's see you're very welcome stephanie

[38:16] okay let's see if we have any other

[38:18] questions they're coming or any other

[38:19] other people that would like to raise

[38:20] their hand and participate

[38:23] okay i'm not seeing anything right now

[38:26] um

[38:27] uh we'll give you maybe two more minutes

[38:30] uh just to see if there's any other

[38:31] questions before we transition to the

[38:33] open house

[38:34] oh here's one from katja can new

[38:36] information be provided in writing

[38:38] somewhere for reference

[38:39] okay todd you're still on the screen so

[38:41] why don't you take a shot at that one

[38:44] yeah i mean we have a uh our uh

[38:47] web site for the project that uh

[38:51] what we have specific uh information can

[38:54] be posted on there in writing if there's

[38:56] specific questions that would should be

[38:58] answered so

[38:59] we would be happy to present uh the

[39:02] information from this presentation

[39:03] uh as well and that the completion of

[39:06] these two meetings

[39:07] those will be posted on our website

[39:10] thank you todd i believe ryan's

[39:11] presentation is already posted on the

[39:13] website and of course the recording from

[39:15] this

[39:15] and tomorrow's presentations will be

[39:17] added as well

[39:18] um katja has a follow-up question please

[39:20] study the use of the san luis dam rays

[39:23] and los vaqueros dam rays as an

[39:25] alternative

[39:26] sam lewis dam rays can solve the low

[39:28] point problem and both projects can

[39:29] provide

[39:30] reliability and emergency supply the

[39:32] cost will be significantly lower for

[39:34] this alternative

[39:35] i believe that's more of a commentary

[39:37] than it is a question uh

[39:39] unless you'd like to answer that ryan uh

[39:41] well we'll just say that was written

[39:43] and provided uh no i don't think there's

[39:46] an answer really available for that we'd

[39:47] have to look into that

[39:48] further but please provide that as an

[39:50] official comment thank you

[39:52] thank you ryan okay

[39:55] any more questions does anyone want to

[39:57] raise their hand and speak that's always

[39:59] better than me reading questions

[40:01] you guys get tired of me talking

[40:04] okay not seeing any takers on my offer

[40:08] okay then um it looks oh

[40:11] oh i had a hand go up and a hand go down

[40:14] so they

[40:14] they thought better of it we'll go ahead

[40:16] and transition to the open house there's

[40:18] still plenty of time to ask questions

[40:20] um so uh you know just to reiterate uh

[40:24] thank you everyone for the questions

[40:25] about the scoping presentation in the

[40:26] process

[40:27] um i'm going to hand this back to albert

[40:30] but

[40:30] let you know just want to reiterate send

[40:32] us any questions that you have

[40:34] we can always add those to the running

[40:36] total that we have on our website

[40:38] it'll be documented there and you'll get

[40:39] an answer for any reason if we can't

[40:41] answer the question we'll always get

[40:43] back to you

[40:43] so i'm going to turn it over to albert

[40:45] who's going to switch us to the open

[40:46] house he's going to be your host

[40:50] all right good afternoon before we do

[40:52] that i'm just going to change my virtual

[40:54] background here just give me one second

[40:57] normally in a in-person time frame

[41:00] we would be having a in-person meeting

[41:02] you would have this presentation

[41:04] and you would have an opportunity to ask

[41:07] questions of our staff in this very

[41:08] open house style format so we are going

[41:10] to transition to our open house

[41:12] format i have changed my background and

[41:15] then also i want to

[41:16] review what this open house portion is

[41:18] going to be like i'm going to share my

[41:20] screen briefly here

[41:22] give me one second so the open house

[41:26] we're going to do some zoom polling this

[41:27] is going to oper offers an opportunity

[41:30] to really ask

[41:31] some questions and get a feel for the

[41:33] community sentiment around among certain

[41:35] topics

[41:36] you'll also have an opportunity to

[41:38] reflect a little more on

[41:39] or expand a little further on your

[41:41] response to these zoom poll questions

[41:43] you can also provide questions as it

[41:45] relates to the topics and of course at

[41:47] the end what we don't cover

[41:48] we can uh have the floor open to other

[41:51] questions as well

[41:52] now in terms of topics for this the open

[41:55] house portion

[41:56] we're going to be asking um questions

[41:58] about the project benefits

[42:00] concerns about the project itself uh

[42:02] recreation activities

[42:04] cost impacts from the project uh support

[42:08] with the project and also other future

