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A
C
B
Oh,
it
was
such
a
fabulous
time.
You
must
have
read
my
bio
good,
good
job.
You
did
your
homework.
Oh
my
gosh,
so
I
was
there.
My
junior
year
of
college
and
I
did
a
one-year
study
abroad
program.
It
was
in
1999
for
for
two
semesters,
so
it
was
absolutely
life-changing
and
I
don't
mean
that
in
a
cliche
way
like
it
was
really
impactful
and
meaningful
very
cool
program,
and
we
traveled,
we
learned,
you
know
some
Italian.
We
were
just
immersed
in
in
all.
B
Where
were
you
going
to
school?
Thank
you.
That's
kind
of
you
to
ask.
I
went
to
Gonzaga
University,
it's
up
in
Spokane.
A
D
Hello,
hello,
everybody
hate
to
interrupt
a
good
conversation.
Can
you
all
hear
me
yes
awesome?
Well,
then
I
will
call
this
meeting
of
the
city
of
Boise
Public
Works
commission
to
order
and
let's
go
ahead
and
start
our
meeting
with
the
approval
of
our
minutes.
I
would
entertain
a
motion
or
two
for
approval
of
the
previous
meeting
minutes.
D
D
Absolutely
right,
I
skipped
a
step.
Thank
you
for
catching
me
before
we
move
on
to
approval,
I
will
call
roll.
If
you
are
here,
please.
Let
me
know
by
saying
aye,
commissioner
Ellis
aye,
commissioner
Morgan
right,
commissioner
cross
aye,
commissioner
wernz
hi
commissioner
Colette
commissioner
Crowley
here,
commissioner
Lockett
I,
all
right
and
I
would
also
like
to
welcome.
It
looks
like
council
member
bajent
is
here
thanks
for
joining
us
this
evening,
hi.
D
A
Mr,
chair
I
would
move
to
approve.
The
minutes
is
published
for
both
the
regular
meeting
of
September
7th
and
a
work
session
of
September
22.
D
Opposed
the
same
sign
hearing,
none
the
motion
carries
and
the
minutes
are
approved.
Thank
you
and
right
before
jumping
in
to
our
regular
agenda
items.
I
would
like
to
take
just
a
moment
to
allow
the
new
member
of
the
commission
to
introduce
himself
real,
quick
and
I
would
turn
it
over
to
commissioner
Wertz
for
a
quick,
intro.
F
Thank
you
so
much
and
I
guess:
I'll
address
fellow
Commissioners,
hi,
Jen
and
and
other
members
of
the
public
here
that
my
name
is
Jim
Lawrence
I'm
very
excited
to
be
joining
the
commission
just
by
way
of
a
quick
background.
F
I
am
retired
as
a
couple
years
ago,
after
having
a
long
career
at
the
U.S,
Environmental,
Protection
Agency,
and
a
lot
of
that,
a
lot
of
that
work
involved,
working
with
municipalities
like
Boise
and
got
to
know
a
lot
about
infrastructure
and
water
systems
and
sewer
systems
and
other
important
infrastructure
in
that
long
career.
So
I'm
excited
to
be
joining
and
participating
in
the
dialogue
here.
F
I'm
crazy
about
Boise
I've
lived
here
22
years,
and
it's
just
a
chance
for
me:
I
think
to
give
back
a
little
bit
and
serve
on
the
commission.
So
thank
you.
D
Awesome,
thank
you.
I
think
you'll
bring
some
pretty
invaluable
perspectives
and
to
help
introduce
you.
I
would
turn
it
over
just
for
a
quick
minute
for
a
quick
intro
from
staff
and
director
Burgos.
Take
it
away.
Thank.
G
You
chair
I,
know,
commissioner
Warren,
so
I'll
skip
my
introduction,
but
I
wanted
to
have
the
senior
managers
come
up
to
the
microphone.
If
you
could
just
introduce
yourselves
your
position
and
generally
what
your
role
is
at
the
city
I'd
appreciate
it.
I
Hi
I'm
Sean,
Wilson
and
Jim
I've
worked
with
you,
billboard,
Dixie
J
and
it's
been
a
while,
but
anyways
my
role
as
facilities
so
outside
of
the
Wastewater
business
now,
but
take
care
of
that
City
Hall
fire
stations
and
we've
got
two
groups.
We
have
a
capital
delivery
group
for
new
stuff
and
then
operations
and
maintenance
group.
We
take
care
of
our
existing
assets.
So
anyways
welcome
aboard.
J
Good
afternoon
I'm
Steve
Hubble
I'm,
the
climate
action
manager
for
the
city
and
our
team
manages
our
climate
sustainability
and
and
clean
energy
functions
both
supporting
doing
work
directly,
supporting
the
Public
Works
team
and
then
the
broader
City
organization
as
well
nice
to
meet
you.
L
Commissioner
Warrens
welcome
nice
to
meet
you.
My
name
is
Colin
Hickman
I
am
the
business
strategy
senior
manager?
It's
a
new
position.
I've
been
in
this
position
for
I
think
about
three
weeks
now
so
helping
the
department
focus
on
what
are
our
priorities
in
ensuring
that
we're
focusing
on
the
right
things
at
the
right
time
with
the
right
people
so
very.
G
M
Am
hiding
hi,
commissioner,
it's
great
to
see
you,
apologies
I
can't
be
there
in
person.
Haley
Faulkner
I
am
the
environmental
manager
in
public
works,
and
currently
that
includes
our
long-term
strategic
planning
and
capital
planning
for
water
renewal,
as
well
as
the
development
and
implementation
of
our
recycled
water
program.
G
And
then,
last
but
not
least,
commissioner
Orange
Marcia
schmelzer
who's.
Our
operations
manager
couldn't
be
here
tonight
but
she's
in
charge
of
basically
running
the
facilities.
She's
got
us
the
largest
staff
of
all
the
senior
managers,
probably
about
170
folks.
So
it
plays
a
really
important
role
and
you
maybe
know
Marsha,
but
she's.
She's
awesome
to
work
with
and
I
know
is
excited
to
see
on
the
commission
so
sure.
D
Awesome.
Thank
you.
Everybody
for
a
quick
intro
from
the
the
best
team
in
the
city
item
of
business
is
the
election
and
appointment
of
Public
Works
commission
officials.
Two
positions
are
up
for
election
chair
and
vice
chair
and
at
this
time
I'll
accept
a
nomination
for
chair.
D
E
D
E
D
D
D
D
D
G
Thank
you
chair.
The
first
topic
enhance
the
river
update,
is
an
update
on
a
portion
of
the
water
renewal
utility
plan.
That
was
a
key
component
when
that
was
passed
by
city
council,
and
so
we
wanted
to
provide
an
update
to
the
commission
on
kind
of
the
latest
associated
with
the
initiative.
What
are
some
of
the
types
of
projects
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
as
part
of
enhance
the
river
components
and
then
open
up
any
questions
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Kate
Harris?
P
Okay,
chair
Commissioners,
council
member,
my
name
is
Kate
Harris
and
I'm
the
water
quality
programs
manager
in
the
environmental
division.
In
my
role,
I
oversee
Source
control
program
which
we'll
hear
about
in
the
next
presentation,
sampling
and
monitoring
group.
We
have
an
environmental
data
analyst
and
a
Regulatory
Compliance.
Last
time,
I
spoke
before
Public
Works
commission
was
in
July
when
I
presented
on
the
new
permits
for
our
water
renewal
facilities.
P
The
program
that
I'm
going
to
present
today
is
completely
different.
It's
a
shift
from
anything
that
I've
worked
on
at
the
city.
My
job
right
is
has
been
centered
around
Regulatory
Compliance
and
also
evaluating
compliance
Alternatives
that
maybe
have
better
environmental
outcomes.
But
this
is
completely
different
and
I
have
I'm
happy
to
say
it's
also
a
shift
in
how
water
renewal
Services
is
taking
their
role
as
stewards
of
the
Boise
River.
P
P
There
are
three
main
program:
drivers,
the
water
renewal,
utility
plan,
the
city
of
Boise,
climate
action,
plan
roadmap
and
support
for
the
city's
ipds
thermal
variance
request
and
I'll
go
over
just
these
briefly,
so
the
primary
driver
is
the
water
renew
utility
plan
and
published
in
2020.
This
plan
established
the
visit
vision
for
water
and
oil
services
for
the
next
several
decades.
P
P
Now,
while
this,
the
Water
renew
utility
plan
was
the
main
driver,
the
enhanced
River
program
does
support
other
important
city
programs
and
efforts.
P
There
sorry
this
is
this
client.
This
slide
I'm
include,
shows
the
seven
priority
areas
that
were
identified
in
the
climate,
action
roadmap
and
23
opportunities.
The
Hanson
River
program
would
support
the
natural
environment
and
the
water
sectors,
and
the
third
driver
that
I'll
touch
on
is
support
for
the
city's
316a
thermal
variance
request.
P
We
have
two
water
renewal
facilities
that
discharge
the
Boise
River
and
one
has
temperature
limits
for
our
discharges.
We
discharge
water
that
is
warmer
than
the
Boise
River,
and
on
right
now
we're
actually
unable
to
meet
the
final
limits
in
the
permit.
We
have
interim
limits
now
and
a
schedule
of
compliance
to
reach
those
final
limits,
the
after
an
extensive
compliance,
Alternatives
analysis
and
a
review
of
the
biological
and
environmental
data
on
the
Boise
River.
The
city
opted
to
apply
for
a
variance
now.
P
The
Clean
Water
Act
says
that
if
a
permit
T
can
show
that
the
limits
in
their
permits
are
more
stringent
than
necessary
to
protect
the
Aquatic
community
that
lives
in
the
river,
you
can
apply
for
a
variance,
and
you
have
to
demonstrate
this
through
the
permittee.
It
has
to
demonstrate
why
this
is
so
so
we've
applied
for
this
we're
working
on
this
with
teq.
P
If
it
is
granted,
the
variant
is
only
good
for
five
years.
You
have
to
show
that
you're
making
improvements
in
five
years
or
when
you
apply
for
the
variance
again
it
could
be
denied.
You
have
to
start
all
over
again.
N
Were
there
a
specific
reason
why
these
pictures
were
put
in
there
were
these
oh
specific
species
that
we
should
be
concerned?
Yes,.
P
Thank
you.
Those
are
three
important
fish
species
in
the
lower
Boise
River.
The
sculpin
is
on
the
left,
they're
kind
of
creepy
looking
but
they're
they're
important
and
they're
important
water
indicators
of
water
quality.
We
have
a
rainbow
trout
and
a
brown
trout
on
the
right
and
then
just
a
example
of
a
macron
vertebrate
species
or
the
fish
food
that
live
in
the
river
that
we
also
have
to
to
show
that
we're
protecting.
F
P
Chair,
commissioner,
so
the
city
submitted,
a
demonstration
Pratt
report
in
the
latest
version
was
in
February
of
2021.
and
the
DEQ
had
was
working
on
a
decision.
We
had
a
few
points
that
we
were
still
working
through
and
unfortunately,
we
had
to
put
the
variance
request
on
hold
to
get
our
permits
out
for
our
water
renewal
facilities
before
other
schedules
of
compliance
expired.
P
It
is
written
into
our
new
schedule,
compliance
that
we
will
have
the
variance
requests
done
within
two
years.
However,
we've
been
working
with
DEQ
to
accelerate
that
schedule
to
one
year,
so
we
are
actually
working
with
DEQ
on
those
remaining
issues
and
we'll
have
a
decision
at
the
end
of
one
year,
which
will
be
July
of
2023.
P
So
some
of
you
might
be
thinking
well,
what's
the
problem
boys
against
love,
the
Boise
River,
it's
a
gorgeous
River
and,
in
fact,
there's
a
photo.
That's
in
the
kind
of
towards
the
right
bottom,
the
sampling
monitoring
team
caught
that
fish.
Yesterday,
it's
a
giant
brown
trout
and
it
was
up
a
Deckard
road.
We
know
that
it's
a
popular
River
for
for
tubing,
for
the
white
water
park
and
for
fishing
and
additional
Recreation.
P
However,
the
within
the
last
century,
the
lower
Boise
River
has
been
transformed
from
a
Meandering
braided
gravelbed
river,
that
supported
large
river
runs
of
salmon
to
a
channelized,
regulated
River,
with
the
primary
function
of
flood
control
and
providing
irrigation
water
to
more
than
1200
square
miles
of
land.
The
next
series
of
photographs,
I'm
going
to
show,
are
some
aerial
photos
to
describe
the
progression.
P
This
photo
is
from
1939
and,
as
you
can
see,
the
channel
is
very
complex.
It's
braided!
There
are
lots
of
side
channels.
The
river
is
connected
to
the
flood
plain
and
you
know
doesn't
show
up
quite
as
well.
In
the
photographs
there
are
a
cottonwoods
trees
on
the
sand,
bars
I'm,
going
to
ask
you
to
keep
your
eye
on
this
side
channel
here,
which
is
one
of
the
prominent
side
channels,
and
this
Square
here
I'm
going
to
come
back
to
later
in
the
discussion.
