Jul 15, 2020 BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY MEETING

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? UM, I'LL MOVE THEN I HAVE A QUESTION.

YEAH, YEAH.

I'LL HAVE A SECOND.

I, A MOTION IS SECOND.

NOW, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? WHY ONLY ONE BID? WHY DOES NOBODY WANT THAT WORK? I'M NOT SURE WHY WE ONLY GOT ONE BID.

WE DID CONTACT, UH, WE HAVE A BIDDERS LIST.

WE DID SEND OUT CORRESPONDENCE.

UH, WE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST AS FAR AS, UM, PEOPLE INITIALLY RESPONDING.

UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL SITE VISITS, UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ANY BIDDERS AS TO WHY THEY DIDN'T PURSUE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF COVID PLAYED A ROLE, UH, OR NOT, BUT UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO AND FOLLOW BACK UP WITH YOU AT A LATER DATE.

YEAH.

IS, YEAH.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THIS SOMETHING CRITICAL THAT COULD WAIT A COUPLE MONTHS OR FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THINGS GET BETTER ON THE COVID THEN YOU MAY HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE ABLE TO GET THE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK, I GUESS.

SURE.

WELL, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE A, UM, THIS IS, UH, LAND APPLIED AND SO WE HAVE AN APPLICATION PERIOD THAT EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 1ST.

AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BE ABLE TO GET THIS JOB DONE AND COMPLETED PRIOR TO, UM, THE END OF AUGUST SO THAT WE ARE NOT INFRINGING UPON THE NEXT APPLICATION PERIOD.

GOT IT.

WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE BID AGAIN? UH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

1 37 1 3 7.

FAIR ENOUGH.

YEAH, AND TRADITIONALLY, UM, JUST USING LAST YEAR AS AN EXAMPLE, WE RECEIVED SEVERAL BIDS, UM, AND WE HAD SEVERAL THAT WERE IN 200,000 AND UP.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR BIDDER LAST YEAR BID $2,000 MORE.

UM, SO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRICED IT TO BE COMPETITIVE TO ENSURE THAT THEY WON THE BID.

AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS TO OUR BENEFIT, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE HAD OBVIOUSLY HAD THEY KNOWN, UM, WE MAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE RECEIVED A, A HIGHER NUMBER, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THAT WORKED OUT WELL FOR US.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

NO, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

THAT SEEMS, THAT SEEMS VERY FAIR.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? LIKE, SIGN.

UH, THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE'LL CONSIDER

[b. Consider a resolution authorizing the closeout, acceptance, and release of retainage to Angel Brothers Enterprises, Ltd, for the Baytown Area Water Authority FM 1405 16-inch Waterline Project.]

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CLOSEOUT ACCEPTANCE AND RELEASE OF RETAINAGE TO ANGEL BROTHERS ENTERPRISES.

LIMITED FOR THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY FM 14 0 5 16 INCH WATERLINE PROJECT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

ANDREW BROTHERS HAS COMPLETED THEIR, UH, TRANSMISSION MAIN EXTENSION.

UM, THE SURFACE WATER PLANT CONSTRUCTION INCLUDED THE FIRST PART OF THIS.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE SECTION THAT SHOWN ON THE MAP ATTACHMENT THAT IS THE, UH, SECTION THAT WAS BUILT BY THE PLANT.

I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BE CONFUSING.

WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE, BUT, UH, THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION THAT ANGEL BROTHERS COMPLETED TOOK THE WATERLINE ALL THE WAY TO 5 65

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AND THE WORK WAS DONE WITH ONE, UH, VERY SMALL CHANGE ORDER THAT WAS TO INSTALL A CONNECTION FOR CCID NUMBER ONE IN THE FUTURE.

SO THE WORK WAS DONE AND COMPLETED AND IS, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE WORK.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE, HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

HAVE SECOND QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? NONE HERE.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? LIKE, SIGN.

THANK YOU.

UH, NEXT WE'LL REMOVE TO TO THE PORT REPORTS

[a. Receive the Baytown Area Water Authority’s Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending June 30, 2020.]

AND RECEIVE THE AUTHORITIES QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2020.

THANKS VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT.

