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OKAY, WE'RE GETTING STARTED A LITTLE BIT LATE.
I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25TH, STARTING
UM, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON, UM, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS TO ARRIVE.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO RECESS AND RECONVENE WHEN HE ARRIVES.
I'D LIKE TO CALL BACK INTO SESSION, UH, THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, AND WE ARE RECONVENING AT SIX TWENTY THREE.
SECRETARY THOMPSON, DIRECTOR ANDERSON HERE.
SO WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE.
ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SCENE? NONE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE B C R U A MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 26TH, 2022.
WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND I'LL SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ITEM FIVE A CONSIDER A STAFF REPORT REGARDING THE, OR JUST LIKE 36 INCH UNDERWATER PIPELINE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL 'EM TOGETHER OR SEPARATE? UH, SEPARATELY.
UM, THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
I, UM, AM UM, HAPPY TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF REPORTS, UH, TO UPDATE YOU ON SOME ITEMS THAT WE HAVE, UH, PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
UM, FOR THE, UM, STAFF REPORT ON THE 36TH INCH UNDERWATER PIPELINE, I WANT TO INTRODUCE JASON CHRISTENSEN FROM WALKER PARTNERS.
HE'S A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND, UM, HE'S THE PROJECT MANAGER OF A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.
HE'S THE, THE ENGINEER STANDING BEHIND, UM, AARON ARCHER FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT THAT WE DO HERE.
AND HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.
HE DES, HE, UM, DESIGNED, UH, PHASE ONE C.
UM, HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS AND HE, HE'S GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD AGAIN ON THE PHASE ONE D WATER TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION.
UM, SO I WILL CALL HIM UP IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
UM, THIS ITEM IS, UM, WHAT I HAD PROMISED YOU IS TO UPDATE YOU ON THE FINAL COST OF THE 36 INCH UNDERWATER PIPELINE REPAIR.
UM, THE ORIGINAL, UM, CONTRACT THAT, UM, WE ENTERED INTO WITH FAIL CONSTRUCTION WAS ABOUT 1.6 MILLION.
UM, THEN ULTIMATELY THERE WERE SOME, UH, CHANGES MADE, UM, SOME THINGS THEY RAN INTO DURING THE, UH, DURING CONSTRUCTION AND THAT ADDED, UM, $879,000.
UM, I WANNA BREAK THOSE DOWN FOR YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, THE FIRST COMPONENT, UH, WAS $385,000, AND THAT WAS FOUR DAYS MORE OF DIVE TIME.
UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE DIVERS TIME WAS, UM, VERY COSTLY.
UM, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU SAW SOME PICTURES OF WHAT THEIR RIG LOOKED LIKE AND, UM, OF COURSE THEY HAD, UM, TO HAVE A LOT OF DIVERS TO BE ABLE TO WORK DOWN AT THAT LEVEL, UM, IN THE DARK AND BE ABLE TO DO THEIR, UH, DECOMPRESSION.
UM, SO JUST TO BREAK IT DOWN, THE, WE, UM, DURING THE FIRST PIPELINE BREAK, WE HAD A, UM, UH, WHAT WAS CALLED A DOUBLE VALVE, UM, INSTALLED TO, UM, HELP FACILITATE THE, THE, THE REPAIR.
AND WE HAD TO USE ONE THAT WE COULD GET QUICKLY.
AND THEN DURING THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, THE, UM, UH, THE FINAL REPAIR,
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THE DIVERS HAD GONE DOWN AND SAID THEY REALLY FELT LIKE WE NEEDED A MORE APPROPRIATE DOUBLE BALL.THAT WAS ONE WE HAD ORDERED IN THE INTERIM.
UM, SO, UM, OUR ENGINEERS A AGREED AND RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE OLD DOUBLE VALVE AND PUT THE NEW ONE IN, AND THAT WOULD HELP ELIMINATE PIPE MOVEMENT AND, UM, AND LOADS THAT WERE, UM, BEING SEEN BY THAT PIPE.
SO THAT, UM, TOOK A COUPLE DAYS AND THEN WE ALSO, RIGHT AS WE WERE FINISHING UP, UM, AND THEY WERE PUTTING THE WHOLE THING BACK TOGETHER, THE DIVERS FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF THE, UM, THE FLANGES HAD A TORN GASKET AND SO IT WAS REALLY NECESSARY TO, UM, TAKE THE TIME TO PULL THAT OUT AND PUT A NEW GASKET IN.
AND THAT TOOK A COUPLE MORE DAYS.
UM, JASON, YOU WANNA COME UP AND SURE.
UM, YOU KNOW MUCH MORE OF THE DETAILS OF THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD WANNA ADD TO THAT? UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO ANSWER, WELL, I'LL GO TO THE SECOND ONE AND THEN MAYBE THERE'LL BE QUESTIONS.
THE, UH, SECOND, UM, CHANGE REALLY WAS A MODIFICATION OF THE, UM, SUPPORTS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE FOR THE PIPELINE.
UM, WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED THAT THEY WERE GOING, THE CONTRACTOR WAS GONNA USE, UM, BASICALLY PILE DRIVE THE SUPPORTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PIPELINE, WHICH WASN'T OUR PREFERRED METHOD, BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY CONTRACTOR I GUESS, OUR, UM, THEY COULD GET AT THE TIME.
AND THEN, UM, I GUESS DURING THE, THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, FIND SOMEONE WHO COULD DO DRILLED PI, WHICH WE FELT WOULD BE A LOT SAFER FOR THE PIPE AND, UM, AND, UH, MORE SECURE LONG TERM.
AND THEN ALSO WE FOUND OUT THAT THE, UH, DOUBLE BALL VALVE THAT I RE REFERENCED BEFORE REALLY WASN'T SUPPORTED WELL.
