WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.760 It is nine o'clock on Monday April 26th we have a quorum so we'll call to order the Public 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:17.860 Utilities Board of the City of Denton meeting to order the first item is public comments 00:00:17.860 --> 00:00:25.560 we did receive one public comment via email from Sherry Darby and according to our rules 00:00:25.560 --> 00:00:31.520 we don't actually read it but the Secretary will put it into the board minutes do we have 00:00:31.520 --> 00:00:38.320 anyone else waiting on the phone to make a comment this is Tyler Smith no you do not 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:44.160 have any other public comments all right thank you and we'll go into the regular meeting 00:00:44.160 --> 00:00:51.280 which the first item is consent agenda does anybody wish to pull any items from A through 00:00:51.280 --> 00:01:02.400 G yes madam chairman I would like to remove item A from the consent agenda okay any other 00:01:02.400 --> 00:01:18.040 B anyone else all right do we have a motion to approve item C through G so moved second 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:28.680 thank you all in favor say aye aye opposed item A so madam chairman members of the board 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:33.200 we have Chris Campbell here from the water department Chris one of our superintendents 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:37.440 he's going to walk through a short presentation and hopefully you know answer any questions 00:01:37.440 --> 00:01:43.440 that you have if not he'll give you time for a question answer if that Chris hey good morning 00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:48.600 everybody I'm gonna my name is Chris Campbell I'm the superintendent over capital projects 00:01:48.600 --> 00:02:06.400 for utilities and just bear with me here I'll share my screen okay I'm gonna walk us through 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:14.480 a brief presentation over the Hickory Creek lift station change order number two request 00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:18.540 project overview and scope original scope was to construct a new wastewater lift station 00:02:18.540 --> 00:02:24.120 an effort to replace and decommission the existing Hickory Creek lift station we have 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:29.600 had one change order for this project which was a monorail extension extension I'm sorry 00:02:29.600 --> 00:02:36.200 allowing more mobility when removing a pump from the lift station change order number 00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.960 two which is what we're here for today is improve a proposed bypass system by enhancing 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:51.520 redundancy a few manhole upgrades as well as some what well improvements the valve adjustments 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:57.240 schedule so our original schedule for this project was 270 days change order number one 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:03.440 excuse me added 21 days to the contract and change order number two will add 154 days 00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:08.640 to the contract the new lift station is set to be online actually operating at the end 00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:16.360 of next month which is May here's a kind of a brief overview of our budget for the for 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:21.920 the project original contract value you can see there we added change order number one 00:03:21.920 --> 00:03:27.360 and then change order number two is what we are bringing forth today with the project 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:33.080 total is these change orders combined are less than five percent of the original contract 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:40.520 value it's a recommendation consider recommending adoption of ordinance accepting the change 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:44.080 order of construction for the Hickory Creek lift station with Raymar construction in the 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:55.400 amount of 128 thousand 170 dollars and 68 cents and with that I'll open it up to questions 00:03:55.400 --> 00:04:03.040 any questions mr. Ryback go ahead yes thank you um I was curious about the scope as I 00:04:03.040 --> 00:04:14.640 looked at the exhibit for the information I noticed there were a number of changes valve 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:23.440 reconfiguration manhole cast in place it just occurred to me that it was a little bit odd 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:29.720 there were so many reconfigurations or modifications to the original design so I was wondering 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:35.560 Chris if you could just tell us a little bit about how we got to the place where we are 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:40.080 today where you're asking for the change order I'm not suggesting this is unreasonable I'm 00:04:40.080 --> 00:04:45.560 just curious how so many of these adjustments were made and we're just getting the change 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:51.080 order now so if you could address that I'd be very grateful yes sir absolutely yeah and 00:04:51.080 --> 00:04:56.200 you're you're 100% correct there are quite a few changes with this change order including 00:04:56.200 --> 00:05:01.560 those valve adjustments manhole adjustments throughout conversation with the the wastewater 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:06.240 superintendent the design engineer team on this project it's been brought to our attention 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:13.160 that when this project was designed quite a few years ago we were not thinking holistically 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:18.680 for the for the lift station site all the manholes that are involved actually the the 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:24.520 actual material that we're using for the manholes the you know this one is it is actually a 00:05:24.520 --> 00:05:31.480 one-off fiberglass manhole or I'm sorry lift station so yes sir that quite a few things 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:37.960 were put aside to try to save a few dollars that have been brought forth and we feel that 00:05:37.960 --> 00:05:43.640 with where we are with this project in the Hickory Creek Basin we feel it'd be imperative 00:05:43.640 --> 00:05:49.760 to to push forward and and provide the best product well I understand that I'm just curious 00:05:49.760 --> 00:05:56.080 you made the comment you were pushing said you were trying to make some value adjustments 00:05:56.080 --> 00:06:02.560 and yet the contract value has gone up so again just curious how we got to this place 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:07.080 I see there's some other questions so I'll let you answer let some other folks get a 00:06:07.080 --> 00:06:15.680 word in edgewise thank you thank you okay Billy go ahead thank you madam chair that 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:21.960 being said you have a hundred and twenty eight thousand dollar change order on this portion 00:06:21.960 --> 00:06:26.960 but you're adding a hundred and fifty four days that seems a little disproportionate 00:06:26.960 --> 00:06:31.440 days versus dollar amount it should I mean for 154 days if you would think you'd be a 00:06:31.440 --> 00:06:37.640 half a million dollars into it really easy yes sir I could speak to that briefly and 00:06:37.640 --> 00:06:42.360 really I think where we're gonna have add more days is the bypass for this we've we've 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:47.200 asked them because of lessons learned on some other lift station projects to change their 00:06:47.200 --> 00:06:52.640 means and methods with the bypass this is one of the largest stations in the wastewater 00:06:52.640 --> 00:06:59.700 system and their initial bypass was very similar to another project on Teasley and we felt 00:06:59.700 --> 00:07:05.320 that it was important to change their means and methods with the bypass shifting how they're 00:07:05.320 --> 00:07:11.020 going to go about performing the bypass adding a few additional taps so that's a big portion 00:07:11.020 --> 00:07:19.360 of it along with the manhole changes you know we change one of the manholes for example 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:26.800 we changed to a polymer manhole to better improve corrosion resistance of the manhole 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:32.880 which will improve of course the longevity of the manhole so is this more of a float 00:07:32.880 --> 00:07:39.080 in the schedule than it is actual work being performed for the days extended I believe 00:07:39.080 --> 00:07:45.500 so like we're waiting on redesign instead of actually out there doing work is that correct 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:52.600 we have added design days in there the design has been completed now and as far as the bypass 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:59.080 is concerned is along with the manholes as well so all the design has been completed 00:07:59.080 --> 00:08:05.440 and now now we've just got to perform the actual work pretend did you have a comment 00:08:05.440 --> 00:08:11.380 to make or I saw you brought your hand down yeah actually Chris touched on it good morning 00:08:11.380 --> 00:08:18.080 this pretendation deputy director water wastewater Chris did touch on the lessons learned I think 00:08:18.080 --> 00:08:24.260 one of the critical things that we've learned in the past few months just dealing with some 00:08:24.260 --> 00:08:32.760 other bypass issues is that we in moving forward we need to include the by actual bypass in 00:08:32.760 --> 00:08:39.280 our design so that we can define when things happen what happens because in the past we've 00:08:39.280 --> 00:08:45.780 left the contractor to define it and put it in place and just learning from what we know 00:08:45.780 --> 00:08:53.280 with what happened at easily with text on contractor we we had several days and weeks 00:08:53.280 --> 00:08:59.160 of our staff trying to figure things out and remedy it at the last minute instead of that 00:08:59.160 --> 00:09:04.120 we went back this one we really redesigned it and that's why this additional cost is 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:12.200 to make sure that we have ample amount of redundancy in the system so that the overflows 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:19.520 the fails never happen okay mr. Ryback you have another question yes I was just curious 00:09:19.520 --> 00:09:27.000 you have mentioned redesign and the dollar amount you're asking for is for construction 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:34.560 is there also a design amount is there a designer a separate consultant civil engineer involved 00:09:34.560 --> 00:09:40.200 so will there be another change order for them as well there is a design consultant 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:44.760 Hayes and Sawyer that's part of this project and we've actually brought their change order 00:09:44.760 --> 00:09:48.880 forth pre term actually presented that change order I don't remember the exact date but 00:09:48.880 --> 00:09:54.500 we have brought that for to PB and council okay so that's already been approved yes sir 00:09:54.500 --> 00:10:02.600 okay very good thank you thank you any other questions do we have a motion to approve item 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:13.960 A so moved thank you in a second oh Barbara's seconding all in favor say aye opposed motion 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:23.680 carries item B Barbara I just have a question I understand that we're we're going