WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.240 We're going to open the City of Denton meeting agenda for the Public Utility Board meeting 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.720 of Monday, April 8th, 2024. 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:16.560 It is 9 a.m., and we are going to start. 00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:18.200 Are there any members from the public? 00:00:18.200 --> 00:00:20.960 Did anybody sign up to speak on any items? 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:21.960 Okay. 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:24.640 We will move on into our regular meeting. 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:26.960 It is Eclipse Day. 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:30.440 Great note. 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.080 We're going into the Consent Agenda. 00:00:33.080 --> 00:00:35.920 Would anybody like to pull any items from the Consent Agenda? 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:38.200 Well, I'd like to pull item A. 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:49.400 Okay, if there are no other items to be pulled, then we will entertain a vote on items B, 00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:50.400 C, and D. 00:00:50.400 --> 00:00:51.400 So moved. 00:00:51.400 --> 00:00:54.720 There's a motion, and a second from Lee. 00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:57.360 All those in favor, please say aye. 00:00:57.360 --> 00:00:58.360 Aye. 00:00:58.360 --> 00:00:59.360 Any opposed? 00:00:59.360 --> 00:01:00.360 None. 00:01:00.360 --> 00:01:01.360 Okay. 00:01:01.360 --> 00:01:02.360 It passes unanimously. 00:01:02.360 --> 00:01:03.360 Item A. 00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:04.360 Good morning. 00:01:04.360 --> 00:01:05.360 Good morning. 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:12.760 Trevor Crane, Director of Capital Projects. 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:14.440 Okay. 00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:21.520 So we went for -- we started out with a 1.6. 00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:22.520 Is that correct? 00:01:22.520 --> 00:01:23.520 That sounds correct. 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:24.520 Yes, sir. 00:01:24.520 --> 00:01:25.520 Okay. 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:27.560 And now we're going to 2.8. 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:28.560 Sure. 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:32.080 So this is for the Pecan Creek 3 and 4 project. 00:01:32.080 --> 00:01:37.800 Older project was designed to about 90 percent, and then it was included as a part of the 00:01:37.800 --> 00:01:38.800 2023 bond. 00:01:38.800 --> 00:01:44.200 So this amount is to bring those plans up to speed from the last time they were touched, 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:47.200 which was probably two to three years ago. 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:53.400 Bring them up to speed, include all the drainage studies that have to be done, and then bring 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.440 those plans up to 100 percent so that we can move to construction. 00:01:56.440 --> 00:01:57.760 Where is this under our budget? 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:00.440 Was it approved under our budget? 00:02:00.440 --> 00:02:06.400 It was included as a part of the 2023 bond, so that number that's being approved now was 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:11.600 a part of the money that was included in that number that got approved by the bond. 00:02:11.600 --> 00:02:13.840 Do you recall what that number was? 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:17.560 I don't remember off the top of my head, but if you give me a few minutes, I'll let you 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:18.560 know before I leave. 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:19.560 Okay. 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:20.760 I have a question, Mr. Chairman. 00:02:20.760 --> 00:02:30.680 Well, just from my information, the bond isn't paying for this engineering and design work. 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:35.720 Is it separate, or are we just approving its expenditure under the bond, or requesting 00:02:35.720 --> 00:02:37.960 the council to do so? 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:42.720 So the number that's being approved now was a part of the total number that was approved 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:43.760 as a part of the bond. 00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:49.880 So we included this piece that would bring us up to 100 percent, and then have construction 00:02:49.880 --> 00:02:50.880 plans ready to go. 00:02:50.880 --> 00:02:51.880 But this money is coming from the bond. 00:02:51.880 --> 00:02:52.880 Correct. 00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:53.880 It's not coming from some other-- 00:02:53.880 --> 00:02:54.880 Yes. 00:02:54.880 --> 00:02:55.880 --PUB budget. 00:02:55.880 --> 00:03:00.240 No, it's coming from the 2023 bond. 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:01.240 Okay. 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:07.200 All right, so yeah, that was my only question was, I mean, I understand that it's been sitting 00:03:07.200 --> 00:03:09.560 on the shelf for a little bit, and we're getting back to it, right? 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:10.560 Yes, sir. 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:15.200 That's basically where we are, and so I realize that we are running over budget on a lot of 00:03:15.200 --> 00:03:20.080 items due to the general economy. 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:21.080 Just the nature of it. 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:22.080 Yes, sir. 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:23.080 In the business. 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:24.080 Yes. 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:25.080 Okay. 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:28.080 Well, I'll move on from there and move for approval. 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:29.080 Thank you. 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:30.080 Thank you, Trevor. 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:36.280 Mr. Chairman, do you have a second? 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:37.280 Yep. 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:38.280 Okay. 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:39.280 Got a second from Lee. 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:42.280 All those in favor, please say aye. 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:43.280 Aye. 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:44.280 Aye. 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:45.280 All those in favor, please say aye. 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:46.280 Aye. 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:47.280 There are none. 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:48.280 Passes unanimously. 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:49.280 Thank you. 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:50.600 Individual consideration. 00:03:50.600 --> 00:03:58.280 Consider approval of the minutes for March 25, '24. 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.440 Anyone? 00:04:01.440 --> 00:04:07.240 So moved by Mr. Pluck. 