Sep 25, 2023 City Council Study Session Agenda

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TRY TO DO THREE

[I.  Call to Order]

FIRST IS TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT IN, UH, AS THE PLANT IN, WITH REGARD TO WATERSHED MANAGEMENT.

YOU'VE ALREADY AUTHORIZED AND MOSTLY COMPLETE THE CONE PROJECT YOU'VE ALREADY AUTHORIZED, AND YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT A VERY AMOUNT OF MONEY ON WATERSHED MANAGEMENT.

THE C D M SMITH REPORT, WHICH YOU ALSO ADOPTED AND HAD A STUDY SESSION ON LAST YEAR, RECOMMENDED WE MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT OTHER IMPROVEMENTS HERE AT THE WASTE PROTECT WASTEWATER AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, UM, WITH REGARD TO LINE FEED AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. SO WE WANT TO BRIEF YOU ON WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY INVESTED IN, WHAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN, AND WHAT THE PLAN IN THE C D M SMITH REPORT, BECAUSE YOU'LL BE SEEING THESE LATER ON RATHER THAN JUST SHOW SLIDES.

WE THOUGHT IT BE HELPFUL TO GET A QUICK WALK AROUND.

SO IN JUST A SECOND.

UM, ROBERT, WE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, UH, FOR WATER AND SEWER, IS GOING START OUR POWERPOINT FOR OUR STAFF.

TALK VERY, VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IN THE TOUR.

THEN WE'LL TAKE THE TOUR.

THE SECOND THING THAT I'M HOPING TO DO THIS EVENING IS, UH, DISCUSS WITH YOU WHAT I CALL IN THE AGENDA MATERIAL PHASE ONE OF ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY, UH, PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN BEFORE.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, PUMPING AREA WITH REGARD TO THE FORMER UL IN SITE AND WITH REGARD TO THE .

THOSE ARE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, AND WHICH THE INTERRA REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT WE DO IN ORDER TO HAVE, UM, DROUGHT, UM, RESILIENCY BETWEEN THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WE GOT JUST BY DOING THE DREDGING PROJECT, PLUS THESE THREE OTHER PROJECTS.

WE THINK WE HAVE THAT AND DROUGHT RESILIENCY.

UH, BUT IF THE CITY IS INTERESTED IN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL WATER ABOVE AND BEYOND DROUGHT RESILIENCY, THAT'S THE THIRD QUESTION.

SHOULD WE GO DOWN THE ROAD OF TRYING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL WATER, WATER SUPPLY AND WATER CAPACITY WITH POTABLE AND NON-POWER SO THAT WE CAN, UH, ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES LIKE IT WOULD BE LIKE LG CAM, LIKE, OR WITH SOME, AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES, UH, AND MAJOR EMPLOYERS UP ON NORTH MARSH COLLEGE ROAD.

UM, THEN IT GOES BEYOND THE PARAMETERS OF THE INTERIOR REPORT, WHICH WAS JUST TO PROVIDE DROUGHT RESILIENCY.

AND SO THAT, UH, CAUSES US TO THINK ABOUT SOME OTHER PLANNING DECISIONS.

AND SO THE THREE THINGS ARE, LOOK WHAT WE'VE ALREADY FUNDED HERE AT THE PLAN AND WATERSHED NUMBER TWO, THE, FOR THE PHASE ONE WATER, THAT WAS JUST TO GET THE RE I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT SATISFACTORILY.

AND THEN NUMBER THREE, WE WANT TO GO BEYOND THAT AND LET SOME OF THE OPTIONS ARE FOR, SO ROBERT, I'LL TURN IT OVER

[II.  Study Session: Study Sessions are less formal meetings of the City Council called to discuss broad policy themes and obtain input from the governing body about proposals and initiatives that are still being developed. No formal votes are taken at Study Sessions, and no informal directions expressed at Study Sessions bind the City Council, or its individual members, to vote in a certain manner at a future City Council meeting. Members of the public should limit their remarks to three (3) minutes after Council discussion.]

OKAY, SURE.

UM, WELL THIS IS JUST AN AERIAL VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE DURING THE CONFERENCE ROOM, AND, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS GO OUT, FIRST OF ALL, WE SEE THIS CLERICAL, THIS JUST BE SOMETHING HERE.

AND AFTER THAT I'LL WAY BACK FROM THEM.

WE'RE GONNA STOP AND SEE PIECE, WE GONNA CALL A LINE SLATER, WHICH IS PART OF THE, THE UPCOMING PROJECTS.

UH, AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL GO DOWN TO THIS THING CALLED THE HIGH SURFACE PUMP.

AND, UH, IT'S QUITE THING THAT WE HOLD.

UM, AND SO THAT'S A PART OF THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADES THAT ARE, THAT COME BACK.

SO, UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CHANDRA WHO'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, JUST BEFORE YOU SEE WHAT YOU SEE, SEE EVERYBODY.

WELCOME EVERYBODY.

UH, AGAIN, I'M SEAN SMITH.

I'M THE WATER PRODUCTION OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR AT WATER PIT.

AND, UH, JUST A COUPLE TO NOTE WHERE THE ITEMS WE SEE AS THE, UH, PROCEEDING.

UH, THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE DO A FALL WASHOUT ON OUR, UH, EXISTING TRAIN SERVICE.

WHILE PROJECT WAS, UH, TAKING PLACE.

UH, WE BE ABLE TO NOTE SOME OF THE LINE DEPOSITS AS WELL AS SEE THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE PURIFIER ITSELF AS FAR AS MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL INTERNAL PARTS.

UM, ALSO WOULD BE, UH, MAKING OUR WAY BACK THROUGH THE CHEMICAL .

UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE LIME TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE, AS WELL AS, UH, FOR DISCUSSION ON, UH, A NEWER TECHNOLOGY DE HYDRATED LINE.

REDUCES SCALE, AS YOU'LL SEE THE AND AND WHY.

BACK TO THAT SLIDE REALLY QUICK AND WHY THIS IS RELEVANT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE BID OUT THESE, UH, THIS, UM, CHEMICAL FEED, WE'RE GONNA BID IT OUT WITH THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND WITH THE UPGRADED TECHNOLOGY.

EITHER WAY, THE THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CHEAPER IN THE SHORT TERM, BUT NOT IN THE LONG TERM.

AND TO REALLY EVALUATE, WE'RE GONNA BID IT BOTH WAYS.

AND SO, UH,

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THAT'S WHY THAT THAT CHOICE IS THERE.

SO I THINK WE'RE READY TO, UH, BEGIN OUR, OUR TOOL.

THAT'LL BE VERY BRIEF AND QUICK.