HAPPY TO PRESENT YOUR THIRD QUARTER REPORT.

UM, OVERALL, BOTTOM LINE LOOKS GOOD.

REVENUES ROUNDABOUT WHERE WE WOULD'VE EXPECTED 'EM TO BE THIS TIME OF YEAR EXPENDITURES SLIGHTLY BELOW.

SO WE HAVE SOME SAVINGS, UH, PARTICULARLY ON SUPPLIES.

UH, WE'VE SPENT LESS ON CHEMICALS.

UH, UNTREATED WATER AND LAB SUPPLIES AND SPENDING ON MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED.

UH, YOU WILL PROBABLY NOTICE A, UH, A, A COUPLE OF, UH, RATHER LARGE ITEMS. UH, ON FUND FIVE 10 UNDER REVENUES THERE IS A 3.2 MILLION, UH, CREDIT.

AND ON FUND FIVE 18, THERE IS A, UM, ANOTHER BALANCE THERE OF, UH, JUST OVER 3 MILLION THAT IS A RESULT OF A CORRECTION TO ACCOUNTING TREATMENT FOR, UH, SOME OF THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN LAST YEAR.

UH, THE BOTTOM LINE EFFECT ON BAWA IN THE CURRENT YEAR IS ZERO.

UH, BUT WE HAD TO PUT IT IN THERE FOR COMPLETENESS.

MUCH AS MUCH AS I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU AT THIS STAGE.

UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? W WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE ON, UM, ON TRACK I GUESS FOR OUR REVENUES? YEAH, WE ARE LARGELY ON TRACK FOR REVENUES.

UM, BOTTOM LINE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AND THAT'S BECAUSE PARTICULARLY OF THE, UH, THE SAVINGS ON, ON ON SUPPLIES.

UM, SO, UH, BUT OVERALL IN, UH, IN A HEALTHY POSITION, THIS DROUGHT, THIS DROUGHT, WE'RE IN'S GOTTA BE HEALTHY.

UM, NEXT WE'LL RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE AUTHORITIES EAST PLANT PROJECT.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, I'M GOING TRY TO SHOW THE SLIDESHOW AT THE SAME TIME THAT, UH, MS. LUDY WILL BE SHOWING ON ZOOM, RIGHT? STARTING OFF WITH SLIDE.

PARDON? GO AHEAD.

I WAS JUST, I WAS HOPING WE COULD SEE SOME.

CAN YOU SEE IT? WE CHECKED IT IN OTHER COMPUTERS AND THEY COULD SEE THE, THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

I ALSO SENT IT TO THEM ELECTRONICALLY.

UH, SO IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER, THEY COULD FOLLOW ALONG.

ARE YOU GUYS SEEING IT RIGHT NOW? YES.

NO.

AND DO A GOOD JOB OF DESCRIBING WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN A PHOTO OR YOU CAN IMAGINE A LITTLE BIT.

, WELL JUST IMAGINE, BUT LEDDY, YOU SAID LEDDY, YOU SAID YOU DID SEND IT TO HIM? YES SIR.

I SENT IT TO YESTERDAY.

WE'VE GOT IT ON PDF DF AS WELL, I THINK.

MIKE? YES SIR.

I SENT IT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BOTH OF THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS SO THAT IF YOU HAD ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO FOLLOW ALONG.

[b. Receive an update regarding the Baytown Area Water Authority East Plant Project.]

THE FIRST PHOTO HERE IS A DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING IN THE ELECTRICAL ROOM.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR TO CEILING, UH, ELECTRICAL PANELS.

AND THE TRAINING IS ALSO BEING, UH, RECORDED SO THAT ANY FUTURE STAFF MAY BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS AS PART OF THEIR ONBOARDING FOR THEIR DUTIES.

UM, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT ELECTRICAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING SAFE PROCEDURES.

SO NOT JUST THE FUNCTIONALITY WHILE IT'S TURNED ON, BUT IF SOMETHING HAS TO BE TURNED OFF, UH, REPAIRED AND THEN TURNED BACK ON, THAT'S A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS.

UH, THE NEXT PHOTO IS, UM, OF THE SERVERS.

THESE ARE SERVERS THAT WERE INSTALLED BY CITY.

