1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,180
Good morning, thank you for coming. I'd like to follow the floor to the board meeting at the

2
00:00:05,180 --> 00:00:13,600
top of the city public utility district, Friday, November 15th, May 8th. If you will please

3
00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,380
stand for a thousand of the meetings.

4
00:00:19,610 --> 00:00:22,990
In a federal agenda, this is to the flag of the United

5
00:00:22,990 --> 00:00:30,130
States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, individual,

6
00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:32,710
with liberty and justice are out.

7
00:00:39,490 --> 00:00:42,050
Item B of the Council of Agenda.

8
00:00:43,430 --> 00:00:45,030
The Council of the Board have many changes

9
00:00:45,030 --> 00:00:46,410
in today's agenda.

10
00:00:48,910 --> 00:00:50,150
None of the staff have changed.

11
00:00:50,470 --> 00:00:52,470
It's not exactly in post-common.

12
00:00:53,650 --> 00:00:55,830
Public comment on claims agenda.

13
00:00:56,410 --> 00:00:57,450
Let's face it by then.

14
00:00:59,950 --> 00:01:02,430
You know, public comment and report online.

15
00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:08,950
motion approved based agenda, make a motion to introduce the agenda state of

16
00:01:08,950 --> 00:01:17,690
certain. Moved by mail, cited by John, although it is in favor, I say aye. Any opposed?

17
00:01:19,150 --> 00:01:20,590
Motion passes to answer.

18
00:01:24,490 --> 00:01:31,850
I don't see public comments. This is for public comment on items that are not on today's agenda.

19
00:01:33,310 --> 00:01:38,090
Does the public have any comment for items not on today's agenda?

20
00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,760
None in the room and none on anything.

21
00:01:47,980 --> 00:01:54,800
Item D, public hearing, conduct a public hearing at the hour at 8.30 a.m.

22
00:01:54,940 --> 00:02:01,040
to receive and consider all comments and protests regarding the proposed 2024 Super

23
00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:09,420
rate study and the 2024 water rate study as shown in the September 2024 notice of a close rate

24
00:02:09,420 --> 00:02:17,820
and freeze effective January 1st, 2025. I consider adoption of the 2024 sewer rate study and the

25
00:02:17,820 --> 00:02:20,260
2024 water rate study.

26
00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:30,700
I'll open the public hearing in 8.33 a.m. Sean Corn will be

27
00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:37,440
providing a presentation for us. Sean Cork from HDR. Good morning board, great

28
00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,840
to be with you this morning. As we walk through this process, we'll talk about

29
00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:47,460
the key assumptions and development of the water and sugar rate study as well as

30
00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:50,860
the proposed rates that you will be reviewing as part of this.

31
00:02:52,060 --> 00:02:53,460
So start this off.

32
00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:02,540
I've started this off. We'll talk about how we establish the

33
00:03:02,540 --> 00:03:08,300
basis for our rates. We'll talk a little bit about the board's prior discussions on this topic

34
00:03:08,300 --> 00:03:14,320
at public meetings and then review the rate study results and recommendations. So as you may

35
00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:20,000
remember our last couple of meetings, then this is a recap of that information to provide that

36
00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:25,600
summary of the studies. At the end of that, you hold your public hearing and then have the board

37
00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:31,860
discussion in a direction. As we go through a rate study, we start off with key goals and objectives

38
00:03:31,860 --> 00:03:39,820
and some of those primary goals are establishing rate revenue so rates that are sufficient to support

39
00:03:39,820 --> 00:03:45,320
the operating and capital of means of each of the utilities on a stand-alone basis. So remember,

40
00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:51,320
water is an enterprise fund, sewer is an enterprise fund, and then we have the general fund which

41
00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:57,180
is the remainder of the district's operations. Each of these two enterprise funds water and sewer

42
00:03:57,180 --> 00:04:00,560
are in place to be self-sufficient and self-supported

43
00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,500
through annual rate revenues.

44
00:04:03,180 --> 00:04:05,420
The other key element of a rate study

45
00:04:05,420 --> 00:04:08,580
is to develop cost-based and proportional rates

46
00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:11,340
to meet the requirements of proposition 218.

47
00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,600
So water and sewer to the utilities,

48
00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,240
that must go through a proposition 218 process.

49
00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,100
And we need to provide the proportionality component of that

50
00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,220
of how we establish the rates,

51
00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:24,520
whether that's a fixed charge component

52
00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,780
or a variable of consumption for points

53
00:04:26,780 --> 00:04:29,460
actually charged on a wastewater side.

54
00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:31,880
The rate study also provides the basis

55
00:04:32,260 --> 00:04:35,060
and the administrative record for the study

56
00:04:35,060 --> 00:04:37,480
as part of the proposition to a team process.

57
00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:40,820
One of the key elements that we think about

58
00:04:40,820 --> 00:04:42,160
is we develop the rate study

59
00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,540
is maintaining included financial planning criteria.

60
00:04:45,140 --> 00:04:47,620
Some of this is addressed through the district's long-term

61
00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:50,600
financial plan, which outlines the future projections,

62
00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:53,400
the uses of water and sewer revenues

63
00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:59,520
and reserves as well as the general fund and in some cases it's a balance of those three of how we

64
00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:04,980
need to fund capital improvements. Again, water and sewer are self-sufficient but there may be

65
00:05:04,980 --> 00:05:10,120
opportunities to utilize other general funds that we'll talk about in the future moments. But some

66
00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:16,080
of those key financial criteria we need to maintain for each utility is the target debt service coverage

67
00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:23,060
ratio. The credit check for the utility. We have outstanding long-term debt primarily in water

68
00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,160
and we are looking at issuing additional long-term debt.

69
00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,380
So we need to maintain those financial metrics

70
00:05:28,380 --> 00:05:31,460
so that we can show that the utilities can repay

71
00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:33,040
that debt over the long term.

72
00:05:33,620 --> 00:05:35,500
We also need to consider and evaluate

73
00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:38,420
how we implement our renewal and replacement funding.

74
00:05:38,620 --> 00:05:41,400
So adequately funding reinvestment in the system

75
00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,340
on an annual basis amounts of key topic

76
00:05:43,340 --> 00:05:46,000
for this great study, as well as maintain

77
00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,300
our target reserve balances based on the board's policies

78
00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:50,720
that have been adopted in the past,

79
00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,720
as part of law and children's management plan.

80
00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,520
So to develop the studies for the district water sewer,

81
00:05:56,860 --> 00:05:59,360
we've developed those proposed rates using generally

82
00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,520
accepted methodologies, but Taylor's year specific system

83
00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:03,880
and customer characteristics,

84
00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,660
which provides a part of that proportionality answer

85
00:06:07,660 --> 00:06:10,000
as we go through the development of the rates.

86
00:06:11,380 --> 00:06:13,900
Speaking a little more about Proposition 218,

87
00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,800
it really provides the requirements for setting

88
00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,120
and implementing property related rates and fees

89
00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,520
in the California Constitution of Article 2D.

90
00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:26,420
And in summary, and very generalized,

91
00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,200
it needs the fees or rates in this case shall not exceed

92
00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,700
the reasonable cost of providing service

93
00:06:34,220 --> 00:06:36,420
and not exceed the proportional cost

94
00:06:36,420 --> 00:06:39,760
of providing service attributable to the parcel

95
00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:40,980
upon which it is opposed.

96
00:06:42,220 --> 00:06:44,540
So that's our key element of our rate study

97
00:06:44,540 --> 00:06:46,980
is how do we determine that reasonable cost,

98
00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:49,400
the cost basis, and then the proportionality.

99
00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,020
I mean, that's why we developed their confidence

100
00:06:51,020 --> 00:06:52,320
a race that we reach to.

101
00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,320
As part of that, it also does require customer notification,

102
00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,880
a protest process and a public hearing.

103
00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,840
So we are at the end of that public outreach

104
00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,040
and in an input from the public at public hearing,

105
00:07:07,340 --> 00:07:10,980
the protest was mailed out prior to this public hearing

106
00:07:10,980 --> 00:07:13,540
so that the customers were notified as part of that.

107
00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:16,300
If there is not a majority protest,

108
00:07:16,460 --> 00:07:18,460
which we'll talk about at the end of the public hearing,

109
00:07:18,460 --> 00:07:24,840
then the board may implement proposed rates that we've developed. Now just note these are the maximum

110
00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:31,620
rates. So this is the highest rate that the board can adopt during this time period that we're reviewing.

111
00:07:32,020 --> 00:07:38,140
So at any point in time the board could implement a lower rate during the budgeting process when

112
00:07:38,140 --> 00:07:44,520
these are reviewed then you could determine if that full maximum rate if adopted can be implemented

113
00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:50,180
on the board. The board in the past has not always gone to that maximum, so just as an example

114
00:07:50,180 --> 00:07:56,000
of how that works. So, as part of that, you'll be reviewing that on an annual basis when you

115
00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:05,160
established a budget. Now, I mentioned the need to establish the cost basis and the proportionality

116
00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:11,240
requirements of proposition to 18. And we do that through a comprehensive grade study. And this

117
00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:15,240
This includes three components, the revenue requirement, the cost of service, and the

118
00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:15,720
rate design.

119
00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:21,580
That revenue requirement compares our current revenues at today's rate levels to our annual

120
00:08:21,580 --> 00:08:24,060
operating and capital expenses.

121
00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:30,680
That provides the cost basis for how we establish the total level of revenue that we need to recover

122
00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:36,040
from customers from the lower utility and from the sewer utility separated, so that we can

123
00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:37,420
develop our proposed rates.

124
00:08:37,420 --> 00:08:41,340
The cost of service analysis proportionally distributes

125
00:08:41,340 --> 00:08:44,680
that cost, that total revenue requirement to each

126
00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:48,300
of the customer classes service within each utility based

127
00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:50,020
on how they impact the system.

128
00:08:50,260 --> 00:08:53,160
So we're looking at what their average date needs are,

129
00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,120
whether they're compatible capacity demands on the system.

130
00:08:56,340 --> 00:08:58,720
How many customers are there in each of those classes?

131
00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:01,420
And that means that portionality requirement,

132
00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:02,760
we've got the position to retain.

133
00:09:03,580 --> 00:09:05,100
Once we know the overall revenue,

134
00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:10,040
where and how we recover that through our customer classes and through our fixed and

135
00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:15,980
our variable charges, then we can design rates. So year one of a rate study is a call

136
00:09:15,980 --> 00:09:22,080
to reset gear. So we did a study five years ago. That set our rates for this next five year,

137
00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:27,220
that passed five year period. Now we're reviewing that cost of service again to review the

138
00:09:27,220 --> 00:09:31,920
portionality. So we are going to have some differences because customer class consumption

139
00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:36,860
characteristics change, the number of customers changed, and the district's costs have changed

140
00:09:36,860 --> 00:09:42,580
in some categories. And so we need to account for that. So, year one is cost of service specifically

141
00:09:42,580 --> 00:09:49,620
based. Year two and five of the rate setting process is an annual increase based on the total

142
00:09:49,620 --> 00:09:54,700
percentage of the need that we have established in the revenue requirement. Prior to the board

143
00:09:54,700 --> 00:10:00,240
implementing additional rates after this 218 notice in time, you'd have to go through a similar

144
00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,440
process and you're going to establish the basis for those grades.

145
00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:10,220
Some of our prior discussions back in August we gave an overall review of the revenue

146
00:10:10,220 --> 00:10:16,120
requirement and the overall revenue adjustments talking about the annual capital needs and how

147
00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:22,420
we were going to fund those capital projects. We've reviewed those preliminary adjustments to rates

148
00:10:22,420 --> 00:10:27,640
and average customer billing packs and then talked about our cost of service and rate design approach.

149
00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:32,160
But the end of that, the board gave us direction to continue on with this process.

150
00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:38,120
And in September 20, we came back and presented the final rate study recommendations,

151
00:10:38,140 --> 00:10:42,260
which include the proposed rates based on the results of our revenue requirement,

152
00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:43,560
coastal service analysis.

153
00:10:44,340 --> 00:10:48,280
And we received more direction to move forward with the proposition to 18 process

154
00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:54,400
and sent out that customer notification and set today November 15 as our public hearing date.

155
00:10:56,340 --> 00:11:00,400
So, as we walk through this process and work with the board, we've had some key goals

156
00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,980
that we want to make sure we incorporate it and work through the process.

157
00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:09,960
One of those is maintaining the current structure, so how are you actually charging

158
00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:10,760
your customers?

159
00:11:11,260 --> 00:11:16,420
We're maintaining that structure, it's an industry standard, it's a typical approach to how

160
00:11:16,420 --> 00:11:18,660
we establish rate structures for customers.

161
00:11:19,100 --> 00:11:23,560
The exception to that is the cost of service, right, is that year one is our reset year.

162
00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:31,540
The structure remains the same, but the level or how much each fix or variable component changes is specifically based on our cost of service.

163
00:11:32,220 --> 00:11:36,700
So I mentioned funding of annual capital needs is a key element of this study.

164
00:11:37,180 --> 00:11:51,940
As we looked at the funding needs for the capital plan, as part of this pursuer, we increased our annual rate-funded capital or the annual reinvestment in the system to 2.5 million pursuer at 3.8 million per watt.

165
00:11:51,940 --> 00:11:56,720
So this is what rates are funding on an annual basis to pay for capital.

166
00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,820
The remaining capital, if you're doing more capital than 2.5 and 3.8 million,

167
00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:06,740
will be funded through available reserves for the water utility or the sewer utility.

168
00:12:06,740 --> 00:12:10,880
Again, remember, these are standalone utilities as enterprise funds.

169
00:12:11,420 --> 00:12:13,940
And then the remaining may need to come from borrowing.

170
00:12:14,260 --> 00:12:18,220
Or as we'll talk about with our debt service going forward,

171
00:12:18,220 --> 00:12:23,420
it can be funded based on door direction by our property tax revenue or

172
00:12:23,420 --> 00:12:28,380
general fund reserves. So as an example, in prior years of the annual debt

173
00:12:28,380 --> 00:12:32,060
service for the West Lake Tahoe Regional Water Treatment Plan has been

174
00:12:32,060 --> 00:12:37,640
funded 50% from rates and 50% from part general fund side of the revenues.

175
00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:42,120
We're looking at a similar situation and projection in the discussion

176
00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,600
with the board for how we're funding the Tahoe Seaters of Man and Treat water

177
00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:52,540
system reconstruction projects. So approximately 67% of that will become of the debt service for that

178
00:12:52,540 --> 00:12:58,820
project will be funded through rather great revenues, which includes annual rates that we're talking

179
00:12:58,820 --> 00:13:03,900
about today, as well as the infrastructure improvement charge, which is adopted late last year,

180
00:13:04,140 --> 00:13:10,100
put into place beginning of this year. And then the remainder, roughly 33%, is being funded through

181
00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:15,840
those general fund property tax revenues that come in the board each year. So as we talk through

182
00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,900
this we'll look at what do we have in water, what do we have in sewer, how is that supplemented by

183
00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:25,460
some of the other revenues coming through of these are the board directives that we've received in the

184
00:13:25,460 --> 00:13:34,280
past. Now some of the public outreach since we met with you in September on the 23rd that brought to

185
00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:40,160
18 customer notification was sent out to just over 10,000 addresses.

186
00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:46,140
There's been several social media posts on Facebook, Instagram, talking about the rate study

187
00:13:46,140 --> 00:13:51,220
workshops and the public hearing. There's been four articles published in the district's

188
00:13:51,220 --> 00:13:56,700
August, September, October and November newsletters. You held two public community workshops,

189
00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:03,700
October 29th and 30th, the website is up, which has a lot of good information on there. And then since

190
00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:07,080
We provided this last week that says one email,

191
00:14:07,260 --> 00:14:09,800
eight phone calls or been another one or two emails

192
00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,260
and a few more phone calls since that time as well.

193
00:14:12,940 --> 00:14:15,080
So try to get this information up to the public

194
00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,780
in addition to just that required customer notification.

195
00:14:21,370 --> 00:14:23,530
So to start talking about the specifics,

196
00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:25,230
we'll jump into the sewer utility.

197
00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:28,550
Remember a lot of information goes into this

198
00:14:28,550 --> 00:14:30,970
from our past meetings where we talk about

199
00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:33,390
what our annual ONM expense needs,

200
00:14:33,390 --> 00:14:36,110
how are those projected out into the future.

201
00:14:36,590 --> 00:14:39,510
This shows you the result of that revenue environment

202
00:14:39,510 --> 00:14:40,750
and what are those rate adjustments.

203
00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:42,870
So in the green chart on the top,

204
00:14:43,370 --> 00:14:46,650
what you can see is that average residential customer bill

205
00:14:46,650 --> 00:14:48,310
per month per EDU.

206
00:14:48,530 --> 00:14:49,910
So if we'll talk about here in a moment,

207
00:14:50,530 --> 00:14:53,550
single families want EDU, typically in general,

208
00:14:54,150 --> 00:14:56,030
on the commercial side, it's a little different.

209
00:14:56,230 --> 00:14:58,990
It's a portion of that based on a number of different factors,

210
00:14:59,170 --> 00:14:59,970
but that...

211
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:27,420
Current EDU charge increases from where it is today, $56.60 to $61.98, so a $5.38 increase per month. As you go across the page here with our notice rates, what you'll see is that proposed rate is increased approximately $5.00 to $6.00 each year, which is roughly an 8% increase overall in the rate revenues and an 8% impact.

212
00:15:27,420 --> 00:15:29,760
I can see my customer sewer bill only.

213
00:15:30,580 --> 00:15:33,420
So remember, this is just a percentage change on the sewer rate

214
00:15:33,420 --> 00:15:34,800
as we looked at this now.

215
00:15:35,140 --> 00:15:38,160
As we've talked about, we have to adequately fund

216
00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,600
our sewer-owned expenses.

217
00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:41,980
So that's not just what we incur today,

218
00:15:41,980 --> 00:15:44,900
but also one of those inflationary impacts

219
00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:47,160
as we go out over this five-year period.

220
00:15:47,580 --> 00:15:50,100
And it changes in our own expenses.

221
00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,460
We need to talk about our annual funding

222
00:15:53,460 --> 00:16:00,380
of our capital infrastructure and our increase of $2.5 million of great funded capital in the

223
00:16:00,380 --> 00:16:06,000
final year. So we ramped up to that $2.5 million and maintaining our ending target reserves

224
00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:12,960
and death service. As we go through, it's now currently the minimal existing outstanding

225
00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:18,340
debt service is paid through property tax on the sewer side. So there's no great impact

226
00:16:18,340 --> 00:16:21,480
It's a customer from the debt service we have today for sure.

227
00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:25,550
Taking that overall revenue requirement,

228
00:16:25,690 --> 00:16:27,070
we take it to the cost of service.

229
00:16:27,210 --> 00:16:28,450
And remember, as I just mentioned,

230
00:16:28,710 --> 00:16:32,050
we charge on an equivalent dwelling unit or EDU basis.

231
00:16:32,710 --> 00:16:35,270
And so that's based on the relationship

232
00:16:35,270 --> 00:16:39,430
of the assumed flow by different customer categories

233
00:16:39,430 --> 00:16:42,250
for the commercial as to one customer.

234
00:16:42,610 --> 00:16:45,890
So for the commercial side, that may be based on

235
00:16:45,890 --> 00:16:48,610
the number of seats and may be based on the number of fixtures.

236
00:16:48,610 --> 00:16:58,150
There's a lot of different counts, and I'll show you here in a moment that we look at as we go through to this, so that we maintain that proportionality between our different customers now.

237
00:16:58,690 --> 00:17:02,950
What's a little bit you need for the district is you are a sewer collection system.

238
00:17:03,290 --> 00:17:13,470
So this is just collecting the sewer that ultimately makes its way into TTSA, which treats and they send the bill different separate bill for that treat.

239
00:17:14,670 --> 00:17:20,370
So, as we went through the cost of service, we developed our BDU charge, that's at $61.98

240
00:17:20,370 --> 00:17:25,870
for 2025, which was the same number on the price of the prior slide, for our year-one

241
00:17:25,870 --> 00:17:27,610
cost of service in the U.S. movement.

242
00:17:29,630 --> 00:17:32,690
Now as I mentioned in the commercial side, it's a little different.

243
00:17:33,290 --> 00:17:37,470
We have all these different categories, and each of these different categories is calculated

244
00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:44,610
based on their equivalent C factor 2, 1 in BDU based on pictures, seats, etc. as we go

245
00:17:44,610 --> 00:17:49,970
forward, and those are based on industry standards, relationships based on the volumes that are

246
00:17:49,970 --> 00:17:53,230
contributed based on these type of categories we can clearly.

247
00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,100
On the water utility side.

248
00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:02,420
So again, looking at our need to adequately fund our water and oil and M expenses,

249
00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:08,180
making sure that we're reinvesting in the system at an adequate level, that 3.8 million per year,

250
00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:15,200
and that's constant over the five year period. It's a fund our capital plan utilizing reserves

251
00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,760
were applicable, the funder capital projects,

252
00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,760
and then also remembering that the West Lake

253
00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,840
and Tolo treatment plant that 50% of that is again funded

254
00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,620
through rate revenues, 50% through property tax

255
00:18:26,620 --> 00:18:27,700
general fund dollars.

256
00:18:28,260 --> 00:18:30,440
And then for the Tolo Seaters Man and Creek Water

257
00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,680
System reconstruction, roughly 67%,

258
00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,000
a portion of that coming from the infrastructure charge,

259
00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:37,600
and then the rest of the rates

260
00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,180
and then remaining 33% from the property tax

261
00:18:41,180 --> 00:18:50,740
on the side. The impact overall to our typical residential customer is today $115.87 that

262
00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:56,520
would increase roughly $13 to $14 per month per year for the average customer. So one

263
00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:02,300
thing to remember, this is just an annual average customer. Other customer specific customers

264
00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:07,540
may have a lower bill, much lower bill on days like this or this type of year when we're

265
00:19:07,540 --> 00:19:12,400
not watering outside but in the summer when folks are watering that bill can go up or down based on

266
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:20,600
the actual water consumption. Overall in year one it's an 11.3% increase to residential customers.

267
00:19:21,380 --> 00:19:27,060
Remember our overall system revenue adjustment is 12.5 so the cost of service showed that residential

268
00:19:27,060 --> 00:19:34,420
customers did not meet the increase as much as the total system and the 9.5% annually as we go out

269
00:19:34,420 --> 00:19:38,060
over time through this crop to 18 at a time period.

270
00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:41,790
When we look at our cost of service,

271
00:19:41,790 --> 00:19:43,610
once we developed our revenue requirement,

272
00:19:44,010 --> 00:19:46,830
then we do show, again, it's our reset year.

273
00:19:47,190 --> 00:19:49,010
And for water, it's a little different.

274
00:19:49,630 --> 00:19:52,730
We need to think of this in terms of our fixed cost

275
00:19:53,330 --> 00:19:57,570
and our cost of service and our consumption cost component.

276
00:19:57,890 --> 00:20:00,670
So as you look at the top part of this chart,

277
00:20:01,250 --> 00:20:03,510
you'll see our cost of service unit cost.

278
00:20:03,510 --> 00:20:11,790
So residential tier one is $3.74, tier two, 489, and so on as we go across, commercial is then

279
00:20:11,790 --> 00:20:18,650
final one, and then the fixed cost is 167. Looking down at the bottom half, that's our present rates.

280
00:20:19,290 --> 00:20:25,910
So 94, 57 is our fixed charge today, that would increase to 167. And then fire lines which are

281
00:20:25,910 --> 00:20:32,530
slightly different service level than our typical residential or commercial customers that is based

282
00:20:32,530 --> 00:20:36,090
based on the cost associated with providing that benefit to customers.

283
00:20:36,510 --> 00:20:41,450
So that has actually gone down just slightly, and again, this is where I talked about earlier,

284
00:20:41,890 --> 00:20:46,910
when cost shifts are changed based on how you budget and how you actually incur costs,

285
00:20:47,270 --> 00:20:50,330
these relationships reset each time you do a cost of service.

286
00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:55,470
Then we adjust by our annual average and then we reset at the next cost of service.

287
00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:59,430
So we will see some slight differences in our first year.

288
00:20:59,430 --> 00:21:06,100
So, on the top part, this is a really small apologize, but this is all our different rates here.

289
00:21:06,180 --> 00:21:07,980
This is what was in the PROC-2-18 notice.

290
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,440
We have our base charge at the top.

291
00:21:10,780 --> 00:21:12,680
That's based on meter size.

292
00:21:12,940 --> 00:21:17,280
So, you can see that increases by meter size to reflect those capacity demands,

293
00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:20,420
that those larger meters can place on the system.

294
00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:28,020
And so, as an example, our two inch meter is roughly five times the capacity of our three quarter inch

295
00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:33,120
That's the demands that they can place on the system and that's the basis for the relationship

296
00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:36,440
based on the capacity of each meter sucks.

297
00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:41,420
You can see that increases each year as we go across for our five year period.

298
00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:47,240
We also have some slightly different levels of service in our combined fire service.

299
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:53,860
This is also based on meter size, but this is a situation where we have a meter that provides

300
00:21:53,860 --> 00:22:01,240
full domestic or indoor and outdoor use as well as private buyer protection. So we have a different

301
00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:08,740
level of service for these customers. This looks at the relationship of the fixed charge by meter

302
00:22:08,740 --> 00:22:14,400
size and the fire protection charge that goes along with that larger meter size. So it's a combined

303
00:22:15,060 --> 00:22:21,600
rate for the different meters and again reflects our overall cost for providing that level of service.

304
00:22:22,380 --> 00:22:29,800
We also do have an unmetered rate, that's there for any customers where we need to have an unmetered rate as they come on to the system.

305
00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:35,100
So we base that on the average customer bill going forward.

