[00:00:01]
EVERYONE.WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS WILL BE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS DESIRING TO SPEAK? NO, MA'AM.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING TO POSTPONE THAT ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
[a. Consider a resolution authorizing the second and final renewal of the Liquid Ammonium Sulfate chemical contract with Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC.]
[b. Consider a resolution authorizing the second and final renewal of the Liquid Cationic Polymer chemical contract with Polydyne Inc.]
[c. Consider a resolution authorizing the second and final renewal of the Liquid Sodium Hydroxide chemical contract with Univar Solutions USA, LLC.]
[d. Consider a resolution authorizing the second and final renewal of the Liquid Ferric Chloride chemical contract with PVS Technologies, Inc.]
[e. Consider a resolution authorizing the second and final renewal of the Liquid Zinc Sodium Polyphosphate chemical contract with Shannon Chemical Corporation.]
[f. Consider a resolution authorizing the second and final renewal of the Liquid Chlorine chemical contract with PVS DX, Inc.]
UH, ITEM THREE OF THE AGENDA IS PROPO IS PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS.WE HAVE SIX RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF CHEMICALS.
WE ARE GOING TO, UH, TAKE THOSE AS A, AS A LUMP.
I'M GOING TO READ ALL OF THEM, AND THEN WE WILL ASK FOR, UH, THE CITY TO, UH, DISCUSS THEM.
AND BEFORE WE ACCEPT A MOTION, WE WILL ASK, I WILL ASK IF ANYONE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THOSE, AND IF NOT, WE WILL, UH, UH, ACCEPT A MOTION.
SECOND, UH, FOR ALL, ALL OF THEM.
SO HERE WE GO ON OUR SIX CHEMICAL RESOLUTIONS.
FIRST, UM, WE WILL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A, THE SECOND AND FINAL RENEWAL OF THE LIQUID AMMONIUM SULFATE CHEMICAL CONTRACT WITH MTR CHEMICALS, U-S-L-L-C-B, THE SECOND AND FINAL RENEWAL OF THE LIQUID ONIC POLYMER CHEMICAL CONTRACT WITH POLY DINE INCORPORATED.
C, THE SECOND AND FINAL RENEWAL OF THE LIQUID SODIUM HYDROXIDE CHEMICAL CONTRACT WITH UNIVAR SOLUTIONS, U-S-A-L-L-C-D.
THE SECOND AND FINAL RENEWAL OF THE LIQUID FERRET CHLORIDE CHEMICAL CONTRACT WITH PVS TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED.
E THE SECOND AND FINAL RENEWAL OF THE LIQUID ZINC SODIUM POLYPHOSPHATE CHEMICAL CONTRACT WITH SHANNON CHEMICAL CORPORATION.
AND F THE SECOND AND FINAL RENEWAL OF THE LIQUID CHLORINE CHEMICAL CONTRACT WITH PVS DX INCORPORATED.
CHRIS WALLACE, BALL WITH SUPERINTENDENT.
THE, THE CHEMICAL CONTRACTS WE'RE CONTINUING.
WE HAVE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS CONTINUATION WITH ALL OF THE CHEMICALS.
ALRIGHT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO ADVISE.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THESE, UH, PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS FROM THE, THE LIST? HEARING NONE, I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE ALL OF THEM.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, ON THE RECORD, UH, MADAM CHAIRPERSON, IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY THAT YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS THREE A THROUGH F THREE F.
ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS THREE A THROUGH FI MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS THREE A THROUGH F.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? NOT A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY QUE UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[a. Receive a report on the status of the Baytown Area Water Authority East Expansion Project.]
A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE AUTHORITIES EAST EXPANSION PROJECT.GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS OF OHIO PUBLIC WORKERS ENGINEER.
UH, SO BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THIS, UH, PROGRESS REPORT, UH, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST, UH, TAKE A STEP BACK AND ANALYZE SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT, UM, WE PROVIDED LAST TIME WE MET, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE CHANGE ORDER TO, UH, FOR THE PROJECT.
I DIDN'T KNOW CHRIS TURNED IT OFF.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ESSENTIALLY IS JUST KIND OF CLEAR UP ANY FOUNDATIONAL MISUNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS ALREADY APPROVED, SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR DIRECTION ON THAT ONE.
