Hawk Cove city Council special session 8/14/2025
0:00:03 Speaker: We will now call
0:00:04 Speaker: the special city council meeting Thursday, August the 14th to order at 6 .30 p .m. Roll call. Thank you, [name], here. [name],
0:00:21 Speaker: here. [name], here. And
0:00:23 Speaker: [name] is not present.
0:00:42 Speaker: Mr. [name], would you like to do our
0:00:43 Speaker: invitation tonight?
0:00:46 Speaker: The invitation? Sure.
0:00:51 Speaker: We ask that you bless everyone here, we ask that you allow us to get to some business for
0:00:56 Speaker: it and
0:00:56 Speaker: to help bring some
0:00:58 Speaker: training
0:00:59 Speaker: to the council
0:01:00 Speaker: and to the city.
0:01:01 Speaker: We ask that you watch over those
0:01:03 Speaker: who can't be here, be with
0:01:04 Speaker: those who
0:01:04 Speaker: are ill.
0:01:07 Speaker: We ask that you watch
0:01:08 Speaker: over us and keep us
0:01:09 Speaker: safe and be working in
0:01:10 Speaker: it. Just let me pray.
0:01:19 Speaker: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands,
0:01:30 Speaker: one nation under
0:01:32 City Attorney: God,
0:01:33 Speaker: indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you all for proceeding. Okay,
0:01:42 Speaker: items four is City Council Training on Small Systems [name] Management developed by [name] and presented by [name] Community's Infrastructure Management [name]. Community's Unlimited.
0:01:55 Speaker: I will now give Mr. [name] the poll.
0:01:57 Speaker: Can you hear me okay?
0:01:59 Speaker: Yes, that would be good.
0:02:01 Speaker: So, just
0:02:03 Speaker: to make sure everybody knows,
0:02:04 Speaker: this is not going to be a great study presentation
0:02:06 Speaker: that's going to
0:02:07 Speaker: be done on a later
0:02:08 Speaker: date.
0:02:09 Speaker: and
0:02:09 Speaker: I'm asking for
0:02:10 Speaker: my
0:02:11 Speaker: grandmother's with hospice, she's been in the hospice for about two days,
0:02:14 Speaker: so
0:02:15 Speaker: I'm
0:02:16 Speaker: just trying
0:02:16 Speaker: to get to this meeting and get home.
0:02:18 Speaker: So, and I've got all
0:02:20 Speaker: these presentations
0:02:20 Speaker: gonna be
0:02:21 Speaker: available so you guys
0:02:22 Speaker: can print it out.
0:02:23 Speaker: You guys are gonna have all
0:02:24 Speaker: current effect information.
0:02:26 Speaker: And again, this is just something that
0:02:27 Speaker: was developed by [name]
0:02:28 Speaker: [name], he's 40
0:02:29 Speaker: years in the
0:02:29 Speaker: water and wastewater
0:02:30 Speaker: business,
0:02:31 Speaker: so he has a
0:02:32 Speaker: lot of knowledge
0:02:32 Speaker: and he actually
0:02:33 Speaker: is
0:02:33 Speaker: licensed
0:02:34 Speaker: to
0:02:35 Speaker: give presentations
0:02:36 Speaker: and
0:02:37 Speaker: trainings through
0:02:38 Speaker: TCU,
0:02:39 Speaker: and he
0:02:39 Speaker: had a relationship
0:02:40 Speaker: with
0:02:40 Speaker: TCU. So,
0:02:43 Speaker: with that being said, if you guys have any questions?
0:02:45 Speaker: And I'll
0:02:46 Speaker: pause along the
0:02:47 Speaker: way and
0:02:48 Speaker: see if you guys have any questions.
0:02:51 Speaker: Thank y 'all.
0:03:09 Speaker: Basically, I'm just going to be going
0:03:10 Speaker: through these slides.
0:03:11 Speaker: There's a little bit of information
0:03:12 Speaker: about communities
0:03:13 Speaker: that are limited prior to getting
0:03:14 Speaker: to
0:03:15 Speaker: the training
0:03:16 Speaker: part.
0:03:16 Speaker: So
0:03:17 Speaker: again,
0:03:19 Speaker: this is
0:03:19 Speaker: small business utility management,
0:03:22 Speaker: small system utility management.
0:03:24 Speaker: So about Communities Unlimited,
0:03:26 Speaker: Communities
0:03:26 Speaker: Unlimited is
0:03:27 Speaker: a 503
0:03:28 Speaker: nonprofit founded
0:03:29 Speaker: in
0:03:30 Speaker: 1976
0:03:31 Speaker: that connects
0:03:32 Speaker: people to
0:03:33 Speaker: solutions through
0:03:34 Speaker: human connections.
0:03:36 Speaker: So our mission statement
0:03:38 Speaker: is
0:03:38 Speaker: to move
0:03:39 Speaker: rural and
0:03:40 Speaker: under -resourced
0:03:41 Speaker: community
0:03:41 Speaker: areas
0:03:42 Speaker: of persistent of
0:03:43 Speaker: poverty and to sustainability and prosperity.
0:03:48 Speaker: This is Communities
0:03:49 Speaker: Unlimited.
0:03:50 Speaker: It's the work part of RCAP, which is the rural
0:03:53 Speaker: community partnership,
0:03:56 Speaker: and this is the seven
0:03:57 Speaker: states that Communities
0:03:58 Speaker: Unlimited
0:03:58 Speaker: is
0:03:59 Speaker: part of [name],
0:04:02 Speaker: [name],
0:04:04 Speaker: [name],
0:04:05 Speaker: and Texas, of course.
0:04:08 Speaker: This is our 2024
0:04:10 Speaker: impact
0:04:11 Speaker: map.
0:04:11 Speaker: This is a breakdown, and again
0:04:13 Speaker: you guys are going to get
0:04:14 Speaker: all this in printable
0:04:16 Speaker: slides so you'll
0:04:18 Speaker: be able to go
0:04:18 Speaker: and check this out but this is a breakdown
0:04:20 Speaker: of what
0:04:21 Speaker: what community zone
0:04:21 Speaker: limited has done
0:04:22 Speaker: in 2024 alone.
0:04:25 Speaker: This is areas of food
0:04:27 Speaker: insecurities
0:04:28 Speaker: in the United
0:04:28 Speaker: States and you can see most
0:04:31 Speaker: of
0:04:32 Speaker: community zone limited
0:04:32 Speaker: is in that area as well.
0:04:35 Speaker: [name] property areas
0:04:37 Speaker: you can
0:04:37 Speaker: see how
0:04:38 Speaker: that
0:04:39 Speaker: how those are in
0:04:40 Speaker: a lot of urban areas and
0:04:42 Speaker: border areas
0:04:42 Speaker: in Texas
0:04:43 Speaker: and other states.
0:04:47 Speaker: The minority population,
0:04:49 Speaker: this is a
0:04:49 Speaker: breakdown and
0:04:50 Speaker: this is
0:04:51 Speaker: this goes
0:04:52 Speaker: and shows the
0:04:52 Speaker: different percentages
0:04:53 Speaker: throughout the U
0:04:54 Speaker: .S. Texas
0:04:54 Speaker: mainly and
0:04:55 Speaker: CU's
0:04:56 Speaker: area of operation
0:04:57 Speaker: kind
0:04:59 Speaker: of gives
0:04:59 Speaker: you a better idea of
0:05:01 Speaker: where
0:05:02 Speaker: our population sets.
0:05:05 Speaker: So in 2024,
0:05:07 Speaker: we did 250 [name]
0:05:09 Speaker: and 225
0:05:10 Speaker: leads were
0:05:11 Speaker: more business
0:05:12 Speaker: served. There was
0:05:13 Speaker: a 1500 jobs created and sustained.
0:05:16 Speaker: So almost $8
0:05:18 Speaker: million that
0:05:19 Speaker: we've
0:05:20 Speaker: leaned
0:05:20 Speaker: out and
0:05:23 Speaker: over
0:05:23 Speaker: 100 almost
0:05:23 Speaker: $162 million
0:05:24 Speaker: leveraged.
0:05:25 Speaker: And what that means is that's what we got
0:05:28 Speaker: from different
0:05:28 Speaker: funders like EPA,
0:05:30 Speaker: USDA,
0:05:31 Speaker: HHS,
0:05:33 Speaker: OCS, that's some of the
0:05:34 Speaker: people that we work with.
0:05:39 Speaker: So again, almost 15
0:05:41 Speaker: million,
0:05:42 Speaker: 1
0:05:43 Speaker: .5 million
0:05:44 Speaker: people served
0:05:45 Speaker: as part of that
0:05:47 Speaker: 1 ,073 communities.
0:05:52 Speaker: So the
0:05:53 Speaker: lending, we
0:05:54 Speaker: are a
0:05:55 Speaker: certified CDFI lending institution. As a CDFI, we expand
0:06:00 Speaker: economic
0:06:00 Speaker: opportunity
0:06:01 Speaker: for
0:06:02 Speaker: underserved
0:06:04 Speaker: people in
0:06:04 Speaker: communities by
0:06:05 Speaker: providing access to capital
0:06:07 Speaker: by the needs to prosper. That's part of what lending does.
0:06:12 Speaker: This is again some more about lending.
0:06:13 Speaker: So they do
0:06:14 Speaker: micro
0:06:15 Speaker: business loans from
0:06:16 Speaker: $500 to
0:06:17 Speaker: $50 ,000
0:06:18 Speaker: and some
0:06:19 Speaker: business loans from $500
0:06:20 Speaker: to $100 ,000.
0:06:22 Speaker: And we actually have referral
0:06:24 Speaker: loans
0:06:25 Speaker: for over $100
0:06:25 Speaker: ,000.
0:06:27 Speaker: This is something that that
0:06:28 Speaker: community's unlimited
0:06:28 Speaker: does.
0:06:30 Speaker: Part of our
0:06:30 Speaker: aspect and role
0:06:31 Speaker: is helping
0:06:32 Speaker: people get funding. We
0:06:34 Speaker: normally
0:06:34 Speaker: can't get it
0:06:35 Speaker: through other institutions,
0:06:37 Speaker: so we work with
0:06:38 Speaker: different banks
0:06:39 Speaker: that give us the funding to give out, to loan out.
0:06:44 Speaker: Again, some mold of lending,
0:06:46 Speaker: we do have
0:06:47 Speaker: small community water and wastewater lending.
0:06:50 Speaker: I know that we've
0:06:51 Speaker: had some programs
0:06:53 Speaker: that CEU is offering just for water and wastewater programs,
0:06:57 Speaker: so
0:06:57 Speaker: we
0:06:58 Speaker: have specific
0:06:58 Speaker: funding for
0:06:59 Speaker: that. And as
0:07:00 Speaker: you can see,
0:07:01 Speaker: we also do
0:07:02 Speaker: loans for people.
0:07:04 Speaker: We get grants to the EPA
0:07:06 Speaker: and USDA to
0:07:07 Speaker: help people
0:07:08 Speaker: put in wells
0:07:09 Speaker: and septic systems
0:07:11 Speaker: at their
0:07:12 Speaker: own homes.
