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Unknown:  Good evening. I'll call to order the SMUD Board of Directors meeting of April 16, 2026.

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SPEAKER_19:  Please rise and join me in the pledge to the flag.

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Unknown:  I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for

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SPEAKER_02:  which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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SPEAKER_19:  This meeting of the SMUD Board of Directors is recorded with closed captioning. The recording

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SPEAKER_19:  will be cablecast on Metro Cable 14, Channel 14, the local government affairs channel on

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SPEAKER_19:  at Metro14live.sackcounty.gov. Today's meeting replays Sunday, April 19, at 2 p.m. and Monday,

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SPEAKER_19:  April 20, at 9 a.m. on Metro Cable Channel 14. Once posted, the recording of this meeting

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SPEAKER_19:  can be viewed on demand at youtube.com. Please remember to unmute your microphone when speaking

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SPEAKER_19:  in order that our virtual attendees may hear. The microphone will display a green indicator

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SPEAKER_19:  light when the mic is on. Please put all electronic devices in the silent mode while in the auditorium.

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SPEAKER_19:  For members of the public attending in person who wish to speak at this meeting, please

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SPEAKER_19:  to SMUD security. Members of the public attending this meeting virtually who wish to provide

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SPEAKER_19:  is called. Technical support staff will enable the audio for you when your name is announced

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SPEAKER_19:  during the public comment period. You may also submit written comments by e-mailing

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SPEAKER_19:  them to public comment at SMUD.org. Written comments will not be read into the record

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SPEAKER_19:  but will be provided to the board electronically and placed into the record of the meeting if

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SPEAKER_19:  received within two hours after the meeting ends. Members may speak to items on the agenda

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SPEAKER_19:  on which the board will take action and may also address the board on other agenda items

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SPEAKER_19:  and items not on the agenda but within our jurisdiction during the general comment period.

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SPEAKER_19:  The auditorium is equipped with a safety alarm. If the alarm sounds, please leave in an orderly

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SPEAKER_19:  manner via the exits to the lobby or behind the dais. Assemble in front of the building

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SPEAKER_19:  and wait to hear the all clear announcement from security before reentering. With the

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SPEAKER_19:  chief legal officer, please conduct a roll call. Director Rose? Director Buie-Thompson?

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SPEAKER_10:  Present. Director Fishman? Here. Director Herber? Here. Vice President Kurth? Here.

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SPEAKER_19:  Director Sanborn? Here. President Tamayo? Here. You have a quorum. Thank you. And now

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SPEAKER_19:  Director Buie-Thompson will read our 2030s climate action tip. Thank you. For April,

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SPEAKER_06:  we have some great waste tips for us. SMUD is working towards 100% zero carbon by 2030. There

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SPEAKER_06:  are lots you can do to help us lead the global clean power city movement. April is Earth Month

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SPEAKER_06:  and there are many things you can do to celebrate. Waste and landfills are significant source of

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SPEAKER_06:  methane, a potent and harmful greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere. You can help reduce

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SPEAKER_06:  what ends up in landfills by choosing reusable materials, avoiding plastics, and growing paper

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SPEAKER_06:  lists with your monthly SMUD bills. Join the charge with us and visit cleanpowercity.org to

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SPEAKER_06:  learn more. Thank you. At this point, if there are no corrections, changes or additions, I'll

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SPEAKER_19:  entertain a motion to approve the agenda. So moved. Second. Okay. Moved by Director Herber,

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SPEAKER_19:  seconded by Vice President Kurth. Directors, please vote. The agenda is approved with Director

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SPEAKER_10:  Rose-Absent. Thank you. Now moving on to our committee chair reports. Director Sanborn,

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SPEAKER_19:  chair of the Strategic Development Committee, will give the report of the April 7, 2026 meeting.

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Unknown:  Thank you, President Tomao. The Strategic Development Committee met on Tuesday, April 7,

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SPEAKER_09:  and there was one informational item. And that item was to provide the board with an internal

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SPEAKER_09:  and external presentation on the vehicle to grid technologies that we're researching. Zach Wogan,

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SPEAKER_09:  executive director, excuse me, with the Vehicle to Grid Integration Council, is focused on

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SPEAKER_09:  unlocking the value of managed charging, bidirectional charging, and DER paired charging.