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:08.240 There's a second. 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:09.240 Minutes. 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:10.240 Can I get a second? 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:11.240 Oh, do you need a second? 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:12.240 I need a second. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:16.280 I got a second from Rob. 00:04:16.280 --> 00:04:17.280 Thank you. 00:04:17.280 --> 00:04:20.240 Fixing to get medieval. 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:24.120 Okay, we have a motion and a second. 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:25.760 All those in favor, please say aye. 00:04:25.760 --> 00:04:26.760 Aye. 00:04:26.760 --> 00:04:27.760 None opposed. 00:04:27.760 --> 00:04:28.760 All right. 00:04:28.760 --> 00:04:31.600 Item B for individual consideration. 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:37.000 Consider recommending adoption of an ordinance of the City of Dinton, Texas Home Rule Corporation, 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:40.800 amending the city's water conservation and drought contingency plan previously adopted 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:47.520 by the City Council on Ordinance Number 19-863, enacted on April 16, 2019, providing an effective 00:04:47.520 --> 00:04:51.720 date. 00:04:51.720 --> 00:05:07.520 Hey, good morning, y'all. 00:05:07.520 --> 00:05:09.560 My name is Haley Salazar. 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:15.200 I'm here with Denton Water Utilities to provide an overview on the updates we've done for 00:05:15.200 --> 00:05:20.840 our drought conservation, our drought contingency and water conservation plan. 00:05:20.840 --> 00:05:24.920 So as y'all know, water security is very possible in Texas, but we do have to work a little 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:27.160 bit harder than some other places. 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:32.080 Thankfully, though, we have a lot of support from the Texas Water Development Board, as 00:05:32.080 --> 00:05:37.120 well as the TCEQ, or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and one of the ways 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:44.440 they support us is they enforce that utilities such as ours or other water providers maintain 00:05:44.440 --> 00:05:48.360 a water conservation and drought contingency plan. 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:51.240 This is a document, and it's a little confusing the way it's named. 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:56.440 It's called the Water Conservation Plan, but it actually is comprised of both our conservation 00:05:56.440 --> 00:06:03.360 plan, which is the everyday way we utilize water efficiently in our operations, as well 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:04.360 as our end-users. 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:10.520 It also contains our drought contingency plan that details the way we're going to use water 00:06:10.520 --> 00:06:17.120 in the event that water security is somewhat compromised due to weather events, drought, 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:18.880 and whatnot. 00:06:18.880 --> 00:06:22.920 So we do have to update this document every five years. 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:27.560 They like us to kind of look at it and modernize it and make sure that it's up to date. 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:30.000 And so this is what we're doing right now. 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:33.140 We put an informal staff report out last Friday. 00:06:33.140 --> 00:06:34.360 We're here today. 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:38.080 We'll be going to council on the 16th, and all of these steps are to get us to our end 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:43.320 goal of submitting our update by the 1st of May to the TCEQ and the Texas Water Development 00:06:43.320 --> 00:06:45.000 Board. 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.480 We have thoroughly reviewed the documents, and in just a little bit, I'll kind of go 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:54.480 into what that entailed, but from the public standpoint, there's really one major change 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:59.240 that we're going to see, and that we are finally catching up with the rest of the Metroplex 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.140 and implementing a watering schedule. 00:07:02.140 --> 00:07:04.640 So this is a two-day-a-week irrigation schedule. 00:07:04.640 --> 00:07:09.480 Again, the rest of the Metroplex already does this, so this is for consistency. 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:15.160 And just to clarify, if y'all are already familiar with our summer watering ordinance, 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:19.360 that's something we have in place regardless as to how much or how little water falls from 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:25.760 the sky, but it says that we cannot water from June 1st through September 30th from 00:07:25.760 --> 00:07:29.920 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and that's going to help prevent scorching of grass and evaporation 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:31.480 and other things like that. 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:38.240 That's still in place, so this two-day-a-week schedule is on top of that. 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:40.200 A little bit of background about this plan. 00:07:40.200 --> 00:07:41.360 It's nothing new. 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:46.840 We've actually had it in place for almost 20 years now, and on regular update cycles, 00:07:46.840 --> 00:07:51.680 we've approved it in 2005, '09, 2014, and 2019. 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:55.800 What's interesting, though, again, the plan being kind of comprised of both our conservation 00:07:55.800 --> 00:08:00.880 everyday strategies and our drought contingency portion, we've actually never had to enact 00:08:00.880 --> 00:08:03.040 our drought contingency plan. 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:05.980 We came very close in 2014. 00:08:05.980 --> 00:08:10.840 If y'all remember, that was the end of a very scary seven-year drought of record, but then 00:08:10.840 --> 00:08:16.080 the sky kind of fell in with our historic 68 inches of rain in 2015, so we didn't have 00:08:16.080 --> 00:08:21.360 to enact it, so that was a supply-based almost. 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:23.800 We had a demand-based almost last year. 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:29.720 In 2023, our demands got very, very close to our capacity or our ability to produce 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:30.720 water. 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:35.840 In just a moment, I'll kind of walk through what that framework is, but all that said 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.840 is it's been a bit of a luxury for us that we haven't had to enact the plan yet. 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:40.840 Yes, sir? 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:43.000 What time of year did that occur? 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:44.000 That was August. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:45.000 So peaks only? 