Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force - Aug. 29, 2024
Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force Special Called Meeting of the Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force
AUSTIN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLANNING COMMUNITY TASK FORCE August 29, 2024 --12:00pm Hybrid Special Called Meeting Waller Creek Center, Room 104 625 East 10th Street Austin, Texas 78701 Some members of the BOARD/COMMISSION may be participating by videoconference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live For more information go to: Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation. The first 10 speakers to register will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns not on the agenda. To register, contact Emily Rafferty at emily.rafferty@austintexas.gov. The information required is the speaker’s name, item number(s) they wish to speak on if applicable, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). CURRENT TASK FORCE MEMBERS: Voting Members: Bill Moriarty Sarah Faust Hani Michel Perry Lorenz Madelline Mathis Todd Bartee Robert Mace, Vice Chair Paul DiFiore Vanessa Puig-Williams Jennifer Walker, Chair Ex Officio Non-Voting Members: Austin Water: Kevin Critendon Austin Energy: Kathleen Garrett Austin Resource Recovery: Donald Hardee Housing: Chase Bryan Office of Innovation: Daniel Culotta Office of Sustainability: Zach Baumer Parks and Recreation: Liana Kallivoka Watershed Protection: Ramesh Swaminathan AGENDA CALL TO ORDER – PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Review and approve the meeting minutes from the Regular Task Force meeting on August 13, 2024. DISCUSSION ITEMS Revisions FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 2. Discussion of Water Conservation Plan and Drought Contingency Plan – Water Forward 3. Discussion of Water Forward 2024 Preliminary Portfolio Evaluation Results ADJOURN The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force Liaison, Emily Rafferty at 512-972-0427, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force, please contact Emily Rafferty at 512-972-0427 or emily.rafferty@austintexas.gov.
Water Forward Task Force (WFTF) Water Forward 2024 Working Group August 1, 2024 Meeting Notes Teams Meeting, 1:00 pm Attendees: Madelline Mathis, WFTF Marisa Flores Gonzalez, Austin Water Vanessa Puig-Williams, WFTF Emily Rafferty, Austin Water Jennifer Walker, WFTF Kevin Critendon, Austin Water Teresa Lutes, Austin Water Recap 50-year portfolio strategies: Austin Water staff recapped what was presented at the previous WFTF meeting on July 15th regarding 50-year portfolio strategies. Discussion included the following: - Strategies included within the 10 portfolios o Discussing the difference between centralized and decentralized reclaimed strategies o The strategies included in water conservation, for example Customer- Side Water Use Management and Native and Efficient Landscaping - Equity and Affordability Road Map and how it will be incorporated in the selection of the preferred portfolio - The weights included in the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making framework and the distribution of weightings in the 2024 plan compared to the 2018 plan - Updated Water Forward 2024 guiding principles and objectives and their origin - Brackish Groundwater Desalination as a strategy and its reliability Water Forward 2024 Working Group Meeting August 2024
Water Forward Task Force (WFTF) Water Forward 2024 Working Group August 14, 2024 Meeting Notes Teams Meeting, 10:00 am Attendees: Madelline Mathis, WFTF Marisa Flores-Gonzalez, Austin Water Robert Mace, WFTF Kevin Critendon, Austin Water Vanessa Puig-Williams, WFTF Teresa Lutes, Austin Water Emily Rafferty, Austin Water Kevin Kluge, Austin Water Discuss 8/13 WFTF meeting content: The group further discussed the content shared at the recent 8/13 full Water Forward Task Force meeting. The topics included Water Conservation Plan and Drought Contingency Plan updates and revisions, and Water Forward 2024 preliminary portfolio evaluation results. Discussion included the following: - Education and outreach as best management strategies because calculating an accurate yield from those activities is not possible - Brackish ground water desalination in the preferred portfolio o The cost of filtration o The assumptions of how the brine would be handled - Pool permitting, drip irrigation, and outdoor water restrictions o Further restricting the amount of hours customers can irrigate outdoors o Clarification that the Drought Contingency Plan does not allow outdoor irrigation in Stage 4 the same way it’s allowed in Stage 1 Water Forward 2024 Working Group Meeting August 2024
AUSTIN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLANNING COMMUNITY TASK FORCE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MINUTES Thursday, August 29, 2024 The Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force convened in a Special Called Meeting on August 29, 2024, with Social Distancing Modifications. Vice Chair MACE called the meeting to order at 12:06 pm. Members in Attendance: Robert Mace, Chair Sarah Faust Madelline Mathis Ex-Officio Members in Attendance: Members in Attendance Remotely: Bill Moriarty Jennifer Walker, Chair Paul DiFiore Austin Water Staff: Shay Ralls Roalson Teresa Lutes Kevin Kluge Marisa Flores Gonzalez Helen Gerlach Emily Rafferty Fatima Wahid Richard Hoffpauir Young-Hoon Jin Heather Cooke Brandon Niese Others in Attendance: Brigit Buff, Plummer Qiwen Zhang, Plummer Cody McCann, Plummer The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please contact Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force liaison Emily Rafferty at 512-972-0427, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. Page 1 of 2 Tanzia Karim, Save Our Springs Alliance Susan Hoover, Circle C Landscape Curtis Smith, Texas Nursery and Landscape Association PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL 1. Susan Hoover gave a public comment in-person. 2. Curtis Smith gave a public comment in-person. 3. Tanzia Karim gave a public comment in-person. APPROVAL OF MINUTES meeting. 1. Approval of the meeting minutes from the regular called August 13, 2024, Task Force The minutes from the August 13th, meeting were approved on Member MATHIS’ motion and Member FAUST’s second on an 6-0 vote. STAFF BRIEFINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND/OR REPORTS 2. Discussion on Water Conservation Plan and Drought Contingency Plan – Water Forward Revisions 3. Discussion of Water Forward 2024 Preliminary Portfolio Evaluation Results VOTING ITEMS None Chair WALKER adjourned the meeting at 2:05pm. The minutes were approved at the September 10th, 2024, meeting on Madelline Mathis’ motion, Sarah Faust’s second on an 8-0 vote with one vacancy. Task Force Members Vanessa Puig- Williams, and Robert Mace absent. The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice …
