Apr 22, 2025 City Council on 2025-04-22 6:00 PM

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SO WOULD YOU PLEASE BLESS US THAT OUR LORD JUST CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR COMMUNITY AND GUIDE EACH ONE OF US HERE, THAT WE SERVE YOU AND ALL THAT WE ARE.

AND ALL THAT WE DO.

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AMEN.

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[2. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST]

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA

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ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO A CONSENT AGENDA.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed below within the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the City Council and may be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a Council Member or citizen so requests, in which event the item may be moved to the general order of business and considered in its normal sequence.]

IF NOT, CAN I ASK, ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED? OKAY.

A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE VOTE.

AND MY SCREEN'S NOT WORKING, SO SOMEBODY TELLS ME IF IT PASSES.

YEP.

OKAY.

PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

MOVING ON

[A. RECEIVE BIDS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION 2025-R26; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR CITY OF BOERNE MOWING FY 2025 TO ______________ FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $____; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MANAGE AND EXECUTE THE RELATED CONTRACT WITH A NOT TO EXCEED TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF $_____.]

UH, AGENDA NUMBER FIVE A 2025 DASH 1 77.

UH, RECEIVE BIDS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION 2025 DASH R 26 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS.

UH, AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR CITY BERNIE MOWING FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO, AND FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO MANAGE AND EXECUTE THE RELATED CONTRACT WITH AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF BLANK.

PRESENTING JEFF, UH, JEFF EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

SO HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A MOWING CONTRACT.

AND THAT TIES BACK TO OUR STRATEGY MAP BY FISCAL EXCELLENCE AND INVESTING IN MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS. SO YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUT WE'VE BEEN USING HA MOWING CONTRACTOR FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, SINCE FISCAL YEAR 22.

AND SO THE STREET DEPARTMENT IN THE SUMMERTIME IS TYPICALLY OUR BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE HAVE THE MOST STREET PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S ALSO WHEN THE GRASS IS GROWING, ITS MOST, UM, SO BACK IN FISCAL YEAR 22, WE CREATED A, A FISCAL, A MOWING CONTRACT THAT ALLOWED US TO GET A CON CONTRACTOR TO COME IN AND HELP MOW OUR AREAS SO THE STREET DEPARTMENT CAN CONCENTRATE ON WORKING ON STREET THINGS INSTEAD OF MOWING GRASS.

IT'S WORKED REALLY WELL AND IT'S ALLOWED US TO DO A LOT MORE STREET THINGS THESE LAST COUPLE YEARS IN THE SUMMER, WHICH IS A GREAT TIME TO BE DOING STREET STUFF.

'CAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS LESS, SCHOOL'S NOT IN, IT ALLOWS US TO GET A LOT MORE WORK ON THE STREETS.

UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL.

AND SO THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO REALLY IMPROVE THE CONTRACT, AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN KEEPING IT IN THE $40,000 RANGE, SO WE WEREN'T HAVING TO BRING IT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

UM, BUT IT'S WORKED SO WELL THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO BUMP IT UP QUITE A BIT.

UM, SO WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED BY PARKS DEPARTMENT THESE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

UM, WE ALSO ADDED SEVERAL AREAS THAT TXDOT IS SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINING BY THE MAJOR, MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE MOWED MORE FREQUENTLY.

UM, WE'VE INCREASED THE MOWING FREQUENCY FROM LAST YEAR.

IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO TELL ON A CONTRACT HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA RAIN, WHICH MEANS HOW MUCH GRASS WE HAVE TO CUT.

UM, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED THE FREQUENCY AND WE ALSO ALSO ADDED SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT IF WE LIKE THIS CONTRACTOR, THAT WE CAN AUTOMATICALLY RENEW THEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.

AND WE DID SOME VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT WILDFLOWERS.

UM, AND THAT GENERAL AIR TIMEFRAME IS FATHER'S DAY, SO WE DON'T WANNA MOW CERTAIN AREAS UNTIL FATHER'S DAY IF THERE'S WILDFLOWERS THERE.

SO WE ADDED SOME BETTER LANGUAGE IN OUR CONTRACT ABOUT THAT.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF YELLOWS AND OTHER FLOWERS.

IT'S BEEN TOLD IT KIND OF A LATE WILDFLOWER THIS YEAR, UM, BUT THERE'S STILL CHANCE FOR MORE FLOWERS, BUT IT'S TOUGH TO WRITE A CONTRACT WITH ARE THERE GONNA BE FLOWERS OR NOT.

SO WE, WE WROTE THAT A LOT MORE, MORE DETAIL.

SO IT'S, UH, ADVERTISED PER THE CITY PROCESS.

WE ADVERTISED IN THE PAPER AND ON THE WEBSITES ON MARCH 30TH AND APRIL 6TH, WE RECEIVED FOUR BIDS ON APRIL 15TH.

UH, THE BIDS RANGED BETWEEN 98 AND $222,000.

WE ACTUALLY HAD $192,000 IN CHANGE IN OUR APPROVED BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.

UM, OUR LOW BID WAS BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE SERVICES AT $98,010 AND 75 CENTS.

AND WE CHECKED ALL OF THEIR REFERENCES.

THEY HAD SEVERAL, UH, CITIES, CITY OF AUSTIN, CITY OF FORT WORTH, AND SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THEY'VE WORKED WITH.

AND ALL THEIR REFERENCES THAT WE'VE TALKED TO CAME BACK WELL.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING TO

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SO ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION, LETTING US MANAGE THAT CONTRACT.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, GO AHEAD, COUNCIL.

I, UH, I COMMUNICATED WITH JEFF AND BEN EARLIER.

UM, I THINK THERE'S EVEN MORE ROOM IN THIS BUDGET WE TALKED ABOUT TO PERHAPS DO A LITTLE MORE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO ASK, AND I I MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY THE, THE PARK AND RIDE LOT BY 46, WHICH IS OFTEN KIND OF UGLY LOOKING.

UM, IN THE PAST WHEN TEXDOT HAS CUT GRASS, IT KIND OF CUT IT AND THAT'S IT.

THEY DON'T REALLY BLOW OR SWEEP OR EDGE OR DO ANYTHING ELSE.

AND THERE'S DEBRIS LEFT IN THE STREET.

IT JUST LOOKS UNSIGHTLY FOR OUR CITY.

