City Council Chamber  
City of Santa Rosa  
100 Santa Rosa Avenue  
Board of Public Utilities  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Thursday, April 1, 2021  
1:30 PM  
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL  
Chair Galvin called the meeting to order at approximately 1:30 p.m.  
6 -  
Present  
Chair Daniel Galvin III, Vice Chair William Arnone Jr., Board Member  
Christopher Grabill, Board Member Mark Walsh, Board Member Mary  
Watts, and Board Member Glen Wright  
1 - Board Member Lisa Badenfort  
Absent  
2. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY BOARD MEMBERS - NONE.  
3. STUDY SESSION  
3.1  
FY 2021/22 REGIONAL, LOCAL WASTEWATER AND WATER FUNDS  
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE REQUESTS  
Santa Rosa Water manages the City of Santa Rosa’s regional, local wastewater  
and water enterprise funds under the general policy authority and direction of the  
Board of Public Utilities (BPU) per the City Charter. The BPU annually  
recommends a proposed fiscal year regional, local wastewater and water budget  
to the City Council to be included in the annual City budget adoption. The study  
session will provide an overview of all FY 2021/22 budgets.  
Attachment 1_Water Funding Sheet (added 3/31/21)  
Attachment 2_Sewer Funding Sheet (added 3/31/21)  
Attachment 3_Regional Funding Sheet (added 3/31/21)  
Presentation (added 3/31/2021)  
Attachments:  
Presenters: Kimberly Zunino, Deputy Director - Administration,  
Andrew Allen, Supervising Engineer and Tanya Mokvyts, Water  
Reuse Engineer  
4. MINUTES APPROVAL  
March 18, 2021 - Regular Meeting Minutes.  
4.1  
March 18, 2021 - Regular Meeting Minutes  
Attachments:  
The minutes for March 18, 2021 were received and accepted as  
submitted.  
5. STAFF BRIEFINGS  
5.1  
REGIONAL WATER REUSE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW  
Staff will present an overview of the responsibilities of the Regional Water Reuse  
Operations team. The Board may discuss this item and give direction to staff.  
Presentation (added 3/31/21)  
Attachments:  
Presenter: Emma Walton, Deputy Director - Regional Water Reuse  
Operations  
5.2  
WATER AND RECYCLED WATER SUPPLY UPDATE  
Staff will update the Board on water and recycled water supply issues. The Board  
may discuss this item and give direction to staff.  
Presentation (added 3/31/21)  
Attachments:  
Presenters: Peter Martin, Deputy Director - Water Resources and  
Emma Walton, Deputy Director - Regional Water Reuse Operations  
6. CONSENT ITEMS - NONE.  
7. REPORT ITEMS - NONE.  
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS - NONE.  
9. REFERRALS - NONE.  
10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (AND POSSIBLE BOARD DISCUSSION) - NONE.  
11. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS  
Board Member Watts reported the Budget Review Subcommittee  
met on March 22, 2021. Staff presented the proposed FY 2021/22  
Water, Wastewater and Regional Operations and Maintenance and  
Capital Expenditure budgets and the subcommittee unanimously  
recommended approval of all budgets and the allocation to the  
Regional partners to the full Board.  
Chair Galvin reported the Recycled Water Ad Hoc Committee met  
twice in March to explore options and finalize an approach for  
allotments for agricultural users due to the extremely dry year and  
severe impacts to the amount of available recycled water. The  
allotments will be evenly divided based on a three-year historical  
average (2017, 2018 and 2019) and staff will be communicating with  
the agricultural users.  
12. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS - NONE.  
13. DIRECTORS REPORTS  
Jennifer Burke, Director, reported the Prop 218 notice regarding  
proposed water and wastewater rates has been mailed to  
customers prior to the City Council Public Hearing on May 25, 2021.  
Staff has also created educational resources and "info graphics"  
that will be shared through social media channels. Director Burke  
shared that the Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency  
recently launched their new Groundwater User Information Data  
Exchange (GUIDE) Program. The online interactive tool gives well  
owners an opportunity to review and update the GSA's existing  
datasets related to groundwater use and other identifying  
information.  
14. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING  
Chair Galvin adjourned the meeting at 2:43 p.m. The next regular  
meeting of the Board of Public Utilities is scheduled for April 15,  
2021.  
Approved on: April 15, 2021  
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Roberta Atha, Recording Secretary