P
This
is
1939
and
just
25
years
later,
you
can
see,
for
example,
that
side
channel
on
the
left
was
completely
cut
off
and
the
and
the
flood
plain
has
been
developed
now.
Part
of
this
was
for,
of
course,
development
of
the
city.
You
can
also
see
a
pointer,
the
Lander
Street,
oh
the
Lander,
Street
water
renewal
facility
and
pointing
to
the
pointer
right
now.
E
P
Is
right
there
now,
a
lot
of
this
was
for
Community
Development
and
also
because
of
for
flood
control
and
irrigation
conveyance.
So
this
is
1964
Lucky
Peak,
Dam
construction
began
in
1949,
Anderson
Ranch
was
finished
in
1951,
so
we
did
have
arrowrock
Dam
back
in
1915,
but
a
lot
of
these
changes
were
due
to
flood
control
and
being
able
to
support
the
Boise
population
in
2016.
You
can
see
that
the
flood
plain
is
completely
developed
and
channelization
is
almost
complete.
By
that
I
mean
the
braids
in
the
river
have
been
removed.
P
It's
one
straight
Channel
with
a
few
bends,
and
there
are,
you
can
see
the
removal
of
the
cottonwoods
and
that's
again
that
side
channel
is
gone
now,
that
item
in
the
lower
right,
I,
don't
know
if
you
can
see
it
or
not,
but
you
can
see
the
channel
is
trying
to
actually
split
into
two
channels
there,
but
I
will
come
back
to
that
and
there
were
some
improvements
in
the
1980s,
such
as
minimum
Stream
flow
agreements,
but
the
river
continues
to
be
impacted
by
by
development
and
growth.
Now,
why
is
this
a
problem?
P
P
So
this
isn't
the
the
typical
flow
pattern
that
you
would
see
in
natural
streams
and
that
typical
flow
pattern
is
our
environment
include
environmental
cues
for
the
biology
that
live
there
when
they
need
to
reproduce
when
they
need
to
overwinter,
and
also
the
physical
habitat
has
been
highly
altered.
P
So
by
removing
the
Braiding
by
removing
the
sinuosity
you've
changed
the
natural
pool,
riffle
sequence,
which
is
important
for
fish
habitat,
but
also
for
channel
processing
of
nutrients
and
and
sediments,
and
by
removing
the
side
channels
and,
of
course,
in
the
braiding,
is
that
you've
removed
a
lot
of
habitat
that
can
serve
as
flow
refugia.
So,
for
example,
during
High
flows
with
all
the
flows
just
moving
down
one
main
Channel,
there's
nowhere
for
the
for
the
species
to
essentially
to
hide
to
get
away
from
that
flow.
P
P
Now
this
program
has
dedicated
funding
from
water
renewal
services,
so
the
pre,
the
definition
I'm
going
to
provide
today,
is
simply
for
that
program.
If
you
asked
100
people
what
Hans
the
river
means,
they
could
say
a
hundred
different
things,
but
for
our
program
our
objective
is
to
improve
water
quality,
improve
Aquatic
and
riparian
habitat
riparian
is
the
area
that's
adjacent
to
the
T,
to
the
streams
or
water
bodies,
and
also
to
improve
stream
channel
structure
and
function.
P
The
city
has
a
dedicated
sampling
and
monitoring
group
that
already
collects
a
lot
of
data
on
the
Boise
River.
This
group
is
amazing.
There's
a
team
of
five,
including
our
coordinator,
who
came
to
us
from
the
USGS
after
30
years
of
experience
and
was
already
the
expert
on
the
lower
Boise
River
for
USGS
water
quality
data
and
the
biology
that
lived
there
and
she's
also
helped
us
expand
the
program,
mainly
in
support
of
our
316a
thermal
variants.
P
So
the
photos
in
the
lower
right
hand
corner
is
something
that
we've
added
just
in
a
couple
of
years.
That's
one
of
our
team
members
monitoring
measuring
a
muscle
that
they
found
in
the
river.
So
we
snorkel
the
rivers
to
look
at
substrate,
look
for
fish
and
mussels
on
the
way
left.
They
are
backpack
shocking,
a
side
channel
for
fish
and
in
the
center
is
we're
collecting
what
are
called
clean
hand,
samples
across
the
river
and
the
top
right
is
one
of
my
favorite
pictures.
P
Now
we
because
of
this
program,
we
have
a
lot
of
data
on
the
Boise
River.
We
know
what
the
problems
are,
but
the
next
question
is
so
now
that
we
know
all
of
this.
How
do
we
make
the
jump
then
to
doing
restoration
projects?
P
P
If
you
don't
know
that
you
don't
know
what
projects
to
implement
well,
that
was
in
late
2015
and
2016.
The
Boise
River
experienced
the
flooding
and
because
of
the
flooding,
the
Army
Corps
of
engineer
and
flood
control,
district
10
developed
a
tool
to
help
manage
the
flows
on
the
lower
Boise
River.
It
was
mainly
developed
for
predicting
flood
flows
and
and
flow
management.
P
It's
a
2d
two-dimensional
hydraulic
model
and
what
that
means
is
that
it
it's
not
just
a
a
picture
of
of
us
of
a
stick
figure,
but
it's
actually.
We
used
a
tool
called
lidar,
which
is
light,
laser
detection
and
ranging,
and
it
the
plane
flew
over
the
Watershed.
We
did
in
the
river
in
the
winter
when
the
trees
were
off
and
they
actually
got
a
3D
scan
of
the
river
and
the
surrounding
riparian
area.
So,
and
so
we
know
how
deep
the
channel
was
at
all
these
areas.
P
P
P
They
made
that
publicly
available,
and
that
was
the
first
step
that
Idaho,
Fish
and
Game
told
us
to
do.
But
what
the
city
did
next
is
create
a
hydraulic
habitat
suitability
model.
So
if
we
know
the
water
depth-
and
we
know
the
velocity
and
from
literature
values,
we
know
what
fish
species
prefer
and
what
life
stages
of
each
fish
species
prefer
we
can
actually
create
maps
of
which
areas
of
the
Boise
River
are
even
suitable
for
those
fish
species.
P
So,
for
example,
the
top
graphic
is
water
depth,
the
middle
one
is
velocity
and
then
on.
The
bottom
is
a
hybrid
of
those
for
fish
species
where
blue
is
best
quality,
habitat
green
is
good,
yellow
is
low,
red
is
very
poor
and
the
other
one
is
just
Channel
isn't
flowing.
Now.
That's
just
a
hypothetical
example,
but
let
me
show
you
one
for
actually
our
Boise
River.
P
P
So
you
can
see
it's
fairly
mixed
there
for
comparison,
I'm
going
to
show
you
the
high
flow,
and
you
can
see
from
the
you
know,
of
course,
the
abundance
of
the
red
and
yellow
colors,
but
there
isn't
much
habitat
available
at
high
flows,
but
there
is
one
tiny,
green
line
that
is
right
here
that
I'm
going
to
come
back
to
so
just
to
recap,
we
needed
a
better
understanding
of
the
river
and
before
we
started
implementing
projects
so
now,
I'll
describe
kind
of
what
some
of
those
projects
might
be
and
then
the
next
tool
that
we're
using
to
Aid
in
implementation.
P
P
Some
projects
have
been
identified
by
other
local
environmental
groups
such
as
the
Boise,
River
enhancement
Network,
and
we
even
get
calls
from
groups
who
are
working
on
projects
or
thinking
about
projects
and
think
that
the
city
would
be
a
benefit
as
a
stakeholder
as
well,
and
this
isn't
a
complete
list
where
these
are
just
some
examples,
so,
for
example,
increasing
the
in-stream
complexity,
doing
a
riverbank,
restoration
side,
Channel
creation
or
reconnection
and
others,
so
just
more
specifically
Mr
Burgos.
How
am
I
doing
on
time?
P
Okay.
So
this
is
one
that
I
mentioned.
When
we
looked
at
the
high
flows
for
West
Boise,
one
of
the
side,
the
projects
could
be
reconnecting,
Warm,
Springs
Canal,
which
that
flows
along
here
and
adding
that
as
a
side
channel
to
the
Boise
River.
The
benefits
would
be
adding
more
spawning
and
rearing
habitat
and
it
would
decrease
temperature,
add
Channel
complexity
and
also
add
River
resilience
by
improving
the
flows
during
medium
and
high
flows.
P
Another
example-
and
this
goes
back
to
that
little
square
in
the
lower
right
hand
corner
of
the
aerial
photographs
when
I
said
that
in
2016
it
looks
like
the
river's
trying
to
start
to
to
braid
or
is
trying
to
start
to
do
something
we
could
actually
help
it
along
and
actually
add
Channel
complexity
or
side
channels
in
the
Stream.
So,
for
example,
these
blue
lines
here
where
you
can
see
that
at
high
flows
it
actually
does
flow
that
are
just
not
year
round
and
also
there's
a
blue
line
there
and
even
a
blue
line.
There.
P
Finance,
okay
I'm
going
to
move
on
then.
So
there
are
many
projects,
but
the
next
tool
that
we're
developing
is
now
that
we
have
all
of
these
projects
because
they
are
funded
by
water,
renewal
Services.
We
wanted
to
develop
a
tool
that
demonstrates
that
we
are
spending
the
funds
wisely.
How
do
we
know
which
projects
to
implement
and
our
objective
was
to
create
a
framework
that
was
transparent
in
Project
selection,
but
also
allowed
us
to
reasonably
quickly
assess
as
many
projects
and
rank
them?
P
We
had
an
internal
team
that
developed
a
set
of
criteria
again.
These
are
only
specific
to
this
water
or
nose
your
services
objectives,
and
there
are
seven
criteria
listed
here,
but
there
are
sub
criteria
so,
for
example,
under
water
quality,
we
have
sub
criteria
for
reduced
River
temperature,
reduce
load
of
nutrients,
reduce
sediment,
and
for
each
of
these
criteria
we
will
develop,
be
developing
scales
so,
for
example,
for
each
of
those
what
results
in
a
poor
outcome?
P
P
So,
for
example,
I
think
temperature
should
have
a
higher
weight
than
some
of
the
other
criteria,
but
that's
a
policy
decision
that
we
still
need
to
work
through
the
score
in
combination
with
project
cost
allows
us
to
make
data
informed
decisions
about
project
selection
and
I
just
want
to
say
the
most
exciting
part
of
this
opportunity
is
to
work
with
agencies
that
we
don't
normally
partner
with
to
identify
areas
that
we
can
work
together
to
benefit
all
of
us
in
creating
a
win-win-win
scenario.
P
G
Chair
thanks,
Kate
and
and
how
that'll
work
is
we'll
start
coming
back
to
you
on
an
annual
basis
with
like
for
this
fiscal
year
for
that
fiscal
year.
Here
are
the
recommended,
enhance
the
river
projects,
so
Kate
and
the
team
will
start
selecting
projects
for
you
all
to
consider
we'll
put
that
in
the
budget
for
funding
and
so
you'll
see
all
that
and
how
we
came
up
came
up
with
that
list.
D
A
I
just
want
to
say
Kate
that
was
a
I
was
impressed
with
your
presentation.
I
think
it
was
in
July,
and
it
just
today
was
even
more
impressive.
I'm
really
impressed
with
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
the
quality
of
the
work
and
the
perspective
that
you're
providing
this
commission
about
the
water
quality
issues
in
the
rivers
is
really
very
impressive.
So
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
that
number
one
and
secondly,
I
did
have
one
question
on
one
of
the
slides.
A
You
were
showing
the
differences
in
water
quality
by
using
different
colors,
and
you
have
one
slide
that
showed
differences
in
water
quality
based
on
low
flows
and
compare
that
with
high
flows.
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
explain
why
such
significant
differences
in
water
quality
between
the
two
flow
levels.
P
Chair,
commissioner,
thank
you
for
the
question.
I
should
have
been
more
specific.
The
model
right
now
specifically
looked
at
hydraulic
suitability.
So,
for
example,
it's
not
water
quality.
It's
not
sediment
content
in
the
water,
it's
not
nutrients,
but
actually
it's
simply
the
Hydraulics,
the
velocity
of
the
water
canned,
the
fish
and
that's
life
stage
at
that
species
exists
there.
P
B
B
Pardon
me
didn't
mean
to
interrupt.
Thank
you.
Mr,
chair,
I,
do
have
a
question,
although
I
think
the
director
mostly
answered
it
for
me
on
budget,
so
I
appreciate
that
Ms
Harris.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
I
am
new
to
the
commission,
and
just
learning
and
I
really
am
excited
about
this
I
really
liked
the
rainbow
trout,
habitat
simulation
and
kind
of
how
that
could
look.
We
all
love
fishing.
We
all
love
the
river.
B
B
B
And
do
you
have
an
overall
budget
for
your
division
program
unit,
whatever
you
call
it
in
the
water
quality
environmental
program.
