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Water Department Update
February 27, 2024
Beth Schoenberger,
Water Director
Melissa Cansdale, Water Resources Manager
& Interim Water Engineering Manager
Presentation Outline
• Introductions and Context
• Your Drinking Water System
• Dams and Watersheds
• Water Utility Finance/Water Revenue Bond
• Water Department Strengths
• Top Three Challenges
• Strategic Next Steps
• Council Questions
Water Supplies
Current primary Water Sources for
the City are from Lake Berryessa
and the Delta
Old Cache Slough Pumping Plant
1850s –
Individual
1870 – Lake
Chabot
1890s Lakes
Frey, Madigan
and Diversion
Dam
1920s – Lake
Curry
1948 – License
7848
1950s – Lake
Berryessa
1980s – State
Water Project
Water System Bird’s Eye View
Water System “By the Numbers”
• T5/D5 Agency – highest cert level in the State
• 3 Water Treatment Plants and 1 Sludge Plant
• 28 Reservoirs/Tanks
• 25 Pump Stations
• 7 Dams
• Approximately 600 Miles of Pipe
• 19 Pressure Zones/elevations
• 38,000 Water Meters
• Operates, maintains and manages City assets
up to 40 miles away
• Asset evaluation of water system is over $2B
Water Department Mission
and Strategic Goals
• Mission - To to provide our customers
reliable, high quality water services in a
fiscally responsible and environmentally
sustainable manner.
• Strategic Goals
– Public Trust
– Infrastructure Reliability
– Sustainability
– Organizational Performance
– Financial Viability
Water Department Team
• 7 major functions:
– Treatment
– Distribution
– Engineering
– Water Resources
– Facilities
– Water Quality
– Warehouse
– Administration
• 39% of Water Employees are Vallejoans
• 20% of City Employees
– 121 Water Department FTEs
– 139 total Water-Related FTEs
• 31% vacancy rate (43 vacancies)
Water Department Structure
Team Mission: We are committed to achieving
a balanced, equitable, and sustainable work community that continues to deliver high quality water services.
Water Utility Financing
• Rate-funded
• No tax revenue or
General Fund support
• Proposition 218
legislation
• Financial management of
three separate water
systems
• Inflationary costs for
supplies and services
• No additional rate
increases scheduled after
FY23-24
• Updating 5-Year Rate plan
Water Expenditures Pie Chart
Capital Improvement Program
and Bond Funding
• FY 23-24 CIP Budget
• 2021 Water Revenue Bond $52M
– $8M has been spent
• Remainder budgeted for:
– Meter Upgrade Program (AMI)
– Skyview
– SCADA Master Plan
– Treatment Plant Upgrades
– Watermains
– Dam projects
Water's Greatest Strengths
and Opportunities
• Dedicated, passionate, and technically
knowledgeable employees
• Strong and cohesive team culture
• Investment in staff expertise and water
systems knowledge and training
• Robust water supply and opportunities
to stabilize/secure/expand water
supplies for our customers
• Partnerships with other agencies
• Provide leadership in the County on
water supply issues and infrastructure
sustainability
• Community engagement
Greatest Challenges
• Unstable Staffing
• Procurement
• Insufficient Resources for Aging Infrastructure
Challenge #1: Unstable Staffing
• 30+ recruitments completed since
January 2023
• Department vacancy rate overall is 31%
• High turnover due to non-competitive
compensation
• Increase risks and liability
• Overtime & burnout increased
• Cost to re-recruit and re-train
• Institutional knowledge lost (~250 years)
• Inability to staff operator shifts to run
treatment plants & maintenance crews
20%
41%
25%
0%
37%
25%
33%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Admin
Engineering
Warehouse
Water Quality
Distribution
Facilities
Treatment
Department Vacancy
Rates
Challenge #2: Procurement
• Greatest number of contracts in
the City
• Reputation after City bankruptcy
• Cumbersome procurement
process Citywide
• Increasingly Risk Adverse Process
• Delays in processing of invoices
• Vendors frustrated, reluctant to
do business with City
• Operational impacts of delays to
repairs, planned maintenance,
disrupts staff work
Challenge #3: Insufficient Resources
for Major Infrastructure Projects
• Aging infrastructure and
historical deferred maintenance
• Current demands for repairs and
upgrades greater than staff and
capital funding resources
• Inflation increasing costs of
equipment
• Supply chain delays
• High cost of CIP projects without
funding: example dams
Water Department Plan & Accountability
Dams and Watersheds
• 7 Dams
• Inherited deferred maintenance
over decades
• Liabilities
• State Division of Safety of Dams
Regulation
• Deferred maintenance, staffing
and funding have all led to
tipping point
• DSOD new enforcement team
with penalties
• Impacts of staff turnover
Lake Curry Spillway
Repairs
• The original spillway (1924)
collapsed within the first few
years of use and was re-designed
and re-built.
