[00:00:01] >> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT IS TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021 AT 5:00 P.M. AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THIS MEETING MAY BE CONVENED FOR SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY ADVICE. THE CITY OF ANY TIME PRIORITY ADJOURNMENT. MEETINGS ARE HELD VIA TELECONFERENCES. THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW LIVE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING LIVE, YOU CAN CALL 833-568-8864 AND ENTER MEETING ID 1616395755. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT FOR ANY AGENDA ITEM, SEND AN E-MAIL TO CITIZENINPUT@ROWLETT.COM BY 3:30 THE DAY OF THE MEETING. WE DO NOT TAKE COMMENTS DURING THE MEETING DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH [3A. Joint meeting of Library Advisory Board and Council. (30 minutes)] EMERGENCY. WE'LL START WITH A JOINT MEETING WITH A LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M NOT QUITE ON ZOOM, I WILL BE IN A MINUTE. I ASSUME LAURA YOU'LL START US OFF. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD HERE AND OUR CHAIR SUSAN WEBSTER WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN UP TO AND WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THE FUTURE. >>> I APOLOGIZE FOR WEARING A MASK. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, ADVANCE THE SLIDES FOR US. NOT SURE IF THEY ARE READY. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF ROLE OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, WE HAVE FIVE REGULAR MEMBERS AND WE HAVE TWO ALTERNATES WHO ARE APPOINTED ANNUALLY. THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD IS ADVISORY IN NATURE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ARE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS REPRESENTING A DIVERSE AREA OF EXPERTISE. WE PROVIDE ADVICE FOR THE OPERATIONS AND CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIBRARY. WE ALSO CHANNEL COMMUNITY SUGGESTIONS FOR ADVANCING LIBRARY INTERESTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE IS OUR LIST OF MEMBERS. I AM THE CHAIR. CASEY IS OUR VICE CHAIR. OTHER MEMBERS ARE HANNAH DANIELS, DEBORAH SMITH AND BILL SCHWAB. PAM BELL IS OUR COUNCIL LIAISON. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT HAPPENED FOR PHYSICAL YEAR 2020 -- AS PART OF THE CITY FACILITY ASSESSMENT THE LIBRARY HELD TWO PUBLIC FOCUS GROUPS. WE MET TO DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR THE LIBRARY PERMANENT LOCATION. IN JANUARY 2020, LIBRARY DIRECTOR CATHY FREEHEART RETIRED AND LAURA TURNER WAS NAMED OUR DIRECTOR. MARCH 16, THE LIBRARY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DUE TO COVID-19. TO MEET PATRON NEEDS THERE WERE DIGITAL CARDS TO CHECK OUT ELECTRONIC MATERIALS. STAFF PROVIDED VIRTUAL STORY TIMES, SOMETIMES WITH THE HELP OF PD AND ONLINE ACTIVITIES REPLACED IN PERSON PROGRAMS. TUTORS BEGAN OFFERING INSTRUCTION VIA ZOOM AND TELEPHONE. THE LIBRARY OFFERED CURBSIDE CHECKOUT TO PATRONS. THE LIBRARY THEN REOPENED TO PATRONS WITH LIMITED HOURS. CURBSIDE CHECK OUT WAS GREAT FOR FAMILIES ON THE GO AND THOSE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES. STAFF BEGAN OFFERING CRAFTS AND STEM ACTIVITIES ON A TO GO BASIS. THE LIBRARY OPERATED WITH -- [INAUDIBLE] NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM WAS HELD VIRTUALLY. THE EVENT KICKED OFF WITH A [00:05:03] SOCIALLY DISTANCED SCAVENGER HUNT WHERE KIDS MATCHED PICTURES WITH DOWNTOWN ROWLETT. THERE WAS A CHANCE TO WIN GIFT CARDS AND GRAND PRIZES OF KINDLE FIRES. KIDS WERE ELIGIBLE TO PICK UP ITEMS TO ENCOURAGE READING. PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY AND FAMILIES PICKED UP CRAFT ACTIVITIES ON SATURDAYS. THERE WAS A ZOOM FAIRY TALE BALL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FOR THE 16TH YEAR IN A ROW, THE LIBRARY RECEIVED THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS WHAT IS ENTAILED IN RECEIVING THIS AWARD. >> THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIES AWARD IS CONFERRED ANNUALLY BY THE TEXAS MIE ANIES PAL ASSOCIATION, TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS BY PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. TO RECEIVE THE AWARD, RECIPIENTS MUST ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN 10 SERVICE AREAS IN THE PAST YEAR. PROVIDE SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH, SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS OR COLLECTIONS OR THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. DEMONSTRATE ENHANCED SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH INCREASE IN SERVICE OR A CHANGE IN TYPE OF SERVICES. USE INFORMATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MARKETING MATERIALS TO HIGHLIGHT LIBRARY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. CONDUCT CULTURAL, TOPICAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR ADULTS AND FAMILIES. PROVIDE LITERACY SUPPORT FOR ALL AGES INCLUDING STORY TIME, BILINGUAL PROGRAMS, ESL PROGRAMS AND TUTORING PROGRAMS. CONDUCT A SUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUTHS, TEENS OR ADULTS. INVEST IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS SCHOOLS, VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. SUPPORT WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CAREER AND SKILL BUILDING CLASSES, SERVICES AND RESOURCES. SUPPORT DIGITAL INCLUSION BY PROVIDING PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS, DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING AND ONLINE LIBRARY SERVICES. ESTABLISH PROFESSIONAL STAFF TRAINING TO INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIBRARY STAFF AT ALL LEVELS. IN 2020 OF THE 568 PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACROSS TEXAS, 56 LIBRARIES ACHIEVED THE AWARD FOR PROVIDING OUTSTANDING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO THEIR COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 2020 ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY AWARDS RECIPIENTS. >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN FEBRUARY 2021, THE LIBRARY ENCOUNTERED A CHALLENGE WHEN WE EXPERIENCED SUBZERO PERIODS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE PRIOR SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FROZE. WATER BEGAN COMING THROUGH THE LIBRARY THROUGH THE CEILING. BECAUSE STAFF ANTICIPATED SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT HAPPEN, MOST OF THE COLLECTION WAS SAVED AND COVERED WITH LARGE TARPS, THIS FORESIGHT MINIMIZED THE DAMAGE. NEXT SLIDE. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE ATTENDING THE TASTE OF DIVERSITY IN OCTOBER OF 2019, PARTICIPATING IN THE LIBRARY FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS IN OCTOBER 2019, HELPING ASSIST IN 2019, ATTENDING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CASE IN TRADE IN 2019. ASSISTING WITH JUDGING THE LIBRARY POETRY CONTEST FOR THE LOVE YOUR LIBRARY MONTH IN 2020. PROVIDING PIZZA AND DESSERT FOR STAFF IN FEBRUARY 2020, RECEIVING ONGOING UPDATES [00:10:04] INVOLVING COVID IMPACT ON LIBRARY OPERATION. THERE WAS NO WORK SESSION 2020 DUE TO COVID-19. NEXT SLIDE. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD GOALS FOR PHYSICAL YEAR 2021 ARE -- ASSISTING WITH THE REVIEW OF THE CURRENT LIBRARY POLICY MANUAL, HELPING TO INCREASE THE LIBRARY ADVERTISING POWER AND PARTICIPATING IN BENCHMARK BUSINESS TO OTHER LIBRARIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUSAN. GREAT PRESENTATION. A CHALLENGING YEAR. CAN'T THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS ENOUGH IN EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING. LAURA, YOU HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN YOUR SHORT TENURE. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND YOUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB YOU HAVE DONE IN VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. IF ANYBODY WOULD HAVE ASKED YOU A FEW YEARS AGO IF YOU WOULD BE FACING THIS KIND OF THING IN YOUR FIRST TENURE AS THE DIRECTOR, I THINK YOU WOULD BE GOING, I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL FOR US? >> NO, MA'AM. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU CAN RECESS YOUR MEETING, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 3B WHICH IS [3B. Hear a presentation on the findings of the Proof of Concept for the two wastewater flow meters calculating volume into the Garland Sewer Treatment Plant. (30 minutes)] HEAR PRESENTATION ON THE FINDINGS OF THE PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR THE TWO WASTE WATER FLOW METERS CALCULATING VOLUME INTO THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. SHOULD I READ BOTH OF THEM? CONCURRENTLY WE'LL CONSIDER ITEM 3C WHICH DISCUSSES THE TERMS OF A NEW CONTRACT FOR WASTE WATER SERVICES. IS THAT YOU, MR. ENA? >> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE CONCEPT STUDY FOR THE WASTE WATER METERS. MAYOR, OUR APPROACH TONIGHT IS TO PRESENT APPROVED CONCEPT RESULTS BEFORE THE WASTE WATER CONTRACT DISCUSSION TO PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH CONFIDENCE IN THE METER CERTAINTY. WHAT THAT MEANS, THE TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED TONIGHT WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF INACCURATE DATABASED ON THE WASTE WATER CONTRACT LANGUAGE. ON DECEMBER 17, 2020, COUNCIL APPROVED A CONCEPT STUDY WITH METER METHODOLOGY TO CAPTURE WASTE WATER FLOW DATA AS DESCRIBED AS PRESENT RESULTS TO COUNCIL. THE REASON NICHOLS PERFORMED THE STUDY AND TO SHARE THE SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM THE STUDY. MICA IS PRESENTING TONIGHT AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS -- >> LAURA, ARE YOU CAUGHT UP WITH HIM? LAURA WAS OFF, OUT OF HER CHAIR. >> GARY, HAVE YOU -- ARE WE NOW -- AM I UP WITH YOU NOW? >> WE HADN'T STARTED THE PRESENTATION. WE HAVEN'T MOVED ANY SLIDES. >> I WAS JUST PAUSING FOR HER TO RETURN TO HER DESK. >>> MICA WILL PRESENT TONIGHT. TAKE IT AWAY. >> THANKS, GARY. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ALL AGAIN. AS GARY SAID, WE ARE HERE TO BASICALLY GO OVER THE PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY AND WHAT WE FOUND AND WHERE THINGS ARE GOING. ULTIMATELY, YOU ALL GAVE US THE GO AHEAD TO DO THIS PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY WHICH LED TO FURTHER DISCUSSION OF FLOW DATA, DELIVERY SERVICES WHICH WILL GO INTO -- AS WELL AS THE NEXT STEPS WHICH LEAD INTO GARY'S PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE. SO HOW DID WE GET HERE? ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A SUMMARY. YOU HAD A RENEWAL OF YOUR CITY OF GARLAND WASTE WATER CONTRACT. AS GARY SAID, WE WENT THROUGH METERING OPTIONS WITH YOU WAY BACK IN DECEMBER. [00:15:02] SUBSEQUENTLY, BASED UPON FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, YOU ALL GAVE DIRECTION TO PURSUE UNDER A DDS CONTRACT AND WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE PROOF OF CONCEPT RESULTS. SO JUST A RECAP, WHAT AV OR AREA VELOCITY METER IS, YOU CAN IN LAY TERMS IT IS ESSENTIALLY A DEVICE THAT ACTS LIKE A PERSON AND LITERALLY MEASURES THE FLOW DEPTH AND THE FLOW VELOCITY, HOW FAST IT IS GOING, AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION IN THE PIPE. BASED UPON THE GEOMETRY OF THE PIPE, A PROCESSER ESSENTIALLY CALCULATES THE AREA BASED ON THE LEVEL. THAT IS APPLIED TO THE Q EQUALS VA EQUATION. THAT GIVES YOU A SINGLE -- THAT IS THE FLUB RATE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. IN METERING, THOSE INTERVALS ARE REGULARLY SPACED AND ESSENTIALLY ALL THOSE POINTS GO TOWARDS DETERMINING THE VOLUME OF FLOW THAT PASSED THAT SENSOR OVER THE LAST DAY, MONTH, YEAR, SO ON AND SO FORTH. NEXT SLIDE. TO RECAP WHERE THINGS ARE AND WHAT WE DID, THE PROOF OF CONCEPT BASICALLY INVOLVED INSTALLING A TEMPORARY METER WHICH IS THE HOCK METER AT THE MANHOLE OF THE EXISTING SPRINGFIELD METER. THE GARLAND AV METER WAS USED WHICH IS THE CURRENTLY PIPELINE ANALYSIS AV METER THAT IS USED FOR BILLING WHICH IS AT THE ACTUAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AS YOU SEE ON THE MAP, THE SPRINGFIELD METER EVENTUALLY GETS TO THAT 48-INCH GAR LAPD INTERCEPTER AND DOWN TO THE PLANT. GARLAND AV METER IS NOW WHAT IS NOW ON YOUR NEW 60-INCH INTERCEPTER. NEXT SLIDE. THE REASON WHY WE DID THIS IS SIMPLE -- WITH THE METER BEING DOWNSTREAM OF EXISTING SPRINGFIELD METER, WE WILL SEE WHAT THE CURRENT METER IS SEEING AS WELL AS ALL THE FLOW CONDITIONS WHICH WE GO OVER, WHICH IS THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON BASED UPON RAINFALL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THAT GARLAND METER REPRESENTS THE CONDITIONS THAT THE NEW METEOROLOGIST ON THE 60-INCH INTERCEPTER IS GOING TO SEE BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THAT METER IS A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET UPSTREAM OF THE GARLAND METER. NEXT SLIDE. SO PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY, WE HAD A METER DEPLOYED FOR 56 STRAIGHT DAYS, GOING BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL POINTS OVER THAT PERIOD TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MANY READINGS ARE TAKEN, 16,128 READINGS. IT WAS A GOOD METERING PERIOD P RAINFALL INFLUENCES AND THE LIKE. IN A FIVE-DAY PERIOD THERE WERE 6 INCHES OF RAIN AND IN THE 56-DAY PERIOD THERE WERE OVER 10 INCHES OF RAIN. THERE WERE EIGHT SURCHARGE EVENTS WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHERE THE FLOW LEVEL GOES ABOVE THE TOP OF THE PIPE AT THE GARLAND A V METER. DURING EIGHT OF THOSE, THERE WAS ALSO A SURCHARGE EVENT AT THE SPRINGFIELD OR HACH AV METER. THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT IS ESSENTIALLY SHOWING YOU THE RAW DATA AS WHAT HAPPENED DURING A SURCHARGE EVENT. THIS GOES TO WHAT GARY WAS SAYING EARLIER THAT THIS SUPPORTS ALL OF THE FLOW DATA OR FLOW VOLUME THAT YOU ALL SEE. EVERYTHING IS INDEPENDENTLY MEASURED AND TOTALLY TRANSPARENT. THE ORANGE LINE ESSENTIALLY SHOWS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ROWLETT TREATMENT PLANT, WHERE THE LEVEL WENT UP. WITH AV, IF IT IS A SURCHARGE EVENT, THE VELOCITY GOES DOWN. [00:20:02] THAT IS TO CORRELATE THE TWO SITES FOR YOU AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA WITHOUT BOGGING DOWN WITH ALL THE TECHNICAL MUMBO JUMBO. BOTH AV METERS PERFORMED BRILLIANTLY FOR THE PERIOD, THE SPRINGFIELD METER ESSENTIALLY RECORDED FLOW CONTINUOUSLY. THE SENSOR -- THE FLOW SENSOR WHICH READS LEVEL AND VELOCITY HAD NO ANOMALY, SAME THING WITH THE GARLAND AV METER. WRKED FOR 56 STRAIGHT DAYS. THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT GIVES YOU AN INDICATION OF IF YOU WANT THEORETICAL VERSUS WHAT THE METER IS READING. THAT BASICALLY DEMONSTRATES THERE IS NO ANOMALY, IE, IT IS SOMETHING HAPPENING WITH THE METER THAT WASN'T EXPECTED. NEXT SLIDE. WHAT DID THE PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY FIND? BOTH LOCATIONS, THE SPRINGFIELD METER STATION, THE PROPOSED EXISTING AND AND THE RALEIGH CREEK STATION EXPERIENCED A VARIETY OF FLOW CONDITIONS, WHAT WE CALL FREE FLOW, IT IS BEHAVING THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO. THE TAIL WATER, BACK WATER AND SURCHARGE CONDITIONS. WHAT WE SAW ALL THESE TYPES OF FLOW CONDITIONS OVER THE STUDY PERIOD AND THE AV METERS CONTINUOUSLY RECORDED FLOW REGARDLESS OF THE FLOW CONDITION, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT WITH THE BILLING METER. THERE WERE NO CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED WHERE THE DATA WAS NOT USABLE. BECAUSE OF THAT, IT DEMONSTRATED THE AV METERING IS CAPABLE OF MEASURING FLOW WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF CERTAINTY. YOU WILL NOT HAVE PERIODS WHERE YOUR METER WILL BE DOWN, FAILED, NOT ABLE TO RECORD. THE BIG THING IS THE FLOW CONDITIONS WE PHYSICALLY SAW AND WERE MEASURE D DURING THE STUDY PRECLUDES THE USE OR ELIMINATES THE USE OF ANY OTHER TYPICAL GRAVITY THAT WE DISCUSSED, WHICH IS DEPENDENT ON ESSENTIALLY A FREE FLOW CONDITION. NEXT SLIDE. WHAT WE SAW, THE CONFIGURATION WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE DC POWERED THAT HAS A CELLULAR COMMUNI COMMUNICATIONS. IT SHOULD COMPRISE OF TWO SENSORS, ONE IS WET AND ONE IS DRY. THE DATA LOGGER OR UNIT HAS A LOGGER COMMUNICATIONS, IF YOU WANTED TO PLUG THAT INTO A HIGHER LEVEL CONTROL, YOU COULD. IT IS SOLAR POWER CAPABLE. THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM ESSENTIALLY IS COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUS. THE INTERESTING THING IS, LIKE WE WENT THROUGH WITH OUR VALENTINE'S DAY FREEZE WOULD BE UNAFFECTED BY POWER OUTAGES OR ANYTHING ALONG THAT LINE BECAUSE IT IS AUTONOMOUS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, AGAIN, THE BENEFITS ARE, IT IS AUTONOMOUS POWER COMMUNICATION, IT IS PROGRAMMABLE SO ANY ISSUES OR ALARMS THAT COME UP CAN BE SENT TO EVERYONE WHO IS A -- ON THE LIST ESSENTIALLY. THAT WOULD BE ROWLETT AND GARLAND. IT ALLOWS FOR CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT OF THE FLOW RATE AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED IN THE SEWER. THE REDUNDANT SENSEOR ARRAY, [00:25:04] CAN'T SAY ELIMINATE BUT FOR THE MOST PART DROPS THE PROBABILITY OF FLOW MEASUREMENT DUE TO MALFUNCTION. BECAUSE THE METER IS MEASURING THINGS IT ALLOWS FOR INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT OF THE FLOW AND VELOCITY. IF ANYONE WAS INCLINED TO ENTER THE SEWER TO PHYSICALLY MEASURE THE FLOW AND VELOCITY TO COMPARE TO THE METER CAN DO THAT. THAT IS A BIG PLUS ON VERIFICATION AND DISPUTE. NEXT SLIDE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE MENTIONED WAS THE DATA DELIVERY SERVICE OPTION WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY BUYING THE DATA. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DDS, AGAIN, HELPS WITH MAKING SURE YOU DON'T HAVE DOWN TIME, YOU DON'T LOSE DATA, THINGS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THAT SERVICE PROVIDER PROVIDES EQUIPMENT FOR THE FLOW REPORTING. MOST OF THEM HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GUARANTEE, HOP DOES OF 95% WHICH MEANS THAT AT ANY GIVEN TIME YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY LOSE 1.5 DAYS OF DAYTONA GIVEN MO -- DAYTONA GIVEN MONTH. IT REPORTS VOLUME STATISTICS TO ALL PARTIES. THERE IS FORMAL INSTALLATION, CALIBRATION AND DATA ANALYSIS. ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS INSTALLED. ALL THE MAINTENANCE IS PROVIDED. QUARTERLY METER CALIBRATIONS ARE PROVIDED. TECHNOLOGY UPDATE PROVIDED. WE ARE NOW ALL ON 5G, I THINK IT IS. EVENTUALLY THE 4G IS GOING TO BE PHASED OUT, THAT WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED. THE REAL IMPORTANT THING IS IT IS AN AUTOMATED UPDATE FROM THE LOGGER. THEY PULL OR RETRIEVE THE DATA EVERY HOUR FROM THE LOGGER IN THE FIELD SO THAT YOU HAVE A REDUNDANT BACKUP FOR THE DATA. THE LOGGER HAS IT IN ITS MEMORY. THEY PULL WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN THEY PERFORM THE CALIBRATION, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE UNIT PROGRAMMING. IT WILL NOTE THE DATE AND TIME IT WAS CALIBRATED IN THE LOG OF DATA IN THE LOGGER. THEY PROVIDE AN ONLINE WEB BASED FLOW DATA MANAGER WHICH YOU GET A LOGIN AND YOU CAN GO TO THE WEB PORTAL AND SEE WHAT IT IS DOING AND SEE WHAT IT DID THE PREVIOUS WEEK, SO ON AND SO FORTH. AGAIN, YOU GET 24/7 ACCESS TO THAT THE DATA AND RAW DATA AND LIVE SUPPORT. ONE CRITICAL THING, WE TOUCHED ON THIS BACK WHEN WE STARTED, THE HOP DDS IS ACCEPTED AND USED BY GARLAND CUSTOMERS FOR BILLING. IT IS SOMEWHAT OF, I WOULD SAY PLUG AND PLAY. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THE LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR THE REPORTING THAT YOU GET FROM A HOP DDS. ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE THE FRONT PAGE, IT IS A NINE-PAGE REPORT FOR THE INSTALLATION. THEN YOU HAVE A QC REPORT WHICH GOES THROUGH -- THE INTERESTING THING IS WITH THESE METERS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THINGS YOU WOULDN'T SEE WITH OTHER METERS. FOR SPRINGFIELD, IT IS FED BY A LIFT STATION. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IN THE LIFT STATION TURNED ON AND OFF. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A QC ANALYSIS OF THE PHYSICAL DATA FROM ALL THE PROBES. RIGHT BELOW IT IS A SUMMARY -- THEIR SUMMARIES THEY PROVIDE AS PART OF THEIR REPORT. [00:30:05] THE LAST SLIDE, I THINK IT IS. SO WITH THAT, WE ARE SEGUE INTO GARY'S DISCUSSION INTO THE WASTE WATER AGREEMENT AND THE BILLING METER CONSENT FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUES QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, COUNCIL. QUESTIONS? MARTHA? >> YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO THIS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS CONTINUOUS REAL-TIME DATA, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. >> OR ACCESS TO THAT. AND WILL GARLAND ALSO BE MEASURING THE FLOW ON THEIR END? IF THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE METERS, ASSUMING THEY'LL HAVE SOME WAY TO MEASURE THE FLOW ON THEIR END, IS HOW WE ADDRESS THAT IN THE CONTRACT? >> SO, MARTHA, THE AV METERS WE INSTALL IN THE SPRINGFIELD LOCATION WOULD BE METERS OF RECORD. ANY DISPUTES OF DATA WOULD BE -- THE DATA THAT IS CAPTURED IN THOSE METERS, THEY CAN USE A METER FOR THEMSELVES BUT IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE DISPUTE LANGUAGE. >> THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN METER MEASURING THE FLOW AS WELL? >> YES. THESE METERS THAT GARLAND WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE METER, THEY'LL HAVE MORE ACCESS. I THINK THERE ARE FOUR -- SIX PEOPLE THAT CAN LOG ON. THEY'LL HAVE FOUR AND WE'LL HAVE TWO IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED. BOTH PARTIES CAN ACCESS THE DATA. >> THEY CAN ACCESS THE DATA COMING FROM OUR METERS. THEY HAVE A SEPARATE METER I GUESS IS WHAT MY QUESTION IS AND DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA? >> WE DO NOT HAVE ACTUAL ACCESS BUT PER REQUEST, THEY'LL GIVE US THE DATA. I'M SURE THEY'LL KEEP THEIR AV METERS AT THE PLANT. THE TWO OF REFERENCE ARE THE TWO WE WILL BE INSTALLING AND TURN OVER TO GARLAND. >> I THINK PART OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN IS GETTING AT, WE HAD THE PREVIOUS DISPUTE, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CHECK METER INSTALLED. THEY NOW HAVE THAT CHECK METER. THAT WILL PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE IF THERE IS ANY REASON TO PRESUME THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE METERING. >> YEAH, THAT PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS DRIVING MY LINE OF QUESTIONING. THANK YOU, GARY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> GREAT. THANKS, COUNCIL. I'LL BRING THIS TO CONSENT FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING, REPORT THE FINDINGS. LAURA, SORRY FOR THAT LONG WINDED INTRODUCTION. I SHOULD HAVE -- MY APOLOGIES ON [3C. Discuss the terms of the new contract with the City of Garland for Wastewater Services. (30 minutes)] THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE WASTE WATER CONTRACT TREATMENT FOR THE GARLAND WASTE WATER PLANT, ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT ON JUNE 8, 1994. THE 25-YEAR CONTRACT EXPIRED IN MAY 2020 AND WAS EXTENDED UNTIL A NEW CONTRACT COULD BE APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS THE NEW TERMS AND RECEIVE DIRECTION ON THE CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH COUNCIL. AND BRIAN IS PRESENTING TONIGHT. >> THE TECHNICAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE METER SO NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONTRACT ITSELF. ORIGINALLY -- GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE CITY OF GARLAND PROVIDES TREATMENT FOR SEVERAL CITIES INCLUDING ROWLETT AND SAXIE AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF DALLAS, RICHARDSON AND SUNNIVILLE. THEY HAVE TWO BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. THE ONE THE CITY OF ROWLETT USES IS THE CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THAT'S THE ONE THAT GARY WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE METERS WOULD COME IN. AS HE INDICATED, THEY HAVE -- A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THEY PUT IN A CHECK METER. THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY DID NOT HAVE IN THE PREVIOUS TIME. NEXT SLIDE. [00:35:04] THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT WAS A 25-YEAR AGREEMENT. WE ENTERED INTO THAT ON JUNE 8 OF 1994. IT DID EXPIRE APRIL 1, BUT THAT IS -- WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE ISSUES WITH THE PROOF OF CONCEPT AND TO BE ABLE TO GET THE DRAFT OF THE AGREEMENT RENEWED SO THAT WE COULD GET TO THIS STAGE TONIGHT AND HAVE BOTH OF THESE READY TO GO. THE MAIN THINGS WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING IS THE AGREEMENT ON THE NEW SEWER METER SOLUTION WHICH IS WHY WE DID THE PROOF CONCEPT AND THE NEW TERMS. JUST A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE, THEY DIDN'T COVER THIS IN THE METER DISCUSSION, BUT WE TREAT -- OR THEY TREAT ABOUT 1.6 BILLION GALLONS A YEAR FOR ROWLETT. NOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE OR USE AROUND 2.3 TO 2.4 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER. SOME OF THAT GOES STRAIGHT INTO, YOU KNOW, INTO THE STORM SEWER, THE DRAIN. PEOPLE WATER THEIR LAWNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IS MOSTLY INTERNAL DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL USE. IT GOES DOWN TO THE TOILET SYSTEM, THE SINK, IT GOES INTO THE SYSTEM TO BE TREATED. NEXT SLIDE. WHAT WE'LL COVER IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES IS REALLY THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1994 VERSION OF THE CONTRACT AND THE REVISED. ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT, IT IS FIVE YEARS LESS. IN 1994 IT WAS A 25-YEAR AGREEMENT. AGAIN, THEY ARE TRYING TO STANDARDIZED THIS TEMPLATE FOR ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. THEY PREFER AND WANT TO GO TO A 20-YEAR AGREEMENT. ONE THING WE WERE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS IS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO TAKE OR PLAY CLAUSE, NO MINIMUM WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. AS A RESULT, THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE IN THE NEW AGREEMENT. NEXT SLIDE. IN TERMS OF THE METERING, I KNOW GARY, THEY TOUCHED ON THIS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE HAD WITH THE DISAGREEMENT WITH GARLAND A FEW YEARS AGO WAS WHEN DID THE METER BECOME INACCURATE? THERE WERE TIMES WE HAD CALIBRATION DONE BUT AS WE FOUND OUT THROUGH A STUDY, THE CALIBRATION WAS NOT DONE CORRECTLY. AND THE TECHNOLOGY -- THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL PART OF IT, THE TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT, FOR THAT LOCATION. WHEN THEY HAD STORM LIKE CONDITIONS AND THEY BACKED UP IT WAS NOT CORRECTLY CALCULATING THAT WATER. AS A RESULT, THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT THESE UP AND DOWN SITUATIONS. SOMETIMES EVEN DAYS WITHOUT ANY READING AT ALL. WHAT THEY HAVE PUT IN PLACE IN THIS AGREEMENT IS THAT THERE IS A 5% OVERAGE OR UNDERAGE BEFORE WE GET INTO AN ISSUE. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, THIS IS THE VARIANCE. THEY ARE OKAY WITH 5% EITHER WAY. WE ARE OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL. IF THE METER IS AT 90% AND THEY BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE AT 100%, THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL RAISE THE ISSUE. IF IT IS RUNNING AT 97%, WE ARE ALL GOOD AND WE KEEP GOING. THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS CHANGED TO THE AGREEMENT THAT WE REALLY LIKED. WHEN YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THE METER BECAME INACCURATE, EVERY SIX MONTHS THEY HAD A CALIBRATION. THAT IS WHEN THE METER CAN BE CHECKED IS WORKING AS DESIGNED. IT SHOULD BE A SIMPLE THING TO GO BACK TO THE LAST CALIBRATION. OR IF WE KNOW WHEN IT BECAME INACCURATE, SOME OTHER WAY WE HAVE FOUND OUT, THEN WE WOULD ONLY GO BACK TO THAT POINT. LET'S SAY WE ARE FIVE MONTHS INTO IT, YOU CAN DETERMINE, THERE WAS AN EVENT TWO MONTHS PRIOR, WE WOULD ONLY GO BACK TO THAT. IF WE DON'T, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE LAST CALIBRATION. IF THERE IS AN ERROR MARGIN OF 5%, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT, IF FOR SOME REASON THAT METER, WE CANNOT DETERMINE EVEN THROUGH THE CALIBRATION OR WHEN THE [00:40:01] INACCURACY STARTED, THEY WOULD GO BACK TO THE AVERAGE USE OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS -- BASICALLY, IT IS A PRO RATIO, THEY WOULD USE THE AVERAGE FOR THE PAST YEAR. THAT IT WOULD BE -- THIS IS MUCH SIMPLER THAN THE PREVIOUS METHOD AND WHAT CAUSED US TO HAVE THIS LONG, YOU KNOW, MEDIATION WITH GARLAND THAT TOOK SEVERAL YEARS TO RESOLVE. STAFF IS VERY PLEASED WITH THIS PART OF THE AGREEMENT. NEXT SLIDE. IN TERMS OF RATES AND CHARGES, THE CALCULATION TO DETERMINE RATES AND CHARGES DID NOT CHANGE. THEY'LL USE THE SAME METHODOLOGY AS BEFORE. THE SECOND THING, IF FOR SOME REASON WE GO BACK TO THAT DISPUTE WITH THE METER OR THERE IS STRICTLY A BILLING DISPUTE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT WE COULD -- WE COULD PAY THE AMOUNT, THE DISPUTED AMOUNT. IF WE RESOLVE IT IN OUR FAVOR, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY GET OUR FUNDS BACK PLUS ANY INTEREST. IF IT IS RESOLVED IN THEIR FAVOR, THERE IS NO INTEREST BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD THE MONEY ALL ALONG. THE OTHER THING LIKE WE DID BEFORE, IF FOR SOME REASON WE CANNOT AGREE IN PRINCIPAL ON HOW TO DO THIS, WE CAN BRING IN A THIRD PARTY EXPERT, BOTH PARTIES WOULD PAY FOR HALF THE COST AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO GO TO NON-BINDING MEDIATION AGAIN, AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS BEFORE. BUT I THINK AS YOU'LL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES, THERE ARE MANY STEPS TO ENSURE WE DON'T GET TO THIS POINT. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH. NEXT SLIDE. ONE THING IN READING THROUGH IT DOES CAUSE CONCERNS. IT IS NOT REALLY CONCERNS THAT GARLAND INSISTED ON THE LANGUAGE IN HERE. IT IS JUST A CONCERN AND THE REALIZATION OF WHAT HAPPENS IN A TRUE EVENT. YOU KNOW, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A STORM THAT KNOCKS OUT POWER, THEN WE HAVE 13 STATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE GENERATORS. PLUS THOSE THAT DO, SOME OF THEM ARE SMALL. YOU STILL HAVE TO GO CHECK ON THEM. WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE VERY FEW SPILLS RELATED TO OUR STATIONS, BUT WHAT GARLAND IS SAYING IS THE SAME THING. IF THEY HAVE SOME EVENT, GRANTED YOU WON'T HAVE A METEOR HIT IT. LET'S SAY THE METEOR HIT THE SYSTEM, YOU CAN'T BLAME GARLAND FOR THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL WHAT THEY CALL -- THE INFILTRATION AND THE INFLOW. AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO KEEP UP AND PLACE OUR SEWER PIPES, WE CAN REDUCE THAT AMOUNT. SEWER PIPES ARE NOTORIOUS FOR STARTING TO GET ROOTS IN THEM AND FOR ALLOWING BASICALLY WHAT WOULD BE STORM WATER TO GET INTO -- SENT DOWN TO THE PLANT THAT HAS TO BE TREATED. THERE IS AN EXPENSE TO THAT. WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT FOR SOME REASON AN EVENT IS CAUSED BY US THAT CAUSES THE PLANT TO HAVE TO TREAT THAT WATER, WE ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. NEXT SLIDE. IN TERMS OF DETERMINATION, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT MANAGER YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A 20-YEAR AGREEMENT. IF FOR SOME REASON THERE IS A MATERIAL BREACH IN THE CONTRACT, THEN THEY GET 180 DAYS TO CURE. THE SAME THING FOR THEM, IF WE ARE DELINQUENT FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, THEY CAN OBVIOULY TELL US TO TAKE A HIKE. NOT THAT THIS IS REALLY A CONCERN BECAUSE YOU'LL REMEMBER EVEN WHEN WE WERE IN A PRETTY BIG DISPUTE WITH GARLAND AT ONE TIME A FEW YEARS AGO, AGAIN, WE NEVER ALLOWED IT TO GET TO THIS POINT. WE STILL PAID THEM MINIMUM PAYMENTS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T BEHIND. IT IS THE EXCESS PAYMENTS WE HELD ON TO. WE NEVER WOULD HAVE REACHED THIS ISSUE. NEXT SLIDE. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO QUESTION FROM COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR WORKING ON THIS FOR ESSENTIALLY SEVERAL YEARS. EVEN BACK -- GOING BACK TO WHEN WE HAD THE ISSUE TO BEGIN WITH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, THEY WERE OUR PRINCIPAL NEGOTIATORS. THEY WERE MAKING THE CALLS, ACTUALLY SITTING DOWN, E-MAILING BACK AND FORTH THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. THEY WOULD BRIEF ME, ULTIMATELY, [00:45:03] THEY WERE THE ONES DAY-TO-DAY TRYING TO GET THIS THROUGH. I REALIZE THE SELECTION OF THE METER WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. WHEN IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO IT, THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR ROWLETT. I THINK IT IS FAIR. I THINK WE'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE. THERE IS NO EXPECTATION FROM OUR STAFF OR OUR CONSULTANTS THIS METER WILL CAUSE A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE ARE PAYING TO GARLAND AT THIS TIME. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE BECAUSE NOT ONLY THE PROOF OF CONCEPT BUT THE TIMELINE THEY INSTALLED THE CHECK METER, HOW LONG WE HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS OF THE CHECK METER, THEY PAID FOR LESS WATER TO BE TREATED OVER THIS PAST YEAR THAN WHAT WE DID DURING THE YEARS WHEN WE WERE ESTIMATING. IT HAS -- I THINK WE WERE JUST BELOW 1.6 BILLION GALLONS WHERE WE HAD BEEN QUITE A BIT ABOVE THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WE HAVE ROOM BUDGETARILY AND USAGE BEFORE WE WOULD START SEEING, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF A PRICE ISSUE. GUYS, THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION. WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> I HAVE QUESTIONS BUT I'LL GO TO MATT FIRST. >> THANK YOU, GARY AND EVERYONE, FOR YOUR HARD WORK. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AND IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT SOLUTION. ONE THING I'LL ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS IN THE AGREEMENT BUT IT CAN BE DONE IN A PHONE CALL, THAT WE GET AN UPDATE. WE WERE FORTUNATE THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT DIDN'T LOSE POWER DURING THE FREEZE BUT A LOT OF THEM DID. THERE WERE BOIL WATER NOTICES AND A LOT OF FEAR THAT WENT OUT THERE. I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT IF WE WERE GETTING UPDATES ON WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO RETRO FIT THEIR SYSTEM, HOW DO THEY ISOLATE THAT. HAVING SOME OF THOSE OPERATIONALS, EVEN IF IT IS ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. I LIKE TO HAVE ONE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DIDN'T LOSE POWER BUT IF THERE WERE LESSONS LEARNED, IT WOULD BE A GREAT UPDATE TO HAVE BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY WE PAY TO TREAT OUR WATER. >> IS THAT SOMETHING WE GET CURRENTLY, GARY? >> UPON REQUEST, THAT IS A GREAT POINT, TALK TO THEM ABOUT PROJECTS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR FUTURE CAPACITY. NORMALLY HAVE 25% MORE TO BILL OUT. THAT IS A GREAT POINT TO BRING THOSE DISCUSSIONS MORE FREQUENTLY. >> YOU'LL PUT THIS ON THE SECOND MEETING IN APRIL CONSENT AGENDA, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES, MA'AM. THE CONTRACT, YES. THE METER, IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG THEY NEED TO PROVIDE ME THE SCOPE OF SERVICES. >> I JUST WONDERED IF YOU COULD REPORT BACK AT THAT TIME POTENTIALLY. >> OKAY. >> IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I'M NOT TRYING TO PRESSURE BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING MAGIC ABOUT THAT DATE BUT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE. >> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. COUNCILMAN LANGE, DO YOU SOMETHING? >> THANK YOU, THAT WAS KIND OF THE VEIN I WAS GOING TO GO DOWN. MY QUESTION WAS IF THERE WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PLAN? SPECIFICALLY, IS THERE A BYPASS TO THE DUCK CREEK PLANT THAT BYPASSES THAT SO WE DON'T GET INTO TROUBLE? WILL WE END UP HAVING A PROBLEM IF THEY HAVE TO SHUT THEIR VALVE AND WE HAVE A BACKUP? >> THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE WOULD BE IN THE RELIC CREEK PLANT. IT DOES PUSH TO THE DUCK CREEK FACILITY. IF BOTH WERE DOWN, IT WOULD GO BACK INTO THE SYSTEM AND WE WOULD HAVE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE TO PUT IT. WE WOULD ASK PEOPLE TO REFRAIN FROM USING WATER AND FILLING THE SYSTEM UP. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> COUNCILMAN? >> YES. WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL IN 21.2, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT LANGUAGE. ALTHOUGH I GET IF A NATURAL DISASTER, NO ONE CAN CONTROL THAT. BUT IF THAT SITUATION WERE TO HAPPEN WHERE WE DO HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND WE HAVE A SITUATION HAPPEN WHERE OUR LFT STATIONS START TO BACK UP AND THINGS START LEAKING, TO [00:50:04] JUST FLAT SAY THAT RELIC CANNOT SEEK DAMAGES, I THINK THAT IS A LIABILITY ON OUR CITY GIVEN THE CURRENT LANGUAGE THERE, THE DIFFERENCE THERE. >> MR. BERMAN? >> GARLAND HAS CERTAIN LEVELS OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD A CATASTROPHIC EVENT AND WERE ABLE TO TREAT OUR WASTE WATER -- AND WE SUSTAINED DAMAGES, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE THEM AND CLAIM DAMAGES. TO CHANGE THAT PROVISION -- ASSUMING HYPOTHETICALLY THEY WOULD AGREE TO IT, WOULD CREATE A LIABILITY THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE EXIST. >> BASICALLY, EVEN IF SOMETHING DID HAPPEN AND THIS CAUSE WASN'T THERE AND WE DID SEEK DAMAGES, THAT IS NOT REALLY A POSSIBILITY ANYWAY, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? >> IT IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY. IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY. >> OKAY. >> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD? >> YEAH. >> I THINK EVERYBODY IS ASKING THIS QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT, THE WASTE WATER PLANT GETS HIT BY A TORNADO, WE WON'T GET DAMAGES BUT IF THERE IS A CATASTROPHIC POWER FAILURE AND THIS TIME IT DOES AFFECT THEM, GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE THE UPDATE, THAT WOULDN'T FALL UNDER THE FORCE MAJURE, WOULD IT? CASE IN POINT POWERAGE THAT IS WE JUST WENT THROUGH? IF YOU CAN PROVE NEGLIGENCE THEY WEREN'T DOING WHAT WAS NEEDED TO PROTECT THEIR SYSTEM AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS THAT, WOULD THAT FALL UNDER A FORCE MAJOR? OKAY, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GETTING AT. >> THIS LANGUAGE MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO DEFINE WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT A FORCE MAJOR? >> I THINK THAT'S THE DEF DEFINITION, THAT'S WHAT THE DEFINITION OF FORCE MAJOR. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> EVERY TIME I TALK, EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT ME. >> YOU TELL HIM, LAURA. >> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND THANK YOU, MATT, FOR BEING SPECIFIC WITH THE POWER FAILURE. I WANTED MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T PUTTING OURSELVES IN AN ADVERSE POSITION. >> QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE, TO ALL THREE OF YOU, DAVID, GARY AND BRIAN, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS CONTRACT WE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE IN WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, DID WE COMPARE THIS CONTRACT TO THE OTHER CITIES THEY ARE SERVICING AND HOW DOES IT COMPARE? >> I CAN ANSWER NUMBER TWO. WE DID COMPARE IT TO OTHER CITIES. GARLAND'S GOAL WAS TO HAVE A BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE, WE DID COMPARE IT AND THEY ARE THE SA SAME. >> WITH EVEN THE WATER DISTRICT, AS WE HAVE LEARNED, OVER TIME, THE CONTRACT TEMPLATE CHANGES. WHEN YOU HAVE A 25-YEAR AGREEMENT, NOW WE ARE UPGRADING TO THE NEW LANGUAGE THEY HAD OVER THOSE YEARS. I DON'T RECALL ANYTHING PARTICULARLY -- I KNOW THERE WERE SOME THINGS WE WERE WATCHING FOR THAT THEY DID NOT TRY TO PUT IN. I'M PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I WOULD ASK GARY OR DAVID TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION ABOUT, WAS THERE ANYTHING WE WERE UPSET ABOUT WE WANTED IN THE AGREEMENT? I KNOW THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THEIR ATTORNEY WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THE LANGUAGE. A LOT OF THAT, I BELIEVE, WAS LEGALESE. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR DAVID. DAVID, DO YOU WANT TO HIT ON THAT? >> THERE WASN'T MUCH WE INSISTED [00:55:01] ON THAT WASN'T ALREADY THERE, OTHER THAN CLARIFYING DISPUTE RESOLUTION. THERE WAS REMOVING PROVISIONS WE COULDN'T LIVE WITH. THAT WAS TIME CONSUMING. THERE WAS A PROVISION IN THERE, THAT IN ALL FAIRNESS TO GARLAND, THAT REQUIRED CONSENT FROM THEIR DIRECTOR FOR ANY PROJECT THAT MIGHT EXCEED 100,000 GALLONS PER DAY. WE ABSOLUTELY CAN'T LIVE WITH THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT TOOK MAYBE A YEAR FOR THEM TO FINALLY CAPITULATE. THERE WERE OTHER PROVISIONS THAT HAD SIMILAR EFFECTS. UNDERSTANDABLE FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE THEY WANT IT BUT THINGS WE SIMPLY COULDN'T LIVE WITH. FOR WHATEVER REASON, A FEW SHORT MONTHS AGO, WE HAD IT DOWN TO ABOUT TWO OR THREE CLAUSES. THEY SIMPLY SAID, OKAY, WE'LL AGREE TO YOUR TERMS ON THOSE POINTS. THAT'S WHEN THE PROOF OF CONCEPT WAS CLOSE TO FINALIZATION. I WAS KIND OF HOPING WE COULD GET THIS APPROVED BEFORE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS. THIS HASN'T BEEN SIGNED BY THEM YET. THIS IS AS GOOD AS COULD GET. >> BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS OF OMISSIONS OR ANYTHING? >> NOTHING APPARENT. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, GARY. >> I WAS CONFIRMING, I DO NOT HAVE CONCERNS EITHER. >> THANK YOU. I GUESS I DID HAVE ONE MORE, BRIAN. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE PROBABLY THE LONGEST IN REGARDS TO DEALING WITH THIS CONTRACT AND ANY KIND OF POTENTIAL DISPUTES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES ON THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT. YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE MOST RECENT ONE. ANYTHING ELSE IN THE HISTORY THAT MAYBE WE ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH? >> THERE WAS, MAYOR, MANY YEARS A AGO. IT ENDED UP RESULTING IN LITIGATION WITH GARLAND. THE CITY AN GARLAND MADE AN AGRE AGREEMENT. I DON'T RECALL HOW MUCH. THERE WAS A CATCH-UP PROVISION. THAT WAS EARLY ON -- >> WAS THAT ABOUT MEASURING FLOW? >> IT WAS, AGAIN, ABOUT THAT. OF COURSE, MOST RECENTLY, MANY OF YOU -- I KNOW YOU WERE, MAYOR, PARTICULARLY INVOLVED IN THE LAST ONE THAT WE DID. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I LIKE THIS AGREEMENT BETTER. I'M MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. THE FACT THEY HAVE INSTALLED THE CHECK METER, I THINK, GIVES US AN IMPORTANT CATCH-ALL IF FOR SOME REASON WE START TO DEVIATE MORE THAN 5%. THEY'LL SEE IT BECAUSE OF THAT, QUICKER THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I THINK THE OTHER THING IS, T TTHE PROCESS OF RESOLUTION, HAVING GONE THROUGH THE NEGOTIATIONS, YOU KNOW, I DID NOT FIND GARLAND UNWILLING TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO COME BACK TO THE WRITING, WHAT THE AGREEMENT SAYS. IN ALL FAIRNESS, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO. THEY GAVE US TIME, THEY WORKED WITH US. WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO, THEY BELIEVE THE CONTRACT SAID ONE THING, WE BELIEVE ANOTHER. I THINK THAT HAD THAT EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE HAD AN EASIER TIME GETTING TO A RESOLUTION. >> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ANYTHING ELSE, BRIAN? THIS IS REALLY GOOD TO GET THIS BEHIND US. I KNOW YOU HAVE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS ON THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. YOU ARE NOT OUT OF THE HOT SEAT, GARY. >> NO PROBLEM. LAURA, I HAVE A SMALL INTRODUCTION HERE AS WELL. >> LET ME READ IT INTO THE RECORD. >> I'M SORRY. >> YOU ARE GOOD. I KNOW YOU ARE CHOMPING AT US TO TELL US ALL THE GOOD NEWS. [3D. Hear an update from FCC Environmental Services (FCC) on Solid Waste Collection Operations. (45 minutes)] ITEM 3D HEAR AN UPDATE FROM FCC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ON SOLID WASTE COLLECTION OPERATIONS, TRASH AND BULK PICK UP. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ON JUNE 20, 2017, THE CITY APPROVED A RESOLUTION FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS. SINCE THE WINTER STORM OF 2021 THE CITY HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT PICKUP AND CUSTOMER SERVICE RESPONSE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO HEAR THE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT CUSTOMER SERVICE. JEFF IS PRESENTING TONIGHT TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS TO THE COUNCIL AND CITIZENS TO PROVIDE [01:00:04] ANSWERS TO ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. JE JEFF? >> BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD CITIZEN COMMENTS, IF I COULD. IF I READ THEM IN LATER, IT WILL BE KIND OF SILLY. WE HAD LOTS OF CITIZEN INPUT ON THIS ISSUE. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, VIA E-MAIL, VIA PHONE CALLS, VIA FACE TO FACE CONVERSATIONS AND BY THE WAY, I'VE HAD NEIGHBORS KNOCK ON MY DOOR. THAT DOESN'T GO OVER TOO WELL, NOT ON MY NEIGHBORS, ON THE TRASH COLLECTION SERVICES. NEIGHBORS, YOU CAN KNOCK ON MY DOOR ANY DAY. THERE IS TWO THAT CAME TO CITIZENINPUT@ROWLETT.COM. JUST SO CITIZENS KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE CITIZEN INPUT TO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND YOU WANT THAT READ INTO THE RECORD, YOUR COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO GO TO CITIZENINPUT@ROWLETT.COM AND WE'LL READ IT INTO THE RECORD. PLEASE KNOW CITIZENS ALL THOSE OTHER MODES OF COMMUNICATION, WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO TOO. I'M GOING TO READ THESE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD. THIS IS FROM CHRISTY DAVIS AT SCOTT DRIVE, THREE WEEKS NOW THAT SCOTT DRIVE HAS HAD TRASH SITTING ON THE CURB AND NO TRUCKS HAVE COME BY. ON SATURDAY A TRASH TRUCK CAME DOWN THE ALLEY OF SCOTT AND SARAH AND BULK DOESN'T GET PUT INTO THE BACK PER B GUIDELINES. I ASSUME IT MEANS PER YARD GUIDELINES. OUR STREETS LOOK TRASHY FOR NOT FAULT OF OUR OWN. PLEASE HOLD THIS COMPANY ACCOU ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU. THOMAS B, TRASH DRIVER PASSED OUR STREET. TRASH PILED UP ON US. TRASH FALLS OUT EVERY TIME IT IS EMPTY. WE DID HAVE ANOTHER CITIZEN INPUT WHICH PART OF IT IS ABOUT TRASH. SO I'LL READ THAT PART NOW. WHEN WE GO TO THE REGULAR CITIZEN INPUT SECTION I'LL READ THE OTHER PART. THIS IS FROM TIFFANY BATTISTE. OKAY. WELL, THERE IS MORE WHEN WE READ THAT DURING CITIZEN INPUT. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, GA GARY. >> JEFF IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT HIS CONTINGENCY PLAN AND SHARE AN UPDATE. JEFF? THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. WE'LL START OFF WITH THE BULK OF THE WINTER STORM UPDATE. PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT ONE. DURING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14, 2021, WE HAD A ONCE IN A GENERATION WINTER STORM EVENT. PRETTY MUCH ALL IT TAKES IS A DEEP FREEZE COMPLETE WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IT LASTED THROUGH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. THEY STOPPED SERVICES FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK FEBRUARY 14-20. IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER A 40-YEAR EVENT. IT INVOLVED ALL CITY OPERATIONS INCLUDING MCKINNEY, GARLAND, THE CITY OF DALLAS. IN OUR INITIAL RESPONSE THROUGH THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14, FCC MONITORING THE WEATHER FORECAST TO DEPLOY CREWS SO WE COULD START SAFELY BEGINNING COLLECTIONS AGAIN. THE FCC DEPLOYED EACH REAR LOADER WE HAD, EVEN THE SPARE ONES TO ASSIST WITH COLLECTING SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLE ROUTES. WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE TWO WEEKS OF TRASH DOWN. WE KNEW IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO GET IT UP. BY THE END OF BUSINESS ON SATURDAY 27, ALL TRASH AND RECYCLING ROUTES WERE COMPLETED. THE 27TH WAS A SATURDAY. WE GOT THERE AND FOUND A WAY TO GET IT IN. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK AHEAD OF ROUTES IN ANTICIPATION OF HEAVY BULK SETOUTS. THAT DIDN'T MATERIAL UNTIL THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK, BEGINNING OF THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. DURING THIS WEEK WE HAD MULTIPLE DRIVERS AND CREWS THAT WORKED [01:05:04] WELL OVER 70 HOURS. ON TO CURRENT CONDITIONS, THAT WILL BE A COUPLE OF SLIDES UP AND AGAIN. ONE MORE TIME. CURRENT CONDITIONS, WHAT WE ARE SEEING OUT THERE ARE PARTICIPATION RATES WITH ADDITIONAL SET-OUT ARE SKYROCKETING. RATES HAVE SKYROCKETED. THERE IS NEAR 100% PARTICIPATION RATE IN THIS SET-OUT. EACH OF THOSE IS AT A HEAVIER PACE. UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WE WOULD FIND THERE IS A 3 TO 15 PERCENT PARTICIPATION RATE, THAT'S DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF Y YEAR. THAT'S TYPICALLY ONE TO THREE PARTICIPANTS. WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IS HIGHER, CLOSE TO 100% PARTICIPATION AND QUANTITIES OF 10 TO 20 BAGS IN THE SITUATIONAL NORM. THE RESEARCH INDICATES THERE IS A KNOWLEDGE GAP ON ITEM PLACEMENT. THERE IS A KNOWLEDGE GAP IN WHAT CONSTITUTES AN UNACCEPTABLE SETOUT WITH THE ISSUE OF CONT CONTRACTS. WE ARE FINDING MANY COMMERCIAL SE SETOUTS; EVERYTHING FROM LANDSCAPERS SETTING OUT BAGS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SETTING OUT TRASH, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AND EVEN EVICTIONS AND MOVE-OUTS. OFTEN TIMES THESE ARE PILED UP LOOSELY. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OFTENTIMES THESE PILES ARE PILED UP OUT THERE LOOSELY WITH NO ORDER OR AGENDA, ITEMS THAT SHOULD BE BAGGED UP, JUST LOOSE DEBRIS. THE GREATER IMPACT OF THESE UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES PROVIDES FOR COMPOUNDING IMPACTS ON CITIZENS THAT DO FOLLOW GUIDELINES. WE ESTIMATE 40% OF THE ADDITIONAL SET OUT TONNAGE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO BUSINESS SETOUTS, COMMERCIAL SETOUTS. OUR RESPONSE TO THIS WE HAD TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT FOLKS JUST DIDN'T KNOW. DUE TO THE KNOWLEDGE GAPS WE HAVE, WE JUST OPTED TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY AND CONDUCT A CLEAN SWEEP. WHILE THE CONTRACT REQUIRES THE PRESENCE OF ONE GRAPH TO SHOW UP, WE HAVE COMPLIMENTED THEM WITH ROLLOUT TRUCKS AND REAR LOAD TRUCKS. TO DO THIS -- >> HANG ON. PLEASE HANG ON, JEFF. IT MIGHT BE ME BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THOSE LAST THREE SENTENCES. CAN YOU SLOW DOWN IN YOUR DELIVERY AND REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? BACK UP ABOUT 30 SECONDS, PLEASE. >> OKAY. WHILE WE ARE REQUIRE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE TRUCK OUT THERE WITH A POSSIBLE SECOND, WE MANAGED TO FIELD BOTH GRAPPLE TRUCKS AND WE HAD ROLLOUT TRUCKS AND REAR LOAD TRUCKS. TO DO THIS, WE STOPPED SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMERCIAL OFFERINGS SO WE COULD FIELD THOSE ASSETS. WE ARE USING ALL SPARE EQUIPMENT, SWING DRIVERS AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE. CLEARLY THERE ARE CATASTROPHIC FAILURES THAT HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH IMMEDIATELY. AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE, AS THE MANPOWER IS AVAILABLE, WE ARE THROWING EVERYTHING WE HAVE AT IT. IN ADDITION TO DOING THAT, WE HAVE GONE OUT AND HIRED A THIRD PARTY TO HANDLE OUR OBLIGATIONS HERE AT MERCK. WE HIRED A COMPANY TO DO THAT SO WE CAN USE OUR DRIVERS WE TRUST BETTER IN ROWLETT. FINALLY, WE HAVE ALREADY HIRED TWO ADDITIONAL DRIVERS AND WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TO GET ANOTHER FOUR DRIVERS BROUGHT ON. WE STARTED ALL THIS ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH BECAUSE WE KNEW THINGS WOULD GET HEAVIER. WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH HEAVIER. YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SEVERAL EXAMPLES THERE OF THE COMBINATIONS OF THINGS LIKE BAG SETOUT WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE SET SETOUT. OR A VARIETY OF BAGS SETOUT BY CONTRACTORS, LANDSCAPING CONTRACTORS. [01:10:02] CURRENT STATUS IS, DURING THE WEEK FROM MARCH 22 THROUGH 27TH, WE MANAGED COMPLETE COVERAGE OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY ROUTES. WE GOT A GOOD START ON WEDNESDAY ROUTES. WE FINALLY COMPLETED THE WEDNESDAY ROUTES DURING THE WEEK OF MARCH 28-APRIL 3. THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ROUTES WERE WORKED ON THAT WEEK AS WELL. WE HOPED WE WERE WORKING ONE DAY OFF BECAUSE WE DID WORK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE HAD TO TAKE TRUCKS OFFLINE TO PREVENT THEM FROM HAVING CATASTROPHIC FAILURES IN TOWN. THEY WILL BE FIELDED AGAIN. INSTEAD OF HAVING SIX TRUCKS OUT THERE, WE HAVE ONLY MANAGED TO FIELD FOUR YESTERDAY AND TODAY. TO GET COMPLETELY CAUGHT UP WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A HEAVIER PRESENCE THAN USUAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE. AS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THAT STORM ACTUALLY KILLED A LOT OF STUFF, THE FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCES, IT WASN'T WITH HIGH WINDS OR A TORNADO, THE TREES AND SHRUBS AND THINGS THAT WERE KILLED OFF, WEREN'T BLOWN OVER, THEY DIDN'T REQUIRE IMMEDIATE REMOVAL. THEY ARE STILL STANDING UP, WAITING TO BE TAKEN DOWN. IF YOU COULD ADVANCE A COUPLE OF SLIDES. RIGHT THERE. SO HERE ARE RELEVANT STATISTICS TO GO ALONG WITH THIS. IN MARCH OF '18, WE PULLED ABOUT 324 TONS OF BULK OFF THE STREETS. ADDITIONAL SETOUT DIDN'T GET MEASURED IN BECAUSE WE MANAGED TO COLLECT THAT WITH REAR LOADERS ON REGULAR TRASH ROUTES. MARCH OF 2019, WE HAD ABOUT 322 TONS. THE SAME THING. THEN MARCH OF 2020, WE PULLED OUT ADDITIONAL SETOUT AND BULK AT 507 TONS. THIS IS DRIVEN BY THE LOCKDOWN AND COVID-19 PROTOCOLS. THE AVERAGE TIME WAS 400 TONS WITH THE REST COMING FROM SETOUT WITH REAR LOADERS AND GRAPPLE TRUCKS. IN MARCH OF 2021, WE PULLED 609 TONS OF STRAIGHT BULK OFF THE STREETS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 80 TONS COLLECTED JUST REAR LOADERS ON ADDITIONAL SETOUT ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS. THAT REPRESENTS AN ADDITIONAL 182 TONS OVER THE LAST YEARS NUMBERS. LAST YEARS NUMBERS WERE SKEWED DRAMATICALLY BY THE LOCKDOWNS. WE HAVE SEEN PRETTY MUCH OVER LAST YEAR NUMBERS, THAT IS A 36% INCREASE. IF WE USE A GENEROUS AVERAGE TONNAGE OF 350 TONS, THAT REPRESENTS A 97% INCREASE OVER THE AVERAGE THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH. IN TERMS OF LABOR ALLOCATED, IN MARCH WE INCREASED OVER THE 2020 NUMBERS BY 597 HOURS. MARCH 2020, OUR TOTAL HOURS ARE 4692.52 HOURS. IN MARCH 2021 OUR HOURS WERE 5289.85 HOURS. MOST OF THAT WAS OVERTIME HOURS. MOVING ON TO NEXT STEPS, TO GET FULLY CAUGHT UP, TO GET FULLY CAUGHT UP AND PREVENT THESE CHALLENGES FROM MOVING FORWARD OR PREVENT THESE CHALLENGES FROM PRESENTING THEMSELVES MOVING FORWARD, SERVICES HAS PROPOSED TWO ADDITIONAL COURSES OF ACTION, BY ADDITIONAL I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE HEAVY PRESENCE AND GET MORE TRUCKS OUT THERE. THERE ARE TWO MORE THINGS WE WANT TO DO. WE WANT TO SUBSIDIZE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND OTHERS