Public Utilities Board

City Hall City of Denton 215 E. McKinney St. Denton, Texas 76201 www.cityofdenton.com Meeting Agenda Public Utilities Board Monday, December 11, 2017 9:00 AM Work Session Room After determining that a quorum is present, the Public Utilities Board of the City of Denton, Texas will convene in a meeting on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in the Council Work Session Room at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at which the following items will be considered: WORK SESSION A. PUB17-182 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Energy Management Organization Review being conducted by Deloitte. Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet Exhibit 2 - Report Exhibit 3 - Presentation Exhibit 4 - Management Response The Public Utilities Board (PUB) will convene in a Closed Meeting to consider specific items when these items are listed below under the Closed Meeting section of this agenda. When items for consideration are not listed under the Closed Meeting section of the agenda, the PUB will not conduct a Closed Meeting and will immediately convene its open meeting. The PUB reserves the right to adjourn into a Closed Meeting on any item on its open meeting agenda consistent with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, as amended, or as otherwise allowed by law. CLOSED MEETING A. PUB17-234 Deliberations Regarding Certain Public Power Utilities: Competitive Matters - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.086; Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.071. Receive a presentation from staff regarding public power competitive and financial matters pertaining to the natural gas fuel supply for the Denton Energy Center (“DEC”); discuss and deliberate strategies and opportunities for the City to acquire natural gas for the DEC and enter into agreements regarding the same. Consultation with the City’s attorneys regarding legal issues associated with the agreements described above where discussion of these legal matters in an open meeting would conflict with the duty of the City’s attorneys to the City of Denton and the Denton City Council under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas. Make a recommendation to City Council on a Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas with Enterprise Products Operating, LLC, a Texas limited liability company. Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Enterprise Gas Contract AIS Page 1 Printed on 12/8/2017 Public Utilities Board Meeting Agenda December 11, 2017 ANY FINAL ACTION, DECISION, OR VOTE ON A MATTER DELIBERATED IN A CLOSED MEETING WILL ONLY BE TAKEN IN AN OPEN MEETING THAT IS HELD IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH FINAL ACTION, DECISION, OR VOTE IS TAKEN IN THE CLOSED MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF §551.086 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE (THE ‘PUBLIC POWER EXCEPTION’). THE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO A CLOSED MEETING OR EXECUTIVE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY TEX. GOV’T. CODE, §551.001, ET SEQ. (THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT) ON ANY ITEM ON ITS OPEN MEETING AGENDA OR TO RECONVENE IN A CONTINUATION OF THE CLOSED MEETING ON THE CLOSED MEETING ITEMS NOTED ABOVE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION §551.071-551.086 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. Following the completion of the Closed Meeting, the Public Utilities Board will convene in a Regular Meeting at which the following items will be considered: REGULAR MEETING 1. CONSENT AGENDA Each of the items on the Consent Agenda is recommended by the Staff and approval thereof will be strictly on the basis of the Staff recommendations. Approval of the Consent Agenda authorizes the Assistant City Manager of Utilities, or his designee, to implement each item in accordance with the Staff recommendations. The Public Utilities Board has received background information and has had an opportunity to raise questions regarding these items prior to consideration. Listed below are bids, purchase orders, contracts, and other items to be approved for payment or other action under the Consent Agenda (Agenda Items A – B). This listing is provided on the Consent Agenda to allow Public Utilities Board Members to discuss or withdraw an item prior to approval of the Consent Agenda. If no items are pulled, Consent Agenda Items A – B below will be approved with one motion. If items are pulled for separate discussion, they may be considered as the first items following approval of the Consent Agenda. A. PUB17-254 Consider recommending that City Council adopt a Resolution directing and authorizing the City Attorney of the City of Denton to intervene in Staff’s Application to Set 2018 Wholesale Transmission Service Charges for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas pending before the Public Utility Commission of Texas under Docket No. 47777 and to use, if needed, the Austin law firm of Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. to represent the City in the same; and providing an effective date. Attachments: Exhibit 1 - AIS Exhibit 2 - 47777- Staff Application Exhibit 3 - 47777- Order No. 1 Exhibit 4 - PUC Wholesale Transmission Rate Case Intervention Resolution B. PUB17-255 Consider recommending adoption of an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement for engineering design services relating to the design, bid phase, and construction services for the PEC-4 Phases 3 and 4 Drainage Improvements project which includes approximately 2,700 linear feet of reinforced concrete box, 2,300 linear feet of waterline relocation and lowering, 1,700 linear feet of Page 2 Printed on 12/8/2017 Public Utilities Board Meeting Agenda December 11, 2017 sanitary sewer line relocation and adjustment, and pavement repair from West Prairie Street to the beginning of the open channel near the intersection of West Mulberry Street and Bernard Street; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (File 6625 awarded to Freese and Nichols, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,200,000). Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet Exhibit 2 - Map Exhibit 3 - Ordinance Exhibit 4 - Contract 2. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION A. PUB17-235 Consider approval of the Public Utilities Board Meeting minutes of November 13, 2017. Attachments: 1. PUB Draft Minutes 11-13-17 B. PUB17-215 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction concerning the approval of a contract for radio network design and installation services, the installation of new transmission lines, and the linking of radio communications between seven facilities in relation to the upgrade of the City of Denton Water Production Department’s Radio Communication System as awarded by the State of Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) through the Go DIRect Program, Contract Number DIR-SDD-2678; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor and providing an effective date (File 6518-awarded to Johnston Technical Services, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of $196,496.99) Attachments: Exhibit 1 - AIS Exhibit 2 - Current versus Loop Radio Network Drawing Exhibit 3 - Contract Exhibit 4 - Ordinance Exhibit 5 - Water Production CIP Sheet Exhibit 6 - Radio Network Presentation C. PUB17-250 ACM Update: 1. Tesla Solar Roof Tiles 2. Future Agenda Items 3. Matrix Attachments: 1. Tesla Roof Tiles Memo 2. Future Agenda Item List 3. New Business Matrix 3. CONCLUDING ITEMS Page 3 Printed on 12/8/2017 Public Utilities Board Meeting Agenda December 11, 2017 A. Under Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, respond to inquiries from the Public Utilities Board or the public with specific factual information or recitation of policy, or accept a proposal to place the matter on the agenda for an upcoming meeting AND Under Section 551.0415 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, provide reports about items of community interest regarding which no action will be taken, to include: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary recognition of a public official, public employee, or other citizen; a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the governing body; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event organized or sponsored by an entity other than the governing body that was attended or is scheduled to be attended by a member of the governing body or an official or employee of the municipality; or an announcement involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of people in the municipality that has arisen after the posting of the agenda. CERTIFICATE I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the City of Denton, Texas, on the ________day of ___________________, 2017 at ________o'clock (a.m.) (p.m.) __________________________________________ CITY SECRETARY NOTE: THE CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ROOM IS HANDICAP-ACCESSIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THE CITY WILL PROVIDE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED IF REQUESTED AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE SCHEDULED MEETING. PLEASE CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 349-8309 OR USE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR THE DEAF (TDD) BY CALLING 1-800-RELAY-TX SO THAT A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER CAN BE SCHEDULED THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY’S OFFICE. Page 4 Printed on 12/8/2017