UH, ONE SAFETY NOTE.

UH, WE'RE A LARGE FACILITY.

WE USE FOREIGN GAS ON SITE IN STORAGE AS WELL.

UM, FOR OUR, UM, R P OUR RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM HAVE TO INFORM YOU OF THAT AS WELL AS IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT OR POINT IS THE, UH, FRONT PARKING LOT.

THAT BEING SAID, UH, LET'S PREPARED TO HEAD OUT OUR WATERSHED GRANTS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE GOT THE 2021 SECTION THREE 19 GRANT FOR 115,000 THAT ALL THOSE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE, ARE COMPLETED PRETTY MUCH.

UM, THE LAST PROJECT IS PROBABLY ABOUT 90% DONE NOW, UM, BECAUSE I'M WORKING ON IT LAST WEEKEND.

ALL THE WATERSHED PLANS ARE COMPLETE AND WE WILL FINISH UP THAT GRANT IN, IN, UH, THIS YEAR.

THE OTHER ONE, THE 2022, WHICH IS FOR 250,000, UH, WHEEL SERVICE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THIS FALL.

AND THEN WE'LL DO THE WATERSHED PLANS.

UH, NORTH WATER IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THOSE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN THE 2023 SECTION THREE 19 GRANT FOR 350,000, WE ARE STILL AWAITING TO RESPONSE FROM I E P A.

KYLE WILL GET A RESPONSE FROM THAT ONE NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE U S D A REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR 9.8 MILLION.

AND WE ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING KICKOFF MEETINGS WITH THAT, WITH N R C SS OFFICES IN OUR PARTNERS RIGHT NOW, UM, GETTING THAT ORGANIZED AND WE'LL DO A SPRING SIGN UP FOR THAT IN 2024.

AND JUST THE FUTURE PROJECTS WE GOT GOING, UH, WE GOT STALEY BASIN WATERSHED FUNDS.

WE'RE GOING TO USE THEM FOR THE HOT WATER DITCH FOR, UH, SHORELINE STABILIZATION AROUND THAT AREA.

AND THEN ALSO AROUND THIS STALEY BOAT RAMP, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS A COUNTRY CLUB BOAT RAMP.

UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME GREAT STABILIZATION, UH, VIRTUAL LINE STABILIZATION PROJECTS OVER THERE.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK ON FUTURE GRANTS ON TRYING TO BRING IN OTHER MONEY FOR THE WATERSHED.

SO WE ARE NOW, UM, WE'VE NOW COME TO THE END OF THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH WAS, UH, FAMILIARIZE THE COUNCIL WITH, UH, THE STATUS OF THE SOUTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS AND THE WATERSHED, UH, PROJECT.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO ON BOTH OF THEM WITH OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE BE COMING TO COUNCIL IN MONTHS AND, AND YEARS AHEAD.

UH, THE, UM, I THINK WE, EARLY ON IN THE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SAID THAT WE OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS NEED TO SPEND $20 MILLION.

YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT 10 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ALREADY FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.

AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE PORTION THAT THE COUNCIL WILL ALLOCATE OF ITS LOCAL RESOURCES.

BUT I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN OFF TO A GOOD START.

BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER ONE.

SO JUST ON THE WATER, EXCUSE ME, ON WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND THE PLAN.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO ONTO TO THE SECOND? I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.

I A QUESTION ON THAT.

NINE $8 MILLION GRANT THOUSAND 24.

SO THAT MONEY GOES TOWARDS THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS BECAUSE ALL THOUSAND.

SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH N R C SS, SO, WHICH IS A NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE.

AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL PARTNER WITH, UM, FARMERS AND THAT IS FOR, UM, ONES THAT THEY WANT TO PUT ON COVER CROPS, TILLAGE MANAGEMENT, NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT.

AND SO THAT IS THE 9.8 IS OVER FIVE YEARS.

OKAY.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON SIMON FARMERS UP TO PUT COVER CROPS ON YOUR FIELD FOR FIVE YEARS TO HELP THAT REDUCTION YOU DID IN 2024 FOUR.

YES.

YES.

JENNIFER, AS YOU KNOW, THE DEC CONTINUES TO FILL THE, AND THE LAST ESTIMATE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM NORTHWATER CONSULTING.

AND SO THAT'S ON LAND, ON PLANET EARTH, IS A SETTLING IN OUR MAKING.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT, IN TERRA REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED ITS ASSUMPTION IS THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE WATER.

SO I GUESS I HAVE MULTIPLE QUESTIONS.

UM, FIRST, UM, YOU MENTIONED

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UM, SECOND CITY MANAGER WRITING IS CORRECT THAT NORTH WATER CONSULTING REQUESTED 22 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS FOR WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OR WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF PRACTICES.

BUT THE TIMEFRAME IS WITHIN FOUR YEARS.

AND THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO THAT THIS MANAGEMENT, UM, DOCUMENT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THE OTHER $10 MILLION? AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NORTH WATERS RECOMMENDED WAS, UM, A WETLAND COMPLEX, UM, AT THE NORTH END.

SO WHERE IS THAT? 'CAUSE ULTIMATELY, IF SEDIMENT KEEPS COMING IN AT A RATE OF 500,000 TO $700,000 A YEAR, AND THAT'S UNABATED THAT BEGAN THE YEAR WE STARTED DREDGING AND CONTINUING ALL OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE LATER ON R D 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT LESS VOLUME OF WATER IN OUR BATHTUB BELT SERVICE.

SO I GUESS TO SHORTEN THAT, WHEN IS THE COUNCIL GOING TO SEE THE OTHER 10 MILLION FUNDING? JENNIFER, I'D LOVE, LET ME SEE ARGUMENT.

UM, THE, UH, WE AGREE, YEAH.

NORTH WATER RESOURCES, UM, IS, I MEAN, JENNIFER'S GIVING AN UPDATE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE.

UH, AT THE SAME TIME, UH, JEN, UH, NORTHWATER AND JEFF LER HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY CONTINUE TO STUDY THESE OPTIONS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE ONES THAT UPDATED AS MENTIONED IN AND SOME OTHER ONES THAT ARE, THEY'RE IN HIS, IN HIS REPORT.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THOSE TO ACCOUNT AS AS THEY ARE READY.

UM, I'M NOT, AT THIS POINT, I'M, I'M NOT ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, UM, THE FUNDING OF IT FOR, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

THE FIRST IS THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT THERE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING IT, UM, FOR EXACTLY THIS KIND OF WORK.

