 nice time to visit great thanks for checking my audio just now i realize i can't use my buds i've got to use the computer oh okay so now i'm curious are you broadcasting over the telephone i have this um verizon device called a um um my fi and that gives me a hot spot wherever i have cell connection oh okay um i can use the cell connection yeah it's working great right there yeah yeah that's a handy little device it is yeah especially when you're camping you can watch all the the videos and keep up with all your soaps and everything see the whole point is to get away from that connectedness you know yeah and not when we go camping we gotta watch them yeah revered i don't know if you're listening in but we're getting no audio from the council chamber that's because we have our microphones off ah okay that explains it thank you can you hear me now yes now i can good afternoon everyone i'll call the meeting of the board of public utilities for the city of santa rosa to order we may have a roll call please yes chair galvin here vice chair anoni here board member baden ford board member grable here board member walsh here board member watts here board member right here thank you good afternoon everyone uh reminder please to mute your phones and microphones when you're not speaking and to put away your cell phones and your personal computers do we have any statements of abstention by board members very none we have no study session we'll now open it up for the minutes for public comments on the minutes if you wish to make a comment via zoom please raise your hand if you dial in via telephone please dial star nine secretary atha we have no public comments very good the minutes will be approved and entered item five point one is our water supply update director berke thank you chair galvin and members of the board as you mentioned item five point one is our water supply update and peter martin deputy director of water resources will be making the presentation great good afternoon chair galvin members of the board very happy to be before you on the with the final water supply update of this water year that concludes on september thirtieth doesn't look like i don't know if it's official but it's very likely that we will have the driest water year on record this year so but yeah i think let's hope that next year is much better so next slide so in terms of lake menzino at the moment current storage is at about 17 500 acre feet uh with the outflow at about 89 cubic feet per second um just as a reminder the summer waters goal and operational plans negotiated with state water resources control board uh was to keep uh 20 000 acre feet of storage in lake menzino by october that was their goal lake menzino the water supply uh did uh exceed that goal um erics i guess i shouldn't make a seed to drop below that goal um earlier this month or i think actually at the end of last month and so they are doing everything again to keep as much water uh in lake menzino as as possible um given that it's very low at this point so next slide um i'm just we showed this graphic to you at the last meme but um we did learn from some water at the monday's tack meeting uh that at the moment they are about four thousand acre feet below their previously projected storage threshold um and currently on track to be at about 15 000 acre feet by october first um that's kind of where you can see that black line on the graph um this is sort of you know below their their initial goals and projections but um they're doing a little better that green line kind of represents um if no actions were taken in terms of curtailments on the river uh and uh you know of course with the reduced flows coming out of lake menzino so it is it is getting a little bit better than had initially been projected last month but still very much below their projected goal and you know they're doing if they can to get users in the river to curtail um and reduce their water usage over the last few months next slide um so lake sonoma is at about 113 000 acre feet with 98 cubic feet per second outflow representing about uh 46 percent of water supply capacity being available i think the last thing i did speak to this board about curtailment is going out um to additional water rights holders on dry creek and that there were anticipated water right inspections to be completed by the state water resource control board throughout the watershed we did learn that some water storage and diversion inspections were completed last week um and so they are they are working through that right now as of today you know obviously if dry conditions persist this fall and winter um we did hear that uh it is anticipated that um lake sonoma's storage could fall below 100 000 acre feed threshold by about mid november um so obviously it remains important that center is a water and other contractors continue to save through the remainder of the calendar year next slide so this above graphic that we've shown you a couple times now sort of illustrates how snow water as contractors are doing in terms of compliance with the temporary change order that was issued in june um that change order did have stipulations that snow water must reduce their diversions by 20 percent uh meaning that contractors also uh would need to reduce their deliveries as well so as of this week uh diversions from the rush river remain reduced by 21.9 percent compared to this time in 2020 and obviously this can be directly attributed to water use reductions by sonoma waters contractors including san rosa uh next slide so i just wanted to give kind of a quick overview