• Damage to the spillway occurred
again in 2017 and were partially
repaired
• The spillway requires significant
upgrades due to increasing safety
requirements at the State level
• DSOD has imposed timelines for
repair and upgrades
Lake Curry Outlet Repairs
• The outlet is undersized and
unable to achieve drawdown
requirements
• Upstream valve was replaced in
2018 and is fully functional,
however downstream
functionality is extremely limited
• The downstream valve is
damaged and cannot be fully
opened and must be replaced
• Tunnel inspections are overdue
and costly
Lake Chabot Repairs
• Lake Chabot dam is the oldest in
the City’s dam catalogue.
• Damage to the dam face has
occurred due to age, deferred
maintenance, and public walking
trails
• The upstream valve disintegrated
and had to be removed, leaving
the pipe open and pressurized
through the earthen dam
• DSOD has imposed timelines for
repairs
Lake Madigan and
Lake Frey
• The outlet works at Lake Frey are
partially operable and require
replacement
• The spillways at both reservoirs
require maintenance and
rehabilitation
• Construction would occur in a
remote, hilly area that is difficult
to get to
Swanzy Reservoir
• 2023 Atmospheric Rivers caused a
landslide, destabilizing the reservoir and
allowing groundwater infiltration
• The reservoir has been drained and has
been isolated from the distribution
system since that time
• A full geotechnical investigation is
required before any work can be done
• DSOD requires the drain valve to be
replaced prior to reactivating the
reservoir
• Additional stress on the distribution
system, and reduction of storage, is a
major cause for concern
Summit Reservoir
• Concreate and asphalt repairs for
the site are required
• The drainage channel requires
mitigation
• Seepage underdrains require
relocation
• Conduit inspections are required
• Damage to the dam face due to
motorbike trails requires repair
and security increased
Strategic Next Steps
1. Quarterly Updates to City Council
2. Partner with CMO, HR, and Finance toward stable
Water staffing
3. Partner with CAO and Finance toward streamlined
Water procurement
4. Complete Bond funded projects
5. Work with DSOD to manage Dams
Program and pursue new funding options
6. Update 15 Year Financial Plan
7. Establish Timeline for Rate Update
CONTACT(S)
Beth Schoenberger
Water Director
U P DATE - P U BLIC SAFETY
STAFFIN G EMERGEN CY
Ja so n Ta , In te rim Ch ie f o f Po lice
February 27, 2024
1 STATUS OF PHASES
• Pa rtia lly Im p le m e n te d
• Ala rm Ord in a n ce – movi ng forward based on
d ire ctio n fro m Co u n cil
• “Co n d itio n Blu e ” in p ro ce ss
– I f the number of C F S pendi ng reaches a pre -determi ned number, offi cers wi l l onl y respond to pri ori ty 1 and hi gh- le ve l p rio rity 2 ca lls • High e st Ca lls fo r Se rvice (CFS)
Phase #1 S ervi ce Model R educti on
2 - A l arm acti vati on - Me n ta l d istre ss
- S uspi ci ous persons/vehi cl es - T respassing
- Traffic-rel ated offenses
Phase #2 R otation of Officers to Patrol S hifts
• Co m p le te d
Ph a se #3 Colla psin g Tra ffic & De t e ct ive Division s • Tra ffic Divisio n co lla p se d (Ju ly 2023)
• Detectives are rotating to patrol weekly
Ph a se #4 Modifyin g Pa t rol Sh ift s t o 12 -hours or A nother S taffi ng Model
• VP O A not vol untari l y changi ng to 12 -hour shi fts 3 • V POA has an executed MOU
– Wo rkin g o n sta ffin g m o d e ls a n d p o ssib ilitie s – First meeting with the Sheriff’ s Office was on