SO ARE THESE GUYS GONNA DO THAT? YEAH, SO T'S DEFINITELY MORE OF A SHREDDING OPERATION THAN A MOWING OPERATION.

THEY'RE MORE TRACTOR BASED.

THEY'RE CUTTING INSTEAD OF MOWER BASED.

THEY'RE CUTTING.

THEY'RE NOT, UH, UM, YES, VERY MUCH SO.

SO YEAH, THESE, OUR MOWING CONTRACTOR IS USING MUCH SMALLER, UH, MORE LAWN MOWING EQUIPMENT.

UH, WE DID ADD THE TWO BIG GREEN AREAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF 46, UM, THE CITY SIDE OF 46.

AND WE DID ADD, ACTUALLY ON THE SOUTHERN INTERCHANGE AT THE SOUTH END OF MAIN STREET, WE ADDED A BIG GRASS AREA THERE AS WELL BY THE PARK AND RIDE.

THAT MIGHT BE ONE THAT WE TRY TO USE SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO ADD IN TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO THAT PARK AND RIDE GE.

JEFF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, TXDOT STANDARD IS WHEN THEY'RE MOWING, THEY DO IT TWICE A YEAR, CORRECT? THEY, THEY TELL, SO WE WOULD STILL ALLOW 'EM TO DO THAT, THEIR OBLIGATION, AND THEN WE WOULD AUGMENT WHERE, WHERE WE NEED IT.

AND THEN OUR, OUR CONTRACT.

THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE SEE WITH TDOT IS THEY JUST, THEY BRING THEIR TRACTORS IN AND MOW, THEY DON'T TYPICALLY PICK UP TRASH BEFORE THEY MOW.

AND SO THAT LOTS OF TIMES THAT CREATES A LOT MORE SMALLER PIECES OF TRASH.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BUILT INTO OUR CONTRACT.

THEY'RE NOT DOING LANDSCAPE MOWING, CORRECT? THEY'RE JUST PLOWING THE FIELD .

CORRECT.

VERY MUCH SO.

GO AHEAD.

TIME.

UH, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE RENEWAL.

IS THAT, LET'S SAY YOU DO LIKE THEM, THEN WOULD IT, IT WOULD COME BACK TO US.

HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SO IT HAS LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT THAT BOTH PARTIES CAN HAVE TO AGREE TO EXTEND.

AND THEN IT HAD A LANGUAGE IN THERE REFERENCING BACK TO THE CPI.

SO IT'D BE JUST AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL IN THE CONTRACT.

WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GET YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO PROVE THE FINANCIAL SPIN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS.

CORRECT.

GOT IT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY, I'M, THIS SOUNDS MUNDANE, CUTTING THE GRASS.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS TIES IN DIRECTLY TO THE ENTIRE EFFORT THAT WAS WENT ON FOR A YEAR WITH THOROUGHFARES AND, UH, ENTRANCE CORRIDORS AND ALL THE IMAGE.

IT'S, IT'S ABOUT IMAGE AND A BEAUTIFICATION.

VERY MUCH SO.

A A CITY THAT HAS SLOPPY ENTRANCEWAYS LOOKS SLOPPY, WHETHER IT IS OR ISN'T ISN'T A POINT.

IT JUST LOOKS SLOPPY.

IT'S JUST LIKE YOUR HOUSE OR YOUR ROOM OR ANYTHING ELSE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

SO, WELL, I THINK SOMEONE'S GONNA QUESTION 113,000 FOR MOWING SERVICES, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF LIKE HOW MUCH LAND THAT'S COMING AND WHAT I MEAN HOW WE ALREADY PARKS AND REC WERE DOING SOME STREETS, WERE DOING SOME IS ARE, ARE WE SAVING MONEY? ARE WE SPENDING MONEY THAT WE WOULDN'T BE? ARE WE TAKING MONEY, SPENDING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE OR WHAT? SO, UM, I HAVE A SHORT VER THIS IS JUST A PORTION OF THE MAP, BUT WE HAVE A, A MUCH LARGER CITY MAP THAT IT'S ALL DIVIDED INTO A HUNDRED SOMETHING AREAS OF ROADS THAT GET MOWED.

UH, CERTAIN DRAINAGE AREAS THAT GET MOWED, LIKE CITY HALL AND SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, THE CURRY CREEK TRAIL'S GONNA BE MOWED AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT AS WELL.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY TAKING WHAT WE WERE DOING AS KIND OF A SUPPLEMENTING, UM, THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND TURNING IT INTO A MUCH MORE, UH, ROBUST PROGRAM.

OKAY.

SO I'LL TELL YOU TOO, MAYOR, UM, AS WE ANTICIPATE A NEW PARK AND THERE'S GONNA BE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS THERE, MY CHALLENGE TO TO OUR TEAM IS TO, TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.

AND IF THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN CONTRACT OUT OUTSOURCE, WE OUGHT TO DO THAT FIRST BEFORE WE ADD ON MORE STAFF FOR THOSE OTHER, UH, NEW ENHANCEMENTS.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.

YEAH.

MM-HMM .

CONSTABLE WILSON.

YEAH.

JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.

UM, I ASSUME THAT WITHIN THE CONTRACT THEY'LL FOLLOW THE SAME KIND OF GUIDELINES WE HAVE ON THE TRAILS WHERE THEY KINDA LEAVE A PORTION WILD AND THEN DO THE EDGE NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK.

CORRECT.

AND THEN, UM, SAY JANE SMITH CALLS AND SAYS A CERTAIN SECTION OF SIDEWALK IS SOMEHOW WE GOT MISSED.

IS THAT BUILT IN THE CONTRACT OR IS THAT SOMETHING CITY STAFF WOULD HANDLE? SO THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE, UH, IN THE CONTRACT ABOUT GOING BACK AND CATCHING OTHER AREAS, BUT LOTS OF TIMES, IF IT IS SOME LITTLE AREA, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE'VE JUST USED SUPPLEMENTED THE STREET CREWS TO GO DO IT IF WE HAVE AVAILABILITY.

IF NOT, WE'LL ALSO CHECK THE SCHEDULE ON MAYBE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK OR IT'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS VERY WEATHER DEPENDENT ON WHEN WE CAN MOW AND WHEN WE CAN'T MOW.