to deny 00:10:23.680 --> 00:10:33.040 that but tell me what a utility scale what utility scale solar energy is yes ma'am we 00:10:33.040 --> 00:10:39.600 have a think Terry Nolte's on on the line he can he can respond to that Terry yes good 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:51.560 morning chairman chair Parker and members the PUB Terry Nolte assistant GM at DME so utility 00:10:51.560 --> 00:10:58.260 scale solar it would be anything larger than a megawatt in size and as you're probably 00:10:58.260 --> 00:11:06.400 aware we have a number of contracts out there that are in excess of 75 megawatts of solar 00:11:06.400 --> 00:11:17.120 capacity this was actually an RFP that we issued in late 2019 with COVID we had a number 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:25.520 of discussions with potential bidders we narrowed it to two bidders and we went back to with 00:11:25.520 --> 00:11:35.400 our with our detailed contract the selected bidder delayed the start date for another 00:11:35.400 --> 00:11:45.340 year and increased their price and so we are rejecting this RFP or this bid and closing 00:11:45.340 --> 00:11:53.040 out this procurement because it's no longer the most cost effective incremental piece 00:11:53.040 --> 00:12:03.040 of solar generation for our portfolio we've also miss Russell we've also kind of changed 00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:11.480 our strategy a little bit as a result of the winter storm and we're going to be optimizing 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:17.560 several of our renewable energy contracts to try to make them more rateable and dependable 00:12:17.560 --> 00:12:33.880 you're on mute Susan and jumper mr. jumper go ahead yeah thank you so to kind of follow 00:12:33.880 --> 00:12:41.760 up that Terry's does that mean we're not like looking for other options at this point 00:12:41.760 --> 00:12:48.840 where instead what you just said kind of trying to leverage our current contracts yes sir 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:56.280 mr. jumper we will be trying to optimize the existing contracts we will more than likely 00:12:56.280 --> 00:13:05.720 later this year issue a new RFP for some form of renewable whether it's coastal wind or 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:11.840 additional solar at this point our portfolio is pretty full up in terms of our ability 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:17.160 to meet our hundred percent renewable objectives with the contracts that we currently have 00:13:17.160 --> 00:13:27.900 in place so unless we see a significant uptick in in demand load growth within the system 00:13:27.900 --> 00:13:35.700 we should be in pretty good shape for at least another year and a half or two years other 00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:48.460 questions do we have a motion to approve mr. Russell proved second Karen to Vinnie all 00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:58.200 in favor say aye aye carried next is consider the approval of the April 12 2021 minutes 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:10.560 does anyone have any changes seeing none do we have a motion to approve the minutes mr. 00:14:10.560 --> 00:14:19.500 cheek moved approval mr. Russell seconded all in favor say aye aye opposed okay next 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:24.720 is management reports madam chair and members of the pub so we have a couple items for you 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:32.480 the first item is a contract extension notification this is a change in our lock box with Wells 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:37.720 Fargo I don't know if if Krista or Ryan are on the phone but if anyone has any questions 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:44.640 we'll be happy to answer any questions regarding that item is the board member have a question 00:14:44.640 --> 00:14:53.280 all right okay the the next item is just a follow-up memo regarding the minutes I know 00:14:53.280 --> 00:14:57.520 we had previously sent a memo to the PB but there were still some additional questions 00:14:57.520 --> 00:15:03.400 and just want to see if if I'm if the memo that I sent you made made the item clear for 00:15:03.400 --> 00:15:07.720 you I know that recently the council adopted a new boarding commission handbook and that 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:12.080 should have that should have gone to you already and if it hasn't please let me know and I'm 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:16.340 happy to send that to you but I think the bottom line is that the minutes are the official 00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:22.660 record of of the city and and they are in in the format that's dictated by the city 00:15:22.660 --> 00:15:26.840 secretary's office to the city council and so it's not those minutes are not intended 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:31.960 to be verbatim and so it just gives you kind of a sense of what the agenda item was what 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:37.040 the vote was and then obviously then the video becomes kind of the the detailed record of 00:15:37.040 --> 00:15:41.520 what the discussion was but again I hope that was clear for you if not I'll be happy to 00:15:41.520 --> 00:15:50.520 answer any questions on that item go ahead um thanks Tony so the the letter that was 00:15:50.520 --> 00:15:55.620 in our item details for the agenda item didn't have the attachment which was the memo I wonder 00:15:55.620 --> 00:16:00.400 if you could resend that I mean it probably is redundant but I've never I haven't seen 00:16:00.400 --> 00:16:07.400 the actual memo yet okay yeah we we can get that back out to you okay yes ma'am thanks 00:16:07.400 --> 00:16:16.040 okay um the next item is on um before we move on madam chairman I have a question oh I'm 00:16:16.040 --> 00:16:23.600 sorry I didn't see you sorry okay uh Tony I was curious um these recordings are the 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:30.880 actual verbatim um minutes if you will of our meetings how long are those retained um 00:16:30.880 --> 00:16:35.400 my understanding is they were they're retained indefinitely okay so there's no like in a 00:16:35.400 --> 00:16:41.920 year or two they expire and are deleted correct that's that's again my understanding uh Katherine 00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:46.760 I don't know if if you know any different um now if there's a change in the state retention 00:16:46.760 --> 00:16:52.880 guidelines and that may have they certainly have an impact on on the retention of those 00:16:52.880 --> 00:16:57.760 I'm just curious because video takes a lot of memory and if you're recording all of these 00:16:57.760 --> 00:17:04.680 various and sundry uh board meetings in addition to city council and so forth um I don't assume 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:08.400 the IT folks will eventually want to get rid of it so I was just curious if there was a 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:16.880 time frame um yeah no no time frame that I'm aware of okay thank you yes sir all right 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:23.240 I think now we can move on okay so for uh future agenda items um obviously today we'll 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:27.280 we'll be having discussion with you with our finance team on on budget priorities again 00:17:27.280 --> 00:17:32.000 that was a um a request that we had gotten in a meeting with the chair and the vice chair 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:37.440 and city management team and so we hope you find that discussion um good for you and and 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.840 certainly we're looking forward to to your thoughts on on the budget going forward and 00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:46.320 then um after that there'll be a number of discussions that will be coming to you related 00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:54.000 to the utility rates and budgets uh in conjunction with the you know 21 22 uh fiscal year um and 00:17:54.000 --> 00:18:00.480 just especially for those that are new um that budget is due to the council on july 31st 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:06.080 right and so uh usually right after the first part of the first week in august is when the 00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:10.240 the proposed budget is presented to the city council and obviously that'll come with the 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:15.360 recommendations from the pub so that's that's kind of the end the end game for for the pub 00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:20.160 as we're trying to get get to that deadline and and uh and certainly we'll be coming to you and 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:27.360 and and seeking your direction on on rates and the proposed budgets uh and capital budgets um uh for 00:18:27.360 --> 00:18:34.800 for fiscal year 21 22 so uh with that if there's any any other item that that you want to see on the 00:18:34.800 --> 00:18:39.280 on the future agendas or if any questions on these items i'll be happy to answer any questions on that 00:18:39.280 --> 00:18:48.880 any questions um madam chairwoman i have a question sorry barbara i was just curious so 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:55.920 this uh budget will we be having some kind of uh work review session to go over the budget in more 00:18:55.920 --> 00:19:02.960 detail yes sir um you'll you'll get you'll get um line item budgets you get very detailed um 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:08.880 information on each of the utilities budgets and rates um and they'll be coming to you um here 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:15.040 pretty quick okay so in the next month and a half or two months we'll be seeing those then yes sir 00:19:15.040 --> 00:19:21.200 so so don't plan on any vacations um you're ours for the next two months well thanks for the heads 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:33.040 up thank you madam chairman um miss rascal did you have a question yes yes barbara has a question 00:19:33.040 --> 00:19:40.560 barbara you like barbara better i do too yes i did um you said something about a handbook or 00:19:40.560 --> 00:19:46.240 something we should have gotten or we got how how would that have been received i don't recall 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:52.240 seeing it it should have it should have been an email to you uh barbara um it was the handbook 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:56.560 on for the boards and commissions uh the council did make some updates to that and it should have 00:19:56.560 --> 00:20:03.600 been emailed to you uh i think on friday came from rosa rios yes from rosa rio she's the city 00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:10.480 secretary correct so if you didn't get that give me a call or send me an email and we'll get that 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:21.440 back out to you okay okay so the the last item is the uh just the new business items um you know 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:27.200 we've obviously worked through uh the listing that we had uh we still have a pending item from solid 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:34.240 waste that'll be coming to you uh here pretty quick um and then um you know the uh there was a 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:40.960 question um this was a question that originally came from from mr soph and uh we think that um as 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:46.640 part of the budget we'll be able to to try to address that question um and then finally you know 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:50.960 the the question on the minutes and that