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:46.000 Yes, sir. 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:47.000 Thank you. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:48.000 Yes. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:53.480 Actually, I appreciate that question, because putting just some guidelines when it comes 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:59.960 to irrigation during that peak time is going to be that conservation portion that helps 00:08:59.960 --> 00:09:05.760 us kind of stave off accidentally entering into a drought scenario when we really don't 00:09:05.760 --> 00:09:06.880 have to. 00:09:06.880 --> 00:09:12.760 So it's just kind of providing that guidance during that peak time, but y'all are aware 00:09:12.760 --> 00:09:17.880 our population is growing, and with our population growth, our water supplies are the same. 00:09:17.880 --> 00:09:21.500 So we're just having to get a little bit more creative and analytical with the way we build 00:09:21.500 --> 00:09:26.200 our water portfolio and manage our water. 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:30.360 With that population growth and then the variability we're seeing in the weather patterns compared 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:34.440 to years past, it's kind of possible that we're going to enact the drought contingency 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:36.820 plan at some point. 00:09:36.820 --> 00:09:42.300 So what we did was we looked at the drought contingency plan, and we reviewed all the 00:09:42.300 --> 00:09:47.800 different measures in place that if we're in that situation, we do X. And we sat down 00:09:47.800 --> 00:09:51.880 with the different departments, and we said, "Hi, are y'all aware you're on the hook 00:09:51.880 --> 00:09:52.880 for this?" 00:09:52.880 --> 00:09:55.040 Again, it's a five-year update, and we've had some turnover. 00:09:55.040 --> 00:09:58.240 So we wanted to make sure there were processes in place for all the different items. 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.800 The departments were ready, and this wasn't a scramble in the event. 00:10:01.800 --> 00:10:02.800 We had to. 00:10:02.800 --> 00:10:06.480 So we also gave them the opportunity, all the different departments, to say, "Is this 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:07.480 feasible or not? 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:09.240 Is this something we need to talk through?" 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:13.600 Luckily, all the strategies were considered feasible, and now we know for a fact we have 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:15.180 processes to support them. 00:10:15.180 --> 00:10:20.040 So in the event we enter a drought situation, we're ready to go. 00:10:20.040 --> 00:10:27.640 So that said, with the likelihood of having to enact the plan soon, we're in a good place. 00:10:27.640 --> 00:10:32.720 Additionally, the conservation portion of the plan, those everyday strategies, the way 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:36.560 we manage water, most of these are internal strategies. 00:10:36.560 --> 00:10:39.880 So we have a very active leak detection. 00:10:39.880 --> 00:10:41.800 We keep our water meters up to date. 00:10:41.800 --> 00:10:43.960 We've invested in new equipment. 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.040 We're really doing a lot on the operation side to ensure that we're doing everything 00:10:48.040 --> 00:10:52.600 we can, and then, again, from the customer side, it's that irrigation schedule rolling 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:55.280 out during those peak times to conserve resources. 00:10:55.280 --> 00:11:02.400 When we say drought, one of my favorite things about the drought conservation plan is it's 00:11:02.400 --> 00:11:03.900 not subjective. 00:11:03.900 --> 00:11:09.820 We have very defined measures in place that say what exactly constitutes a drought situation, 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:14.300 how can we get into a drought situation, and how severe is it? 00:11:14.300 --> 00:11:19.440 What parts of the plan do we need to enact based on what's going on in our environment? 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:24.480 So before I talk through the little drought contingency chart, y'all might already be 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:29.320 aware, but there's a little graph that has a dam, and it says reservoir, flood control, 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.320 storage pool. 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:34.040 When we're talking about lake levels, we're looking at that middle zone that says conservation 00:11:34.040 --> 00:11:35.400 storage pool. 00:11:35.400 --> 00:11:41.580 So when we say lakes are at 65%, it's that top yellow line between flood control and 00:11:41.580 --> 00:11:48.640 conservation pool, that's that 100% line, and 65%, 50% is as it relates to that line 00:11:48.640 --> 00:11:50.560 there. 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:53.600 So there are several things that can cause a drought scenario. 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:57.160 Supply, we have very little control over that. 00:11:57.160 --> 00:12:00.040 That's the rainfall and the levels of the lake. 00:12:00.040 --> 00:12:03.960 We've got demand, that's our customer use, where we do have some control, and we're hoping 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:09.440 to make the most of that with the implementation of the irrigation schedule. 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.480 And then operational, this is something we don't ever want to see, but operational could 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:20.520 be an act of terror on our SCADA system, contamination of the water, major failure with some equipment, 00:12:20.520 --> 00:12:25.280 although we do maintain a very aggressive maintenance schedule, and we have some redundancies 00:12:25.280 --> 00:12:30.960 in place to ensure that we don't have equipment failure, but it is still something that we 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.640 want to be prepared for just in case. 00:12:33.640 --> 00:12:41.200 So we've got supply, demand, and operational are the reasons we could have a drought scenario, 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:45.740 and then we've got different stages within those scenarios that dictate how strict our 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:47.200 control measures are going to be. 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:53.000 We've got mild, moderate, severe, and again, that's when our supply dips down to 65%, 50%, 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:56.120 or 35% of that conservation pool. 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:57.520 Demand. 00:12:57.520 --> 00:13:03.620 So we are able to currently produce 50 million gallons of potable water per day. 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:09.020 If we get close to that 50 million gallon mark, we start to roll out mitigation measures 00:13:09.020 --> 00:13:11.240 to decrease usage patterns. 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:17.240 When we hit 85% of that, or 42.5 million gallons of day, for four days in a row on the demand 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:21.400 side, we start to put restrictions in place, and as you can see in the chart, that escalates 00:13:21.400 --> 00:13:26.160 as we use more for a shorter increment, and that's just to make sure we preserve those 00:13:26.160 --> 00:13:27.160 supplies. 