 Here director Lee there is absent and president Christiansen here here we don't have a public hearing tonight and There were on item three, which is the board members opportunity to remove items from the consent agenda if you wish I Just have there's one small type of that. I don't think is worth Pulling and I'm trying to find that right now, but I saw one I haven't marked and I also had a question so The management update Which is 4.5? there was a description under water resources committee about Advanced clean fleet regulations so maybe sometime in the future they can explain what that involves Like where our fleet is going and with electric vehicles and so forth. It doesn't have to be tonight Also There was a mention under operation maintenance about the sanitary survey of the water system and like it was their fourth bullet And a deficiency list of items that need to be addressed. I'd like some time and update on that and Then the hexavalent one It was just one silly typo on if you look on page 33 of 38 of the entire packet It's page three or five of the letter And it's under comment one C fifth line It says has acknowledges should be a D instead of an S at the end of that Okay Sorry, I just didn't want a letter going through a lot of eyes, but thank sure Anyway, that that's all I'm don't have anything to really pull but just those for future Updates on those two. I have requested and I just had a comment to make nothing to pull But just on the the production so that's Let's see page 25 of 38 The this years and last years July Production nurse are almost exactly the same But there's a slope coming from June to July on This year whereas last year was not as much of a slope So I wonder whether or not our water use is going to increase in August I will tell and I just wanted to compliment the letter on that very timely letter on the hexavalent Yes, and and Taj Was the author of that Yeah nice letter So if that makes the motion wait of the comic, yeah, I'll make the motion to approve the consent agenda I will second it She have to say something about yes, you want to Yes, so yeah, okay recusal for the three there are three different minutes That'd be during her vote, right? Yes, that's correct Director Balboni just recommend that when you vote you just indicate your abstention from 4.1, please Should I do that right now? You can do that when we do the vote director Balboni I Vote yes, except for I will recuse myself from the minutes since I was not here. Thank you Vice president Jaffee, yes, director lehu. Yes and president Christiansen. Yes Oral and written communications does anyone the public wish to speak at this time on an item that's not on the agenda I do have a few Okay, so I'm still trying to learn how to use the iPad properly I think I can remember what I was going to say the first thing is is that Noah's come out of the report or forecasts for El Nino to be very strong and Average or above average for the winter for this area I recall Something like 82 to mid 90 percent Certainty on that So we'll see what happens, but Warring is good. That's the first thing the second thing is on the production reports And this might already be happening so Let me know if it is But on the production reports The old style report where there was a weather index That it occurs every quarter is that it Or is that not in the what we would we come to on that? I can't remember exactly where we landed I know we're trying to eliminate things that maybe no longer serve the board, but we can bring it back It's just a little bit of effort balancing that how often you think you might want it, but anytime well When I saw the increase In the slope from May to June I was going I wonder what the weather was like during that time and so it does and I I think That the current farmer the root of the production is is good perhaps better for finance Because it's it's clear on that now things have changed But for in terms of what's causing the change it's Doesn't give any indication so I'd like to see No graph every so often doesn't have to be every time and If you like that in the form of motion I can make it in the form of motion or you can if you if you want also In addition to that because of the large drop we Water resources is looking into what is that? Are other agencies experiencing that same Delta and drop in usage? find to understand it better whether it's weather driven or mass media or whatever, but we certainly can bring back the weather and you you might want to look into changing in land use At least in my neighborhood There are not that many lawns left right and It would be a great project for Undergrads somewhere who's into GIS to back or it maybe it's already been done to look at how the you know How many parcels back I don't know the right time frame, but sometime in the past We're had lawns and now they're low low use plants or Right whatever and we're certainly I know what I Yeah, I know it's more not on the on the agenda topic, but Certainly you can see that in the bell shaped perver we used to have where the big bell was the summer months and the usage We go way up and that is flattened out. So that's that's certainly an indication of that but what I hear you asking is Her staff to do the do the weather index occasionally that's that's the first ask. Yeah And occasionally maybe quarterly They don't want to burden staff, but I do find it useful A couple ways to look at that in a way that This year was definitely influenced by the rainfall It didn't even begin to warm up until July, but it larger pattern was is also below Water consumption is our production isn't below expected during drought years and that's in a way You have a better memory than I do of weather conditions because it's not on that on that plot The weather index plot does I didn't start watering my yard That's just it, you know, what's left of it left of it But I think I think you are correct. I think we're gonna see that but also I know Just the fog itself when I was doing these numbers it had a like a 15% Decrease in water usage impact, you know, so that weather or it does play a significant role the outdoor water