B
Okay
and
then
that
1.3
million
dollars,
thank
you
that
1.3
million
dollars
is
for
your
operations,
if
I'm
understanding
that
correctly
you'll
also
come
back
and
look
for
additional
Project
Specific
funding
in
future
meetings,
so
that
we
would
make
those
recommendations
to
be
included
in
in
the
budget.
I
just
want
to
confirm
I'm
understanding
the
process.
Please
chair.
P
Commissioner,
that
is
correct,
and
also
we
will
be
looking
for
partners
to
partner
on
and,
for
example,
we
are.
Actually
people
are
reaching
out
to
us
that
have
funds
and
say
hey.
We
have
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
we'd
like
to
invest
in
water
quality
improvement
in
the
lower
Boise
River.
What
what
projects
do
you
have
for
us?
So
by
having
these
this
list
of
projects
ready
and
being
able
to
read
readily
identify
partners
and
other
partner
funding
sources?
Of
course,
our
dollars
can
go
a
lot
further
to
enhancing
the
river.
P
B
N
Yes,
I
did
have
a
question
on
the
very
cool
video
that
you
were,
showing
the
velocity
I'm
a
little
embarrassed
as
a
basket
is
the
color.
It
was
like
almost
like
a
fluorescent
Green
in
the
middle.
So
was
that
just
what
was
the
color
showing
us,
because
we
could
see
the
flow
but
I
didn't
know
what
the
color
was
showing
us
chair.
Commissioner,.
N
G
Sure,
just
a
yes
Point
clarification
for
commissioner
Lockett,
your
question
on
the
budget,
the
1.3
million
that
was
mentioned.
Those
are
the
that's
the
funding
that's
allocated
currently
for
actual
capital
projects,
the
the
funding
of
the
group.
We
can
get
that
number
for
you,
that's
rolled
into
water,
renewal
services
for
Kate's
group,
so
we
can
get
that
number
for
you,
but
the
1.3.
Just
for
clarification.
That's
the
budget,
we're
setting
aside
in
the
capital
fund
to
actually
construct
projects.
G
B
So
the
1.3
is
kind
of
our
share.
Pardon
me
Mr,
chair
and
director
yeah
pardon
me,
so
the
1.3
is
our
initial
money
for
Capital
outlay
towards
these
projects
or
separate
capital
outlay,
entirely.
G
It's
a
chair,
commissioner:
it's
a
capital
outlay
that
we're
estimating
for
say.
B
A
D
G
You
chair,
this
is
a
really
interesting
topic
and
a
Hot
Topic
pfas
issues
are
an
emerging
one,
certainly
nationally
and
we're
no
different
locally.
So
we
wanted
to
to
provide
some
information
on
one
just
our
pre-treatment,
folks
in
that
group
and
what
they
do.
G
It's
a
group
that
doesn't
necessarily
get
a
chance
to
be
in
front
of
you
all
very
often
so
Austin
walk-ins
is
the
the
lead,
Source
control
manager,
and
also
that
also
includes
pre-treatment,
so
he's
going
to
give
you
an
overview
of
the
pre-treatment
program
writ
large,
but
then
specifically,
some
of
the
pfos
bmps
that
we're
trying
to
put
in
place
to
try
to
get
a
head
start,
because
we
know
these.
These
regulations
are
coming,
and
so
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Austin.
G
Q
Q
Q
Q
I'd
like
to
start
with
just
the
broad
question
of.
Why
do
we
have
a
pre-treatment
program?
The
easiest
answers,
because
it's
required
under
the
Clean
Water
Act,
but
but
there's
a
reason
that
it's
required
under
the
Clean
Water
Act
as
you'll
see
in
this
diagram.
We
have
our
water
renewal
facilities
placed
kind
of
at
the
center
of
this
diagram
and
those
are
really
designed
to
primarily
treat
sewage
from
from
households,
domestic
Wastewater
and
so
you'll.
These
arrows
show
you
have
your
domestic
Wastewater
that
comes
into
our
renewal
facilities.
Q
We
treat
that
water,
then
we
have
clean
water.
That
goes
out
to
the
Boise
River
and
then
some
of
the
solids
we're
able
to
reuse
and
send
out
to
our
20
Mile
South
Farm,
which
is
our
biosolids
application
site,
and
we
can
use
that
to
sort
of
fertilizer
to
grow
crops.
Q
When
we
add
industrial
sources
of
pollution
into
that
mix,
they
vary
slightly
from
your
traditional
household
domestic
Wastewater.
When
we
think
of
industrial
Wastewater,
we
think
of
more
heavy
metals,
more
synthetic
chemicals
which
which
differ
from
you
know,
traditional
household
Wastewater.
Our
renewal
facilities
can
handle
some
of
this,
but
it's
really
important
that
we
don't
let
too
much
into
our
system
and
kind
of
overwhelm
our
renewal
facilities.
Q
If
that
were
to
happen,
it
jeopardizes
a
number
of
things:
first
and
foremost,
worker
safety,
the
the
staff
that
work
in
and
around
the
collection
and
treatment
system
they
could
be
exposed
to
hazardous
conditions,
I
think
flammable
explosive
exposure
to
noxious
streams.
Q
Our
environment
is
critically
important.
We
don't
want
to
see
things
that
enter
our
treatment
facility,
go
untreated
or
maybe
overwhelm
the
treatment
system
and
make
it
less
efficient
in
its
treatment
operations
and
potentially
pass
through
to
the
system
either
the
Boise
River,
maybe
some
of
the
biosolids
that
we
apply
at
the
farm
and
then
also
the
economics
how
our
system
is
designed.
There's
there's,
there's
an
economic
piece
of
this
and
and
what
rates
folks
pay
is
dependent
on
where
we
can
send
things.
Q
Q
You
know
if
I
had
to
there's
a
lot
of
folks
that
work
on
the
operation
side
of
running
a
city,
especially
a
water
renew
facility
pre-treatment,
is
kind
of
that
that
first
line
of
defense
with
our
operations
team,
so
we're
we're
really
in
the
midpoint
of
that
orange
arrow
between
the
industries
and
our
operations.
Folks
to
the
best
of
our
ability,
we
want
to
manage
pollution
at
its
source,
so
we
want
to
work
with
our
Industries
understand
the
processes
they're
working
on
what
sort
of
pollution
are
they
generating?
Q
Can
we
eliminate
that
and
if
we
can't
eliminate
that
what
are
other
opportunities
can
we
control
it?
Can
we
alter
its
form
somehow
make
sure
that
what
they
are
sending
us
it's
at
a
level
and
a
quantity
that
that's
allowable
in
our
system?
We
really,
as
I
mentioned
before,
want
to
prevent
those
upsets
or
interference
at
the
plant.
We
treat
for
a
lot
of
pollutants,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
nothing's
introduced
to
the
plants
that
hurts
that
efficacy
and
then
also
pass
through.
Q
We
don't
want
something
to
enter
our
facilities,
go
untreated
and
then
go
into
the
environment.
So
controlling
that
at
the
source
is
one
of
the
the
best
approaches
to
to
limiting
the
pollution
that
can
enter
our
environment
and
then
that
that
last
Point,
since
the
the
Inception
of
the
the
pre-treatment
program
nationally,
it's
always
been
a
goal
to
promote
Recycling
and
Reclamation,
and
this
this
is
really
quite
the
scale
that
we
work
on.
Q
So
obviously
water
recycling
is,
is
getting
a
lot
of
attention
right
now,
it's
on
a
very
large
scale,
I'm
very
proud
to
be
at
a
city,
that's
at
the
Forefront
of
that,
but
my
team
has
also
worked
with
some
of
our
Industries
on
on
really
small
operations.
Think
of
equipment,
that's
used
to
water,
to
cool
equipment
or
or
some
sort
of
a
cutting
or
abrasive
material
that
uses
water
working
with
them
to
to
filter
some
of
those
material
in
that
recycle,
that
water
and
and
keep
it
going
that
way.
Q
Every
pre-treatment
program
is
going
to
be
unique
to
the
city
that
they're,
a
part
of,
and
a
big
driver
of
that
is
the
receiving
water
that
their
water
renewal
or
their
wastewater
treatment
facilities
discharge
into
so
for
ours,
that's
the
Boise
River,
relatively
speaking,
the
Boise
River
is
kind
of
a
small
water
body,
especially
if
you
think
of
some
of
those
coastal
cities
that
discharge
into
the
ocean.
Q
So
our
program
has
some
things
that
are
different
than
maybe
Coastal
programs
would
have,
or
or
other
programs
and
discharging
to
bigger
water
bodies
would
have
I
think.
Another
thing
that
really
distinguishes
our
program
is
the
core
values
that
I
list
up
here
we're
an
extremely
proactive
program.
Q
We
we
like
to
get
ahead
of
of
issues
we
like
to
keep
our
eyes
on
the
horizon,
see
what's
coming
down
the
pipeline
and
and
understand
what
we
need
to
do
to
prepare
and
that
feeds
into
the
next
bullet
point
we're
very
collaborative
with
our
Industries
having
that
eye
towards
the
future,
trying
to
get
an
understanding
of
what's
coming.
Our
way
helps
us
in
those
conversations
of
you
know
we
can
enter
into
meetings
and
discussions
with
our
Industries
and
say
here's
what
we
think
is
going
to
happen.
Q
How
is
that
going
to
impact
you?
Here's
how
it's
going
to
impact
us?
How
do
we
work
together
on
this
and
then
that
last
bullet
point
I
just
feel
really
lucky
I
think
everyone,
both
internally
at
the
city
and
externally
with
our
partners.
We
have
this
shared
vision
of
protecting
the
Boise,
River
and
I.
Think
when
you're
United
in
that
shared
Vision
it
this
work
is
challenging.
Sometimes
it's
hard.
Sometimes
it's
easy.
Q
The
shared
vision
of
that
helps
make
it
easier
everyone
that
that
we
work
with
wants
to
protect
the
Boise
River,
which
is
great
and
I,
just
want
to
highlight
a
recent
example
that
I
think
really
captures
kind
of
the
essence
of
our
program.
Q
With
back
in
2014,
the
city
created
a
local
limit
for
mercury,
local
limit,
that's
that's
a
a
limit,
that's
unique
to
a
city
or
a
system,
and
so
that
differs
for
every
city
could
have
different
pollutants,
that
they
have
limits
for
or
different
levels
for
certain
pollutants,
and
those
are
what's
called
those
local
limits.
Our
our
Mercury
local
limit
was
driven
by
some
permit
requirements,
and
we
knew
that
dental
offices,
the
amalgam
that
they
set
for
cavities
set
and
remove,
was
a
big
source
of
mercury.
Q
We
also
knew
that
the
EPA
was
working
on
some
requirements
for
dental
offices,
but
we
didn't
have
an
exact
timeline
of
when
that
was
going
to
happen,
and
we
decided
that
we
wanted
to
proceed
proceed
regardless,
and
so
we
met
with
our
dental
offices.
We
we
built
a
best
management
program,
around
handling
Mercury,
had
them
install
some
treatment
equipment
and,
to
date,
we've
seen
some
incredible
results
from
that.
We've
had
incoming
mercury
levels
reduced
by
55
percent,
we're
seeing
full
compliance
with
our
Dental
Community.
Q
The
requirements
that
we
have
for
them
have
been
very
manageable
and
you
know
it
should
I
think
it
really
highlights
the
efficacy
of
getting
ahead
of
things
and
and
tackling
them
from
from
an
early
onset.
Q
Kind
of
the
last
slide
on
on
the
program
as
an
overview
I
just
want
to
give
a
brief
summary
we're
a
team
of
six
staff.
I
wish
I
had
15
minutes
to
talk
to
you
about
how
great
my
staff
is
we're
they're
in
the
unique
position
of
it.
We
play
the
critical
role
of
protecting
the
city's
assets
and
our
Personnel,
while
at
the
same
time
working
with
Industries
and
understanding
the
decision
we
make
can
have
impacts
on
them
and
how
they
run
their
business.
Q
So
it's
not
a
decision
or
it's
not
work
that
we
take
lightly,
but
they
do
an
exceptional
job.
Our
team
manages
over
2
000
businesses
throughout
the
city.
A
lot
of
those
are
smaller
facilities,
so
think
restaurants,
auto
garages,
laundromats
a
lot
of
the
small
businesses
individually
oftentimes.
These
aren't
of
concern.
It's
it's
when
you
realize
how
many
of
them
there
are
throughout
the
city.
The
cumulative
impact
is
what
is
what
we
like
to
keep
an
eye
on
I
I.
Q
Have
this
a
I
think
it's
cool
that
our
program
has
a
Lego
set
B
I
think
this
Lego
set
really
highlights
some
of
the
work
that
folks
have
heard
of
pre-treatment.
