Sacramento Area Sewer District Board Meeting - March 26, 2025
Okay, I'd like to call to order this meeting of the Sacramento area sewer district for Wednesday, March 26th,
2025, Madam Clerk, please call the roll and step to the corner.
Good morning.
Director Desmond?
Here.
Hugh?
Here.
Kaplan?
Here.
Kennedy?
Here.
Rathall?
Here.
Rodriguez?
Here.
Sander?
Here.
Soon?
Here.
And you do have a quorum.
Great.
Will you please rise and join Director Kaplan in the budget allegiance.
Please join me, Lentch.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which
it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
Great.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
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Okay, very good.
We are going to now adjourn to close session and we'll be back shortly.
I'd like to call back to order this meeting of the Sacramento area sewer district for Wednesday,
March 26, 2025.
Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll and reestablish a quorum.
Director Desmond.
Here.
Dickinson.
Here.
Hume.
Here.
Kaplan.
Rathal.
Here.
Robles.
Resin.
Sander.
Rodriguez.
Here.
Serena.
Here.
Thun.
Here.
And Director Villagas, I believe, left after close session.
So Villagas and Carpensy Custa are absent.
You do have a quorum.
Great.
Thank you.
Next item, please.
For your consent matters, items 1 through 7.
Any member of the board wish to pull an item for separate consideration or questions or
comments on any items?
I'll go ahead and move consent items 1 through 7.
Second.
It's been moved and seconded.
Madam Clerk, do we have anyone in the public?
I did not receive any speaker request forms.
We don't have anyone here.
All right.
Are we going to?
I think we'll have to take a voice vote.
Okay.
All in favor?
Aye.
Okay.
Next item, please.
Next item is public comments on the post of agenda.
I do not have any speaker request forms.
All right.
Very good.
Item number 9 is the Ms. Alina's Director and District Engineer Matters.
Mr. Dopson.
Good morning, Chair and board members.
Just a few items.
We have all our next meeting.
We do not have any agenda items.
Our next meeting will be on April 23rd.
So, we're trying to keep as much as possible trying to keep to one meeting a month.
So we're able to do that this time.
The other thing I want to note is Alma gave some of you, many of you, a little packet or
a handout with some requested information.
It's personally identifying information, so we keep it very secure, but we absolutely
need to have that information.
It's for two things.
One is to be able to process pay if you're a board member that receives pay for the board
meeting, but also our application to the state for our state disability insurance.
We got a bit of a reprieve when we approached them and found out that we have the entire
quarter in order to get our application in and will be covered retroactively to the
beginning of the quarter.
But we are now at the end of the quarter.
And essentially this application, I don't fully understand why they need this information,
but they need our board members and the information that's requested in these forms.
And we got to have it.
So if you could fill that out, sunny or myself can take it from you after the meeting, but
we really need to get that.
We are going to submit whatever we get, but we need as much of it as we can get.
Last item on the board agenda, I just wanted to note, it's just an informational item,
but our state of the district report is now available.
This is the first time we've tried a completely digital electronic version.
So we're going to see how this works.
It's not even, it's basically a website.
So it's not even just a document that you click on a Adobe Acrobat file and open up a
report.
It's actually a website that goes through basically covering our achievements of the past year
and a little bit of a look to the future.
So take a look at that and provide any feedback that you have on it.
We'll take that into account and see where we go from next year.
But at least we're trying to reduce the printing costs and that sort of thing.
And with that, I have one introduction this time.
I wanted to introduce many of you know her, or at least communicate with her.
And it's sunny, Kenner.
There she is.
I'm going to walk through her bio.
She has an associate of arts degree from Cosumnes River College and a paralegal certificate
from UC Davis.
She's worked for SacSua for over 10 years starting as Secretary for Rosemary Clark back
in 2014.
And then she became the executive secretary for Prabhakar, Somibarpu, if you knew him.
Back in 2015 and now she essentially does the same job but we have a new title for her.
It's now the administrative assistant to the GM.
So she works very closely with myself.
She also works very closely with your board and your staff and also our entire executive
team.
She also has four staff herself who further support our executive team and then staff throughout
the district.