AND PARTICULARLY IN, IN, IN A SENSITIVE WATERSHED, WHICH OURS IS CONSIDERED A SENSITIVE WATERSHED BY ILLINOIS E P A AND BY THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

FURTHERMORE, IT ALSO HAS, UH, A CERTAINLY COMMITTED IN ITS LONG RANGE MINING TO FUNDING, UH, PORTIONS OF THIS FROM, UH, FROM ITS OWN WATER RESOURCES, UH, HIS OWN WATER FUNDS AS WELL.

SO, UM, IT, AT NO POINT HAS ANY PROJECT THAT STAFF HAS BROUGHT OR THE BECK HAS BOUGHT AND HAS BEEN AND HAS NOT ADVANCED THE CITY COUNCIL.

'CAUSE WE'VE HAVE MONEY FOR IT.

WELL, I GUESS I HAVE A FOLLOW UP, DAVID.

I'M GONNA JUST TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE ALL NIGHT.

LISTEN, YOU ASKED 50,000 QUESTIONS, OKAY? PLEASE JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

WE'VE GOT SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.

I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE ALL NIGHT LISTENING TO YOU TALK.

OKAY? I RESPECT YOUR OPINIONS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE ALL NIGHT.

SO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND LET'S GET THROUGH THIS.

IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ASKED LATER, THEN ASK THEM OUTSIDE THE MEETING.

YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR 50,000 QUESTIONS.

I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE FOR THAT.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION? HOW RECEPTIVE ARE THE FARMERS, UH, WITH THE PARTNERSHIP? IT'S TOUGH.

I'M NOT GONNA LIE.

IT IS TOUGH.

IT'S TOUGH TO GET 'EM ON BOARD.

IT'S TOUGH TO GET 'EM TO CHANGE.

YOU GOTTA CHANGE THE CULTURE OF AGRICULTURE AND THAT'S, THAT'S HARD OF, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA CHANGE THE WAY THAT THEIR GRANDPA DID IT AND PLOW THE FIELDS TO NOT PLOW THE FIELDS.

AND IT'S HARD TO GET THEM ON BOARD WITH THAT.

SO WITH THEIR, IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, WE CAN'T FORCE ANYBODY TO DO IT.

UM, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AND CHANGE IT.

YEAH.

ON TO FOLLOW UP WITH THIS QUESTION, UM, I ASSUME THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME OTHER FARMERS IN OTHER, UH, STATES OR LOCATIONS THAT ARE ON BOARD WITH THAT TYPE OF PROJECT? YES.

HAVE THEY BEEN REFERRED TO THEM OR, OR BRINGING SOME OF THOSE? YOU CAN TALK TO ME.

YEAH, WE WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE DONE THIS IN OTHER AREAS AND WORKING WITH THEM ON WHAT KIND OF, WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

UM, OUR BIG THING IS, UM, 75% OF OUR FARM GROUND IS, UH, MANAGED BY FARM MANAGERS AND ABSENT LAND OWNERS.

AND THAT'S THE HARD PART.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET, UM, OF OUR MANAGERS AND WE'RE GONNA BE HELD TO PICK NEEDS WITH THAT.

YEAH.

SO GONNA QUESTION THREE OF 49,990.

I, DAVID, I'M JUST TELLING I DON'T WANT TO, I JUST DON'T WANNA SIT HERE ALL NIGHT.

COUNSEL, YOU WANT ME TO GO LEAVE THE COUNSEL? NO,

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I JUST DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE ALL NIGHT AND HAVE YOU TALK ALL NIGHT LONG.

WELL, ASKING QUESTIONS, THAT'S FINE.

JUST MAKE AND BRIEF, WE CAN HAVE AN ORDER.

HAVE A GOOD QUESTION.

MR. WRIGHT, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE C B M SMITH REPORT INCLUDED THE EXPENSES FROM THE NORTH WATER, UH, CONSULTING STUDY.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT'S WHAT WE SAID.

I WHAT I SAID THAT YOU SAID THAT THE C B M SMITH REPORT INCLUDES, UM, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SEWER EXCUSE ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN.

THE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT COMPONENT OF IT'S NOT COVERED BY C D M SMITH.

THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT BECKLER TEAM ON.

OKAY.

SO IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO, UM, PURSUIT OF THE 10 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS AND OTHER FUNDING THAT IS NEEDED FOR WATERSHED MANAGEMENT.

COUNCILMAN HORNE WE'RE PURSUING FUND FUNDING ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS CONSULTANT ON BOARD.

UM, MS. UH, BOB AND IT'S ABOUT IS BECAUSE BASICALLY A FUNCTION IN THE SAME CAPACITY AND SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR AS ANN SCHNEIDER DOES ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE.

AND, AND IF I COULD JUMP IN WHEN WE STARTED OUR, THE, UH, GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT THAT IS AROUND $90 MILLION WET HAVE $9 MILLION UP FRONT AND IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT AND YOU DO IT A CHUNK AT A TIME.

'CAUSE YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET ALL THE MONEY YOU NEED UPFRONT.

YOU DO IT A PIECE AT A TIME.

AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE PROCEEDED WITH MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

IT'S, YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO GET THAT CHECKBOOK EVERY YEAR.

YOU GET YOUR 10 MILLION HERE, WHICH IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, A HALF A MILLION HERE, A MILLIONAIRE.

WE'VE HAD ROAD PROJECTS I'VE WORKED ON AND IT'S LIKE NOW IT'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE, BUT $3 MILLION A MILE.

I MEAN THAT IT JUST, YOU DO IT A CHUNK AT A TIME, IT'S ONE BY THAT OF THE ELEPHANTS.

YES, WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO KEEP UP AND KEEP A LOT OF THINGS GOING AT THE SAME TIME, BUT YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET ALL THE MONEY YOU NEED RIGHT UP FRONT.

IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN THE AMAZING LESS THAN TWO YEARS WE HAVE.

AND I, I AM CONFIDENT THAT BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE OTHER SOURCES AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT PLUS THE CITY COUNCIL'S OWN COMMITMENT TO SPEND ITS OWN WATER FUNDS ON IT, THAT, UH, THAT WHEN EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS IS READY FOR YOUR ADOPTION, WE WILL HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT ALL RIGHT NOW.

IT JUST, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.

I'M NOT HAVE MONEY TO FIX YOUR OWN IN DAY.

EXACTLY.

WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET EVERY, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA NEED JUST LIKE THE, JUST LIKE THE HOME.

WE'RE NOT GONNA GET EVERY HOME TORN OUT.

WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.

WE CAN'T GET EVERYTHING DONE.

THIS NEEDS DROP A POT LOAD OF MONEY.