SO WE ADDED TWO MORE DRILLED PIERS THERE.
AND SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL, UH, INCREASE THE COST TO ABOUT, UH, THAT SECTION WAS ABOUT 494,000.
SO THOSE TWO ITEMS REALLY MAKE UP THE BULK OF THE, THE INCREASED COST WE SAW DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT'S ALL BEEN PAID FOR AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM,
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR JASON? UH, JUST A GENERAL QUESTION ON THE, ON THE, THE 3 85 FOR THE FOUR DAYS OF EXTRA DIVE TIME, I MEAN, I, AGAIN, IT'S NOT MY EXPERTISE AT ALL SEEM, SEEMS PRETTY EXPENSIVE, BUT H HOW MANY STAFF ARE ON SITE? I, I REALIZE YOU HAVE TO HAVE DIVE BUDDIES AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT PLUS EXPERTISE.
SO CAN YOU JUST KIND OF HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT COST A LITTLE BIT? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STAFF THEY ACTUALLY HAD OUT THERE, BUT IT'S JUST EXPENSIVE WORK DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT ON A SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, MOBILIZED ON THE LAKE WITH A DIVE TEAM AND THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR OVER THEM.
SO JUST EACH DAY IS EXPENSIVE WORK FOR THEM.
ONE THING I COULD ADD IS THE LAST INVOICE THAT WE HAD WAS 98 PAGES LONG AND JASON AND THE WALKER PARTNERS STAFF WENT THROUGH ALL OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHARGE THAT THEY MADE US WAS ACTUALLY, UM, USED ON THE PROJECT.
UM, AND, AND CONSISTENT WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS AS FAR AS PRICING AND ALL THE, ALL THOSE THINGS I, I ASSUME CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY HAD PERFORMED UP TO THAT POINT.
IT WAS JUST ADDING MORE TIME ON.
YEAH, WE DID FEEL LIKE WE GOT A, UM, MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE.
UM, YES, CONTRACTOR DOING THE DIVE WORK.
UM, THEY HAD, UH, THEY BROUGHT IN EQUIPMENT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THEY, YOU KNOW, HAD A LOT OF, UM, SAFETY MEASURES THAT WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY, UM, WE WERE SUGGESTING TO THEM THAT THEY USED TWO DIVERS AT A TIME AND THEY SAID THAT ONLY IMPACTS COMMUNICATION AND THEY FEEL THEY'RE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY USE ONE AT A TIME.
SO, UM, WE, AND, AND THEY ACTUALLY DID GET THE JOB DONE IN THE MINIMAL TIME.
WE GAVE THEM
SO IT'S REALLY, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM ON THE PHASE TWO TEAM COULD ABLE, THEY COULD JUMP OVER AND TACKLE THIS AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, MORE QUALIFIED FOR YEAH.
AND REMIND ME OF WHAT THE PLAN IS LIKE JUST TO, YOU KNOW, JUST GOING AND INSPECT THAT.
IT'S, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE WE ARE.
IT'S GOING WELL, BUT WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? WE'RE STILL INSPECTING IT.
YES, WE ARE CONTINUING THE INSPECTIONS THAT DID
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ULTIMATELY FIND THAT LEAK, SO, AND THEN, UH, MEANWHILE THEY'RE WORKING HARD ON THE REPLACEMENT PIPELINE.THE, UM, I GUESS WE'RE 90% DESIGN ON THAT, CORRECT.
IT TURNED IN 90% YESTERDAY FOR REVIEW, LOOKING TO OPEN BIDS IN APRIL, MAYBE IN THAT, UH, LOOKING TO BE FINAL IN MID-FEBRUARY, SO I'M NOT OKAY.
AND THEN, UH, THAT'LL BE ABOUT A YEAR CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT, UM, PERMANENT SOLUTION DONE AND NOT HAVE TO TALK ABOUT REPAIRS.
AND DEFINITELY, SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU, YOU SAID WAS, UM, THAT THE ORIGINAL CHOICE FOR ANCHORING THE SUPPORTS WAS PILE DRIVING AND THE PREFERRED METHOD, WHICH YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WAS USING A, I GUESS I DRILLED OR SCREWED TECHNIQUE.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE DIFFERENCE.
WE PUT A NAIL ON THE WALL AND A SCREW IN THE GROUND, THE SCREW HOLDS BETTER, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING THE SIMPLEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT FOR CITIZENS THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING.
WELL, IF YOU, IF YOU CALL THE DRIVEN PILE A NAIL, IT'S ONLY GONNA GO DOWN TWO BEDROCK WHERE IT'S GONNA STOP.
YOU CAN'T DRIVE THROUGH THE BEDROCK WITH THE DRILL PI THAT ACTUALLY COULD DRILL INTO THE BEDROCK AND CREATE A BETTER SUPPORT FOR THE PIPE SYSTEM.
YEAH, THEY WERE EMBEDDED INTO THE LIMESTONE BEDROCK MM-HMM.
THAT WAS THE OTHER THING, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING TO THE PIPELINE.
AND THEN THEY, UM, ALSO, UM, FELT LIKE THAT WOULD TAKE, UM, THEY COULD GET THAT WORK DONE A WEEK, UM, SOONER THAN IF THEY HAD THE PILE DRIVING.
UM, SO THEY WOULD'VE BEEN PRETTY DIFFICULT, UM, WITH ZERO VISIBILITY DOWN THERE.
AND THEY DECIDED TO BE MORE CAREFUL IF THEY WERE GONNA USE DRIVEN PILES, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE COMMOTION AROUND THAT SENSITIVE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, MORE KIND OF INVASIVE THEM CONTROLLABLY DRILLING PEERS ADJACENT TO IT.
OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT ABOUT IT.
