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2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER DEHOFF HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PIKUS. THE RECORD WILL REFLECT ABSENT DEPUTY MAYOR MAIDA HERE AND MAYOR VOSS HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR MAIDA, PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND NOW, IF YOU'D PLEASE JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
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THANK YOU AND WELCOME. WE WILL MOVE DIRECTLY TO PUBLIC COMMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, AND ITEM NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA MAY BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR COMMENT. HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY ISSUE NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA. YOU MAY SPEAK UP TO THREE MINUTES. SPEAKERS HAVE ONE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COUNCIL UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER, ANITA EDMONDSON. GOOD EVENING. STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU AND SEEING THE BLANK NAMEPLATE AND EMPTY SEAT AT THE DAIS IS A STARK REMINDER ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE WITH INTEGRITY AND COMPETENCE. BUT POWAY IS RESILIENT. IT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT SPECIAL PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME, AND POWAY RESIDENTS DESERVE SERIOUS, CAPABLE REPRESENTATION TO FILL THAT VACANT SEAT. AN EXPERIENCED, STEADY LEADER WHO WAS READY TO SERVE FROM DAY ONE. THAT'S WHY I AM ANNOUNCING MY DECISION TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO VACANCY IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON JUNE 2ND. AS A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER, I UNDERSTAND THE JOB, THE ISSUES AND THE RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN I WAS APPOINTED TO THE DISTRICT TWO SEAT IN JULY 2023, I MADE A COMMITMENT TO SERVE WITH SOUND JUDGMENT AND INDEPENDENT DECISION MAKING. DURING MY TIME ON COUNCIL, I APPROACHED EVERY ISSUE THE SAME WAY ASK QUESTIONS, UNDERSTAND THE FACTS, AND LISTEN TO COMMUNITY INPUT. MY LONE NO VOTE ON THE LIFETIME FITNESS CENTER PROPOSAL SHOWS THAT I PRIORITIZE REASON AND RESIDENTS VOICES WITH STRONG INDEPENDENCE. TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. I SIGNED A PLEDGE NOT TO RUN FOR THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION. I KEPT THAT PROMISE, AND WHEN MY TERM ENDED IN DECEMBER 2024, I STEPPED AWAY KNOWING I SERVED OUR COMMUNITY'S BEST INTERESTS WELL. BUT 2025 WAS A DIFFICULT YEAR.POWAY HAS LOST CRITICAL TIME AND RESOURCES TO DYSFUNCTION AND DISTRACTION. THE SUCCESSFUL RECALL VOTE SENT A STRONG MESSAGE RESIDENTS DESERVE BETTER AS A COMMUNITY LEADER AND VOLUNTEER. OVER THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS, I HAVE BUILT TRUST WITH RESIDENTS AND STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. WHEN I'M ELECTED, I WILL CALL UPON MY PROVEN EXPERIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND INDEPENDENT DECISION MAKING TO REPRESENT RESIDENTS AND POWAY VALUES ON CITY COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN OVER THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH DISTRICT TWO VOTERS AND CONTINUING TO EARN THEIR TRUST AND SUPPORT. TO MY EARLY SUPPORTERS, THANK YOU. YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT GIVES LIFE TO THIS CAMPAIGN AND I WELCOME ALLEGIANCE TO JOIN ME IN BRINGING PROVEN EXPERIENCE AND CAPABLE, CARING LEADERSHIP TO POWAY CITY COUNCIL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AND PRIORITIES AND WAYS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR SHOW SUPPORT FOR THIS CAMPAIGN, VISIT ANITA POWERBI.COM. THAT'S ANITA POWAY. COM OR CONTACT ME AT ANITA AT ANITA. COM. THANK YOU. THAT