[42:10] approaches to our water supply

[42:12] uh before i go on to their first

[42:15] question i was going to make sure i'm

[42:16] everything

[42:17] set here on my and technically

[42:20] what i'm going to do is have this

[42:22] question on the screen but i also will

[42:24] put the question

[42:25] up on your screen through zoom post for

[42:27] those who are joining us via facebook

[42:30] you can provide your questions uh our

[42:32] responses

[42:33] on our survey monkey i'm gonna post that

[42:35] into the chat right now we

[42:36] have a spanish version and an english

[42:39] version for everyone's reference

[42:41] so i'm putting that in right now for

[42:43] those who would like to do that

[42:44] on there and i'll do the same on

[42:46] facebook right now as well

[42:49] for their benefit all right going to the

[42:51] first question you're going to see a

[42:52] zoom pull pop up on your screen

[42:56] in

[42:58] i will read the question for you while

[42:59] you should see it on your screen so the

[43:01] first question about the project

[43:02] benefits

[43:03] the proposed expansion of particular

[43:04] reservoir will provide multiple benefits

[43:07] which benefits do you support please

[43:09] check all that apply

[43:10] and once we have responses in we will

[43:13] provide an open floor for you to expand

[43:15] further about what you support

[43:17] about the project benefits and what

[43:20] questions you may have about it as well

[43:22] i can see the responses are coming in so

[43:24] just to review some of the answer

[43:26] choices

[43:28] is it increased water supply reliability

[43:30] availability of water during a drought

[43:32] or emergency

[43:34] fish habitat improvement in pacheco

[43:36] creek

[43:37] incidental flood reduction for

[43:38] communities along pacheco

[43:40] potential recreation opportunities which

[43:42] will have a question expanding further

[43:43] on that or you do not support any of the

[43:45] benefits

[43:47] once we hit about the we clicking close

[43:50] to about

[43:51] half response here and for those who

[43:53] might have walked away to grab a snack

[43:55] or mikey's restroom please uh

[43:57] come on back and feel free to answer the

[43:59] poll question

[44:01] all right i'm gonna give about another

[44:02] 10 seconds here

[44:07] five four three

[44:10] two and one i'm gonna share these

[44:13] results with everyone and kind of just

[44:15] recap

[44:15] briefly so it looks like a lot of

[44:19] of us in attendance are very supportive

[44:21] of the benefit of our

[44:23] water supply reliability and the

[44:24] availability of water during droughts

[44:26] i also see some strong support as well

[44:28] for fish habitat and incidental

[44:30] flood reduction what i'm going to do now

[44:33] is provide opportunities for you to

[44:35] provide comments

[44:36] into our q a portal or to raise your

[44:38] hand and

[44:39] share with the floor about why you may

[44:40] have answered the way you did

[44:42] keeping eye out here for our q a portal

[44:48] any raised hands as well if not we can

[44:50] move on to the next question

[44:54] five four three and one all right we're

[44:56] just going to move on to the next

[44:57] question

[44:58] here so the next question i will also be

[45:02] sharing

[45:02] on your screen via the resume poll and

[45:05] again if you have may have missed a

[45:06] question

[45:06] or may have missed a response an

[45:08] opportunity to respond there's the

[45:09] survey monkey as well

[45:11] i'm going to launch the poll here you

[45:12] should you'll see on your end

[45:14] this is related to project cost

[45:17] what concerns do you have about the

[45:19] sorry project concerns

[45:21] what concerns do you have about the

[45:22] project is it the cost of the project is

[45:25] 2.5 billion

[45:26] is it the potential impacts to henry

[45:27] cole state park which

[45:29] the expanded reservoir could affect up

[45:31] to 20 acres of the 87 000 acre

[45:35] park itself that's not this portion of

[45:37] the park is not necessarily accessible

[45:39] to the public

[45:40] is it impacts to highway 152. i know

[45:42] sometimes that can get backed up during

[45:43] the

[45:44] a socal trip as well

[45:47] do you have concerns about the water is

[45:48] it too much water is it not enough

[45:51] are you concerned about environmental

[45:53] impacts or do you have other concerns

[45:55] for environmental impacts or other

[45:57] concerns there is an opportunity to

[46:00] really expand further on that through

[46:01] our q a portal

[46:03] the raising your hand and if you're

[46:05] answering via survey monkey there's a

[46:07] little text box as well

[46:09] unfortunately zoom post does not offer

[46:11] text box for us to

[46:12] have that option here as well

