E.2. Roadway Construction of Ohio Avenue from South Highway US 1 to South 11th Street POA No. 13-72: Approve the Purchase Order with the City of Fort Pierce in an amount not to exceed $814,326.50 as FPUA’s contribution toward the roadway construction of Ohio Avenue from South Highway US 1 to South 11th Street.

[E.2. Roadway Construction of Ohio Avenue from South Highway US 1 to South 11th Street POA No. 13-72: Approve the Purchase Order with the City of Fort Pierce in an amount not to exceed $814,326.50 as FPUA’s contribution toward the roadway construction of Ohio Avenue from South Highway US 1 to South 11th Street.]

HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE. AND APPRECIATION LETTER WILL BE GIVEN TO MS. GOMEZ AND BECOME A PART OF HER PERMANENT PERSONNEL FILE.

>> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT ITEM, MADAM CHAIR, AND BOARD MEMBERS, IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT -- OH.

REQUEST TO APPROVE A ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT PROJECT BETWEEN U.S. 1 AND SOUTHWEST 11TH STREET. META MY UP, MADAM

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CHAIR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE WAR, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS APPROVED THE PROJECT TO RECONSTRUCT OHIO AVENUE FROM SOUTH U.S. 1 TO SOUTH U.S. 11 STREET. THE REPLACEMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES WAS INCLUDED IN AS SEPARATE BID ITEMS. BASED ON THE BID PROVIDED, IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE LOWEST BIDDER. WITH FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE FISCAL YEAR '24 BUDGET, I AM RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR FORT PIERCE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $814,026.15 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF UTILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH A ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION OF OHIO AVENUE.

I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT

THIS TIME. >> MADAM CHAIR, WHAT IS -- WHAT IS THE ORDINARY SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR THESE. IS IT BUDGETED

SOURCE OF FUNDS? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> DOES IT COME FROM RATES? >> YES. WHEN WE ARE WITHIN THAT RIGHT AWAY AND THERE IS A ROADWAY PROJECT, WE ARE

REQUIRED TO RELOCATE BY PERMIT. >> SO IT IS STANDARD?

>> IF WE ARE IN SOME KIND OF UTILITY AGREEMENT WHICH WE WILL SEE LATER ON THE AGENDA, THEY MAY REIMBURSE US. BUT WHEN WE ARE WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WE HAVE TO RELOCATE BUT THIS IS ALSO A OLD PIPELINE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE REPLACING BUT WE ARE DOING IT BEFORE THEY DO THE ROADWORK. SO THAT REDUCES THE

COST. >> OKAY.

>> BUT IT IS RATE FUNDED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. IS THE ENTIRE PIPELINE FROM U.S. 1 TO 11 STREET GETTING REPLACED OR IS THERE JUST A PORTION OF

IT THAT WILL BE? >> SO ALL OF THE WATER MAIN EXCEPT FOR THE ROUNDABOUT AT SUNRISE WILL BE REPLACED, AND THEN THE GRAVITY SEWER FROM SUNRISE EAST TO U.S. 1, AND THEN THE PORTION WEST OF SUNRISE, WE HAD DUAL PARALLEL LINES. ONE SYSTEM WILL BE REMOVED AND WE WILL BE UTILIZING THE SYSTEM THAT IS IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.

>> OKAY. >> SO, YES, ALL WILL

TECHNICALLY BE REPLACED. >> EXCELLENT.

>> I MOVED FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

[E.3. PEBBLE LIME AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND RENEWAL 1 OF 4 ITB 23-20: Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Pebble Lime (Calcium Oxide) Contract with Carmeuse Lime & Stone Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to increase the not to exceed contract amount by $100,900 from $1,153,100 to $1,254,000 annually, contingent on receiving the required Certificates(s) of Insurance.]

>> MADAM CLERK, WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?

>> MR. FEE? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MR. LAMMERS? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MS. BENNETT? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> NOW WE WILL HAVE THE PEBBLE LINE AMENDMENT.

>> THE NEXT ITEM IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT FOR LINE FOR OUR DRINKING WATER PLANT. OUR WATER PLANT SUPERINTENDENT WILL PROVIDE THIS ITEM.

>> THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR? BOARD MEMBERS? META MY UP? AS WAS SAID, HAPPY NEW YEAR. I HAVE COME UP HERE NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AS YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE WITH THE INCREASE IN PRICES OF ALL OF OUR CHEMICALS. AND ONE OF OUR MAIN CHEMICALS IS PEBBLE LIME. IS THAT IN A SOFTENING PROCESS FOR AIRLINE PLANT. TEST BEFORE I READ THIS, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID GIVE YOU A SHEET SEVERAL YEARS AGO, OR SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND SINCE 2019, THE INCREASE HAS BEEN -- WITH THIS INCREASE, IT WILL BE A 67% INCREASE IN PEBBLE LIME OVER THE FIVE-YEAR SPAN. AND THIS LAST ONE IS ABOUT 8.8% FROM LAST YEAR. THAT IS A LOT OF INCREASE. AND, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AS I LOOK TO THE PERCENTAGES, THAT IS REALLY ONE OF THE LOWER INCREASES OUT OF ALL OF OUR CHEMICALS. THE DIFFERENCE IS WE USE A LOT OF PEBBLE LIME TO SOFTEN THE WATER. WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST TO GO OUT AND FIND OTHER RESOURCES AND OTHER COMPANIES. BUT THEY ARE WELL WITHIN THE RANGE OF REASONABLE RATES AND DUE TO THE TRANSPORTATION COST, WE THINK THAT IS A BIG FACTOR BECAUSE ALL OF THESE MINDS ARE IN ALABAMA. I THINK I HAVE STATED THAT BEFORE. AND THEY'LL HAVE TO COME REAL CAR. AND IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE WE ARE A PENINSULA, IT CREATES A PROBLEM. SO WHAT I AM ASKING TODAY OR JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ON FAIRBURY SEVENTH THE BOARD APPROVED ITB 23-20. PEBBLE LIME FOR THE TREATMENT PLANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1.5 MILLION $553 AND $100 UNDER ANNUALLY FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR WITH 41-YOUR RENEWAL OPTIONS. TREY MUSE HAS PROVIDED

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DOCUMENTATIONS INDICATING CONTINUED HIGH DEMAND AND CORRESPONDING INFLATIONARY PEPPER MARKET. THE WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT HAS VERIFIED THIS INFORMATION FROM OTHER SOURCES. THE PROPOSED PRICE INCREASE FROM 461 TO $501 AND $.60 PER TON IS IN THE RANGE OF THE THREE BIDS RECEIVED DURING THE OPEN BID PROCESS LAST YEAR. AND I AM REQUESTING THAT YOUR THIS INCREASE FROM $100,900 FROM 1.1 53,900 TO $1,254,000 ANNUALLY WITH CONTENTION AROUND THE RETIRED CERTIFICATE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> IT HAS APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? MR. FEE.

[E.4. Utility Advisory Committee FY2024 Annual Work Plan Presentation]

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MRS. BENNETT?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> WE MOVE INTO OUR NEXT ITEM

ON THE AGENDA. >> IS, MA'AM. NEXT ITEM IS A UPDATE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEIR 2024 WORK PLAN. RACHEL TENANT, THE DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT THIS

ITEM. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR. CHAIRMAN BENNETT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR HAVING ME TO PRESENT AN UPDATE TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE UTILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I WILL JUMP IN.

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MEMBERS OF THE UTILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE BOARD, ESPECIALLY I BELIEVE THERE IS TWO IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US TODAY. MISS KRISTA KING AND MR. BERNARD MCPHEE. IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR HANDS AND JUST LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE HERE. THESE ARE TWO OF THE ACTIVE UTILITY ADVISORY COMMEMORATE IS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE SIX ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. AND THERE IS RECRUITMENT UNDERWAY FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER APPOINTEES AND ONE AT-LARGE POSITION. HOPEFULLY, IF YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST FOR RECRUITMENT UNDERWAY, YOU ARE AWARE AND RECRUITING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FULL COMMITTEE. THE FULLNESS OF THE COMMITTEE HELPS US MEET QUORUM WHICH IS SOMETHING WE STRUGGLED A BIT WITH LAST YEAR. BUT WE ARE DOING MUCH BETTER ALREADY THIS YEAR. AND WE DO ALWAYS MUCH BETTER WHEN WE HAVE A FULL COMMITTEE. SO THAT UAC IS ALSO ACTIVELY RECRUITING RIGHT NOW FOR AN AT-LARGE MEMBER. SO AS A QUICK BACKGROUND, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN, I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE AND KIND OF BRING US ALL UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THE UAC IS. THIS UTILITY ADVISORY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2021 TWO RESOLUTION UA 2021-10 AND THE PURPOSE IS TO FOSTER OPEN DIALOGUE, DISCUSS UTILITY TOPICS, DRESS BUSINESS CONCERNS, AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN A PUBLIC FORUM.

AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING PARTIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR AS IT LAUNCHED IS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH THE UAC MEMBERS TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO THEM AND TO GET OURSELVES INTRODUCED TO THE UAC MEMBERS SO THAT ONCE WE SORT OF GET GOING WITH THE WORKPLAN THAT I AM ABOUT TO REVIEW IT WOULD BE DONE AND DEVELOPED IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR ALL THE AUDIENCES THAT ARE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED. SO WHAT THAT MEANT FOR THE FIRST YEAR OR SO WAS MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE STAFF OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD, AND PRESENT TO THE UAC MEMBERS ON TOP EXTERNALLY OF THEIR CHOICE. THE FIRST MEETING WE COLLECTED REQUESTS FOR TOPICS FROM THE UAC MEMBERS. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF TURNOVER IN THE FIRST YEAR SO WE WOULD HAVE UPDATED REQUEST FOR TOPICS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ULTIMATELY THE TOPICS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SCREEN HERE ARE THE ONES THAT WE SPENT OUR TIME WITH, THE UAC MEMBERS, WHICH COVERED THINGS LIKE HOW TO READ YOUR COMBINED UTILITY BILL AND STORM RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, WHICH WAS A INTERACTIVE EXERCISE WHERE THE UAC MEMBERS GOT TO RUN THROUGH STORM RESPONSE WITH OUR DISPATCH STAFF. AND HEAT ACTUALLY RAN A

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STORM WITH OUTAGES WITH THE UAC MEMBERS AND SHOW THEM THE PROCESS THAT STAFF HAS TO GO THROUGH TO DETERMINE HOW TO DISPATCH STAFF TO GO AND RECONNECT TO THE GRID. AND IT WAS REALLY, I THINK, EYE-OPENING FOR THE UAC MEMBERS AND SOMETHING, I THINK, AS WELL THAT THE STAFF ENJOY DOING BECAUSE IT WAS DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO OTHERWISE WE DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THAT KIND OF CONTACT WITH. WE ALSO COVERED THINGS LIKE THE W RF UPDATE, HOW METERS ARE RED, AND METER READING SOLAR AND NET METERING. THAT WAS A POPULAR TOPIC. AND JUST RECENTLY COVERED THE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION PROGRAM. A LOT OF THIS WAS A INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS THAT WILL COME UP AND SO THAT THE UAC MEMBERS WOULD UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH OF THINGS THAT FDUA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, ESPECIALLY HAVING FIVE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER IN ADDITION TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CUSTOMER SERVICE.

SO, MOVING FORWARD, WE CAME TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION STEPS. AND PUT TOGETHER A WORKPLAN THAT WOULD EMPOWER THE UAC AND FDUA TO WORK TOGETHER AND NOW PRODUCE EITHER DOCUMENTS OR CHANGES OR POLICY REVIEWS , SO WE WORK CLOSELY BETWEEN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 AND JUST THIS MONTH TO PUT TOGETHER A WORKPLAN THAT WOULD WORK FOR THE UAC TO TAKE THOSE STEPS. THE GOALS OF THE WORKPLAN ARE FIRST TO PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR THE UAC. NEXT, TO ALIGN WITH THE FDUA'S STRATEGIC GOALS. SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT FDUA RELEASED JUST TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR HAS GOALS AND ACTIVITIES OUTLINED AT A BROADER FDUA LEVEL AND WHAT WE DID WAS DESIGNED THE UAC WORKPLAN TO FLOAT DIRECTLY FROM THOSE INITIATIVES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY UAC, SO THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE PLAN IS IT IS GOING INTO GOALS AND STRATEGIC IDEAS. WE ALSO ESTABLISH MEASURABLE GOALS ACTIVITIES FOR THE UAC. WE FINISH REPORTING WITH THE FDUA BOARD SO THERE WOULD BE MORE FREQUENT DIALOGUE AND UPDATES ABOUT WHAT THE FDUA IS DOING AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAVE.

AND THE FINAL GOAL OF THE WORKPLAN WAS TO EMPOWER THE UAC TO REVISIT AND MODIFY THAT WORKPLAN ON A MODIFIED BASIS SO THAT WHATEVER WE PUT TOGETHER NOW CAN BE MODIFIED THERE . WE ARE NOT MARRIED TO IT FOREVER AND EVER BUT FOR THIS YEAR AND WE WILL SEE WHAT WORKS AND MODIFY IT ACCORDINGLY. SO, WITH THAT, I WILL JUMP INTO THE ACTIVITIES. JUST A QUICK ORIENTATION. THE COLORS OF THE SLIDES VARY ACCORDING TO THE FPUA STRATEGIC PLAN. SO COMMUNITY RELATIONS WAS READ AND FDUA'S STRATEGIC PLAN. WORKPLAN WAS BREWING UTILITY GOVERNANCE WAS ORANGE. SO JUST TO HELP US CONNECT THOSE TWO PLANS TOGETHER, ALL WE HAVE DONE HERE IS MAKE THE COLORS MATCH. SO COMMUNITY RELATIONS, FDUA, WE HAVE OUR OWN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE IDENTIFIED. THE UAC, BUILDING FROM THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, IDENTIFIED THESE THREE OBJECTIVES FOR THEMSELVES TO FEED INTO AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR FDUA. THE FIRST ONE IS TO SERVE AS EDUCATED FDUA BRAND ADVISERS WHO SERVE AS CONNECTION BETWEEN FPUA AND ITS CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY RELAY ABOUT THE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY. THE SECOND OBJECTIVE FOR THE UAC IS TO ENCOURAGE FRIENDS, FAMILIES, AND COLLEAGUES TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ABOUT FPUA FOR INCLUSION IN THE OPENING AND BASELINE. AND THE THIRD OBJECTIVE IS TO SERVE AS COMMITTEE LIAISONS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND YOUTH ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS TO FACILITATE CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE GROUPS AND FPUA. THIS IS DESIGNED TO GO ALL ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CATEGORY JUST TO SPEED IT UP AT THE WAY THE WORKPLAN IS DESIGNED WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET HAS IT SO IT IS OBJECTIVE AND THEN IMMEDIATE ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THAT OBJECTIVE.

OBJECTIVE, ACTIVITIES. OBJECTIVE, ACTIVITIES. FOR THIS, WE ARE JUST CATEGORIZING IT IN THIS WAY. SO THE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OBJECTIVES. TO BE COMMUNITY LIAISONS, THEY ARE INFORMED

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AND ENGAGED IN CRITICAL UTILITY TOPICS. THE WAY IN WHICH THEY WILL STAY INFORMED AND ENGAGED INCLUDES ATTENDING THEIR MONTHLY UAC MEETINGS AND ATTENDING FPUA BOARD MEETINGS ONE POSSIBLE. THEY WILL ALSO FACILITATE AT LEAST TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HOST FPUA OUTREACH, AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY MET THE SKULL.

WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH HIGH POINT IN FEBRUARY, AND WE WILL BE CONNECTING WITH THE METHODIST CHURCH IN MARCH FOR A JOB FAIR. AND BOTH OF THESE OUTREACH EVENTS WERE FACILITATED DIRECTLY BY UAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTACTS WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WANTED TO BRING FPUA THERE. EACH UAC MEMBER HAS ALSO COMMITTED TO ATTENDING AT LEAST ONE FPUA OUTREACH EVENT THIS YEAR AND THAT IS TO HELP THEM BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH STAFF, BUT ALSO TO REPRESENT ON BEHALF OF FPUA AND THE UAC ON THESE EVENTS IN THE PUBLIC.

THEY HAVE ALSO COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING CUSTOMER FAQ DOCUMENTS BASED ON QUESTIONS THAT THEY RECEIVED. SO WE WILL WORK TOGETHER, STAFF AND THE UAC, TO PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT THAT WILL HELP THEM ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY FREQUENTLY RECEIVE. FOR CUSTOMER FEEDBACK, THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO HELPING US DISTRIBUTE THE FPUA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SURVEY, WHICH WE JUST COMPLETED A PILOT IN THE LOBBY AND WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH SOON. AND FOR SCHOOLS AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, THE UAC IS COMMITTED TO FACILITATING OUR CONNECTION BY IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN SCHOOLS AND ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT OUR FPUA YOUTH ENGAGEMENT. FOR GROWTH AND RATES, THE UAC OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE THAT FPUA IS EQUIPPED WITH CITIZEN INPUT TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN ECONOMICAL RATES AND RELIABLE SERVICES, AND TO DEMONSTRATE FULL SUPPORT AND ALSO FACILITATE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR COMPLETION OF THE WRF EFFORT. THE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES ARE FIRST CITIZEN INPUT. THEY WILL REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS. THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED AND IN PURPLE BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF AND THE BOARD TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS OR REQUESTS OF PROGRAMS THAT THE UTILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE COULD REVIEW YOU A CITIZEN INPUT LENS FOR US. THEY WOULD REVIEW THAT PROGRAM AND THEN PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ACCORDINGLY.