She wanted to point out that she really enjoys working with all of your staff very responsive
and very helpful.
I want to point out a couple things she didn't put on her bio.
One that she expertly manages my calendar which is a crazy insane thing.
I don't know how she does it.
And also the entire board process.
So all the packets and materials that you get from the beginning when it's just a basically
a draft board letter from a project manager all the way through the approval process, the
signature and copying process.
The electronic files that get posted for the public, the agenda, all of that comes together
and she's orchestrating that.
So she's the conductor of that symphony.
And then finally with a name like Sunny, it's no surprise that two of her strengths are
harmony and positivity.
So I just wanted to point that out.
And then finally she did have one more note and that is that she really loves working
with Alma.
And we all do.
Sunny Kenner.
That concludes your report.
Thank you, Christophe.
Director Hume.
Thank you chair.
First of all, it's nice to put a face to a name.
I've seen your name in my inbox for years.
So good to know there's an actual person at the other end.
My question is Alma, you gave me the form 700 form.
I have a form 700 on file with the district and we're also in the process of updating all
those.
Do you need this specifically from me?
Then I then have a question.
How come I did not get one?
Sorry, we can't hear you back there.
So you definitely, if you have done it for your own organization, City Council or
the supervisor.
Well, that's why after director Hume said what he did that I'm suspect about duplicating
efforts here.
So are we sure that we're not doing that?
Another point of clarity.
Because I got emails saying I didn't turn it in from the county, but I followed it with
FPPC.
So there would be separate items for the county and for the SAC sewer board.
Understood.
But yeah, but as a matter of fact, at least for my office, for the entirety of the time
I've been on the board of supervisors, my staff, and I presume other staffs for other
supervisors take the totality of all the form 700s for all the other boards and commissions
we serve on and prepare them and file them.
So I just want to make sure that because I'm not getting one here, it just means that there's
some deference to that process.
And so when director Hume said what he did, I'm just wondering if something got missed.
So we will go back and confirm for sure.
But it should be that if you didn't get one, it's because you have already done it through
a different process, but we'll confirm.
Okay.
Very good.
Thank you.
And the same for me as well.
Okay.
Thank you.
Other questions for our executive director.
Okay, Madam Clerk, do we have anyone's time to speak on this matter?
No, sir.
Please do not.
All right.
One simple question.
Yes, please.
Some agencies require the state level submission that Darren referred to.
Some take the county version.
Some take a copy of your local agency version, like a photocopy or a PDF.
Others require a wet signature.
So there's four options for requirements to submit these depending on it varies by agency
all over the place.
Which one are we?
You forgot rights to your first born.
Oh, right.
Do we require a direct personal wet signature or PDF copy of the city filing?
Okay.
Sonny said no, right?
I'll let you say.
Thank you.
A PDF is a fine electronic version sent to me via email.
This is fine.
Any other questions?
Thank you.
So, why?
Here.
Sonny, for simpler.
Are you able to work directly with our clerks or city clerks?
I'm sorry.
Are you able to work directly with our city clerks?
Yes, I have been and I've been reaching out with them and I can get these from them directly
as well.
Okay, I appreciate that.
And then because what I was referring to earlier is I got four emails from the county
Form 700.
It's like, your fourth warning and I'm like, I turn this in three months ago.
You're able to, some are able to submit it electronically, but for our filing system,
I still have to receive a PDF version so I can upload it into our electronic file system.
Which is totally fine.
It's just that I'm receiving these emails saying I didn't and then I'm glad to see it
because my, the check bar here says it's done for me, which is great.
So that sounds like your community can't miss.
But then the emails I'm getting caused me anxiety because I want to make sure, you know,
everything's getting turned in.
So I don't know who to, who to respond to.
Yeah, I don't think you'll be getting automated emails from our Form 700 system because you're
not in the program.
I'll have to check with the county or whoever to see where you're getting those.
I can forward you one of them.
Okay, perfect.
Okay, thank you very much.
Okay, any other questions for Sonny before she sits down for the fifth time?
All right.
Okay.
So very like my.
All right.
Thank you.
Okay.
Next item, please.
Item number 10 is to approve employee groups six and nine benefits and one time wellness
benefit payout.