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CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS. I'M HAPPY TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE AND TWO OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. NEED A SECOND SECOND FROM DEPUTY MAYOR MAIDA. THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER OF A DEPUTY MAYOR MAIDA I AND MAYOR VOS I. ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU. MOVING[3. Conditional Use Permit 25-0001 and Development Review 25-0003, a Request to Construct a 950 Square-Foot Dutch Bros Coffee, with a Two-Lane Drive-Through, in the Automotive General Commercial Land Use District of the Poway Road Corridor Specific Plan, within the Existing Lowe's Home Improvement Parking Lot, Located at 13740 Poway Road, (APN 317-130-69-00); and Determine the Project is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act]
TO ITEM THREE. PUBLIC HEARINGS. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 25 0001 AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW 25 0003.[00:05:07]
A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A 950 SQUARE FOOT DUTCH BROTHERS COFFEE WITH A TWO LANE DRIVE THROUGH IN THE AUTOMOTIVE GENERAL COMMERCIAL LAND USE DISTRICT OF POWAY ROAD CORRIDOR.SPECIFIC LAND WITHIN THE EXISTING LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT PARKING LOT, LOCATED AT 13,740 POWAY ROAD. APN (317) 130-6900 AND DETERMINE THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE FEBRUARY 17TH REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
HOWEVER, SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ADVERTISED FOR FEBRUARY 3RD TONIGHT WE ARE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANY COMMENTS. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION IS CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO A DATE CERTAIN FEBRUARY 17TH. WE WILL KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CUP 250001 AND 250003 TO THE FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HAPPY TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THAT. LOOKING FOR A SECOND SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER DE HOFF. THIS IS ROLL CALL VOTE. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILMEMBER DAYHOFF I, DEPUTY MAYOR MAIDA I AND MAYOR VOSS I ITEM PASSES. THANK
[4. Water Infrastructure Improvement Program Update]
YOU AND MOVING TO STAFF REPORTS. NUMBER FOUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE. PRINCIPAL CIVIL ENGINEER FOR UTILITIES ROBERT ROBERT WEBER WILL PRESENT THE ITEM ALONG WITH A POWERPOINT. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER DAYHOFF I'M GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING. I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, AND THEN BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS OUR AGENDA. I'LL JUST GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHAT HAS WHAT PROGRESS HAS HAPPENED SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE AND RECAP THE 12 MONTH LOOK AHEAD. SO THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM IS THE CITY'S IS THE LARGEST CAPITAL PROJECT IN THE CITY'S 45 YEAR HISTORY, HAS A THREE PHASE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY, REDUNDANCY AND RESILIENCY OF THE CITY'S POTABLE WATER SYSTEM. PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THE CLEARWELL BYPASS PROJECT, WHICH IS IN OPERATION, THE CLEARWELL REPLACEMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS IN CONSTRUCTION, AND THE TREATED WATER FACILITIES PROJECT, WHICH IS IN DESIGN. SO THE CLEARWELL BYPASS PROJECT WAS NECESSARY TO BYPASS THE EXISTING CLEARWELL SO THE NEW FACILITIES COULD BE CONSTRUCTED. THE MAJOR PROJECT ELEMENTS INCLUDE TEMPORARY STEEL TANKS FOR WATER STORAGE AND PUMP STATION TO FEED THE TEMPORARY TANKS, TEMPORARY PIPING PRESSURE CONTROL FACILITY, AND A PERMANENT BELOW GRADE BYPASS PIPE. THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED UNDER BUDGET AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING SINCE NOVEMBER 2022. THE CLEARWELL REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS REPLACING THE FORMER CLEARWELL AND AND RELATED FACILITIES, WHICH DATE BACK TO 1964. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF TWO NEW 4 MILLION GALLON CIRCULAR PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE TANKS, NEW INLET AND OUTLET PIPE AND CONTROL VALVES. REROUTING OF STORM DRAINS AROUND THE NEW TANKS, AND REMOVAL OF THE TEMPORARY BYPASS FACILITIES, AND RESTORATION OF THE SOFTBALL FIELD AT LAKE POWAY. PROJECT IS ROUGHLY 95% COMPLETE, AND WE EXPECT THE NEW CLEAR WELLS WILL BE COMMISSIONED IN LATE SPRING 2026, AND THE LAKE POWAY SOFTBALL FIELD RESTORED BY FALL OF 2026. SO SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF WORK AT THE SITE SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF THE INLET PIPELINES, CONSISTING OF 24 AND 36 INCH DIAMETER STEEL PIPE AND ISOLATION VALVES. BOTH TANKS HAVE BEEN PRE-STRESSED, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WRAPPING WITH WIRE TO PUT THE WALLS IN COMPRESSION. THE WIRE WAS MECHANICALLY APPLIED OVER THE WALL SURFACE TO THE SPECIFIED TENSION. FOLLOWING INSTALLATION OF THE PRESTRESSING WIRE, A SHOTCRETE OVERCOAT WAS APPLIED TO PROVIDE LONG TERM EXTERIOR PROTECTION. EACH TANK WILL HAVE AN EXTERIOR OVERFLOW PIPE AND AIRGAP THAT'S COMPLIANT WITH DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL OVERFLOW PIPE BEING IN CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN THE THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING ON THE RIGHT OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. THE CONCRETE SURFACES WITHIN EACH TANK WERE GROUND SMOOTH, INCLUDING
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COLUMNS, COLUMN BASES, AND DROP PANELS. AND THE CONTRACTOR RECENTLY COMPLETED FINAL REROUTING OF THE LARGE STORM DRAIN AROUND THE NEW CLEAR WELLS, ALONG WITH NEW BIOFILTRATION BASINS. SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE CLEAR WELL PROJECT WILL BE TO INSTALL THE REMAINING PIPE AND ACCESSORIES AND MOVE INTO THE TESTING AND COMMISSIONING PHASE IN THE SPRING. ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, WE WILL DECOMMISSION THE BYPASS AND RESTORE THE SOFTBALL FIELD.THE THIRD PHASE OF THE PROGRAM IS THE TREATED WATER FACILITIES, WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A REDUNDANT SOURCE OF SUPPLY. PROJECT IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE BERGLAND WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO BE TAKEN OFFLINE FOR NECESSARY MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION, WHICH RECURRENT CURRENTLY UNABLE TO DO. WE ALSO HAVE TWO RELATED PROJECTS THAT WILL PROVIDE EMERGENCY CONNECTIONS WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, SO THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY. IT WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO SELL WATER TO RAMONA, AND IT ENABLES A FUTURE WATER PLANT MAINTENANCE AND REHAB. SO, AS MENTIONED IN OUR LAST UPDATE, THE WATER AUTHORITY IS TAKING THEIR CROSSOVER PIPELINE OUT OF SERVICE DURING THREE CONSECUTIVE WET SEASONS STARTING IN 2029 2030 WET SEASON. THE WATER AUTHORITY WILL SUPPLY POWAY DURING THESE SHUTDOWNS THROUGH ITS THROUGH OUR OWN PERMANENT CONNECTION TO THE WATER AUTHORITY TREATED WATER PIPELINE, WHICH ALLOWS THE WATER AUTHORITY TO REHABILITATE THE CROSSOVER PIPELINE AND PROVIDES POWAY WITH ITS REDUNDANT SOURCE OF SUPPLY. THE THREE PARTY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO DOCUMENT THE REVISED PROJECT SCOPE HAS BEEN EXECUTED, AND WE'RE AWAITING A MORE DETAILED AGREEMENT FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE POWAY SIX FLOW CONTROL FACILITY. WE'RE CURRENTLY COMPLETING THE FINAL DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS FOR THE POWAY COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS A CURRENT COST SUMMARY FOR ALL THREE PHASES OF THE PROGRAM.