SO ARE WE READY TO MOVE TO ITEM TWO? I AM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR, UH, JENNIFER'S PRESENTATION ON WATERS.

OKAY, WE'RE GOOD.

THANKS ROBERT.

I'M GONNA COVER IT NOW.

UM, LOOKING AHEAD, UH, AND WHAT COULD BE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WILL THE ADDITIONAL WATER REMAIN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO ACCOMMODATE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE CITY OF AND ROBERT, THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, FOUR YEAR.

I'LL START BY JUST LOOKING BACK PAST THREE YEARS AND, UM, I HAVE TWO BARS HERE.

UM, A COMBINATION.

THE BOTTOM IS, IS ALL OF THE WATER THAT COMES OUT OF THIS WATER CREEK 10.

AND THEN ON THE NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH IS OWNED BY 10 ON AVERAGE, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 34 MGD.

NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH, WE ARE RECEIVING APPLICATIONS ESSENTIALLY FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS.

AND, UM, AND THEY, THERE'S THERE COURSE THERE'S SUBJECT TO NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS, SO I CAN'T TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY.

OH, AND IN SOME THOSE PARTNERS WOULD ADD UP ABOUT SEVEN M G D, UH, AND MOST OF IT WOULD COME FROM THE, UH, WATER.

WATER.

SO ABOUT SEVEN MTB IS, IS PRETTY FIRM ON THE TERMS OF ACTIVE PROJECTS.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER PROJECTS NOW WAITING IN THE WINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING INTO THE INTERSECT ILLINOIS.

AND, UM, AND THEY'RE LESS CERTAIN.

SOME OF THEM ARE IN SITE SELECTION STILL, BUT THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF UP 12.

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AND SITTING AT RIGHT HAS GIVEN US A LOT OF LEADERSHIP.

IN FACT, WE WERE SITTING DOWN, WE, WE SKETCHED OUT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

HOW DO WE NEED SEVEN TO 12 IN WEEKLY? LET'S BREAK IT DOWN INTO PATIENTS.

UM, PART OF WHAT WE CAN NEED IS JUST GETTING THE WATER FROM THIS PLANT TO THE RIGHT PLACE, IMPROVING THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, MAKING BIGGER ES EVIDENCE, WORKING ON THAT.

ANOTHER PART OF THAT IS, WELL, LET'S BRING SOME WATER SOURCES IN.

AND HARVARD WAS, SOME OF THESE WATER SOURCES WERE IDENTIFIED IN 2019, AND SO LET'S GET THOSE DONE.

BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THOSE AND UPGRADES.

AND THEN WE HAVE IDEAS FOR NEW PROJECTS, NEW WATER SOURCES, AND SOME OF THESE, WHAT IDEAS ARE IDEAS FROM, BASED ON WHAT INHERENT CAME UP WITH.

LET'S TRY TO EXTEND THEIR IDEAS, NEW HUNDREDS OF THEIR IDEAS COME UP WITH MORE.

UM, NOW ONE THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT NOT ALL OF THESE, NOT ALL THE WATER INDUSTRIES USED TO COME THROUGH THIS PLANT.

IT'S NOT ALL PABLE WATER.

AND SO ANOTHER STRATEGY IS TO INCREASE NON WATER SUPPLY TO THE NORTHEAST ZONE AND EITHER TO THE NORTH WATER PLANT OR FROM THE NORTH WATER PLANT TO SERVE.

AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP IN MIND NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOLUTIONS LIKE WATER RECLAMATION THAT DON'T COME OUT LAKE IT ALL.

LET'S USE THE WATER THAT THEY'VE ALREADY USED ONCE, LET'S USE IT AGAIN.

AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY, UH, NOTABLE TO INDUSTRIES, BUT IT TENDS TO BE RATHER EXPENSIVE SOLUTION.

SO ROBERT, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS SLIDE IN TIME, I THOUGHT THIS SLIDE WAS SO CRITICAL THAT I INCLUDE IN YOUR PACKET, UM, AND, UH, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

UM, WE, UM, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, WITH OTHER PARTNERS, CHIEF AMONG THEM, THE SANITARY DISTRICT AND P D M, UH, I THINK THAT MOVING MORE AND MORE TO SAYING, OKAY, LET'S PUT ALL THE RESOURCES SORT OF ON THE TABLE AND THEN IDENTIFY THE BEST WAY TO, UM, TO SERVICE THEM.

IT COULD BE THAT INCREASING THE FIRST OPTION, INCREASING DISTRIBUTION FROM THE GARFIELD, UH, TOWER IS, IS THE BEST WAY.

BUT IT MIGHT BE THAT IF AN INDUSTRY, A NEW INDUSTRY NEEDS NON-POTABLE WATER JUST TO PROCESS ANYWAY, WHY SHOULD WE GO TO THE EXPENSE OF OF CHLORINATING AND, AND AND ADDING DISTRIBUTION, LARGE STEEL DISTRIBUTION OUT THERE.

AND ALL THEY NEED IS, IS NON POTABLE WATER ANYWAY.

SO THAT COULD COME FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, COULD COME FROM A D M.

UH, WE HAVE EVER SINCE THE, UM, THE REVISIONS MADE BY YOU TO THE RAW WATER AGREEMENT WITH, WITH A D M, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO THINK OPENLY AS WELL ABOUT NOT ONLY THEIR OWN NEEDS, BUT MAKING SOME OF THE NON POT PRODUCTION THAT COMES OUT OF THE NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT, UH, AVAILABLE TO OTHER USERS IF IN FACT THAT'S DETERMINED TO BE THE CHEAPEST WAY TO, UH, TO GET IT TO THEM.

AND, AND I THINK THAT SORT OF LOOKING AT ALL THESE SOURCES TOGETHER, AGGREGATING THEM RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALLY SAYING, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET WATER FOR THIS BUSINESS OR FOR THIS BUSINESS, UH, MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

IT'S CERTAINLY THE MOST HOLISTIC AND I THINK IN THE LONG TERM IT'S THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE.

BUT IT IS, AND THIS IS THE REASON I WANTED TO TAKE A SHORT PAUSE IN ROBERT'S PRESENTATION, IT'S UNDERGIRDED BY THIS CENTRAL PREMISE, IS THAT IF ALL WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD JOB RESILIENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2019 MATERIAL REPORT, WE ONLY NEED PHASE ONE.

WE ONLY NEED PHASE ONE.

OKAY.

AND THOSE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE, THE ENTIRE REPORT.

THEY'RE GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS.

IT'S JUST GOOD AND GOOD AND SOLID REPORT.

BUT WHAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF YOU ABOUT INDIVIDUALLY IS SHOULD WE LOOK BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE ENTIRE REPORT? NO CRITICISM OF THE ENTIRE REPORT.

