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THE TIME IS 6:00 PM AND IT IS THE JANUARY 26TH, UH, CITY OF LEANDER PLANNING A ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
UH, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONER MOSS.
[3. Election of Chairman A. Nomination for position of Vice Chairman B. Discussion of Nominees C. Election of Vice Chairman]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, EVEN THOUGH THE AGENDA STATE'S ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN, IT WILL BE THE ELECTION OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN TONIGHT, WHICH IS IN A, B, AND C BELOW.UM, AND I'LL START THAT OFF AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER LANTRIP.
IS THAT AYE SECOND THAT? I'LL SECOND IT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MOTION.
UH, WELL, WE, UH, COMMISSIONER OLIVER, HIM AND COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, WERE KIND OF FIGHTING FOR IT, SO THANK YOU.
SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
[4. Director’s report to the Planning & Zoning Commission on actions taken by the City Council at the January 19, 2023 meeting]
GOOD EVENING.I'M REPORTING ON ITEMS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR MEETING.
UM, LAST WEEK THEY WERE FORWARDED FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY RE REVIEWED THE TREE REMOVAL CASE REQUEST FOR THE, UM, P C SUBSTATION.
AND THEY DID APPROVE REMOVING THE TREES.
UM, THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM THEY HAD FORWARDED FROM THE COMMISSION.
THEY ALSO HAD, UM, THE CASE ON, UM, WHERE WE ADOPTED THE ORDINANCE THAT TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT PHASING FOR RESIDENTIAL.
THERE'S A, A REQUIREMENT OF THAT ORDINANCE THAT WE REVISITED ONCE A YEAR, AND THIS WAS OUR REVISIT AND THEY OPTED TO KEEP THE ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
THAT'S IT, ROBIN, I I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE LAST FEW.
WELL, I I WATCH ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT, UH, BUT ON THE LAST FEW THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GARAGE SPACES, UM, AND I SEE MR. MARSH IS HERE TONIGHT.
I WAS GONNA ASK THIS ANYWAY, SO IT'S A KIND OF APROPO THAT YOU'RE HERE, SIR.
UM, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING I, IT KIND OF SEEMED LIKE THEY TABLED IT, BUT IT WASN'T A DONE DEAL.
I WHAT IS YOUR SENSE FROM CITY COUNCIL? UH, AND I GUESS MY SECOND QUESTION TO THAT IS, DO WE AS A COMMISSION PLAY ANY PART IN SOME OF THAT DECISION OR IN ANY DECISIONING OR LOOKING AT, UM, HOW WE DO GARAGE ZONING? SO THIS IS, IT WAS NOT GARAGE ZONING.
IT WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, WHERE CARPORTS ARE PERMITTED OR NOT PERMITTED.
UM, AND WE HELD A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
UM, THIS WAS A WORKSHOP WHERE THEY COULD TALK ABOUT, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS STAFF EVALUATED, UM, SEVERAL AREAS OF THE CITY AND LOOKED AT DIFFERENT, UM, CARPORTS THAT EXISTED AND WHAT COMPLIED AND WHAT DIDN'T.
AND THE RESULT OF THE WORKSHOP WAS THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH CHANGING THE ORDINANCE AT THIS TIME.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH TABLED RIGHT NOW.
UM, NEXT WE'LL REVIEW THE MEETING PROTOCOL, WHICH WILL BE UP ON THE SCREEN.
OH, HOPEFULLY, UH, THAT'S OKAY.
IT'S NOT THAT, NOT THAT, UH, BUSY OF A MEETING TONIGHT.
[6. Citizen Comments: Three (3) minutes allowed per speaker. [Please turn in speaker request form before the meeting begins.]]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITIZEN COMMENTS.UM, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA, WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
AND MR. MARSH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME ON UP, SPEAK YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE MICROPHONE AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
AND DURING THE LAST, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, MS. RADEN PRESENTED QUOTE YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY AND NOBODY'S HEARD MY SIDE.
I LIVE IN MORRIS CREEK NORTH, WHICH IS AN OLDER SUBDIVISION.
THERE IS ZERO LOT LINE CLEARANCES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ONE GARAGE STOPS THE NEXT HOUSE STARTS.
AND THE BASIC REASON I CANNOT PUT UP A CARDBOARD THAT'S BEEN PAID FOR, BEEN THROUGH, UM, THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET IT APPROVED AND EVERYTHING TO ATTUNE A 900 AND SOMETHING DOLLARS IS BECAUSE I CANNOT MEET YOUR SETBACKS.
MY LOT IS 63 FOOT WIDE WITH A HOUSE SITTING SIDEWAYS.
ONE SIDE HAS GOT THE WATER AND ELECTRIC.
I CAN'T PUT A CARPORT THERE BECAUSE I'D HAVE TO PAVE IT.
THE OTHER SIZE IS SEWAGE LINE.
THE WIDEST I COULD GO WITH SEVEN FOOT FROM THE CURRENT DRIVEWAY.
THE FURTHEST I CAN GO BACK IS 11 FEET FROM THE CURB, WHICH IS ONE FOOT OFF THE EASEMENT BECAUSE OF A BIG BLACK OAK TREE.
THERE IS NO WAY I'M GONNA CUT DOWN THAT BEAUTIFUL TREE TO PUT UP A CARPORT.
BUT YET I GOT A 70 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS BRAND NEW TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT MY INSURANCE COMPANY IS NOT VERY FOND OF, NOT HAVING A CARPORT OVER IT.
MY LAST TRUCK WAS TOTAL A YEAR AND A HALF AGO BY HAIL.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REVISIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND
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LOOK AT THE TWO CARPORTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE, WHICH IS NO WAY MEETING YOUR SETBACKS AND AS SURE AS HECK AIN'T BESIDE OR BEHIND THE HOUSE.PLUS THE FACT THAT SOME OF THOSE LOTS ARE ONLY 31 FEET WIDE WHITE.
ARE YOU GONNA GO THROUGH AND FIND EVERYBODY IN THERE? NO, BECAUSE THE US GOVERNMENT MADE THAT SUBDIVISION AS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT.
AND I FEEL I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT A LANDMARK A LANDOWNER'S RIGHTS ARE IS TO PROTECT HIS PROPERTY BY PUTTING UP THAT CARPORT.
IT'S A COMMERCIALLY BOUGHT TWO-LEGGED ARCH GALLING.
IT WON'T BLOW OVER IN THE WIND, IT WON'T DAMAGE THE NEIGHBORS.
AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE NO PROBLEMS AS YOU'VE SEEN.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT IN ON ANYTHING? NOT ON OUR AGENDA.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
NONE.WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND A SECOND, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE NOTE ON THE AGENDA AND I'LL, I'LL LET YOU GO IF YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
UM, I DID NOTICE THAT FOR THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE LAST MEETING, IT DID SHOW A FOUR THREE VOTE AND A THREE FOUR VOTE ON THE, UH, ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN.
JUST WANNA POINT OUT I REALLY LIKE HOW WE AS A COMMISSION HANDLED THAT.
IT REALLY WASN'T AN AGAINST VOTE.
IT WAS A NO VOTE, SO NO ONE VOTED AGAINST ANYONE.
AND I KNOW ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WOULD CREATE IF WE HAD TWO APPROVED VOTES BY HAVING NO, NO VOTES AGAINST.
BUT, UM, I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT FROM THE COMMISSION AND HOW WE HANDLED THAT.
AND THEN TONIGHT'S SELECTION OF THE VICE CHAIR BEING UNANIMOUS.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT OF HOW WE COME TOGETHER COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS FROM WHERE WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
SO I I, WE GOT SOME STORIES FOR YOU OTHER GUYS.
UM, SO I DO HAVE A MOTION A SECOND, BUT I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER OLIVER, UM, HAD A STATEMENT Y YEAH.
SO I MEAN, BEFORE WE EITHER, YOU KNOW, APPROVE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, I DID HAVE QUESTIONS WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
THERE'S A SPECIFIC SECTION AS I WAS REVIEWING THE INFORMATION IN OUR PACKET IN, UH, UH, SECTION 10 OF THE PLAT, UM, WHICH BACKS UP TO A PORTION OF ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS CONSIDERED CRYSTAL FALLS GOLF COURSE.
AND THEN THERE'S A SET OF TRAILS BACK THROUGH THERE THAT CONNECTS TREVISO INTO THE CRYSTAL FALLS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I, I JUST, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN CLEAR UP QUICKLY, ROBIN, WE DON'T HAVE, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD OR DO WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN I, WHICH I ASSUME TREVISO DOES AT THIS POINT, AS ARE THOSE TRAIL SYSTEMS DO WE KNOW ARE GONNA BE, UM, MAINTAINED OR PRESERVED? CUZ THERE'S ABOUT 10 LOTS THAT BACK UP, THAT GIVEN THEIR, THEIR SETBACK AND THE DEPTH OF THOSE LOTS, THEY MAY, UH, BASICALLY OR COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, AFFECT THOSE, THAT TRAIL SYSTEM.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE GONNA PRESERVE THAT OR NOT, OR IF THERESA HAS PLANS TO PRESERVE THAT.
IS IT A TRAIL SYSTEM ON THE CITY'S PROPERTY OR YOU SAYING IT'S ADJACENT TO THE GOLF COURSE? UH, IT'S A, IT'S BASICALLY ADJACENT TO THE GOLF COURSE.
I DON'T, I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHO OWNS THE LAND.
IT, THEY, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE, THE LOTS MAY BE SET BACK ENOUGH WHERE THEY DON'T AFFECT IT.
UM, SO ONCE, ONCE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, HARD FOR ME TO ANSWER.
UM, WE COULD LOOK INTO IT AND I COULD GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATES.
UM, WHEN WE REVIEWED IT, IT WAS MEETING THEIR PARK PLAN AND THAT DOES INCLUDE A NETWORK OF TRAILS.
SO IF THERE'S AN EXISTING ONE AND THEY CHOOSE TO PRESERVE IT, THEY CAN.
BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR ONE TO REMAIN THERE.
BUT THAT'S, ARE ARE WE PULLING THAT ONE OFF? I WAS GONNA SAY THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO PULL OUT FOR? WELL, I MEAN, YOU'VE ALREADY SECONDED.
DOES THAT, I MEAN WE, WE, WE PUT IT TO VOTE AT THAT POINT OR I MEAN, I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO, TO PULL IT SO WE CAN REVIEW IT.
SO IF YOU'RE PULLING IT TO REVIEW IT AND THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT KEEPING THE TRAIL, WE CAN'T MAKE THEM KEEP THE TRAIL CAUSE IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT.
SO WE WOULD JUST BE DELAYING THEIR PROJECT.
OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING WHERE YOU WANT INFORMATION, WHICH SHE CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION AND UPDATE WITHOUT HAVING TO IMPACT THE AGENDA? I'D, I'D SAY LET'S DO THAT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
MOTION TO APPROVE AND GO FROM THERE.