0:07:14 Speaker: So that's something that
0:07:15 Speaker: I will send
0:07:17 Speaker: and let you guys know.
0:07:18 Speaker: So if you got anybody
0:07:19 Speaker: around here who needs
0:07:19 Speaker: funding
0:07:21 Speaker: for
0:07:21 Speaker: their
0:07:21 Speaker: home or for their business,
0:07:24 Speaker: let us know.
0:07:26 Speaker: We can see what we can get them on.
0:07:30 Speaker: Again this is more blending.
0:07:32 Speaker: This is some of the things that we help do.
0:07:34 Speaker: You can see there that we fill the gaps for communities
0:07:37 Speaker: and small businesses with lending solutions
0:07:39 Speaker: to get
0:07:39 Speaker: their needs.
0:07:42 Speaker: So environmental services
0:07:43 Speaker: now
0:07:44 Speaker: we are
0:07:44 Speaker: called communities infrastructure.
0:07:48 Speaker: So what we do this is what I do is we
0:07:50 Speaker: have technical assistance
0:07:51 Speaker: providers
0:07:52 Speaker: with taps and this is what we do is we go around all over
0:07:55 Speaker: the Texas and we try to help water and wastewater systems.
0:07:58 Speaker: It's
0:07:59 Speaker: small
0:08:00 Speaker: groups, under 10 ,000,
0:08:02 Speaker: so you guys wouldn't
0:08:03 Speaker: believe it,
0:08:04 Speaker: but you're not the smallest group we
0:08:05 Speaker: have, but
0:08:06 Speaker: you're one of
0:08:07 Speaker: them, so
0:08:07 Speaker: we work
0:08:09 Speaker: along
0:08:10 Speaker: with
0:08:10 Speaker: different municipalities,
0:08:12 Speaker: water supply corporations,
0:08:14 Speaker: and we help them get with funders to help
0:08:19 Speaker: improve
0:08:19 Speaker: their infrastructures.
0:08:22 Speaker: [name],
0:08:23 Speaker: this is the group that helps out,
0:08:25 Speaker: they start accelerating
0:08:26 Speaker: small business growth
0:08:28 Speaker: and creating wealth
0:08:29 Speaker: and business opportunities.
0:08:31 Speaker: So if there
0:08:32 Speaker: are people here
0:08:33 Speaker: in the community
0:08:34 Speaker: and they would like to start businesses or have a
0:08:37 Speaker: business and they need
0:08:38 Speaker: funding or they need some problem
0:08:39 Speaker: solving and direction,
0:08:41 Speaker: that's one of the things
0:08:42 Speaker: community unlimited
0:08:43 Speaker: communities owe them to this.
0:08:46 Speaker: Community sustainability. This is the ones
0:08:49 Speaker: we work with
0:08:50 Speaker: quite a bit.
0:08:57 Speaker: They're their
0:08:58 Speaker: capacity building
0:08:59 Speaker: so
0:09:00 Speaker: they'll come
0:09:01 Speaker: in and they'll try to see what
0:09:02 Speaker: they can do as far as
0:09:04 Speaker: if there's
0:09:05 Speaker: different things that's not water and wastewater
0:09:08 Speaker: infrastructure if there's
0:09:09 Speaker: other needs
0:09:09 Speaker: that's what
0:09:10 Speaker: these guys can
0:09:11 Speaker: really come in and help with.
0:09:13 Speaker: So they'll help find
0:09:15 Speaker: funding for police
0:09:18 Speaker: for
0:09:19 Speaker: buildings,
0:09:22 Speaker: for
0:09:24 Speaker: vehicles for
0:09:25 Speaker: police
0:09:26 Speaker: department, I'm sorry,
0:09:27 Speaker: for fire or
0:09:27 Speaker: whatever at the EMS.
0:09:32 Speaker: [name], again,
0:09:34 Speaker: one of the really good aspects
0:09:36 Speaker: that CU has is
0:09:37 Speaker: they help people who
0:09:39 Speaker: are small
0:09:39 Speaker: business owners
0:09:40 Speaker: or are
0:09:41 Speaker: wanting to be small
0:09:42 Speaker: business owners
0:09:42 Speaker: and they help get set
0:09:44 Speaker: up plans for them to follow.
0:09:49 Speaker: Before we get started
0:09:50 Speaker: I was gonna
0:09:51 Speaker: see
0:09:52 Speaker: is anybody
0:09:53 Speaker: have any
0:09:53 Speaker: questions about
0:09:54 Speaker: some of the different aspects of see you.
0:09:59 Speaker: And again, I know I'm kind
0:10:00 Speaker: of I may be kind of going through this.
0:10:02 Speaker: But again, you guys
0:10:04 Speaker: are going to have all the
0:10:05 Speaker: software and all
0:10:06 Speaker: that we can go
0:10:06 Speaker: through and make
0:10:07 Speaker: notes. And
0:10:08 Speaker: that way, once
0:10:09 Speaker: we once
0:10:10 Speaker: we turn this
0:10:10 Speaker: corner, we'll be
0:10:11 Speaker: able to really get
0:10:12 Speaker: in here and get some of these other groups.
0:10:19 Speaker: Okay, so
0:10:21 Speaker: why do we need an OML
0:10:23 Speaker: plan? That's operations and
0:10:25 Speaker: maintenance plan.
0:10:26 Speaker: This is this is something that's going to help.
0:10:29 Speaker: I'm just going to read the slides, it's easier.
0:10:32 Speaker: So an
0:10:34 Speaker: O
0:10:34 Speaker: &L
0:10:35 Speaker: or operations
0:10:35 Speaker: and maintenance
0:10:36 Speaker: plan, it helps with knowledge
0:10:38 Speaker: retention and it's information documented.
0:10:40 Speaker: It's consistency,
0:10:42 Speaker: procedures are done the same way,
0:10:44 Speaker: and repeatable.
0:10:46 Speaker: Data and records,
0:10:47 Speaker: information for diagnosis and troubleshooting, and sustainability.
0:10:51 Speaker: Short and long -term
0:10:52 Speaker: activities to maintain your facility.
0:10:57 Speaker: Require.
0:10:59 Speaker: Operations and plans all
0:11:00 Speaker: required by TCEQ,
0:11:02 Speaker: Texas Commission on
0:11:03 Speaker: Environmental Quality
0:11:04 Speaker: in Texas.
0:11:06 Speaker: [name] of tasks,
0:11:09 Speaker: operating procedures
0:11:10 Speaker: are needed before you
0:11:11 Speaker: can delegate a task.
0:11:13 Speaker: [name] surveys often
0:11:16 Speaker: looks for
0:11:16 Speaker: operating procedures and we're looking
0:11:18 Speaker: for minor
0:11:19 Speaker: deficiencies. That way
0:11:20 Speaker: sometimes
0:11:21 Speaker: the smallest thing can be the
0:11:23 Speaker: biggest problem.
0:11:24 Speaker: So this
0:11:24 Speaker: helps
0:11:25 Speaker: set up steps
0:11:26 Speaker: so we can
0:11:27 Speaker: stay on top of
0:11:28 Speaker: this maintenance of our systems.
0:11:32 Speaker: Questions, is an OML plan
0:11:34 Speaker: required for your facility?
0:11:36 Speaker: And do you have an OML
0:11:37 Speaker: plan? I think
0:11:38 Speaker: you guys do, and
0:11:39 Speaker: you guys are working
0:11:39 Speaker: right now.
0:11:40 Speaker: So
0:11:40 Speaker: it's
0:11:42 Speaker: something
0:11:42 Speaker: that you're,
0:11:44 Speaker: like it
0:11:44 Speaker: says, was your OML plan developed by your staff
0:11:47 Speaker: or an outside consultant?
0:11:49 Speaker: And a lot of times it's both.
0:11:52 Speaker: If it's done with
0:11:53 Speaker: general
0:11:53 Speaker: knowledge of
0:11:54 Speaker: the system or
0:11:55 Speaker: inside, that's
0:11:56 Speaker: the best way to go.
0:11:56 Speaker: But they
0:11:58 Speaker: do have to be looked at yearly,
0:12:01 Speaker: and that way,
0:12:02 Speaker: staying on top of that.
0:12:04 Speaker: As far as like, I know there's
0:12:06 Speaker: daily, weekly, monthly,
0:12:08 Speaker: quarterly, and yearly
0:12:09 Speaker: parts
0:12:10 Speaker: of the LML lists.
0:12:12 Speaker: What's the difference
0:12:13 Speaker: between operations,
0:12:15 Speaker: maintenance, and repair?
0:12:17 Speaker: Well, operations is running the system.
0:12:20 Speaker: Maintenance is keeping the system running in working conditions, and your repair
0:12:24 Speaker: is your major and minor
0:12:25 Speaker: fixes when it's broken.
0:12:31 Speaker: What gets done?
0:12:33 Speaker: What we
0:12:33 Speaker: see that when
0:12:34 Speaker: times
0:12:35 Speaker: are limited,
0:12:36 Speaker: what gets done?
0:12:37 Speaker: Routine operations,
0:12:39 Speaker: repair major and minor, and preventative
0:12:41 Speaker: maintenance.
0:12:42 Speaker: Again, it's just
0:12:42 Speaker: part of
0:12:43 Speaker: having that list set up and having
0:12:45 Speaker: it documented and used daily.
0:12:50 Speaker: Operational modes.
0:12:52 Speaker: You have routine, which are
0:12:53 Speaker: daily,
0:12:54 Speaker: weekly, monthly, quarterly,
0:12:55 Speaker: and annual tasks,
0:12:57 Speaker: and then you have purveyor maintenance types,
0:12:59 Speaker: like light duty and heavy
0:13:00 Speaker: duty maintenance.
0:13:02 Speaker: Light duty
0:13:02 Speaker: things staff can do safely,
0:13:05 Speaker: and heavy duty things that's going to specialize
0:13:07 Speaker: like electrician,
0:13:08 Speaker: plumber,
0:13:09 Speaker: welder, or contractor comes in.
0:13:12 Speaker: [name] or other
0:13:13 Speaker: specific things,
0:13:14 Speaker: like
0:13:14 Speaker: when a [name] time
0:13:16 Speaker: comes, you guys may have
0:13:19 Speaker: a demand that you've got to have
0:13:21 Speaker: with
0:13:23 Speaker: weather conditions,
0:13:25 Speaker: having extra people on
0:13:26 Speaker: standby to
0:13:27 Speaker: help out with
0:13:28 Speaker: that and of course your emergency so
0:13:30 Speaker: that's something
0:13:31 Speaker: that that's
0:13:32 Speaker: every
0:13:32 Speaker: day so
0:13:35 Speaker: what do you so
0:13:37 Speaker: what should
0:13:37 Speaker: go into an O
0:13:38 Speaker: &M plan
0:13:38 Speaker: so
0:13:39 Speaker: the
0:13:40 Speaker: TCEQ website
0:13:41 Speaker: has a really good
0:13:42 Speaker: breakdown
0:13:43 Speaker: and
0:13:44 Speaker: it kind of sets it's
0:13:47 Speaker: actually
0:13:47 Speaker: more updated
0:13:48 Speaker: like this was developed in
0:13:49 Speaker: 2022 and
0:13:50 Speaker: up and looked through here
0:13:52 Speaker: in 2024
0:13:53 Speaker: and everything's almost
0:13:55 Speaker: still the same
0:13:55 Speaker: there's there's a few
0:13:57 Speaker: there are some a a few updates and changes,
0:14:00 Speaker: but the TCEQ website,
0:14:01 Speaker: you go in there and you type OML
0:14:02 Speaker: plan,
0:14:03 Speaker: it pops it
0:14:04 Speaker: up. And if you
0:14:04 Speaker: can actually download
0:14:05 Speaker: it and fill it out,
0:14:06 Speaker: it's really good. It's
0:14:08 Speaker: just another tool
0:14:08 Speaker: that TCEQ provides.