306
00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,780
And then we have our tier rate for our residential customers.

307
00:22:38,780 --> 00:22:45,540
First, the cursor to show you where I'm at, right down here, the bottom third, and then

308
00:22:45,540 --> 00:22:53,080
that is 0 to 8000 for the first tier, 8 to 20,000 for the second, 20 to 40 to the third

309
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:53,860
and over 40.

310
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:59,060
And again, we went through a part of the rate study process, looked at the different consumption

311
00:22:59,060 --> 00:23:04,760
patterns of your residential customers and maintained the tiers that were in place, but ultimately

312
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:10,220
We reviewed that to make sure that that reflected our overall policy goals and objectives as part

313
00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:11,040
of this process.

314
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,440
And you can see the different rates as part of that for each of those tiers that's based

315
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:21,080
on our cost of service and reflects how the customers within be to those tiers use water

316
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:26,880
and how they impact the system given the requirements of providing that level of service at different

317
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:27,660
times in the year.

318
00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,880
The commercial consumption charge, which is essentially all our other customers that is

319
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:40,780
uniform rate, given our assumption of how those customers use water, having similar characteristics

320
00:23:40,780 --> 00:23:45,960
that we developed that uniform rate. As part of that, you can see that increasing over time,

321
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:51,080
and then we have our private fire protection and private hydrant compiling as well,

322
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:56,760
quick of all. So those are all rate schedule that may be applicable to the different customers

323
00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:01,480
that have the district's earnings. So if that, I will turn it back over to the board

324
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:07,720
to receive and consider public comment, walking through and at the end of the public hearing,

325
00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:14,080
the written protests or possible withdrawal written protests, closing half public hearing,

326
00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:19,640
and then validating those protests and then foreign action, which we talked about a little bit more.

327
00:24:20,660 --> 00:24:25,140
So that'll take any questions or actually go to the next steps. Thank you, Sean.

328
00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:43,550
There's no more questions or comments.

329
00:24:44,690 --> 00:24:46,510
We'll go to public comment.

330
00:24:47,630 --> 00:24:50,430
Public comments are limited to three minutes.

331
00:24:51,430 --> 00:24:54,990
Terry, our district clerk, will have a third-second warning

332
00:24:54,990 --> 00:24:57,790
and then time sign.

333
00:24:58,030 --> 00:25:00,670
You will hold up just to remind work your time.

334
00:25:02,970 --> 00:25:07,670
All right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

335
00:25:08,350 --> 00:25:15,290
There was mentioned the two workshops. two hundred workshops.

336
00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:22,970
We had two customers attend on the evening, the first day.

337
00:25:23,850 --> 00:25:27,790
The day 29 and then one customer attend on the 30.

338
00:25:27,790 --> 00:25:30,750
Okay, most of those public workshops.

339
00:25:31,090 --> 00:25:32,670
And then I guess at the end of this,

340
00:25:32,810 --> 00:25:34,330
we'll tell you how many protests.

341
00:25:34,790 --> 00:25:35,130
Correct.

342
00:25:35,330 --> 00:25:37,730
We've been receiving a long in those protests

343
00:25:38,290 --> 00:25:40,610
before the close of the public hearing today

344
00:25:40,610 --> 00:25:42,330
will be the final opportunity for anybody

345
00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:45,590
to file their protest with the clerk today.

346
00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:48,330
And then once we close the public hearing,

347
00:25:48,510 --> 00:25:49,970
we will not accept any more protests

348
00:25:49,970 --> 00:25:50,650
at that point.

349
00:25:50,790 --> 00:25:52,590
We'll count and just look at the counter.

350
00:25:56,050 --> 00:25:56,530
Thank you, Sean.

351
00:25:58,860 --> 00:25:59,220
Okay.

352
00:25:59,220 --> 00:26:02,560
Okay, so public comments, limited security movements,

353
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:08,680
if you can start to the podium and don't mind it's one of the things.

354
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:14,680
Okay, my name is Jim Cochran, and I've resided 31-01,

355
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:22,440
my fourth road for the Glenn, and there's 234 condos here on the board.

356
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:33,740
and the homeowners want to know why your rates and and the billing is so much higher than

357
00:26:34,860 --> 00:26:44,240
their water and sewer bills in their place in like in Sacramento, Valley, Palm Springs,

358
00:26:45,180 --> 00:26:49,860
the Bay Area. Why is it so much more expensive up here than down there?

359
00:26:54,980 --> 00:27:03,360
Jen? Yes. Any other question to your comments? So I'm sorry, just for the clarification, you're

360
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:09,140
going to ask the questions and then staff can we press them? Yes, thank you. Just so you're

361
00:27:09,140 --> 00:27:17,660
not getting the minute to get there, sorry. Yeah, so a lot of questions. A lot of questions.

362
00:27:17,660 --> 00:27:25,180
questions as they're being asked. And then once all public comment is done, we'll ask

363
00:27:25,180 --> 00:27:30,200
the forward what comments or questions that like us to respond. So we'll make sure we're

364
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,460
noting all of your questions or comments as we go. I just want to clarify, if anyone

365
00:27:34,460 --> 00:27:40,040
does want to file a protest and you haven't done so, you're welcome to do that now and if

366
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:45,740
you can hand them to Terry, that he helped you. That way she can be counting them while we're

367
00:27:45,740 --> 00:27:54,840
I just want to make sure that one that everyone understands once the once the public hearing is closed, we will not accept any further ones.

368
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,480
So if you want to do that, you're welcome to do that right now, while other folks are making a quick comment.

369
00:28:00,310 --> 00:28:04,520
So they've been responsible for the comment.

370
00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:10,010
It's going to start my time here.

371
00:28:12,110 --> 00:28:12,550
Thanks.

372
00:28:12,550 --> 00:28:14,770
This is Matthew Plunkett, Tacoma,

373
00:28:16,430 --> 00:28:18,370
objecting to the water rate increases.

374
00:28:18,790 --> 00:28:21,590
In total, it's about 60% over the next 40 years.

375
00:28:22,190 --> 00:28:24,610
We'll be paying about $5,000 a year,

376
00:28:25,030 --> 00:28:27,870
combined water and sewer before turning on the faucet once.

377
00:28:28,810 --> 00:28:33,330
The five-year budget contemplates 84.5 million capital spending

378
00:28:33,330 --> 00:28:37,350
of this amount, borrowing comprises 46.7 million,

379
00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:40,970
which will obviously be paid back over many, many years.

380
00:28:41,890 --> 00:28:44,510
The PUD is a very strong balance sheet,

381
00:28:45,330 --> 00:28:50,310
a massive 130th total cash investments total of $7.1 million,

382
00:28:50,990 --> 00:28:54,270
which was $14.7 million unrestricted cash

383
00:28:54,270 --> 00:28:57,650
and $32.4 million across various reserves,

384
00:28:58,250 --> 00:29:00,710
which is almost four years of operating expenses.

385
00:29:00,910 --> 00:29:04,990
I'm excluding the pay-as-you-go calvex there at the current 2020

386
00:29:04,990 --> 00:29:06,790
four-level or $12 million a year.

387
00:29:07,310 --> 00:29:10,250
So that's about $8,000 in cash per customer.

388
00:29:10,250 --> 00:29:15,350
ignoring for the difference in this purpose, the modest difference between water and sewer

389
00:29:15,350 --> 00:29:22,470
customer and person. 36.3 million of the cash and reserves are 77% are in the various general

390
00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:28,610
funded water accounts. So I believe that could easily be reallocated to the water capital.

391
00:29:29,390 --> 00:29:34,010
The cash reserves for government agencies are very different purpose than for a family.

392
00:29:36,350 --> 00:29:36,990
The

393
00:29:36,990 --> 00:29:40,210
down payment in the house or a wedding or retirement.

394
00:29:40,730 --> 00:29:42,810
This is essentially a customer money.

395
00:29:44,390 --> 00:29:46,830
So we're proposing, like an American

396
00:29:46,830 --> 00:29:49,850
proposing an alternate path that maintains fiscal strength

397
00:29:49,850 --> 00:29:54,070
that the PUP will have a more fruit and use of cash on hand.

398
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:59,890
We've proposed to use 27 million or 75% of the T.

399
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:29,460
Let's see if you need general funding powder and cash reserves to fund these CAPEX requirements over the next five years. Rate funded CAPEX would remain same in this proposal with 3.8 million per year, along with the 2 million and expected contributions to reserve fund over this time. Only 18 million and borrowing would be required, not 47 million. That can also be postponed to the end of the rate period. We all know that CAPEX is actually hard to spend on time.

400
00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:31,440
it often lives, what you expect.

401
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,720
The sewer spending plan is already aligned with this proposal.

402
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:42,320
The 20 million in sewer spending is split between 8.6 million from reserves at 11.3 million

403
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:43,640
from case you go rates.

404
00:30:45,220 --> 00:30:51,040
Sewer reserves will also drop with 13.6 million to 5 million, if I read the presentations correctly.

405
00:30:53,340 --> 00:30:59,000
And then if the rate increases due remain in place and I now understand that that's a maximum

406
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:04,180
level. Consider just using cash on hand plus the rate increases the pay for the cabbets.

407
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:09,760
And that would provide substantial flexibility going forward. Finally,

408
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:14,120
one other sort of unrelated objection is the combined rate that people pay with

409
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:19,320
built-in fire extinguisher systems. We have a 1-inch line door house, which is split into a

410
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:26,820
three-course line for domestic water and 1-inch line for fire extinguisher. We pay about 60 percent more,

411
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:33,420
Sorry, 50% more than a customer with a three-four-cymch line, and statistically that one-inch line

412
00:31:33,420 --> 00:31:39,980
is going to be used like, I don't know, once in a thousand years, so I appreciate it.

413
00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:42,400
Okay, thanks, that's all I got.

414
00:31:49,350 --> 00:31:50,990
We'll be out of our follow-ups.

415
00:31:56,750 --> 00:31:58,390
I'm going to be there, I'm very grateful.

416
00:31:58,950 --> 00:32:02,650
Sure, I'm Rebecca Fein, and I've lived in the Hollywood area and it's a Berlin neighborhood,

417
00:32:02,650 --> 00:32:10,230
And I'm here just to raise some concerns about the proposed rate increase as well as the process associated with the proposal.

418
00:32:11,330 --> 00:32:21,130
So I, similar to some other people that have spoken already, have concerns about these proposed rates and even current rates being out of line with neighboring communities.

419
00:32:21,130 --> 00:32:28,890
So, for example, if we lived in North Toppo PUD's coverage district, my 3.4-inch meter would

420
00:32:28,890 --> 00:32:36,210
cost $44.25 a month. My one-inch fire length would cost $4.35 a month, just the biggest

421
00:32:36,210 --> 00:32:44,110
usage. Being in top city PUD coverage, $94.57 a month, and $53.07 a month. And, you know,

422
00:32:44,110 --> 00:32:49,230
we played with numbers similar to the gentleman earlier. If we saved that money, I would put

423
00:32:49,230 --> 00:32:52,550
our daughter has been college for a year, you know, so those are big numbers.

424
00:32:54,930 --> 00:32:55,510
And then

425
00:32:55,510 --> 00:33:00,310
just thinking about the process as well, so the gentleman earlier from each year, I believe,

426
00:33:00,650 --> 00:33:05,610
that brought up the proposal was sent out in September and then you started doing outreach

427
00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:10,970
and then this is, this is where you're taking the comment. So this feels a little bit like the

428
00:33:10,970 --> 00:33:17,570
dad strategy, you know, you decide, you announce it and then defend it. So hopefully we take these

429
00:33:17,570 --> 00:33:23,810
comments into consideration and push that timeline so that if you have meaningful comment and meaningful

430
00:33:23,810 --> 00:33:30,050
alternatives that those can be fully explored before putting in a rate increase that has significant

431
00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:35,570
impact on a large community. Thank you from time. I'm going back.

432
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:46,620
I'm sorry, so I don't live in the area. I do want to business in town here. Commercial rates that

433
00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:48,020
Similar to what everyone else is saying,

434
00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:50,940
if I had my same lawn or mountain truckie,

435
00:33:51,460 --> 00:33:53,340
it'd be 70% cheaper for water.

436
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,280
If I was in North Tahoe Beauty, 25% cheaper.

437
00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:00,260
But those are insane number differences.

438
00:34:00,860 --> 00:34:03,340
I don't know why the water's so expensive here

439
00:34:04,020 --> 00:34:05,580
with the lake right there.

440
00:34:06,380 --> 00:34:09,220
If I was in Phoenix, where there is no water.

441
00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:13,240
I'd be 38% cheaper down there.

442
00:34:15,580 --> 00:34:19,840
That's just, it's an unreasonable cost on businesses.

443
00:34:20,220 --> 00:34:23,660
And what we do is, as a business, we pass it on to the customers,

444
00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:27,400
who are people in this room, who are people that need the services.

445
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:34,780
I just find it clear, for example, we're an explanation of why the rates here

446
00:34:34,780 --> 00:34:38,240
are so much more expensive than four miles down the road of an area.

447
00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:38,920
Thank

448
00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:41,800
you, Patrick.

449
00:34:47,430 --> 00:34:51,930
Thank you, Browseg, to Homer, for giving me a little sympathy I just had from Kansas City

450
00:34:51,930 --> 00:34:55,810
last night where they basically laughed at what I paid for water.

451
00:34:56,390 --> 00:35:05,790
My concern is that my wages don't match this increase in that I feel as though core community

452
00:35:05,790 --> 00:35:09,750
is getting priced out and we need neighborhoods now more than ever.

453
00:35:10,070 --> 00:35:14,570
If he was people like me and me, people, what happens to this place?

454
00:35:14,570 --> 00:35:25,590
I'm a story of this area, and I'm part of the reason as far as why people can come and visit here and get a little bit of education as to

455
00:35:26,950 --> 00:35:30,230
respecting the place and being a story of this place.

456
00:35:31,410 --> 00:35:36,950
So what happens if he, if he tries to keep going up, the people like me end up having to leave.

457
00:35:37,670 --> 00:35:39,190
So I beg you to consider that.

458
00:35:40,350 --> 00:35:41,070
Thank you.

459
00:35:41,070 --> 00:35:42,950
Thank you, Tracey.

460
00:35:46,020 --> 00:35:47,740
Just to warm up to Homa.

461
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,180
Please let me know if any of my assumptions here are off.

462
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,800
Most of your customers are on this three-quarter niche.

463
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:06,080
All of the Homa is on this unmetered rate, which is 23% higher than the majority of your customers.

464
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:12,850
House down the street just sold for $2.5 million.

465
00:36:13,130 --> 00:36:15,510
It's in private bedroom by a back.

466
00:36:16,070 --> 00:36:19,150
I'm paying the same rate as these people.

467
00:36:20,310 --> 00:36:27,670
Even more offensive is the short-term rental down the street that has six plus cars every weekend.

468
00:36:28,350 --> 00:36:33,810
On a two on two parcels with irrigation land savings.

469
00:36:33,810 --> 00:36:38,050
I live in an 800 square foot house with no dishwasher,

470
00:36:38,610 --> 00:36:40,930
no full bathroom, no bedrooms,

471
00:36:41,550 --> 00:36:43,210
and no functioning heating system.

472
00:36:43,690 --> 00:36:45,970
And I'm paying the same rate as these people.

473
00:36:46,290 --> 00:36:50,090
It seems really unfair and almost unethical.

474
00:36:50,850 --> 00:36:53,270
And the conundrum is no meters, right?

475
00:36:54,670 --> 00:36:56,490
But if you do a quick Google search,

476
00:36:56,670 --> 00:36:58,130
you'll find that other regions

477
00:36:58,130 --> 00:37:01,870
that do not have metering have come up with solutions to this

478
00:37:01,870 --> 00:37:05,730
that include tax rates and S work, but thank you.

479
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:08,320
Thank you.

480
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:09,560
My

481
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:14,040
minutes have broken.

482
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:14,900
I will not.

483
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,140
And I just have one question if there is any plan to do around.

484
00:37:21,020 --> 00:37:22,600
Helping people with fixed income.

485
00:37:23,340 --> 00:37:23,840
It's really fun.

486
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:25,220
That's fun.

487
00:37:25,540 --> 00:37:26,220
It's not really.

488
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:30,420
Thank you.

489
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:31,360
Thank you.

490
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:31,840
Thank you.

491
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:42,980
It's fried box under the Glen Ridge area, the south of Tolma, and as you know, our

492
00:37:42,980 --> 00:37:51,420
long-time matron was seed dyed, and you guys took over, and it's unfortunate, and it

493
00:37:51,420 --> 00:37:53,420
echoes what everybody's saying up here on my life.

494
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:57,880
I want to be here on my life, but I'm on the edge, it's like, keep this going, the insurance

495
00:37:57,880 --> 00:37:58,560
and blah, blah, blah.

496
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,600
So our rates almost doubled, and they're going to go to meter to some point.

497
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:10,220
The biggest issue, like a lot of times, we have a 3-street area of about 50 something homes.

498
00:38:10,340 --> 00:38:14,820
And there's five year-round houses, couples mostly, and myself.

499
00:38:15,260 --> 00:38:19,100
And it's just, everything going to the point of doubling, doubling, doubling,

500
00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:23,620
just to get that question of, can I stay here? How can I do it? I want to retire here?

501
00:38:23,940 --> 00:38:26,620
And can I stop working at 65? I'm scrambling.

502
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:32,500
And that's it, it's a heartfelt feeling of like, God, we do so much and millionaires,

503
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:34,740
millionaires moving in and we get pushed to the side,

504
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,700
you know, it's really tough to make

505
00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:39,260
that decision.

506
00:38:39,820 --> 00:38:45,580
And I'm sorry to think that I have to leave it, basically, but I'm very sorry, part of

507
00:38:45,580 --> 00:38:45,820
it.

508
00:38:47,860 --> 00:38:48,360
Thank you, Brian.

509
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,720
Yeah, there are public comments in the room.

510
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:02,320
Seeing none, we'll ask a public comment as long as you know other comments, I'm worried

511
00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:05,200
Thank

512
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:08,140
you.

513
00:39:08,420 --> 00:39:11,060
But this time I'll close a couple of comments.

514
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,380
If you have access to how required with the clerk yet,

515
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,100
it's your last chance to do that.

516
00:39:20,300 --> 00:39:22,240
Or turn the corner.

517
00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:30,180
Can you further forward the discussion?

518
00:39:34,660 --> 00:39:42,660
Not in particular discussion, there were some few comments, a few questions asked, a bit

519
00:39:42,660 --> 00:39:49,040
of curious, other board members would like staff to be asked to follow up with the Nation

520
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:49,320
Office.

521
00:39:51,760 --> 00:40:02,060
And I think one question that I did a few other times in a few other ways, but it was a comparison

522
00:40:02,060 --> 00:40:04,920
and rates here, it's compared to other markets in the state

523
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,940
or other parts of the country, and what drives that.

524
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,500
So that would be one, I know it doesn't.

525
00:40:11,860 --> 00:40:13,920
My opinion is that why some of that is case,

526
00:40:14,380 --> 00:40:17,240
but that has sat by its insight on that.

527
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:22,900
Also, maybe something Sean could give you,

528
00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:27,740
those are comments made that make the buying base for fees or sewer

529
00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:31,260
and water, or $5,000 a year.

530
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:46,000
that seems higher than the map that I've done is maybe a crash on to speak to that and just kind of what the base we're made is for a typical residential unit of 10 also,

531
00:40:46,420 --> 00:40:58,820
a base like 6,000 or 8,000 gallons per month, use or water, you know, kind of what those numbers aren't put together.

532
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:02,460
I

533
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:10,640
think there's a question about, can we have programs for individuals who are on

534
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:11,320
fixing them?

535
00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:13,740
It's an instrument to put it on that.

536
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:15,280
That may help prevent.

537
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:28,120
And then also with SAP, I identify really this scale of some of the capital replacement

538
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:36,340
work that we have scheduled over the next five years, primarily in the, in the, in the

539
00:41:36,340 --> 00:41:43,500
home area, and they've got that work system. So, in those of you who are five days,

540
00:41:43,540 --> 00:41:47,980
tonight, it's like it's an additional information staff on, you know, a lot of other board members

541
00:41:47,980 --> 00:41:51,100
have, uh, additional, uh, requests tonight.

542
00:41:53,500 --> 00:42:00,980
I think they're interested in the comparisons to trucky and more talkative unity rates

543
00:42:00,980 --> 00:42:01,500
as well.

544
00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:11,390
They did this quite a difference in costs.

545
00:42:15,030 --> 00:42:20,030
I don't know if we have that slide, but we would have a slide similar to the show's comparisons.

546
00:42:20,030 --> 00:42:31,450
that also not just the local rates, but the quick answer to by toggle water costs more than

547
00:42:31,450 --> 00:42:36,130
other areas where there's a higher population. The other thing is about many of us in

548
00:42:36,130 --> 00:42:37,350
different ways.

549
00:42:38,430 --> 00:42:39,150
Yeah,

550
00:42:41,270 --> 00:42:48,510
so let's start with a few. Let's start with the difference in the cost of water for

551
00:42:48,510 --> 00:42:52,490
associated with beauty and compared to any other public agency

552
00:42:52,490 --> 00:42:54,370
either in our area or in different areas.

553
00:42:55,470 --> 00:42:58,910
The simplest explanation is we have very few customers.

554
00:42:59,290 --> 00:43:02,910
We have 5,000 customers, and when you compare that

555
00:43:02,910 --> 00:43:09,310
to a larger area like Truckee or Reno or Phoenix Arizona,

556
00:43:10,310 --> 00:43:13,470
you're splitting the cost of running a water operation,

557
00:43:13,550 --> 00:43:16,550
let's say, in the Phoenix Arizona

558
00:43:16,550 --> 00:43:21,370
over millions, I don't know if their population is right, but the cost of running that water

559
00:43:21,370 --> 00:43:25,270
operation is simply divided by the number of customers in that system.

560
00:43:26,070 --> 00:43:32,870
So we operate a water system that's spread out, excuse me, over about 31s for a mile, about

561
00:43:32,870 --> 00:43:41,330
a hundred and a hundred miles of pipeline fire hydrants, associated wells and tanks, and

562
00:43:41,330 --> 00:43:45,490
that infrastructure all has to be paid for by 5,000 customers.

563
00:43:45,490 --> 00:43:54,290
So it's that's the easiest explanation each of the each of the water agencies has to spread their costs amongst the customer base that they have.

564
00:43:54,630 --> 00:44:10,890
So that's that's our biggest challenge I would say and it is very different. There's an agency in Sacramento. I think it's the Sacramento suburban water district and they survey a service area of 36 square miles, just a little bit larger than ours.

565
00:44:10,890 --> 00:44:13,070
and they have 288,000 customers.

566
00:44:13,590 --> 00:44:14,850
So you should do the math

567
00:44:14,850 --> 00:44:17,390
and you can divide their cost of operating the system

568
00:44:17,930 --> 00:44:20,870
by 258,000 customers versus 5,000,

569
00:44:20,990 --> 00:44:22,030
but that's our biggest challenge.

570
00:44:22,750 --> 00:44:25,210
We have no other way to supplement the water revenues.

571
00:44:25,550 --> 00:44:26,650
As Sean porn mentioned,

572
00:44:27,310 --> 00:44:29,830
these funds are independence of the water fund.

573
00:44:30,630 --> 00:44:33,170
It can only be, it can only use water revenue

574
00:44:33,170 --> 00:44:34,190
from customers.

575
00:44:34,590 --> 00:44:37,330
It can't use some general fund dollars

576
00:44:37,330 --> 00:44:40,710
that the board's discretion to help fund capital projects.

577
00:44:41,030 --> 00:44:43,690
The challenge there is that we also view parks and recreation,

578
00:44:44,290 --> 00:44:48,710
and that general fund dollars is the only source of revenue

579
00:44:48,710 --> 00:44:50,930
that we have to pay for parks and recreation services.

580
00:44:51,730 --> 00:44:53,270
So there's a balance there.

581
00:44:54,210 --> 00:44:57,630
That's, I think, the simplest answer as to why our rates are different.

582
00:44:57,790 --> 00:44:59,970
If there is no standard water rate among...

583
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:07,480
And Sean can speak to one of this. Every agency is different. One of the unique differences

584
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:14,300
in the task of APUD's water system compared to our local agencies, let's take it on top of

585
00:45:14,300 --> 00:45:19,680
the utility district, for example, is that our district over a long period of time has been

586
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:28,180
very, I would say, forward thinking in acquiring formerly privately owned water systems. On behalf

587
00:45:28,180 --> 00:45:38,120
of customers who are already our sewer customers and our property tax payers. That has resulted in some real financial challenges.

588
00:45:38,420 --> 00:45:48,620
Those systems haven't been maintained, so a couple of folks here from the title of Seaters to Homa area, that was a formerly investor owned utility.

589
00:45:48,620 --> 00:45:57,420
that utility was owned by a family who made a profit on that water system and didn't invest

590
00:45:57,420 --> 00:46:05,980
in that water system for 78 years. When we acquired it on behalf of those customers, it is actively

591
00:46:05,980 --> 00:46:15,680
failing. So we have a water system reconstruction as part of this race study, part of that capital

592
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:21,200
reconstruction of that system is included in this five year rate study. The overall system

593
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:28,540
reconstruction is now estimated at about $70 million dollars for what 150 customers.

594
00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:34,900
One of the things that the customers in the title is seeders and

595
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:41,660
and Madden Creek area, so those are a homea and homea. They're also paying an additional

596
00:46:41,660 --> 00:46:47,440
infrastructure improvement charge, which is $43 a month for the next 30 years.

