 Good afternoon. I'd like to call the meeting of the Board of Public Utilities for the City of Santa Rosa to order Have a roll call, please Calvin here vice chair, Noni Board member bad for it here board member banister Board member down here board member Grable here board member what? Any statements of abstention by board members? Seeing none We will move right into item 3.1 Presentation Dr. Burke Thank you, so I'm excited to invite Mark Milan up with data instincts he was one of the Main consultants, I think probably the consultant responsible for doing public outreach and education on the Initial long-range wastewater project that eventually became our geysers project I think one of the biggest if not the biggest Project that the water department ever undertook and is still one of our greatest achievements to date So I'm going to turn it over to mark and he's going to walk us down some historical Presentations and press clippings, which I think will be kind of fun for the board. Welcome mark. All right Sorry about that so what we have today is a collection of Media news clippings from 14 years during the early EIR that was done for the long-term wastewater project the geysers project in the incremental recycle water program and at the time Myself and my staff and and other many other people over the years We would believe it or not keep copies of articles that appeared in newspapers a variety of newspapers like the Chronicle The press Democrat the Russian River news the Hillsburg Tribune Sonoma West and one called the EIR, which doesn't even exist anymore But at the time this is a publication that it had a lot of the information on on the EIR And it for those of you who may not been around at that time There were there were two other EIRs done after the spill in 1985 This was the third attempt by the city to find a solution to discharging in the Russian River and it was It was quite an experience No matter what plans were looked at there was flak from everywhere wherever the city went right didn't matter What part of the county we were at and Dick knows this because he lived through a lot of this and also The city was depicted in in the not most friendliest terms right there were cartoons There were different articles and this one kind of sums it up Can Santa Rosa really be trusted because at the time that's what was about could we trust Santa Rosa to find a solution to the discharges in the Russian River and As it moved along many public meetings were held all over the county at different areas Dozens and dozens and dozens for years and years and years and interestingly the press Democrat Always looked at the wastewater as not a waste that it was a resource that could be reused which was great to have our Hometown newspaper have that point of view and they kind of kept it all the way through these years So there were lots of different options and people were very nervous about it coming to their neighborhood or they're part of the county or to the ocean Everybody had a point of view everybody had a fear of the cost the cost seems to rise week by week as And year by year as as projects were being considered there was Plans to build a huge reservoir out in the western part of the county and there was an idea to pipe all the wastewater to the ocean Right, so some very interesting array. In fact during the whole EIR that particular EIR there were 135 options being considered So you could imagine people Were distressed about where it might end up so there were many different leaders involved miles Ferris Dan Carlson at the time Mayor Sharon Wright Condren Dicked out a course and there were others Ed Bronner was assistant city manager at the time that led this charge Roth's Liskam And even our own supervisor Goren And many others also Dave Smith dr. Dave Smith who helped lead us in a lot of these efforts So all of this is recorded and cop in in these various articles that you see in front of you People were relieved when it got down to six options and among those was of course the geysers pipeline project And when that was finally selected The city had Dan Carlson lead the construction of it and Dan did a lot of meetings. He led The coordination of six different construction outfits to build the project Just a reminder. It's a 42 mile pipeline going through three jurisdictions It was quite an amazing project in terms of construction and along the way there are Cutouts for ag there were two in particular and we always hoped and I know the board at the time considered using some water for ag in the northern part of the County which would have been a great idea and they just couldn't quite get themselves organized to take water except Gallo did at the Cattadi reservoir over there They were the only ones Then as we were moving along with this project that became clear that we had to worry about Future water and what we're going to do with other waters and that was based on the general plan updates from Rohnert Park and Santa Rosa projecting out So you could see even though we had the geysers which we thought would solve all the problems once and forever that was just another Chapter in this ongoing effort to how do you reuse and maximize the reuse of your recycled water? Of course now today Santa Rosa uses Reuses almost a hundred percent of its water and dry years and occasionally you have to discharge So it's an amazing story. That's well known in the in the industry Just a few more highlights from the construction. It was an amazing construction project goes under the river in two places and There was work day and night. They had night crews as well as day crews and Just a tremendous effort by so many people who worked on the project There were problems. There were accidents. There were six fires up on pine flat. They were small and There were even to big Vehicles that would just fall off