use and then one more thing Since today's packet was not as large as most I Started thinking about The rates and what information would be useful for the rates and I went back to Sue Holtz analyses she did that for 2011-2012 Where instead of just giving mean numbers She actually showed the total distribution. So And it was very helpful for me in formulating my thoughts about Water use who's using it when are they using it, but that hasn't been done recently and I'd like to see an update on that and I will make that as a motion to see if other directors Yeah, and there there's no need for a motion on this I think we can just you know provide a request to staff and then it can be We brought back Ron whenever he feels appropriate consistent with the board's kind of direction I did I did look and I had asked for an update before and it was It said that you know in the minutes that it it was Gonna be brought back as part of the rate analysis But it really wasn't it it was It wasn't as an in-depth analysis as Sue Holtz did And there's a few graphs in there So actually maybe a starting point would be just for Jennifer and And I guess for Carla and Rochelle too just to show some of the graphs that we were presented back before they are on the board showing about water use and and See, you know where to go from there Okay. Yeah, I'm a See if we can dig those up. That's were they presented in a board packet. I know we looked at them and yeah, there was it Okay, there was one and I can send it to you because I I'll start if you get I remember I worked with Sue on that so it was April 16 2013 Agenda item not five point two and it had a whole series of graphs So that's what I've got. I'm done. Yeah Yeah, just for You know a couple things kind of came together and I had been reading about the initial Regulations for a direct potable reuse being put out there just which is interesting, you know They're up the draft regs are out and are available for public comment and then I happen to be listening to Marketplace on my way over here and and they have a little Story about a brewery in San Carlos that was using Purified water to make beer and you know some good things in the article like were Is he mentioned purified water is purer than what they get from a lot of other places? But then they kept using terms like gray water and things that I'm like Just, you know incorrect Like details, you know, so It was just it's at least people are thinking about it, you know And a years ago they had a contest down in San Diego for beer making with purified water It's funny. You mentioned that because I was right on the way on the way here there NPR that was the story. I was talking about you're talking about that. Yeah, there's legislation to make it legal Yeah And from Arizona in conjunction to that he Got he rented or at least a big semi the water purification water purification inside the van in the semi and then the output was beer We're things are changing Okay, so Okay, we'll move on to item six or a report District council Thanks President Christensen. It just one item I wanted to mention this evening and it relates to a case law that came down relatively recently involving East Bay Municipal Utility District And in that that case involved a challenge to their utility rates And you know the takeaway from the case was the special 120 day statute limitations, which is unique to me municipally utility districts Applied to really any challenge to those rates This is really important because historically there has been a Determination that generally The Statutory limitations to challenge utility rates arises each time they're imposed so that it's sort of a rolling continue Statutory limitations and any limitations period is really focused on the amount that can be Sawed in a refund action. This case clarified that that 120 day period, which was unique to East Bay month Applies from the date the rates are adoption adopted excuse me and prevents any further challenge the reason I'm bringing it up to For us as you may remember there was legislation which was put forward by aqua and others which adopted a very similar 120-day statute of limitations for all water and wastewater Rates adopted by local agencies provided at the agency Includes notice of the statute of limitations and it's 218 notice As we move forward with our proposed rate increase We'll make sure that that similar language, you know is included in that notice and You know applying the logic of this case to East Bay mud it would create a hard 120-day statute limitations for challenges to our Rates, it's a really important win for local agencies. And I think Also reflective of the importance of making sure that we're participating as a group in the legislative process. Happy to answer any questions Thank you Thanks, Josh and President Christensen I a Not sure we did item 5 if anybody any oral comment not on the agenda We just that's what we did where we before Right item 7 administrative business Additional and unconditional will serves none But I am 7.2 is the oath of office for director Balboni Thanks, President Christensen, and I have the privilege privilege of administering the oath and just remembers the public that may be washing This is what we like to do. It's a ceremony local office, but director Balboni was officially sworn in prior to the meeting So director Balboni if you're ready we can we can begin I'm ready Can you please raise your right hand and repeat after me? I Please state your name. I Jennifer Balboni Do solemnly swear or affirm do solemnly affirm That I will support and defend that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of California Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of California Against all enemies foreign and domestic against all enemies foreign and domestic and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter. And I will well and faithfully embark upon the discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter. Discharge the duties that I am about to embark upon. Thank you, congratulations. Thank you. That concludes our meeting so we will adjourn now to a closed session.