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Unknown:  Some highlights of his presentation were that the ways that EVs can provide services to the grid,

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SPEAKER_09:  the EV energy bridal group study finds that $5 billion of avoided costs from passive managed

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SPEAKER_09:  charging and $13 billion from active managed charging and $12 billion from bidirectional

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SPEAKER_09:  charging by 2035 nationwide. And in California, managed charging can save $4.2 billion in system

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SPEAKER_09:  costs by 2045. And bidirectional charging capability can unlock an additional $3.5 billion

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SPEAKER_09:  at a modest 12.5 participation rate, 20%. Smud's director of research and development,

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SPEAKER_09:  grants and partnerships, and zero carbon energy solutions, James Fraser, gave a presentation on

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SPEAKER_09:  the local market for potential vehicle to grid technology and Smud's vehicle to grid integration

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SPEAKER_09:  initiatives. Smud is actively exploring vehicle to grid opportunities, particularly focusing on

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SPEAKER_09:  electric school buses to support both local transportation needs and grid services. There

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SPEAKER_09:  are 800 school buses across 13 districts with 111 electric buses already in service as of December

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SPEAKER_09:  of 2025. And 72 are equipped for vehicle to grid use. Smud's initiatives prioritize grid resilience,

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SPEAKER_09:  resource optimization, infrastructure support and decarbonization, all within a collaborative

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SPEAKER_09:  ecosystem involving service providers, aggregators, hardware vendors, and school districts. A successful

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SPEAKER_09:  vehicle to grid requires, our program requires advanced bidirectional charging technology,

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SPEAKER_09:  effective communication systems, and operational coordination to ensure vehicles are available

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SPEAKER_09:  and ready to support both transportation and grid demands. This concludes my report.

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Unknown:  Thank you, Director Sanborn and now Director Herber, chair of the policy committee, will give

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SPEAKER_19:  the report of the April 7, 2026 meeting. Thank you, President Tamayo. The policy committee met

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SPEAKER_01:  on Tuesday, April 7, and there were five discussion items and one informational item. The first

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SPEAKER_01:  discussion item was to approve the Smud disclosure in the transmission agency of Northern California

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SPEAKER_01:  2026 refunding bonds preliminary official statements. As a result of the refinancing,

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SPEAKER_01:  Smud is expected to save approximately $700,000 annually for the next 13 years. Good job, Smud.

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SPEAKER_01:  The second discussion item was the monitoring report for Strategic Direction 6, which is

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SPEAKER_01:  safety leadership. Safety continues to be the top priority at Smud for employees, contractors,

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SPEAKER_01:  and the community. Smud continues to meet its target of minimizing workplace injuries. With

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SPEAKER_01:  ongoing improvements and expansion to Smud's safety management system, Smud delivered on its

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SPEAKER_01:  goal of reducing injury incidents to less than 13 in 2025, as measured by OSHA's days away restricted

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SPEAKER_01:  time or DART. This is item 5 on tonight's consent calendar. The third discussion item was revisions

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SPEAKER_01:  to the monitoring report for Strategic Direction 6, safety leadership. Revisions include reducing

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SPEAKER_01:  safety incidents to zero, that's right, zero by 2030, providing timely, quality health care for injured

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SPEAKER_01:  employees and tracking and reporting incidents involving the public related to Smud's operations

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SPEAKER_01:  or facilities. This will be added to the consent calendar for the May board meeting. The fourth

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SPEAKER_01:  discussion item was to discuss the potential amendment of governance process 12 related to

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SPEAKER_01:  board compensation and benefits. This is item number 10 on tonight's discussion calendar. The fifth item

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SPEAKER_01:  on the governance process 2, governance focus, governance process 4, board committee work plan

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SPEAKER_01:  and agenda planning and governance process 13, core and key values found,

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SPEAKER_01:  core and key values in these different governance processes that we found that core and key values

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SPEAKER_01:  were in high compliance with these processes. The informational item was a review of the board's work

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SPEAKER_01:  plan. This concludes my report. Thank you, Director Herber. And now Director Bowie-Thompson, the vice

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SPEAKER_19:  chair of the finance and audit committee will give the report of the April 14, 2026 meeting.