of some of the the changes and uh things that we'll be doing as far as outreach over uh the remainder of this month through october um you can see in that graphic at the top we'll be sort of rolling out a refresh of our drought is here save water campaign and kept concert with the snow marine saving water partnership the tagline will remain the same but the design does have some slight differences um and so just with that in terms of the messaging you know we've done everything we can at this point to notify the public of restrictions um and the critical nature of the drought uh the focus is really going to shift this fall and winter to specific actionable items that can be done in homes and businesses to save water uh we'll be focusing more on real people and real life examples of how homes and businesses can save water um so we'll be previewing our uh super water saver campaign and our trusted messenger media uh sort of prominently over the next few months um and then you know obviously focusing uh this month on you know transitioning to fall and winter irrigation patterns reminding people that as the days get shorter um and it gets cooler there there's uh no need to continue irrigating uh like they did throughout the summer and at some point we'll be asking people to turn that water off so um we'll also be hosting a new workshop next week title follows for planting you know this workshop's going to focus on how to take advantage of the coming rainy season hopefully rainy season to establish a sort of a healthy water-wise landscape that folks can enjoy for years to come um if you're interested you can register today at uh srcity.org slash drop by event and two locations on october 9th uh youth community park and cold and creek park um trying to get as many water saving kits to in the hands of customers as we can um and and just continuing uh to try to hit spots all throughout the city so as you can tell we've chosen locations that are distributed throughout the city for those that may not have been able to get out some of the other events uh next slide uh so this is sort of our super water saver campaign uh we we've sort of asked customers to share their story we have a lot of super water savers out there kind of a superhero theme as you can tell and it really highlights uh our our customers that are super savers and you know each one sort of includes tips that can easily be implemented at homes and businesses and again just trying to connect people with real examples and real people throughout santa rosa next slide so i'm hopeful um we had some trouble last time that uh we can make this run we have some contingencies too if we can't make it work within this presentation so i'm rino de rosier the senior manager of environmental impact at amy's kitchen since our start in 1987 right here in sonoma county amy's has taken water conservation seriously with offices and facilities in petaluma rona park and santa rosa we're rooted in the community and it's in our dna to protect our precious water resource we were proud to see this commitment recognized by the city of santa rosa when we won the 2019 commercial water use efficiency partner of the year award for a project right here at our santa rosa plant that saves over a million gallons of water every month two years later we continue to remain focused on smart water use especially in the context of this historic drought join in our community-wide effort to help santa rosa save water by committing to these easy water saving tips one avoid daytime watering water your garden between the hours of 8 p.m and 6 a.m only to reduce evaporation two fix leaks test your toilets for leaks with three die tabs from your water provider even though you can't see it leaking toilets waste significant amounts of water on a continuous basis three minimize water use in laundry only wash full loads of laundry and save over 15 gallons with each avoided load drought is here save water so that those videos are really fun and we have about a series of i believe seven or eight of those right now one in bilingual spanish and obviously they're they're folks throughout the entire community and watershed including santa rosa junior college here in santa rosa that offer a variety of tips and information on how to save water and we'll just continue to show this prominently but i think i thought they turned out pretty good so i'm kind of excited about so next slide oh excuse me we need to go to the next slide i apologize so yeah just i should should just sort of give a shout out to the continued work of the water use efficiency team calls per month have you know increased dramatically since you've really started to push the messaging out and people understood the critical nature of the drought you know we exceeded over 800 calls in july that did go down a little bit in august but you know in a typical winter month you'd see maybe 80 calls you know folks asking for services so we've actually been answering calls live as of last week so definitely caught up and have a really short turnaround time with some of these customers so you know the folks in the water use efficiency team they're they're very passionate and focused on customer service and it's an easy one i think too you know to make people happy so for the most part i don't hear too many complaints from customers it's offering a service and support so um and let's go to the last slide here so i see some good news to share um we did hit our conservation target um for both july and august notably in september you know you can see the orange line for the target there