SO WE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MAY AND A SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARPENTER.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.
SO IT PASSES FIVE TO ONE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER OLIVER OPPOSING AND
[11. Receive a presentation regarding the City's water system.]
ONTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CITY'S WATER SYSTEM MAYBE.
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ALL RIGHT.UH, DAN GRIMS BOW, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF LEANER.
AND, UM, YES, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WATER.
UM, IT'S, UM, KIND OF A TWOFOLD, KIND OF A REGIONAL AND THEN, UM, WITHIN CITY LIMITS, IF YOU KIND OF WANNA SAY.
AND THEN THE THIRD PART WILL BE, UM, SOME OTHER ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING.
AND THEN I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME REPORTS THAT WE, WE PROVIDE COUNSEL THAT ARE, THAT ARE KIND OF INTERESTING AT THE END.
UM, AND, AND I, I, I WANNA PUT FOR TOMORROW, WE'RE REALLY DEEP DIVING AND I DIDN'T WANNA STEAL ANY OF, OF, OF THE THUNDER FOR TOMORROW.
SO TOMORROW WE'RE REALLY DEEP DIVING INTO, UM, NUMBER OF IRRIGATION, A NUMBER OF, UH, HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE BEEN BUILT, GONNA BE BUILT OVER THE NEXT PERIOD OF YEARS.
SO IF YOU WANNA KIND OF GET A DEEP DIVE ON WHERE WE'RE HEADING WITH, YOU KNOW, WATER AND GROWTH AND ALL THAT, UM, THE RETREAT TOMORROW, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, UH, INTERESTING TO WATCH IN THAT ASPECT.
SO IF YOU GET TIME OR, OR HAVE THE CAPABILITY, I WOULD, I WOULD TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TOMORROW.
SO I STOLE THIS FROM THE, UH, STATE OF THE, THE CITY, UH, THAT THE, THE MAYOR.
AND I LIKED IT BECAUSE, UM, WE LITERALLY JUST PUT THIS SIGN UP, THE PUBLIC WORKS.
MY GUYS ARE OUT THERE PUTTING THAT SIGN UP ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS BACK.
AND SO, UM, SO IN, IN, UM, IN 2015 WE HAD 42, UM, THOUSAND PEOPLE.
AND NOW REALLY IN 2022, IT'S CLOSE TO 82.
SO IN THAT PERIOD OF ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SEVEN YEARS OR SO, WE LITERALLY DOUBLED THE POPULATION.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO 10 YEARS, BUT THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT'S GOING ON.
IT'S BEEN OVER MOSTLY 10% FOR MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE YEARS.
UM, I, THIS IS ALSO ONE I LOVE BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE THE FASTEST GROWING CITY.
UM, WE'RE NUMBER ONE SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW.
IN THIS CASE WE WERE NUMBER TWO BEHIND GEORGETOWN.
I TALKED WITH CHELSEA OVER THERE, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF A, A RUNNING THING BETWEEN US CUZ WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHO CAN BUILD THEIR WATER PLANTS THE FASTEST.
WE'RE WINNING SO FAR, BUT THEY MIGHT CATCH UP.
UM, SO, SO AMAZING, RIGHT? UM, TWO CITIES RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, FASTEST GROWING.
AND THE OTHER ONES IN A, IN A, IN THIS AREA AND THAT PROBABLY NOT FAR BEHIND HEIN.
I BROUGHT THIS, THIS IS A, UM, INTERESTING GRAPH THAT WE PROVIDED CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE WERE FIRST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT WATER AND, AND PROJECTIONS.
AND WHY I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW THIS IS EACH ONE OF THE, THE ONE IN THE RED IS KIND OF WHAT WE DETERMINE BASED ON HISTORY.
AND YOU CAN SEE 12% AND WE'RE GONNA DROP THE 10% FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND, AND KEEP THAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT THESE OTHER GRAPHS WERE FROM OTHER REPORTS.
AND, AND WHAT IT SHOWS YOU IS THE, THE HUGE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE THAT THE, THE, THE COMP PLAN HAD FOR A HIGH END, WHICH WAS LIKE SEVEN AND A HALF THE LONG RANGE, UH, WATER PLAN HAD FOR.
AND, AND NONE OF 'EM, AS YOU CAN SEE, REALLY, UM, CONSTITUTED THIS REALLY CHANGE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, YOU'RE SEEING A DIFFERENCE OF, YOU KNOW, FROM THREE TO 8 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF WATER USE BASED ON YOUR NUMBER OF YOUR POPULATION, UM, THAT THEY KIND OF PREDICTED.
AND HIS VERY FIRST ONE SHOWS RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO.
UM, WE WERE OFF 3 MILLION GALLONS, UM, FROM UH, UH, 2020, WHICH WAS A HUGE GROWTH.
SO I, I, I LIKE THIS CHART CUZ THIS SHOWS YOU OTHER EXPERTS WHO WERE TRYING TO PREDICT THE FUTURE GROWTH AND, AND HOW THEY SAW IT.
AND UM, AND WE HAD TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE WE, WE, WE SEE ALL WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT LEANDER IS SEEING.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA RUN WITH THAT.
UM, BEFORE WE GET IN, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A, UM, A BIT OF, UH, UM, KIND OF WHERE THINGS ARE, UH, GET YOUR BEARINGS.
UM, THAT'S OUR NEWEST, OUR REGIONAL PLANT, B C R UA, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN CEDAR PARK, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE ON THE EDGE.
AND THAT'S A 72 INCH WATER LINE THAT GOES, UM, TO, UM, RONALD REAGAN.
AND THEN BAGHDAD IS ANOTHER CONNECTION.
AND THEN IT CONTINUES ON TO, UM, RON ROCK.
SO, UM, THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR WATER FROM THE B C R A.
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UM, SANDY CREEK IS DOWN HERE, UM, NEXT TO THE, UH, TO THE LAKE AND THAT'S A 30 INCH LINE THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY BASICALLY TO, UH, CRYSTAL FALLS, WHICH IS THE CENTER OF THE CITY.AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT OUR WATER FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
NOW THAT'S CHANGING BECAUSE THIS IS BECOMING OUR PRIMARY PLANT AND THAT LARGE WATER LINE WITH THE 42 INCH GOING UP HERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GETTING READY TO, AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT SHORTLY, BUT A PUMP STATION HERE THAT'S GONNA MOVE WATER TO MULTIPLE PLANES, PRESSURE PLANES TO THE NORTH IS GONNA BE FANTASTIC.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UM, OUR TWO WATER, OF COURSE OUR WATER SOURCE IS, UM, LAKE TRAVIS.
AND, UH, BOTH THE PLANTS, UM, RECEIVE WATER, UM, FROM THAT.
AND OUR CONTRACT, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE, UM, CONSTITUTES, UM, BOTH THE WATER, OUR, OUR TOTAL CONTRACT WITH LCR GOES TO BOTH THE PLANTS.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE FROM AN OVERVIEW.
UM, SANDY CREEK IS, IS, UH, RELATIVELY SMALL
AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE THIS IS THE B C A AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IS WHERE THEY WERE BUILDING, UM, PHASE ONE C, WHICH IS NOW DONE, AND THEN ONE D'S GONNA GO THERE.
AND THEN WHEN I SHOW YOU LATER PHASE TWO AND TWO A, TWO B IS GONNA GO HERE AND THEN PHASE THREE IS GONNA GO THERE.
UH, SO THAT, THAT FOOTPRINT'S GONNA GET FILLED IN OVER, UM, SAID PERIOD YEARS.
SO, UH, WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR CAPABILITIES NOW AND IN AND IN THE FUTURE? SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, UM, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION GALLONS AT THE, OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT, SANDY CREEK.
UM, IT'S BEEN REDUCED TO ABOUT 10 BECAUSE OF OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FIXING.
AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE 12 IN, IN, UH, SHORT ORDER RIGHT NOW WE GET, UM, APPROXIMATELY 15 MILLION GALLONS FROM THE B C R UUA, UM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE OUR PERCENTAGE OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY BUILT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS 32 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE UNTIL REALISTICALLY THE SUMMER OF 25.
SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 25.
AND YOU'LL SEE A, A GRAPH THAT WE'RE GONNA, IT'S GONNA GO UP IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GET THE SANDY CREEK UP TO 12.
AFTER THE DEEP WATER INTAKE IS UM, COMPLETED, WE COULD POSSIBLY EXPAND THE SANDY CREEK AN ADDITIONAL 4 MILLION GALLONS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THE BARGE AND WE CAN JUST BUY ADDITIONAL TREATMENT TRAINS AND ADD 'EM TO THE FOOTPRINT.
AND, UH, BECAUSE THAT LINE I SHOWED YOU, THE DISTRIBUTION LINE GOING, UH, TO, UM, CRYSTAL FALLS IS LARGE ENOUGH TO GET TO THAT LEVEL.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE BE A HUGE EXPENSE TO DO THAT.
YOU WOULDN'T WANNA DO IT BEFORE THE DEEP WATER INTAKE BECAUSE THE DEEP WATER INTAKE'S GONNA PROVIDE THE 12 MILLION GALLONS THAT THE BARGES ARE PROVIDING NOW.
AND IF WE WANTED TO GO TO 16, WE'D HAVE TO INCREASE THE BARGE SIZE AND THE RAW WATER LINE GOING TO THE PLANT, WHICH WOULD BE EXPENSIVE.
UM, AND SINCE WE'RE PAYING FOR THE DEEP WATER INTAKE AND THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE THE WATER TO US HERE IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS, UH, WE DON'T WANNA SPEND THAT MONEY UNTIL AFTERWARDS.
SO THAT'S A POTENTIAL THE B C R A'S GONNA GET US TO 50 FOR, FOR, UH, UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PLANT, WHICH AGAIN IS OUR 46%, UM, ALMOST 47.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY, UM, WE'LL HAVE 62 SOLID.
UM, POSSIBLY WE COULD GO TO 66, UM, AS AN ADDITIONAL.
AND, AND WE'RE KIND OF ESTIMATING THAT THAT WILL COVER A POPULATION OF ABOUT, UH, 240,000 PEOPLE, UM, INTO THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, UH, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
SO FOR US, UH, WE JUST RECENTLY HAD APPROVED, WE WERE INITIALLY GETTING 24,000 ACRE FEET FROM L C R A AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY, AN ACRE FOOT IS A ACRE OF LAND COVERED BY A FOOT OF WATER.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE TALKING LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER, PEOPLE TALKING ACRE FEET.
UM, AND WE PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL, UM, UM, ACREAGE FEET UP TO 31,000 ACRE FEET.
UM, SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, LCR IS WORKING ON ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES, BUT UM, THEY THEMSELVES, AND OF COURSE THE BROWSER RULE AUTHORITY ARE, ARE STARTING TO KIND OF PEAK THEIR LIMITS.
SO WE WANTED TO DO THIS SOONER THAN LATER.
