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SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, AND THE AUTHOR'S REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2020.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
OPPOSED? LIKE, SIGN THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[a. Consider the election of officers for President, Vice President, and Secretary; and the appointment of an Assistant Secretary.]
NEXT ITEM WILL BE TO CONSIDER THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY, AND THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY.SO, UM, TYPICALLY YOU DO THIS IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, I APOLOGIZE, I'M A LITTLE BEHIND.
UM, BUT YOUR, UH, PRESIDENT IS, UH, BRENDA BRADLEY SMITH.
YOUR VICE PRESIDENT IS MR. WILSON.
AND, UM, YOUR APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY CLERK AS YOUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY, HANDLES ALL OF YOUR, UH, MINUTES AND AGENDAS AND, AND SUCH THINGS.
YOU CAN TAKE THE SLATE OF OFFICERS ALL AS ONE, OR YOU CAN, UH, NOMINATE AND VOTE ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
I THOUGHT I WAS THE SECRETARY.
NOT THAT I DO ANY WORK, BUT
TITLE TITLES ARE IMPORTANT THESE DAYS.
YOU GOTTA KEEP IT ON YOUR RESUME,
UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT AND UNLESS, IS THERE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? THERE WAS A BELT PERSON ON THERE.
HE'S THE CPA THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING YOUR FINANCIALS, BUT MR. BEAL ALSO JUST JOINED THE MEETING AT FOUR 30.
UM, DO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, KEEP THE BOARD THE SAME AS LONG AS EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION TO KEEP THE OFFICERS AS THEY ARE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I, I BELIEVE THEY ALL PAY THE SAME, SO YES.
OPPOSED? LIKE, SIGN THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
I'M SORRY, I JUST GOT CHOKED UP AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION.
MAYBE IT'S A GOOD THING WE'RE ALL CALLING IN THEN.
YES, AN ANGIE'S GONNA GET YOU SOME WATER.
NO, I THINK I, ANYWAY, UH, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
AND, UH, MIKE FRANK, YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AS OFFICERS ALSO.
[a. Receive the Baytown Area Water Authority's Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.]
WILL RECEIVE THE AUTHORITIES ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020.CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION.
THANK YOU AGAIN TODAY TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE THE, UH, ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR BAWA FOR THE YEAR END OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020.
UH, ROBERT BELT, OUR AUDITOR, IS HERE WITH US ON ZOOM AND WILL, UH, PRESENT THAT IN MORE DETAIL AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AT THIS STAGE, I'D JUST LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE STAFF WITHIN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, ALSO IN PUBLIC WORKS, AND TO ROBERT AND HIS TEAM AND THE AUDITORS FOR A THOROUGHLY PROFESSIONAL JOB IN PUTTING THE ANNUAL REPORT TOGETHER, UH, FOR YOUR PERUSAL AND, UH, AND RECEPTION.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MADAM PRESENT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO ROBERT.
IT'S HONOR PRESENT TO YOU THE RESULTS OF YOUR AUDIT FOR THE YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31ST, UH, I'M SORRY, YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020.
BEEN DOING TOO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICT AUDITS HERE LATELY.
UH, IT, WE'VE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH THE HIGHEST LEVEL ASSURANCE WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE BOARD, THAT ALL THE DISCLOSURES REQUIRED BY GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT.
SO THAT IS EXACTLY THE, UH, THE TYPE OF OPINION YOU WANT TO HEAR TONIGHT.
WE'VE ALSO ISSUED A SEPARATE OPINION IN, IN OPINION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, WHICH IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPROACH DOING THE AUDIT.
SO WE'VE ISSUED THAT LETTER AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS AN UNMODIFIED LETTER.
AND THEN ALSO THE REPORTS ARE PREPARED NOT ONLY TO COMPLY WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, BUT ALSO TO COMPLY WITH THE TCEQ
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RECORDING GUIDELINES FOR A WATER DISTRICT.SO ANYWAY, TRY TO MEET ALL THOSE OBLIGATIONS.
THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL DATA WITHIN THE REPORT.
I'M JUST GONNA HIT A FEW FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS WITH YOU.
OVER ON PAGE 15 IS THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITIONS FOR THE AUTHORITY.