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Unknown:  Thank you. There are four discussion items and two informational items. The first discussion item was

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SPEAKER_06:  to approve the updated solar and storage export compensation rate that's effective this June 1st.

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SPEAKER_06:  This is item number 6 on the consent calendar. The second discussion item was to authorize the CEO

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SPEAKER_06:  and general manager to execute the water form 2050 agreement including the Sacramento municipal

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SPEAKER_06:  utility district purveyor specific agreement. This is item number 7 on the consent calendar.

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SPEAKER_06:  The third discussion item was to authorize the CEO and general manager to negotiate an award as

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SPEAKER_06:  social contract to ITRA network solutions to purchase smart meters compatible with our advanced

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SPEAKER_06:  metering infrastructure. The contract would be a five-year period through April 2031 for up to

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SPEAKER_06:  $40 million. This is item number 8 on the consent calendar. The fourth discussion item was to

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SPEAKER_06:  authorize the CEO and general manager to negotiate and award contracts to Aspen environmental,

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Unknown:  AECOM technical services, Ascent and GEI to provide environmental and California

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Unknown:  quality act also known as CEQA support services. The contract runs for a three-year period between

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SPEAKER_06:  April 27th, 2026 to April 26th, 2029 with one optional two-year extension for up to $12 million.

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SPEAKER_06:  This is item number 9 on the consent calendar. The first informational item was to provide the board

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SPEAKER_06:  the summary of SMUD's financial results from the two-month period ending February 28th,

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SPEAKER_06:  2026 and the summary of SMUD's current power supply costs. The second informational item was

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SPEAKER_06:  the internal audit services report on the status of recommendations for Q1, 2026 and rubber goods

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SPEAKER_06:  testing. This concludes the reports. All right. And now Director Bowie Thompson, the chair of the

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SPEAKER_19:  energy resources and customer services committee will give the report of the April 15th, 2026

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SPEAKER_19:  meeting. Thank you. There was one informational item and it was to present the board with the 2030

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SPEAKER_06:  carbon plan, which is our semi-annual update and included information on utility skill project

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SPEAKER_06:  progress, progress towards 23 goals, reliability and affordability considerations, and our integrated

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SPEAKER_06:  resource plan also known as IRP. We've been tracking our journey to zero designed to be a

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SPEAKER_06:  flexible pathway with a firm commitment to regard rails of reliability, affordability and safety.

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SPEAKER_06:  We continue to experience a variety of headwinds and challenges as we continue pursuing our goal,

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SPEAKER_06:  including scaling new technology, resource costs and regulatory issues. We continue to progress

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SPEAKER_06:  to our utility skill projects, including local renewable and storage projects

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SPEAKER_06:  and regional renewables. In regards to there are new technology options and which includes the

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SPEAKER_06:  CalPine Sutter carbon capture and sequestration project. We're also collaborating to develop a

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SPEAKER_06:  potential power purchase agreement. Last fall, we had a 16 day Tulee fog event that we all

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SPEAKER_06:  suffered through that reduced solar generation to as low as 10% of our potential maximum generation,

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SPEAKER_06:  which provides a key study of the critical nature of capacity value.

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SPEAKER_06:  There are updated reliability studies that confirms that when our country acres solar and

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SPEAKER_06:  storage project comes online, we'll be able to replace our McClellan and Campbell thermal plants.

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SPEAKER_06:  There's parallel availability of these thermal plants that would still be needed to ensure a

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SPEAKER_06:  reliable transition. We're also working on retooling of the Procter and Gamble, Campbell soup

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SPEAKER_06:  generation and consumption as thermal plants. 2026 marks the five year anniversary of the board's

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SPEAKER_06:  adoption of 2030 zero carbon plan, which formed the basis of our IRP. It's time to update it.