0:14:13 Speaker: So what's your going
0:14:14 Speaker: into an OML plan?
0:14:16 Speaker: Your general, number one,
0:14:17 Speaker: your general system overview. Two, your contact lists.
0:14:22 Speaker: Number three is the process descriptions like your source,
0:14:25 Speaker: treatment, and
0:14:26 Speaker: distribution.
0:14:27 Speaker: and
0:14:27 Speaker: number four is operations.
0:14:32 Speaker: Other components that may be
0:14:33 Speaker: included or
0:14:34 Speaker: stand alone are gonna be your emergency
0:14:35 Speaker: response plans.
0:14:37 Speaker: Again, very important case of power outages
0:14:39 Speaker: or a vehicle runs through
0:14:42 Speaker: and knocks down a light pole.
0:14:43 Speaker: That happens all the time.
0:14:45 Speaker: [name] in the cities,
0:14:46 Speaker: but it does happen.
0:14:48 Speaker: Having a good monitoring plan,
0:14:50 Speaker: communications
0:14:51 Speaker: plan,
0:14:52 Speaker: safety plan,
0:14:53 Speaker: and having a good asset management plan.
0:14:55 Speaker: So
0:14:56 Speaker: again,
0:14:57 Speaker: checking
0:14:57 Speaker: TCEQ,
0:14:59 Speaker: which is
0:15:00 Speaker: our
0:15:00 Speaker: primacy
0:15:01 Speaker: agency
0:15:01 Speaker: here in Texas.
0:15:06 Speaker: [name]
0:15:07 Speaker: of plan components.
0:15:10 Speaker: Number one, general
0:15:11 Speaker: system
0:15:12 Speaker: information,
0:15:14 Speaker: again, your system name,
0:15:15 Speaker: your number, your location
0:15:17 Speaker: or address.
0:15:19 Speaker: It's going to be the physical address of
0:15:21 Speaker: the actual system
0:15:23 Speaker: itself.
0:15:23 Speaker: The
0:15:24 Speaker: date prepared, the date
0:15:25 Speaker: to
0:15:26 Speaker: be
0:15:29 Speaker: updated
0:15:29 Speaker: and the owner contact information
0:15:32 Speaker: because some
0:15:32 Speaker: systems are privately owned
0:15:35 Speaker: so you still have to put that in there.
0:15:38 Speaker: Operator and responsible charge,
0:15:39 Speaker: system type,
0:15:41 Speaker: population serve,
0:15:43 Speaker: and production volume.
0:15:44 Speaker: So you have your average,
0:15:45 Speaker: your peak capacity,
0:15:46 Speaker: and your minimum
0:15:47 Speaker: flow. So
0:15:48 Speaker: having that
0:15:49 Speaker: good breakdown in there that way,
0:15:52 Speaker: if there are
0:15:52 Speaker: issues
0:15:54 Speaker: and
0:15:54 Speaker: you have
0:15:55 Speaker: to have somebody come
0:15:56 Speaker: in, you have that.
0:16:01 Speaker: Your contact list, this is
0:16:03 Speaker: something that everybody has, no matter what type of
0:16:05 Speaker: department you have, police department,
0:16:07 Speaker: fire department,
0:16:08 Speaker: you always have your contact list.
0:16:10 Speaker: [name] contacts, regulatory,
0:16:12 Speaker: which is like TCEQ,
0:16:14 Speaker: emergency,
0:16:15 Speaker: and vendors and suppliers.
0:16:16 Speaker: Your vendors and suppliers,
0:16:18 Speaker: those are going to be good ones to have
0:16:20 Speaker: because if
0:16:20 Speaker: you get a
0:16:21 Speaker: specific type of generator,
0:16:23 Speaker: you're going to want to get
0:16:24 Speaker: their information
0:16:26 Speaker: to utilize for
0:16:27 Speaker: your maintenance
0:16:28 Speaker: and repairs
0:16:28 Speaker: following
0:16:29 Speaker: the
0:16:30 Speaker: vendor
0:16:32 Speaker: and suppliers
0:16:32 Speaker: and
0:16:33 Speaker: the manufacturers.
0:16:37 Speaker: Process descriptions. Develop a high -level description for your facility,
0:16:42 Speaker: source, treatment,
0:16:44 Speaker: distribution, and storage.
0:16:45 Speaker: This
0:16:46 Speaker: is,
0:16:47 Speaker: this
0:16:47 Speaker: is like for some of the
0:16:48 Speaker: people who have a little bit larger system than what y 'all have
0:16:50 Speaker: here, but I know you guys are
0:16:52 Speaker: regularly
0:16:53 Speaker: working on this.
0:16:54 Speaker: Have a system and have process maps.
0:16:57 Speaker: So make sure that
0:16:58 Speaker: as things
0:16:59 Speaker: change or
0:16:59 Speaker: updates, you want
0:17:00 Speaker: to make sure it's mapped correctly.
0:17:03 Speaker: So that way, if
0:17:05 Speaker: there's, again,
0:17:06 Speaker: if there's issues or emergencies,
0:17:07 Speaker: you can get to
0:17:08 Speaker: the specific outfalls.
0:17:11 Speaker: sources.
0:17:13 Speaker: [name] all sources.
0:17:16 Speaker: That's just, I really don't know what that one is. I apologize. I believe this is
0:17:22 Speaker: just trying to make sure that you have,
0:17:25 Speaker: you can identify all parts
0:17:27 Speaker: of the
0:17:27 Speaker: system and be able
0:17:28 Speaker: to idea and
0:17:29 Speaker: call in
0:17:30 Speaker: and do a location
0:17:31 Speaker: or
0:17:32 Speaker: figure
0:17:34 Speaker: out the characteristics.
0:17:36 Speaker: Sorry about that.
0:17:36 Speaker: Treatment.
0:17:39 Speaker: [name]
0:17:40 Speaker: processes
0:17:41 Speaker: and develop a process flow diagram.
0:17:47 Speaker: Treatment processes, documentation. Equipment manuals, providers and suppliers.
0:17:57 Speaker: [name], normal operation, shutdown,
0:18:01 Speaker: preventative maintenance,
0:18:02 Speaker: corrective maintenance,
0:18:03 Speaker: square parts,
0:18:06 Speaker: monitoring process, or spare parts monitoring process and control
0:18:10 Speaker: and record
0:18:11 Speaker: -keeping
0:18:12 Speaker: which you guys
0:18:13 Speaker: you guys
0:18:13 Speaker: all understand that about knowing
0:18:15 Speaker: how to stay on top of it again you
0:18:18 Speaker: have a
0:18:18 Speaker: specific type of
0:18:19 Speaker: pump you really need you really want to know how to how to do
0:18:22 Speaker: the maintenance on it.
0:18:28 Speaker: Distribution. Okay, having a
0:18:30 Speaker: map of the distribution
0:18:31 Speaker: system is important.
0:18:33 Speaker: You You'll want your entry points
0:18:34 Speaker: and sampling sites.
0:18:37 Speaker: [name] of key components.
0:18:39 Speaker: This is like your pipe diameter,
0:18:41 Speaker: your
0:18:42 Speaker: materials,
0:18:43 Speaker: valves,
0:18:44 Speaker: hydrants, booster stations,
0:18:46 Speaker: your [name], and your
0:18:48 Speaker: critical facilities.
0:18:51 Speaker: This is all
0:18:52 Speaker: kind of part
0:18:52 Speaker: of the
0:18:53 Speaker: preventative maintenance.
0:18:57 Speaker: Storage.
0:18:59 Speaker: [name] all storage
0:19:00 Speaker: facilities.
0:19:01 Speaker: inspection
0:19:02 Speaker: of the
0:19:02 Speaker: inspection,
0:19:04 Speaker: frequency, and checklists
0:19:06 Speaker: in critical levels.
0:19:08 Speaker: This is this
0:19:09 Speaker: has a
0:19:09 Speaker: lot to do when you're dealing
0:19:10 Speaker: with some of the
0:19:11 Speaker: some
0:19:12 Speaker: of the different
0:19:13 Speaker: chemicals
0:19:13 Speaker: making
0:19:14 Speaker: sure that they're
0:19:15 Speaker: stored properly
0:19:15 Speaker: and
0:19:16 Speaker: nobody can get to them.
0:19:21 Speaker: [name]. [name] one area
0:19:23 Speaker: which is your
0:19:25 Speaker: either source, treatment, distribution, or storage.
0:19:29 Speaker: [name] the area and select one process. [name] how to operate this process, start up, shut down, monitor how it
0:19:38 Speaker: works in
0:19:38 Speaker: routine and long -term maintenance.
0:19:45 Speaker: Number four, operations of key processes.
0:19:48 Speaker: [name] around,
0:19:50 Speaker: so that's really
0:19:51 Speaker: when they go out
0:19:51 Speaker: and they're going
0:19:52 Speaker: out and doing their day walks of
0:19:54 Speaker: the system,
0:19:55 Speaker: checking it out and making sure they're
0:19:57 Speaker: keeping
0:19:58 Speaker: an eye
0:19:58 Speaker: on
0:19:59 Speaker: new repairs or
0:20:01 Speaker: possible
0:20:02 Speaker: leaks
0:20:04 Speaker: or
0:20:05 Speaker: back flows. So,
0:20:07 Speaker: operational rounds,
0:20:08 Speaker: that's operations, logs, and checklists.
0:20:10 Speaker: There
0:20:11 Speaker: are
0:20:12 Speaker: some
0:20:12 Speaker: examples
0:20:14 Speaker: of these
0:20:15 Speaker: logs in this spreadsheet,
0:20:18 Speaker: so you guys will be able to
0:20:19 Speaker: look at them and
0:20:20 Speaker: utilize
0:20:21 Speaker: them at
0:20:21 Speaker: the office. You
0:20:22 Speaker: guys probably already have some that you're using.
0:20:25 Speaker: So, having preventive
0:20:26 Speaker: maintenance logs
0:20:26 Speaker: is important, and your standard operating procedures,
0:20:30 Speaker: which I know you guys have. to get sick.
0:20:34 Speaker: Develop a checklist or tool that works for you.