Morning, Chair.
Morning.
Members.
Item 10 is requesting your boards approval to revise our employee group benefits and
a one time wellness benefit payout.
We're board approved the six employee groups back in November 2023.
We are recommending revising employee groups six, which is currently executive and adding
additional confidential and unrepresented classes, therefore changing that class.
The second recommended action is to approve a one time payment to approximately 140 employees
who qualify for eight hours of wellness leave incentive during the last 13 week period
while we're still with the county.
Taxior did not carry over the county's wellness incentive program.
We're currently developing and analyzing.
We're going to implement our own shortly.
Taxior is recommending providing a cash payment equivalent to that of the wellness leave incentive
for those who qualified so they're made whole in regards to the benefits that they earned.
Any questions?
That includes your report?
Yes.
Any questions for staff?
Okay, thank you.
Anyone from the public signed up to speak on this matter?
I do not have any speakers.
Move approval.
Okay, it's been moved.
Second.
It's been moved and seconded.
Please.
Oh, all in favor?
Aye.
I pose abstained in motion.
Thanks.
Next item, please.
Next item 11 is a salary schedule amendment.
All right.
Matt Doyle still.
We have item 11 is approved the resolution adopting the amended salary schedule for maintenance
and operation managers class.
We are including a 2.5% increase to maintain a 10% spread between the supervisor and the
subordinate.
The GIS analyst three class has been retitled to GIS supervisor.
Therefore a 5% increase is recommended to the salary range.
The second action we are requesting is to authorize the district engineer to make administrative
changes to the salary schedule such as class, employee group or class resignment.
This would include changes that do not directly impact compensation.
Thank you.
Any questions for staff?
Seeing none, Madam Clerk, do we have anyone from the public signed up to speak on this matter?
We do not have any.
We do not have any speaker request forms.
We're good.
I entertain a motion.
Move approval.
It's been moved.
Is there a second?
Second.
It's been moved and seconded.
All in favor?
Aye.
Motion carries.
Thank you.
Item number 12 is the Harvest Water Program quarterly report for October 1 through December
30, 2024.
Right.
I believe we have a presentation.
Good morning.
Good morning, Chair.
Members of the board.
My name is Mike Crookes.
I'm the manager of the Harvest Water Capital Program.
Meaning we're in charge of the designing construction elements of the program.
This morning, myself and Joe Phil give a brief update to supplement the quarterly report
that you received with this item.
It covers the fourth quarter of 2024, but the presentation will include some information
that's a little bit more recent, especially with respect to construction activities and
progress.
Capital program updates.
We'll touch on that.
Some program financials.
Administrative program updates will be provided by Joe Phil and then we'll touch briefly
on upcoming board actions.
Construction project updates.
This will briefly kind of touch on each of the construction projects that are active.
Harvest Water pump station.
They are making progress.
It's been going a little bit slow.
In general, the rains that have come since December have really hampered progress on pretty
much everything.
The rains come, slows things down, it gets sunny, they start to get going again and then
it rains.
And so it's been kind of tough with that hercatured emotion.
The pump station they expect to start a serious construction with mass excavation probably
next month.
Okra transmission pipeline.
This is broken up into two segments.
The one that's currently under construction is segment two, going down Franklin Boulevard.
The contractor has completed pipeline installation on what we call phase one.
That's between Sims and Laguna Boulevard on the north end.
They've also shifted traffic in the phase two area with the south of Laguna and getting
ready to start construction on that part of the project.
They've also had some tunneling activities going concurrently.
This recently they tunneled at the very south end of their pipeline alignment.
They had a cross under Franklin Creek.
That tunnel has been completed and the pipe has been pushed through it.
From that point they turned to the west and they tunnel again under the Union Pacific Railroad
tracks and so that's set to happen fairly soon.
Segment one is the segment that's on the plant property itself.
It's roughly a mile of pipe.
Your board approved bid award in February of 2026.
We're working towards notice to proceed in April and we expect that to start construction
this summer sometime.
Same contractor got that contract which is I think a benefit to some degree.
South of the city we have three pipeline projects that are active in the South County.
Each of them are working in various areas.
Each of them have a couple different headings.