UH, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY MM-HMM
AND HAD THE WHOLE BACKGROUND BECAUSE WE, WE DEFINITELY FELT A SENSE OF UNEASE AND WE WANTED TO QUELL THAT Y'ALL PUT A LOT OF TRUST IN YOUR STAFF TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS, AND WE FELT THAT WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT IT WAS A FAILURE ON OUR PART, UH, TO A FAILURE ON OUR PART AND UNDERSTANDING THAT Y'ALL DID HAVE THE FULL PICTURE BEFORE Y'ALL MADE THAT DECISION.
SO, UH, I'M HERE TO WELCOME OUR, OUR FAVORITE PERSONS OVER HERE AT BGE, AND THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT NOT JUST THE PROGRESS REPORT, BUT KIND OF A FOUNDATION OF THE DECISION AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE WERE.
[00:05:01]
LET'S SEE.AGAIN, LIKE, LIKE ZY SAID, UM, WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BRINGING YOU ALL THE INFORMATION WE SHOULD HAVE LAST TIME AND WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, WE TOOK FOR GRANTED THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'D BEEN IN THE PROCESS AND TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THEY PROBABLY WEREN'T AS FRESH IN YOUR MINDS AS THEY WERE IN OURS.
AND SO WANTED TO, UH, JUST SHARE SOME OF THE, THE TIMELINES AND THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE, UM, EARLY ON IN, IN THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT AND WHAT LED TO THIS CHANGE ORDER.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT RUSSELL SCHULTZ WITH MCCARTHY, UM, FROM BWP, UH, BAYTOWN WATERWORKS PARTNERS, THE, THE JV, UM, BOARD, THE, I'M SORRY, THE DESIGN BUILDER IS HERE AS WELL, SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DIRECTLY FOR HIM, HE'S HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE IN A BIT.
BUT, UM, EARLY ON A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN, WHEN BAWA DECIDED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE, UM, DESIGN BUILD PROJECT FOR THE EAST SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION, WE LOOKED AT FUNDING, UM, KNOWING THAT IT WOULD BE AROUND $75 MILLION.
UM, AND SO THAT FUNDING, WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION FOR THAT.
AND WE CAME DOWN TO, TO TWO OPTIONS.
ONE WAS, UH, UH, TYPICAL, UM, BOND FINANCING, AND THE OTHER WAS TO GO WITH THE SWIFT FUNDING THROUGH TWDB, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
AND WE FOUND OUT THAT WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT A SAVINGS OF 5.4 MILLION IN FUNDING IN COST OF THE, THE FUNDING OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE LOAN.
SO THOSE INTEREST COSTS TURNED OUT TO BE ABOUT $5.4 MILLION IN SAVINGS IF WE WENT WITH THE SWIFT, UM, FUNDING.
AND THEN WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT IN ORDER TO GET THAT, WE HAD TO BE ON, UM, THE, UH, WOW, WHAT WAS IT CALLED? THE, UM, THE STATE WATER PLAN.
THE PROJECT HAD TO BE LISTED IN, IN THE STATE WATER PLAN, WHICH IT WASN'T.
AND SO WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL 2025 TO, TO GET THAT LISTED ON THERE AND APPROVED.
AND THEN ONCE THAT GOT APPROVED, THEN WE COULD SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR THE FUNDING.
AND THEN THE APPLICATION FOR THE FUNDING CAME IN.
UM, WHICH THAT WHOLE PROCESS WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, TOOK THROUGH, UM, THE END OF APRIL AND WE ANTICIPATED HAVING IT BY THE END OF 2025, BUT IT ACTUALLY DELAYED IN THROUGH 2026.
AND ALL ALONG WE IDENTIFIED THIS, UM, FUNDING FROM, FROM SWIFT, FROM TWDB AS A POTENTIAL TO DELAY THE PROJECT.
AND WE WERE TRACKING THAT FROM THE BEGINNING BECAUSE WE HAD TO ONE, GET INTO THE STATE WATER PLAN AND THEN GET THE FUNDING APPLICATION IN AND THEN GET IT APPROVED AND, AND JUMP THROUGH ALL THOSE HOOPS.