597
00:46:47,780 --> 00:46:51,420
That's a charge that only those customers are paying, and that charge is

598
00:46:51,420 --> 00:46:55,580
specifically going to be used to help us fund the debt service pay for the

599
00:46:55,580 --> 00:47:02,680
reconstruction of their longer system. One of the main philosophy behind this

600
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:08,220
historic acquiring of water systems is to try to create some efficiencies in

601
00:47:08,220 --> 00:47:09,700
in the way our water system operates.

602
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:12,660
So within our 32 square mile service area,

603
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:15,380
we operate seven independent,

604
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:17,400
and in some cases,

605
00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:19,140
it's physically separate water systems.

606
00:47:19,740 --> 00:47:21,840
Each of those water systems requires essentially

607
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:23,180
all of the same infrastructure

608
00:47:23,180 --> 00:47:25,940
that a water system requires.

609
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:28,240
So it has to have some water source that has to have a well,

610
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:29,340
has to have tanks,

611
00:47:29,580 --> 00:47:33,060
booster pump stations in the long run,

612
00:47:33,460 --> 00:47:35,940
and our board has taken a very long view.

613
00:47:35,940 --> 00:47:52,840
This agency has been here since 1938 and hopefully will be here for a lot longer serving you, but that these water system acquisitions and then the improvements in those systems are challenging in the short term.

614
00:47:52,840 --> 00:48:10,060
We have to figure out how to do that. One of the most urgent things that at least I've heard from our board as we've been discussing this over the last five years that many public meetings is that fire suppression is is really key to that philosophy.

615
00:48:10,060 --> 00:48:12,800
If a fire starts in an area like

616
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:14,640
homewood that has very

617
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,900
efficient fire suppression

618
00:48:16,900 --> 00:48:18,740
infrastructure, that is a threat

619
00:48:18,740 --> 00:48:19,940
to our entire community.

620
00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:21,920
It doesn't matter if the water system

621
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:23,800
next door that we already

622
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,580
on an operate has sufficient fire

623
00:48:25,580 --> 00:48:27,500
suppression, that fire starts

624
00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:30,300
in Sahoma where there is no

625
00:48:30,300 --> 00:48:32,420
water infrastructure to fight fires

626
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,880
our entire communities at risk.

627
00:48:35,100 --> 00:48:36,200
And so this forward has taken

628
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:38,600
I think the initiative

629
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:43,280
to try to make some investments in those communities as quickly as they can.

630
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:47,300
And one of the key investments in all those water system reconstruction projects is

631
00:48:47,300 --> 00:48:52,920
the off-size, the water mans and install fire hydrants to meet modern fire suppression standards.

632
00:48:54,220 --> 00:48:58,800
So those are some of the key things that this board has been grappling with over the last,

633
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:05,140
I would say, weekly of fire top seeders in Manon Creek and Tim Berlin in 2018.

634
00:49:05,140 --> 00:49:09,960
And ever since that time, at many public meetings, this floor has spent considerable amount

635
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:14,520
of time talking about long-term financial planning and reinvestment in the communities

636
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:15,220
and constructions.

637
00:49:16,020 --> 00:49:17,240
It is challenging.

638
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:18,260
There's no way.

639
00:49:18,340 --> 00:49:23,700
There's no two ways around it, and I can tell you, they understand the impacts that these

640
00:49:23,700 --> 00:49:25,480
reinvestments have on the customers.

641
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:26,740
They're also the customers.

642
00:49:28,820 --> 00:49:36,660
So I kind of hit on the magnitude, so in addition of the investments that we're making in the

643
00:49:36,660 --> 00:49:41,300
next five years, over the previous five years, we've also made significant investments

644
00:49:41,300 --> 00:49:43,600
in water infrastructure on behalf of the community.

645
00:49:44,060 --> 00:49:48,620
We are very close to completing construction on the West Lake Tahoe Regional Water Treatment

646
00:49:48,620 --> 00:49:57,320
plant, which is a lake surface water treatment plant will treat water from Lake Tahoe, and

647
00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:03,320
will be a huge benefit to the West Shore, where we will be able to provide year-round

648
00:50:04,140 --> 00:50:08,220
water, and in particular, we will be able to meet modern fire suppression standards for

649
00:50:08,220 --> 00:50:11,920
flow in the event of a fire in Lake Tahoe.

650
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:15,060
That's about a $25 million investment.

651
00:50:15,820 --> 00:50:21,400
As I mentioned, the reconstruction of the Tallah Seaters, that's the formerly owned, formerly

652
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:27,220
privately owned water system into Homa, that's about a $70 million project we're asking

653
00:50:27,220 --> 00:50:32,040
right now is likely it'll take us seven to ten years to complete that reconstruction.

654
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:37,200
It's part of the reason we don't have meters in Tallah Seaters yet, but all of the existing

655
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,140
water pipelines in that community are in the backyards.

656
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:47,120
When we do our reconstruction project, we will not be replacing those water lines in the backyards.

657
00:50:47,300 --> 00:50:52,000
We'll be putting them in the streets where most modern water systems exist.

658
00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:55,620
That will allow us to also install fire items.

659
00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:03,740
So, our plan is to meter that system, but once the water mains have been relocated to the students.

660
00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:07,200
We also need to reconstruct the water system in Homewood.

661
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:15,140
That was also owned by the same family, that's estimated, I think, around $16 million or so.

662
00:51:15,820 --> 00:51:20,980
That one, our goal is to finish the reconstruction within the next three to four years.

663
00:51:22,340 --> 00:51:27,680
In addition to all of that, we have ongoing water infrastructure that we need to maintain

664
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:32,420
so that we don't get in the position that these formerly private water systems got into

665
00:51:32,420 --> 00:51:38,920
where no investment for 80 years gets you a real challenging situation to take care of.

666
00:51:39,720 --> 00:51:46,000
So those are some of the unique challenges that we're facing and what are built into

667
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:47,380
part of this rating increase.

668
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:52,420
Let's see, I'm trying to think if there's –

669
00:51:55,970 --> 00:52:00,110
there was a question about the unneeded rate

670
00:52:00,110 --> 00:52:08,870
in in Tihoma. The on meter rate is based on what our average customer pays. So our average

671
00:52:08,870 --> 00:52:16,750
customer has a 3.4 inch meter and uses approximately 6,000 gallons a month. So the average customer

672
00:52:17,670 --> 00:52:30,030
is paying $115.87. Presently that rate that charge can go to $129.1. So we understand the

673
00:52:30,030 --> 00:52:33,430
There are some discrepancies down in the areas that are unmetered.

674
00:52:33,650 --> 00:52:38,850
The only areas in our system that are unmetered are really private water systems that we acquired

675
00:52:38,850 --> 00:52:39,690
in 2018.

676
00:52:41,350 --> 00:52:44,970
So we understand there's discrepancies there because of use patterns.

677
00:52:45,190 --> 00:52:50,450
We have no way of effectively measuring, you name out water, that customer needs them.

678
00:52:50,590 --> 00:52:55,270
And so we acknowledge that our goal is definitely to meter the systems that are set up once the

679
00:52:55,270 --> 00:52:56,790
reconstruction projects are completed.

680
00:53:03,720 --> 00:53:12,600
So we do have a water rate assistance program, currently that program, in order to be eligible

681
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:17,980
for our water rate assistance program, you need to be on Liberty's care program.

682
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:23,100
That's our mechanism to verify your eligibility.

683
00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:29,680
We are looking at, and we intend to have a discussion with board after the new year about expanding

684
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:34,200
eligibility and under that program. So, stay tuned for that. There's more information

685
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:38,520
that we can provide you about rate water rate systems program, but you do have a program

686
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:39,560
that's coming to you.

687
00:53:42,370 --> 00:53:44,850
Are there any other specific questions of the board that I may have?

688
00:53:45,030 --> 00:53:50,770
I think I'm back to Sean just in terms of for a typical residential

689
00:53:53,250 --> 00:53:59,030
customer, you know, what what the annual water cost would be, the annual sewer cost would be.

690
00:53:59,030 --> 00:54:06,870
Yeah, so it's going to vary and some of it as some of the folks here have mentioned is the size of that meter.

691
00:54:07,350 --> 00:54:13,910
So that base charge on the top right so a three quarter inch meter, which is this was mentioned the vast majority of your residential customers.

692
00:54:14,590 --> 00:54:23,510
How that is charged and just put a comparison to next door for North Tahoe beauty, we have one base charge that includes our capital.

693
00:54:23,510 --> 00:54:29,650
Component. Nortal PV has two base charges that are added together. One is their base cost,

694
00:54:29,890 --> 00:54:35,910
the other is their capital component. So that 3.8 million that we're talking about in our water

695
00:54:35,910 --> 00:54:41,890
rates here today, that's rolled into our number here that we include there. Nortal has two separate

696
00:54:41,890 --> 00:54:46,810
schedules that you need to add together for them. So that's the fun part. Even for me, who lives in

697
00:54:46,810 --> 00:54:51,590
this world every day trying to figure out what other people charge is fun. I'll put it that way.

698
00:54:51,590 --> 00:54:54,830
But that's part of the difference that we're looking at.

699
00:54:54,990 --> 00:54:57,010
So when we think about a typical customer,

700
00:54:57,550 --> 00:54:59,930
they're going to pay that three-quarter inch charge.

701
00:55:00,370 --> 00:55:02,450
So I'm just going to make math easy.

702
00:55:02,730 --> 00:55:04,570
If we go to the 2025 rate, right?

703
00:55:04,650 --> 00:55:07,550
A hundred of them have rounded to $100 times 12.

704
00:55:08,030 --> 00:55:10,530
So we've got our $1200 there as part of that.

705
00:55:10,690 --> 00:55:11,910
Plus whenever they use.

706
00:55:12,130 --> 00:55:15,430
So that's 6,000 gallons is the average.

707
00:55:15,630 --> 00:55:18,030
So jumping down to the bottom where we have the consumption,

708
00:55:18,030 --> 00:55:26,450
If a customer stays under 8,000 gallons, then it's $3,374 per 1,000 gallons.

709
00:55:26,970 --> 00:55:34,930
If they go over 8, they pay 8,000 gallons at 3,74 per 1,000 gallons, so 8 times 3,74

710
00:55:34,930 --> 00:55:38,750
plus whatever it is up to 20,000 at 4,89.

711
00:55:39,650 --> 00:55:42,250
So it's that increasing blocks structure.

712
00:55:42,250 --> 00:55:56,030
So for the typical customer we have 1200 for the 5th charge for the water side plus our 60 times fossil 724 our sewer which would be our big ground round numbers here.

713
00:55:56,550 --> 00:56:03,030
2000 now I believe what the gentleman was speaking about as part of this was looking at those fire combined fire service.

714
00:56:03,210 --> 00:56:10,350
So in the middle of the page here you see our CFS recorder one one and have two and greater than two.

715
00:56:10,350 --> 00:56:19,350
And so that is that combined service level where it includes full domestic use and fire protection use.

716
00:56:19,630 --> 00:56:26,950
And that is based on the capacity that's required to be provided in the system should there be a fire event.

717
00:56:27,210 --> 00:56:39,790
So it's no different than what we charge for the different private fire lines going into businesses or other types of buildings that have a sprinkler system for other fire suppression infrastructures part of them.

718
00:56:39,790 --> 00:56:46,790
That is where we'd be at 150 times 12, which I'm not going to do the math, but that would

719
00:56:46,790 --> 00:56:52,550
get us closer to the $5,000, I believe, the federal general that was speaking to the board.

720
00:56:53,870 --> 00:57:04,310
So a lot of numbers there, a typical three-quarter inch, which is probably 90 plus percent of our customers.

721
00:57:04,310 --> 00:57:13,410
service, using $6,000 down to $1,000 for a household use, when they're not doing any

722
00:57:13,410 --> 00:57:16,570
irritations on her, it's about $130 a month.

723
00:57:17,270 --> 00:57:17,790
Correct.

724
00:57:18,610 --> 00:57:32,350
And 12 months is whatever, about $1,500 a year, and then sewer is an additional $750, or

725
00:57:32,350 --> 00:57:37,810
So, you're, so, I think a typical company that gets two

726
00:57:37,810 --> 00:57:42,530
requests and services and photovolve water to the tab is going to be

727
00:57:42,530 --> 00:57:48,830
paying around 20 to $1,000 to $2,000,000, okay, and then

728
00:57:49,390 --> 00:57:52,250
there's going to be variations on that with buyer connections,

729
00:57:52,590 --> 00:57:57,070
larger service connections. It's probably 90% of our customers are

730
00:57:57,070 --> 00:57:59,570
in that range. I agree, yes, okay, it's

731
00:57:59,570 --> 00:58:07,150
And plus or minus, if you said the seasonality piece, right, yeah, from usage, and you've got a lot of landscaping in the summer.

732
00:58:09,130 --> 00:58:10,230
You'll pay more.

733
00:58:10,430 --> 00:58:11,430
Yes, you'll make your water.

734
00:58:11,890 --> 00:58:12,470
So correct.

735
00:58:13,250 --> 00:58:13,610
Right.

736
00:58:13,910 --> 00:58:14,070
Thanks.

737
00:58:19,590 --> 00:58:27,210
And if you want to follow up kind of on, you know, Sean's information, I mean,

738
00:58:27,210 --> 00:58:35,530
And we're very geographically inefficient here, you know, via CPV, we control the geography

739
00:58:35,530 --> 00:58:40,610
of the fact that we're kind of spread out and there's a linear fashion image between

740
00:58:40,610 --> 00:58:46,910
the lake and mountains with a need to connect, you know, all these testlers with pipelines

741
00:58:46,910 --> 00:58:53,370
in an amount of terrain in this long, narrow, carrot, or board, or that's a really linear point

742
00:58:53,370 --> 00:59:00,890
about if you get out of the flat land on bridge system with, you know, houses right next to each

743
00:59:00,890 --> 00:59:06,750
other on five thumbs per foot blocks or whatever it might be, that's very key, radically efficient

744
00:59:06,750 --> 00:59:13,470
from a water system standpoint. And wastewater collection standpoint has prepared to be

745
00:59:13,470 --> 00:59:20,190
spread out in the mountains where you're dealing with different elevations, which requires more equipment

746
00:59:20,190 --> 00:59:26,990
and where you're dealing with a lot more pipeline in the areas that are a lot harder to work in.

747
00:59:27,730 --> 00:59:30,750
So again, it's not to mention the whole of it in your summer,

748
00:59:31,990 --> 00:59:33,750
particularly if it comes into play.

749
00:59:34,090 --> 00:59:40,390
So I think that's part of the reality of the cost of water and waste water reflection out here as well.

750
00:59:41,430 --> 00:59:41,910
Thanks

751
00:59:45,300 --> 00:59:45,840
for your question.

752
00:59:48,340 --> 00:59:51,540
I'm sorry, but we did close public time.

753
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:54,580
Well, all day, Tony, are we truly producing

754
00:59:54,580 --> 00:59:57,880
the side of water coming out during the evening?

755
00:59:58,520 --> 00:59:59,080
Yes.

756
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,860
What I would recommend for both of you to have additional questions as early as close hearing, it would be catch up with staff afterwards. I think there's one or two small water systems still out there that we're up there to buy a veil. I think the bulk of the water systems have been offered, being operated by the, it was like, formerly by some. So, we can't ask questions after listening to you. We can't ask questions after getting this information.

757
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:34,360
but I'll have to be done after meetings that really needs to be done.

758
01:00:34,420 --> 01:00:35,280
Is that really compensation?

759
01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:36,660
Yes.

760
01:00:37,080 --> 01:00:38,280
I may ask the board.

761
01:00:40,020 --> 01:00:42,680
I will give the board what to read and public to read.

762
01:00:43,580 --> 01:00:44,420
I don't know.

763
01:00:44,420 --> 01:00:45,820
But one more thing with me.

764
01:00:46,420 --> 01:00:46,900
Yeah.

765
01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:50,400
So I'm okay with really putting public in on that.

766
01:00:50,780 --> 01:00:56,720
I think we need to be mindful about kind of maintaining the structure and time meeting

767
01:00:56,720 --> 01:00:57,100
as well.

768
01:00:59,420 --> 01:01:03,080
So, and for those that already made a public comment,

769
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:06,260
are you going to make a lovely comment?

770
01:01:06,500 --> 01:01:09,240
I guess it's public comment and I'll wait, sorry.

771
01:01:09,580 --> 01:01:10,640
Well, no, it's public.

772
01:01:11,140 --> 01:01:13,160
It's normally it's one in public comment.

773
01:01:13,660 --> 01:01:14,220
Yeah, definitely.

774
01:01:14,460 --> 01:01:14,780
Yeah.

775
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,400
I think what I'd suggest, Sally, is that if you knew people choose

776
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:21,980
the real public comment, a comment should be directed to the board.

777
01:01:22,440 --> 01:01:23,840
And then we can collect that information.

778
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:34,920
and then decide, yes, those double comment and decide whatever additional dialogue we want to add on our information.

779
01:01:35,580 --> 01:01:36,280
What is the solution?

780
01:01:36,660 --> 01:01:38,920
I think it's up to you that it's just a suggestion.

781
01:01:40,060 --> 01:01:40,980
Thank you, Liam.

782
01:01:42,840 --> 01:01:47,820
We'll go with dance, right, and the nation will reopen public comment.

783
01:01:47,820 --> 01:01:51,620
and we'll collect comments, close public comment,

784
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:54,100
and then address those comments in the questions.

785
01:01:55,140 --> 01:01:58,000
So we have reopened public comment.

786
01:01:58,820 --> 01:02:01,360
You may start to fill in this journey

787
01:02:01,360 --> 01:02:03,720
and then question your comment here.

788
01:02:04,060 --> 01:02:05,060
I've got a couple questions.

789
01:02:05,520 --> 01:02:07,800
Are we through purchasing these private

790
01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:09,980
and utility companies?

791
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:15,200
And yes, so how far along are we

792
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:17,580
and upgrading them to your code.

793
01:02:20,030 --> 01:02:23,090
Oh, we've 50% there, 80% there.

794
01:02:23,710 --> 01:02:25,130
Are we done with this?

795
01:02:25,570 --> 01:02:26,670
That's my question.

796
01:02:28,840 --> 01:02:29,300
Thank you, Jim.

797
01:02:31,730 --> 01:02:32,450
Next to you, Tom.

798
01:02:32,770 --> 01:02:34,190
Hi, I'm Molly Bollard.

799
01:02:34,470 --> 01:02:39,030
I'm going to talk about charging people,

800
01:02:39,290 --> 01:02:41,790
like second homeowners or people whose primary residence

801
01:02:42,470 --> 01:02:46,730
isn't in the community in which their house is higher rate,

802
01:02:47,050 --> 01:02:47,730
the different rate.

803
01:02:47,730 --> 01:02:47,870
Good.

804
01:02:50,730 --> 01:02:51,510
Thank you, Mona.

805
01:02:56,510 --> 01:02:58,270
I've been both on 12.5. Two questions.

806
01:02:59,050 --> 01:03:01,850
The new community building on the red floor was sat

807
01:03:01,850 --> 01:03:09,560
with three-digit data in collectible data.

808
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:12,880
And, my, thank you for sharing your mieli.

809
01:03:12,880 --> 01:03:13,340
Thank you, Ted.

810
01:03:13,420 --> 01:03:14,900
Thank you, Diane, for your last message.

811
01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:17,600
Go ahead and hand them a floor.

812
01:03:17,760 --> 01:03:18,820
Vice president, come on.

813
01:03:19,960 --> 01:03:23,260
As far as these increases and how much of that is related

814
01:03:23,260 --> 01:03:29,040
to infrastructure, of which my understanding was that $43

815
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:30,560
would change that we pay.

816
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:33,200
That was for the capital infrastructure.

817
01:03:35,580 --> 01:03:37,920
How much of that was this increases

818
01:03:37,920 --> 01:03:39,260
for in-house operations?

819
01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:42,540
Lake Parks and Rackerel boards that we've been there,

820
01:03:42,740 --> 01:03:46,840
you can be pulled away from that if possible to compensate.

821
01:03:53,710 --> 01:03:55,730
We're back at buying from the Silverland neighborhood.

822
01:03:56,650 --> 01:03:57,950
So two follow-up questions.

823
01:03:57,950 --> 01:04:04,630
I would like a little bit more clarification on the difference in the cross scene for the fire service line.

824
01:04:05,070 --> 01:04:11,170
You know, just speaking from experience, the reason why we have a one inch fire line is because that was left on Valorant Hanan's truck.

825
01:04:11,890 --> 01:04:19,830
And then this stop when we're building a house we can go back, you know, 10 years ago, and go, okay, we'd like to choose to a similar one because that's a lot of things.

826
01:04:19,830 --> 01:04:25,950
And then also what opportunities for other types of fundings to support the infrastructure

827
01:04:25,950 --> 01:04:26,630
upgrades.

828
01:04:27,190 --> 01:04:32,430
We've seen some of the things that came out of the street in Timberland that was conveying

829
01:04:32,430 --> 01:04:33,930
water, so we appreciate that.

830
01:04:34,430 --> 01:04:40,250
But a lot of these are one-time things, they're not operational expenses, it's a one-time

831
01:04:40,250 --> 01:04:43,430
infrastructure upgrade in addition to the operational costs.

832
01:04:43,990 --> 01:04:48,010
So, I mean, we have to acknowledge the community that we live in, the huge amounts of TOT,

833
01:04:48,010 --> 01:04:53,090
tea, money, TBID, money, like all of those other sources, what

834
01:04:53,090 --> 01:04:56,470
expertion has been done to try and see grant funding or one

835
01:04:56,470 --> 01:05:00,710
time funding to support and offset the amount that homeowners are

836
01:05:00,710 --> 01:05:06,510
paying for that. And then I was curious. So we pointed out

837
01:05:06,510 --> 01:05:10,250
some of the costing that's hired here is associated with our

838
01:05:10,250 --> 01:05:15,630
small number of customers. So that enterprise fund model. Have

839
01:05:15,630 --> 01:05:17,570
You looked at other smaller communities.

840
01:05:17,930 --> 01:05:19,530
Are there different funding structures

841
01:05:19,530 --> 01:05:20,990
that are being used there?

842
01:05:22,630 --> 01:05:24,910
And just curiously, thanks.

843
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:35,320
Any other public comments in the room?

844
01:05:38,970 --> 01:05:41,210
Say no, I'll check for public comments online.

845
01:05:42,010 --> 01:05:43,050
That online, wow.

846
01:05:43,530 --> 01:05:43,810
Thank you.

847
01:05:46,060 --> 01:05:47,580
On that course, public comment,

848
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:50,560
and we'll go to staff for questions.

849
01:05:51,900 --> 01:05:53,540
Okay, I can answer a few of these

850
01:05:53,540 --> 01:05:56,000
and then I might ask Sean to answer a couple of those.

851
01:05:56,100 --> 01:05:57,840
Well, there's a question about

852
01:05:57,840 --> 01:06:04,800
are we through purchasing private systems. We're in contract currently to purchase the

853
01:06:04,800 --> 01:06:13,760
Natal Swiss village utility which is the former private water company that owns the water company

854
01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:21,560
in the Palau Times neighborhood and the Galenridge with that neighborhood. So we're in contract that

855
01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:24,360
that is pending the CQC approval process

856
01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:27,540
but we anticipate completing that acquisition

857
01:06:27,540 --> 01:06:28,640
in early 25.

858
01:06:29,820 --> 01:06:34,420
There is at least one other fairly significant

859
01:06:35,300 --> 01:06:37,960
private water company that's in the Tau Tau Park

860
01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:39,540
in Skyland, New York City area.

861
01:06:40,280 --> 01:06:43,880
So while I can't answer that question definitively,

862
01:06:44,040 --> 01:06:45,580
my guess is no, we're not there.

863
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:50,220
And how far are along in rebuilding?

864
01:06:50,220 --> 01:06:57,160
I can't answer that percentage. What I know is that the two we applied three private water systems in 2018

865
01:06:57,160 --> 01:07:00,720
on this Timberland that system has been completely constructed

866
01:07:01,980 --> 01:07:06,880
Yeah, like to hold seeders. Yeah, there's a lot of seeders. We haven't even started it

867
01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:10,720
That's really something that we've done with that. So yeah, yeah, yeah, so

868
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:18,860
By the way, Chris, yeah, so I can't answer that question for you guys. It's as you guys know

869
01:07:18,860 --> 01:07:23,280
We're in planning and design for it as a second term.

870
01:07:24,160 --> 01:07:25,780
So it's just a question, John.

871
01:07:26,120 --> 01:07:30,560
So as it relates to the total number of water customers

872
01:07:30,560 --> 01:07:36,580
that we currently have as compared to the number of water

873
01:07:36,580 --> 01:07:39,160
customers that are in private systems

874
01:07:39,160 --> 01:07:43,060
that we're not going to contract the rough numbers on that.

875
01:07:44,400 --> 01:07:49,040
say there's probably about 1,500 customers remaining.

876
01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:53,500
Some of those are in special districts.

877
01:07:53,860 --> 01:07:57,340
Within our service areas, some are in mutual water companies,

878
01:07:57,720 --> 01:07:59,700
and some are remaining in private.

879
01:08:01,320 --> 01:08:06,400
Investor of utilities, which probably between 5 to 600 customers left.

880
01:08:07,140 --> 01:08:10,200
And Sean mentioned the rest of them are in mutuals,

881
01:08:10,200 --> 01:08:17,240
Mutuals, which are a different way to invest their own utility and the two special districts that operate within our company.

882
01:08:17,800 --> 01:08:20,060
Any water district and talent.

883
01:08:20,720 --> 01:08:27,980
Right. So it seems that it's pretty unlike it's it's far less likely than the usual.

884
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:29,440
It would.

885
01:08:30,940 --> 01:08:37,020
Merge in the future. Yeah. I think there's maybe five and 600.