So I think a lot of you know that they're very busy down there.
It does create some difficulties with respect to road closures and detours.
Again, weather has been a challenge and has slowed our ability to open up some of the closed
areas.
So we continue to work with that.
Plus again, as many of you know, the roads down there are small.
Don't think they're really built to handle the amount of traffic that we're putting on
them including the construction traffic that they're seeing right now.
And so we're very busy in responding to those roads unraveling and so doing repairs as
we're doing the pipeline construction.
Let's see.
On-farm connections that project that's going to construct the improvements on the
growers property to control delivery of water to their irrigation systems.
This is going to be implemented.
We believe in two phases.
My first phase contract is currently out to bid.
We expect to receive bids next month and we'll be under construction this summer later
on.
This graphic represents the total length of pipe that this program will install versus
what's been installed already.
This graph represents the end of February.
So as you can see, we have a total of 41.4 miles of pipe to install with the program.
As of the end of February, we've installed 18.3.
So we're very closely approaching 50 percent.
Hoping that we'd be there by now.
But again, I think the weather impacts have kept us from reaching that point, that milestone,
but I think we'll get there pretty soon.
This graphic represents the pipelines that have been installed, the lines that have the
green bold around them represent pipelines that have been installed again as of the end
of February.
Not a lot has changed since then.
There have been some changes.
But this, I think, represents a pretty good picture of what we've been able to accomplish
so far.
I mentioned the on-farm connection assemblies project.
Again, phase one is out to bed.
It contains 56 connections out of roughly 120.
We've targeted the larger of the connections that we'll be serving so that we can maximize
how much water we can send when we're working to start up in commission system.
So these 56 connections represent roughly 66 percent of our irrigation demand.
Again, it's currently being advertised.
Notice the proceed later this summer and complete in early 2027.
Kind of in lockstep with the pumping station project.
Phase two, we do think that we'll be ready to advertise that project later this year,
probably in the fall, but a little bit too early to tell.
A really significant effort in addition to managing the construction projects.
Our outreach staff have been fantastic in getting updated information out to the people
that are affected by these projects.
We have a lot of male notifications that go out.
We've put up business signages so that people know these businesses are still open.
Just maybe a little bit more difficult to access.
We've had focused outreach efforts.
We meeting occurred, I believe in December, with Valley High, Homeowners Association Group.
Our group actually does door-to-door contact with residents who are going to be close by
very disruptive activities.
For example, if we have anything that's happening during nighttime and we have had that happen.
Also we've had a lot of media coverage.
Most recently when we did the traffic shift, south of Laguna Boulevard, we had some good
media coverage and it came across, I think, in a positive light.
Happy to see that.
We regularly put out traffic alerts related to the closures and the openings and the detours.
We do have an active construction closure map on our website in addition to mailing it
out.
We've had a lot of interactions via our hotline and our email.
We cover that on a regular basis.
We get back to people within a business day if not sooner.
Again, the issues have been road damage, traffic impacts, and just regular frustration and
totally understandable.
We do our best to respond as quickly as we can.
When we can, we do pivot with respect to our construction activities.
We, on occasion, have had our contractors change their sequence of events to, again, respond
to those concerns and I think it has been positively received and recognized.
But no doubt it's still a disruptive project and we're doing the best we can to keep people
happy while keeping things moving forward.
I've got a few construction photos included.
Again, I mentioned night time work.
I believe this is in front.
Yeah, big horn.
We did that during the night.
It's a busy intersection, again, coordination with the City of Elk Grove.
We have tricky installation.
We have to dip and duck around a lot of existing utilities so you see that here and we're just
going to be working at night.
This is that tunnel at the very south end of the Elk Grove transmission pipeline.
The tunnel underneath Franklin Creek, again, that's been completed.
Now they are turning to the left or to the west to go underneath the tracks, which you
can see in the top left hand corner of the project or photo.
More Elk Grove transmission pipeline, open cut construction.
This is still when we were working north of Laguna Boulevard.
Franklin Eschinger, this is right outside the City of Elk Grove.
They've finished their stretch of pipe down Franklin and now they're heading east.
This is on core road going under the tracks.