BY MAKING THEM CONDUCT THEMSELVES LIKE EVERY OTHER BUSINESS IN ROWLETT. THEY NEED TO BE DISPOSING OF WASTE PRODUCT THEY PRODUCE THEMSELVES. CITY STAFF HAS COMMITTED BY INFORMING CONTRACTORS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING DEBRIS WHENEVER THEY ARE GETTING PERMITS. SECOND, WE REALLY NEED TO ROLL OUT PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. FCC HAS COMMITTED TO ADDING BUCK SLIPS TO THE UTILITY MAILER. WE'LL DO THAT AT OUR EXPENSE. [01:15:02] WE INTEND TO DO THIS OVER FOUR BILLING CYCLES TO EXTEND OUR REACH. WE WANT OUR MAILERS TO BE IN BOTH OF THOSE TWO MONTHS IN A ROW. WE INTEND TO DO THIS OVER FOUR BILLING CYCLES, MAXIMIZE THE REACH OF INFORMATION. THE INFORMATION INCLUDED ON THESE BUCK SLIPS WILL BE ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND, OF COURSE, THE REMINDER THAT LANDSCAPERS, TREE TRIMMERS, CONTRACTORS OF ALL TYPE CONDUCTING WORK ON THEIR PROPERTY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THE DEBRIS THEY PRODUCE. IN ADDITION TO THESE MAILERS, WE HAVE ORDERED DIFFERENT TAGS FOR PUTTING ON ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WASTE THAT ARE MORE SPECIFIC TO THE CURRENT ISSUES RATHER THAN THE ORIGINAL ORANGE STICKER WE USE ON CONTAMINATED WASTE OR THINGS LIKE THAT OR UNACCEPTABLE WASTE IN A TRASH CART. WE ARE DOING -- WE'LL ALSO NOTIFY CODE ANY TIME WE RUN INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THAT WILL BE AN EFFORT FOR US TO ASSIST WITH ENFORCEMENT. THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE TO THIS. ONE OF THEM IS THE ADDITION OF A NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE PROGRAM CALLED TRACK EASY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE FOR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUE, WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON THE PHONE NOW. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE ANSWERING THE PHONES. WE HAVE THEM DOING THAT. NOW, WE WANT TO PULL IN THIS NEW PROGRAM CALLED TRACK EZ. IT WILL ENHANCE REPORTING TIME OR COMPLIANCE ISSUES. THE INVENTORS HAS AGREED TO CONDUCT A DEMONSTRATION FOR STAFF IN ORDER TO SHOW SOME OF THEIR CAPABILITIES. CURRENTLY THIS PROGRAM IS BEING USED TO GREAT EFFECT IN SOME OF OUR LOCATIONS IN FLORIDA AND SERVICE LARGE MUNICIPALITIES, ONE I BELIEVE IS IN DAYTONA. ONE OF THESE INTERFACES IS DESIGNED FOR THE HAULING COMPANY. THE OTHER ONE IS DESIGNED FOR USE BY MUNICIPALITY. BECAUSE IT IS CLOUD BASED, THERE IS LITTLE THAT ANYBODY NEEDS TO DO IN THE IT DEPARTMENT THAN TO ALLOW A LINK TO BE PLACED ON THEIR WEBSITE. THIS ISN'T THE ONLY WAY TO BE ACCESSED. PEOPLE CAN CALL IN TO COMPLAIN, TO REQUEST, QUESTIONS CAN BE LOGGED INTO THAT SYSTEM. NOW, BECAUSE OF THE I UNDERSTAND OFFICIALS DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON WHAT WE HAVE TO TELL. WE'LL PULL OUR REPORTS. THE CITY IS FULLY CAPABLE ON GOING IN ON THEIR USER PROFILE AND PULLING THE SAME REPORTS THEY ASKED THE DESIGNERS TO PUT IN. ESSENTIALLY BE ABLE TO LOOK OVER OUR SHOULDER. THE MUNICIPAL SIDE OF THE PROGRAM, IT IS MUCH LIKE A UTILITY THAT ALLOWS REAL-TIME REPORTING OF ISSUES, AND ISSUE RESOLUTION. IF THE CITY OPTS TO ALLOW PERSONNEL TO USE IT, INPUT THAT, AN ISSUE AS IT IS CALLED OUT, IT DIRECTLY GOES TO THE CONCERNED PEOPLE, ME, EVEN OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS. WHENEVER THEY RESEARCH IT -- SAY SOMEBODY REPORTS MISSED TRASH. WE RESEARCH IT, WE WOULD REPORT IMMEDIATELY THAT WAS A LATE SET OR NOT SET OUT. THAT WOULD UPDATE TO THE ORIGINAL POSTER. THERE ARE A LOT OF REAL NEAT THINGS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. WE'LL PURCHASE THE PROGRAM. WE'LL UTILIZE IT BECAUSE IT WILL ENHANCE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND IT WILL MAKE US QUICKER ON THE TRIGGER FOR THIS SORT OF THING. NOW, AGAIN, THE CITY IS NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM. WE BELIEVE ONCE CITY STAFF TAKES A LOOK AT IT, THEY'LL QUICKLY FALL IN LOVE WITH IT. THIS IS A PROGRAM WE'LL PURCHASE REGARDLESS. WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY DECIDES TO USE THAT UTILITY IS UP TO THEM BUT THERE WILL BE NO EXPENSE TO THE CITY ON THIS. NOW, THERE IS ONE OTHER POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT THAT WON'T BE ANY EASIER TO ACCOMPLISH BUT IT WILL HELP WITH ADDITIONAL SETOUT RELATED ITEMS, BAGGED [01:20:03] LEAVES, SMALL BRUSH PILES AND IT WILL HELP A LOT WITH LAND FILL DIVERSION. THIS IS A CONVERSATION I HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH SEVERAL FOLKS OVER SEVERAL YEARS, THE IDEA THE DIVERSION RATES KEEP DECLINING. SOME WOULD BE THE ABILITY TO GET PREFERENTIAL PRICING FOR ITEMS THE CITY USES LIKE COMPOST, TOPSOIL OR MULCH BY THE PARKS DEPA DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE TRYING TO REPAIR THINGS THAT -- OR IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPING FEATURES THERE. WE THINK THIS WOULD HELP THEIR BUDGETS. THE NICE THING ABOUT IT, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE DIVERSION RATE. IT WOULD PROVIDE US A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO YARD WASTE RATHER THAN PUTTING IT IN A LAND FILL. THE NICE THING ABOUT HIGHER DIVERSION RATES, THEY MAY SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION FOR AWARDS AND GRANTS MORE LIKELY. WHENEVER I PUT THOSE NUMBERS UP THERE, I WAS JUST DOING SOME COMPARISONS, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, IF WE HAD MANAGED TO PUT TOGETHER A SUCCESSFUL COMPOSTING PROGRAM, THE BULKY BRUSH WITH YAR WASTE AND ADDITIONAL SETOUTS WOULD HAVE INCREASED THE DIVERSE RATE TO ABOUT 20% OVER THE CURRENT 11.78% DIVERSION RATE. IF AT ANY POINT LATER DOWN THE LINE OR NOW COUNCIL DECIDES THEY WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT IDEA, WE'LL BEGIN THE PROCESS TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL AND LET YOU GUYS EVALUATE IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? >> JEFF, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN USING THIS TERM ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN ADDITIONAL SETOUT TO OUR PUBLIC, PLEASE. >> ABSOLUTELY. ADDITIONAL SETOUT IS ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE PLACED IN A BAG FOR COLLECTION WITH REAR LOADING CREW. WHAT I HAVE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING AND CONTINUED TO SAY, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL FIT IN A BAG, BY ALL MEANS PLACE IT IN A BAG. IF YOU CAN GET IT INTO YOUR CART, PUT IT INTO YOUR CART. IF IT WON'T FIT IN YOUR CART, SET IT ADJACENT TO THE CART. THE REASON THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEAVES AND BRUSH, THE WAY WE PICK UP BULK, WE CAN PICK IT UP STREET SIDE. ANY TIME WE PICK UP A PILE OF BAGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ONE OR TWO A DAY WILL BURST OPEN, IT WILL MAKE A MESS, THEY HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP. EVEN THOUGH HE WON'T DO A GREAT JOB BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL TOOLS LIKE BROOMS AND DUST PANS. WHILE THEY DO CARRY THEM, THEY FREQUENTLY GET LOST OR BROKEN. >> YOUR COMMENT ABOUT 100% SETOUT, THAT CONFUSES ME. I GUESS THE REASON YOU ARE COMPUTING IT THAT WAY, THE NUMBER OF BAGS AT INDIVIDUAL HOUSE HOLDS, LIKE ONE BAG IS ONE MEASUREMENT BUT 20 BAGS IS ANOTHER MEASUREMENT? THERE IS NO WAY WE HAVE 100% SETOUT IN THIS TOWN. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. WHAT I'M SAYING IS PARTICIPATION RATES ARE CLOSING IN ON 100%. BY PARTICIPATION, THAT MEANS ANYONE WHO SETS AN ADDITIONAL BAG OUT. YOU ONLY SEE BETWEEN 3 TO 15 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION THAT WILL SET IT OUT. LIKE IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER, AROUND HOLIDAYS IN THE SUMMER LIKE 4TH OF JULY, IN THE SPRINGTIME WHEN THEY ARE DOING ADDITIONAL CLEAN-UP ON THE PROPERTY, YOU'LL SEE AN UPTICK OF 15%, SOMETIMES HIGHER. IN THE FALL, THE SAME THING, YOU'LL SEE AN UPTICK IN THE SETOUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING AND THE LIKE AND THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS YOU SEE THAT AS WELL. [01:25:02] BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW. TYPICALLY TWHEFR -- WHENEVER YOU DO, IT IS TWO OR THREE BAGS. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE SEEING, WE ARE SEEING LARGE NUMBERS OF BAGS BY LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. IT IS A RARE OCCASION WHEN THE ADDITIONAL SETOUT IS ONE OR TWO BAGS AS OPPOSED TO BEFORE WHEN THAT WAS THE NORM. THE NUMBERS ARE REVEALED IN THE TONNAGE. >> YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I DON'T BELIEVE THE NUMBERS. I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE RESIDENTS ARE PUTTING OUT HIGH NUMBERS OF MULTIPLE BAGS, I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE CLOSE TO 100% SETOUT PARTICIPATION BUT WE CAN SIT THERE AND ARGUE THAT ALL NIGHT. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO TO MY COMMENTS. COUNCILWOMAN BROWN? >> TO FOLLOW UP TO THE 100% PARTICIPATION, IS THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME? YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT 100% PARTICIPATION, SAY, IN MARCH OF 2021. ARE YOU SAYING OVER THE PERIOD OF A YEAR THAT YOU'VE HAD 100% PARTICIPATION OR ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION IN THE SETOUT? YES, I DO AGREE THE TONNAGE DOES REFLECT A PRETTY HIGH INCREASE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? IS THAT 100% MEASURED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME? OW ARE YOU MEASURING THAT? >> HERE'S WHAT -- A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST, I SAID GETTING NEAR THAT. NOT 100% BUT SOMEWHERE VERY, VERY HIGH. SECOND, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, WHILE WE DRIVE DOWN THE ALLEY, WHILE WE DRIVE DOWN THE STREET ON SETOUTS, ALMOST EVERY HOME HAS SOMETHING SETOUT ADDITIONAL, WHERE IN THE PAST THAT WAS NOT UNU USUALLY THE CASE. THEY WERE THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. NOW, THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE IS WHENEVER YOU GO PAST THE HOUSE WITH NOTHING SET OUT ADDITIONALLY OR THE ADDITIONAL SETOUT. IT IS TRUE THAT SOME OF THAT IS THE FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, YOU HAD A BUNCH OF FOLKS SET OUT LARGE QUANTITIES AND WE WERE UNABLE TO COLLECT ALL OF THEM TO COMPLETE COLLECTIONS OF THE REGULAR TRASH ROUTE. WE HAD TO KEY UP AND GO BACK TO THEM ON THE WEEKEND. WE HAVE BEEN BACK EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY IN MARCH. BACK IN APRIL WE WERE BACK DOING THE SAME THING. WHILE IT IS TRUE SOME OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE AS YOU GO DOWN THE ALLEY, SOME OF THE BAGS YOU ARE SEEING ARE BAGS YOU DIDN'T MANAGE TO GET COLLECTED THE LAST WEEK. AGAIN, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THIS INCREASE. THAT'S WHY WE ARE GEARING UP TO RUN A LOT MORE VEHICLES. IN FACT, I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS DURING THE EARLIER PRESENTATION BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING -- ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE ARE DOING IS GETTING ANOTHER GRAPPLE TRUCK. WE FINALLY FOUND ONE, FINALLY SOURCED ONE WE CAN LEASE. WE'LL BRING THAT TRUCK IN. WE HAVE