[46:16] all right we're gonna give another 10

[46:17] seconds here for for people

[46:19] how to respond

[46:25] five four three two and one we're going

[46:29] to share these results with everyone

[46:32] all right so there is a major sentiment

[46:35] of concern related to the

[46:37] project cost i also see that environment

[46:40] impacts also has

[46:41] a significant concern as well

[46:45] if you have comments or further

[46:48] things you want to share about why that

[46:50] may be concerned to you

[46:52] please put it in the q a box the chat

[46:55] box

[46:55] or even on uh raising your hand as well

[46:58] i'm gonna give everyone an opportunity

[47:00] here and and stephanie i do have your

[47:02] questions from from

[47:03] earlier we will be asking that later on

[47:06] i have a raised hand here from bob

[47:09] bob please unmute yourself and ask your

[47:11] question or provide your comment

[47:15] during the previous san luis reservoir

[47:20] low point improvement project a

[47:22] commitment was made

[47:23] that none of henry w co state park

[47:27] would be impacted by a reservoir

[47:30] expansion

[47:31] now you're saying that up to 20 acres

[47:34] can be impacted

[47:36] which of those two uh assertions by the

[47:39] water district is correct

[47:42] thank you bob i'm going to provide

[47:44] opportunity for staff in case they have

[47:46] a responsibility ryan you have you're

[47:47] unmuted go ahead ryan

[47:49] yeah i can answer that the san luis

[47:52] reservoir

[47:53] low point improvement project uh

[47:54] documents that went out in the public

[47:56] they did consider the pacheco

[47:58] reservoir expansion as one of their

[48:00] alternatives and that one alternative

[48:02] is is pretty close to what we considered

[48:05] uh or were

[48:06] presented as alternative number one the

[48:08] downstream earthquake project now that

[48:10] alternative does not have a direct

[48:12] impact to enrico state park

[48:14] um however there are two alternatives at

[48:16] the upstream site

[48:18] and 140 000 acre foot reservoirs that do

[48:21] encroach into henry co about three

[48:23] quarters of a mile

[48:24] up the creek and consume um about 20

[48:27] acres of the

[48:27] the area there

[48:31] so we're looking at all the alternatives

[48:33] great thank you

[48:35] bob may have a follow-up question bob go

[48:37] ahead

[48:40] uh if it's okay for you guys to consider

[48:44] flooding 20 acres of co-park

[48:47] why not institute your original uh

[48:51] damn proposal that would have inundated

[48:54] uh

[48:54] you know i think a thousand acres

[48:57] uh you know in the original proposal

[49:01] uh i think zero is a good number

[49:04] how about you

[49:07] yeah zero impact is always a good number

[49:10] um

[49:10] however we're looking at these different

[49:12] alternatives a thousand acres would

[49:14] surely be

[49:14] a dramatic impact on henry cove state

[49:17] park and we were cognizant

[49:18] of the you know protecting the the lands

[49:20] there

[49:22] so we uh we're considering that as an

[49:24] alternative and we're going to

[49:25] assess the impacts all right thank you

[49:28] ryan thank you bob for your question

[49:30] we're going to move on to our next

[49:31] polling question here i'm going to stop

[49:33] the sharing of these results and move on

[49:34] to our next slide

[49:37] this is going to be related to

[49:40] recreation activities so i'm going to

[49:41] launch this poll here so

[49:44] if it's possible to include as part of

[49:46] the project what types of recreation

[49:48] activities would you like to see at the

[49:50] reservoir

[49:51] please check all that apply do you

[49:53] prefer to see more hiking and trails

[49:55] there

[49:56] you want to see some fishing

[49:57] opportunities boating opportunities

[50:00] perhaps camping equestrian use if you're

[50:03] into horse riding

[50:04] of course you also may have the

[50:07] sentiment that you prefer not to have

[50:09] any recreation activities at all

[50:10] provided at the potential project site

[50:13] and if you want something that's not

[50:16] listed

[50:16] feel free to click other and definitely

[50:19] share as part of the q

[50:20] a portal or raise hand

[50:27] we do seeing all these responses come in

[50:29] thank you again for participating this

[50:30] makes it much more engaging when we have

[50:33] uh your vote and your your your voice

[50:35] here as well and definitely

[50:37] don't feel um feel free to raise your

[50:39] hand as well as we move on to these

[50:41] discussion portions all right it's

[50:44] another

[50:44] five seconds here

[50:47] three two and one i'm going to end that

[50:51] following and share these results as

[50:54] many of you like myself enjoy hiking