was that was resolved today and karen i'll make sure we'll 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:57.120 get that memo and attachment to you um before the end of the day so if there's any other uh items 00:20:57.120 --> 00:21:02.400 that you'd like to add to this list we're happy to um to hear you guys out that's all i have miss 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:13.200 miss parker okay i'd like to uh see what the routine is for replacing water meters and uh are 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:19.520 we mostly now when we replace an electric meter we're going to the smart meters uh just i know 00:21:19.520 --> 00:21:27.360 there's a regular time limit that you have for replacing water meters in the city and and and 00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:35.600 how far are we along in replacing the electric meters with smart meters if we could know about 00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:41.200 that next time yeah that's that's that's a good question um yeah we can certainly uh come back 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:47.280 and and provide you some more context that where we are currently um going through a study on 00:21:47.280 --> 00:21:52.000 looking at um automating our water meters and certainly uh their replacement schedule which is 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:56.720 about a 10-year replacement schedule will be part of that analysis uh certainly there'll be a 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:02.960 financial impact but we can certainly get that to you uh that study will also look um at our am 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:09.920 current ami system for for electric um and um i can tell you we currently have about a dozen 00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:17.280 non ami meters out there on the electric side um and and those folks are just um you know folks 00:22:17.280 --> 00:22:22.560 that still not comfortable with as as those residents um vacate then we did we are planning 00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:28.320 us to convert those uh to ami uh but um but that analysis that we're doing on the water side will 00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:33.920 also encompass uh the electric side and so once that study um is ready we'll we'll be able to 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:38.720 respond to and provide you the context that you need as barbara if that's okay with you thank you 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:48.480 very much yes ma'am okay then we'll move on to the work session so the first item is to receive 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:54.160 a report hold a discussion and give staff direction regarding solid waste department 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:58.720 services assistance program formerly known as porch collections program 00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:08.480 so uh we have um eugene mckinney um he's um he's coming up right now and and get settled in the 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:22.720 staff computer and and get his presentation up so morning everyone hey eugene 00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:34.720 mckinney 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.720 oh 00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:34.720 so 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:50.720 we're almost there just give us one more second eugene likes to make a grand entrance 00:24:50.720 --> 00:25:00.480 well you could have always given us the standby due to technical difficulties that would have 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:17.520 been a good one i wish i could but no it's just eugene 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:39.520 so 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:09.520 so 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:39.520 so 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:09.520 so 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:39.520 so 00:27:39.520 --> 00:27:53.520 we're almost there there he is 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:09.520 so 00:28:09.520 --> 00:28:23.520 okay presentation yeah but i think you 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:32.720 not sure okay sure 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:40.640 i think we're ready sorry for the delays 00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:53.120 so good morning sorry for the delays 00:28:56.320 --> 00:29:04.160 madam chairwoman morning board members and everyone in attendance my name is eugene mckinney i'm the 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:10.400 deputy director with solid waste and recycling department and i'm here this morning to talk about 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:17.360 our porch collection program as well as some improvements where are we are suggesting 00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:23.760 so what is our porch collection program it's a program that allows 00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:33.120 our customers assistance with getting their carts to the curb on their collection day how does it work 00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:41.440 the customer contacts customer service requesting the service customer service 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:48.080 contact solid waste typically a field service supervisor or crew leader goes out to the location 00:29:48.800 --> 00:29:55.840 they approve the service they locate the container and they communicate that back to the operator 00:29:55.840 --> 00:30:05.120 at that time a yellow lid is placed on the bin on the service day the driver operator identifies 00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:14.160 the bin visually at that time once it's identified the cart is serviced manually the driver typically 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:18.720 gets out of the vehicle goes and gets the can brings it back to the truck tips it with an 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:26.080 automated arm and that collection is complete so here's what our drivers see they see when they 00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:32.080 pull up they see a container with the yellow lid what we'd like to do and we'd like to rebrand 00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:40.400 the program and move away from porch collection to service assistance program this will do a few 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:45.760 things for us it'll increase customer privacy by removing those green lids out of the community 00:30:45.760 --> 00:30:53.520 that way everyone will have a standard color lid it strengthens by installing an application process 00:30:53.520 --> 00:31:00.240 it increases our application process to ensure eligibility it allows for an auditing of records 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:07.440 that way everything is stored electronically we'll run this program through our Rubicon system 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:13.280 decrease in administrative time the times that we actually touch paperwork you'll see here an 00:31:13.280 --> 00:31:19.520 application this application will work through customer service and customer service will work 00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:27.120 closely with us as far as the paperwork and notifying so part a of this application is the 00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:33.360 customer's information part b is the doctor the physician importantly more importantly part b 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:41.440 where the doctor determines if this eligibility is permanent or temporary part c is more terms and 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:47.200 conditions of the program we put a lot of emphasis on the customer changing locations 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:53.520 because we don't have a process in place now where if they go online and do it electronically 00:31:53.520 --> 00:31:57.760 the system may not notify this system may not identify that they're a porch collection 00:31:57.760 --> 00:32:03.600 uh customer and they may some service gaps may happen so if when the customer calls and lets 00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:08.640 customer service know they're moving they'll let solid waste know immediately and we'll take care 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:15.680 of the change again our recommendations we want to rename the program from solids to solid waste 00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:21.120 services citizens program we want to update a application process to require adopters validation 00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:27.600 for eligibility currently our departmental leaders crew leader supervisor going out and they're just 00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:32.720 determining where the container should sit there's no eligibility to really determine in this process 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:37.120 in the current process all the other layers will be removed so we'll have a uniform color list 00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:42.800 throughout the community as well the most important thing will allow our new rubicon smart city 00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:48.320 application to alert our operators when they come up on the stop so what you'll see is what the 00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:53.120 driver's operators will see on their screen when they approach one of these stops they'll see the 00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:59.040 customer's name and address which we have blotted out here as well there'll be an ambient alert 00:32:59.040 --> 00:33:04.640 100 to 150 feet away from the house so when they start approaching the house there'll be an alert 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:10.080 that alert is going to stay on until that customer is serviced and is manually turned off 00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:16.080 so again no more yellow lives it's an ambient alarm plus the the operator is visually alerted 00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:17.840 when we come across one of these stops 00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:23.520 questions comments your feedback is welcome 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:38.400 questions yes lee go ahead oh thank you ma'am uh i'm curious um the program previously had 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:44.960 uh no requirement for identification that the person had an issue with getting their 00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:50.480 can to the curb did i understand that correctly yes yes sir you are you are correct there was 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:56.000 just a phone call and the representative went out and basically determined where the container 00:33:56.000 --> 00:34:01.600 should sit but there was no eligibility who should who should receive and the most important one of 00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:06.400 the most important uh facets of this new our recommendation is we want to take that out of 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:13.440 our hands determining eligibility okay well you're still determining eligibility but just based on 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:18.480 some criteria from the third party correct yes it'll be their doctor their physician 00:34:19.040 --> 00:34:23.760 determining eligibility based on their medical conditions what if they're just 00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:31.600 pretty much elderly you know 90 years old can't