THEY WERE ASKED, THEY WERE TASKED WITH JUST DETERMINING WHAT WE NEED TO OR ABOUT RESILIENCE.

SHOULD WE EXPAND THAT SCOPE TO INCLUDE WATER RESILIENCY PLUS SOME ADDITIONAL AMOUNT CLEARLY YET TO BE DETERMINED.

UH, ROBERT HAS SHOWN YOU A RANGE OF OF SEVEN TO 12 MGV.

I THINK WE'RE NOT BE ON, ON THE LOWEST ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THAT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES YET TO BE WORKED OUT.

BUT IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, IF, IF THE ASSUMPTION IS THE COUNCIL SAYS YES, IN THE INTEREST OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL BRINGING ADDITIONAL JOBS TO DECATUR, WE WANT TO GO DOWN THE ROAD OF PHASE TWO AND UH, TO LOOK AT MORE OPTIONS, THEN THAT'S WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM.

NOT JUST FROM FINDING NEW SOURCES, BUT ALSO FROM GENERATING IT FROM OUR EXISTING RESOURCES LIKE

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CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT? FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT CITY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE EVALUATE? WILL THIS PROJECT WANTS TO COME TO TOWN, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A HIGH WATER USER? WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT? I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME METRICS THAT WE SAY NOT ENOUGH JOBS AND YOU'RE GOING TO USE UP TOO MUCH WATER.

I MEAN, IN LOOKING FOR THE BEST USES, TO ME, YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE LONGSTANDING AND YOU GET EITHER THE MOST JOBS OR THE MOST RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

SO CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE COUNSEL ON HOW THAT WORKS, MAYOR? I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

AND CERTAINLY WE'VE HAD OCCASION TO SAY TO SOMEBODY, WELL, WE WANT FIVE M G D, WE'RE ONLY GONNA BRING THE CATER 20 JOBS.

YEAH, ANYBODY WANTS, IT'S TOO MUCH INVESTMENT FOR WHAT VALUE IT BRINGS TO THE CITY.

SO WE ARE MAKING SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS, BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVEN'T YET DEVELOPED AND I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD A MORE SYSTEMATIC, MORE PREDICTABLE, UM, DECISION MATRIX FOR DECIDING WHETHER WE, AND IT'S NOT JUST JOB CREATION, IT'S ALSO INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKELIHOOD FOR GENERATION OF LOCAL TAXES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, WHICH WE TRY TO TRY TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

BUT SO FAR WE'RE DOING IT ADMITTEDLY ON A SOMEWHAT AD HOC BASIS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE.

THIS COMES FROM, ARE ELEVATION OF SIX SEVEN FEET OR SIX FOUR? WELL, THIS, UH, THIS CURRENT PROJECT DEPENDS ON BEING ABLE TO DOCK THE LAKE.

6 0 7, 6 0 4.

AND THEN IF YOU DESCRIBED WHY DECIDED TO DO 604 GIVEN, SO, UM, WE GO BELOW 6 0 4 ELEVATION IN THE LAKE, WHICH IS NINE PEOPLE TODAY, BY THE WAY.

UH, THE WATER QUALITY IS SO POOR AT THAT POINT THAT WE ONLY WATER, PLANT WATER DROP THE LAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 6 0 4 TIMES A SEVERE DROUGHT, WHICH IS SO NOT, IT'S DO MEAN WHY DO WE NOT, WHY ARE WE, THIS MIGHT HELP, WHY DO WE MAKE THE JOB? YEAH, THIS MIGHT HELP.

GOOD.

SO, UM, WHICH IS THE BIGGER SLICE OF THE PIE, IT'S THE CITY'S HOW WATER, THAT IS THE BIGGER SLICE OF THE PRODUCT.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE THAT EYE BIGGER BY DROPPING IT TO 6 0 4.

YOU NOT TRYING TO KEEP THIS GOING.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU MEET MOST OF YOUR NEEDS FROM THIS END OF THE LAKE, THAT END THE LAKE.

YOU CAN'T PULL OUT THE LAKE WHEN 6 0 4 AT THIS END, KEEP IT THERE.

SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A STRATEGY TO MANAGE OUR WATER RESOURCES.

MAKE THAT, SO WE'RE GOING TO SIX OH SEVEN'S THE, WE'RE KEEPING AT 6 7, 6 0 4 IF WE HAVE TO A DROUGHT DOWN SIX OH BY LOOKING AT OTHER SOURCES, WE HOPE GOING FROM 6 0 7 TO 6 0 4 EVEN MORE PROMOTED.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO MY NEXT QUESTION ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS THIS, WHAT I'M READING IS THE CONTRACT THAT YOU SIGNED, IT SAYS SECTION ONE PART C A D M SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF WATER AND LEAK TO 24 AND GV FOR ITS USE.

BACK TO THAT GRAPH.

SO I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY.

A D M IS USING PRICE 15 M G D PER YEAR.

PER DAY.

THEY'RE USING 15 M G D PER DAY.

BUT CONTRACTUALLY, IF THEY HAD THE CAPABILITIES TO DO SO, THEY 24.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

LET, LET, LEMME JUST MAKE IT CAVEAT.

CORRECT.

UM, SO THE 24 IS THE MAXIMUM PER DAY.

AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING A WATER TREATMENT PLANT, YOU'VE GOTTA FIGURE THE AVERAGE DAY AND THE MAXIMUM, NOT THE TIME, 1.35, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

NOW I, I

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I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, THEY, THEY'RE USING 15.8 ON AN AVERAGE DAY, BUT THERE'S A HIGHER NUMBER PROBABLY ON THE MAXIMUM DAY.

AND SO, AND THEN ANOTHER CAVEAT IS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLANNED, ALTHOUGH IT'S IT'S RATED AT 24 NG, IT ACTUALLY CAN'T SUSTAIN PRODUCE THEM.

OKAY.

BUT CONTRACTUALLY, LIKE IT'S 24 NG IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, CURRENTLY WE ABOUT 34 IMAGING AND PROJECTED IS 41 IMAGING.

AND SO DIFFERENCE IS SEVEN.

BUT THAT IS COMING FROM, YOU MENTIONED IS COMING FROM THE SOUTH WATER TREATMENT PROJECTING THAT IT'S COMING.

OKAY, SO IF I'M CORRECT, AD M CAN DRAW ANOTHER NINE ENERGY APPROXIMATELY FROM THE NORTH WATER AND WE'RE PROJECTING ANOTHER SEVEN N G D THAT WE MIGHT NEED.

