1 00:00:00,68 --> 00:00:05,86 That's where the system. Really is going to show all. 2 00:00:09,88 --> 00:00:16,74 The really. Open and go with. What I'm wondering. 3 00:00:18,54 --> 00:00:23,74 And I was happy really last mile Yeah but it had all the sunlight president Ronald 4 00:00:24,06 --> 00:00:30,92 so. We read it here OK All right I like to call 5 00:00:30,96 --> 00:00:36,11 the Tuesday February eleventh meeting of the broken water board to order. 6 00:00:37,98 --> 00:00:44,94 All right Joy to the. Morning without giving our 7 00:00:44,95 --> 00:00:51,81 Pledge of Allegiance I'm just. Some people more Lulu the. 8 00:00:55,29 --> 00:00:59,76 Fact. You're. There you're. 9 00:01:03,82 --> 00:01:10,75 Not like yes. I know you're right but I play with 10 00:01:10,90 --> 00:01:17,82 the right United States of America until everybody or your stands one nation. 11 00:01:19,07 --> 00:01:23,56 Indivisible with liberty you. Know you honestly. 12 00:01:26,66 --> 00:01:28,14 Believe that any public comment. 13 00:01:34,01 --> 00:01:40,54 On. Any questions will rule through the Consent Calendar. 14 00:01:45,55 --> 00:01:52,44 Not to me to prove your point we. Think you. Are Right 15 00:01:52,90 --> 00:01:59,79 that's. All right so. We move to let me. 16 00:02:01,32 --> 00:02:02,86 Move to the Consent Calendar of 17 00:02:03,43 --> 00:02:10,32 a second here. We have an I said OK all in favor say. 18 00:02:14,16 --> 00:02:20,77 You know. Christie you know we're. Going to turn your Drifters come. 19 00:02:22,07 --> 00:02:23,24 Here although I did see 20 00:02:24,02 --> 00:02:30,82 a whatever you do later on in the meeting because. You're so quick preview of the 21 00:02:31,30 --> 00:02:38,10 meeting with Nicole some cool off from Moscow. Oh very very productive and I was 22 00:02:38,11 --> 00:02:43,98 kind of sworn to secrecy so I can tell anybody about the. Baby if you like that but 23 00:02:43,99 --> 00:02:50,96 I can tell one record. But they are doing good work. I'll try to 24 00:02:50,97 --> 00:02:57,04 be more with one ticket that's great thanks and I didn't like to go to block 25 00:02:57,05 --> 00:03:02,77 a meeting but it's things are evolving to show fast you know certainly you know 26 00:03:03,45 --> 00:03:10,43 recently I was at Patton rain coats rain stance. So it's anything else I learned 27 00:03:10,44 --> 00:03:11,17 there as well or 28 00:03:11,18 --> 00:03:17,06 a little stale will come up reading certainly Kathleen will give us 29 00:03:17,07 --> 00:03:23,41 a much more current assessment Thank you. Nothing to report. 30 00:03:24,50 --> 00:03:31,48 I was ill the city you know representation on the road impacts with the Bay 31 00:03:31,50 --> 00:03:37,58 Area water utilities who the State Water Project is asking to sign waivers that 32 00:03:37,59 --> 00:03:42,32 they will accept water above the saloon the level they would normally receive. 33 00:03:42,94 --> 00:03:45,12 Because the salt is being drawn up by 34 00:03:45,55 --> 00:03:52,45 a Delta pumps into. The intake. That was 35 00:03:52,51 --> 00:03:58,37 the first I'd heard of that so that was startling to the kind of numbers you know 36 00:03:58,38 --> 00:04:02,19 they didn't they weren't going to know until they pumped it depended on the tide. 37 00:04:03,66 --> 00:04:07,95 Where they pumped at high tide or low tide so they were coordinating the pump and 38 00:04:07,96 --> 00:04:12,13 they were going to wheel it because some of the districts and didn't want that 39 00:04:12,14 --> 00:04:17,25 salinity so they would shut down their pumps and not hold the higher water well 40 00:04:17,73 --> 00:04:18,81 there so that would mean I saw 41 00:04:18,82 --> 00:04:25,80 a little water no no. This so stunning. Stunning 42 00:04:25,81 --> 00:04:30,51 bit of reality yeah to your sort of be here and some local or other war utilities 43 00:04:30,52 --> 00:04:37,49 are facing their intakes are directly affected by the solution to. The Delta. 44 00:04:40,21 --> 00:04:46,36 So boring so boring how do you how was it and then you know that's 45 00:04:46,37 --> 00:04:53,32 a. Good. Day If you want to believe in the journal 46 00:04:54,29 --> 00:05:00,80 OK I don't mean you just. Won't carry ten percent reduction you learned from. 47 00:05:14,08 --> 00:05:21,01 The recent storms that have been issued into the Pineapple Express have given that 48 00:05:21,02 --> 00:05:21,32 you know 49 00:05:21,58 --> 00:05:28,41 a little bit of breathing room bad. This storm is really haven't brought us back 50 00:05:28,42 --> 00:05:30,69 that's. Sort of not 51 00:05:30,88 --> 00:05:37,49 a petition out. So luckily probably with these recent storms were actually maybe 52 00:05:37,50 --> 00:05:43,71 forty percent to forty five percent in all for the year to date for precipitation. 53 00:05:45,98 --> 00:05:47,72 Obviously north of San Francisco 54 00:05:47,73 --> 00:05:54,63 a lot more. Other areas are doing well. So that basically 55 00:05:54,64 --> 00:06:01,21 brings us to. The stance request that the board authorize request for 56 00:06:01,22 --> 00:06:05,28 a voluntary ten percent reduction in water conscious water consumption by our 57 00:06:05,29 --> 00:06:12,22 district customers. The message that customers are. The message 58 00:06:12,23 --> 00:06:16,52 to customers give them voluntary conservation is the best way to avoid or delay 59 00:06:16,53 --> 00:06:21,79 mandatory water restrictions and that would drive should the dry weather conditions 60 00:06:21,80 --> 00:06:28,24 continue through twenty fourteen. Why here it doesn't end until September thirtieth 61 00:06:28,25 --> 00:06:34,01 twenty four teams. And you'll notice in the staff report there are 62 00:06:34,02 --> 00:06:40,47 a couple of message and I guess. Basically you want to say that it's 63 00:06:41,38 --> 00:06:48,08 not that that message pretty change that meaning on change back to you depending on 64 00:06:48,08 --> 00:06:53,36 . The hour which materials science and there could be less worry or more worrying 65 00:06:53,40 --> 00:06:59,86 that it's not going to specifically be that working so this guy. Is I kind of 66 00:07:00,64 --> 00:07:05,83 getting out of having to put that money into every the board can hear modify I'm. 67 00:07:07,40 --> 00:07:12,90 Sure I'm happy Kamel the gentleman managing my discussion earlier this morning 68 00:07:12,91 --> 00:07:19,12 about the specific wording that's in here and how his recommendation wording and so 69 00:07:19,13 --> 00:07:23,51 we suggested that when it comes to the board action or from the people action the 70 00:07:23,52 --> 00:07:25,97 door to be a little more flexible so that staff has 71 00:07:26,24 --> 00:07:32,28 a little bit of discretion to not use this exact wording for example which Dave and 72 00:07:32,29 --> 00:07:32,74 I were talking 73 00:07:32,75 --> 00:07:39,08 a little bit about was. Required to rise in the true years of the water years and 74 00:07:39,09 --> 00:07:43,86 then specifying that the beginning of the third water year which started in October 75 00:07:44,07 --> 00:07:50,40 which historically low as well and working some of that language. Into that wording 76 00:07:50,41 --> 00:07:53,75 as well we didn't come up with the exact words we thought we just share with the 77 00:07:53,76 --> 00:07:57,79 board that concept and if the world wanted to go forward with its recommendation 78 00:07:58,08 --> 00:08:02,35 provide the general manager some flexibility he would keep the same substance in 79 00:08:02,54 --> 00:08:05,95 you know the same meaning concept but the wording can change 80 00:08:05,96 --> 00:08:09,91 a little bit if the words come from. The answers. 81 00:08:12,87 --> 00:08:17,79 There have been major actions that have prompted the staff to to ask for the ten 82 00:08:17,80 --> 00:08:24,08 percent reduction at this time one is the governor's proclamation about the drought 83 00:08:24,09 --> 00:08:29,94 state of emergency for the state of California and also the census go public each 84 00:08:29,95 --> 00:08:36,83 of these commissions requests for ten percent voluntary water reductions for all 85 00:08:36,84 --> 00:08:42,42 the users on the head actually regional water system and book so received 86 00:08:42,43 --> 00:08:47,56 a governor's proclamation is attached to your stock report once you read that and 87 00:08:47,57 --> 00:08:53,91 also the press release from San Francisco. The discomfort for that explains 88 00:08:54,65 --> 00:08:57,63 very clear goals and requests in the system like 89 00:08:58,29 --> 00:09:05,17 a reduction in water consumption. So. If the board it 90 00:09:05,71 --> 00:09:07,86 approves the request to ask for 91 00:09:07,87 --> 00:09:12,15 a time percent voluntary cut back the water consumption and the district will 92 00:09:12,16 --> 00:09:17,13 implemented outreach program and it all mainly be focused on our resident 93 00:09:17,14 --> 00:09:23,47 residential customers and where the president residential old per capita 94 00:09:23,51 --> 00:09:28,73 consumption is about sixty seven gallons per day per person so we would be trying 95 00:09:28,74 --> 00:09:34,06 to get that down to sixty gallons per day per person and I have in my separate 96 00:09:34,07 --> 00:09:34,76 Farrakhan I have 97 00:09:34,77 --> 00:09:40,88 a little table that shows how they would meet that requirement. The commercial 98 00:09:40,89 --> 00:09:47,08 customers are a little more difficult. To do outreach for but 99 00:09:47,09 --> 00:09:51,29 a lot of the messaging that we would use for residential would also apply to 100 00:09:51,63 --> 00:09:57,96 commercial because we were talking talking about high efficiency toilets. For more 101 00:09:57,97 --> 00:10:04,07 visionary geisha practices and thank you for lead through kind of those 102 00:10:04,12 --> 00:10:11,12 priorities for helping people trying to get their consumption down. And we're 103 00:10:11,13 --> 00:10:16,16 I'm estimating that over the next like four to five months it would probably cost 104 00:10:16,17 --> 00:10:22,33 us an extra five thousand dollars in. An outreach campaign Manulife doing 105 00:10:22,34 --> 00:10:29,10 advertisements in the house on the. Site. So. If 106 00:10:29,62 --> 00:10:36,04 we have any questions for me. We've put this in place for mediately 107 00:10:36,66 --> 00:10:42,61 Yes. We're going to implemented immediately through the chair we get 108 00:10:42,62 --> 00:10:47,65 a chance to look at some of the outreach materials where they go our review of what 109 00:10:47,78 --> 00:10:54,25 the actual package of public through jail yet you if you have we can do everything 110 00:10:54,40 --> 00:10:59,15 that you want to to get a chance to see what we create I mean it's 111 00:10:59,16 --> 00:11:00,34 a pretty sometimes it's 112 00:11:00,35 --> 00:11:05,78 a pretty short time frame because. You do meet deadlines like if it's going to go 113 00:11:05,79 --> 00:11:12,51 into the reviewing say we can definitely share that with board race is there 114 00:11:12,52 --> 00:11:16,14 anything coming from Boston to do any come up with for our outreach anything like 115 00:11:16,15 --> 00:11:23,05 that. Now what if the last. Drop we had that was like 116 00:11:23,06 --> 00:11:25,84 from two thousand and seven to two thousand and nine we didn't get 117 00:11:25,85 --> 00:11:30,14 a lot of hours for jury from on those as you see. 118 00:11:32,62 --> 00:11:39,41 Here. We haven't had that yet so I'm not I'm not sure what this really is 119 00:11:39,42 --> 00:11:43,69 usually they're pretty our own rules why do you think that the twenty six agencies 120 00:11:43,70 --> 00:11:44,73 along with those of P.C. 121 00:11:44,74 --> 00:11:49,37 Would kind of like to stay somewhat in sync with that with the message as opposed 122 00:11:49,38 --> 00:11:54,74 to you know getting mixed messages out there writing it and there is there is some 123 00:11:54,75 --> 00:12:00,28 confusion because every wire agency is really you know there's different messaging 124 00:12:00,29 --> 00:12:04,79 from each wire agency