from august to september there is about a 15 reduction in our overall target so it will be tough for us to get our customers to save enough water this month so we're definitely focusing more on things like you know starting to curtail your irrigation and things like that over the next few months you'll see that message really change in order for us to make sure that we're in those targets so um and last slide you know just uh definitely always point people to our water smart pages src.org water smart and uh the latest drought updates src.org slash save water for all the latest information that concludes my presentation thank you deputy director martin any board member questions or comments is board member right yeah i'm just curious maybe i already heard this but i forgot if we uh if the sonoma water drops below 100 000 acre feet in lake sonoma in what you say november does that is does that trigger a change in the allocation methodology or is just the stepping down of demand all that that's going to happen so i i understand that those conversations are happening with state board right now um you know there's a term in sonoma waters water rights that stipulates that once it falls storage falls unlike someone or that threshold it automatically triggers a 30 percent cutback in deliveries to santa rosa water um or excuse me uh sonomas contractors um you know one thing that is known is that the temporary change order uh does cover sonoma water through mid december so um you know it's very likely that that wouldn't occur i i understand you know we we talked a little bit with sonoma water that they are running those scenarios uh just beginning in january in an abundance of caution but you know i understand that the way it works is that there is sort of uh some some consultations that need to occur with state board staff um at some point to kind of project what next spring looks like so but yes there is a there is a threshold written into their water rights permit that is focused on that 100 000 feet so it's a little bit of a scary scenario okay stand by thank you any other board member questions or comments all right at this time we'll take public comments on item 5.1 if you wish to make a comment via zoom please raise your hand if you're dialing in via telephone please dial star nine secretary atha we have no public comments thank you very much thank you deputy director martin for your presentation we'll now move to the consent calendar we have three items on the consent calendar i'll ask for a motion i'll move the consent calendar i'll second that motion okay well we had a first by both board member battenford and board member watts and a second by board member walsh um at this time we'll take public comments on item six the three items in item six if you wish to make a comment via zoom please raise your hand if you're dialing in via telephone please dial star nine secretary atha we have no public comments and we have a roll call vote please yes chair galvin hi vice chair anoni hi board member battenford board member grable hi board member walsh hi board member watts hi board member right hi very good that'll take care of the consent calendar thank you we'll now move to item 7.1 dr Burke thank you chair galvin and members of the board item 7.1 is project work order amendment number three for our professional engineering services for the laguna treatment plant disinfection improvements project and making the presentation will be tracy dwayness our supervising engineer and i believe he will also be joined by one of our consultants good afternoon chair galvin members of the board i just want to confirm that you can hear me great thank you my name is tracy dwayness i'm with capital projects engineering and today i bring before you the design project work order amendment number three as it relates to the laguna treatment plant disinfect disinfection improvement project so today i'll briefly bring folks up to date with the project history the design status as well as the need for amendment number three and then we'll i'll wrap it up with recommendations to the board so today uh this is an aerial if you will of the project itself as of 2012 plants capacity from a 67 to 47 and a half million gallons per day threshold um and since that time um the plant has uh undergone undergone some operational challenges with maintaining its design criteria so this project will in fact replace that UV with a new calgon carbon UV technology it will bring the capacity up to 70 million gallons per day um the here in the left of the UV in the purple is the footprint of the of the new UV installation right of that is the blue that will be the where the existing UV is part of the project too will involve um installing a onsite diversion system capable and providing the plant operational flexibility to divert upwards of 35 million gallons per day of off-spec water that will be rerouted to the equalization basin just north of the plant to be retreated in the event off-spec water is introduced in the green we are proposing to relocate the hyper chloride system as well um and what you see in the um slight orange if you will is uh an electrical substation and may one may a watt sub electrical substation that will be installed to provide the electrical needs of the project i think i've just got off slide here apologize for that okay um i somehow disengaged with the slide presentation i apologize um and i think it's a disconnect with my system here but uh can you see the project timeline i apologize i'm not sure why this is happening but we can see the project timeline okay