They're almost done with core road making their way to Eschinger on this west side.
They also have a heading on the east side, working from basically Highway 99 coming towards
Bruceville, which is also almost done.
This is the west pipeline's package working on Franklin Boulevard.
This project has been challenged with wet weather, wet soil conditions.
They've been in Franklin longer than anybody had hoped.
So we're working with them to get them done and to get that opened up again.
More the same.
They've got culverts that they have to deal with, a lot of other challenging construction
issues.
Central South, this is in the central part and south part of the service area.
This particular pipeline is on Bruceville Road, south of Lambert, kind of by the Artriple
Sea facility.
So we have 36 inch steel pipe going in there.
That stretch is done.
And as of today, that segment of Bruceville should be open.
Let's see.
I think there's just a typical sign that the residents out there are getting used to
seeing.
A lot of closures, a lot of routing, a traffic in other areas.
Program financials just real briefly.
This graph represents on the left where the colors are bold, our actual expenditures that
we've experienced, the more muted colors to the right are projected future expenditures
based on our budget.
And then the black line is accumulative total going to our current budget amount of just
under $600 million.
Excuse me.
Before you leave the slide, if you can go back, please.
Thank you.
So from 2027 on, what constitutes, it's small, but what constitutes the soft costs there
are continuing all the way past 2031?
Those costs are all related to what I would refer to as the eco plan component of the
harvest water program.
It's to go on for multiple years.
Perhaps Joe Phil can touch on that a little bit more in a detailed manner than I can.
But it is a very good long term.
I want you to come to the podium.
Gordon Board and supervisor Cernam.
So the eco plan is what I'd like to say is what actually pays for the whole program.
It is the, we sign a contract agreement, fed it both by the California Department of
Fish and Wildlife and the California Water Commission as part of our WSIP prop-1 grants.
And so the eco plan is that we are mandated to bring forth ecological benefits that includes
raising the water table at the area, added crane population, improved chain examine, runs
lower salinity and renal pools improvement in the area.
And so part of that cost ongoing would be the eco plan maintenance of those parcels.
Okay.
Okay.
So it sounds like that's really operational.
Right.
Yeah.
That's correct.
All right.
So there's a bit of operational in your capital budget here.
This is what, okay.
That's what's a little odd.
Thanks for the clarity.
Yeah.
Let us check back on that and make sure because I know there are some components of that
eco plan that are related to purchasing properties.
There are a number of things.
These aren't not the capital construction separate items.
And so let us just check back.
And if there's anything different that we didn't say, we'll get that to you.
Yeah.
It is not related to the operation of the system itself that will be delivering water.
It's more land management practices working with the growers in the pipeline or is out there
on a long perpetual basis.
My understanding is the grant program understands and identifies these as capital costs that are
reimbursable through the grant.
But it is a little bit different.
They are soft costs, I believe.
Okay.
Thank you.
Simple graphic.
The Pion, the left represents our total program budget, including the administrative program
management office as well as the CPMO.
Again, just under $600 million.
And based on that budget, we've spent to date almost a quarter of it.
With respect to construction dollars only, we've got a budgeted amount of just shy of $380
million.
And we've spent just under 22% of that.
I wanted to note that I talked about being almost 50% done with the pipelines.
That's 22% seems like a low number.
We have other elements of the project that haven't really gotten as far, the pumping station,
for example.
And the on-farm connection assemblies contracts.
Those haven't experienced really any expenditures.
And so they kind of lower that percentage.
This is a snapshot that you guys have seen before of our program budget and our funding.
I'm sorry, Joe Phil, I'm still a little bit of your thunder, but I'll let you speak
to it.
The text that's in red is a new item.
And it's a new component of our grant from the state of California, an additional $73
million.
So the key point here is our funding gap is shrinking.
So good news.
I'm going to leave it up and you can speak to it some more because I'm done.
Thank you, Mr. Crooks.
Good morning, Dan Chair and members of the board, Joe Phil Borja.
I'm with the APMO office.
So I'd like to give you a little bit of update about our WSIP grant reimbursement and future
funding.
And so we've had the opportunity to receive both invoices number one and number two, approximately
$23.9 million.