IT, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB.

UM, THEY WERE SEPARATELY PROCURED BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE A CHEAPER WITH OUR DIR CONTRACT.

AND SO STAFF WAS ABLE TO, UH, MOVE THESE UNITS IN AND DO ALL THE TESTING.

SO THEY'RE READY FOR THE SCADA TRAINING THAT WE'VE JUST HAD.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS

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THE, OR THE NEXT PHOTO IS THE PULSE BED CLARIFIER.

THIS WAS PART OF THE TEST FOR RAW WATER.

SO, UH, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT SCARY 'CAUSE IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT FOAMY MURKY, BUT THAT'S JUST PART OF THE STARTUP OF THIS UNIT.

THE ACTUAL TREATMENT INCLUDES PART OF THE RIVER SEDIMENTATION OR THE CANAL SEDIMENTATION AS PART OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE AERATION HAS STARTED.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, MOVEMENT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK SO MUCH LIKE YOU STILL WANNA DRINK IT, BUT I PROMISE THAT THE NEXT PHOTO, UM, LOOKS A LOT BETTER.

SO NOW THE, THE BASIN IS FILLED, IT LOOKS, UM, MAYBE NOT SO GREAT HERE, BUT I THINK YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT IT'S A GREENISH BLUISH COLOR IN THE PHOTO AND THAT'S DUE TO THE DEPTH, BUT ALSO THE CLARITY IS, UH, IMMENSELY BETTER.

BUT THIS IS JUST AT PRE-STARTUP.

UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO SHOW IS THE, UH, SIGNAGE.

SO THIS IS, UM, THE KIND OF THE SNAPSHOT OF THE FRONT OF THE OFFICE OR FRONT OF THE BUILDING, THE OPERATIONS BUILDING.

WAS THERE A QUESTION? OKAY.

UM, SO THIS IS GOING TO STILL YET BE IMPROVED WITH, UH, THE LOGO.

AND THE LOGO WILL BE PLACED IN BETWEEN THE TWO LARGE WINDOWS.

UH, BUT THE, UM, THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB ACQUIRING ALL OF THE LETTERING FOR THE BUILDING.

THIS IS THE BOW STAFF.

SO THANK YOU TO STERLING AND HIS TEAM FOR UH, MAKING THAT POSSIBLE.

UM, I THINK ACTUALLY IS, DO YOU HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES? LET I DO, I WAS THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WONDER IF I OPENED A DIFFERENT FILE.

IT, IT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE.

YEAH, , SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I GO TO THE RIGHT FILE BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE I PUT IT ON THE Q DRIVE UNDER, UM, THE AGENDAS.

AND THE FOLLOWER GO TO THE Q DRIVE.

WOULD IT BE UNDER THE WORD AGENDAS? PACKETS FORMS GO TO BAWA 2020 BAWA.

MM-HMM .

AND THEN THOSE ARE BOTH THERE.

THIS IS, OH, RIGHT HERE.

ALRIGHT, LET'S GO BACK.

ALRIGHT, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT YOU ALL.

SO IF YOU WERE TRYING TO FOLLOW ALONG THE SECOND SLIDE, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS FROZEN ON OUR SCREEN.

THIS IS THE RAW WATER TESTING.

SO WE HAD AN EARLIER VERSION, I THINK THIS IS THE FINAL VERSION AT THE RAW WATER TESTING.

SO IT LOOKED MURKY, IT LOOKED FOAMY, BUT THEN IT GOES INTO THE PROCESS.

AND THIS IS BEFORE IT TURNED, UM, THAT MUCH BETTER, GREEN BLUE.

BUT THE RAW WATER TESTING IS PART OF WHAT WE HAD TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE DISINFECTION RESIDUAL WOULD CARRY THROUGH.

I'M JUST GONNA SKIP OVER THE, THE SLIDES THAT WE HAD JUST TALKED ABOUT.

SO NOW I'M LOOKING AT, UM, A SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE INJECTION PORTS.

THIS IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF WHAT WE ARE, UH, TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AT THIS POINT IS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN DELIVER THE CHEMICAL FOR THE DISINFECTION RESIDUAL.

