Fairfield Municipal Utility
Public Utility Master Plan
Item L.1
Michael J. Hether, P .E.
Assistant Director of Public Works/Utilities
May 6, 2025
Presentation Overview & Purpose
• What is the city’s water system?
• What is the Public Utility Master Plan (PUMP)?
• What is the value of a master plan?
• What is different about our master plan?
• What are our next steps?
2 Acknowledgements
David Feinstein, Planning Manager Jesse Hernandez, Associate Planner Nigel Browne, Senior Management Analyst Stuart Hamilton, Plant Manager Brandan Hiltman, Plant Manager George Shimboff, Water Systems Manager Jenell Pratt, Water Quality Lab Manager Jason Smith, Plant Supervisor Matthew Schmidt, Plant Supervisor Mac McCormack, Sr. Instrument Tech.
James Frye, Instrument Tech. Chris Dillon, Electrical-Mechanical Tech.
Saven Roybal, Sr. GIS Analyst Bryan Latham, Management Analyst Eddie Franke, Water Maint. Supervisor Adam Rudolph, Water Dist. Supervisor Jeff Pepper, Sr. Cross-Connection Spec. George Hicks, Coastland |DCCM Bryan Heinzelman, Associate Engineer Ken Swenson, Coastland | DCCM 3 What is the City’s Water System?
4 What is the Public Utility Master Plan?
• Inventory and condition assessment
• Comprehensive planning and guidance document
• Projection of future water demands
• Evaluation of current and upcoming regulations
• Definition of improvements to ensure service delivery 5 What is the Value of a Master Plan?
• Provides a framework for decision making
• Prioritizes future projects to support growth
• Accelerates future work based on institutional knowledge • Summary of system-wide plans for decision making
6 What is Different About our Master Plan?
7 • Synchronizes with the most recent general plan update • Contains most extensive condition assessment of our system • Includes an evaluation of criticality to generate risk scores What are Our Next Steps?
• Adopt PUMP & complete financial analysis
• Publish PUMP to educate and inform the public
• Complete and adopt updates to codes and regulations
• Adopt cost of service and rates study (future meeting) • Initiate Proposition 218 process (future meeting)
8 Questions?
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