Q
Sometimes
folks
have
heard
of
like
fat
burgs
where,
where
Greece
and
quote-unquote
flushable
wipes
get
into
the
sewer-
and
it
ends
up,
clogging
up
the
system
and
pre-treatment,
part
of
our
goal
is
to
work
with
these
small
Industries
to
say:
here's
your
cumulative
impact,
let's
work
together
to
make
sure
you
don't
overwhelm
our
system.
Q
The
other
piece
of
our
program
is,
is
what
I'll
talk
more
about
today
and
that's
our
our
significant
industrial
user
or
our
SIU
program.
That's
that
word
significant.
There
are
some
metrics
that
defines
whether
an
industry
is
significant
or
not.
It
is
a
regulatory
term
and
in
our
jurisdiction
we
currently
have
15
significant
industrial
users.
Q
The
easiest
way
to
describe
these
is
they're,
the
largest
and
or
the
most
impactful
users
of
our
system.
So
this
is
any
our
semiconductor
manufacturers,
our
dairies,
our
metal
finishers,
it's
quite
a
range
of
Industries
and
if
depending
on
which
facility
you're
looking
at
Lander
in
West
Boise
they're
anywhere
from
10
to
25
percent
of
our
incoming
flows,
just
these
15
facilities
alone.
So
they
are
they,
as
the
name
implies
their
significant
portion
of
our
operations
before
I
pivot
to
to
the
pfas,
bmps
or
best
management
practice.
A
Just
one
quick
question:
once
Austin,
once
you've
collected
all
the
waste
materials
from
the
smaller
customers
that
you're
referring
to
and
you've
pumped
it
into
this
tank
truck
I
like
the
Lego
Thing
by
the
way,
what
do
you
do
with
it?
Where
does
it
go
after
you've
collected
it.
Q
Oops
chair,
commissioner,
so
it
depends
oftentimes
what
we
try
to
do,
especially
if,
as
this
Lego
set
illustrates
some
of
these,
this
grease
that
gets
in
the
city,
we
try
to
work
with
our
facilities
that
produce
Greece,
mostly
our
restaurants.
All
those
facilities
are
outfitted
with
with
what's
called
a
grease
Interceptor.
So
it's
essentially
a
big
concrete
box
in
the
ground
outside
of
their
restaurant,
that
that
captures
that
grease
before
it
can
get
into
our
facility
and
one
of
their
requirements,
is
to
have
that
clean
that
regular
intervals
to
to
keep
the
grease
level
down.
Q
So
they
would
contract
a
third
party
to
pump
that
out
and
most
of
those
trucks
then
take
that
to
some
sort
of
lined
facility
lined
Pond,
where
that
material
is
in
waters,
evaporated
off
and
then
whatever
solids
are
left
over,
are
property
properly
disposed
of.
There's
a
lot
of
options,
there's
a
ways.
There's
ways
to
recycle
grease,
there's
ways
to
turn
it
into
biofuels.
It
all
that
those
are
sort
of
I,
guess
the
private
Market.
Q
We
we,
as
long
as
folks,
are
keeping
up
with
our
pre-treatment
requirements
and
and
adhering
to
all
local
state
federal
laws
with
disposal
practices
where
we're
agnostic
to
how
they
handle
it.
Q
I'll
start
with
kind
of
an
overview
of
what
pfas
is
so
pfas
is
per
and
poly
fluorinated
substances.
These
are
commonly
collectively
referred
to
just
as
pfas
or
oftentimes
you'll
hear
of
these
spoken
of
it
as
forever
chemicals
and
that's
because
they
they
don't
tend
to
degrade
in
the
environment.
So
once
they're
out
there
they
stick
around
forever
and
pfas
is
it's
hundreds
of
human-made
chemicals.
Q
The
the
list
is
seems
like
it's
constantly
growing,
but
it's
it's
quite
a
few,
as
this
figure
illustrates
on
this
slide,
there's
a
variety
of
sources
that
can
generate
pfas
and
you'll
notice
at
the
the
center
of
this
slide
is
our
wastewater
treatment
plant.
So
there's
a
lot
of
sources
out
there,
a
lot
of
them
end
up
coming
via
directly
or
indirectly,
through
the
wastewater
treatment
plant.
Q
One
of
the
reasons
I'm
here
today.
Two
of
these
pfas
compounds-
pfos
and
pfoa-
are
being
proposed
to
be
listed
under
circla,
which
is
more
commonly
referred
to
as
the
Superfund
law.
If
you're
not
familiar
with
circular
or
Superfund.
This
is
the
law
that
governs
the
cleanup
and
then
the
liability
and
who's
responsible
for
cleaning
up
sites
that
are
contaminated
with
hazardous
waste.
Q
So
if,
if
this
proposal
goes
through
and
if
these
two
compounds
are
listed
under
circla,
essentially
overnight,
locations
that
have
pfos
and
pfoa
at
concentrations
above
a
threshold
would
become
super
fun
sites
and
the
owners
of
that
location
would
immediately
become
responsible
for
the
cleanup
or
potentially
responsible
for
the
cleanup
and
the
remediation
of
that
site.
This
has
us
concerned
as
a
city,
the
city
we're
passive
receivers
of
a
lot
of
waste.
We
don't
produce
this,
we
don't
Market
it.
Q
We
don't
profit
from
it,
but
again
pointing
back
to
this
figure
a
lot
of
all
arrows
Point
towards
of
wastewater
treatment
plan.
So
we
we
receive
it
whether
we
like
it
or
not.
So
it
is
it.
We
want
to
be
sure
we're
on
top
of
what's
going
on.
So
we
understand
if
this
change
goes
through,
what
that
means
for
our
program,
what
it
means
for
the
city
at
Large.
Q
The
ultimate
goal
with
our
program
is,
is
to
identify
sort
of
a
budget,
so
each
of
these
eras
we'd
be
able
to
understand
how
much
is
coming
from
these
sources.
How
often
is
it
is
it
continuous?
Is
it
periodic
and
we'd
essentially
know
what's
coming
in
and
what's
going
out,
the
first
step
of
that
program
or
that
process
is
going
to
be
looking
at
our
significant
industrial
users
again,
those
those
15
large
and
impactful
Industrial
users
and
there's
there's
two
main
reasons
for
that?
Q
The
first
is,
as
I
mentioned,
they
produce
a
significant
amount
of
flow
to
our
plants,
and
the
second
thing
is,
as
we
build
this
budget.
Some
of
these
arrows
are
controllable.
There's
things
we
can
do
about
it.
We
can
work
with
our
Industries
on
solutions
to
pfas,
and
some
of
them
might
be
beyond
the
scope
of
what
we
can
do
so
thinking
household
domestic
Wastewater,
pfas
isn't
just
found
in
industrial
processes.
It's
it's
on
raincoats,
it's
on
cookware,
it's
on
food
packaging.
Q
So
as
we
build
this
budget,
we
also
need
to
know
where
we
can
take
action
and
where,
maybe
education,
not
to
say
education,
isn't
an
action
but
where
education
might
be
the
more
appropriate
tool.
Q
The
the
best
management
practices
that
we
plan
to
roll
out
right
now
again,
it's
focused
on
just
quantifying
these
sources
identifying
and
quantifying
these
sources.
So
we're
going
to
be
requiring
quarterly
monitoring
of
the
Wastewater
coming
from
our
industrial
users
and
then
based
on
that
Wastewater.
If
pfas
are
detected,
we're
going
to
work
with
those
Industries,
can
we
eliminate
that
so
is
it
coming
from
particular
products?
Q
Can
we
substitute
those
products
out
of
their
processes
to
basically
eliminate
it
at
the
source
and,
if
that's
not
feasible,
can
we
then
explore
options
of
what
sort
of
treatment
can
we
install?
How
do
we
control
it
at
your
Source?
How
do
we
ensure
that
it's
it's
coming
to
our
renewal
facilities
at
a
level?
That's
not
going
to
overwhelm
our
system.
Q
I
do
want
to
note
our
our
15
significant
industrial
users
in
town
currently
as
part
of
their
compliance
and
permitting
obligations.
They
they
are
required
to
sample
their
Wastewater
and
they
are
responsible
for
paying
for
that
sampling.
These
new
monitoring
requirements
will
also
incur
costs
to
these
to
these
industries.
Q
We
we
are
discussing
this
issue
with
every
issues
we
try
to
coordinate
not
only
with
our
Industries,
but
also
other
Treasure
Valley
cities
trying
to
learn
what
others
are
doing.
Are
there
different
approaches
we
can
be
taking
those
conversations
are
ongoing
and
we're
always
exploring
options
and
and
ways
to
collaborate
with
folks.
So
this
initial
work.
Q
Q
The
next
steps
in
the
coming
weeks
we'll
be
sending
a
letter
to
our
our
sius,
our
significant
industrial
users,
informing
them
that
these
changes
are
coming.
In
that
letter,
we're
going
to
highly
encourage
them
to
set
up
meeting
with
myself
and
my
staff
to
discuss
why
the
city
is
undertaking
this.
What
it
means
for
them
hear
their
feedback
and
make
sure
they
have
a
firm
understanding
of
what
we're
requiring
and
why
the
ultimate
goal
is
to
roll
out
these
best
management
practices
beginning
in
April
of
2023.
Q
I
know
pfas
they've
been
around
since
the
40s,
but
some
of
the
attention
they're
getting
it-
it
seems
new,
seems
emerging.
It
seems
it's
certainly
of
concern,
but
the
role
that
pre-treatment
plays
the
process
that
we're
undertaking
our
goals.
These
aren't
new.
This
is
why
we
have
a
program
to
identify
this
pollution,
stop
it
at
its
source.
If
we
can
and
if
we
can't
control
it
and
understand
it,
so
our
operations
team
knows
we
really
try
to
be
a
data.
Q
Informed
city
you'll
see
that
in
every
presentation
today,
I
think
and
so
collecting
this
data
with
our
Siu's.
That's
a
key
part
of
informing
our
informing
and
guiding
our
our
decisions
going
forward,
and
it's
not
just
for
the
pre-treatment
team.
Once
we
have
this
data,
we
hope
to
share
that
with
our
operations
team,
so
they
can
get
an
understanding.
How
will
this
impact
their
current
treatment
equipment?
Will
it
impact
it?
Do
we
need
more
equipment?
Do
we
need
different
equipment
and
then
again
bringing
it
back
to
that?
Q
Economic
piece
is
what
is
the
cost
of
complying
with
this
and
not
least
of
which
we
want
to
work
with
Community
engagement?
This
a
lot
of
this
presentation
has
focused
on
the
relationship
ship
between
pre-treatment
and
our
Industries,
but
we
recognize
our
community
as
an
equally
important
player.
Q
They
have
expectations
for
how
we
control
pollution
at
the
source,
so
keeping
them
informed
of
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
then
also
hearing
the
feedback
of
of
how
we're
doing
what
we're
doing
and
if
we
should
be
exploring
other
options
and
with
that
I'm
happy
to
stand
for
any
questions.
G
The
pre-treatment
folks
are
pretty
unsung
folks,
they're
they're,
the
folks
out
on
the
front
lines
they're
very
customer
facing
they're,
interacting
with
restaurants
with
the
sius,
and
they
do
an
amazing
job
of
of
that
work
because
of
their
efforts,
I
mean
we're
saving
millions
of
dollars
in
additional
capacity
that
we
might
need
if,
if
discharges
were
just
allowed
to
do
whatever
they
want
and
we're
fortunate
in
Boise
that
our
that
our
customers
typically
aren't
that
way
they
want
to.
They
want
to
meet
those
needs.
G
So
so
us
and
the
team
are
an
incredibly
important
part
of
the
water
renewal
Services
overall
and
I'll
just
share
that
moving
forward
his
team
as
a
utility
we're
trying
to
get
better
at
smart
utility
and
using
more
data,
sets
almost
more
like
live,
what's
happening
in
the
collection
system,
so
that
we
can
give
information
to
the
treatment
system
ahead
of
time.
Hey
just
a
heads
up.
We
got
a
slug
load
of
X,
it's
probably
going
to
be
hitting
the
plant
by
you
know
next,
three
or
four
hours.
D
Awesome,
yes,
thank
you
for
being
the
The
Unsung
ounce
of
prevention,
I'll
open
it
up
for
any
questions
from
the
commission.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
chair,
Mr
Watkins.
That
was
a
great
presentation,
curious
well,
first
I
would
say
the
BMP
approach
that
the
city
is
taking
is
especially
related
to
pfos
seems
really
wise,
really
I.
Think
we're
just
on
the
sort
of
cusp
of
some
real
big
problems.
As
we
learn
more
and
more
about
where
this
stuff
is.
We
know
a
lot
about
some
of
the
sources
like
in
Fire
retardants
and
things
like
that,
but
with
the
liability
issue
under
circlaw
that
potentially
could
be
there.
F
That's
big
I
do
I
am
curious.
If
you
know
whether
or
not
there's
discussions
of
future
permit
monitoring,
for
example,
the
Wastewater
coming
into
the
plant,
whether
there's
going
to
be
monitoring
requirements
and
permits,
or
in
the
effluent
discharge
to
the
river.