get to the curb very easily is is that something 00:34:31.600 --> 00:34:39.200 that they can also have this assistance program for on the surface i'll say yes because if there's an 00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:44.160 opportunity for tripping fall easily slipping fall and things like that that doctor can make 00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:49.520 that assessment as well and there's um there's even on the application whether it's permanent 00:34:49.520 --> 00:34:55.680 or it's temporary okay um you know but more importantly those opportunities that create 00:34:55.680 --> 00:35:00.160 you know and it's confidential won't be disclosed to solid waste what that is it'll just be the 00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:05.840 physician saying yes or no they meet the criteria for the program well and i do like going away from 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:15.120 the uh yellow lid i it can be dangerous to identify that someone and madam chair 00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:22.960 madam chair i don't know if if if um bg mentioned it but this did go through the committee on um 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:28.000 disabilities and so so that did go there first so that's coming with their recommendations 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:32.960 yes but anyways i just want to make sure that that was communicated yeah thank you thank you 00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:38.400 thank you tony we we did um march the 19th and they they love the fact that there's a formal 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:43.680 application process now so that way it's not just being given to everyone as well as the yellow 00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:52.960 lids are being removed from the community to kind of reduce some threats billy go ahead so uh i 00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:59.520 appreciate the process change um so what the picture that you saw was just one circumstance i 00:35:59.520 --> 00:36:05.600 realized that but it was out in front of their home so you run into a dual or a catch 22 there 00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:12.800 because they're supposed to be not visible from the street until beginning in the end of trash day 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:22.640 uh is there some sort of uh waiver or something for people who can't get them back and forth 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:31.040 um so i heard part of it you said the container shouldn't be visible from the street right well i 00:36:31.040 --> 00:36:35.280 didn't say that i'm sorry i'm trying to understand what you're saying i said that but what i'm saying 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:41.120 is that's the city's rules right is it except for on the beginning and the end of trash day 00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:47.520 they shouldn't be visible from the street right okay i'm sorry so with the new program their 00:36:47.520 --> 00:36:53.520 address is locked into the system so even if it's on the side of the house or somewhere else as long 00:36:53.520 --> 00:36:58.480 as there we have a party application process they have to allow us permission to enter the property 00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:05.040 on that said day so it doesn't have to be visible as long as this we have access to it that system 00:37:05.040 --> 00:37:11.040 is still going to alert us that this is a house that requires this this service yeah my concern 00:37:11.040 --> 00:37:16.480 would be like trash days tuesday and that trash cans out there on wednesday is that going to create 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:23.200 some sort of code violation no sir so once we service the container if it's in the yard behind 00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:27.760 the fence we'll replace it we'll take it right back to where we got it from so those customers 00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:31.600 at least through this process you won't have to worry about a container being left out overnight 00:37:31.600 --> 00:37:37.680 or visible beyond the service day okay thank you yeah billy i think i think billy the only the only 00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:43.680 thing that may be out there and obviously that's not the city's role would be in the hoa so certain 00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:48.720 hoa's have certain rules and so those those that are governed separately from from the city so 00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:55.920 certainly yeah then go ahead thank you okay i got a couple of things um so it sounds like 00:37:55.920 --> 00:38:01.600 we're mostly just reorganizing an existing program rebranding maybe automating some things 00:38:01.600 --> 00:38:10.000 electrifying uh is that correct yes we like to call it a program enhancement okay uh so is there 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:16.960 any additional costs that come along with that no additional costs okay uh so then uh from an 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:22.800 operational standpoint um the uh was it the rubicon system that alerts the driver is that what you were 00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:31.120 saying yes so if if for example two houses next door to each other require this service uh does 00:38:31.120 --> 00:38:36.800 this just kind of stack the alerts or how do they manage multiple alerts in the same area if it's 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:41.920 you know 100 150 feet out right we we just had this conversation this morning just fine and 00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:46.560 tuning because rubicon is actually is actually improving it's a process improvement every day 00:38:46.560 --> 00:38:53.840 for we're finding out new things so the conversation of stacked um customers so it'll stack it'll stack 00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:57.440 it in the system so what you'll see is you'll hear that ambient alert and there'll be a green 00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:03.040 dot that flashes as well as another address will come up so it's insurability that that customer 00:39:03.040 --> 00:39:11.520 will be serviced and the range it typically you know 150 to 200 feet and once you pass the house 00:39:11.520 --> 00:39:15.520 we have to manually there's a green dot that stays illuminated and we have manually turn it off once 00:39:15.520 --> 00:39:21.040 we pass the house so with the drivers when you know of course they're sneeze out there they know 00:39:21.040 --> 00:39:25.840 their routes their managers of the communities they know what they're doing so they are quick 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:31.520 to turn their ambient alarm off or the light off so that doesn't happen so they don't have stack 00:39:31.520 --> 00:39:39.120 sort of don't create a confusion so but to answer your question yeah um we'll no customer in this 00:39:39.120 --> 00:39:52.320 situation will be left behind you're on mute again well they're washing my windows i'm trying 00:39:52.320 --> 00:40:02.320 not to have the noise in the background um and you have what you need from us Eugene yes okay all 00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:08.960 right thank you all you know actually i guess i can bring it up under concluding items 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:15.280 it might be nice to see the Rubicon system in a work session because it's fairly new to us 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:24.320 correct yeah it's fairly new and we do start we we plan to start our presentations early June 00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:32.320 okay we do so you will see this in its most updated version again it's a process improvement 00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:36.800 they are showing us new things every day with the capabilities of the system right now 00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:42.480 seeing are wonderful so early June we'll start rolling out our presentation processes through 00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:50.320 the different boarding committees so it's coming wonderful yeah so Susan I just just want to make 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:55.040 sure that I didn't hear any opposition so I'm assuming that everybody's good just proceeding 00:40:55.040 --> 00:41:03.040 with these changes okay very good thank you thank you thank you all right next item thank you Mr. 00:41:03.040 --> 00:41:08.560 McKinney receive a report and hold a discussion and give staff direction on priorities for the 00:41:08.560 --> 00:41:14.320 fiscal year 2021 2022 electric water wastewater and solid waste budgets 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:20.720 good morning pb members chair nick vinson assistant director of finance give me a 00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:22.160 second i'll pull the presentation out 00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:35.680 take my glasses off they're a little fogged up this morning 00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:47.680 all right 00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:53.920 and so as I said I'm nick vinson assistant director of finance and this is a joint 00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:58.640 presentation I'll run through the first six slides and then turn it over to the directors 00:41:58.640 --> 00:42:03.120 to cover their priorities with you for this upcoming budget cycle a couple things before 00:42:03.120 --> 00:42:09.200 we get started we are encouraging the pb members to ask questions give us feedback regarding the 00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:15.120 priorities you want to see included in this 22 budget these are staffs recommendations it doesn't 00:42:15.120 --> 00:42:19.360 mean these can't change based on your feedback but we definitely want to have that dialogue with you 00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:28.400 and discuss them so the objective of the presentation is really to look at the budget 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:32.240 cycle and the current priorities that are identified by the staff members mostly the 00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:37.840 directors from the departments give us any feedback of what you think of those anything 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:42.480 new you'd like to see in the budget we'll be happy to bring that back forward to you during 00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:47.280 the budget discussions so each of the utilities will present today electric water wastewater and 00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:55.440 solid waste and then we'll talk about those next steps so what we want to do for several of the new 00:42:55.440 --> 00:43:03.120 pb members is really just show you what the budget process is made up of and when it starts and when 00:43:03.120 --> 00:43:08.720 it goes through and so the city's fiscal year runs from october 1st to september 30th budget 00:43:08.720 --> 00:43:12.960 discussions really start in march you can see over here to your left we have that budget kickoff 00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:18.240 and then march and may is where we're currently at we're looking at that budget development and 00:43:18.240 --> 00:43:23.040 planning and then we get in june and july and talking about the city council budget presentations 00:43:23.040 --> 00:43:28.160 august we have that city council budget workshop that tony had mentioned earlier 00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:32.880 that's usually the first tuesday of august but then september we have our public hearings for 