886
01:08:37,020 --> 01:08:42,020
a kind of large system customers that we may find

887
01:08:42,680 --> 01:08:44,480
as our customers at some point in the future,

888
01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:48,780
as compared to our current, including how with Swiss Village

889
01:08:48,780 --> 01:08:51,160
and Glen Raid, what's our little customer base there?

890
01:08:51,660 --> 01:08:51,820
The water.

891
01:08:54,820 --> 01:08:56,060
We've got Swiss and Glen Raid?

892
01:08:56,200 --> 01:08:59,620
Yeah, we're a little from which $6,000, right?

893
01:09:00,020 --> 01:09:00,300
Yeah.

894
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:02,020
So, we've seen those here for three days.

895
01:09:02,500 --> 01:09:04,860
So, just in terms of quarter of magnitude,

896
01:09:04,860 --> 01:09:14,260
there may be another, you know, 8% to 10% of the total population in the region that are

897
01:09:14,260 --> 01:09:19,580
currently not in PV customers that may be in PV, but reasonably to be interested in

898
01:09:19,580 --> 01:09:23,320
PV customers in the future. So next, thanks.

899
01:09:24,720 --> 01:09:30,900
I'll just touch on a couple others. There was a question about how much of these rate increases

900
01:09:30,900 --> 01:09:35,880
are related to parks and recreation and I want to be clear there's absolutely zero to parks and

901
01:09:35,880 --> 01:09:42,140
recreation. So there is no funding that comes through the water or sewer funds that is used for

902
01:09:42,140 --> 01:09:47,500
any sort of parks and recreation. Park and recreation is funded solely through property tax revenue.

903
01:09:49,300 --> 01:09:55,800
And what I will say that there is property tax revenue that is being contemplated to be used

904
01:09:55,800 --> 01:09:59,500
in the water and wastewater funds to help limit

905
01:09:59,500 --> 01:10:01,620
where our rating fixes started.

906
01:10:04,760 --> 01:10:08,600
There was a question about fire service size requirements

907
01:10:08,600 --> 01:10:10,540
I'd recommend you talk with us after.

908
01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:12,420
Understood what you're saying about,

909
01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:14,580
you may have had a service line

910
01:10:14,580 --> 01:10:16,360
that's built per a certain size.

911
01:10:16,540 --> 01:10:17,980
Those are a question we can help you

912
01:10:17,980 --> 01:10:20,760
our technical services team could help address

913
01:10:20,760 --> 01:10:23,460
and to determine whether you actually need

914
01:10:23,460 --> 01:10:27,800
that that water size we need for. So those are questions we can help you with after.

915
01:10:30,980 --> 01:10:35,900
What other question about what other funding is available? This district is very aggressive

916
01:10:35,900 --> 01:10:41,300
in looking for grant funding where we can. We've been successful in bringing in over $11 million

917
01:10:41,300 --> 01:10:49,140
in state federal and regional grants over the last six years. Specifically related TOT and TVID,

918
01:10:49,440 --> 01:10:54,720
we are also successful in bringing in those types of grants but those grants are typically

919
01:10:54,720 --> 01:10:56,840
we limited it to other parts on the right side.

920
01:10:57,220 --> 01:10:59,080
So the project is really a trails.

921
01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:02,040
We've been very successful in bringing in the using

922
01:11:02,040 --> 01:11:02,940
TOT grants.

923
01:11:03,820 --> 01:11:06,480
We, that right now, water and the structure,

924
01:11:06,620 --> 01:11:09,020
utility and the structure is not eligible for TOT

925
01:11:09,020 --> 01:11:10,540
or TBA, local grants.

926
01:11:11,100 --> 01:11:15,000
So we do typically going after federal and state grants

927
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:16,100
for water and wastewater.

928
01:11:16,940 --> 01:11:23,420
We have been successful at least in securing a year mark

929
01:11:23,420 --> 01:11:33,780
community funding program grant from through Congressional Kylie of about a million and a half dollars to help put in to the

930
01:11:34,980 --> 01:11:37,600
Matt and Creek water system reconstruction project.

931
01:11:40,580 --> 01:11:44,480
And then other funding structures I'd have to leave Sean some of this is you know we're

932
01:11:44,480 --> 01:11:47,580
we're bound by California Constitution and Proposities.

933
01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:53,920
Yeah, I was going to touch on that one as well as Sean the you know the question of can we charge second homeowners more?

934
01:11:53,920 --> 01:12:00,340
You know that under Proposition 218 it has to be the proportionality between customers.

935
01:12:00,780 --> 01:12:06,880
So we cannot differentiate just based on who or what they are or sorry who they are.

936
01:12:07,100 --> 01:12:11,940
It's how they use the system and so if part that's driven why when you look at our rate

937
01:12:11,940 --> 01:12:17,160
structure here, that's the basis for that fixed charge and that consumption charge as part

938
01:12:17,160 --> 01:12:17,560
of that.

939
01:12:17,740 --> 01:12:21,260
That's how we maintain that proportionality between the different customers.

940
01:12:21,260 --> 01:12:33,660
As far as what other agencies do, there's not much difference between you and others, whether it's a city, a special purpose district,

941
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:47,880
they're all generally water and sewer power enterprise funds, even a mutual is a very similar process and approach, maybe when you think of just being a water agency only, that's all you do is water.

942
01:12:47,880 --> 01:12:51,740
So those funds have to be supportive of your total costs.

943
01:12:52,220 --> 01:12:53,880
Think of another one would be,

944
01:12:54,100 --> 01:12:55,460
you said in a Terry district, right?

945
01:12:55,620 --> 01:12:57,800
They are sewer-only, sewer collection.

946
01:12:58,600 --> 01:13:01,160
They don't have water treatments, TTSA.

947
01:13:01,360 --> 01:13:02,940
So all of their revenues have to fund.

948
01:13:03,160 --> 01:13:06,240
So the district is in a similar situation.

949
01:13:06,440 --> 01:13:08,840
We just have three specific funds.

950
01:13:08,840 --> 01:13:10,760
We have our water, our sewer, and our general.

951
01:13:11,260 --> 01:13:12,480
And that's as Sean mentioned.

952
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:14,400
Water and sewer cannot,

953
01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:22,580
not, why aren't your revenues cannot come out and go to general fund? That is one of the driving principles behind proposition 218.

954
01:13:23,380 --> 01:13:31,760
General fund dollars specifically property tax revenues are, as was mentioned, up to the words discretion of where those are used as part of.

955
01:13:31,760 --> 01:13:48,180
And so that is our primary driver here is meeting those requirements in proposition to 18 not only in the sense of how we develop the rates that the post rates that we have here, but that process that we have to follow as far as coming to the board with our recommendations.

956
01:13:49,280 --> 01:13:55,960
Setting the public hearing and issuing that customer notification and then forming the public hearing like today.

957
01:14:01,060 --> 01:14:05,400
There was one other question about infrastructure for mid-charge revenue.

958
01:14:05,820 --> 01:14:11,520
That revenue is contributing to the cost of reconstruction that system.

959
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:23,920
Our current estimates are that the total revenue collected from those customers will fund maybe 15 to 20% of the actual cost of rebuilding that system.

960
01:14:23,920 --> 01:14:28,180
The rest is when you come from water rates and properties as from all questions.

961
01:14:32,890 --> 01:14:42,610
And I'll just offer a couple of editorial comments as well so, you know, because I get, you know,

962
01:14:42,810 --> 01:14:49,990
questions from constituents on the North Shore about, well, gee, why should we pay higher water

963
01:14:49,990 --> 01:14:55,490
rates that help me build, you know, formally, private, under the investment,

964
01:14:56,270 --> 01:14:59,710
massive water systems on the left-hand side of the net.

965
01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:24,280
So, if you can go way back in time, the Public City of PVD really didn't own any amount of water systems on west shore, if you can bad, you can go way back in the beginning, we didn't have a lot of systems anywhere, right?

966
01:15:24,280 --> 01:15:34,580
So the PV has basically on the water side is a compilation of private water system act additions of an happened over seven or eight decades now.

967
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:51,560
And it kind of started north and then worked south. So we basically how the city area was the primary service area for the PV for four or five decades really, you know, for the formation of PV through the release.

968
01:15:51,560 --> 01:15:56,140
And during that entire time, property tax being generated

969
01:15:56,140 --> 01:16:02,660
throughout the district, but also on the west shore was helping fund the upgrades here in Thomas City.

970
01:16:04,020 --> 01:16:14,020
And effectively, what's happening now is that trend and shifted to, you know, the city system to require early industries and distance.

971
01:16:14,400 --> 01:16:18,120
The property tax, you know, from the west shore and the north shore.

972
01:16:18,120 --> 01:16:24,400
Along with the rates, we built a city system way back in the day.

973
01:16:24,740 --> 01:16:30,700
It's continuing to maintain that system in a significant way.

974
01:16:31,840 --> 01:16:40,100
And now some of that property tax and some of that rate revenue being generated in the city's area is helping to rebuild the westward system.

975
01:16:40,100 --> 01:16:52,040
So, it's kind of what comes around goes around type of thing, but it's just over a very long period of time, it was compared to, you know, within a three or four year window.

976
01:16:52,560 --> 01:17:02,860
So, and I personally think that's a good approach for us as a, I mean, we're not selling a trivial service.

977
01:17:02,860 --> 01:17:06,760
as we're providing public safety, global water,

978
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:09,400
and a wastewater collection.

979
01:17:09,820 --> 01:17:14,640
And I think it can be argued that the purchase

980
01:17:14,640 --> 01:17:18,260
of the private systems may not be a great business

981
01:17:18,260 --> 01:17:21,180
investment at peace in the near term,

982
01:17:21,800 --> 01:17:27,100
but from the standpoint of having a sustainable community

983
01:17:27,100 --> 01:17:30,380
with a sustainable water system

984
01:17:30,380 --> 01:17:32,680
that's maintained at a high quality,

985
01:17:33,260 --> 01:17:34,860
that comes into play for us.

986
01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:38,640
For me, at least, for us in the public agency as well.

987
01:17:38,980 --> 01:17:41,880
So there's the dollar incentives that needs to make sense,

988
01:17:42,040 --> 01:17:44,580
but it's also what's good public policy,

989
01:17:44,840 --> 01:17:49,260
and having the liable water systems

990
01:17:49,740 --> 01:17:53,380
and wastewater collection is kind of the top of my list,

991
01:17:53,380 --> 01:17:55,540
in terms of what's important to maintain.

992
01:17:55,540 --> 01:18:05,900
and so I'll just get off my soap box, I'll add that I have a personal vested interest

993
01:18:05,900 --> 01:18:11,660
in seeing the fire protection was available to everybody.

994
01:18:12,280 --> 01:18:18,560
If you think for the fire will stop at a county mine or a block because they have a good

995
01:18:18,560 --> 01:18:22,620
water in there and the other people don't, it doesn't work that way.

996
01:18:22,620 --> 01:18:27,920
So, yeah, I think part of the expense in the future, here, especially into homeowner

997
01:18:27,920 --> 01:18:33,560
would be to outsize the water mains, provide better fire lines, that you've never been

998
01:18:33,560 --> 01:18:38,080
on a fire and run out of water, it's not a fun problem now.

999
01:18:38,680 --> 01:18:44,580
So I think that the, when, personally, I know it's an expensive problem, that I've tried

1000
01:18:44,580 --> 01:18:51,940
to put the private owners of the company years ago to increase their water system to current

1001
01:18:51,940 --> 01:18:59,460
codes. It didn't go anywhere. So now folks who are paying a lot less than we've

1002
01:18:59,460 --> 01:19:05,040
asked when I haven't catch up and pay certainly more than they're used to, but I think it's

1003
01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:10,980
off for a good cause. No reliable system. One that doesn't fail with a little

1004
01:19:10,980 --> 01:19:14,700
subter when everybody turns the water on with a text to make it one that doesn't

1005
01:19:14,700 --> 01:19:18,780
fail because the lines break all the time. So I think that I am hopefully

1006
01:19:18,780 --> 01:19:26,060
We want to protect the community so that it doesn't spread from these things that we have a lot of life.

1007
01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:41,080
So a lot like what we were saying again,

1008
01:19:44,160 --> 01:19:49,520
those customers who have been sewer customers were not also water customers for a long time.

1009
01:19:49,520 --> 01:19:51,920
and yet they still pay property tax.

1010
01:19:52,880 --> 01:19:55,560
And we were able to take some of that property tax

1011
01:19:55,560 --> 01:19:58,840
and put it into a separate plan to purchase some of the,

1012
01:19:59,000 --> 01:20:02,360
or to help some of the purchase of some of the water systems.

1013
01:20:02,640 --> 01:20:07,580
So we did acknowledge where some of that money

1014
01:20:07,580 --> 01:20:11,540
had to come from because those people were paying

1015
01:20:11,540 --> 01:20:14,500
in sewer but not paying water but working in property tax.

1016
01:20:14,840 --> 01:20:18,020
The other thing about property tax is that one would think

1017
01:20:18,020 --> 01:20:23,760
that since the pandemic, our property tax ran here skyrocketed. I've been

1018
01:20:23,760 --> 01:20:29,200
shocked that it has not. It's gone out, but it hasn't gone out as much as one

1019
01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:35,000
would think. I want to reiterate and I keep driving this home, they're

1020
01:20:35,000 --> 01:20:40,620
wobbling through our enterprise funds. We can't take from one to pay for the

1021
01:20:40,620 --> 01:20:45,260
other and anything that needs to be supplemented, it comes from property tax and

1022
01:20:45,260 --> 01:20:49,240
and anything we take from property tax is going to impact something else,

1023
01:20:49,380 --> 01:20:54,680
whether that's by trails, the golf course, programming,

1024
01:20:55,360 --> 01:20:57,860
concerts at commas beach, pick your favorite thing,

1025
01:20:58,300 --> 01:21:02,460
and that's coming from property tax. It's not coming from water or sewer,

1026
01:21:02,880 --> 01:21:07,080
and so anytime we have to pull from property tax, that's what's being impacted.

1027
01:21:07,080 --> 01:21:07,240
did.

1028
01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:17,080
I paid the same rates and I'm sure about this and when I first came on the board

1029
01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:20,080
which I thought it was the oldest bigger the oldest.

1030
01:21:22,620 --> 01:21:25,540
The longest, yeah that's better.

1031
01:21:27,500 --> 01:21:33,620
Was the last time we had a really substantial increase because I remember we had meetings

1032
01:21:33,620 --> 01:21:42,740
out of right out. And those were substantial this and cost keep going up and to provide the kind

1033
01:21:42,740 --> 01:21:49,120
of service that we have to provide to protect public health and safety, those costs keep going

1034
01:21:49,120 --> 01:21:53,560
up. And I know everything else is going up. I get the same bills you do. I get delivery bills,

1035
01:21:53,780 --> 01:21:59,160
the Southwest gas bills, the table bills, come on those. And I get it and everything is going up.

1036
01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:07,060
I do commend our staff, and I go to a lot of meetings in this community more

1037
01:22:07,060 --> 01:22:11,480
than several of these come to. And I know that we are out there looking for

1038
01:22:11,480 --> 01:22:18,420
grants, looking for other monies. Every chance we get TOT can help us that

1039
01:22:18,420 --> 01:22:22,760
trails, as you said, in recreation, but it can't help offset water sewer.

1040
01:22:24,780 --> 01:22:25,340
The

1041
01:22:25,340 --> 01:22:31,900
The other thing about the 2.18 that I think is important is that the 2.18 sets the limit.

1042
01:22:32,680 --> 01:22:36,820
It doesn't set the cost, it doesn't set the rate, it just sets the limit.

1043
01:22:37,380 --> 01:22:44,500
And I know in past years we have been able to smooth out the rates during budget processes,

1044
01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:51,840
our annual budgeting, where we actually look at a kind of capital project being set aside

1045
01:22:51,840 --> 01:23:00,380
push down the road. Do we have a grant that will help offset those costs? So the 218 isn't setting the

1046
01:23:00,380 --> 01:23:06,700
rate and setting the maximum limit where we set rates and I invite you all to participate in,

1047
01:23:06,900 --> 01:23:12,960
is the annual budgeting process where we look at what's our need going to be for that? Here what's

1048
01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:21,000
on the calendar for capital projects? What can we set through grants or other federal or state funds

1049
01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:26,700
that come down the pipe or what can we push out a little bit just like you do with your own

1050
01:23:26,700 --> 01:23:32,520
budgets. I might not have to push something out in my own annual budget to pay for it next year

1051
01:23:32,520 --> 01:23:40,380
because I can't afford it this year. So this is tough. These are substantial increases. I'm seeing

1052
01:23:40,380 --> 01:23:47,470
them with other districts and seeing them across the board and yeah, this isn't helpful.

1053
01:23:53,060 --> 01:24:05,480
I think it's so important at this time too, that we are creating efficiencies by upsizing

1054
01:24:06,390 --> 01:24:15,560
all our lines because John hit on it, you know, the fires have come way too close, and

1055
01:24:15,560 --> 01:24:24,700
And I think providing the water from our systems is of the utmost importance.

1056
01:24:26,440 --> 01:24:47,140
So it's very hard, I agree with Judy, I pay the same Southwest gas liberty and we all

1057
01:24:47,140 --> 01:24:51,840
My fellow board members have done a wonderful job expressing their concerns.

1058
01:24:52,340 --> 01:24:56,300
They have expressed the concerns that I have as well.

1059
01:24:57,380 --> 01:25:00,900
I do want you to keep in mind that optimizing the water lines,

1060
01:25:01,200 --> 01:25:06,600
putting in proper hydrants facing just efficient in a lot of areas.

1061
01:25:07,100 --> 01:25:12,300
Well, help invent fire and follow us when you go to your homeowners insurance.

1062
01:25:12,300 --> 01:25:22,640
They want to know how many feet is it that he hears from you and he'll be able to say it's 50 feet, it's 100 feet.

1063
01:25:23,340 --> 01:25:25,680
So he'll have that to go for you as well.

1064
01:25:27,360 --> 01:25:29,180
I pay the same rates.

1065
01:25:29,440 --> 01:25:35,640
I also pay the special infrastructure improvement charge because our water system.

1066
01:25:36,480 --> 01:25:40,320
The seaters is in four of them for the show.

1067
01:25:47,020 --> 01:25:54,260
So at this point, I would recommend that you make one final call for the final written

1068
01:25:54,260 --> 01:25:57,880
process or any of the draws of the protest before you close the question.

1069
01:25:58,140 --> 01:25:58,340
Okay.

1070
01:25:59,220 --> 01:26:03,220
At this time, I'll make one final call for written protests.

1071
01:26:03,840 --> 01:26:10,040
They need to be turned to be in with the district clerk and is there a final call for the

1072
01:26:10,040 --> 01:26:11,760
We've been through all of those tests,

1073
01:26:30,740 --> 01:26:36,400
so we'll formally close the public hearing at 9th and 7th a.m.

1074
01:26:44,540 --> 01:26:48,200
The period of minutes has counted the final protests,

1075
01:26:48,700 --> 01:26:51,740
and when you're ready, we'll just deliver the final results

1076
01:26:51,740 --> 01:26:53,960
of the protests for the water to ensue.

1077
01:26:55,060 --> 01:26:55,360
Sure.

1078
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:12,040
So 43 protests were received for sewer, it's 7,758 sewer customers, 3,880 protests were

1079
01:27:12,040 --> 01:27:22,840
required for a protest vote. So we received 43 total protests. Water, we have 5,759

1080
01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:32,440
nine customers and we received 43 protests, 288 were required for a protest vote.

1081
01:27:37,730 --> 01:27:38,930
Thank you very much.

1082
01:27:40,270 --> 01:27:45,330
It's the 43 sewer protests and 43 water protests.

1083
01:27:46,350 --> 01:27:52,970
Now they're just not made for the threshold to protest the gene

1084
01:27:56,720 --> 01:27:57,420
items.

1085
01:27:58,420 --> 01:27:58,720
Great.

1086
01:27:59,440 --> 01:28:00,840
I think it's a bigger scene.

1087
01:28:05,580 --> 01:28:13,620
Thank you, so just for the benefit of the Board and the public, we've just reviewed

1088
01:28:13,620 --> 01:28:18,400
the number of protests and the number of our water and sewer customers.

1089
01:28:18,900 --> 01:28:28,660
The significance of that is related to the California Constitution as amended by proposition

1090
01:28:28,660 --> 01:28:38,980
to 18, and we conveniently refer to the California Constitution and Proposition to 18 is Prop to 18.

1091
01:28:39,480 --> 01:28:45,400
Prop to 18 adopted or approved by the California voters in 1996.

1092
01:28:45,860 --> 01:28:56,940
Limits the ability of this board to raise water and sewer rates in a couple of significant ways.

1093
01:28:56,940 --> 01:29:06,220
is one, it requires that we not charge more for water or sewer than the cost to provide

1094
01:29:06,220 --> 01:29:12,200
the service and that cost of service. We spent a lot of time over many board meetings

1095
01:29:12,200 --> 01:29:20,900
and today we're doing the cost of service studies. And secondly, prop to a teen provides another

1096
01:29:20,900 --> 01:29:28,900
limitation on the board to adjust rates and prop to 18 prohibits the board from increasing water

1097
01:29:28,900 --> 01:29:38,560
or sewer rates if there is a majority protest by the customers to those proposed rate increases.

1098
01:29:39,380 --> 01:29:47,380
So the district has been going through and combined with the proposition 218 process by providing

1099
01:29:47,380 --> 01:29:53,740
written notice to customers that it was considering and may increase water

1100
01:29:53,740 --> 01:29:59,740
rates and sewer rates. We have conducted the public hearing today. We've

1101
01:30:01,440 --> 01:30:11,500
The board would be prohibited from increasing rates for water or sewer if we received 50% plus

1102
01:30:11,500 --> 01:30:23,540
one protests for water or sewer. As the district clerk announced, we received 43 protests

1103
01:30:23,540 --> 01:30:47,520
for the proposed sewer rates and 43 protests for the proposed water rates, we would have needed to have received more than 3700 protests with respect to sewer and more and about approximately 2880 protests for the water rates.

1104
01:30:47,520 --> 01:30:53,300
We have not received 50% plus one protest.

1105
01:30:53,860 --> 01:30:59,660
Therefore, the protest has not prevented the board from acting.

1106
01:30:59,740 --> 01:31:13,420
And the board has the authority to proceed with the additional items on the agenda today to adopt ordinances with respect to the water and sewer rates.

1107
01:31:13,420 --> 01:31:17,800
and then to establish those rates for 2025.

1108
01:31:18,860 --> 01:31:20,100
So I hope that's clear.

1109
01:31:20,180 --> 01:31:22,360
If you're happy to answer questions, if you're ahead of it.

1110
01:31:23,300 --> 01:31:24,700
That's not the voices go.

1111
01:31:25,140 --> 01:31:25,840
And this is the answer.

1112
01:31:26,100 --> 01:31:27,700
That's our adjournment, please.

1113
01:31:31,070 --> 01:31:34,070
John, we've answered the slides to the next.

1114
01:31:35,450 --> 01:31:38,430
I do have a quick question just to clarify that process.

1115
01:31:38,930 --> 01:31:41,070
Judy, if you had asked it, there's a new question.

1116
01:31:41,410 --> 01:31:43,750
So are we able to ask questions about that?

1117
01:31:51,330 --> 01:32:02,950
So at this point, the President feels, turn it back to you guys as he mentioned, you are allowed to proceed at this point with the next item on the agenda.

1118
01:32:02,950 --> 01:32:13,030
And that may turn to questions, otherwise these five items in front of the first two

1119
01:32:13,030 --> 01:32:16,170
are to adopt the rate studies that are included in your work packet.

1120
01:32:16,630 --> 01:32:18,450
And we have been available on our website.

1121
01:32:19,350 --> 01:32:23,830
There's one for the sewer comprehensive sewer rate study, one for the comprehensive water

1122
01:32:23,830 --> 01:32:24,490
rate study.

1123
01:32:24,970 --> 01:32:30,390
And then subsequently to adopting those two rate studies, the board can then adopt board

1124
01:32:30,390 --> 01:32:35,730
in some of the 312, which establishes the 5-year maximum allowable sewer rates as director

1125
01:32:35,730 --> 01:32:36,590
Freeman mentioned.

1126
01:32:36,990 --> 01:32:39,570
So it does not set rates yet for 2025.

1127
01:32:40,250 --> 01:32:45,810
We'll prepare that at a later item, the board of the DOFs, and then I am e5 is to adopt

1128
01:32:45,810 --> 01:32:51,050
the water ordinance, which again sets the 5-year schedule of the maximum allowable rates

1129
01:32:51,050 --> 01:32:54,150
for water based into consumption rates.

1130
01:32:55,070 --> 01:32:55,990
Thank you, Sean.

1131
01:32:57,830 --> 01:33:09,490
So, item D2, adopt resolution number 24-33, adopting the HCR-2024 Complenance of Suerth Raid Study.

1132
01:33:10,090 --> 01:33:13,710
I'll make a motion read out resolution 24-33.

1133
01:33:16,510 --> 01:33:17,150
I

1134
01:33:19,390 --> 01:33:24,970
have to motion on the table, any board comments on this item,

1135
01:33:27,950 --> 01:33:29,410
any public comments on this

1136
01:33:29,410 --> 01:33:29,750
item.

1137
01:33:32,070 --> 01:33:33,130
In the room?

1138
01:33:34,050 --> 01:33:34,170
No.

1139
01:33:35,230 --> 01:33:35,870
There's.

1140
01:33:35,870 --> 01:33:37,250
I mean, sorry.

1141
01:33:37,470 --> 01:33:38,790
I think there is a public comment.

1142
01:33:38,970 --> 01:33:39,110
Sorry.

1143
01:33:39,550 --> 01:33:39,870
Yes.

1144
01:33:40,190 --> 01:33:42,610
Some clarification could be provided.