SO THESE ARE THE LINES THAT ARE GONNA BE CONNECTED TO THE MAIN, UH, PIPING THAT WILL THEN MIX ALL OF THE CHEMICALS IN A CERTAIN SEQUENCE AND FOR CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.

THE NEXT PHOTO IS SHOWING A SEQUENCE.

IT'S A TWO PHOTOS SHOWING THE OPERATIONS BUILDING AND THE EXTERIOR FLOOR.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE COVERED AREA THAT'S ALMOST LIKE A OPEN BALCONY.

AND THEN THERE'S THE CORRIDOR THAT SURROUNDS KIND OF THE SECOND FLOOR.

AND THERE'S A, A A BASICALLY A SLIP PROOF COATING THAT WAS APPLIED TO THAT THAT WE'RE JUST SHOWING THAT IT'S LOOKING MORE AND MORE FINISHED ALL THE TIME.

THEN WE HAVE THE DEMONSTRATION TRAINING PHOTOS.

SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE, SORRY ABOUT THAT, THAT I HAD OPENED THE WRONG, UM, PRESENTATION.

BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PHOTO OF THE PANELS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'VE GOT A LAPTOP HOOKED UP TO THE PANEL AND THEY'RE TESTING FOR ALL THE FREQUENCIES.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE PANEL CAN DO EVERYTHING THAT IT'S, UH, REQUIRED TO DO AND THAT STAFF UNDERSTANDS HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT.

THEY WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HOOK UP A LAPTOP, BUT BASICALLY IT'S UNDERSTANDING HOW TO READ THROUGH TO THE OUTSIDE WHERE THE PANELS MAY BE CONTROLLING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.

ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS A, A PHOTO OF OUR STAFF GETTING SOME SCADA TRAINING AND THERE'S A CLOSEUP OF THE ACTUAL SCADA SCREEN.

SO THESE ARE VERY NICE GRAPHICS THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAD, UM, WITHIN OUR SYSTEM, BUT IT EXTENDS WHAT'S AT THE VOW PLANT OVER TO THE NEW PLANT.

AND WE'VE TRIED TO MAINTAIN TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY THE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

SO WE'RE HOLD HOSTING TWO GROUPS OF STAFF AND THEY'RE STAGGERED SO THAT WE HAVE THEM SEPARATED INTO THE SMALLEST GROUP POSSIBLE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT, BUT I THINK IT'S, UH, WELL WORTH IT BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR ESSENTIAL STAFF IS PROTECTED.

SO THIS IS PART OF THE, UM, INSTRUCTION FOR THAT S SC DA, JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS BEING SHOWN OUT IN THE

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FIELD.

SO IT'S A DAY OF CLASSROOM AND THEN THEY WILL GO OUT TO THE FIELD.

SO THIS IS STAFF SITTING AT THE ACTUAL CONSOLE.

SO FROM THE CLASSROOM THEY GO TO THE CONSOLE AND THERE'S SOME LARGER DISPLAYS THAT THEY CAN SEE, UM, IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THEIR, UH, COMPUTER SCREENS.

SO THEY ALWAYS HAVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

AND ON THE THE, UH, PHOTO ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE OPEN WINDOWS, UH, THE WINDOWS THERE.

SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY STAND UP AND LOOK MAYBE WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IF SOMEBODY'S REACHED A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OUT ON THE SITE.

SO THEY HAVE VERY GOOD, UM, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FROM EVEN THE SECOND STORY OF THE OPERATIONS BUILDING.

THIS NEXT PHOTO IS THE TREATMENT TRAIN TRAINING.

SO WE HAVE STAFF LOOKING AT THE PANELS, WHAT WE CALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE, BASICALLY IT'S LIKE A SMALL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT PARTICULAR UNIT.

IT REPORTS BACK TO THE S SCADA AND SHOWS HOW THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FITS IN WITH THE LARGER HOLE.

AND WE HAVE THE FACT THAT THE WATER WAS CLEANED DURING OUR TREATMENT TRAIN TRAINING.

AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SIGNAGE.

SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS OUR, UM, EXTERIOR SIGNAGE.

THIS IS ALL REQUIRED FOR DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL BUILDINGS AND OPERATIONS BUILDING.