0:20:37 Speaker: So again,
0:20:39 Speaker: all the privacy agencies like TCEQ or EPA or USDA,
0:20:45 Speaker: they always have good
0:20:46 Speaker: little checklists
0:20:47 Speaker: that you can check and kind
0:20:48 Speaker: of
0:20:49 Speaker: and look and say hey I
0:20:51 Speaker: like the way
0:20:51 Speaker: they're doing something over here so we may do
0:20:53 Speaker: an adjustment on ours.
0:20:54 Speaker: Just something to think about.
0:20:57 Speaker: A sample,
0:20:59 Speaker: does anybody have any questions?
0:21:02 Speaker: I'm sorry. I know I'm kind of getting
0:21:04 Speaker: through this,
0:21:05 Speaker: so I apologize.
0:21:07 Speaker: I may go in a little
0:21:08 Speaker: bit, a little too quick.
0:21:12 Speaker: So this
0:21:14 Speaker: is an example
0:21:14 Speaker: of a daily check, a daily checklist.
0:21:18 Speaker: Again, you can see,
0:21:19 Speaker: you can put it up
0:21:20 Speaker: top. It will
0:21:21 Speaker: sometimes
0:21:21 Speaker: daily, weekly, monthly.
0:21:24 Speaker: They'll kind of talks about the task.
0:21:27 Speaker: So sampling if you're sending
0:21:28 Speaker: somebody out to do a sample so
0:21:29 Speaker: you
0:21:31 Speaker: can do the so you can test it for the chlorine residues or you can check the distribution system.
0:21:37 Speaker: So
0:21:37 Speaker: it just kind of gives you the ability
0:21:38 Speaker: to put that
0:21:39 Speaker: in there and so
0:21:40 Speaker: that
0:21:41 Speaker: way you can have it to follow through your records.
0:21:45 Speaker: So identify operations for key processes. So this talks about the processes,
0:21:50 Speaker: chlorination,
0:21:51 Speaker: who's responsible. That's going to be the treatment
0:21:54 Speaker: operator. So it just kind of breaks it down.
0:21:56 Speaker: Like what's what's the process
0:21:58 Speaker: and
0:21:59 Speaker: who is going to be in charge of that.
0:22:04 Speaker: Again, this is one of the
0:22:05 Speaker: ones from
0:22:06 Speaker: TCEQ. This is just one of the recommended check
0:22:08 Speaker: data operations duties and
0:22:10 Speaker: commitment maintenance.
0:22:12 Speaker: It's one that that's
0:22:14 Speaker: utilized by a lot of communities.
0:22:17 Speaker: That's what's really good about TCEQ
0:22:20 Speaker: and some of the other
0:22:21 Speaker: primacy agencies is
0:22:23 Speaker: they've already they've already done the work and they
0:22:26 Speaker: they've they've
0:22:27 Speaker: got this stuff built it's
0:22:29 Speaker: and they have for
0:22:30 Speaker: everybody for free.
0:22:31 Speaker: You just go in there and
0:22:32 Speaker: you find what you
0:22:33 Speaker: need and
0:22:34 Speaker: you have your
0:22:35 Speaker: you
0:22:36 Speaker: have your operators just
0:22:38 Speaker: going in and say hey this is what we're gonna
0:22:40 Speaker: start utilizing
0:22:40 Speaker: and
0:22:41 Speaker: it's their audit made
0:22:43 Speaker: for everybody.
0:22:46 Speaker: Example of the day start
0:22:47 Speaker: check a startup checklist like
0:22:49 Speaker: I'm not gonna go
0:22:49 Speaker: through this but this
0:22:50 Speaker: is
0:22:50 Speaker: this is something
0:22:52 Speaker: basically
0:22:52 Speaker: is just
0:22:53 Speaker: going to be talking
0:22:54 Speaker: about hey
0:22:55 Speaker: how it's starting up a well pump.
0:22:57 Speaker: And then what you're doing
0:22:59 Speaker: to
0:23:00 Speaker: check it out
0:23:01 Speaker: and
0:23:02 Speaker: then stopping and then
0:23:03 Speaker: recording other
0:23:04 Speaker: chemical feed residuals.
0:23:07 Speaker: So basically
0:23:08 Speaker: it's just
0:23:08 Speaker: checking the
0:23:09 Speaker: well pumps
0:23:10 Speaker: and make sure they're operational.
0:23:14 Speaker: I wasn't making sense in that last slide.
0:23:17 Speaker: Okay, so these are more example log sheets.
0:23:19 Speaker: I'm just gonna
0:23:20 Speaker: get through these.
0:23:22 Speaker: Unless you, is that good with you guys?
0:23:25 Speaker: Yeah. So this
0:23:27 Speaker: is more examples of routine operations for
0:23:29 Speaker: some
0:23:30 Speaker: of the communities
0:23:31 Speaker: that we've worked with.
0:23:33 Speaker: Another example
0:23:34 Speaker: of preventative maintenance
0:23:35 Speaker: log, it kind of breaks down again.
0:23:38 Speaker: The
0:23:38 Speaker: category is
0:23:38 Speaker: well
0:23:39 Speaker: -insourced water and breaks
0:23:41 Speaker: down the
0:23:42 Speaker: monthly and weekly frequencies.
0:23:48 Speaker: This is a,
0:23:49 Speaker: this is
0:23:50 Speaker: a monthly
0:23:50 Speaker: check,
0:23:53 Speaker: PM check recommendations.
0:23:57 Speaker: All right.
0:23:58 Speaker: Before we get started on the [name],
0:24:02 Speaker: does anybody, I know you may have questions or a man,
0:24:05 Speaker: like, when I'm through some stuff kind of quick with it.
0:24:07 Speaker: We know what the
0:24:10 Speaker: operations and maintenance is about.
0:24:12 Speaker: We know it's going
0:24:12 Speaker: to help the sustainability of the
0:24:14 Speaker: system. So
0:24:15 Speaker: the SOP
0:24:15 Speaker: just kind of,
0:24:16 Speaker: if it's
0:24:17 Speaker: continuing, this is going to be like, hey,
0:24:19 Speaker: this is what should be
0:24:20 Speaker: included,
0:24:22 Speaker: but, you
0:24:23 Speaker: know, just kind
0:24:24 Speaker: of lines
0:24:24 Speaker: out what to do and how to do it.
0:24:27 Speaker: Okay?
0:24:31 Speaker: And if anybody has any questions, just please let me know.
0:24:34 Speaker: You're doing great. All right. Thank you.
0:24:37 Speaker: All right. [name].
0:24:39 Speaker: We all,
0:24:40 Speaker: we've all heard of them.
0:24:41 Speaker: Sometimes we
0:24:42 Speaker: give a smile and sometimes we don't.
0:24:44 Speaker: So
0:24:44 Speaker: the
0:24:45 Speaker: needs of an SOP is to help with consistency,
0:24:49 Speaker: continuity,
0:24:50 Speaker: capturing the knowledge, productivity, safety, and
0:24:55 Speaker: training.
0:24:56 Speaker: So what
0:24:59 Speaker: are [name],
0:25:00 Speaker: what
0:25:01 Speaker: [name] are needed?
0:25:03 Speaker: So these [name] are tasks that
0:25:05 Speaker: are to be
0:25:06 Speaker: performed routinely,
0:25:08 Speaker: several times, saving time and money.
0:25:10 Speaker: tasks that
0:25:11 Speaker: are performed
0:25:12 Speaker: more
0:25:13 Speaker: than once in operation, which is consistency,
0:25:16 Speaker: and by one person,
0:25:17 Speaker: which is knowledge retention.
0:25:21 Speaker: What [name] are needed?
0:25:24 Speaker: Well, you need them for tasks
0:25:25 Speaker: that are performed infrequently,
0:25:27 Speaker: like maybe
0:25:28 Speaker: your
0:25:29 Speaker: weekly or monthly,
0:25:31 Speaker: and then you have your critical and
0:25:33 Speaker: high -consistent
0:25:33 Speaker: task, which deals mainly
0:25:35 Speaker: with safety
0:25:36 Speaker: and to protect the public health.
0:25:38 Speaker: So we definitely want that.
0:25:40 Speaker: there's SOP templates here
0:25:43 Speaker: this is a
0:25:44 Speaker: this is
0:25:44 Speaker: this is
0:25:45 Speaker: just some of the again
0:25:47 Speaker: descriptions
0:25:47 Speaker: make sure your staff
0:25:49 Speaker: is qualified to
0:25:50 Speaker: perform the
0:25:50 Speaker: task required information sometimes sometimes required
0:25:55 Speaker: information
0:25:57 Speaker: nice to have information and
0:25:59 Speaker: don't include
0:26:00 Speaker: innovative
0:26:02 Speaker: formats so
0:26:04 Speaker: again that's
0:26:05 Speaker: that's the main
0:26:06 Speaker: things you need is make
0:26:08 Speaker: sure your staff is qualified to train.
0:26:12 Speaker: So required information.
0:26:14 Speaker: You have your consistent header which is going
0:26:16 Speaker: to be,
0:26:17 Speaker: I'm just going
0:26:17 Speaker: to let
0:26:19 Speaker: you guys read this,
0:26:20 Speaker: but it's just
0:26:20 Speaker: basically it's
0:26:21 Speaker: talking about
0:26:22 Speaker: who's
0:26:23 Speaker: going to be in charge, what's
0:26:24 Speaker: the purpose and the objective,
0:26:26 Speaker: the safety issues because
0:26:27 Speaker: we're going to do this training or we're going to just lock out, tag out. We're
0:26:30 Speaker: going to need safety data
0:26:31 Speaker: sheets.
0:26:32 Speaker: The procedure is going to be
0:26:33 Speaker: step by step
0:26:34 Speaker: and which resources
0:26:35 Speaker: are we going to use.
0:26:39 Speaker: Sometimes required
0:26:40 Speaker: operating
0:26:41 Speaker: limits
0:26:42 Speaker: and response which we
0:26:43 Speaker: all should know the operating limits of
0:26:45 Speaker: a piece of
0:26:46 Speaker: equipment
0:26:46 Speaker: or even
0:26:47 Speaker: of
0:26:49 Speaker: that people too.
0:26:51 Speaker: The roles which is the authorized persons documentation which
0:26:54 Speaker: is the data forms
0:26:55 Speaker: the record -keeping
0:26:57 Speaker: requirements etc and equipment.
0:27:02 Speaker: Nice to have.
0:27:04 Speaker: Well nice to have is like oh
0:27:05 Speaker: and having a disclaimer
0:27:06 Speaker: to let people
0:27:07 Speaker: know about the
0:27:08 Speaker: SOP, your tips or troubleshooting
0:27:11 Speaker: lessons
0:27:11 Speaker: like what you like, lessons learned,
0:27:13 Speaker: historical information,
0:27:15 Speaker: visual aids which are like tables,
0:27:17 Speaker: flowcharts and
0:27:18 Speaker: symbols,
0:27:19 Speaker: you know things that look pretty, links to other SOP documents,
0:27:23 Speaker: humor is always good,
0:27:26 Speaker: you know it's good to
0:27:27 Speaker: have
0:27:28 Speaker: a little bit of humor with
0:27:28 Speaker: your
0:27:30 Speaker: dull documentation and
0:27:31 Speaker: review and distribution.