1145
01:33:42,610 --> 01:33:50,350
Judith mentioned the rate of adoption. What is the typical timeline when that happens?

1146
01:33:50,810 --> 01:33:56,570
This obviously, it's just the study so that you've had guidance on the max rate. Like, if you said,

1147
01:33:56,830 --> 01:34:02,410
so when will the actual error hasn't already happened? Sure. So let's continue with public comment,

1148
01:34:34,010 --> 01:34:40,950
and plus public comment. And it's been going on for a lot past four months at public meetings. And so we've been having

1149
01:34:40,950 --> 01:34:46,310
notified, you know, board agenda where the board has been discussing a budget since on August.

1150
01:34:47,290 --> 01:34:53,370
And it opened up a workshop that we hold annually. It's our budget workshop on November,

1151
01:34:53,530 --> 01:34:59,850
where the board does another review of the final proposed budget, and then today we'll be

1152
01:34:59,850 --> 01:35:07,530
recommending that the board include set rates for 2025 and approve the budget. That that happens

1153
01:35:07,530 --> 01:35:09,850
It happens annually in November of every year,

1154
01:35:10,310 --> 01:35:14,210
but the preceding months, there are agenda items

1155
01:35:14,210 --> 01:35:16,670
on our wonderful agenda to discuss and review

1156
01:35:16,670 --> 01:35:18,770
the segments of that budget in each year.

1157
01:35:19,610 --> 01:35:23,190
And if I could just say, as you're setting your calendar

1158
01:35:23,190 --> 01:35:24,250
to come to all those meetings,

1159
01:35:24,630 --> 01:35:26,910
we also do it at every committee meeting.

1160
01:35:27,250 --> 01:35:32,110
So finance, tolerance, or parking rack,

1161
01:35:32,530 --> 01:35:34,530
we go through those several months

1162
01:35:34,530 --> 01:35:38,750
before we get to the extra budget, which is our all

1163
01:35:38,750 --> 01:35:39,370
accompaniments.

1164
01:35:39,610 --> 01:35:39,830
All right.

1165
01:35:39,930 --> 01:35:40,930
Sean, one other question.

1166
01:35:41,250 --> 01:35:43,350
I believe we have a list served.

1167
01:35:43,550 --> 01:35:45,870
So they're seeing the goals they want to receive.

1168
01:35:46,750 --> 01:35:49,690
Effectively, push notifications from us, like on our agenda,

1169
01:35:49,810 --> 01:35:51,530
so we can take a side up for that.

1170
01:35:52,370 --> 01:35:53,890
Take a side up for that.

1171
01:35:54,090 --> 01:35:54,630
Yeah, absolutely.

1172
01:35:55,110 --> 01:35:58,070
And Aaron, husband or public affairs specialist in the back,

1173
01:35:58,090 --> 01:35:59,990
if you're interested in getting on any of those email

1174
01:35:59,990 --> 01:36:02,410
notifications, just talk to Aaron and make sure you go.

1175
01:36:04,300 --> 01:36:15,980
And the items where we are addressing adopting the budgets and the rates is actually

1176
01:36:16,920 --> 01:36:17,600
I don't know.

1177
01:36:18,340 --> 01:36:24,220
Those are in another but featured second minutes today's agenda on your action items.

1178
01:36:28,400 --> 01:36:34,400
So you have a motion and a second on the floor and you close public comment on the item.

1179
01:36:34,560 --> 01:36:34,700
I don't know.

1180
01:36:35,160 --> 01:36:35,600
Okay.

1181
01:36:35,600 --> 01:36:38,160
That was moved by Dana and the circumvented panel.

1182
01:36:38,740 --> 01:36:40,620
And since this is a resolution,

1183
01:36:41,440 --> 01:36:43,160
I'd like to roll to all the other things.

1184
01:36:43,580 --> 01:36:44,140
Director Rockins?

1185
01:36:44,480 --> 01:36:44,640
Yes.

1186
01:36:44,860 --> 01:36:45,440
Director Payne?

1187
01:36:45,500 --> 01:36:45,640
Yes.

1188
01:36:45,820 --> 01:36:46,420
Director Spogel?

1189
01:36:46,560 --> 01:36:46,680
Yes.

1190
01:36:47,520 --> 01:36:48,240
Director Friedman?

1191
01:36:48,400 --> 01:36:48,500
Yes.

1192
01:36:48,960 --> 01:36:49,320
President Gibbs?

1193
01:36:49,720 --> 01:36:49,900
Yes.

1194
01:36:51,360 --> 01:36:53,360
Resolution passed assumed in the sling.

1195
01:36:57,280 --> 01:36:58,260
Item D3.

1196
01:36:58,940 --> 01:37:02,060
Adopt resolution number 24-34.

1197
01:37:02,500 --> 01:37:06,620
Adopting the HCR 2024 companies of water rent study.

1198
01:37:06,620 --> 01:37:09,900
I will move approval.

1199
01:37:10,100 --> 01:37:10,560
Revolution.

1200
01:37:10,760 --> 01:37:10,860
Right.

1201
01:37:11,000 --> 01:37:12,080
Very important.

1202
01:37:18,530 --> 01:37:19,050
Motion.

1203
01:37:19,170 --> 01:37:19,490
My name.

1204
01:37:19,730 --> 01:37:19,930
Second.

1205
01:37:20,090 --> 01:37:20,190
Right.

1206
01:37:20,330 --> 01:37:20,610
John.

1207
01:37:22,010 --> 01:37:22,530
Any.

1208
01:37:23,030 --> 01:37:23,190
Working.

1209
01:37:23,450 --> 01:37:23,550
No.

1210
01:37:26,710 --> 01:37:28,530
Public comments on this item.

1211
01:37:30,750 --> 01:37:31,730
In the room.

1212
01:37:32,110 --> 01:37:32,750
Public comments.

1213
01:37:32,830 --> 01:37:33,110
Online.

1214
01:37:33,650 --> 01:37:34,230
Not much.

1215
01:37:36,280 --> 01:37:37,540
And again, it's a resolution.

1216
01:37:37,820 --> 01:37:38,880
I want to vote for.

1217
01:37:39,140 --> 01:37:39,480
Please.

1218
01:37:39,680 --> 01:37:39,880
Director.

1219
01:37:39,960 --> 01:37:40,420
Yes.

1220
01:37:40,880 --> 01:37:41,120
Director.

1221
01:37:41,200 --> 01:37:41,460
Yes.

1222
01:37:45,900 --> 01:37:45,920
Director.

1223
01:37:45,920 --> 01:37:47,880
President of the United States of New Zealand.

1224
01:37:51,210 --> 01:37:54,730
Item D4, adopt ordinance number 312,

1225
01:37:55,010 --> 01:37:58,350
establishes sewer service rates, fees and charges.

1226
01:37:59,210 --> 01:38:02,650
Amending and modifying ordinance number 255,

1227
01:38:03,190 --> 01:38:05,110
sewer ordinance rules, regulations,

1228
01:38:05,690 --> 01:38:08,950
rates and charges, governing the use,

1229
01:38:09,190 --> 01:38:11,190
operation, and management to go to

1230
01:38:11,190 --> 01:38:13,090
sewer system facilities.

1231
01:38:13,090 --> 01:38:18,160
It's a make-beloved solution to adopt ordinance number three 12.

1232
01:38:24,590 --> 01:38:26,650
Move by hand, second by hand.

1233
01:38:28,670 --> 01:38:29,770
Any more comments?

1234
01:38:30,790 --> 01:38:31,890
Thank you.

1235
01:38:33,030 --> 01:38:34,910
Public comment on this item.

1236
01:38:36,590 --> 01:38:38,850
Now in the room, public comment online.

1237
01:38:39,850 --> 01:38:40,310
Non-ononymous.

1238
01:38:41,810 --> 01:38:45,450
In census, this ordinance, I'll ask you for a roll call here.

1239
01:38:45,870 --> 01:38:46,350
Director Wilkins.

1240
01:38:46,690 --> 01:38:46,810
Yes.

1241
01:38:46,810 --> 01:38:47,510
Dr. Pan?

1242
01:38:47,650 --> 01:38:47,750
Yes.

1243
01:38:48,090 --> 01:38:49,030
Dr. Spudel?

1244
01:38:49,310 --> 01:38:49,450
Yes.

1245
01:38:49,710 --> 01:38:50,190
Dr. Friedman?

1246
01:38:50,390 --> 01:38:50,590
Yes.

1247
01:38:53,390 --> 01:38:55,170
Ordinance passes unanimously.

1248
01:38:56,570 --> 01:38:57,990
Item D5.

1249
01:38:58,630 --> 01:39:06,370
Adopt ordinance number 313, establishing water service rates, fees, and charges, amending and

1250
01:39:06,370 --> 01:39:10,770
modifying ordinance number 263, covering the use,

1251
01:39:13,440 --> 01:39:17,460
excuse me, water ordinance rules, regulations,

1252
01:39:17,460 --> 01:39:23,920
rates and charges covering the use of operation and management of the district water system facilities.

1253
01:39:26,220 --> 01:39:28,960
I will read it out for this. We were three for two.

1254
01:39:29,660 --> 01:39:34,610
Second that was by John's second by Gale.

1255
01:39:38,180 --> 01:39:39,180
Four comments.

1256
01:39:40,080 --> 01:39:42,540
None public comments on this item.

1257
01:39:43,660 --> 01:39:44,940
None in the room.

1258
01:39:45,560 --> 01:39:46,320
And none online.

1259
01:39:47,320 --> 01:39:49,040
Because this is an ordinance.

1260
01:39:49,040 --> 01:39:51,620
I ask for gold, gold, brick, tokens,

1261
01:39:51,980 --> 01:39:55,900
$30,000, yes, $30,000, yes, the new gets.

1262
01:39:57,160 --> 01:39:57,440
Yes.

1263
01:39:59,040 --> 01:40:00,900
Organized classes unanimously.

1264
01:40:10,240 --> 01:40:11,900
Right in the consent calendar.

1265
01:40:12,520 --> 01:40:13,680
We'll take on the grade.

1266
01:40:16,200 --> 01:40:16,760
Yes.

1267
01:40:19,740 --> 01:40:20,300
Sure.

1268
01:40:20,580 --> 01:40:20,780
Sure.

1269
01:40:21,100 --> 01:40:21,440
Thank you.

1270
01:40:22,860 --> 01:40:29,100
Yeah, we can take the 5th and the 8th, the meeting will resume at 10, 16.

1271
01:40:29,420 --> 01:40:30,340
It's good to go to the dining room.

1272
01:40:30,540 --> 01:40:33,060
This is the 6th, that's very convenient.

1273
01:40:34,300 --> 01:40:35,140
Go to the dining room.

1274
01:40:35,160 --> 01:40:35,220
Go to the dining room.

1275
01:40:35,920 --> 01:40:36,720
Go to the dining room.

1276
01:40:37,600 --> 01:40:38,600
Go to the dining room.

1277
01:40:38,940 --> 01:40:39,400
Go to the dining room.

1278
01:40:39,720 --> 01:40:40,320
You don't care.

1279
01:40:40,680 --> 01:40:41,440
No, no, no.

1280
01:40:41,540 --> 01:40:42,060
No, no.

1281
01:40:42,320 --> 01:40:43,080
It's fine.

1282
01:40:43,660 --> 01:40:44,400
I think I'm allowed.

1283
01:40:44,900 --> 01:40:45,740
No, it's fine.

1284
01:40:46,900 --> 01:40:48,480
I know what it's like.

1285
01:40:50,120 --> 01:40:51,420
No, no, it's fine.

1286
01:44:57,100 --> 01:44:58,500
143.

1287
01:48:45,730 --> 01:48:46,090
I

1288
01:48:48,300 --> 01:48:50,680
know that it's not a good to have you.

1289
01:48:52,680 --> 01:49:03,860
Local government meeting, motion, second, aye,

1290
01:49:30,160 --> 01:49:30,420
okay, okay, okay.

1291
01:49:30,420 --> 01:49:31,780
approval of the consent of candidates.

1292
01:49:32,420 --> 01:49:33,180
I will second.

1293
01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:35,960
I'm going to

1294
01:49:41,240 --> 01:49:42,340
second by Dale.

1295
01:49:44,590 --> 01:49:45,790
Any public comment?

1296
01:49:47,190 --> 01:49:49,290
In the room and none online.

1297
01:49:51,880 --> 01:49:53,840
Item e3 is resolution.

1298
01:49:54,720 --> 01:49:57,980
So I'll ask for a well-called vote in the consent of no window.

1299
01:49:58,780 --> 01:49:59,520
Direct to vote this.

1300
01:49:59,740 --> 01:50:00,660
Yes. Director Payne.

1301
01:50:00,700 --> 01:50:00,840
Yes.

1302
01:50:01,020 --> 01:50:01,580
Director Felga.

1303
01:50:02,320 --> 01:50:03,420
Yes. Director Friedman.

1304
01:50:05,060 --> 01:50:09,980
Yes, motion passes unanimously.

1305
01:50:17,700 --> 01:50:29,720
Action items, out to one, the doc resolution number 24-35 establishes sewer rates of the group composition 2820 raised for 2025.

1306
01:50:31,960 --> 01:50:32,740
Thank you.

1307
01:50:32,920 --> 01:50:33,300
Thank you.

1308
01:50:33,620 --> 01:50:33,940
Thank you.

1309
01:50:34,280 --> 01:50:35,980
I have the next five items.

1310
01:50:36,960 --> 01:50:38,440
I have a brief PowerPoint.

1311
01:50:38,900 --> 01:50:44,360
It will be representing a few slides that you've seen over the course of the last few months.

1312
01:50:45,080 --> 01:50:49,640
We have brought back the reloaded custom cover slides requested at our board.

1313
01:50:49,760 --> 01:50:52,520
So I have a question for the other board members.

1314
01:50:52,680 --> 01:50:56,700
We've been through this multiple times recently.

1315
01:50:57,400 --> 01:51:08,100
And I know from my I appreciate the fact that we have a presentation for some of them, but from my perspective, I feel like I'm pretty at the speed on this and don't necessarily need the presentation.

1316
01:51:10,070 --> 01:51:13,510
But if you had more members would like.

1317
01:51:13,870 --> 01:51:18,310
I agree with you only because I think we presented this public.

1318
01:51:22,590 --> 01:51:27,410
I'll take that direction and go very quickly, then hand it off to Indra for us to provide

1319
01:51:27,910 --> 01:51:28,990
foster recovery slides.

1320
01:51:30,810 --> 01:51:37,350
I mean, to be clear, if they don't want to see it, let me do it, it's up to you guys.

1321
01:51:38,190 --> 01:51:38,550
I'm good.

1322
01:51:39,790 --> 01:51:45,610
I think the providers cost recovery slides and we had asked for lots of other meetings, we

1323
01:51:46,090 --> 01:51:46,690
look at that.

1324
01:51:46,690 --> 01:51:51,970
Okay, that would be great, but like I said, we kind of did all the research on it, right?

1325
01:51:52,890 --> 01:51:55,890
I'm very happy to turn it up for you, Dan. So thank you.

1326
01:51:59,820 --> 01:52:01,420
Thank you. You are. Thank you,

1327
01:52:01,500 --> 01:52:07,460
board. I know you are up to speed and then run and then run this over. Are you going to speak

1328
01:52:07,460 --> 01:52:12,320
from there? Yeah, I'll speak from here. Thank you for the record and we win for us Director of

1329
01:52:12,320 --> 01:52:18,340
Parks and Recreation. So I'll be brief. At the last meeting we have really good robust

1330
01:52:18,340 --> 01:52:22,020
discussion about this modeling and about these slides.

1331
01:52:22,960 --> 01:52:25,040
So as a request from the board,

1332
01:52:25,040 --> 01:52:29,700
we'd separate out the expenses to reflect both the direct expenses

1333
01:52:29,700 --> 01:52:33,060
as well as the allocations, those dollar amounts.

1334
01:52:33,240 --> 01:52:34,920
Additionally, you'll see down below

1335
01:52:35,480 --> 01:52:37,440
that we separated out the cost recovery

1336
01:52:37,440 --> 01:52:41,260
percentage by both direct expenses

1337
01:52:41,260 --> 01:52:43,560
as well as overall.

1338
01:52:44,460 --> 01:52:45,780
So hopefully that's helpful.

1339
01:52:45,780 --> 01:52:50,060
We also, as you can, as you remember, we had some footnotes on these slides.

1340
01:52:50,280 --> 01:52:53,220
They kind of explained some of the variances here on year.

1341
01:52:54,380 --> 01:52:55,540
Let me take a minute to look at those.

1342
01:52:56,880 --> 01:53:00,400
We did discuss this at the last meeting, but happy to answer any questions.

1343
01:53:01,860 --> 01:53:08,420
So our, I'll call it our overhead charges are near, near the same amount of time.

1344
01:53:10,890 --> 01:53:16,870
And this has no real direct nexus to the cost

1345
01:53:16,870 --> 01:53:18,570
of operating that facility.

1346
01:53:19,070 --> 01:53:23,110
So, our total allocations are divided up essentially

1347
01:53:23,110 --> 01:53:24,730
by the decision.

1348
01:53:25,290 --> 01:53:28,830
Direct and by percentage of the total direct operating costs.

1349
01:53:29,090 --> 01:53:29,270
Right.

1350
01:53:30,230 --> 01:53:32,870
The district and we have, as you've seen above no,

1351
01:53:33,150 --> 01:53:36,150
but no, we have various tiers of allocations.

1352
01:53:36,150 --> 01:53:41,650
We'd have us currently speaking that parts of right-wing evacuation would have been

1353
01:53:41,650 --> 01:53:42,010
stored.

1354
01:53:43,290 --> 01:53:50,410
And my recollection by the workshop was that in staff lots to bring more focused on

1355
01:53:50,410 --> 01:53:51,210
versus in fact.

1356
01:53:51,410 --> 01:53:52,310
Yes, absolutely.

1357
01:53:52,470 --> 01:54:00,670
On the topic, I think I've come here to evaluate whether the method we're using is the best

1358
01:54:00,670 --> 01:54:01,930
method to give it the circumstances.

1359
01:54:01,930 --> 01:54:09,250
Yes, correct. We specifically related to cost recovery goals program and business. Okay,

1360
01:54:12,990 --> 01:54:14,770
ready for the next slide.

1361
01:54:18,490 --> 01:54:24,510
Yeah, so same exact thing here. All three of these slide will work the same as far as what we added.

1362
01:54:24,510 --> 01:54:31,270
And then you get to your point where there is allocation is on all three or the allocations are

1363
01:54:31,270 --> 01:54:36,870
similar to what the directions are. And as Sean mentioned, we will be framing this. We'll have

1364
01:54:36,870 --> 01:54:42,110
discussion about the methodology that relates to posture recovery as well as, you know,

1365
01:54:43,030 --> 01:54:48,030
what we would be including and what our expected posture recovery model will apply.

1366
01:54:48,410 --> 01:54:52,330
Of course direct expenses, preventing portions of allocations,

1367
01:54:52,810 --> 01:54:57,950
I'm going to turn to you there, and then also, you know, we look at some of the different

1368
01:54:57,950 --> 01:55:04,350
components differently, so, you know, there might be some new ones between, say, what

1369
01:55:04,350 --> 01:55:09,170
about the worst cost recovery model looks like as compared to the VODRAM, so we'll have

1370
01:55:09,170 --> 01:55:14,070
a little discussion, you know, we'll dive back to that, or, of course, I would imagine 3-4

1371
01:55:14,070 --> 01:55:14,430
regions.

1372
01:55:15,790 --> 01:55:23,210
And then just one question. So the obsession air that has to do to the bar there.

1373
01:55:25,770 --> 01:55:26,130
It's that.

1374
01:55:27,250 --> 01:55:29,190
Where does that show up in this?

1375
01:55:30,210 --> 01:55:32,490
In the revenue side was light out of.

1376
01:55:32,590 --> 01:55:33,410
Where are we going?

1377
01:55:34,950 --> 01:55:36,350
That went to never have this.

1378
01:55:38,330 --> 01:55:39,550
It's in here.

1379
01:55:43,010 --> 01:55:48,870
But that's a good point. We will look at food in beverage as it relates to the venue separately.

1380
01:55:49,030 --> 01:55:54,930
As a component of the cost recovery, but we'll probably itemize that out separately.

1381
01:55:55,770 --> 01:55:57,830
Okay. Her discussion for electricity.

1382
01:56:00,890 --> 01:56:03,250
Then you can see the same thing here that we added.

1383
01:56:31,000 --> 01:56:35,940
We're going to turn the attention back to adopting the rates and budget adoptions as to

1384
01:56:35,940 --> 01:56:42,640
items for one of the sewer rates at 1 and at 2, we'll take it to those and then we have

1385
01:56:42,640 --> 01:56:46,120
three resolutions to adopt sewer, water,

1386
01:56:46,360 --> 01:56:47,780
and find an effective amount.

1387
01:56:49,020 --> 01:56:49,620
Tipping news.

1388
01:56:51,300 --> 01:56:53,200
I am happy to read these for you

1389
01:56:53,200 --> 01:56:55,880
or if I could help people for to read them.

1390
01:56:57,540 --> 01:56:58,660
Well, let me read them.

1391
01:56:58,720 --> 01:56:59,880
Thank you, I'm happy to do it.

1392
01:56:59,900 --> 01:57:02,520
I even wrote out the numbers when we get to the other ones.

1393
01:57:03,240 --> 01:57:08,480
So item that one, adopt resolution number 24-35,

1394
01:57:08,480 --> 01:57:15,340
by establishing similar rates at the approved opposition to 18 rates for 2020-25.

1395
01:57:19,780 --> 01:57:22,180
We did offer resolution 24-35.

1396
01:57:23,540 --> 01:57:23,700
Second.

1397
01:57:27,930 --> 01:57:30,510
Any other board comments on this resolution?

1398
01:57:32,770 --> 01:57:34,770
Public comment on this resolution.

1399
01:57:36,130 --> 01:57:42,290
None in the room and none online was named by Dan and second by John.

1400
01:57:44,010 --> 01:57:45,670
and I'll ask for a vote.

1401
01:57:46,310 --> 01:57:46,430
Please.

1402
01:57:47,170 --> 01:57:47,590
Director Williams.

1403
01:57:47,910 --> 01:57:48,630
Director Penn.

1404
01:57:48,830 --> 01:57:48,990
Yes.

1405
01:57:49,210 --> 01:57:49,750
Director's Gov.

1406
01:57:49,930 --> 01:57:50,170
Yes.

1407
01:57:50,390 --> 01:57:50,910
Director Bigman.

1408
01:57:51,210 --> 01:57:52,110
This is President Giff.

1409
01:57:52,630 --> 01:57:52,970
Yes.

1410
01:57:54,690 --> 01:57:56,970
President Bush, the House is unanimously.

1411
01:57:58,730 --> 01:58:05,150
We've gone on to item 2, an adopt resolution number 22,

1412
01:58:05,150 --> 01:58:12,110
to work at 36, establishing water-based and tiered resumption rates at the approved

1413
01:58:12,110 --> 01:58:14,030
composition to rate 10 rates.

1414
01:58:16,690 --> 01:58:18,570
So, I'll second.

1415
01:58:21,820 --> 01:58:23,840
We'll approach on in a second by fail.

1416
01:58:25,720 --> 01:58:30,720
Any forward discussion against any, any discussion on this?

1417
01:58:30,820 --> 01:58:31,640
I'm supportive of it.

1418
01:58:31,640 --> 01:58:39,600
I do want to make comment for the first half better than next year when we're at the rate setting.

1419
01:58:40,440 --> 01:58:47,400
I'm going to be interested to, you know, we set targets as part of our study.

1420
01:58:47,540 --> 01:58:50,120
We just did enough. That's sort of a lot of rates. It's the elementary capital.

1421
01:58:50,700 --> 01:58:54,160
We want to throw off each year or want to go into capital replacement.

1422
01:58:55,960 --> 01:59:03,440
So, what we do this next year, I'm going to be interested in seeing how our budget

1423
01:59:03,440 --> 01:59:09,560
for next year ends, our rates are blinded up with that capital replacement amount.

1424
01:59:10,520 --> 01:59:15,160
And in my mind, as we should be indexed, we can, if we're going to be under our capital

1425
01:59:15,160 --> 01:59:18,340
replacement amount, we're just going to have to suck that out, if we're going to be over

1426
01:59:18,340 --> 01:59:23,700
it, you know, I would want to have a conversation with board about whether we should be targeted

1427
01:59:23,700 --> 01:59:27,200
did that capital replacement amount by setting rates

1428
01:59:27,200 --> 01:59:29,900
like we lowered and actually should that be an opportunity

1429
01:59:29,900 --> 01:59:33,800
for us, and that kind of goes for, you know,

1430
01:59:33,880 --> 01:59:35,440
to do a red lotter, so I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

1431
01:59:35,860 --> 01:59:39,490
Yeah, I wanted to do that.

1432
01:59:39,810 --> 01:59:41,370
I don't know about another comment.

1433
01:59:41,550 --> 01:59:44,990
Should there still be public watching this process?

1434
01:59:45,790 --> 01:59:50,470
Adopting these resolutions isn't being done in a vacuum

1435
01:59:50,470 --> 01:59:52,890
and it is as a result of the budget workshop

1436
01:59:52,890 --> 01:59:58,930
that we had on November 5th, and then six months prior to that, that we've discussed previously, so.

1437
02:00:00,050 --> 02:00:06,010
I'm just wondering if anybody think that we just are saying these for the first time and because of their indeed factions.

1438
02:00:17,740 --> 02:00:29,050
We'll talk about comments on this item in the room, not in the room and on the line because this is a resolution.

1439
02:00:42,700 --> 02:01:00,440
We'll move on to adopting the budgets. And I'll read this resolution. I mean, this item has three. Adopt resolution 24-37. Adopting the silver fund operating non-operating special studies and capital budgets.

