I'd like to call to order the meeting for the Sacramento area Sua District for January 22, 2025.

Opening the meeting, could you please take the role and establish quorum.

Thank you, Chairperson Carpenski.

Please look it at the directions.

Okay.

Member Desmond.

Kennedy.

Here.

Ray Thol.

Here.

Roblas.

Here.

Surnah.

Fiegas.

Here.

Carpensikosta.

President.

And Flucky Bonnett.

Here.

And you have a quorum.

Thank you.

Would you join me in the pledge, please?

Hand over a card.

I pledge.

Pleasure.

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under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all.

Can you please read the statement for public comment?

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And that concludes the clerk's statement.

Thank you. I noticed that the bus just pulled up and we have some new additions.

I see that a member, Sandra, has joined us, member Kaplan and every Dickinson.

Thank you.

Moving on to item one, consent matters.

This is a contract to approve the selection and agreement with longitude 1, 2, 3, ink for engineering and environmental services for the evaluation of pipeline removal or abandonment.

Other any public comments on this item?

I did not receive any speaker request forms.

Second.

So I motion by Kaplan and a second by Desmond.

Please vote.

You'll have to manually record me. My name does not appear on attendees.

Okay. I'll just close the vote and take a voice vote.

I have to take the voice vote because director's name is not there.

And my name is Jair.

I'll just close the vote.

I'll just scroll it up here.

Oh, now vote.

Director Villegas.

Yes, for me.

Okay.

I touched on the log in here.

Okay.

And the motion carries with those members present including

member Ratham.

Oh, thank you.

And I think we have another new addition.

Yes.

Remember noting that member Arosco is here now also 937.

Okay.

Item number 2 separate matters.

This is resolutions of necessity authorizing eminent domain action to acquire real property

interest for the harvest water, elder transmission pipeline project from Rainen and Bartis LLC.

Are there any questions or comments from our members?

Other any public comments?

Oh, you do.

Oh, I see this.

I'm sorry.

I moved to a wave.

It's January.

It's January.

I'll get this down by March or so.

Good morning.

I'm Kyle Frazier.

I'm the project manager for the LCROB transmission pipeline project.

So I wanted to give the board a brief overview of the project.

The interests that we're seeking and the reasons why the resolution of necessity is necessary for the project.

The board is looking at the project.

The project is the project.

The project is the project.

The project connects to the harvest water pump station and extends south through the city of Belk Grove connecting to the remainder of our harvest water projects that provide water to our customers.

The board's already of the alignment is located within the road right-aways.

In this particular location, there was not enough room within the road right-away due to existing utilities.

The first thing that we wanted to avoid was a number of established oak trees that we wanted to avoid.

So the best alignment that we could choose was an alignment just next to the road that went through the subject properties.

So, the sector is seeking permanent and temporary easements to support the installation, the operation, and the ongoing maintenance of our 66 inch diameter recycled water transmission pipeline.

We began property negotiations back in October of 23 and we reached after several months of negotiations, we reached a agreement with the property owners.

At that time is when we ran into some issues with investing.

So, the properties are owned by an LLC and during the time period, one of the owners of the LLC passed away.

So, as we move forward with processing the easement acquisition, it was determined by title that the existing trust and heggsted petition did not allow sufficient interest in the property to be signed over to Sacseur.

So, that point we talked to the property owners and reviewed the options on how to move forward.

And one of the options was to have the property go back through probate to have the interests assigned to the reassigned to the proper heirs.

So, in discussions with the family, they did not want to do that particular route.

So, where we're at right now is we've chosen the preferred route which is to go through a friendly condemnation proceeding, which will allow Sacseur to use eminent domain to obtain the rights that we need for the pipeline.

So, the action is not opposed by the property owners. The compensation has been agreed to.

So, at this point, we're asking that your board approved the resolutions and necessity and allow the process to move forward so that we can obtain the property rights that we need for the project.

I have a question. I'm not going to say where I don't know the protocol.

Are there any questions?

Thank you.

One public comment.

I'm Lori Rispoli and I work for Ryan and I'm Vardas Homes.

The gentleman is correct. I do have a question regarding the property taxes.

It would have been our preference that these properties were taken and fee titled by the county, but they didn't want to do that.

So, they're going to remain in the name of Ryan and Vardas and these entities were terminated in 2010 because they were no longer viable.

These are remnant properties from an Elk Grove Meadows project that was developed over 20 years ago.