AND THAT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE REBATE PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW, THAT FPUA HAS REBATES THAT WE OFFER FOR CERTAIN APPLIANCES THAT YOU BUY TWO DIFFERENT UTILITY SERVICES, AND, PERHAPS, THERE IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR A REVIEW OF THAT PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS REACHING CITIZENS OR IS PROVIDING THE VALUE THAT WE THINK IT IS PROVIDING. ANOTHER EXAMPLE COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE PROJECT CARE. AND THE WAY WE OFFER SUPPORT FOR CUSTOMERS TO GET BILL SUPPORT WHEN NEEDED.

THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE UAC COULD POTENTIALLY REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT ON. FOR WRF RELOCATION, WE ARE CONTINUE TO PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR GRANT PROPOSALS WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY DONE AND WILL CONTINUE DOING, AND TO INFORM CUSTOMERS ABOUT WRF RELOCATION UPDATES, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE PRETTY INFORMED, GETTING UPDATES FROM STAFF AT THEIR REGULAR MEETINGS. FOR WORKFORCE, THE UAC HAS A CALL TO PRIORITIZE THE INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL CANDIDATES BY SERVING AS COMMUNITY LIAISONS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS. THIS TIES DIRECTLY TO FPUA'S OVERALL STRATEGIC GOALS TO ACTIVELY HAVE APPRENTICESHIP AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. AND SO THE UAC'S SPECIFIC GOAL IN LINE WITH THAT IS TO TRY TO HELP A FEW PRIORITIZE LOCAL STUDENTS FOR THOSE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WILL CARRY OUT TO DO THAT IS TO DEDICATE AT LEAST ONE UAC MEETING TO THE TOPIC OF FPUA INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, AND DIRECTLY INVITE STAKEHOLDERS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE UAC HAS 12 MEETINGS PER YEAR SO THEY WOULD DEDICATE ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS TO THE PUBLIC TOPIC OF APPRENTICESHIP, INTERNSHIP, AND INTERN OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEY WOULD ALSO HELP US INVITE SCHOOLS AND RELATED INDIVIDUALS TO, AND BE PRESENT FOR THAT MEETING. THEY HAVE ALSO COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING IN COLLABORATION WITH STAFF MATERIALS THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS. AND TO REMAIN INFORMED ABOUT FPUA OPPORTUNITIES AND APPRENTICESHIPS LARGELY BY TRACKING FPUA.COM. THE LAST

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OBJECTIVE TOPIC IS THE UTILITY GOVERNANCE OBJECTIVE WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE OF FPUA'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVES. AND THE UAC OBJECTIVE IS TO ESTABLISH KNOWN AND SHAREABLE PROTOCOLS AND EXPECTATIONS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE UAC THAT PROVIDES QUALITY GUIDANCE TO FPUA STAFF, INCLUDING CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR NEWLY INDUCTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS PERIODIC UPDATES TO THE FPUA BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THERE IS A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, BUT WE ARE REALLY JUST GEARING UP FOR OUR REGULAR REPORTING AND PLANNING. SO THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE PREPARATION AND RELEASE OF A ANNUAL WORK PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. SETTING AND DRAFTING A UAC CALENDAR EVERY SIX MONTHS. THE FIRST SIX MONTHS IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE WORKPLAN, WHICH I WILL COVER IN A SLIDE. THEN THE SECOND SIX MONTHS WILL BE PLANT AND WE DO OUR BIANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, WHICH IS ANOTHER ACTIVITY IDENTIFIED FOR OUR UTILITY GOVERNMENTS. THE BIANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT WILL GIVE THE UAC AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP FOR THE BOARD, ONCE FOR OUR WORKPLAN, AND ONCE FOR OUR BIANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AND WHAT WE ARE DOING NEXT. THOUGHT UAC HAS ALSO COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATING IN UTILITY TOWARDS AS A ORIENTATION TO THE UTILITY. STAFF ARE WORKING OUT THE FORMAT OF WHAT THE STORES MIGHT LOOK LIKE. WE MIGHT EITHER CONNECT WITH OUR INTRO TO UA OR DESIGN SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC TO UAC MEMBERS, BUT THE GOAL IS FOR UAC MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO VISIT THE FACILITIES THAT WE OPERATE AND RUN BECAUSE THERE IS REALLY NOTHING ELSE QUITE LIKE SEEING AN ELECTRIC PLANT OR A WATER PLANT TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY THE SCOPE OF ALL THAT WE DO. THOUGHT UAC WILL ALSO CONTINUE OFFICIAL ON BOARDING ORIENTATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERS. THEY HAVE ALSO COMMITTED THIS YEAR TO A MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE UAC AND PARTICIPATING IN AT LEAST TWO TRAINING SESSIONS TO REVIEW GOVERNING LAWS OVER THE UAC AND OUR HOPE HERE, CAROLINE, IS TO CONNECT WITH CAROLINE WITH SIMILAR TYPES OF TRAININGS THAT SHE HAS BEEN DOING WITH THE SPORT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE AND STRENGTHS AT THAT COMMITTEE. SO THE SCHEDULE TOPICS, DECEMBER WAS TO FINALIZE THE WORKPLAN. IN JANUARY, WE COVERED THE SEPTIC TO SEWER PROGRAM.FEBRUARY, WE WILL BE COVERING THE WE-OP PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE WE-OP PROGRAM TO BE INSULATION. IN MARCH, WE WILL COME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP OUR BIANNUAL REPORT AND SCHEDULE THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WORTH OF TOPICS INTERVIEWS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE ONE MONTH DEDICATED TO INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS . AND THEN IN APRIL, WE WILL HAVE A FPUA UPDATE FOR THE UAC. SO WITH ALL OF THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN EXCEL TRACKING TOOL THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MEASURE COMPLETION OF EACH ACTIVITY THAT WE IDENTIFIED. THIS IS JUST A RUDIMENTARY SCREENSHOT SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DEMONSTRATE HERE IS THAT THIS WORKPLAN IS NOT ONLY BEING PUT TOGETHER IN A WORD DOCUMENT FORMAT FOR READING, BUT ALSO IT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED IN A WAY THAT WE CAN QUANTIFY THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE UAC HAS COMMITTED TO, INCLUDING ATTENDANCE AT DIFFERENT OUTREACH EVENTS, NUMBER OF UAC MEMBERS THAT ATTEND THE MEETINGS, WHETHER THE FAQ DOCUMENT IS CREATED, AND ET CETERA. AND, WITH THAT, THIS IS A INFORMATION-ONLY PRESENTATION. I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IF I CAN, I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING SO MUCH EFFORT INTO THIS. I APPRECIATE THERE IS SOME SORT OF A CALENDAR AND A SCHEDULE AND A GOAL FOR THEM. I KNOW THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM MORE SO I CAN DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING ABLE TO COME UP AND ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. SO I THINK IT IS GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> ANYBODY ELSE? >> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. IS

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THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU ALL CAN EMAIL THE MINUTES TO US THAT THE UAC HAS? AND JUST A SUGGESTION THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CANNOT ALL GO AT ONE TIME, BUT WE GO IN AND SIT IN ON ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS. YOU KNOW? IF WE CAN DO IT LIKE EVERY QUARTER OR SOMETHING. SOMEBODY JUST POPS IN AND SAYS, OKAY. WE CAN ROTATE AND TAKE TURNS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM. AND THEY MAY HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE ALL WON'T BE THERE AT THE SAME TIME. BUT ONE PERSON CAN GO AND I AM WILLING TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO COME TO ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS. AND THEN WE CAN JUST DEVIATE IT OUT. THAT EACH ONE OF US, THAT SOMETHING, IT IS

JUST A SUGGESTION. >> MADAM CHAIR, WE CAN DEFINITELY COORDINATE THAT BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT MULTIPLE MEMBERS AT THE SAME EVENT AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO FACILITATE IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC TOPIC OF INTEREST THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT MAY BE A WAY TO HANDLE IT, TOO. JUST TO HELP COORDINATE THE EVENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO TO FROM THE UTILITY ADVISORY MEETINGS. YOU MENTIONED THE NEXT ONE WHICH IS WE-OP. YEP. WE-OP. SO WE-OP IS

THE NEXT ONE. >> AND IF I MAY, I REALIZED THAT I MISSED A VERY BIG PART OF MY INTRODUCTION WHICH WAS TO SAY THAT THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM IS BEING RUN WITH DISTRICT PLANNING GROUP, WHICH IS MS. LESLIE OLSON. SHE HELPS US KEEP EVERYTHING ORGANIZED AND COORDINATED BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS AND ALSO BETWEEN STAFF AND THE COMMITTEE. SHE HAD HOPED TO BE HERE TODAY BUT HAD A PREVIOUS COMMITMENT FOR, I BELIEVE, IT WAS A LONG CONFERENCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE. BUT I REALIZED AFTER THE FACT THAT I TOTALLY FORGOT TO MENTION HER SO WE ARE VERY

GRATEFUL TO LESLIE. >> ALSO, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS FOR THEM TO BE INVITED. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN GO INTO THE SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION PART OF IT TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS?

>> SO, I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS FINDING A BALANCE, VERY SIMILAR TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WAY THE FPUA AND BOARD WORKS IS FINDING A SIMILAR BALANCE WITH THE UAC MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS. WE CAN CERTAINLY DEVELOP PLANS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF TO ENGAGE AND POTENTIALLY FOR UAC MEMBERS TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY ON OUR BEHALF. ULTIMATELY, I THINK, IT COMES DOWN TO THE TIME COMMITMENT. HOW PRETTY DO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS FEEL TO GO AND SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF AND/OR HOW MUCH STAFF TIME DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE YET? THERE ARE MANY PLANS TO GET US A LITTLE MORE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS, AND I REALLY LIKE THAT IDEA. I THINK WITH THAT, AS WELL, WE WILL COORDINATE DIRECTLY WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE VERY, VERY ACTIVE, TOO. THEY GO TO JOB FAIRS AND MAINTAIN A LOT OF THESE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WE WOULD ALSO WANT TO FACILITATE THROUGH AND WITH THEM FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT I LIKE THE IDEA.

>> MAYBE WE CAN ENCOURAGE MORE STUDENTS TO GO INTO ENGINEERING OR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT JOBS RELATED TO FPUA AND PROVIDE SOME KIND OF EDUCATION AND GET THEM EXCITED SO THAT THEY WILL WANT TO COME IN AND BE A PART OF FPUA.

>> RIGHT. AND CAN YOU REMIND ME LAST YEAR? I THINK WE HAD ELECTRIC CITY AT TWO SCHOOLS LAST YEAR. AND THAT IS WHERE WE GO TO THE SCHOOL AND SHOW THEM HOW ELECTRICITY WORKS, AND I THINK BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS WERE HIGHLY, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.

LIKE THE STAFF ENJOYED A, TOO. ONE WAS AT SYNERGY AND ANOTHER WAS TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB S.T.E.M. PROGRAM. AND WE ARE TALKING TO LESLIE OLSON ABOUT THIS AS WELL. THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT ARE COMING IN ARE MANDATING COMMUNITY BENEFITS

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PLANS. AND PROGRAMS. AND THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS UNDER THAT PURVIEW AS WELL. AND THESE THINGS ARE ALL JUST KIND OF FEEDING INTO EACH OTHER AND STRENGTHENING EACH OTHER. HOPEFULLY, WE STAY COORDINATED, AND THAT, I THINK, WILL HAVE THE BEST BENEFIT.

>> ALSO, I KNOW THAT WE GO INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. BUT ELEMENTARY. IS THERE A NEW THOUGHT OF THEM GOING INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY ARE STARTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OPENING CLOSED CIRCUITS AND THAT IS ON A STATE TEST. THAT WE HAVE THOSE STANDARDS. AND THAT WOULD ENLIGHTEN THEM AND GET THEM INTERESTED A LITTLE EARLIER. MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOL. KEEP THEM ON THE TRACK OF WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, GO

INTO THE FIELD. >> I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HEARING OF CIRCUITS IN THE CURRICULUM. BUT IF IT IS POSSIBLE, IF YOU EITHER THROUGH JAVIER OR WHOEVER, THE PUBLIC GROUP CAN FIGURE OUT THAT INFORMATION ON HOW TO MAKE THAT

HAPPEN. >> OKAY. BECAUSE THAT IS PART

OF THE STANDARDS NOW. >> OKAY. GREAT.

>> I THINK THIS ACTIVITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE AS FAR ALONG AS WE ARE BECAUSE, I THINK, WITH THE REGULAR -- THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WILL SHARE WITH ME THAT WHEN YOU COME ON THIS BOARD, YOU HAVE TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE BREATH AND THE DEPTH OF WHAT HAPPENS AT FPUA, AND OUR CUSTOMERS, THEY ARE NOT WALKING AROUND GIVING THAT A THOUGHT AT ALL. SO THIS IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CUSTOMERS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. AND WE KNOW THAT THEY DO NOT GIVE US A THOUGHT UNTIL SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH A SERVICE FROM US. RIGHT? AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO PAY THE BILL. RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, I THINK. AND I AGREE WITH MS. BENNETT. WE NEED TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE TIME THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GIVING AND THE EFFORT THAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN, AND I CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE IT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT DO IS STREAMLINE WHAT TIME THEY HAVE TO GIVE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW IS THAT OUR MEETINGS ARE TELEVISED. THEY CAN WATCH THEM. IF THEY CANNOT COME TO THE MEETING, THEY CAN WATCH THEM ANY TIME AND THEY CAN GO BACK AND WATCH THEM ANY TIME. THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO STAY UP WITH THINGS. I REALIZE IT IS NOT AS EXCITING AS SOME OTHER TELEVISION THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO WATCH, BUT IT IS EDUCATIONAL, AND ALSO I AM VERY PLEASED TO NOTE ABOUT THE TOURS. AND THE TOURS, THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE UAC MEMBERS, NOT FOR THE PUBLIC WITH THE UAC MEMBERS BUT THAT UAC MEMBERS THEMSELVES. I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, TOO.

AND IN THEIR EDUCATION. AND SO, ALSO, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CUSTOMER KNOWS ABOUT THAT UAC. HOW DOES THE REGULAR CUSTOMER KNOW ABOUT THE UAC? THAT THEY HAVE SOMEBODY MORE THAN JUST OUR BOARD MEMBERS. THEY HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT THEY CAN REACH AND TALK TO. AND EACH OF OUR UAC MEMBERS, THEY HAD THEIR OWN AUDIENCES AND CLUBS AND PUBLIC UP THERE. SO IT IS, TO ME, A WAY -- A BRIDGE TO OUR RATE PAIRS THAT GETS US BEYOND BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WITH, I THINK, THE STAFF AS YOU COME TO WORK EVERY DAY AND YOU DO YOUR JOB AND THE WORK IS MAYBE FOCUSED ON ONE THING AND YOU ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE CUSTOMER, PERHAPS. RIGHT? SO THIS IS A WAY TO KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP. AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE CUSTOMER NEEDS. AND IT IS INPUT FROM THE CUSTOMER, I THINK, THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT INPUT FOR US. SO I GUESS I AM JUST SAYING GOOD WORK AND I AM REALLY PLEASED ABOUT IT AND I AM WITH YOU. AND, MS. BENNETT, WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNING AND LOOK AT MY SCHEDULE, IF IT IS NOT ON THE SCHEDULE I DO NOT GO TO IT. RIGHT? SO I -- IF WE DEVELOP SOME SORT OF SYSTEM WHERE EACH OF US TAKE A MONTH AND MINE IS PUT ON MY CALENDAR, THEN I KNOW THAT I HAVE THAT.

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AND UNLESS I HAVE A CONFLICT, I AM GOING TO BE THERE. I REALLY

APPRECIATE THAT. >> WE WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

YOU ARE VERY, VERY WELCOME. AND I WANT TO SAY TO THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE AND THE MEMBERS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TODAY, MAYOR HUDSON AND I AGREE WITH YOU ENTIRELY. IT IS INCREDIBLE. THE HONESTY THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE, AND THEIR INTERESTS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LISTENING AND THAT WE ARE THINKING OF THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE THINK OF. IT IS HUMBLING TO, AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY.

>> IT IS INVALUABLE. I FOR ONE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. THAT YOU ARE GIVING, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND

EVERYONE AT UAC HAS DONE. >> THANK YOU.

[E.5. Status Report on Electric Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) November 2023]

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

>> YES, MADAM CHAIR. THE NEXT UPDATE IS A UPDATE ON THE FPUA POWER ADJUSTMENT AND RATE STABILIZATION FUND. OUR FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM AND AS SHE MAKES HER WAY UP TO THE DESK THERE, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE. WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON OUR STRATEGY FOR THE PCA OUR SF STABILIZATION WORKSHOP. AND IT IS A COMPLEX ISSUE BECAUSE IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT FNPA IS DOING IN THE NEAR-TERM AND THE LONG-TERM. THE WORKSHOP WILL LIKELY BE IN MAY. IT IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR MAY. SO WE WILL LIKELY PROPOSE THIS PCA WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH.

AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS USE A BOARD MEETING FOR THE WORKSHOP SO WE ARE NOT TAKING UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH. SO WE WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE THE BOARD MEETING AT ESC SO WE CAN HAVE THAT SPACE WE NEED FOR THE BOARD MEETING SO WE CAN STILL ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS AND DO THE PCA RSF WORKSHOP. SO JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME TO ADDRESS THE AGENDA ITEM AND THE WORKSHOP ADJUSTMENT, AND THAT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY PREPARE FOR THE BUDGET WORKSHOP SO WE HAVE SOME DIRECTION AT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO OR WHAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR DO SO IT IS PRETTY IMPORTANT AND I WILL LET BARBARA DO THE

PCA UPDATE. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. I HAVE FOR YOU THE UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE NOVEMBER 2023 POWER COST ADJUSTMENT WITH TABLES AND CHARTS THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED WITH THE LATEST PROJECTIONS FROM THE FNPA. THIS SHOWS THAT PAST TWO YEARS. AND THE CURRENT MONTHS' UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER AND YET YOU MUCH OF BALANCE AT THOSE POINT IN TIME.

AND PRINCESS DOWN TO WHERE WE ARE IN NOVEMBER OF 2023. SO DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WITH THE AVERAGE COST AT $77.67 PER MEGAWATT HOUR, AND A PCA OF ZERO, FPUA RECOVERED $3400 IN POWER COSTS AND THAT BROUGHT THE TOTAL COLLECTION TO $10.1 MILLION AS OF THE END OF NOVEMBER. NOVEMBERS WEATHER REMAINED RELATIVELY MILD WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH. THIS ENABLED US TO LOWER OUR AMOUNT OF POWER THAT WE PURCHASED. AND WE PURCHASED 443 MILLION MEGAWATT HOURS. THAT WAS ABOUT 14% LESS THAN WE PURCHASED IN OCTOBER. BUT BECAUSE THE COST OF OUR PURCHASE PART WAS HIGHER, THE BILL THAT WE PAID FOR NOVEMBER WAS THE SAME THAT WE PAID IN OCTOBER AND THAT WAS $3.4 MILLION FOR THE COST OF PURCHASE POWER FOR NOVEMBER. THIS CHART TRACK GEEKY MUCH OF BALANCE OF THE ACTUAL AND PROJECTED PCA RECOVERY IN RELATION TO THE APPROVED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT. IT PROVIDES A LOOK BACK TWO YEARS TO NOVEMBER OF 2021 AND THEY LOOK FORWARD ONE YEAR. THE POWER COST ADJUSTMENT IS THE DARKER BLUE LINE, AND FOR NOVEMBER WAS ZERO DOLLARS FOR 1000 KILOWATT HOURS. AND THE BARS ON THE CHART REPRESENT AND INDICATE THE LEVEL OF THE OVER OR UNDER RECOVERY OF THE POWER COST. THE BLUE BARS UP UNTIL NOVEMBER OF '23 REPRESENT THE ACTUAL. FROM NOVEMBER OF 21 TO '23 AND SHOWS A PROJECTED LEVEL THROUGH

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NOVEMBER OF NOVEMBER 2024. AND THAT WILL BE CONSIDERING THE CURRENT PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE IF NPA AND THE POWER COSTS REMAINING AT ZERO TO THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. FNPA'S ESTIMATE FOR THE COST OF PURCHASE FOR THE UPCOMING 12 MONTHS DECREASED BY ABOUT $.5 MILLION SINCE LAST MONTH A'S PROJECTION. THROUGH 2024, THE AVERAGE COST IS PROJECTED TO BE $74 AND $.87, AND THIS IS A SLIGHT DECLINE FROM LAST MONTH.

AND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AFTER THAT, FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE AVERAGE COST PER 1000 KILOWATT HOURS SOLD IS PROJECTED TO BE $79.80. SO CLOSER TO THE $80 MARK FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. THIS LONG-TERM PROJECTION IS BASED ON, AGAIN, THE CURRENT FORECAST THE NUMBERS FOR NOVEMBER, WHILE MAINTAINING THAT ZERO PCA THROUGH THE END OF 2025. THE HORIZONTAL LINES MARKED THE RATE STABILIZATION FUND THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING. THE WINDOW. THE RED LINE THAT GOES ACROSS THE MIDDLE, THAT CROOKED LINE DEPICTS FLUCTUATIONS THAT WE ANTICIPATE IN THE LEVEL OF THE POWER COSTS WHILE MAINTAINING THAT ZERO PCA IN OUR FUEL ADJUSTMENT AND THAT IS DO SEPTEMBER OF 2025. THE HORIZONTAL GREEN LINE MARKS THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE THAT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AS WE STABILIZE THAT FUND BALANCE.

AND THE BLUE LINE MARKS THE FUND BALANCE OF THAT RATE STABILIZATION FUND. THE VERTICAL BLINDS, THAT BLUE LINES THAT GO UP AND DOWN ON THE CALENDAR OF APRIL 2024 AND APRIL 2025, AND THAT IS WHERE THE FNPA PRE-PURCHASES WILL BE. THAT IS ON THE BOTTOM. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT SEPTEMBER/NOVEMBER. 75% OF PREPURCHASE. SO WITH CONSIDERATION TO THAT CURRENT AND YOUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING NO CHANGE TO THE PCA AT THIS TIME, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE IMPACT OF THEIR PROJECTIONS AND THAT IT HAS ON THE POWER COSTS AND REPORT THAT TO YOU EACH MONTH. SO THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND CONSIDERATION, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

>> MADAM CHAIR, I JUST HAVE A QUICK ADDITION TO WHAT BARBARA JUST MENTIONED. NEXT MONTH, YOU WILL SEE FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER -- EXCUSE ME OF 2024, THEY DID EXECUTE ANOTHER 25% OF LOCKED IN THE GAS PRICES. SO THAT MEANS THIS CHART WILL CHANGE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS A VERY FLUID TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT THE FNP BOARD LEVEL. SO AS THEY MAKE MORE DECISIONS AT THEIR LEVEL, IT WILL IMPACT HOW WE OPERATE AS WELL AND IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING FOR OUR CUSTOMERS BECAUSE IT IS LOCKING IN THOSE GAS PRICES. I FORGET WHAT IT WAS. $3.20 OR SO.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT KEEPS OUR PCA AT OR BELOW ZERO DOLLARS. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT NEXT MONTH. FOR THAT APRIL TO OCTOBER TIMEFRAME, THOSE SIX MONTHS DURING THE SUMMER. YES.

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU REFRESH ME ON THE PROJECTIONS VERSUS ACTUAL? I AM LIKE, I KNOW THAT IT HAPPENS A YEAR IN ADVANCE. IS IT LOCK IN FOR THAT FULL YEAR? I FEEL LIKE WE WERE SO CLOSE TO OUR PROJECTIONS FOR A LITTLE WHILE THERE. I AM WAY OFF AGAIN. IT IS JUST HARD TO TRY TO -- IT IS

HARD TO PLAN. RIGHT? >> IT IS. IT IS A MOVING TARGET FOR SURE. THE -- THEY ARE PROJECTING ONE YEAR OUT THAT ONE. SO THOSE ARE THOSE PROJECTIONS AND THAT IS COMPARING THE PROJECTIONS TO WHAT IT ACTUALLY COMES IN AT.

THOSE ARE FNPA'S PROJECTIONS. I KNOW WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AGO AND WHAT THEY SAID IT WOULD BE AND THAT IS WHAT I AM CHARTING

THERE. >> RIGHT. SO THEY GIVE US THEIR PROJECTIONS A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 11 MONTHS. OR IS IT 11 MONTHS

FOR -- >> A ROLLING WINDOW. EVERY MONTH THEY UPDATE IT AND GIVE ME A ROLLING WINDOW AND I JUST

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PICKED THE NEXT ONE. >> YEAH. YOU WOULD FIGURE IT WOULD BE A LITTLE CLOSER WITH THE PREPURCHASE GAS. THAT IS

WHY I AM A LITTLE CURIOUS. >> SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. THEY USUALLY DEVELOP THE BUDGET IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH FOR THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR, AND SOMETIMES THE LOCK IN GAS PRICES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AT THAT TIME. SO HOPEFULLY WITH THE LONG-TERM PLAN THAT FNPA HAS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET CLOSER FOR BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL. ALSO, GAS PRICES, YOU KNOW, THEY DECLINED QUITE RAPIDLY SO THAT ALSO IMPACTS THE BUDGETED VERSUS ACTUAL WHERE THEY BUDGETED A LITTLE HIGHER BUT THE ACTUAL SCHEME IN A LITTLE LOWER. LIKE BARBARA MENTIONED, IT IS A MOVING TARGET. BUT AS WE LOCK IN THESE GAS PRICES FOR THE OUT YEARS, IT WILL BE CLOSER. MUCH, MUCH CLOSER FOR

SURE. >> I MEAN, I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE BEING LOWER BUT MAYBE NOT HALF AS SLOW.

>> THE MORE WE HAVE LOCKED IN, THE LESS RISK THERE IS FOR VULNERABILITY ON THE OTHER SIDE.

>> FOR SURE. >> YEAH. WE CAN ENSURE A HIGHER DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THE PRICE WILL BE WHAT THE BUDGETED

NUMBER IS. >> MADAM CHAIR?

>> YES. >> BARBARA, CAN YOU REMIND US AGAIN HOW MUCH PURCHASE POWER IS BUILT INTO THE BASE RATE? I KNOW RIGHT NOW OUR POWER COST ADJUSTMENT IS AT ZERO, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE NOT CHARGING FOR THE COST OF THAT

PURCHASING POWER? >> $79.52 IS THE BASE COST OF IT THAT WE INCLUDED IN OUR RATES.

>> THAT IS FOR DEMAND AND WHOLESALE ENERGY DEMAND.

>> AND OUR COST OF PURCHASE POWER OR THE LAST TIME WE GOT A

UPDATE WAS -- >> LAST MONTH WAS $71 AND SOME CHANGE. BARBARA CAN PROBABLY PULL IT UP HERE.

>> SO THE AMOUNT, THAT IS WHY EVEN THOUGH OUR POWER COST ADJUSTMENT IS ZERO, THAT IS WHY OUR RATE STABILIZATION FUND IS

CONTINUING TO GO UP. RIGHT? >> AS BARBARA MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE GOING INTO DECEMBER WITH UNIT PRICES HIGHER. SO WE WILL PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WE WILL HAVE A UNIT PRICE THAT IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER. ALSO, THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY. USUALLY THE LOWER CONSUMPTION MONTHS. AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE SUMMER, WE TYPICALLY PAY -- WE USE A LOT OF POWER SO WE WILL PAY A HIGHER BILL BECAUSE OF HIGHER CONSUMPTION. BUT WE ALSO HAVE LOCK IN GAS PRICES SO WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THE CITIES -- ALL THE CITIES DEMAND NEEDS.

INTO MY COMMENTS. IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO GO TO A NEGATIVE PCA ANYTIME SOON. AND I AM ANXIOUS FOR THIS PCA WORKSHOP THAT WE PLAN ON HAVING BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A BIG PARADIGM STAFF SHIFT ON HOW WE ARE ADMINISTERING THAT RATE STABILIZATION FUND. SO I GUESS WE COULD HAVE A LOT MORE CONVERSATION HERE, BUT MAYBE IT IS BEST SAVED FOR THAT WORKSHOP.

>> YEAH. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE PLAN AND THE SHORT VERSION IS THE MORE FNPA DOES TO LOCK IN THOSE PRICES, THE LESS FPUA HAS TO PREPARE FOR THE INEVITABLE SPIKE IN GAS PRICES BECAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF. IT IS A MATTER OF WHEN. AND THEIR PLAN WILL IMPACT OUR PLAN WHICH WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT WHAT WE DO WITH THE RATES

ACQUISITION FUND. >> AND I TOTALLY AGREE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT BEING UNNECESSARILY CONCERNED.

>> YES, SIR. AGREE. >> IT SEEMS THAT PARADIGM SHIFT

STARTED JULY 2020 -- >> YEAH.

>> MADAM CHAIR I AM -- I AM SORRY. SPEAKING OF THE RATE STABILIZATION FUND, I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO A INTEREST-BEARING ACCOUNT AND LETTING IT FEED ITSELF AS WELL. ARE THOSE FIGURES INCLUDED IN THESE

NUMBERS OR IS THAT -- >> THE MONEY IN THAT RATE STABILIZATION? IT IS IN THE BANK AND IN A OVERNIGHT SWEEP

ACCOUNT EARNING INTEREST. >> OKAY. BUT THE NUMBER WE HAVE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INTEREST THAT IS GETTING -- OKAY.

>> KNOW. IT DOES NOT. >> SO IT IS STILL BUILDING.

>> IS IT BUILDING INTEREST OR IS IT GOING INTO A O&M?

>> IT IS NOT BUILDING INTEREST. IT IS EARNING INTEREST.

>> IT IS NOT IN THAT FUND. IT IS IN A INTEREST REVENUE

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ACCOUNT. >> SO IT IS NOT GOING TO

COMPOUND ITSELF. >> NO.

>> IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE -- >> MY HOPE WAS THAT IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE MORE OF A SELF-SUSTAINING ACCOUNT RATHER

THAN IT -- BY THE CUSTOMER. >> I AGREE.

>> SO THAT IS EXACTLY ONE OF THE BULLET ITEMS THAT WE DO WANT TO DISCUSS IN THE FUND WORKSHOP. YOU KNOW? HOW DO WE DO THAT. HAD WE EXECUTE IT? WHAT LIMITATIONS DO WE HAVE WITH THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE THAT. BECAUSE IT CAN BE A

LITTLE BIT TRICKY. >> THAT IS ALSO KIND OF A TOUGH BALANCE, TOO. BECAUSE AS ENGINEERS WE ALWAYS DEVELOP MORE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAN WE EVER HAD FUNDING FOR. IT IS NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET AS MANY CAPITAL PROJECTS DONE AS WE

CAN. >> I DID NOT KNOW THAT. THAT IS

SOMETHING TO WATCH OUT FOR. >> YOU TOLD US A SECRET THERE.

BUDGET AS THE BOARD, AND THEY HAVE TO TELL THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS TO CHOP DOWN HALF THE THINGS.

>> YEAH. YEAH. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A FIVE, 10, 20 YEAR PLAN.

WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT A FIVE YEAR PLAN BECAUSE IT IS A RATE SUFFICIENCY BASE. BUT WE ARE A OLDER CITY AND HAVE TO FIX UP A LITTLE UTILITY PIPES AND A LOT OF WASTEWATER. WE ARE A COASTAL CITY. WE ARE GOING AS WELL AND HAVE TO PREPARE FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. FOR US, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START THINKING

DIFFERENTLY FOR SURE. >> BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. WE HAVE TO WATCH THAT SO WE ARE NOT BEING OVERLY --

>> UNNECESSARY. >> YES. AND THIS HAS ALL BEEN HAPPENING VERY QUICKLY OVER THE LAST THREE TO SIX MONTHS OR SO. AND IT IS STILL EVOLVING. TO HELP LEAD THE RISK CONTINUES TO LOWER SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME BETTER LONG-TERM

[E.6. FactAct Presentation ]

DECISIONS. >> RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

>> YES, MAN. MADAM CHAIR, THE NEXT IS A INFORMATION PRESENTATION FOR OUR 2023 REVIEW OF FDUA'S PROTECTION PROGRAM. MR. RUTHERFORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, WILL PRESENT

THIS ITEM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS, MADAM CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR. DANNY RUTHERFORD HERE.

WE HAVE GOT UTILITY SUPPORT SERVICES WITH THE NEXT SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS OR ITEMS FOR ACTION. WE HAVE GOT THE FAST ACTOR THE RED FLAG AS YOU GUYS ARE USED TO CALLING IT. YOU SEE THAT EVERY YEAR. I WILL BE GIVING UP HERE IN A SECOND.

THEN WE HAVE EMERGENCY PURCHASES OF ESSENTIAL GOODS.

WE HAVE COME BACK TO IT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS SAYING FOR OPPORTUNITY BUYING AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN IF WE FIND SOMETHING WE CAN PURCHASE WE CAN SAVE LOTS OF TIME. IT IS THE SAME ONE FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR. THAT WE HAVE JASON MILLER WHO IS GOING TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT HIS RATES. HE WOULD LIKE TO GET THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR THIS YEAR. AND FOLLOWING THAT, MARISSA MARTIN WILL COME IN AND TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY TEMPERATURES. AND, FINALLY, WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT BUT THE BOARD HAS GIVEN INSTRUCTION ON WHAT TO DO. WE WILL PUT IT IN RESOLUTION FORM FINALLY TO ENABLE US TO ACT WITH YOUR DIRECTION ABSENT OF HAVING TO COME IN AND ASK FOR THINGS ALL THE TIME. THAT IS THE FOUR THINGS WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE WILL SHORTLY. FOR THE FAST ACT, LET'S SEE HERE.