AND SO WE DID, UM, LIBERTY HILL, UM, FOLLOWED SUIT, IF YOU WANNA SAY NOT BECAUSE THEY KNEW WE WERE DOING IT, BUT THEY'RE THINKING AHEAD AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, WE ARE TREATING THEIR 600 ACRES.
THEY INITIALLY HAD 1200, UM, UM, WE WERE ONLY TREATING 600 OF THE 1200 THAT THEY HAVE, BUT THEY ALSO INCREASE THEIRS TO 2,400 WITH L C R JUST RECENTLY AS WELL.
UM, THE, THE ISSUE THERE IS THEY DON'T HAVE TREATMENT CAPACITY.
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PART OF THE FUTURE IN WORKING WITH THEM IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR US FOR, UH, MUCH LIKE OTHER CITIES DO, UH, CONTINUOUS WHOLESALE AND IN FUTURE SALES.UM, AND SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE, WE'RE INTO A DISCUSSION NOW AND IT'S GONNA BE CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ON, ON HOW THAT IS GONNA MOVE FORWARD.
UH, GEORGE CUN HAS THEIR ORIGINAL, UM, CONTRACT WITH US THAT WE ESTABLISHED, AND THAT'S FOR OF COURSE SEVEN YEARS.
AND AT THE END OF THAT SEVEN YEARS, UM, WE'LL HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL WATER BACK, WHICH WILL OF COURSE HELP US.
AND, AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT COMES DOWN THE LINE, WHICH IS PART OF THE, WE HAVE 62 MILLION GALLONS AND DEPENDING ON WHAT WE BUILD OUT, DO WE SAVE SOME OF THAT WATER FOR A, UM, A CHIP PLAN OR, UH, OTHER MANUFACTURINGS AND THEY'LL COME IN AND SAY, WELL, WE NEED A MILLION OR 2 MILLION GALLONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M FROM CORPUS AND I WAS USED TO HEARING 5, 10, 15, 20.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET A VALERO OR AN EXXON COMING AND THEY SAY, WE WANT 20 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT OUR LIMIT IS 62 AND THEN WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CAPACITY FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH.
SO KIND OF THAT, THAT THOUGHT PROCESS, UM, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, UH, BECAUSE UH, OTHER TYPES OF WATER ARE GONNA BE HARD TO, UM, OBTAIN GONNA BE EXPENSIVE.
SO, SO CON THIS IS KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING WATER FROM THE B C R A IN TWO WAYS.
UM, ONE IS, UM, TREATED 50 MILLION GALLONS AND THEN THESE ARE THE OTHER TWO CITIES AMOUNTS, UM, THAT WE'RE PARTNERED WITH.
AND THEN WHEN THE DEEP WATER INTAKE IS IN, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE OPERATING OUT AS WELL AND WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING 12 MILLION, UM, GALLONS TO OUR SANDY CREEK PLANT FOR THE RAW WATER SIDE.
AND SO, UM, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT PUMP STATION IS GONNA GO TO A TOTAL OF 144 MILLION GALLONS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA PROVIDE, UH, 26 TO CEDAR PARK CUZ THEIR, THEIR BARGE IS GONNA GO AWAY.
UM, 12 FOR OURS, OUR BARGE WAS AN INITIALLY GONNA GO AWAY, BUT THEN THERE WAS SOME RETHOUGHT ABOUT CAPABILITY OF USING WHAT SANDY CREEK, UM, CEDAR PARK DOESN'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY TO EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT'S.
AND THEN THE B C R A IS GONNA TAKE THE REST OF IT 106 AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TREAT, UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE CAPACITY OF THAT PLANT, 106 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
SO TWO THINGS WE'RE GETTING FROM THEM.
TREATED WATER AND RAW WATER IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THERE'S KIND OF A, A, A, A NOTION THERE THAT PEOPLE, I, I NEED TO MAKE CLEAR CUZ SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD.
UM, WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE PROVIDING IN THE FUTURE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE B C R A IS BUSY THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND THESE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LINING UP AND, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN PART OF THE PUSHING THESE FORWARD MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY BECAUSE WE NEED THE PROJECTS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE TIMELINES THAT BY 2027 WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, ALL THESE PROJECTS COMPLETED AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM EXCEPT FOR PHASE TWO A OR ONGOING MEANING INDESIGN OR MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UM, AND PHASE TWO A YOU CAN SEE WHEN, WHEN THE DESIGN ENDS, WE WANNA START IT SOMETIME THIS YEAR HERE QUICKLY, UM, TO, TO GET PHASE TWO A GOING BECAUSE, UM, THAT GETS US TO THE 44 MILLION GALLONS WE NEED IN ORDER TO PUT US IN A VERY GOOD POSITION, UM, TO MEET OUR WATER DEMANDS AND FUTURE GROWTH.
UM, IF YOU, IF YOU WAS TO LOOK AT, AT THIS ALL THESE PROJECTS, UM, THAT'S ABOUT $200,000.
UM, I DON'T, I HAVE 'EM KIND OF COST IT OUT, BUT JUST FOR A FIGURE, THIS IS, UH, 225 MILLION.
THIS IS ABOUT 20 MILLION, THIS IS 7 MILLION.
AND, AND, AND LEANDER IS TAKING IT ALL ON INITIALLY.
UM, THIS IS 7 MILLION THE RAW WATER LINE, BUT WE DID GET A $5 MILLION GRANT, UM, VIA ARPA MONEY THAT'S HELPING PAY FOR THAT.
SO THE CITIES ARE ONLY, THE THREE CITIES ARE ONLY GONNA BE OBLIGATED FOR ABOUT 2 MILLION DELIVERY POINTS IS A STANDARDIZATION OF THE, UH, UH, TAKE POINT VALVES FOR EACH OF THE CITIES SO THEY CAN EXCEED THEIR CONTRACT AMOUNT.
LEANS PORTION IS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.
UH, PHASE TWO A PROJECT IS 50 MILLION.
NOW REMEMBER WHEN I SAY 50 MILLION, WE'RE 46.6% OF THAT.
I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE, OF THE PROJECTS SO THAT YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR, UM, ALL THREE CITIES AND HOW MUCH, UM, FUNDING IS BEING SPELL BEING SPENT TO GET THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.
NOW YOU MIGHT THINK IT'S A LOT, BUT I'LL USE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
THE VISTA RIDGE THAT SAN ANTONIO BUILT WAS 800 MILLION FOR 150 LINE, 150
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MILE PIPELINE.AND IT'S ONLY PROVIDING 50 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA BE CLOSER TO 106 AND 80 HERE SHORTLY.
AND, AND IF YOU TOTAL THE COST, IT'LL BE CLOSER TO $500 MILLION VICE $800 MILLION THEY SPENT.
WE SPENT IN CORPUS, UM, $150 MILLION FOR, UH, 40 MILE PIPELINE FOR ESSENTIALLY, UM, 35,000 ACRE FEET, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
SO IF YOU EQUATE THAT TO ALMOST 200 MILLION, THE BCR AS A REGIONAL PLANT AND MOVING FORWARD, UH, PER THOUSAND ACRE COST PER THOUSAND ACRE IS, IS A GOOD DEAL.
IT'S NOT, NOT FANTASTIC, BUT IT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD CONSIDERING THE COST OF OTHER THINGS TO LIKE MOVE GROUNDWATER 60, 70, 80 MILES.
SO I I I WANNA SHOW THIS THE REMINDER AND I DID THE SAME WITH THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, THE, THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND, AND WHAT THEY MEAN SO THAT YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR IT.
AGAIN, THIS IS A DEEP WATER INTAKE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TUNNEL THAT WE'RE BUILDING.
WE, WE HAVE FOUR, UM, INTAKE POINTS HERE.
THE TUNNEL'S BEING, UM, BUILT TO HERE.
WE HAVE THE PUMP STATION AND THEN THE, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE TRAIL TUNNEL GOES TO HERE.
AND IT'S GONNA CONNECT TO THAT UH, 72 INCH WATER LINE THAT GOES TO, UM, OUR CITY OR THAT THAT GOES TO THE PLANT CUZ THAT'S THE RAW WATER.
NOW THIS PUMPING STATION IS GONNA PROVIDE THE RAW WATER TO ALL THREE CITIES.
WELL, AND WHEN I SAY THREE CITIES, I MEAN TO THE B C R A, WHICH PROVIDES TREATED WATER TO THE THREE CITIES, BUT RAW WATER, UH, TO TWO ADDITIONAL CITIES, WHICH IS CEDAR PARK AND US.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE PROJECT.
UM, I LOVE KEEPING UP WITH IT.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS KIND OF, UM, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, FROM A SIDE VIEW, IF YOU WANNA SAY THERE IS THE FOUR INTAKES AT THE, AT THE LAKE, DOWN THE TUNNEL GOES UP THE PUMP STATION.
THIS IS THE MAIN SHAFT AND I HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT.
IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO GO LOOK AT IT.
AND THEN THIS IS THE BACKSIDE, THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PUMP STATION.
NOW PUMPING IT DOWN, UM, TO THE, UH, RAW WATER LINE BACK TO THE, TO THE PLANT IN THE CITIES.
THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE, UH, THE MAIN SHAFT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING FROM.
UM, THIS IS, THIS ONE IS FROM TOP DOWN AND YOU CAN SEE THE EQUIPMENT DOWN HERE CHIPPING AWAY AT THE ROCK.
THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND THAT LEVEL RIGHT THERE IS PROBABLY ABOUT 120, 130 FEET AND THAT SHAFT WILL BE 300 FEET WHEN IT'S COMPLETED.
IT'S ALSO, IT'S HARD TO SEE IN THE PICTURE, BUT IT'S ALSO 30 FEET IN DIAMETER.
SO IT'S 30 FEET ON DIAMETER AND IT GOES DOWN, IT'S GONNA GO DOWN 300 FEET.
UM, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE GONNA START THEN DOING THE TUNNELS IN EITHER DIRECTION.
THIS IS PART OF THE OTHER TUNNEL THAT'S BEING BUILT NOW.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THE START OF IT AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE FORMS AND, UM, THAT'S NEEDED TO, TO BUILD THE CASSONS TO CONNECT THE TUNNEL TO THE ACTUAL PIPE.
THIS IS THE PICTURE, UM, OF ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS DONE SIMILAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE JUST SOLID CONCRETE PILLARS PUT IN.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE THESE RIGHT HERE THAT'LL LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS, THAT'LL CREATE THE, THE TUNNEL TO, TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S HAPPENED AT THE END OF TRAIL TRAILS END ROAD.
AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING THAT RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO CONNECT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THESE ARE THE CAISSONS THAT THEY'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE TUNNEL THAT'LL COME UP AND THEN IT'S GONNA CONNECT TO THE RAW WATER LINE RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S A, UH, ILLUSTRATION OF THE PUMP STATION WHERE IT'S DONE.
AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS CEDAR PARK'S, UH, WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND SO THAT'S THE LOCATION OF THEIR PLANT.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE IT RIGHT HERE AND YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY HAVE A LIMITATION ON THEIR FOOTPRINT CUZ THEY'RE, WE'RE ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
OTHER SIDE'S, THE LAKE, THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH ROOM THERE.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS, UH, PHASE ONE AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, IT'S THE NEXT TRAIN.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT'S PHASE, UH, ONE A, ONE B, ONE C, WHICH YOU SAW ON THE OVERHEAD.
NOW THIS IS ONE D THAT'S COMING ONLINE AND WE'RE, WE'RE FAST TRACKING THAT TO BE DONE BY 2025.
THIS IS, UM, HOW IT GOES CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, UM, TO CONNECT THE LAND, WHICH TAKES IT THEN TO THE, TO, UM, TO THE B C R E A PLANT.
UM, THIS IS THE SECTION RIGHT HERE THAT HAD DAMAGE AND THEN WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN FOR 14 DAYS, NO WATERING.
IT WAS A LOT OF, UH, UH, WORK AMONGST THE THREE CITIES AND, UH, CIVILIAN, UH, CIVILIANS,
UM, WE ACTUALLY GOT IT DOWN TO SIX AND THE MAYOR, UH, MENTIONED THAT IN THE STATE OF THE CITY, WHICH WAS IMPRESSIVE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY GOT IT DOWN TO 6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY SO WE COULD COMPLETE THAT REPAIR AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A BOILED WATER NOTICE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
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UH, GOOD COORDINATION AMONGST, UM, UH, SEVERAL ENTITIES.UM, REAL QUICKLY AGAIN, THE, THE FIRST FOUR, THERE'S D THIS IS PHASE TWO A, THIS IS PHASE TWO B.
NOW THESE ARE EACH 10 MILLION GALLON PER DAY BASINS.
THAT'S A 20 MILLION GALLON PER DAY BASIN.
THAT'S ANOTHER 20 MILLION GALLON PER DAY BASIN.
AND THEN LASTLY, PHASE THREE IS ANOTHER 20.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S 20, 40, 60 PLUS THE 40 THAT'S GONNA BE CURRENTLY THERE.
AND THE SLIGHTLY MORE, BECAUSE THE BASINS CAN USUALLY PRODUCE A BIT MORE.
SO BASICALLY THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR PLANT LAYOUT WHEN IT'S ALL DONE FOR THE 106.
OKAY, SO BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE CITY, THAT WAS THE B C R A AND THE NUMEROUS PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WHICH AGAIN, UM, IMPRESSIVE.
SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL STOP FROM WANTING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE, THE REGIONAL PLANT AND WHERE IT'S GOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE CITY? HANG ON A SECOND.
YOU MENTIONED THE R WWL RAW WATER, RAW WATER LINE, CORRECT? THAT'S TO PUMP WATER TO THE B C R A PLANT SO THEY CAN TREAT IT THERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
ON THE, WE, WE TREAT OURS DOWN AT THE LAKESIDE BASICALLY, AND THEN PUMP CLEAN WATER.
NOW WE TR WHERE, WHERE DOES, WHERE DOES LEANDER TREAT THEIR WATER? AT THE, THE SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND WHERE IS THAT? UM, SO THAT IS, THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE LAKE, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S, THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE LAKE.
SO WE TREAT OUR WATER AND THEN SHIP IT BACK CLEAN.
UM, RIGHT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE'S OUR PLANT NEXT TO THE, NEXT TO THE, NOW WE HAVE A BARGE THAT PUMPS WATER RIGHT FROM THE LAKE TO THE PLANT.
IT TREATS IT AND THEN THAT WATER, THAT TREATED WATER GOES UP THIS, UP THIS 30 INCH WATER LINE TO THE COR TO, UH, CRYSTAL FALLS AND GOES TO THE STORAGE TANKS THERE.
AND THEN IT'S DISPERSED OUT, UM, WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SO THE BCR DAYS DOES THE SAME THING.
I DON'T SHOW THE THE RAW WATER LINE, BUT THE RAW WATER LINE GOES, UM, BACK DOWN, UM, TO THE LAKE AND THERE'S A BARGE THERE AND THE BARGE PUMPS IT BACK UP TO THE B C R U A B C R A TREATS IT, AND THEN IT PUTS IT THROUGH THE RAW WATER OR THE TREATED WATER LINE THAT PROVIDES WATER TO THE CITY OF LEANDER.
SO, SO, UM, SO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE CITY, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, SOME THAT WE'VE COMPLETED.
UM, THE SAN GABRIEL PIPELINE, WHICH WAS THIS ONE ALONG HERE, I WAS A 24 INCH AND WE ALSO COMPLETED THIS 24 INCH ALONG HERE.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO COMPLETED A SAN GABRIEL PUMP STATION, UM, IN 2021.
UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THE SAN GABRIEL ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.
UM, IT'S GOING OUT, UM, FOR BID HERE IN SHORT ORDER AND WE'RE HOPING TO START CONSTRUCTION, GET THE, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT THE BIDS COME BACK, UH, AND, UM, A REASONABLE AMOUNT, WE'LL WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET THAT ONE STARTED.
UM, WE'RE IN DESIGN, UM, WELL IN DESIGN, 90% FOR THE LAKELINE PIPELINE THAT'LL HELP WATER GO FROM, UM, UH, NORTH TO SOUTH AND, AND THEN OR SOUTH TO NORTH.
AND THEN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS WILL HELP, UH, WATER MOVE ALONG FROM EAST TO WEST.
UM, AND THAT ONE IS UH, 55%, UM, DESIGN.
AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE MOVING ALONG.
UH, WHAT OCCURRED RELATIVELY QUICKLY IS WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THE LAND AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT HERE, IT'S, UH, MORE ALONG, UM, UP IN THIS AREA.
BUT WE BOUGHT THE LAND FOR THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK FOR TERESA AND WE ALSO BOUGHT THE LAND, THE CORNER LOT RIGHT HERE ON CRYSTAL FALLS AND RONALD REAGAN FOR THE PUMP STATION FOR RONALD REAGAN.
AND WE'RE SENDING OUT A, UM, RFQ TO FIND US AN ENGINEER TO START TO DESIGN ON THE RONALD REAGAN PUMP STATION.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA SEND IT OUT IN ABOUT A MONTH.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IMPORTANT ONE AND I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS THE PUMP STATION HERE, TERMINUS.
AND IT'S AT, UM, 60% AND THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE, UM, GROUND STORAGE TANK.
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE IT WITH A MILLION GALLON STORAGE TANK AND A NEW PUMP STATION AND THAT'S GONNA HELP GET WATER AND A 24 INCH WATER LINE THAT'S GONNA GET, HELP WATER GET UP TO THE, UH, UM, UH, BOOSTER BUMP STATION THAT MOVES WATER ALL THE WAY NORTH AND IS CERTAINLY GONNA HELP THIS AREA OUT.
UM, EVEN MORE SO, UM, CUZ THEY'VE HAD LOW PRESSURE, THIS CERTAINLY HELPED.
THIS LINE WITH THIS PUMP STATION WILL GET WATER GOING TO INCLUDE TO LIBERTY HILL,
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UM, PRESSURE WISE AND QUALITY WISE MUCH BETTER.THIS PUMP STATION RIGHT HERE IS GONNA ALLOW US TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT EXCEEDING PEAK DEMANDS BECAUSE THE B C R A PLANT WASN'T BUILT WITH THE PEAKING FACTOR PER SE, UH, PER THE CONTRACT BACK IN THE DAY.
THEY SAID EACH OF THE CITIES YOU BUILD THE PUMP STATIONS YOU NEED IN ORDER TO NOT EXCEED, UH, PEAKING DEMANDS.
UM, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S USED IN A DAY.
AND IF, AND IF YOU EXCEED IT, THE PLANT JUST ISN'T CAPABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE, WITH THE WATER MAN.
AND THEN WE LOSE PRESSURE AND, UH, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T KEEP UP.
AND THEN YOU DROP BELOW 20 PSI AND THEN YOU'RE IN POTENTIALLY A, A WATER BORDER, A NOTICE AND YOU DON'T WANNA, YOU DON'T WANNA GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
SO ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE ALSO HAPPENING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE WATER PROJECTS, AND THEN I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A SLIDE ON THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER 60 MILLION WORTH OF PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FACILITATE GETTING DONE.
SO A COUPLE OF THE ONES THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SAN GABRIEL IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
UM, THIS ONE WE'RE HOPING TO AGAIN, START THIS SUMMER.
THE, THE DESIGNS, UM, MOVING OUT AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET THE BID OUT AND HOPEFULLY GET THAT ONE GOING.
UM, THE TERMINUS, UM, THE SANDY CREEK, WHICH I DIDN'T SHOW ON HERE BECAUSE IT, SANDY CREEK IS NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS, SO I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SHOW THE PLANET, CITY LIMITS, BUT IT'S SEPARATED OUT THAT WE ARE DOING TWO THINGS TO ENSURE THAT IT CAN NOW GET UP TO IT'S 12 MILLION.
UM, THE LAGOONS THAT YOU SAW WERE TOO SMALL AND, AND THE FILTERS WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEANED IN THE TREATMENT, UM, TRAINS.
AND THEN THAT WATER IS BACK FLUSHED TO LAGOONS.
WELL, THEY WOULD FILL UP TOO FAST AND THE SLUDGE WOULD FILL UP TOO FAST.
AND THEN LAGO, THE LAGOONS LOSER CAPACITY, THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT WITH THE, WHEN THE PLANT WAS A 4 MILLION GALLONS AND THEY WERE NEVER UPSIZED.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE MODERNIZING THE PLANT AND WE'RE TAKING THE, BASICALLY THE LAGOON SYSTEM OUT OF THE PITCHER AND WE'RE PUTTING IN LIKE ALMOST EVERY OTHER PLANT HAS, YOU KNOW, EV EVERYWHERE A UM, A SYSTEM THAT TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOAT PRESS AND TAKES ALL THE WATER OUT.
AND WE, WE, WE RECYCLE ALL THE WATER BACK INTO THE SYSTEM THAT WE TAKE OUT OF THE SLUDGE.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE MATERIAL, THE SLUDGE, WHICH IS BASICALLY DIRT, UM, OUT OF THE WATER, CUZ WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GET IT AS RAW, IT HAS PARTICLES IN IT AND YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THOSE.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WHEN YOU GET IT AT THE END, ESSENTIALLY YOU JUST HAVE NICE DIRT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO, UM, DREDGE, IF YOU WANNA SAY THE LAGOONS SUCK OUT THE, THE SLUDGE SO WE CAN GET ROOM TO FLUSH THE WATER IN THERE.
