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04-02-24 Board Agenda

AGENDA
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
ROOSEVELT OPERATIONS CENTER
TRAINING ROOM 

4200 ROOSEVELT BLVD, EUGENE

April 2, 2024

The April board meeting will be held in-person and offer a live stream of the event in real time.  Customers and the general public are welcome and encouraged to attend in-person or view the live stream.  Visit the Public Meetings page for the Live Event link.

Members of the public wishing to provide input are invited to do so virtually or in-person.  Please note that start times for agenda items are approximate.  Attendees wishing to provide testimony during public input, or a public hearing are encouraged to be present when the meeting is called to order.

Public Input

In-Person (at the EWEB Roosevelt Operations Center located at 4200 Roosevelt Blvd.) - No advance sign-up necessary. Sign-up forms available upon arrival.
By Telephone - Complete the Sign up to Speak web form. Requests to speak by phone can be submitted any time, but not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the board meeting.  Speakers will be contacted with instructions for calling in to the meeting.

Testimony will be included in the meeting's audio/video recording and noted in the meeting minutes. Both are made available on eweb.org following the meeting.

Watch the Meeting

To watch the meeting, click on the meeting link above.  You may receive one or two pop-up windows after clicking the link.  If prompted:

The first pop-up will ask if you would like to "Open Microsoft Teams".  Click "Cancel".
The second asks you to select either "Download the Windows app" or "Watch on the web instead."  Select "Watch on the web instead."
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If the meeting has started, you will join the live event automatically.  If it has not yet begun, you will get a message indicating the live event has not yet started.  You will automatically join the meeting once it begins.  

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The live stream will also be available on YouTube the day following the board meeting, by end of day.  Visit eweb.org to access the link.


REGULAR SESSION
Call to Order: 5:30 p.m.

Topic

Objective
Start
Time

Length
1.

Agenda Check

5:30 --
2.

Items from Board Members and General Manager

Information 5:30 10
3.

Correspondence (PDF)
Frank Lawson, General Manager

Review 5:40 10
4.

Public Input: In-person or by Telephone
Members of the public wishing to provide input are invited to do so virtually or in-person.  Speakers will have up to
three minutes to speak. Please give your name, and your ward if known.
In-Person: No advance sign-up necessary.
By Telephone: Sign up to speak - Requests to speak by phone can be submitted any time, but not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the board meeting. Speakers will be contacted with instructions for calling in to the meeting.
All testimony will be summarized in the meeting minutes.

Public Input 5:50 30
BOARD ACTION ITEMS
5.

Approval of Consent Calendar - A (PDF)
(Minutes and Routine Contracts)

Action 6:20 5
6.

Approval of Consent Calendar - B (PDF)
(Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items)

Action 6:25 5
7.

Items removed from Consent Calendar

Action 6:30 5
GENERAL BUSINESS ITEMS
8.

Prior Year-End (2023) Audited Financial Statements and Management Letter (PDF)
Deborah Hart, Chief Financial Officer
Rob Freytag, General Accounting & Treasury Supervisor
Keith Simovic, Moss Adams
Ayde Alvarado, Moss Adams

Information 6:35 35
9.

General Manager's Annual Performance Evaluation and Merit Discussion for Prior Year (PDF)
EWEB Board of Commissioners

Discussion 7:10 20
10.

College Hill 607 Reservoir Replacement Update (PDF)
Karen Kelley, Chief Operations Officer
Laura Farthing, Senior Water Engineering
Jennifer Connors, Communications and Marketing Supervisor

Information 7:30 30
11.

Break

8:00 10
12.

Climate Guidebook (PDF) (Includes Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory/Report for Prior Year [Board Policy SD15])
Kelly Hoell, Climate Policy Analyst
Adam Rue, Rates Manager

Information 8:10 30
13.

Ice Storm After Action Report
Karen Kelley, Chief Operations Officer
Tyler Nice, Electric Operations Manager

Information 8:40 20
14.

Future Board Agendas (PDF)
Frank Lawson, General Manager

Review 9:00 5
15.

Board Wrap Up
EWEB Board of Commissioners

Review 9:05 10
16.

Adjourn

9:15 --

CONSENT CALENDAR "A" - Minutes and Routine Contracts
MINUTES
1.

a. March 5, 2024 Regular Session (PDF)
b. March 19, 2024 Executive Session (PDF)

CONSENT CALENDAR "B" - Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items
2.

CONTRACTS

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. (PDF) – for a contract and additional funds for Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load (Hg TMDL) Implementation Support. $358,000 based on Direct Negotiation (original amount not previously approved by Board is $100,000, resulting cumulative total $358,000 [Original $100,000 plus an increase of $258,000]).
Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Lisa Krentz 541-685-7450

3.

Wildish Building Company (PDF) - for a Construction Task Order (CTO) for Habitat Enhancements in the Carmen-Smith Spawning Channel. $315,000 based on Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Guaranteed Maximum Price.
Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Lisa Krentz 541-685-7450

4.

Wildish Building Company (PDF) - for a Construction Task Order (CTO) for Habitat Installation in the Carmen-Smith Spawning Channel, Trail Bridge Reservoir and Smith Reservoir. $823,000 based on Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Guaranteed Maximum Price.
Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Lisa Krentz 541-685-7450


CORRESPONDENCE
 
  • Annual Power Market, Budget Hedging, and Generation Update
  • Annual Report on Power Trading Compliance
  • State Legislative Update
  • Water Utility Willamette River Second Source Project
  • EWEB Board of Commissioners reserves the right to add or delete items as needed, change the order of the agenda, and discuss any other business deemed necessary. Action items that do not require a public hearing may be moved up earlier in the meeting.

    This meeting location is wheelchair-accessible. An interpreter can be provided with 48 hours' notice prior to the meeting. To arrange for this service, call 541-685-7000.