cross state and the governor asking for twenty percent of the 125 00:12:05,16 --> 00:12:11,90 writers writers time present I have contacted offline and I requested if they have 126 00:12:11,91 --> 00:12:18,85 a. Story to. Artwork or images that I could use to help design 127 00:12:18,86 --> 00:12:23,25 my outreach I'd appreciate it and they said they will get back to the restaurant 128 00:12:23,26 --> 00:12:27,88 owner did after about a little table terms. Yes And then we have quite 129 00:12:27,89 --> 00:12:31,98 a few requests that for the general sense really been delivering those of people 130 00:12:31,99 --> 00:12:38,93 requesting thank you but I also have some questions about you know reach. Out 131 00:12:38,94 --> 00:12:45,61 of. The staff report does list serve things that people can 132 00:12:45,62 --> 00:12:51,32 focus on but those tend to be things that relate to if you're living in 133 00:12:51,33 --> 00:12:54,23 a home or not everything's a pressure situation you've got 134 00:12:54,24 --> 00:13:00,02 a leaky faucet or you got. Valves or leaking on those the kinds of things you've 135 00:13:00,03 --> 00:13:06,85 listed here. That's fine if you have those problems but if your house is shipshape 136 00:13:06,86 --> 00:13:10,41 or you don't have those problems you still want to save ten percent might not 137 00:13:10,42 --> 00:13:15,16 necessarily know some good ways to do that you know I thought that for San 138 00:13:15,17 --> 00:13:21,62 Francisco attachment you. Had some good ideas on the back they had top ten Here's 139 00:13:21,63 --> 00:13:25,57 some water saving tips that can be easily implemented today that was from different 140 00:13:25,58 --> 00:13:32,37 ways of saving the water so yeah on the behavioral type Yeah 141 00:13:32,49 --> 00:13:37,21 you know if I'm going to use or from a customer. And I get 142 00:13:37,22 --> 00:13:43,26 a letter saying you know we want you to voluntarily save ten percent of your water 143 00:13:43,27 --> 00:13:47,42 usage first of all I don't even know much water I'm using Actually I do because I 144 00:13:47,43 --> 00:13:47,65 got 145 00:13:47,66 --> 00:13:52,50 a bill today I think not but up until this afternoon when I got my mail I wouldn't 146 00:13:52,51 --> 00:13:58,07 even have known how much water is right yes. Much less what are some things that I 147 00:13:58,08 --> 00:14:01,68 can do that would be helpful I remember back in the seventy's or into this in 148 00:14:01,69 --> 00:14:04,94 Southern California we're throwing bricks our toilet tank some things like that 149 00:14:05,41 --> 00:14:09,03 saving water while we were waiting for the hot water to come through having 150 00:14:09,04 --> 00:14:12,79 a bucket there we could save the cold water coming in so we could use the water for 151 00:14:13,20 --> 00:14:15,94 just I don't know whatever a few different ages five B. 152 00:14:16,24 --> 00:14:22,50 I think we're going to have to help people see those side ready on. The tanks here 153 00:14:22,50 --> 00:14:29,11 . Emphasize. At first by 154 00:14:29,12 --> 00:14:34,22 changing your toilet things that don't require behavioral changes and that I was I 155 00:14:35,03 --> 00:14:41,87 was the I was the water first conditions worse then then we definitely on for 156 00:14:41,88 --> 00:14:48,10 size more the behavioral. Issues but I could definitely add some of those 157 00:14:48,38 --> 00:14:54,00 behavioral type of you know I don't know how pervasive leaky toilets are ordinary 158 00:14:54,01 --> 00:14:59,21 present very real people don't know that it's happening no biggie there's the crazy 159 00:14:59,21 --> 00:15:05,84 . Base listening to it not only not all of them that you can hear oh 160 00:15:06,34 --> 00:15:12,34 say oh I don't know toilets there's been estimates up to ten percent more than any 161 00:15:12,35 --> 00:15:19,21 one time. Yeah so while it's definitely you are the number one source of 162 00:15:19,22 --> 00:15:24,44 losing. A residential. User and. 163 00:15:26,35 --> 00:15:28,20 You know it's there's 164 00:15:28,21 --> 00:15:33,14 a lot of education behind that and how to identify leaks and we do have materials 165 00:15:33,15 --> 00:15:37,72 to hot help people you know identifying tasks learn how to test to see if they're. 166 00:15:39,53 --> 00:15:46,08 Not the question. Then just dollars so that you we give them some of those 167 00:15:46,09 --> 00:15:50,78 behaviors so people can choose to do or not. We may find 168 00:15:50,79 --> 00:15:56,40 a way walls say more than ten percent but then that prompts me to wonder if we 169 00:15:56,75 --> 00:16:00,47 ended up with I know you don't like the word rushing from summer to remember 170 00:16:00,67 --> 00:16:06,18 mandatory military actions if we end up with mandatory reductions. Is there 171 00:16:06,19 --> 00:16:10,70 a way of accounting for all of the voluntary reductions of people already done or 172 00:16:10,71 --> 00:16:17,69 we do end up going off of well on this day you were you were using this much. So 173 00:16:17,70 --> 00:16:18,23 now we want 174 00:16:18,24 --> 00:16:23,57 a forty percent reduction from that mother was not compelled to say that to them 175 00:16:23,58 --> 00:16:24,22 except that's 176 00:16:24,23 --> 00:16:29,20 a really good question about how we're going to allocate water if we go into 177 00:16:29,21 --> 00:16:35,58 mandatory Russia one of you. Well our our in our work force plan our 178 00:16:36,05 --> 00:16:42,41 preferred method for residential customers. During a reduction in for 179 00:16:42,42 --> 00:16:47,16 a mandatory round approach is to give to give them 180 00:16:47,20 --> 00:16:53,14 a budget or an allocation so it's not that we don't tell every customer they must 181 00:16:53,15 --> 00:16:58,06 reduce ten percent or twenty percent or whatever because it punishes those who have 182 00:16:58,07 --> 00:17:03,34 already conserved or work no more users so the idea is that you would be 183 00:17:03,35 --> 00:17:09,84 a per person allocation and that her household. They would get 184 00:17:09,85 --> 00:17:15,84 a budget depending on how severe their contacts and then with opportunities for 185 00:17:16,43 --> 00:17:20,61 appeals under unusual circumstances or something in the car she gathered you know 186 00:17:20,62 --> 00:17:27,30 always the appeals I began are our priority once we go into mandatory rationing is 187 00:17:27,42 --> 00:17:34,35 health and safety so. You know so the appeal of like you 188 00:17:34,36 --> 00:17:39,46 know because you want to maintain your law on isn't necessarily going to meet that 189 00:17:39,46 --> 00:17:45,97 . Threshold of safety but if you know you see if we don't have the correct 190 00:17:45,98 --> 00:17:52,16 number of people per your household you know that can be corrected if there's some 191 00:17:52,17 --> 00:17:57,78 sort of special health needs that the household has we can make combinations. 192 00:17:59,13 --> 00:18:03,56 So that will be we anticipate that that will be 193 00:18:03,60 --> 00:18:07,65 a normal course of business if we wanted to mandatory rationing is having to deal 194 00:18:07,66 --> 00:18:13,71 about the appeals and special needs but people should understand that our 195 00:18:13,72 --> 00:18:18,76 allocations for residential users which represent sixty percent of our use in our 196 00:18:18,77 --> 00:18:25,03 revenues. Won't be based on on some period of use so there's no incentive 197 00:18:25,55 --> 00:18:27,55 for somebody to use more in just 198 00:18:27,56 --> 00:18:33,79 a patient. But of rationing that will you know come affect their 199 00:18:34,64 --> 00:18:39,14 allocation so you know once they're there should be no incentive for residential 200 00:18:39,15 --> 00:18:46,08 users at least to game the system by using more during this week we hope we don't 201 00:18:46,09 --> 00:18:50,33 have to go to mandatory allocations but if the growth continues that that might be 202 00:18:50,34 --> 00:18:56,28 a possibility on the on the commercial side though we will we will be using. 203 00:18:57,29 --> 00:18:58,82 Reduction from use during 204 00:18:58,83 --> 00:19:05,39 a base period but the base period we haven't really specified the base creature be 205 00:19:05,40 --> 00:19:10,63 far enough back that. That again we wouldn't be providing an incentive now for 206 00:19:10,64 --> 00:19:15,64 people to use more yet you did you typically would take 207 00:19:15,65 --> 00:19:22,32 a base period. From the normal water here so usually have 208 00:19:22,56 --> 00:19:29,12 like for us to go from here it's getting harder to find in your. Home your years 209 00:19:29,16 --> 00:19:33,59 and that's the last suggestion that maybe something you would automatically do I've 210 00:19:33,60 --> 00:19:38,27 been sealed off from our community outreach documents to know that I would hope 211 00:19:38,28 --> 00:19:44,66 that whatever goes out to people would really be colorful you know really easy to 212 00:19:44,67 --> 00:19:47,51 read not a lot of words you know just up 213 00:19:47,52 --> 00:19:51,63 a sense this is what this is what we're doing for us to do and here are some ways 214 00:19:51,64 --> 00:19:54,19 to do it yet not 215 00:19:54,20 --> 00:19:59,98 a lot I mean the food. The visual for your ground because people from moving away I 216 00:19:59,99 --> 00:20:02,38 do throw most of the trash before I get 217 00:20:02,39 --> 00:20:06,95 a lot of my post right up I gotta go to the post office box of trash post office 218 00:20:06,96 --> 00:20:11,50 and dump most of it is one of my biggest challenges is how to reach our customers 219 00:20:11,51 --> 00:20:17,00 because. You know we do the same thing we get the stuff for the right to look at 220 00:20:17,01 --> 00:20:20,65 there and then we sat down and really quickly so it is 221 00:20:20,66 --> 00:20:27,19 a challenge it's one of the reasons why you got to the newsletter cuts in farm 222 00:20:27,97 --> 00:20:33,44 hoping that you know just give them another option for people who don't get paper 223 00:20:33,45 --> 00:20:40,06 bills from news that are they can get information that way. But it isn't you know 224 00:20:40,14 --> 00:20:44,85 not to look at direct mailings versus Bill stoppers advertisements in newspapers or 225 00:20:44,86 --> 00:20:50,10 maybe the review will do a story rather than the other guys maybe 226 00:20:50,11 --> 00:20:55,93 a little story because some reporter to list some of those ways Yes So for those 227 00:20:55,94 --> 00:21:02,11 who take place I. Think that you have never been advertising it gets out of the 228 00:21:02,12 --> 00:21:08,89 column. Graphics that cash. They get is very going to get 229 00:21:08,90 --> 00:21:11,86 us. To make 230 00:21:11,87 --> 00:21:18,73 a thank you. We really believe it's going. To go 231 00:21:18,79 --> 00:21:25,25 motion. We proceed with the language with flexibility 232 00:21:25,26 --> 00:21:32,09 for Mr Dixon California to put appropriate language and with the same content for 233 00:21:32,10 --> 00:21:35,05 you ten percent voluntary reductions now second. 