there's there seems to be a significant delay with with my project what i'm seeing and what you're seeing i apologize for that i'm completely running in the blind here looks like you can you see the entire extensive now everything's up there right now looks like the full timeline is there now okay uh i'll just go through it so i apologize for the delay so i'll give you a brief project timeline overview um as it relates to the entire project so in 2016 the board approved uh corolla's original design um amendment or excuse me original design agreement for this uh professional design services that happened in early 2016 and then in february 20 february 2017 corolla submitted 35 design plans um shortly thereafter uh cities management put them on hold and redirected them to conduct a value engineering that took up most of 2017 staff came before the board to provide updates in terms of staff briefings both in the summer of 2018 and in the fall of 2018 as well shortly thereafter in the summer of 2019 staff brought before study sessions of the board subsequent to that staff presented in form of a subcommittee contract subcommittee and in form of formal approval for project order number work order number one and then again in the fall of 2022 2020 for project order number two i'll go into this a little more in depth later um since july of 2019 that the design has been ongoing for two years since that time there's been a bond sale um and as of last month we did bring before the subcommittee uh introduction to project work order number three and we do anticipate the contract instruction contract to be awarded this uh this winter followed by three years of instruction so um in looking at the design history it's been very extensive it goes back to 2012 just briefly between the year 2012 and 2013 the city acquired a pre-design analysis that focused on four alternatives what was provided in those alternatives was a look at either uv ozone uh preprosterization efforts and it was a preliminary look at the design capacity requirements for the uv as well as operational maintenance um constraints and costs subsequent to that in 2014 the city put worth that in extensive extensive charrette uh it was a collaborative effort between um experts in the field primarily corolla hazen ghd brown and cauldron emerald smith uh it was to provide a collaborative problem solution based uh effort to look at the disinfection issues facing the plan um and what became of that charrette was 19 various disinfection alternatives uh they looked at various things um obviously the the main component was the uv capacity um limits responsibilities from the various owners um but primarily looked into consideration regulatory environmental cost operational um and um in environmental compliance issues so um what the charrette offered was a um short term and long term alternate um proposal to the city subsequent to the charrette in 2015-2016 the city acquired seven additional technical memorands that focused more into the specifics of the design primarily water quality um the opportunity to use uh hypochloride as well as um the ability to use an on-site diversion system so since 2016 the the design has uh been ongoing to some extent so briefly in terms of corolla's project work order history um 2016 as alluded to they were uh awarded the design contract or 2.8 million um under a competitive solicitation process corolla was awarded based off their um parallel expertise with uv um and as i alluded to earlier in 2017 um city management executive management if you will put the design on hold and redirected their efforts to a value engineering study in association art in in uh in association with hazen and soyer um the intent of placing the design on hold and performing a value engineering was to just confirm that the design at that time was the appropriate design and and it was uh at the best interest of the city to continue to proceed with that um the value engineering looked at primarily um a full uv capacity versus a partial uv uh with a supplemental hypochloride it also looked at the various other options in uh constraints of of what both would do but in the end um after about i believe nine months time uh the the v did confirm that it was the appropriate um it's the best solution to the issue uh at hand for the plant and it did serve the city of the best interest of the city with 2019 we saw a um excuse me at 2019 we saw amendment number one for corolla in the amount of 1.6 um the amendment one number one reflected the value engineering study um performed by corolla it also reflected significant impacts and delays by the 2017 tubs fires and additional changes that were required 2020 brought on amendment number two for engineering services during construction in the amount of 2.1 this effort is uh it is typically embedded in a design contract um we want the designer on board during bidding and during construction this project or quarter provided the ability for uh the designer to respond to RFIs and design issues during construction um 2021 we are bringing before project uh work order amendment number three for a value of $750,000 so when we look at amendment number three um i'm making sure i'm on the right slide um and i don't think i am i apologize there's a significant delay on my end from what you're seeing what i'm saying you're on the slide with project work order amendment number three task one and task five through six great and as a use your revised uv design bullet there by chance i'm sorry uh and is there a revised uv design bullet under five and six if i might ask yes