SLIDESHOW. LET'S START THIS THING. YOU GUYS, YOU HAVE SEEN THIS EVERY YEAR. THIS IS REALLY OUR RED FLAGS. IT IS OUR IDENTITY, THEFT, AND PREVENTION PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE AND HISTORY -- WE WILL GO OVER THE PURPOSE AND HISTORY. WHAT KIND OF THINGS ARE RED FLAGS FOR US AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR, AND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE MEASURE TO SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THE SECURITY, NONPHYSICAL SECURITY REALM. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. THIS IS THE ACT OF 2003 THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST OF 2008. THE PROGRAM MUST BE APPROVED BY THAT UTILITY BOARD WHICH WE DID. AND IT MUST ESTABLISH IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM TO PROTECT CONSUMER ACCOUNTS FROM ANY FORESEEABLE RISK OF IDENTITY THEFT AND WE HAVE DONE ALL THIS. WE HAVE MADE SURE WE COMPLIED. THE PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE FAST ACT. SOME OF THE RED FLAGS OR EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE LOOK OUT FOR IS ADDRESS DISCREPANCIES. FICTITIOUS LETTERS. PEOPLE FROM PRISON ASKING TO CHANGE ACCOUNTS ON

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PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAD A COUNTS. REPORTS INDICATING FRAUD OR MILITARY DUTY. ALTERED OR FORGED IDENTIFICATION OR LEASE AGREEMENTS. SOCIAL SECURITY DISCREPANCIES. SO THEY GIVE US THE WRONG NUMBERS. ADDITION OF AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY AND PAYMENTS THAT CAN BE IN CASH, CREDIT, OR ANY OF THE ABOVE. AS COMPARED -- SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE ON THE FRAUDULENT PAYMENTS. THIS MAY BE LETTERS OF AGREEMENT. LETTERS OF CREDIT. ANYTHING ALONG THESE LINES. 2018, WE HAD TWO. YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORY THERE. IN 2022, DUE TO TECHNOLOGY AND ASH PUSHING, YOU KNOW, THE DIGITAL WORLD AND USING CREDIT CARDS AND ONLINE PAYMENTS AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS, WE HAD 43 TRIES AGAINST OUR SECURITY, AND IN 2023 WE HAD 74. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IS GOING UP AND AS THAT GOES UP OUR SECURITY HAS TO INCREASE, SO WE ARE TAKING A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH CYBERSECURITY AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS. AND WE DID TWO DIFFERENT SELF CHECKS LAST YEAR. ONE WITH FNPA , AND WE DID ONE WITH A PRIVATE INDUSTRY, A PRIVATE COMPANY, A VENDOR WHO CAME IN AND CHECKED ALL OF OUR STUFF TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING OUR THING FOR CYBERSECURITY. SO WE ARE DOING OUR PART. THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HIRED A CYBERSECURITY FIRM. TO GIVE US AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF THINGS. SO PEOPLE AROUND US ARE BEING HIT AND HELD RANSOM, AND WE DO NOT WANT TO BE PART OF THAT. SO WE PUT AN EXTRA LAYER ON THIS YEAR. SOME OF THE CASH CURRENCY FRAUD, SO IN 2023 AS A HARD TO 222, WE SAW TWO $100 BILLS TRYING TO BE PASS. EACH $100 AND A $50. THAT IS NOT TOO BAD.

WE CATCH THAT PRETTY EASILY. OUR CYBER THREAT, THIS IS PRETTY COOL STUFF HERE. SO OUR WEBSITE GETS 1017 ATTACKS PER WEEK. WE ACTUALLY DEFEND AGAINST THIS. THAT IS UP FROM 920 22. OUR INTERNET, 1508, UP FROM 1300. OUR EMAILS, ABOUT 9520 SUSPICIOUS OR OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, BAD EMAILS. THAT IS PER DAY. THAT IS PER DAY THAT COMES INTO THE TRAFFICKING. AND OUR FIREWALL BLOCKS, 2007 PER MONTH. THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO US AND DO US HARM. SO OUR FOLKS TO A REALLY GOOD JOB. AND OUR CYBER GROUP. THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP US SAFE. AND, IN SUMMARY, WE HAD 74 FALSE PAYMENT REQUEST, TWO CURRENCY PRODS, ZERO FALSE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, WHICH IS NO CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR. WE HAD FIVE FALSE EMPLOYEE CHECK ACCOUNT CHANGE REQUEST AND NO KNOWN CUSTOMER FRAUD INCIDENTS FOR ONLINE UTILITY. THAT IS CLOUD-BASED. A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION OF WHERE YOU CAN PAY. A REMINDER, FPUA WILL NEVER CALL TO COLLECT A PAYMENT. IF YOU ARE EVER CUSTOMERS WHO GET A CALL SAYING WE ARE FPA YOU DO NOT RESPOND.

THAT IS NOT A COLLECTIONS CALL. THAT IS IT FOR THE 2023 FAST

ACT RED FLAGS PRESENTATION. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? Ú>> I WO STATEMENT. THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAS ASKED, OH, ASKED ME, DO FPUA CALL AND ASK FOR A PAYMENT OVER THE PHONE AND I TOLD THEM NO. SO THAT IS HAPPENING THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE TRYING TO COLLECT SAYING, IF YOU DON'T PAY WE WILL COME IN AND CUT YOUR UTILITIES OFF AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING AFRAID.

AND THEY ARE DOING IT TO THE ELDERLY. AND TO PEOPLE. SO THAT WAS GREAT INFORMATION TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT KNOWN FOR THE

[E.7. EMERGENCY PURCHASING OF GOODS AND SERVICES Approval of Emergency Purchasing of Goods and Services related to supply chain shortages due to ever-changing and fast-paced market of essential services and good through end of calendar year 2024.]

RECORD THAT WE WON'T CALL YOU AND ASK FOR A PAYMENT OVER THE

PHONE. >> WE WILL NOT.

>> MR. RUTHERFORD WILL ALSO TACKLE THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS HER QUEST TO DELEGATE PURCHASES FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASES.

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>> SO THIS NEXT ITEM IS A REQUEST AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE YEARS PASS. WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS STILL NOT CAUGHT UP ON A LOT OF THINGS. I PUT IT ON THE DESK PRIOR TO GETTING CARE TODAY. THAT IS A LIST OF PURCHASES THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY COMPLETED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF DISAPPROVAL THAT YOU GAVE US BACK IN 2022. WHEN THE SUPPLY CHAIN WAS JUST HITTING US VERY HARD. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, MOST OF THOSE THINGS ARE ELECTRIC. FROM THE ELECTRIC GROUP. THERE ARE SOME CABLE, SOME TRANSFORMERS. THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE WERE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME WITH. WE DID HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY BUYING. AND IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, IF WE STAYED WITHIN OUR NORMAL PURCHASING AND FOLLOWED OUR NORMAL ROLES, WE WOULD MISS SOME THINGS. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPLY OR PROVIDE OR BE READY FOR THE HURRICANES. SO WE HAVE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITY BUYING COME UP OR WE COULD REACH OUT AND GRAB THOSE THINGS QUICKLY. IT WORKED. IT WAS PERFECT. WE ARE STILL OF COURSE BUYING WITHIN THE RULES. WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT REQUIRED BY LAW FOR EVERYTHING WE CAN. IT IS ONE OF THOSE , CERTAIN THINGS WILL COME ALONG THAT WE WILL MISS HER PUT US A YEAR OR TWO FROM PURCHASING SOMETHING WHERE WE ACTUALLY EXECUTE THIS. SO, AGAIN, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE EXACT SAME POLICY THIS YEAR WHICH WE HAVE CALLED IN THE PAST EMERGENCY PURCHASING PROCEDURES. I WOULD LIKE TO RENAME IT. BECAUSE RECENTLY WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU A RESOLUTION FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASES FOR WE TALK ABOUT IF SOMETHING IS BROKEN IN THE FIELD WE CAN ADDRESS IT WITHOUT HAVING TO BRING THINGS BEFORE THE BOARD. YOU KNOW? IT WAS THAT TYPE OF A EMERGENCY. I WILL PROBABLY REBRAND IT OR RENAME IT IF I HAVE TO. I AM NOT SURE WHAT WE WILL CALL AT. BUT I WANT TO DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN EMERGENCY WHERE THERE IS A FIELD EMERGENCY AND SOMETHING IS BROKEN AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT FIXED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THIS OPPORTUNITY BUYING TO KEEP US OUT OF A EMERGENCY. RIGHT? IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT I WANT TO DRAW THAT DISTINCTION MAYBE NEXT TIME. IT WAS THIS TIME THEY CAME TO ME AND SAID WE REALLY SHOULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE OR RESOLUTION IN PLACE THAT IS REALLY OUR EMERGENCY POLICY. LET'S CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE. SO WE WILL. IT IS COMING AGAIN THIS YEAR TO ASK TO EXTEND THAT POLICY ONE MORE YEAR. THIS CALENDAR YEAR. THAT ENABLES US TO BUY AT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE OTHERWISE WE MAY LOSE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

TRANSFORMERS DOES SEEM TO BE THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE TO TACKLE. I THINK WE HAVE A DELAY IN A SHIPMENT THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY. NOW, IT IS BEING PUSHED TO MAY. SO TRANSFORMERS ARE A BIG ISSUE. IF THERE IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACT ON PURCHASES OF TRANSFORMERS, WE ARE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE TYPICALLY THAT IS A COUPLE DAYS'S NOTICE. IF SOMEBODY DID NOT BUY IT, YOU HAVE A CHANCE BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES. SO OPPORTUNITY BUYING CAN BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US.

>> ESPECIALLY AT THTHIS MOMENT WHEN WE ARE GROWING AND WE CANNOT GET WHAT WE NEED. SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN WERE CUSTOMERS -- NEW CUSTOMERS -- ARE BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS AND WE DO NOT HAVE A TRANSFORMER THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GET ELECTRICITY TO THEIR NEW LOCATION, AND SO THIS IS DEFINITELY VERY IMPORTANT. A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE TO OUR

GROWTH. >> THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE MS. GIBBONS AND I HAD TO TALK ABOUT THAT. THEY ARE DEDICATED TO PROJECTS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO WE CANNOT TAKE WITHOUT AFFECTING SOMEBODY ELSE. SO THIS ONE IS A GOOD ONE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IN OUR POOL BAG.

>> IS THIS LIST THE ONLY THINGS -- IS THIS ALL THE WHOLE YEAR?

>> YES. YES, MA'AM. SO IN OUR -- WHEN I PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR YOU, THE LAST THING ON THERE, TO PRESIDIO NETWORK SOLUTIONS WAS NOT ON THE FULLEST. THAT IS WHY I PROVIDED YOU A PAPER COPY. I WAS LIKE, OH, SHOULD I PUT IT ON THERE? BUT THIS IS IT. EVERYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STICK WITH OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES. WHITE ALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES PROVIDED

IN OUR PURCHASING MANUAL. >> SO I AM WONDERING IF -- I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO LET US KNOW WHEN YOU DID AT. BUT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE THESE TO US ON A ANNUAL BASIS?

>> I THINK THE I IDEA WAS TO LET YOU KNOW SOMETHING

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QUARTERLY. WE JUST DID NOT HAVE A LOT. WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH. WE REALLY, THE IDEA IS THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THESE ARE POLES, WIRES, TRANSFORMERS. THEN THE RANGES.

WHEN I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU RATHER QUICKLY WAS THE ACTUAL PRESIDIO SWITCHES AND ROUTERS BECAUSE THAT WAS A PRETTY BIG NUMBER. BUT THE REASON I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE OKAY AND DID NOT THINK IT WAS A EMERGENCY IS BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY WORK-SHE DID ITEM ON OUR CAPITAL BUDGET WHICH WAS IN THE BUDGET AND INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. SO IT IS NOT NEWS. SOMETHING THAT WAS THERE. THIS WAS ACTUALLY JUST THE ACTUAL EXECUTION OF THE PURCHASE. RIGHT? AND WE DID IT THROUGH A STATE PIGGYBACK CONTRACT. STATE PIGGYBACKED CONTRACT TOOK CARE OF PROCUREMENT. IT IS A BUDGETED LINE ITEM. SO IT WAS NOT REALLY A THING.

>> THE ONLY REASON I AM BRINGING IT UP AS IT IS EDUCATION FOR US TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING FROM THE SUPPLY CHAIN, SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE -- HOW IT AFFECTS THE COMPANY. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I BRING IT UP.

WOULD HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE. >> JUST FOR CLARITY, THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, I DID MENTION THOSE AT A BOARD MEETING AND GIVE YOU A PRINTOUT. BUT FROM THIS DISCUSSION, THE DISCUSSION WAS TO PROVIDE A PRINTOUT. THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THOSE TWO ITEMS AND YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THOSE HAPPENED IN LATE NOVEMBER AND

OCTOBER. >> YEP. IT JUST LETS US KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING THE COMPANY.

>> WE WILL GET YOU A LIST OR CONTINUE TO GET YOU A LIST.

>> I AM CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO HAVE THE POLICY BE EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR. IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE NOT ABUSING IT. IF IT IS WORKING OUT AND BEING USED VERY SPARINGLY WHEN THE NEED ARISES, AND IT IS UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE HAVE GOT TO ACT NETWORK CANNOT WAIT, I THINK IT IS A GOOD TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX, AS YOU SAID. BUT I DO THINK, WE ARE KIND OF GETTING OUT OF THAT EMERGENCY TIME. YOU KNOW? WE ARE TWO OR THREE YEARS OUT. NOW, I THINK WE ARE KIND OF IN THE NEW NORMAL WHERE EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE.

>> IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET.

>> IT TAKES A LONG TIME. EXACTLY. YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT FOLLOWING BUDGET YOUR.

>> THE STAFF'S PREFERENCE IS DEFINITELY NOT TO HAVE THIS IN SEPARATE PLACES. GET THE TOOLS WHEN WE NEED THEM. BUT HOPEFULLY THAT DOES NOT BECOME THE NEW NORM BECAUSE IT IS VERY TAXING ON STAFF TO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WORK. FOR A LACK OF BETTER WORK, WE ARE KIND OF DOWNSIZING THEM AND BRINGING IN A 50 KVA AND REPLACING IT WITH A 25 KVA TO BE ABLE TO PUT A 50 SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH GROWTH AND PROJECTS.

>> STILL, VERY COMPETITIVE ON THIS STUFF TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS. IF YOU COULD BE NIMBLE IN PURCHASING RIGHT NOW FOR SOME OF THESE LARGER ITEMS, YOU WIN. A LOT OF THESE UTILITIES HAVE NOT FIGURED IT OUT OR EVEN OTHER COMPANIES. EVEN PRIVATE COMPANIES HAVE NOT FIGURED IT OUT. IF THEY CANNOT BUY SOMETHING WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS THEN, YOU KNOW, IT IS A

LOST OPPORTUNITY. >> ACTUALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE LAST FMEA BOARD MEETING. POLES, NOT AS MUCH IS TRANSFORMERS, BUT THAT IS STILL A ISSUE AT THE STATE LEVEL.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY BIG WALLET AND THEY CAN PURCHASE A LOT MORE THAN WE CAN. SO WE HAVE TO FIGHT AMONGST OURSELVES TO GET STUFF. AND SPECIFICALLY FOR FPUA, I THINK THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER FACILITIES THAT HAVE OUR VOLTAGE IN THE STATE SO WE ARE ONE OF THREE THAT COMPETE FOR OUR VOLTAGE FOR SOME OF THOSE LARGER TRANSFORMERS.

>> BEING ABLE TO SHARE, LIKE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SPACE AND TRADE WITHIN OURSELVES. BUT, YEAH. IT JUST WAS NOT

GOING TO WORK OUT I REMEMBER. >> SO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR

THIS? >> I VOTE APPROVAL.

>> I SECOND. >> CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE

ROAD? >> MR. FEE

[E.8. Resolution No. UA 2024-01 Modifying the Schedule of Rates and Charges for Services and Facilities Adopt Resolution No. UA 2024-01 effective the first billing cycle of the next billing month after the FPUA Board adopts and the City Commission of the City of Fort Pierce, Florida approves such resolution.]

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOU. >>, NOW, WE WILL HAVE THE READING OF THE RESOLUTION NUMBER UA 24-01.

>> ESTABLISHING THE SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES FOR THE SERVICES AND FACILITIES FURNISHED BY THE FBAU NET

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SYSTEM IN PROVIDING FOR ERRORS, REPEAL, SEVERABILITY, AND

EFFECTIVE DATE. >> OKAY.

>> NOW, MADAM CHAIR, THE NEXT ITEM IS THEIR QUEST AS THE MADAM CLERK MENTIONED TO MODIFY OUR RATES AND CHARGES FOR FPUA.

THE NET MANAGER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. HE IS ACCOMPANIED

BY MR. RUTHERFORD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND AM EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE RESOLUTION UA 24-01. FPA NET IS A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS UNIT. WE MUST COMPETE ON MANY LEVELS SUCH AS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, RELIABILITY, SERVICE OFFERING, AND MARKET PRIVACY. FPUANET HAS FOUND THE PRICE IS A MAJOR FACTOR. THEY WILL ADJUST A FEW TIERS OF SURFACE , JUSTIN PRICE AND SPEED OFFERING. I'M GOING TO BE GIVING A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED RATE CHANGES FOR THE DIFFERENT TIERS OF SERVICE. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMERCIAL SERVICE OFFERING THAT FPUANET PROVIDES. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT OUR COMPETITIVE OFFERINGS ARE RETAIL RATES AS OF JANUARY 12, 2024, AND DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PROMOTIONAL DISCOUNTS OR OFFERINGS THAT THEY MAY PROVIDE. AS I MENTIONED THAT BROADBAND IS A COMPETITIVE MARKET AND THERE ARE MANY AREAS THAT WE MUCH COMPETE IN, OUR SERVICE OFFERING IS VERY STRONGLY FOUND THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL RATES WERE JUST ABOVE MARKET. SO STAFF IS SUGGESTING SUGGESTED CHANGES IN BOTH SPEED AND PRICE FOR THE FOLLOWING LINES THAT ARE IN RED. A REDUCTION IN PRICE FROM 20 TO 30% BASED ON EACH TEAR, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE WE CAME TO THE BOARD OVER TWO YEARS AGO ESTABLISHING THESE RATES. AND THE MARKET HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF IS PROPOSING REMOVING THE 200 MEGABITS HERE AND REPLACING IT WITH A 200 MEGABIT HERE, AND FINALLY I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT FPUA NET IS OFFERING A NEW RIG TO THE COMMERCIAL AREAS. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE FIRST ASTERISK SAYS THAT SOME OF THE SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY COMCAST AND AT& T ASL, HAVE GAPS WHERE THERE IS ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DATA THAT CAN PASS BEFORE EITHER THEY REDUCE THE SPEEDS OR THEY CHARGE YOU AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT, AS WELL AS THEIR UPLOAD SPEEDS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN OUR SYMMETRICAL SPEED, MEANING THAT OUR DOWNLOAD SPEEDS ARE THE SAME AS OUR UPLOAD SPEEDS. THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, THE AT&T FIBER IS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN THE AREAS. YOU CAN SEE THE DISCLAIMER THAT MS. BALLANTINE HELPED ME DRAFT.

THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE OFFERINGS. AGAIN, IT HIGHLIGHTS EXISTING RATES, PROPOSED RATES, AND COMPETITIVE OFFERINGS. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE COMPETITOR RATES ARE PULLED FROM THEIR WEBSITES. THE RETAIL RATES DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS THEY MAY HAVE. IN REGARDS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE OFFERING, THEY ARE VERY STRONG. STAFF IS PROPOSING A FEW CHANGES WITH THE FOLLOWING LINES THAT ARE IN RED. THE STAFF FOUND THAT PRICING WAS AT MARKET AND IT IS SUGGESTING REMOVING THE 200 MEGABIT HERE AND REPLACING IT WITH A 300 MEGABIT TEAR AT THE SAME PRICE AND ADDING THE 2 GIG RIGHT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

>> CHAIR? >> YES.

>> MR. MILLER, I SEE THE SPREADSHEET YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER HERE. HAVE THROUGH YOUR MARKETING AND SALES EFFORTS -- HAVE YOU HAD ANYONE SAY, IF YOU WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE WE WILL GO WITH YOU GUYS?

>> YES. AND WE HAVE. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE CONSIDERED, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN. THERE IS A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND SO THOSE SHOPS MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF COMPUTER USAGES AND WOULD LOVE TO GET SERVICE FROM FPUA. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF FIBER AND THE RELIABILITY AND THE LATENCY. ALL THE GREAT VALUES THAT

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BRINGS. REALLY, THEY ARE FOCUS ON COSTS. AND WE HAVE REDUCE THE 100 MEGABIT RATE FROM 99 TO 79. IT REALLY PUTS IT JUST RIGHT AT THE MARK WHERE THEY MAY NEED TO PAY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA THEN MAYBE SOME OF THE WIRELESS SERVICES THEY CAN GET.

BUT WE ARE FINDING THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT TYPE OF SERVICE FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, $20 LESS.

>> I AGREE. AND ARE THERE ANY MARKETING HOOKS OR BUSINESSES THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY TARGET BECAUSE YOU DO -- WE DO OFFER BETTER UPLOAD SPEEDS. IN ONE SITUATION HAS THAT BENEFICIAL

TO A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER? >> ABSOLUTELY. IN ANY TYPES OF BUSINESS OR RESIENTIAL HOME, RIGHT, THAT IS USING THE INTERNET FOR ANY TYPE OF LIVE STREAMING, VIDEO CALLING, DATA CENTERS, OR ANY TYPE OF VIDEO GAMES OR LOW LATENCY, THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. ENGINEERING FIRMS WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE SENDING DATA, JUST AS YOURSELF, ARE SENDING LARGE FILES FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO SOME OTHER COMPUTER. YOU KNOW, YOU NEED THOSE UPLOAD SPEEDS. OVER THE LAST PROBABLY FIVE YEARS, UPLOAD SPEEDS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY AIDED TODAY. I DID NOT SAY THAT RIGHT. BUT THE UPLOAD SPEEDS BECAME MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU ONLY USE TO PULL DATA FROM THE INTERNET.

BUT, NOW, ANY PEOPLE ARE SENDING AS MUCH DATA AS THEY ARE PULLING AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS NEED FOR SYMMETRICAL SPEEDS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO A GOOD JOB IN COMMUNICATING THAT. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT NOW FPUANET HAS A FACEBOOK. WE ARE REALLY STARTING TO AGGRESSIVELY MARKET. WE ARE WORKING WITH MS. TENANT AND HER GROUP AND ACTIVELY SELLING. YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FPUA HAS NOT REALLY DONE A LOT OF IN THE PAST. WE ARE FOCUSED ON ENGAGING OUR CUSTOMERS, EDUCATING THEM OF THE SERVICES, AND WHY FPUANET IS MORE RELIABLE AND OFFERS A BETTER

PACKAGE. >> WELL, THAT IS IT.

>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION?

>> WE HAVE APPROVAL. >> I WILL SECOND.

>> MADAM CHAIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?

>> MR. FEE. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MR. GIBBONS. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MAYOR HUDSON . >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MADAM CHAIR, JUST ONE THING TO ADD. NOW THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION, WE WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE AS DEFINED BY CHARTER, THEY DEFINE ALL RATES IN ADDITION TO THE BOARD SO WE WILL BE

[E.9. Extreme Weather Policy Presentation & Resolution No. UA 2024-02 Extreme Weather Policy Resolution - Recommending Board approval for Resolution No. UA 2024-02, giving express permission to the Director of Utilities, under the guidance of the Utility Operations Manager, to suspend disconnections during a defined period classified under extreme weather as described in the Resolution.]

PRESENTING THIS TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

>> OKAY. >> WE WILL COORDINATE WITH THEM AS FAR AS WHEN WE CAN TAKE IT TO THEM.

>> MADAM CHAIR, WILL YOU PLEASE READ RESOLUTION NUMBER UA

20-04 >> ADOPTING THE SUSPENSION OF DISCONNECTS DURING EXTREME WEATHER POLICY PROVIDING FOR EVER, SEVERABILITY, AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> YES, SIR. >> MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR GENERAL COUNSEL. SHE REALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER IN THE PROPER FORMAT. IN THE PAST, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A INTERNAL POLICY BECAUSE THEY HAVE JUST ADOPTED THIS POLICY BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES A DECISION IS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD THROUGH A RESOLUTION SO THAT IT IS A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURE. THIS SPECIFIC RESOLUTION IS FOR EXTREME WEATHER POLICY. IF THE TEMPERATURE GETS TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW WHICH WILL TALK ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL HERE IN JUST A SECOND, IT WILL AVOID THE CUSTOMER'S SERVICE TO BE INTERRUPTED TO AVOID ANY HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES. SO MELISSA MARTIN, THE UTILITY OPERATIONS MANAGER WILL PROVIDE.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, META MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ORIGINALLY, AS JAVIER HAD DESCRIBED, THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. WHEN WE STOPPED CONNECTIONS DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. WEATHER EVENTS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN DEFINED AS BELOW 40 DEGREES AND ABOVE 97 DEGREES. SO, RIGHT NOW, WE HAD AN INTERNAL MEETING AND DECIDED THAT A RESOLUTION WAS THE BEST WAY TO GO SO THAT WE DID HAVE THE EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM -- EXCUSE ME -- THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES TO SUSPEND. SO A BRIEF HISTORY. IN THE PAST, THE UTILITY OPERATIONS GROUP IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE GROUP GET TOGETHER TO SUSPEND THE DISCONNECTS WHEN TEMPERATURES

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DID REACH THE EXTREME HIGHS AND LOWS TO AVOID HARDSHIPS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. THE WEATHER POLICY THRESHOLDS HAVE BEEN SET IN PLACE SINCE 2016. PREVIOUS TO THAT, THE TEMPERATURES WERE HIGHER, BUT THEY WOULD INCLUDE HEAT INDEX FACTORS AND WIND CHILL FACTORS. THE 40 DEGREE -- BELOW 40 DEGREES AND ABOVE 97 SEEMS TO BE A GOOD THRESHOLD AND, LIKE I SAID, IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY HAD ABOUT 97 DEGREES. LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 96 AND 97, BUT IN THE LAST -- I'VE BEEN HERE 14 YEARS -- IN THE LAST 14 YEARS WE HAVE NOT SUSPENDED FOR THE HIGH AMATEURS BUT WE HAVE SUSPENDED CUTS FOR EXTREME LOW TEMPERATURES. WITH THE CHANGING WEATHER, WE DO ANTICIPATE WE MEET CA ANTICIPATED CHANGE IN HIGH TEMPERATURES. THEY WOULD ADDRESS A MEMO OR EMAIL TO STAFF ADVISING OF ANY CHANGES NECESSARY FOR THE UPDATES -- OR, EXCUSE ME, TO THE POLICY. AND SOME DATA HERE FOR YOU.

OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS FROM DECEMBER 2021 TO SEPTEMBER 2023, LIKE I SAID, BEFORE THERE WAS NO SUSPENSION FOR DISCONNECTION FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER, THERE WERE 10 NO-CUT DAYS OF THE LAST TWO YEARS, FIVE DAYS IN EACH YEAR, FOR EXTREME LOW TEMPERATURES. THAT IS UNDER 40 DEGREES. WE DID ALMOST REACH THE HIGH. SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY DECENT THRESHOLD THERE. TODAY, WE ARE ASKING THAT THE TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS REMAIN IN PLACE. WITHOUT WIND OR HEAT INDEX FACTORS, THE PROCESS FOR DISCONNECTIONS WILL BE THAT THE UTILITY OPERATIONS DIRECTOR DETERMINES THE ANTICIPATED TEMPERATURE AND WILL NOT EXCEED THE DEFINED LIMITS. FROM THERE, THEY WILL BEGIN COMMUNICATION'S WITH THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES. ONCE THE CUTS ARE APPROVED, WITH THE SUSPENSION OF CUTS, THE UTILITY OPERATIONS MANAGER WILL WORK WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND SUSTAINABILITY, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT DO NEED TO BE ADVISED THAT THERE WILL BE NO CUTS DUE TO THE EXTREME WEATHER. IF THE FORECASTED TEMPERATURE IS LIKELY TO EXCEED THE LIMIT ON A WEEKEND OR HOLIDAY, WE WILL NOT PERFORM ANY CUTS THE DAY PRIOR FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CUSTOMERS. THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING THESE DECISIONS WILL RELY ON INCREDIBLE AND DEPENDABLE LOCAL SOURCES SO THAT WE ARE MAKING THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR COMPANY AND OUR CUSTOMERS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS POLICY PETHE DISCONNECT -- THAT SUSPENSION OF DISCONNECTIONS DUE TO NONPAYMENT. FPUA WILL NOT RECONNECT ANY CUSTOMER THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCONNECTED DURING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS POLICY NOR WILL ANY NEW SERVICE REQUEST BE IMPACTED. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO TURN ON OR TURN OFF ANY SERVICES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED WITH OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THIS POLICY DOES NOT EXTEND TO OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. IT IS EXCLUSIVE FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ONLY JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF FAMILY IN OUR AREA. WE DO TRUST THAT THESE ACTIONS WILL MAKE FAIR AND CONSIDERATE TREATMENT DURING EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR BILLING AND PAYMENT EXPECTATIONS AND NEEDS. WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> JUST A QUICK CLARITY. IT IS BELOW OR ABOVE. NOT AT THOSE

TEMPERATURES. RIGHT? >> IT IS BELOW THE DEFINED. SO 39 DEGREES WITH SUSPEND THE CUTS. 98 DEGREES WITH SUSPEND

THE CUTS. >> OKAY. SO, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, BEFORE YOU AND THE RESOLUTION, IT ACTUALLY SAYS "AT OR BELOW OR AT OR HIGHER," BUT WE COULD FOR THE RECORD MAKE THAT REVISION AND WILL HOLD OFF ON SIGNING IT AND WE WILL GET A REVISED COPY FOR YOU TO SIGN. BUT IF THAT IS THE VOTE TODAY, WE CAN CHANGE THOSE LIMITS.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN IT IS BELOW THAT "AT OR BELOW" THAT 40 DEGREE TEMPERATURE, HOW LONG AFTERWARDS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE COMES BACK UP, HOW LONG AFTERWARDS DO WE GIVE THEM BEFORE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO PAY?

>> AT THE NEXT DAY'S TEMPERATURES NOT FORECASTED IN THAT THRESHOLD, WE WILL CONTINUE THE CUTS THE VERY

NEXT DAY. >> THE VERY NEXT DAY. OKAY.

>> MADAM CHAIR, WHAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS OR REASONING BEHIND CHOOSING TO USE ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURES AND NOT WIND CHILL

OR HEAT INDEX? >> THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION IN YEARS PAST , YOU KNOW, JUST WHERE THE LOCAL SOURCES COMING

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FROM SAYING THE HEAT INDEX IS 110. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD SAY THE SAME AREA WAS 120. IT IS A FACTOR THAT YOU CANNOT REALLY MEASURE. NOT IN GOOD QUANTITY YOU CAN SAY.

BUT WE ARE USING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ACCUWEATHER, YOU KNOW, TO FIND THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE. IT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IT VARIES I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.

>> SO BASICALLY BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE RELIABLE INFORMATION

FOR WIND CHILL OR HEAT INDEX. >> YES.

>> THAT IS IT FOR ME. >> WE ARE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON

THAT. >> AND I THINK WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS TO GO AT OR BELOW OR -- ACTUALLY, I AM SORRY. BELOW 40 OR ABOVE 97. SO I WILL MAKE A

MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY 39 DEGREES AND BELOW OR 98 AND

HIGHER? WE COULD DO THAT. >> JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE.

>> WE NEED TO KEEP A CLEAR. STAFF NEEDS TO BE CLEAR. RIGHT.

>> I THINK BELOW 40 AND ABOVE 97 WILL HELP US BECAUSE IT COULD BE 39.8 OR SOMETHING. RATHER THAN HITTING 39. RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY BUT --

>> THE WAY COUNSEL SUGGESTED IT IS THE WAY I THINK WE SHOULD

REWRITE IT. >> AT OR BELOW.

>> NO. IT WOULD BE BELOW OR ABOVE.

>> WHEN YOU JUST SAY 39? >> SOMETIMES IT IS 39.8. THAT

DOES NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD. >> I SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

YOU ARE REALLY SPLITTING HAIRS TONIGHT. I WOULD SAY, YEAH. IF IT IS BELOW FOR YOU HAVE A 39.9 RIGHT THERE.

>> SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS DISCUSSED, WHICH WOULD BE BELOW 40 AND ABOVE 97 DEGREES.

>> I LIKE IT BETTER AT 40 OR BELOW. I MEAN, REALLY. YOU ARE REALLY SPLITTING A HAIR. I THINK THE RISK AT 40 DEGREES IS NO DIFFERENT AT 39.9. SO JUST KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN MATCHES THE LAST SLIDE BUT THE FIRST LIE DID TALK ABOUT THE -- HISTORICALLY -- I AM SORRY -- UNDER 40 AND ABOVE 97. THAT IS HISTORICALLY WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. THIS LAST SLIDE, IT DOES SAY TO BE 40 DEGREES OR LOWER OR 97 DEGREES OR HIGHER. SO THAT IS WHAT MATCHES THE RESOLUTION BUT THAT DOES DEVIATE FROM PAST PRACTICE SO IT IS UP TO YOU ALL.

>> WHAT IS THE PAST PRACTICE OF YOU DON'T MIND?

>> UNDER 40. SO NOT AT 40. SO IT WILL BE 39.99999, APPARENTLY. JUST IN CASE IT DID. OR ABOVE 97 DEGREES.

>> SO WE CAN KEEP IT THE WAY --

>> KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS. >> IT IS UP TO THE GRAND

PLEASURE OF THE BOARD. >> I HATE TO MAKE YOU GO BACK

AND REWRITE IT. >> TO PUT IT IN COMPARISON, THE COUNTY OPENS SHELTERS AT 48. IT DOES NOT MAKE ANYBODY RAISE

EYEBROWS. >> SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO

KEEP IT AS IT IS? >> WE NEED TO APPROVE IT AS IT

IS. >> I SECOND.

>> CLAIRE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?

>> MR. FEE? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MR. GIBBONS. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MAYOR HUDSON? >> YES, MA'AM.

[E.10. Quarterly Presentation - Water/Wastewater Systems]

>> MS. BENNETT. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> THANK YOU, ALL. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION. OUR NEXT

ITEM ON THE AGENDA? >> YES. THE NEXT IS A INFORMATION PRESENTATION FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. BO HUTCHINSON, THE DIRECTOR, WILL PRESENTTHIS SLIDE, AND I BELIEVE HE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A GAGGLE OF ENGINEERS TO HELP HIM COVER HIS END. HAD TO LOOK UP --

>> IS THAT WHAT A GROUP OF ENGINEERS IS? A GAGGLE?

>> YES. A GAGGLE OF ENGINEERS. YEAH.

>> OH, I AM SORRY. >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON , MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TODAY, MY

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TEAM AND I ARE GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, MOSTLY ON THE PROGRESS FOR THE MAINLAND WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY AND WE WILL ALSO TOUCH ON THE EXPANSION PROGRAM HERE AT THE BEGINNING. MR. DOTSON HAVE PUT TOGETHER CLOSE TO 47 SIDES FOR ALL OF HIS UPDATE SO WE ARE ONLY LETTING HIM DO THE EXPANSION BECAUSE THAT IS PRETTY EXCITING.