AND ESSENTIALLY WE'RE HAULING OFF WATER, SO WE'RE PAYING THE HAUL OFF WATER AND IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
SO, UM, THIS SYSTEM WILL, UM, UH, INCREASE THE CAPACITY SO THAT WE CAN TREAT, UM, DO UH, TAKE CARE OF ALL THE CLEANING OF THE FILTERS AND UM, AND NOT HAUL WATER ANYMORE, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT A REDUNDANT TRAIN IN.
SO EACH OF THESE TRAINS, UM, ARE 2 MILLION GALLONS, UM, PER DAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE SIX OF 'EM, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE 12 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS PUT A SEVENTH ONE IN, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE ANY ONE OF THE OTHER TRAINS OUT AND STILL MAINTAIN THE 12 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY WHILE WE'RE DOING MAINTENANCE AND OR CLEANING THE FILTERS ON THAT TRAINING.
CUZ RIGHT NOW, IF, IF IN THE SUMMER WE NEED ALL THESE TO RUN, UM, AT SOME POINT WE, WE HAVE TO SECURE IT TO, UH, CLEAN THE FILTER OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING, UM, ONE'S LIKE AN H V A C FILTER COLLECTS DUST, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOUSE WE'RE COLLECTING DIRT IN THESE FILTERS AND WE HAVE TO BACK FLUSH 'EM TO GET THE, TO GET THE DIRT OUT.
SO WHAT THEY HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUTTA SERVICE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, AND THEN IT, IT, UH, BUILDS UP ON ITS SOAP, THE LAGOONS FILL UP.
THE MORE THEY FILL UP, THE LONGER IT TAKES, THE LONGER IT TAKES, THE MORE THEY'RE SHUT DOWN.
AND THEN PRETTY SOON YOU'RE FALLING INTO NOT ONLY ONE TRAIN, BUT MAYBE TWO.
SO, SO THIS REDUNDANT TRAIN'S GONNA HELP PREVENT THAT.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE.
AND, AND I I SAID SHOULD, UM, I KNOW BETTER WE WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE AT THE 12 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, BARRING NO MAJOR PROBLEMS. SO THIS IS OUR PLANT AND THESE ARE THE TWO LAGOONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSIZED.
THIS IS WHERE THE NEW EQUIPMENT'S GONNA GO.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT FOR, FOR EACH OF 'EM RIGHT THERE.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO KIND OF DO A, A STUDY WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS, THIS THE CONSTITUTE WHERE THEY WOULD KIND OF PUT IT IN ALL.
BUT IF WE DO EXPAND THE PLANT TO 16 MILLION GALLONS, THAT WOULD BE THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING AND THE FOUR ADDITIONAL TRAINS THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY GET THE PLANT UP TO 16 MILLION GALLONS USING THE BARGE ONCE IT BECOMES AVAILABLE
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AFTER THE DEEP WATER INTAKE PROVIDES THE 12 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER TO THE PLANT, UM, ONCE IT'S ONLINE.AND, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE REASONS WHY INITIALLY WHEN I FIRST GOT ON BOARD, EVERYBODY WILL JUST EXPAND THE SANDY CREEK PLANT.
WE COULD HAVE PUT FOUR MORE TRAINS IN HERE.
LIKE YOU, LIKE YOU SEE, THE DILEMMA IS WE WOULD'VE HAD TO SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY TO INCREASE THE BARGE TO GET IT TO THE 16 AND THEN PUT ANOTHER RAW WATER LINE IN, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN COSTLY.
AND, AND WITH THE RAW, WITH THE DEEP WATER INTAKE COMING IN IN A FIVE YEARS, THAT'S JUST NOT AN EXPENSE YOU, YOU WANT TO DO BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES OBSOLETE, UM, IN SHORT ORDER.
OKAY, SO THIS IS, THIS IS A GRAPH THAT BASICALLY SHOWS EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SHOWN YOU, KIND OF THE PROJECTS AND WHERE IT'S GOING AND HOW MUCH EACH OF THEM COSTS.
AND, AND IT'S CASCADING DOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 2027.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS, UM, OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME IS ABOUT 260 MILLION.
UM, TO FACILITATE, UM, PUTTING LEANDER IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION.
UM, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE, AND I TOLD COUNSEL THE SAME THING THAT, THAT THIS HAD BEEN DONE OVER 15 YEARS OR EVEN MAYBE 10 YEARS, BUT, UM, WE'RE NOW TRYING TO DO IT IN FIVE YEARS AND, AND WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO IT AND I, AND I THINK WE HAVE THE, THE FUNDING AND BACKING TO SUPPORT IT THROUGH SWIFT LOANS AND, AND OTHER THINGS.
SO, UM, AND THIS WILL BE SOME OF THE STUFF WE'LL BE TALKING, TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW IN THE, IN THE RETREAT.
UM, THIS VERY GRAPH, EVEN THOUGH I SHOWED IT EARLIER, WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING IT SOME MORE IN DETAIL TOMORROW.
SO BEFORE WE GO TO THIS, IS THERE, KIND OF BREAK THIS IN CHUNKS HERE, IS THERE KIND OF ANY QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU, UM, YOU HAVE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADING WITH THE INTERNAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS.
DO WE HAVE, UH, EMERGENCY GENERATION CAPABILITIES ON THAT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT? YES.
SO ALL THE LIFT STATIONS HAVE, UH, EMERGENCY GENERATORS AND, AND I SAID LIFT STATIONS.
I'M AT PUMPING STATIONS, RIGHT? UM, ALL THE LIFT STATIONS ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE ALSO HAVE GENERATORS, SO I DIDN'T MISSPEAK.
UM, OTHER THAN ALL THE PUMP STATIONS AND LIFT STATIONS PRETTY MUCH HAVE GENERATORS.
THE PLANT DOES NOT, BUT THE WATER PLANT'S DUAL FEED.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE IT'S DUAL FEED, MEANING THAT IT'S ON TWO SEPARATE, UM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, UM, RIGHT NOW EVEN BY THE SB THREE, BILL S AND PER TCQ IS NOT NECESSARILY A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A GENERATOR FOR ME, IF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS DUAL FEEDED AND IT'S, IT'S, AND IT'S PRETTY WELL MAINTAINED, UM, GENERATORS ARE KIND OF A HIT MISS IF YOU DON'T MAINTAIN 'EM.
I'LL JUST BE HONEST, DURING THE HURRICANE HARVEY, UM, OUR GENERATORS AT CORPUS CHRISTI, WE HAVE FOUR OF 'EM, TWO MEGAWATTS, UH, A PIECE.
UM, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH DIDN'T, UM, OPERATE CORRECTLY AND THEY WANTED TO TRY TO RESTART IT AND WE WERE ON ONE FEED AND THE OTHER FEED WAS OUT.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TOUCHING A THING.
SO GENERATORS CAN BE USEFUL AT TIMES AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T MAINTAIN THEM LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, UM, UM, IT GETS TRICKY.
NOW ON OUR WATER PLANT, WE'RE UPDATING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH.
SO THERE'S AN AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH THAT MOVES IT FROM ONE CIRCUIT TO THE OTHER AUTOMATICALLY.
AND UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH P C TO UPGRADE THAT BECAUSE, UM, WE WERE, THEY TOLD US THAT OUR, OUR EQUIPMENT WAS BASICALLY, UM, DOESN'T MEET THEIR STANDARDS.
AND SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA FIX THAT.
AND SO THE BRA WHO'S THE, UM, UM, WATER AUTHORITY THAT WE HIRED TO RUN OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT, UM, CURRENTLY, UM, THEY PUT IT IN THEIR BUDGET AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO GET THEM TO, UM, WORK WITH P C TO ENSURE THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCHES IN.
WE'RE ALSO DOING THAT FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DID NOT HAVE ANY DUAL FEED THAT WAS HALF THE PLANT WAS ON ONE CIRCUIT AND HALF THE PLANT WAS ON ANOTHER.
SO WE WENT TO PC AND P C AND SAID, LOOK, WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT.
THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL YOUR PLAN ON ONE, ONE CIRCUIT CUZ THEN WE CAN BETTER, UH, MANAGE IT AND, AND SHED OTHER LOADS AND SO FORTH.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW STAKING NEW POWER POLES THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT IN.
SO WE CAN HAVE A, A DUAL FEED SYSTEM FOR THE, UH, UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AS WELL.
SO THAT ONE'S ALSO UNDER, UNDER UNDERWAY.
OH, ANY OTHER, YEAH, ONE QU ONE QUICK, UH, SIDE QUESTION ON THAT IS, DURING THE EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN, WHAT, TWO YEARS AGO? MM-HMM.
AND SOME OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, P'S UM, TRANSFORMER, UM, ON ONE OF THE SUBSTATIONS BLUE AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT.
AND WHEN, WHEN THAT POWER WAS LOST ON ONE, IT AUTOMATICALLY
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TRANSFERRED, BUT IT TRANSFERRED OVER TO A, A DEAD CIRCUIT CIRCUIT.SO THEORY, BOTH CIRCUITS WERE DEAD AND THEY DIDN'T, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I, I KIND OF READ THE AFTER ACTION REPORT TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, UM, THEY HAD TO GO OUT AND OF COURSE FIX OUT.
AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND, AND SO THERE WAS SOME LESSONS LEARNED.
AND WE HAVE, AND ONE OF 'EM IS, IS, UM, THEY WENT OUT AND RIGHTLY SO AND HARDER THAN THEIR SYSTEM AND THEY TOOK, THEY'VE DONE SOME OTHER PROTOCOLS THIS MUCH LIKE, UM, THE GAS, UH, COMPANIES HAVE, THE ELECTRICAL COMPANIES HAVE DONE THE SAME THING BECAUSE OF THAT STORM.
UM, AND SO, UH, THEY'RE A LOT MORE CONFIDENT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE, WE DID, AND THEY, WE HAVE, THEY, WE PROVIDE THEM A LIST OF WHAT'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE ON, UM, THE GRID TO THE LAST MINUTE.
AND SO THEY HAVE A LIST OF THAT AND THEY ASK EVERYBODY FOR WHAT'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS THAT NEEDS, THAT NEEDS TO HAVE POWER.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME GOOD STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON BOTH SIDES TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, NOTHING'S GUARANTEED.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET A, A HUGE HURRICANE OR A HUGE STORM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, UH, YOU JUST CAN'T BUILD IT TO WITHSTAND EVERYTHING.
AND SO, UM, YOU DO THE BEST YOU CAN ON BOTH SIDES.
AND SO WE, WE HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT SECTION HERE REAL QUICK.
SO WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING? UM, WELL, UH, PART OF IT IS WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, PUT IN AN AUTOMATIC, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM CUZ WE'RE THE, JUST ABOUT THE ONLY CITY IN THIS AREA WHO, WHO DOESN'T HAVE ONE.