But there are some small property taxes bills coming. However, we haven't been receiving them because we moved offices a couple of times since these properties were developed.

I spoke to the tax default section recently and one of the bills is probably going to go to tax sale next year.

For non-payment, the amount to clear is 3588 and had we gone through escrow, we would have taken care of that.

But we didn't go through escrow for the reasons that that gentleman mentioned.

So, my question is, whose responsibility is it to pay these back taxes?

And if the county had taken fee title, I believe the tax bills would have ceased to be issued because the property would have been in the name of the county.

But they're only taking an easement. So, they're remaining in the name of Ryan and Vardas.

So, should the property go to tax sale, I'm wondering if that back amount is going to be forgiven by the tax collector and what happens going forward with tax bills.

And if this does go to tax sale, would the county purchase it at that time?

Does...

She's waiting for it.

We heard your public comment and we don't comment on your comment.

You deal with staff.

No, we do.

So, I'll just jump in.

I can't answer your questions right now. This appears to be a new issue.

But staff will work with you and will figure out what happens to those back taxes.

You say 3588?

Yes.

Okay.

And if it goes to tax sale, then what?

That's why I can't even give advice at that point.

Okay.

This is the sewer district.

So, the sewer district wouldn't be selling your property to county wood.

So, we would need to look into what exactly has happened with these back taxes not being paid.

Okay. Thank you.

I believe Director Dickinson has comments as well.

So, that's fine. I think you started to answer it.

The standard is when the property gets sold, if it's a tax sale, the back taxes are going to get paid.

It's part of a sale if the property sells.

And then whoever buys a property would be responsible for any property taxes going forward.

It's not complicated.

Okay. So, this is a...

Director Kennedy.

Thank you Madam Chair.

Just as a point of order, this wasn't an item that was on...

An item not on the agenda.

This is actually an agenda as an item and the property seller was here.

So, we actually can answer her questions and enter into a dialogue with her.

There's absolutely nothing prohibiting that.

Okay. Thank you.

Any other questions or comments?

I'm comfortable.

I know Supervisor...

Actually, am I missing Supervisor?

He's not here, but...

Robless is this your area in Elgrove.

I kind of look to you. Are you comfortable with moving forward with this while the issues get figured out?

I am.

Then I will make a motion to approve authorizing emanate domain action to acquire the property.

I'll second.

We have a motion and a second.

And was that a motion by member...

Or second by member Rodriguez?

Yes.

Thank you.

Please vote.

And motion carries with those members present.

Next item, please.

Item number three is a separate matter.

This is to fill two vacancies on the Investment Advisory Committee.

And there's a presentation by Director Finance Tip Abundant.

Good morning Chair and Members of the Board.

I don't have a PowerPoint presentation for this. It should be fairly short.

So the Investment Advisory Committee is a standing committee of the Board.

So it's a subject to Brown Act rules.

It was formed about three years ago in 2021 when the district decided to establish an investment program for its strategic reserves.

Prior to that, all the district funds were invested by the county treasure in the local investment fund.

So in 2021, the district decided to move those funds and invest them separately.

So as part of those actions, they at this Investment Advisory Committee was formed.

The committee has three board members on it.

But right now there's only one Director Valenzuela left in the left board in November last year.

And this month, this month, Director Akino from the city of Fortsom also left.

So we have two vacancies on that committee.

So that's what we're asking for volunteers.

There are no specific qualifications to serve on this board.

The main task for this sort of committee is to review the investment performance for our program.

So they meet every three months quarterly to review performance on the prior quarter and provide any type of guidance to staff and our investment advisors.

The next meeting is in February, February 26.

After that, we have three more meetings this year in May, in August, and in November.

So it will be ideal if we could have two members by our next meeting in February.

So that's the item. That's the ask is for two volunteer board members to serve on this committee.

And so the second volunteer already from the city of Fortsom, our newest member, Director Raithl.

So I preferably would like somebody from the city of Sacramento to replace the city of Sacramento vacancies or anyone from the city of Sacramento that would like to punch in.

Who's not here? Wait, who's my.

Jenny, if not, we'll just take who have a city I'll grove.

Sure. I think it's a second minute.

Just keep in mind it's once it's literally about an hour meeting once a quarter.

And you meet at the end of our regular meeting. So it's not a special trip in.

The meetings are scheduled as part of at the end of a regularly scheduled board meeting.

So you don't have to come in extra day.

Correct.

I'll do it.

Awesome.

You signed up?

Yes.