OKAY, SO ITEM FIVE B CONSIDERS STAFF REPORT REGARDING THE APPLICATION FOR T W D B SWIFT 2023 FUNDING.
SO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR OUR, UM, PHASE TWO PROJECT, UH, THE DEEPWATER INTAKE AND PHASE ONE D, WHICH IS THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION.
UM, MUCH OF THAT WAS DUE TO THE COST ESCALATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
UH, FORTUNATELY WE HAD, UM, HAD ENOUGH CONTINGENCY IN OUR DEEPWATER INTAKE PROJECT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD THAT PROJECT EVEN THOUGH IT CAME IN OVER 25 MILLION, UM, MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD PLANNED.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO REPLENISH THOSE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH, UM, FOR THE OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, THE, UM, WATER TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION, AND THEN THERE'S, UM, PERMANENT POWER PROJECT, UM, THAT WILL, UH, FOR THE DEEP WATER INTAKE.
UM, SO OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE COST WOULD BE, UM, HOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU'RE BORROWING MONEY FOR A CONTINGENCY, YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED.
FORTUNATELY WE HAVEN'T NEEDED ANY TO DATE.
BUT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A FIVE YEAR PROJECT.
SO, UM, THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND, UM, SET UP A CONTINGENCY FUND FOR ABOUT FOR 20 MILLION, AND THEN IF IT TURNED OUT THAT WE NEEDED MORE, WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO GO BACK IN AND GET, UM, FUTURE LOANS FOR THAT OR DETERMINE OTHER FUNDS.
UM, SO WE, UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR COST ESCALATION CONTINGENCY IS 30 MILLION, AND THAT WOULD, IT'S $4 MILLION FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, PHASE ONE D 6 MILLION FOR THE PERMANENT POWER COST ESCALATION FOR PHASE TWO POWER, AND THEN 20 MILLION FOR CONTINGENCY.
SO THAT IS A PORTION NOW TO EACH OF THE CITIES.
AND, UM, UH, FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, LEANDER DECIDED THAT THEY WANT TO USE THEIR OWN LOCAL FUNDS, UH, FOR THIS, UM, CEDAR PARK HAS, UM, UH, GRANT FUNDS FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION.
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UH, THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK HAD DETERMINED WHILE THEY HAD USED LOCAL FUNDS FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE PHASE TWO AND ONE D PROJECT INITIALLY, THEY NOW WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT.AND, UM, SO THEY WILL BE ASKING FOR, UM, FUNDS TO BASICALLY REPLENISH THE AMOUNT THAT THEY HAD ALREADY SPENT FOR, UM, THE COST SO FAR, BUT ALSO, UM, HAVE LOAN FUNDS FOR THE FUTURE, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO AND ONE D AND THE PERMANENT POWER PROJECT.
SO IN TOTAL, I'LL SUMMARIZE, UM, CEDAR PARK IS GOING TO, UM, REQUEST FUNDS OF ABOUT 7.6 MILLION AND, UM, THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK WILL BE REQUESTING, UM, ABOUT 90, $90.5 MILLION.
SO THE TOTAL, UM, APPLICATION WILL BE FOR RIGHT ABOUT $98 MILLION.
NOW, RECALL THAT THE WAY THE SWIFT UH, PROGRAM WORKS, WE'RE INITIALLY GOING TO, UM, SUBMIT AN ABRIDGED APPLICATION.
IT DOESN'T NEED BOARD APPROVAL, BUT IT DOES, UM, STATE WHAT, UM, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE THINK WE WILL, WE WILL NEED.
AND SO THAT IS DUE ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
WE ROUTE IT TO ALL THE THREE CITIES FOR REVIEW.
UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PLAN TO SUBMIT THAT FOR THE, THESE AMOUNTS.
UM, ROUND ROCK IS PLANNING TO DO A, UM, UH, A MULTI-YEAR, UH, PRO UM, LOAN.
UH, SO THEY HAVE GIVEN US HOW MUCH THEY THINK THEY WOULD TAKE DOWN OVER EACH YEAR, SO WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE APPLICATION.
BUT THAT CAN BE CHANGED IN THE FINAL APPLICATION.
AND IN FACT, UM, THE, UM, WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD DOESN'T HOLD YOU TO THOSE NUMBERS FOR MULTI YEARS.
AND, UM, I, THEY WILL, WELL, AS LEAN, PROBABLY ROBERT POWERS COULD EXPLAIN THIS BETTER THAN ANYBODY.
BUT, UM, EACH YEAR, UH, YOU CAN CHANGE THE AMOUNT YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU CAN SAY, DECIDE YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY, BUT YOU ALSO ARE SUBJECT TO WHATEVER THE INTEREST RATES ARE IN THAT FUTURE YEAR.
UM, SO WE, UM, WILL SUBMIT THAT AND THEN IN APRIL IS THE TIMEFRAME WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR FINAL APPLICATION THAT WILL COME TO THE BOARD.
I'M GONNA HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, UM, COME, UH, TALK TO, UH, YOU ABOUT WHAT THE RATES ARE DOING AT THAT TIME, UH, BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT VOTE.
SO THAT'S, UM, ALL I WAS GOING TO PRESENT, BUT I BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, MOVE ON TO SIX A, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION IMPROVING THE B C R U A QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR JULY ONE TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
MR. POWERS, THANK YOU MADAME PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, UH, WHAT YOU'VE PROBABLY, PROBABLY ALREADY SEEN IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, IS A CORRECTED QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
UH, THERE'S A FULL POSTED NOTE ON THE PAGE THAT, UH, THAT CHANGED SUMMARY INFORMATION DID NOT CHANGE, BUT, UM, WHEN THE ORIGINAL REPORT WAS, UH, PRODUCED BACK IN OCTOBER, UH, THAT'S THE ONE THAT WAS IN YOUR, YOUR PACKET, UH, WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN ERROR, UH, IN THE ALLOCATION, THE LABELING BETWEEN, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS FROM THE 2009 ISSUE AND THE SWIFT 2021.