SO EVEN WHEN WE HAVE COMPLICATED SCHEDULES OF MOWING THE WHOLE, IT, IT SOMETIMES SHIFTS DUE TO TO WEATHER, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING IT'S IN THE

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AND THEN, UH, LAST QUESTION IS, 'CAUSE WE GET IT A LOT.

UM, AS FAR AS LOCAL OPTIONS, IS THERE JUST NOT A LOCAL COMPANY THAT OFFERS THE SERVICES WE NEED, ET CETERA? LIKE WHAT, WHAT, SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S GOING OVER $50,000, WE HAVE TO BID IT OUT PUBLICLY.

SO IT WAS IN THE BERNIE STAR, IT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE BERNIE STAR, IT WAS ADVERTISED ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

IT WAS ADVERTISED ON OTHER ONLINE WEBSITES.

UM, SO A LOCAL ENTITY WAS MORE THAN WELCOME TO BID TWO YEARS AGO.

IT WAS A LOCAL PERSON.

UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST ANYONE'S WELCOME TO BID.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION FROM COUNCILOR WILSON? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH R 26, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BURN TEXAS, ORDERING THE CONTRACT FOR CITY OF BURN MOWING FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE SERVICE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $98,010 75 CENTS IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MANAGE AND EXECUTE THE RELATED CONTRACT WITH A NOT TO EXCEED TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF 113520 CENTS.

SECOND FROM COUNCIL MACALUSO, PLEASE VOTE A MOTION PASSES POSITIVE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, CITY MAYOR'S

[A. WATER CONSERVATION UPDATE.]

BEN, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE GOT SEVERAL KIND OF, UH, UPDATES FOR YOU.

WE'LL FIRST START OFF WITH THE TAG TEAM BETWEEN, UH, RYAN BASS AND DIRECTOR MANN ON ALL THINGS WATER, UH, NOT ALL THINGS WATER, BUT REALLY ABOUT OUR WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM REBATE PROGRAM.

AND THEN I WANT DIRECTOR MAN TO TALK ABOUT OUR WATER RESTRICTIONS AS WE'RE GOING INTO THE HOTTER SEASON HERE.

IT'S WARMING UP.

UH, WE DO HAVE RAIN, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S KIND OF SPARSE, RIGHT? SO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT IN OUR RESTRICTIONS.

FOLLOW THAT.

WE'LL HEAR FROM A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CHRISSY STARK ON OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, FOLLOWED BY MY, UM, MONTHLY PROJECT REPORT.

RYAN, GOOD EVENING.

UH, TONIGHT'S SUB UPDATE, UH, FALLS UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, UH, PORTION OF OUR STRATEGY MAP WITH A FOCUS ON ADVANCING OUR MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS AND COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, LAST MAY, WE ROLLED OUT OUR FIRST EVER REBATE PROGRAM, OUR WATER CONSERVATION REBATE PROGRAM.

UH, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT REBATE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, RAINWATER HARVESTING AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM, CONSULTATION AND IRRIGATION, RAIN FREE SENSOR PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION.

UH, SO FAR IT'S BEEN, UH, RUNNING ALMOST FLAWLESSLY.

UH, DO WANT TO JUST IMMEDIATELY THANK ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT HELP PUT THIS ON IN BETWEEN UTILITIES AND PLANNING AND IT AND, AND COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER CARE AND BILLING.

IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE EASY THING TO, UH, INTAKE, REVIEW AND APPROVE AND GET CUSTOMERS, OUR UTILITY CUSTOMERS, THEIR REBATE.

SO I DEFINITELY WANNA GIVE EVERYONE A BIG THANK YOU ON THAT.

UM, WE ISSUED OVER 72 APPROVED REBATES THIS LAST YEAR, TOTALING $2,600.

UH, BY FAR MOST POPULAR WAS OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM CONSULTATION.

AND, UH, IN MY OPINION, IT'S THE MOST, UH, WE GET THE MOST ROI ON THAT FROM A CONSERVATION STANDPOINT.

THE APPLICATION, UH, THE INSPECTION HAS TO BE PERFORMED BY A LICENSED STATE, STATE LICENSED IRRIGATOR.

AND ON THE APPLICATION THAT'S SUBMITTED, THERE'S A SECTION AT THE END THAT TALKS ABOUT THEIR FINDINGS AND FIXES.

AND I WOULD SAY OUTTA THE 52 REBATES WE RECEIVED, MAYBE FIVE OR SIX SAID THE SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONAL WITH NO ISSUES WHATSOEVER.

SO, UH, WE'RE SEEING EVERYTHING LIKE LOW PRESSURE ZONES ON THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM INDICATING AN AN UNDERGROUND LEAK.

UH, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SPRINKLER HEADS.

THEY'RE JUST BEING HIT BY, UH, MOWERS OR THEY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE SPRAYING HARDSCAPE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BURIED, AND SO THEY'RE BEING RAISED SO THEY CAN EFFICIENTLY OPERATE.

SO WE'RE SEEING REALLY GOOD IMPROVEMENTS ON EVERY, ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THESE IRRIGATION SYSTEM CONSULTATIONS.

WE, UH, PROMOTED THIS PROGRAM THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE DIFFERENT VARIETY OF TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. COMMUNICATIONS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON THAT, UH, GETTING THE WORD OUT.

AND WE ALSO HOSTED WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING.

SO, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, WE WORKED WITH TEXAS AGRILIFE AND HOSTED OUR HEALTHY LAWNS HEALTHY WATERS WORKSHOP.

UH, SO A PICTURE OF THE EVENT IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED.

AND SO WE WANTED TO EXPAND UPON THAT THIS YEAR.

AND WE'RE HOSTING TWO ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS THIS SUMMER.

WE'RE DOING A, UH, TEXAS WATERSHED STEWARD WORKSHOP IN JULY, AND THAT HAS A HEAVY FOCUS ON TURF GRASS MANAGEMENT, PROPER FERTILIZATION OF YOUR YARDS WITH A, A FOCUS ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY AND NOT CONTRIBUTING TO WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN A TEXAS WELL OWNERS NETWORK.

UH, WE'RE DOING THIS, THIS IS KIND OF A BROAD, MORE SOUTHERN KENDALL COUNTY, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL SPECIFIC WORKSHOP, UH, WORK, PARTNERING THE EVENT WITH THE CAL CREEK GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN TEXAS, AG AGRILIFE EXTENSION, UH, HOSTING BOTH OF THESE EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY.