00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:37.920 the tax rate in the budget prior to city council adoption and then towards the end of september the 00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:43.040 city council does adopt the budget so several steps and several conversations to come forward 00:43:43.040 --> 00:43:50.160 to the pb in the coming months a city council priorities the city council did meet about a month 00:43:50.160 --> 00:43:55.200 and a half ago to talk about priorities to be included in the fiscal year 2022 budget and these 00:43:55.200 --> 00:44:00.640 are them you can see anything from implementing an economic development strategic plan to renovating 00:44:00.640 --> 00:44:07.760 the loop 28 building completing the mobility plan and then funding for city hall west improvements 00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:11.440 and then improving that capital improvement project communication around the city 00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:16.640 so several priorities that they have established with their 22 budget process 00:44:16.640 --> 00:44:23.440 a budget term so we just want to give some basic terms and that you will hear throughout the 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:30.240 budgeting process and you may hear today so prior to today's meeting the finance department has been 00:44:30.240 --> 00:44:35.040 working with departments to develop a baseline budget and a baseline budget simply means the 00:44:35.040 --> 00:44:40.960 fiscal year 2021 budget roll forward so taking that budget that was adopted by both the pb and 00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:46.560 city council and rolling it forward to the next fiscal year in doing that what we do is remove 00:44:46.560 --> 00:44:52.400 any one-time expenses associated with supplemental packages from the prior year so those come out of 00:44:52.400 --> 00:45:00.000 that baseline budget we do look at lot cost that have been updated so you know transfers to the 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:05.520 general fund technology services of inner fund transfers those are the ones we look at we do lock 00:45:05.520 --> 00:45:10.560 those now for departments and baseline adjustments what these are these are increases to the baseline 00:45:10.560 --> 00:45:16.880 budget and these could be example is office supplies increasing from 500 to 1500 would be 00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:22.480 an example of the baseline adjustment uh covid reinstatements if you do remember during the 00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:27.200 presentation we had last week and several department didn't make operational decreases 00:45:27.200 --> 00:45:32.000 in response to the covid pandemic so departments do have an opportunity this year to get those 00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:36.880 items reinstated and they are being submitted separately for the city management team to look 00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:42.960 at as part of the budgeting process um something little request um we usually consider these new 00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:47.440 initiatives that could be new personnel for a department it could be a new vehicle for a 00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:52.080 department or it could be a new software program as an example as mentioned down there below 00:45:52.080 --> 00:46:01.280 so some major data before you move on this is lee i have a just brief question so when you say the 00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:07.920 baseline budget is rolled forward so each department does not start a budget from scratch 00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:13.680 they take last year's budget it becomes this year's budget and then it's merely reworked 00:46:13.680 --> 00:46:19.200 for the current year did i understand that correctly that is correct mr rabak the previous 00:46:19.200 --> 00:46:24.160 budget is rolled forward um to the next year that is correct absolutely thank you 00:46:24.160 --> 00:46:30.560 um and one other thing about that mr rabak just to point out you know 00:46:30.560 --> 00:46:35.200 there's several reasons for that some of them be in detail so each department does a great job 00:46:35.200 --> 00:46:40.000 providing detail how that budget was developed as people continue to promote around the city or 00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:45.600 move to new positions the next person coming into that role can pick up and where they left off so 00:46:45.600 --> 00:46:51.440 and definitely benefit to be had in that but that is the reason for that um so a couple important 00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:57.040 dates that are coming up departments do submit the baseline adjustments um in april so we did 00:46:57.040 --> 00:47:02.160 recently receive those from departments the finance team is currently working with departments to go 00:47:02.160 --> 00:47:08.160 through them and clean them up and really get them in a presentable format for the city management 00:47:08.160 --> 00:47:15.200 team we start those internal budget review and discussions in may of this year so actually here 00:47:15.200 --> 00:47:19.680 in a few days we'll start meeting with the cmo team to talk about those budgets that were submitted 00:47:19.680 --> 00:47:25.920 prior to coming to pub and city council and then in june and july those are the presentations to 00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:31.680 both the pub and city council and then of course we'll incorporate any feedback you give us today 00:47:31.680 --> 00:47:36.640 for those future meetings into this budget and then of course the adoption in september 00:47:36.640 --> 00:47:41.920 about the city council pb adoption of the budget usually late august or early september 00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:48.400 of a city council usually be in mid to late september stay dick i hate to stop you again 00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:54.960 but what's the cmo uh the city management office city management office okay great thank you city 00:47:54.960 --> 00:48:04.160 manager and assistant city managers and then what i'll do i believe um tony puente is going to walk 00:48:04.160 --> 00:48:08.480 through the dme slide so i'll turn it over to him any questions for me 00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:19.600 all right so um just to cover the slide obviously some of these items are items that 00:48:19.600 --> 00:48:26.400 should not be new to you obviously um the first couple um you know we did discuss with you um 00:48:26.400 --> 00:48:30.640 when we came and talked with you about the impact of of winter storm uri 00:48:30.640 --> 00:48:32.640 nick can you go back one slide 00:48:32.640 --> 00:48:40.480 all right so uh again you know what weatherization um at at the denner energy center is something 00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:45.600 that that we're certainly looking at um actively along with looking at our fuel supply 00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:51.280 if you recall we do have currently one gas supplier but we are looking at various options 00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:58.880 that that could include some diversification in our fuel supply out there at the dinner center 00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:06.560 and then certainly the second item as you know you know there's still ongoing discussions in austin 00:49:06.560 --> 00:49:13.920 and we're actively engaged with our local delegation as well as various other parties 00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:21.440 at at the capital through our lobbyist focus advocacy and our participation in uh tppa which 00:49:21.440 --> 00:49:27.840 is the texas public power association comprised of over 70 municipal owned utilities and so we're 00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:34.320 certainly active um and participating in those and and at this point there's really not been a whole 00:49:34.320 --> 00:49:39.760 lot of movement uh the time is clicking on the legislature uh but um you know we're certainly 00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:45.760 you know keeping in tune with the with the various bills that are out there um the the next item um 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:51.200 you know the then renewable resource plan was adopted a few years ago um it's it's a little 00:49:51.200 --> 00:49:57.360 stale it's a little dated uh there there are some you know uh definitional issues within that plan 00:49:57.360 --> 00:50:03.200 that we'd like to come back and do some cleanup um for you and then and then have a discussion 00:50:03.200 --> 00:50:10.000 discussion with you uh don't anticipate major deviations from from the plan of you know certainly 00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:14.880 not the hundred percent renewable goal uh but certainly we'll we'll come back to to the pub 00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:19.520 and have that discussion we already talked to you a little bit about you know some restructuring on 00:50:19.520 --> 00:50:24.880 some of our renewable uh contracts and how we take those forward so that's really trying to encompass 00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:31.440 all of those issues within within this bullet item another major uh project and this is this 00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:37.600 is very project specific that we wanted to just bring to you is uh you know we had direction from 00:50:37.600 --> 00:50:43.520 the council a few years back to pursue a gas insulated substation uh to replace our current 00:50:43.520 --> 00:50:48.640 hickory substation and so that's a pretty important project for us it's about a little bit over 20 00:50:48.640 --> 00:50:56.000 million dollar project uh that's already ongoing uh related to that is also uh this transmission 00:50:56.000 --> 00:51:01.280 line that basically cuts right through the unt campus and so very important to the university 00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:06.560 internally the overall uh community and so we felt that this is a major project that we felt 00:51:06.560 --> 00:51:13.040 uh we'd like to recommend as a priority for you uh going forward uh and as you know we've we uh did 00:51:13.040 --> 00:51:20.720 abandon the eagle substation project um and so uh so that was a a major change uh that then created 00:51:20.720 --> 00:51:26.160 um uh the need for us to do a little bit of redesign on the hickory gis substation to 00:51:26.160 --> 00:51:31.360 to serve unt's load from that station rather than what was originally contemplated at the 00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:38.320 eagle substation and just just uh for your curiosity the eagle uh substation was also 00:51:38.320 --> 00:51:43.760 intended to be a gas insulated substation um and that differentiates from the air insulated gas 00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:48.640 stations which is uh um substations which is what we normally see out there with the 00:51:48.640 --> 00:51:54.000 you know big walls or big uh chain lead fences um you know these are more um these are housed 00:51:54.000 --> 00:52:00.240 inside so these large building structures that that you would see um the next item and and this 00:52:00.240 --> 00:52:05.440 item really came from the council's uh priorities and it was really we were asked to do an informal 00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:10.160 staff report so we felt that we needed to duplicate that here and that's really just to look at uh 00:52:10.160 --> 00:52:16.400 undergrounding um some electric lines across the city and our jerry fildler in our engineering 00:52:16.400 --> 00:52:21.120 department is is looking at that he's come up with a pretty good uh you know what i feel pretty good 00:52:21.120 --> 00:52:26.960 solid