the road and they'd have to be brought up by cranes So there were many different things that happened there that are mentioned in these articles It reads like a novel for many years, right of how this project got built and there were also people who Were killed in the first month of construction on Lana Road a woman was was killed in that And that was very sad and a couple of flaggers died during that construction project unrelated to construction, but As this group of people were working on this project We all got to know one another and we had some sad days and some good days throughout the project After was all over Dan Carlson I kind of took the show on the road and spoke a lot to the water reuse community in different parts of the country and The project became very well known. We we joke about it as like the monopoly gang because we're always going Back two steps to get one ahead and like that. So we shared a lot of the The challenges that we went through during that period then of course the project finally went live And there was a grand opening and I have some of these for each of you today that Gina will pass out But it would we felt like such a great accomplishment everything seemed really calm and good at the time except in September of 2004 there was a big fire up in In a long pine flat road and it was pretty serious Involved a lot of firefighters to come and help fight it. I think two homes were lost up there But sadly all the restoration done at the Audubon Sanctuary Where the city spent a significant amount of money several hundreds of thousands of dollars to restore That area that had been affected by the construction all of that Melted in the fire and and was lost which was was unfortunate Was fortunate though that the pump stations were not damaged You can see how close the fire came to the pump stations and again this this is this information I'm sharing with you is is The stories are in this these binders, you know from the PD from the the chronicle And then of course as things moved on there was concerns of other issues like the tiger salamander and how that would affect any Reuse projects in the area and lastly I'll close with just there was after the IRWP the incremental Recycle water program was completed. There was no lawsuits against it Which was pretty remarkable and it said to me that Santa Rosa had finally done a good job of Regaining people's trust in the city and the management of their recycled water and in fact today in the country we're among one of the top Stewards of reusing recycled water There are very few who can claim that they recycle almost a hundred percent of their water each year and with that I Thank you, and we are giving these to the Geysers project Office over there so that students and other new staff members can get familiar with what happened the Many moons ago Thanks mark. It's a remarkable story and one that the utility department should be obviously very proud of Having accomplished with your assistance and the board members that were involved back then City Council and all the other people I'll open it up anybody has any questions or comments. I'm expecting mr. Doubt. I'll have something to say I Couldn't pass it not talking about that Obviously a lot of people weighed in on this and I've Times when I've spoken about it at various public meetings and as the chairman of the BPU at that time I've always referred to the geysers project as accidental genius and I Say that because the city council and the Board of Public Utilities at that time I joined the board in 1994 City had already lost one EIR Due to a superior court judges decision But we all thought we would just add to the acreage of agricultural irrigation that we had and every place We looked That kind of would surface as mark indicated there was not in my backyard type of reaction to it But and then the Corps of Engineers who was the lead agency overseeing the EIR process It indicated that the city needed to have at least one zero discharge to the river type of program and One of them was that they suggested was the ocean outfall pipeline and the other one was the geysers pipeline and Many of the meetings which was done for efficiency purposes were joint meetings of the city council and the BPU So the consultants and staff didn't have to go through everything twice. They did it at one time We all kind of came to the conclusion well, what what's it going to cost to study those within the back of our mind we were saying we're not going to select one of them anyway and The ocean outfall was two million dollars to study and the geysers pipeline was one million studies So we all said no brainer We'll just throw the geysers pipeline in and that will satisfy the Corps of Engineers Requirements well as we went through the alternatives one at a time that were available to us we met most of those times at Finley Center and some of those meetings had in the neighborhood of 300 people in attendance and The night the evening that the geysers pipeline alternative was under review One of the groups that spoke was Unical who at that time was the manager of the geysers pipeline field with other partners and The spokesperson who I can't remember who it was at this point came to the microphone and said His group Wanted our water they needed our water the steam field was declining and its productivity, and if they didn't get more water in addition to that which they were already getting from Lake O'San that The whole geyser steam field might shut down because it was no longer cost-effective without additional water So they said we want your water and we're willing to put in 50 million dollars of our own money to receive the money I've received the water from your eventually sending your wastewater up to us and I can remember looking down the long table where all of the city council and BPU