Approved Meeting Minutes — original pdf
Approved Minutes
AUSTIN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLANNING COMMUNITY TASK FORCE REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, August 13, 2024 The Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force convened in a Regular Called Meeting on August 13, 2024, with Social Distancing Modifications. Chair WALKER called the meeting to order at 12:05 pm. Members in Attendance: Jennifer Walker, Chair Paul DiFiore Madelline Mathis Ex-Officio Members in Attendance: Kevin Critendon Kathleen Garrett Chase Bryan Ramesh Swaminathan Members in Attendance Remotely: Sarah Faust Bill Moriarty Vanessa Puig Williams Robert Mace, Vice Chair 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 Joseph Gonzales 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 Others in Attendance: Brigit Buff, Plummer Qiwen Zhang, Plummer Cody McCann, Plummer Robert Lempert, RAND Bill Bunch, Save Our Springs Alliance Tanzia Karim, Save Our Springs Alliance Roy Waley, Sierra Club Austin PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL 1. Bill Bunch gave a public comment in-person. 2. Tanzia Karim gave a public comment in-person. 3. Roy Waley gave a public comment in-person. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approval of the meeting minutes from the regular called July 15, 2024, Task Force meeting. The minutes from the July 15th, meeting were approved on Member DIFIORE’S motion and Member MATHIS’ second on an 6-0 vote. STAFF BRIEFINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND/OR REPORTS 2. Update on Water Conservation Plan and Drought Contingency Plan – Water Forward Revisions The presentation was made by Kevin Kluge, Division Manager, Water Conservation, Austin Water. 3. Presentation of Water Forward 2024 Preliminary Portfolio Evaluation Results The presentation was made by Marisa Flores Gonzalez, Program Manager III, Austin Water. VOTING ITEMS None Chair WALKER adjourned the meeting at 2:17pm. The minutes were approved at the August 29th, 2024, meeting on Madelline Mathis’ motion, Sarah Faust’s second on a 6-0 vote with one vacancy. Task Force Members Perry Lorenz, Todd Bartee, Vanessa Puig-Williams, and Hani Michel 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 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 2 of 2