methodology of how how he's narrowed down the various corridors and uh so once we have that 00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:31.280 we will our plan is to then send that informal staff report to both the the city council and 00:52:31.280 --> 00:52:41.040 also the pub um yes billy um i know we've been looking at that enclosed substation for years 00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:47.200 um did we i guess did they finalize the design is it gonna look like the beer barn or 00:52:47.200 --> 00:52:56.080 is it gonna look like what the beer barn no no um you know if you recall billy we we worked really 00:52:56.080 --> 00:53:01.840 closely with that with with that neighborhood um we went through a variety of different designs 00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:06.480 and so it's gonna be uh you know in keeping with the uh with the design with you know with the 00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:12.720 design kind of um that that fits that neighborhood uh certainly the wall was a major component and 00:53:12.720 --> 00:53:17.920 so we're cognizant of that as well so we've not deviated from that what we have deviated 00:53:17.920 --> 00:53:23.600 a little bit is that rather than piecemeal that project like we've done various other projects 00:53:23.600 --> 00:53:28.800 we're going to basically do a design build um on that project and so we're we are working through 00:53:28.800 --> 00:53:34.480 that now with our procurement and legal department but uh uh again um i i think the neighborhood will 00:53:34.480 --> 00:53:41.600 be pleased with with that project okay thank you go ahead Barbara hi tony is this the one on uh 00:53:41.600 --> 00:53:49.600 bernard and hickory um no ma'am it's it's actually um between uh hickory and oak and and bonnie bray 00:53:49.600 --> 00:53:57.520 um bonnie bray wasn't yeah several years ago we had a a citizens committee meet and they came up 00:53:57.520 --> 00:54:07.280 with some suggestions and so now you're saying that that's going to change no no ma'am the the 00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:14.080 the design is still unchanged um it's how we how we're going to procure and construct the facility 00:54:14.080 --> 00:54:20.400 rather than do separate contracts uh we're going to do a single uh design build contract where you 00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:25.680 have a engineering firm that comes in and they handle all you know from nuts to bolts on on that 00:54:25.680 --> 00:54:30.640 facility uh we think that there will be some some cost savings uh the one that you're referencing 00:54:30.640 --> 00:54:36.640 is actually and i believe is bernard i think it's the corner of eagle and bernard um that that 00:54:36.640 --> 00:54:41.440 substation there we did abandon that we that that substation is not going to be needed for probably 00:54:41.440 --> 00:54:48.800 another 30 years uh we have uh retained that property and um and ultimately there will be a 00:54:48.800 --> 00:54:55.600 substation there but that'll be very much into the future so yeah would it be helpful to bring 00:54:55.680 --> 00:55:02.000 the design back through a work session just to whether we've got new board members to begin with 00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:08.080 and then to refresh all of our memories yeah yeah well we're happy to do that or we can certainly 00:55:08.080 --> 00:55:13.120 do an informal staff report to you with all the details again you know the community you know we 00:55:13.120 --> 00:55:18.240 work very closely with the community that some of the council you know that and and so so we've we've 00:55:18.240 --> 00:55:22.400 had questions about you're not changing anything no we're not changing anything we're just changing 00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:30.960 how we procure and construct the facility go ahead karen uh i was on the citizens design committee 00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:37.680 and uh council member paul melcher was also on it he came up with the idea of sort of making it look 00:55:37.680 --> 00:55:44.960 like a building you know like like they do in brooklyn you know you could walk by it and not 00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:51.120 necessarily think oh goodness this is a transition station so that was the that was the big idea 00:55:51.840 --> 00:55:58.000 we didn't arrive at a definite design in that committee so i'm sure things have moved forward 00:55:58.000 --> 00:56:04.560 in the last four or five years whenever that was um so i'd be really i'm really curious about what 00:56:04.560 --> 00:56:11.360 has been uh you know developed since then i know that there were going to be some panels with some 00:56:11.360 --> 00:56:20.000 public art and um there was also going to be a little facade element from uh what is now the 00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:26.320 monroe pierson building which was the warehouse of the guy who built my house on oak street 00:56:26.320 --> 00:56:32.880 so it'd be really nice tie-in you know for the history of the neighborhood and i know that those 00:56:32.880 --> 00:56:37.680 ideas haven't been dropped so i'll be very curious to see how they've been developed in more detail 00:56:37.680 --> 00:56:41.840 well we can certainly um like i said i we can get you an informal staff report i think we already 00:56:41.840 --> 00:56:47.120 did one for the council we'll just brush that up say it to you and if and if there's still questions 00:56:47.120 --> 00:56:50.800 after that we can come back and do a work session on that we'll be happy to do that i think it'll 00:56:50.800 --> 00:56:58.880 be great and it'll also be serve as a nice model for other substations um you know in the city if 00:56:58.880 --> 00:57:04.800 it works out if the design works out and fits in with the neighborhood thanks i remember the major 00:57:04.800 --> 00:57:12.000 concern about that was it was one of the gateways in the denton and so they weren't uh you know that 00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:19.360 karen and i both served on that and they wanted it to not just look like an electrical substation 00:57:19.360 --> 00:57:27.040 be driving in the city from that one yeah yeah i think it's important for the pb to understand 00:57:27.040 --> 00:57:33.840 too that while while gis substation does take considerably less less property um than a regular 00:57:33.840 --> 00:57:41.520 air insulated uh substation um the cost is is considerably more uh for that type of substation 00:57:41.520 --> 00:57:46.880 and not only that but uh also understand that our that our folks certainly those in our substation 00:57:46.880 --> 00:57:54.960 um the division um don't have a lot of experience dealing with these sorts of uh substations and so 00:57:54.960 --> 00:58:00.400 likely what we'll be doing is is probably looking to some outsource help and obviously that that 00:58:00.400 --> 00:58:04.400 tends to sometimes cost you a little bit more and not only that but it did it could impact 00:58:04.400 --> 00:58:10.400 reliability um if those contractors have to come in from out of town to work on an issue with the 00:58:10.400 --> 00:58:14.720 substation that may that may that may have an impact on our reliability and so those are 00:58:14.720 --> 00:58:19.200 things that we're going to be looking at and and certainly talking with you certainly as we come 00:58:19.200 --> 00:58:23.280 back with you on on the budget and and start really looking at at operating that facility 00:58:23.280 --> 00:58:35.280 once it's on the ground so nick i think i had one more item um 00:58:39.680 --> 00:58:46.960 and so so in the last item um some of you might be aware of it but we did get called in um from 00:58:46.960 --> 00:58:55.040 the public utility commission to do a full rate case on our transmission cost of service um and 00:58:55.040 --> 00:59:02.240 so so we felt that that because of the potential financial impact um on our on our fund um we felt 00:59:02.240 --> 00:59:06.400 that that was important for us to have us here as a priority uh the pub and the council has already 00:59:06.400 --> 00:59:11.040 approved a contract with a company called new gen strategies and we're already actively working 00:59:11.040 --> 00:59:19.360 with them uh to get that prepared that is due back to the commission um before november um we're 00:59:19.360 --> 00:59:26.240 we're hopeful uh that of a good outcome but uh but again um any decrease in our rate of return 00:59:26.240 --> 00:59:32.960 will have a an economic impact on our on our fund and it's something that that we're cognizant of 00:59:32.960 --> 00:59:38.800 and we're working through that and made preparations for that already through our our multi-year 00:59:38.800 --> 00:59:46.480 forecasting for for this particular fund um but it's also important to know that uh we do uh want 00:59:46.480 --> 00:59:53.840 to uh twice a year do interim rate case filings with the commission uh but it's been about 15 00:59:53.840 --> 01:00:00.800 years since we last went for a full rate case and so it seemed pretty logical um for us to be called 01:00:00.800 --> 01:00:06.080 in for that and so um so we'll again we'll be working through that uh i are already working 01:00:06.080 --> 01:00:12.160 through that now um and working closely with our finance uh department and also bill shepherd in 01:00:12.160 --> 01:00:18.000 our um energy services area are working through that so with that i'll be happy to answer any 01:00:18.000 --> 01:00:22.240 questions or if there's any other items that you'd like to see on here certainly i'm happy 01:00:22.240 --> 01:00:30.400 to discuss that with you any questions no just comment tony i know this is a big deal and i hope 01:00:30.400 --> 01:00:36.960 everybody sees that the t-cost is a huge deal for the city of bitten and how we get our return 01:00:36.960 --> 01:00:44.960 on our investments and it can go south or it can go really really well or go south yeah the the 01:00:44.960 --> 01:00:49.520 other the other time that i'll mention to you it'll it'll um actually you you approved it today was a 01:00:49.520 --> 01:00:55.840 a contract with nugent strategies as well to do a cost of service study and so that's going to be 01:00:55.840 --> 01:01:01.520 part of of that discussion and consideration going forward is you know what potential rate impact 01:01:01.520 --> 01:01:08.880 does they have um if if our rate of return on the transmission cost of services cut in half or 01:01:08.880 --> 01:01:14.240 or worse you know so what is the overall impact uh because uh because that the amount of revenue 01:01:14.240 --> 01:01:18.800 that we've been getting has certainly been a good source of revenue that's that's been helpful 01:01:18.800 --> 01:01:29.120 uh to to sustain our base rates um you know in the last few years so but thanks all right thank you 01:01:43.600 --> 01:01:50.240 get started i'll wait until nick pulls it up good morning uh madam chair members of the pub i believe 01:01:50.240 --> 01:01:55.920 the next one is water and followed by wastewater i'm pretend a smoke deputy director for water and 01:01:55.920 --> 01:02:04.240 wastewater and i'm going to go through the next two slides uh starting with water um if you look at 01:02:04.240 --> 01:02:08.960 the first half or the first three bullet points there are some uh large capital projects that are 01:02:08.960 --> 01:02:16.240 really important and our our focus areas for the water side of things and then the remaining three 01:02:16.240 --> 01:02:23.760 are studies or plans that we definitely want to uh enhance or update and um get everything um you 01:02:23.760 --> 01:02:28.480 know wrapped up within those studies so starting with the first one great roberts water treatment 01:02:28.480 --> 01:02:35.840 band it is an upgrade um sometimes it's called upgrade but upgrade project where we will be 01:02:36.480 --> 01:02:42.720 adding adding approximately five million gallons uh capacity to the ray robert's water treatment 01:02:42.720 --> 01:02:49.280 plants um i think recently in the last couple months