234 00:21:41,44 --> 00:21:48,17 Let's just listen to. That last three. Yeah hi. 235 00:21:59,87 --> 00:22:06,55 OK continuing to theme of water shortage. If we go 236 00:22:06,56 --> 00:22:13,38 into mandatory allocations we'll have two principal challenges one is to. Control 237 00:22:13,39 --> 00:22:19,77 the man with the amount of water within the amount of water were allocated and the 238 00:22:19,78 --> 00:22:26,58 other is to keep the district financially whole in that time would be deliberately 239 00:22:27,11 --> 00:22:31,29 reduced to meet one of our customers by. You know 240 00:22:32,09 --> 00:22:36,62 a very number that. Keeping the district cool is not 241 00:22:36,63 --> 00:22:42,63 a simple matter of just raising our rates and I. I have listed some of the things 242 00:22:43,49 --> 00:22:48,32 from the proposal we've got about developing the draft rates that are sort of 243 00:22:48,33 --> 00:22:53,22 critical aspects of what drought areas need to do that's 244 00:22:53,23 --> 00:23:00,22 a challenge to. Keep that money coming customers are using it was going to be 245 00:23:00,23 --> 00:23:06,28 happy about it but it's our responsibility to keep the district financially viable 246 00:23:06,29 --> 00:23:12,43 and. Having. Even a ten percent voluntary reduction to 247 00:23:12,44 --> 00:23:17,33 a pretty significant hit to district to district revenue on which all of our 248 00:23:17,34 --> 00:23:21,41 programs for free and capital and otherwise the other thing that we experienced 249 00:23:22,16 --> 00:23:28,74 during mandatory allocations is they'll be paid. In excess use 250 00:23:28,75 --> 00:23:34,79 charge imposed by San Francisco in the last allocation I think the excess use 251 00:23:34,80 --> 00:23:41,41 charges ranged up to one hundred. Fifty up to seven times the basic 252 00:23:41,42 --> 00:23:48,38 wholesale rate so we pay about three dollars per. Hundred cubic feet to San 253 00:23:48,40 --> 00:23:53,22 Francisco that would be our new rate. The excess use cherry for going over the 254 00:23:53,23 --> 00:23:55,24 allocation if they used 255 00:23:55,25 --> 00:24:02,10 a similar approach would be could could get to twenty dollars so that those 256 00:24:02,11 --> 00:24:06,48 numbers add up fixed really quickly here for we go over the allocation and 257 00:24:06,82 --> 00:24:13,51 depending on what the level of emergency that San Francisco may declare is 258 00:24:13,91 --> 00:24:18,49 the cutbacks could be pretty significant We just got today from Moscow they're 259 00:24:19,50 --> 00:24:23,18 really sort of recalculation of the allocations and 260 00:24:23,19 --> 00:24:27,93 a tear to agreement but we went through last time so some of the steps that go 261 00:24:27,94 --> 00:24:33,37 through San Francisco declares water shortage emergency and allocates. 262 00:24:34,43 --> 00:24:37,93 Reduces the total supply available for the years to tear one of the tear to 263 00:24:37,94 --> 00:24:44,74 agreement boss has just redone this complicated model for Tier two allocations and 264 00:24:44,75 --> 00:24:50,37 in the event that San Francisco had to cut supply back by twenty percent they said 265 00:24:50,38 --> 00:24:55,03 OK your role suppliers cut back twenty percent. The district would experience 266 00:24:55,04 --> 00:25:02,02 a cutback of about thirty three percent. So. That's quite That's 267 00:25:02,03 --> 00:25:06,64 all mechanics of these allocation schemes but that's quite 268 00:25:06,65 --> 00:25:11,34 a cutback the number that they have in the spreadsheet for our district was if 269 00:25:11,35 --> 00:25:16,07 there were Point out where there were twenty percent cut back by San Francisco our 270 00:25:16,75 --> 00:25:21,91 maximum supply would be one point four four million gallons 271 00:25:21,92 --> 00:25:24,24 a day that's about six hundred thousand gallons 272 00:25:24,25 --> 00:25:29,81 a day then less than our customers are using right now so I'm achieving that level 273 00:25:29,82 --> 00:25:35,65 of cut back with very challenging some thirty thirty three percent cap back we 274 00:25:35,66 --> 00:25:40,30 would have to achieve in order to avoid excess use charges thirty three percent 275 00:25:40,54 --> 00:25:44,57 reduction in revenues so we have to but to really pay attention to 276 00:25:45,09 --> 00:25:51,40 a system of rates that would ensure that. That we that we 277 00:25:52,04 --> 00:25:56,02 get enough money for America steamers to keep running the district our parent costs 278 00:25:56,03 --> 00:26:01,45 are not highly variable they're about eighty percent fixed so when our customers 279 00:26:01,49 --> 00:26:07,54 use goes down thirty percent we don't save but we don't save thirty percent 280 00:26:08,14 --> 00:26:13,34 of the expenses associated with delivering water so I've listed some of the things 281 00:26:13,35 --> 00:26:16,19 that drought reach need to do this is not 282 00:26:16,20 --> 00:26:22,24 a simple exercise we need an expert consultant to help us with this effort 283 00:26:22,96 --> 00:26:29,65 and we solicit proposals from two such consultants Bardwell's 284 00:26:30,52 --> 00:26:37,18 Jeff N H. Both highly qualified we interviewed 285 00:26:37,19 --> 00:26:43,86 both firms and we we have. Hired by our worlds and applied in the 286 00:26:43,87 --> 00:26:49,32 past we'll probably use them in future for certain things but we felt that for this 287 00:26:49,33 --> 00:26:54,09 particular effort John foreign car and we have a four would be 288 00:26:54,47 --> 00:27:00,10 a good choice. If you looked at their staple. Cations you can see that there are 289 00:27:00,11 --> 00:27:04,15 other qualified Johns here tonight dancers questions the board know everything here 290 00:27:04,16 --> 00:27:04,29 with 291 00:27:04,30 --> 00:27:10,30 a presentation about rates we've built into our our scope and our schedule and 292 00:27:10,34 --> 00:27:14,93 a couple of work sessions with the board which will go into some detail about how 293 00:27:14,94 --> 00:27:20,67 directly to work and what are the signs for there will be significant but the board 294 00:27:20,68 --> 00:27:26,75 have significant opportunity to really delve into this. Issue. 295 00:27:28,68 --> 00:27:29,98 And we this is 296 00:27:29,99 --> 00:27:35,98 a kind of materials contract. The estimate is about thirty five thousand dollars so 297 00:27:36,03 --> 00:27:41,20 the staff is recommending them for the after hours General Manager to contract with 298 00:27:41,21 --> 00:27:45,09 wage gap and each consultants for the drought. Got 299 00:27:45,11 --> 00:27:48,63 a rate structure so. That three questions you. 300 00:27:59,59 --> 00:28:06,34 Know have the question. Of to keep pushing on the best on the path of their own 301 00:28:06,35 --> 00:28:06,96 attachment 302 00:28:06,97 --> 00:28:13,93 a budget project for the. Hundred tasks really develop collaborates 303 00:28:13,94 --> 00:28:20,35 structure. And I corrected the story that I should add straight across all our sort 304 00:28:20,36 --> 00:28:25,70 of twenty six hours from the project manager or you our financial analyst which is 305 00:28:25,77 --> 00:28:26,99 sixty six hours there are 306 00:28:27,00 --> 00:28:33,91 a. Number that's I sue it out of control thousand three twenty five years 307 00:28:34,16 --> 00:28:39,42 is accurate but we should confront every. Task. 308 00:28:42,15 --> 00:28:45,20 For sure. This is 309 00:28:45,46 --> 00:28:51,41 a different regional. We're. Talking Jim sure if you want. 310 00:28:56,56 --> 00:29:01,16 I can check this right now you have to do the hourly rate times the hours to check 311 00:29:01,17 --> 00:29:01,80 her myself. 312 00:29:21,44 --> 00:29:28,39 We need some other culture. Here this is additional front to 313 00:29:28,40 --> 00:29:31,14 work down. Because of. 314 00:29:43,31 --> 00:29:49,99 These recent changes that I left it to the original. Proposal. I tell all 315 00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:56,68 consultants that I would much rather have. Put peeved additions to the school and 316 00:29:57,45 --> 00:30:01,18 early on rather than having to come back to the board and ask for additional money 317 00:30:01,18 --> 00:30:07,30 . She. Was reading. 318 00:30:10,57 --> 00:30:15,39 As I do I think the dollars are are correct it's just there was just 319 00:30:15,40 --> 00:30:21,87 a. Spreadsheet formula that the hours right 320 00:30:22,46 --> 00:30:26,72 so it should be sixty six hours. Yet I think that you're. 321 00:30:38,57 --> 00:30:45,23 Probably getting any benefit from your. Prior work other water district sure. 322 00:30:47,60 --> 00:30:49,17 This is you if you want to kind of develop 323 00:30:49,18 --> 00:30:54,82 a template you're just kind of you're going to be that many variations No you're 324 00:30:54,83 --> 00:30:58,34 right there are many very. There are 325 00:30:58,35 --> 00:31:04,36 a lot of assumptions. You know history. 326 00:31:05,69 --> 00:31:12,09 Earlier. That there were. In the water. 327 00:31:15,77 --> 00:31:22,60 There. Structure. 328 00:31:26,35 --> 00:31:31,99 Structure which is. Really. Really. 329 00:31:35,16 --> 00:31:38,75 You know. Different. 330 00:31:52,99 --> 00:31:59,71 Tests. Work. 331 00:32:05,66 --> 00:32:11,36 For us. So 332 00:32:13,11 --> 00:32:17,59 there are. Fairly simple. 333 00:32:27,16 --> 00:32:30,69 Relative to how would your charging us and here with us you're not starting at zero 334 00:32:30,70 --> 00:32:32,40 in that you have developed 335 00:32:32,81 --> 00:32:36,53 a low in working with other agencies that we are getting the benefit of you're 336 00:32:36,54 --> 00:32:36,86 having 337 00:32:37,33 --> 00:32:43,93 a look at that work for me that's right. Carter. Trees. 338 00:32:59,56 --> 00:33:06,32 Just. That's that's right now. Their information. 339 00:33:11,25 --> 00:33:12,87 So this is. 340 00:33:26,66 --> 00:33:26,97 Thank you. 341 00:33:33,76 --> 00:33:35,65 For your bringing a model to the table 342 00:33:35,96 --> 00:33:43,75 a story more. More. Work 343 00:33:43,76 --> 00:33:49,61 for. Two years. 344 00:33:50,66 --> 00:33:51,29 Couple of years. 345 00:34:01,86 --> 00:34:06,57 To be OK That's what. Your. 346 00:34:09,03 --> 00:34:10,83 Customers are doing independent. 347 00:34:19,92 --> 00:34:26,60 Streak if you check out what's going. On. 348 00:34:27,89 --> 00:34:33,41 They're. Still. 349 00:34:37,66 --> 00:34:40,06 Trying to reach for the. 350 00:34:49,26 --> 00:34:55,15 Next. Person for. 351 00:34:57,75 --> 00:35:01,64 Another issue entirely not what do you know I have no. 352 00:35:04,59 --> 00:35:06,34 Other stats outside of his scope and. 353 00:35:13,79 --> 00:35:19,24 What emotion sure yeah you do that having. Almost African leadership. 354 00:35:21,60 --> 00:35:28,17 Post second time. You're. Yes. 355 00:35:29,47 --> 00:35:30,90 Yes right. 356 00:35:38,39 --> 00:35:44,17 If you have an honorary farm and soon she keeps. I'm sure you were going to sue me 357 00:35:44,18 --> 00:35:51,12 Are you sure you're wondering if you will for our part for war you. Know giving 358 00:35:51,13 --> 00:35:57,89 us the opportunity to meet these lovely new facilities I thought I would be of 359 00:35:57,90 --> 00:36:02,67 interest to the board you know just to kind of go through. Some of what has 360 00:36:02,68 --> 00:36:09,15 happened courtly what we see in the coming months. We had 361 00:36:09,16 --> 00:36:13,57 a fire on January twenty second time we've been here and seen the kind of near term 362 00:36:13,58 --> 00:36:16,70 consequences of that it wasn't much of a fire of 363 00:36:16,71 --> 00:36:22,67 a ship destroy all of our computer server equipment. And. 364 00:36:24,07 --> 00:36:27,10 The building filled with smoke was fired suddenly got here can see 365 00:36:27,11 --> 00:36:30,10 a foot inside the building so the entire building filled with smoke and that 366 00:36:30,11 --> 00:36:30,91 deposited 367 00:36:31,40 --> 00:36:38,54 a layer of certain everything from the light fixtures to the carpets. And 368 00:36:38,55 --> 00:36:44,33 really it's the smoke in. There. For me and they have 369 00:36:44,34 --> 00:36:51,10 a major cleanup of the building. And so our efforts over the last couple of weeks. 