>> SO ON THE AGENDA TODAY, FIRST OFF WILL BE THE WATER WASTEWATER EXPANSION. AND MR. DOTSON WILL DO THAT. THEN WE WILL HAVE A SLIDE ON OUR GRANT UPDATE, AND THAT WILL BE MS. TENENT. THEN FINALLY MR. JOS FRANCO IS HERE TO GO THROUGH A SLIDE WITH OVER 1% DESIGN OF THE PLANT ITSELF. SO, FIRST UP

-- >> THANK YOU, ESTHER HUTCHINSON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. META MY UP.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS PRESENTATION IS PRIMARILY ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR EXPANSION PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND ONE THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. TO DATE, WE HAVE DESIGNED, PERMITTED, AND CONSTRUCTED SIX OF THESE PROJECTS. WE HAVE COMPLETED FLEETWOOD AKERS, NEW VISTA COURT, JEFFERSON PARKWAY, ACADEMY DRIVE, GREENACRES, AND CURR AND ROYAL. THE PERCENTAGE LISTED HERE IS THE RATE WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR FOR THESE PROJECTS.

I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE GREENACRES PROJECT, WHICH WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 26 SEWER CUSTOMERS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING CONNECTED, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD NUMBER AND SOMETHING WE ARE VERY PROUD ABOUT. THESE PROJECTS, THEY EXPAND THE UTILITY BASE AND THEY ALSO EXPAND THE CITY LIMITS THROUGH ANNEXATION. STARTING THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE WILL EMBARK ON CONSTRUCTING THREE MORE OF THESE PROJECTS. SIMILAR TO THE BOULEVARD AREA AND WASTEWATER EXPANSION. MURIEL WATER AND WASTEWATER EXPANSION. AND THE WIDE CITY-WIDE WATER EXPANSION.

AND THESE ARE THREE OF THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, AND IF TIME AND CONTRACTOR AVAILABLE TO YOU PERMITS, WE WILL TRY TO DO A COUPLE MORE OF THESE PROJECTS. YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE SUMMER HERE, THERE IS QUITE A FEW MORE WASTEWATER POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS. THEN WE DO HAVE WATER. THAT IS BECAUSE MOST OF THESE AREAS OR SOME OF THESE AREAS, RATHER, ALREADY HAD WATER SERVICE TO THE CUSTOMERS. EXPANSION.

>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THE EXPANSIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER? ALL RIGHT. I KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION IS. PARADISE GROVE IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN. IT WILL BE GOING INTO PERMITTING.

>> YES. >> WHENEVER THE INTEREST IS REALLY COMING UP IN THAT AREA. SO WE HAVE BROUGHT IT UP BUT THE DIRECTION WAS NOT TO STOP THE ONES THEY ALREADY HAD IN DESIGN. IT WOULD BE RIGHT, THE NEXT ONE OR TWO PROJECTS AFTER

THIS LIST. >> SIR, EXCITING STUFF.

>> REFRESH MY MEMORY WHERE GREENACRES IS?

>> SY. GO AHEAD. >> IT IS OFF OF ST. LUCIE BOULEVARD RIGHT AROUND THE MAVERICK BOATS AREA, IF YOU ARE

FAMILIAR WITH THAT LOCATION. >> THANK YOU.

>> FBO IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THE MAINLAND WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, THE MW RF, TO REMOVE THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED WITHIN THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM.

THROUGH DIRECT FLOWS FROM THE IWRF. THE DELIVERY METHOD WAS SELECTED FOR THIS PROJECT. ON FEBRUARY 2023, THE BOARD ENTERED INTO A AGREEMENT WITH THE SELECTED DESIGN BUILDER TLC

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DIVERSIFIED INC. THEY ARE WORKING WITH TLC AS A DESIGN ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT STARTED WITH A KICKOFF MEETING TO REVIEW THE PROJECT SCOPE AND TO SET THE EXPECTATIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE A BUNCH OF SMILING FACES ON THE RIGHT THERE. THE SYSTEM WAS THEN EVALUATED BY THE DESIGN ENGINEER TO INCLUDE DATA COLLECTION, SEWER SHED EVALUATION, HYDRAULIC MODELING, AND INITIAL PIPELINE ALIGNMENT, PHASING PLAN, AND TO DISCUSS ALL THE PERMITS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT. FBO AND THE DESIGN ENGINEER PARTICIPATED IN 11 FORMAL PRELIMINARY DESIGN MEETINGS.

THERE WAS ALSO QUITE A FEW IMPROMPTU MEETINGS ALONG THE WAY. FROM THAT, THREE SCENARIOS, THREE ROUTES TO THE NEW MW RF WERE PRESENTED AND EVALUATED BY THE TEAM. A HYBRID SCENARIO WAS DEVELOPED AFTER VIEWING SEVERAL KEY PARAMETERS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE REQUIRED FLOWS NEEDED TO THE NEW PLANT. SO PHASE OE A WILL DELIVER 5.7 BILLION GALLONS OF FLOW TO THE NEW MWRF, AND THIS IS NEEDED FOR THE STARTER PROCEDURES. THIS WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $32 MILLION, AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER OF 2025.

PHASE 1B'S SCHEDULE IS TO BE DETERMINED AFTER PHASE 1A HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 8/20/27. THE NEED, THE COST, AND SCHEDULE WILL BE DETERMINED AFTER PHASE 1B HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AND PHASE 3, IF NEEDED, TO DELIVER 31.1 BILLION GALLONS PER DAY TO THE PLANT, AND THIS WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON HOW MUCH GROWTH WE SEE WITHIN THE CITY. I JUST WANT TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON OR FINE-TUNE COMPLETION STRATEGY THAT WE PLAN TO EMPLOY FOR THIS PROJECT. THE FIRST STEP WILL BE TO COMPLETE A PHASE. EXAMPLE, PHASE 1A. WE WILL THEN EVALUATE THOSE RESULTS. WE WILL PLUG THESE LIVE RESULTS, IF YOU WILL, INTO OUR ASSISTED MODEL. WE WILL SEE WHAT THE MODEL TELLS US. AND WE WILL USE THOSE RESULTS TO DESIGN THE MOST ECONOMICAL AND COST-EFFECTIVE SYSTEM MOVING FORWARD. AND WE WILL REPEAT THIS PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEPS ARE CONCERNED, THE DESIGN ENGINEER IS FINISHING UP THE FINAL SYSTEMS -BASED DESIGNER REPORT.

WE WILL THEN ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TLC FOR THE DESIGN AND COMPLETION OF PHASE 1A. WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE 1A. WE WILL THEN RE-EVALUATE THE SYSTEM FOR PHASE 1B. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> MADAM CHAIR? >> YES.

>> COULD YOU REMIND US AGAIN THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM PROJECT. IT IS TO TAKE ALL OF THE SEWER FLOWS THAT CURRENTLY HAD TO THE ISLAND AND TURN IT AROUND AND SEND IT TO

THE NEW PLANT. IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT PEAK SYSTEM FLOWS FOR THE ISLAND

WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY? >> I AM GOING TO LOOK TO MR.

MARTIN HERE. >> PROBABLY AROUND 20. AROUND 20 WITH OUR BIG SPIKES. YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WITH ALL OF OUR EFFORTS, THAT REDUCES THAT NUMBER, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE OTHER EFFICIENCIES AS WE DO THIS WITH THE CONVEYANCE SYSTEM THAT WILL HOPEFULLY REDUCE THAT PEAK NUMBER.

>> OKAY. YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. WE HAVE NOT HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE LINING FOR A WHILE. I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF REDUCTION IN PEAK FLOWS WE HAVE SEEN BECAUSE OF

OUR EFFORTS. >> I THINK THAT WAS SY -- WHAT -- 42 OF 45? BUDGET SEASON AS FRIGHT OF AROUND THE POINTER.

WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION THERE. THERE IS REALLY QUITE A LOT GOING ON. A LOT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD. HOWEVER, WE WILL BE HERE ALL NIGHT.

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>> THE COMMISSION COMES IN AT 5:00.

>> SO WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND THE PEAK FLOW UNTIL PHASE 1B, IT LOOKED LIKE? BECAUSE PHASE 1B WAS ONLY ONE

POINT SOMETHING. >> AS THESE PHASES ARE DONE, AND EACH TIME YOU HAVE A PHASE YOU HAVE A SAFETY FACTOR PUT ON THAT PHASE. THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLOW WE WANT TO GET OFF OF THIS SYSTEM BEFORE IT EVER COMES TO STATION A. SO WE HAVE VALUE SHOWING WHAT THAT SEWER SHED IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE BUT ONCE THAT PHASE IS DONE AND THE MAIN COMPONENTS ARE IN THERE, WE WILL REALLY BE ABLE TO GET SOME GOOD DATA ON THAT AND MORE FLOW OFF OF STATION A INITIALLY IN WHICH CASE THOSE PHASES WILL GO DOWN AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET MORE IN THAT SECOND PHASE. AGAIN, EVERY NUMBER WE WILL SEE AT THIS PHASE IS VERY CONSERVATIVE. IT IS FINANCIALLY CONSERVATIVE WHICH MEANS IT IS HIGHER AND FLOW CONSERVATIVE WHICH MEANS IT IS LOWER. SO WE ARE THOROUGHLY EXPECTING TO BEAT THOSE NUMBERS AS WE GO FORWARD.

>> MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION, AND I MIGHT HAVE MESSED IT UP. I APOLOGIZE. WAS THERE AN UPDATED TIMELINE FOR US TO HAVE THIS FULLY COMPLETED AND START DEMO TYPE OF THING? BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS 2028. CORRECT? BUT I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WAS THE FINAL AURA THAT WAS JUST THE --

>> THE PLANT SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF 2025. AND THE PLAN IS TO BE IN THE DEMOLITION PHASE THROUGH ' 27.

>> OKAY. GREAT. SO WHAT WAS THE DATE ON THERE FOR 2028? CAN YOU GO BACK A SLIDE OR TWO? MAYBE I READ IT WRONG. 8 /27 IT COULD

HAVE BEEN. >> THE OTHER POINT THAT YOU CAN SEE IS SOME OF THESE OTHER FLOWS WE HAVE IN HERE, WE WILL NEED A EXTREME AMOUNT OF GROWTH TO MAKE THOSE WORTHWHILE. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS. LET'S KIND OF PUSH THAT OUT AND DO WHAT WE KNOW AND SPEND OUR MONEY SMARTLY. AND MAKE IT MORE ACCURATE AS WE GO FACE-TO-FACE.

>> OKAY. SO WE ARE STILL ON TIME.

>> WE ARE. >> MADAM CHAIR, SO HOW DO WE

PAY FOR THIS? >> SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE --

>> WE HAVE A NEXT SLIDE. >> GOOD. GOOD. GOOD.

>> THE GRANTS IS THE NEXT SLIDE. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT

IT. >> OH. OKAY.

>> ANYTHING ELSE ON CONVEYANCE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

>> THANK YOU, LUKE. >> OKAY. HELLO, AGAIN.

EVERYONE. JUST A QUICK GRANT STATUS UPDATE ON THE OVERALL PROJECT. THERE IS A LOT HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. SAW THE GRANTS PROGRAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING RECEIVE OR AWARD OR ANYTHING GRANTS FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

NOT JUST ONE PIECE OR THE OTHER. SO THIS SLIDE COVERS BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND THE CONVENIENT SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE $20 MILLION IN ACTIVE GRANTS. THE FIRST IS $50 MILLION AWARDED FROM RESILIENT FLORIDA TO PHASE ONE. THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT ON ENERGY LANE. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A ASSIGNMENT ROUTING THROUGH DEP SO THIS GRANT WILL BE DIRECTLY TO FPUA RATHER THAN AS A SUB- AWARD TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. AND UPDATE EARLIER TODAY. IT'S LIKE ATTORNEYS AT DEP HAVE SIGNED IT SO WE SHOULD HAVE A FULLY EXECUTED DOCUMENT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF NEW AND COMING UP WITH THIS PARTICULAR GRANT AS WE ARE NAVIGATING FEDERAL FUNDS STATUS AND REQUIREMENTS. ALTHOUGH THE RESILIENT FLORIDA IS A STATE PROGRAM, A STATE OF FLORIDA PROGRAM, AND STATE GRANTS TEND TO BE EASIER ON THEIR REPORTING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, OUR $50 MILLION WAS PULLED FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR DOLLARS HAVE A BIT MORE STRINGS ATTACHED TO THEM. WE ARE GOING TO THE PROCESS NOW OF NAVIGATING THE STRINGS WITH THE DEP. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS A LITTLE MORE THAN WE THOUGHT BUT A LITTLE LESS THAN WE FARED. SO I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE OKAY. IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE

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OKAY. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF HOW OKAY. AND WE ARE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS NOW. WE ARE ACTIVE AND OUR FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT IS DUE TO THEM NEXT WEEK. SO THIS IS NOT STOPPING ANYTHING. IT IS JUST ADDING CONVERSATION. OUR SECOND ACTIVE GRANT FOR THIS PROJECT IS $5 MILLION A STATE APPROPRIATIONS, AND THESE ARE VERY MUCH THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE DEL GROSSI AND SENATOR WERE ALL. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE DIRECTING THIS $5 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONVEYANCE SYSTEM. IT IS KIND OF A DESIGN SEPARATION BECAUSE THE GRANT AGREEMENTS -- THAT PARTICULAR GRANT AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW US TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT, BUT IT MAKES FOR MUCH SIMPLER PERFORMING AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MONEY IF WE SEPARATE THEM. SERENA, 15 TOWARDS THE PLANT AND 5 TOWARDS CONVEYANCE. PENDING GRANTS, WE HAVE ABOUT $3.1 MILLION PENDING THAT IS THROUGH THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. THAT WILL BE SPECIFIC FOR THE REUSE SYSTEM OF THE TREATMENT PLANT. AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH SENDING THE 2 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY TO THE ENERGY CENTER. TO THE POWER PLANT, RATHER THAN THEM DRAWN FROM THE AQUA FURRED.

THIS ONE IS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE SUBMITTED IT IN MARCH OF 2023, AND NORMALLY BY NOW WE WOULD HAVE A EXECUTED AGREEMENT.

THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A POLITICAL DELAY AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO WE ARE OFFICIALLY ON THE LIST AS RECOMMENDED TO BE FUNDED BUT THE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED TO THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DEP IS GOING TO DO THAT AND WE ARE JUST WAITING.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE DELAY, THIS PROBABLY MEANS THAT THIS WILL BE AT FOR THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PROGRAM. WE WERE HOPING FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, BECAUSE THAT REUSE SYSTEM IS GOING TO COST MORE THAN THE $3.1 MILLION. IT WAS GOING TO BE A TWO-YEAR THING, BUT POTENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THIS DELAY THIS MAY BE AT. WE HAVE $1 MILLION PENDING IN FEDERAL. WE DID REQUEST $10 MILLION.

THEY JUST BLANKET EVERYBODY ON THE LIST FOR $1 MILLION UNLESS YOU HAD A COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO IS IN YOUR DISTRICT ON THE COMMITTEE. THEN YOU GOT $3 MILLION OR SOMETHING. AGAIN, KIND OF POLITICAL. WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE AND ALSO WAITING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.

BECAUSE AS OUR DIRECT FEDERAL FUNDS WHICH WILL TRIGGER BY AMERICA, AND ALL THAT. SUFFER $1 MILLION OF THIS SIZE OF THIS PROJECT, THAT MAY COST US MORE THAN WE CAN IN GOOD FAITH JUSTIFY TAKING. SO WE HAVE TO DECIDE BUT NOT YET. THERE IS $20 MILLION PENDING IN RESILIENT FLORIDA PHASE 2. AND WE DID GO TO TALLAHASSEE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT SINCE OUR LAST PRESENTATION. THIS $28 MILLION, WE ARE NUMBER 18 ON THE LIST AND ARE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING BEGINNING HERE 2. THERE IS A COUPLE OF CAVEATS. IF YOU'RE RECOMMENDED FOR YOUR 2, YOU'RE NOT GUARANTEED NOW. THE OTHER THING IS IF WE DO GET FUNDING THIS YEAR THROUGH IT, WE ARE NOT THEN CAUGHT BY STATUTE FOR FULL FUNDING FROM THAT POINT ON.'S EIFFEL FIND REQUEST WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. SO THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE. RIGHT NOW, THE GOVERNOR BY STATUTE GIVES $100 MILLION PER YEAR TO RESILIENT FLORIDA. IN ORDER FOR US AND OUR PROJECT WHICH IS NUMBER 18 TO BE INCLUDED, I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED THE GOVERNOR TO GIVE $20 MILLION TO RESILIENT FLORIDA. THIS IS SOMETHING HE HAS DONE LAST YEAR FOR THE LAST YEARS. SO IT IS STILL A MAYBE. WE MAY BE FUNDED UNDER THAT BIGGER UMBRELLA IF HE FINDS IT MORE THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT BY STATUTE.

IF NOT, THEN THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED A DECLINED GRANT FOR PURPOSES OF ACTUALLY HAVING FUNDING, AND WE WILL HAVE TO APPLY AGAIN. IF WE APPLY AGAIN, WE WILL APPLY IN A MORE PHASED APPROACH. NOW THAT WE HAVE THESE FACES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY THE ENGINEERING TEAM, WE CAN TAKE THESE PHASES.