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SPEAKER_06:  As energy resource costs have increased significantly since 2020, we'll look to answer

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SPEAKER_06:  some key questions in the new IRP as well as this explore several options to navigate

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SPEAKER_06:  our affordability quadrails to 2030 and beyond. The IRP will be filled with the California filed

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SPEAKER_06:  with the California energy commission in September of 2027. Conditions have changed significantly

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SPEAKER_06:  since we first adopted our zero carbon plan, but we continue to work towards decarbonization

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SPEAKER_06:  of the greater Sacramento region. This concludes my reports.

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Unknown:  Thank you very much. At this time, we'll take comments from the public on the consent calendar.

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Unknown:  I have not received any cards. Do we have any other requests?

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Unknown:  I don't see any virtual attendees wanting to participate.

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Unknown:  All right. So we'll move on to our consent calendar.

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SPEAKER_19:  Item number three is to approve board member compensation for service rendered at the request

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SPEAKER_19:  of the board for the period of March 16th, 2026 through April 15th, 2026. Item number four is the

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SPEAKER_19:  approval of the minutes of the meeting of March 19th, 2026. Item number five was reviewed at the

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SPEAKER_19:  policy committee of April 7th, 2026, and it pertains to our strategic directive six items.

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SPEAKER_19:  Items number six through nine were reviewed at the finance and audit committee of April 14th,

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SPEAKER_19:  2026. Item number six pertains to the solar and storage rate export compensation rate.

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SPEAKER_19:  Item number seven pertains to the water forum 2050 agreement. Item number eight pertains to the

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SPEAKER_19:  sole source contract with ITRON network solutions, Inc. for the purchase of smart meters compatible

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SPEAKER_19:  with SMUD's advanced metering infrastructure. Item number nine pertains to the contract award

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SPEAKER_19:  for environmental and sequa services. If there are no corrections, changes, or additions,

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SPEAKER_19:  I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar.

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SPEAKER_19:  So moved.

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SPEAKER_19:  Second.

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Unknown:  Okay. Moved by Director Sanborn, seconded by Director Fishman. Directors, please vote.

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Unknown:  The consent calendar is approved with all directors voting yes.

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Unknown:  All right. Thank you. Item number 10 is to discuss with possible amendment governance process GP12

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SPEAKER_19:  board compensation and benefits, and our presenter is Matthew Powell, our interim director of people,

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SPEAKER_19:  services, and strategies. Good evening, President Tamayo and Board of Directors. Tonight I'm here

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SPEAKER_18:  to present on GP12 governing board compensation. Following my presentation of these slides,

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SPEAKER_18:  I'll be turning it back over to President Tamayo for more discussion by the board. GP12 covers board

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SPEAKER_18:  compensation and benefits, and it is required to be reviewed on an annual basis. In the MUD Act,

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SPEAKER_18:  in section 11908.1, it states that the board may adjust compensation by no more than 5% for each

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SPEAKER_18:  calendar year following the operative date of the last adjustment. The max adjustment for this time

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SPEAKER_18:  period is $341. Also, compensation is prohibited from automatically adjusting each year. Please

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SPEAKER_18:  note that the previous adjustment was effective July of 2025 to $325 from 317, approximately a

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SPEAKER_18:  3% increase from the previous rate. On this next slide, we have several options for the board's

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SPEAKER_18:  consideration. The first option is a 2.7% increase, and this represents the annual CPI,

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SPEAKER_18:  which was effective December of 2025, the trailing 12 months. The next three options are 3,

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SPEAKER_18:  4, and 5%, with $335, 338, and $341, respectively, with the increase of 5% at 341 being the maximum

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SPEAKER_18:  allowable for this change. Of course, the board may also decide to adjust per-day compensation

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SPEAKER_18:  to a different amount or retain the current $325 as captured in option 5 there on the slide.

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Unknown:  And any changes would be effective July 1, 2026. And at this point, I will turn it back over to

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SPEAKER_18:  President Tamayo for discussion. Thank you very much. Excuse me. So we did discuss this

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SPEAKER_19:  last week, and it sounded like we didn't have unanimity on doing a raise. I know that some

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SPEAKER_19:  directors didn't want to do a raise at all, and others wanted to do a modest raise. Nobody was

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SPEAKER_19:  in favor of going to the maximum. But I'd like to find out where directors stand at this point.