[50:57] it's definitely something that we would

[50:58] like

[50:58] all to see as a potential improvement

[51:01] public benefit

[51:02] for this project if it's possible i see

[51:05] camping as well as an opportunity i know

[51:07] that many of us are very coupled inside

[51:08] and can use some outdoor

[51:11] enjoyment as well with the camping

[51:13] fishing is also a strong

[51:15] strong support or strong preference

[51:18] there as a potential

[51:19] project benefit with recreation

[51:24] as well and then so if you have a any

[51:28] other

[51:28] feedback or comments about why this

[51:30] feels is important to you

[51:32] please raise your hand or put it into a

[51:34] q a i did want to recognize that we are

[51:37] um in um have a large attendee

[51:40] population amongst our zoom and our

[51:42] facebook live you want to recognize the

[51:44] 75

[51:45] of uh and these are on the zoom side and

[51:47] about seven

[51:48] on our facebook lives i know this is a

[51:50] work day and some of you are joining us

[51:52] via a weekday and during daytime

[51:56] all right anybody would like to raise

[51:59] their hand or provide comment

[52:00] into the q a

[52:04] maybe a question about land management i

[52:08] know recreation

[52:09] is something that uh may or may not be

[52:12] related to land management but i will

[52:14] ask that question just so we have uh

[52:16] just in case if it is related so yvette

[52:18] asks is there a land management plan for

[52:20] the surrounding land and

[52:22] that can be inclusive recreation or

[52:23] other things as well i'm assuming

[52:25] uh let's see here if if ryan or or todd

[52:29] or even chris is this something that

[52:30] you're able to answer

[52:33] yeah currently the the surrounding land

[52:36] uh i don't believe there's any

[52:37] land management plan uh most of it is is

[52:40] private property

[52:41] um i'm not sure exactly what

[52:43] specifically you're looking for but

[52:45] as the project develops we will be

[52:47] looking at the the surrounding land and

[52:49] how we can

[52:50] provide mitigation and other management

[52:53] of the land

[52:56] great thank you if we didn't cover it

[52:59] quite exactly please feel free to raise

[53:01] your hand and provide

[53:02] a follow-up question in the q a portal

[53:03] as well all right we're going to move

[53:06] along here

[53:07] in the open house portion again thank

[53:09] you for burying us in these uh

[53:10] virtual times i'm going to stop these

[53:13] results shares here and i'm gonna move

[53:14] on to the next one

[53:16] this is related to project cost so the

[53:19] top

[53:19] impacts from the project i'm gonna put

[53:21] it on the screen but also read it out

[53:22] loud as well

[53:24] so the current so i'm gonna read some

[53:26] context first before you uh

[53:28] respond to the question polls or the

[53:30] advance opposed

[53:32] the current project cost of the

[53:34] particular reservoir expansion project

[53:35] is about 2.5 billion

[53:38] value our did receive 496.6 million in

[53:41] provisional funding from the state under

[53:43] the water storage investment program

[53:45] and is exploring additional funding

[53:47] sources and potential cost savings with

[53:49] partners

[53:50] any gap will be made up through water

[53:52] rates please note that valley water is

[53:54] the county's primary

[53:56] water wholesaler and that unless you're

[53:59] a private well owner

[54:00] future charges or changes to your rates

[54:02] will be determined

[54:03] by your water retailer again future

[54:05] changes to rates will be determined by

[54:07] your future retailer

[54:09] future changes to your rates will be

[54:11] determined by your water retailer sorry

[54:13] about that

[54:14] uh please select the uh statement that

[54:16] you agree with the most

[54:18] so again i'll read out these statements

[54:20] so you have um

[54:22] where your reference uh you would

[54:24] support

[54:26] a one to five dollar increase in your

[54:27] monthly bill to support the expansion of

[54:29] pacheco

[54:30] a six to ten dollar increase an 11 to

[54:34] 15 increase a 16 to 20

[54:37] increase or you would not support any

[54:39] increase in your water bill to help fund

[54:41] the expansion of particular reservoir

[54:43] and again just to remind everyone that

[54:46] uh

[54:47] any rates that are being charged

[54:50] again i'll move this slide back one so

[54:53] you can see it for your

[54:54] reference here is that

[54:57] once you're a private well owner any

[54:59] future changes to your race will be

[55:00] determined by your water retailer

[55:02] and give everyone a few more seconds to

[55:04] answer

[55:05] before we move along here

[55:10] one too far ahead i'm gonna end the

[55:12] polling

[55:14] various results all right so