BUT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO POTENTIALLY CONTRACTUALLY, IF WE WANT TO STAY WITHIN DROUGHT RESILIENCE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH WATER SUPPLY IT JUST TO FILL THE GAP FOR ABMS RAW WATER AGREEMENT.

AND SO IF I LOOK AT THE INTER REPORT IN 2019, IN ORDER TO FILL THE GAP JUST WITH A B M AND MEET OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, WE NEED TO DO THE DIVISION OIL FIELD, THE FORMER BULKING PIT, LATE TOPO.

AND IN ADDITION, UH, WE HAVE TO, UH, DO SOME OTHER PROJECTS.

AND SO THAT'S MY CONCERN HERE, THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO MADE WITH A D M TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DROP, SEVERE DROP PLUS SOUTH WATER TREATMENT PLAN.

UM, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

WE'VE GOT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A D M FROM OUR CONTRACT.

I I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT I, I DON'T, MAYBE BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING NEGOTIATIONS WITH A B M AND OTHER PARTNERS AND DAVID'S NOT, I, I DON'T SHARE COUNCILMAN WARRANT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO FIRST BECAUSE WHEN, BEFORE WE ENTERED INTO THE, UM, INTO THE CONTRACT WITH THE CHANGING WALL WATER, WE WENT BACK TO INTERRA AND WE SAID, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN ALLOW A D M TO TAKE OUT OF THE NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING ALL THE CITY'S OTHER NEEDS IN THE AGGREGATE AS WELL AS OUR TOP RESILIENCY GOALS? AND THE ANSWER WAS 24 N G B, WHICH IS WHAT A D M WAS CONTRACTED WITH, WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE EVEN BEFORE THE CITY APPROVED ITS REVISED RAW WATER.

IT HAD BEEN THAT AT THAT SAME LEVEL FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN THOUGH M WASN'T AT THAT LEVEL.

THE OTHER REASON THAT, THAT I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S AN ISSUE AT ALL IS BECAUSE, UH, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH A D M AND OTHERS, NOT JUST A DMM, UM, THERE'S BEEN THIS WILLINGNESS TO, TO, AS I SAID, AS I THINK THAT THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES, LET'S PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE AT THE SAME TIME, LOOK AT IT IN THE AGGREGATE.

AND IF THAT MEANS THAT A B M SHOULD, SHOULD PUMP MORE OR LESS OUT OF, UH, NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THEY SHOULD SUPPLY SOME OF THAT NON PROBABLE WATER TO AN ADJACENT, UH, BUSINESS, UH, DOWN THE ROAD ON BRUSH COLLEGE.

THAT'S ALL PART OF IT.

AND, AND I, AND IF FOR SOME REASON THE, UH, ALL OF THOSE, UH, WORKING RELATIONSHIPS BROKE DOWN, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL 'CAUSE THEY'RE VERY POSITIVE, UH, THE CITY COULD, COULD CHANGE THE RAW WATER AGREEMENT.

SO I, I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THAT KIND OF A SCENARIO IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO IS A MAJOR PLAYER IN THIS PROCESS IS, IS COMMITTED TO THIS AGGREGATED APPROACH.

OKAY.

UM, SO THIS, AS A CITY OF ANDREW SAID, TRYING TO GIVE YOU A 30,000 POINT MOTIVATION VIEW HERE.

NOW AS AN ENGINEER, THIS, THIS, I WANNA SHOW YOU DETAILED DRAWINGS, BUT, BUT THE CONCEPT WOULD TO IMPROVE THE WATER DISTRIBUTION OUT THERE, I HAVE A ARROW THAT SHOWS WE'RE GONNA BUILD A FOUR MILE 30 INCH WATER, BASICALLY GOVERNMENT, AND THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH PORTABLE WATER TO SUPPLY.

UM, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE AN OPTIMUM SOLUTION FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, IS IT JUST FEEDS THE WHOLE

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IT ALLOWS FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS PLUS FUTURE, I THINK IT'S, WE'RE WORKING ON REPORT THAT ALL THAT OUT AND WHATEVER COMES IN HAS TO COME OUT.

SO, UM, WE, WE'LL ALSO BE NEEDING TO PUT IN SUPER PUMP STATION OR KIND OF JUST SOUTH OF THE CORNER OF THAT SAME INTERSECTION OF UPPER COLLEGE AND THEN A FORCE MAIN, WE'RE KIND OF INVOLVED IN ENGINEERING.

ROBERT, IF I COULD INTERJECT AGAIN.

UM, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM HAS HELPED BRING THAT NOVA FEE HERE AND THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THEIR FIRST PHASE.

AND, UM, THE, UM, WE REALIZED THAT WE COULDN'T, UH, WE NEEDED TO SEW BLUE STATION BEFORE THAT.

AND WE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF FLOW AS WELL AS CONSEQUENTLY THE AMOUNT OF COST OF THAT LIFT STATION, UH, WAS, WAS PROJECTED TO BE A CERTAIN NUMBER.

UM, AND, UH, UH, WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT THAT PROJECT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE, WELL THE, THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH MORE INDUSTRIES THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO IT.

UH, THEN WE HAD ANTICIPATED OR KNEW OF AT THE TIME THAT YOU HAD GIVEN A PRELIMINARY, OKAY FOR THAT LIFT STATION.

SO THAT LIFT STATION IS GROWING IN SIZE AND WE'RE STILL NOT READY TO BRING IT BACK BECAUSE THE CONTRIBUTING BUSINESSES AND FLOWS IS STILL, UH, JUST AS MUCH A PART OF, OF THE DISCUSSION OF HOW MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED OUT THERE AS WATER IS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT, UH, SO THAT PROJECT HAS GOTTEN BIGGER.

THE BROWN LINE THAT ROBERT HAS PUT UP ON THE SLIDE HAS GOTTEN BIGGER.

AND WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE, BUT WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO FINALIZE THAT NUMBER MORE, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

BUT IT'LL BE MORE THAN IT WAS ORIGINALLY BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTING BUSINESSES HAS, HAS INCREASED.

SO IT COMES BACK TO THAT SAME QUESTION.

ARE WE WILLING TO DO MORE THAN WHAT WE, OUR ORIGINAL GOAL WAS IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES UP THERE IN THE NORTHEAST WATER, HOW MUCH MORE WATER CAN WE TRUCTURE TODAY? THERE'S ABOUT THREE M G D WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING, UH, IN SURPLUS, UH, THREE M G D IN SURPLUS RIGHT NOW, NOT, NOT IN SUPPLY COUNCIL HORN, BUT IN THE ABILITY TO DELIVER IT TO THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT.