0:27:36 Speaker: Don't include, these
0:27:37 Speaker: are the things you
0:27:38 Speaker: don't want to put in there, because it just
0:27:40 Speaker: just
0:27:41 Speaker: makes everything crazy.
0:27:43 Speaker: The policies or
0:27:44 Speaker: procedures that are general in nature,
0:27:46 Speaker: which you
0:27:47 Speaker: would think
0:27:48 Speaker: common sense,
0:27:49 Speaker: but sometimes you
0:27:49 Speaker: have to spell some
0:27:50 Speaker: things out,
0:27:51 Speaker: lengthy
0:27:52 Speaker: program
0:27:52 Speaker: descriptions that
0:27:53 Speaker: are reported elsewhere.
0:28:01 Speaker: This is yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:28:05 Speaker: So this is
0:28:06 Speaker: this is just
0:28:07 Speaker: basically some,
0:28:08 Speaker: some
0:28:09 Speaker: examples
0:28:09 Speaker: for you guys to look through.
0:28:11 Speaker: This is going to show you how
0:28:12 Speaker: it's
0:28:14 Speaker: just
0:28:14 Speaker: some of the asset equations are.
0:28:17 Speaker: This is just some some basic
0:28:18 Speaker: ones to again
0:28:20 Speaker: to
0:28:20 Speaker: look at
0:28:21 Speaker: [name] that
0:28:22 Speaker: some people have
0:28:24 Speaker: developed and
0:28:25 Speaker: I think
0:28:26 Speaker: one of those it's
0:28:26 Speaker: kind of shows that way
0:28:27 Speaker: too much.
0:28:28 Speaker: I think it's
0:28:29 Speaker: listed
0:28:30 Speaker: over here.
0:28:32 Speaker: Okay
0:28:32 Speaker: next
0:28:34 Speaker: is
0:28:35 Speaker: asset management
0:28:36 Speaker: and fiscal
0:28:37 Speaker: sustainability
0:28:39 Speaker: planning.
0:28:41 Speaker: Okay this
0:28:42 Speaker: is something that CU is starting
0:28:44 Speaker: to offer
0:28:45 Speaker: is it's your asset management
0:28:46 Speaker: so
0:28:47 Speaker: once
0:28:48 Speaker: you get your system
0:28:49 Speaker: online or once we get
0:28:50 Speaker: to a good point
0:28:51 Speaker: where
0:28:52 Speaker: the septic
0:28:53 Speaker: system is paying for
0:28:54 Speaker: itself
0:28:54 Speaker: we can actually come out here
0:28:56 Speaker: and
0:28:57 Speaker: help you figure out exactly what
0:28:58 Speaker: you have.
0:28:59 Speaker: How much
0:29:00 Speaker: line how much pipe do you have?
0:29:01 Speaker: How many valves do
0:29:02 Speaker: you have? How much
0:29:03 Speaker: equipment do you have?
0:29:04 Speaker: And we can help you guys put it together in
0:29:06 Speaker: a form of documentation. That way if something happens and there's an emergency
0:29:11 Speaker: and
0:29:12 Speaker: you need a new pump or you need a new
0:29:15 Speaker: line,
0:29:16 Speaker: you
0:29:17 Speaker: know
0:29:19 Speaker: exactly how much you have.
0:29:20 Speaker: And then also the fiscal sustainability planning,
0:29:23 Speaker: that's going to help
0:29:24 Speaker: you
0:29:24 Speaker: put money
0:29:25 Speaker: aside for future
0:29:27 Speaker: upgrades or
0:29:28 Speaker: updates on emergency planning.
0:29:31 Speaker: Anybody
0:29:31 Speaker: have any questions?
0:29:35 Speaker: Thank y 'all. I appreciate it.
0:29:39 Speaker: Asset management. The
0:29:40 Speaker: acknowledgments
0:29:41 Speaker: of this,
0:29:42 Speaker: this is the following presentation was developed utilizing materials provided by the EPA. And this is the article's
0:29:51 Speaker: title,
0:29:51 Speaker: [name] Asset Management and
0:29:53 Speaker: Finance [name]
0:29:54 Speaker: and Decision Making. So
0:29:56 Speaker: if you
0:29:56 Speaker: guys want to go in
0:29:57 Speaker: and check this
0:29:58 Speaker: out, you
0:29:59 Speaker: can go online
0:29:59 Speaker: and Google it and
0:30:00 Speaker: it'll pull up the
0:30:01 Speaker: whole
0:30:01 Speaker: backstory of having the importance of having asset management.
0:30:09 Speaker: Sustainability.
0:30:10 Speaker: We all know we
0:30:12 Speaker: all hear that word alarm and what
0:30:13 Speaker: does it mean?
0:30:14 Speaker: What is sustainability?
0:30:17 Speaker: It's the ability for something
0:30:19 Speaker: to be
0:30:19 Speaker: maintained
0:30:20 Speaker: at a certain rate or level.
0:30:25 Speaker: System sustainability is comprised
0:30:27 Speaker: of multiple factors.
0:30:31 Speaker: The sustainability of 10,
0:30:32 Speaker: Okay,
0:30:38 Speaker: there's 10 key
0:30:39 Speaker: management areas
0:30:40 Speaker: that
0:30:40 Speaker: deals with this.
0:30:43 Speaker: [name] quality,
0:30:44 Speaker: customer satisfaction,
0:30:46 Speaker: employee and leadership development,
0:30:50 Speaker: operational optimization,
0:30:52 Speaker: and financial viability.
0:30:56 Speaker: Infrastructure stability,
0:30:58 Speaker: operational resiliency,
0:31:00 Speaker: community sustainability and economic
0:31:02 Speaker: development.
0:31:04 Speaker: development,
0:31:05 Speaker: water resource adequacy,
0:31:07 Speaker: and
0:31:07 Speaker: stakeholder and
0:31:08 Speaker: understanding and support.
0:31:13 Speaker: [name] the dots,
0:31:15 Speaker: so asset management and financial planning.
0:31:19 Speaker: Replacement costs are
0:31:21 Speaker: considered to be
0:31:21 Speaker: the annual
0:31:22 Speaker: budget,
0:31:23 Speaker: and we all know how that can change so rapidly. Long range projections
0:31:28 Speaker: can be made
0:31:29 Speaker: to
0:31:29 Speaker: prepare
0:31:31 Speaker: for future replacements,
0:31:33 Speaker: and improvement
0:31:34 Speaker: projects projects can
0:31:36 Speaker: be
0:31:36 Speaker: planned to
0:31:37 Speaker: include replacements
0:31:38 Speaker: as well as
0:31:39 Speaker: meeting other needs
0:31:41 Speaker: in the system.
0:31:42 Speaker: As we
0:31:42 Speaker: all know, areas are growing
0:31:44 Speaker: and they're
0:31:44 Speaker: neat. We all need more and more water
0:31:46 Speaker: connections and
0:31:47 Speaker: more and more septic connections.
0:31:51 Speaker: So connecting the dots.
0:31:52 Speaker: So again,
0:31:53 Speaker: this is something that's kind of a
0:31:55 Speaker: lot you can go
0:31:56 Speaker: through there and check it out.
0:31:58 Speaker: Again, it's just saying asset
0:32:00 Speaker: condition or risk mitigation or financial
0:32:02 Speaker: investments.
0:32:03 Speaker: So it
0:32:04 Speaker: just kind of breaks it down
0:32:05 Speaker: different levels and
0:32:08 Speaker: kind of comes
0:32:08 Speaker: into
0:32:09 Speaker: budgets, rates, and debt.
0:32:12 Speaker: That's some of the
0:32:13 Speaker: three main things,
0:32:14 Speaker: is having a budget,
0:32:15 Speaker: maintaining your rates,
0:32:17 Speaker: and staying on top of your debt.
0:32:21 Speaker: Again, this is a different,
0:32:24 Speaker: this is law of
0:32:25 Speaker: fives. You
0:32:26 Speaker: guys can go out there and read this. This just
0:32:28 Speaker: talks about your condition.
0:32:30 Speaker: One being great and
0:32:31 Speaker: five being poor.
0:32:32 Speaker: So if
0:32:32 Speaker: you get a,
0:32:33 Speaker: if you come up with a
0:32:34 Speaker: five, That's that's
0:32:35 Speaker: your replacement budget requirement
0:32:37 Speaker: 100 %
0:32:38 Speaker: so you
0:32:39 Speaker: got to jump on
0:32:40 Speaker: it So
0:32:41 Speaker: just making sure that we're
0:32:43 Speaker: Planning for these long -term
0:32:45 Speaker: financial
0:32:46 Speaker: issues
0:32:46 Speaker: problems that are
0:32:47 Speaker: going to rise happen with these systems
0:32:54 Speaker: Fiscal sustainability
0:32:55 Speaker: and plan
0:32:55 Speaker: before I get started on this I'm just going to check
0:33:01 Speaker: Take a break
0:33:05 Speaker: Thank you.
0:33:08 Speaker: Thank you. Again, I appreciate
0:33:10 Speaker: you guys helping me out
0:33:12 Speaker: here.
0:33:14 Speaker: So fiscal sustainability
0:33:15 Speaker: planning, protecting your system's assets.
0:33:20 Speaker: Fiscal sustainability planning,
0:33:22 Speaker: what is what
0:33:23 Speaker: investment
0:33:24 Speaker: has been
0:33:25 Speaker: made in your system?
0:33:27 Speaker: Who are the investors?
0:33:30 Speaker: And what accountability
0:33:32 Speaker: to the stakeholders?
0:33:34 Speaker: So again,
0:33:35 Speaker: it's just making sure
0:33:36 Speaker: we're staying on top
0:33:36 Speaker: of the
0:33:38 Speaker: maintenance of our systems,
0:33:40 Speaker: having funding to do
0:33:41 Speaker: that,
0:33:42 Speaker: and making sure that we're
0:33:44 Speaker: taking some of that
0:33:44 Speaker: funding and reinvesting it in
0:33:46 Speaker: the system
0:33:46 Speaker: to help for the future.
0:33:49 Speaker: So fiscal sustainability planning,
0:33:51 Speaker: what is an asset? An asset is
0:33:55 Speaker: an infrastructure
0:33:55 Speaker: element
0:33:56 Speaker: that
0:33:57 Speaker: contributes
0:33:58 Speaker: capital value
0:33:59 Speaker: to water and wastewater systems.
0:34:03 Speaker: What is asset management?
0:34:07 Speaker: What is involved?
0:34:10 Speaker: And what are
0:34:11 Speaker: the
0:34:13 Speaker: benefits
0:34:14 Speaker: of asset management plan?
0:34:18 Speaker: [name] an asset management plan
0:34:20 Speaker: will
0:34:21 Speaker: reduce the likelihood of running to failure.
0:34:25 Speaker: And having an asset management plan
0:34:26 Speaker: enables
0:34:28 Speaker: a system to make better budgeting
0:34:30 Speaker: decisions.
0:34:30 Speaker: Again,
0:34:32 Speaker: we all know that we're going to have,
0:34:34 Speaker: we're running a system,
0:34:35 Speaker: a septic system,
0:34:36 Speaker: 24 -7 basically.