370 00:36:52,30 --> 00:36:57,63 Really focused on. Moving the staff into less effective areas of the building we 371 00:36:57,64 --> 00:37:02,85 took out the carpet in the board room and moved out of the front office staff into 372 00:37:02,86 --> 00:37:07,86 the board room walled off of the area that was closest to the back room where the 373 00:37:07,87 --> 00:37:14,15 servers were and where the worst of the damage occurred. Actually that's that's 374 00:37:14,59 --> 00:37:15,23 give us kind of 375 00:37:15,24 --> 00:37:21,96 a fish and. You know one of the main differences is that my office since my office 376 00:37:21,97 --> 00:37:22,07 is 377 00:37:22,08 --> 00:37:29,68 a hallway now I know what you look. Like. Quite an education my. That's 378 00:37:29,69 --> 00:37:30,08 really where 379 00:37:30,09 --> 00:37:35,35 a lot of the the interaction of the district with its customer takes place is 380 00:37:35,36 --> 00:37:40,80 pretty interesting you know we are. We are like the very people coming with their 381 00:37:40,81 --> 00:37:46,91 families and their children pay their bills and. Ask about water 382 00:37:46,92 --> 00:37:52,90 conservation you know just anything you can imagine so and then you know 383 00:37:53,00 --> 00:37:58,16 a lot of just lonely and coming to Jack so. It's been 384 00:37:58,17 --> 00:38:04,54 a real education for me one of the things I'd really like to recognize. In talking 385 00:38:05,25 --> 00:38:11,00 with Ward about this is just be. The professionalism of our staff It's unbelievable 386 00:38:11,01 --> 00:38:17,44 how people just to stand and respond I was down here for you. And 387 00:38:17,94 --> 00:38:24,72 your lead that John Davis and. Blow the deaf ear your 388 00:38:24,73 --> 00:38:29,09 slogan unwittingly branded the back of the building but it was filled with smoke 389 00:38:29,10 --> 00:38:33,94 and you didn't know what's going on but for the efforts of our staff especially 390 00:38:33,98 --> 00:38:40,57 Gina you know the last three weeks not only have we done all of this. 391 00:38:41,99 --> 00:38:47,12 Sort of managed all of the was fine but we have really kept up the business of the 392 00:38:47,13 --> 00:38:53,04 district our field operations were to affected within three days we have recovered 393 00:38:53,05 --> 00:38:56,95 one hundred percent of our computer data and so after having 394 00:38:56,96 --> 00:39:01,71 a fire Wednesday morning by the next really by the next Monday we were ready to do 395 00:39:01,72 --> 00:39:03,37 business but we stayed closed 396 00:39:03,38 --> 00:39:09,69 a couple of days so that we could close off that that affected area key for our 397 00:39:09,73 --> 00:39:16,35 customers from from wondering in there so making it safer for the public that comes 398 00:39:16,36 --> 00:39:21,09 at all times to really within within three days we're pretty much ready to go back 399 00:39:21,10 --> 00:39:27,37 to work and we have then a delay of a week or so in reading readers to give you 400 00:39:27,38 --> 00:39:31,84 a picture of what our meter readers look likely to look like something Salvador 401 00:39:31,85 --> 00:39:38,62 Dali. Like. Those got cleaned up and they actually were pretty robust devices. 402 00:39:40,08 --> 00:39:41,25 Other than a delay of about 403 00:39:41,26 --> 00:39:46,07 a week and read the meters to continue normal operations and destroy. 404 00:39:48,38 --> 00:39:52,02 Our cost so far just in responding have receded 405 00:39:52,03 --> 00:39:58,78 a hundred thousand tons of. Stuff and we're soon going through all of that will be 406 00:39:58,78 --> 00:40:01,86 paid by insurance although we haven't received any insurance checks for 407 00:40:01,95 --> 00:40:02,67 a future it's 408 00:40:02,68 --> 00:40:09,54 a gesture here. We will be moving into this. 409 00:40:11,35 --> 00:40:15,11 Module we're building on these trailers whatever we're going to be moving in here 410 00:40:16,07 --> 00:40:21,82 we will open the offices here on February twenty fourth everything will get moved 411 00:40:22,66 --> 00:40:26,03 computers and everything will get moved over that weekend and on Monday the twenty 412 00:40:26,04 --> 00:40:30,27 fourth will be doing business out of the out of these offices and will have moved. 413 00:40:32,72 --> 00:40:38,42 People and their essential furniture files forth out of the building storage 414 00:40:38,43 --> 00:40:45,27 container right here that's going to house the rest of the. Furniture and other 415 00:40:45,28 --> 00:40:49,88 things we use less that has to be moved out of the office so it will be we will be 416 00:40:49,89 --> 00:40:56,85 key for the building for the cleanup process and. The cleanup process 417 00:40:56,86 --> 00:40:58,16 will involve that have 418 00:40:58,17 --> 00:41:02,94 a minimum of new carpet cleaning all the walls basically everything that was 419 00:41:02,95 --> 00:41:09,78 affected by the small. Have to be replaced or cleaned ceiling tiles will have to be 420 00:41:10,73 --> 00:41:16,52 placed in the high part of our front office and ceiling and there of the adjuster 421 00:41:16,53 --> 00:41:21,77 felt like that popcorn ceiling in there that would that's filled with certain would 422 00:41:21,78 --> 00:41:27,44 have to be probably have to be replaced removed and replaced anything like that 423 00:41:27,45 --> 00:41:31,62 that you leave the end there is just this over time just to kind of 424 00:41:31,63 --> 00:41:37,63 a fault that that occurs and that that we don't want so there really is 425 00:41:37,64 --> 00:41:43,42 a major cleanup project that will be coming within the next month or two and 426 00:41:43,47 --> 00:41:50,43 building and we assume that that there are that that will all be covered by the 427 00:41:51,15 --> 00:41:57,16 insurance that we have. And you know this always happens during this always happens 428 00:41:57,17 --> 00:42:01,31 after a fire in the open hills when you have the open fire and 429 00:42:01,66 --> 00:42:07,14 a lot of neighbors and we lose our house but lots of neighbors didn't and there 430 00:42:07,15 --> 00:42:12,50 were sort of the houses that came back and we're pretty different. I think at 431 00:42:12,51 --> 00:42:14,81 a time when we need to vacate the building and do 432 00:42:14,82 --> 00:42:17,13 a major project on it because it's 433 00:42:17,14 --> 00:42:23,22 a good idea for us to see whether there are there are reasonable life occasions we 434 00:42:23,23 --> 00:42:24,16 could make to it what's 435 00:42:24,17 --> 00:42:29,81 a forty year old building that better fit the district's way of doing business 436 00:42:29,82 --> 00:42:35,09 today and and would better fit what we anticipate in the next say ten or twenty 437 00:42:35,10 --> 00:42:40,44 years given that my feet forty years till we have this opportunity again so we've 438 00:42:40,45 --> 00:42:41,11 retained 439 00:42:41,35 --> 00:42:47,78 a local architecture Evanson you may know what to do an inventory of our 440 00:42:47,79 --> 00:42:54,67 functions in the building and to look at how the space might be. Reconfigured. 441 00:42:56,08 --> 00:42:59,90 To work more efficiently and today he spent 442 00:43:00,52 --> 00:43:07,21 a lot of the day here interviewing all of the staff and. Customer service 443 00:43:07,22 --> 00:43:12,24 interactions of communication between the field people and then the office staff so 444 00:43:12,24 --> 00:43:18,53 . All of us think that the are that the office could be. Designed to work 445 00:43:18,54 --> 00:43:23,84 a little more efficiently we don't have an idea of what that would cost yet has it 446 00:43:23,88 --> 00:43:30,42 it wouldn't be inexpensive but the insurance is paying for all of the costs of. 447 00:43:31,88 --> 00:43:37,80 A significant part of that price which is moving everybody out and 448 00:43:38,44 --> 00:43:44,11 recover the papers and so I anticipate that the March meeting will come back with 449 00:43:44,12 --> 00:43:45,41 some with 450 00:43:45,42 --> 00:43:50,41 a need to set some of them some discussion of of options for reconfiguring building 451 00:43:51,03 --> 00:43:57,10 for example. We don't have an office should we decide that we need 452 00:43:57,11 --> 00:44:03,24 a district engineer. Which has been director Carville's favorite of the year for 453 00:44:03,25 --> 00:44:09,32 seven years or the assistant manager for finance which is one of my. Pet 454 00:44:09,62 --> 00:44:16,42 concepts should we decide that the district needs another position and there for 455 00:44:16,43 --> 00:44:18,75 the next ten or twenty years I think it's 456 00:44:18,76 --> 00:44:22,48 a certainty that there will need some more positions there's no place in the 457 00:44:22,49 --> 00:44:27,83 building for those people to have an office in the same kind of alone that we 458 00:44:28,01 --> 00:44:34,88 operate and so we're. We don't want to let our building dictate the 459 00:44:34,89 --> 00:44:39,42 structure of the organization could be the other way around so we'll have the March 460 00:44:39,43 --> 00:44:44,37 meeting we'll have some I think will be some interesting and really good ideas 461 00:44:44,41 --> 00:44:49,09 about changing the way that we interact with our customers for instance now they 462 00:44:49,10 --> 00:44:54,42 can so we have this big open office and people who walk in can walk anywhere. 463 00:44:56,10 --> 00:44:58,72 If you go to the north coast for instance they've done 464 00:44:58,73 --> 00:45:00,04 a really good job of kind of making 465 00:45:00,05 --> 00:45:03,58 a little lobby it's like being you know it's like city hall you can't just walk in 466 00:45:04,26 --> 00:45:09,86 you can't just walk into city hall and go back into the offices so we're looking at 467 00:45:10,12 --> 00:45:15,36 different ways that we might restructure some of our office space and look for. 468 00:45:17,35 --> 00:45:22,33 Something to discuss with the board of the March meeting some specific suggestions 469 00:45:23,28 --> 00:45:29,54 and hopefully some ideas about what the costs would be. I have 470 00:45:29,55 --> 00:45:36,52 a question if I may. One of those next year if I remember object here 471 00:45:36,53 --> 00:45:39,14 is work. Or premiums for 472 00:45:39,15 --> 00:45:44,53 a son of the next month character usually does two years down the road or it kicks 473 00:45:44,54 --> 00:45:45,27 him you know 474 00:45:45,28 --> 00:45:50,93 a major claim it's three or four hundred thousand dollars could very well impact 475 00:45:50,94 --> 00:45:52,50 our P. And L. 476 00:45:52,51 --> 00:45:58,75 Premiums just fucked up. Not so much for the coming budget coming up but the one 477 00:45:58,76 --> 00:46:01,38 after that we might be considering having some more money. 478 00:46:06,28 --> 00:46:11,98 Right we don't. Have those numbers and we haven't had it would never but we've had 479 00:46:11,99 --> 00:46:17,01 very limited experience and filing claims or deductible is twenty five hundred 480 00:46:17,02 --> 00:46:18,72 dollars it's 481 00:46:18,73 --> 00:46:24,70 a risk pool of water agencies so should be the same as dealing with an insurance 482 00:46:24,81 --> 00:46:25,55 company would be 483 00:46:25,56 --> 00:46:32,49 a little. Friendlier And you're right we like our rates we could expect that 484 00:46:32,50 --> 00:46:33,04 our rates will. 485 00:46:56,26 --> 00:46:56,49 Look 486 00:46:56,50 --> 00:47:03,51 a. It's that time of year again but 487 00:47:03,52 --> 00:47:08,58 it seems like you just do one time to turn six months of the year or so if you come 488 00:47:09,05 --> 00:47:14,25 back from the left. So we present them as we usually do in February through the 489 00:47:15,10 --> 00:47:21,21 fiscal year twenty fourteen fifteen budget process timeline. Your term I think we 490 00:47:21,22 --> 00:47:25,35 capture next we have meetings of the facilities and Finance Committee schedule 491 00:47:25,61 --> 00:47:31,08 already had our first presentation of the budget you know the capital improvement 492 00:47:31,09 --> 00:47:37,13 program will get them work regular order so. 493 00:47:38,18 --> 00:47:45,13 Close the work to do between now and then. We will have this in this year 494 00:47:45,14 --> 00:47:51,74 cycle have this challenge of asking our customers for production 495 00:47:52,38 --> 00:47:57,09 that's her customers to buy less water from us that will be that will be one of the 496 00:47:57,10 --> 00:48:03,83 interesting factors in this year's budget as well. This is the 497 00:48:03,84 --> 00:48:06,19 effect of fire an opportunity. 