WE HAVE THE WATER, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET BECAUSE OF, UH, HUMPS AND THE PIPE SIZE.

AND, AND I MIGHT ADD THAT ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT WHAT PRIMARILY DRIVES IT, IT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BRING NEW BUSINESSES TO THIS AREA.

A A, UH, AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IS IT, THIS WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL FLOW AND UH, AND PRESSURE TO THE SYSTEM IN GENERAL TO RUN THIS UP HERE.

BUT THE REASON FOR IT IS CANNOT DEVELOP.

IF I CAN INTERRUPT YOU, , WE HAD DAYS LIKE RECENTLY FIRE FLOW'S A KEY CONCERN AND UM, AND I FAN OF THIS PROJECT FOR THAT REASON TOO.

AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO KEITH FOR, UM, EVENING EVERYONE.

I'M KEITH LEXANDER MANAGER.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THIS PROJECTS PAGE ONE PROJECTS THAT TER RECOMMENDS.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THIS, UH, IN YOUR PACKET, THE REPORT WE ABOUT THE ONE WHICH THE, OF THE WATER, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, I TALK ABOUT LINES TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.

AND LINE FIVE IS IF PLATE TOGO DOESN'T GO FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEN WE WOULD GO DOWN TO LINE FIVE.

BUT I'VE GOT SOME HISTORY TOGO.

SO THE FIRST ONE I'M GONNA MENTION TO YOU IS THE FORMER BULK AND PIT.

UH, THE CITY ZONED THIS FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND SOON AFTER WE BOUGHT IT, WE INSTALLED THIS LEFT PHOTO.

WE INSTALLED A FLOATING ELECTRICAL PLATFORM WITH A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP THAT GOES DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT.

WE'RE ABLE TO PUMP, UM, A FAIR AMOUNT OF WATER OUT OF THIS PIT, UH, TO OUR WALL WATER PUMP STATION AND COMES OVER HERE TO THE, UH, WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

SO THIS WATER IS BLENDED WITH LIKE THE HAY WATER AND ENTERS THE FACILITY HERE TO TREAT THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT, SHOWS YOU JUST HOW FAR DOWN WE CAN DROP IT.

UM, WHEN WE NEED TO PUMP THAT MUCH WATER OUT OF THERE, ABOUT THREE TO THREE AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

OUT OF THAT APPROXIMATELY 45 TO SIX MILLIONS, IT DOESN'T.

SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

IT'S OUR FIRST ROUTE, UM, REIVE RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY EASY TO.

SO, UM, WHY IS IT ONE OF THE OPTIONS OF TERRA? THE REASON WHY IS, AND UMRA DID WE DOWN EXPLAINING

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SO, UH, WE HAVE THE SLUDGE LOOKOUTS, UH, THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW LIKE THE WHITE LAGOS THAT FAR IN THE UPPER LEFT THE GROUND AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PIPELINE THAT GOES FROM THE SLUDGE LAGOONS OR THE GRAVEL PENS TO THE RAW WATER PUMP STATION, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE BY THE DAM THAT PUMPS ALL THAT WATER TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THE REASON WHY IT'S INTER PROJECT IS WE NEED A SEPARATE PIPELINE FROM THE FORMER WELDING GROUND PIT TO THE PUMP STATION THAT WE CAN RECLAIM BOTH WATER SOURCES DURING TIMES OF DROUGHT.

RIGHT NOW WE CAN ONLY PUMP BULKING GROUND BIT WATER OR LIVE SLUDGE EXCESS WATER BACK TO THE PLANT.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FEED BOTH SYSTEMS TO GO TO THE WATER SIMULTANEOUSLY.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A MATERIAL.

UH, ONTARIO IS 85% DONE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE NEW, UM, PIPE, WHICH IS THAT LINE THAT JUST CAME UP.

THAT'LL BE A NEW PIPELINE DEDICATED FOR THE PIPS.

UM, THEY'RE ABOUT 85% OF THE DESIGN WORK, UH, TO, TO BID THAT PROJECT.

SO THE NEXT STEP IS THAT WE BID THAT PROJECT WITH YOUR APPROVAL AND MAKE THE PIPELINE.

NEXT YEAR COSTS ABOUT FOUR.

THIS WILL PROVIDE 8% OF THE WATER SUPPLY DROUGHT GAP AND TERRA 70 HAD BACK IN 2000.

SO THAT IS THE UPDATE FOR THE PANDEMIC.

THE NEXT UPDATE IS FOR LAKE ROSA ROADS LANDFILL, ALL ONE AND THE SAME.

SO I JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN ORIENTATION HERE, WE GOT THE SAME, THE RIVER RUNNING THROUGH IS THE, UH, PART OF AND, UH, PIT THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

SO THE NEXT DOWNSTREAM IS UH, WHAT'S CALLED THE, UH, THE AND LAKE TOPO THERE.

SO THE RHODES FAMILY, WHICH STARTED THE RHODES LANDFILL, THAT'S THE LATE OTHER, UH, IRREGULAR SHAPE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTO THERE.

UM, THEY STARTED, UH, A LANDFILL MANY DECADES AGO.

DECADES.

AND THAT LANDFILL IS NOW CLOSED.

THAT LANDFILL IS NOW UNDER POST CLOSURE CARE BY THE ILLINOIS E P A.

THAT'S THEIR TERM FOR YOU'VE SHUT DOWN A LANDFILL.

YOU'VE GOTTA MAINTAIN THAT SOIL COVER FOR, UH, SO THAT NO OTHER RUNUP GOES INTO IT.

AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP MONITORING THE WATER QUALITY AROUND THAT, UM, X LANDFILL UNTIL YOU CAN PROVE TO US US BEING E P A THAT, THAT THAT'S NO LONGER, UH, AN ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT.

AND SO, UM, LAST FALL WAS THE LATEST ROUND OF THOSE GROUNDWATER SAMPLING EFFORTS BY THE ROAD FOR THEIR CONSULTING FIRM.

THOSE RESULTS ARE SITTING AT THE EPA A IN SPRINGFIELD AWAI REVIEW SECTION IS VERY BACKWARD IN TERMS OF REVIEWING THAT DATA.

AND TARA DID NOT SEE ANY, UH, CONCERNS WITH THE, WITH RESULTS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THE RESULTS, RESULTS BUT RELATING TO GET E APPROVAL ON ON THOSE.

ALSO, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THERE IS A STORMWATER SEWER THAT LITERALLY RUNS RIGHT UNDER THE LANDFILL.

IT DRAINS SOME OF THIS PORTION OF THE WEST END AT FAIRVIEW AVENUE AND THEN IT GOES DIRECTLY UNDER THE LANDFILL AND PIPE DISCHARGES INTO THE SAME ROOM.