okay perfect thank you so much so amendment number three and i apologize big significant delays or what i'm what i'm saying but project order three um we look at the the reboot in 2019 basically 2019 uh restarted the project restarted the design in retrospect of the value engineering took in consideration the findings and results of the v from that point forward corolla had to redesign the project criteria and essentially the project layout of the design and with that became significant additional submittals the intent moving forward with 2019 design was that the 35 percent design could be retained if not most of it unfortunately not majority of the design was not able to be utilized coupled with the fact that majority of the plant staff that had been on on the original design had either have either moved on retired some extent as an exacerbated inefficiencies and the and the planning which added to more project scope increase so when we look at this amendment it dates back to the reboot and fortunately most of what where we are most of the changes are unforeseen that have evolved and what as to what we know as the final design now so corolla submitted in their in their contract to three tasks task one primarily is for project management the original project uh was slated for a year and a half for their oversight and we are now two years over that so we're about three and a half years task one uh compensates for that task five and six is where the bulk of the amendments resides and that's for the uv design um and diversion design changes um when we look at the uv the the processing layout had significantly changed primarily from a sixth channel to a five channel design so most of the most of the big significant design change from originally what was what was seen in the 35 also significant changes with structural design related to both the hypochlorite and the uv structures the the hypochlorite changed from a full canopy to a partial canopy um and the uv itself structure had been significantly reduced in height which impacted uh the crane modification system um originally the power uh temporary power was to be uh the responsibility or the planning or the the design was to be on the owners of the contractor this new this design now as we said it we put in a temporary power design for contractors to evenly bid on that has been absorbed as well as other significant permanent power distribution changes that occurred additional plc and skated design changes uh were happened primarily with the program budget control programming it was originally slated that the city forces would do it now we put the owners on the contractor um there have been significant utility relocation efforts uh then originally anticipated that impacted both the utility and demolition demolition plan further um with the halt of the project itself the uv supplier calgon was put on hold when we rebooted them there's significant differences uh not significant differences but additional coordination um and submittal efforts that needed to occur with them that has been absorbed in the contract um there has been changes to the sodium hypochlorite um primarily from a different type of pumping system additional dosing uh points were required as well as electrical and instrument instrumentation uh design changes with the project we are putting a construction temporary construction trailer on the south end of the project house uh cm staff um in in response to covet uh 19 we've made modifications to that trailer design to accommodate appropriate protocols and restrictions um with the flood wall protect the flood wall protections and ongoing project with the city uh it is now nearing its final design it hadn't been like that originally at the 35 percent design when uv was uh ongoing both these projects sensually made and will um share the same footprint at times as well as the construction phasing so in an effort to minimize any significant uh impacts from one or one from one contractor onto the other there's a significant additional coordination between both designs that was required mainly with stormwater collection and pump station design there have been changes as well as to the main plant access road and then finally um since the reboot um the city has acquired a professional service agreement from somos provides construction management inspections efforts and services we the city had uh provided them with the design to provide a third party buildability and constructability review and their comments have also been absorbed as part of this design so in all um as a breakdown if you look at their uh parole as proposed amendment a big chunk of it resides in the redesign efforts test five through six for a value of six hundred and seventy five thousand dollars um the additional project management is seventy five thousand um for a total of three quarters of a million dollars um add that to the original design we're looking at five point two million and i did not include or we did not include the engineering services to construction uh primarily because of this next slide the estimated total project cost uh the uv portion is 37 million the onsite diversion is 13 million for a total construction of 50 million add that to project delivery costs of 17 and a half million which include design uh the e s d s the engineering service to construction um fees uh in-house labor overhead and total contingency um for a total estimated project cost of 67 and a half million dollars um so when we look at design fee um five point two million is approximately 10.3 percent of the total construction