1440
02:01:00,440 --> 02:01:11,260
for 2025 in the total amount of $9,739,081, which reflects direction provided by the board

1441
02:01:11,260 --> 02:01:15,500
at the November 6, 2024, PCPU resolution.

1442
02:01:16,460 --> 02:01:22,820
I can make a motion to adopt resolution number 24 dash 30 standard.

1443
02:01:22,820 --> 02:01:23,660
Sure.

1444
02:01:27,330 --> 02:01:32,450
One by Dale, second number on board comments,

1445
02:01:32,650 --> 02:01:33,550
comments for resolution.

1446
02:01:35,980 --> 02:01:38,600
None I'll take public comment on this resolution.

1447
02:01:39,420 --> 02:01:41,600
None in the room and none online.

1448
02:01:43,200 --> 02:01:46,120
Because it's a resolution I'm asking for a role called

1449
02:01:46,800 --> 02:01:47,940
Director Wilkins.

1450
02:01:48,280 --> 02:01:48,400
Yes.

1451
02:01:48,660 --> 02:01:49,020
Director Pen.

1452
02:01:49,180 --> 02:01:49,340
Yes.

1453
02:01:49,600 --> 02:01:50,180
Director Goville.

1454
02:01:50,680 --> 02:01:51,200
Director Beeman.

1455
02:01:51,700 --> 02:01:52,040
Yes.

1456
02:01:52,040 --> 02:02:01,700
Yes. Resolution costs is unanimously. Moving on to item 5-4, the water time budget adoption,

1457
02:02:02,360 --> 02:02:10,240
adopt resolution number 24-38, adopting the water funding operating, non-operating special

1458
02:02:10,240 --> 02:02:21,540
studies and capital budgets for 2025, and the total amount of $30,759,834,000. The tree flex

1459
02:02:21,540 --> 02:02:28,700
directions provided by the board. I have no member 6, 24, PC, PUD, budget work shot.

1460
02:02:30,380 --> 02:02:35,000
New approval of Resolution 24-38. A second.

1461
02:02:37,460 --> 02:02:40,920
And by being second by Gail, any forward comments?

1462
02:02:42,480 --> 02:02:47,960
None. Public comments in the room. None in the room and none online.

1463
02:02:47,960 --> 02:02:51,680
and since a resolution, I'll ask for a vote.

1464
02:02:52,220 --> 02:02:53,060
Director Wilkins?

1465
02:02:53,500 --> 02:02:53,680
Yes.

1466
02:02:53,980 --> 02:02:54,560
Director Payne?

1467
02:02:54,620 --> 02:02:54,740
Yes.

1468
02:02:54,920 --> 02:02:55,500
Director Spogel?

1469
02:02:55,700 --> 02:02:55,820
Yes.

1470
02:02:56,040 --> 02:02:56,540
Director Friedman?

1471
02:02:56,760 --> 02:02:56,920
Yes.

1472
02:03:00,160 --> 02:03:02,640
Resolution on process renownes lately.

1473
02:03:04,940 --> 02:03:12,180
The final item and the final budget for the governmental funds, item F-5, the document resolution

1474
02:03:12,180 --> 02:03:17,980
machine number 2439, adopting the governmental funds operating, non-operating,

1475
02:03:18,440 --> 02:03:25,920
special studies in the total budgets for 2025, and the total amount of 26,100,

1476
02:03:26,800 --> 02:03:34,080
$400,000, $300,000, $317,000, which reflects, you're actually provided by the board in the

1477
02:03:34,080 --> 02:03:38,320
November 6th, 2024, to see the Canadian graduate school.

1478
02:03:39,040 --> 02:03:39,180
I

1479
02:03:42,830 --> 02:03:44,750
would do a resolution, 44-year-old.

1480
02:03:46,790 --> 02:03:47,310
Second.

1481
02:03:51,350 --> 02:03:53,430
Motion by Dan, second by Carol.

1482
02:03:53,650 --> 02:03:54,810
Any board comments?

1483
02:03:57,030 --> 02:03:59,710
Seeing none, I'll take a follow-up comment in the room.

1484
02:04:00,870 --> 02:04:01,910
None in the room.

1485
02:04:02,410 --> 02:04:03,170
And online.

1486
02:04:04,150 --> 02:04:06,910
Because this is a resolution, I'll ask for a roll call vote.

1487
02:04:07,370 --> 02:04:07,830
Director Wilkins?

1488
02:04:08,110 --> 02:04:08,290
Yes.

1489
02:04:08,290 --> 02:04:09,870
Director Penn? Yes. Director's Gov.

1490
02:04:10,170 --> 02:04:11,470
Director Bremen. Yes.

1491
02:04:12,170 --> 02:04:12,690
Yes.

1492
02:04:13,710 --> 02:04:14,670
Resolution process.

1493
02:04:14,850 --> 02:04:17,470
Thank you.

1494
02:04:17,870 --> 02:04:18,190
Thank you.

1495
02:04:18,450 --> 02:04:19,270
Thank you.

1496
02:04:19,430 --> 02:04:19,650
Thank you.

1497
02:04:19,890 --> 02:04:20,550
Thank you.

1498
02:04:20,710 --> 02:04:20,950
Thank you.

1499
02:04:20,950 --> 02:04:23,090
Thank you.

1500
02:04:23,090 --> 02:04:23,530
Thank you.

1501
02:04:23,530 --> 02:04:26,850
Thank you.

1502
02:04:26,850 --> 02:04:29,710
You guys, there's your engagement about the bonds in your direction.

1503
02:04:29,990 --> 02:04:33,370
It's supported this and I just don't want to think that this is such a

1504
02:04:33,370 --> 02:04:33,530
medicine.

1505
02:04:33,750 --> 02:04:37,930
We're getting all of this put together and checked, double checked and triple checked and

1506
02:04:37,930 --> 02:04:40,590
ready to be able to get this so they did a great job.

1507
02:04:40,910 --> 02:04:41,470
I appreciate it.

1508
02:04:42,590 --> 02:04:43,370
Thank you Sean.

1509
02:04:43,670 --> 02:04:44,150
We're back there.

1510
02:04:49,620 --> 02:04:50,640
Oh, that's bad.

1511
02:04:51,380 --> 02:04:52,720
I'm about to see Scott.

1512
02:04:54,400 --> 02:04:55,480
I'm about to see Scott.

1513
02:04:56,720 --> 02:04:58,320
I'm about to see Scott.

1514
02:04:58,320 --> 02:04:58,340
Yeah.

1515
02:05:06,880 --> 02:05:17,300
Okay, we'll go to item 6, a work construction contract with a lower meets paid pressure reduce and value project.

1516
02:05:18,340 --> 02:05:19,500
Thank you.

1517
02:05:19,800 --> 02:05:25,360
It's a requesting approval to award a construction contract against aware of construction.

1518
02:05:27,140 --> 02:05:35,900
Let's see a little bit or this item was presented with sewer and water committee. However, subsequent to that we found a bit of population error in our bid.

1519
02:05:36,980 --> 02:05:41,960
So we prepared an updated memo with all the new dollar values in it.

1520
02:05:41,960 --> 02:05:45,380
and are presenting here in action.

1521
02:05:46,020 --> 02:05:48,000
We're going to prove it.

1522
02:05:48,280 --> 02:05:52,720
Just so you know the, the, the result that was presented,

1523
02:05:53,020 --> 02:05:55,440
sewer and water was $646,000.

1524
02:05:55,760 --> 02:05:59,280
$25.00 should have been somewhere out in the actual amount.

1525
02:05:59,540 --> 02:06:03,800
It's $695,000, $1925.00.

1526
02:06:03,800 --> 02:06:07,300
As presented in the amount of, maybe about the front of you.

1527
02:06:07,300 --> 02:06:15,340
So, for us, 13,500 dollars more, exactly, more than what we had put in that sort of

1528
02:06:15,340 --> 02:06:15,540
government.

1529
02:06:15,880 --> 02:06:20,220
That caused a trickle up back into some of the budget numbers presented just when we had

1530
02:06:20,220 --> 02:06:25,120
what, regardless, still under the budget that you just approved.

1531
02:06:34,480 --> 02:06:35,580
You know, working issues.

1532
02:06:37,920 --> 02:06:44,500
I would move that we had ordered the construction contract for the lower needs days.

1533
02:06:53,610 --> 02:06:59,350
I just confirmed that the motion is to approve the three items that's let's get in.

1534
02:07:01,670 --> 02:07:05,010
Yeah, but we're not getting to approve this.

1535
02:07:08,050 --> 02:07:09,330
Thank you.

1536
02:07:09,330 --> 02:07:20,330
Yeah, great. I was human for a second by you take a couple of comments on this item in the room. There's none public comment online.

1537
02:07:24,520 --> 02:07:30,820
I don't have to do a walkover. Yes. All right. All those in favor, please say aye.

1538
02:07:31,200 --> 02:07:33,340
Any opposed?

1539
02:07:35,870 --> 02:07:37,150
Motion passes unanimously.

1540
02:07:49,230 --> 02:07:58,130
I'm F7, a doc resolution of our 24-41 in recognition of Tony Laiwis, the police.

1541
02:07:58,670 --> 02:08:02,690
If not, if not, if not, if not, if not.

1542
02:08:25,970 --> 02:08:32,670
I'll take this off today, this is a bittersweet moment, I don't know, but I'll take this off today,

1543
02:08:32,670 --> 02:08:42,330
I'm very excited for Tommy and his family and Lisa, thanks for being here for the next adventures that Tommy gets to undertake.

1544
02:08:43,430 --> 02:09:00,610
I'm incredibly grateful for his contributions to the districts over 25 years and more incredibly grateful to his contributions to me and my career and my family and Tommy's role in my life as a friend and as a professional colleague.

1545
02:09:02,170 --> 02:09:10,610
I'm going to read a resolution that we put together first and then, and then we'll pass it around.

1546
02:09:10,730 --> 02:09:14,870
I'm sure there's a few other people that want to recognize Tony today.

1547
02:09:15,170 --> 02:09:19,650
We also do have a party plan for Tony on next.

1548
02:09:20,410 --> 02:09:21,590
Thank you.

1549
02:09:21,990 --> 02:09:24,650
So I'm going to save some of my comments for that.

1550
02:09:25,590 --> 02:09:30,950
I want to start by first reading a resolution that we've prepared.

1551
02:09:32,930 --> 02:09:38,370
The resolution 2031, a resolution of the Toll City Public Utility District in recognition

1552
02:09:38,370 --> 02:09:41,610
of Tony Lollio's 25 years of exemplary service.

1553
02:09:42,730 --> 02:09:49,210
Whereas Tony Lollio has joined the Toll City Public Utility District on March 15, 1999, as utility

1554
02:09:49,210 --> 02:09:54,390
superintendent has served the district of unwavering dedication for the past 25 years.

1555
02:09:54,390 --> 02:10:02,050
and whereas during his tenure as utility superintendent from 1999 to 2008, Tony was instrumental

1556
02:10:02,050 --> 02:10:07,350
in overseeing the operation and maintenance of TCPD water and sewer utilities, managing

1557
02:10:07,350 --> 02:10:12,130
field staff supporting the engineering department in the success of execution of capital projects,

1558
02:10:12,770 --> 02:10:17,930
completing numerous in-house improvement projects and rebuilding TCPD's reputation with regulatory

1559
02:10:17,930 --> 02:10:23,770
agencies. And whereas in 2008, Tony was promoted to Director of Utilities,

1560
02:10:23,770 --> 02:10:30,650
a role in which he has continued to drive the progress and efficiency of the utilities department while leading a team of dedicated

1561
02:10:30,650 --> 02:10:38,950
employees through several retirement cycles and significant projects and has overseen the department's annual budget as it's grown from $3 million

1562
02:10:38,950 --> 02:10:41,850
to over $7 million, the great precision.

1563
02:10:43,090 --> 02:10:50,390
And whereas Tony's strategic vision and leadership during the 2008 rate study were critical to developing the district's long-term

1564
02:10:50,390 --> 02:10:52,210
and commitment to infrastructure renewal

1565
02:10:52,870 --> 02:10:54,710
and was instrumental in the acquisition

1566
02:10:54,710 --> 02:10:56,630
and integration of eight water systems.

1567
02:10:57,050 --> 02:10:58,990
Expanding T-Series water connections

1568
02:10:59,450 --> 02:11:03,010
from approximately 3,853 in 1999

1569
02:11:03,010 --> 02:11:05,210
to over 5,700 today,

1570
02:11:05,830 --> 02:11:08,150
ensuring reliable water services for the community.

1571
02:11:09,110 --> 02:11:10,990
And whereas in 2014,

1572
02:11:11,330 --> 02:11:13,910
Tony's demonstrate commitment to the pursuit of excellence

1573
02:11:13,910 --> 02:11:16,470
and belief that innovation, learning, and growth

1574
02:11:16,470 --> 02:11:18,170
were critical to that pursuit,

1575
02:11:18,170 --> 02:11:21,410
inspired the formation of TCQD's core values.

1576
02:11:22,290 --> 02:11:25,450
Day after day, Tony set the standard for acting like an owner

1577
02:11:25,450 --> 02:11:28,090
and demonstrated taking personal responsibility

1578
02:11:28,090 --> 02:11:29,510
for the district's success.

1579
02:11:30,370 --> 02:11:33,830
And, whereas Tony has consistently modeled initiative

1580
02:11:33,830 --> 02:11:36,730
from designing and building a temporary water treatment plan

1581
02:11:36,730 --> 02:11:39,850
to ensuring the district's state current best practices

1582
02:11:39,850 --> 02:11:43,430
and advanced technologies, including designing and installing

1583
02:11:43,430 --> 02:11:46,910
the first AMR meter system, then upgrading that system

1584
02:11:46,910 --> 02:11:54,910
to an AMI system to championing, championing the transition to GIS system mapping and computerized

1585
02:11:54,910 --> 02:11:59,850
maintenance management systems. Tony has continuously driven innovation within the district,

1586
02:12:00,330 --> 02:12:04,450
ensuring that TCPUD remains in forward-thinking and efficient organization.

1587
02:12:05,610 --> 02:12:11,510
And whereas Tony's unique approach to leadership fostered a culture of ownership and pride within

1588
02:12:11,510 --> 02:12:12,490
than the utilities team.

1589
02:12:12,910 --> 02:12:15,550
Encouraging team involvement in designing, building,

1590
02:12:15,810 --> 02:12:17,550
and supporting infrastructure improvements

1591
02:12:17,810 --> 02:12:20,090
that elevated performance and skill.

1592
02:12:22,560 --> 02:12:24,660
And whereas Tony's dedication to service

1593
02:12:24,660 --> 02:12:27,220
instilled in the utilities team a deep commitment

1594
02:12:27,480 --> 02:12:30,160
to engaging directly with customers in the field,

1595
02:12:30,880 --> 02:12:32,920
providing an exceptional level of service

1596
02:12:32,920 --> 02:12:35,020
and ensuring that the district's operations

1597
02:12:35,020 --> 02:12:37,980
are performed with the utmost professionalism and care.

1598
02:12:39,100 --> 02:12:41,600
And whereas Tony has received numerous awards,

1599
02:12:41,600 --> 02:12:48,360
including the TCPD employee of the year in 2003 and supervisor of the year from the California Water

1600
02:12:48,360 --> 02:12:54,580
Environmental Association in 2002 and 2005, reflecting his exceptional contributions.

1601
02:12:55,480 --> 02:13:01,160
And whereas Tony has served as TCPD's representative to regional organizations, including his chairman

1602
02:13:01,160 --> 02:13:07,700
of the Tahoe Waters Applied Association in 2009 and 2011, and his own community has a board member

1603
02:13:07,700 --> 02:13:10,300
the Rokitruky-Don or troubled utility districts since 2000.

1604
02:13:11,720 --> 02:13:15,920
And whereas Tony's willingness to share his resources and knowledge and time

1605
02:13:15,920 --> 02:13:18,640
earned him a sterling reputation across the region,

1606
02:13:19,040 --> 02:13:23,180
with colleagues and agencies frequently seeking his professional advice and guidance.

1607
02:13:24,480 --> 02:13:28,120
And whereas Tony's legacy includes the designing construction of a temporary

1608
02:13:28,120 --> 02:13:31,800
service water treatment plant that remained in operation for nearly 20 years,

1609
02:13:32,400 --> 02:13:36,260
and his critical role in the designing construction of the new state-of-the-art

1610
02:13:36,260 --> 02:13:41,320
blessed late-toil regional water treatment plan. His oversight in leadership and so many infrastructure

1611
02:13:41,320 --> 02:13:46,640
improvements, including the bunker tank replacement and the installation of backup generators across

1612
02:13:46,640 --> 02:13:53,220
the system. And whereas Waltoni's contributions often went unseen, they have profoundly benefited

1613
02:13:53,220 --> 02:13:59,000
tea skewed infrastructure and the North Late-toil community, leaving a lasting impact for decades to

1614
02:13:59,000 --> 02:14:04,620
cover. And whereas Tony studied leadership and commitment over the years, including during critical

1615
02:14:04,620 --> 02:14:11,060
storm and fire events, provided reassurance to his teams, colleagues, and every board member

1616
02:14:11,060 --> 02:14:14,900
and general manager he served on. And his presence will be deeply this.

1617
02:14:23,840 --> 02:14:27,020
There are four behaviors, all, and the board of directors in the top of the public,

1618
02:14:27,200 --> 02:14:31,280
silly districts. Everybody extends its serial appreciation and gratitude.

1619
02:14:33,260 --> 02:14:37,940
To tell me all the others for 25 years about the state of service, innovation, and leadership.

1620
02:14:39,780 --> 02:14:43,900
Excuse me, the board passes this, we passed the adopted on the 15th day of November,

1621
02:14:44,180 --> 02:14:44,720
2024.

1622
02:14:47,660 --> 02:14:47,960
Sorry.

1623
02:14:51,100 --> 02:14:55,640
The show needs made an incredible amount of contributions, as we all know, to our

1624
02:14:55,640 --> 02:14:59,620
and structure and we try to represent most of that.

1625
02:15:00,400 --> 02:15:08,240
In the resolution, there's so much more I'm sure that you missed. But again, I think that I go back to that last part, where Tony's

1626
02:15:10,100 --> 02:15:15,320
steady leadership and commitment to this district through some really challenging times.

1627
02:15:15,820 --> 02:15:25,800
Before I got here, then obviously, well, I can't explain how much that reassurance means having people

1628
02:15:25,800 --> 02:15:41,340
But I hit this level with that level of commitment and dedication where there's no doubt that from there's a challenge I would show up and they'll work and so they figure out how to protect their team and protect public. I would say Tony said stand for that every day.

1629
02:15:42,440 --> 02:15:46,300
So it's been a real privilege to have had the opportunity.

1630
02:15:46,300 --> 02:15:49,460
I met Tony, well, a long before I started working for the district.

1631
02:15:50,080 --> 02:15:56,780
I mean, I played soccer, I started back in 2000 and knew each other before we were married

1632
02:15:56,780 --> 02:15:57,400
and had kids.

1633
02:15:57,880 --> 02:16:04,060
And I had this unique opportunity to work alongside each other as friends.

1634
02:16:04,740 --> 02:16:10,320
And one of the things that I think is most important to me and Tony and I talked about this

1635
02:16:10,320 --> 02:16:17,800
This is that we have this level of professionalism toning and others in this district have demonstrated

1636
02:16:17,800 --> 02:16:23,700
this level of professionalism where, you know, we were able to work together as professional

1637
02:16:23,700 --> 02:16:30,520
colleagues, but remain friends and never had to worry about those lines in cross because

1638
02:16:30,520 --> 02:16:37,620
the level of integrity that Tony has, you know, we were able to work together at a very high

1639
02:16:37,620 --> 02:16:44,260
level on professional basis and and still be friends which is pretty good to have that opportunity.

1640
02:16:44,860 --> 02:16:51,040
So I will miss Tony's presence every day in this building but I'm very grateful for everything he's

1641
02:16:51,040 --> 02:16:57,860
done through this district and for me and I'm excited to celebrate him a little bit more informally

1642
02:16:57,860 --> 02:17:06,600
that our party next week. With that, I am not saying anybody else, you guys, comments.

1643
02:17:15,380 --> 02:17:24,840
So I'm going to move the resolution. I'm going to move the resolution.

1644
02:17:25,500 --> 02:17:33,060
I'm going to move the resolution. I'm going to move the resolution.

1645
02:17:33,060 --> 02:17:43,500
Oh, he changed it all back in his under-protest, moved by Judy and signed in by

1646
02:17:43,500 --> 02:17:47,480
mail, and still looking out of the name.

1647
02:17:48,000 --> 02:17:49,880
I can film it now.

1648
02:17:55,300 --> 02:17:57,780
A lot of support.

1649
02:17:58,180 --> 02:18:01,760
I've known Toni 16 or 18 years.

1650
02:18:02,520 --> 02:18:03,500
Mettej Tears.

1651
02:18:04,320 --> 02:18:10,220
That chance to work with us in Tr Knox isние a director.

1652
02:18:10,220 --> 02:18:16,520
I'm cutting out a few of you that you've done that for 16 years, and that was in the height.

1653
02:18:17,380 --> 02:18:21,560
Yeah. So, you know, kind of, he's obviously a leader in the steel.

1654
02:18:22,040 --> 02:18:29,340
He's very, uh, approachable, knowledgeable, uh, kind of approaches,

1655
02:18:30,300 --> 02:18:34,480
approach to things from a solution based, uh, gets framed by it.

1656
02:18:37,580 --> 02:18:40,460
And we said, Lisa's gone a hour, too.

1657
02:18:43,360 --> 02:18:45,920
You can see that this is going to be more fun.

1658
02:18:46,160 --> 02:18:46,240
Yeah.

1659
02:18:47,440 --> 02:18:49,680
What I've seen in the Crystal Smarties stuff.

1660
02:18:50,340 --> 02:18:53,440
But yeah, we're going to be issues to build on in,

1661
02:18:53,520 --> 02:18:55,600
but you're paying a few things saying,

1662
02:18:55,760 --> 02:18:56,440
you're going to shoot a goal.

1663
02:18:56,960 --> 02:18:59,120
At least for now, we're trying to.

1664
02:18:59,140 --> 02:19:02,640
And yeah, it's going to be.

1665
02:19:02,640 --> 02:19:04,300
community chapter around your

1666
02:19:04,300 --> 02:19:07,320
now with, you know, that they can see it back.

1667
02:19:07,540 --> 02:19:08,620
You're going to create new.

1668
02:19:09,420 --> 02:19:10,440
So you stop coming in.

1669
02:19:10,660 --> 02:19:12,460
It's not next week we have it.

1670
02:19:13,560 --> 02:19:14,280
What's your name?

1671
02:19:16,780 --> 02:19:17,300
Okay.

1672
02:19:18,460 --> 02:19:18,660
Yeah.

1673
02:19:21,720 --> 02:19:23,040
I'm visiting my phone.

1674
02:19:25,400 --> 02:19:26,660
Which is fine.

1675
02:19:27,120 --> 02:19:28,340
We really did get a new phone.

1676
02:19:31,380 --> 02:19:32,820
Congratulations, jealous.

1677
02:19:35,040 --> 02:19:38,240
With your last, but not too sad.

1678
02:19:38,420 --> 02:19:40,520
We'll always see you around another bastard soon.

1679
02:19:40,920 --> 02:19:47,070
And we started over 60 soft on me.

1680
02:19:47,270 --> 02:19:48,970
Not yet.

1681
02:19:52,630 --> 02:19:53,790
It turns on.

1682
02:20:01,790 --> 02:20:07,210
Yeah, I like to thank Joni, I've got a ministry before I got here too, and I walk in the streets

1683
02:20:07,210 --> 02:20:13,270
of Bruegan, where we stay or whatever, look up for weeks, and scratch in our heads.

1684
02:20:14,170 --> 02:20:18,710
You know, getting the buildings, you know, like no idea what we're doing, once you look at

1685
02:20:18,710 --> 02:20:23,010
it, you know, he said, there's water coming out of here somewhere, and he came up and

1686
02:20:23,010 --> 02:20:28,730
It's a great attitude and we've got to really know through the years and one of those

1687
02:20:28,730 --> 02:20:34,150
sides of your discussions, I think, points were pretty much EIS up and doing it again.

1688
02:20:34,290 --> 02:20:40,110
That was a big step and I'm telling you that, thank you and China, if you're probably involved

1689
02:20:40,110 --> 02:20:40,610
with that too.

1690
02:20:41,190 --> 02:20:48,690
So it really helped me out with my former job, so yeah, good job and you enjoy the next

1691
02:20:48,690 --> 02:20:50,710
after your life, I'm gonna know.

1692
02:20:51,350 --> 02:20:52,710
You're a real comedian, really.

1693
02:20:53,190 --> 02:20:55,450
Unless you're a different man.

1694
02:20:55,450 --> 02:20:56,270
Yeah, different man.

1695
02:20:57,930 --> 02:20:58,230
Yeah.

1696
02:20:59,990 --> 02:21:05,170
And I mean, we've always wanted to get a new Tony prior to the Q&D.

1697
02:21:05,550 --> 02:21:09,390
And they saw Paul with Sean and Tony and Lisa.

1698
02:21:10,210 --> 02:21:11,690
The Times had.

1699
02:21:12,330 --> 02:21:15,530
And then, uh, always saw him at the golf course.

1700
02:21:18,110 --> 02:21:24,530
The graphs will miss you here at Holti Sela, the Walters,

1701
02:21:26,740 --> 02:21:27,720
especially when Lisa kicks

1702
02:21:27,720 --> 02:21:28,180
them out.

1703
02:21:33,010 --> 02:21:41,510
So these pictures, you tell the story of a chapter of your life, you're kind of astounding

1704
02:21:41,510 --> 02:21:43,010
or suddenly going way back.