December 4 th
– Met with Sheriff on February 5th
Outside A ssistance
4 CURRENT STAFFING NUMBERS
T otal Sworn Staffing 73 72
Mo d ifie d Du ty Office rs 4 4
Off on W orker’ s C omp. 9 11
S worn W orki ng F ul l Duty 60 57
An ticip a te d Office rs Re sign in g 2 1
Officers Starting /Final Offers 0 0
5 Officers Working Patrol 34 33
Supervisors Working Patrol (Sgts) 5 5
2-13 -24 C urrent
RECRUITMEN T & RETEN TIO N
(S tephanie S ifuentes, H R D irector)
Police Office r Applica t ion s
6 C urrent L ookback
Pe riod
Fe b 9 t o Fe b 25
Police Officer Backgrounds Since 7/13/2023
7 • 6 Office rs cu rre n tly in p o lice a ca d e m ie s – 4 will gra d u a te in Ap ril 2024
– 1 will gra d u a te in Ju n e 2024
– 1 will gra d u a te in Ju ly 2024
Police Academ y
8 R ecrui tment E fforts
• Next Oral Panel I nterviews Scheduled for February
28 th
• WSTB Ph ysica l Agility Exa m Sch e d u le d fo r Ma rch 23rd • PE L L E T B Written E xam administered on Saturday
February 24 th (48 in vite d – 12 p a rticip a te d )
• Next PE L L E T B Written E xam scheduled for T uesday, March 26 th
CO N TACT(S)
Ja so n Ta , In te rim Ch ie f o f Po lice
9 City of Vallejo
Prop 64 Grant :
Youth Opportunity and
Prevention Program
Sidney Wilson – Administrative Analyst (Grants)
Victoria Grace-Barksdale- Administrative Analyst (Youth Coordinator) What is the Prop 64 grant?
❖ Prop 64 is the Control, Regulate and Tax
Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) which
legalized the recreational use of marijuana in
California for individuals 21 years of age and
older.
❖ Provides a portion of the tax revenue from
the cultivation and retail sale of cannabis or
cannabis products toward funding local
assistance grants addressing public health and
safety associated with the implementation of
the AUMA.
❖ The City of Vallejo submitted a proposal and
was awarded $1,424,000.00 in grant funds
over 5 years, administered by the California
Board of State and Community Corrections
(BSCC)
City of Vallejo Prop 64 Grant
Proposed Purpose Areas
• Youth development/youth
prevention and intervention
– Employing youth to help clean up the
community and providing mentorship and
supportive services/ activities
• Public health
– Doing community engagement and
offering workshops on education,
prevention, and interventions related to
marijuana and substance-use disorder
• Public safety
– Upgrading safety measures in the
community near identified “hot spots”
Club Stride, Inc.
• Empowering young leaders for social
impact in a digital age
• Programs include:
– CIVIC EDUCATION
– COLLEGE PREP
– CIVIC LEADERSHIP
– I AM Community (EYC)- Substance Use Disorder
Prevention
– RESEARCH
– DIGITAL LITERACY
• Prop 64 Project Management, community
engagement and substance use disorder
prevention/intervention workshops
Healthy Vallejo Community
Support Services
• YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
PROGRAM: EMPLOYS 16 TO 24 YEAR
OLDS TO WEED ABATE, REMOVE TRASH,
DEBRIS, AND CONTAMINANTS, WHILE
BEAUTIFYING THE CITY .
• HELPS YOUTH ACQUIRE SKILL SETS SUCH
AS FINANCIAL LITERACY , BASIC
CARPENTRY , AND LEADERS IN ENGERY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (LEED).
Supporting Partners
• Advance Peace
• Cere’s Policy Research Advisors
• Monthly Stakeholder Meetings:
– Recology Vallejo
– Public Works Dept
– City Manager’s Office
(Homelessness)
– 4th Second
– Code Enforcement Dept
– GVRD
– CCRC
CONTACT(S)
Sidney Wilson
Victoria Grace-Barksdale
City Manager’s Office