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CCWWA Minutes 07/11/2022 Draft July 11, 2022 1 MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER AUTHORITY MEETING Naples, Florida, July 11, 2022 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Water and Wastewater Authority in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 2:00 P.M. in REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Growth Management Department Building, Conference Room 609/610, 2800 Horseshoe Drive N., Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Eloy Ricardo VICE-CHAIR: Patricia Sherry Ruchi Arora Dr. Sherwin Ritter Eugene Wordehoff ALSO PRESENT: Ken Kovensky, Director, Operations and Regulatory Management Rady Edreva, Finance and Operations Manager, Operations and Regulatory Management Derek Perry, Assistant County Attorney July 11, 2022 2 Any persons in need of the verbatim record of the meeting may request a copy of the audio recording from the Collier County Growth Management Department. I. Call to Order (Determination of Quorum) and Roll Call Chairman Ricardo called the meeting to order at 2 p.m. Roll call was taken and a quorum of five was established. II. Approval of Agenda – Meeting of July 11, 2022 No changes Vice Chair Sherry moved to approve the agenda. Second by Dr. Ritter. The motion passed unanimously, 5-0. III. Approval of Minutes – Meeting of March 21, 2022 Vice Chair Sherry moved to approve the March 21, 2022, meeting minutes. Second by Dr. Ritter. The motion passed unanimously, 5-0. IV. Items Requiring Action by the Authority A. Ave Maria Utility Company Notice of Intent to Adjust Rates Pursuant to 2022 Index Mr. Kovensky stated that Ave Maria came in for a price index petition based on the 2022 Price index that this Authority adopted in March, with a factor of 4.53%. That was adopted by Final Order No. 2022-01. Their petition included both the adoption of the 4.53% as a factor, as well as a reduction in rate-case expenses that they were required to come in for, which was based on the Ave Maria petition, the five-year rate case that was done five years ago. That got factored in and resulted in an increase to the water rates of 1.58% and to the wastewater rates of 1.76%. That’s codified in the Final Order No. 2022-01. There is a Scrivener’s error in the report under No. 1. “The application of the 2021 Price Index” should say “2022.” Unless there are any questions, you can vote to approve the Final Order 2022-01. Dr. Ritter moved to approve Ave Maria Utility Company’s petition to adjust its rates pursuant to the 2022 Price Index. Second by Vice Chair Sherry. The motion passed unanimously, 5-0. V. Staff Discussion Chairman Ricardo asked about the Ave Maria Utility Company developer agreements. Mr. Kovensky stated that there were routine additions. Ave Maria Utility Co. is required to submit to this authority all the developer agreements they’ve processed since the previous reporting period, so they are all listed for your review. A cover page on p. 47 lists developments and the development names, as well as the number of residences that were created. For water, they increased the number of residences by 15,176 and for wastewater, 15,175. No action is required by the Authority. This is just for informational purposes. Mr. Wordehoff asked what the capacity utilization of the water and wastewater facilities and what are the recommended best practices limits? You don’t want to hit 100%. July 11, 2022 3 Mr. Kovensky said that in their cover letters, they list the total permitted maximum day operation capacity of .999 million gallons per day, and .9 for the daily flow. And it says current max daily flow, at least in this one, is .716 and .641, so they’re not near capacity yet. Mr. Wordehoff noted that the permit would not be near 100% capacity. It’s a facilities thing, a backup capability. Mr. Kovensky said he’d defer to Mr. Ricardo as more of an expert for flows. Chairman Ricardo said they’ve already been permitted for a certain amount. They take into account that if anything exceeds that, they’ll come back and they’ll either …What you’re asking is they may have to have a booster center or they create another avenue for it. That’s just for pressure, but then if they need volume, it becomes a different thing. It’s all done in the early phases of development. Mr. Wordehoff asked, So they work up to their permit capacity? Chairman Ricardo said yes. Mr. Wordehoff said he understood. Mr. Kovensky said that for the Authority’s awareness, the attorneys for Ave Maria put a request in to expand their territory. It’s preliminary, but I’ve received a request from the Sundstrom & Mindlin law firm to take a look at a parcel just east of their current territory. Per the rules, what we’re required to do is draw a four-mile radius around that center and provide them with a map, and any other jurisdiction or entity that might be affected for them to go out and try and serve this area. We’ve been working on the map, but we haven’t submitted it to them. They came in about five years ago to try and do the same thing for Hogan Island. There was a lot of back and forth between the County and Ave Maria. The County objected to the expansion and it eventually was dismissed, so we’ll see where this goes. This probably will have the same jurisdictions that will be affected, the Collier County and Immokalee sewer and water districts. There will be more to come on that. This is all preliminary now. He’ll send them the map and the information shortly and they’ll go out and notify the jurisdictions of their intent and then that’ll start the ball rolling. Vice Chair Sherry asked if the property touches their property, or is it like the other one where it was a little farther away? Mr. Kovensky said it abuts their property. VI. Open to Public No public comment VII. Authority Members Discussion None July 11, 2022 4 There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by the order of the Chairman at 2:09 p.m. COLLIER COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER AUTHORITY _____________________________________________ Eloy Ricardo, Chairman These minutes were approved by the Authority on ________________, as presented _______, or as amended ________.