AND THIS WAS, UM, SOME SIGNAGE IN THE BLUE AND WHITE.

THIS WAS CREATED BY OUR CITY PUBLIC WORKS TRAFFIC STAFF.

SO WE KIND OF TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TWIST ON A CITY, UH, STREET SIGN AND THEY HELPED DEVELOP THE, THE GRAPHICS FOR THIS.

WE THINK IT WORKS VERY WELL.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS JUST THE STANDARD INTERIOR SIGNAGE THAT WE HAVE, LABELING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ROOMS. AND HERE IS THE EXTERIOR SIGNAGE ON THE OPERATIONS BUILDING STAFF INSTALLING.

AND THEN THAT FINAL, UH, PICTURE, WHICH WAS MEANT TO BE OUR GREAT FINALE PICTURE, BUT YOU SAW IT TWICE.

THANK YOU.

DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? IT'S LOOKING GOOD.

UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING AND ALL THAT RIGHT NOW.

WHEN DO YOU THINK, DO WE HAVE A DATE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO LIVE AND WE, OR, OR YOU KNOW, START SUPPLYING WATER TO THE SYSTEM? SO THE NEXT STEP AFTER TRAINING IS IN THE FIRST PART OF AUGUST WE START PLANT COMMISSIONING AND THAT'S WHEN WE START RUNNING THROUGH ALL OF THE, UH, TREATMENT TRAIN AND WE START GOING INTO CREATING THE WATER THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE TCQ.

SO IN OUR REGULATIONS, THERE'S A TWO STEP PROCESS.

THE FIRST STEP IS TO GO ON RECORD WITH THE TCQ, WITH ALL THE STAFF CERTIFICATIONS AND ALL THE TRAINING THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED AND TO FILE CERTAIN STUDIES THAT IS BEING DONE NOW.

AND WE'RE CONSISTENTLY, AS WE COMPLETE THE TRAINING, WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THOSE CERTS.

AND THEN STEP TWO IS TO ACTUALLY CREATE THE WATER.

IT GETS SENT, A SAMPLE GETS SENT TO THE TCEQ AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE DONE THE FIRST PART OF AUGUST AND TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST WE THINK WE WILL HAVE RUN ALL OF THE TESTS AND ALL OF THE, BASICALLY STRESS THE PLANT TO THE MAX FOR SIX MGD DELIVERY.

AND OUR HOPE IS THAT BY THE END OF AUGUST OR SOMETIME AROUND THE FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER, WE'LL BE INTO, UM, THE CLEARANCE WITH TCEQ TO DELIVER TO THE SYSTEM.

BUT I THINK I'LL BE HERE FOR THE AUGUST BWA MEETING BEFORE WE, UH, WILL BE, YOU KNOW, ANNOUNCING THAT WE'RE READY TO GO INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO I'LL HAVE PROBABLY MORE DETAIL ON ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, UP TO THE DATE KIND OF DELIVERY AS AT, AT THAT TIME.

IS THERE A BIG EVENT WHEN, WHEN THAT DAY HAPPENS AND THEY CAN, WE CAN START FLOWING? WELL, NORMALLY WE WOULD, UM, IN THE TIME WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

UM, IT'LL PROBABLY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL, BUT, UM, WE WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF EVENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO, TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE PROJECT IS FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED AND OF COURSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HOST YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW DO WE DO THAT SAFELY.

GOT IT.

WE WE'LL RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE AUTHORITIES FRITZ LANAM SURFACE WATER PLANT CHEMICAL FEED IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[c. Receive an update regarding the Fritz Lanham Surface Water Plant Chemical Feed Improvements Project.]

ALL RIGHT, I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE OF THIS.

SO WE WILL, SAME STARTING PAGE, JUST LOOK FOR THE CHEMICAL FEED IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT ABOVE THE MONTH JULY IF YOU'RE OPENING IT UP SEPARATELY.

SO THE FIRST, UH, FIRST SLIDE IS A SET OF PHOTOS.

THIS IS THE CHANGE OUT OF THE CHEMICAL CONTAINMENT PADS.

SO WE HAD TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING ONE THAT'S THERE.

