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BUSINESS IS CITIZEN COMMENTS, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE NO, UH, CITIZENS, UH, PREPARED TO COMMENT.[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Area Water Authority Regular Meeting held on August 21, 2024. ]
OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 21ST, 2024.YOU HAVE A MOTION? HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU SWITCH? MOVE TO APPROVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, I'LL MAKE A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[b. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Area Water Authority Regular Meeting held on September 18, 2024. ]
NEXT, WE WILL CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024.DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
DO Y'ALL HAVE A SECOND? I CAN SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I WAS ABSENT FOR THE SEPTEMBER.
CORRECT? UM, I ALWAYS FEEL BETTER IF, IF, UH, YOU CAN TAKE NO ACTION ON IT TONIGHT.
WELL, IF YOU WERE HERE, I SECOND IT EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T HERE.
THAT'S WHY I HESITATED IF I WASN'T HERE.
WELL, THEY, YOU MUST HAVE BEEN HERE BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A QUORUM.
IT SAYS WELL, DAVID START WAS HERE IF YOU WERE HERE.
I KNOW, BUT THINK IT HAS TO BE THREE PEOPLE.
JIMMY, YOU, JIMMY AND DAVID WERE HERE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WE'LL TABLE IT TILL THE NEXT TIME BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T HERE AND YOU WERE HERE.
I WAS, UH, ILL IN OCTOBER AND I GOT THAT CONFUSED WITH SEPTEMBER.
[a. Consider a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc., for the Baytown Area Water Authority Condition Assessment and Capital Improvement Plan Development for the Water Treatment Plants.]
UM, NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO THE RESOLUTION SECTION OF THE AGENDA AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GUILLO ENGINEERS INCORPORATED FOR THE AUTHORITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.UH, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD.
UH, AS YOU SAID, THIS ITEM IS A, AN AGREEMENT TO DO A CONDITION ASSESSMENT.
THIS WILL ONLY BE FOR THE MAIN PLANT.
UM, SINCE WE ARE DOING THE, UM, EXPANSION AT THE EAST PLANT, UH, IT'S BEING EVALUATED AS WE DO THAT EXPANSION.
UM, THIS WILL HELP US, UH, DEVELOP A 10 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UM, SO THAT WE CAN PLAN OUT OUR, OUR, UH, FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
AND, UM, IT WILL ALSO BE USED IN, UH, OUR RIGHT STUDY, WHICH HAS TO BE, UH, UPDATED.
SO IT'S, UH, I THINK WE'RE JUST WENT THROUGH THE LAST YEAR OF OUR, UH, RIGHT STUDY.
SO, UH, THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND THE CIP UH, PROJECTS WILL GO INTO THE RATE STUDY.
UH, WE ARE ALSO DOING THE CONTRACT, UH, WITH COROLLA, BUT, UH, THAT WAS UNDER 50,000.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT, UH, BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE LAST PROJECTS WITHIN THE, UM, THE EXISTING PLAN THAT WE HAD.
SO WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THAT AND WE NEED A NEW PLAN TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES.
AND THE, THE AMOUNT OF THE, UH, CONDITION ASSESSMENT IS $207,918.
SO HAVE WE DONE THIS BEFORE? WE HAD A, A, UH, A PREVIOUS TENURE PLAN.
I THINK IT WAS DONE BY MALCOLM NEY AT THE TIME.
UH, BUT WE, WE WERE JUST WORKING ON THE LAST PROJECT WITHIN THAT PLAN.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY COMPLETING THAT PLAN.
I WOULD'VE THINK THE PROJECT MAN, THE, THE MANAGER WOULD DO THESE THINGS.
WOULDN'T YOU HAVE YOUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF EVERYTHING? SO IT IS, IT IS COLLABORATIVE.
SO IT IS COLLABORATIVE, BUT TYPICALLY WHAT THE ENGINEER'S DOING IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT DESIGN, UM, SPECIFIC COMPONENTS, USEFUL LIFE, LIFE EXPECTANCY, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO HOW LONG DO WE EXPECT THIS TO, YOU KNOW, GO, ARE WE HAVING ANY, YOU KNOW, UH, STRUCTURAL ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF LIKE NORMAL PLANT OPERATIONAL TYPE STUFF.