members were looking we all went Whoa, we better take a serious look at this not only are they gonna put in some money They want it so So we and therefore that's the term that I use when I kind of refer to it as accidental genius That was not the direction anybody thought we would go But then when I look at the outcome of the decisions that the BPU and the city council made in this regard The steam field production has gone up such it's gotten the water I think our ratepayers have gotten a fairly good deal and the fact that Cal pine and you know Cal did and now Cal pine the operator up there pay for the power costs going from the floor of the Alexander Valley up the hill and I look at the fact that we create local green energy and Snow McLean power which I'm involved in buys a great deal of that It's 24 7 energy so you don't have the duck curve that you do with solar and wind and and they work very well together but and That it was a long long process when you we when I joined this board at 94 we were just embarking on that second EIR and The pipeline went active in 2003 so it's 14 15 16 years old however you Break down the exact Time and it's been phenomenally successful We have maintenance to do we'll have more maintenance to do as the pipeline gets older But it's been a fun. It was a phenomenal decision and not one that was expected and that's the fun part about it the last thing I'll say is at well Bp you made the decision to recommend it to the city council and the city council voted for it Sharon Wright was in the mayor of the city at that point and She had said early in the process that she didn't feel comfortable sharing the joint meetings because she wasn't She didn't feel that well-versed in some of the technical Matters that would come for us so she asked me to chair them So at the end the end as we were saying yippie-skippy we did it She presented me and you may see it and hanging in the utility field office, but she gave me this large pipe wrench and It was thank you chairman Dowd for assisting with and leading us through this process This is for you in case we have a leak And we've had very darn few of those but it was a wonderful wonderful experience and people like Mark and Dave Smith and others were just and obviously staff just work endlessly to get that to happen and And I think the whole region is blessed by having done so yeah, thank you for letting me I'll share one other quick thing with you People asked me why did why do we have all these and I'll remind you that the internet came out in 1994 roughly so We would print out articles and fax them to the team members and to the city staff pat through it and And once we started keeping the record we decided just keep keep it going over the years Eventually you can see we shift to emails of the articles and then we would print them out to keep a record in the binders That's how we ended up with printed copies and the one thing I didn't say in my comments was that the geysers Pipeline was a result of a winter spill at the Laguna treatment plant in the winter of 84 85 And so it took us 20 years to get a decision made and a final project built Great, thank you. Thank you for all the information any other board member comments or questions board member Grable I really appreciate kind of this historical lens, especially You know with the moment that we're facing right now, you know with a with a climate crisis and and really being in a unique position to actually be able to to Offer an alternative at least in our you know in our region I Think it you know, I don't want to I don't want to What's the opposite of dating yourself? Well, so when when the when the pipeline route was being selected I Was actually a volunteer for Madrone Audubon society And I I had been involved in the initial species richness counts and I'm a bird nerd And I had been involved in some of the the species richness counts And there was one specific parcel that kind of I was responsible for it at age 16 And had some really amazing bird life on it and when we heard that the pipeline was coming through You know at that point in time you don't realize oh You know your climate change always other things and this is for you know recharging deal geothermal steam stream fields and Saving the Russian River you just hear pipeline coming through preserve right at age 16. You're like oh my god So so we you know we got to kind of provide some of the initial data for for what the kinds of biodiversity in the Unique character of that area that's now both my ackermis mountain sanctuary and the Modini preserve and and a number of other protected lands But it was it's interesting now to be sitting in this chair and and and to be you know kind of in awe of Who who has been there through the process yourself and and Board member doubt and others to say Wow, you know, I never obviously could have imagined when I was 16 that kind of Where I am now, but also the the amazing You know truly foundational impact That this has had like a really fundamental impact on the way that cities can innovate And when people tell me now, you know, oh, we can't do that, you know, look at the feasibility look at this look at that That's impossible. You'll never get that done Whether it's climate housing Environment, you know public relations kind of nightmares. Oh people will never agree. I'm like Just just remember that they got the geysers pipeline done You know the smart train other kinds of things that you would just think you know from working in government or whatever That is totally in part. There's no way that's ever going to happen that That that got done that you guys were able to achieve this and being in a position now where we're essentially, you know You know from the climate subcommittee earlier this week We're poised to declare a climate emergency to go all evergreen as a city