THE TEXAS WELL OWNER NETWORK, UM, WORKSHOP IS REALLY NEAT BECAUSE WELL OWNERS CAN COME PICK UP A SAMPLE CONTAINER THE

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SO THIS IS USUALLY A, A REALLY WELL DONE EVENT.

THE GENTLEMAN AT AGRILIFE THAT HOSTED, HE DOES 'EM ALL OVER THE STATE AND HE'S, HE'S GETTING REALLY HIGH NUMBERS RIGHT NOW IN ATTENDANCE TO THIS EVENT.

WE'RE, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO HOST IT, BUT WE WANTED TO EXPAND UPON THE REBATE OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE GONNA ROLL OUT A TURF GRASS REDUCTION REBATE OPPORTUNITY.

SO THIS WILL PROVIDE A $150 REBATE FOR THE REMOVAL OF UP TO 200 SQUARE FEET, OR A MINIMUM OF 200 SQUARE FEET OF EXISTING IRRIGATED TURF GRASS.

UH, THIS TURF, THIS, UH, TURF GRASS WILL BE REPLACED WITH LANDSCAPE BEDS COMPRISED OF NATIVE DROP TOLERANT, UH, PLANT SELECTIONS.

OR IS THERE ESCAPE DESIGN? UH, THE, ANY EXISTING IRRIGATION COMPONENTS WITHIN THIS 200 SQUARE FEET HAVE TO BE TAKEN OFFLINE AND CAPPED.

SO IT'S GOTTA BE PER PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM THAT PORTION OF THE YARD.

IT'LL REQUIRE A SITE PHOTOGRAPHS AND A WRITTEN NARRATIVE UPFRONT SO THAT THEY CAN, SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE IF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING WOULD ACTUALLY MEET THE, THE SECTION OF THE REBATE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE THEY GO TEAR UP 200 SQUARE FEET OF TURF GRASS, AND THEN PHOTO DOCUMENTATION UPON COMPLETION IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY OBTAIN THE REBATE.

SO IT'LL ALL RUN THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, THROUGH OUR SMARTSHEET SYSTEM, AND THAT WE'LL, WE'LL REVIEW AND APPROVE THESE LANDSCAPE, UH, REBATES JUST LIKE WE ARE DOING WITH OUR EXISTING.

WITH THAT, HAPPY TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ONE COMMENT.

UM, HAVE WE LOOKED AT ALL, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT ALL AT ADVISING FOLKS ON HVAC CONDENSATE RECAPTURE FOR THEIR HOMES.

I MEAN, I'VE RESEARCHED IT, I KNOW IT'S NOT CHEAP TO DO.

WE CERTAINLY COULDN'T, UM, COVER THE COST, BUT MAYBE THE COST OF, UH, SOME CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE EVALUATION OF IT FOR TO MAKE, SEE IF IT'S FEASIBLE.

, I I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IT PERSONALLY, AND I'VE GONE THROUGH MOST, UH, LOCAL UTILITIES, OTHER REBATE PROGRAMS. I HAVEN'T SEEN MANY THAT ACTUALLY INCENT OR INCENTIVIZING.

I MAY HAVE MISSED ONE, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE.

I MEAN, I CAPTURE IT.

IT'S A STEADY FIVE GALLONS A WEEK OF WATER AT THE HOUSE THAT I CAN USE.

I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, SOURCE OF WATER ON SITE IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE SOME OF IT.

BUT I HAVE NOT, UH, LOOKED AT THAT AS A POT, A POTENTIAL REBATE.

I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE THE RAINWATER HARVESTING IS GREAT, EXCEPT IT HAS TO RAIN.

THAT'S THE ONLY NEGATIVE TO THAT.

WHEREAS THE HVAC RECAPTURE THE WAY THE WEATHER IS HERE IN TEXAS, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA HAVE CONDENSATE.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A MUCH LARGER SOURCE OF WATER AND GRANTED FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, IT'S GONNA BE BIGGER.

SURE.

I'M JUST SAYING AS A, AS A SERVICE.

SO WE COULD DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT AND SEE HOW THAT MIGHT WORK.

RYAN CAN WORK ON THAT HERE.

MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE COMING BACK TO YOU END OF THIS YEAR, BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR AS AN AS NEXT.

'CAUSE I MEAN, IF YOU JUST LOOK FOR FIRMS IN THE AREA THAT DO IT, IT'S HARD TO FIND.

'CAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S WIDELY DONE IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, IT'S DIFFERENT.

BUT I THINK FOR HOMEOWNERS IT WOULD BE SOMETHING AT LEAST TO EXPLORE FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THAT TURF GRASS REDUCTION? IS THAT RETROACTIVE? 'CAUSE I DID THIS LAST SUMMER, , I GET, I GET THAT QUESTION.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE REASON WE DENY A REBATE OPPORTUNITY IS SOMEONE PURCHASED, YOU KNOW, 500 GALLONS OF RAINWATER STORAGE IN 1996 AND THEY WANT TO GET THEIR MONEY NOW.

SO WE'VE HAD TO HAVE SOME HARD CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS THAT ARE DISAPPOINTED, BUT THANK YOU.

NO, SIR.

SHOULD HAVE WAITED.

I'M APPRECIATIVE OF RYAN AND ALL THE, AS YOU SAID, A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS HAVE COME TOGETHER.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE, UM, AND, AND HOW TO ROLL THIS OUT TOOK US A MOMENT TO GET GOING.

AND NOW THAT WE'VE GOT IT GOING, IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO EVOLVE THAT AS WHERE APPROPRIATE.

SO THANK YOU TO RYAN.

I GOT A QUESTION, RYAN, REAL QUICK ALSO.

SO LIKE IN A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU HAVE THE SIDEWALK AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT SECTION OF GRASS BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE STREET, RIGHT? YOU Y'ALL NOTICE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? A LOT OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS, UM, LIKE IN MY HOUSE, IN MET WOOD, I GOT RID OF ALL THAT GRASS IN THE IRRIGATION BECAUSE IT WAS JUST USELESS AND PUT CYRO SCAPE IN THERE, ROCKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

IS THERE SOME TYPE OF REBATE SYSTEM THAT WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT IF PEOPLE WANTED TO GET RID OF THAT SECTION AND PUT, YOU KNOW, A ROCK OR A MULCH OR SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, DROUGHT RESISTANT LANDSCAPING IN THERE? OR IS I SEE MIKE GETTING UP, SO HE'S PROBABLY GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

OH, OKAY.