UH, THE CONTRACTOR

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IS LEM, UH, WE REFER TO THEM AS LE AND THEY'VE JUST DONE SOME MAJOR DEMO WORK.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE EXISTING, UM, CHEMICAL TANK IS THERE THAT'LL EVENTUALLY GO AWAY.

BUT WE'VE DONE SOME WORK HERE, UH, TO DEMOLISH.

THE NEXT IS SHOWING A SEQUENCE OF INSTALLATION OF THE NEW CONTAINMENT WALL.

SO THERE'S SOME DIRT WORK AND SOME FORMS THAT ARE ON THE LEFT HAND PHOTO AND JUST A CLOSEUP OF THE REBAR AND HOW TIGHT THAT SITE IS.

THEY'VE GOT THE FORMS JUST SET UP.

EVERYTHING LOOKS VERY SNUG.

I LIKE TO SEE THE REBAR LIKE THIS VERY, VERY, UH, STRAIGHT LINES NOT WAVY.

AND SO THEIR UH, ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS VERY APPRECIATED.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A ZOOM OUT VERSION AND THE, WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WOBBLY LINE IS BECAUSE IT HAS TO, IT'S A WATER STOP, IT'S THE RUBBER WATER STOP.

IT'S A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, BUT THAT IS, UH, SUSPENDED AND IT WILL BE, UH, THIS IS KIND OF TAKEN RIGHT BEFORE THEY, OR AS THEY'RE FINISHING PREP WORK.

BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY, UM, TIED DOWN ADDITIONALLY.

AND THAT FORMS THE WATERTIGHT BARRIER OF THIS CHEMICAL CONTAINMENT WALL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, DRAIN PIPE COMING THROUGH THAT FORM SO THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DRAIN THAT AREA.

IT'S THE, UM, SUMP PUMP PAD THAT IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT UNDER, UH, THE NATURAL GROUND.

IT'S DEPRESSED A LITTLE BIT.

THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF CONDUIT RUNS.

AGAIN, THIS IS A EXCELLENT PHOTO OF HOW TO DO CONSTRUCTION.

ALL THE REBAR IS EXACTLY SPACED, NONE OF IT IS WOBBLY.

ALL OF THE CONDUIT IS GOING FROM POINT A TO POINT B.

IT IS EXACTLY AS AN ENGINEER WOULD WANNA SEE IT, UM, DESIGNED.

SO EVERYTHING IS CAPPED NICELY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE CAPPED.

THE FOUR OR FIVE BLUE CAPS THERE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THEY'RE STARTING TO PLACE THAT CONCRETE.

UM, IT'S NOT SOME, UH, IT'S NOT A LOCATION THAT YOU CAN JUST PLACE THE CONCRETE TRUCK.

SO IT'S BASICALLY BROUGHT IN AND IN THE, WHAT WE CALL LIKE A BUGGIER IN THESE, UH, SMALLER BARRELS.

THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE TANK PAD.

SO IT'S AGAIN, A REALLY GOOD, UH, SHOWING OF HOW TO KEEP A NICE TIDY SITE AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FORMED UP VERY WELL AND HAD A NICE SUNNY DAY TO DO THAT.

THE NEXT PHOTO IS OF THE FORMS IN THE WALLS, AGAIN, JUST BUILDING THAT CONTAINMENT PAD UP.

AGAIN, THE FUNCTION OF THIS IS SHOULD THERE BE A CHEMICAL SPILL THAT THIS IS CONTAINED AND IT'S NOT GOING TO RUN OUT.

UM, THERE'S HORROR STORIES YOU HEAR IN THE INDUSTRY OF THE CHEMICAL GOT OUT, FOLLOWED THE ELECTRICAL LINES AND ATE THEM ALL UP.

SO THIS IS TO PREVENT THAT.

AND WE'VE DONE A, I THINK A VERY GOOD INVESTMENT AND IT WAS TIMELY.

AGAIN, THEY'RE SETTING UP THE LINES HERE FOR THE DRAIN PADS.

LOOKING AT ALL OF THE, UH, CONDUIT HERE.

EVERYTHING IS PRETTY NEAT.

EVEN ON A MUDDY DAY YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF MUD IN THAT, UH, CONTAINMENT PAD FORM AREA.

AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WATER THAT'S BEEN ALLOWED TO KIND OF ACCUMULATE AND MAKE THOSE FORMS, UH, DEFORMED.

THIS IS THE VAPOR BARRIER.

THAT'S THE BLUE MATERIAL ON THIS NEXT SLIDE THAT'S BEEN PLACED DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THAT, UH, SLAB.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE WORKERS ARE KIND OF DETAILED.

THERE'S A GENTLEMAN IN A YELLOW, UH, THERE'S AN ORANGE SHIRT AND A YELLOW SHIRT.

THE GUY IN THE YELLOW SHIRT HAS A VIBRATORY PACK AND HE'S MAKING SURE THERE'S NO AIR VOIDS.

THE NEXT UH, PHOTO IS KIND OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT OF THAT.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET A FEW MORE PHOTOS TO KIND OF SHOW YOU GOT SAW THE WHOLE PROCESS AND NOW YOU'RE SEEING THE KIND OF THE FINISHED AND THEY'LL KIND OF CLEAR OUT ALL THE DIRT THERE AS THEY WRECK CONTINUE TO WRECK FORMS. UH, THIS IS A CORE, THIS IS A AREA THAT BASICALLY WAS AN ABANDONED, UH, CONTAINMENT PAD AND WE WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, GROW TADPOLES, WHICH IS CURRENTLY DOING.

SO WE CORD, UH, SOME AREAS IN THERE TO ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE AND THEN THAT'S GONNA GET FILLED UP AND THAT WILL BECOME LESS OF A KIND OF PEST PRODUCING AREA AND JUST BE KIND OF PART OF THE NATURAL GROUND AND WE'LL WALK ON THAT AREA IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY, SO IN THIS NEXT PHOTO THERE'S UH, THE RUN OF CONDUIT.

THIS IS ALL SHOWING DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONDUIT THAT WILL HOLD THE DIFFERENT, PARDON ME, NOT THE DIFFERENT TYPES, BUT THE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT WILL HOLD THE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS.

SO POLYMER SODIUM HYDROXIDE AND LAS ARE WHAT IS BEING SHOWN IN THE LEFT.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE NEW LINES THAT HAVE GONE.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT THEM AND SOUNDS, LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEY'VE MADE THE SAME LABELING.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LABELING SHOWING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT MAKES A MISTAKE AND, YOU KNOW, HURTS THEMSELVES IF THEY WERE TO HAVE TO REPAIR THIS IN THE FUTURE.

THIS IS THE INSTALLATION AT THE RAPID MIX.

THIS IS LITERALLY DELIVERING THE CHEMICAL TO THE VARIOUS TREATMENT BASINS AND KIND OF SHOWING HOW NICE AND NEAT THAT CHEMICAL IS BEING ADDED AT THAT RAPID

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MIX HEADER.

THIS NEXT PHOTO SHOWS KIND OF A CLOSEUP OF THE ZINC LINE.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GREAT PHOTOS.

UM, THEY'RE VERY DETAILED, BUT IT JUST SHOWS A LEVEL OF DETAIL.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE CHEMICALS, WHICH BY THEMSELVES WOULD BE KIND OF, UH, A DANGER, BUT WHEN THEY'RE DELIVERED APPROPRIATELY AND EVERYTHING'S VERY SAFE, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE OUR OUR WATER DISINFECTED.

SO THIS IS AN AREA THAT, UM, IS A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST 'CAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY WANT TO SEE AT A AT THE, UM, AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THIS PHOTO ON THE LEFT IS A SEAL AND YOU CAN SEE SOME BREAKS IN THAT WHITE JOINT SEAL.

THERE'S SOME DARK AREAS THAT HAS ALLOWED WATER TO PENETRATE BELOW.

AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THAT GALLERY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS STREAKS OF MILDEW AND ALGAE AND IS ACTUALLY QUITE PRONOUNCED IN SOME AREAS.

AND SO WE HAD THE FORMATION, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, TOWARDS THE UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE LEFT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE SOME WHAT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A CAVE, LIKE LITTLE S STITES, SLAG MITES, UM, LIKE DRIPPAGE AND IT'S MITE.