498 00:48:10,70 --> 00:48:17,49 This is the schedule and if you have the board approve it knowledge if it leads up 499 00:48:17,50 --> 00:48:23,57 to you really increase hearing. It's no secret we're going to have 500 00:48:23,58 --> 00:48:26,78 a rate increase for me that. Would have 501 00:48:26,79 --> 00:48:32,07 a pretty consistent pattern of really recent don't know last year we had 502 00:48:32,08 --> 00:48:37,51 a seven percent rate increase which was lower than what we had projected in earlier 503 00:48:37,61 --> 00:48:40,95 years I don't have a prediction I don't have 504 00:48:40,96 --> 00:48:47,70 a prediction this year's. Race but. We introduce the 505 00:48:47,84 --> 00:48:53,74 kind of the magnitude of the model for the rate increase in March and the board has 506 00:48:53,74 --> 00:48:59,08 a number of opportunities to look at the budget and explore the capital improvement 507 00:48:59,10 --> 00:49:06,09 program and we try to get our customers in here to engage 508 00:49:06,10 --> 00:49:07,95 in the budget process in 509 00:49:07,96 --> 00:49:13,36 a positive way that. The largely haven't taken an interest but sometimes we get 510 00:49:13,37 --> 00:49:19,38 people really don't like any kind of an increase. But we have 511 00:49:19,39 --> 00:49:22,68 a public hearing here in the June meeting of the really increase generally goes 512 00:49:22,69 --> 00:49:28,50 into effect July first if we 513 00:49:30,78 --> 00:49:31,33 if we get 514 00:49:31,34 --> 00:49:38,34 a notice from San Francisco they anticipate. Drought allocations beginning 515 00:49:38,35 --> 00:49:44,37 July first the schedule change wall it will kind of be campaigning for 516 00:49:45,36 --> 00:49:50,93 terms of getting our drought relief. Will switch from this deliberate 517 00:49:52,15 --> 00:49:55,54 plan process that we're used to going to something 518 00:49:55,55 --> 00:50:01,96 a little more oriented toward the drought emergency. So the schedule would look 519 00:50:01,97 --> 00:50:08,75 a little bit different I would kind of switch over. We've talked about them 520 00:50:08,93 --> 00:50:14,19 a lot of the focus of our of our schedule yes making sure that we have sufficient 521 00:50:14,20 --> 00:50:19,80 time to comply with the proposition two eighteen requirements before the rates so 522 00:50:19,81 --> 00:50:21,21 that's there's 523 00:50:21,22 --> 00:50:27,01 a minimum forty five day notice time for Proposition two eighteen and so that we've 524 00:50:27,02 --> 00:50:29,83 got sixty days between when you prove the notice and when we have 525 00:50:29,96 --> 00:50:36,91 a public hearing generally that's about how it works if we go into allocations for 526 00:50:36,92 --> 00:50:40,05 a drought emergency will still car drivers will still have to comply with 527 00:50:40,12 --> 00:50:44,58 Proposition two eighteen so we've been having some discussions about you know could 528 00:50:44,59 --> 00:50:51,35 we. Do want to separate processes could we combine those two processes 529 00:50:52,27 --> 00:50:52,66 so 530 00:50:53,20 --> 00:50:59,49 a lot could develop between now and July first in terms of how we look at rates 531 00:51:00,57 --> 00:51:04,79 we've really got her fingers crossed that there is enough rain in the storage in 532 00:51:04,80 --> 00:51:11,58 San Francisco's system will be sufficient to get us by for the next coming 533 00:51:11,59 --> 00:51:17,50 fiscal year lease for lease for part of it so and we'll learn more about that from 534 00:51:17,51 --> 00:51:24,17 San Francisco. Thursday of this week when we have heard here you will meeting or 535 00:51:24,18 --> 00:51:29,80 and you'll also customers. Water Supply projections will be 536 00:51:29,81 --> 00:51:35,42 a. Major focus of their presentation interested and. 537 00:51:38,29 --> 00:51:39,69 That is the right process. 538 00:51:45,15 --> 00:51:51,54 And we recommend that the board. Reviewed emotional 539 00:51:52,06 --> 00:51:57,27 stuff. Through pre-budget report. 540 00:52:03,30 --> 00:52:09,49 Will do on. All. My life so. 541 00:52:16,72 --> 00:52:22,31 OK it is really water system and pressure vessel. 542 00:52:25,03 --> 00:52:31,96 You know. You knew the history of this fragile yet the water couldn't find 543 00:52:31,97 --> 00:52:37,27 its up high point in the district and. So there is no water that actually flows 544 00:52:37,35 --> 00:52:41,54 through it potable and it could be you we have pressurized water treatment plant. 545 00:52:44,19 --> 00:52:45,93 Those the plant is undergoing 546 00:52:45,94 --> 00:52:52,20 a number of changes we've reduced the amount of water that we actually need to use 547 00:52:52,75 --> 00:52:57,06 for the processing of the processing is that I'm talking about include the 548 00:52:57,39 --> 00:53:04,35 assistance of the bathwater. To wash the filters and most importantly carrier water 549 00:53:05,09 --> 00:53:09,62 or chemical injection so that the chemicals are injected evenly. 550 00:53:12,15 --> 00:53:18,95 And consistently and in the process. We've reduced just the sum Anwar that we 551 00:53:18,96 --> 00:53:25,31 need because we have more improved. Systems for for 552 00:53:25,44 --> 00:53:31,93 feeding water chemicals we reduce of chemicals and most significantly we 553 00:53:31,94 --> 00:53:38,78 reduced the water needed for the words the generator Time now to read. While what 554 00:53:38,78 --> 00:53:45,41 this is amounted to is that we now have oversight hops. And they come on come off 555 00:53:45,59 --> 00:53:51,90 quite quickly. Up to six times an hour for well I know for the more than six times 556 00:53:51,91 --> 00:53:58,62 an hour here. Once every five years that. Green zone 557 00:53:59,54 --> 00:53:59,98 but that's 558 00:53:59,99 --> 00:54:06,75 a lot. So in any event the pumps have we've had to replace the the the motors 559 00:54:07,23 --> 00:54:13,42 twice as I've been here the pumps are out maybe not molded. They There's nobody 560 00:54:13,43 --> 00:54:18,40 that would really support them if they do fail and then it would be quite an 561 00:54:18,41 --> 00:54:19,82 engineering feat to add 562 00:54:19,83 --> 00:54:26,62 a different style pump in there so it was. An addition not in order to 563 00:54:26,63 --> 00:54:31,41 make this process work there's a hydro pneumatic tank and it was quite 564 00:54:31,76 --> 00:54:37,74 a large high rheumatic tank that is failing also the last time word churns 565 00:54:37,75 --> 00:54:44,38 adjusters came through we did some tests on that tank and we found that. The walls 566 00:54:44,39 --> 00:54:50,05 are one of the walls are below the recommended quickness. And. 567 00:54:51,64 --> 00:54:57,77 Hydra Matic tanks are have been in the news lately since one exploded in the 568 00:54:57,81 --> 00:55:03,77 northern part of the state recent history and it actually killed someone who sings 569 00:55:03,78 --> 00:55:09,70 can be dangerous so R R R J V I A has advise that we replace it. 570 00:55:10,69 --> 00:55:16,52 So we went out to pay for this in two thousand and twelve. Based on some 571 00:55:16,53 --> 00:55:22,38 specifications that are engineer Peter had established we only got one period and 572 00:55:22,39 --> 00:55:26,44 that was for eighty thousand dollars. It was a quite 573 00:55:26,45 --> 00:55:33,33 a complex. System we rather go simple we 574 00:55:33,34 --> 00:55:38,13 so we got to be back together with Jim teeter and up prepare for his company who 575 00:55:38,14 --> 00:55:41,28 does a lot of work for us and we've come up with 576 00:55:41,29 --> 00:55:48,00 a simpler design that utilizes. Two very bold frequency drive 577 00:55:48,12 --> 00:55:54,35 costs so that we can go low so we don't have to start stop so often 578 00:55:55,31 --> 00:55:59,33 we keep one pump running full time without ever stopping and starting which is much 579 00:55:59,40 --> 00:56:05,02 better for the pump in the motor than starting and stopping many times per hour. Of 580 00:56:05,13 --> 00:56:08,10 the. We've got a we've got 581 00:56:08,11 --> 00:56:13,58 a bid for this from copper pair and it was for seventy thousand dollars originally 582 00:56:13,93 --> 00:56:20,33 when we embark on this we've been going back and forth on this for four five years 583 00:56:20,39 --> 00:56:27,21 now. The estimate for this was forty thousand dollars. Which was 584 00:56:27,46 --> 00:56:32,87 under which is very lower than what has come turning out to be as you can see from 585 00:56:32,87 --> 00:56:37,33 our first attempt at just and from this the second attempt at it it's 586 00:56:37,33 --> 00:56:38,86 a complex system that requires 587 00:56:38,87 --> 00:56:44,50 a LOT of course. Plus now we need to do tank. So we have we have 588 00:56:44,51 --> 00:56:49,60 a very good viable simple design coming to seventy thousand dollars seventy one 589 00:56:49,61 --> 00:56:56,10 thousand dollars so what we are asking is that you. Authorize the 590 00:56:56,14 --> 00:57:02,63 PM to execute contract the contribution for this one. Just interesting 591 00:57:02,93 --> 00:57:08,76 question that came up regarding still source for curing. All right procurement 592 00:57:08,77 --> 00:57:09,78 regulations which are 593 00:57:09,79 --> 00:57:15,92 a resolution think twenty twelve zero one. Sole source of provisions one of which 594 00:57:15,93 --> 00:57:21,83 says that the general manager can proceed with the sole source procurement. Of 595 00:57:21,91 --> 00:57:27,56 competition is determined to be insufficient to respond to get multiple visits and 596 00:57:27,57 --> 00:57:33,86 I was clearly the case with original original bidding 597 00:57:33,87 --> 00:57:39,65 process only one one came and so this essentially been. A process 598 00:57:40,95 --> 00:57:47,77 process and. Project developed through negotiation involving some 599 00:57:47,78 --> 00:57:53,22 prepare service and. Stay so. 600 00:57:55,24 --> 00:57:55,51 It is 601 00:57:55,52 --> 00:58:00,89 a sole source procurement that but it fits within it fits within the allowed scope 602 00:58:00,90 --> 00:58:07,27 of soul search procurement doesn't fire the board wave existing return rules groups 603 00:58:07,28 --> 00:58:14,12 that declined to be one of them was are. We actually invited out 604 00:58:14,13 --> 00:58:16,95 it would be invited some companies to bet we'd buy 605 00:58:16,96 --> 00:58:19,93 a proper pair we invited. There is 606 00:58:19,94 --> 00:58:26,89 a company our offer I believe it is not exactly sure what hand of Calcutta Calcutta 607 00:58:26,99 --> 00:58:31,94 I came in with the eighty thousand dollars thousand dollars. 608 00:58:34,96 --> 00:58:35,46 Just did 609 00:58:35,47 --> 00:58:42,25 a job just like this so I was kind of curious to throw it up there. Bill pump out 610 00:58:42,26 --> 00:58:47,70 of Oprah I said to her five thing are going Yeah yeah it's. 611 00:58:49,22 --> 00:58:55,82 Just toward so. Much what So we're going to do. 612 00:58:57,19 --> 00:59:03,02 But it was all stainless steel. I don't just look like you're doing. 613 00:59:04,51 --> 00:59:10,77 You know they did the stimulus which was work because I scored. About twenty five 614 00:59:10,78 --> 00:59:17,52 thousand the. Cost is installation the installation as 615 00:59:17,83 --> 00:59:20,78 it is not really simple wooden poles having to set up 616 00:59:20,79 --> 00:59:27,21 a temporary pumping system. To enable them to still keep playing in operation 617 00:59:27,57 --> 00:59:32,41 before they can demolish the existing demolishing place existing homes join us to 618 00:59:32,42 --> 00:59:39,17 another electrical work. Or not it's going to be minimal the successes of staff 619 00:59:39,29 --> 00:59:42,15 mounted units to basically turn you say just be 620 00:59:42,16 --> 00:59:46,33 a matter of getting on one of the local are Christian just to put it up for 621 00:59:46,48 --> 00:59:51,07 a minimal cost that has its own control was OK that you're going to sit control 622 00:59:51,08 --> 00:59:51,75 over our can get 623 00:59:51,76 --> 00:59:56,17 a break from it we're not going to. Or not going to live there so I could be 624 00:59:56,18 --> 00:59:59,98 a lot of bells and whistles of how much of the skater system probably just one 625 00:59:59,99 --> 01:00:06,57 alarm function thanks to. All of you will thank 626 01:00:06,58 --> 01:00:12,08 last year before they determine that the two are well eighty eight or eighty four. 627 01:00:13,22 --> 01:00:19,22 So it's thirty years or so of the projected life of the new tech could probably be 628 01:00:19,34 --> 01:00:20,01 something saying. 