[55:18] it seems a lot of you will be willing to

[55:23] support a one to five hour increase in

[55:24] your monthly bill to fund the expansion

[55:26] particular reservoir

[55:28] majority of you are plurally of you

[55:30] prefer

[55:31] not to see any increase in your water

[55:33] bill to help fund the expansion

[55:34] particular reservoir

[55:36] some may be willing to support a six to

[55:38] ten dollar increase

[55:40] uh some of you also will be supporting

[55:42] or will be

[55:43] willing to support a 11 to 15 increase

[55:46] and then a smaller

[55:47] portion of you a 16 to 20 increase

[55:50] we do have a wide spread here amongst

[55:52] the the results and

[55:54] i think it's uh to our benefit to hear

[55:56] more about what you may

[55:58] be thinking about how you rank your

[56:00] support and how you

[56:01] voted on the poll so i'm going to

[56:05] open up the floor here if case people

[56:07] want to share further of

[56:08] how they voted and why they voted the

[56:10] way they did

[56:11] please feel free to raise your hand or

[56:14] to

[56:15] enter into the q a

[56:21] and the q a uh raising your hand is a

[56:24] button on your

[56:28] toolbar

[56:30] i don't see anything in the q a and

[56:33] raise hands let's move on to

[56:35] our next question i'm gonna stop the

[56:37] chair here

[56:39] now these next two questions

[56:42] i'm going to be asking as a tandem so

[56:45] bear with me

[56:46] it's going to be related to each other

[56:49] i'm going to read you a

[56:50] statement first before i post the poll

[56:52] questions

[56:54] the increased storage capacity of

[56:55] particular reservoir would nearly equal

[56:57] the capacity of

[56:58] valley waters and other reservoirs

[57:00] combined

[57:01] the project will also reduce the

[57:03] frequency and severity of

[57:04] water storages during droughts protect

[57:07] our drinking water supply

[57:09] and infrastructure and improve habitat

[57:11] for fish

[57:13] so i'm going to put that question up

[57:15] you'll see two questions at once

[57:18] but please select the statement you

[57:20] agree with the most for that first

[57:21] question

[57:22] the second question you'll see is

[57:24] related to the future

[57:26] so you may be in support of the project

[57:30] strongly or just just

[57:31] just regular support you might not

[57:32] support it at all we do want to know

[57:36] what you may feel also about to do in

[57:38] the future

[57:39] so i'm going to move that forward here

[57:41] in this little bit

[57:43] what should value i pursue so as you're

[57:45] thinking about what you

[57:46] uh feel about the project itself and

[57:49] whether you support it or not

[57:50] is these are these other options about

[57:53] how valuable i actually approach our

[57:54] future

[57:55] with the water supply so the second

[57:58] question is should be on your screen

[57:59] make sure you scroll down to see that

[58:01] question

[58:03] do you think that value wise should

[58:05] pursue partnering with agencies on the

[58:07] regional water supply

[58:08] project that strengthen the reality of a

[58:10] water supply

[58:11] or a local multi-benefit water storage

[58:13] project such as the expansion of a

[58:15] particular reservoir

[58:16] or do you also support improving our

[58:18] reliability through sustainable use of

[58:20] recycled and purified

[58:22] water or do you also support

[58:24] conservation reducing our water use in

[58:26] general

[58:27] so i'm going to give some time here to

[58:30] everyone

[58:31] to answer these questions

[58:35] take a look at our facebook audience to

[58:38] make sure we don't have any

[58:39] questions or feedback related to that

[58:43] and again feel free to uh

[58:46] to also put your response in the survey

[58:48] monkey that's in the chat box

[58:50] as well if you want to provide further

[58:51] color or if you

[58:53] happen to marinate on your response and

[58:54] want to provide it later on

[58:56] i'm going to close the poll here in

[58:58] about five seconds

[59:00] four three two and one

[59:05] all right so we do have a a large

[59:10] portion of our audience in support

[59:12] strong support of the

[59:13] proposed expansion of pacheco and also

[59:16] some of you supporting so totally it

[59:18] looks about like 76

[59:20] of you support uh the expansion

[59:23] particular reservoir

[59:24] we do have some some reservations about

[59:26] that and i do see that here listed as

[59:28] well

[59:29] in terms of how value-wise should

[59:32] move for the future

[59:35] many of us are supporting uh all four of

[59:38] these

[59:39] um these routes in the future and strong

[59:42] supporting course

[59:43] our reliability of our water supply yeah

[59:46] but i'm not seeing that on my screen