UM, SO THAT'S A STORM WATER, UH, OUTFALL THAT WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS FROM THE WATER QUALITY STANDPOINT.

BUT TO DO DUE DILIGENCE, UH, CITY STAFF, UM, ACTUALLY SAMPLE A STORM SEWER ON THE UPSTREAM SIDE, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LANDFILL, AND ALSO GROUND WATER SAMPLES DOWN THE RIVER.

UH, WE SENT THOSE TO, UH, AN INDEPENDENT LAB FOR A DETAILED ANALYSIS.

AGAIN, YOU'RE EXPECTING TO SEE ANYTHING BUT YOU DUNNO UNTIL YOU THE SAMPLES RESULTS.

SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE TWO PIECES OF THE ROAD LANDFILL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANNEL TO GET WRAPPED UP, UH, ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE WRAPPED UP FAVORABLY.

TERRA SAYS, CITY DECATUR USE TOCO AND ROADS PERMANENT WATER.

THAT'S HOW OLD IS THAT PIPE? I MEAN, WE'RE USED TO REALLY OLD SEWER PIPES AND STEM.

IS IT LIKE ANCIENT TO WHERE YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? I BELIEVE IT WAS BUILT BECAUSE THEY WERE BUILDING THE GRADES UP AND BLOCKING STORM WATER.

SO IT'S PROBABLY MORE OPERATION.

WAS THAT THE AREA WHERE THEY NEEDED RELIEF FOR THE FLOODING OFF OF FAIR FAIRVIEW WEST MID SEVENTIES? I THINK THEY, THEY MAY GO THROUGH THERE.

OKAY.

SOME, YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A

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AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S UM, AND JUST BRIEFLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO ALWAYS CALL BOTH OF THESE GRAVEL PITS LIKE AND THEY ARE CONNECTED BY, UM, CULVER'S RIGHT HERE IN BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO BASICALLY ONE LARGE GRAVEL PIT.

UM, BUT THE RHODES FAMILY, UH, UH, RESPECT TO CHARLES RHODES, THE FAMILY MEMBERS, THE FAMILY, THEY PREFER TO CALL THE LARGER PIT LIKE CHARLIE ROADS AND THE SMALLER TO, BUT GENERICALLY SPEAKING, WE JUST CALL ALL THAT TOCO.

THE WATER GOES BACK AND THE GOES INTO THE YES, THE WATER FLOWS SAN TO TWO ROADS TO YES.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THAT.

UM, SO THE NEXT STEP, IF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESULTS COME BACK FAVORABLY, WHICH WE THINK THEY'LL KNOW FOR SURE WOULD BE A LONG TERM WATER USE ACQUISITION OR LAND ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY FOR, FOR THE WATER, UH, ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF PUTTING IN A PERMANENT PUBLIC AND HIKING SYSTEM TO GET THAT WATER TO THE SOUTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS CURRENTLY 11.7.

THAT'S THE ESTIMATE.

AND THIS WILL PROVIDE 29% OF THE MORE SUPPLY THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE DIRECT COUNTY WELL FIELD.

UM, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE WATER COMING OUT OF THE WELL FIELD, DROPPING DOWN THIS CONCRETE WALL INTO AN AG DITCH THAT EVENTUALLY BECOMES SPRING CREEK, WHICH THEN FLOWS INTO THE SANG RIVER, WHICH THEN FLOWS INTO THE LAKE DECATUR.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE ACTUAL WATER COMING OUT OF THAT, THAT SITE.

THE CITY HAS OWNED THE WELL FIELDS SINCE THE 1990S.

WE HAVE 20 ACRES OF FARM GROUND THERE WITH GATES AND WELLS THAT GO INTO THE MOHAM AQUIFER, WHICH IS THE, UH, FANTASTIC WATER RESOURCE TO THE NORTH US.

AND, UM, IT'S VERY CLEAN WATER.

UH, THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT IT'S EXTENSIVE BECAUSE THE, UH, FOCUS AND EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY NOW PER WATER, SO THE OLD DIESEL ENGINES ARE STARTING TO FAIL.

WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH SOME OF THE TRANSMISSION PIPING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BACK IN THE NINETIES, MOST EFFICIENT.

AND SO WE HAD, UH, LOOK AT UPDATES TO THE WELL FUEL AND WE JUST RECEIVED THEIR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT TWO WEEKS AGO AND I REVIEW, BUT IT'S RECOMMENDING REPLACING THAT FEAL PUMP SYSTEM WITH ELECTRIC MOTORS, REPLACING THE OB METERING CONTROLS MECHANISMS, REMOVING THE DIESEL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE AND INSTALLING THE MULTI TELEMETRY BACK HERE TO THE SELF WATER TREATMENT PLAN.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE EIGHT FILES NORTH OF OUR ANTENNA EVERY TIME.

WE WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT .

UH, THE NEXT STEP IN ALL OF THIS FOR THE COUNCIL FOR BE TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPLETION OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR THAT PROJECT BID POTENTIALLY AS SOON AS LATE NEXT YEAR.

CURRENTLY THAT'S A $3.4 MILLION ESTIMATE FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION.

UH, THIS WOULD PROVIDE 20% OF THAT SUPPLY GAP, SUPPLY GAP.

THIS WOULD SUPPLY 20% OF THE SUPPLY IF WE ADDED A PIPELINE INSTEAD OF GOING THE OVERLAND ROUTE THROUGH FENCE CREEK, MOND RIVER LAKE DECATUR.

AND INSTEAD WE BUILD A PIPELINE FROM THEWELL FIELD TO THE CITY OF DECATUR.

THEN IT BECOMES A 29%, UM, AND 2020.

AND SO THAT ENDS, UH, MY PRESENTATION I THREE PHASE ONE PROJECTS.

THEN, UH, WHEN WE'RE READY, WE'LL MOVE TO PHASE TWO.

YOU'RE KIND EXTENSIVE, KEITH, I'M NOT SURE.

GO TO PHASE TWO'S.

GOOD THING YOU'RE SITTING DOWN.

MAYBE I'M MISSING WHAT WOULD BE THE COST FOR THE, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MR. SO THE 3.4 IS JUST, UM, FOR, HAVE PUMPING INTO THE FRONT.

THREE, 3.4 IS TO IS TO CHANGE THE DIESEL SYSTEM, TO ELECTRIFIED SYSTEM AND ALSO TO REPLACE ALL OF THE CONTROLS AND ALSO GET, YES.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THE REPORT AND THERE'S ALTERNATIVE TWO A AND THAT IS THE 3.4.