629 01:00:28,15 --> 01:00:28,35 From 630 01:00:28,82 --> 01:00:35,80 a legal. Perspective should whatever motions are made to look through the 631 01:00:35,82 --> 01:00:38,73 suit wonders include some language that serves as 632 01:00:38,75 --> 01:00:43,96 a sole source. On the. Discussion you gentlemen. 633 01:00:45,39 --> 01:00:50,21 Correctly cited the policy and what he said would be reflected in there because 634 01:00:50,22 --> 01:00:51,65 your policy requires 635 01:00:51,66 --> 01:00:56,22 a great document so I don't think it needs to be included in the recommendation but 636 01:00:56,23 --> 01:00:59,73 will be sure that it's reflected in the minutes which is what that's what I was 637 01:00:59,73 --> 01:01:04,54 concerned about the start of the crease if we sent it out to three vendors and only 638 01:01:04,61 --> 01:01:05,89 one is 639 01:01:05,90 --> 01:01:12,67 a little bit. This was not OK So the last time this was dead you only 640 01:01:12,68 --> 01:01:13,95 received one did you didn't work 641 01:01:13,96 --> 01:01:19,69 a contract like this Well I just went forward with your one with the ones that are 642 01:01:19,78 --> 01:01:25,15 better to change the project of than a Ford that's not OK I think if we have 643 01:01:25,16 --> 01:01:29,80 a proctor test change this then anyway since some of the new fluid new stuff should 644 01:01:29,81 --> 01:01:35,68 replace that and we're confident that the changes in the project would be. More 645 01:01:35,69 --> 01:01:41,78 just. Kind of the original spec but it was it was somewhat more complicated this is 646 01:01:41,79 --> 01:01:48,58 a simple design. Dead End by by here by Park repair 647 01:01:48,59 --> 01:01:54,06 so. I love exactly sure I answer that question I could go out again. 648 01:01:55,58 --> 01:01:56,53 But it would it would take 649 01:01:56,54 --> 01:02:03,49 a lot more time we don't have and. The company. I think you do have the 650 01:02:03,51 --> 01:02:10,22 only concern I have is that had grown. Over fifty percent markup for the reseller 651 01:02:10,70 --> 01:02:16,27 so it gives them an awful lot of we believe you could make it compared. 652 01:02:18,69 --> 01:02:20,89 To it's just frustrating to not have 653 01:02:20,100 --> 01:02:32,78 a competing. Day. That 654 01:02:32,79 --> 01:02:38,83 is. Let me understand if you plan for me please so are the resellers. 655 01:02:41,25 --> 01:02:47,11 Come From care service. Buys this equipment for twenty thousand dollars from folks 656 01:02:47,79 --> 01:02:52,27 you can look at and go that's twenty thousand dollars that's what they're just 657 01:02:52,31 --> 01:02:59,26 telling you so. And so. Yes So the beauty of being 658 01:02:59,73 --> 01:03:06,60 having several companies compete is they cut into that market to get the job. 659 01:03:07,65 --> 01:03:14,36 So in this case we thought you know what you know it just just to be 660 01:03:14,37 --> 01:03:19,42 clear that the first page is the temporary system rather than one layer of those 661 01:03:19,66 --> 01:03:24,33 Yeah the installation of the process for the three month result you get drunk Yeah 662 01:03:24,57 --> 01:03:29,65 and that's three three and then the second one we have the package this is the 663 01:03:29,66 --> 01:03:35,25 first or did I just get packed Yeah and that's for that. And that's the one where 664 01:03:36,02 --> 01:03:42,96 it's just you know Chip The nice to God but in my experience we 665 01:03:42,97 --> 01:03:44,08 would have seen maybe 666 01:03:44,09 --> 01:03:50,26 a ten percent cut so that you. Get to the no yeah. 667 01:03:52,34 --> 01:03:57,02 Yeah yeah they get the significant copiers this the whole rigamarole we have to go 668 01:03:57,03 --> 01:03:59,94 with keeping the plant on line and putting 669 01:03:59,95 --> 01:04:05,65 a temporary system up there that was dependable so that we could operate through 670 01:04:06,11 --> 01:04:12,16 the whole. Process so little of the old system goes fully. 671 01:04:13,52 --> 01:04:15,03 You can't really shut down for 672 01:04:15,04 --> 01:04:21,74 a long period. Then pretty pleased with the group so. 673 01:04:25,62 --> 01:04:32,44 All right good luck to you except. I'll second that. All of 674 01:04:32,56 --> 01:04:38,22 you verse. That. OK you don't know 675 01:04:39,03 --> 01:04:45,55 that sorry because of the election but I want to tell you that you're. Right 676 01:04:45,86 --> 01:04:51,85 Mary I'm going to revise my test I say twelve times and yes very good thank you. 677 01:04:59,43 --> 01:05:05,89 Do you want to reduce the OK laugh this next one. CERN's. 678 01:05:09,08 --> 01:05:15,81 Altered it to you the absence of fourth president laughter 679 01:05:15,92 --> 01:05:21,94 there's a laugh go sessions. What we. Try to do is 680 01:05:21,95 --> 01:05:28,79 a little step report which way do we try to do is say well the. President 681 01:05:29,20 --> 01:05:35,88 President it is our their representatives to laugh. We need to 682 01:05:36,30 --> 01:05:43,07 reciprocally designate alternate if we want to alternate so we don't have to 683 01:05:43,16 --> 01:05:49,82 designate all of the other boys all just so that any any one of our board 684 01:05:49,83 --> 01:05:51,93 members could attend 685 01:05:51,94 --> 01:05:58,72 a lacto me and cast the district's vote. So. Lacquered 686 01:05:58,73 --> 01:06:03,45 biases that there rather than just saying the president is the representative and 687 01:06:03,46 --> 01:06:09,24 all the other directors are alternatives Lefkow prefers that name get us. 688 01:06:10,28 --> 01:06:17,00 So that's what the purpose of this I. Want to call your attention to the fact that 689 01:06:17,00 --> 01:06:19,50 . On March fourth there are 690 01:06:19,51 --> 01:06:24,59 a leftover meeting of the special districts over two special district members on 691 01:06:24,86 --> 01:06:30,84 left on the local agency formation commission and appointed by the special district 692 01:06:32,40 --> 01:06:38,46 last time there was an election that was conducted by mail basically this time it 693 01:06:38,47 --> 01:06:38,96 will be 694 01:06:39,47 --> 01:06:46,19 a meeting at which the nominations will be made their. Representative look we'll 695 01:06:46,20 --> 01:06:47,99 after that that may give 696 01:06:48,00 --> 01:06:53,43 a damn good reading which Forth for one thing. So you will. 697 01:06:54,78 --> 01:07:01,54 Not want to go no harm no go but if. Somebody should go 698 01:07:01,79 --> 01:07:06,23 you know so we'll that will send out a will send out a reminder if it's 699 01:07:06,24 --> 01:07:11,05 a good idea for them for us to participate I think the lack of needs to achieve 700 01:07:11,06 --> 01:07:17,41 a quorum of the special districts in the county in order to conduct this process so 701 01:07:17,41 --> 01:07:24,33 . The word actually that we readers hears that we recommend 702 01:07:24,35 --> 01:07:30,30 is that the board can wait. Member Representative often has to purchase 703 01:07:30,31 --> 01:07:36,12 a cemetery before the. Election officers. 704 01:07:38,33 --> 01:07:45,03 Just make that motion you can fill in. On the commotion. 705 01:07:52,57 --> 01:07:59,23 Board members are so. Funny. When you just say bye bye you 706 01:07:59,50 --> 01:07:59,79 don't buy 707 01:07:59,80 --> 01:08:05,80 a new they want more I reply That's right because that is what they want but. Joy 708 01:08:05,81 --> 01:08:05,88 in 709 01:08:05,89 --> 01:08:13,49 a lake of. Joy cold. I 710 01:08:13,50 --> 01:08:18,89 say yeah. Yeah. 711 01:08:22,92 --> 01:08:23,20 Right. 712 01:08:30,20 --> 01:08:30,44 This is 713 01:08:30,45 --> 01:08:37,47 a tradition many times it's not. These are cookies and the 714 01:08:37,59 --> 01:08:44,49 eating Oh. We'll fight for. Our 715 01:08:44,50 --> 01:08:51,18 right. Do you want to get me still yeah OK 716 01:08:51,19 --> 01:08:51,97 leave derive 717 01:08:51,98 --> 01:08:58,51 a general managers report some kind of interesting development. Where you would be 718 01:08:58,52 --> 01:09:03,28 very somewhat related. To this first thought it came as 719 01:09:03,29 --> 01:09:07,98 a real surprise to the calls and coolly and I'm sure you will yell from the boss 720 01:09:07,99 --> 01:09:11,16 the world this new status came as 721 01:09:11,17 --> 01:09:16,25 a surprise. And I watched the tape of some of this meeting of the San Francisco 722 01:09:16,26 --> 01:09:22,16 Public Utilities Commission but on January the staff told the commission that 723 01:09:22,75 --> 01:09:23,92 mountain tunnel which is 724 01:09:23,93 --> 01:09:29,99 a nineteen mile long tunnel through mainly rock in the Sierras that goes from this 725 01:09:29,100 --> 01:09:34,28 is that this is part of the hatch you can be in system that was built in the 726 01:09:34,29 --> 01:09:39,17 nineteenth twenties or early nineteenth twentieth. Of this in one thousand mile 727 01:09:39,21 --> 01:09:46,14 tunnel that goes from Kirkwood power house down to Marcus and. It's the only 728 01:09:46,15 --> 01:09:48,91 way that hits you water can it's 729 01:09:48,92 --> 01:09:55,71 a sole there's no wiggle around it and. They have to engineering assessments 730 01:09:55,72 --> 01:10:00,66 now that say that is possible that this tunnel could fail catastrophic with the way 731 01:10:00,67 --> 01:10:07,65 that happens I think if that mortar lining starts to fail comes off and as it 732 01:10:07,66 --> 01:10:10,96 fails the force of the water takes even more of it off and ultimately 733 01:10:10,97 --> 01:10:16,60 a jams up of this tunnel has been in this town has been losing flow capacity which 734 01:10:16,61 --> 01:10:23,21 is an indication of problems in the. The irony I think of 735 01:10:23,28 --> 01:10:29,92 this revelation. Research and history behind it but the irony of this 736 01:10:30,35 --> 01:10:35,83 revelation is we collectively San Francisco on the wholesale users have just spent 737 01:10:36,04 --> 01:10:42,50 four point six billion dollars. In order to ensure that after an 738 01:10:42,51 --> 01:10:46,91 earthquake water service could be restored with to the very could be restored 739 01:10:46,92 --> 01:10:51,79 within twenty four hours so we've addressed all of the places where the system 740 01:10:51,80 --> 01:10:58,55 crosses major fault lines so we we can tell our customers and in our share 741 01:10:58,73 --> 01:11:04,59 I've kept I estimate our district share of that capital commitment at about thirty 742 01:11:04,60 --> 01:11:11,42 seven million dollars of big chunk of change even for C C W D and what we have told 743 01:11:11,43 --> 01:11:16,24 our customers is this was an investment in making the system this reliable twenty 744 01:11:16,25 --> 01:11:18,75 four hours and now we learn about 745 01:11:19,67 --> 01:11:26,08 a piece of the San Francisco systems failure could. Wipe out eighty five percent of 746 01:11:26,09 --> 01:11:31,77 the water supply for nine months there is no work around for this thing. 