00:13:27.160 --> 00:13:33.440 Operational, because that's such an unknown in terms of the severity of the impact of 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:38.680 the operational failure, you could catapult instantly into any of those stages, but again, 00:13:38.680 --> 00:13:43.920 we have a lot of maintenance measures in place to ensure that doesn't happen. 00:13:43.920 --> 00:13:49.240 But all that said, it is really nice to know we've got exact steps in order vetted with 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:54.720 all the departments as we head into this summer in very, very detailed, defined criteria that 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:59.940 say where are we, and what exactly do we need to do to preserve our water supply at this 00:13:59.940 --> 00:14:02.940 point in time. 00:14:02.940 --> 00:14:04.760 Yes, sir. 00:14:04.760 --> 00:14:13.640 We have additional water coming online through our bond program, construction, future development. 00:14:13.640 --> 00:14:19.200 At what point in time do we anticipate those being online? 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:26.400 I believe they're going to start to come online in 2027 for an additional 20-MGT. 00:14:26.400 --> 00:14:27.400 Thank you. 00:14:27.400 --> 00:14:28.400 Yes. 00:14:28.400 --> 00:14:34.120 So yes, and to your point, when we look at that middle row that says demand, that's going 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:42.560 to change those numbers, obviously, when we're able to produce that additional supply. 00:14:42.560 --> 00:14:49.160 So as far as irrigation schedule goes, we have looked at a lot of best practices. 00:14:49.160 --> 00:14:53.200 When it comes to irrigation management, we want to ensure that the irrigation schedule 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:58.040 is spaced out in a manner that helps people preserve their landscaping, even though we're 00:14:58.040 --> 00:15:01.480 restricting the days that they can irrigate. 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:08.000 So we've got even addresses Tuesday and Saturday, odd addresses Wednesday and Sunday, and then 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.800 our commercial and multifamily will be Monday and Thursday. 00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:16.480 Again, our annual summer watering ordinance, that's still going to be in effect during 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:19.480 June 1st through September 30th. 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:23.720 As we decided on the schedule, we looked at what the rest of the Metroplex was doing. 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:28.320 We were one of the last ones that didn't have an irrigation schedule, but we're still pretty 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:30.720 generous with our irrigation schedule. 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:36.120 For example, Frisco just proposed absolutely no irrigation in the winter, one day a week 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:43.280 spring and fall, and one day a week recommended with an optional second week in the summer. 00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:48.880 So additionally, a lot of other cities in the Metroplex, their watering ordinance that- 00:15:48.880 --> 00:15:51.920 What's Frisco's water source? 00:15:51.920 --> 00:15:52.920 LaVon? 00:15:52.920 --> 00:15:59.560 No, they are, they purchased their water from a supply district. 00:15:59.560 --> 00:16:01.400 The UT? 00:16:01.400 --> 00:16:02.400 I believe so. 00:16:02.400 --> 00:16:03.400 I can get that for you. 00:16:03.400 --> 00:16:04.400 A fraternity? 00:16:04.400 --> 00:16:05.400 I'm speculating right now. 00:16:05.400 --> 00:16:07.560 I want to get you a precise answer, but we're- 00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:08.560 Yeah, it is. 00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.560 Okay. 00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.560 Okay. 00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:16.040 We're in a really good spot having our own water rights. 00:16:16.040 --> 00:16:20.840 We are aware that this update is new. 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:30.200 It's going to be different, especially for our long-term Dentonites who have enjoyed access to irrigate at any point in time until now. 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:34.880 So we've done a couple things to help support the community the best we can. 00:16:34.880 --> 00:16:39.920 If you all aren't familiar with Discuss Denton, it's a fantastic website run by our public affairs team, 00:16:39.920 --> 00:16:44.080 where we've got project updates, initiative updates for things happening in the city. 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:48.080 And one of those pages on there is our Waterwise Denton page. 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:54.600 We've been updating it since last year, and we put our daily usage volumes every morning on that website. 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:56.920 And we also track the rainfall as well. 00:16:56.920 --> 00:17:04.920 But we were really delighted last summer to see we're up to 1,300 different IP addresses have hit the website. 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:07.320 And I don't think it's because it's a fabulous website. 00:17:07.320 --> 00:17:13.280 I think it's because we have a fabulous community that's really engaged and aware of our water situation. 00:17:13.280 --> 00:17:18.600 And this way we let everyone know exactly what we used the day before so we can track, monitor, and see. 00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:24.040 And if we have to roll out the drought contingency measures for any reason, it shouldn't be a surprise. 00:17:24.040 --> 00:17:31.040 We've been able to see the trend lines going, and we just wanted to make sure that the public had access to all the information we have access to. 00:17:31.040 --> 00:17:35.080 So please check that out, shameless plug, if you haven't gotten a chance to see that yet. 00:17:35.080 --> 00:17:37.560 We also post conservation opportunities. 00:17:37.560 --> 00:17:45.480 Our sustainability department does a fantastic job hosting classes for irrigation or conservation, and we promote those on there as well. 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:51.840 We're going to get an additional FTE on our team, and they're going to help engage the community. 00:17:51.840 --> 00:17:58.760 So as we roll out the irrigation schedule, they are going to be receiving feedback from Engaged Denton. 00:17:58.760 --> 00:18:03.920 I'm sure you all are familiar with that, our community input software. 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:06.240 And then also kind of driving through the community. 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:08.080 We're not going to be enforcing fines or anything. 00:18:08.080 --> 00:18:14.240 We're going to be educating the first couple years this rolls out, because we don't want fines, we want water security. 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:25.480 Eventually, if we get to that point, we do have a pathway to roll fines out, but we really don't want to, and there's a lot of steps before we get there. 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:29.080 So we really want to educate, partner, and empower. 00:18:29.080 --> 00:18:34.680 And we're partnering very closely with sustainability, and making sure that we have classes and 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:37.400 information that's very relevant to this update going out. 