1705
02:21:43,390 --> 02:21:49,350
And so I said to Tony, thanks for answering my stupid questions and to Tony for me, so

1706
02:21:49,350 --> 02:21:51,870
that they're on a student question, so I'd like the rest of you to remember that.

1707
02:21:55,750 --> 02:22:03,010
But I remember the stories in 2017 being in the kitchen flipping pancakes and totally

1708
02:22:03,010 --> 02:22:07,750
showing me how the news gave the system was working and you could tell where the generators

1709
02:22:07,750 --> 02:22:13,550
were going up and going down and all hell was breaking loose and it was just as cold as a

1710
02:22:13,550 --> 02:22:22,750
time or so. You added so much to this district, you are a part of it and you'll always be a part of

1711
02:22:22,750 --> 02:22:29,830
this history and it's accomplishments for longing to the future because a lot of this is going to

1712
02:22:29,830 --> 02:22:34,430
last all of us there, your name is all of the words. Thanks for it.

1713
02:22:37,990 --> 02:22:40,330
When I first got to know you from the

1714
02:22:40,330 --> 02:22:49,650
The other side of the room, not the side, and appreciated the feedback that you put.

1715
02:22:51,290 --> 02:22:56,110
And of course, when you didn't come to the time of seniors, early-overs, early-overs

1716
02:22:56,110 --> 02:23:01,890
association and meeting, was the district first, the system.

1717
02:23:03,130 --> 02:23:05,530
and I had to write your name in the name,

1718
02:23:05,630 --> 02:23:09,490
because I was circling while the Otis.

1719
02:23:09,790 --> 02:23:10,910
Yes, yes, yes.

1720
02:23:12,410 --> 02:23:13,210
Thank you.

1721
02:23:14,730 --> 02:23:17,450
Thank you for your services.

1722
02:23:18,310 --> 02:23:19,250
Cannot be summed up.

1723
02:23:20,810 --> 02:23:24,030
We still have to get at least this chilling for the chilling meeting.

1724
02:23:24,670 --> 02:23:25,370
That's a good idea.

1725
02:23:25,370 --> 02:23:26,010
No, I've heard about it.

1726
02:23:26,010 --> 02:23:28,710
From the point that they even buy it anytime and get it out of this one!

1727
02:23:28,710 --> 02:23:29,590
I'll get it out of this one.

1728
02:23:30,990 --> 02:23:31,670
So lovely.

1729
02:23:32,210 --> 02:23:32,570
Please.

1730
02:23:32,750 --> 02:23:33,150
There could be Joe.

1731
02:23:33,690 --> 02:23:36,070
Sadly, I have to practice his name when I go out here.

1732
02:23:36,870 --> 02:23:38,230
Now, that's all I call him.

1733
02:23:38,310 --> 02:23:40,350
Well, he has a first name.

1734
02:23:41,230 --> 02:23:43,370
So I have been privileged to sit next to him.

1735
02:23:43,610 --> 02:23:43,990
Has it been?

1736
02:23:44,370 --> 02:23:45,650
When would you be able to be over by me?

1737
02:23:45,730 --> 02:23:46,950
I don't know why, but they did.

1738
02:23:47,970 --> 02:23:52,490
But when Sean was talking, there was something you said, and what I planned to have this vulnerability.

1739
02:23:52,490 --> 02:23:56,750
Tony allows us to be vulnerable, and I wrote something,

1740
02:24:01,900 --> 02:24:03,380
so if you have a presence that

1741
02:24:03,380 --> 02:24:09,380
radiates for patients in kindness, I would take the time to truly listen whenever I need

1742
02:24:09,380 --> 02:24:14,760
to support this very person. Your generosity with your time has meant so much to me a session

1743
02:24:14,760 --> 02:24:19,780
on its time with the patterns, or sometimes when all I need was someone with a sense.

1744
02:24:21,280 --> 02:24:27,120
Because if you are a better version of myself, and I can't express a deeply grateful

1745
02:24:27,120 --> 02:24:35,780
I am for your success that's for you, you're not, um, you've not only been a great

1746
02:24:35,780 --> 02:24:41,120
holiday to your friend, and while I'm happy for you, as you move on to the next chapter

1747
02:24:41,120 --> 02:24:49,360
or not a shame, maybe not so secretly, I wish you weren't going, so I miss you more than

1748
02:24:49,360 --> 02:24:56,740
words can say, so I'll just say I'm happy to see you go and happy for you. So there you go.

1749
02:24:57,940 --> 02:24:59,320
I think I'm getting my mother back.

1750
02:25:01,660 --> 02:25:06,360
I think it's so funny that how Tony scared the heck out of me.

1751
02:25:06,720 --> 02:25:12,420
He's here having to walk into that office and standing desk and his interesting organizational

1752
02:25:12,420 --> 02:25:20,040
style and do things I mean for me that like things very organized the way but it's so funny and

1753
02:25:20,040 --> 02:25:29,740
hindsight because that is all that it is and and I learned a lot about Tony's a version of

1754
02:25:29,740 --> 02:25:36,340
shoes sponges because I swear anytime I used a sponge in the kitchen Tony could smell it and

1755
02:25:36,340 --> 02:25:41,580
would come in there and tell them we use them in a different way, which I would get that

1756
02:25:41,580 --> 02:25:44,580
same thing at home, so I always appreciate that.

1757
02:25:46,480 --> 02:25:52,000
And then I think we separated Matt and Tommy a long time ago, because these two can't be

1758
02:25:52,000 --> 02:25:55,300
crossed in each other in four meetings, that was like 20s, well, perfect.

1759
02:25:57,280 --> 02:26:03,220
And then as you look at this, you can appreciate Tommy's fragility in his own clothing choices

1760
02:26:06,580 --> 02:26:10,020
But I will miss you so very much.

1761
02:26:11,740 --> 02:26:15,340
Can I say a few words?

1762
02:26:18,640 --> 02:26:18,920
Thanks.

1763
02:26:19,460 --> 02:26:22,620
Tony, congratulations on your retirement.

1764
02:26:23,620 --> 02:26:24,840
Well earned, well deserved.

1765
02:26:25,660 --> 02:26:29,520
Keep my comments short in your spirit.

1766
02:26:30,840 --> 02:26:33,520
You're just calm, cool, and collected.

1767
02:26:33,520 --> 02:26:36,600
a man of few words,

1768
02:26:38,920 --> 02:26:43,620
public service clearly runs through your veins, and we're all better

1769
02:26:43,620 --> 02:26:50,080
for it. Our communities are. And you're the dream client because your moral and ethical

1770
02:26:50,080 --> 02:26:56,880
compass is always pointed in the right direction. Never have to be concerned about that. So I

1771
02:26:57,520 --> 02:27:04,420
know that I'll be seeing you again, but wish you the best and congrats on your retirement.

1772
02:27:11,820 --> 02:27:21,060
I will not be able to do justice. I just want to get through it to 25 years. Tony, congratulations. I won't be able to look at him.

1773
02:27:22,420 --> 02:27:25,620
Congratulations. As everyone said, we are going to miss him.

1774
02:27:26,880 --> 02:27:36,900
Tony is a problem-solver. Tony is a doer. We all know that. He's not afraid to talk, but in the end he is a person of action.

1775
02:27:38,620 --> 02:27:40,680
Tony is a sounding board for everybody.

1776
02:27:44,780 --> 02:27:45,800
He's an advocate.

1777
02:27:50,660 --> 02:27:52,960
He's an expert in many things.

1778
02:27:52,960 --> 02:27:57,900
We all know he's an expert in sewer and water use so it's also an expert in power utilities.

1779
02:27:58,600 --> 02:27:59,960
He's an expert in cars.

1780
02:28:00,480 --> 02:28:01,840
He's an expert in salt and freedom.

1781
02:28:02,700 --> 02:28:04,980
He's an expert in U2 and Rush.

1782
02:28:07,320 --> 02:28:08,760
So many other things.

1783
02:28:09,580 --> 02:28:13,280
And he's taught me and many of the engineers here.

1784
02:28:14,320 --> 02:28:15,880
Just about everything we know about.

1785
02:28:18,750 --> 02:28:27,530
He's an advocate for a staff or this was great for the engineering department and me personally.

1786
02:28:31,240 --> 02:28:32,820
It's kind of useful.

1787
02:28:33,260 --> 02:28:35,080
He suits a quiet confidence.

1788
02:28:36,260 --> 02:28:37,400
That is a nice thing.

1789
02:28:38,120 --> 02:28:39,400
And I'll try to tell a story.

1790
02:28:39,800 --> 02:28:41,400
Many fires floods.

1791
02:28:42,120 --> 02:28:44,840
Power ravages snowstorms.

1792
02:28:45,340 --> 02:28:48,740
Cindy and I would typically arrive to the district before,

1793
02:28:49,180 --> 02:28:51,540
and I don't mean just because we looked a little closer.

1794
02:28:52,300 --> 02:28:55,300
And we would run around with chickens with our heads cut off,

1795
02:28:55,820 --> 02:28:58,000
not sure what to do or who would have called.

1796
02:28:59,580 --> 02:29:02,440
And then very briefly, Tony would show up about 20 minutes later,

1797
02:29:04,420 --> 02:29:08,440
and we would just go, because he would walk,

1798
02:29:08,800 --> 02:29:10,540
and he'd already made all the phone calls,

1799
02:29:10,840 --> 02:29:11,800
he'd had all the answers.

1800
02:29:12,440 --> 02:29:18,480
And I know that this happens throughout the very great projects that we're running issues

1801
02:29:18,480 --> 02:29:22,180
when it crews out in the field and tells shows up.

1802
02:29:22,400 --> 02:29:25,140
It has a solution that out of all of it.

1803
02:29:44,180 --> 02:29:45,680
Thank you for your partnership.

1804
02:29:45,680 --> 02:29:46,740
in front of you.

1805
02:29:48,820 --> 02:29:50,620
I hope that people send a log into the group.

1806
02:30:00,780 --> 02:30:07,300
Any else? All right, so I got 10 pages worth of information that it is.

1807
02:30:09,880 --> 02:30:17,400
I'll never add down to that item. As this case, I want to keep this short. Thanks to Tony for all their support.

1808
02:30:19,000 --> 02:30:29,060
I've been working with Point for 40 years, so I'm going to grow, and then I want to

1809
02:30:29,060 --> 02:30:32,840
want to end and know that we will be missed, appreciate everything we've done for me,

1810
02:30:33,560 --> 02:30:38,590
as a boss, as a friend, and the best in the next chapter.

1811
02:30:50,460 --> 02:30:51,640
It's going to be easy for you.

1812
02:30:53,800 --> 02:30:54,580
You've done it so hard.

1813
02:30:58,140 --> 02:31:05,160
First of all, I would like to thank you for giving me one leap off from the time I graduated

1814
02:31:05,160 --> 02:31:05,960
college.

1815
02:31:06,480 --> 02:31:15,120
So when time begins, we've been in full time position, back in May of 2000, so one week,

1816
02:31:15,420 --> 02:31:17,760
the guy did make snow

1817
02:31:22,820 --> 02:31:26,640
this guy has been my boss for over half of my life,

1818
02:31:29,430 --> 02:31:30,350
so needless to

1819
02:31:30,350 --> 02:31:30,650
say.

1820
02:31:31,230 --> 02:31:33,570
We have shared a bit of quality time together.

1821
02:31:34,510 --> 02:31:37,850
We want to go, I asked you on to read something

1822
02:31:37,850 --> 02:31:40,190
I might be happy during the report meeting.

1823
02:31:41,610 --> 02:31:45,630
When 2020 is 2015, your service was recognized.

1824
02:31:46,510 --> 02:31:49,750
Now I wanted to touch on a few of those comments again today.

1825
02:31:50,710 --> 02:31:53,710
I want to thank to any person I want you to expertise,

1826
02:31:54,350 --> 02:31:56,870
the dedication, the leaders, the department,

1827
02:31:58,310 --> 02:32:03,730
district starting from day one and advancing our bleeds getting rid of the old

1828
02:32:04,290 --> 02:32:09,850
1980s diesel board trucks that had even half lift days. The back of these

1829
02:32:09,850 --> 02:32:15,550
trucks were at chest height. So when you had heavy stuff, I mean you have to

1830
02:32:15,550 --> 02:32:22,610
really get after it. So I was young back then. I was married to the old head

1831
02:32:26,130 --> 02:32:35,470
And I also have one of those once on vehicles that I was driving back in the day, I was trying to get up the hill.

1832
02:32:36,370 --> 02:32:39,210
A very good rich sewer station pretty steep hill.

1833
02:32:39,970 --> 02:32:43,430
I made it halfway up the hill and then the truck didn't have much power.

1834
02:32:43,810 --> 02:32:50,010
So I came all the way back there and locked it in before it all went to heaven and it's important to get the power.

1835
02:32:50,010 --> 02:32:57,750
So, that's a little bit of what we have back in the day, and now I drive on all electric

1836
02:32:58,410 --> 02:32:58,890
boards.

1837
02:32:59,810 --> 02:33:03,030
So, we really don't have to come all the way, is there anything?

1838
02:33:13,900 --> 02:33:21,060
So, I have to thank him for all the technical logical advances in the water and sewer stations,

1839
02:33:21,720 --> 02:33:22,620
new control panels.

1840
02:33:23,100 --> 02:33:28,640
We have to upgrade the municipal pumps into a driver, so we can pump him even though we

1841
02:33:28,640 --> 02:33:30,900
go, maybe submerge,

1842
02:33:34,180 --> 02:33:39,860
new water tanks, generators, backup generators, I'm going to solve the site.

1843
02:33:39,980 --> 02:33:43,460
See, there's really quite some time when we're going to have to power out two minutes after

1844
02:33:43,460 --> 02:33:50,620
go out and feel with a portable generator and a blizzard and hook that thing in, pump down,

1845
02:33:50,920 --> 02:33:59,140
move on to the next one. So backup generators, really, really makes it very easier. That was his

1846
02:33:59,140 --> 02:34:06,650
support site to appreciate that. While the improvements made in the underground infrastructure,

1847
02:34:07,590 --> 02:34:13,010
throughout the district can keep rebuilt and played for us for a system pipeline of replacements

1848
02:34:14,050 --> 02:34:19,990
to remain rehabs and bypassed for installations, water meter installed projects,

1849
02:34:20,890 --> 02:34:26,450
and upgrades drive by reads to the cell reads through technology actually

1850
02:34:30,800 --> 02:34:31,660
in surplus rating.

1851
02:34:33,020 --> 02:34:39,320
His undying commitment to improve when everything he's touched here has benefitted everyone

1852
02:34:39,320 --> 02:34:44,640
sitting in his room right now, and he will be we serve in the environment we're here

1853
02:34:44,640 --> 02:34:45,200
to protect.

1854
02:34:48,400 --> 02:34:55,240
We made a lot of decisions together over the years, such as providing a vector target on

1855
02:34:55,240 --> 02:34:59,980
a beach to assist in repairing a sewer forced main in a neighboring district.

1856
02:34:59,980 --> 02:35:02,360
I don't know if that was a decision we made together.

1857
02:35:03,200 --> 02:35:05,360
That was you, just take it.

1858
02:35:06,640 --> 02:35:06,800
Good.

1859
02:35:07,140 --> 02:35:07,300
Stephen.

1860
02:35:08,540 --> 02:35:15,480
Another one is how we're going to bypass 70 feet of supermaid that we're missing three.

1861
02:35:16,320 --> 02:35:24,300
For a two to three month period and how we're going to install a new section by the, to

1862
02:35:24,300 --> 02:35:29,360
the difficult personal, personal decisions we have made that affected people.

1863
02:35:30,220 --> 02:35:40,220
We were close to her route or career, no matter what the decision was or how hard it was

1864
02:35:40,220 --> 02:35:40,540
to make.

1865
02:35:41,120 --> 02:35:47,480
We always made the decision based on what was best for this district and clean.

1866
02:35:50,380 --> 02:35:57,120
Another thing I want to put it to me is focus and incredible utilities team we have today.

1867
02:35:57,120 --> 02:36:06,830
And our focus to hire people that are genuinely good people that share the values of this

1868
02:36:06,830 --> 02:36:07,390
district.

1869
02:36:08,330 --> 02:36:15,430
The teamwork, the pottery, and experience that have on us through a special, it's a pleasure

1870
02:36:15,430 --> 02:36:20,350
to be a part of, and it's something to be proud of.

1871
02:36:20,350 --> 02:36:20,790
I

1872
02:36:26,160 --> 02:36:27,060
think we're

1873
02:36:31,260 --> 02:36:37,840
going to pick in first friendship and allowing me a career where I hit the opportunity

1874
02:36:37,840 --> 02:36:45,040
to do it personally, professionally, and truly have a positive impact on my life.

1875
02:36:45,760 --> 02:36:49,400
And you've been obviously in public and took a district in this community.

1876
02:36:50,120 --> 02:36:52,280
A better place to go.

1877
02:36:52,280 --> 02:36:56,540
I hope you have your life, brother.

1878
02:36:59,200 --> 02:37:00,000
That's stunning.

1879
02:37:00,900 --> 02:37:01,060
Yeah.

1880
02:37:03,620 --> 02:37:04,700
We'll be short and sweet.

1881
02:37:07,340 --> 02:37:11,480
So Tony called me about nine and a half years ago at all for me to job here at the district.

1882
02:37:11,800 --> 02:37:17,300
And since then, we've been able to forge a working relationship relationship and a relationship outside of work.

1883
02:37:18,320 --> 02:37:22,320
I don't want to sit up here and tell you all the things we've already heard or know about Tony and already.

1884
02:37:23,240 --> 02:37:29,500
But if you have one personal anecdote, I think we'll all enjoy it, but it really just kind

1885
02:37:29,500 --> 02:37:34,460
of underscores Tony's simple but effective communication style.

1886
02:37:34,780 --> 02:37:38,840
So we just happened to be camping at a lake one year.

1887
02:37:39,380 --> 02:37:40,720
I didn't know each other were shown up.

1888
02:37:40,800 --> 02:37:44,200
We just happened to see each other there and joined a larger group of friends.

1889
02:37:44,820 --> 02:37:50,940
We're all sitting down there and joining the afternoon sun, maybe a beverage or two, and

1890
02:37:50,940 --> 02:37:52,800
and all of a sudden Tony just says,

1891
02:37:52,800 --> 02:37:54,660
Hey, Vickers, your dog's poopin' in the lake.

1892
02:37:55,180 --> 02:37:55,840
I'm fine.

1893
02:37:56,260 --> 02:37:56,380
I'm fine.

1894
02:37:57,480 --> 02:37:59,660
And I drive that and the entire group looks up

1895
02:37:59,660 --> 02:38:00,880
and of course there's the dog.

1896
02:38:02,200 --> 02:38:03,180
Silhouetted by the sun,

1897
02:38:03,740 --> 02:38:06,600
and apparently, and I just, again,

1898
02:38:06,740 --> 02:38:08,160
I'm in deep, and indeed, it emphasizes,

1899
02:38:08,280 --> 02:38:10,000
it's just simple, but effective communicative.

1900
02:38:14,440 --> 02:38:17,160
So Tony, personally, I will miss your mentorship,

1901
02:38:17,400 --> 02:38:19,140
your perspective, your knowledge,

1902
02:38:20,240 --> 02:38:21,120
and then

1903
02:38:24,440 --> 02:38:25,360
to the entire team.

1904
02:38:27,020 --> 02:38:30,540
and just having you around every day to rely on the kick ideas around it.

1905
02:38:30,900 --> 02:38:32,540
I want to express my gratitude.

1906
02:38:33,060 --> 02:38:34,680
They've prepared a key done for me in the district.

1907
02:38:34,860 --> 02:38:37,780
Everybody in this room is better for it.

1908
02:38:37,860 --> 02:38:40,340
And congratulations with the arm of goodness in.

1909
02:38:49,850 --> 02:38:55,200
I also want to keep things down, anticipating it to be an emotional moment.

1910
02:38:56,320 --> 02:38:58,200
So I'd like to share key things on Tony's day.

1911
02:38:58,760 --> 02:39:01,800
Shortly after joining the district, I was asked to write a funding application.

1912
02:39:01,800 --> 02:39:03,340
This is part of a project.

1913
02:39:04,000 --> 02:39:07,260
Being new, I wasn't familiar with where to find the data for the justification.

1914
02:39:08,360 --> 02:39:12,120
I asked the vendor and her manager how I should go about finding the information.

1915
02:39:12,120 --> 02:39:15,320
She told me a text to the utility director who was on vacation.

1916
02:39:18,720 --> 02:39:23,360
I still want to hop around me, texted Tony who I did not know well at all.

1917
02:39:23,760 --> 02:39:29,440
A few very specific questions such as maximum daily demands out of the water system and other operational specifics.

1918
02:39:29,440 --> 02:39:33,500
And within a minute he responded with detailed numbers and data.

1919
02:39:34,140 --> 02:39:38,160
I could only assume he must have committed all of it to memory and was shot.

1920
02:39:38,840 --> 02:39:40,580
I now know that is the case.

1921
02:39:40,960 --> 02:39:43,940
Tony is the institutional memory of the district.

1922
02:39:44,600 --> 02:39:49,700
And I can imagine that we'll all be texting him over the next year as we learn to adapt about him.

1923
02:39:50,960 --> 02:39:56,060
Tony and I have offices kidding corner to one another and the sound ricochets off the wall between our offices.

1924
02:39:56,060 --> 02:39:58,400
since it's provided a lot of opportunity

1925
02:39:58,400 --> 02:40:00,480
over here each other's conversations over the years.

1926
02:40:02,060 --> 02:40:04,680
Many occasions, Sonny's popped over to comment

1927
02:40:04,680 --> 02:40:06,220
or simply holler to his input.

1928
02:40:06,940 --> 02:40:08,840
On whatever I'm noodling over in the comments.

1929
02:40:10,020 --> 02:40:13,480
His spontaneous commentary is always shockingly useful.

1930
02:40:14,120 --> 02:40:15,820
I'm gonna miss his shared wisdom

1931
02:40:15,820 --> 02:40:18,400
and consider myself lucky to have learned so much from him.

1932
02:40:19,700 --> 02:40:21,760
At the heart of it, Tony is a teacher.

1933
02:40:22,440 --> 02:40:23,580
He loves to share knowledge.

1934
02:40:26,060 --> 02:40:28,540
He loves to share knowledge and teach other mechanics

1935
02:40:28,540 --> 02:40:29,720
of how things work.

1936
02:40:30,320 --> 02:40:32,560
We've poured over countless equipment cut sheets

1937
02:40:32,560 --> 02:40:35,980
on his computer, which always has an overwhelming number

1938
02:40:35,980 --> 02:40:38,280
of documents, internet tabs, and spreadsheet

1939
02:40:38,280 --> 02:40:39,580
open at any given time.

1940
02:40:40,380 --> 02:40:40,960
That's true.

1941
02:40:42,460 --> 02:40:45,060
When I reflect on that career, there are certain individuals

1942
02:40:45,060 --> 02:40:47,520
that have had an indelible impact on my professional

1943
02:40:47,520 --> 02:40:48,400
and personal growth.

1944
02:40:49,080 --> 02:40:50,080
Tony is one of them.

1945
02:40:50,840 --> 02:40:52,960
He's always looking out for the district's best interest,

1946
02:40:53,160 --> 02:40:54,600
but he also looks out for his peers

1947
02:40:54,600 --> 02:40:56,200
and ways that are thoughtful and kind.

1948
02:40:57,260 --> 02:41:00,480
From checking the tire tread and reminding me to change my snow tires,

1949
02:41:01,260 --> 02:41:05,520
to recommending personal generators, snowblowers, and all types of small engine equipment,

1950
02:41:06,240 --> 02:41:10,940
to the daily musings and sharing of parenting challenges and life's ups and downs,

1951
02:41:11,340 --> 02:41:12,920
I will listen so much.

1952
02:41:14,060 --> 02:41:16,320
Tony, congratulations on your well-ordered retirement.

1953
02:41:17,240 --> 02:41:19,380
Whether or not we're ready for it, the day has arrived.

1954
02:41:19,960 --> 02:41:22,200
Please keep an eye out for my tests and stay in touch.

1955
02:41:38,180 --> 02:41:43,120
I just want to say thanks for seeing so many five years ago, you've hired me as well.

1956
02:41:43,760 --> 02:41:50,540
I think it will be a policy if you'd be lecturing for ever, obviously a very knowledgeable,

1957
02:41:50,540 --> 02:41:58,040
really definitely a mentor leader from me as long. I appreciate the relationship we've

1958
02:41:58,040 --> 02:42:03,040
been able to have for the last couple of years when I've been in the office especially

1959
02:42:04,260 --> 02:42:11,280
she's been awesome to get done with all of you. I'm excited to give you a share to just

1960
02:42:11,280 --> 02:42:15,940
I don't know how about just the January school relationship

1961
02:42:15,940 --> 02:42:21,600
and doing this, maybe I think it's our time.

1962
02:42:22,880 --> 02:42:27,300
Sean, so I go over the different perspectives.

1963
02:42:27,540 --> 02:42:28,860
I've only had the opportunity to work

1964
02:42:28,860 --> 02:42:30,620
for some of you for eight months,

1965
02:42:30,620 --> 02:42:33,400
and I'm extremely grateful and thankful for that.

1966
02:42:34,080 --> 02:42:35,880
I didn't meet Tony several years ago.

1967
02:42:37,760 --> 02:42:41,360
Tony, I was working at another special district

1968
02:42:41,360 --> 02:42:46,300
in the basin as the general manager and we were hiring a director of public works and telling

1969
02:42:46,300 --> 02:42:51,360
people it's very school enough to come over and help us with that. And we really struggled and

1970
02:42:51,360 --> 02:42:56,520
we didn't feel like we had the best candidate. I remember leaning over to my engineering manager

1971
02:42:56,520 --> 02:43:00,660
and he said, how do we get that bad? I never went there so much.