DO THEY ALSO LOOK AT WHERE THINGS HAVE MAYBE NOT BEEN OPTIMAL? YES.
AND, AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY UPGRADING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY OR, AND THAT KIND OF THING AS WELL?
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YES.UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE.
UM, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED MORE CLARIFICATION? HEARING NONE.
OPPOSED? LIKE, SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[a. Receive a report on the status of the Baytown Area Water Authority East Expansion Project.]
NEXT WE'LL RECEIVE A REPORT ON THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITIES EAST TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION PROJECT, PUT THE SLIDES UP HERE.NOT GONNA TALK COMPLETELY FROM THEM, BUT IT IS A POINT WHERE WE'RE BACK TO THE SLIDES 'CAUSE THERE IS A LOT GOING ON ON THE PROJECT.
BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE SLIDES, UH, I DID WANNA REINTRODUCE Y'ALL TO RUSSELL SCHULTZ.
HE'S WITH THE BAYTOWN WATERWORKS PARTNER.
HE'S THE DESIGN BUILDER WORKING ON THE PROJECT.
SO, UM, IN THE FUTURE I WILL STILL BE GIVEN THE REPORTS, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR ANYTHING THAT I CAN'T ANSWER, HE'S HERE TO HELP ME ANSWER THOSE FOR Y'ALL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REINTRODUCE Y'ALL TO HIM.
SO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECT, Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THIS DOES, UM, FIGURE BEFORE.
SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KEEP THIS AS PART OF THE SLIDES AND KIND OF MOVE THE ARROW, YOU KNOW, AS WE, WE GET ALONG, YOU KNOW, IN THE PROJECT.
SO FOR PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE DESIGN, YOU KNOW, PHASE OF IT, WHICH IS BASICALLY PHASE ONE.
UM, WE DID HAVE OUR PARTNERING WORKSHOP, SO JUST KIND OF REMIND Y'ALL WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD IS VERY COLLABORATIVE AND WORKING TOGETHER.
IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER, WE HAVE A PARTNERING WORKSHOP.
IT WAS ABOUT HALF A DAY WORTH.
WE HAD A THIRD PARTY COME IN AND UH, DO IT FOR US.
AND IT BASICALLY HELPED US LEARN EACH OTHER'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PROJECT, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER, WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE HIERARCHY OF WHO'S MAKING THE DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, WHO DO WE NEED TO TALK TO ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT.
AND YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF WORK THROUGH SOME CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS AND SUCH.
BUT REALLY IT'S JUST A, A WAY TO GET US TO KNOW EACH OTHER TO START THE PROJECT.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE GROUP AND PARTICIPATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GROUP ON IT.
UM, REALLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THOUGH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ARE THE WORKSHOPS, THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS WORKSHOPS.
WE'VE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AND I'M GONNA SUMMARIZE THEM HERE BECAUSE THEY HAD DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN EACH ONE.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE Y'ALL A FRAMEWORK OF HOW THOSE WORKSHOPS WERE, THEY WERE ALWAYS AT THE PLANT.
WE HAD PEOPLE FROM BAYTOWN WATERWORKS PARTNER COME.
THEY HAD THEIR DESIGN TEAM, PEOPLE FROM THEIR CONSTRUCTION GROUP COST ESTIMATORS, UM, ALL THE KEY PLAYERS FROM THEIR GROUP WE ATTENDED AS WELL.
AND THEN YOU HAD BAWA STAFF, YOU HAD THE PROJECT MANAGERS, FRANK STERLING, GIOVANNA, ENRIQUE WERE THERE.
SHE ALSO HAD THE OPERATION STAFF.
SO SHE HAD MICHAEL GAY LAAN, BUT ALSO STAFF THAT WORKS ON THE PLANT EVERY DAY.
WERE A PART OF THESE AND WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS DURING THE DISCUSSION.
SO, WHICH WAS GREAT, WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION HAPPENING IN THESE FIVE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS.
THE FIRST WORKSHOP, I'M NOT GONNA OVER EVERYTHING 'CAUSE IT WAS A LOT, BUT I DO WANNA GIVE YOU KIND OF HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF WHAT EACH ONE OF THEM, UM, ENTAILED.
SO THE FIRST ONE WAS RAW WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS AND GOALS.