THIS IS BASICALLY A SNAPSHOT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE AUTHORITY.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, UH, 2020 TOTAL ASSETS CAME IN AT $117 MILLION.
TOTAL LIABILITIES WERE 53 MILLION, ALMOST $54 MILLION IN NET POSITION.
UH, THAT BEING YOUR EQUITY WAS APPROXIMATELY $63 MILLION FOR THE YEAR ENDED.
OVER ON PAGE 17 IS THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE.
TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE YEAR CAME IN AT 14 MILLION, OPERATING EXPENDITURES AT 9 MILLION, GIVING YOU A OPERATING INCOME OF APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION.
AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT NON-OPERATING, UH, REVENUES AND EXPENSES, UH, THAT RESULTED IN A DECREASE OF 1.2 MILLION.
YOU HAD HAD NET CHANGE IN NET POSITION FOR THE YEAR OF 3,594,000, TAKING YOU FROM A FUND BALANCE OF POSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 60 MILLION UP TO A NET POSITION OF APPROXIMATELY $63 MILLION AT YEAR END.
THAT'S KIND OF A BROAD OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED FOR THE YEAR, MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE AUDIT.
UH, REMIND US THE, UH, IT USED TO, IT USED TO BE AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION AND NOW IT'S CALLED WHAT? UNMODIFIED.
WHY DID YOU CHANGE THAT, ROBERT
SO WHEN YOU GOT A UNQUALIFIED REPORT, EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT WAS BAD.
AND SO I THINK THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT STANDARD TO STANDARDIZE.
IT MEANT THAT UNMODIFIED DIDN'T MEAN WE DIDN'T SAY EXCEPT IT'S ALL GOOD, EXCEPT FOR, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THE LOGIC BEHIND IT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'M HERE.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT VERY MUCH.
[b. Receive the Baytown Area Water Authority’s Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2020]
NEXT, WE WILL RECEIVE THE AUTHORITIES QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.HAPPY TO PRESENT THE, UH, REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
UH, TURNING TO THE, UH, FIRST PAGE OF THAT, UH, WORTH NOTING THAT, UH, IN TERMS OF WATER SALES WE'RE, UH, MORE OR LESS ON TRACK, CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF, UH, SALES TO THE CITY OVERALL.
UH, ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR, WE HAVE, UH, REVENUES A, A QUARTER OF BUDGET.
SO, UH, SO WE ARE LARGELY ON TRACK.
UH, AGAIN, I MADE, UH, MORE JOKING REFERENCE TO IT YESTERDAY AT THE, THE MEETING WE ATTENDED, UM, RELATING TO INVESTMENT INCOME.
UH, IT IS DOWN, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT AS WE KNOW, INTEREST RATES ARE, UH, ARE THROUGH THE FLOOR AT THE MOMENT AND I'M POSSIBLY GOING FURTHER.
SO I CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT, THAT WE WILL DO BETTER IN THE NEXT QUARTER.
UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, AGAIN, UH, WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, SLIGHTLY UNDER BUDGET ON PERSONNEL, WHICH, UH, IS A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT OF, UH, OF THE BUDGET ON SUPPLY, SLIGHTLY UNDER, BUT, BUT NEAR THE, UH, NEAR THE QUARTER WAY, UH, POINT, UM, ON MAINTENANCE, WE HAD SOME, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UH, ITEMS THAT HAD TO BE DEALT WITH, UH, IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE OVER BUDGET, BUT NOT FORECAST TO BE OVER BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
UH, SO AT 22% OF SPEND AT THE QUARTER WAY MARK, WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION ON THE CIP SIDE OF THE, UH, THE EQUATION.
UH, AGAIN, ON THE, UH, UH, THE MONEY WE WOULD EXPECT TO RECEIVE, WE ARE ON TRACK.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS, UH, AFTER I FINISHED, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, BABA EAST PROJECT AND THE CHEMICAL FEED IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
SUFFICE TO SAY THOSE ARE, UH, GOING AHEAD FULL STEAM.
UH, IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE OVER BUDGET, UM, IT IS THAT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY DRAWING DOWN ON THE, THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME TO GET THE PROJECTS COMPLETED.
UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ADD TO THE REPORT.