SO, UM, OUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR CORRECTED THAT REPORT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, I DIDN'T GET THAT, UH, TO KAREN TO BE IN YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PACKET.
SO, UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY BAD.
SO, UM, BUT, UM, THE, THE SUMMARY INFORMATION IS, IS CORRECT AND THE, THE ALLOCATIONS IN THE, IN THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, IS, IS ACCURATE.
SO FOR THE REPORT, THIS IS THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDING SEPTEMBER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING BACK ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO.
UH, INTEREST EARNINGS DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE, OF THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER, 2022 WAS $479,813.
AND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TOTAL, 791,391, UH, AT QUARTER IN THE CASH AND INVESTMENTS TOTALED 136.5 MILLION, WHICH WAS UP ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MILLION
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DOLLARS FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE MA MATURE MATURITY OF THE INVESTMENTS WENT UP FROM 133 DAYS AT THE END OF JUNE TO 164 DAYS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AVERAGE YIELD FOR THE QUARTER JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2022 WAS ONE JUST UNDER 1.7%.
UH, WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE, JUST FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, THE, THE INTEREST RATES HAD, YOU KNOW, WERE ALREADY STARTING TO GO UP.
SO THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, IF YOU LOOKED JUST AT THAT, IT WAS 2.38%.
UM, ALSO TO KIND OF POINT IT OUT HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR IN TERMS OF INTEREST RATES.
WE ALL KNOW THEY, THEY'RE GOING UP.
BUT A YEAR AGO WHEN CEDAR PARK AND LEANDER CLOSED ON THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UH, IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, UH, LEANDER AND CEDAR PARK TOOK SOME OF THOSE PROCEEDS AND INVESTED IN, IN TBIS AND COMMERCIAL PAPER AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO, UM, THE INTEREST RATES BACK THEN IN, IN, UH, FEBRUARY OF 2022, UM, WE GOT JUST CLOSE TO 1%, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE FED FUNDS RATE AT AT 0.25.
SO BETWEEN A YEAR AGO TO NOW, THE FED FUNDS RATE, WHICH IS, IS A BENCHMARK, HAS GONE UP FROM 0.25 TO NOW IT'S AT 4.5.
SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE INTEREST RATES HAVE THAT SKYROCKETED.
SO, UM, THOSE, UH, THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR, UH, UH, TWO THIRDS OF 'EM MATURE, UH, THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST TRANCHE AT CEDAR PARK FUNDS MATURE, I BELIEVE IN, UM, MARCH.
SO WE'LL BE, UH, WORKING WITH CEDAR PARK TO, UH, REINVEST THOSE FUNDS, UM, UH, GOING FORWARD.
IN ADDITION TO REINVESTING WHAT WE ALREADY, UM, HAVE OUT THAT WILL MATURE, WE'VE BEEN, UM, UH, WORKING WITH THE, UM, WALKER PARTNERS, THE DESIGN FIRM TO, TO, UM, UH, REFINE THE CASH FLOW EXPECTATIONS OF THE, OF THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH CLOSELY WITH, WITH THOSE EXPECTATIONS SO WE CAN TIME OUR INVESTMENTS, UH, TO MATCH THAT.
AND, UM, LEANDER HAS, UH, CLOSED ON ITS SECOND LOAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, SO THAT'S 39 MILLION THAT IS NOW BEEN MOVED INTO A CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
SO WE'LL, WE WILL BE WORKING, UM, TO INVEST, UM, A GOOD PORTION OF THOSE, THOSE PROCEEDS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN I HAVE A FAVOR TO ASK GOOD PRESIDENT.
ANY QUESTION? YES, MR. POTTER, YOU HAVE A FAVOR, PLEASE ASK AWAY.
CAN I TELL ONE SAM STORY,
SO, SO, UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT, UH, SAM AND I WORKED BRIEFLY TOGETHER AND, UH, THIS IS A WATER RELATED STORY, SO IT IS GERMANE TO THE MEETING, SO YES, VERY MUCH SO.
BUT, UM, SO I HADN'T BEEN AT CEDAR PARK VERY LONG, AND, AND SAM COMES INTO MY OFFICE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND HIS FACE WAS FALLING, AND HE JUST LOOKED LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE HAD BEEN RUN OVER BY SOMETHING AND HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, I THINK WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF WATER.
WE, WE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF WATER, UM, OR WE MIGHT RUN OUT OF WATER THIS WEEKEND.
AND THE REASON IS P E C A TRANSFORMER HAD BLOWN.
AND SO, I MEAN, I, I GUESS I JUST STARED BLANKLY, UH, UH, BLANKLY AT HIM AND, AND, UH, SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, I GUESS WE'LL GET THROUGH IT.
UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT IF, OF COURSE THE, THE P C GOT THE POWER RESTORED AND, AND, UH, WE DIDN'T RUN OUT OF WATER.
UM, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT IF SAM WERE TELLING THIS STORY, HE WOULD THINK HIGHLY OF ME, THAT I DIDN'T OVERREACT AND, YOU KNOW, GET UP IN HIS BUSINESS ABOUT POOR PLANNING.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A BIG DEAL THAT WOULD BE.
I ACTUALLY, TRUTH BE TOLD, WAS THINKING, WELL,
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YOU KNOW, THE PLANT WILL SHUT DOWN.P E C WILL GET IT FIXED, WE'LL RESTART THE PLANT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? SO THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS, UH, GOOD SECRETS, MAKE GOOD FRIENDS, AND, UH, SAM, UH, IS A GOOD FRIEND AND I WISH HIM WELL, BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE THAT TIME TO SHARE THAT STORY.