AND WHAT THAT SYSTEM IS, IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A METER AND IT, IT SENDS A SIGNAL BACK TO, UH, A MAIN STATION AND WE CAN TRACK, YOU KNOW, LIKE PER MINUTE, HOW MUCH WATER ARE YOU USING? AND IT'S FANTASTIC CUZ YOU CAN GET IT ON YOUR PHONE AND YOU CAN SEE, LOOK, MY SPRINKLER JUST CAME ON.
UM, BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR, YOUR USE GOES UP AND IT WOULD TELL YOU THAT IF YOUR, IF YOUR METER'S NOT ZEROING OUT, THAT MEANS YOU MIGHT HAVE A POTENTIAL LEAK BECAUSE IF YOUR METER DOESN'T ZERO OUT AND YOU'VE TURNED EVERYTHING OFF, IT DOESN'T GO TO ZERO.
THAT MEANS YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE USING WATER SOMEWHERE.
UM, SO IT GIVES, AND IT, AND IT ALSO WILL, UH, WILL SIGNAL PEOPLE OF THOSE TYPES.
IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW THE CITY TO MANAGE THE, UM, THE WATER TO SEE WHO'S USING HOW MUCH THE BIG USERS.
SO MAYBE WE CAN GO KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR CUZ WE HAVE A HUNDRED USERS THAT USE UM, WELL OVER, UH, 30,000 GALLONS A MONTH OF WATER.
I MEAN WE HAVE PEOPLE USING A HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS A MONTH OF WATER RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED TOMORROW IN A RETREAT AND SOME DETAIL ON, ON ON SOME OF THAT AND HOW WE NEED TO CURTAIL THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER, UM, IRRIGATION AND THE WASTEFULNESS OF JUST TURNING YOUR SPRINKLER ON AND OUTTA SIGHT OUTTA MINE.
UM, WE REALLY HAVE TO GET PEOPLE EDUCATED ON THAT'S NOT OUTTA SIGHT OUTTA MINE.
YOU ONLY NEED SO MUCH WATER TO MAINTAIN YOUR GRASS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, AND SO, UM, AND, AND THAT GOES TO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE DID HIRE A WATER CONSERVATION PERSON BILL AND THEY GOT A PILOT PROGRAM AND THEY'RE TRYING TO, THEY'VE GOT 160 PEOPLE SIGNED UP THAT WE'RE GONNA GO LOOK AT THEIR IRRIGATION AND TRY TO FACILITATE HELPING THEM GET IT ONLINE.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL AT THE RETREAT, BUT WHAT A GOOD PROGRAM AND, AND WE'RE HOPING TO EXPAND THAT.
THE, THE ONE I LIKE IS THE RECLAIM AND I, AND I HAVE A NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS OUT IN MORE DETAIL BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GOOD PROGRAM.
BUT WE, WE ARE GETTING A RECLAIM SYSTEM IN, UM, WE ARE IN PHASE TWO, WHICH IS, UM, ONE DAY OF WATERING PER WEEK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, UM, TALKING WITH OTHER WATER AUTHORITIES TO INCLUDE THE L C I HUBER WITH AND OTHER CITIES, UM, CAUSE WE MEET WITH THEM, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, WATER SITUATIONS MANY OF CITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT.
AND US WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT IT AS WELL.
AND, AND, AND SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE ON ONE WEEK FOR SO LONG, BASICALLY UNTIL WE GET ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT THAT LET'S JUST MAINTAIN IT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET, IT BECOMES, MY ADMIRAL USED TO TELL ME THERE'S THE, THE PROCESS STORM AND NORMAN CONFORMING AT FIRST EVERYBODY STORMS AND THEN IT BECOMES THE NORM AND THEN THEY CONFORM TO IT.
AND SO HE SAYS EVERY SITUATION WAS THAT WAY.
AND SO I ALWAYS STILL REMEMBER THAT STORM AND NORMAN CONFORMING.
SO IN FIVE YEARS WE'LL BE IN THE CONFORMANT, EVERYBODY WILL BE LIKE, YEP, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
AND SO, UM, SO WE, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN BILL HAS BEEN, UM, MEETING WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THEN WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH, UH, THE SCHOOL ABOUT HOW TO FACILITATE, UM, CUZ THEY'RE A LARGE WATER USER, HOW TO FACILITATE MANAGING THEIR WATER SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY WERE BASICALLY WATERING EVERYTHING ON TWO DAYS AND WE WERE JUST HITTING PEAKS.
SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM TO SPREAD THEIR SCHOOLS OUT OVER, OVER THE
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WHOLE WEEK SO THAT WE DON'T, AND SAME WITH THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES SO THAT WE'RE NOT PEAKING AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WHEN ALL THEIR SPRINKLERS COME ON.UM, CUZ OF COURSE THAT'S WHEN WE TELL EVERYBODY WATER, YOU KNOW, AT NIGHT.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE LIKE, EVERYONE WAS WATERING LIKE ON WEDNESDAY
SO WE'RE WORKING, WORKING REALLY HARD ON, ON, ON THAT.
SO THAT'S, UM, SOME MORE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, THIS IS THE RAW WATER SYSTEM.
UM, I, I SHOULD HAVE PUT ON THERE HOW THE WATER LINE WAS GONNA, UH, LOOK, BUT OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS LIKE RIGHT IN THAT AREA AND THE, THE LINE IS GONNA KIND OF GO INTO THE SERVICE AREA AND NORTH LINE, IF I GET MY BEARINGS, IS RIGHT HERE.
AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING, UH, WHAT WE CALL PURPLE PIPE FOR RECLAIM WATER.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING IT SO THAT, SO THAT THEY'RE
AND WE GOT A GRANT, UM, FROM THE COUNTY, UM, FOR, UM, I THINK 3.5 MILLION OF ARPA MONEY TO BUILD THIS, THIS SYSTEM.
AND SO IT'S WELL UNDER DESIGN AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT SYSTEM WILL START, UM, THIS SUMMER.
IT'LL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS, BUT THESE ARE THE OTHER CUSTOMERS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET ONLINE.
LIKE I SAID, NORTHLINE'S READY.
UM, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS A LITTLE BIT WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE CONCRETE PLANTS YET, BUT HORIZON DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY PUTTING IN PURPLE PIPE AND ANTICIPATION OF USING THIS SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY, UM, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, USEFUL.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW MUCH WATER WE USED THIS YEAR, UH, 4 BILLION GALLONS.
IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT'S A LOT OF WATER, THAT'S A LOT OF WATER.
WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS NEAT HERE IS, IS THIS GRAPH, IT GOES FROM TWO 2008 TO 22 AND I REALLY LIKE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THIS.
YOU SEE YOUR, WHOOPS, YOU SEE YOUR, YOUR PEAK DAY RIGHT HERE.
AND THE HARD LINE WHERE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE IS GOING JUST STEADILY UP UNTIL 2022, WHERE WE HIT, UM, 20 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY IN SUMMER.
AND REMEMBER OUR MAX IS 20 AND WE HIT, UH, 25 AND WE HIT 20.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN, YOU CAN SEE OVER THE YEARS, UM, IT'S BEEN STEADILY INCREASING WITH THE GROWTH AND THE AMOUNT THEY'RE DOING PROBABLY DURING THIS TIME RIGHT HERE IS, WE, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN A TAD MORE FOCUSED ON THE, THE B C R A AND EXPANDING IT AND LOOKING AT SANDY CREEK, BUT, UM, GROWTH OF 10% OR 13% OR 15% IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, IT'S CRAZY.
AND SO YOU JUST, IT SNEAKS UP ON YOU AND YOU GET THREE YEARS OF THAT.
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE INF YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN PLACE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE GONNA BUILD FOR SEVEN YEARS, YOU NEED NOW BECAUSE THE GROWTH HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.
SO THIS IS A, A CHART THAT WE SHOW THE CITY COUNCIL NOW, UM, WE TRY TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE SO, UM, SO THAT NOT ONLY THEY, BUT THE PUBLIC KIND OF UNDERSTANDS IT.
SO THIS IS THURSDAY OR NOVEMBER, I MEAN, UH, YEAR TO YEAR, UM, HOW MUCH OUR, UH, WATER CONNECTIONS HAVE INCREASED BY.
THIS IS OUR LAST ONE FOR THE YEAR.
AND, UM, WE, WE, UH, WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS IMMENSELY.
SO, SO IN 2015 WE HAD 13,000 CONNECTIONS.
SO REMEMBER I SAID IN 2015 WE HAD ABOUT 42,000 PEOPLE.
EACH CONNECTION IS ABOUT 3.3 PEOPLE.
IF YOU MULTIPLY 15 BY THAT, YOU WOULD GET THE, THAT AMOUNT.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 28,000 CONNECTIONS.
AND SO IF YOU DID THE 3.3 TIME, THE 28, YOU GET ABOUT 51, UM, THOUSAND PEOPLE.
AND, AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT I SHOWED YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE, YOU KNOW, THAT 50,000 PEOPLE OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE WATER CONNECTIONS NOW THAN CEDAR PARK AND WE'VE, WE'VE EXCEEDED THEM.
SO, UM, SO YOU COULD SEE THE AMOUNT OF WATER CONNECTIONS THIS WAS IN 2020 AND OUR GROWTH, AND IF YOU WANNA SAY WATER CONNECTIONS WAS AN AMAZING 15.5%.
UM, THAT'S JUST, UH, AN, UH, AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH.
SO WE KIND OF PUT THIS IN THERE BECAUSE WATER CONNECTIONS ARE EASY.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY YOU HAVE, HOW MUCH YOU'RE CHANGING YEAR TO YEAR, MONTH TO MONTH.
AND SO IT'S A GOOD WAY TO, TO SEE, UM, YOUR ACTUAL GROWTH.
FOR ME AS A WATER GUY, I GUESS IT'S,
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FOR ME AS A WATER GUY, IT'S EASY TO SEE.I, I UNDERSTAND WATER CONNECTION.
IT'S PHYSICALLY WHAT IT MEANS, HOW MANY WE HAVE.
WE CAN TRACK 'EM, WE KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE FOR, FOR EACH TYPE OF BUILDING, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL OR UM, MULTI-FAMILY OR AND SO FORTH.
AND WE ALSO KNOW THE NUMBER OF, UH, IRRIGATIONS, UM, THAT ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE, AND AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THE RETREAT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 13 OR 14,000 IRRIGATION, UM, SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PERMITTED.
AND UM, AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S A LOT, CUZ WE ONLY HAVE 28,000 CONNECTIONS.
IT IS CUZ WHEN I WORKED IN CORPUS, WE ONLY HAD 17,000 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND WE HAD 96,000 CONNECTIONS.
JUST TO KIND OF PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE FROM KIND OF FROM ONE CITY I WORK FOR, TO THIS ONE I WORK FOR NOW THIS IS THE OTHER ONE WE SHOW.
UM, CUZ UH, LAKE LEVELS ARE IMPORTANT, UM, TO EVERYBODY, MULTIPLE STRAWS GO INTO, UH, LAKE TRAVIS.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE IN 22 AS COMPARED TO 23.