and only because we have that Capacity from the geyser steam fields, you know, which is the largest largest geothermal Producing steam fields in the world which I got to I got to meet the former president of Iceland a few months ago And he was he was saying in this presentation You know, they're the largest geothermal producing nation in the world missing that and I was talking to him after over a glass of wine I said, well, you know Sonoma County is actually, you know, we have the largest Geothermal and steam field and power plant in the world and he goes. Oh Whatever you Americans always have to be the biggest But he was like right on, you know, that's that's great but you know with with all those things and that holistic the history and way we are now and that The fact that we're able to take the actions We are because this the stage was set so decisively is is just like, you know Really inspiring to me and I hope that we can continue to tell this story and and really disseminate it talk about public information like I Think high school kids kids need to know about this stuff because it's like otherwise It's just like I feel like it's siloed with the professionals and the people that That's the kind of that's the kind of stuff that lets you know the realm of the possible is undecided, you know It took a incredible Array of people to make it happen and I felt like sometime I was in a bizarre movie that was never ending But it took him leadership extraordinary leadership and commitment To get it done by so many people it was inspiring to work on it And I have to say personally it was a great experience for me in our our business We've been so busy ever since Working on different projects were working projects right now in Monterey Santa Cruz Reno I've been to Australia to Brisbane and Also Spain so it's been an extraordinary door opening for me starting all right here Again, I thank you Any other board member comments or staff comments or anybody in the audience as well Great mark. Thank you. I'm sure we're gonna find a place for the binders and hopefully have them accessible to the public and Keep telling the story great. Thank you. All right. Thanks for being here. You bet Item 4.1 is the approval of the minutes from August 1st. They will be received Item 5.1 is our water supply and recycled water update deputy director Schwall So we're actually going to start first with the water supply piece And so we'll have calling close our senior water resources planner give the update on the potable water supply side And then deputy director Schwall will give an update on our recycle water storage as well as a couple other things that are happening with our reuse system Including the geysers Good afternoon chairman Galvin members of the board. It's a pleasure to be here Good news with the potable water supply update for you just two quick slides So as you know with our forecast informed Process that the is being used to manage Lake Mendocino They were able to hold more water in the winter than they would have in years past That's really paying off there at 116 percent of the water supply curve that they would Anticipate to be at at this time of year. So that's really quite extraordinary Again that forecast informed reservoir management system is really paying off With Lake Sonoma, we're at 92 percent of storage capacity and as we're here it's September already You can see that that's actually quite strong as well well above some of the previous recent years and some of the averages If you have any questions, I'm happy to take them But essentially this is all good news and as you can imagine the releases are quite low at this point From each of those reservoirs. So but I'm happy to take any questions if you have any Remember doubt It's obvious when you look at these two charts that you just put up there mr. Close That we're a little higher than we have been as you look at some of these other years What's the strategy when we get 30 days out from now 60 days out from now? With our releases in preparation for our next winter. I think that's probably a more essential question with Lake Mendocino because really that full water supply pool acts as a flood supply Or a flood control area during the winter months So they're on track to manage that in such a way that they are making enough Releases to allow for enough flood control and they have that permission to use that forecast informed reservoir operations now So they'll be using that very good information They are able to get two to three weeks in advance of what storms are coming and what the intensity of those storms will be So they'll definitely be using that in the Lake Mendocino Management and I think for Sonoma, of course the flood pool is now completely freed up We're now below the flood pool line. So I don't anticipate that there will be any issues with winter storms But just to be sure I'm not missing anything I want to defer for a moment to director Burke and see if there's anything you'd like to add I Think I think you covered it nicely. Thank you Chair Galvin members of the board. I'm here for a recycle water supply update And we are about two-thirds three-quarters of the way through our 2019 irrigation season it's been a pretty active season the Farmers have all gotten their second cuttings and many of them are looking for a third cutting later this month So they're the hay production and the fodder production has been very good The Work that was being done or is still being done on pond C&D and B levies is going very well C&D are Substantially done and B is on its way. I'll have a picture to show about that later We were able to receive 75 million gallons of water from Sonoma water to help them with their storage Concerns we are in the process of a planned shut down for the geyser system During that shut down a leak was discovered