um which is still within or below the 2020 multi um california cip benchmark study between 14 and 18 percent for similar wastewater or pump station projects similar to this type of work we're doing um and lastly just want to um highlight that this is the largest project the city's seen since the geysers recharge installed in the early 2000s it will be the largest uv uh installation in the us if not among in the world and looking at um uv technology um it is estimated that this industry is on track for about a 19 grow between the years 20 and 27 so next uh the city staff city staff will bring before the board in either a subcontractor meeting or formal approval for the calgon just the uv supplier or their mou uh amendment um the mou is uh the binding agreement between the uv supplier in the city it guarantees a fixed price that we can address uh our to put into our construction contract for folks to evenly bid on that will be forthcoming here um we anticipate the construction documents to be complete as well as bidding the project um hopefully in the fall of 2021 uh we also anticipate uh the award of the project in 20 uh winter 2021 and the um notice to proceed we anticipate to be in the fall student spring of 2022 with the notice proceed so with that uh staff brings before the recommendation is recommended by the city of transportation and public works department at the board of public utilities by motion approve amendment number three to project work order number a o one zero zero one four dash two oh one one dash oh nine under the national master professional service agreement with crow engineers will decree to provide professional engineering services for the luguna treatment plant disinfection improvement projects in the amount of $750,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $7,269 $386 it's a mouthful you did good i apologize uh there's significant delays on my hand i i apologize that's quite all right we'll now open it up for any board member questions or comments board member right thank you tracy i thought that was a very transparent uh presentation it's a complicated beast that you're working with with lots of variations over the time and i personally will support this amendment i'm just curious though um the uv is a disinfection um how much how does the sodium hypochloride play in and is that a belt and suspenders disinfection system or do they work together or how does that work board member right i i will need to get back to you on the specifics of how much um the specifics of how much treatment one is versus the other um unfortunately i'm not the primary designer for the uv i've actually not been on the project but i will get back to you with that question in particular as soon as i can thank you for the question board member right this is director berck um i don't know if you can see me on screen we do have staff available um i'd like to ask that w director what are reuse operations emma walton uh be promoted she can answer your question oh okay thank you good afternoon char galvin and members of the board thank you for calling me up today to answer some questions um with respect to how we use sodium hypochloride um we don't use it as a disinfectant as as you mentioned we use and rely on uv as our disinfectant um we actually you use sodium hypochloride in small doses just to control um algae and other kind of small buildup in our filters and in our pipelines um just prior and upstream of uv um in order to keep our systems kind of clear from buildup of algae and other contaminants good thank you thank you any other board member questions or comments remember walsh i want to thank uh thanks staff for the extensive presentation and explanation of the history of this project including the changes in scope and the reasoning behind the amendment also just to recognize that it is one of the largest uv projects done in the united states i think it's the right type of work to do and uh i want to thank thank you for sticking to scope is the most important thing and walking me through that is especially as a new member i appreciate the history of the project thank you very much thank you other board member questions or comments all right we'll ask for a motion please i'll make a most motion mr chairman that the board of public utilities approve amendment number three to project work order number a one a zero one zero zero one four dash two zero one one dash zero nine under the master professional services agreement with corolla engineers of walnut creek to provide professional engineering services for the laguna treatment plant improvements project the amount of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for a total contract amount not to exceed seven million two hundred sixty nine thousand three hundred eighty six dollars a second a motion and a second this time we'll open it up for board for public comments on item seven point one if you wish to make a comment via zoom please raise your hand if you're dialing in via telephone please dial star nine to raise your hand and secretary a though we have no public comments we have a roll call vote please chair galvin i vice chair are knowny hi board member baden fort hi board member grebel hi board member walsh hi board member watts hi board member right hi thank you passes unanimously that'll take care of item seven point one thank you again mr dwaynes thank you we'll now move to item eight which is public comments on non-agenda matters if you wish to make a comment via zoom please raise your hand if you're dialing in via telephone please dial star nine secretary