747 01:11:34,46 --> 01:11:39,43 In two thousand and five when they were putting together projects for the whistle 748 01:11:39,44 --> 01:11:45,12 for the water system improvement program MT tunnel was regarded as 749 01:11:45,13 --> 01:11:49,28 a maintenance project and Budget that they have in their cap they have their 750 01:11:49,29 --> 01:11:54,63 capital program at. Fifty million dollars or something like that kind of you know 751 01:11:54,64 --> 01:11:59,97 penny ante stuff for the regional water system the new estimate. Here's 752 01:11:59,98 --> 01:12:05,69 a six hundred fifty five million dollars big drop right on the only solution 753 01:12:05,70 --> 01:12:09,55 according to the engineers they talk to are not the preferred solution is 754 01:12:09,56 --> 01:12:14,10 a totally new tunnel that will buy the house you can imagine the cost of building 755 01:12:14,11 --> 01:12:19,06 a team of tunnel in the city or so this is a really I mean this to me this is 756 01:12:19,07 --> 01:12:22,04 a really big deal what what we tell our customers if all of 757 01:12:22,05 --> 01:12:26,35 a sudden we have to cut back eighty five percent for nine months it would be it 758 01:12:26,36 --> 01:12:32,91 would be disastrous. And it really raises issues thinking 759 01:12:33,17 --> 01:12:38,47 about how we as wholesale customers one point six million of the two point four 760 01:12:38,48 --> 01:12:44,81 million people served by the system. Have a say in how it's maintain 761 01:12:45,41 --> 01:12:49,71 a very interesting and complicated issue for us and P.C. 762 01:12:49,72 --> 01:12:53,64 And so I've attached a letter that. In 763 01:12:53,65 --> 01:12:58,48 a call center to the secure foster growth to commission chairman of the commission 764 01:12:58,48 --> 01:13:05,21 . Some answers about the snow tunnel problem it's a. Potentially 765 01:13:05,22 --> 01:13:11,29 a very significant issue for everyone who uses this water system. 766 01:13:13,48 --> 01:13:17,32 But it's not. OK I mean to attach 767 01:13:17,33 --> 01:13:23,17 a tree. But basically. People will ask five questions. 768 01:13:24,76 --> 01:13:30,16 How are you going do you going to do it you know what's your plan the other 769 01:13:30,17 --> 01:13:33,44 interesting thing about this where you know January eighth I have never heard this 770 01:13:33,45 --> 01:13:39,66 before the San Francisco financial people. In the context of discussing how this 771 01:13:39,67 --> 01:13:45,77 would be. Paid for use the term fiscal cliff. They don't have. 772 01:13:46,95 --> 01:13:48,58 The mountain tunnel is 773 01:13:48,59 --> 01:13:55,36 a shared facility in water forty five percent water system fifty five percent power 774 01:13:55,37 --> 01:14:02,11 system. So even if we have the whole cell use your said you gotta fix it work we 775 01:14:02,12 --> 01:14:06,86 only pay for forty five percent the other fifty five percent has to come out of 776 01:14:07,52 --> 01:14:12,41 their power side and that's tied into their general fund they don't have the money 777 01:14:12,42 --> 01:14:19,18 they don't have the money and they don't have the revenue coverage. To 778 01:14:19,19 --> 01:14:20,91 borrow the money so this is 779 01:14:20,92 --> 01:14:26,65 a significant problem. That will be here I'm sure we'll be hearing more about but 780 01:14:27,44 --> 01:14:31,50 you know I thought it was you know I think everybody should know about because why 781 01:14:31,51 --> 01:14:33,20 would we be blindsided by 782 01:14:33,84 --> 01:14:38,82 a failure of this you know after having invested so much of the system reliability 783 01:14:39,46 --> 01:14:46,09 to have now you know this major vulnerability revealed I think this 784 01:14:46,26 --> 01:14:53,05 is. A great concern and it really raises questions about how 785 01:14:53,05 --> 01:14:57,82 we work with San Francisco and that kind of takes me to the next take and takes me 786 01:14:57,82 --> 01:15:04,23 to the next item which is only. With Glasgow on January thirtieth thirtieth that 787 01:15:04,24 --> 01:15:07,50 record director Michaels and I met with Nicole sent cool 788 01:15:07,51 --> 01:15:12,15 a consult the strategic consultant that last case worked with ever since basket was 789 01:15:12,16 --> 01:15:17,65 formed the ostensible gender was to talk about the Vaska. 790 01:15:20,64 --> 01:15:24,55 Current fiscal year workplace but it really became 791 01:15:24,56 --> 01:15:30,76 a discussion of Will worst Wasco going and and what is in it for our district. 792 01:15:32,72 --> 01:15:33,20 Busk is 793 01:15:33,21 --> 01:15:39,15 a very important organization for us I think for us collectively as wholesale 794 01:15:39,16 --> 01:15:43,03 customers of Sampras's which only through Boston right now that we're able to. 795 01:15:44,48 --> 01:15:50,49 Exert the kind of influence that we have all the. Things of San Francisco diversity 796 01:15:51,25 --> 01:15:54,47 we certainly could we want to point six million customers but we don't have 797 01:15:54,48 --> 01:15:56,58 a we don't have a single vote for 798 01:15:56,59 --> 01:16:00,55 a single commissioner or for the mayor who appoints the commissioner so you can 799 01:16:00,56 --> 01:16:06,49 imagine how responsive the S A P C can be to us in the absence of some of their own 800 01:16:06,79 --> 01:16:13,19 involvement from Boston to last just as Chris mentioned buskers an interesting time 801 01:16:13,19 --> 01:16:19,93 . They have this important traditional role of representing us in our relationship 802 01:16:19,94 --> 01:16:24,76 with San Francisco. And they have things like this map tunnel point out how 803 01:16:24,77 --> 01:16:31,13 important it is to us. But they also have. A 804 01:16:31,14 --> 01:16:34,49 strategy which they haven't really talked about a lot but 805 01:16:34,50 --> 01:16:40,62 a strategy to. Them to do the things that San Francisco hasn't done as 806 01:16:40,63 --> 01:16:46,96 a regional water utility and one of the main things is find water so San Francisco 807 01:16:46,97 --> 01:16:52,82 has let us know that they're not going to go looking you know where are our water 808 01:16:52,83 --> 01:16:56,46 purchases from them are capped and they're not going to go looking for any other 809 01:16:56,65 --> 01:17:00,16 water to serve our need so who's going to do that do we do that as individual 810 01:17:00,17 --> 01:17:06,67 agencies or do we do it to with and through Boston Baucus kind of you know 811 01:17:06,67 --> 01:17:09,81 starting to do various aspects of what 812 01:17:09,81 --> 01:17:16,31 a regional utility although. We have so we have some questions about how. 813 01:17:17,46 --> 01:17:21,84 They would get to that point given buskers governance structure so we had a we had 814 01:17:21,85 --> 01:17:28,14 a really. Free ranging discussion with the with last. 815 01:17:29,03 --> 01:17:34,27 I think that the challenge of running Bosco house increased since we had this we 816 01:17:34,28 --> 01:17:40,18 focused on this really go she ation of the water supply agreement that was finished 817 01:17:40,19 --> 01:17:45,09 in two thousand and nine that was that was our Jensen's really that was his 818 01:17:45,42 --> 01:17:49,27 masterpiece that really goes you green with that did so much for the old so 819 01:17:49,28 --> 01:17:51,80 agencies you know now this is 820 01:17:51,81 --> 01:17:58,42 a new phase in our relationship with the same in our. Mutual mutually 821 01:17:58,43 --> 01:18:04,42 dependent and challenging relationship with San Francisco that Bosco will continue 822 01:18:04,48 --> 01:18:06,21 play with so that was a good that was 823 01:18:06,22 --> 01:18:12,45 a very good discussion to get all the answers we wanted but I'm sure you recall 824 01:18:12,46 --> 01:18:12,61 heard 825 01:18:12,62 --> 01:18:19,84 a few things that she wasn't necessarily expecting to hear. Yet 826 01:18:19,85 --> 01:18:26,11 I was pleased that she took the time to go visit first six and she you know they 827 01:18:26,12 --> 01:18:28,10 were taking notice we brought up 828 01:18:28,11 --> 01:18:33,29 a few concerns on the other hand work was moving quite rapidly on the end of some 829 01:18:33,30 --> 01:18:38,26 of the I think they took each and every one of our concerns to heart. Behind the 830 01:18:38,27 --> 01:18:43,27 scenes they are doing more than appears on the surface and that was alluded to 831 01:18:43,28 --> 01:18:49,31 earlier you know. On the surface it's a lot of you know twenty six or I remain 832 01:18:49,32 --> 01:18:54,41 a member short of Oscar rarely a dissenting vote. So it's just seems 833 01:18:54,42 --> 01:18:57,53 a little being a perfunctory there but behind the scenes a lot 834 01:18:57,54 --> 01:19:02,11 a lot is going on and they really are advocating it was nice to see that the torch 835 01:19:02,12 --> 01:19:05,94 passed from the from our to to Nicole it was 836 01:19:05,95 --> 01:19:12,84 a very very seamless process. She had been has been there since. I came on board to 837 01:19:12,85 --> 01:19:14,17 go for a she has 838 01:19:14,18 --> 01:19:20,81 a lot of lot of years on experience and go respected and again there are strategic 839 01:19:21,62 --> 01:19:26,46 counsel very interesting great background and just it was real pleasure to be in 840 01:19:26,47 --> 01:19:31,61 the in the room with him and hear his side of how to proceed in dealing with sound 841 01:19:31,62 --> 01:19:36,35 just because I was just got was if you follow the news. Interesting interesting 842 01:19:36,36 --> 01:19:43,33 government something to say. Thank you. OK then finally I want 843 01:19:43,34 --> 01:19:49,15 to just keep. Those of you leave the one room. 844 01:19:51,86 --> 01:19:56,13 The stairs that we're going to send to send to draft environmental impact report. 845 01:19:57,74 --> 01:20:03,84 We decided it was in the member of the draft pretty much ready we decided that 846 01:20:04,70 --> 01:20:10,65 it had not sufficiently addressed the question of ground water the ground water 847 01:20:10,66 --> 01:20:17,63 valve which are our hydrology consultants balance hydrologic had 848 01:20:17,64 --> 01:20:23,26 raised on behalf of my tear water and Senator just Source of Love You know we we 849 01:20:23,27 --> 01:20:23,47 need 850 01:20:23,48 --> 01:20:28,41 a ground water technical know that addresses the question of whether our proposed 851 01:20:28,55 --> 01:20:35,41 project will affect the supply of groundwater available to one terror 852 01:20:36,27 --> 01:20:38,44 or more effect in 853 01:20:38,45 --> 01:20:43,81 a good way to help the Pillar Point marshals of being kind of those that he create 854 01:20:43,82 --> 01:20:50,28 your ear. So with great with great reluctance since films hydrologic says produced 855 01:20:50,29 --> 01:20:56,02 everything on the schedule of about three times the desired 856 01:20:56,71 --> 01:21:03,39 duration. We went back to balance we actually we actually tried to go to 857 01:21:03,40 --> 01:21:08,41 somebody else we tried to go to claim felt like folders don't never get studies for 858 01:21:08,42 --> 01:21:14,10 them or the county and the people that had authored the studies and KLINEFELTER 859 01:21:14,11 --> 01:21:21,01 have had moved on and my found the principal author 860 01:21:21,02 --> 01:21:26,25 of this KLINEFELTER study in his advice was stick with balance because you know 861 01:21:26,46 --> 01:21:29,88 take us so long to come in and figure this whole thing else entirely technical 862 01:21:30,04 --> 01:21:36,90 anyway so. That. I was on the phone. A couple of 863 01:21:36,91 --> 01:21:37,21 times 864 01:21:37,22 --> 01:21:40,44 a week with balance saying when you're going to have this report out there that 865 01:21:40,45 --> 01:21:41,10 continued for 866 01:21:41,11 --> 01:21:45,73 a month we got it on January twenty second expected we have it early December get 867 01:21:45,74 --> 01:21:51,72 on January twenty second as it is full of 868 01:21:52,58 --> 01:21:58,67 good technical information but it needed to be reformatted in order to present just 869 01:21:58,68 --> 01:22:03,96 the technical information we'd like your ministry to record and as with most of the 870 01:22:03,97 --> 01:22:10,33 said country proud are. Bringing to the air we're doing some 871 01:22:10,81 --> 01:22:16,96 significant strategic editing under the. Tutelage of our 872 01:22:17,78 --> 01:22:22,33 water rich attorney Ellen really so weird where the midst of that process we have 873 01:22:22,34 --> 01:22:27,67 another meeting scheduled the first of March and then the single engine to ready to 874 01:22:27,68 --> 01:22:34,55 issue I think the good news about the work that balance has done is that. There's 875 01:22:34,56 --> 01:22:41,34 no way that we can see that they will end up. On the other 876 01:22:41,35 --> 01:22:44,35 side of the table from a suspect witnesses and 877 01:22:44,36 --> 01:22:48,38 a challenge brought