I'LL HAPPILY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? UM, ADDRESS THE, UH, DOWN IN PERSONNEL, HOW AND WHY DID THAT HAPPEN UNDER BUDGET? EXCELLENT.
I'M HAPPY TO FILL THAT TO MY COLLEAGUE, MR. SIMON, IF HE CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
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UM, SO WE HAVE HAD SOME, UH, VACANCIES THAT WE HAVEN'T FILLED YET DUE TO, UM, THE NEW BIOWAYS PLANT COMING ONLINE.SO THEY WERE BUDGETED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE PLANT WOULD COME ONLINE AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T ALL BEEN FILLED YET.
SO THAT'S PRIMARILY WHY WE'RE A LITTLE UNDER BUDGET ON PERSONNEL.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[c. Receive an update regarding the Baytown Area Water Authority East Plant Project.]
WE WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE AUTHORITIES EAST PLANT PROJECT.GOOD AFTERNOON, RIGHT? JUST BRING UP THE SCREEN HERE.
I'M HOPING THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE ON ZOOM.
SORRY, I STARTED WITH THE WRONG ONE.
LET ME GO BACK TO THE EAST PLANT.
ALRIGHT, SO HAPPY TO REPORT SOME PROGRESS, UH, THIS MONTH.
WE'VE, UH, SET THE, UH, SIGN WITH THE ADDRESS.
THIS IS JUST AT THE PLANT ENTRANCE.
THERE'S STILL QUITE A ROAD TO GET THERE OFF OF, UH, ONE NINE OF, UH, 99.
BUT, UH, THIS WAS A GOOD, A GOOD STAGE TO GET A SIGN UP WITH AN ADDRESS THAT WAS ALL OKAYED BY OUR FIRE MARSHAL.
SO I WAS WANTING TO MAKE THAT A POINT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, TWO SCREENSHOTS OF LETTERS.
THIS IS US KIND OF ANNOUNCING THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK INTO COMMISSIONING.
THERE WAS, UH, QUITE A PAUSE AND, UH, AFTER ALL OF OUR REPAIRS, WE JUST ASKED FOR SOME, UH, WRITTEN, UM, THANK YOU.
WE ASKED FOR SOME WRITTEN, UH, ASSURANCES THAT THE REPAIRS HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THAT THE PLANT WAS READY TO RESUME COMMISSIONING.
SO THOSE ARE OUR, UH, THE MAJOR EQUIPMENT WAS PROVIDED BY SUAS.
AND THE CONTRACTOR'S LETTER, WHICH IS PEPPER LOSS AND WATERWORKS IS ON THE LEFT.
SO WITH COMMISSIONING RESUMED, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH ANY OF THE PLANT ISSUES.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UH, UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT IS A SUEZ STAFF MEMBER IN BLUE.
AND THEN ONE OF OUR OPERATORS, THEY'RE TAKING THE SAMPLES JUST FOR OUR PROCESS CONTROL.
AND OVER ON THE, UH, LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT IS A, UH, JUST A EQUIPMENT JUST BEING CHECKED OUT.
I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PUMP.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ABERRATIONS AND THE DATA COMING THROUGH, AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE, UH, JUST CHECKS.
WE ALSO HAVE STAFF LOOKING AT THE FILTER.
WE CHECK HOW THE PROCESS IS GOING, UH, WITH THE EYE AND MANUALLY WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT AS WELL AS ON THE ELECTRONICS.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT.
AND THIS IS ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE.
WE HAD HAD A MEETING JUST TO GO OVER WHERE WE WERE NEEDING TO GO IN COMMISSIONING.
YOU CAN JUST SEE, I BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, STERLING AND, UH, SOME OF OUR STAFF.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S JUST WANTING TO JUST, THERE'S ENDLESS MEETINGS, WHAT SEEMS LIKE, BUT EVERY WEEK WE MAKE PROGRESS, UM, AT THIS POINT.
SO WHERE DOES THAT MEAN? WE'VE BEEN, UM, AND WHEN WE TOOK ACCOUNT OF HOW MUCH OF A DELAY WE HAD REALLY EXPERIENCED WITH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING BREAKING AFTER ANOTHER, MAKING SURE WE HAD OUR CHEMICAL DOSING RIGHT.