THE BYPASS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED UNDER BUDGET. WE'RE PROJECTING THE SAME FOR THE CLEARWELL REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THE PROJECTED TOTAL COST OF THE TREATED WATER FACILITIES PROJECT INCLUDE EXPECTED COST CONTRIBUTIONS BY OTHERS AS SHOWN, INCLUDING THE EXPECTED $1 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE ARE IN LINE TO RECEIVE. SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT 12 MONTH LOOK AHEAD OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES. WE WILL COMMISSION THE NEW CLEARWELL FACILITY IN SPRING OF 2026. FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL DECOMMISSION THE BYPASS SYSTEM AND BEGIN WORK TO RESTORE THE SOFTBALL FIELD AND COMPLETE THAT WORK LATER IN THE YEAR. WE EXPECT TO CALL FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDS FOR EMERGENCY INTERCONNECTION NUMBER ONE IN THE SPRING AS WELL. DESIGN OF EMERGENCY INTERCONNECTION NUMBER TWO SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY LATE SUMMER 2026 AND WILL CALL FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDS IN THE FALL. THE TREATED WATER FACILITIES PROJECT WILL CONTINUE WITH SELECTION OF A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRM IN LATE SPRING, COMPLETION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS IN THE SUMMER AND COMPLETION OF DESIGN IN THE FALL. AND WE EXPECT TO ADVERTISE FOR CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND COME BACK IN EARLY 2027 FOR APPROVAL TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. I WISH WE HAD A FULL HOUSE FOR THIS. AND YOU KNOW, A PHALANX OF MEDIA HERE TO COVER IT BECAUSE I WANT TO PAUSE. AND UNDERSCORE WHAT WE'VE JUST HEARD. THIS IS THE LARGEST PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, NEARLY $87 MILLION THUS FAR. IT'S ON SCHEDULE AND UNDER BUDGET BY MILLIONS. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU HEAR VERY OFTEN, EXCEPT MAYBE IN POWAY. OUR TEAM REBUILT ESSENTIAL WATER FACILITIES THAT DATE BACK MORE THAN 60 YEARS. THEY KEPT THE SYSTEM RUNNING EVERY DAY. THEY STRENGTHENED IT TO WITHSTAND EARTHQUAKES. THEY MET EVERY STATE REQUIREMENT, AND THEY DID IT ALL DURING ONE OF THE MOST INFLATION IMPACTED CONSTRUCTION PERIODS IN MEMORY. MOST CITIES WOULD BE PROUD JUST TO PULL OFF ONE OF THOSE FEATS. POWAY DELIVERED ALL OF THEM. I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR TEAM,
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IN AWE OF THEIR PROFESSIONALISM. THIS IS GREAT NEWS. THE KIND OF NEWS THAT REMIND US OF SOMETHING THAT'S BECOME FAR TOO RARE, AND THAT IS HOW GOOD GOVERNMENT WORKS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE EVERYONE IN POWAY WILL BE PROUD OF. COUNCIL MEMBERS, PETER, THANK YOU. AND ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO ECHO THAT. THANK YOU ROBERT. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION THERE.IT WAS VERY DETAILED AND I REMEMBER SEEING A LOT OF THESE PARTS IN THE VARIOUS UPDATES THAT I GET ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ALL THE PICTURES AND THINKING I COULD WALK UNDER SOME OF THESE FACILITIES, IT'S AMAZING. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ACTUALLY ON PHASE ONE AND TWO, IT'S ABOUT $3 MILLION UNDER BUDGET, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE ON THESE EXTERNAL AGENCIES WHERE I'M WHERE I SIT, I TRY TO GET THEM TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN GOOD BIDDING PRACTICES. AND I TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO GET THEM TO HAVE MULTIPLE BIDS, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE OBVIOUS, BUT IS NOT DONE AT OTHER PLACES.
BUT EVERY TIME I DO THAT, IT'S THIS PROJECT IS IN MY HEAD. AND I'M ALSO PAINFULLY AWARE THAT GETTING MULTIPLE BIDS IS IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE WHOLE STORY. IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ORDER OF BIDS, TIMING WHEN YOU BRING IN MANAGEMENT, SCOPING, ETC. TO GET THESE TYPES OF OUTCOMES.
AND IT REALLY CAME INTO TO TO CLARITY. I THINK THE LAST TIME WHEN YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT LAYING SOME, SOME WATER PIPES AND REALLY BIG WATER PIPE AND HAVING TO CORPS THROUGH ROCK TO DO IT, IT WAS LIKE DIGGING THROUGH ROCK. IT WAS REALLY JUST BLASTING THROUGH ROCK. AND I'VE SEEN THAT TYPE OF WORK BLOW BUDGETS APART IN OTHER PROJECTS. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE JUST GOING NUTS TRYING TO GET THROUGH ROCKS. I'VE SEEN CONTRACTORS FIRED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN POWAY BECAUSE YOU GUYS SCOPED THIS RIGHT. AND I'M HOPING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THAT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE RAMONA INTERCONNECT ACTUALLY, OR THE PHASE THREE PROJECT. I MEAN, I REMEMBER EARLY ON THE PHASE THREE PROJECT RAN INTO THESE ISSUES. I MEAN, THE POTENTIAL COST FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH THE ROOF AND THERE WAS LIKE, I THINK A POSSIBILITY IN MY MIND THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT. BUT THEN WE HAD ERIC HERE. HE WORKED WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS IN RAMONA TO CUT THIS DEAL WITH THEM. AND I THINK IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUYING SOME OF OUR TREATED WATER A FAIR AMOUNT OF IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING UP A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR NET, YOU KNOW, STARTING IN LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, 28, 29 SOMETHING AROUND THERE. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MONEY OFF OF OUR BILLS. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IF I RECALL, WE'VE GOT A FACILITY THAT'S I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO. ABOUT 24 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
AND WE'VE GOT, I THINK, EIGHT MGD, YOU KNOW, AVERAGE PEAKING FACTOR OF TWO. THE RAMONA INTERCONNECT IS A 3 MILLION GALLON PER DAY MOU. PROVIDED THAT GOES FORWARD, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADROOM THERE TO POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THAT IF THEY ARE AMICABLE TO THAT? YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING CERTAINLY WE CAN LOOK AT. THEY THEY JUST BOUGHT WATER INDIRECTLY FROM US DURING THE RECENT SHUTDOWN OF THE RAMONA PIPELINE. AND I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURES, BUT THEY TOOK QUITE A BIT OF WATER. SO YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE HOPING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS ON EXACTLY WHAT THE TERMS OF THAT PURCHASE AGREEMENT ARE AND OUR PIPES THAT WE HAVE THERE, THEY CAN HANDLE SOMETHING MORE THAN 3 MILLION A DAY UP TO THEM. THE NEW 30 INCH PIPE THAT WILL GO IN ESPAOLA ROAD WILL YEAH, WILL HANDLE THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIDIRECTIONAL PIPE. SO WHEN WE TAKE WATER FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY, IT'LL MOVE WATER NORTH TO SOUTH. AND THEN WHEN WE WANT TO SELL WATER TO RAMONA, IT'LL MOVE WATER IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. OKAY. AND SOUTH TO NORTH. AND THOSE FACILITIES I NOTICED SOME OF THEM ARE BEING ABANDONED. I THINK THE WATER AUTHORITY'S ABANDONING A PIPE OR TWO AND SOME FACILITY. ARE THOSE GOING TO BE FILLED IN, OR ARE THEY JUST GOING TO BE SORT OF AN OPEN HOLE OR AN EMPTY PIPE? YEAH, I WE TYPICALLY INDUSTRY STANDARD ON THOSE IS THEY'LL, THEY'LL FILL THOSE WITH A SLURRY LIKE A CONCRETE SLURRY. BECAUSE THE, THOSE TWO PIPES IN QUESTION GO THROUGH EASEMENTS, OKAY. YOU KNOW BEHIND PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND SO FORTH. BUT THAT'LL BE A WATER AUTHORITY RAMONA DECISION ULTIMATELY. OKAY. EXCELLENT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE REPRESENTATIVE ISSA FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION. I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC. IT'S GOING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, LOWER OUR WATER RATES.
AND HE'S ACTUALLY REALLY BEEN A REALLY GOOD FRIEND TO POWAY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S DONE THAT DONE SOMETHING FOR US. YOU KNOW HE'S HELPED US OUT, YOU KNOW, ON THE BACK END WITH
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THE THE FEMA GRANT HELPED US OUT IN LOS, YOU KNOW, THE LOS PENASQUITOS PROJECT. SO THIS THIS MILLION DOLLARS IS GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT. AND ACTUALLY FINALLY. SO I DON'T TAKE TOO LONG, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURAGE OF THE PRIOR CITY COUNCILS THAT ACTUALLY FUNDED THIS PROJECT, STARTED THIS PROJECT. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, AND I DO BACK THEN, I WAS ON THE BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE TALK WAS ABOUT REPLACING THE CLEAR, WELL, COVER. AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE. IT WAS A 4 OR $5 MILLION PROJECT, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF HANDWRINGING ABOUT THAT PROJECT, AND IT WAS IN PART A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MONEY, BUT ALSO IN PART BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS CONCERN THAT THEY'D BE THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE FACILITIES, I MEAN, THIS ONE WAS BUILT IN LIKE 64 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THE ENHANCED MAINTENANCE THAT POWAY DOES, THINGS DO FALL APART OVER TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN IN VISTA, THEY'RE GOOD WATER PROJECTS UP