THIS YEAR WE WANT THIS PHASE. THE ONE THING THAT HOLDS US UP IN THAT REGARD IS HOW QUICKLY WE ARE MOVING TO CONSTRUCT AND IF WE ARE TOO SLOW ON OUR PROPOSALS, THE MONEY WILL SLOW US DOWN. BECAUSE IF WE SUBMIT FOR, SAY, PHASE 1A, BY THE TIME IT WOULD BE A APPROVAL AT THIS POINT WE WOULD ALREADY BE DONE WITH PHASE 1A, SO WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD. WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. WE HAVE AN ACTIVE FAMILY DOLLAR PENDING REQUEST

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FOR YOUR 2 OF STATE APPROPRIATIONS. BOTH REPRESENTATIVES HAVE AGREED, AGAIN, TO SPONSOR US. AND WE LEAN ALSO VERY HEAVILY ON OUR LOBBYIST IN TALLAHASSEE TO ASSIST US IN NAVIGATING THAT, AND TALLAHASSEE, THEY ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND A VERY VALUABLE PARTNER AND SOURCE FOR US. AND THAT IS THE JOHNSON AND BLANTON TEAM IN TALLAHASSEE. THE FINALIST HERE IS TO SHOW YOU THAT DENIED OR DEFERRED GRANTS EXCEEDS $92 MILLION. AND, REALLY, THE POINT OF THIS IS NOT TO BE SAD BUT TO BE JUST AWARE OF HOW MUCH IT TAKES TO PULL THIS OFF. SO WE DID SUBMIT A ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST TO RESILIENT FLORIDA FOR PHASE 1 WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL PER APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION TO HELP US COVER THE COST OF THE PLANT. BECAUSE BETWEEN THE TIME OF APPLICATION AND THE TIME OF GETTING OUR 60% AND OUR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, THE FINAL PRICE OF THE PLANT WAS MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED AT THE EARLIER DESIGN PHASES. WHAT THE EPA SAID IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THESE NEEDS ARE EMINENT, AND OUR NEED IS NOT IMMINENT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SPENT THE FIRST $50 MILLION. SO THAT IS FAIR. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT $50 MILLION SPENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ONCE YOU GET TO THESE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT IS CONVERSATIONS, AND THEN WE WILL DO IT AGAIN. THE OTHER PROPOSALS THAT YOU SEE HERE, WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, ARE FOR IRL AND IN GENERAL. A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMMER. WE DID HAVE HIGHER HOPES FOR THAT. SPECIALLY DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH PHASE 2. WE DID SEE SOME OTHER WASTEWATER PLANT RELOCATION PROGRAMS GET FUNDING TO THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY GOT FUNDING IN SMALLER AMOUNTS. SO I DON'T KNOW. WE ARE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND KEEP THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH TALLAHASSEE VERY ACTIVE AND ONCE WE FIGURE IT OUT WE ARE GOING TO ADAPT AND JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES WE ARE GOING TO APPLY FOR. AND I THINK WITH THAT, THAT IS THE BIG GRANT STATUS UPDATE. WE ARE VERY PROACTIVELY MOVING FORWARD. THEY PICK UP IN SPURTS AND WE WILL JUST KEEP ON APPLYING. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

>> NOPE. THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE FUNDING.

>> MADAM CHAIR, I -- THE MONEY FOR RESILIENT FLORIDA, WHEN WILL WE KNOW HOW MUCH HE FUNDS THE PROGRAM WITH? THE SECOND

PHASE 2? >> IT DEPENDS ON HOW HE FINALIZES HIS BUDGET WHICH I THINK LAST YEAR WAS CLOSE TO JUNE, MAYBE. MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THERE IS A BIT OF TIME. AND RIGHT NOW TALLAHASSEE IS IN SESSION, WE HAVE PLANS TO GO BACK ONE MORE TIME WHILE THEY ARE IN SESSION SO WE CAN MAKE OUR PLEA FOR THE $5 MILLION AND ALSO PLANT THE SEED FOR GOVERNOR DESANTIS TO MAYBE YOUR US REQUEST FOR $200 MILLION. I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAR THOSE SEATS MAKE IT, BUT BEING THERE AND TRYING HELPS. IT IS NOT UNTIL HE RELEASES THE OFFICIAL FULL FLORIDA BUDGET.

>> OKAY. >> AND THAT IS AFTER THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS IN EARLY MARCH AND SO IT IS AFTER THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS. AND THEY DO WHATEVER THEY DO.

>> YES. YES. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF BACK-AND-FORTH, BACK-AND-FORTH, BEHIND THE SCENES AND EVENTUALLY IT COMES UP. THEN YOU HEAR IT, THE PELICAN.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP, MR. MCMARTIN WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE

WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. >> YES, SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD NAME, MADAM CHAIR. I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE LAST YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS OUT THERE ON THE SITE.

A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, SOME OF WHICH IS VISIBLE AND SOME OF WHICH IS UNDERGROUND AND MORE INFRASTRUCTURE-BASED.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE WERE ALL THERE AT THE BROWN BREAKING ON VIBRATE THERE BUT THE REAL SITE WORK BEGAN IN 2022. IN-HOUSE UA STAFF GOT THE SITE UP TO THAT LEVEL WITH THE PRELIMINARY GRADE CLEARING. GET THE SITE READY FOR WHAT WE ALL SAW IT ON LAST YEAR. SINCE THE GROUNDBREAKING, ALL THAT CIVIL SITE WORK INSIGHT DRAINAGE HAS BEEN INSTALLED OVER THE LAST YEAR. THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE CRUX OF THAT WORK. THE STORM WATER RETENTION POND WAS EXCAVATED AND I PROVIDED MILLIONS OF TONS OF BORROWED DIRT FOR THE SITE TO BRING IT UP TO THE FINAL GRADE. THE UPSET STORAGE POND THAT IS A M

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COMPONENT OF THE FUTURE PLANNED TREATMENT PROCESS. ALL THE PRELIMINARY FINAL GRADING WAS DONE. OF COURSE, ALL THE DRAINAGE DISHES WERE UNDERGROUND. STORM WATER PIPING. TO THAT STORM WATER RETENTION POND. SO A LOT OF THINGS UNDERGROUND THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT SITE HIGH AND DRY AND READY FOR A PRODUCTIVE 2024 WE HOPE. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT FILLS TO THE MAXIMUM IN THE MIDDLE OF A MASSIVE STORM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT ACTUALLY DRAINS TO A CANAL TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE. THAT IS NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE WATER CONTROL DISTRICT. WE HAVE A PERMIT WITH HIM FOR STORMWATER DISCHARGE AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO ON THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE PICTURES OF SOME OTHER MILESTONES HEAD OUT THERE. THESE ARE THE VISIBLE THINGS YOU CAN SEE. THAT UPSET POND, IT WAS INSTALLED ON THAT POND MAKING IT READY TO PROTECT THE SOIL TO PREVENT ANY KIND OF CONTAMINATION OF THAT SOIL. IF WE HAVE TO FILL IT UP WITH SUBPAR QUALITY TREATED WATER OR DIVERSION FLOWS IN THE MIDDLE OF LARGE EMERGENCY STORMS. FULL STABILIZE PARKING LOT WAS INSTALLED OUT THERE. WE HAVE ABOUT THREE ACRES OF GRAVEL. SO YOU AND I GET STUCK IN THE MUD IF YOU ARE TO VISIT THE SITE.

THAT IS FOR WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE. THERE IS A NEW LITTLE CONSTRUCTION CITY THAT HAS POPPED UP WITH THREE DIFFERENT TRAILERS. ONE FOR THE DESIGN-BUILD TEAM, ONE FOR US, AND ANOTHER FOR THE GLOBAL TECH STAFF AS WELL. THE SITE IS FULLY FENCED AT THIS POINT. HEAVY-DUTY VINYL FENCE WAS INSTALLED. AT THE GATES, WE HAVE TEMPORARY GATES UP FOR NOW. WE HAVE TEMPORARY LIGHTING FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. IT SHOULD ALSO HELP IF ANY LABORERS NEED TO WORK INTO THE DUSK HOURS. AND HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SOME OF THE FIRST SEWER PROCESS LINE IS BEING INSTALLED RIGHT NOW. THE 16 INCH FORCE MAIN IS GOING IN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THIS WILL ALLOW OUR COLLECTION SYSTEM TO CONNECT AND DELIVER THE RAW SEWAGE FLOWS TO THE PLANT. THAT LINE IS GOING TO PREVENT MOST OF THOSE QUARTER FLOWS FROM MIDWAY AND INTO THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS.

ALSO, GOING ON RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DID A BUNCH OF WORK IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THE INJECTION WELL FLOW TESTING WAS PERFORMED BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, THE INJECTION WELLS WERE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR AND DRILLED FOR CONSTRUCTION BACK IN 2008. LUCKY FOR US BECAUSE THEY ARE ABOUT $2.8 MILLION A PIECE NOW. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN TESTED AT THEIR FULL CAPACITY, SO WE HAD TO SET UP TEMPORARY PIPE WORK.

TO GET THOSE WEALTHY GOOD EXERCISE AND GIVE THEM A REAL RATING. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE TOP RIGHT PICTURE THERE. USE THAT FOR OUR SUPPLY WATER AND COORDINATE THE RAW WATER FLOWS FROM THE POWER PLANT AND OUR OWN INTERNAL WATER RESOURCES TO KEEP UP. THAT WAS A BIG DAY. THAT DATA WILL BE USED FOR THE PUMPS AND THE FINAL DESIGNS FOR OUR SPECS AND FOR THE FUTURE PLANNED CAPACITY WHEN WE GET OUR PERMIT WHEN THAT PLANT IS BUILT. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A LOT OF GRADING AND DEWATERING PROPER GOING ON FOR THE MAIN FLOOR BIOLOGICAL REACTORS.

THOSE TANKS GOING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLANT. TO GET THE FOUNDATION, WE HAVE TO HIT CERTAIN SOIL DENSITIES, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD A VERY RAINY 2024 SO FAR SLOWING EVERYTHING DOWN SO THE SITE IS A LITTLE SLOPPIER THAN WHAT EVERYONE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT THAT TO GO ON FOR A LOT OF CONCRETE. AND WILL BE OUR BIG $3 MILLION REUSE TANK FOR CUSTOMERS AND FOR WHAT ALREADY PUMPS ARE GOING TO PULL OUT OF.

AND THE HEADWORKS STRUCTURES, THAT IS THE FIRST STEP OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS. AND ALL THE PROJECT SCHEDULE SUGGEST COMPLETION BY OCTOBER 2025, READY FOR OUR FIRST COMMISSION FLOWS. HOPEFULLY AT THE CONVEYANCE SYSTEM WORKS OUT CORRECTLY, WE SHOULD BE GETTING OUR NORMAL AVERAGE DAILY FLOWS AROUND THAT TIME AS WELL SO THAT IS ALL VERY GOOD DAYS. ON THE ADMISSION OF SIDE OF THINGS, I WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE JV BUILDING. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT PLAN REVIEW AND BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND GETTING THOSE PAID BETWEEN THAT DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY FIRE

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DISTRICT. THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A BUREAUCRATIC BOTTLENECK THAT HAS FORMED BUT WE ARE IN A GOOD GROOVE NOW AND ABLE TO PAY THOSE INVOICES VERY QUICKLY. WE PAID OVER $130,000 SO FAR IN BUILD REVIEW AND PERMIT FEES. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE O&M.

INTERAGENCY COORDINATION HAS BEEN GREAT. BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE ARE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT SAVED THE PROJECT ABOUT $60,000 IN FUNDS THAT ARE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE. THAT IS REALLY GREAT NEWS. THE WHOLE TEAM IS GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS GETTING THE OWNER DIRECT PURCHASING PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND. THE IDEA THERE IS TO BUY AS MUCH OF THE EQUIPMENT AND TREATMENT PROCESS EQUIPMENT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO FPUA'S SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS RELEASE $1.3 MILLION OF SALES TAX FOR THE PROJECT. AND WE ARE TARGETING EVEN MORE THAT IDEALLY. A LOT GOING ON ON THE PRACTICAL SIDE AND THE OFFICE SIDE. THAT IS IT FOR NOW. ANY

QUESTIONS? >> I JUST WOULD LIKE TO -- I KNOW WE SEE THE PICTURES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A VISIT OUT

IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. >> WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOU FOR A TOUR, ANYTIME YOU WOULD WANT TO GO. MIKE IS OUT THERE DAILY. SO IS JOE ALMOST DAILY. IT WILL BE DAILY AND NIGHTLY.

IT IS ALL OVER. WE WOULD LOVE TO KEEP YOU AT IT FOR A TOUR.

>> I WILL MAKE SURE TO COORDINATE WITH YOU. BECAUSE YOU DO NEED A 4 X 4 TO GET AROUND THE SITE. IT GIVES ME A

CHANCE TO USE MY 4 X 4. >> IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. I AM GLAD YOU GAVE US RAPPORT. WE KIND OF PUT IT IN THE BACK OF

OUR MIND AND FORGOT ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> VERY GOOD. NEXT, WE WILL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. JOE FRANCO. WE HAVE GOT THE FLYOVER LOADED UP. WE ALSO HAVE MR. DAVE SHUMAN FROM GLOBAL TECH IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AND ALSO MR. JOE CAN TOUR FROM HASKELL.

THE CONTRACTOR. THEY ARE BOTH HERE. IF MADAM MY UP AND BOARD MEMBERS. JUST BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE BIT TODAY. I AM GETTING THE TAIL END OF A HEAD COLD HERE SO I AM A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER. BUT I WILL DO THE BEST THAT I CAN HEAR. WHAT YOU HAVE IS A FLYOVER THAT IS GENERATED FROM THE 100% DESIGN DRAWINGS FOR THE FACILITY SO WHAT YOU SAY IS EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING BUILT UP HERE. THE ONLY CAVEAT I WILL ADD IS THIS IS GENERATED FROM A ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM SO THERE IS SOME ARTISTIC LICENSE HERE IF YOU WILL WITH SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING AND THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE PLACE.

SO AS YOU COME TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE FACILITY HERE, OBVIOUSLY IT IS A GATED SECURE ENTRANCE. YOU COME IN, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE YOU HAVE THE O&M BUILDING. THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION PART OF THE BUILDING. THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND VISIT HER ENTRANCE INTO THE BUILDING. AND THEN AS YOU COME AROUND HERE, SO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE IS THE ADMINISTRATION PART OF IT. THE LEFT-HAND PART OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE YOU SEE THE ROLLUP DOORS, THAT IS ALL THE MAINTENANCE AREA FOR THE FACILITY. SO IN HERE AS FAR AS THE PLANT IS CONCERNED, THIS IS THE OPERATIONS ROOM OR THE CONTROL ROOM FOR THE PLANT. SO THIS IS WHERE THE PLANT WILL BE OPERATED OUT OF AND THEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF OFFICE SPACES, TRAINING FACILITIES, RESTROOMS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOW THE NEW HOME FOR ALL OF WATER -- EXCUSE ME, ALL THE WASTEWATER OPERATIONS, SO NOW PLANT OPERATIONS IS GOING TO BE HOUSED HERE AND COLLECTIONS IS ALSO GOING TO BE HOUSED HERE, RATHER THAN BUILDING A SEPARATE STRUCTURE FOR COLLECTIONS. THIS BUILDING WAS EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT TO CREATE THE SPACE FOR ALL OF THE WASTEWATER OPERATIONS. ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE HERE, YOU HAVE THE MAINTENANCE AREAS. THIS IS WHERE PLANT TO STAFF AND COLLECTIONS WILL BE ABLE TO WORK ON PUMPS, VALVES, STORING SPARE PARTS AND STUFF, AND

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BASICALLY DOING R&R WORK. AND NOW AS THE ROOF FLIES BACK ON HERE, WE ARE GOING TO HEAD UP TOWARDS THE HEAD OF THE PLANT.