Okay.

Are we good?

Yes.

So that's member Raithl and Robeless who will be joining the Investment Advisory Committee.

Do you have a motion?

I'll make the motionist chair.

Oh, and we have any public comments. I'm sorry. Do we have any public comment?

No. I did not receive any speaker request forms.

Okay.

I'll make the motionist chair.

I'll second.

I'm sorry. Who made the second?

Second.

Roger.

Thank you.

Please vote.

The unanimous vote with those members present.

Thank you.

Moving on to item four.

One of your separate matters is inflation reduction act funding and construction activities

update for the biogeneration facility project.

Good morning.

Can you cue the presentation for item four, please?

All right.

Good morning.

Madam Chair, members of the board.

I'm Steve Nibbazik and I'll be providing updates on the status of our federal funding pursuit

and construction progress for the biogeneration facility.

I'm going to start with a project overview.

Then I'll provide an update on the inflation reduction act.

We're going to talk about the IRA opportunity, logistics, and the current credit estimate range.

The construction updates going to include work accomplished to date and unexpected subsurface conditions encountered in the field.

We're going to close the discussions with the staff's recommendation.

Please ask questions as I go and I'm going to do my best to answer them.

So the biogeneration facility project will include 13.4 megawatts of total installed capacity and consume all our biogas that we generate on site to produce renewable heat and power for the Echo Water Resource Recovery facility.

The 13.4 megawatts of installed capacity are going to be brought by four 2.65 megawatt internal combustion engines and one 2.8 megawatt fuel cell.

We are also going to have the future hydrogen capability through the fuel cell tri-generation.

The project also includes gas conditioning, engine exhaust treatment, heat recovery systems, electrical equipment, and controls a building and a boiler.

Another unique aspect of this project is it's the first time we've gone out and done a project labor agreement and that specifies how labor is going to be provided throughout the project.

I'm also going to point out at this point that the design build portion of our agreement is approximately $130 million substantial completion for this project when we started up is currently scheduled in July of 2026.

That's what we're working for.

Through the chair question.

I think you've kindly invited it.

Absolutely.

Is there a reason why we're looking at that particular image for that particular slide isn't that if I recall correctly that's the bird screen isn't not?

This is, we'll do better.

I'll get some more specific.

We weren't far enough alone in construction but to have really good pictures.

Look at these as any of these pictures not directly related to biogen will be something that biogen is powering once it turns on.

But you are correct.

This is not directly.

This is what we can find some better pictures.

So this location where this part of our plant is or this element of the plant is that's not necessarily where any of the biogen equipment will be located or is it?

No, it's not the biogen equipment will be located directly north of the jihad gestures.

Got it.

Thank you.

All right.

So the inflation reduction act or IRA opportunity.

Iroh allows, sorry, let me catch you up.

Iroh allows tax exempt agencies like Saksur to directly participate in qualifying renewable energy projects.

It was announced during biogen development and staff acted quickly to ensure that the project contract requirements aligned with new program rules for the combined heat and power systems.

We were already doing the right project so alignment involves doing it the right way.

And when I say we were already doing the right project, I mean the combined heat and power systems are eligible systems in the IRA funding guidance.

And the two energy properties that we're using to make our eligible system are also eligible energy properties.

That's the internal combustion engine and the fuel cell.

So the last part is making sure that we're doing this the right way.

And the way we do that is we make sure that we meet the federal prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements.

And we begin construction by December 31st, 2024.

As far as the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, we got to pay prevailing wage.

We do that and we're good at it.

So there shouldn't be any issues there.

As far as the apprenticeship requirement, the federal requirement built into Ira's 15% apprenticeship participation by ours.

And we need to show good faith efforts that we're trying to meet that.

And if we don't, the good faith efforts will be enough to meet that burden.

Domestic content requirements. It's 100% of structural steel has to be made in the USA.

And 40% of manufactured products have to be USA.

Beginning a construction by the end of 2024, Ira does continue on with additional phasing cycles.

But we wanted to be able to blend a natural gas.

It's really going to help us with the operability and kind of the long term resiliency of this project as we go forward in the next couple of decades.

So that's why that start date was really important to us.

It's an important aspect of this project.

As far as the Ira logistics, Ira provides direct payment as a tax credit that's paid after the project is complete.

As I mentioned at the beginning, we anticipate project to be complete in July of 2026.

So our application and payment is expected in 2027.