[59:48] oh sorry about that here you go

[59:51] i have too many windows open and too

[59:52] many screens open sometimes i forget one

[59:54] button

[59:55] so just to recap again uh

[59:58] most of us are supporting or most of the

[1:00:00] audience are supporting

[1:00:01] the particular reservoir expansion so in

[1:00:03] total about 40 76

[1:00:05] 46 on the strong side and 30 under

[1:00:08] general support

[1:00:09] with some reservations i see as well

[1:00:13] the second poor the question um

[1:00:16] is also in support of

[1:00:19] or well in support of stronger

[1:00:21] reliability and shifting realized

[1:00:23] reliability of water supply i did see a

[1:00:25] hand go up

[1:00:27] just now but they went away if you have

[1:00:31] further thoughts you want to share about

[1:00:32] your response to these questions

[1:00:35] um oh for those who can't see the actual

[1:00:38] second portion you actually have to

[1:00:40] scroll down on your own screen

[1:00:42] with your mouse or you if you're using a

[1:00:43] tablet you have to hold and drag it up

[1:00:45] to see the second result

[1:00:51] i'm going to read out the percentages

[1:00:52] for everyone's benefit here

[1:00:54] so that for the first question the

[1:00:58] support of particular reservoir we have

[1:01:00] 46 percent

[1:01:02] in supporting the proposed expansion 30

[1:01:05] percent

[1:01:06] supporting in general the postal

[1:01:08] expansion eleven percent

[1:01:10] not supporting the expansion at all uh

[1:01:13] five percent

[1:01:14] strongly opposed to the expansion and

[1:01:16] about eight percent of you

[1:01:18] don't know quite just yet uh enough

[1:01:20] information to make a decision

[1:01:22] um so just as a reference

[1:01:26] eight percent is about three people just

[1:01:28] as a uh

[1:01:30] as a um a reference point

[1:01:33] moving to the second question here uh

[1:01:35] that

[1:01:36] what should value our pursuit to the

[1:01:37] future 81

[1:01:39] of those voting supporting uh

[1:01:43] strengthening our reliability over water

[1:01:44] supply

[1:01:45] by partnering with agencies on regional

[1:01:47] water projects

[1:01:49] um 68 of you support

[1:01:52] local multi-benefit water storage

[1:01:54] projects such as pacheco

[1:01:56] 70 of you support improving our water

[1:02:00] supply reliability through sustainable

[1:02:01] use of recycled and purified water

[1:02:04] and then about 65 of you support this

[1:02:06] conservation and reducing your water use

[1:02:10] again if you can't see this on your

[1:02:11] screen please go ahead and scroll up and

[1:02:13] down with the window or the scroll

[1:02:15] toolbar and if you're on a tablet

[1:02:17] use your finger to hold and drag up on

[1:02:19] the poll share results

[1:02:21] i do want to open the floor here for

[1:02:23] those who are in attendance and want to

[1:02:25] share a little further

[1:02:26] i know we shared a lot with you today

[1:02:30] please raise your hand or a q a uh use

[1:02:34] let's enter through the q a portal as

[1:02:36] well

[1:02:38] in the meantime stephanie i'm going to

[1:02:41] um

[1:02:42] ask your questions out loud and and have

[1:02:44] that response to that

[1:02:46] so stephanie earlier you asked uh

[1:02:50] just so before i add to the explain so

[1:02:52] someone uh mentioned in the chat

[1:02:53] about increasing the size of the window

[1:02:55] results that's going to be on your

[1:02:57] screen

[1:02:58] if you see the line square and x in the

[1:03:01] top of that window

[1:03:02] press the square that's going to

[1:03:04] maximize the

[1:03:05] um the polling question for you

[1:03:08] and the responses so you should be able

[1:03:10] to see more of that otherwise you can

[1:03:11] scroll using

[1:03:12] the wheel on your mouse

[1:03:17] getting some feedback echo here i'm just

[1:03:19] going to just temporarily just

[1:03:21] mute here we go

[1:03:24] all right i'm thinking it most folks

[1:03:26] should be able to see

[1:03:27] their responses now i'm going to ask

[1:03:29] that question from stephanie

[1:03:31] stephanie asked are you going to have

[1:03:33] designated locations for workers to park

[1:03:35] place the building materials where is

[1:03:37] everything going to go

[1:03:38] what the construction is going on

[1:03:40] because related to lay down yard

[1:03:42] uh ryan would that be something you

[1:03:43] could uh respond to

[1:03:45] yeah absolutely yeah good question um

[1:03:48] we do have uh in our layouts we have

[1:03:51] designated staging areas

[1:03:53] borrow source materials storage areas

[1:03:55] disposal sites and everything

[1:03:57] shown there and we have started

[1:04:00] compiling some of those drawings that

[1:04:02] will be in the drafty ir that show

[1:04:03] exactly where those areas are