UH, WE WERE REALLY AT 20 WEEKS, SO OUR ORIGINAL SCHEDULE, I WAS PROMISED TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW YOU WHERE, WHERE DO WE THINK WE WERE GONNA BE, WHERE IS OUR ACTUAL SCHEDULE.
WE REALLY WORKED UP UNTIL THAT CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD GET EVERYTHING DONE FOR OUR PHASE TWO.
UH, TOOK A SHORT, UH, HIATUS, NOT, NOT REALLY WANTING TO, BUT JUST IT WORKED OUT THAT WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, UM, LINED UP.
SO WE RESUMED THAT PHASE THREE, UM, OF COMMISSIONING JANUARY 5TH.
SO THAT IS NOW, I'M HERE ON THE 20TH.
WE JUST FINISHED YESTERDAY, SO WE HAD SOME SAMPLES THAT WE TOOK AND WE'RE TAKING SOME ADDITIONAL SAMPLES NOW THAT WE'VE FINISHED THAT TESTING.
AND SO WE'RE, WE THINK WE'RE COMPLETE WITH ALL THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES.
THERE'S SOME MINOR ONES, BUT THIS IS A HUGE MILESTONE AND, UH, REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BWA OPERATION STAFF.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
AND ALSO THE CONTRACTOR HAS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE MARSHALED THEIR FORCES AND PROVIDED THAT SUPPORT.
UH, SO WE HAVE SOME WATER SAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
THEY'VE BEEN SENT TO THE CERTIFIED LABORATORY.
WE'VE GOT SOME INITIAL RESULTS BACK.
WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING SOME MORE OUT.
UM, THEN WE HAVE SOME REGULATORY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RELATED TO STEP TWO.
THIS IS OUR LICENSING TRAINING.
THERE'S SOME, UH, DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE.
THAT'S ALL ALMOST GATHERED NOW, AND WE'RE GONNA SEND EVERYTHING, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF JANUARY.
THAT MIGHT SLIP A LITTLE BIT, BUT JUST THE
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GOAL IS THERE.WE CAN SEE THE CLEAR PATH, UH, TO THAT.
AND SO WHAT ELSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THAT 20 WEEKS? WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON LOTS OF PUNCHLESS ACTIVITIES, SO HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF JUST SOME OTHER WORK THAT'S BEEN ONGOING.
UH, JUST IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS BREAK, IT'S AN OPERATING PLANT.
TAKING A LOOK AT, THERE WAS SOME PIPING THAT HAD TO BE REPAIRED IN THIS, UH, KIND OF LIKE THE, WHERE ALL THE CHEMICAL FEED PIPING COMES IN THAT JUNCTION BOX.
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT'S WORKING ON THE GENERATOR, WHICH IS A LARGE GREEN, UH, EQUIPMENT IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE.
THAT GENERATOR WAS GIVING US, UH, JUST A FEW LITTLE ERROR MESSAGES.
IT'S NOW ALL CLEAR TO GO AND WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME POWER OUTAGES AT THE PLANT UP TO, YOU KNOW, 10 POWER OUTAGES A DAY.
SO WE'RE READY TO ENGAGE WITH CENTERPOINT TO SEE IF WE CAN STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT.
SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A GENERATOR, UH, WORKING.
WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO WORK, YOU KNOW, LITTLE SHORT SPURTS 10 TIMES A DAY, BUT IT IS HAVING A GOOD CLEAN, UH, BILL OF HEALTH.
AND JUST, HERE'S SOME STAFF THAT WAS LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OF THE PUNCHLESS ACTIVITIES.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT ITEMS WE NEED TO HAVE CORRECTED.
THOSE MAY BE SMALL AESTHETIC THINGS, THOSE MAY BE MECHANICAL THINGS.
SO THAT STAFF WAS OUT TO HAVE A LOOK.
SO THAT'S A MIXTURE OF BOTH, UH, BAWA STAFF AND, UH, THE CONTRACTOR STAFF.
ONE OTHER GOOD THING THAT HAS OCCURRED, WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
SO NOW WE ARE READY TO, YOU KNOW, OCCUPY THE BUILDING IN EARNEST.
SO THE CHAMBERS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL, IT'S HIS INSPECTION REPORT.
SOME OF THE LAST CHECKING ITEMS THAT HE WAS, UM, ENGAGING IN AND WITH, TOGETHER WITH OUR ADDRESS AND SIGNAGE.