UM, IT'S A DIFFERENT, UH, SPELLING, BUT IT BASICALLY PRODUCES THE SAME THING OUTTA CONCRETE IN THESE CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

SO EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN'T A CAVE THAT'S CREATED NATURALLY, IT'S PRODUCING THE SAME SORT OF, UH, FORMATIONS AND IT'S REALLY NOT GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, BASICALLY WHAT MAKES OUR WALL STRONG LEACHING OUT OF THAT.

SO IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A DUNGEON.

NOT REALLY A GREAT PLEASANT PLACE, UM, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

BUT IT'S ALL BEEN, UH, ALL OF THESE CRACKS.

ALL OF THESE WATER PENETRATION POINTS HAVE BEEN SEALED.

UM, THE POLYMER THAT IS USED TO INJECT INTO THOSE PORTS HAS ALL BEEN COMPLETED.

YOU CAN SEE SOME SPOTS ON THE WALLS AND THOSE WERE THE INJECTION POINTS AND EVERYTHING LOOKS NICE.

UM, MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

A LOT LESS WATER, A LOT LESS DUNGEON LIKE, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY, IF WE HAD LET IT GO, UH, WE WOULD START TO SEE STRUCTURAL FAILURE ON THE WALLS.

SO WE WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT THIS IS MAINTAINED AND THIS IS A GREAT, UM, IMPROVEMENT.

IT WAS A SMALL REPAIR AND SMALL REHAB AND SO IT WAS PRETTY COST EFFECTIVE.

THIS IS ANOTHER CLOSEUP OF THOSE DEPOSITS.

UM, TRIED TO SHOW IN THE RED CIRCLE ON THE LEFT AND THEN LOOKING AT THE CRACKS IN THE WALL ON THE RIGHT WHERE THAT HAS BEEN, UH, REPAIRED AND FILLED.

AGAIN, THE NEXT SET OF PHOTOS ON THE NORTH WALL, LOOKING AT WHAT THAT AREA IS.

THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S, UM, STILL BEING OUTLINED FOR TREATMENT, BUT IT'S AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO PERCEIVE WITH THE EYE.

YOU JUST KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S NOT QUITE RIGHT AND WE NEED TO REPAIR IT.

SO THE SEALANT AND THE PORTS ARE TO SEAL UP ALL THOSE AREAS OF WATER PENETRATION.

THE NEXT SET OF PHOTOS SHOWS THE COMPLETED PRODUCT.

AGAIN, ALL OF THE KIND OF THE NASTY GREEN STUFF IS ALL GONE.

IT'S ALL BEEN SCRAPED AND REMOVED AND IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA CONTINUE GROWING 'CAUSE IT ATTRACTS OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LESS PLEASANT AS WELL.

AND THAT IS THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DON'T, I DON'T, BRENDA, I DON HAVE A QUESTION, BUT A, A COMMENT.

I ENJOY HEARING THE PRIDE IN HER VOICE AND STAFF'S VOICE AS THEY TALK ABOUT OUR PLANTS.

IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY NICE TO HEAR THE PRIDE IN HER VOICE.

WELL, THANK YOU SIR.

VERY GOOD.

ALRIGHT, UM, THAT BRINGS US

[4. MANAGER'S REPORT]

TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

UH, FIRST IS JUST TO ECHO THOSE COMMENTS.

UM, YOU DEFINITELY CAN TELL, UH, THE PASSION OF OUR STAFF AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S MAKING THESE, WHETHER IT'S THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT THE EXISTING PLANT OR THE WORK ON THE NEW PLANT, UM, IT SHOULD GIVE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE, ARE BEING DONE REALLY WELL.

ALSO, JUST THANKS TO THE STAFF, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFICULT TIMES AND THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS HAS BEEN, UM, UPHELD AT THE, AT THE EXISTING PLANT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY ASSUMES THAT THINGS ARE JUST GONNA GO ON AS NORMAL AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO ON BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

SO THIS APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF FOR, FOR MAKING THAT A PRIORITY AND, AND, UH, KEEPING THINGS GOING OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS DURING THE DIFFICULT TIMES.

AND THE LAST THING IS JUST A REMINDER OF OUR NEXT MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, THAT'S, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR GOOD JOB.