I I, I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

IT'S DEFINITELY, UM, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SAYING, HEY, LET'S NOT PUT THAT IN THERE.

YOU KNOW, JUST BRING THE CURB ON THE STREET RIGHT UP TO THE SIDEWALK AND WIDEN THE STREETS.

MAKES MORE SENSE THAN HAVING THAT SECTION OF GRASS THAT, WITH THE CURRENT, WITH THE NEW ROLLOUT, WOULD IT, WOULD THAT APPLY? I MEAN, IF THEY WANTED TO, IF THEY WAS CURRENTLY IRRIGATED AND IT WAS HEALTHY TURF GRASS AND THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT, THEY CERTAINLY COULD GUESS.

I WILL SAY THAT, LIKE, GOING FORWARD, THAT IS, I THINK LIKE FOR LID YOU HAVE CUTOUTS IN THE CURBS THAT THEN GO INTO LIKE A RAIN GARDEN TYPE THING TO HELP FILTER THE WATER.

SO I DO THINK GOING FORWARD YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF THAT, THAT, YEAH.

OKAY.

I, I WILL SAY ON THE ZZ ESCAPEE DESIGN, THERE'S

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AND THIS IMAGE HERE IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF A Z ESCAPE DESIGN.

OUR, OR OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE LANGUAGE STATES THAT ONLY 20% OF A ZERA ESCAPE DESIGN CAN BE A NON VEGETATIVE MATERIAL.

SO YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE ALL THESE DIFFERENT DROUGHT TOLERANT SPECIES IN HERE INTO THAT DESIGN.

SO, UM, WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON THOSE, UH, CURB, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK SECTIONS THERE AND JUST DO SOME TYPE OF RIVER, WHICH ALSO, UH, TRYING TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT CREATING ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS, YOU KNOW, COVER AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE NOT INCENTIVIZING TRANSITION TO A HARD SKATE.

GOTCHA.

OKAY.

THANKS MATT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNSEL, I, I'VE TRIED NOT TO PUT TOO MANY GRAPHS AND GRAPHS IN THERE FOR YOU, AND SOME OF THEM LOOK THE SAME, BUT, UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, UH, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ON THE CONSERVATION FRONT.

AND THEN AS BEN SAID, KIND OF TIED TOGETHER THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN CONSERVATION AND, UH, RESTRICTIONS, WHICH ARE REALLY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT OFTEN GET CONFUSED.

FIRST OF ALL, ON THE, ON THE CONSERVATION END, BIG PART OF OUR CONSERVATION PLAN IS, UH, IS EDUCATION AND INFORMATION.

AND CHRIS SHADROCK AND HIS TEAM DO A GREAT JOB WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH, SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL THE THINGS LISTED HERE, CHRIS, PUT THIS SLIDE TOGETHER.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND MY STAFF, HE SHARES INFORMATION, HIS, HIS INFORMATION SHARING IS GREAT ON A, ON A ROUTINE BASIS, AND THEN EVEN BETTER WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO RESPOND TO DIRECTLY.

SO THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR ALL YOU DO ON THE, ON THE CONSERVATION FRONT AND INFORMATION SHARING FOR THE UTILITY CONSERVATION, CITY OF BURN, DROUGHT CONSERVATION PLAN AND DROUGHT ORDINANCE.

SO ALL WATER UTILITIES HAVE TO HAVE ONE.

UH, THE TCEQ REQUIRES IT.

AND FOR THE CITY OF BURN, WE, THEY USED TO BE SEPARATE.

WE COMBINED THEM A FEW YEARS AGO.

BUT WHETHER WE'RE IN DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS OR NOT, WE DO HAVE A YEAR-ROUND CONSERVATION POLICY THAT STATES THAT IRRIGATION IS ALLOWED ANYTIME BETWEEN THE EARLY EVENING AND THE MID-MORNING.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN WATER OVERNIGHT, BUT YOU CAN'T WATER MIDDAY.

AND THAT'S WHETHER WE'RE IN A DROUGHT OR NOT.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS THE GRASS LIKES IT BETTER, UH, IN THE, IN THE EVENING HOURS.

BUT REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO, IN THE LATE AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HOT, IT'S USUALLY MORE WINDY AND IT'S USUALLY HOTTER.

AND SO YOU GET A LOT MORE EVAPORATION AND A LESS, A LOT OF BENEFICIAL USE OF THE WATER.

SO FROM A CONSERVATION STANDPOINT, WE DON'T ALLOW MIDDAY WATERING.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE'RE NOT IN RESTRICTIONS, THERE'S NO LIMIT ON DAYS, AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN WATER WEEKENDS OR WEEKDAYS AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT.

UH, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHY THAT IS IN JUST A SECOND.

IF WE GO INTO RESTRICTIONS, THAT'S USUALLY IN RESPONSE TO DROUGHT.

UH, IRRIGATION IS LANDSCAPE.

IRRIGATION IS OUR LARGEST, UH, PEAK.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THE PEAK FOR OUR SYSTEM.

YOU'VE HEARD ME USE THE WORD PEAK, AND I'M GONNA USE IT MORE TONIGHT.

AND YOU'RE GONNA, AND HOPEFULLY EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY, WHY DO WE HAVE TO BE IN RESTRICTIONS WHEN WE HAVE PLENTY OF WATER? WELL, IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT WE CAN PRODUCE IN A DAY VERSUS WHAT WHAT, UH, VERSUS WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS DEMAND.

SO YEAR-ROUND CONSERVATION, WE EDUCATE, WE TRAIN OURSELVES.

WE, WE DO THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE SO THAT WE'RE JUDICIOUS WITH OUR WATER USE YEAR ROUND.

WELL, THAT PAYS DIVIDENDS WHEN WE'RE IN RESTRICTIONS, BUT SOMETIMES WE NEED TO GO EVEN FURTHER AND MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION.

STAGE ONE RESTRICTIONS, WE ALLOW IRRIGATION ONE WEEK, DAY PER WEEK, STAGE TWO, ONE WEEKDAY PER WEEK, BUT WITH REDUCED HOURS.

STAGE THREE WOULD BE IRRIGATION, ONE WEEK WEEKDAY, EVERY OTHER WEEK WITH THOSE REDUCED HOURS.

AND THEN STAGE FOUR WOULD BE NO IRRIGATION.