SO WE HAVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
YOU GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ITEM SIX B, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT NUMBER 20 WITH WALKER PARTNERS FOR PHASE ONE C WATER TREATMENT EXPANSION AND PHASE TWO, LAND RIGHTS AND STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION PROJECT.
THE TITLE REALLY DOESN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THIS ITEM, BUT THE CONTRACT NAME IS SO LONG.
THAT'S REALLY ABOUT ALL YOU CAN SAY IN THE RESOLUTION.
BUT, UM, THIS IS ABOUT THE, UM, PERMANENT POWER PROJECT, UH, FOR THE PHASE TWO DEEP WATER INTAKE.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT IN A WHILE.
UM, SO FOR THE AUDIENCE, WE HAD, UM, COMPLETED A TEMPORARY POWER PROJECT TO GET POWER DOWN TO THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR THE DEEP WATER INTAKE.
AND THEN, UH, MEANWHILE WE ARE WORKING ON A PERMANENT POWER THAT WILL BE ABLE TO RUN THOSE, UM, VERY LARGE PUMPS THAT WE'LL BE INSTALLING DOWN THERE IN THE OTHER FACILITIES.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, FOR YEARS.
UM, THERE ARE, UM, APPROXIMATELY 240 PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, AFFECTED BY THIS EITHER THROUGH, UH, RIGHT OF WAY ENTRIES AND LOOKING AT, UM, VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR ROUTES AND NEGOTIATING OF LAND RIGHTS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX ELEMENTS OF THE, THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
UM, B C I U A BUDGETED ALMOST 6 MILLION FOR LAND, RIGHT RIGHTS, INCLUDING 2 MILLION FOR LAND COSTS.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN, UM, WORKING THROUGH THAT.
WE'VE ACQUIRED ALMOST ALL OF THE EASEMENTS.
UM, ONCE WE GET ALL THESE, UM, PROPERTIES IN PLACE, UM, THEN, UM, THE, UM, PER P C WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, START CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERMANENT POWER PROJECT.
SO WE, WE JUST NEED THAT DONE BY THE END OF THE PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, SO, UM, THIS ONE, UM, PARTICULAR SECTION WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
SOME OF YOU THAT WERE ON THE BOARD MAY REMEMBER THAT, UM, THE PERMANENT POWER THAT IS COMING FROM MILES AWAY FROM THE WEST ACTUALLY, UM, IS GONNA CUT DOWN FROM FOUR HIGHWAY 1431, UM, FOLLOWING SOME EXISTING, UH, POWER LINE ALIGNMENTS AND TO GET TO THE PUMP STATION.
SO THE, UM, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED WAS IT WAS GONNA FOLLOW SOME POWER LINES, UH, THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION, UM, CALLED NORTHRIM.
AND THROUGH A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHRIM, THE BOARD VOTED TO TAKE A, UM, ALTERNATE ROUTE THAT WOULD, UM, NOT REQUIRE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE MAIN CUL-DE-SAC.
AND SO WE CALLED THAT THE SOUTHERN ROUTE.
AND SO THE, WHAT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS THE SOUTHERN ROUTE.
AND THE SOUTHERN ROUTE ACTUALLY GOES ACROSS SANDY CREEK ITSELF.
SO IT'S GOT SOME, UH, PRETTY, UM, PRETTY BIG TERRAIN THAT WILL NEED TO BE NAVIGATED.
SO AFTER WE HAD, UM, TALKED TO YOU ABOUT NORTH RIM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, OUR CONSULTANT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, M AND S, UM, IS THEIR NAME.
THEY HAD STARTED WORKING ON THE EASEMENTS AND REALLY HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF, UM, GETTING THOSE EASEMENTS, UH, PROCURED AND DOING SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGN ALONG WITH THAT.
UM, SO THEN WE MET WITH, UM, P C ON, UM, LAST SEPTEMBER, AND WE REVIEWED ALL OF THE ALIGNMENTS, UM, AND TO GET READY TO, UM, GET THE DESIGN GOING FOR THE PERMANENT POWER PROJECT.
AND THEY DECIDED THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH INFORMATION, ENOUGH, THE DESIGN WASN'T, UH, ROBUST ENOUGH FOR THEM TO, UH, USE TO START THE FINAL DESIGN.
SO THEY ASKED FOR MORE, UM, MORE DESIGN, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE MORE SURVEYING AND MORE, UM, EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS.
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I BELIEVE A LOT OF THIS RESULTED FROM THE FACT THAT THEY HAD JUST CONS FINISHED CONSTRUCTING THE TEMPORARY POWER POWER PROJECT, AND THEY SAW WHAT, UM, IT WAS GOING TO TAKE AS FAR AS, UM, MAYBE HAVING TO PUT IN SOME ACCESS ROADS ALONG THE ALIGNMENT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO, UH, MAINTAIN THEIR, UH, THE PERMANENT PROJECT, WHICH THEY WILL END UP, UM, OWNING AFTER WE'RE DONE.UH, SO THIS IS A RESULT OF, UM, THE, THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED TO GET THEM THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT IN, WELL, THE ESTIMATE IS, UM, 199,000 $150.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE MORE TOWARDS A FINAL DESIGN LEVEL.
SO WHEN WE GET TO FINAL DESIGN, UM, IT SHOULDN'T BE AS COSTLY TO GET THE, THE PERMANENT POWERED, UH, PROJECT DESIGN THROUGH THIS AREA.
UM, WE DID, THE M AND S CAME IN WITH A MUCH HIGHER, UM, UM, COST.