AND SO, UM, AS WE DID THAT, WE CARRIED THAT WE IN OUR, UM, OUR RISK MATRIX, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF THE, OF PHASE ONE WHEN WE WERE DOING THE DESIGN THAT, HEY, THIS MAY BECOME AN ISSUE IF, IF THE FUNDING GETS DELAYED.
AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO MITIGATE THAT, UM, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND, UM, THAT WAS PART OF THE, SORRY, I'LL GET GET TO THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT, UM, AS A REMINDER, WHEN, WHEN WE STARTED THIS, WE IDENTIFIED WHAT THOSE PROJECTS, OR I'M SORRY, WHAT THE, UH, THE BENEFIT WAS, AND IT WAS ALMOST FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR GOING WITH THE SWIFT FUNDING.
UM, AND ONCE WE DID THAT AND WE GOT INTO THE STATE WATER PRO PLAN, WE HAD TO DO THE, THE APPLICATION, WE HAD TO DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK.
AND THEN, THEN SOME THINGS CAME UP LATER ON, UM, IN THE, IN THE COURSE OF GETTING THE, THE PROJECT APPLICATION, THE FUNDING APPLICATION APPROVED, THAT WAS JUST ADDITIONAL HOOPS THAT WE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH WITH, UH, WITH, UH, THE STATE.
UM, AND HERE'S THE TIMELINE OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, UH, THE PROJECT TAKING WITH THE FUNDING.
UH, AND THAT'S THE BLUE LINE ACROSS THE TOP.
SO, UM, WHEN WE HAD ORIGINALLY PUT THIS IN BACK IN 2024, WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WE'LL GET THE, UM, WE'LL GET THE FUNDING APPROVED BY THE END OF 2025.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ISSUE NOTICE TO PROCEED THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY OF 2026, AND THEN BWP WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT AND BE DONE BY MAY OF 2028.
UM, AND HAD WE NOT ISSUED THAT LIMITED NOTICE TO PROCEED, IF WE WAITED, UM, UNTIL WE GOT THE NOTICE TO PROCEED OR THE FUNDING APPROVAL AND THEN ISSUED THE NOTICE TO PROCEED TO BWP, IT WOULD'VE DELAYED, UM, THE PROJECT EVEN
[00:10:01]
MORE, AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER OF 2028.UM, AND THEN SINCE WE DID ISSUE THE LIMITED NOTICE TO PROCEED IN JANUARY, THE CONTRACTOR OR VWP WAS ABLE TO SECURE THE QUOTES THAT THEY GOT, UM, AND GET SOME OF THEIR FUNDING LINED UP, START THE SUBMITTAL PROCESS ON SOME OF THE ITEMS AND, AND ACTUALLY SAVE SOME TIME.
AND SO NOW WITH THAT, WITH THAT LIMITED DELAY, UM, WE WERE ONLY DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2028.
UM, THEIR CONSTRUCTION WINDOW THAT THEY HAD, THEY HAVE 868 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE, THE, THE PROJECT AFTER WE, WE NEGOTIATED THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT.
AND THAT DID NOT CHANGE WITH THIS LIMITED NOTICE TO PROCEED, UM, CHANGE, UH, WHAT THAT DID, THAT WE KEPT THAT SAME CONSTRUCTION WINDOW OF 868 DAYS.
BUT INSTEAD OF STARTING IN JANUARY OF 2026, THEY ACTUALLY, WE STARTED IN APRIL NOW.
SO THERE WAS A ALMOST A FOUR MONTH DELAY, UM, IN THAT.
SORRY, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES.
SO, UH, I DON'T, OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S SHOWING THE START OF CONSTRUCTION ORIGINALLY WAS MARCH, NOT JANUARY.
RIGHT? I KNOW THE NOTICE TO PROCEED YOU GET IN, OR WE EXPECTED TO GET IN JANUARY, BUT THE START OF CONSTRUCTION WAS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH, SO IT WAS ONLY DELAYED LIKE A MONTH.
RIGHT? WELL, THERE WAS THAT WHOLE, THEY, THEY'RE DOING, WHEN WE ISSUED THEM THE NOTICE TO PROCEED, THERE WAS STUFF THAT THEY WERE DOING DURING THOSE THREE MONTHS.
UM, THEY HAD TO GET EVERYTHING READY TO COORDINATE TO GET TO THE SITE.