ALL OF OUR LIFE SAFETY HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, AND HE WAS ABLE TO ISSUE THAT CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE EAST PLANT PROJECT? NO, MA'AM.
HEARING NONE, UH, WE WOULD LIKE, DO WE HAVE A, DO WE, I'M JUST, DO WE HAVE A EXPECTED TIME TO BE COMPLETELY WHAT COMPLETELY ALL AIR, ALL THE SIGN OFFS AND OPERATIONAL, OR, WE THINK THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT MARCH, APRIL AT THIS POINT, POINT IN TIME.
UM, AND I SAY MARCH, APRIL, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS TO, UH, GIVE OUR, OUR DATE OF PROMISE DATE, UH, WE'D REALLY LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM THE TCQ.
UM, I CERTAINLY WOULD FEEL MORE SURE OF MYSELF, UH, GIVING THE, THE TIMEFRAME IF WE COULD, IF WE KNEW THAT WE WERE ON THE KIND OF THE, THE FINISHING REVIEW OF THE TCQ, HAVING NOT SUBMITTED YET.
WE KNOW THAT THEIR REVIEW TIME MAY VARY BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS TO 60 DAYS.
WE'RE HOPING ON THE SHORTER END OF THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE DYING TO GET INTO, UH, THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM JUST TO LET THEM KNOW WE'RE OUT THERE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, EXPECTING TO ENGAGE WITH THEM VERY SHORTLY IN THAT WE'VE BEEN, I THINK TRYING TO KEEP THAT, UM, LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPEN SO THAT WE DON'T JUST LAND ON THEM.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOT THAT, UH, COMMUNICATED TO THEM.
WE, THEY KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
SO WE HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION OPEN AT, AT THE TIME THAT WE SUBMIT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[d. Receive an update regarding the Baytown Area Water Authority Chemical Feed Project.]
TO RECEIVE THE AUTHORITIES, THE UPDATE ON THE AUTHORITIES CHEMICAL FEED PROJECT.I'D JUST LIKE TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, STATS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR, UM, LAST PRESENTATION.
WE'LL START WITH SOME NUMBERS.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN, UH, SHARE WITH YOU ALL ANY SMALL CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR CONTRACT PRICE.
THERE'S BEEN SOME VERY SMALL CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE'VE, UH, AUTHORIZED.
THESE WERE ALL UNDER THE $50,000 MARKS.
THEY WERE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED THAT WORK.
SOME OF IT IS NOW UNDERWAY AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF IT, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE A A POINT TO SHARE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETE ON THE PROJECT, AND ALSO PERCENTAGE OF TIME.
AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT PUNCH LIST, UH, ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SO THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE.
I THINK THEY'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO GET THERE, UH, DESPITE SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, SAW OUTSIDE WORK DESPITE ALL OF THE RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE SOME OF THE WORK DONE TO CHANGE OUT THE AMMONIA TANK.
UH, THERE'S A CRANE AND A LIFT THERE TO JUST TRANSFER EVERYTHING OVER.
IT'S A LARGE, UH, YOU CAN SEE A LARGE OPERATION AND IT'S, UM, BEING WORKED ON THE CRANE TO MATCH ITS SIZE AND WEIGHT.
HERE'S ANOTHER COUPLE OF SHOTS.
THERE'S SOME EQUIPMENT PANELS BEING REMOVED.
AND THEN HERE WE HAVE, UH, WHAT'S KIND OF WET WORK HERE IN THE, IN THE GALLERY WE ARE REMOVING AND REPLACING GATE VALVES.
AND JUST AN IDEA OF WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE WHEN
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IT GETS SET IN PLACE ALONG THAT PIPE.SO OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE A GENTLEMAN THAT'S WORKING TO PLACE THAT, UH, NEW UNIT IN SERVICE AND THAT WILL SET NICELY IN LINE WITH THAT PIPING.
THIS IS SOME WORK THAT IS MORE ON THE DEMOLITION SIDE OF THINGS.
WE'RE REMOVING A OLD, UH, AN ANHYDROUS AMMONIA AREA.
AND SO THEY'RE JUST BASICALLY REMOVING THE CONCRETE PAD, UH, BIG PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT THERE.