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:42.920 We're also putting significant investment in our reuse system. 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:47.800 Our reuse system is effluent, reuse effluent from the plant, 00:18:47.800 --> 00:18:53.000 the concrete water reclamation plant, where we normally would discharge that water into the lake. 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:56.080 We clean it up and repurpose it for non-potable purposes. 00:18:56.080 --> 00:19:00.120 So industrial uses and irrigation, that offsets the demand on our potable water. 00:19:00.120 --> 00:19:05.640 We also have some rebate programs that we're hoping to enact to help support this. 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:13.440 So sprinklers, kind of sprinkler systems that have the weather-wise sensors. 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:18.800 And turf replacement programs are in the work, pending budget approval, to kind of help the community as well. 00:19:18.800 --> 00:19:25.280 And then we also have a lot of alternative supply strategies that I could go into detail, but you all are probably tired of listening to me talk. 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:32.640 So, that is essentially it, and I'm happy to answer any questions. 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:37.920 >> Questions, is that Mr. Rayner? 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.680 >> Thank you. 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:40.120 I appreciate the information. 00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:46.080 I'd like to ask a couple questions on your, I think it's a given, 00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:52.560 our population growth is wonderful to some and off the chart with others. 00:19:52.560 --> 00:19:58.720 I'd like to talk about the apartment complexes that are coming up, those that are already out, 00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:02.320 those that are in the pipeline for further development and such. 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:17.360 Have you all done a somewhat study on what you project water usage from all of these apartment complexes versus population, but the apartment complexes themselves? 00:20:17.360 --> 00:20:27.000 Did you all put that in your study when you looked at the active drought plan and such? 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.280 >> So, yes sir. 00:20:28.280 --> 00:20:37.520 We did consider population growth, and one of the things we did in the plan was we separated out multi-family usage from single-family homes. 00:20:37.520 --> 00:20:45.040 In the past, we had this trajectory that was saying, hey, we're saving water less gallons per capita per day per person. 00:20:45.040 --> 00:20:50.400 But as you dissected the data, there's kind of the elephant in the room is, well yes, 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:53.600 but when you're in a multi-family scenario, not everybody is irrigating. 00:20:53.600 --> 00:21:02.800 You can't chalk that water reduction up to improved conservation measures because it's just kind of the nature of it. 00:21:02.800 --> 00:21:11.320 So we did adjust our five and ten year targets for gallons per capita per day savings to reflect that. 00:21:11.320 --> 00:21:16.060 Because the last thing we want to do is pad our projections and 00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:23.920 conservation measures with something that's naturally going to correct high volume per capita per day usage with the elimination of irrigation. 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:29.800 >> So did you find the number of apartment complexes that are coming out of the ground, 00:21:29.800 --> 00:21:33.480 were you prepared for that type of growth? 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:43.400 >> So luckily, as part of the plan, we have always had to maintain a projection of at least ten years into the future. 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:49.160 Now, this was a little bit of an increase than what we had in the past. 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:58.120 I think we're currently at an 8.11% growth rate, which is more than what we anticipated growth to be during prior versions of the plan. 00:21:58.120 --> 00:22:06.120 But luckily, we were really conservative with our supply, our planning, and then those alternative strategies that we have in place. 00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:13.020 So we are in a good spot, but yes, sir, we were a little surprised to see just how quickly we're growing. 00:22:13.020 --> 00:22:15.120 >> Yeah, I agree. 00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:17.840 If I may, Mr. Chairman, thank you. 00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:25.640 So I wanted to go over, I understand the June 1st, September 10 to 6, we've been doing that for some time now. 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:34.520 Now, does that dovetail into your irrigation schedule, Monday through Thursday's commercial multifamily? 00:22:34.520 --> 00:22:39.480 Does that slide that you showed, does that have anything to do with the water ban or 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:47.760 is the water ban an addition to if we need to follow this on the 10 to 6 situation, time wise? 00:22:47.760 --> 00:22:53.560 >> Yes, sir. So the two day a week water schedule is going to be in place year round. 00:22:53.560 --> 00:23:00.560 And so give me, if you can, because I live up in the northeast part of town, they'll ask that question. 00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:04.000 It's odd number, so that would be a Wednesday. 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:11.040 They can start watering whenever they want and water all through Wednesday, or does it fall back into the 10 to 6 time frame? 00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:16.960 >> So on October 1st, you can water whenever you want on Wednesday. 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:22.280 And you can enjoy that all the way through the, what is it? 00:23:22.280 --> 00:23:28.520 >> Well, I guess, midnight for Wednesday and starting the one o'clock on Thursday morning, you're saying then. 00:23:28.520 --> 00:23:35.280 >> Well, yes, you can any time between 6 PM and 10 AM, the following, because that midnight cut off, I understand. 00:23:35.280 --> 00:23:36.480 Sorry about that. 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:40.360 Yes, so it would be to that midnight cut off. 00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:45.040 We're not going to be policing people on October 2nd. 00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:49.240 >> I'm just trying to understand the irrigation schedule is one thing. 00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:54.240 And this 10 to 6, if necessary, is the next step, is that correct? 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:57.040 >> So the 10 to 6, actually, that's always in place. 00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:59.640 That's been in place for years and years. 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:04.960 And no matter what, it's always going to be no irrigation from 10 AM to 6 PM. 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:08.480 And during June 1st through September 30th. 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:13.240 But really, you're going to scorch your lawn doing that anyways. 