SO OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE FROM ALL THE WAY FROM, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS AT ALL.

I'M GONNA DO WHAT I WANT TO PEOPLE THAT SAY THERE SHOULD BE NO LANDSCAPING AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

AND REALLY, IT'S A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE, BUT THERE IS SOME BENEFIT FOR THE UTILITY, NOT JUST FINANCIAL, BUT OPERATIONAL ON THE, ON IRRIGATION AND, AND USE OF THE WATER SUPPLIES.

I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

WHAT DO OTHERS DO? UH, WELL, IT'S CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE WHEN WE GO INTO TO WHAT THEIR DROUGHT PLANS ARE, WHAT THEIR CONSERVATION PLANS ARE.

GBS, DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN HAS SIX STAGES, ALL BASED ON, AT LEAST THE ONE THAT AFFECTS US, UH, WOULD ALL ARE ALL BASED ON THE LEVEL OF THE WATER.

IN CANYON LAKE.

COW CREEK GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT HAS FOUR STAGES IN THEIR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN, AND IT'S BASED MAINLY ON MONITORING WELLS.

SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM HAS FOUR STAGES.

WE ACTUALLY BASED OUR LAST UPDATE ON WHAT SAULS DID AT THE TIME, AND THEN THEY SHORTLY THEREAFTER CHANGED THEIRS, SO WE DON'T MATCH ANYMORE, BUT THEY STILL HAVE FOUR STAGES.

THEY, UH, INCLUDE WATERING RESTRICTIONS, VERY SIMILAR TO OURS, BUT THEY ADD SURCHARGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR BIG USERS.

UH, AND THE STATED REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THEY'RE SERVING A LOT OF AREAS OUTSIDE

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AND SO ORDINANCES DON'T APPLY, BUT POLICIES DO.

AND THAT INCLUDES BILLING POLICIES.

SO THAT'S HOW THEY'RE AFFECTING THAT, THOSE AREAS.

FAIR OAKS RANCH, RECENTLY, I THINK IT WAS IN THE BERNIE STAR, WENT FROM THREE STAGES TO FOUR.

THEY HAVE, LIKE US, THEY HAVE TWO, UH, TWO MAIN, THEY DO HAVE A MAIN MIX OF, OF GBRA WATER AND GROUNDWATER IN PROBABLY ABOUT EQUAL AMOUNTS.

AND, AND SO THEY HAVE, UH, A DIFFERENT WAY TO MONITOR THEIR SUPPLY, SUPPLY AND DEMAND MIX.

SAN JOSE, TEXAS OR TEXAS WATER CORPORATION, THE, THE, THE COMPANY THAT BOUGHT THE ASSETS OF KENDALL WEST, THEIR PLAN HAS FOUR STAGES.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT IT, IT'S, IT'S CONFUSING.

AND NOT BECAUSE THEY DO IT WRONG, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS THEY SERVE FROM DIFFERENT SUPPLIES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR TRIGGERS AND THINGS, THEY'RE ALL VERY, UH, UTILITY SPECIFIC IN THE AREA, IN THE LARGE AREA THEY SERVE.

SO DOES THAT LEADS TO A LOT OF, UH, OF CONFUSION AND WITH FOLKS.

AND SO THE MORE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, THE BETTER.

SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANNUAL USE AND PEAK DAY DEMAND.

SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW MUCH WATER WE HAVE.

HOW MUCH WATER DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN A YEAR? WELL, IN ROUND NUMBERS, WE USED ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UM, ANNUALLY LAST YEAR.

SO HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE TOTAL, YOU KNOW, X 5,000 WHATEVER ACRE FEET, WE USED ROUGHLY HALF OF THAT.

WELLS WE USED 29% OF OUR TOTAL PERMIT, AND THAT'S 50% OF WHAT WE WERE ALLOWED TO USE UNDER CAL CREEK'S RULES.

SO THEIR STAGE FOUR RULES ALLOW US TO USE, UM, 60%, BUT WE ONLY USE 29% OF OUR PERMIT.

UH, THAT AFFECTED US AS WE'VE DISCUSSED FROM THE DVP STANDPOINT.

AGAIN, MORE INTO THAT LATER.

HOWEVER, CONVERSELY, AS I'VE STATED, THE REASON THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER RESTRICTIONS GETS DOWN TO HOW THE WEATHER TREATS US AND HOW CUSTOMERS WANT TO IRRIGATE.

SO IN THAT SAME YEAR THAT WE USED APPROXIMATELY HALF OF OUR WATER SUPPLIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ANNUALLY, WE GOT UP TO 92% OF OUR DAILY MAX.

WE CAN GET OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT ON CERTAIN DAYS, AND WE DIP INTO STORAGE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T ALLOW IRRIGATION ON THE WEEKENDS, IS THAT'S WHEN WE REFILL THAT STORAGE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, THOSE LITTLE JAGGED LOOK OF THAT GRAPH IS BECAUSE THE WEEKEND WATERING REALLY DIMINISHES, BUT IT NEVER GOES DOWN TO ZERO.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS SOME NON-COMPLIANCE.

SO TYPICAL WATER PRODUCTION, HOW DO WE MEET IT, THE BASE FLOW THAT, THAT, UH, THE, THE WATER THAT'S FOR COOKING, CLEANING, BATHING, COMMERCIAL USES, THAT'S, WE USE OUR CONSTANT FLOW GBRA SOURCE FOR THAT.

IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT SURFACE WATER, IF YOU WILL, IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED GRAPH, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT THAT CURVE THAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.

OUR PEAKING, THAT IRRIGATION PEAK COMES FROM A MIX OF WELLS BURN CITY LAKE AND RECLAIMED WATER.

FROM A POTABLE STANDPOINT, OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST WELLS AND, AND BURN CITY LAKE.

WE DON'T MIX OUR POTABLE AND OUR RECLAIMED WATER THAT THAT GETS USED ONLY IN THE AREAS THAT HAS THAT RECLAIMED SYSTEM.

BUT THE KEY TO WATER AVAILABILITY, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME, AND WHEN WE'RE WHITE KNUCKLING, IT IS A REASONABLE PEAK DEMAND.

SO THAT'S WHY CONSERVATION IS SO IMPORTANT ALL THE TIME.

SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

I WENT BACK AND FOUND A, MY FAVORITE GRAPHS THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, THE BLACK LINE IS THE PRIOR YEAR.