UM, IT'S AN AMAZING HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH IT DROPPED IN A YEAR.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA BE OUT OF THE, UM, UM, LANIA, UM, SUPPOSEDLY AND, AND WE'LL START GETTING SOME MORE RAIN.
BUT IF WE DON'T, UM, NOW THIS SUMMER COULD BE, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO GET TRICKY AGAIN.
WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S KIND OF, UH, WHERE WE ARE.
OH WELL, WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT WE'RE BUILDING, BOTH FROM A REGIONAL STANDPOINT AND A CITY STANDPOINT.
UM, HOW WE'RE TRACKING INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO THE, UH, PUBLIC AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION IS ONLINE.
UH, TY DOES A GOOD JOB TRYING TO GET IT OUT THERE TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE.
AND, UM, TOMORROW IS GONNA BE IN AN ADDITIONAL EDUCATION, UH, DURING YOUR RETREAT, WHICH I THINK WILL BE GOOD.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? HOPEFULLY THIS WAS USEFUL.
I I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, I THINK THE INCREASED CAPACITY PLAN IS, IS FANTASTIC.
I THINK, I THINK, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A, A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THAT AND, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT PURPLE PIPE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS GOING FORWARD, DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN, UM, AN IDEA IN WHICH ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT GOING FORWARD WILL BE INCLUDING PURPLE PIPE IN, IN, IN THE PROJECTS? SO, UM, I CAN AN ANSWER THAT QUESTION SOMEWHAT YES.
AND BECAUSE, UM, OUR PLANT, OUR PLANT HERE IN LEANDER, WHICH IS IS CLOSE TO US, IS ONLY, UH, UH, 2.25 MILLION GALLON PER DAY PLANT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WATER MAINTAINED AND DISCHARGE.
AND SO WE'RE THINKING WE COULD PROBABLY GET AROUND 600,000 TO A MILLION GALLONS OF PURPLE PIPE OUT TO THAT SERVICE AREA.
IT WON'T GO MUCH PAST THAT BECAUSE THE CAPACITY OF THE PLANT IS RELATIVELY SMALL.
UH, BECAUSE WE BOUGHT IN, UM, BASICALLY FOUR AND A QUARTER MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF TREATMENT CAPACITY AT THE REGIONAL PLANT, WHICH IS LOCATED IN, UM, ROUND ROCK.
NOW THEY HAVE A PURPLE PIPE SYSTEM THAT'S, UM, UM, MORE, UM, SUBSTANTIAL AND THEY'RE GONNA PROBABLY CONTINUE ON THAT.
UM, DO WE, DO WE TRY TO FACILITATE GETTING SOME OF THAT BACK DOWN HERE? THAT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LAYING PIPE UNDER GROUND AND EASEMENT GETS EXPENSIVE, UM, I'VE TALKED TO MICHAEL THAE OVER THERE AND, UM, KIND OF BREACH YOUR IDEA CORPUS.
WE WERE, WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT CREATING AN ASR AUTOMATIC, UH, STORAGE AND RECOVERY, UM, AQUIFER TYPE SITUATION WHERE YOU PUMP WATER INTO IT, WHETHER IT'S EXCESSIVE WATER FROM, UM, A LAKE OR, OR UH, A TREATED WATER FROM A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
YOU PUMP, YOU PUMP IT IN THERE AND YOU BUILD IT UP.
A SAN ANTONIO HAS A FANTASTIC ONE.
THEY, THEY THOUGHT THEY'D ONLY GET AROUND 60, UM, UM, ACRE FEET, OR WHEN I SAY 60, 60,000 ACRE FEET IN THEIR, UM, ASR A OXFORD STORAGE AND RECOVERY, THEY HAVE UM, LIKE 295,000 ACRE FEET THAT'S BIGGER THAN LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH IS 250,000 ACRE FEET.
SO THEY LITERALLY CREATED A LAKE UNDER UNDERGROUND.
I I'VE BEEN OUT TO THE FACILITY, SEEN, SEEN MANY OF THEIR PROJECTS.
SO COULD WE DO AN, AN ASR IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MIGHT BE TALKS, YOU HAVE TO DO THE GEO STUDIES AND UNDERGROUND AND IS THERE CAPABILITY TO DO IT? CAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT LAYERS IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO MAKE THAT BUBBLE TO FACILITATE CREATING A, AN ASR.
UM, AUSTIN IS SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT IT, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL ARTICLES OUT ABOUT THEM LOOKING AT AN ASR.
SO THAT'S ONE WAY TO USE THAT, THAT DISCHARGE BECAUSE THE REGIONAL PLANT AT SOME POINT'S GONNA BE 40 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
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A LOT OF WATER.AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS A REGION WE SHOULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT 40 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF WATER.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY FUTURE THINKING, UM, ON THAT ONE.
SO, BUT FOR LEANER, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT BASED ON THE PLANT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE HERE.
UM, THAT PLANT WILL BE EXPANDED AND AS IT EXPANDS, WE'LL CERTAINLY TRY TO EXPAND THAT, THAT RECLAIM USE, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
YOU HAD A QUESTION THAT WAS WHERE I WAS GOING TO, UH, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE PURPLE PIPE AND HOW FAR WE COULD GO WITH IT.
SO REALLY IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY MUCH IN THAT ONE AREA OF TOWN FOR NOW.
AND WHEN THAT MAX IS OUT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO EITHER EXPAND IT OR BUILD ANOTHER PLANT? UM, WELL, WE'LL EX YES, AT SOME POINT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXPAND OUR PLAN.
AND WHEN WE DO, YES, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT.
PART OF THAT RECLAIM TOO IS ALSO THAT WE'RE BUILDING A FILLING STATIONARY AND I, AND I, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT AND I SHOULD HAVE, SO IT'S A TWO PHASE PHASE.
ONE WAS THE FILLING STATION AND PHASE TWO WAS THE 12 INCH, UH, RECLAIM LINE THAT WE'RE RUNNING OUT TO THE SERVICE AREA.
AND WHEN WE GOT THE ARPA MONEY, WE WENT AHEAD AND SAID, WELL, WE GOT MONEY NOW, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO IT ALL AS ONE BIG PROJECT.
SO IT'S NOW ONE BIG PROJECT, AND THIS IS ONE I EXPLAINED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
THE FILLING STATION IS GONNA ALLOW TRUCKS TO COME IN AND FILL UP WITH A RECLAIM THAT THEY CAN USE FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES FOR DUST CONTROL AND IRRIGATION AND OTHER THINGS.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE A FILLING STATION THERE FOR, UH, COMMERCIAL TRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND, AND TAKE WATER FOR, FOR THEIR USE.
SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO CONNECT TO OUR FIRE HYDRANTS AND USE POTABLE WATER FOR THINGS THAT DON'T NEED POTABLE WATER.
CUZ RIGHT NOW THEY ALL CONNECT TO OUR THROUGH CONSTRUCTION METER, WHICH HAS A BACKFLOW PREVENTER AND A METER ON IT.
UM, BUT IF WE COULD ELIMINATE THAT, UM, MORE SO THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO THAT'S NOT POTABLE WATER THEN WE'RE USING, SO IT'S TWOFOLD.
IT'S THE FILLING STATION AND THE RETAILING LINE FOR THE SERVICE AREA.
ARE THERE THOUGHTS TO REQUIRE THEM TO USE THE FILLING STATION INSTEAD OF CONNECTING UP TO A YEAH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA FACILITATE TRYING TO MAKE THEM GOOD GUYS AS BEST WE CAN.
THAT AGAIN, WE'RE, THIS IS NEW AND YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THE GROWING PAINS OF WHAT ORDINANCE, HOW MUCH YOU CAN, UH, FACILITATE GETTING, YOU ALWAYS LOOK FOR COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
YOU ALWAYS TRY TO GET PEOPLE EDUCATED AND, AND TRY TO GET THEM TO COMPLY TO WHAT YOU WANT.
AND UH, HOPEFULLY IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T GIVE 'EM THE METERS ON THE, ON THE FIRE HYDRANTS, THEN THEY CAN'T FILL FROM THE FIRE HYDRANTS, THEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE FILLING STATION.
YEAH, THAT'S, SEE THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S THE STICK THEORY.
I'M, I'M HOPING TO USE THE HONEY THEORY THAT WE'LL TALK 'EM IN THE, THE USING THE FILLING STATION, UH, AT, AT WHAT, AT WHAT CAPACITY DOES THE, UH, LAKE LEVEL DROP TO THAT REDUCES OUR CAPACITY.
SO YOU SAID LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 53% LIKE TRAVIS, SO YEAH.
AT WHAT POINT DOES IT, DOES IT REDUCE OUR OVERALL TOTAL, I DUNNO THE PERCENTAGE, BUT WHEN IT GETS TO A LEVEL OF ABOUT, UM, UH, 618, UM, FEET ABOVE MAIN SEA, MAIN SEA LEVEL, UM, THE BARGES GET TO A POINT, AND IT HAPPENED IN 2013 WHERE THEY RUN A GROUND AND THEY, THEY CAN'T PUMP WATER TO THE RAW WATER TO THE PLANT.
SO WHAT THEY DID, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT NOW, UM, CEDAR PARK AND US AND WE HAVE AN ILA THAT WE'VE CREATED TO COLLABORATE BETTER, BOTH FROM A, UM, COORDINATION STANDPOINT AND A FUNDING STANDPOINT.
BUT THEY BUILT A BARGE, UM, BACK IN THE DAY AND THEY, AND THEY MOVED THAT BARGED TO A DEEPER AREA OF THE LAKE AND THEY HAD AN ON ONSITE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND IT WAS A KIND OF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE.
UM, THAT'S ONE WAS A DISCUSSION WE COULD CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT.
UM, AND THEN THEY LAID ALL THE PIPE UNDERGROUND TO FACILITATE PUMPING FROM THAT BARGE IN THE DEEPER PART OF THE LAKE TO THE TWO PLANTS, NOT THE BCR PLANT, IT'S JUST TO THE CEDAR PARK PLANT AND TO THE SANDY CREEK PLANT.
SO THE WHOLE REASON WHY WE'RE BUILDING A DEEP WATER INTAKE IS FACILITATE BUILDING IN RESILIENCE TO ENSURE THAT IF THE LAKE GETS DOWN TO THAT LEVEL, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY THE BAR WILL GO AWAY.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EMERGENCY BARGE.
SO WE'VE DONE, UM, A KIND OF A SURVEY OF THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE, UM, WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WHAT NEEDS TO BE TESTED, UM, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ACROSS THE LAKE.
UM, IT NEEDS TO BE REFURBISHED.
SO RIGHT NOW CEDAR PARK AND, UH, LEANDER STAFF ARE, ARE, ARE WORKING TOWARDS FIGURING OUT WHAT NEEDS.