0:34:38 Speaker: You're going to have breakdowns, you're going to need to do replacements,
0:34:42 Speaker: and having
0:34:42 Speaker: finance
0:34:44 Speaker: set aside for that
0:34:45 Speaker: is going to be critical.
0:34:51 Speaker: Challenges to establishing an
0:34:52 Speaker: asset management
0:34:53 Speaker: plan may
0:34:53 Speaker: include
0:34:55 Speaker: Work
0:34:55 Speaker: keeping
0:34:56 Speaker: inadequacies,
0:34:58 Speaker: scheduling,
0:35:01 Speaker: resiliency,
0:35:05 Speaker: and go back.
0:35:07 Speaker: So coming
0:35:09 Speaker: together
0:35:10 Speaker: and
0:35:10 Speaker: putting together an asset management plan,
0:35:12 Speaker: again, that's something that the community's unlimited can help with. But
0:35:16 Speaker: again,
0:35:18 Speaker: TCEQ has
0:35:20 Speaker: great
0:35:20 Speaker: slideshow and
0:35:21 Speaker: great documentations
0:35:22 Speaker: already
0:35:22 Speaker: built that allow you
0:35:24 Speaker: to kind of pull it and kind of
0:35:25 Speaker: use that as
0:35:26 Speaker: a
0:35:27 Speaker: guideline.
0:35:29 Speaker: But having that asset
0:35:30 Speaker: management
0:35:31 Speaker: plan in place
0:35:32 Speaker: is
0:35:32 Speaker: really key,
0:35:33 Speaker: especially
0:35:34 Speaker: for
0:35:34 Speaker: smaller facilities
0:35:35 Speaker: because
0:35:36 Speaker: you guys really
0:35:37 Speaker: want
0:35:39 Speaker: to
0:35:40 Speaker: stay on top of
0:35:41 Speaker: your facilities
0:35:41 Speaker: and make sure
0:35:42 Speaker: that you have
0:35:43 Speaker: everything you need to continue
0:35:44 Speaker: the operations.
0:35:50 Speaker: fiscal sustainability
0:35:51 Speaker: planning okay
0:35:52 Speaker: so this
0:35:54 Speaker: is developing
0:35:55 Speaker: an asset management plan
0:35:56 Speaker: is a team method
0:36:00 Speaker: fiscal sustainability
0:36:02 Speaker: planning
0:36:02 Speaker: so what we're doing is we're talking about take inventory and prioritize assets based on criticality
0:36:09 Speaker: again that's finding out
0:36:11 Speaker: if
0:36:12 Speaker: you have if your
0:36:13 Speaker: system's
0:36:14 Speaker: been in place for 20 years
0:36:15 Speaker: and you know
0:36:16 Speaker: most of the time that has a 40 -year shelf life.
0:36:19 Speaker: Some parts have
0:36:20 Speaker: 30, some years have 20
0:36:21 Speaker: years. So it's just having that good
0:36:25 Speaker: being able to go and then pull
0:36:26 Speaker: that up and look
0:36:27 Speaker: at it and put your eye on it.
0:36:29 Speaker: Probably quarterly
0:36:30 Speaker: will
0:36:31 Speaker: probably do the best of that.
0:36:35 Speaker: The fiscal sustainability
0:36:36 Speaker: training, so it's planning for your future.
0:36:40 Speaker: Determine replacement costs,
0:36:42 Speaker: which we all know that's going
0:36:43 Speaker: up dramatically.
0:36:46 Speaker: Consider a project
0:36:47 Speaker: if needed
0:36:47 Speaker: so
0:36:48 Speaker: we know you guys are looking to
0:36:50 Speaker: do future
0:36:50 Speaker: replacements of your system and also
0:36:52 Speaker: to grow
0:36:52 Speaker: and to grow your
0:36:54 Speaker: system and that's what that's going to help you guys out tremendously.
0:36:58 Speaker: And establish reserve accounts
0:37:00 Speaker: that's very important.
0:37:04 Speaker: Planning for the future.
0:37:07 Speaker: Form partnerships with
0:37:08 Speaker: other systems.
0:37:09 Speaker: I know you guys work
0:37:10 Speaker: or
0:37:12 Speaker: trying to work with similar,
0:37:14 Speaker: trying
0:37:15 Speaker: to be in contact with similar systems
0:37:17 Speaker: of similar
0:37:17 Speaker: size, that's
0:37:18 Speaker: excellent.
0:37:19 Speaker: Always having
0:37:20 Speaker: communications
0:37:21 Speaker: with other water
0:37:22 Speaker: corporations or
0:37:24 Speaker: cities and municipalities always
0:37:26 Speaker: helps out,
0:37:27 Speaker: especially
0:37:27 Speaker: when there's emergencies.
0:37:30 Speaker: Analyze current rate
0:37:31 Speaker: structures, which you guys did that.
0:37:34 Speaker: Apply for financial assistance,
0:37:36 Speaker: which we're working on
0:37:37 Speaker: that. We
0:37:38 Speaker: all know we're trying
0:37:38 Speaker: to get just
0:37:39 Speaker: working
0:37:41 Speaker: with
0:37:41 Speaker: the USDA with
0:37:42 Speaker: that
0:37:42 Speaker: and
0:37:44 Speaker: prepare
0:37:44 Speaker: a
0:37:45 Speaker: continuity plan
0:37:46 Speaker: for emergencies.
0:37:47 Speaker: I'm sorry, a contingency
0:37:48 Speaker: plan
0:37:49 Speaker: for emergencies. So,
0:37:53 Speaker: anybody have any questions?
0:38:01 Speaker: Thank you.
0:38:03 Speaker: All right. This is just a, one second.
0:38:08 Speaker: So physical sustainability planning,
0:38:11 Speaker: this is
0:38:11 Speaker: more
0:38:12 Speaker: helpful tools.
0:38:14 Speaker: System inventory worksheets, cards, prioritization worksheets, required reserve worksheet,
0:38:26 Speaker: budgeting worksheets,
0:38:30 Speaker: long -range replacement
0:38:31 Speaker: planning worksheets. Again,
0:38:32 Speaker: that's what we're talking about,
0:38:34 Speaker: is knowing
0:38:35 Speaker: the basically
0:38:37 Speaker: the shelf life
0:38:38 Speaker: of the system and its components.
0:38:41 Speaker: Again, this is just going to
0:38:43 Speaker: be showing some of
0:38:43 Speaker: the different types of
0:38:44 Speaker: tools
0:38:46 Speaker: that can be utilized.
0:38:48 Speaker: Again, if you see up here,
0:38:49 Speaker: you can see the
0:38:49 Speaker: asset, your intake
0:38:51 Speaker: structures, 35 to 45 years.
0:38:54 Speaker: So this is a great list to show you guys, hey,
0:38:57 Speaker: our system is maybe getting a little
0:38:58 Speaker: older now. We need to
0:39:00 Speaker: start looking at possible replacements.
0:39:03 Speaker: Again, this is some
0:39:04 Speaker: of the
0:39:05 Speaker: inventory worksheets
0:39:06 Speaker: that goes through,
0:39:08 Speaker: again,
0:39:08 Speaker: the shelf life
0:39:09 Speaker: of
0:39:10 Speaker: some
0:39:11 Speaker: of
0:39:12 Speaker: these pumps,
0:39:13 Speaker: flow meters, chemical and heat pumps,
0:39:18 Speaker: prioritization worksheets.
0:39:20 Speaker: This kind of shows
0:39:21 Speaker: what
0:39:22 Speaker: you
0:39:23 Speaker: really need to stay on part
0:39:24 Speaker: of and get
0:39:25 Speaker: it done and see how good.
0:39:28 Speaker: the
0:39:30 Speaker: current reserve
0:39:31 Speaker: worksheets. This
0:39:32 Speaker: talks about
0:39:32 Speaker: having
0:39:33 Speaker: a reserve
0:39:35 Speaker: money
0:39:37 Speaker: for
0:39:38 Speaker: replacements of these parts.
0:39:44 Speaker: Again, this is another budgeting
0:39:45 Speaker: worksheet example.
0:39:47 Speaker: This is something similar that we
0:39:48 Speaker: use.
0:39:51 Speaker: Long range replacement planning worksheet.
0:39:53 Speaker: Again, I'm going to let you guys look at this because you're going to be able to print this off.
0:39:58 Speaker: But this goes through and talks about all
0:40:00 Speaker: the different aspects of the
0:40:01 Speaker: system and
0:40:02 Speaker: how
0:40:03 Speaker: to look for
0:40:04 Speaker: it.
0:40:06 Speaker: Again, this is more
0:40:07 Speaker: of the
0:40:08 Speaker: planning worksheets.
0:40:11 Speaker: Okay, fiscal sustainability planning.
0:40:14 Speaker: So we all know,
0:40:15 Speaker: you guys, water loss auditing, you guys may not do that right now, but I
0:40:19 Speaker: know you guys get your
0:40:20 Speaker: water
0:40:21 Speaker: from
0:40:22 Speaker: another system,
0:40:24 Speaker: and that you always need to make
0:40:26 Speaker: sure that
0:40:27 Speaker: you're checking for
0:40:27 Speaker: leaks within that system. And that way,
0:40:32 Speaker: you don't want
0:40:33 Speaker: to have, it's
0:40:34 Speaker: just being
0:40:35 Speaker: a good
0:40:35 Speaker: steward and
0:40:36 Speaker: staying on top of that, because water loss in Texas is huge.
0:40:40 Speaker: So that's some of the ways that we can reduce water loss.
0:40:43 Speaker: This is something you can pass on
0:40:44 Speaker: to your friends and neighbors to
0:40:46 Speaker: say, hey, it's
0:40:46 Speaker: something maybe we're not looking at.
0:40:48 Speaker: But having me to replace the
0:40:50 Speaker: program
0:40:50 Speaker: and go unmetered
0:40:52 Speaker: usage, make sure
0:40:53 Speaker: everybody is paying
0:40:55 Speaker: for what they're
0:40:56 Speaker: using.
0:40:56 Speaker: and calculating
0:40:57 Speaker: average unbuildable
0:40:59 Speaker: usage,
0:40:59 Speaker: unbuild usage. That way it'll give you a,
0:41:03 Speaker: when you do the calculating of unbuild usage,
0:41:06 Speaker: it'll give you a good
0:41:07 Speaker: key factor
0:41:08 Speaker: of, oh, well that's
0:41:09 Speaker: money that we're losing.
0:41:10 Speaker: Because that's something [name]
0:41:12 Speaker: says, your water
0:41:13 Speaker: meters, your water meters are cash registers. You
0:41:16 Speaker: want to make sure that they're running well, you want to make sure
0:41:18 Speaker: that they're up to
0:41:19 Speaker: date because
0:41:19 Speaker: it's going to help you track
0:41:21 Speaker: who
0:41:21 Speaker: is actually
0:41:23 Speaker: using what amount of
0:41:24 Speaker: water. So,
0:41:25 Speaker: and that's very
0:41:25 Speaker: important again,
0:41:26 Speaker: you know,
0:41:27 Speaker: staying on top of more sustainability.