If
you
have
any
inkling
of
that.
P
Chair,
commissioner,
we
just
received
our
water
renew
facility
permits
in
July
and
they're
good
for
five
years,
and
those
permits
do
not
contain
any
type
of
pfas
monitoring.
However,
if
they
are
adopted
under
circlan
or,
of
course,
of
any
Aquatic
Life
standards
are
developed,
that
those
are
the
ways
that
they
could
show
up
on
our
permit,
if
they're
adopted
by
Idaho
and
then
implemented
in
future
permits.
But
right
now
we
do
not
have
any
permit
limits
or
monitoring
requirements.
P
B
We
do
have
one
question:
I
promise,
I,
won't
ask
a
million
questions,
but
I
thought
our
new
commissioner
brought
up
a
good
point.
Mr
chairman.
Thank
you.
So
if
those
pfas
affluence
did
get
in,
you
know
at
elevated
levels
into
irrigation
water.
If,
when
that's
fed
into
pastures,
for
farming
for
animal
use,
Etc,
could
the
city
be
liable
for
those
types
of
you
know
hazards
or
the
cleanup?
You
know
we
talked
about
the
super
fund.
We
talked
about
cleanup.
B
Q
Chair,
commissioner,
as
a
city
I
think
our
main
concern
is
once
the
water
enters
our
our
water
renewal
facilities.
We
we
then
send
the
treated
water
to
the
Boise
River
and
the
solids
to
the
20
miles
south
farm,
so
both
of
those
the
the
actual
treatment
plant
and
then
the
20,
Mile,
South,
Farm,
I
I,
think
are
probably
our
first
concern.
Q
You
know
testing
the
effluent
entering
the
Boise
River.
What
then
gets
picked
up?
Downstream,
that's
that's
broader
in
scoped.
In
my
understanding
to
be
honest,
I
would
have
to
probably
defer
to
Mary
here
on
on
the
city's
liability
on
that
one,
but
from
from
our
I
guess.
Our
main
focus
right
now
is
is
the
two
physical
sites
of
the
the
renewal
facility
and
the
20
Mile
South
Farm.
G
G
I
think
one
of
the
things
we're
trying
to
be
smart
about
is
certainly
within
the
Recycled
water
program,
as
we
pivoted
away
from
the
Farmers
Union
Canal
option
over
to
our
industrial
reuse,
option
I.
Think
the
our
ability
to
consider
these
types
of
compounds
are
going
to
be
part
of
the
the
pilot
test
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
so
we
so
part
of
the
recycle
water
program
is
going
to
include
a
pilot
and
we
should
have
the
equipment.
G
This
I
want
to
say
December
January
and
the
intention
is
to
start
looking
at
some
of
the
industrial
discharges
that
we
have
in
the
Southeast
and
testing
the
equipment.
The
different
processes
that
we're
piloting
to
see
their
efficacy
on
removal
of
all
types
of
emerging
constituents,
not
just
pfos,
so
I-
think
we're
trying
to
take
a
proactive
approach.
The
the
liability
piece
I
think
that's
a
that's
an
open-ended
question
at
this
point.
I,
don't
know
that
anybody
would
have
an
answer
on
it.
G
Q
Chair,
commissioner,
if
I
might
add
one
thing
the
the
city
is
also
Kate
can
speak
to
this
again
more,
but
we're
actively
involved
with
a
number
of
professional
organizations
who
are
commenting
on
this.
These
questions
that
that
don't
have
an
easy
answer
so
I
know
the
national
agency
Association
of
Clean
Water
agencies,
naqua,
is,
is
a
big
one.
Q
That's
on
the
city's,
a
part
of
so
my
team
with
the
pre-treatment
we're
focusing
heavily
on
the
working
with
our
Industries,
but
there's
others
at
the
city
who
are
tackling
some
of
these
big
ambiguous
questions
of
you
know.
What
is
it?
What
are
we
liable
for?
What
are
we
not
liable
for
with
time?
Hopefully
we
have
more
answers.
G
And
Austin
and
I
are
going
to
keep
tag
teaming
back
and
forth.
Just
to
follow
up
to
that
is.
The
city
is
engaged
on
these
National
discussions,
like
the
the
the
classification
with
under
circla.
This,
in
fact,
I
just
started
reviewing
some
of
the
comments
that
we're
going
to
provide
to
the
to
the
to
the
National
discussion
around
the
potential.
For
these
to
be
circular,
we
have
a
very
strong
opinion
on
that.
We
don't,
as
Austin,
suggested
we're
a
passive
receiver
of
this.
B
And
director
I
appreciate
that
I
think
you're
on
the
right
track.
I
just
I
think
that's
always
the
best
way
to
be
Forward
Thinking
to
make
sure
all
the
Departments
and
different
entities
are
looped
together,
because
this
is
such
a
big
issue.
So
I
appreciate
that
it
is
broader
in
scope
than
just
what
we've
heard
today.
So
thank
you
for
that.
D
Awesome
and
I
would
just
tag
on
how
appreciative
I
am
of
the
the
ounce
of
prevention
approach
and
I
think
that
alignment
with
with
other
other
departments
within
the
the
public
works
department,
as
well
as
approaches
for
our
community
broadly
I,
think
that
we're
all
sort
of
we're
we're
marching
to
the
same
tune.
N
You
mine
was
more
of
a
comment.
I
was
curious
about
what
your
businesses
are,
how
they're
reacting
and
you
touched
upon
it
so
I
was
just
glad
to
hear
that
that
it
was.
It
sounds
like
for
the
most
part
that
they
are
more
than
willing
to
talk
and
and
and
care
about,
working
together
on
solving
it.
Q
Chair
commissioner,
100
agree,
they're
not
always
eager,
and
we
recognize
that
you.
Q
Their
mission
is
is
to
turn
a
profit
and
be
a
functioning
company,
and
we
go
into
those
meetings
with
that
understanding,
but
with
time
part
of
the
reason
we
we
try
to
do
these
things
early.
Maybe
it
takes
two
meetings.
The
first
meeting
is
is
for
them
to
share
their
thoughts
and
then
we
all
digest,
and
then
we
come
back
again
and
it's
like
no.
This
is
the
right
call.
Q
Ultimately,
this
could
be
beneficial
for
them
too
to
know
so.
They're
I
I
think
our
approach.
We
hope
that
with
time
it's
it's
seen
as
The
Prudent
Choice
by
all
parties.
G
Thank
you,
chair
and
very
excited
to
provide
an
update
on
the
water
Watershed
education
center
and
the
evolution
to
including
that
climate
curriculum,
so
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
Cindy
Bush
who's,
our
Watershed
education
program
manager
and
we'll
walk
through
some
updates
kind
of
where
we
are
on
the
on
the
status
of
of
the
the
reset
at
the
Watershed.
R
R
I'm,
just
an
outline
of
what
I'll
be
covering
today,
I'll
cover
our
transformation
into
a
water
and
climate
Center,
I'll
State,
the
goals
of
our
new
exhibits,
introduce
you
to
the
project
team
overview.
Our
interpretive
themes
for
the
exhibits
share
with
you,
some
of
the
community
feedback
that
we've
received
and
then
go
over
our
timeline
and
next
steps.
R
So
at
the
Watershed
education
center
we
really
view
ourselves
as
the
face
of
the
utility.
We
share
the
messages
of
Public
Works
and
our
goals
of
enhancing
the
river
and
protecting
the
river,
and
we
do
that
through
three
main
strategies,
mostly
through
our
programming,
our
education
and
engagement
programs,
our
public
art
and
then
also
our
exhibits
and
so
for
this
presentation.
I'll
really
focus
on
our
exhibit
transformation.
R
Previously,
about
a
year
ago,
when
I
presented
to
commission,
we
did
go
over
some
of
the
education
programming
changes.
So
why
should
we
transform
the
exhibits?
They
were
developed
in
early
2007
and
you
can
kind
of
remember
the
technology
at
that
time.
The
iPhone
was
just
coming
out
as
a
reminder,
so
these
are
pretty
old,
technology-based
exhibits
that
exist
in
the
current
exhibit
hall,
and
we've
really
found
that
they're
not
quite
relevant
to
people.
R
R
Currently,
our
programs
are
what
bring
people
through
the
doors,
and
so
we
really
hope
to
flip
that
model
and
make
the
exhibits
a
big
draw.
Also
with
this
exhibit
transformation.
We
have
this
great
opportunity
to
align
with
our
climate
action
roadmap
strategy,
specifically
the
strategy
of
innovation
and
engagement.
That's
the
piece
of
the
roadmap
that
really
is
kind
of
this.
R
What
are
new
exhibit
goals
are
specifically.
Is
we
want
to
capture
a
wider
range
of
visitors?
Our
original
exhibits
from
2007
really
kind
of
speak
to
a
narrow
audience
of
fourth
through
fifth
grade
and
what
we've
heard
from
people
and
what
we've
seen
come
through.
Our
doors
is
all
ages,
including
toddlers
all
the
way
through
senior
citizens.
So
we're
really
trying
to
engage
this
wide
audience
and
have
something
for
everyone
there
again.
R
We
want
to
make
the
exhibits
a
draw
themselves,
make
sure
those
exhibits
have
multiple
outcomes
and
are
more
Science
Center,
based,
rather
than
just
a
kiosk
that
one
uses
as
a
touch
screen.
Finally,
all
of
our
exhibits.
We
will
be
focusing
locally
on
the
Boise
River
and
our
Watershed.
It's
really
focusing
on
what's
happening
in
our
backyard
and
people
connect
with
that.
Additionally,
we
want
an
outcome
of
the
exhibits
to
really
build
this
community.
R
You
know
raising
awareness
of
some
of
the
issues
to
the
Boise
River
as
a
result
of
our
climate
impacts,
but
also
stimulating
action
and
getting
people
excited
about
making
our
city
more
resilient
to
the
impacts
of
climate
change.
Finally,
accessibility
is
a
huge
goal
of
ours.
We've
been
talking
with
some
of
the
groups,
such
as
the
cross
disability
task
force,
really
trying
to
make
these
new
exhibits
as
accessible
as
possible
to
a
wide
range
of
people.
That
also
includes
ensuring
that
our
exhibits
are
bilingual,
English
and
Spanish.
R
So,
overall,
what
will
the
impact
of
these
new
exhibits
be?
We
really
hope
that
visitors
will
leave
our
facility
feeling
connected
and
informed
inspired
yet
hopeful
about
their
role
in
water
and
climate
Solutions,
and
that
is
the
goal
and
the
best
practices
in
the
climate
communication
world
is
always
connect
your
head,
your
heart
and
also
your
actions
with
a
hopeful
message,
so
nothing
about
the
center
will
be
Doom
and
Gloom
foreign
wanted
to
introduce
you
to
our
project
team
on
the
exhibit
project.
R
There
was
a
very
competitive
RFQ
that
was
put
out
in
February
and
we
had
really
six
top-notch
exhibit
designers
around
the
country
to
choose
from
we
selected
a
firm
called
Reich
and
petch
they're
out
of
New
York
and
Toronto.
They
have
over
30
years
of
experience,
most
notably,
they
worked
on
the
Smithsonian
fossil
Hall,
as
well
as
on
the
science
North
Museum,
which
is
a
climate
Science
Museum,
so
very
exciting
to
have
their
breadth
of
experience
and
their
Vision
with
us
as
well.
R
We've
subcontracted
with
an
audio
visual
visual
design,
firm,
called
rlmg
Richard
Lewis
Media
Group.
They
too
bring
30
plus
years
experience
and
you're,
probably
most
familiar
with
their
work
through
the
Idaho
State
Museum
exhibits.
So
all
of
the
technology-based
exhibits
there.
They
helped
design
and
then
locally
we're
working
with
contractors,
Byron
Falwell,
an
architect
and
ESI
small
business
team
to
really
kind
of
look
at
the
architectural
improvements
that
will
come
as
a
result
of
the
new
exhibits.
R
Now,
we'll
move
on
to
our
main,
exhibit
themes,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we're
keeping
our
themes
as
local
as
possible
and
really
allowing
our
visitors,
who
tend
to
be
from
our
Watershed,
to
really
connect
with
the
Water
Resources
in
our
backyard
and
so,
first
and
foremost,
we'll
introduce
them
to
their
water
in
our
Watershed,
and
that
section
will
have
a
little
bit
about
personal
connection,
to
water,
the
value
of
water,
to
collectively
to
a
lot
of
different
people
and
then
our
Watershed.
What
is
a
watershed?
What's
happening
in
our
Watershed?
R
What
changes
are
we
seeing
in
our
watershed?
Next,
we'll
be
looking
at
the
lens
of
how
climate
impacts
are
changing
the
Boise
River
and
our
Water
Resources,
so
we'll
take
a
look
at
changes
to
the
Boise
River,
including
water
quality,
water
availability
and
drought,
and
to
do
that
we'll
be
looking
at
objects
of
care.