atha we have no public comments very good that'll take care of that we have no referrals we have no written communications i believe we have one subcommittee report um board member watts yes thank you uh the water conservation subcommittee we met this past tuesday september 14th and staff provided an update on santa rosa's progress on meeting the 20 mandatory community wide conservation target and both santa rosa and regional water savings are approximately 22 compared to last year and you did see some of what we saw on tuesday um during our first uh staff briefing today um the staff provided a comprehensive update on existing and future job drought response efforts including the water use efficiency program implementation and community outreach and the presentation included information about the high um call volumes which you saw as well as increased program participation and uh advanced monitoring infrastructure outreach efforts um which was i think a really cool project that they took the actual data from from am i and were able to target certain customers and make a difference in their water usage and then the committee provided feedback to staff and on program implementation and uh let me know if you have any questions thank you any questions or comments from the uh board if not we'll take public comments on item number 11 if you wish to make a comment via zoom please raise your hand if you're dialing in via telephone please dial star 9 to raise your hand secretary atha there's no public comment thank you we'll move to item number 13 which is our director's report thank you chair galvin and members of the board i have two items to update the board on today first uh on tuesday the city council approved the rezoning of 1225 folton road which was previously the site of the thanksgiving church uh and they approved that rezoning to rural residential the board may uh recall that you made a recommendation a couple years ago which the council supported to go ahead and purchase that property and then we put uh lease that property to a child care facility this property is the planned location of a future lift station sewer lift station that will replace the current lift station uh located on west college and folton roads the new zoning designation will allow the current tenant to operate their child care facility for the remainder of the 10-year term of their lease and the rezoning was needed because initially they were operating under a temporary use permit that was only valid for five years from the start of their lease and so this action will allow them to continue to operate during the full term of the lease um staff continues to work closely with the operators of the child care facility to ensure the portion of the property that we are going to need for the new lift station will be accessible for planning and construction and we hope to have the new lift station built in the next 10 years the second item i wanted to update the board on is on monday the water advisory committee or the WAC unanimously approved a new water shortage allocation methodology and by way of background uh the board may recall that the allocation of water during shortage conditions when Sonoma water has some type of impairment um is described in our restructured agreement for water supply in particular it's governed by section 3.5 of the restructured agreement which describes the approach they have to take to allocate water during a shortage in particular um the restructured agreement requires that demand hardening and previous water conservation implementation be taken into consideration and furthermore the restructured agreement does allow that the WAC by unanimous vote can approve an alternative allocation methodology so on monday the WAC did unanimously approve a alternative methodology in addition they also recommended that the Sonoma water board of directors also approve that methodology and make that the new ongoing methodology for the water contractors and other customers of Sonoma water um the board may recall that earlier this year as we knew we were going into drought conditions the WAC did previously unanimously approve a temporary allocation of water that was based on a straight percentage cutback this new allocation methodology that was just approved by the WAC includes local supply conditions as well as water conservation implementation and demand hardening as required by the restructured agreement this is very important and beneficial to Santa Rosa because of the huge investment that we have made in water conservation over the years this allocation methodology will be used to allocate water during the remainder of the drought so we have our allocations through october but now we will get any new allocations november forward using this new allocation methodology and i'm pleased to say that at their meeting on tuesday the Sonoma water board of directors also adopted this new allocation methodology so that is now the new methodology that is in place not only for this drought but for the remainder until we update the the allocation methodology sometime in the future and that is my report and i'm happy to answer any questions the board may have thank you director burk any board member questions or comments okay we'll now open it up for public comments to item number 13 if you wish to make a comment via zoom please raise your hand if you're dialing in via telephone please dial star nine to raise your hand secretary aether we have no public comments very good that concludes our agenda for today so i'll wish you all a good afternoon and we are adjourned