Further, we operate on a fiscal year. So we're currently slated to deliver this project right at the beginning of a fiscal year.

If that holds true, we would be applying for payment at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

Question. Yes.

So given what you just mentioned about the sequence of how we would benefit through Ira for this project, more or less kind of coming at the end of the project,

is there anything that is at risk given the change in administration?

Great question. And kind of the elephant we knew that was in the room coming today.

We don't have a crystal ball that gives the answer, but we can give you our best advice is with where we sit inside the Ira tax credit,

we're in another position than folks that are lining up for Ira funding directly from grants or loans.

Those are likely going to be the first items as we understand it that the new administration might pivot off of is the easiest to pivot off of.

So we sit in the tax credit. It's our under as a tax credit. It's our understanding that the IRS has already made a couple potential moves that will make it harder to back to

to claw back what we are going for.

So it's it's a low, low moderate risk is what we're hearing from consultants tax advisors, things like that for our current positioning in the Ira package.

Has the express question been asked of our consultants whether or not any of the IRS involvement can be shaped by executive order?

I haven't received that direct feedback. I can ask that direct question.

I would encourage you to ask that question.

Mr. Dickinson has a question.

I'm just curious if the payment is in the form of a tax credit and the agency is tax exempt.

So how can we how can we apply a tax credit? How can we receive it? How can we apply a tax credit?

The Ira really leverages section 48 of the IRS tax code and section 48 is built. It's it's built or it's called the investment tax credit.

And I think a lot of your border familiar with the solar array that we built out at the treatment plant.

There's no concessions made to section 48. So at the time we built our solar array out there, there was no way for us as a sewer agency and a tax exempt agency to leverage any of the funding.

We had to go through a private party and that's why we have our power purchase agreement to grab that 40% of funding.

Ira's done as it's made significant changes to section 48 of the tax code to allow direct participation by a tax exempt agency.

So while it sounds obtuse, I guess it just doesn't sound right. Yes, we are the section 48 changes allows us as a non tax pain entity to directly apply and received the tax credit.

I see. So using the term tax credit, but it's not really a tax credit. It's really a rebated discount of something along those lines.

Correct. And it's the way the IRS has shaped it for us.

Okay. Thank you.

Member of the legus, please.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Steve, for the update. So it says in here that the geotechnical discovery was slightly different than our original engineers estimate on some of the challenges there.

I think it says that the update is in January. Is that are we worried about that or is that still going to like to be within the originally approved budget or what's your thinking on that?

If you'll afford me a couple more slides, I'll get directly into the and.

Thank you.

All right. So again, Ira provides direct payment to us.

The our current focus is to deliver to deliver this project in accordance with the requirements and establish and maintain our eligibility.

So Amoresco's contract includes requirements and has penalties and incentives. They have a they have a $2 million incentive, $2 million penalty to help do everything that we need to do to secure.

And there's there's a there's a fair amount where did a lot of third party non disclosure agreements so we can work with vendors and you know us not no pricing but our tax.

So there's a lot of work that earns young are our tax advisors doing behind the scenes.

And the first thing that earns young has reviewed our projects scope and contracts and they've offered a positive tax position.

And when I say that it's a positive positive or it's the best we're going to get from a tax advisor.

And it's in terms of our project eligibility and us meeting the static instruction so us getting in the door so we can do the things we need to do meet PWA meet domestic content and and receive funding.

So we're not going to get any of the other actions are required other than monitoring and forcing the contracts.

So a significant milestone was meeting the beginning of construction because it's it was a maker break deadline for receiving any tax credit.

So I think a second to acknowledge the Sacramento metropolitan air quality management district for partnering with SACS who are on the permitting reviews and emission required emission credit actions.

So it was a pretty complicated project. We have we have a unique permit air permit arrangement and live in kind of unique world with something we call an umbrella permit.

We share some emissions with smud because of the nature of their Carson facility.

So it's a lot to unwind the air district received our applications. They were transparent in our communications as far as timing.

They were forthcoming with their needs and ultimately also did a fairly significant amount of work because we had to grab our emission credits from a couple of different banks based on our project and what we were applying credits to just bottom line.

So we're just very thankful to them. Also of the whole biogen team and amoresco team because they were burning the candle both ends to to get our foundation in the ground so we could have we could meet the physical physical construction milestone.

So this is the slide that will probably draw most interest interest and let's talk a little bit about the IRA preliminary credit estimate and why I'm giving you such a broad range.