UM, AND WITH THE FUNDING, THEY COULDN'T DO, WE COULDN'T DO ANY CONSTRUCTION AT ALL ON THE SITE.
THEY COULDN'T BRING THEIR, THEIR TRAILERS THERE, THEY COULDN'T DO ANY OF THE INITIAL SETUP OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.
AND SO IT ACTUALLY EXTENDED EVERYTHING THAT WAY.
SO WITH THE ORIGINAL ROUTE, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO START BRINGING STUFF ON SITE SOONER, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
THEY, THEY COULD HAVE DONE IT AS SOON AS WE ISSUED THE NOTICE TO PROCEED.
BUT, BUT THEY'RE IN THEIR ORIGINAL SCHEDULE, THEY WEREN'T PLANNING TO BE THERE AND ACTUALLY START UNTIL MARCH.
AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SHORTEN THOSE, THOSE DAYS UP A LITTLE BIT ONCE WE, ONCE WE GAVE THEM THE, UH, UM, THE LIMITED NOTICE PROCEED, AND THEY ACTUALLY STARTED WORK.
SO THE, THE LIMITED PROCEEDING WITH THE LIMITED NOTICE TO PROCEED AND WHAT Y'ALL APPROVED LAST MONTH FOR THE CHANGE ORDER WAS A COST OF $678,000.
UM, HAD WE NOT ISSUED THAT LIMITED NOTICE TO PROCEED AND WAITED UNTIL APRIL TO ISSUE A FULL NOTICE TO PROCEED, UM, THE ESTIMATED COST OF THOSE DELAYS WERE ABOUT $2.2 MILLION.
AND SO WE'RE STILL MONEY AHEAD BY TAKING THIS APPROACH OF ABOUT $4.7 MILLION.
WE COULD HAVE KEPT THE SCHEDULE IF WE WOULD'VE GONE WITH BOND FINANCING, BUT THE COST WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT MORE.
UM, AND SO WE MADE THAT DECISION, Y'ALL MADE THAT DECISION EARLY ON THAT, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THIS FUNDING ROUTE, EVEN IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO DELAY THE SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UM, WE DID WHAT WE COULD TO BRING THOSE COSTS DOWN.
AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TOO THAT THE OVERALL BUDGET, THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET, WE HAVE, UM, $78.7 MILLION THAT Y'ALL APPROVED AS THE OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT.
NOW, BW P'S PORTION OF THAT THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED TO THEM AND APPROVED FOR THEM IS SEVEN, WAS ORIGINALLY AT 73.3 MILLION.
AND THEN WE HAVE OWNER CONTINGENCY IN THAT OF 2.4 MILLION.
AND SO, UM, WITH THIS CHANGE ORDER, WE'RE NOW AT, UM, THEY'RE AT 74 MILLION AND THE OWNER CONTINGENCY BALANCE DROPPED BY THAT 678,000 TO THE 1.75 MILLION.
AND SO THE OVERALL BUDGET IS STILL, WE'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT WE PLAN FOR, WE BUDGETED FOR, WE SET ASIDE FOR, UM, AND IF HAD WE NOT DONE THE, THE LIMITED NOTICE TO PROCEED, OUR BUDGET WOULD'VE MATCHED THE, THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT, WE'D BE, WE'D HAD TO SPEND ALMOST ALL OF OUR CONTINGENCY BALANCE THAT WE HAD, UM, TO, TO GET THEM GOING ON THIS PROJECT DUE TO THAT DELAY.
AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT PROVIDES YOU A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON THE PROCESS AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE OR STILL MIGHT HAVE.
AND JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING THAT, UM, THIS CHANGE ORDER STILL HAS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
UM, THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS WITH IT AS WELL.
AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER THIS INFORMATION AND, AND WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH Y'ALL AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE.
AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE WE PUT YOU IN A POSITION LAST MONTH THAT YOU HAD TO MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE FACTS.
[00:15:01]
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING BROUGHT THIS TO YOU THEN.THIS, THIS WAS VERY, UH, VERY SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND, AND VERY INFORMATIVE.
I REGRET THAT TWO OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAD IN PARTICULAR HAD QUESTIONS AREN'T HERE.