DRIVERS THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO DRIVE THAT GRAPPLE TRUCK. INSTEAD OF TWO GRAPPLE TRUCKS FOLLOWED AROUND, IT WILL BE THREE GRAPPLE TRUCKS. THAT WILL INCREASE CAPACITY DRAMAT DRAMATICALLY. >> I DON'T THINK YOU ANSWERED THE TIME QUESTION, BUT I THINK MAYBE YOU DID BY SAYING YOU ARE SEEING EVERY HOUSEHOLD WHICH I DISAGREE WITH ENTIRELY. >> I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT. THERE IS MORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT WHEN EVERYTHING CAN'T GET PICKED UP WEEK TO WEEK. I DO GET THAT OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, ON AN AVERAGE, I THINK I WOULD EVEN NOW WHEN WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ADDITIONAL DEBRIS, I WOULD PUT IT AT 25 OR 30 PERCENT OF PUTTING BULK OUT. BUT I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, OUR CONTAMINATION RATE AT 30% IS A REAL CONCERN TO ME. THE STATE-WIDE AVERAGE IS 25. I WONDER HOW YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. [01:30:04] AND THEN ALSO I KNOW THERE ARE SOME VARIABLES THAT CAN AFFECT PRICING. CAN YOU GIVE US JUST AN IDEA OF A RANGE OF WHAT THIS COMPOSTING PROGRAM MIGHT COST PER HOUSE HOLD BASED ON OTHER CUSTOMERS THAT USE THAT SERVICE. >> WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AT OTHER LOCATIONS WHEN WE WERE RUNNING THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM WAS WE TOOK THE ORIGINAL PRICE PER HOME, WE DIVIDED THAT UP BY THE NUMBER PER ROUTE. THAT GAVE US AN INDIVIDUAL ROUTE PER HOME PRICE. FROM THERE, WE EXTRAPOLATED OUT TO SAY, WE'LL NEED ONE MORE ROUTE OR TWO MORE ROUTES TO CONDUCT THIS ADEQUATELY. THAT'S WHERE IT CAME IN. NOW, IT IS TRUE THAT -- IT IS TRUE WHENEVER YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT FOR A PORTION OF THE YEAR, SAY, IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO ROUTES, YOU'LL ONLY NEED ONE. FOR A PORTION OF THE YEAR, IF YOU HAVE FACTORED IN TWO ROUTES, YOU NEED TO HAVE THREE FOR A SMALL PORTION OF THE YEAR. THAT'S THE SHORT ANSWER ON HOW TO COME UP WITH AN EXPECTED PRICE RANGE. >> SO WHAT WOULD THAT PRICE RANGE BE? I UNDERSTAND I ASKED YOU TWO QUESTIONS, THAT WAS ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER WAS ABOUT THE CONTAMINATION RATE THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IN OUR RECYCLABLES BUT WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT CONTAMINATION WITH THE COMPOST. YOU WERE MENTIONING WE COULD USE IT IN THE CITY. I KNOW AT ONE TIME WE MADE COMPOST AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR FREE IF THEY WOULD PICK IT UP. THERE WERE ALSO CONTAMINATION ISSUES THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THAT BUT IT MAY MAKE THAT COMPOST LESS USABLE IN PRACTICALITY. DO YOU NOT HAVE A PRICE RANGE? YOU EXPLAINED TO US HOW YOU ARRIVE AT A PRICE RANGE. I UNDERSTAND IT CAN VARY DEPENDING ON THE SERVICE AND SIZE OF CITY BUT JUST A RANGE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT WOULD ADD $5 TO EVERYONE'S BILL? $1.50? JUST A RANGE. >> I'M THINKING JUST OFF THE CUFF, WITHOUT GETTING OUT A PENCIL AND PAPER, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE RANGE OF BETWEEN $1.30 AND $1.50 PER HOME FOR ONE ADDITIONAL ROUTE DEDICATED TO COMPOST ING. AS FAR AS THE CONTAMINATION SCENARIO FOR COMPOST ING, THAT AGAIN WOULD HAVE TO BE PART OF A CANVASSING CAMPAIGN, ASKING FOLKS TO USE THE CRAFT BAGS. THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE, AS I HAVE SEEN DONE IN A COUPLE OF AREAS, WHERE THE CREWS ACTUALLY CARRY THE LARGE BAG TO CATCH BAGS IN. WHENEVER THEY GRAB A LAWN BAG LOADED WITH LEAVES, THEY SLICE IT OPEN AND DROP IT INTO THE HOPPER AND STUFF THE REMAINING BAG INTO THE ONE THEY CARRY ON THE TRUCK FOR THAT PURPOSE. THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE THE PLASTIC CONTAMINATION. TYPICALLY WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT SEPARATE OUT COMPOSTING FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPOSTING, TYPICALLY IT IS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN CAUSE. I USUALLY SEE LESS CONTAMINATION IN COMPOSTING THAN I DO IN RECYCLING. TYPICALLY IN RECYCLING, I DON'T THINK FOR MOST FOLKS WHEN THEY CONTAMINATE IT IS MALICIOUS. I THINK IT IS -- THEY HAVEN'T BEEN EDUCATED ON THE PROPER MODES OF RECYCLING. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, JEFF. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN EDUCATING OUR PUBLIC AS TO HOW THE RECYCLABLES GET CONTAMINATED BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE WELL INTENTIONED. >> WELL, I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MERCK MANAGER, HE HAS BEEN RANDOMLY [01:35:06] PULLING IN TRUCKS AND CONDUCT ING CHARACTERISTICIZATION AUDITS ON THEM. HE DROPS OFF THREE OR FOUR A WEEK. THE NUMBERS CAN BE ALARMING. ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE BEEN HAVING IS HOW DO WE DO AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN THAT INVOLVES MERCK, THAT GETS THE RIGHT INFORMATION OUT. HE SAID HE WOULD PUT SOMETHIG TOGETHER FOR ME. THE GENERAL MANAGER WILL BE PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR ME. I AM OPEN TO THE IDEA OF FUNDING ANOTHER RUN OF BUCK SLIPS IN THE WATER BILL BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT BENEFITS THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND FCC. ONCE YOU GET BEYOND 130% CONTAMINATION RATE, THEN ESSENTIALLY THE ENTIRE LOAD SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE LAND FILL BECAUSE GETTING ANY PROFITABLE WORK DONE WITH THAT MATERIAL IS OUT THE WINDOW. IT IS HARDER ON THE EQUIPMENT AND IT IS HARDER ON PEOPLE TO SORT THROUGH IT MANUALLY. >> THAT RATE IS VERY CONCERNING. AGAIN, APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE US IN GETTING THAT DOWN TO SOMETHING REASONABLE. >> I THINK I CAN PROBABLY COMMIT TO -- I CAN COMMIT TO A RUN OF BUCK SLIPS IN JUNE, BECAUSE THERE IS LIMITED SPACE ON THOSE. I APPRECIATE THAT BUT I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE REAL ISSUE HERE. IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. I'M NOT JUST A LITTLE FRUSTRATED, I'M A LOT FRUSTRATED. I HEARD UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES, POOR COMMUNICATION, 100% SETOUT. WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON -- I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A ONCE IN A 100-YEAR STORM EVENT BUT THIS HAS BEEN A CUMULATIVE PROBLEM WITH OUR BULK PICKUP SINCE THIS CONTRACT STARTED. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE AND THE STORM HAS INTENSIFIED IT. MY HIGH LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION IS TE ONE-SIDEDNESS OF THIS PRESENTATION WHICH S THIS IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE DOING WRONG, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO US AN THIS IS WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO IN THE FUTURE. HANG ON, PLEASE. HANG ON, PLEASE. >> I'M SORRY. >> YOU ARE OKAY. RESIDENTS AREN'T COMING TO US AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, MY CONTRACTOR PUT OUT CONTRACTING MATERIALS AND I'M MAD AT FCC FOR NOT PICKING THEM UP. THOSE AREN'T THE ONES WE ARE HEARING. THOSE AREN'T THE ONES I'M SEEING. I SEE THOSE. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE ISSUES IS OUR -- MAJORITY IS -- THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE ISSUES IS POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE WHEN OUR RESIDENTS ARE REPORTING ISSUES. ONE BAG OF SETOUT SITTING NEXT TO THE TRASH CAN AND THE COLLECTORS ARE JUST LEAVING IT THERE NEXT TO THE TRASH CAN. I HAVE MANY, MANY EXAMPLES OF THAT. YOU KNOW, BULK JUST SITTING OUT THERE WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT CORRECTLY AND IS NOT BEING PICKED UP. I UNDERSTAND THE VOLUME ISSUES. I UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE IS A CAR PLACED IN FRONT OF THE BULK. I UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE ARE BAGS OUT FRONT AND SHOULDN'T BE. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHAT IS FCC DOING TO IMPROVE THE DAY-TO-DAY SERVICE WHERE FCC IS FALLING DOWN ON THEIR QUALITY OR LACK OF QUALITY SERVICE. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION. THAT IS MY FRUSTRATION. >> SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DID NOT ADDRESS AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE, THE POOR COMMUNICATION PIECE IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. IT IS THERE. WE ARE WORKING ON FIXING THAT RIGHT NOW. PART OF THE REASON WHY WE WANT TO GET THIS SOFTWARE IS BECAUSE IT WILL STREAMLINE THE COMMUNICATIONS AND SPEED THOSE UP. SO THERE IS THAT. THE OTHER PART OF IT, WE HAVE ADDED PEOPLE TO THE PHONE LINES JUST FOR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PI PIECE. ONE LADY WHO IS PROPERLY TRAINED, THE OTHER WE PUT BACK INTO THE PHONE STREAM SO WE HAVE [01:40:02] THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CAPTURING PHONE CALLS, RECORDING STUFF AND GETTING IT OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO ROUTE MANAGERS. THAT IS THE OTHER THING WE HAVE DONE AS WELL IN ORDER TO HELP IMPROVE SOME OF THIS, WE HAVE GONE OUT AND HIRED AN ADDITIONAL ROUTE MANAGER, OVER AND ABOVE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE DIRECTION MORE CLOSELY TO THE ROUTES SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION SOONER RATHER THAN LA LATER. I BELIEVE MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WE DEAL WITH DIRECTLY HAVE MET YOUR [INAUDIBLE]. AGAIN, THAT IS ONE OF THE OTHER NEXT STEP ISSUES -- NEXT STEP THINGS WE DID TO GET THAT GOING. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT JUST A ROWLETT ISSUE. THIS IS ACTUALLY REGION WIDE. I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE INDUSTRY THAT I VISIT WITH, WE COMMISERATE ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES THEY ARE HAVING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE GRATEFUL ABOUT IS THAT IN THEIR CONTRACTS, THEY HAVE SETOUT. I TELL THEM, GOOD FOR YOU BUT YOU ARE STILL HAVING TROUBLE. YEAH, I AM. AGAIN, NOT TO BELABOR IT, THIS IS A REGIONAL ISSUE. THIS IS TAKING PLACE ALL AROUND US, NOT JUST ROWLETT. I AM DOING WHAT I KNOW TO DO NEXT, GOING OUT AND GETTING SYSTEMS FROM OTHER PEOPLE, FROM THIRD PARTY VENDORS AND GOING OUT AND FINDING MORE EQUIPMENT AND GOING OUT AND FINDING MORE DRIVERS SO I CAN FIELD MORE DRIVERS. THE TYPICAL RUN SHOULD BE 10 DRIVERS IN ROWLETT. I HAVE BEEN RUNNING BETWEEN 12 AND 16 IN ROWLETT FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS IN AN EFFORT TO GET THESE TONS OFF THE GROUND. WE ARE INCREASING THAT. LIKE I SAID EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE ARE BRINGING IN FOUR ADDITIONAL DRIVERS. THE POOR COMMUNICATION PIECE, WE ONLY TALKED ABOUT ONE PART OF IT, TO STREAMLINE THINGS. THE OTHER, WE SHOULD HAVE REACHED OUT A LONG TIME AGO THROUGH THESE BUCK SLIPS, NOW THAT I KNOW THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO US, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CUSTOMERS ALWAYS WORKS BETTER. I FEEL A LOT OF CALLS WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING SIMPLE QUESTIONS I THOUGHT HAD ALREADY BEEN COMMUNICATED IN THE PAST AND IT TURNS OUT WE HAVE NOT CLEARLY COMMUNICATED THOSE ANSWERS. WE'LL DO THAT. IT IS ANOTHER PART OF THE OUTR OUTREACH. >> I WILL AGREE WITH THAT ON THAT. I THINK THE TAGS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. BUT WE CANNOT EXPECT THAT EVERY RESIDENT IS GOING TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE OR YOUR WEBSITE AND PULL UP THAT COMMUNICATION. THEY'LL SEE WHAT THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING NEXT DOOR, THEY'LL SEE A COMMUNICATION, IT IS OKAY TO PUT A BAG NEXT TO YOUR TRASH CAN AN THEN IT TURNS INTO 20. DIRECT COMMUNICATION SEE -- VIA THE TAGS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT. I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. >> WE ARE GETTING THE MISSION SPECIFIC ONES, YOU WILL, IN ADDITION TO THE BUCK SLIPS WE'LL PUT OUT WITH THE UTILITY BILLS. >> DON'T -- WE CAN'T RELY ON PEOPLE READING THOSE IN THE UTILITY BILLS. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO. I THINK THE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WHEN THERE IS A SPECIFIC ISSUE AT A SPECIFIC HOUSEHOLD IS CRITICAL. >> YES, MA'AM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER, I CAN'T TELL IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING. >> YES -- >> WE HAVE THE OLD GENERIC ONES UNTIL THE NEWER ONES ARRIVE. I THINK WE ORDERED THEM THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. WE ARE STILL USING THE GENERIC ONES. THAT'S A LOT MORE TIME CONSUMING. WE HAVE TO WHITE TIME MESSAGES ON THEM. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE GONE WITH THE MISSION SPECIFIC ONES TO GO WITH DRIVERS. RECYCLE DRIVERS WILL HAVE ONE, BULK DRIVERS WILL HAVE ONE AND THE TRASH DRIVERS WILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YES. >> SO WHEN WILL I COULDN'T -- WILL YOU BE TAGGING THE BULK AT THE CURB? >> RIGHT NOW, AS WE PULL UP, THE NEW TAGS WILL HAVE A BLOCK ACCESS, THE DRIVER CAN CIRCLE BLOCK ACCESS LETTING THEM KNOW [01:45:04] IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BRICK MAILBOX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT NOW, AS THEY GO THROUGH, WE ARE DAILY SENDING A MESSAGE, IF YOU ARE NOT PICKING SOMETHING UP, MAKE SURE THERE IS A TAG ON IT. EVERYONE IS LEAVING OUT WITH A FRESH WAD OF TAGS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE USING. >> I DROVE AROUND THE CITY TODAY AND TOOK SOME PHOTOS OF A LOT OF BULK. A LOT OF THEM IS PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT EDUCATED ON THE QUALIFYING BULK WASTE AND THEY ARE PUTTING BAGS OUT ON THE CURB. AT NO TIME AT ANY OF THE STREETS THAT I DROVE DID I SEE TAGS ON THOSE IN FRONT OF THOSE HOMES OR ON A DOOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M JUST MENTIONING THAT TO SO YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AN MAKE SURE THAT IS HAPPENING, THAT THEY ARE TAGGING. I DROVE AROUND TODAY AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY TAGS AT ALL. >> WELL -- >> GO AHEAD. >> I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE BULK TRUCKS HAVEN'T GONE BY THOSE HOUSES YET. THEY AREN'T BEING LEFT ON PURPOSE. MY LAST INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BULK DRIVERS THE LAST COUPLE OF WEKS, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE DONE A BAD JOB TELLING FOLKS WHAT IS WHAT. PICK IT UP IF IT IS THERE. IF YOU CAN'T GET IT CLEANED UP, CALL ONE OF US, THE ROUTE MANAGERS OR MYSELF, WE'LL GET IT SO YOU CAN GO ON TO KEEP PICKING UP BULK. THAT IS THE MESSAGE WE HAVE SENT THEM. IF YOU SEE A TAG ON A BULK PILE ON THE STREET, THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT WAS A BLOCKED ACCESS AT THE TIME THE BULK DRIVER WENT BY THERE. BECAUSE WE ARE DOING MOSTLY COLLECTION ON OFFROUTE DAYS, WE ARE NOT STANDING ON CEREMONY AND SAYING, WELL, YOU WERE BLOCKED, GOOD LUCK UNTIL NEXT TIME. WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT. WHAT WE ARE SAYING ON THE TAG, CALL THIS NUMBER, LET'S GET IN CONTACT WITH THE CUSTOMER, SAYING, YES, WE APOLOGIZE, WE WERE THERE, THE PILE WAS BOCKED, WE'LL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. >> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS REGARDING -- I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRASH OR DEBRIS BEING LEFT FROM THE ALLEY WAY, NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO BULK BUT FROM YOUR TRASH PICKUP, DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE ALLEY WAY. I HAVE SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES, WHAT CAN BE DONE BY FCC TO ENSURE THAT ARTICLE 3.0606 IS FOLLOWED IN THE CONTRACT? >> SO A LOT OF THE TIME, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A LOT OF THE TIME THE TRASH IN THE ALLEY WAY IS DUE TO THE WIND. I TELL MY DRIVERS, IF YOU DROP IT, PICK IT UP. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS IT INTO SOMEBODY'S YARD, THAT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE MY INSTRUCTION TO THEM IN THE PAST HAS BEEN, DON'T TRESPASS, DON'T GO ON TO SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY WITHOUT THEIR EXPLICIT PERMISSION. FOR UNBAGGED ITEMS, FOR BAGGED ITEMS TORN APART BY STRAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER WITH THAT. ALWAYS. TYPI TYPICALLY, WHEN WE GET A REPORT, TYPICALLY WE'LL PULL A VIDEO TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON TO DO A SERVICE VERIFICATION. WHEN WE SEE A DRIVER OR HELPER CREW HAS MADE A MESS AND JUST MALICIOUSLY LEFT IT, THAT SAME CREW GOES BACK. WE'LL HAVE THEM BREAK ROUTE, GO BACK, CLEAN UP THE MESS THEY HAVE MADE. FAILING THAT, IF IT IS A BIG ONE AND THERE IS A LOT TO DO ON THAT ROUTE, TYPICALLY THE ROUTE MANAGER OR EVEN MYSELF A COUPLE OF TIMES HAS GONE OUT, PICKED IT UP, COVERED IT UP AND DRIVE TO THE DRIVER AND MAKE THE CREW PICK IT UP. >> YES, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, IN THE BACK OF YOUR RECYCLE TRUCK, WHAT IS KEEPING THE LOAD IN PLACE? IS IT SECURE? IS THERE AN OPEN DOOR? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >> YEAH. WHAT WE HAVE IS THIS LARGE TUB WE CALL A HOPPER. THERE ARE TWO PANELS THAT ARTICULATE AND MOVE TO GRAB THE WASTE UP AND PULL IT UP TO THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS SECURE IN THAT WAY. WHEN THE RECYCLE COMES OUT, IT [01:50:04] IS IN THE ACT OF FALLING OUT WHEN LOOSE PAPERS, STYROFOAM TRAYS THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE BUT OFTEN ARE, CHIP BOARD BOXES FROM SODA CASE, SOMETHING LAKE THAT, THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL SEE THOSE THINGS BLOWING AROUND. OF COURSE, WHENEVER YOU RECYCLE THE BLADE, IT IS A LARGE WALL ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK THAT OPENS UP, GOES INTO THE HOOPER AND SCOOPS THAT STUFF AND BRINGS IT BACK TO THE BODY OF THE TRUCK. WHENEVER YOU OPEN THAT, SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE SOME COME TUMBLING OUT AND PUSH THE CONTENTS IN THE HOPPER ITSELF UP AND OUT. THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO TRAIN THE RECYCLE DRIVERS TO SWEEP HOPPERS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THEY WOULD IF THEY WERE IN TRASH. THE STUFF IN THE RECYCLE HOPPER IS LOOSE. IF WE KEEP THAT EMPTY -- THAT CAN BE REMEDIAL TRAINING FOR A DRIVER THAT HAS GONE OVER TO RECYCLING, THE MORE FREQUENTLY THAT IS REPORTED TO THE ROUTE MANAGERS, THE BETTER IT IS FOR US BECAUSE IT IS EASIER FOR US TO GET OUT AND APPLY THAT REMEDIAL TRAINING. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING MORE FREQUENT COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THAT, TRASH BEING RLEFT IN THE ALLEY. APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD GO BACK AND MAKE SURE YOUR GUYS ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. I'LL REFER ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT TO YOU OR TO GARY SO HE CAN SEND IT TO YOU FROM NOW ON. THANK YOU. >> YEAH, IF YOU CAN SEND OVER PARTICULARLY THE STREETS IN QUESTION. WE CAN GET OUT THERE. THE CUSTOMER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED SO WE CAN KNOW THE STREET TO LOOK AT TO PULL THE VIDEO FROM. >> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMM COMMENTS? >> I WOULD AGREE WITH BLAKE THAT I'VE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, AND NOT JUST THIS TWEAK BUT REALLY I KNOW OF AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT COUPLES THAT JUST HAVE MADE IT THEIR HABIT TO WALK DOWN THEIR ALLEY AFTER TRASH DAY AND PICK UP TRASH. IT IS AN ONGOING AND LONG TERM ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDR ADDRESSED. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WE COLLECTIVELY FAILED AFTER THIS EMERGENCY EVENT IS REAL CLEAR CONCISE COMMU COMMUNICATION. I THINK FCC COULD HAVE DONE BETTER. I THINK THE CITY COULD HAVE DONE A LOT BETTER. WE KNOW YOU HAVE LOTS OF CLEAN-UP. WE KNOW YOU'LL HAVE BAGS AND BAGS, DON'T PUT THEM AT THE STREET. WE COMMUNICATED THIS. UNLESS YOU BLANKET THIS COMMUNICATION, IT GETS LOST. I THINK GARY AND FCC, IT WOULD BEHOOVE US, BE READY FOR THIS NEXT SPRING. BE READY FOR THIS NEXT WIND STORM. THEY ARE NOT EVEN 10-KEER -- YEAR WIND STORMS. WE'VE HAD ONE A YEAR. WE NEED TO CLEAR WITH COMMUNICATIONS. AS SOON AS YOU SAY UNLIMITED BULK CURB, EVERYTHING GOES TO THE CURB. AS SOON AS YOU SAY, YOU CAN PUT EXTRA BAGS OF TRASH NEXT TO YOUR CAN, EVERYTHING GOES NEXT TO YOUR CANS. I DON'T BLAME THE RESIDENTS FOR THAT. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A BETTER COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THESE ONCE IN A DECADE EVENTS THAT ARE NO LONGER ONCE IN A DECADE. JUST KEEP THAT IN YOUR FOREFRONT IN YOUR MIND, PLEASE. >> YES, MA'AM. >> YES, MA'AM. I AGREE. >> OKAY. I THINK -- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, GARY OR JEFF? >> NO, MA'AM. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SITTING IN THE HOT SEAT. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE HOT SEAT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN TOO. IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH ISSUE. >> IT HAS BEEN. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT IT IN THIS FORUM. I APPRECIATE THE OFFER TO COME ON AND VISIT WITH YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU, GARY. WITH THAT, IF YOU WOULD, [4. DISCUSS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS] COUNCIL, LOOK AT THE CONSENT AGENDA. [01:55:04] LAURA HAS ASKED 7H TO BE PULLED. IS THAT CORRECT? THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM. SHE NEEDS TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE PULLED OR HAVE A QUESTION ON? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE 30 MINUTES UNTIL THE MEETING STARTS. DO WE WANT TO DO ITEM 2A? [2. EXECUTIVE SESSION] OKAY. THIS WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM. I'LL READ IT INTO THE RECORD. ITEM 2A, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO TO CONSULT WITH AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE SAPPHIRE BAY MARINA AND SAPPHIRE BAY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I GOT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN A -- IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. DO I CLOSE MY ZOOM? YES, I CLOSE MY ZOOM. I'LL CLOSE OUT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN TAKE A BREAK. WE HAVE CONCLUDED OUR EXECUTIVE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.