AND, UM, AARON, UH, ARCHER DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF, UM, GETTING THAT REDUCED DOWN TO THIS NUMBER.
SO, UM, THIS IS, SO WE'RE ASKING YOUR APPROVAL TO ADD THIS, UM, AS A SUBCONTRACT TO WALKER PARTNERS, UM, CONTRACT FOR THE WHOLE, UM, DESIGN OF THE PERMANENT POWER PROJECT.
UM, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS.
SO, SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE, THE NEW TOTAL IS THE 7.6, AND THE PREVIOUS TOTAL IS THE 7.445? CORRECT.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, CORRECT? YES.
ANY QUESTION? ALL RIGHT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ITEM SIX C CONSIDERING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT NUMBER TWO WITH WA PARTNERS FOR B C R U A PHASE ONE D WATER TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION.
UM, THIS, UH, ITEM IS RELATED TO, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR PHASE ONE D WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK JASON TO COME BACK UP CUZ HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE DESIGN.
AND, UM, UM, SO WE ARE AT, UM, A POINT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO BID THE PHASE ONE D D WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WE, UH, NEED TO, UM, CONTRACT WITH WALKER PARTNERS TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES.
DO YOU WANNA PRESENT THAT OR DO YOU WANT TO ASK? GO AHEAD FOR ME TO KEEP GOING, I HELP YOU.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE, UM, REALLY LIKE CONSTRUCTION, UM, INSPECTION, UM, ALL OF THE REVIEWS OF THE SUBMITTALS, UH, MONITORING THE CONTRACT CONTRACTOR, UH, GETTING THEM PAID, UM, FOR THE 20 MONTH CONSTRUCTION, UM, PERIOD.
UM, WE'RE ALSO ADDING SOMETHING, UM, UM, SOME COMMISSIONING AND STARTUP SERVICES.
UM, WE DID FIND THAT, UM, OUR CONTRACTOR, WHILE THEY CAN BUILD A PLANT, THEY AREN'T NECESSARILY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO GET IT READY FOR OPERATIONS.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT IN HERE, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, WHILE THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO PHASE ONE C, THERE ARE SOME ADDED COMPONENTS, UM, THAT MAKE THIS A BIGGER PROJECT.
UM, SO THE, UH, OPERATIONS COMMITTEE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND, UM, ULTIMATELY, UH, THE CONTRACT, UH, AMENDMENT PRICE IS, UM, ESTIMATED TO BE $1,437,119.
THIS IS BASICALLY A TIME AND MATERIALS CONTRACT.
SO THIS IS, UM, A CAP AND, UM, WE, THAT MAY NOT BE EXCEEDED, BUT, UM, IF EVERYTHING GOES VERY SMOOTHLY, WE WOULD EXPECT TO COME IN UNDER THIS BUDGET AND WE WILL BE OPENING BIDS, UM, NEXT MONTH.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR JASON? WELL, THAT'S EXCITING AND, AND I APPRECIATE JUST THAT FORETHOUGHT OF THOSE OC JUST TO HASH THAT OUT THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE IN SOME OF THOSE OTHER ASPECTS THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BENEFIT FROM.
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RIGHT, THANK YOU.AND NOW IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CLOSING COMMENTS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR FAVORITE ENGINEER WHO IS MOVING ON TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE, UH, TO HAVE HAD SAM ROBERTS A PART OF THE B C R U A CONCEPTION INCEPTION AND HERE TO THIS DAY.
AND HE'S ALSO, UM, WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS BECAUSE THERE'S A, A REALLY GREAT TEAM AROUND HIM THIS WHOLE TIME WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
AND IN HIS STEAD, WE WILL HAVE, UM, A NEW MEMBER OF THE, UH, CM FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FROM CEDAR PARK.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, ERIC RUSHER IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS GENTLEMAN.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD.
I'M ERIC ROSSBERG, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, CHRIS COPPEL.
UH, CHRIS COPPELS, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
HE'S WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR EIGHT YEARS, IS THAT RIGHT? AND, UH, SO NOW HE'S GOT THE SHORT STRAWS, HE'S GOT PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES OUT FOR US.
AND SO HE'LL BE A, A FAMILIAR FACE FOR Y'ALL, BUT WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS.
HE'S, HE'S VERY INTELLIGENT, HE'S A VERY NICE GUY.
AND, UH, HE'S A GREAT, HE'S A GREAT LEADER.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIM ON THE TEAM.
SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT, UH, PRESENTATIONS, UH, FOR MR. SAM ROBERTS, AND I BELIEVE MR. SBO, UM, WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.
UH, MADAM PRESIDENT DANIEL, UH, UH, DAN GREENSBOROUGH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF, UH, UH, LEANDER.
AND, UM, I'VE KNOWN SAM A SHORT TIME, A YEAR AND A HALF, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN A RIDE.
HE IS A FOUNDING FATHER OF THE B C R A.
SO, UM, I THINK THE B C R A IS AT A, IS A, IS A REALLY AT A TURNING POINT.
AND SO, UH, THIS MOMENTUM THAT THE OC GROUP IS PROVIDING HIM, UM, IS THE MINIATURE VERSION OF THE DEEPWATER INTAKE, WHERE IT WAS KIND OF AT WHEN HE DECIDED HE'S LEAVING.
SO IT'S 12 INCHES, ABOUT 120 FEET DEEP AND, UM, 30, 30 FEET IN DIAMETER.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE TURNING POINT, AND THIS IS WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE FROM THE OC GROUP TO PROVIDE HIM THIS.
CUZ I THINK THIS IS THE TURNING POINT WHERE WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG PLANT AND IT'S GONNA BE PRODUCING WATER FOR MULTIPLE CITIES, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS REGION.