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:16.200 So it's- >> Some people don't care. 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:18.520 >> Yeah. >> You don't know. 00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:25.200 And that time it also, if you have those spray irrigation sprinklers too, you're going to lose most of it in evaporation. 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:27.800 So it is best practice anyways during that time. 00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:34.840 And most of our residents do water after that 6 PM when the heat of the day and peak evaporation has gone down. 00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:42.400 But that's all year twice a week and every year, no matter how much or little rain, from June 1st through September 30th in addition. 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.800 >> So there's your time frame for that. 00:24:43.800 --> 00:24:44.360 >> Yes, sir. 00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:53.240 >> My last question, I was interested in the reuse investment versus the discharge into the lake. 00:24:53.240 --> 00:25:02.400 Do you have a percentage of the discharge that would be possibly be put back into a reuse investment for the city? 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:07.560 >> Yes, sir, in terms of financial investment or water? 00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.560 >> Let's do both. 00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:14.200 >> Okay, well, we actually, very exciting, we hired an FTE almost a year ago. 00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:20.280 To really pour a lot of time and energy into our reuse system. 00:25:20.280 --> 00:25:26.000 And he's doing a lot of work to make sure that we are solid and good to go to bring on additional customers. 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:32.040 Right now, it varies, but in the peak summer, we have anywhere from, 00:25:32.040 --> 00:25:35.920 we've got the capacity to go up to four million gallons a day of reuse water. 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:44.160 We are currently discharging a little under 21 million gallons of water a day on our peak. 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:50.760 But it's usually closer to kind of 14 or 15 for the rest of the year, is what we discharge into the lake. 00:25:50.760 --> 00:25:55.920 And then right now, we're diverting, give or take, about half a million gallons of water a day. 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:57.600 We are going to grow that system. 00:25:57.600 --> 00:26:02.960 So for example, one of the really cool things we did when we went through the drought contingency plan. 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:09.680 And we talked to the different departments and said, hey, are you aware you're on the hook for, for example, streets. 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:15.160 Wet street sweeping has to be reduced during times of drought. 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:21.680 We talked to the street department manager and said, well, could we not just use effluent water instead of just charging it into the lake? 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:23.680 because that's not for human consumption. 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:30.440 And he said, well sure, so there's some things we're going to have to work through to get to that point, retrofitting the trucks and so on. 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:35.000 But we're looking at alternative strategies like that. 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:40.520 We're also targeting other businesses that have industrial uses, 00:26:40.520 --> 00:26:46.720 where they could utilize the water for industrial usage, never coming in contact with humans, and then offsetting our potable demand. 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:55.480 So if y'all would like to have us actually come back and give a presentation, I'm really excited about the things happening, and we would love to tell y'all. 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:58.800 >> Thank you, thank you, Mr. Chairman. 00:26:58.800 --> 00:27:05.120 Bob's got a club that they set their clocks, their alarm clocks at midnight on October 1st. 00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:08.560 So they all get up and water their lawns together in his neighborhood. 00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:10.240 >> Don't take a shower during that time. 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:13.440 >> I will be back with that skated demand data to show y'all. 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:19.320 >> Well, one thing, I don't know if you're an accountant, but one thing I know about accountants is they love it when you ask them for 00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:23.760 information because they've been putting all this stuff together for a long time, you know? 00:27:23.760 --> 00:27:26.120 But anyway, okay, questions? 00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:30.040 Okay, doesn't appear to be. 00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:33.880 We will need a motion and a vote on this item. 00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:36.360 >> So moved. 00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:37.320 >> And a motion? 00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:38.000 >> Second. 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.880 >> Second, Mr. Plut. 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:41.160 All those in favor, please say aye. 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.680 >> Aye. 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.400 >> Any opposed? 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:45.520 Passes unanimously. 00:27:45.520 --> 00:27:52.040 Okay, now on this next item, it needs to be voted on regardless in open session. 00:27:52.040 --> 00:27:58.200 However, if you do have any questions, we need to go into closed session to ask those questions. 00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:04.440 Or put a presentation on because it is approved for a closed session item. 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:09.640 >> So if I might interject, Mr. Chairman, so what you're saying is we can have a presentation and 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:14.200 we can look at the information, but we can't ask any questions until we get the closed session? 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.040 >> Is that right? 00:28:15.040 --> 00:28:16.400 >> No, we need to go with the open. 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:19.280 >> No, there's only specific information that is confidential. 00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:24.560 The pricing, if there's information you want about some of the other resources that we have and how they compare. 00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:30.840 Those sorts of things, and any items that's been redacted in the contract, we would have to go into closed session. 00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:37.520 >> So the question was, the presentation needs to be done in closed session or can it be done in open session? 00:28:37.520 --> 00:28:43.040 >> We do have a presentation that we can go through for closed session if you'd like to do that first. 00:28:43.040 --> 00:28:44.800 >> But there's not a presentation for open session? 