similar to last year And I'll talk a little bit more about that later and maybe coming to a board member Dallard for that that wrench if we need it and our current storage is at 350 million gallons which is Actually a little low for this time of year but We were planning on and we were bringing down the volume sum In anticipation of the of the geysers shut down. So we really are just about where we need to be Regarding the the geysers pipeline during the shutdown they the operators noticed a Drop in the system pressure between their Canyon pump station and the myocomus pump station and that Is indicative of losing water in the pipeline that you know that is sitting in the pipe This is a picture very similar to what you saw last year when we had a Leak in the last year as well the the X shows the Spot where the leak was released a wet part was discovered. We're currently this week. We're currently in kind of discovery mode digging up the Pipeline where we you know we we had a they had a dig I think ten potholes to find the source of the leak it is in an expansion joint That expansion joint is one of five expansion joints that are up near just below the myocomus pump station in a Fairly unstable and very rugged part of the of the pipeline and part of the hillside Last year's leak was in Sleeve or expansion joint number two and this year's leak. We think we have it pinpointed in number four So the bottom two pictures are pictures that were taken yesterday The expansion joint on the bottom left is shown for one end of it is shown in the picture the leaking Vent hole is shown in the the lower right And that's of course with very little water pressure on it because the system's offline and then the picture in the upper right is taken from last year's repair said to give a little idea of the You know the size of the of the sleeve and the work that needs to be done to to repair it if the conditions We were like I said, we're still in discovery phase if the You know the the leak if the cause of the leak is as we are hoping and kind of expecting if it's the same as last year then the repair should be really fairly straightforward because we have the we have the same solution in hand and With with with luck. We're hoping to be able to have a repair by next week, but that still remains to be seen regarding the pond levy just some fun facts Well, the picture on the upper right is kind of a close-up of the ripper app that's that was installed on pond see and the lower picture is of pond see looking east toward the hills the Over 13,000 tons of rock were delivered in over 735 truck loads It was and 20,000 yards of material were moved on the on the levees 20,000 yards of of geotech Fabric was in place underneath all that rip rock rip rap rock And that 20,000 yards was would stretch to four and a half miles. So it was really a Pretty impressive a bit of work that the contractor Did they put a lot of effort into it? I had a lot of trucks running and did a very fine job. They they've gotten this work done in 20 working days and as I've said Pond see is is Pond C and D are both Completed pond C is we're starting to we're filling it up again pond D. We're keeping dry until Some minor repairs are done on the on another part of the levee Pond B is being drained or is drained and being dried and the contractor expects to to Be able to start work if not late this week then early next week for Some minor repair really on the on a bank there So with all that here's the oops here is the curve The red is as your as you remember is our current line our current a slope You can see we're at about you can't see because I'm sorry the the axes aren't labeled but you can see the red line in Early early and mid-summer has dropped pretty pretty rapidly There on August 19th or thereabouts is when the geysers went offline for their planned maintenance and so the storage started creeping up some and We are just about right ahead our Average for the year but Until the geysers come back online that line is going to continue to creep up a little bit probably we have informed the Agricultural users that there's plenty of water available and they are with especially with this weather. They're they're using quite a bit of water so anticipating a Quick repair of the geysers pipe Leak, we should be sitting in real good position for the by the end of the year Are there any questions? Thank you any questions from the board I hope that pipe repair goes smoothly. Thank you. Okay. Thank you Board member down And by the way if you need it there is that wrench still down there at the UFO. Thank you. I'll look for it Okay We have two matters on the consent calendar six point one and six point two I'll move the consent item six point one and six point two second Motion by board member Watts seconded by a board member badden-fort to approve the consent calendar all in favor say aye Hi, any opposed? five oh, thank you Item seven point one is a report item regarding the energy optimization plans Director Burke item seven point one and follow up to study session that we had a couple board meetings ago in relation to our energy optimization plans Claire Myers our sustainability representative with the energy and sustainability team is going to Present these for the board's consideration Welcome is Myers Thank you. Thank you director Burke and good afternoon chairman Galvin and members of the board As director Burke mentioned We all met last month with a study session to go over the draft energy optimization plans and we come with you Come to you today with the final plans And the presentation will briefly review the findings of the plans and what they include and then Go over what the impacts of accepting the plans as final would be so as you recall and the primary goal of the energy optimization plans is To have roadmaps for strategically and