AND SAM WAS, UH, DEFINITELY A FOUNDING FATHER AND NOW HE LOOKS LIKE THE FOUNDING FATHER WITH ALL THAT, WITH ALL THAT GRAY
SO, UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M GONNA PASS IT ON TO THE REST OF THE GROUP.
UM, IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE ASSIGNED WOULD WOULD CERTAINLY ASSIGN THIS AND, UM, WISH HIM AS THE NAVY, UH, FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS AND, UH, ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF.
OKAY, NEXT, EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL DO CLOSING COMMENTS UNLESS THERE'S ANYONE ELSE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING, ANY SEE STORIES AND SUCH, PLEASE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, ADAM, CHAIR AND BOARD.
UH, DAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEARHEADING THAT.
UM, THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME CUZ ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT IS REALLY, UH, SATISFYING TO KNOW IS THAT, THAT I'M LEAVING, UH, AT, AT THE TI THAT THE, THE DEEP WATER INTAKE STARTED CONSTRUCTION BEFORE I LEFT.
AND I WOULD'VE LOVED TO BEEN HERE WHEN IT WAS FINISHED, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS ALWAYS A GOAL TO AT LEAST, UH, GET IT STARTED ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND, AND THIS TEAM IS WHAT MADE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, I WILL SAY JUST A LITTLE HISTORY.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE B C R U A LITERALLY STARTED WITH A PHONE CALL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES AND RON ROCK, A GUY NAMED TOM CLARK, LITERALLY CALLED ME ONE DAY AND SAID, HEY, SAM HDR JUST FINISHED DOING A STUDY FOR US AND DETERMINED THAT LAKE TRAVIS IS THE BEST LONG TERM WATER SUPPLY FOR THE SEAR ROM ROCK.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT DOING A REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.
AND WITHIN 60 DAYS, WE HAD AN MOU.
AND AT THAT TIME, L C R A OWNED, UH, LEAN'S WATER TREATMENT PLANT
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AND THEY, WE STARTED MEETING ANYWAY, THEY CAME TO THE, THE MEETINGS AND BY 2008, YOU KNOW, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION WERE DONE.AND, AND, AND THE BOARD WAS CREATED.
I THINK WE HAD OUR FIRST, I THINK THEY REALLY, THE ARTICLES WERE STARTED APPROVED IN OH SEVEN AND, AND THEN THE, THE BYLAWS AND, AND THE FIRST MEETING WAS IN OH EIGHT, AND THE REST IS COMMON HISTORY.
PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED IN 2012, AND HERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, UM, AND, AND Y'ALL WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THIS SOMEDAY, BUT, UH, FOR ME PERSONALLY, PROFESSIONALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS OF, OF ALL THE UNBELIEVABLY FANTASTIC PROJECTS I'VE WORKED ON IN 31 YEARS, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THEM.
YOU, THIS IS, THIS IS DEFINITELY RANKED UP THERE, THE HIGHEST OF THE ONE I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF.
AND THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD HAS BEEN, I MEAN, IT'S, IT HAS DONE SO MUCH TO CREATE THE SYSTEM.
AND ANYHOW, UH, I WILL BE PROUD OF THAT FOR, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
AND CHERISH, CHERISH ALL OF THE MOMENTS WITH THE WHOLE TEAM.
UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET THE ONE WHEN YOU THIN
SO SAM, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN JUST PROFESSIONALLY THROUGH THE V C R UI, BUT, UM, IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE PRESENT WHEN SOMEBODY RETIRES THAT HAS MADE A TRUE STAMP ON THE SU ON THE, ON THEIR SERVICE TOS, THEIR COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I, I I DID AIR QUALITY AS, AS ENGINEERING, IT BLOWS AWAY, YOU KNOW, IT BLOWS IN, IT BLOWS OUT WATER IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
AND TO, TO BE A LEAD IN CREATING A WATER SUPPLY THAT'S GONNA SERVE THIS AREA AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOR, FOR, FOR THE, THE HISTORY OF MANKIND, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
AND, UM, I JUST APPLAUD YOU AND, AND OF COURSE, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SURROUNDED YOURSELF WITH.
BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT WILL BE FELT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND, UM, YOU DESERVE A, A, A BIG APPLAUSE AND AN ATTABOY FOR DOING THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A SINCERE THANK YOU FROM, FROM THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK AND FOR ALL OF US.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, SAM, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND, UM, UH, DEPEND ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
31 YEARS OF SERVICE TO, TO MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING QUITE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
SO, UM, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER SAYS, THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK HAS ALWAYS APPRECIATED HAVING A GOOD FRIEND IN CEDAR PARK, UH, TO, TO WORK WITH US ON PROJECTS.
AND, UM, I WAS REMINDED IT RECENTLY THAT THERE'S STILL A PHASE TWO IN THE PHASE THREE TO THE PLANET ITSELF.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONLY GONNA GET BIGGER AND BETTER.
BUT, UH, WISHING YOU NOTHING, BUT, UH, WELL WISHES AND, AND, UH, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THEY TAKE YOU OFF THE 24 HOUR ON CALL LIST.
SAM AND I MET WHEN WE WERE BABY ENGINEERS.
UH, SO I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM, UM, IN MY LIFE FOR THESE, UM, UM, ALL, ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WE WENT TO.
AND IT WAS GREAT THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I CAME TO BC R U A, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KNEW IF HE WAS HERE, IT WAS GONNA BE A WELL RUN, UM, COMMITTED, UM, ORGANIZATION.
UM, ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN GREAT ABOUT SAM IS HE WILL REALLY LISTEN TO YOU AND, UH, HE'S VERY THOUGHTFUL.
HE'S GOT, HE, YOU COULD SEE HIS MIND, UM, CHURNING AND THEN WHEN HE COMES OUT WITH HIS THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TAKE THAT TO THE BANK.
AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY PATIENT LIKE THAT THAT CAN UM, REALLY BE THE VOICE OF REASON.
AND, UM, HE'S REALLY IN, IN MY MIND MORE OF A STATESMAN, YOU KNOW, WAY ABOVE AN ENGINEER.
HE'S GOT ALL THOSE QUALITIES AND CAN PULL IT ALL TOGETHER AND KEEP US MOVING FORWARD.
YOU CAN GO, UH, YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS, SAM, ON A, UH, CAREER OF EXCELLENCE.
MY, MY ONLY REGRET IS THAT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO WORK WITH YOU MORE THAN I HAVE.
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I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE B C R O A AND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HELPED FOUND.UM, I'VE FOUND IT A VERY EASY THING TO DEFEND AGAINST THOSE IN MY OWN CITY WHO, WHO MIGHT, UM, THINK IT WASN'T A GOOD IDEA FROM AS AN ENGINEER.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S SOME OF THE BEST, UH, FORETHOUGHT I'VE, I'VE SEEN IN MY ENTIRE 27 YEARS DOING, DOING THIS STUFF.
AND UH, JUST ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT'S AHEAD OF YOU STILL.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 2005, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT THE AREA AND, UH, THROUGH THE YEARS I'D GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE, UH, UM, THE CITY AND OUTRAN, UM, VOLUNTEERING FOR THE CITY, UM, BEING ON AN HOA BOARD, GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN PROJECTS, JOINING FOUR B AND THEN JOINING COUNCIL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN SAY ABOUT SAM IS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE IN THE CITY OR YOUR EDUCATION LEVEL OR YOUR EXPERIENCE WORKING ON PROJECTS OR EVEN UNDERSTANDING HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS.
SAM COULD ALWAYS RELATE AND TALK TO PEOPLE.
HE COULD TALK TO PEOPLE AT THE HOA LEVEL, HE COULD TALK TO PEOPLE WHO WERE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CITY BOARDS.
HE COULD TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, HE COULD WORK WITH, I MEAN, EVERY EXPERT WE'VE EVER DEALT WITH.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, CEDAR PARK ROUND ROCK AND, AND LEANDER ON B A, UM, ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU CUZ YOU MEANT A LOT TO THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY.
THIS WHOLE REGION IS WHERE IT'S AT BECAUSE OF YOU.
THERE'S NO PROJECT IN THIS REGION THAT DOESN'T HAVE YOUR NAME STAMPED ON IT SOME WAY, YOU KNOW? AND IF I COULD GET MY WAY, I'D FIGURE IT OUT HOW TO, UH, NAME PART OF THIS PROJECT AFTER YOU CUZ IT'S ABOUT YOU.
AND I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR MOST OF MY LEGAL CAREER.
I MET YOU VERY EARLY ON AND IN THE TYPES OF MEETINGS THAT I'M USUALLY INVITED TO, THERE'S CONTENTION IN THOSE MEETINGS,
UM, BUT, BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT IN THOSE MEETING MEETINGS, EVEN WHEN THERE'S CONTENTION, YOU'RE ALWAYS VERY CONSTRUCTIVE IN YOUR COMMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIVE IN WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE IN THAT DISCUSSION.
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CALM AND THOUGHTFUL.
I CAN ECHO THAT AND INTELLIGENT ABOUT, UH, THE ISSUE AT HAND AND THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU BRING HAS IN, IN MY MIND HAS ALWAYS MADE FOR A BETTER OUTCOME AND FOR BETTER PROBLEM SOLVING.
AND SO I'VE ENJOYED SEEING YOU AND LISTENING TO YOU AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU.
UM, AND YOU, YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF FORESIGHT AND THOUGHTFULNESS IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT, THAT WE'VE, THAT I'VE WITNESSED OVER THE YEARS.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT AND UM, BEEN PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH YOU.
SO I'M PROBABLY NOT GONNA SAY A WHOLE LOT CAUSE I'LL SAY MORE TOMORROW NIGHT.
UM, AND I MIGHT EVEN CRY THEN, BUT, UM, I JUST IN THIS REGARD FOR THIS BOARD, I MEAN I SAT IN YOUR OFFICE AND YOU WALKED ME THROUGH THE ENTIRE TIMELINE AND I APPRECIATE THAT TIME SO MUCH CUZ I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, THIS IS NOT MY BACKGROUND AND I FEEL SO MUCH MORE PREPARED TO BE ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT YOU'VE TAKEN AND THERE'S BEEN MANY A TIMES WHERE THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL CRUNCHINESS OR WRINKLES OR CERTAIN THINGS AND HE WOULD CALL ME BEFORE OUR MEETING AND UPDATE ME.
AND, UM, AND WE'VE DEVELOPED A GREAT FRIENDSHIP AND, AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO OFFER YOU SOME MEDICAL ADVICE WHEN YOU REACHED OUT.
SO WE JUST, WE FORGED LIKE A DIFFERENT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP, UM, OTHER THAN JUST LIKE A MENTOR AND LEADER.
AND, AND I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND, UH, I'LL, I'LL SAVE THE REST FOR TOMORROW CUZ I MIGHT GET A LITTLE ABSURD.
UM, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY, WITH OUR GREATEST APPRECIATION, UM, TO SAM ROBERTS OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER 2007 TO 2023, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY.
THANK THAT'S SOMETHING, AND I, I THINK WE SHOULD DO A GREAT PHOTO.
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I THINK WE ALL WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL ADJOURN, WE'LL AURN.SO IF, IF NO ONE, IF, IF EVERYONE IS GOOD NO HASS ANYTHING MORE THEY WANNA SAY IN THE PUBLIC FORUM