SO FOR 2021, THE PRIOR YEAR WAS 2020, JUST FOR REFERENCE.

AND THE, THE COLORS ARE ALL THE WATER THAT WE USED, UM, FOR PEAKING AND FOR BASE FLOW.

NOW, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS YEAR, WE WEREN'T BUYING ALL OF OUR BASE FLOW FROM GBRA YET.

THAT WAS A WET YEAR, AND WE HADN'T RAMPED UP FOR ON THAT EXPENSIVE WATER YET.

BUT WHAT YOU CAN TELL FROM THIS IS WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A BIG SUMMERTIME PEAK.

AND THAT WAS 2021 WAS THE LAST, OVER LAST YEAR THAT WE HAD OVER AVERAGE, THE LAST YEAR THAT OUR LAKE FILLED UP.

WE HAD A WET YEAR THAT YEAR.

IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROLONGED DROUGHT, BUT IT WAS A WET YEAR.

CONVERSELY, IN 2023, WE HAD A WET SPRING, SO WE DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF AN IRRIGATION PEAK, BUT IN THAT WAS THE SUMMER THAT IT WAS SO HOT, AND WE BROKE ALL OF THOSE, HOW OVER 100 SAN ANTONIO BROKE ALL OF THOSE OVER 100 DAYS IN A YEAR RECORDS.

WE HAD VERY, VERY LITTLE RAINFALL.

AND SO YOU SAW MORE OF THAT CLASSIC BELL SHAPED CURVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR, HOW MUCH MORE THE DEMAND WAS.

SO, BUT WITH, BUT WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT, AND THAT YEAR WE STARTED PURCHASING MORE GBRA WATER, AND THEREFORE WE WERE ABLE TO MEET OUR PEAK DEMANDS WITH OUR OTHER SUPPLIES.

SO WE BOUGHT MORE BASE FLOW AND WE CONTINUED TO DO THAT.

SO, WATER, UTILITIES, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT A CITY DOES, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, THE, THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST IS PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.

FROM A WATER UTILITY

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WE HAVE TO REMOVE POLLUTANTS, WE HAVE TO TREAT THE WATER FOR DRINKING.

HOWEVER, OUR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM IS ALSO FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN TERMS OF FIREFIGHTING.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE VERY LARGE PUMPS, VERY LARGE PIPES, AND VERY LARGE TANKS.

SO FROM A DRINKING WATER STANDPOINT, WE DON'T NEED ALL OF THAT CAPACITY, BUT TO HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR FIREFIGHTING, WE MAKE IT A LOT BIGGER.

FOUR OF THOSE TIMES IN THE YEAR THAT IT'S NEEDED.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A ROUTINE.

HOWEVER, UM, I'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TO, UH, KEEP THAT IN MIND OPERATIONALLY.

AND THEN THE PUBLIC WELFARE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, UM, WATER IS LIFE, RIGHT? WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT IT'S CLICHE, BUT, BUT IT'S FOR WORK AND PLAY.

QUALITY OF LIFE IS THINGS PEOPLE CONSIDER.

SO FROM THE OPERATIONS STANDPOINT, DEMAND AND SUPPLY BALANCE, IT, IT'S, IT'S THE ULTIMATE IMPORTANCE.

WE, WE CANNOT LET DEMAND CONSISTENTLY OUTPACE PRODUCTION OR WE DEPRESSURIZE THE WATER SYSTEM OR ON WELL, WATER WARNINGS.

IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY.

HASN'T HAPPENED HERE YET.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO MAINTAIN WITH, UH, INCREASES IN SERVICE POPULATION, BUT LARGELY DUE TO THE CONSERVATION METHODS WE'VE PUT IN RESTRICTIONS WHEN NECESSARY, AND SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT, WHICH SUPPLIES WE'RE USING.

AND WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET THOSE DEMAND CURVES, EVEN NOT EVEN, UH, ALLOWING IRRIGATION MUCH MORE IN OUR SYSTEM THAN OTHER SYSTEMS AROUND US ARE ABLE TO ALLOW.

AND SO WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WELL, WATER QUALITY MAINTENANCE IS THE OTHER PART THAT MOST PEOPLE JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT.

UH, WE DO, IT'S OUR JOB, BUT OF COURSE, YOU GOTTA TREAT IT INITIALLY, MAKE IT POTABLE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT IN THE SYSTEM, AND THAT'S THE PART THAT GETS LOST ON FOLKS.

SO, LONG STORY SHORT, WATER HAS TO FLOW THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

IF IT AGES TOO MUCH, BAD THINGS HAPPEN.

SO IT EITHER LOSES ITS CHLORINE RESIDUAL, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED UNDER TCEQ RULES OR, UH, DVPS START TO FORM DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS.

TRY TRI HE METHANE.

I WON'T GO INTO IT ALL.

YOU'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT THAT'S, THAT HAPPENS OVER A MATTER OF DAYS, NOT WEEKS OR MONTHS.

AND SO HAVING FLOW THROUGH THAT OVERSIZED SYSTEM FOR FIREFIGHTING IS IMPORTANT.

SO FROM AN OPERATIONS STANDPOINT, IRRIGATION IS GOOD.

IT USES WATER.

IF WE DON'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO IRRIGATE, THAT JUST MEANS WE HAVE TO FLUSH MORE.

SO THERE IS A BALANCE.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU'RE GAMBLERS, BUT IF YOU PLAY THE DICE GAME CRAP, SOMETIMES SEVEN IS GREAT, AND SOMETIMES IT'S TERRIBLE.

WELL, IRRIGATION WATER'S THE SAME WAY.

IF IT'S OUTTA CONTROL, IT'S TERRIBLE.

BUT DAILY, IT'S NEEDED TO KEEP THAT WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE SYSTEM FROM A QUALITY STANDPOINT.

UH, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETIMES TO, TO, UH, HELP OUR CUSTOMERS REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ON RESTRICTIONS.

NATHAN CRANE PUT THESE TOGETHER, AND HIS GROUP IS, UH, HIS CODE ENFORCEMENT GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ENFORCEMENT.

WE, OF COURSE, WE COUNT ON VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, AND WE GET A LOT OF IT.

I DON'T WANT TO BE A DOOMSDAY GUY.

WE GET A LOT.

YOU COULD SEE FROM THAT JAGGED, UH, APPEARANCE OF THE CURVE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLY.