[1:04:05] uh i do not believe any of them are even

[1:04:07] visible from pacheco pass highway just

[1:04:09] to give you an idea of where they are

[1:04:10] they mostly surround the existing

[1:04:12] reservoir and the construction site

[1:04:16] great thank you and then the second

[1:04:20] question stephanie

[1:04:21] asked is can i have more

[1:04:24] explanation about where the spillway is

[1:04:26] going to go

[1:04:27] is it going to be more than currently is

[1:04:30] it going to go further down the side of

[1:04:32] the freeway

[1:04:35] i'm not familiar with the spillway being

[1:04:37] close to the freeway the existing dam

[1:04:40] uh this has a spillway and it's adjacent

[1:04:43] to the dam

[1:04:44] and the existing pacheco reservoir and

[1:04:47] and similarly

[1:04:48] all the alternatives have spillways

[1:04:50] either

[1:04:51] adjacent to the dam or within the body

[1:04:53] of the dam in the case of the the hard

[1:04:55] fill type dam

[1:04:56] so again those probably wouldn't even be

[1:05:00] visible from the

[1:05:00] from the freeway so i'm not sure exactly

[1:05:03] what that references to

[1:05:06] great thank you ryan and you just want

[1:05:09] to open the floor now

[1:05:10] since uh if if anyone wants to share a

[1:05:12] little further on any of the six polling

[1:05:14] questions and the response

[1:05:15] feel free to or if you have other

[1:05:17] questions you would like to ask about

[1:05:18] the project

[1:05:19] now is the time to answer that into q a

[1:05:21] portal raise your hand

[1:05:24] for those for your reference

[1:05:27] the zoom platform will provide us a

[1:05:29] little report on how folks responded and

[1:05:32] the staff will take that to heart to see

[1:05:34] how people are responding to these

[1:05:36] questions in general

[1:05:37] you can also provide those responses

[1:05:40] later on through

[1:05:41] surveymonkey there's a spanish version

[1:05:44] and the english version we provide that

[1:05:46] into the chat box

[1:05:47] i do see it hand raised now i'm going to

[1:05:49] stop the sharing results of the poll

[1:05:51] questions

[1:05:52] i'm going to enable swanny i'm tired of

[1:05:54] feeding myself talk please i'll meet

[1:05:56] yourself and speak away

[1:05:58] hi guys um first of all i want to thank

[1:06:02] you

[1:06:03] all and the water district for giving us

[1:06:06] this opportunity

[1:06:08] to weigh in on this large project

[1:06:12] second of all i'm going to make comment

[1:06:14] about the cost

[1:06:16] at 2 billion or 3 billion

[1:06:19] is is well worth the money for what we

[1:06:22] are going to reap in the future

[1:06:24] having a more reliable water supply etc

[1:06:28] and then if you compare it to a huge

[1:06:32] failure that california high-speed rail

[1:06:36] is

[1:06:36] and the amount of billions approaching

[1:06:40] now their their budget is 100 million

[1:06:43] this project is really necessary

[1:06:47] that project is not and if

[1:06:50] if we can wrap our heads around spending

[1:06:53] billions in the central valley for

[1:06:56] high-speed rail it won't be high-speed

[1:06:58] rail

[1:06:59] this dam looks and its expenses

[1:07:02] look pretty good to me so in keeping

[1:07:06] the costs in context you know this would

[1:07:09] be

[1:07:10] such a boon to south county especially

[1:07:13] and to our total water supply

[1:07:15] so for me the cost is not excessive at

[1:07:18] all for what we're going to get in

[1:07:20] return

[1:07:21] and if you compare it to other state

[1:07:23] projects of course this

[1:07:25] isn't a state project that will affect a

[1:07:28] large part of it

[1:07:29] that the costs are definitely in line

[1:07:31] but thank you for the opportunity

[1:07:34] to uh give us additional information

[1:07:37] allow us to comment

[1:07:38] bye thank you funny

[1:07:42] all right i do have a follow-up question

[1:07:44] from stephanie here

[1:07:46] so stephanie mentioned that the current

[1:07:48] spillway

[1:07:49] goes across the freeway it's on the

[1:07:51] property on the south side

[1:07:53] close to where the pipe that it will be

[1:07:54] connected to with the key line

[1:07:57] so i don't know if that helps clarify

[1:07:59] things ryan

[1:08:00] um but if we can we can have asked

[1:08:03] stephanie to

[1:08:03] provide her email to provide uh some

[1:08:06] follow-up

[1:08:07] uh from staff as well ryan let me take a

[1:08:10] stab at that one

[1:08:11] okay i think what the stephanie is

[1:08:13] actually referring to is the creek or

[1:08:14] the channel um so particular creek does

[1:08:16] flow down

[1:08:17] across the freeway um all the way you

[1:08:19] know very

[1:08:20] all the way down to lovers lane the

[1:08:22] spillway itself is very localized to the

[1:08:24] existing dam it was actually damaged

[1:08:26] back in 2017.

