We have a quorum. Commissioners, before you, we have the minutes of november 12. Are there any additions or corrections . I would like to move the item. Second. Is there any Public Comment on this item . All those in favor. Aye. Opposed . The motion carries. Next item. Item 4 is general Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. Mr. Decosta. Commissioners, today i want to give you my subjective opinion on some very important matters linked to the river. So any way you look at it, you have to go back years, thousands of years, to the tribes that preserved and protected and performed their sacred rituals. Very important when we talk about cultural competency. We talk about cultural competency, equity and resiliency but we dont know the meaning of those words. If we did, we would be more serious. So at times, there are some individuals, and im one of those, i like to talk about thos
We have a quorum. Commissioners, before you, we have the minutes of november 12. Are there any additions or corrections . I would like to move the item. Second. Is there any Public Comment on this item . All those in favor. Aye. Opposed . The motion carries. Next item. Item 4 is general Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. Mr. Decosta. Commissioners, today i want to give you my subjective opinion on some very important matters linked to the river. So any way you look at it, you have to go back years, thousands of years, to the tribes that preserved and protected and performed their sacred rituals. Very important when we talk about cultural competency. We talk about cultural competency, equity and resiliency but we dont know the meaning of those words. If we did, we would be more serious. So at times, there are some individuals, and im one of those, i like to talk about thos
Also said if we could expand the reservoir. Im just thinking are there any ways to hold water other than building dams, or reservoirs. I mean, are there more progressive ways are there anybody anywhere on the face of the earth doing something different. Maybe beavers have they changed their plans yet . To make a system work particularly our system given our water rights. Ours is a storage bay system. The storage has to occur in a storage reservoir or in a groundlevel basin. You said ours is a storage based system. That means there is what are the other systems besides storage based . Those are the folks that divert from the river based on their water rights. Either you have to have storage or you have to have a steady supply of water. One of the other is necessary to make a water system work. That is why groundwater is starting to factor into these like the daly city project. Like the Union Sanitary district, how they use the groundwater and we can extend our supply. Like a reservoir b
First . Why did this project rise to the top or not is something worth considering. Lastly, you have a lot of knowledge now about what it takes to do Capital Projects in this region and throughout the state, and i think it would be helpful to reflect what youve learned as far as costs and difficulties and all those types of things into what is your projections for your Capital Projects and if theyre in there, its helpful to reference them, and if not, then understand why not. Because for better or for worse, you now have become an agency that does a lot of capital work, and you have quite a bit of experience with that. And i think its important for that to be reflected in the c. I. P. , so we have relayed this study to Steve Ritchie and kathy howe or to dan wade, actually. And i know my staff has been talking to them on this. Im happy to answer any questions you have. Its also been conveyed to the bosca board. Great. Thank you. Commissioners, questions . Comments . Any Public Comment o
And i know qualitative prioritization. Why do you rank this project first . Why did this project rise to the top or not is something worth considering. Lastly, you have a lot of knowledge now about what it takes to do Capital Projects in this region and throughout the state, and i think it would be helpful to reflect what youve learned as far as costs and difficulties and all those types of things into what is your projections for your Capital Projects and if theyre in there, its helpful to reference them, and if not, then understand why not. Because for better or for worse, you now have become an agency that does a lot of capital work, and you have quite a bit of experience with that. And i think its important for that to be reflected in the c. I. P. , so we have relayed this study to Steve Ritchie and kathy howe or to dan wade, actually. And i know my staff has been talking to them on this. Im happy to answer any questions you have. Its also been conveyed to the bosca board. Great. T