AGAIN, UM, BACK INTO THE GALLERY LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT, UH, CORING AND JUST, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO, UH, TIDY UP THE, UH, CHAMBERS AND BASINS.
AND SO THEY'VE GOT A ROUND HOLE CUTTER THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING.
YOU WONDER HOW CAN YOU PENETRATE A WALL, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE FEET THICK.
AND WHAT DOES THAT UNIT LOOK LIKE? WELL, HERE'S YOUR, UH, PIECE OF TRIVIA FOR THE DAY THAT YOU CAN ASK AND ANSWER.
IT ACTUALLY HAS A ROUND, UH, CORING, UH, UNIT ON THE FRONT END OF THAT.
THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY JUST HELD IN PLACE BY, UM, JUST ONE PERSON HOLDING IT LEVEL.
THIS IS KIND OF SUPPORTED BY OTHER COMPONENTS.
SO THAT'S, UH, ANOTHER GENTLEMAN ON THE OTHER END, UH, DOING SOME OF THE SAME WORK.
SO IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THE, THIS WORKING TIGHT SPACES AND THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THIS IS LOOKING AT A FERRIC LINE TIE IN.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF A IRON SUBSTANCE, AND SO THAT BROWN, UH, WATER YOU CAN SEE IN THE, ON THE BOTTOM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT'S JUST SOME OF THAT MATERIAL, UM, THAT'S THERE IN THAT, UM, CHAMBER.
AND SO WE'VE, THAT IS NORMALLY THE RAPID MIX WHERE ALL THE CHEMICAL COMES IN IS CHURNED AROUND AND MIXED VERY QUICKLY TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR DISINFECTION RESIDUALS.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET ALL OF THE CHEMICAL MIXING TOGETHER.
SO A BEFORE PICTURE ON THE LEFT AND AFTER PICTURE SO THAT WE CAN GO IN THERE AND WORK ON OUR CHEMICAL FEED LINES.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER SHOT OF EVERYBODY.
UM, AT WORK, UH, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF INSTRUMENTATION WHEN IT COMES TO CHEMICAL, UH, FEED, UH, SYSTEMS. AND SO THIS IS A, A CONTRACTORS, UH, STAFF AND SUB CONSULTANTS OR SUBCONTRACTORS RATHER PUTTING TOGETHER SOME OF OUR, UM, EQUIPMENT AND PROBABLY PROGRAMMING THAT.
AND, UH, WE TRY AND GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALL THOSE WILL READ, UM, INFORMATION BACK TO OUR SCADA SYSTEM.
AND THE PANELS THAT ARE ON THE WALL, ON THE, UH, THEY WOULD BE ON THE LEFT, ON THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, AND THEN IN FRONT OF THE GENTLEMAN IN THE CLOSEUP PICTURE ON THE RIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN, GOING BACK OUTSIDE, WE'VE GOT, UM, SOME WORK HAPPENING ON OUR C CHEMICAL CONTAINMENT AREA.
SO THIS WILL BECOME A, UM, KIND OF A CONCRETE BASIN, NOT VERY DEEP.
IT'LL JUST BASICALLY CONTAIN OUR CHEMICALS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD LEAVE AN AREA THAT WOULD BE, UH, WE ALWAYS HAVE A, A SAFETY FACTOR THERE.
SO IN CASE OF ANY SPILL, EITHER DURING TRANSFER OR FAILURE OF EQUIPMENT, WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT CONTAINED.
SO THAT'S THEM FORMING UP THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S ALL FOR THAT PROJECT.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM.
[4. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the Baytown Area Water Authority and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Director requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]
UM, SECTION FOUR OF OUR AGENDA IS A CONSENT AGENDA.UH, THE WAY THE CONSENT AGENDA WORKS IS THAT UNLESS A DIRECTOR OR BOARD MEMBER HAS A QUESTION, UH, ABOUT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY WILL ALL BE TAKEN IN ONE MOTION, UH, MOTION IS SECONDED AND VOTED UPON.
SO DOES, DOES ANY, UH, ONE, DO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ITEMS A, B, C, D, OR E THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL? NO.