Essentially,
what
do
we
afford
to
lose
in
this
community
and
so
we'll
take
that
lens
of
protecting
the
Boise
River
and
instilling
the
messages
of
immediate
climate
action?
R
R
Last
week
the
exhibit
design
team
was
here
on
site
in
Boise
and
we
were
able
to
hold
three
open
houses
for
our
members
of
the
public.
They
were
well
attended
had
about
a
hundred
people
over
those
three
days
and
really
we
got
some
very
valuable
feedback,
not
only
from
families
but
also
Professionals
in
the
education
and
climate
worlds,
as
well
as
those
that
represent
folks
of
diverse
backgrounds,
and
so
in
talking
to
them,
we
were
able
to
overview
some
of
the
exhibit
themes
and
what
we
heard
was
a
resounding
support
for
those
themes.
R
Many
of
them
were
very
excited
about
this
project.
Some
of
the
kids
especially
had
quite
a
bit
to
share
about
their
ideas,
but
in
general
we
heard
that
people
of
all
ages
will
be
coming
through
the
doors.
A
family
might
have
a
toddler
and
might
have
a
middle
school
student.
So
how
are
you
going
to
meet
the
needs
of
all
of
those
ages
and
we
can
do
that
through
incorporating
more
Hands-On
exhibits.
So
more
tactile
exhibits
is
one
of
the
goals.
R
Hopeful
and
that's
something
that
we
know
is
tried
and
true
in
the
climate
communication
world,
and
it
was
reiterated
again
from
our
stakeholder
meetings,
also,
the
community
feedback
tied
in
with
a
two-day
workshop
with
the
exhibit
designers-
and
it
was
just
perfect
timing
because
we
were
able
to
incorporate
the
feedback
that
we
heard
the
previous
evening
directly
into
our
conversations
which
shaped
the
exhibits.
So
it
was
a
win-win
honestly.
R
This
is
my
final
slide
and
I
just
want
to
share
with
you
the
exhibit
timeline.
So
when
will
you
see
new
exhibits,
not
until
June
of
2024,
but
we
are
well
on
our
way
in
our
schematic
design
process
here
now
in
2022.
Now
that
we're
in
fiscal
year
23
we're
going
to
begin
further
developing
the
exhibit
Design
Concepts,
and
that
includes
more
stakeholder
engagement,
I'd
like
to
invite
you
to
attend
those
next
open
houses,
we'll
hold
those
likely
in
mid-January.
R
Finally,
exhibit
production
will
be
in
full
scale
by
the
end
of
23.
Architectural
improvements
will
likely
come
at
the
beginning
of
fiscal
year.
24
and
that'll
necessitate
a
roughly
six
to
eight
month
closure
of
the
facility
from
anticipated
November
of
23
through
June
of
24.,
with
that
I
will
open
it
up
for
questions.
D
Awesome,
thank
you
and
I
will
just
kick
things
off
by
saying
that
I
had
the
opportunity
to
join
one
of
these
sessions
last
week
and
I
think
that
it's
some
amazing
work.
That's
going
on
there
and
just
hearing
some
of
the
conversations
that
were
taking
place
between
some
of
the
exhibit
designers
staff
and
members
of
the
community.
D
Those
were
really
really
enriching
in
a
in
a
number
of
different
ways
and
I
look
forward
to
following
up
at
the
next
open
house
and
with
that
I
would
open
it
to
the
commission
for
any
questions
that
you
have.
E
C
I
would
like
to
ask
a
question
or
just
provide
a
comment.
This
was
a
really
beautiful
presentation
gets
me
very
excited
about
being
able
to
share
our
incredible
knowledge
by
the
community
to
help
them
get
involved
and
support
climate
action.
But
my
comment
was
more
along
the
lines
of
for
future
stakeholder
engagement.
C
I
think
it'd
be
really
critical
and
important
to
make
sure
that
tribes
are
specifically
invited
to
these
processes,
so
that
way
they
can
contribute
their
knowledge
since
they're
the
original
water
holders
and
keepers
of
this
land,
so
making
sure
to
include
their
thoughts
and
their
ideas,
I
think
is
very
critical
to
making
sure
that
we
have
more
sustainable,
inclusive
ideas
in
this
process.
Moving
forward.
R
F
F
F
What
is
the
last
five
years
look
like
as
far
as
who's
who's
using
the
facility
who's
coming
to
visit,
and
what's
the
trend
line?
Look
on
that
because
you're
you're
doing
some
really
exciting
things
to
update
it,
but
I
just
have
no
idea
how
it's
used
right
now.
R
Chair,
commissioner,
thank
you
for
your
question.
We
have
Partnerships
with
West
data,
school
district
and
the
Boise
school
district,
and
so
in
the
past
the
entire
second
grade
grade
level
had
come
out
from
West
data,
and
we
had
just
secured
the
sixth
graders
coming
from
Boise
school
district
right
before
the
pandemic
hit.
R
R
We
see
a
lot
of
families,
particularly
in
the
summer,
especially
since
the
2017,
River,
Campus
edition
of
the
water
feature
and
public
art
outside
so
families
with
kids
of
all
ages
tends
to
be
our
second
biggest
stakeholder
and
third,
we
recently
added
I'd,
say
in
the
last
five
years
added
some
adult
programming
and
we
have
a
built-in
audience
now
of
a
lot
of
different
adults
attending
those
programs.
N
I
was
going
to
say,
I'm
gonna,
add
something
else,
but
chair
Lawrence
I'm
your
target
audience
because
I
from
about
2009
to
what
and
as
of
four
years
ago,
I
must
have
gone
there
multiple
times
with
my
children,
and
it
was
awesome
and
my
favorite
part
was
you
know,
figuring
out
when
you
flash
at
your
house.
How
does
it
get.
I
N
It's
my
favorite
now
I
gotta,
remember
what
my
question
was
now
I've
gotten
totally
sidetracked.
N
Oh
I
was
gonna
say
that
one
of
the
most
impactful
things
too
that
I'm
sure
you
will
keep
with
it
is
how
I'm
able
to
talk
to
my
kids
and
their
friends.
Every
single
time
is
the
Boise
River
and
the
ocean,
and
the
connection
of
this
is
why
I'm
picking
up
the
plastic
bag.
This
is
why
it
ends
up
in
the
ocean.
So
if,
if
that
could
keep
that
theme,
that
is
going
to
be
so
important
because
that
is
why
they
listen
to
me
and
pick
things
up.
R
Chair
commissioner
excellent
point-
and
yes
actually,
we
heard
that
through
the
stakeholder
meetings
as
well
as
show
that
connection
from
the
Boise
River
to
the
ocean.
So
that
will
definitely
be
a
point
that
we
include
in
the
Watershed
section
and
we
also
are
working
on
a
special
area
for
showcasing
flush.
Mapper
I
also
wanted
to
build
on
the
previous
answer
to
let
you
know
numbers
attendance,
we
see
about
20
000
people
on
site
in
a
typical
year,
pre-covered
and
then
about
8
000
off-site
through
Outreach
mm-hmm.
E
Chair
I
would
just
like
to
add,
as
a
senior
in
high
school
I
have
loved
growing
up
around
the
Boise
Watershed
I've
been
there
multiple
times
and
gone
on
the
tours
and
I'm
really
excited
to
see
what
the
new
program
looks
like.
R
D
Well,
let's
get
your
whole
class
coming
out
to
a
field
trip
for
the
next,
the
next
design
session
foreign,
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
the
commission.
R
D
G
You
chair-
and
we
are
rushing
this
a
little
bit
just
because
we
have
a
hard
stop
at
six
council
chambers
needs
to
be
set
up
for
another
meeting
so
but
we're
going
to
jump
in
and
if
we,
if
we
don't
finish,
we
can
always
kind
of
take
it
back
up
at
the
at
the
next
meeting.
So
I'm
excited
to
turn
it
over
to
Colin
Hickman.
He
mentioned
that
he's
the
new
business
strategy,
senior
manager
in
public
works.
G
It's
a
position
that
was
added
for
fy23
and
his
role
is
going
to
be
really
working
on
some
of
those
non-technical
issues
right
so
in
public
works.
We
do
a
lot
of
projects,
a
lot
of
engineering,
a
lot
of
very
technical
things,
but
we're
recognizing
that,
what's
coming
in
the
future,
we're
going
to
need
to
focus
on
staff
on
leadership,
development,
on
business
planning,
so
Colin's
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
that
work.
G
One
other
thing:
that's
coming
out
from
the
leadership
team
of
Public
Works
and
their
staff
is
just
being
better
about
prioritizing
work
and
that
may
sound
like
a
a
simple
thing,
but
Colin's
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
The
world
that
we
live
in
now
is
just
very
different
from
say,
10
15
years
ago.
The
speed
with
which
things
are
are
changing
the
new
challenges
that
pop
up
so
there's
a
little
bit
of.
G
We
have
to
be
more
Nimble
than
maybe
in
the
past
and
so
Colin's
going
to
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
just
to
give
you
a
sense
for
in
2023
what
are
the
priorities,
but
what
are
some
of
the
things
that
we're
working
on
to
make
sure
that
we
can
be
as
quick
as
as
possible
when
certain
things
pop
up
and
we
can?
We
can
pivot
to
a
new
priority
that
may
come
up
so
Colin
thanks.
L
Steve
yeah
and
chair
Commissioners
nice
to
see
you
all
this
afternoon,
nice
to
be
with
you
thanks
for
your
time.
As
always,
a
tough
act
to
follow
the
The
Watershed
I
will
do
my
best.
So,
as
Steve
mentioned,
this
will
be
a
quick
overview
today.
You
know
we
have
limited
time
and
this
this
presentation
is
really
not
meant
to
be
a
deep
dive
into
all
of
our
priorities,
because
we
have
many.
But
really.
L
The
objective
of
the
presentation
today
is
to
give
you
a
sense
and
scope
of
the
work
and
also
to
show
you.
Many
of
these
topics
will
be
coming.
If
not
all
of
them
will
be
coming
back
before
you
for
for
more
in-depth
presentations,
but
this
is
again
just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
of
the
scope
and
breadth
of
the
work
ahead
of
us
for
the
year.
L
So
the
the
photo
over
here
we've
used
in
several
presentations,
just
an
old
shot
of
the
Boise
River
and
I
I
included
this
to
just
highlight
the
the
evolution
of
Public,
Works
I.
Think
it's
an
important
point
to
make.
Steve
and
I
were
talking
just
the
other
day
that
you
know
it's:
it's
not
your.
Your
grandparents
public
works
department
that
they're
they're
fun
some
folks
in
the
past
that
had
said
it
was
just
a
wastewater
treatment
utility.
L
That's
all
and
just
to
see
the
the
shift
in
the
evolution
of
this
department
has
has
been
striking,
even
in
the
the
years
that
I've
been
with
the
city.
That
Evolution
has
been
pretty
dramatic,
and
so
just
a
couple
points
to
touch
on
that
our
work
is,
is
rapidly
changing
and
evolving.
Just
the
the
complexity.
L
You
know
you
think
of
some
of
Steve
Hubble's
work
around
climate
action.
How
how
quickly
energy
is
changing.
You
think
about
the
volume
of
of
work
that
is,
that
is
coming
our
our
Direction
because
of
the
need
for
say
recycling
water.
So
you
you
just
look
at
all
of
these
things,
but
also
the
topic
areas
are
are
growing
and
of
all
evolving.
L
No
longer
are
we
just
a
utility
that
that
treats
Wastewater
but,
as
you
saw
from
some
of
the
presentations
today,
that
that
role
continues
to
grow
and
then
just
Community
perception
viewed
as
a
as
an
environmental
protector
and
Steward,
and
so
how
we,
how
we
live
up
to
that.
How
how
we
continue
to
to
rise
to
that
expectation
and
perceptions
is,
can
is
going
to
be
continually
important
to
this
department
and
and
one
of
the
adages
that
we
that
we
say
that
I
I
think
still
Rings.
L
Very
true
is
just
what
what
got
us
here
won't
get
us
to
where
we
need
to
go
so
how
we
continue
to
evolve
with
the
challenges
in
the
work
in
front
of
us
real.
G
Quick
yeah
and
that's
that
may
sound
like
you
know
that
much
critique
of
the
past-
it's
not
at
all
yeah.
What
was
happening
in
the
past
was
the
right
thing
to
do
for
that
those
times,
but
when
we
look
back
to
what
got
us
to
today
and
we
look
forward
to
what's
needed
in
the
future,
we
do
need
to
to
evolve
this
thing,
and
so
that's
kind
of
the
intention.
It's
not
to
imply
that
somehow
what
was
happening
in
the
past
wasn't
correct.
Yeah.
Thank
you.
L
Steve
foreign
about
the
world,
as
we
know
and
I
included
this
photo
here.
This
was
some
of
the
folks
on
Jim's
team
that
oversee
our
geothermal
system.
