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Board of Public Utilities - Art Pick Council Chamber 03-11-24 18:30 Agenda Name Comments Support Oppose Neutral 3. To comment on any matters within the jurisdiction of the Board of Public 1 0 0 1 Utilities, you are invited to participate via telephone at (669) 900-6833 and enter Meeting ID: 926 9699 1265. Press *9 to be placed in the queue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing *6 when you are ready to speak. To participate via ZOOM, use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/92696991265, select the "raise hand" function to request to speak. An on-screen message will prompt you to "unmute" and speak. 6. Recommend City Council approve Gage Canal Company's capital 1 0 0 1 expenditure budget for Fiscal Year 2023/24 - Direct staff to bring back additional reports to Board of Public Utilities for further discussion on capital needs of City water infrastructure serving Gage Canal Company shareholders Agenda Item: eComments for PUBLIC COMMENT Overall Sentiment ■ Support(0%) ■ appoo %) ■ Neutral(100%) No Response(0%) Melissa Mckeith Location: 92506, Riverside Submitted At: 3:35pm 03-11-24 The draft minutes from the February 26, 2024 are very lean and do not reflect the robust and excellent discussion on several important issues so should be amended. First, with regard to untreated water, Mr. Garcia confirmed that an acre foot of this water is less expensive than reclaim because it faces less regulation. Riverside has 27000 acre feet of base untreated water in the Riverside North/South aquifer some of which we have not been using where opens the door for Western and others to potentially pump and divert it. RPU installed an untreated water line down Central around 2008, the pressurizing of which is lumped into Phase 1. VC Goldware asked staff to provide an estimate of the cost of activating that line. Second, City Finance explained the formulae for charging back RPU for services rendered. Several board members asked for what kind of "true up" or reconciliation annually. For example, if RPU funds five FTEs, for example, and those positions are not filled, does the City rebate money to RPU? The Board asked staff to develop a process and this should be included in the minutes. This Commission works hard. The minutes should reflect the discussion. Thanks for the effort.