we've gotten the design contract to be in 01:02:49.280 --> 01:02:57.600 council uh the design is going to go up until the end of the year and uh the construction will follow 01:02:57.600 --> 01:03:05.360 in 2022 all year until the end of 2022 uh as part of this project as well what we've done 01:03:05.360 --> 01:03:12.080 um given our snow good conditions there were uh considerable impacts to this particular plant ray 01:03:12.080 --> 01:03:21.360 robert's equipment facility and we are planning on adding some of the weatherization elements to it 01:03:21.360 --> 01:03:28.800 and in the near future we will may have to add those to the design contract as well as include 01:03:28.800 --> 01:03:34.800 include that in the construction piece so that that is being worked it's nice it's good to have 01:03:34.800 --> 01:03:39.040 a design project at the treatment facility and just add on to that that would give us 01:03:39.040 --> 01:03:43.840 make sure that we are ready for the next weather event 01:03:43.840 --> 01:03:51.440 the second one is northwood booster pump station it's another larger project it's close to total 01:03:51.440 --> 01:03:57.680 cost is close to 20 million dollars it's adding a booster pump station on the north side of the city 01:03:57.680 --> 01:04:04.160 and then laying a transmission main between two of our elevated structures on the north side 01:04:04.800 --> 01:04:14.800 between the between elm and loop 288 and 35 so that's the general area the third project 01:04:14.800 --> 01:04:22.000 is a transmission main it's north side water this is the continuation of the one that we 01:04:22.000 --> 01:04:28.480 recently mapped up there was a north side water main that was laid on bonnie bray south of 35e 01:04:29.040 --> 01:04:35.920 this is the piece that is north of 35e and then it ultimately goes and connects to the mckinna 01:04:35.920 --> 01:04:43.120 water tower at scripter and bonnie bray that project is currently facing some challenges 01:04:43.120 --> 01:04:50.640 we are working with the bond company to make sure that we get a good contractor the original 01:04:50.640 --> 01:04:57.280 contractor at this point as i understand it has gone bankrupt he's wrapped up his business 01:04:58.320 --> 01:05:04.960 and we're looking to move this project forward current timeline i think we're planning on 01:05:04.960 --> 01:05:11.360 wrapping this up by end of next year just given the issues that we're facing with the 01:05:11.360 --> 01:05:19.040 surety and and the getting the new contractor on board cost of service i think nick can add to 01:05:19.040 --> 01:05:24.960 more to that a little bit give you a timeline and we're with it and what are the next steps nick 01:05:28.320 --> 01:05:35.360 yeah sure thank you pripam so the water cost of service study was recently completed we did 01:05:35.360 --> 01:05:40.720 actually present the results to you last week in that presentation for both water and wastewater 01:05:40.720 --> 01:05:44.720 definitely answer any questions if you have any after seeing that presentation 01:05:44.720 --> 01:05:51.280 otherwise we will use that study to walk you through the 2022 budget process for the rates 01:05:51.280 --> 01:05:55.040 in the budget so that will be incorporated into this upcoming budget cycle 01:05:57.920 --> 01:06:01.760 moving right along we are planning on updating our impact fee study 01:06:01.760 --> 01:06:09.440 the original study was completed back in 2018 typically we have a five-year cycle that we use 01:06:09.440 --> 01:06:15.600 to continuously update and upkeep our list of projects and the impact fees that we're 01:06:15.600 --> 01:06:22.400 collecting to implement those projects in this particular case we did have one large 01:06:22.400 --> 01:06:28.640 development which is the coal hunter come in we did have we did look at some of the improvements 01:06:28.640 --> 01:06:35.040 that are needed as part of that their development but that's not yet folded into the impact fee 01:06:35.040 --> 01:06:40.720 study and since it's been close to three or four years we think it's a good time to 01:06:40.720 --> 01:06:46.160 update the study and include the coal hunter development within that that's a next 01:06:47.280 --> 01:06:53.360 focus area for us to get that thing going and wrap it up and then last but not least just given 01:06:53.360 --> 01:07:02.240 the freezing conditions in February we are going back to looking at our emergency response plan 01:07:02.240 --> 01:07:09.600 and implement some of the lessons learned from the inclement weather events that happen we're 01:07:09.600 --> 01:07:17.760 definitely going to add some of the responses how do we respond to certain elements and how do we 01:07:17.760 --> 01:07:26.240 be prepared next time something like this happens so we're going to update that any questions on the 01:07:26.240 --> 01:07:41.520 water focus areas karen go ahead hi so sorry i had to had to get all my screens figured out 01:07:41.520 --> 01:07:48.160 um so pre-time can you confirm what i thought i heard which is that the contractor on bonnie bray 01:07:48.160 --> 01:07:57.840 has gone bankrupt correct so the original contractor s and j um stopped work stopped responding we had 01:07:57.840 --> 01:08:04.400 several meetings since october and what we hear is the bonding company has now jumped in and they're 01:08:04.400 --> 01:08:12.800 running it and as far as i know that that company is is wrapping up it's so those pipes are going to 01:08:12.800 --> 01:08:20.640 be sitting along there like indefinitely uh actually uh we're really uh pushing hard for the 01:08:20.640 --> 01:08:27.040 bonding company uh we're close to selecting the new contractor i think that really turned around in 01:08:27.040 --> 01:08:34.800 last couple months uh and then um we can bring back a an update if you may on that particular 01:08:34.800 --> 01:08:41.280 project because everyone's so interested and it's front and center you can see those five sitting 01:08:41.280 --> 01:08:47.840 there yeah we were wondering if they were going to become part of the new playground at mckenna 01:08:47.840 --> 01:08:57.200 yeah no that's that's not going to happen we we have it we'll have the contractor we're um we're 01:08:57.200 --> 01:09:03.120 hoping we can get the contractor on board uh this summer and then get that project going in the fall 01:09:03.120 --> 01:09:07.520 right thank you i will spread the word at my neighborhood groups because they're wondering 01:09:08.080 --> 01:09:12.960 i got a situation madam chair i gotta go oh okay all right thank you billy 01:09:12.960 --> 01:09:22.320 i have a quick question um there was a discussion of a presentation of a water cost study 01:09:22.320 --> 01:09:25.760 did we have that and am i not remembering it 01:09:25.760 --> 01:09:32.560 mr ryback that's correct it's part of that presentation last week we did provide you a 01:09:32.560 --> 01:09:37.360 high level summary of the cost of service study for both water and wastewater our full intent is 01:09:37.360 --> 01:09:43.040 um as the consultant publishes the final report is for us to submit that to you as an informal 01:09:43.040 --> 01:09:47.680 staff report so yes the presentation you can afford at a high level we do plan to submit the 01:09:47.680 --> 01:09:54.240 complete report to you okay i will look forward to that thank you 01:10:04.240 --> 01:10:11.120 all right moving along let's talk about the wastewater operational focus areas um this we 01:10:11.120 --> 01:10:22.000 it's one master plan i think we we're we're really looking at um creating a wastewater master plan 01:10:22.000 --> 01:10:29.920 currently what we have is um several areas of the city are being modeled and and we're tracking that 01:10:29.920 --> 01:10:35.760 but they're separate it's not a cohesive plan it's not something that we can um move forward 01:10:35.760 --> 01:10:43.360 and create a capital capital project list so that is our really big focus area we're pushing that 01:10:43.360 --> 01:10:51.520 forward you can see a contract fairly soon in the next uh four to six weeks come to puv and council 01:10:51.520 --> 01:10:57.040 for getting a consultant on board and getting the master plan started typically it's anywhere 01:10:57.040 --> 01:11:03.040 between 12 to 18 months for the entire plan to complete but we're we're looking at our 01:11:03.040 --> 01:11:10.480 consultant see if we can expedite some of that and given our current challenges um solid handling 01:11:10.480 --> 01:11:21.440 okay uh solids handling project is at our reclamation plant on concrete um it has been 01:11:21.440 --> 01:11:28.000 a project for a while and we recently last couple months we had a contract for a consultant to go 01:11:28.000 --> 01:11:35.680 through puv and council it's for the design phase for this particular project the design will be 01:11:35.680 --> 01:11:43.280 completed by uh end of the year and then similar to the ray robert upgrade project this project 01:11:43.280 --> 01:11:50.960 will be wrapped up by end of next year as far as construction so uh for this also similar to what 01:11:50.960 --> 01:11:57.840 we did with ray robert's we're going to include uh weatherization elements at the wastewater 01:11:57.840 --> 01:12:04.080 reclamation plant we're going to add to the scope we're currently discussing with the consultant 01:12:04.080 --> 01:12:10.880 what are additional things that we could add and get more bang for the buck if you may with that 01:12:10.880 --> 01:12:18.400 particular project robson ranch water reclamation plant we currently have a really small reclamation 01:12:18.400 --> 01:12:25.440 plant uh in an ocean ranch that we want to decommission and uh get remove it um and then 01:12:25.440 --> 01:12:32.960 kind of divert all the flows to back to our concrete water reclamation plant so that is a 01:12:32.960 --> 01:12:40.080 project that's currently under design we have a consultant that's working on designing um this 01:12:40.080 --> 01:12:49.280 particular project there are a couple steps here also we have to go through the um the state and 01:12:49.280 --> 01:12:56.720 pcq to get permission and go through the steps for decommissioning this particular plant so uh 01:12:56.720 --> 01:13:06.480 this project we're planning on um completing the design by late summer early fall and then 01:13:07.040 --> 01:13:14.000 getting it constructed by next um may i think the may 2022 is our timeline currently for 01:13:14.000 --> 01:13:20.560 decommissioning this um treatment facility and then the last is just the hickory creek basin 01:13:20.560 --> 01:13:28.080 we have several capacity improvements in that as as you may know this is a really uh fast paced 01:13:28.080 --> 01:13:35.200 growth area where a lot of development and a lot of um interest um you can see when when you look 01:13:35.200 --> 01:13:42.640 at the hickory creek basin we also include the industrial area next to the airport so you can see 01:13:42.640 --> 01:13:50.640 that that area is also getting a lot of attention from developers we based on all of these growth we 01:13:50.640 --> 01:13:57.200 do have a couple of large interceptor upgrade projects along the hickory creek interceptor 01:13:57.200 --> 01:14:06.720 itself phase one and two we went out to bid we have a contractor on board and we will be starting 01:14:06.720 --> 01:14:13.440 construction this summer on that particular project but right after that it will be followed 01:14:13.440 --> 01:14:20.080 by phase three which is currently under design we're 90 percent design and we're going to move 01:14:20.080 --> 01:14:28.800 forward to go out to bid immediately after uh we wrap up the um this design phase and then last 01:14:28.800 --> 01:14:36.320 but not least is the drive forward interceptor it's a smaller piece of connection um and this 01:14:36.320 --> 01:14:43.600 uh particular one we will be starting design fairly shortly and then uh that will follow the 01:14:43.600 --> 01:14:49.120 two hickory creek interceptor project as far as construction timeline all these projects are 01:14:49.120 --> 01:14:57.680 scheduled to wrap up uh end of next year 2022 um that's the current timeline that we're anticipating 01:14:57.680 --> 01:15:05.440 but we're moving forward as fast as we can madam chair before before we move on i do want to just 01:15:05.440 --> 01:15:11.280 quickly introduce uh stephen gay he's our new uh director of water wastewater he's the guy in the 01:15:11.280 --> 01:15:18.400 white shirt um is stephen came to us by way of colorado uh we really like him so please do not 01:15:18.400 --> 01:15:25.600 scare him away um he's so uh so again you know stephen stephen worked closely with pre-tem on 01:15:25.600 --> 01:15:31.600 on these uh list of items and um and you know and he and i have had some good conversations he's 01:15:31.600 --> 01:15:35.520 been here i think a whole month now uh but certainly want to welcome him and i want to 01:15:35.520 --> 01:15:38.400 introduce him to you guys so welcome aboard 01:15:47.680 --> 01:15:51.440 pre-tem if that finishes your slide i don't have questions for wastewater otherwise 01:15:51.440 --> 01:15:52.720 the next slide is solid waste 01:15:52.720 --> 01:16:03.600 looks like you're good thank you thank you all right well uh good morning madam chair uh members 01:16:03.600 --> 01:16:07.760 of the board my name is brian burner i am the director of solid waste for the city of denton i 01:16:07.760 --> 01:16:12.880 do appreciate the opportunity to uh present to you our operational focus areas that we have planned 01:16:12.880 --> 01:16:20.880 for uh fy 2122 as with all good departments in the city continuous improvement is the mantra that we 01:16:20.880 --> 01:16:26.160 continue to try to abide by uh we're going to be focusing on service delivery cost reduction and 01:16:26.160 --> 01:16:32.880 most importantly safety as i've reported after our uh winter weather uh update a lot of our 01:16:32.880 --> 01:16:38.000 decisions were made on and and a result of safety keeping our residents safe keeping our operators 01:16:38.000 --> 01:16:42.800 safe trying to reduce the risk management costs aligned there and so a lot of things that we'll 01:16:42.800 --> 01:16:49.840 be focusing on uh is uh goes around uh safety and the delivery of such uh we'll be looking at our 01:16:49.840 --> 01:16:54.560 yard waste brush and bulk collection programs in see how we can make them more efficient 01:16:54.560 --> 01:17:03.520 make the the process with the uh citizens uh more uh inclusive uh we'll be uh you remember 01:17:03.520 --> 01:17:07.520 may remember at your last meeting we approved a new scale house software system so we'll be 01:17:07.520 --> 01:17:12.880 focusing on implementing that and as we talked a little bit earlier now that we have the rubicon 01:17:12.880 --> 01:17:18.000 smart system implemented we'll be looking at optimizing it within our routes within our 01:17:18.000 --> 01:17:25.920 operations to ensure that we have a a high service level delivery within solid waste one of the big 01:17:25.920 --> 01:17:30.320 key items we'll be looking at is the implementation of our comprehensive solid waste management 01:17:30.320 --> 01:17:36.240 strategy we look for final delivery at the end of this fiscal year within the next couple of months 01:17:36.240 --> 01:17:42.960 you'll be seeing some information flowing from a draft copy to provide feedback and comment on so 01:17:42.960 --> 01:17:51.360 please uh wait with bated breath on that uh report we have a recycling contamination issue 01:17:51.360 --> 01:17:56.960 within the city of denton while the material that we've been collecting over the past several years 01:17:56.960 --> 01:18:04.000 remains uh consistent because of global forces requiring higher qualities of materials hitting 01:18:04.000 --> 01:18:12.400 that the the uh uh the the third party market a lot of the material which may have been accepted 01:18:12.400 --> 01:18:19.040 gladly in you know as most recently as 18 months ago is now being considered contamination so we'll 01:18:19.040 --> 01:18:26.400 be again trying to continue our outreach with empty clean dry and loose material as well as better 01:18:26.400 --> 01:18:33.440 focused on on the material that's in the in the cart themselves uh solid waste is a very mechanical 01:18:33.440 --> 01:18:39.920 dependent operation when we run into our backup pieces of equipment and sometimes short on 01:18:39.920 --> 01:18:46.240 equipment it significantly impacts the amount of of the way that we service our our customers 01:18:46.240 --> 01:18:52.960 in the city of denton so we'll be working closely with fleet to ensure that the performance and our 01:18:52.960 --> 01:18:59.120 uptime and availability are optimized within the fleet and then finally disposal capacity management 01:18:59.120 --> 01:19:04.160 to ensuring that we get the most weight uh waste in the least amount of space uh increasing 01:19:04.160 --> 01:19:09.520 diversion uh decreasing the amount of actual landfill material that's that's going into our 01:19:09.520 --> 01:19:17.360 our fill cells so uh it's a it's a it's a fairly uh uh full bucket that we we've identified here 01:19:17.360 --> 01:19:23.360 for fy 2122 uh but would appreciate any questions or comments you might have with regard to the focus 01:19:23.360 --> 01:19:31.440 areas lee go ahead i see your hands up yes thank you um i'm wondering what uh diversion uh tactics 01:19:31.440 --> 01:19:37.840 or plans you have to uh manage the capacity could you give us a little bit more detail on that 01:19:37.840 --> 01:19:43.360 well currently we're diverting almost 30 percent of all the material that's collected within the 01:19:43.360 --> 01:19:49.280 city of denton a lot of that's due to yard waste what we're doing at the curb but based on the 01:19:49.280 --> 01:19:54.000 feedback that we're getting from solid waste our solid waste management strategy uh looking at 01:19:54.000 --> 01:20:00.080 increased organics diversion looking at potential metals uh probably possibly partnering with third 01:20:00.080 --> 01:20:07.520 party reuse programs so that materials that may have some beneficial reuse uh uh that just you 01:20:07.520 --> 01:20:11.920 know it's not worn out but you just don't want it or need it anymore a lot of times it ends up in 01:20:11.920 --> 01:20:17.120 you know as bulk waste or in the cart if we can find a third party opportunity where it can actually 01:20:17.120 --> 01:20:23.600 be reused and put to some good use and benefit uh that that's the kind of material we're looking at 01:20:23.600 --> 01:20:31.200 so again uh capturing that type of waste and then moving uh to the next step forward thank you go 01:20:31.200 --> 01:20:43.600 ahead welcome you're on mute barbara you're on mute brian don't you have a program like that now 01:20:44.720 --> 01:20:50.960 we do but again uh we want to take this next step uh you know we've you know we're currently uh we do 01:20:50.960 --> 01:20:57.360 provide the feedstock for our beneficial reuse program but uh the amount of organics that we're 01:20:57.360 --> 01:21:03.760 accepting uh as far as food waste from residents and commercial is very very low is there an 01:21:03.760 --> 01:21:08.320 opportunity for us to increase so that's some of the some of the opportunity that we'll be looking 01:21:08.320 --> 01:21:15.280 for uh from an organic standpoint uh and while you know from a a a beneficial reuse or beneficial 01:21:15.280 --> 01:21:21.840 reuse but from a third party uh you know uh like like a goodwill or a salvation army or something 01:21:21.840 --> 01:21:28.000 like that while we continue to promote that a lot of the material that we are seeing at the curb and 01:21:28.000 --> 01:21:33.600 in the cart uh has life but again you know once it gets into the cart of the curb uh we have to pick 01:21:33.600 --> 01:21:38.000 it up and dispose of it in the landfill so we want to try to create opportunities to stop that 01:21:38.000 --> 01:21:48.720 before it gets to that point oh go ahead karen uh so brian this is the this is the same this 01:21:48.720 --> 01:21:54.480 comprehensive plan is the same as the task force that we've that's been meeting via zoom 01:21:54.480 --> 01:22:03.040 yeah that well what what the the the strategy the the task force is that is that is part of that 01:22:03.040 --> 01:22:08.320 development so really it's the third third step in the strategy development and again we've we've 01:22:08.320 --> 01:22:14.560 done a a city-wide waste characterization so we know what's in our waste now uh we've completed 01:22:14.560 --> 01:22:22.640 the survey to from a big macro and what's important to the community and now through our think tank and 01:22:22.640 --> 01:22:29.840 focus groups we're trying to dial in in a micro standpoint to figure out you know exactly uh uh 01:22:29.840 --> 01:22:36.400 how might some programs look what's important how much additional might be might we be willing to pay 01:22:36.400 --> 01:22:41.120 are we doing something now that we shouldn't be doing and then once we get all that together 01:22:41.120 --> 01:22:47.680 looking at at state federal local laws that may either help support us or hinder us looking at that 01:22:47.680 --> 01:22:53.200 at bigger global markets uh shares economic development issues the comp plan that we're 01:22:53.200 --> 01:22:59.040 currently being updated trying to throw all that in together to really identify the tools uh that 01:22:59.040 --> 01:23:05.680 we have and will need to move our solid waste uh uh program forward yeah i participated in 01:23:05.680 --> 01:23:12.960 one a few weeks ago i had to miss the last one but i was sort of impressed but also curious at the 01:23:12.960 --> 01:23:18.640 macro level discussion i mean it was almost i think there were actually some powerpoint slides 01:23:18.640 --> 01:23:26.480 from the moon yeah looking at the earth so i'm hoping that the and i'm sure this is going to 01:23:26.480 --> 01:23:32.000 happen but just since the purpose of this part of the agenda is to give you advice i'm hoping 01:23:32.000 --> 01:23:39.600 that that becomes more narrow and that we can look at it that the final recommendations are specific 01:23:39.600 --> 01:23:47.360 to dentin because the dentin is fairly unique um i think there's a lot of willingness for more 01:23:47.360 --> 01:23:56.080 recycling and more composting just tap into the education aspects of it but i'm sure that's all 01:23:56.080 --> 01:24:03.120 already um you know already in the in the works but just make sure that it's the recommendations 01:24:03.120 --> 01:24:13.120 are specific they will be yeah thanks thank you all right any other questions 01:24:13.120 --> 01:24:21.040 susan i think there's just one more slide just to summarize the presentation then 01:24:21.040 --> 01:24:25.200 we can take any additional feedback that you have for us so we work to develop the budget 01:24:26.080 --> 01:24:32.400 for each of these utilities so really just next steps you know here today to solicit input from 01:24:32.400 --> 01:24:37.920 the pv regarding additional budget priorities if you have any please let us know now is definitely 01:24:37.920 --> 01:24:44.240 the time as we work to develop the fiscal year 2022 budget we are currently working to conduct 01:24:44.240 --> 01:24:49.680 internal reviews of the submitted budgets with directors so conversations with the city management 01:24:49.680 --> 01:24:54.000 team will be happening in the next few weeks within the next month or so we'll be circling 01:24:54.000 --> 01:24:59.600 back to puv with further conversations and then we'll work to develop those presentations to 01:24:59.600 --> 01:25:04.400 bring forward to you so definitely plenty of time for input as we proceed through the fiscal year 01:25:04.400 --> 01:25:09.360 2022 budget this is really just a kick-starting presentation you're really getting feedback that 01:25:09.360 --> 01:25:17.440 you have for us today thank you uh any other feedback from any board members 01:25:19.760 --> 01:25:28.000 looks like you're good to go thank you thank you okay that leads us to concluding items does any 01:25:28.000 --> 01:25:33.040 board member wish to make any comments or add anything to a future agenda item 01:25:33.040 --> 01:25:43.760 doesn't look like it all right do we have a motion to adjourn it is 1026 so moved all right we are 01:25:43.760 --> 01:25:47.120 adjourned. Thank you.