1972
02:43:02,920 --> 02:43:06,760
But I can't say you have

1973
02:43:06,760 --> 02:43:12,400
times out of city and meetings with my staff and you know things were come up and staff would say

1974
02:43:12,400 --> 02:43:17,140
well we need to call Tony over in Thou City. I guarantee he's going to know the answer to this

1975
02:43:17,140 --> 02:43:23,580
question. So the point to that Tony is I think everyone in this room would agree that

1976
02:43:24,120 --> 02:43:30,980
not only have you been an outstanding asset and leader in teammate here with Thou City public utility

1977
02:43:36,440 --> 02:43:40,920
to make sure that you know that's a big part of your legacy.

1978
02:43:41,500 --> 02:43:43,860
And I do appreciate the advance that I had out in New York.

1979
02:43:44,260 --> 02:43:44,380
I

1980
02:43:52,540 --> 02:43:53,780
just want to say Tony, with this,

1981
02:43:54,480 --> 02:43:55,980
utilities team that you've built,

1982
02:43:56,240 --> 02:43:59,360
you've created in the positive change

1983
02:43:59,360 --> 02:44:01,120
that you've created the long,

1984
02:44:01,620 --> 02:44:03,220
almost seven years I've been here.

1985
02:44:03,280 --> 02:44:06,620
It's just another reason for me personally to want to be here

1986
02:44:06,620 --> 02:44:07,620
in the next 30th century.

1987
02:44:08,800 --> 02:44:09,380
Thank you.

1988
02:44:13,490 --> 02:44:14,510
A little great to see you.

1989
02:44:15,270 --> 02:44:15,450
Yeah.

1990
02:44:16,270 --> 02:44:22,090
Everyone's talked a lot about how much knowledge Tony has and I just want to share how it can impact me personally.

1991
02:44:22,990 --> 02:44:26,450
I came from another fellow agency, kind of knew of someone, how things worked.

1992
02:44:27,890 --> 02:44:32,550
But how Tony's knowledge kind of trickles down to many of us has trickled over to us.

1993
02:44:33,510 --> 02:44:38,010
To me, kind of the summary is, like, gives, has given me a lot of confidence to do my job.

1994
02:44:38,810 --> 02:44:44,230
And so, like, I see a lot of the stuff going the ground and get to manage some of the projects.

1995
02:44:45,390 --> 02:44:57,570
And a lot of the confidence that I have is through, from trickle down, conversation with Tony about, had over, sometimes extremely detailed stuff.

1996
02:44:57,570 --> 02:44:58,430
I mean, it's our mission.

1997
02:44:58,510 --> 02:44:59,110
Global traps.

1998
02:45:00,690 --> 02:45:16,650
I mean, we'll be talking with you. Very detailed stuff, but Tony also, let's see the big picture all the time. And I just want to thank him for the confidence that that teaching has kind of distanced until we spread all of us.

1999
02:45:25,960 --> 02:45:38,220
Just to end it, you know, this presentation purposes. Every time we hear the temporary water treatment plan, you always heard WTP. Well, it doesn't stand for water treatment plan. It's after we was Tony's project.

2000
02:45:53,850 --> 02:45:59,990
I'll make it so everyone says such gracious things about telling you, even the park super antenna,

2001
02:46:00,230 --> 02:46:05,730
you wouldn't think that the utilities director you have a lot of interaction with, but Tony

2002
02:46:05,730 --> 02:46:11,750
taught me something really early on. I got involved in, you know, an employee situation.

2003
02:46:11,750 --> 02:46:19,250
I was a scaler hearing, you know, Tony was my, um, scaler officer. I mean, we don't

2004
02:46:19,250 --> 02:46:25,970
worry about people to say anything. Anyway, we went through the process and, you know,

2005
02:46:26,090 --> 02:46:32,090
Tony listened to everything and finally I'm sitting down in the director's office and Tony gives his

2006
02:46:32,090 --> 02:46:38,950
summarization of them. And I felt personally like, oh my gosh, I just got ripped up

2007
02:46:38,950 --> 02:46:45,430
apart for the way I presented my case. But what I realized is Tony's clarity on

2008
02:46:45,430 --> 02:46:52,370
everything is so pure. And after that day, he was someone I was like, I have to get

2009
02:46:52,370 --> 02:46:57,990
to know him better. And I did. And Tony taught me leadership-wise in so many ways.

2010
02:46:57,990 --> 02:47:00,790
And, you know, he, he's touched everything.

2011
02:47:01,050 --> 02:47:02,690
It's sure, my big critic has said it.

2012
02:47:03,390 --> 02:47:05,290
We need personally now professionally,

2013
02:47:05,370 --> 02:47:07,490
just following his guide.

2014
02:47:07,590 --> 02:47:08,830
And he says, I'm really

2015
02:47:21,180 --> 02:47:23,580
not sure who you guys are talking

2016
02:47:23,580 --> 02:47:23,780
about.

2017
02:47:24,620 --> 02:47:27,560
I'll take that first,

2018
02:47:33,140 --> 02:47:34,140
I'm going to take my family.

2019
02:47:35,860 --> 02:47:36,860
My wife is here,

2020
02:47:43,720 --> 02:47:47,600
so I'm going to choose me to be here

2021
02:47:47,600 --> 02:47:51,530
and do the things that I've been talking about today,

2022
02:47:51,530 --> 02:47:52,530
in

2023
02:47:57,750 --> 02:48:04,010
the frustrations and the time away that they grant me

2024
02:48:20,300 --> 02:48:22,240
this board and

2025
02:48:22,240 --> 02:48:22,960
produce boards.

2026
02:48:30,690 --> 02:48:34,110
We've heard here today all the things you've accomplished

2027
02:48:34,110 --> 02:48:34,890
and

2028
02:48:37,520 --> 02:48:47,900
it takes trust and respect from the board to sit there and improve

2029
02:48:50,100 --> 02:49:00,980
and make top decisions that's for making this organization better in what it is today.

2030
02:49:02,000 --> 02:49:10,580
So I recognize that on part of another board and how hard that is to listen to these types of public hearings

2031
02:49:11,860 --> 02:49:16,700
and put aside personal feelings to what is right for the community.

2032
02:49:18,960 --> 02:49:22,080
The millions and millions of dollars in the approved

2033
02:49:25,730 --> 02:49:28,050
projects in staffing,

2034
02:49:32,690 --> 02:49:33,050
hiring,

2035
02:49:33,590 --> 02:49:42,370
qualified general managers and trusting the general manager to staff hired qualified people

2036
02:49:42,370 --> 02:49:48,100
you are the foundation of that success.

2037
02:49:50,350 --> 02:49:51,570
We can only build from that.

2038
02:49:51,870 --> 02:49:53,910
You can only have the opportunity to build from that.

2039
02:49:54,130 --> 02:49:54,970
So thank you.

2040
02:49:55,790 --> 02:49:59,390
This board, previous board is for trusting and respecting

2041
02:50:00,710 --> 02:50:05,890
the staff to allow me to put a finger on making

2042
02:50:05,890 --> 02:50:06,950
this community better.

2043
02:50:11,740 --> 02:50:16,540
To GM's current and staff,

2044
02:50:16,540 --> 02:50:19,300
us. Thank you for trusting me.

2045
02:50:21,380 --> 02:50:25,950
Thank you for standing up in front of the board to

2046
02:50:25,950 --> 02:50:31,690
support things that I felt were important for this agency, for this community.

2047
02:50:34,360 --> 02:50:42,670
It's important that Sean, for his friendship, he explained how we have this unique

2048
02:50:42,670 --> 02:50:49,710
relationship, which some people would shake their head, but you know what, I think it goes

2049
02:50:49,710 --> 02:50:56,430
to the testament of, you know, our ability to be what's right first. That's our career.

2050
02:50:56,730 --> 02:50:57,250
But

2051
02:51:02,080 --> 02:51:09,390
I also want to thank Sean for really taking this organization to the next level.

2052
02:51:10,770 --> 02:51:13,230
I'm proud to say that since

2053
02:51:16,460 --> 02:51:18,160
I've been here and it's not because of me,

2054
02:51:18,420 --> 02:51:25,300
because of everyone and the boards, is that this agency has been on a steady set.

2055
02:51:25,300 --> 02:51:35,700
But it's a day I got here and the word excellence is

2056
02:51:38,160 --> 02:51:45,400
not enough to describe what this organization

2057
02:51:45,400 --> 02:51:54,320
has been and it is to always be as long as we maintain the same ideals, principles, values,

2058
02:51:56,740 --> 02:52:06,860
and keep following forward, and I thank Sean for really pushing this organization in the last seven, eight years to argue on excellence.

2059
02:52:07,520 --> 02:52:07,900
Thank you.

2060
02:52:07,900 --> 02:52:08,920
being

2061
02:52:17,760 --> 02:52:19,960
a mentor, a friend,

2062
02:52:23,100 --> 02:52:23,740
a golf buddy,

2063
02:52:30,660 --> 02:52:32,940
these relationships goes two ways.

2064
02:52:34,480 --> 02:52:39,280
No, I have many conversations that I miss you because I need to tell you

2065
02:52:42,540 --> 02:52:44,820
who's always there for me personally,

2066
02:52:52,700 --> 02:52:56,980
and just so they're good friends.

2067
02:52:59,260 --> 02:52:59,840
I appreciate that.

2068
02:53:03,620 --> 02:53:06,260
There are so many other professional staff members and

2069
02:53:06,260 --> 02:53:13,620
And for members over the years that I worked with, I would sit here for a day and say thank

2070
02:53:16,020 --> 02:53:16,300
you.

2071
02:53:17,720 --> 02:53:21,560
And lastly, I want to focus on my staff.

2072
02:53:22,260 --> 02:53:23,660
Some of them who are here today,

2073
02:53:27,210 --> 02:53:31,110
we are the final of the puzzle.

2074
02:53:32,150 --> 02:53:39,330
For our success as an utility agency, the crew is only successful as we are.

2075
02:53:40,070 --> 02:53:49,310
But the groups on the ground that we have worked tirelessly for the last 25 or 26 years

2076
02:53:50,470 --> 02:53:58,170
to help, to mentor, to bring in people that want to be part of what we feel here.

2077
02:53:58,170 --> 02:53:58,970
I

2078
02:54:01,690 --> 02:54:06,010
would honestly say, in Colby Union, thank you.

2079
02:54:06,330 --> 02:54:07,870
I'll be asking you to get a day

2080
02:54:07,870 --> 02:54:09,490
when I'm most proud of,

2081
02:54:12,450 --> 02:54:16,110
say name off 20 projects

2082
02:54:17,110 --> 02:54:20,050
that I'm most proud of, and I am proud of it.

2083
02:54:20,050 --> 02:54:24,510
But what I'm most proud of is my staff

2084
02:54:26,820 --> 02:54:28,520
that we built them here today.

2085
02:54:31,960 --> 02:54:34,660
They're professionals, they're learners,

2086
02:54:36,960 --> 02:54:38,560
They had come out of their shelter,

2087
02:54:40,850 --> 02:54:43,750
they want to be part of something important.

2088
02:54:44,690 --> 02:54:45,950
They don't look at it.

2089
02:54:46,630 --> 02:54:48,110
It's just a job anymore.

2090
02:54:51,340 --> 02:54:57,640
And this community is lucky to have the staff that we build.

2091
02:54:59,440 --> 02:55:04,720
They've taken ownership of the idea of service, which is our first core value of their.

2092
02:55:06,600 --> 02:55:12,680
And I could honestly say that customers in this district, those

2093
02:55:15,400 --> 02:55:17,000
groups that I know,

2094
02:55:19,050 --> 02:55:19,170
and

2095
02:55:19,170 --> 02:55:25,490
have the best service from this organization, that money can afford.

2096
02:55:26,110 --> 02:55:26,190
But

2097
02:55:28,780 --> 02:55:29,820
Francisco,

2098
02:55:33,080 --> 02:55:35,440
Dan, we're in this range today,

2099
02:55:37,470 --> 02:55:38,930
today with me in the Longues,

2100
02:55:41,960 --> 02:55:42,880
Francisco, thank

2101
02:55:42,880 --> 02:55:50,120
for your dedication, your honesty, and your friendliness, and your openness, and your

2102
02:55:50,120 --> 02:55:56,160
embracing of core values, your desire to make this district better,

2103
02:55:58,690 --> 02:56:00,650
and laughing on

2104
02:56:00,650 --> 02:56:02,750
at least they have a new office,

2105
02:56:09,540 --> 02:56:13,980
that would be best for us.

2106
02:56:17,940 --> 02:56:20,380
You were my first hire to

2107
02:56:24,510 --> 02:56:25,090
be honest.

2108
02:56:25,650 --> 02:56:30,930
You set the bar out of the gate even at the ceiling.

2109
02:56:34,410 --> 02:56:40,850
Or what it was to be a professional utility employee.

2110
02:56:43,330 --> 02:56:46,610
You said give me the tools and I'll do the job.

2111
02:56:46,610 --> 02:56:47,570
And

2112
02:56:50,290 --> 02:56:51,370
that's all I had to do.

2113
02:56:55,160 --> 02:56:59,080
You got in that factor truck for 10 years,

2114
02:57:00,750 --> 02:57:01,930
a six in the morning.

2115
02:57:02,590 --> 02:57:05,370
You didn't get out of that truck until 5 o'clock at night

2116
02:57:07,400 --> 02:57:10,120
until we finished cleaning every sewer line

2117
02:57:10,440 --> 02:57:12,160
in this district every year.

2118
02:57:13,320 --> 02:57:14,880
Nobody has touched that.

2119
02:57:16,880 --> 02:57:17,200
But

2120
02:57:24,240 --> 02:57:27,620
what it taught me as a very young supervisor

2121
02:57:27,620 --> 02:57:31,990
is that the

2122
02:57:34,550 --> 02:57:40,750
difference between someone who looks at this, it's just a job.

2123
02:57:43,340 --> 02:57:45,840
Someone who looks at it as ownership.

2124
02:57:50,770 --> 02:57:57,260
He's taking ownership of a job, which has led to where you are today,

2125
02:57:57,660 --> 02:57:57,940
which is

2126
02:58:00,500 --> 02:58:09,160
leading staff professionals, leading staff, expecting excellence from your staff.

2127
02:58:09,900 --> 02:58:14,780
pushing them to be better, pushing them to be more productive.

2128
02:58:15,800 --> 02:58:19,420
And that starts with you, now started with you.

2129
02:58:20,240 --> 02:58:22,940
So I am very grateful for your, for

2130
02:58:25,950 --> 02:58:27,930
composing those valuables on green,

2131
02:58:28,190 --> 02:58:31,350
and early age, and early in my career,

2132
02:58:32,030 --> 02:58:37,510
so that I can see how important that was for this organization and people in the neighborhood.

2133
02:58:41,400 --> 02:58:42,080
So,

2134
02:58:47,030 --> 02:58:51,710
it would be a great goal for everyone in the swim and

2135
02:58:54,590 --> 02:58:56,710
for the past and present,

2136
02:58:58,230 --> 02:58:59,910
staff, past and present.

2137
02:59:00,930 --> 02:59:06,610
Everyone here is contributing to my success and I'm only successful as successful as we

2138
02:59:06,610 --> 02:59:07,330
are as a team.

2139
02:59:11,290 --> 02:59:19,450
So, we're new here, feeling like a blood disorganization at a time when it is at expense.

2140
02:59:19,450 --> 02:59:20,310
all

2141
02:59:23,830 --> 02:59:28,490
had something to do with that and we should all be proud until they were

2142
02:59:31,530 --> 02:59:32,250
here to celebrate.

2143
03:00:00,940 --> 03:00:11,400
Okay, so there's a motion made by Julie second, but I don't. And because it's a resolution, we need another

2144
03:00:11,400 --> 03:00:21,480
vote, I vote for this. Director Wilkins? Yes. Director Payne? Yes. Director Wilkins? Yes. Director Green? Yes. Motion passes, we'll

2145
03:00:21,480 --> 03:00:31,040
Thanks for allowing us the time to recognize some of you for everything Tony and we'll celebrate some more in a week.

2146
03:00:33,980 --> 03:00:35,700
That will be off record, right?

2147
03:00:36,140 --> 03:00:36,300
Thank you.

2148
03:00:37,100 --> 03:00:41,480
Thank you.

2149
03:00:41,480 --> 03:00:48,020
See, the project reports and updates will start with TNAS for a moment.

2150
03:00:48,480 --> 03:00:48,940
Thank you.

2151
03:00:49,020 --> 03:00:49,580
Nothing to add.

2152
03:00:49,800 --> 03:00:51,100
Happy to answer any questions.

2153
03:00:56,880 --> 03:00:59,200
I'm going to say this for the last time.

2154
03:00:59,400 --> 03:01:00,420
It's so used to pertinent.

2155
03:01:10,320 --> 03:01:12,840
I have nothing to have any questions.

2156
03:01:14,570 --> 03:01:15,670
You really have to win.

2157
03:01:15,710 --> 03:01:16,090
Not really.

2158
03:01:16,250 --> 03:01:17,830
We have a bomb bar here.

2159
03:01:18,550 --> 03:01:21,050
No, we need to write that book.

2160
03:01:28,000 --> 03:01:29,200
Go to engineering.

2161
03:01:29,860 --> 03:01:30,140
We've been.

2162
03:01:31,340 --> 03:01:32,960
It's going to be a lot of games.

2163
03:01:33,180 --> 03:01:33,640
Questions.

2164
03:01:37,930 --> 03:01:39,510
One of the first and round.

2165
03:01:41,570 --> 03:01:42,610
I'm going to keep this.

2166
03:01:42,750 --> 03:01:43,270
We so said.

2167
03:01:43,610 --> 03:01:44,850
There's some way that.

2168
03:01:45,610 --> 03:01:46,070
What.

2169
03:01:46,930 --> 03:01:49,210
When it was you expect to open it.

2170
03:01:49,210 --> 03:01:52,010
but they 30, 30, and around with 30.

2171
03:01:56,250 --> 03:01:59,010
So general managers report Sean,

2172
03:01:59,190 --> 03:02:02,150
and I'll have him consider this meeting with the lawyers.

2173
03:02:02,910 --> 03:02:04,870
I'm good, I have two updates

2174
03:02:04,870 --> 03:02:06,530
to some of what's in the package today.

2175
03:02:06,790 --> 03:02:08,310
I did first of all, I wanted to congratulate

2176
03:02:08,310 --> 03:02:09,730
director Bielin's director three,

2177
03:02:09,930 --> 03:02:11,710
and director Bielin's on pre-election

2178
03:02:11,710 --> 03:02:13,070
with the task in any board.

2179
03:02:13,770 --> 03:02:14,990
Appreciate all the contributions

2180
03:02:14,990 --> 03:02:18,030
that you all have helped us make over the years.

2181
03:02:18,450 --> 03:02:19,570
It's something kind of tough Sean.

2182
03:02:20,410 --> 03:02:21,610
We've got a lot into process

2183
03:02:21,610 --> 03:02:25,450
and so I'm going to look forward to having your knowledge and come to your

2184
03:02:25,450 --> 03:02:29,050
need for one board for a particular board. So I appreciate it. I'm going to look at certain people who

2185
03:02:29,390 --> 03:02:31,690
are in that capacity against congratulations.

2186
03:02:32,970 --> 03:02:36,790
And then I just want to give you an update. Yesterday, we found out that the CPC

2187
03:02:37,710 --> 03:02:41,450
is not expect now to issue their final approval of the

2188
03:02:41,450 --> 03:02:45,050
TOSFIS village until the act was put before the year end.

2189
03:02:45,530 --> 03:02:48,550
They told us that the client had been in January now,

2190
03:02:49,250 --> 03:02:54,310
which does throw a wrinkle on our plans to begin building for water services at the beginning of the year.

2191
03:02:55,250 --> 03:03:00,030
We just come inside the space so we'll be meeting a lot of trust with Steve or the next week hand,

2192
03:03:00,190 --> 03:03:04,290
but the task list still, which I think the company represented, it's the bigger outer plan.

2193
03:03:04,970 --> 03:03:08,450
Once we have a plan in place, we will start messaging customers.

2194
03:03:09,250 --> 03:03:15,490
We will be messaging customers in those service areas that they will be going

2195
03:03:15,490 --> 03:03:21,330
to sewer monthly billing starting January 1st in anticipation of starting the water

2196
03:03:21,330 --> 03:03:26,190
billing as soon as the acquisition can be completed. So they'll be receiving,

2197
03:03:26,330 --> 03:03:32,330
customers there will be receiving notification, informing and with the change to the sewer

2198
03:03:32,330 --> 03:03:38,010
billing and then we'll be working on some additional notifications regarding the way to expect

2199
03:03:38,010 --> 03:03:42,770
the water system acquisition. The time being it won't change. We'll continue to operate

2200
03:03:42,770 --> 03:03:46,230
under the agreement that's in place, you just really need to figure out

2201
03:03:46,230 --> 03:03:49,990
so they'll be part of it. So, I just want to give you that update.

2202
03:03:50,570 --> 03:03:53,350
Oh, that's all I have to add and I'll be answering questions.

2203
03:03:53,930 --> 03:03:55,410
I'll turn it over to you. Yeah,

2204
03:03:58,760 --> 03:04:01,060
I just wanted to draw your attention to a couple

2205
03:04:01,060 --> 03:04:06,080
items in the legislative report. Following the election, just to point out that

2206
03:04:06,080 --> 03:04:11,340
the proposition for the climate bonded past, and so we will be working.

2207
03:04:11,340 --> 03:04:20,140
We've already started initiating some meetings with some agency departments to talk about how those funds, how that funding will roll out.

2208
03:04:20,680 --> 03:04:33,320
This bond did include language that does create eligibility for water infrastructure for fire suppression projects, so we're really hoping to be able to happen to some of that funding.

2209
03:04:33,940 --> 03:04:42,680
And then the other proposition, prop 5, that lowers the super majority, basically for funding public infrastructure.

2210
03:04:43,120 --> 03:04:53,580
It did not pass. And I know that was kind of an potential impact to the active rack facilities discussion, which you guys will be having later. So I just wanted to point this out.

2211
03:04:55,380 --> 03:04:59,920
And I just add that the reason the language on water and the structure is in that climate

2212
03:04:59,920 --> 03:05:03,760
violence, thanks to Kim and our partners at Blake's high water partnership.

2213
03:05:04,100 --> 03:05:09,100
So, that we were for the reason that our partnership, we love you soon, we've got that language

2214
03:05:09,100 --> 03:05:09,460
blood.

2215
03:05:10,340 --> 03:05:16,960
So, it's not a slam dunk, but it serves so many sort of ways to lift that door, hasn't it open

2216
03:05:16,960 --> 03:05:17,360
before?

2217
03:05:18,460 --> 03:05:18,780
Good job.

2218
03:05:18,780 --> 03:05:22,440
Uh, I failed by a lot.

2219
03:05:23,960 --> 03:05:25,540
Um, it was.

2220
03:05:27,980 --> 03:05:28,720
Yeah.

2221
03:05:29,380 --> 03:05:31,600
That's it before happening.

2222
03:05:36,720 --> 03:05:40,500
I guess it's additional verbal reports.

2223
03:05:47,290 --> 03:05:49,010
I will be going to the.

2224
03:05:49,010 --> 03:05:50,790
in the upper jbary, New England,

2225
03:05:51,090 --> 03:05:52,150
over the weeks,

2226
03:05:52,870 --> 03:05:54,530
and we're very much in the district there.

2227
03:05:55,430 --> 03:05:57,190
Hope so, by and then,

2228
03:05:57,870 --> 03:06:00,630
we'll have a little more understanding of where our church is going,

2229
03:06:00,970 --> 03:06:03,750
and we know it's not going down.

2230
03:06:04,670 --> 03:06:07,970
But, we've been lessenly going back to the very end.

2231
03:06:12,060 --> 03:06:15,360
Any board comments on the pertinence reports?

2232
03:06:19,600 --> 03:06:21,380
Public comment on the pertinence reports?

2233
03:06:22,240 --> 03:06:24,440
in the room, online,

2234
03:06:31,180 --> 03:06:33,060
within age correspondence.

2235
03:06:34,080 --> 03:06:36,580
Do we have any board comments and negotiations?

2236
03:06:40,010 --> 03:06:42,550
Tell what your comment on course summons,

2237
03:06:43,310 --> 03:06:45,530
not in the room and non-online.

2238
03:06:48,720 --> 03:06:50,420
Item I, Director Sforum,

2239
03:06:51,740 --> 03:06:53,100
is any Director?

2240
03:06:53,500 --> 03:06:54,780
Yes, none.

2241
03:06:56,500 --> 03:06:56,920
Okay.

2242
03:06:57,920 --> 03:07:00,020
Item J, meeting your name, staff direction.

2243
03:07:00,980 --> 03:07:01,760
Thank you.

2244
03:07:01,940 --> 03:07:07,540
Today, I did not know anything outside of our action item to the agenda.

2245
03:07:08,020 --> 03:07:08,480
Sorry.

2246
03:07:08,660 --> 03:07:09,360
Well, sorry.

2247
03:07:09,440 --> 03:07:09,840
I missed anything.

2248
03:07:11,140 --> 03:07:16,100
Thank you for your engagement, as I said, for the budget and the rate process.

2249
03:07:19,000 --> 03:07:20,340
We appreciate that.

2250
03:07:20,920 --> 03:07:21,460
Thank you.

2251
03:07:21,460 --> 03:07:21,800
Okay,

2252
03:07:25,300 --> 03:07:28,820
and with that, all is adjourned at 1138.