THERE. THEY'RE STARTING ONE UP I THINK 300 MILLION AND CHANGE TO REPLACE ONE OF THEIR AS PART OF ITS TO REPLACE ONE OF THEIR RESERVOIRS, WHICH IS LIKE OUR CLEAR. WELL. AND THAT PLACE WAS BUILT IN YOU KNOW, 1978. AND SO THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT LONGER. I THINK THAT WAS GREAT. BUT THAT SORT OF SAME PHILOSOPHY, I THINK, FROM THE PRIOR COUNCILS THAT WE'VE SEEN IS ABOUT REALLY LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. AND YOU SAW THAT WITH THE CAFAGNA CENTER, YOU SAW THAT WITH THE TRANSITION TO LEDS, WHICH REALLY SAVED ON THE COSTS FOR THE LPS LIGHTS. AND AT HERE IN THIS PROJECT, WHAT I SEE IS SOMETHING AT A LARGER SCALE. AND I REALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME FROM BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A DECISION THAT REFLECTED, YOU KNOW, THE CORE VALUES OF THE TIME. AND IT WAS A CONTINUATION, I THINK, OF, YOU KNOW, POWYS HISTORICAL UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR MAINTAINING OUR WATER SYSTEM AND, YOU KNOW, THAT CONTINUATION OF VALUES TO ENSURE A ROBUST, RELIABLE AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. I MEAN, THE SYSTEM HAS LIKE A BOOK LIFESPAN OF 75 YEARS. OKAY, THAT'S A BOOK LIFESPAN. BUT WITH POWAY, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, THEIR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES, I THINK IT'S GOING TO LAST A LOT LONGER THAN THAT. AND THAT SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE AROUND FOR US. IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS UNKNOWN. OKAY.AND I'M PERHAPS ONE DAY THOSE FOLKS OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THAT PRIOR COUNCIL AND BACK WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR CHALLENGES OF THEIR TODAY'S AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOME GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW, TAKING THEIR PLACE IN GIRDING FOR THEIR FUTURE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL LEAD, YOU KNOW, TO AN EXAMPLE FOR THEM. SO MANY KUDOS FOR THE PRIOR COUNCIL FOR UNDERSTANDING PRIOR COUNCILS FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT DIVISION.
AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THAT. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU EVERYBODY HERE AGAIN. FANTASTIC WORK.
IT'S BEEN A TEAM EFFORT I THINK, TO TO GET THIS DONE ON THIS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT THROUGH TO COMPLETION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PETER. DEPUTY MAYOR ANYTHING? NO, THIS WAS AN INFORMATION ITEM ONLY AND THERE
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IS NO RECOMMENDED ACTION. WE WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL INITIATED ITEMS, OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY SHARE REGIONAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT UPDATES AND OR BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT CITY AND COMMUNITY EVENTS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR THAT YOU'VE ATTENDED. PETER, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I WANT TO PASS ON SOME APPRECIATION TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY. ACTUALLY, I WAS IN SOME MEETINGS AND THE COST OF SERVICE STUDIES CAME UP. YOU KNOW, TURNS OUT I'M NOT THE ONLY CRAZY PERSON WHO READS COST OF SERVICE STUDIES. THERE ARE OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE IN OTHER PLACES THAT DO THAT. SO I GUESS I FIT WELL IN THAT ASYLUM. BUT IN DURING THE DISCUSSION THERE, ONE OF POWAY'S COST OF SERVICE STUDY CAME UP AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A GREAT DEAL OF ADMIRATION FOR IT. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST THEY'D SEEN, AND I DELVED INTO THAT.AND THE REASON WAS OR BIG REASON WAS OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S ANALYSIS ON THE PATS CASE, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE HAD TO PIVOT REALLY HARD ON. AND THAT'S REALLY HELPED REDUCE OUR LIABILITY A GREAT DEAL. AND IT'S GOING TO HELP KEEP OUR COSTS DOWN, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN A BUNCH OF LAWSUITS. AND, YOU KNOW, SAN DIEGO TOOK A DIFFERENT COURSE AS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE KNOW, AND THEY'LL BE DEALING WITH THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR WORK PRODUCT IS NOT JUST APPRECIATED IN POWAY. SO THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR.
ANYTHING I HAVE NOTHING AS WELL, CHRIS. NOTHING. ALAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE WORDS. YES. WE JUST
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HAVE ONE ITEM ON FOR CLOSED SESSION AS REFLECTED ON THE AGENDA. AND* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.