SO, UM, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT NEXT MONTH THEY MAY WANT TO HAVE MAYBE A SHORT RECAP IS, IS THAT POSSIBLE DURING THE EAST EXPANSION, UH, PROJECT UPDATE? IT IS POSSIBLE.
I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, I, I SPOKE TO DAVID ABOUT THIS ALREADY.
UM, I HAVE NOT TALKED TO FRANK, BUT, UM, UH, DAVID WAS HAPPY AFTER A CONVERSATION.
UH, SO HE DID, HE WAS AWARE THAT, THAT THIS WAS COMING AND THAT WE WERE, WERE DOING BETTER.
AND IF, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND FOR A MINUTE, UM, UH, PART OF THE REASON THAT THIS IS DELAYED, UH, IS BECAUSE OF ME, UH, WITH CITY COUNCIL, UM, WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED, UH, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, IZZY AND I HAD A VERY UNPLANNED CONVERSATION ON THIS.
AND THEN WE HAD A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION WITH CAROL HADDOCK AND, UM, CAROL RECOGNIZED THAT THE NEED FOR BETTER STORYTELLING WHEN IT COMES TO LARGE EXPENDITURES, NOT FOR JUST BOARD MEMBERS, BUT FOR STAFF MEMBERS AND FOR, UH, THE CITIZENS.
AND I DO, UH, WANT TO THANK Y'ALL.
THIS TELLS THE STORY, THIS SHOWS WHERE THE DECISIONS ARE COMING FROM AND IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE MADE THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHEN, WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO, TO FLOW BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS ADDRESSES ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT ZY AND I HAD, OR THAT I HAD FOR ZY, UM, DURING THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND THIS IS WHAT I'M EXPECTING ALL THE TIME, AND THIS WAS GREAT AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
I HOPE IT WAS HELPFUL FOR Y'ALL AS WELL.
BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YEAH, WE'D ALSO BE HAPPY TO, TO SEND THOSE TO THE, UH, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND MEET WITH 'EM INDIVIDUALLY IF, IF THEY WOULD LIKE, IF THAT'S, SO WE'LL PUT THAT OUT THERE AND WE CAN DO IT NEXT MEETING AS WELL, HOWEVER Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO.
WELL, IF, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I, I'M SATISFIED.
I DON'T KNOW IF, SO, UM, YEAH, VERY CLEAR.
BUT DO WE, EITHER OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE, THE CONSTRUCTION WORK.
IF YOU GO OUT TO THE SITE NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE A TRUE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
IT'S COVERED WITH EQUIPMENT AND, AND, UM, MATERIALS THAT HAVE ARRIVED FOR INSTALLATION.
AND THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING VERY WELL WITH STAFF AND, UM, COORDINATING EVERYTHING AND THINGS ARE GOING AS PLANNED.
SO WE'RE ON, WE'RE ON TRACK AS OF NOW TO, TO DELIVER THE PROJECT NEXT YEAR, ACCORDING 2028.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT QUITE THE 20, 27 YET.
IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE FOR US TODAY? THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY.
[a. The next Baytown Area Water Authority meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]
UM, THAT BRINGS US TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT.I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME THINGS FOR Y'ALL.
UM, THE, UH, UH, THE TEAM PASSED ALONG.
WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A HEADS UP FOR AN ITEM THAT WILL BE PRESENTED NEXT MONTH ON THE CANAL PUMP STATION.
LEM CONSTRUCTION IS UNDER CONTRACT TO REHABILITATE THE BOBBLE WEST TREATMENT PLANT RAW HAUL WATER SUPPLY.
UH, SUBSEQUENT TO LEM STARTING THE PROJECT, ONE OF THE TWO PUMPS SERVING THE TREATMENT PLANT HAS FAILED.
UH, STAFF IS WORKING WITH LEM TO GREATLY ACCELERATE THE CANAL PUMP STATION, BULKHEADS AND PUMP REPLACEMENT.
AND WE WILL BRING THAT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED CHANGE ORDER TO BAWA ACT OR FOR ACTION NEXT MONTH.
JUST SO Y'ALL ARE NOT SURPRISED WHEN THAT POPS UP ON THE AGENDA.
AND THEN, UH, WITH THAT, UM, I DO WANNA SAY THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 21ST AT 5:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
UM, AS THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'M SO SORRY TO EVERYONE FOR HAVING TO STAY.