AND THEN AS THIS GOES ON, BECAUSE WE CAN'T BUILD THAT BARGE IN A DAY, IT'LL TAKE LIKE A YEAR TO PUT ALL THE PIECES PARTS TOGETHER.
UM, CEDAR PARK HAS MOST OF THE PARTS IN STORAGE, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, AND, UH, UH, KIND OF A ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED, IF YOU WANNA SAY TO A POINT.
UM, AND THEN THE BARGE IS ACTUALLY BY THE LEANDER,
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UM, A WATER TREATMENT PLANT.UH, SO, UM, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE PIECES AND THEN FIX THEM OR BUY THEM AND THEN, UH, FACILITATE THEN PUTTING ALL THOSE PIECES TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A, AN EMERGENCY BARGE OUT THERE.
AND, UM, CENSUS IT'S PROVIDING WATER TO TWO DIFFERENT CITIES.
IT'S, IT'S PRETTY LARGE SEVEN PUMPS, UM, MULTI BARGES ALL CONNECTED TOGETHER.
SO IT'S A VERY PRETTY LARGE, UH, FLOATILLA IF YOU WANNA SAY.
SO BASICALLY WE, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A CONTINGENCY PLAN TO CONTINUE THAT 62 MILLION POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, NO, NOT 62 MILLION.
THE EMERGENCY BAR IS ONLY IF THE LAKE LEVELS GET DOWN AND IT ONLY PROVIDE, UM, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS CUZ UM, I'M RELATIVELY, THE, THE CONCEPT THAT EMERGENCY BAR DIDN'T, THIS ONLY CAME UP RECENTLY, SO I'VE HAD TO DO SOME HOMEWORK ON IT, BUT IT ONLY PROVIDES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WATER TO OUR TREATMENT PLANT AND THEIR TREATMENT PLANT.
BUT IT'S NOT THE FULL AMOUNT OF EACH EITHER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY COSTLY.
SO IT'S ENOUGH TO GET, LITERALLY THE CITIES WOULD BOTH PROBABLY BE IN STAGE FOUR AND IT WOULD ONLY BE THE WATER TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A SHOWER, FLUSH YOUR TOILET, YOU KNOW, CLEAN YOUR DISHES, EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NO.
BUT IF THE LAKE GETS TO 618, UM, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT OTHER PEOPLE, EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
AND THEN WE'RE, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE NOT USING WATER FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, WE GET TO THAT POINT.
WE HAVE OTHER, OTHER REGIONAL PROBLEMS. YEAH, I UNDERSTOOD.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER LIKE, UH, ANY LIKE NEW ORDINANCES OR ZONING? UH, UH, AS FAR AS JUST STRATEGIES IN PLACE TO HELP CONSERVE WATER BETTER WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS? YEAH, WE DO.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TOMORROW.
SO I DON'T WANNA STEAL ROBIN THUNDER BECAUSE SHE HAS SEVERAL AND WE HAVE A FEW, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SEVERAL TOMORROW ASSOCIATED WITH WATER CONSERVATION AND SO FORTH.
ON A MORE REGIONAL BASIS, UH, THE L C R A TAKES CARE OF THE GENERAL USE OF WATER OUT OF LAKE TRAVIS.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AUSTIN DOES ALL THESE HUGE BIG BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS AND THEY'RE DOING BILLION DOLLAR MAKEOVERS OF, OF, OF THINGS IN THE WATER USAGE.
THEY'VE GOTTA BE USING UP MORE WATER IN SOME OF THOSE BIG DEVELOPMENTS IN THOSE 70 STORY HIGH RISES THAN WE USE IN A YEAR.
UH, WHO WATCHES, WHO KEEPS TRACK OF MAKING SURE THERE'S ENOUGH WATER LEFT IN LAKE TRAVIS FOR ALL OF US? L C R A, THEY'RE THE WATER MANAGERS OF LAKE TRAVIS.
AND I DON'T, I'D HAVE TO DEEP DIVE IT MORE.
I KNOW THAT, UM, AUSTIN IS NOT A CUSTOMER.
UM, CORPUS CHRISTI HAD WATER RIGHTS ON THE COLORADO RIVER THEY BOUGHT BACK IN 1990.
AND SO, UM, THEY'RE NOW PART OF THE LCA PLAN BECAUSE THEY HAVE SENIOR WATER RIGHTS, WHAT'S CALLED RUN OF THE RIVER FOR 35,000 ACRES.
NOW THAT'S RELATIVELY SMALL, BUT FOR A CITY LIKE CORPUS CHRISTI, WE BUILT THAT MARY RHODES PHASE TWO TO GET THAT WATER OUTTA THE COLORADO RIVER.
AND, AND THANK GOODNESS WE DID BECAUSE THAT'S HELPING SUPPORT, UM, GROWTH IN INDUSTRIAL IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
NOW AUSTIN I KNOW IS A MUCH BIGGER ANIMAL IN HOW MUCH THEY TAKE, BUT, UH, BETWEEN AUSTIN AND, AND THE FARMERS AND L C R A DID TAKE SOME, UM, I THOUGHT SOME PRETTY, UM, AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO CORTEL BASED ON THE LAKE LEVEL WATER GONE TO THE FARMERS DOWNSTREAM AND OTHER THINGS.
AND SO IF YOU READ THEIR WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, IT'S, IT'S, UM, AND IT COMES UP, UM, FOR RENEWAL.
THAT MEANS THE PUBLIC GETS HERE, UH, IN 2025, BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME, UH, IT DOES HAVE SOME GOOD STEPS THAT THEY TAKE TO FACILITATE MANAGING, UM, THE LAKE, THE LAKE LEVEL.
SO IT'S, UH, I HAVEN'T READ A WORD FOR WORD.
SO I'M, I'M, I CAN'T TELL YOU EVERY DETAIL.
AND ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS THE CURTAILMENT OF, OF THE, UH, FARMER'S ONSTREAM BASED ON IF IT'S SEASON ONE OR SEASON TWO AND WHERE THE LAKE LEVEL IS AND HOW THEY REVAMP IT AND, AND UH, TO INCLUDE US AS OWNERS.
UM, WHEN THE LAKE LEVEL GETS TO A CERTAIN CERTAIN POINT, THEY START CURTAILING SAYING YOU NEED TO KICK IN YOUR WATER CONSERVATION CUZ WE'RE GONNA WANT YOU TO REDUCE BY FIVE 10 OR WHATEVER PERCENT.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE I THINK OF A REGIONAL CONCEPT THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.
SO I, I WANNA BRING SOMETHING UP.
UH, I, I'M, UH, ON AN HOA BOARD AND SO THIS IS, UH, NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.
UM, YEAH, GO, UH, VOTE FOR TURF GRASS
UM, OUR, OUR HOA IS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONSERVE WATER.
UM, WE CUT OUR WATER BILL BY CLOSE TO UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST 40% FROM WHAT IT WAS IN 2017.
UM, AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO LOWER THAT EVEN MORE.
UM, BUT I KNOW AT ONE POINT THEY WERE SAYING THAT IT WAS AROUND 33% OF OUR WATER
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IN THE CITY OF LEANDER WENT TO HOA LOTS.UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY FIG, AND THESE ARE FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, PROBABLY OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS I'VE WATCHED, UM, WHEN THEY INCLUDED JUST PEOPLE'S HOUSES, THE, THE IN THERE CLOSE TO 50% OF OUR WATER GETS SPRAYED ON GRASS
UM, SO, SO, AND THIS IS WHY WE'VE PURPLE IF YOU PIPE AND EVERYTHING, LOOK, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT ACTUALLY GOES TO THE WA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, WHICH MEANS IT'S COMING FROM HOUSE OR BUSINESSES ACTUAL, UH, USES LIKE SHAW OR TOILET, IT'S AROUND 4 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND, AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE PEAK OUT IN THE SUMMER, WHICH IS 20 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THAT'S BEING WOW.
AND I, I'M ALL FOR PUSHING FOR CONSERVATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR HO IS DELAYED, UM, THE RENOVATION OF SOME OF THE, THE TREES AND PLANTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE KNOW THE WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE COMING AND WE DON'T WANT TO INVEST, YOU KNOW, 20 $50,000 IN LANDSCAPING AND CAN'T WATER IT AND WATCH IT DIE.
BUT WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT POOLS.
I KNOW OUR POOL USES A LOT OF WATER AND ARE WE GOING TO BE IN ANY STEPS THERE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WHERE YEAH.
UH, POOL COVERS ARE, IF NOT BEING USED, BUT A POOL POOL COVER ON IT OR OTHER THINGS TO FACILITATE.
CUZ THE EVAPORATION RATE IS IMMENSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING, UM, IF I REMEMBER SOME OF THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, YOU CAN LOSE AN INCH OR TWO INCHES IN, UH, IN A WEEK PERIOD, UH, AT YOUR POOL.
UM, SOMETIMES MORE DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON EITHER THE DAY.
I MEAN THAT'S AN ISSUE WITH, UH, WITH SURFACE WATER IN GENERAL IS THE EVAPORATION RATE, IS THIS IMMENSE, THE PERSON WHO FIGURES OUT HOW TO STOP THAT WILL BE A TRILLIONAIRE.
CAUSE THE THINGS I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS DRINK WATER AT HOME.
AND EVERYBODY HERE IN TEXAS NEEDS TO TAKE A SHOWER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
AND SO I, I WANNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONSERVE THAT AND WHAT WHATEVER CONSERVATION YEAH.
WATER CONSERVATION, UM, WOULD CERTAINLY HELP.
UH, ANYTIME YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY BUILD A PLANT OR A PIPELINE OR WHATEVER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CUZ THOSE, THOSE ARE THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE.
SO, UH, GOING BACK, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP A KIND OF A POINT ABOUT HOAS AND EVERYTHING AND, AND I KNOW OURS IS TRYING TO CUT WATER.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WELL THAT WE PULL WATER FROM AS, AS WELL TO, TO WATER OUR, OUR GROUNDS.
BUT WHAT, UH, I GUESS YOU MAY BE TALKING ABOUT THIS TOMORROW, BUT AS FAR AS, UH, LIKE WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGIES, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA AROUND LIKE WATER COLLECTION, WHETHER IT'S A, A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, INDUSTRIAL BUILDING OR, OR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND HOW MUCH WATER THEY CAN ACTUALLY PULL IN FROM RAIN, RAINWATER COLLECTION AND THEN HOW MUCH THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE THE CITY AS FAR AS USAGE? UM, NOT YET BECAUSE WE'RE AT OUR INFANCY, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A RU A RAIN BARREL PROGRAM YEAH.
THAT BILL'S INITIATING AND THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SELLING THOSE, UM, AT SOME POINT THIS SUMMER AND HE'S LINING THAT UP AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY DROP COUNTS, UM, KIND OF THING.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT PROGRAM IS GONNA BE DISCUSSED, UM, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE TOMORROW, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT, SO.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND WITH THAT, THE TIME IS SEVEN 13 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.