Item 01 - Draft Minutes from December 10, 2025 Meeting — original pdf
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WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, December 10, 2025 The Water and Wastewater Commission convened in a regular meeting on December 10, 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), Shwetha Pandurangi, Jesse Penn (remote), Mike Reyes (remote), Shannon Trilli (remote), Vice Chair Marcela Tuñón, and Evan Wolstencroft Commission Members Absent: Alex Navarro and Alex Ortiz Chair Maxwell-Gaines called the Water and Wastewater Commission to order at 4:02 p.m. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approval of minutes from the November 20, 2025 special called meeting of the Water and Wastewater Commission. The minutes were approved on Vice Chair Tuñón’s motion and Commissioner Pandurangi’s second on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Trilli and Marzullo off the dais and Commissioners Navarro and Ortiz absent. DISCUSSION AND ACTION 2. Recommend authorization of recurring exempted procurements under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 252 for utility locator notification services for Austin Water with Texas Excavation Safety System Inc. d/b/a Texas811, in a total amount not to exceed $200,000. Funding: $200,000 is available in the FY 2025-2026 Operating Budget of Austin Water. Recommended on Commissioner Wolstencroft’s motion and Commissioner Tuñón’s second on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Trilli and Marzullo off the dais and Commissioners Navarro and Ortiz absent. STAFF BRIEFINGS 3. Staff briefing regarding Austin Water Strategic Plan Update. Austin Water Enterprise Strategic Planning Manager Allison Orton Sprigg presented and answered questions. 4. Staff briefing regarding Water Forward 2024 Water Supply Strategies including aquifer storage and recovery and other water supply projects. Austin Water Resources Team Supervisor Marisa Flores-Gonzalez presented and answered questions along with Austin Water Director Shay Ralls Roalson. 5. Staff briefing regarding Update on Austin Water’s Water Distribution System Water Loss and Mitigation. Austin Water Pipeline Engineering and Operations Support Division Manager Matt Cullen presented and answered questions along with Austin Water Assistant Director Charles Celauro and Austin Water Director Shay Ralls Roalson. Page 1 of 2 COMMITTEE UPDATES 6. Update the Joint Sustainability Committee October 22, 2025 and November 19, 2025 meetings regarding conservation and sustainability initiatives. – Chair Maxwell-Gaines provided an update. 7. Update from the Austin Integrated Water Resource Planning Community Task Force December 9, 2025 meeting regarding Water Forward Plan implementation. – Commissioner William Moriarty provided an update. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Commissioner Pandurangi requested quarterly updates on the implementation of Austin Water’s new strategic plan. Commissioner Wolstencroft requested a briefing on Austin Water’s plans for future stakeholder and community engagement and an advance meeting schedule for the aquifer storage and recovery project. ADJOURNMENT Chair Maxwell-Gaines adjourned the meeting at 6:05 p.m. Page 2 of 2