The total capital expenditures at the top row there that we estimate being eligible at before we do any hair cutting for this project or about a hundred and fifty million dollars.

That includes that base DB agreement cost of amoresco of a hundred and thirty million dollars.

It also includes our owner advisor contract with Brown and Caldwell. It includes our inspection oversight by CMID construction management and inspection division.

It includes our Ernst Young contract for tax advisory services and it also includes SACS sewer labor. So that's the whole pool before Ernst Young has given it any haircuts that they say.

And then they take the step and they say in a typical renewable combined heat and power project we typically see about seventy percent of total estimated capital expenditures.

They see about seventy six percent turn into eligible cost that apply directly to the rebate our schedule of values for this project is a little bit different than once they've seen set up so they've given us a little bit broader range they're giving us a low and a high end estimate.

So let's focus on the high end estimate if you go to the the right hand column high end they think we'll get about a fifteen percent haircut and eighty five percent of those funds would be directly eligible.

When you look at the middle column this is the low the low end estimate so we're we're taking a thirty percent haircut to get to our eligible costs and now we only have a hundred and five million be an eligible thirty percent of that is the PWA credit that were confident we can meet.

And if you do not get domestic content it just doesn't mean you didn't get it they give you a further haircut and they take ten percent of your PWA credit.

So that is the math on how we end up at the lower range of about twenty eight a little over twenty eight million.

You know you're the wrong person in the room to use the haircut metaphor right.

I would get a hundred percent.

It wasn't wasn't anticipating that one.

Is there any questions while I still have that that slide up but that that that's preliminary right now as costs grow.

We've already asked you so to an initial response before I get to your next slide on the change order that we're going to be talking about the next couple slides.

I already have that question and how does how is this going to apply and earns jumps looking at it and they haven't given me a response yet but that is that's in the works.

So for construction update again the air district they actually delivered those authorities to construct on the last day of August were very thankful for those that allowed us and am a rescue to really start committing to getting equipment out there.

We were grading the site in October and we began and finished a good a good amount of deep foundation work in December meeting that started construction target.

As far as a appropriate picture supervisor Surnah this is a fuel cell and it is being unloaded and dropped in West Sacramento.

It's been ordered paid for and delivered and it's waiting to come to our site when the site's ready.

As far as the engines go they're in the manufacturing process and they're going to be shipped out.

I think soon by the end of January and we're going to receive them by by by the by the middle of March.

So just a question comment here is it possible that when this part of our plant comes online that you could offer board members a tour of what we're doing?

Absolutely.

I know we've been rich on the availability of tours in the past and this is a pretty impressive addition to the plan.

All right.

So we talked about some of the good news and some of the milestones.

Now maybe it's it's not that they're not so good news but you know what they say in construction it is what it is.

So when we were we did encounter differing site conditions.

Liquid for liquid viable soils were encountered during amarescos subsurface exploration.

The conditions weren't expected or observed in previous work.

We have a lot of work out there.

We have we have work all over our property.

We haven't we we we don't have anything in any of the nearby joining sites are on that site that would lead us to think that deep foundations were needed.

But amaresco was required to go out and do their own due diligence because they're going to be the geotech a record that's going to be signing off on this.

And they encountered a layer of liquefiable soils.

Some of the geologists and geotechs working on the site both for amaresco and our owner advisor that has fact check their work.

Seemed to think it might be one of the old creeks before it was channeled as be it Morrison or Laguna Creek that kind of meanders through our property and they've been channeled since but.

And we've only picked up a lens of liquefiable soil and it's something that we have to deal with.

So to that end the biogen change management board has been established the original contingency approved by the board which was 4% amounted to about 5.5 million dollars.

So we're getting to that magnitude.

So what we're trying to do right now is tally up all the costs get a bit we wanted to let you know about it while we're here we're trying to get the full dollar value.

And we will we're planning to come back to your board as soon as possible to talk in the specific to the specifics of the magnitude on the monetary end of the change order.

Do you know the lateral length of the lens in other words do we know whether or not that that lens could affect other future construction projects that require deep piling.

We're kind of built out in the area so our other projects in the area have not encountered that yet.

And we were in kind of a unique situation and it all kind of comes back to Ira we had the the inflation reduction act and that funding and that start a construction date.

So if the IRA funding was not on the table there is potentially a world where we further define this area and spend time or we maybe do some in situ remediation you know deep soil mixing things like that.