up by my terror water center district based on 878 01:22:48,39 --> 01:22:54,63 a water supply so so that's good and that was really. One of our primary 879 01:22:54,64 --> 01:22:59,49 motivations for going with balances was we didn't want you know we didn't want 880 01:22:59,50 --> 01:23:04,68 dueling technical experts these guys really are experts on the hydrology of terror 881 01:23:04,69 --> 01:23:07,60 mountain and they've been my terrorist consultants for 882 01:23:07,61 --> 01:23:14,59 a long time. And they don't know that despite their challenges 883 01:23:14,60 --> 01:23:17,45 we've had with them I think they've done they've done 884 01:23:17,46 --> 01:23:23,82 a good job and I think they're their own. Technically 885 01:23:23,86 --> 01:23:28,14 very festive you see you know they're very exacting and that's one of the reasons 886 01:23:28,15 --> 01:23:34,34 of these products have taken so long. To look at every aspect of the problem so 887 01:23:34,54 --> 01:23:39,97 that's a. That this this year has been 888 01:23:40,17 --> 01:23:45,10 a long time coming but we think we're getting we think we're getting close enough 889 01:23:45,23 --> 01:23:52,19 to see you know how we. Hope because of the challenges if any 890 01:23:55,06 --> 01:24:01,91 but. A time of limited water supplies of different. Local 891 01:24:01,92 --> 01:24:08,76 water sources and. We've got an excellent We have an excellent local 892 01:24:08,77 --> 01:24:12,59 water source and dentist and Sanderson to and through this entire process which is 893 01:24:12,60 --> 01:24:19,56 no extended over three years. There's never been appointed 894 01:24:19,57 --> 01:24:25,82 with which you know this as we've done to date we have collectively collected 895 01:24:25,83 --> 01:24:30,09 a lot of data. Of indicators this is 896 01:24:30,10 --> 01:24:33,72 a project we should. Pursue this is 897 01:24:33,73 --> 01:24:38,34 a project we should pursue soon that would be 898 01:24:38,35 --> 01:24:42,38 a move that would really benefit the district to develop the sender sente source 899 01:24:42,39 --> 01:24:49,31 that's what we're best to live in. And there's nothing to do nothing to that would 900 01:24:49,65 --> 01:24:55,26 give us pause in that regard so that's that's the part that I think the air what 901 01:24:55,27 --> 01:24:57,83 comes out. Of there are going to be 902 01:24:57,84 --> 01:25:04,39 a lot of issues fisheries issues water issues but ultimately I think would support 903 01:25:04,39 --> 01:25:11,30 . Our position that there was no water supply 904 01:25:11,31 --> 01:25:18,16 water. Available to us and that our diversions. You know more than 905 01:25:18,17 --> 01:25:22,78 virtually affect other public resources regencies 906 01:25:25,47 --> 01:25:31,45 depend on others more to come when that way there are 907 01:25:31,46 --> 01:25:36,16 a predictable Rector Michael some last time when he asked what I thought was going 908 01:25:36,17 --> 01:25:41,13 to be January but I'm here not to they're not saying they're not asking for one of 909 01:25:41,14 --> 01:25:47,64 the early you. Know Yeah but you 910 01:25:48,21 --> 01:25:53,22 know it's not like this. Well I think I would like to hear that after the stick. 911 01:25:56,27 --> 01:26:00,32 Figures to click away I'll send this is I've said all along this is 912 01:26:00,33 --> 01:26:07,03 a long term effort we started in India understand in nineteen seventy 913 01:26:07,12 --> 01:26:14,03 one seventy two but. We got what are right for me looking right now we got it 914 01:26:14,10 --> 01:26:19,94 in nineteen we applied and I think the team sixteen he got the wide range permit 915 01:26:19,95 --> 01:26:26,91 nine hundred sixteen so the current process for those this year has 916 01:26:27,62 --> 01:26:28,50 an extension 917 01:26:28,51 --> 01:26:36,38 a petition for extension of time that the original water rate could. Again 918 01:26:36,77 --> 01:26:41,87 should be should we be successful our time to perfect our water rights would be 919 01:26:41,88 --> 01:26:48,42 extended until December thirty first twenty sixteen which in two thousand and three 920 01:26:48,43 --> 01:26:50,30 when we applied for the extension seemed like 921 01:26:50,31 --> 01:26:55,31 a pretty. You know part of their time horizon now it started to look 922 01:26:55,32 --> 01:27:02,03 a little. Closer. Look for look forward we have 923 01:27:02,22 --> 01:27:02,97 Yeah we have 924 01:27:03,18 --> 01:27:08,36 a number of steps ahead of us before we actually be able to start construction of 925 01:27:08,37 --> 01:27:14,34 some of the features of the great ship including coastal development permits 926 01:27:15,10 --> 01:27:19,68 so these issues will be there of we can assume will be thoroughly vetted. 927 01:27:22,59 --> 01:27:28,74 A number of stages. Of input from the factory. 928 01:27:34,67 --> 01:27:40,77 And with that. Perspective these are bad news I don't know 929 01:27:41,71 --> 01:27:44,62 the easiest thing since then I actually got the report and saw 930 01:27:44,63 --> 01:27:51,61 a little good news. To show. Support of our position you know the story 931 01:27:51,62 --> 01:27:56,85 goes well I was going for it's about we're breaking progress Joe 932 01:27:58,06 --> 01:28:04,78 OK. Highlights of last March. We were able to force 933 01:28:05,22 --> 01:28:11,100 the entire our downtown Half Moon Bay Area. From 934 01:28:12,00 --> 01:28:18,43 Main Street at Highway one to main street of Highway one. With 935 01:28:19,00 --> 01:28:25,75 hardly any complaints. Of water quality concern or even 936 01:28:25,82 --> 01:28:27,03 pressure there will be Are there were 937 01:28:27,04 --> 01:28:32,28 a couple of low pressure complaints but that's to be expected when flushing but I 938 01:28:32,29 --> 01:28:35,60 was really pleased that we did not get any water quality complaints during the 939 01:28:35,61 --> 01:28:39,96 process and that's mainly because of the way we were using we were doing it which 940 01:28:40,52 --> 01:28:43,43 is quite efficient and the crews were were quite adept at. 941 01:28:47,52 --> 01:28:50,99 We got that just a Starbucks for one day in January for 942 01:28:51,00 --> 01:28:54,29 a couple days in January. We ran into 943 01:28:54,30 --> 01:29:00,54 a couple of little. Technical problems should be solved this week we should be up 944 01:29:00,55 --> 01:29:07,02 and running by the end of the week if not sooner. Than I was going to say 945 01:29:07,03 --> 01:29:12,54 Ave or I'm going out of tank two is coming along they did find some things as they 946 01:29:12,55 --> 01:29:17,60 always do. In the tank and it's 947 01:29:17,61 --> 01:29:22,94 a good thing they found it because the tank shell at the bottom where it's the 948 01:29:22,95 --> 01:29:28,61 chime was was weak it was very thin one when they were welding the chime on there 949 01:29:28,62 --> 01:29:34,58 it was blowing right through the wall I had that that's that could be catastrophic 950 01:29:34,58 --> 01:29:37,77 . So it's a good thing we found that and it's 951 01:29:37,78 --> 01:29:43,67 a good thing that we're fortifying that. Again there were some rafter issues these 952 01:29:43,68 --> 01:29:48,92 change orders are smaller or less than they were for the other things that we have 953 01:29:48,96 --> 01:29:55,80 done where we've encountered similar problems the avenue Cabrio project face to was 954 01:29:55,81 --> 01:30:02,68 complete. Much to the happiness of the neighbors. And if there's anything 955 01:30:02,69 --> 01:30:06,77 else in here. Like you read a report on or you have 956 01:30:06,78 --> 01:30:12,60 a great. God does that just him. 957 01:30:13,65 --> 01:30:20,11 Rant like hell use it where we're going to use of this week. The operational 958 01:30:20,30 --> 01:30:27,16 system for the context clarifiers is somewhat proprietary and. 959 01:30:28,43 --> 01:30:29,74 We now have 960 01:30:29,75 --> 01:30:35,75 a nexus. Between Robert's filter with the manufacturer of that and. 961 01:30:37,10 --> 01:30:41,69 Cal card so that Cal content now go into which we would lose our i 962 01:30:41,70 --> 01:30:47,83 t people that go in there. Repair the system or fix the glaciers without any any 963 01:30:47,84 --> 01:30:53,64 problems with the warranty because we just got that card today for you their. 964 01:30:54,79 --> 01:30:59,07 Guard up are going to run it at least four gallons per minute because if we really 965 01:30:59,08 --> 01:31:03,07 do this was the first significant rain you've had since we've brought 966 01:31:03,08 --> 01:31:04,98 a thing on line we tried the thing on 967 01:31:05,06 --> 01:31:10,40 a while ago so I. Really curious to see how much to Biddy that think it had all 968 01:31:10,41 --> 01:31:14,71 been going to handle as every time it is as we anticipated we're anxious to see 969 01:31:14,72 --> 01:31:20,33 that to the baby was high I know it was up to fifty and you're well retire for 970 01:31:20,34 --> 01:31:26,37 a brief moment Well now those of that period doesn't last that long it's that right 971 01:31:26,38 --> 01:31:31,62 now it's down within reason yet range and you know before January there just wasn't 972 01:31:31,63 --> 01:31:35,70 any water so yes I did I'm curious to see yes things run through 973 01:31:35,85 --> 01:31:41,17 a rain storm water came we jumped in to get to our formation armor we're getting it 974 01:31:41,18 --> 01:31:46,90 going. So annoying artists were exiting I don't know we really are about you folks 975 01:31:47,90 --> 01:31:53,88 very anxious myself to yell Thank you. Cards top priority. 976 01:31:55,52 --> 01:31:55,65 Get 977 01:31:55,66 --> 01:32:03,30 a good night our stories on top. To 978 01:32:03,31 --> 01:32:08,70 read over your requests for future wars. Question. 979 01:32:11,84 --> 01:32:18,76 For two weeks from the twenty. First Century twenty fifth writers 980 01:32:18,77 --> 01:32:25,59 twenty five years. And that still work out with the board. It was direction 981 01:32:25,60 --> 01:32:30,21 to schedule to board meetings for discussion of water shortage contingency planning 982 01:32:30,21 --> 01:32:37,07 . One on what was January twenty eighth. That could represent 983 01:32:37,08 --> 01:32:43,80 our fire adventure but provided that the board is still having 984 01:32:43,81 --> 01:32:49,74 that route planning work session. That's are still on our calendar. 985 01:32:51,33 --> 01:32:56,40 And that would be three o'clock. Three o'clock. When you are. 986 01:33:00,07 --> 01:33:05,43 Ready we should mention too and we should mention that since we're going to be 987 01:33:05,44 --> 01:33:11,91 moving in here over the weekend twenty second twenty third. And you won't be able 988 01:33:11,92 --> 01:33:17,36 to use the board room where we've arranged to use the board room the board room. 989 01:33:18,85 --> 01:33:24,47 Real Unified School District for the next six months or so to them to. 990 01:33:25,78 --> 01:33:32,59 Me. So they've been they've been very co-operative in making that 991 01:33:32,60 --> 01:33:39,10 arrangement for us but in that process we've come to appreciate how great it is to 992 01:33:39,11 --> 01:33:43,37 have our own board room. During the film lot of work to play 993 01:33:43,38 --> 01:33:47,86 a very. Neutral venue we don't want to use hotel rooms or anything. 994 01:33:51,63 --> 01:33:57,80 But so we will be willing. To give everybody. Will be meeting over there for school 995 01:33:57,80 --> 01:34:03,27 . Yes. 996 01:34:04,79 --> 01:34:05,02 We're 997 01:34:05,03 --> 01:34:11,98 a venue for figured out that. If you're black on the twenty fifth of 998 01:34:11,99 --> 01:34:18,63 the program. But you may be able to set up chairs over there are you. Right. 999 01:34:20,82 --> 01:34:22,37 The atmosphere in there has gotten 1000 01:34:22,38 --> 01:34:27,51 a lot better over the last couple of weeks. Back door but. 1001 01:34:29,22 --> 01:34:31,72 Nothing like it was. 1002 01:34:40,29 --> 01:34:40,49 Just. 1003 01:34:48,27 --> 01:34:53,10 Like you. Know through their fourth meeting.