AND AS WE GO UP TOWARDS THE HEAD OF THE PLANT, WE ARE GOING TO PASS BY, THIS IS THE BLOWER AND ELECTRICAL BUILDING. SO IN HERE, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE GREEN OBJECTS. AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE THAT COLOR. THAT IS THE ARTISTIC LICENSE HERE. BUT THE GREEN OBJECTS ARE THE BLOWERS. THE WHITE PIPING IS THE PIPING COMING OUT FROM THE BLOWERS TO THE SECONDARY TREATMENT PROCESS. THIS IS THE ELECTRICAL ROOM IN THE HEADWORKS FACILITIES. WE DID GHOST IN HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE. THIS WHITISH COLORED OBJECT HERE, THEY ARE SHOWING THE FUTURE EXPANDING OF THE FACILITY. SO THAT WAS ALL PLANNED FOR AND ACCOUNTED FOR SO THAT YOU CAN EXPAND THE PLANT AND YOU DO HAVE ROOM FOR IT IN THE FUTURE. AND, NOW, AS WE FLY UP HERE TOWARDS THE HEAD OF THE PLANT, ON THE RIGHT, AS MIKE MENTIONE, THAT IS THE STORM WATER POND WHERE ALL THE STORM WATER IS TREATED AND DELIVERED TO THAT POND. THIS IS THE HEADWORKS OR PRETREATMENT FACILITY. AND, AS MIKE MENTIONED, THIS IS THE 16 INCH FORCE MAIN BEING CONSTRUCTED AS WE SPEAK AND IS BEING ROUTED DOWN TO THE CUL-DE-SAC AREA COMING OFF OF CELL THIS. THAT WILL BRING IN A PORTION OF THE FLOW, AND ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS A 24 INCH FORCE MAIN AND THAT IS ROTTED OUT TO THE WEST, AND THAT WILL HELP BRING IN THE BALANCE OF THE FLOW FROM THE REDIRECTED SYSTEM. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE HEADWORKS OR PRETREATMENT FACILITY IS MAINLY TO REMOVE ANY NON-ORGANICS IN THE TREATMENT PROCESS. THAT STUFF THAT IS NOT BENEFICIAL TO THE BIOLOGICAL PROCESS. SO YOU HAVE MECHANICAL BAR SCREENS AND A VORTEX SYSTEM TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THE WASTE STREAM. AND AS YOU FLY AROUND HERE TO THE RIGHT, THIS IS THE INFLUENT EQ TANK. IT FLOWS BACK TO THE HEADWORKS AND INTO THE PROCESS. THIS TANK IS NEEDED FOR THE AQUAMARINE A PROCESS. THEN SHAVES OFF THE PEAKS COMING INTO THE PLANT. AND SOME OF THE LOWER FLOWS THAT YOU CANNOT PUT INTO THE PROCESS. SO THAT YOU COULD DOSE THE PLANT AT A BETTER RATE. AND, NOW, AS WE COME AROUND HERE, THE END OF THE HEADWORKS FACILITY HERE, YOU HAVE A DISTRIBUTION BOX IN LARGE DIAMETER PIPES THAT ARE SUPPLYING THE FLOW TO THE SECONDARY TREATMENT PROCESS. SO, NOW, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEART OF THE TREATMENT PLANT. SO THIS IS WHERE ALL THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT HAPPENED HERE. THIS IS THE AQUAMARINE A PROCESS WHERE YOU HAVE FOUR EQUALLY SIZED BASINS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY 100 BY 100 SQUARE FEET EACH. YOU HAVE THESE LATERAL LAUNDERERS IN HERE OR TROUGHS, IF YOU WILL, WHICH THE TREATED EFFLUENT COMES OUT OF. THEY COME INTO THESE COLLECTOR TROUGHS, WHICH ARE SERVICEABLE THAT OPERATIONS CAN GET ON THEM TO SERVICE EVERYTHING. IT COMES OUT TO THE MAIN COLLECTION TROUGH, WHICH IS UNDER THIS WALKWAY WHICH THEN COMES DOWN TO THE FILTERS. AND, AGAIN, YOU SEE THE AIR PIPING COMING WHICH GOES DOWN INTO THE DIFFUSED AIR FOR THE TREATMENT.

AS YOU FLY ON THE DECK, YOU SEE THAT. MR. MIKE BARTON IS HERE CHECKING ON OPERATIONS AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING PROPERLY. SO IT JUST STOPS. SO, NOW, YOU ARE ON THE WALKWAY ESSENTIALLY LOOKING OUT ONE OF THE BASINS FOR THE TREATMENT. YOU WILL SEE, THESE ARE STAINLESS STEEL COLLECTION LAUNDERERS. THE TREATED EFFLUENT COMES UP AND GOES OUT THROUGH THESE INTO THE COLLECTION TROUGHS AND THEN OUT INTO THE MAIN HEADER. AND, UNDERNEATH THIS, YOU SEE ALL THE AIR DIFFUSERS AND EVERYTHING SUPPLYING AIR TO THE BASINS. I ACTUALLY CANNOT SHOW YOU THAT BECAUSE IT IS A PROPRIETARY PROCESS. AND , AS PART OF THE AQUAMARINE A TREATMENT PROCESS, THEY REQUIRE TWO SLUDGE BUFFER TANKS AND A WATER LEVEL CORRECTION TANK. THIS IS THE WATER LEVEL

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CORRECTION TANK AND THESE ARE THE SLEDGE CORRECTION TANKS AND THEY ARE REQUIRED FOR THE PROCESS. THE WATER LEVEL IS REQUIRED WHEN YOU GO TO AERATE. AND THE SLUDGE BUFFER IS USED TO MANAGER SOLID INVENTORY IN THE BIOLOGICAL PROCESS. SOME OF THAT NONSETTLING FLOCK IS WASTED OUT OF THE SYSTEM. SOME OF THAT GETS RETURNED TO THE HEADWORKS. SOME OF IT IS WASTED OUT OF THE PLANT, WHICH IS NORMAL IN ANY PLANS TO MANAGE YOUR BIOSOLIDS INVENTORY. THESE ARE THE PUMPS FOR THE WATER LEVEL CORRECTION WHICH PUMPS BACK TO THE HEADWORKS FACILITY.

AND THESE PUMPS ALSO PUMP A PORTION OF THE FLOW BACK TO THE HEADWORKS FACILITY AND THEN THE THICKENED PORTION IS WASTED DOWN TO THE AERATED SLUDGE HOLDING TANKS THAT YOU WILL SEE AT THE END. AND, NOW, AS WE COME AROUND, YOU GET TO SEE THE CHLORINE CONTACT TANK AND OUR EFFLUENT FILTERS. SO NOW THAT TREATED SECONDARY EFFLUENT COMING OUT OF THE AQUA PROCESS COMES DOWN TO THESE FILTERS. THESE ARE CLOTH FILTERS. THEY ARE NOT THESE COLOR. THAT IS JUST PART OF THE PROGRAM. BUT YOU DO SEE THE GHOST IN FILTERS FOR PHASE 2. WE WANTED TO ADD THAT FOR THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHY IS THIS SLAB BIGGER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. SO WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE HYPER CHLORIDE STORAGE SYSTEM. REUSING LIQUID HYPOCHLORITE TO DISINFECT OF THE TREATED WASTEWATER. YOU ARE COMING UP ON THE CHLORINE CONTACT TANK. SO, NOW, THE HYPOCHLORITE COMES INTO THIS CHLORINE CONTACT TANK HERE. IT IS A SERPENTINE TANK. TREATED EFFLUENT COMES OUT HERE. THERE IS MONITORING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING WE USE QUALITY STANDARDS AND HIGH-LEVEL DISINFECTION. THESE LARGER PUMPS ON THE NORTH SIDE HERE ARE THE TRANSFER PUMPS PUMPING THAT TREATED REUSE WATER TO THE GROUND STORAGE TANK. THE SMALLER PUMPS ARE PROVIDING IMPLANT PROCESS WATER. THERE IS A LOOP THAT GOES AROUND THE ENTIRE PLANT SO THAT ALL THE PROCESS WATER WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT AND WASHING DOWN LAUNDERERS AND WASH WAYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEY ARE USING REUSE WATER TO DO THAT AND NOT USING POTABLE WATER. I WILL POINT OUT HERE THERE IS A MASSIVE SERVICE CONNECTION. THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPS OR PUMPING WATER THROUGH THIS TO THE TREASURE COAST ENERGY CENTER AND THEY ARE PROVIDING THAT REUSE WATER. AS THEY NEED NOW FOR THEIR BLOWDOWN WATER. IN THE BACKGROUND HERE, YOU SEE, AND MIKE MARTIN MENTIONED IT, THAT THE UPSIDE STORAGE POND IS BUILT. THAT WAS INVALUABLE FOR TESTING INJECTION WELL NUMBER 2. BUT PLANT STAFF HOPE THAT THEY NEVER HAVE TO UTILIZE THAT POND, BUT IT IS THERE AND IT IS REQUIRED. NOW, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE MAIN ELECTRICAL BUILDING. SO HERE IS THE FPUA TRANSFORMERS WHERE IT IS COMING INTO ENERGY LANE AND IN THE TRANSFORMERS INTO THE SWITCHGEAR AND THE PANEL BOARDS HERE AND THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTERS. THIS IS THE ELECTRICAL CONTROL CENTER FOR THE PLANT BECAUSE OF THE DEEP INJECTION WELLS AND SIZE OF THE MOTORS.

IT IS THE LARGEST LOAD OF THE PLANT. IT IS ON THIS END OF THE PLANT. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR AND DIESEL FUEL TANK. THOSE ARE BEING RELOCATED FROM THE ISLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO THAT THEY CAN BE UTILIZED. THEY ARE FAIRLY NEW. AND, NOW, AS WE FLY BACK TO THE END OF THE PLANT, YOU ARE GOING BY THE 3 MILLION GALLONS GROUND STORAGE TANK FOR REUSE. THESE ARE THE INJECTION WELL PUMPS THAT YOU SEE. AND THEN, OVER HERE, YOU HAVE INJECTION WELL NUMBER 1 AND INJECTION WELL NUMBER 2.

INJECTION WELL NUMBER 1 IS PRIMARILY SERVING THE TREASURE COAST ENERGY CENTER RIGHT NOW. IT IS TAKING THE BLOWDOWN WATER. THAT IS A INDUSTRIAL WELL. INJECTION WELL NUMBER 2, AS MIKE POINTED OUT, WAS INSTALLED BUT NEVER TESTED

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BECAUSE YOU CANNOT GET THE FLOW RIGHT. YOU NEED TO GET UP TO 18 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY FOR LIKE A FOUR HOUR PERIOD TO TEST THIS WELL. WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT UTILIZING THE POND AND THE WATER FROM THE TREASURE COAST ENERGY CENTER. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT DID VERY WELL, AND WE GOT UP TO 18.65 AS A STEADY RATE GOING DOWN THAT WELL. SO THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS PERMITTING WISE. AND, NOW, AS WE CIRCLE BACK OUT TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE, YOU ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP TO THAT AERATED SLUDGE HOLDING TANKS. AGAIN, THAT IS WHERE THE PSALTER WASTED OUT OF THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS. THEY GET STORED HERE AND AS THE FLOW INCREASES AND YOU BUILD UP ENOUGH VOLUME IN HERE, RIGHT NOW YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE CONTRACT UTILITY SERVICES THAT COME INTO PROCESS THOSE BIOSOLIDS, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING ON THE ISLAND FACILITY RIGHT NOW. AND THEN AS WE FLY UP TO THE BIRD'S-EYE VIEW HERE, THE LAST THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO IS SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE UNDERGROUND. SO EVERYBODY COMES INTO THESE PLANTS, AND UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN THERE AND HAVE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU DRIVE AROUND AND SEE THE TANKS AND EVERYTHING, AND YOU REALIZE WHAT IS THERE, BUT MOST PEOPLE NEVER REALLY HAVE A CONCEPT OF WHAT IS UNDERGROUND TO MAKE THIS ALL WORK. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF LARGE DIAMETER PIPING IN HERE FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS. YOU HAVE PROCESS WATER PIPING GOING AROUND THE SITE, AS I MENTIONED FOR THE HOSE BIBS. THERE IS ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION DOUG BATES IN HERE. THERE IS STORM WATER PIPING IN HERE. AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS UNDER THE GROUND, AS WELL, THAT YOU DO NOT GET TO SEE. AND, WITH THAT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

>> VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DESIGN OF THE PLANT OR

ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN ANSWER? >> MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND COMMENT. THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT REALLY GIVES YOU A GOOD IDEA BEYOND WHAT I THINK MOST OF US WERE REALLY ENVISIONING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DID HAVE A QUESTION TALKING ABOUT TRANSFORMERS AND OUR ISSUES. I'M HOPING THAT MR. RUTHERFORD HAS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED ON HIS LIST FOR PROCUREMENT. CORRECT? SO THAT WE ARE NOT WAITING ON THAT IF WE ARE IN NEED OF TRANSFORMERS

THAT WE CANNOT GET. >> I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WE

CAN PRIORITIZE THAT. >> WHICH, THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN THE WORKS. MR. MIKE MARTIN HAS BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY WITH THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW.

>> OKAY. GREAT. >> AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT MS. GIVENS SAID, THAT WAS A REALLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE.

IT WAS 3-D. NARRATED GREAT. ALMOST LIKE BEING AT UNIVERSAL. ONE THING THEY HAVE A UNIVERSAL --

>> KICKING CHAIRS. >> BUT THERE ARE SOME OF THE RIDES WERE THEY ACTUALLY HELP YOU SMELL WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> NO! WE DO NOT NEED! >> IT FULLY IMMERSED AND HAVE THE SMELLS. THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT, THE COMPUTER DOES IT. NO. NO. THAT IS A LOT OF MANUAL WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS. IT IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS BOARD. WE WILL ALSO DO THIS PRESENTATION FOR THE CITY COMMISSION AS WELL. BUT JUST GET THIS OUT THERE SO THAT THEY SEE WHAT THEY ARE GETTING FOR THEIR DOLLARS. YOU KNOW? TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT. AND BREAKING IT DOWN LIKE THIS, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ENGINEERING LANGUAGE IN THAT, WHICH IS KIND OF TOUGH TO DO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AS COMPLICATED AS THAT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I AGREE. THERE WAS NO ACRONYMS. I DON'T THINK YOU

USED ONE. >> WE WILL NOT FORGET THE UAC BOARD ALSO WITH THIS SO THEY CAN COME IN.

>> BUT WHENEVER THE SITE STARTS GOING VERTICAL, THERE WILL REALLY BE A LOT THAT WILL START HAPPENING AND IT WILL BE A VERY

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BUSY SITE. >> HOW MUCH BIGGER IS THIS SITE

THAN THE CURRENT SITE? >>?. I BELIEVE THIS SITE IS 25 ACRES IN THE CURRENT SITE I BELIEVE IS 18.

>> AND IN THE PROCESS, THERE ARE A LOT OF TERMS THAT I SORT OF KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT AQUA NARITA IS THE PROCESS THAT YOU SHOWED US AT CERTAIN POINTS FOR THAT FIT IN AND WHAT THAT WAS DOING, AND THAT IS NOT ON THE CURRENT

SITE. RIGHT? NOT AQUANEREDA. >> ALL RIGHT. IS THAT IT?

[E.11. FDOT Roadway Illumination Agreement for the Lighting Retrofit Project - 25th & Seaway Dr. Approve the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Roadway Illumination Services Agreement for a new light & replacements of existing lights and reimbursements to FPUA associated with roadway improvements at intersections 25th St & Delaware, 25th St & Okeechobee and Seaway & Binney Dr, in the amount of $16,509.91. Recommend approval of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Roadway Illumination Services Agreement contract as approved as to legal form by the General Counsel.]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> IT IS 4:28, SO WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS ADDED. MR. CISENAROS.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE, WE HAVE TO GET THESE AGREEMENTS SIGNED BECAUSE WE ARE WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION. SO THE NEXT REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE A UTILITY WORK AGREEMENT WITH FPUA FOR LIGHTING. THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTRIC AND GAS WILL PRESENT

THEM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR BENNETT, MAYOR HUDSON, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS ROADWAY ILLUMINATION SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH FPUA IS REQUIRED FOR THE ROADWAY ENTER SECTION SOUTH 25TH STREET AND DELAWARE AVENUE. SOUTH THE STREET AND OKEECHOBEE ROAD, AND SEAWAY DRIVE AND MAIN DRIVE. FPUA HAS REQUESTED THE ADDITION OF NEW STREETLIGHTING ON THESE INTERSECTIONS. DAILY AND SONG LIGHTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARDS AT 11 PREDETERMINED LOCATIONS, AND FDUA WILL BE IN PERSON $6195 FOR THE WORK.

THEY ARE REQUESTING THE APPROVAL FOR THE ROADWAY DONATION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR NEW LIGHTS, REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING LIGHTS, AND THE REIMBURSEMENTS TO FPUA ASSOCIATE WITH IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTIONS MENTIONED. IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,509.91. THE STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ROADWAY ILLUMINATION SERVICES AGREEMENT CONTRACT APPROVED AS GAL FORM B COUNSEL. I COULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS NOW.

>> QUESTIONS? >> WE APPROVE.

>> WE APPROVE. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT. THAT IS

WHERE THE 16,000 IS. RIGHT? >> MOTION?

>> YES. I MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MEDICAL COMA WILL PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MR. FEE .

[E.12. Resolution No. UA 2024-03 - Subordination of Utility Interest-Kings Hwy Staff recommends approval of Resolution No. UA 2024-03 approving the City Subordination of Utility Interest to the Florida Department of Transportation associated with the Kings Highway Signalization Project. [Parcel #218.7)]

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MS. TENENT.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE RESOLUTION

204-23. >> A RESOLUTION BY THE PORT AUTHORITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, APPROVING CITY COORDINATION OF UTILITY INTEREST TO THE FDLT.

>> YEP. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE NEXT ITEM AS MENTIONED IS A AGREEMENT FOR THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT WITH KINGS HIGHWAY, AND HER SUPERVISOR AND ENGINEER WILL

PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN.

IF YOUR WAY HAS ONE EASEMENT THAT REQUIRES COORDINATION TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE PROJECTS OF THE KINGS HIGHWAY CYCLIZATION PROJECT, AND UTILITIES WITHIN THE EASEMENTS THAT MUST THEN BE RELOCATED NOW OR IN THE FUTURE WILL BE LOCATED AT THE FDLT'S EXPENSE. WITH THAT, IT IS RECOMMENDED THE CHAIR SIGN THAT UTILITY INTEREST DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE KINGS HIGHWAY SIGNALIZED STATION PROJECT, CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL BY THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? AT THIS TIME? APPROVAL?

>> SECOND. >> MADAM CLERK MIGHT WILL

PLEASE APPROVE THE ROLE? >> MR. FEE?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON .

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MS. BENNETT?