Our invoice number three has also been approved for payment for $15.7 million and invoice
number four is expected to be submitted near term for approximately $84 million.
The harvest water team successfully secured additional WSIP funds as a result of low
risk of carous expansion withdrawing from the program that left $454 million on the table
as well as the addition of Prop 4's new funds that were voted on by the voters last November
anticipated to be allocated specific for existing WSIP projects, adjustment for inflation.
On March 19th, the CDWC or the California Water Commission did vote to increase harvest
water funding by $73 million highlighting the need for projects that have already received
investments to keep going and moving forward.
We were the only one of six projects that were selected by the Water Commission to receive
this funding.
The rest of them, unfortunately, the funding was held for other thresholds to be met.
By the Water Commission.
And so what we're doing is continued advocacy both in the state and federal levels.
Like I mentioned before, we had a well received harvest water update back in February 19th.
We worked with our WSIP coalitions to advocate for fair share allocation of our available
funds.
And at that time, the Water Commission have also requested a summer project tour that we
have now locked in for a date on June 18th, where water commissioners as well as state
agency leadership are expected to attend as part of an open public meeting, the harvest
water project area.
We continue to work with our state legislators to meet and advocate about the sex, sex
rumors and harvest water benefits and advocacy letters have also been submitted for both
budget subcommittees on sub two and sub four.
We also engage and continue speaking and having dialogue with our federal partners and
in Congress to make sure that we protect our federal grants, but also to ensure that
we are able to navigate the ever shifting administration policies.
Now, outreach partnership has been engagement.
Like we said before, the heart of this is really establishing that community and that partnership
with the growers and the farmers.
And so we continue to have one-on-one meetings with our key stakeholders to address specific
concerns as well as invite them to our face to off-case.
We continue to have groundwater level monster and existing private wells and developing
our recycled water program documents and tools.
Our eco plan development, our draft agreements have been ready for crane pilot projects
for roosting and foraging.
Two additional draft agreements are being reviewed by landowners that involves a vernal
complexes and additional crane pilots and procurement package for native plant procurement
this nearing completion.
This map shows you the 52 off-case with signed recycle water service agreements that we've
had as of March 13, 2025.
And one thing I'd like to point out is that when we started this project, the amount of
letters of interest or commitment letters that we've received is over-subscribed with
the program or the goal set we would need to meet for summertime irrigation demand.
Having said that, we were able to get agreements for users that represent 63% of summer irrigation
demand goal that you see there on the green parcels.
A majority of these are larger users, folks that would be using the most water during summertime,
but also small farmers.
And again, I can't help but emphasize the amount of coordination meeting and engagement
that our team has done and really not just selling this product or at least telling the
community members there the importance of this project but also ensuring that we address
their concerns.
And there's been a number of different feedback and comments that we've received.
We do continue significant efforts in executing right-of-way service agreements in 2025 as
well as recycle water service agreements.
And we're working to secure the remaining agreements through Q2 and Q3 of this year.
So Phil.
Yes, sir.
Real quick.
The question for Christoff.
So as it relates to the service agreements, can you remind us what if anything is in those
agreements that speaks specifically to the quality level of the water that would be delivered
not dropping below some scientifically quantifiable, qualifiable metric?
I'll check with Jeff Phil to make sure I have this right.
But the water has to meet the state's title 22 tertiary treated recycle water requirements
so they're very specific constituent-based limits in there.
I don't believe that the agreements get beyond that.
And is that silent?
So that's just reflective of the nature, the quality of the water as it would be delivered.
Is there anything specific about what might change in terms of what sex sewer would receive
in terms of the, you know, the pre-treated water?
There may be, for instance, there may be a different user within the sex sewer area
that wishes to, I don't know, change the quality of what they're basically delivering to
our plant with our knowledge about it could be an industrial user, for instance.
So I would assume then there's nothing in those agreements that speaks to that.
That's correct.
So our water quality still needs to meet those standards.
So regardless of, and typically what would happen in a case like that, you have to say
a new industrial customer, they want to make some discharges that have different constituents
in them.
That's something that we would regulate on the front end so that it didn't get into the
system because we again have to continue to meet the requirements regardless of what's
being discharged.