This
was
some
infrared
Imaging
done
of
the
geothermal
system,
so
it's
a
pretty
dramatic
photo
there,
but
just
really
neat
to
see
you
know
the
the
Confluence
of
technology
and
and
energy
in
this
space,
but
it
really
the
the
gist
of
this
slide
is
that
all
of
all
the
bodies
of
work
that
we're
engaged
in
are
really
in
a
time
of
flux.
L
So
you
look
at
energy
and
everything
that's
happening
in
the
in
the
markets
with
renewable
energy.
Massive
amounts
of
change,
as
as
my
colleagues
have
shared
with
you
today
in
the
presentations
that
preceded
me,
the
the
world
of
water
is
changing
dramatically
as
we're
as
we're
in
the
middle
of
it.
It
was
not
too
long
ago.
The
the
world
of
trash
and
recycling
was
completely
upended
with
with
plastics
recycling.
You
know
there
was
a
real
threat
to
paper
recycling.
L
So
just
this,
this
body
of
work
is
not
static
by
any
means
transportation
that
the
work
that
we're
involved
involved
in
the
evolution
of
electric
vehicles
so
think
about
even
at
the
city
here
with
our
fleet,
Fleet
vehicles
and
fire
trucks
and
garbage
collection
vehicles
that
the
role
that
transportation
and
electric
vehicles
is
Shifting,
underneath
our
feet
very
rapidly
and
then
even
Facilities
Management,
so
so
Sean
and
his
team.
L
On
top
of
that,
we
have
some
really
Dynamic
issues
that
that
we
are
engaged
with
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
so
the
photos,
I
included
here
I
think
really
really
typify
what
I'll
be
sharing,
but
essentially
the
you
know.
The
a
lot
of
the
charge
of
our
work
is
what
was
once
thought
of
as
waste,
so
even
think
about
waste
water.
What's
in
the
water,
and
how
do
we
change
that
into
products?
L
So
the
photo
there
on
your
left
is
of
our
20
miles,
South
Farm,
where
actually
Ben
was
here
earlier,
the
the
manager
of
our
farm,
but
where
we
take
a
lot
of
those
biosolids
and
actually
grow
crops.
L
L
So
what
is
what
is
coming
to
us
and
what
we
have
to
manage
versus
how
we,
how
we
proactively
start
to
have
conversations
Upstream,
if
you
will,
this
is
I
love
this
photo
of
our
Compost
Facility
and
the
the
large
windrows
of
of
how
we
actually
create
and
make
the
compost,
but
just
starting
to
to
really
wrestle
with
with
that
Dynamic
of
of
managing
waste
versus
having
conversations
about
how
do
we
reduce
the
amount
of
waste
that
comes
to
us?
L
You
know
renewable
energy
I
touched
on
just
how
quickly
that's
evolving,
but
also
we're
in
a
time
in
our
utility,
where
there's
a
lot
of
infrastructure.
Even
if
you
think
about
what
Cindy
touched
on
on
as
something
as
you
know,
something
as
simple
as
it
exhibits,
but
you
start
thinking
about
our
water
renewal
facilities.
A
lot
of
our
collection
system
have
a
lot
of
infrastructure
that
is
aging
out
new
financing
tools
and
approaches.
L
So
Heather
and
her
team
are
doing
credible
work
around
how
we
leverage
new
approaches
that
perhaps
weren't
available
in
the
past
and
I'll
touch
on
some
of
those
here
briefly
and
the
climate
opportunities.
This
is
something
that
is
evolving
Steve
Hubble
and
his
team
work
on
making
sure
that
we
are
at
the
Forefront
of
of
a
lot
of
these
opportunities
that
are
coming
our
way,
but
also
how
our
work
integrates
under
a
climate
umbrella
is
incredibly
important
and
then
lastly,
Cindy
touched
on
this
a
little
bit.
L
But
I
think
this
is
incredibly
important,
so
I
believe
the
commission
has
has
seen
this
before.
But
several
years
ago
the
city
worked
with
several
different
organizations,
including
the
University
of
Idaho
Boise,
State
University,
to
to
Really
break
down.
When
we
hear
climate
change,
I
think
a
lot
of
us
think
Global.
A
lot
of
us
think
you
know
far-flung
spaces,
but
we
really
want
to
better
understand
what
climate
change
means
here
in
Boise
and
so
based
on
that
study,
they
identified
the
top
eight
impacts
to
our
region
to
our
city.
L
What
we
could
anticipate,
seeing
and
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
with
some
fancy
animation
that
eight
out
of
six
out
of
the
eight
are
related
to
water,
and
so
Cindy
mentioned
just
that
really
close
tie
of
of
water
to
climate,
and
so
in
all
our
priorities.
You'll
see
a
lot
of
these
climate
impacts
coming
to
the
fore.
L
So
again,
this
is
one
slide.
This
will
not
be
a
deep
dive
and
certainly
I
I
may
be
able
to
field
a
very
high
level
question
about
any
of
these,
but
I
would
have
to
turn
to
Steve
or
or
my
colleagues
here
for
for
any
in-depth
questions
on
any
of
these,
but
again
really
just
kind
of
giving
commission
here
this
evening
in
the
several
minutes
that
we
have
a
high
level
overview
of
what
2023
will
look
like
for
the
Department
of
Public
Works
you'll
see
the
box
at
the
top.
L
You
know,
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
this
department
really
wrestles
with
I'm
sure
as
every
department
at
the
city
does
is
like
how
do
we
balance
the
annual
priorities,
the
the
big
picture,
the
the
Innovation,
the
what's
new,
but
also
with
that
critical
importance
of
delivering
Services
every
single
day
to
our
residents
and
businesses,
so,
whether
it's
as
Austin
presented
on
just
ensuring
that
we
have
a
customer
service
in
our
pre-treatment
program,
we're
delivering
that
service.
You
think
about
you,
know
water,
renewal,
Services,
providing
collection
and
treatment
services
to
73
000
homes.
L
However,
many
we
have
now
now
in
Boise,
that's
important
and
that
reliability
is
important.
You
think
about
collection
of
trash
and
recycling
and
compost
every
single
week
every
other
week
and
that's
incredibly
important.
So
while
we
will
touch
on
these
ones
below
it's
important
to
point
out
to
commission
here
this
evening,
that
that
will
always
be
you
know,
kind
of
a
baseline
for
us
and
and
never
want
to
to
have
that
be
lowered
down,
because
it's
incredibly
important
to
our
residents
and
our
businesses.
L
L
Building
vehicle
electrification
during
the
year
I'm
sure,
Steve,
Hubble
or
or
his
team
will
provide
an
update
on
what
that
looks
like,
but
but,
as
our
city
starts
to,
to
make
progress
towards
our
goal
of
carbon
neutrality
by
2050,
how
we
move
away
from
other
sources
and
move
toward
electrification
of
whether
we're
bringing
online
new
buildings
so
think
of
a
new
fire
station
or
think
of,
if
we're
retrofitting
an
old
building.
What
is
that
electrification
process
look
like,
but
also
we
have
a
large
Fleet
here
at
the
city
of
Boise.
L
So
what
is
that
replacement
schedule?
Look
like
of
of
old
gas
vehicles
to
to
electrified
Vehicles.
So
a
lot
of
work
happening
in
that
space
that
will
continue.
L
2023
will
be
a
big
year
for
that
green
tariff
is
essentially
setting
a
rate
with
with
Idaho
Power,
for
what
renewable
energy
delivered
to
to
our
city,
to
our
facilities,
to
think
Municipal
facilities
would
look
like,
and
so
the
the
leadership
team
Steve's
team
is
working
hard
with
our
partners
at
Idaho
Power,
on
on
coming
up
with
what
that
that
rate
looks
like
so
that
we
can
move
toward
that.
L
We
have
kind
of
the
hard
priorities
that
that
you'll
see
here,
but
also
really
not
losing
focus
on
what's
important
to
us
as
a
department,
and
so
we
did
some
work
in
December,
where
we
did
some
surveying
of
our
our
employees
just
just
wanting
to
hear
from
them,
obviously,
with
with
covid
there's
a
there's,
a
lot
happening
in
a
dynamics
of
an
organization
so
really
just
wanted
to
check
in,
and
one
of
the
things
that
came
to
light
was
that
internal
Communications
is
incredibly
important,
making
sure
they
feel
connected
to
the
priorities
they
feel
connected
to
their
peers.
L
I
think
you
all
have
probably
worked
in
organizations
where
sometimes
you
can
feel
like
you're
in
a
in
a
silo
and
so
how
to?
How
do
we
up
our
game
around
internal
communication,
so
that
not
only
do
our
staff
feel
more
connected
to
the
priorities
and
the
work
they
they
have
a
better
sense
of
of
where
they
fit
into
that.
L
Incredibly
important
work
and
are
connected
to
their
peers
in
meaningful
ways:
the
Micron
expansion
I'm
sure
you
all
have
seen
the
news,
so
staff
Haley
Faulkner,
who
is
on
the
call
and
her
team,
are
working
incredibly
hard
with
with
Partners
on
what
what
our
role
around
that
will
be.
L
There's
there's
many
discussions
happening
on
on
how
the
city
will
partner
with
Micron
and
I'm
I
would
imagine
that
there
will
be,
if
not
won,
several
presentations
coming
back
before
Public
Works
Commission
on
updates
to
that
project,
but
but
just
understood
that
this
is
a
a
significant
priority
for
the
Department
in
in
23.
I.
L
Believe
as
Kate
or
Austin
mentioned,
we,
we
have
two
water
renewal
facilities
in
the
city
of
Boise
Lander
Street,
which
is
off
Veterans
Park,
which
many
of
you
probably
know
and
we've
presented
to
Commission
on
this
in
the
past.
But
the
team
out
at
Lander
Street
is
doing
really
good
work
on
essentially
constructing
overhauling
the
entire
facility.
L
So
phase
one
has
just
wrapped
up
which
Josh
baker,
who
is
overseeing
a
lot
of
that
construction,
described
to
me
as
kind
of
the
front
end
of
the
facility
and
the
back
end
facility,
and
so
now
phase.
Two
will
really
be
looking
at
how
we,
how
we
focus,
how
we
start
to
build
out
the
the
middle
portions
of
the
facility,
but,
needless
to
say,
significant
investment
at
Lander
Street
and
a
lot
of
construction
happening
in
2023
and
and
planning
leadership,
team
development.
L
So
many
of
the
faces
that
you
see
here
this
evening
also
not
not
wanting
to
lose
sight
of
that
as
as
an
organization
and
as
a
leadership
within
the
organization.
We
really
need
to
invest
in
in
how
our
development,
as
a
group
and
as
a
leadership
team
moves
forward
so
that
we're
we're
better,
better
able
to
collaborate
to
function
to
align.
So
we're
going
to
be
investing
some
time
into
this
year.
L
Spending
a
lot
more
time
focusing
on
how
we,
as
a
leadership
team,
come
together
to
tackle
some
of
these
incredibly
challenging
topics
that
I
that
I
brought
up
earlier
in
some
of
these
Dynamics.
L
Moving
on
to
the
right
column,
so
one
of
the
projects
that
we've
been
undertaking
and-
and
this
at
some
point
again
will
be
in
front
of
Public
Works
commission,
but
the
the
organization
structure
of
Public
Works
is,
is
decades
old,
and
so
this
year
and
this
previous
year
we
kicked
off
the
project
of
looking
at
what
a
new
organizational
structure
could
look
like
for
the
department
and
again
going
back
to
how
we
deliver
on
the
on
the
expectations
of
our
community,
probably
need
some
updates
to
to
how
we're
set
up
to
do
that.
L
And
so
just
letting
commission
know
that
that
is
happening
and
we'll
be
back
in
front
of
you
with
more
updates.
As
that
moves
forward
again,
I'm
sure.
The
second
bullet
here
in
this
column
comes
as
no
surprise,
and
the
city
is
certainly
not
immune
from
the
the
the
market
challenges
with
just
keeping
employees
retaining
employees,
but
also
finding
employees
and-
and
this
continues
to
be
a
priority
and
we're
working
really
hard
with
our
our
partners
in
human
resources
to
to
how
we
ramp
that
up.
L
L
L
So
then,
turning
our
attention
to
West
Boise,
which
is
the
other
water
renewal
facility,
which
is
where
the
Watershed
is,
is
located
for
those
of
you,
maybe
not
familiar
down
below
the
I
guess
was
the
HP
campus
now
is
the
state
of
Idaho
is
that
is
that
right,
but
shifting
from
essentially
you
know,
a
collection
of
you
can
imagine
at
a
large
water
renewal
facilities,
the
amount
of
work
that's
happening
on,
and
so
look
really
looking,
and
what
has
been
done
at
Lander
Street
is
how
we
Implement.
L
What's
called
you,
know,
program
management,
so
shifting
away
from
a
collection
of
projects.
So
we're
doing
this
over
on
this
side
of
the
facility
this
over
here.
