Item 01 - Draft Minutes from October 15, 2025 Meeting — original pdf

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WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, October 15, 2025 The Water and Wastewater Commission convened in a regular called meeting on October 15, 2025 at Waller Creek Center, 625 E 10th Street, Austin, Texas. Commission Members in Attendance: Amanda Marzullo (remote), Chair Chris Maxwell-Gaines, William Moriarty (remote), Alex Ortiz, Shwetha Pandurangi, Mike Reyes (remote), Vice Chair Marcela Tuñón (remote), and Evan Wolstencroft (remote) Commission Members Absent: Alex Navarro, Jesse Penn and Shannon Trilli Chair Maxwell-Gaines called the Water and Wastewater Commission to order at 4:03 p.m. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL No speakers were registered. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approval of minutes from the September 17, 2025 regular meeting of the Water and Wastewater Commission. The minutes were approved with a date correction read into the record on Commissioner Pandurangi’s motion and Commissioner Reyes’ second on a 7-0 vote with three absences and Commissioner Ortiz off the dais. DISCUSSION AND ACTION 2. Recommend approval to authorize a contract for engineering services for the Pilot Knob Supply Water Transmission Main Project for Austin Capital Delivery Services with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000. Funding: $20,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water. Recommended on Commissioner Pandurangi’s motion and Commissioner Reyes’ second on a 7-0 vote with three absences and Commissioner Ortiz off the dais. 3. Recommend approval to authorize a rotation list set of twelve contracts for engineering services for the 2025 Small Scale Water and Wastewater Pipeline Engineering Services Rotation List with Quiddity Engineering, LLC, Weston Solutions, Inc., Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Tetra Tech, Inc., DAVCAR, Inc., dba DAVCAR Engineering Services, Riley Mountain Engineering, LLC, Martinez, Wright & Mendez, Inc., dba MWM DesignGroup, AtkinsRealis, USA, Inc., LJA Engineering, Inc., BGE, Inc., dba Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc., Doucet & Associates, Inc., and Halff Associates, Inc., for total contract amount not to exceed $26,000,000, divided among the firms. Funding: $26,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of the Austin Water. Recommended on Commissioner Ortiz’s motion and Chair Maxwell-Gaines’ second on a 6-0 vote with Commissioners Pandurangi and Reyes recusing and three absences. 4. Recommend approval to authorize a contract for finance consulting services for Austin Water with NewGen Strategies and Solutions, LLC., for an initial term of one-year with up to four one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $340,000. Funding: $180,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Water. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. Recommended on Commissioner Pandurangi’s motion and Commissioner Reyes’ second on a 7-0 vote with three absences and Commissioner Ortiz off the dais. Page 1 of 2 5. Discuss and approve amending the regular meeting schedule to move the Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Commission meeting date to Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 4:00pm. Approved on Commissioner Reyes’ motion and Vice Chair Tuñón’s second on an 8-0 vote with three absences. 6. Discuss and consider approving the calendar year 2026 Water and Wastewater Commission meeting schedule. Approved with a note that the 2026 meetings will start at 4pm, on Commissioner Wolstencroft’s motion and Commissioner Pandurangi’s second on an 8-0 vote with three absences. STAFF BRIEFINGS 7. Staff Briefing by Austin Transportation Public Works Department regarding Austin Roadmap for Advancing Green Infrastructure in the Right of Way – Austin Transportation and Public Works Director Richard Mendoza introduced Transportation Officer Michelle Marx, who presented and answered questions along with Director Mendoza and Consultant Kevin Oliver with Urban Design Lab. COMMITTEE UPDATES 8. Update from the Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force October 14, 2025 meeting regarding Water Forward Plan implementation. – Commissioner William Moriarty provided an update. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Discussion of future agenda items. Chair Maxwell-Gaines requested a briefing on water loss. Commissioner Ortiz requested a briefing about Austin Water’s engagement in the regional water planning process as part of the state water plan. ADJOURNMENT Chair Maxwell-Gaines adjourned the meeting at 5:15 p.m. Page 2 of 2