Gotcha.
Okay.
That's all we address on it.
Thank you.
Thank you, Chair.
Thank you.
Chris off.
And then finally, my next slide.
This is the first upcoming board actions.
We'll be bringing forward our eco plan landowner agreement templates, customer reimbursement
framework for our on-farm improvements for the user recycled water.
We are also going to the APMO.
It will be bringing in the consultant agreement amendment.
And just this morning, we no longer anticipate the Fort Bill it.
So the CPMO will no longer bring consultant amendments for services during construction,
but there would be a request to increase board approved change order allowances for construction
contracts.
And one more thing to add is that we do anticipate the bid award for off-gov phase one expected
in the month of May.
And with that, that concludes our presentation.
I'd like to invite Mr. Crooks back in the podium and we're happy to answer any questions
or hear any of your feedback.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Any questions for our staff?
Good job.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Appreciate the information.
Madam Clerk, do we have anyone's time to speak on the spanner?
No, I do not have any speaker or request forms.
All right.
Very good.
Next item, please.
Your next item is the Community Case Assistance Received and Fowl's Item 13 of 14.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you all.
There's no further business.
We are adjourned.
Discussion Breakdown
Summary
Sacramento Area Sewer District Board Meeting
The Sacramento Area Sewer District held its regular board meeting on March 26, 2025. The meeting included updates on the Harvest Water Program and administrative matters.
Opening and Administrative Items
- Quorum established through roll call
- Meeting broadcast live on Metro Cable Channel 14 and streamed online
- Board member compensation of $100 per meeting disclosed
Consent Calendar
- Items 1-7 approved unanimously without discussion
Director's Report
- Next meeting scheduled for April 23rd
- Introduction of Sunny Kenner, Administrative Assistant to GM
- First digital State of the District report now available as website format
- Discussion of Form 700 filing requirements and procedures
Key Actions
- Approved employee groups 6 and 9 benefits revisions
- Approved one-time wellness benefit payout for approximately 140 employees
- Approved salary schedule amendments for maintenance and operations managers
Harvest Water Program Updates
- 18.3 miles of 41.4 total pipeline miles installed (44%)
- Construction progress affected by recent rains
- Secured additional $73 million in WSIP grant funding
- 52 recycled water service agreements signed, representing 63% of summer irrigation demand goal
- Active construction on multiple pipeline segments
- Program budget currently at $600 million with 25% spent to date
Public Engagement
- Extensive community outreach efforts including:
- Door-to-door notifications
- Business signage
- Traffic alerts
- Media coverage
- Construction closure maps
- Response to community concerns within one business day
Meeting Transcript
Okay, I'd like to call to order this meeting of the Sacramento area sewer district for Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, Madam Clerk, please call the roll and step to the corner. Good morning. Director Desmond? Here. Hugh? Here. Kaplan? Here. Kennedy? Here. Rathall? Here. Rodriguez? Here. Sander? Here. Soon? Here. And you do have a quorum. Great. Will you please rise and join Director Kaplan in the budget allegiance. Please join me, Lentch. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Great. Thank you very much. Thank you. Please read our statement. This meeting of the Sacramento area sewer district is cablecast live on the Metro cable channel 14, the local government affairs channel on the Comcast and direct TV universe cable systems. This meeting is closed caption and live streamed at Metro14live.psicounty.gov. Today's meeting replaced Sunday, March 30th at 9 a.m. on Channel 14. This meeting can also be viewed on demand at youtube.com backslash Metro cable 14. In accordance with government code 54952.3 compensation for meeting of these legislative bodies is required to be verbally disclosed. The amount of $100 will be paid for each member participating today as a member of the Sacramento area sewer district. Compensation for Sacramento County Supervisors and City of Sacramento Council members is paid to the county and city respectively to partially offset the cost of those governments. Compensation for other board members is delivered to the individuals. To make an in-person public comment, please complete a speaker request form and hand it to the clerk. The chairperson will call your name. And it is your turn to make a comment. You may send written comments by email to board clerk at saccany.gov. Your comment will be read to the board and filed in the record and that concludes the clerk's statement. Okay, very good. We are going to now adjourn to close session and we'll be back shortly.