[1:08:28] it's private property so you can't

[1:08:29] really access it but uh there's probably

[1:08:31] a virtual tour on our website that you

[1:08:33] can see the damage spillway

[1:08:35] that's the concrete section all of the

[1:08:38] new spillways are actually going to be

[1:08:39] upstream of the existing reservoir so

[1:08:42] they would be no closer than they are

[1:08:43] now

[1:08:44] and in fact would be farther away but i

[1:08:46] think what you're looking at is the

[1:08:47] creek bed or the creek channel that's

[1:08:48] coming across the highway and that would

[1:08:50] continue to do that

[1:08:52] in the same configuration there might

[1:08:53] just be additional water flow

[1:08:55] down that creek possibly during um you

[1:08:57] know most likely during summer

[1:08:58] because that's when it's really dry back

[1:09:00] but um i think you're looking at the

[1:09:02] creek

[1:09:04] all right thank you chris and thank you

[1:09:06] stephanie stephanie officer her thanks

[1:09:08] for the clarification as well

[1:09:10] all right uh i did see a hand go up but

[1:09:13] it disappeared

[1:09:15] if if if you happen to think of

[1:09:18] something again the survey monkey and we

[1:09:20] do have another meeting tomorrow which

[1:09:21] uh i'm pretty sure our closing speakers

[1:09:23] will remind us about

[1:09:25] as well other than that i'm going to

[1:09:27] give everyone

[1:09:28] a five second count up to raise your

[1:09:30] hand or ask a q a

[1:09:32] before i turn things back over to chris

[1:09:35] four

[1:09:36] three two and one all right thank you

[1:09:39] everyone

[1:09:40] for this open house portion chris the

[1:09:42] floor is back to you

[1:09:44] thank you albert i ran that expertly um

[1:09:47] as we're all done with our questions i'd

[1:09:48] like to thank you all for joining us

[1:09:50] and to the valley water staff for the

[1:09:52] presentation and the answers to the

[1:09:53] questions

[1:09:54] we're hosting a second meeting tomorrow

[1:09:56] from 5 30 to 7 30.

[1:09:57] we'll also post all the lists of

[1:09:59] questions and answers to our website as

[1:10:00] we mentioned earlier at valleywater.org

[1:10:03] forward slash pacheco expansion uh with

[1:10:06] that i wish everyone a safe

[1:10:07] and good rest of your afternoon we do

[1:10:11] have a late question coming in you want

[1:10:13] to go with

[1:10:13] that last question sure

[1:10:17] sure why not it goes from mike i know

[1:10:19] this is probably a federal project but

[1:10:20] i'd like to get your thoughts on the

[1:10:22] following

[1:10:22] there are pipelines all over the us

[1:10:24] moving oil gas etc

[1:10:26] why can't there be pipelines that would

[1:10:27] bring us water from the areas that

[1:10:29] regularly flood to the areas that have

[1:10:30] regular droughts

[1:10:31] forest fires etc sounds like a win-win

[1:10:33] project to me

[1:10:35] that's something that they've actually

[1:10:37] looked at quite extensively

[1:10:39] usually what prevents those projects

[1:10:40] from occurring is that they are

[1:10:43] long runs of pipelines so basically we

[1:10:45] have more water in the north less water

[1:10:46] in the south

[1:10:47] so in order to get the water from where

[1:10:49] it's plentiful down to where it's um

[1:10:51] not it's a extremely long run of

[1:10:53] pipeline

[1:10:54] it's also there are several utilities in

[1:10:58] the way

[1:10:58] freeways uh several jurisdictions that's

[1:11:01] not saying that's not a

[1:11:02] possibility that could happen it just

[1:11:04] takes a tremendous amount of

[1:11:06] coordination so obviously we at valley

[1:11:08] water are focused in the activities that

[1:11:10] we know we can control within the county

[1:11:11] which is why we're

[1:11:12] promoting the pacheco reservoir

[1:11:13] expansion that provides us additional

[1:11:16] emergency supply in county uh because

[1:11:18] that's a certainty we can control

[1:11:20] and that's why we're kind of going on

[1:11:21] this project but that's not a

[1:11:23] that's not at all out of left field i

[1:11:25] believe that is an idea that's been

[1:11:26] considered many times over

[1:11:28] and uh in the future that may be the

[1:11:30] work the way the world works you know we

[1:11:31] may be taking

[1:11:32] uh there may be water pipelines that

[1:11:33] stretch all the way from you know the

[1:11:34] canadian border down to

[1:11:36] the mexican border um just having teas

[1:11:38] and what whatnot to serve the areas that

[1:11:40] are necessary

[1:11:40] but that takes more of a global

[1:11:42] perspective and right now um

[1:11:44] we're just controlling what we can

[1:11:47] and that does look like the last

[1:11:49] question um so we'll go ahead and

[1:11:51] reiterate that

[1:11:52] there will be another opportunity

[1:11:53] tomorrow 5 30 please join us

[1:11:56] if you have the time and would like to

[1:11:58] see anything else ask anything else

[1:12:00] and we can definitely see you then

[1:12:02] otherwise thank you very much and have a

[1:12:03] good afternoon

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