IN THAT CASE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I MOVE, WE APPROVE, UH, UH, AGENDA ITEMS FOUR, A, B, C, D, AND E.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[5. MANAGER'S REPORT]
MANAGER'S REPORT.I THINK, I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MANAGER.
SO, UH, THE, I'M, SO, I'M, I'M CURIOUS WHY WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE WATER CONTAMINATION THAT WE HAD A, A WEEK OR SO AGO IN, IN THIS BOARD MEETING.
ARE, ARE WE GONNA GET SOMEONE TO TALK ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT BASED ON, UH, A POST ON, ON FACEBOOK AND I HAD PEOPLE ASKING ME ABOUT IT, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW SMALL I FELT
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NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE A CO YOU KNOW, AN EDUCATED, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST COULDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.SO, UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHO IN THE CITY IS WORKING ON THESE THINGS? WHO'S THE ONE WHO MAKES, UH, A FACEBOOK POST BUT THEN, BUT THEN THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE KEPT OUT OF THE LOOP OF, OF, OF, OF SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE IN AT LEAST KNOWLEDGE OF OR HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF? YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE WATER BREAK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UM, I MEAN THE, THE CITY JUST LIKE WE NORMALLY WOULD PUTS EVERYTHING OUT ON, ON FACEBOOK AND TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEND Y'ALL A REPORT OF, UH, EMAIL YOU ALL A REPORT OF WHAT TOOK PLACE.
UM, THIS PROBABLY ISN'T THE TIME HERE IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEND SOME INFORMATION OUT TO Y'ALL, UH, LATER THIS WEEK.
WHAT I, WHAT I, WHAT I'M ASKING IS BEFORE WE HAVE A HAVE SOMETHING THAT GOES OUT TO THE PUBLIC, I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN SENDING EMAIL SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SURE.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IN THE FUTURE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING OF PUBLIC CONCERN THAT'S GONNA BE BROADCAST THAT WE'RE IN THE KNOW ABOUT IT BEFOREHAND, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MUCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG, IF IT GOT SENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
IT'S JUST WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE FIRST STEP, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE ON THIS BOARD AND, AND SOMETIMES THEY COME TO US.
I HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT IN THE AFFECTED AREAS ASKING ME, HEY, CAN I START BOILING UP? OR CAN I DRINK THE WATER? I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T.
I'VE BEEN BOILING IT FOR THE LAST WEEK.
I'M LIKE, YOU'RE NOT EVEN IN THE AFFECTED AREA.
YOU KNOW, AND IT, IT IS THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, YEAH, NO, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT AS AN OVERSIGHT ON MY PART FOR, FOR NOT THINKING ABOUT SENDING YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE SEND IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO YEAH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
I AGREE WITH, I AGREE WITH FRANK.
IT WOULD HELP US, UH, AS BOARD MEMBERS, UH, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ALL HE IS ASKING ABOUT.
ALONG THOSE LINES, FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, UH, WHICH MIGHT BE THE SAME AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU, YOU WOULD BE PUTTING, PUTTING THIS UNDER NEXT TIME, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HAVE, UH, A, A, A SUMMARY, AN OVERVIEW OF THE, IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF OUR SYSTEM AND PROPOSED UPGRADES THERE TO, OR IF WE NEED TO CONSIDER PERHAPS SCHEDULING A CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF OUR, UH, OF THE, OF THE, OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE PURVIEW OVER.
AND I THINK THAT MAY BE PART OF, UH, AN EDUCATION THAT, THAT WE ALL NEED TO LOOK AT IS, YOU KNOW, WHICH PART DOES BAWA HAVE OVERSIGHT OF AND WHICH PART IS PERHAPS SEPARATE AND APART FROM BWA MM-HMM
YEAH, NO, THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.
'CAUSE I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE LINES ARE THE CITIES.
SO, UM, BUT I THINK THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION AND WE CAN ABSOLUTELY PRESENT THAT FRANK AND HIS TEAM HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP THEIR GAME HERE RECENTLY JUST IN TERMS OF MANAGING OUR ASSETS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE'VE BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED.
WE HAVE ROOM TO GROW STILL, BUT, UM, WE HAVE A LOT MORE DATA NOW, SO YEAH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO BRING A REPORT LIKE THAT TO YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
JUST DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE MANAGER? NO, MA'AM.
WELL, AS THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.