systematically optimizing energy use in Santa Rosa waters systems They are what will provide us the measures and the projects To help us reduce our energy usage to reduce our energy costs and also our greenhouse gas emissions And move the department towards energy independence the plans also support city council's goal of Promoting environmental sustainability and that Santa Rosa protects and improves the environment through its policies and actions So the the process for the EOPs fundamentally has three parts The team working with our consultant Kennedy Jinx first worked to memorialize the many energy Efficiency and renewable energy measures that the department had completed to date The team then moved on to evaluate Current water systems and practices to look at the systems as a whole and identify where is there room for improvement and Then third to identify What are the cost effective measures that we can do to enhance energy efficiency reduce demand Decrease costs and increase renewable energy Generation and a measure might be an operational change within a system. It might be a behavioral change or it might be a capital improvement project So to briefly review the regional water reuse EOP It began with four system audits for the Laguna treatment plant biosolids and compost reclamation and the geysers and based on the results of those audits There were five deeper investigations about the team undertook looking at LTP waste heat energy management software irrigation system optimization solar photovoltaics and mechanical digester mixing So within all these different investigations the team looked at 61 different potential measures And after a prioritization process of those measures staff recommends that six be pursued for further investigation Nine have been completed or are in planning stages 25 staff recommend that they not be pursued at this time for reasons Operational infeasibility Etc and 21 were not recommended in the evaluations And to briefly review the the regional water reuse measures recommended for pursuing for further investigation The first would restore Pipeline capacity in a portion of the geysers The next to look at using waste heat from our combined heat and power engines at the plant and how we can Use that either for a list deck process or other uses The fourth on the list would upgrade a pump at the Delta reclamation pond And the last two would install floating solar photovoltaics on reclamation ponds one option would provide the power to our own Needs and the other would lease part of a pond and sell the power to a third party the water operations EOP began with a system audit of the water and wastewater system From that audit staff chose to do seven additional investigations looking at utility management systems optimizing pump sequencing logic pump efficiency skate a programming solar PV variable frequency drives and optimizing time-of-use rates in the schedule and From those investigations 38 different measures were evaluated of those 10 staff recommends pursuing for further investigation Four have been complete already or are in planning For staff recommends we not pursue at this time and 20 were not recommended in the investigations And of those 10 that staff recommends pursuing for further investigation the first four Look at solar photovoltaic installations installations of various sizes and locations and also different financing mechanisms and the next six look at improvements for reducing energy usage at our utilities field office building primarily looking at Operational and behavioral changes So to review the steps that brought us here today We met last month for the study session and are here today requesting acceptance of the EOPs as final and acceptance would Memorialize that what we have done to date and really support our Department's efforts to reduce our energy consumption decrease costs greenhouse gas emissions Acceptance of the EOPs does not commit us to doing any specific projects What it would do is allow us to continue our investigations into those That stuff would like to pursue so that we can get more refined calculations of Exact costs exact cost savings greenhouse gas Reductions, etc to better decide if and when a measure should be pursued and then any measures that chosen for Approval would then be evaluated as part of the capital improvement program and brought back to you for review and approval as appropriate other potential impacts of accepting the EOPs Physically there is none The plans conduct preliminary assessments. They have possible projects. As I said, they don't commit us to doing any specific projects and then environmentally The plans are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act because they are not a project and any future projects stemming from the plans would be subject to see review as appropriate so with that We recommend that the board by motion accept the final energy optimization plans for regional water reuse and water operations Appreciate the opportunity to come to you today and welcome any questions that you might have regarding these plans Thank you. Thank you board member down. I want to compliment Staff for putting together this EOP Often in my professional career I used it expression that it's very difficult To compel events to conform to a plan if you don't even have a plan and I think this is a guideline for us To move forward with recognizing that there'll be changes that happen to it the plan will be modified as situations change And but that's just the way it is you still need to have some kind of plan to move effectively forward And so I certainly support the recommendation that is before us I just have a question on the regional water measures to pursue The first one was restore pipeline capacity and portion of geysers pipeline. Do you know what that entails? So this is something that