0:41:34 Speaker: Okay.
0:41:35 Speaker: Fiscal sustainability planning,
0:41:38 Speaker: why do
0:41:38 Speaker: all this?
0:41:42 Speaker: Well, because it's going to help
0:41:43 Speaker: for the,
0:41:44 Speaker: it's
0:41:46 Speaker: going to help
0:41:47 Speaker: the community
0:41:48 Speaker: and
0:41:48 Speaker: the sustainability, it's going to help the community or
0:41:51 Speaker: the water supply corporation
0:41:52 Speaker: set themselves up
0:41:53 Speaker: for a successful future.
0:41:56 Speaker: It sounds like a lot
0:41:57 Speaker: of work and guess what, it is.
0:42:00 Speaker: But you guys are already used
0:42:02 Speaker: to a lot
0:42:03 Speaker: of work and you guys
0:42:04 Speaker: know what has to be done.
0:42:06 Speaker: And you guys are making
0:42:06 Speaker: stretches and
0:42:08 Speaker: making
0:42:09 Speaker: strides to
0:42:11 Speaker: get this
0:42:12 Speaker: taken
0:42:13 Speaker: care of.
0:42:14 Speaker: And will it make a
0:42:14 Speaker: difference? Yes it
0:42:15 Speaker: will. It will make a big difference.
0:42:18 Speaker: It's going to take, like I said, a team effort
0:42:20 Speaker: to get this done
0:42:21 Speaker: again.
0:42:22 Speaker: again, but
0:42:23 Speaker: it's gonna,
0:42:23 Speaker: it's gonna pay
0:42:24 Speaker: dividends in the future.
0:42:28 Speaker: Risk and resiliency,
0:42:29 Speaker: overview and training.
0:42:36 Speaker: There's not many more slides left,
0:42:40 Speaker: but I'm gonna
0:42:41 Speaker: just
0:42:42 Speaker: pause real quick. Does anybody have
0:42:45 Speaker: any questions
0:42:45 Speaker: over the last?
0:42:49 Speaker: Thank y 'all.
0:42:53 Speaker: So risk and resiliency.
0:43:00 Speaker: So we have, this
0:43:01 Speaker: is in,
0:43:03 Speaker: I'm gonna let you
0:43:04 Speaker: guys, I'm just going to
0:43:04 Speaker: reach
0:43:05 Speaker: to apologize.
0:43:07 Speaker: On October 23,
0:43:09 Speaker: 2018, the
0:43:10 Speaker: American Water
0:43:10 Speaker: Infrastructure Act
0:43:11 Speaker: with the
0:43:12 Speaker: AWIA
0:43:13 Speaker: was signed
0:43:14 Speaker: into law.
0:43:15 Speaker: The
0:43:15 Speaker: AWIA section
0:43:16 Speaker: 2013 requires community drinking water
0:43:19 Speaker: systems serving more than 3
0:43:21 Speaker: ,300 people
0:43:22 Speaker: to develop
0:43:23 Speaker: or
0:43:23 Speaker: update risk assessments
0:43:25 Speaker: and emergency response
0:43:26 Speaker: plans or [name].
0:43:30 Speaker: The the
0:43:31 Speaker: components
0:43:32 Speaker: that the risk assessments
0:43:34 Speaker: and [name] must address and
0:43:36 Speaker: establishes
0:43:37 Speaker: deadlines
0:43:37 Speaker: by which
0:43:38 Speaker: water systems
0:43:39 Speaker: must
0:43:40 Speaker: certify to the
0:43:41 Speaker: EPA completion of
0:43:43 Speaker: the risk assessment ERP.
0:43:45 Speaker: And then you guys are saying,
0:43:46 Speaker: well, right,
0:43:47 Speaker: the water people
0:43:48 Speaker: and you guys, but
0:43:50 Speaker: you guys
0:43:50 Speaker: are part
0:43:51 Speaker: of a general area and you guys are part,
0:43:55 Speaker: who are you all with? Where do you get your water
0:43:57 Speaker: from? combined.
0:43:58 Speaker: So
0:43:59 Speaker: yes,
0:43:59 Speaker: so I mean, it's always
0:44:00 Speaker: good to get with
0:44:01 Speaker: them and say, Hey,
0:44:02 Speaker: this is just some of the things that
0:44:03 Speaker: we're learning about the water, just trying
0:44:05 Speaker: to make sure that
0:44:05 Speaker: anything
0:44:06 Speaker: we can do to help out on our
0:44:08 Speaker: end, just let us
0:44:08 Speaker: know and just
0:44:09 Speaker: making that,
0:44:10 Speaker: that
0:44:11 Speaker: communication
0:44:11 Speaker: and
0:44:12 Speaker: starting that dialogue
0:44:14 Speaker: always helps. Okay,
0:44:17 Speaker: section 2013
0:44:18 Speaker: of the American
0:44:20 Speaker: Water Act, Infrastructure Act
0:44:22 Speaker: requires the community to
0:44:24 Speaker: water
0:44:25 Speaker: systems
0:44:25 Speaker: one that
0:44:27 Speaker: they serve more than that that
0:44:29 Speaker: serve more
0:44:29 Speaker: than 3300
0:44:30 Speaker: people
0:44:31 Speaker: to complete
0:44:32 Speaker: a risk and resilience assessment
0:44:33 Speaker: and develop an emergency response plan.
0:44:37 Speaker: Again that's some of the things
0:44:38 Speaker: too that we can help out with.
0:44:40 Speaker: We know you guys don't have that
0:44:42 Speaker: many people we
0:44:42 Speaker: can always help
0:44:43 Speaker: you help
0:44:44 Speaker: guide
0:44:45 Speaker: you and direct you
0:44:45 Speaker: for your
0:44:46 Speaker: ERP's
0:44:47 Speaker: because
0:44:48 Speaker: we all We'll know what happened
0:44:49 Speaker: in 2021 with
0:44:51 Speaker: the
0:44:53 Speaker: winter weather that came
0:44:54 Speaker: down and there was
0:44:54 Speaker: a lot of
0:44:55 Speaker: mandates
0:44:56 Speaker: that came
0:44:57 Speaker: up for everybody no matter
0:44:58 Speaker: what your size
0:45:00 Speaker: was that
0:45:00 Speaker: everybody had
0:45:01 Speaker: to have specific
0:45:02 Speaker: things
0:45:02 Speaker: to help with the water and wastewater systems.
0:45:06 Speaker: Okay, I'm going to let you guys read through this.
0:45:10 Speaker: This basically is just a breakdown
0:45:12 Speaker: of
0:45:13 Speaker: the risk and resilience assessment
0:45:14 Speaker: requirements and assistance resources.
0:45:17 Speaker: So this
0:45:18 Speaker: will this just
0:45:19 Speaker: kind of is the information
0:45:20 Speaker: needed
0:45:21 Speaker: in
0:45:22 Speaker: to have
0:45:23 Speaker: the
0:45:23 Speaker: assistance, I'm sorry,
0:45:26 Speaker: to help with
0:45:27 Speaker: the assessment may include
0:45:29 Speaker: an evaluation of capital
0:45:30 Speaker: and operational
0:45:31 Speaker: needs for
0:45:32 Speaker: risk and resilience
0:45:33 Speaker: management for the system
0:45:34 Speaker: which means
0:45:35 Speaker: it's
0:45:37 Speaker: always good to have
0:45:38 Speaker: the
0:45:39 Speaker: capital improvement
0:45:40 Speaker: having
0:45:41 Speaker: a capital
0:45:41 Speaker: improvement
0:45:42 Speaker: program and
0:45:44 Speaker: having
0:45:44 Speaker: the funding and
0:45:45 Speaker: having the [name].
0:45:49 Speaker: The emergency response plan again this is your breakdown of
0:45:53 Speaker: what's required
0:45:53 Speaker: and what's for
0:45:55 Speaker: the [name] again
0:45:57 Speaker: that
0:45:57 Speaker: is something we
0:45:58 Speaker: can help out with as well.
0:46:02 Speaker: Certified deadline so this
0:46:03 Speaker: so
0:46:04 Speaker: you can see
0:46:04 Speaker: it's
0:46:06 Speaker: just
0:46:07 Speaker: basically broken down
0:46:07 Speaker: with five -year
0:46:08 Speaker: plans so your your population served you
0:46:11 Speaker: can see you guys are nowhere
0:46:13 Speaker: near that
0:46:13 Speaker: So
0:46:14 Speaker: you're
0:46:16 Speaker: showing
0:46:16 Speaker: that
0:46:17 Speaker: so
0:46:19 Speaker: your certification
0:46:19 Speaker: deadlines that's
0:46:20 Speaker: just having
0:46:21 Speaker: your
0:46:23 Speaker: risk and resiliency plans
0:46:24 Speaker: and the ERP submitted
0:46:25 Speaker: and
0:46:27 Speaker: then
0:46:27 Speaker: that's how long
0:46:28 Speaker: it's it's on a five -year cycle.
0:46:30 Speaker: So whenever you whenever these
0:46:31 Speaker: are submitted yet
0:46:32 Speaker: it's
0:46:33 Speaker: it's good
0:46:34 Speaker: for five years. It's
0:46:40 Speaker: the certification process
0:46:41 Speaker: again this will break down everything you guys will need.
0:46:44 Speaker: Again you
0:46:46 Speaker: aren't the
0:46:46 Speaker: 3300, but it's always good
0:46:48 Speaker: to have this to look for it.
0:46:53 Speaker: Okay, for your acknowledgement,
0:46:54 Speaker: this is again, this EPA national
0:46:56 Speaker: priority area one.
0:46:59 Speaker: If you want to go in there,
0:47:00 Speaker: this is training
0:47:01 Speaker: and
0:47:01 Speaker: technical assistance
0:47:02 Speaker: or small public order systems, you go in there, if you type that, the EPA grant number there in the bottom,
0:47:09 Speaker: it'll pull up
0:47:10 Speaker: additional documentation and
0:47:13 Speaker: best
0:47:15 Speaker: of
0:47:15 Speaker: the backstory of what
0:47:16 Speaker: led some of
0:47:17 Speaker: these new
0:47:19 Speaker: laws and
0:47:20 Speaker: regulations
0:47:21 Speaker: that the EPA or even the TCEQ
0:47:24 Speaker: here in Texas.
0:47:29 Speaker: This is again the references
0:47:30 Speaker: breakdown this
0:47:32 Speaker: is really good
0:47:32 Speaker: again has
0:47:33 Speaker: a
0:47:34 Speaker: lot of
0:47:34 Speaker: really good information in it.
0:47:40 Speaker: This is the last slide. So the contact information
0:47:43 Speaker: again this
0:47:43 Speaker: was developed
0:47:44 Speaker: by [name]
0:47:45 Speaker: [name]
0:47:45 Speaker: and [name]
0:47:47 Speaker: there.
0:47:47 Speaker: [name] has retired, but both of these guys,
0:47:51 Speaker: [name] was a double A,
0:47:53 Speaker: double water and
0:47:54 Speaker: wastewater licensed operator in Texas.