00:28:44.800 --> 00:28:46.120 >> There is a presentation for open, yes. 00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.840 >> Okay, all right. 00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.400 >> There are both. 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.120 >> That's the question. 00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:49.640 >> There's both, yes, sir. 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.160 >> Thank you. 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:52.960 >> And let's move ahead with that one then. 00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:58.520 >> So just for clarity, Mr. Chair, so we're going to go ahead and do the open session. 00:28:58.520 --> 00:29:03.360 And if there are questions that the City Attorney deems confidential, we can go into closed session. 00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:04.480 >> I think we got it now, thank you. 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:08.400 >> Good morning, members of the PUB. 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:10.040 My name is Jose Gaitan. 00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:13.600 I'm here, I'm the division manager for the Energy Management Organization. 00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:20.000 We're here to present the results of the RFP that we had for 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:27.160 additional power supply from renewable resources to maintain our 100% renewable goal. 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:35.720 And as a result of that RFP, we're here to present what we believe is the best option. 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:37.760 And that is Yellow Viking Solar. 00:29:37.760 --> 00:29:45.640 So Yellow Viking Solar is officially named Yellow Viking Development 1, LLC. 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:52.280 And that is the initial project from Osaka Gas USA. 00:29:52.280 --> 00:30:00.800 Osaka Energy is a company that was founded in Osaka, Japan in 1897. 00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:08.920 They're a very strong company, have over 23.5 billion assets. 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:14.480 They have over half a billion dollars of revenues for the last four years, so they're a pretty strong company. 00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:22.680 Last year, they had an initiative to be carbon neutral by 2050, 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:27.360 and so this is their initial project in the United States to meet that goal. 00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:32.880 They do have experience with renewables in Japan. 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:35.840 >> You said the company was formed in 1897? 00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:38.200 >> 1897, April 10th. 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.080 >> That's right. 00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:40.240 >> In Japan, Osaka. 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.760 So they've been around for a while. 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:46.040 >> They probably weren't selling electricity in 1897. 00:30:46.040 --> 00:30:48.440 >> No. >> Okay, wow. 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:52.240 >> Yeah, they've been around the energy space for a very long time. 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.760 >> Okay. 00:30:52.760 --> 00:31:01.920 >> So yeah, just where this project is complete is 204 megawatts of capacity. 00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:05.200 They're interconnected in the Encore system. 00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:12.000 They have a guaranteed commercial date of January 2027. 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:18.520 And from this RFP, 8271, we received quite a few responses. 00:31:18.520 --> 00:31:26.480 17 offers were received, and six best and final offers were also reviewed as a result of this RFP. 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:33.840 Looking at all the responses and the pricing, you can see there, 00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:36.680 Yellow Viking is roughly in that red block there. 00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:45.960 We evaluated all these criteria, the proposed price congestion cost was a big factor. 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:51.480 And the experience of the developer and the status of the development were key, 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:54.840 because we have some projects that have rolled off. 00:31:54.840 --> 00:32:01.560 And so we need to replace that energy with more additional renewable PPAs to continue to meet that 100% goal. 00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:12.720 Yellow Viking here, we can see our blue line, it has significant load growth, as you guys are well aware. 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:22.920 We had, as I mentioned before, we had the expiration of our white tail PPA that expired at the end of last year. 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:32.760 And we have Samsung Solar, we had issues with that PPA as well, as you may be aware. 00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:38.120 And then you can see in the red line, 00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:47.480 where Yellow Viking kind of fits into meeting that 100% demand for renewable energy. 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:53.920 And what you see is that we're not quite at the amount of load that we have going forward. 00:32:53.920 --> 00:33:01.280 But the area between the blue and the red curve designates areas where we'll be entering into short term 00:33:01.280 --> 00:33:07.800 renewables deals to get the energy and the rec from renewable resources to meet that demand. 00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:12.520 These are some of the, go ahead. 00:33:12.520 --> 00:33:14.840 >> I'm sorry, I have a question from your previous slide. 00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:18.040 >> Yeah. 00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:26.440 >> So, we allowed this white tail agreement to expire and chose not to renew it? 00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:31.240 >> No, it was just, it was the timeframe of that contract was set to expire on that day. 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:39.880 There were some options to renew, but the price was not in our favor. 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:46.000 >> Okay, so we chose, excuse me, we chose to, DME chose to let that contract expire. 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.600 >> Correct. 00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:48.480 >> Because financial considerations. 00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:54.040 So, I noticed that Samsung Solar said default, did they go under? 00:33:54.040 --> 00:33:58.840 >> No, we had some issues with them, but I think we can speak more about it in the close session. 00:33:58.840 --> 00:33:59.880 >> Very good, thank you. 00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:01.520 >> Yeah. 00:34:01.520 --> 00:34:07.200 >> And I may ask, I wanted to discuss the, I consider a flat line on the yellow Viking. 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:13.120 Is that something that should be discussed at, I'm just curious why it leveled off and 00:34:13.120 --> 00:34:15.920 there's no increase in that projection. 