came up in a report a few Around 2012 I believe and I would have to defer to one of our engineers Where there is head loss in a portion of the pipe the pipeline that? Staff is considered reviewing to determine How and where that is happening? Emma Director Walden knows more about this than I do I would defer to her so Miss Meyers is exactly right This is something that we don't really know a whole lot about we are Experiencing unanticipated head loss in a portion of the geyser system as it's going up the hill We don't know and we've been experiencing this head loss for for sometimes since Installation I believe I'd have to defer to operations, but it's been for a long time And we don't know the exact cause of the head loss or if it's just the calculations were done in Incorrectly and that we should this is this is anticipated head loss that that is just part of of the operation of the pipeline But this particular Commendation would be to do further investigation to see what is causing or if this is actually Head loss that's being caused by something or if it's just part of the normal operations of the of the of the pipeline Thank you other board member questions or comments If not, I'll entertain a motion I'd be glad to make the motion as Recommended by the Santa Rosa Water Department that the Board of Public Utilities by motion accept the final energy Optimization plans for regional water reuse and water operations second Motion by board member Dowd seconded by board member Grable all in favor say aye. Hi any opposed Passes 5-0. Thank you very much ladies public comments on non-agenda matters See no one rise we have no referrals no written communications any subcommittee reports so I'm going to Step in for board member battenford if that's okay to just give a quick update on the City Council BPU liaison subcommittee that occurred So we had a meeting and discussed two items. We looked at an evaluation of our biosolids program in particular looking at opportunities for Alternatives to processing the amount of biosolids that we currently Compost as we believe there may be some opportunities out there for some more cost effective options So that was presented to the subcommittee and the subcommittee did recommend that we bring forward to the board At a future board meeting an option to go out for an RFP to look at different options So that'll be coming before the board Hopefully at your next board meeting and then the other thing that was reviewed at the subcommittee meeting was an overview of the renewable Sonoma process so the work that we are doing with renewable Sonoma to look at the possibility of Sighting a regional organics processing facility at Property that we own around the treatment plant looking at a couple different options for sites and really That item just gave an overview of the different Boards and committees that are participating in this review process and decision on this project because as the City we we actually wear three different hats in this project process. It's a little confusing We are working with Renewable Sonoma potentially to lease property to them as Renewable Sonoma developing the project they are the project applicant and we'll be going through the process So we're really wanted to make the the process as clear as possible with renewable Sonoma So that's an update on the committee meeting Thank you and my thanks to vice chair Arnone and to board member bad and fort for Attending that meeting in my absence. So I appreciate you being able to be there Any other subcommittee reports? Any board member reports? All right, we'll move on to the director's report Thank you. I just have a couple quick items today First I just wanted to let the board know I think at our last board meeting We had a presentation on our streaks to streets to creeks program And that program officially launched earlier this month Actually, sorry, we're now in September and it launched. I think in August and so In the first three weeks of the campaign. It's off to a very strong start We've had over 1.3 million impressions From our website as well as our Google display ads and social media combined And from our social media posts, we're putting out one per week and our video ads We're reaching on average Over almost 13,000 unique users. So it really has been I think I think it might be our most successful outreach and public campaign for the water department. So really great news And then second, I wanted to update the board on a new law of 2018 that we need to comply with it's the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 And it was signed into law last October and requires Drinking water systems that serve more than 3,300 people to develop a risk assessment and an emergency response plan And we will be undertaking this effort and We will be examining the risks to our drinking water system both from natural disasters as well as man-made acts And we will look at the resilience of our source water water storage and distribution systems As well as our computer and electronic systems everything that we basically use to operate the system and we will be Determining and finalizing the risk assessment by march of next year. So it's a pretty quick process And then once that is complete We have another six months or so or by september of 2020 to finalize our emergency response plan So we just wanted to let the board know that that is being undertaken And we'll provide updates as we get further along and I'm happy to answer any questions Any questions for the director Board member grapill I just had a quick question on the streets to creeks outreach. Uh, is there is there a bilingual component there? Is there a bilingual component there? Yes. Yes. There is a bilingual. It's all materials are in spanish and in english Thank you With that we're adjourned. Have a good evening. Thank you