How
do
we
look
at
that
at
a
more
holistic
way
and
in
a
strategic
way,
so
we've
just
hired
a
West
Boise
program
manager,
who's
going
to
be
looking
at
at
that
facility
and
and
have
that
oversight,
bird's
eye
view
of
all
the
different
projects
that
are
going
on
and
how
we
stack
and
rack
those
and
make
sure
that
we're
approaching
them
in
a
strategic
manner
manner.
L
The
other
priority
that
I've
mentioned
at
West,
Boise
and
I
would
certainly
have
to
turn
to
Jim
or
Steve,
with
any
questions
on
this,
but
essentially
shifting
to
what's
called
a
cmgc
and
Cindy
mentioned
it
before
for
for
that
acronym.
L
But
construction
manager,
general
contractor,
and
so
this
essentially
is
bringing
on
that
construction
manager
earlier
in
the
process,
so
that
when
we
start
to
have
major
major
projects
coming
into
form,
we're
not
designing
and
then
reaching
out
to
a
contractor
at
the
end
of
the
process,
but
essentially
bringing
them
in
from
the
get-go.
So
they
can
be
part
of
of
that
planning
process.
So
they
can
make
us
that
the
end
outcomes
better
and
then,
as
I
mentioned
before
Heather
and
her
team
working
really
hard
on.
L
As
you
all
remember,
the
water
renewal
bond
election
so
that
the
the
financing
that
is
associated
with
that
the
with
you
alone
through
EPA,
you
can
imagine
the
amount
of
of
work
that
goes
into
ensuring
that
the
responsible
management
of
that
financing
is
implemented
is
is
significant,
so
I
know
that
was
a
lot.
Perhaps
I'll
pause
there
chair.
If
that
is
good
for
the
commission
Steve,
please
yeah.
G
I
thought
just
jump
in
chair.
You
know
these
aren't
numbered
they're
not
listed
as
this
is
the
top
priority.
Just
yet
one
of
the
things
we're
going
to
have
a
discussion
internally
with
the
team
part
of
what
we're
seeing
Happening
Now
within
Public,
Works
and
frankly
across
the
city,
is
at
any
one
time.
One
of
these
is
going
to
be
the
top
priority
right.
G
So,
for
example,
the
Micron
expansion
is
top
of
mind
for
everybody
right
now
in
public
works,
it's
a
lot
of
work
and
the
next
probably
three
to
six
months.
We
got
to
get
a
strong
foundation
for
that
project.
That's
why
Haley
Faulkner
has
been
basically
taken
off
her
other
duties
and
she
is
leading
that
effort.
That's
all
she's
doing
just
because
it's
such
a
big
effort
now
that
for
the
next
three
to
six
months,
is
going
to
be
a
top
priority.
G
So
as
we
communicate
that
in
the
organization
when
Haley
reaches
out
for
a
piece
of
information,
it's
probably
an
urgent
request,
please
be
as
responsive
as
possible.
So,
if
you're
working
on
something
maybe
set
that
aside
for
the
for
the
time
being,
for
you
know
the
half
hour
or
whatever,
you
need
to
do
to
respond
to
that.
G
Similarly,
the
wifey
Bond
financing
right
now
we're
in
a
little
bit
of
a
low,
although
it's
going
to
pick
back
up
because
we're
trying
to
get
that
finalized
as
we
start
to
try
to
get
that
finalized,
that's
going
to
kind
of
come
up
to
the
top
of
the
list
right
for
at
least
a
short
period
of
time,
where,
okay,
if
Heather
and
her
team
reach
out
for
information,
you
know
put
aside
what
you're
doing,
because
they
need
these
answers,
because
this
has
got
to
happen.
G
So
what
we're
trying
to
get
better
at
in
public
works
is
we
know
that
there
are
priorities,
and
if
you
don't
have
priorities,
then
nothing's
a
part.
That's
a
classic
saying
right,
but
these
are
the
ones
that
are
probably
going
to
be
shifting
up
and
down
the
top
top
list
and
rotating
around
over
the
year.
But
these
are
the
big
ones
that
we're
trying
to
to
handle
this
year.
There's
a
lot
more
than
what's
on
that
slide
going
on
in
public
works.
G
I
don't
want
to
imply
that
that's
it,
but
these
are
the
ones
that
jump
out
as
requiring
extra
effort,
maybe
specialized
approaches,
maybe
something
we've
never
done
before.
So
it
requires
additional
attention.
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
that
before
we
we
open
it
up
with
some
questions.
D
D
I
would
just
make
a
quick
note,
not
a
question,
but
Recruitment
and
Retention
I
addressed
this
a
lot
in
my
day,
job
and
there
may
be
opportunities
to
cross
over
with
some
of
the
exhibits
and
programming
at
the
Watershed
for
some
more
long-term
connection,
with
some
of
the
high
need
jobs
that
we
have
in
public
works.
G
I
appreciate
that
Sharon,
something
I
would
add,
there's
well
two
things
one
right
now
we
have
about
a
10
to
15
vacancy
rate.
That's
that's
extremely
high.
It's
and
it's
not
uncommon
across
any
sector.
At
this
point,
so
we're
hustling
we're
adding
some
HR
positions,
recruiters
Etc,
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
fill
those
second
long
term.
I
appreciate
you
saying
that
one
of
the
things
you
know
the
Micron
opportunity
and
I
say
opportunity
presents
all
kinds
of
interesting
twists
to
it
right.
G
One
of
them
could
be
Workforce
Development
we're
recognizing
that
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
developing
our
own
Talent,
both
internally
that
are
already
here,
but
also
how
do
you
reach
out
to
like
a
College
of
Western
Idaho
if
you've
been
out
to
the
West
Boise
water
renewal
facility,
the
fire
training
center
is
right
there
and
I
drive
by
there
and
I.
Look
at
it's
like
why?
Don't
we
have
some
equivalent
of
that
for
water,
renewal,
they're,
basically,
training
their
own
Workforce
and
developing
it?
D
And
I
would
volunteer
in
my
professional
capacity
as
well
to
continue
this
conversation.
Any
other
questions
or
comments
from
the
commission.
O
The
work
of
micron
that's
going
to
take
place.
Is
there
any
talk
about
partnering
with
with
developers
to
I
mean
because,
if
you
think
of
all
the
aside
from
the
actual
facilities
that
are
going
to
happen
and
all
the
infrastructure
that's
needed
there,
you
know
additional
Housing
and
Development.
That's
need
to
going
to
need
to
happen.
Is
there
a
plan
to
tackle
that.
G
Chair,
commissioner,
thank
you
for
the
question.
There
is
a
lot
of
con.
There
are
a
lot
of
conversations
happening
right
now
between
Micron
and
the
city
and
any
number
of
issues
like
housing
like
recycled
water,
like
transportation,
and
so
those
are
we're
in
the
early
stages
of
that
at
some
point,
it'll
be
good
to
be
able
to
give
you
guys
an
up
update
you
all
an
update
on
what's
Happening
at
this
point,
it's
it's
early,
but
those
conversations
certainly
are
happening.
F
Commissioner
words,
yes
thank
you
Mr
chair,
so
this
is
a
really
a
huge
list
and
diverse,
very
diverse
list
and
I
guess.
Maybe
just
stepping
back
I
see
why
it's
internally,
it's
very
internally
focused
there's
some
real
urgent
needs
recruitment
restructuring.
Some
of
those
things
are
high
demand,
I,
guess
the
it's
more
of
a
really
higher
level
question
just
about
the
opportunity
for
having
the
community
understand
more
about
some
of
the
things
that
are
happening.
F
The
external
Focus
there's
some
real
opportunities
to
reach
rate
payers
with
we're,
not
just
electrifying,
because
it's
a
thing
to
do.
Here's
the
cost
benefit
of
this
here's
how
it's
going
to
pay
off
in
the
long
run.
If,
if
that
data
is
available
and
stuff
like
that,
because
I
think
I
don't
know
from
my
perspective,
it's
amazing
what
Public
Works
does,
but
doesn't
that
nobody
knows,
and
maybe
that
used
to
be
a
little
bit
of
the
Paradigm
for
departments
was
better.
F
If
something
goes
wrong,
everybody
knows
right,
but
but
there's
an
awful
lot
of
leadership
out
of
this
department.
It
looks
like
to
me
and
a
an
expanding
role
that
the
citizenry
needs
to
understand
and
I
I
guess.
I
just
was
looking
for
that
external
where,
where
you
might
have
that
that.
L
Piece,
thank
you.
Yeah,
chair,
commission,
I
really
really
appreciate
that
question,
and,
and
certainly
it's
it's
difficult,
I
mean
that
you
know
within.
Even
you
can
see
all
the
priorities
here
that
we
theoretically
would
want
to
communicate.
But
then
you
you
layer
in
that
with
all
the
departments
at
the
city
at
trying
to
use
the
same
channels
of
communication
so
constantly
balancing
the
needs
of,
but
you're
absolutely
right
and
I.
L
Think
we've
we've
put
a
really
high
precedent
on
on
Communications
and
what
we
do
Natalie's
here
and
we
work
really
closely
with
our
community
engagement
team
to
really
look
across
the
board.
Look
at
all
of
these
items
and
you're
exactly
right
that
a
lot
of
these
items,
not
only
it,
would
be
a
good
to
have,
but
really
thinking
about,
particularly
some
of
our
our
you
know,
climate
and,
like
electrification
goals.
They
depend
on
on
community
engagement
and
education.
L
So
you're,
absolutely
right,
and
we
have
so
not
only
is-
is
in
the
water
renewal
fund
and
is
focused
on
communication.
We
also
have
her
colleague
Melissa,
who
is
in
the
curb
it,
the
the
trash
Recycling
and
compost,
who
is
focused
on
communication,
and
they
both
do
an
outstanding
job
but
but
you're
right
that,
as
these
continue
to
evolve
and
and
grow,
we're
also
going
to
need
to
to
grow
and
amplify.
Our
communication
and
engagement
so
really
appreciate
the
comment.
I.
G
Would
just
add
chair,
commissioner
Orange,
it's
a
really
good
point,
you're
bringing
up
and
one
of
the
things
that
Colin's
going
to
be
working
on
and
we'll
be
testing.
Frankly
with
you
all
is
like
that
program
management.
G
You
see
there
that's
in
functionally
an
internal
function
to
to
execute
on
projects
and
coordinating
across
those
projects,
but
what
Jim
and
Josh
are
developing
is
a
dashboard
that
reports
out
how
we're
doing
right
so
for
the
public
that
dashboard,
the
first
page
or
two
will
be
really
high
level,
which
could
be
something
that
we
could
provide
externally
to
say.
Look
we're
being
responsible.
What
you
gave
us
the
green
light
on
the
bond
financing.
G
We
want
to
show
you
how
we're
spending
the
money
we're
being
responsible,
we're
tracking
in
a
lot
of
detail,
how
we're
doing
that.
So
some
of
this
is
it's
a
it's
a
good
point,
and
and
what
can
we
use?
That's
already
being
produced
to
potentially
turn
then
externally
to
explain
to
the
citizens
what's
happening
in
public
works,
Colin's
also
going
to
be
working
on
developing
metrics
for
the
kpis
for
the
organization.
G
We
have
those
in
kind
of
across
the
organization,
but
we
haven't
kind
of
gathered
them
all
in
a
document
or
a
page
that
you
could
say:
okay
I
see
what
Public
Works
is
working
on
and
I
can
see
that
most
of
the
kpis
are
green.
There's
a
couple
that
are
yellow,
so
a
lot
of
that
is,
is
to
come.
Keep
the
feedback
coming
to
see.
If
that's,
what's,
if
that's
hitting
it
or
if
it's
like
yeah,
that's
still
too
technical,
you
need
to
get
at
a
higher
level,
so
stay
tuned,
I.
Think.
D
Awesome
and
in
the
interest
of
time,
I
think
that
we
had
better
wrap
up
here.
We
will
dive
deeper
into
discussions
on
all
of
these
11
topics
throughout
this
coming
year.
So
I
look
forward
to
those
discussions
and
also
in
the
interest
of
time,
I
may
recommend
that
we
postpone
updates
from
our
subcommittee
meetings
discussion
on
that
to
our
next
meeting
and
to
do
that.
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
move
those
discussions
to
our
next
regular
meeting.
N
I
move
that
we
moved
the
subcommittee
meeting
summaries
to
the
next
month's
agenda.
D
G
Just
one
one
last
thing
chair:
we
actually
didn't
finish
the
presentation,
so
might
I
suggest
that's.
Okay,
no
sorry,
we'll
come
back
and
finish
up
and
make
sure
that
we're
getting
all
the
Commissioners
questions
answered.
I'm
sure
there
are
other
questions,
I
didn't
want
to
just
say:
that's
it
gotcha.
D
All
right
so
we'll
be
moving.
This
discussion
also
so
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
move
the
remainder
of
the
2023
Department
priorities
overview
to
our
next
regular
meeting
as
well.
Thank
you.
D
D
Opposed
the
same
sign
hearing,
none
the
motion
carries
and
now
our
final
motion
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
foreign.