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:19.880 >> Yeah, as we go forward in next year and the year after, 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:25.800 we're going to continue to issue more RFPs to increase that flat line so 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:28.280 it doesn't flat line like that going forward. 00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:32.440 So, this is just showing where we are currently, but we intend, yes. 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:39.600 We intend to continue to issue RFPs to get more megawatts from renewable resources going forward. 00:34:39.600 --> 00:34:42.280 >> Okay, thank you. 00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.800 >> Mm-hm. 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:53.160 Yep, so these are the, kind of the points that were agreed to with this PPA. 00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:58.120 It's a 15 year deal that starts in 2027. 00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:59.920 It's a fixed price for the entire term. 00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:08.440 We have some performance guarantees for commercial operation dates for pre and post. 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:14.200 The things really to note were more of the tight force measure definitions, 00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:17.600 especially with the results of the Samsung RFP. 00:35:17.600 --> 00:35:22.640 We have a tier one where yellow Viking is responsible for all costs. 00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:27.760 There is a tier two where the 50/50 split of those costs. 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:32.760 And then there's a tier three where if costs exceed a certain amount, 00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:37.440 we do have the option to terminate the contract at that point. 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:46.560 So, at this point, we would recommend that the city council approve and 00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:52.280 authorize the city manager to execute the PPA and all associated actions. 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:53.320 So, any questions? 00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:58.320 >> Mr. Chairman, I was wondering if we could postpone holding a vote until we've 00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:02.000 had closed session so that we can ask questions. 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:05.360 >> Certainly, I think that was what they were planning on. 00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.860 >> Thank you. 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:09.800 >> Having said that, we'll postpone this vote. 00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:13.000 I'm going to, ready, okay. 00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:20.400 So, the Public Utility Board will now at 9.35 AM convening a closed meeting to 00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:25.160 deliberate the closed meeting items set forth on the agenda, which include the following. 00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:32.360 IDPUB 24-072, deliberations regarding certain public power utilities competitive 00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:37.560 matters under Texas Government Code Section 551.086. 00:36:37.560 --> 00:36:42.680 Consultation with attorneys under Texas Government Code Section 551.071. 00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:51.680 [BLANK_AUDIO] 00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:54.840 Closed session and no official action was taken. 00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:59.720 And we did not, nevermind. 00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:03.640 >> Mr. Chairman, I have asked to postpone our earlier vote until the closed session 00:37:03.640 --> 00:37:04.960 was over. 00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:08.760 I'd like to move approval of the previous item. 00:37:11.040 --> 00:37:16.480 >> All right, so we have a motion to approve item A from PUB 24. 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:18.520 It's actually item C. 00:37:18.520 --> 00:37:19.760 >> Item C, sir, yeah. 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:23.160 >> C, PUB 24-073. 00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:23.880 Do I hear a second? 00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:27.080 >> Second. 00:37:27.080 --> 00:37:27.720 >> Thank you. 00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:29.680 We have a second one, Mr. Rayner. 00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.400 Motion and a second. 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.880 All those in favor, please say aye. 00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.880 >> Aye. 00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.600 >> Any opposed? 00:37:33.600 --> 00:37:34.800 >> Aye. 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:36.000 >> You're opposed? 00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.680 Okay, interesting. 00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:39.440 Hope somebody calls you and asks you why. 00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:42.160 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> And me too, but they don't ever do it. 00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:47.640 >> [LAUGH] 00:37:47.640 --> 00:37:49.120 >> Well, thank you. 00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:54.680 >> See, that would be called an abstain vote in my book when I got in trouble for that. 00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:56.160 >> Yeah. 00:37:56.160 --> 00:37:58.080 >> All right, let's move it, get out of here. 00:37:58.080 --> 00:38:00.280 >> I don't think we can do that anymore, abstain yet. 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:05.000 >> No, I know, I've got slapped on the hand, wrist. 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:07.280 >> Better vote health. 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:12.800 >> That's right. 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:14.960 >> Yeah, yeah, Mr. Puente. 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:19.160 >> Sorry about that, Mr. Chair. 00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:25.600 Yeah, so just really quick on the management update, just future agenda items that are coming up. 00:38:25.600 --> 00:38:33.360 I think I've said this every single meeting, just as a reminder, a lot of budget stuff coming to you here in the next couple of months. 00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:36.480 May 20th kind of being the first meeting. 00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:42.800 And so please, if you could be available to that, we do have a lot of budgets that we go through with the board. 00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:48.440 And so please just be attuned to those dates starting May 20th. 00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:55.120 And then for the new business action item, I think we've completed everything except the one item on EV vehicles. 00:38:55.120 --> 00:38:56.800 And we still have quite a bit of time on that. 00:38:56.800 --> 00:39:01.640 But that's really all we have for you today, and if there's any questions you have, I'm happy to- 00:39:01.640 --> 00:39:05.000 >> If there are not any more questions, we stand adjourned. 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:07.000 I got it in there after all.