SO THAT TALKED A LOT ABOUT WATER QUALITY DATA.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE WATER QUALITY COMING INTO THE PLANT, WHAT IS THE WATER QUALITY WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT, YOU KNOW, OF THE PLANT.
AGAIN, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER GOALS? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAVING, YOU KNOW, AT THE PLANT? WHAT ARE THINGS Y'ALL LIKE TO SEE OUT OF THIS DESIGN? SO JUST A GOOD OVERALL, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PLANT ITSELF.
SOME PRELIMINARY DECISIONS FOR THE DESIGN THAT WAS MADE A PART OF THAT WORKSHOP WAS FIRM PLANT CAPACITY.
UM, BASICALLY YES, IT IS GONNA BE A 12 MGD PLANT, BUT HOW RELIABLE DO YOU WANT THAT 12 MGDB? SO FOR AN EXAMPLE IS WE WANT AT LEAST ONE PUMP TO BE ABLE TO BE OUTTA SERVICE AND YOU STILL BE ABLE TO MEET THE 12, YOU KNOW, MGD.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT ON FIRM CAPACITY.
THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE AND PRELIMINARY DECISIONS WERE MADE AS A PART OF THAT WORKSHOP.
CHEMICAL STORAGE VOLUMES AND NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS Y'ALL HAVE IN THE VOLUMES, BUT IT WAS BASICALLY WORKED OUT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF VOLUMES DO YOU NEED TO SEE TO BE ABLE TO MEET YOUR GOALS, YOU KNOW, AND YOUR REGULATIONS.
SO THOSE WERE PRELIMINARY, DECIDED IN THE WORKSHOP AS WELL.
A LOT MORE WAS TALKED ABOUT, BUT THESE WERE JUST KIND OF HIGH LEVEL.
NEXT WE TALKED ABOUT FILTRATION AND PFAS AND I KNOW PFAS IS A BIG DEAL, SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
I WILL SAY WE DID MAKE SOME PRELIMINARY DECISIONS ON WHAT, HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MEDIA FILTERS.
UM, THAT WASN'T A DIFFICULT, UH, CONVERSATION.
PFAS IS, UM, A LOT MORE CHALLENGING, YOU KNOW, TO TALK ABOUT.
WE DID TALK ABOUT WHAT WERE THE POSSIBLE TREATMENTS FOR PFAS, UH, THINGS LIKE POWDER ACTIVATORS, UH, SYSTEMS, CARBON ACTIVATED SYSTEMS.
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UM, BUT ULTIMATELY IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WAS GONNA HAVE TO BE A PART OF A FUTURE PROJECT.AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS NOT BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE DESIGNED AS A PART OF THIS, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, FOR IT.
SO A-P-F-A-S SYSTEM IS GONNA COST YOU ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO $15 MILLION TO ADD ONTO THIS PROJECT.
THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF THAT IS REVERSED.
THE $2 MILLION PROJECTS COST A LOT MORE PER YEAR THAN THE $15 MILLION COSTS LESS PER YEAR.
SO, UM, IT'S A HIGH DOLLAR, UM, ADD-ON.
AND WE WERE LOOKING INTO HOW WOULD YOU FUND, YOU KNOW, THAT AND IN RESEARCHING THE FUNDING, THE BEST FUNDING SOURCE WE'VE FOUND SO FAR IS A TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD PROGRAM CALLED THE D-W-S-R-F-E-C.
THAT'S THE DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND, EMERGING CONTAMINANTS PROGRAM.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT PROGRAM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES WITH THAT PROGRAM.
ONE IS, IT IS FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDED.
UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF, I'LL JUST SAY QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE BECAUSE IT'S FEDERAL FUNDING.
THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL WORK YOU HAVE TO DO BECAUSE IT'S FEDERAL FUNDING, PARTICULARLY ON THE PROCUREMENT OF IT.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT WITH THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
THE BIGGER ISSUE IS IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PROJECTS THAT FOR MEETING REGULATORY OR HEALTH REQUIREMENTS.
IT CANNOT BE USED FOR PROJECTS TO MEET FUTURE DEMAND.