IF THEY DON'T, THEN THERE IS A PROCESS AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE COMPLAINT.

WE ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.

IF THERE'S NO CHANGE, THE SECOND NOTICE IS SENT.

AND THEN STILL, IF THERE'S NO CHANGE, IT USUALLY GETS TURNED OVER TO THE CITY PROSECUTOR, WHETHER OR NOT IT GETS PROSECUTED, HOW WE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE UP COURT TIME.

THAT'S, IT'S ALL VERY LABOR AND STAFF AND TIME INTENSIVE.

AND IT ALSO TAKES UP THE TIME OF THE COURT.

THE PENALTIES ARE MISDEMEANORS, FINES UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER OFFENSE, OR EACH DAY IS A SEPARATE OFFENSE.

SO IN 2023, I MEAN, YOU CAN READ THESE TO YOURSELF.

I, FOR YOURSELF, I WON'T READ 'EM FOR YOU, BUT WE HAD 23 CITATIONS OUT OF THE, I DON'T KNOW, EIGHT OR 9,000 CUSTOMERS WE HAVE, UH, THE NUMBERS I, I'VE LOST COUNT OVER THE YEARS, UH, 23 AND 24.

AND SO FAR IN 2025, THERE'S BEEN 25 COMPLAINTS, BUT NO CITATIONS ISSUED.

I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, OUR, OUR DEMAND, UH, SUPPLY DEMAND IS GREAT.

RESTRICTIONS ARE WORKING, UH, CONSERVATION'S WORKING.

WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.

WE'RE ABLE TO PRODUCE PLENTY OF WATER RIGHT NOW.

SO HOW WELL WE WORK AS WE GO THROUGH THE SUMMER, ASSUMING WE, THE RAIN SHUTS OFF AGAIN, UH, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD RAIN.

I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN BETWEEN SIX OR SEVEN INCHES DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN THE CITY THIS YEAR.

BETTER THAN A LOT OF YEARS, WORSE THAN SOME.

UH, BUT WE'RE GETTING COMPLIANCE AND, AND BASED ON HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW PEOPLE DO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO ADVANCE RESTRICTIONS AGAIN, OPERATIONALLY WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO.

NOW, POLITICALLY WE MIGHT.

AND SO THAT'S A COUNCIL DECISION AS ALWAYS, A POLICY DECISION.

STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IF YOU CHOOSE TO ADVANCE RESTRICTIONS.

WE JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WE MIGHT HAVE TO FLUSH MORE TO MAINTAIN QUALITY.

SO WATER

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YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.

UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE ON INDIVIDUAL WELLS, MANY IF NOT MOST, HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PUT IN RAINWATER CATCHMENT.

IT'S NOT REALISTIC ON A HOUSE BY HOUSE BASIC BASIS, UNLESS YOU REALLY LIKE DOING THAT KIND OF THING.

IF YOU'RE SCARED THAT YOUR WELL WON'T PRODUCE, MAYBE THAT'S, SCARED IS THE WRONG WORD.

IF YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT YOUR WELL WON'T PRODUCE, MAYBE YOU DO SUPPLY YOUR ENTIRE HOUSE WITH RAINWATER CATCHMENT, BUT IT'S RARE FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY LABOR INTENSIVE AND VERY EXPENSIVE.

WELL, OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR THAT ON A UTILITY SCALE FOR DECADES.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO, IS CAPTURE RAINWATER AND TREAT IT AND SERVE IT.

AND THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR SUPPLY.

WE DO HAVE TO KEEP USING WELLS A LITTLE BIT FOR DBP CONTROL, UH, WE USE AS LITTLE AS WE CAN.

SOME OF YOURS, WE UNDERDO IT LIKE LAST YEAR.

I CAN GO INTO THAT MORE IF YOU WANT, BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE ALREADY.

SO AT THIS POINT I'LL ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION NUMBERS.

THANKS MICHAEL LU.

YES.

WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED WATER PRODUCTION AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING RIGHT NOW? THAT ONE RIGHT THERE, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND THIS.

UM, GBR, WHEN YOU SAY 59%, THAT'S 59% OF OUR 3,600 ACRE FEET THAT'S ALLOWED.

WE HAVE 3,611 AVAILABLE, AND WE, LAST YEAR THEY SERVED US 2151.

WE ACTUALLY CONTRACTED FOR 2125, BUT THEY SENT US A LITTLE EXTRA .

OKAY.

UH, THE POTABLE, SAME THING.

SO THE LAKE, WE'RE ONLY USING 55% OF OUR ALLOWABLE.

WE HAVE 833 ACRE, UH, FEET AVAILABLE THROUGH TCEQ WITHDRAWAL PERMIT.

THE STATE OWNS THE WATER IN THE LAKE.

RIGHT.

WE HAVE A PERMIT TO WITHDRAW UP TO 833 ACRE FEET.

LAST YEAR WAS 4 56.

AND, AND OF COW CREEK WE ONLY USE 532, WHICH AS I'M READING THIS IS ROUGHLY JUST A LITTLE OVER HALF OF WHAT WE COULD HAVE PUMPED.

WELL, SO WE HAVE, UH, OUR PERMIT IS FOR 1,850 ACRE FEET REDUCED BY 40% FOR THEIR STAGE FOUR RESTRICTIONS.

WE ONLY USED HALF OF WHAT WE COULD HAVE USED OUT OF THAT TION.

SO HOW MUCH COULD WE HAVE USED? UH, WHAT'S 60% OF 1850? I WOULD HAVE TO DO THE MATH.

OKAY.

WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT WITH THE RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT WE TALK ABOUT, WE ARE STILL USING MUCH LESS WATER THAN WE'RE ALLOWED TO USE.

EVEN WITH, IN THE CASE OF COW CREEK, WITH STAGE FOUR RESTRICTIONS, WE'RE USING LESS.

AND THAT EVEN ALLOWS US TO USE MM-HMM .

ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

WE'RE USING MUCH LESS THAN WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE OR HAVE AVAILABLE.

UH, IT'S THAT DAILY PEAK THAT WE, THAT WE WORRY ABOUT ON THE HOT DAYS.

I MEAN, MY BIG THING IS EDUCATION.

I MEAN, I THINK THE MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE WATER AND HOW IT'S, UM, HOW WE USE WATER IN PARTICULAR, UM, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.