So there's a lot of money to let go the IRA money and we really needed to hit that that construction target so we really weighed heavily on on our own or advisor geotech backing or and challenging but ultimately backing what amaresco's geotech designer put together so.

So in the future projects we're definitely going to be looking for it you know there is vacancy on the east side where a digester a future digester if we go that route in our in our solids you know infrastructure would be sitting on and it be pretty logical for us to do a little bit additional subsurface exploration in advance of using some of the vacancy sites in that area to directly answer your question i'm kind of sorry.

Probably provided more than what you wanted director Dickinson i'm just curious.

Are you saying that essentially the entirety of the contingency will be consumed by the additional cost for the deep foundation work.

That is correct that's what we anticipate I do not have and that's about 4% I do not have a final dollar amount right now and when we're also currently negotiating some of the monetary.

So the very dollar amounts with amaresco so.

The contingency was only is only 4% it was just the initial contingency that was set at the beginning of the project to allow us to address and keep construction construction moving forward at a good pace while we dealt with potential change orders we definitely weren't expecting a deep foundation to come eat the eat it all up.

So the cost right now recognizing that you don't have it fully assessed at this point the cost right now associated with the deep foundation work is how much.

It's on the order of that five and a half million dollars there are some known costs we have right now that total about.

That that get us up to about four million dollars and then there's a chunk of costs that we're currently working through to get the full scope and that that last chunk that we're trying to get a kind of final pricing on to share with your board.

And and make the next appropriate take the next appropriate steps that's you know hopefully forthcoming in the next two to four weeks.

Thank you.

Yes.

Do all those increases that you're anticipating change our tax credits columns that is a question we have to the tax advisors as soon as we got wind of this change order and they're they they owe us feedback on how.

A change order that supports energy properties that are approved engines you know inside this building how that change order will you know if the whole thing gets added to our total eligible costs that's what we're advocating for that's what that's what I expect from a common sense approach but it's IRS I RS tax code so we're going to wait for Ernst and young to give us advice.

All right so I think I made it pretty much to the end of this slide here will be will return to your board with the full extent once this of the change once it's been determined and we hope we're back you know March April I don't know exactly what the board timing and the I don't know exactly which one it will be.

Any other questions or comments from our board.

So just all wind it up our recommendation is to receive and file this presentation and let us return to your board with more information on that change order as soon as possible and if there are more questions I'm happy to take this.

Certainly not is there any public comment.

I do not have any public speaker request for this is just information only receiving file so no vote needed yes ma'am.

Thank you thank you.

I'm going to those haircuts.

Moving on to separate matter number five this is Malene miscellaneous director and district engineer matters.

I'm going to start just real quick February 26 is our next board meeting so we don't have the first one in February and have one more.

Introduction of an employee who is one of our section managers wanted to share with you.

Today this is Deborah Celestry.

She is the environmental health and safety manager out at the Echo Water Resource Recovery Facility.

She was hired as a safety consultant with our construction management and inspection division back in 1996 so if you do the math on that she's been out at our facility in one capacity or another for let's see that would be about 28 years so 28 29 years.

She was hired by saksur in 2000 and promoted to manager in 2006.

Deborah is responsible for the Echo Water Facilities safety program and also provided oversight for the Echo Water project.

We had the owner control insurance program and she was heavily involved in that.

Deborah and her staff are passionate about maintaining a safe and health work environment for saksur.

Deborah and her staff's efforts have allowed the Echo Water Facility to recently be awarded CWA that's the California Water Environment Association.

Their Sacramento area section safety plant of the year winner for 2024 so we're actually in February going to award ceremony to pick up that piece of hardware.

We're not very much Deborah and that's all I have.

Speaking of pieces of hardware we did pick up our Opal Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers in San Diego last week and Mr. Lundy proudly represented us and I was there and I was proudly representing us so I kind of very proud of that for our Echo project.

Now it was the one that of course was originally scheduled to be in Florida and the hurricane happened at that point in time.

We got the silver but I thought we were better than the gold but yeah.

Yes the gold award.

It's still better than thank you for coming.

The gold award was the project was pretty impressive though it was definitely a worthy opponent.

It's a bridge in Los Angeles had a lot of historical context had parks and bike ramps and all kinds of arches so we were joking about we'll need to put more arches and things in our next Echo Water project.

Okay so is that it for you?

Yes.

Moving on to item number six.

This is comments from the public on issues not on the post of agenda and I do not have any speaker request forms.

Looks like we have no miscellaneous items.

No we do not and if there's nothing else then we are adjourned.