AND BECAUSE THIS BASE OF THIS PROJECT IS FOR MEETING FUTURE DEMAND, I DON'T THINK YOU'D BE ABLE TO FUND THAT PIECE OF IT BECAUSE THE GOAL OF THE OVERALL PROJECT IS TO MEET YOUR FUTURE DEMAND.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MM-HMM
THE BONUS ABOUT IT IS, IS IF YOU END UP CALLING QUALIFYING FOR IT AND THAT THERE'S STILL WORK WE NEED TO DO ON THIS, THIS IS JUST KIND OF OUR INITIAL RESEARCH ON IT.
UM, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT LOAN FORGIVENESS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A GRANT.
SO IT IS WORTH PULLING IT FROM THIS PROJECT TO TRY TO PURSUE FUNDING, ESPECIALLY THAT FUNDING UNIT FOR IT.
SO AS OF NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DESIGNING THIS PLANT SUCH THAT YOU CAN EASILY PUT THE SYSTEM INTO PLACE BUT NOT CONSTRUCT IT AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF THAT FUNDING ISSUE.
SEE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, IT CAN'T BE DONE IN PARALLEL AS A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
NO, IT IT, WE CAN GO AHEAD APPLY.
IT COULD BE, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S FEDERAL FUNDING, WE'LL HAVE TO, UM, SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN DO BEFORE YOU QUALIFY FOR THE FUNDING.
BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE FOR THIS PROJECT IS MARKET BONDS AND SWIFT FUNDING, WHICH IS STATE FUNDING.
SO YOU COULD DO SOME OF THE WORK AND THEN LOOK AT MAYBE REIMBURSING YOURSELF.
IS IT, IS IT WORTH IT? IS IT WORTH IT TO GET THIS FEDERAL MONEY WITH ALL THESE STRINGS AND IT AND QUALIFICATIONS ATTACHED? IT IS.
IF IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT LOAN FORGIVENESS, I MEAN IT'S ESSENTIALLY YOU'LL BE PAYING FOR THIS STRINGS FOR SURE, BUT YOU'RE NOT PAYING THAT $12 MILLION CAPITAL COST.
BUT ARE YOU GONNA BE PAYING OVER THE LIFE OF THE TERM WITH THEM STICKING THEIR NOSE IN OUR BUSINESS AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND, AND SENDING REPORTS.
AND ONCE IT'S BUILT, THEY, THEY'RE GENERALLY OUT OF THE PICTURE.
IT'S JUST THE STRINGS OF IT'S DOING THINGS.
FOR INSTANCE, LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, WHICH YOU HAVE TO DO WITH STATE FUNDING ANYWAY, BUT A LOT OF TIMES ON THE PROCUREMENT YOU HAVE TO PROCURE IT IN THEIR WAY.
LIKE YOU, SO YOU HAVE TO DO LIKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ADVERTISING.
YOU PROBABLY ARE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT DOES SO MUCH OF IT COME FROM, YOU KNOW, UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES.
BUT ONCE THE PROJECT IS DONE, TYPICALLY THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT A PART OF IT.
SO, BUT I WILL SAY ALL THIS IS STILL UNDER RESEARCH.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE THE BEST SO FAR.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL LET Y'ALL THINK.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
BUT I, I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION EARLY ON, SO I WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN PFOS.
SO, SO WE JUST BUILT THIS PLANT A FEW YEARS AGO.
WE HAD A STATE OF AN A ENGINEER WHO HAD A MASSIVE RESUME OF MANY, MANY WATER PLANTS.
HOW MUCH ARE WE REALLY GONNA HAVE TO RE-ENGINEER? I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GONNA TAKE WHAT HE DID AND, AND JUST COPY IT AND MAYBE TWEAK A FEW THINGS.
IT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RECREATING THE WHEEL HERE AND YOU, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD BE 97% THE SAME THAT WAY IT'S EASY TO OPERATE, JUST WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE OTHER WORKS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WHAT HELP ME, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WAS, WAS THE FIRST DESIGN THAT BAD? I WOULD SAY THAT THE FIRST DESIGN DEFINITELY HAD ITS CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, ON THERE.
DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? THERE'S ALWAYS LESSONS LEARNED.