0:47:57 Speaker: [name] was a A
0:47:58 Speaker: and B sewer
0:47:59 Speaker: operator in Texas.
0:48:02 Speaker: And [name] is actually my
0:48:05 Speaker: supervisor,
0:48:06 Speaker: and
0:48:06 Speaker: he has a
0:48:07 Speaker: wealth of knowledge. He's been doing
0:48:08 Speaker: this for four years,
0:48:10 Speaker: and these
0:48:12 Speaker: guys have
0:48:12 Speaker: a lot
0:48:13 Speaker: of information. information. So,
0:48:15 Speaker: you
0:48:18 Speaker: can turn it on with me.
0:48:20 Speaker: I'm going to turn this off.
0:48:28 Speaker: Thank you. [name],
0:48:32 Speaker: again, I appreciate you
0:48:33 Speaker: guys letting me get
0:48:34 Speaker: through this. I
0:48:35 Speaker: know some of the stuff I may have sped through. Again,
0:48:39 Speaker: my mind's on my name.
0:48:42 Speaker: With this information,
0:48:44 Speaker: you guys will be able to have this.
0:48:46 Speaker: You guys will be able to
0:48:46 Speaker: print it out. It has a lot
0:48:48 Speaker: of great contact information.
0:48:50 Speaker: It has a lot of really
0:48:51 Speaker: good
0:48:52 Speaker: things
0:48:52 Speaker: that a lot of people don't think about.
0:48:54 Speaker: A lot of times when I, well,
0:48:57 Speaker: we need to do an SOP or
0:48:58 Speaker: we need to do an
0:48:59 Speaker: ERP, guess what,
0:49:01 Speaker: a lot of this has already been done
0:49:04 Speaker: and there's examples
0:49:05 Speaker: of
0:49:05 Speaker: builds and ways to be utilized.
0:49:08 Speaker: So you don't have to go in there and reinvent this thing. There's a lot
0:49:10 Speaker: of stuff that we can
0:49:11 Speaker: use and help you guys with.
0:49:16 Speaker: Again, with communities I've limited,
0:49:19 Speaker: there are so many different
0:49:20 Speaker: levels of
0:49:21 Speaker: assets of communities
0:49:22 Speaker: I've limited.
0:49:22 Speaker: Again, we're a
0:49:23 Speaker: community infrastructure now. We used to be environmentally.
0:49:27 Speaker: Community infrastructure sounds kind
0:49:28 Speaker: of cool,
0:49:29 Speaker: so it also
0:49:30 Speaker: worked out that way.
0:49:34 Speaker: But in community sustainability,
0:49:36 Speaker: those guys can help come
0:49:37 Speaker: in. We have a
0:49:40 Speaker: healthy
0:49:41 Speaker: foods initiative.
0:49:43 Speaker: So community sustainability can
0:49:44 Speaker: help those
0:49:45 Speaker: guys come in and say, okay, well,
0:49:47 Speaker: this is where community use
0:49:49 Speaker: infrastructure
0:49:50 Speaker: help.
0:49:50 Speaker: This is what we can do.
0:49:52 Speaker: This is where
0:49:52 Speaker: we're going to take the
0:49:53 Speaker: ball from them
0:49:54 Speaker: to kind
0:49:55 Speaker: of help you guys do this next thing.
0:49:57 Speaker: But we're still
0:49:58 Speaker: going to do that.
0:49:59 Speaker: We're always going to do that.
0:50:01 Speaker: And then entrepreneurship, again,
0:50:03 Speaker: those guys
0:50:03 Speaker: help
0:50:04 Speaker: come in
0:50:05 Speaker: and they
0:50:05 Speaker: can help somebody
0:50:06 Speaker: set up a new
0:50:07 Speaker: business
0:50:08 Speaker: or if you have a
0:50:08 Speaker: business and you're struggling,
0:50:10 Speaker: they can help say, you know what,
0:50:12 Speaker: have you thought of
0:50:13 Speaker: this? Have you thought of
0:50:14 Speaker: that list of five
0:50:14 Speaker: year plans to a ten year plan?
0:50:16 Speaker: Have you thought about
0:50:17 Speaker: applying for this loan
0:50:17 Speaker: here?
0:50:18 Speaker: Have you thought about
0:50:19 Speaker: applying for this grant
0:50:20 Speaker: here?
0:50:20 Speaker: So this is some of the
0:50:21 Speaker: things that
0:50:22 Speaker: communities
0:50:22 Speaker: and limits
0:50:23 Speaker: does, and it's,
0:50:24 Speaker: again, it's not
0:50:25 Speaker: just
0:50:25 Speaker: sewers
0:50:26 Speaker: and septic
0:50:27 Speaker: systems.
0:50:28 Speaker: It's a
0:50:28 Speaker: whole
0:50:29 Speaker: gamut
0:50:32 Speaker: of
0:50:32 Speaker: goodness. So
0:50:33 Speaker: with
0:50:36 Speaker: the information,
0:50:39 Speaker: our headquarters
0:50:40 Speaker: has put
0:50:40 Speaker: together
0:50:41 Speaker: updated
0:50:42 Speaker: flyers
0:50:43 Speaker: that is
0:50:44 Speaker: more in
0:50:45 Speaker: -depth for
0:50:46 Speaker: different aspects and groups
0:50:49 Speaker: of CMU. So, um,
0:50:52 Speaker: you guys have
0:50:54 Speaker: any,
0:50:57 Speaker: I mean, feel for, I mean,
0:50:58 Speaker: feel for to ask
0:50:59 Speaker: questions.
0:51:00 Speaker: I'm not, I'm
0:51:00 Speaker: not just working
0:51:02 Speaker: out,
0:51:02 Speaker: I'm here. I'm here.
0:51:05 Speaker: As long as we're going to get copies
0:51:06 Speaker: of it so that way we can go ahead and add leisure. And I'm sure that's when it would make some questions. And if
0:51:11 Speaker: you can,
0:51:12 Speaker: I guess, however
0:51:12 Speaker: you're running, we're
0:51:13 Speaker: going to transfer that.
0:51:14 Speaker: If you can do that, I can turn it off. That
0:51:16 Speaker: way you guys can have
0:51:18 Speaker: to put it off
0:51:18 Speaker: and then again
0:51:21 Speaker: Our headquarters is up in all of
0:51:23 Speaker: our fliers
0:51:24 Speaker: and we'd be able
0:51:25 Speaker: to get those out to
0:51:25 Speaker: you guys. Yeah
0:51:27 Speaker: Yes,
0:51:28 Speaker: cuz it's really good. It's
0:51:29 Speaker: a very a
0:51:30 Speaker: lot of people don't
0:51:31 Speaker: realize so
0:51:32 Speaker: communities
0:51:32 Speaker: that limited
0:51:33 Speaker: is part of
0:51:34 Speaker: the RCAP Which
0:51:35 Speaker: is the [name]
0:51:35 Speaker: Community Assistance Program?
0:51:38 Speaker: So and that's been going on
0:51:39 Speaker: through the US
0:51:39 Speaker: since,
0:51:40 Speaker: I think, almost 100
0:51:41 Speaker: years ago.
0:51:42 Speaker: So see,
0:51:43 Speaker: you just
0:51:43 Speaker: hit the 50
0:51:44 Speaker: years, this,
0:51:45 Speaker: this, this, to me, it's unlimited.
0:51:48 Speaker: Just hit the 50 year
0:51:49 Speaker: birthday, or 50 years
0:51:51 Speaker: in, I think, July of this year.
0:51:54 Speaker: So, you've been here
0:51:55 Speaker: for a good while,
0:51:56 Speaker: and
0:51:56 Speaker: the panel being here.
0:51:57 Speaker: What are you doing, [name]?
0:51:59 Speaker: [name] retired
0:52:00 Speaker: two years, about
0:52:01 Speaker: a year ago. I'm sorry.
0:52:03 Speaker: What do you mean by that? Yeah.
0:52:06 Speaker: Those guys have been all over Texas,
0:52:11 Speaker: He's done a lot of training.
0:52:13 Speaker: In fact, again,
0:52:15 Speaker: [name]
0:52:16 Speaker: and [name]
0:52:17 Speaker: had a
0:52:17 Speaker: great working
0:52:18 Speaker: relationship with TCEQ.
0:52:20 Speaker: They were actually able
0:52:21 Speaker: to help in
0:52:22 Speaker: and say, okay,
0:52:24 Speaker: let's take a look.
0:52:25 Speaker: Let's step back
0:52:26 Speaker: and kind of make some sense of
0:52:27 Speaker: some of these
0:52:28 Speaker: as well.
0:52:30 Speaker: TCEQ seems to have a
0:52:32 Speaker: violation of
0:52:32 Speaker: sometimes real
0:52:33 Speaker: movement.
0:52:34 Speaker: These guys can really help
0:52:35 Speaker: out and
0:52:36 Speaker: explain. This
0:52:37 Speaker: is what we're looking
0:52:38 Speaker: at,
0:52:38 Speaker: and this is maybe
0:52:39 Speaker: we can
0:52:40 Speaker: get back to
0:52:41 Speaker: them and kind of
0:52:41 Speaker: help,
0:52:42 Speaker: kind of just
0:52:43 Speaker: stop some
0:52:44 Speaker: of the,
0:52:45 Speaker: some of the
0:52:46 Speaker: details
0:52:46 Speaker: in the
0:52:47 Speaker: past, that's what
0:52:48 Speaker: I'm thinking of.
0:52:51 Speaker: Okay.
0:52:55 Speaker: All right, thank you all. All right.
0:52:58 Speaker: And, so, if
0:53:00 Speaker: there's
0:53:01 Speaker: anything else,
0:53:01 Speaker: just,
0:53:02 Speaker: I'll be, again,
0:53:03 Speaker: I'll be sending you guys an
0:53:03 Speaker: email, and I'll provide some information.
0:53:06 Speaker: Okay. All right. Thank
0:53:07 Speaker: you all. Thank
0:53:08 Speaker: you
0:53:23 Speaker: Yes,
0:53:26 Speaker: it is it's just sometimes it just
0:53:48 Speaker: and we'll keep your name
0:53:49 Speaker: out first.
0:53:50 Speaker: Thank you all very much.
0:53:51 Speaker: Very much appreciate
0:53:52 Speaker: it.
0:53:54 Speaker: Okay, item five, announcements.
0:53:56 Speaker: Does anybody have announcements? Anyone?
0:54:00 Speaker: That has to go on the lens.
0:54:44 Speaker: Mr. [name].
0:54:47 Speaker: [name] for your family. Thank
0:54:48 Speaker: you very
0:54:49 Speaker: much. Stay safe.
0:55:30 Speaker: Okay. All right.
0:55:34 Speaker: Can I give a motion to adjourn this meeting?
0:55:40 Speaker: I have a motion but I've got a second.
0:55:44 Speaker: Motion and a second. All those in favor?
0:55:47 Speaker: All right.
0:55:49 Speaker: This meeting, hot code. Special session Thursday, August 14, 2025.
0:55:58 Speaker: At 7 .26.
0:56:04 Speaker: I got it.