ONCE YOU START TO OPERATE SOMETHING,
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YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE AND SO YEAH, WE WANT TO TAKE, WE WANT TO IMPROVE ON SOMETHING FROM THE FIRST PHASE.SOME THINGS WE'RE STILL GONNA DO THE SAME OR DUPLICATE, BUT UH, WE WANT TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU BE YOUR GUESS 90%? 80% AS FAR AS HOW MUCH OF THE EXPANSION WOULD BE LIKE THE FIRST PHASE? YEAH.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL FIGURING IT OUT.
YEAH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY IF I HAD TOP OF MY GUESS, I'D SAY ABOUT 70 TO 80% RIGHT NOW.
BUT THEY'RE STILL SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DECIDING BEFORE I CAN SAY EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.
THERE'S A GOOD PART THAT IS GONNA BE REPEAT, BUT WE STILL ASK THE QUESTION BEFORE WE SAID THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, UM, SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE THE FOUR BAY, THERE'S STILL ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TO DO THERE.
IF IT'S MORE OF DO YOU NEED THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME? NOT THAT WE'RE GONNA REDO HOW THE FOUR BAY WAS DESIGNED, YOU KNOW, ON THAT.
SO, BUT WHEREAS THE MEDIA FILTERS, UM, THEY DON'T LIKE WHERE, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE EXISTING MEDIA FILTERS.
THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN AND THERE'S NOT VERY GOOD REDUNDANCY ON THAT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, ON THAT ONE.
BUT THAT WAS THE LESSONS LEARNED AFTER IT WAS PUT INTO PLACE.
SO, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THESE DECIDED, I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU.
DO Y'ALL WANT ME TO GO THROUGH ALL THE REST OF THE WORKSHOPS? I'M HAPPY TO DO SO IF Y'ALL WANT TO, BUT I, I WILL JUST SAY IN GENERAL, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF THE PRELIMINARY DECISIONS.
THERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE THE FOUR BAY ELECTRICAL, UM, AND CONTROL.
THEY'RE DOING SOME HARMONIC STUDY TO SEE IF THEY CAN IMPROVE.
'CAUSE THERE'VE BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH THE MOTORS AND STUFF.
SO GENERALLY I THINK WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THERE, BUT THEY WANNA DO THAT STUDY FIRST BEFORE WE COMPLETE THAT.
UM, FILTRATION, THERE'S A BIG COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THERE.
UM, AND THEN CHEMICAL STORAGE, UH, THAT'S JUST MORE ABOUT A LAYOUT AND HOW IT, YOU KNOW, FITS INTO THE BUILDING AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THERE.
FLOODS, LAGOONS, THERE WERE SOME PERMITTING QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, ON THAT, THAT WE'RE ANSWERING.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
BUT ALL THE REST OF IT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE PRELIMINARY DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 30% DESIGN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, ON THIS? IT'S A LOT.
SO ON THE LAST I'M JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT IS SCHEDULE.
UM, BWP HAS GIVEN US A MORE DETAILED SCHEDULE ON THIS, BUT I JUST PUT KIND OF SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL NEXT MILESTONES, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE FOR YOU.
SO AS I MENTIONED, Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT USING SWIFT FUNDING TO, UH, FUND A BIG PORTION, YOU KNOW, OF THIS, THAT APPLICATION IS GENERALLY DUE IN FEBRUARY.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT APPLICATION TO OPEN.
SO WE CAN SUBMIT THAT IN FEBRUARY.
THE DRAFT PRELIMINARY DESIGN, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 30%, UM, IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH, 2025 WITH THE 60% THE NEXT DESIGN PACKAGE HAPPENING IN JUNE.
AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD BE PHASE TWO AROUND SEPTEMBER OF 2025.
ALL STILL LOOKING TO GET THIS DONE BY THE END OF 2027.
SO I'M GONNA KEEP THIS FOR EACH ONE OF THE MONTH REPORTS AND AGAIN, JUST KIND SHOW Y'ALL HOW WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING DOWN AND IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES WE'LL REFLECT THIS IN THIS GRAPH AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR TODAY.
IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? NOPE, NO QUESTIONS.
[a. The next Baytown Area Water Authority meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]
ALL RIGHT.THAT BRINGS US TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT BOARD.
MINE IS CRAZY EASY, LIKE SUPER EASY.
UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED JANUARY 15TH AT 4:30 PM AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
AS THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND MOVE MOTION, AND SECOND.