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SPEAKER_19:  So let's just start at the end of the row there. Director Sanborn, you want to...

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SPEAKER_19:  Sure. So I think, as I said, it feels to me the right thing is usually 2.7 or cost of living,

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SPEAKER_09:  but I don't like odd numbers. So having 334 go to 335 seemed very reasonable to me,

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SPEAKER_09:  and I'm still of the mindset that this should be done every year in very modest amounts,

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SPEAKER_09:  and we just keep pace with cost of living. And that's it.

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Unknown:  Thank you.

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Unknown:  Director Herrmann.

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SPEAKER_01:  Thank you, President Tamayo. I agree with Director Sanborn. I do think it's important for us

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SPEAKER_01:  to make the adjustment every year. And the reason is that I've seen in the past where

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SPEAKER_01:  we haven't talked about this, and then there has to be much bigger increases, which I don't like.

00:24:56.580 --> 00:25:04.100
SPEAKER_01:  We're all working hard as a board. We're trying to keep the rates down. We're grateful that we got

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:11.539
SPEAKER_01:  the lights on and great customer service. But I really feel that it's appropriate to have the

00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:19.220
SPEAKER_01:  cost of living increase, the CPI, and that makes sense to me.

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:25.940
Unknown:  So I'm still a no on this for this year, and I understand completely that we don't want to get

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:32.339
SPEAKER_02:  into a position where we have to give ourselves some extreme raise to bring us back into line.

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:39.860
SPEAKER_02:  But I think we can find some middle ground where every other year we do a modest increase or

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:48.259
SPEAKER_02:  even every three years. And for me, honestly, $325 a day for – and let me make it very

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:55.700
SPEAKER_02:  clear for the public, this is capped at 10 days a month at most. And if you attend two different

00:25:55.700 --> 00:26:02.259
SPEAKER_02:  meetings in the same day, it's only one compensation. So nobody's getting rich here by any means.

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:08.259
SPEAKER_02:  But I just think we're fairly compensated. And even though we can give ourselves a raise,

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:14.259
SPEAKER_02:  doesn't mean we have to give ourselves a raise. So I would prefer to not do it this year,

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:16.740
SPEAKER_02:  and we can come back next year and see what seems reasonable.

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.740
SPEAKER_02:  Director Kurth.

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:29.460
Unknown:  There. Thanks. I support the 3 percent or the 2.75, whatever we end up with there. It's – this

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:34.660
SPEAKER_14:  kind of thing just needs to be done every year, whatever the CPI is, just keep moving it along.

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:40.259
SPEAKER_14:  Otherwise, the adjustment becomes too big, and it's never an uncontroversial thing.

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:50.099
SPEAKER_14:  And one other point. This for the 10 events per month, I know most of us go to more than that,

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:54.740
SPEAKER_14:  quite a few more than that. And so it has a way of working out. Thanks.

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.140
Unknown:  Director Buie Thompson.

00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:07.299
SPEAKER_06:  I also agree. I just feel in general having smaller, more incremental increases is reasonable,

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:15.460
SPEAKER_06:  especially with keeping up with CPI. I also have to think about the next people in front of us.

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:22.500
SPEAKER_06:  We all may be comfortable and have second jobs that can float this. But I know in my career,

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:29.139
SPEAKER_06:  I've made decisions based on this. And for some people that may want to run, having just that

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:36.740
SPEAKER_06:  little bit more compensation would make this job easier to handle on just people's budgets. And

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:45.700
SPEAKER_06:  like others have said, it's not this grandiose amount. But for some people, just a little bit

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:50.660
SPEAKER_06:  more can help their financial situation, because there is a lot of sacrifices. I know when I go

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:57.299
SPEAKER_06:  to most events and there's a donation to be had, I typically donate back what I get paid that day.

00:27:57.299 --> 00:28:01.940
SPEAKER_06:  I rarely actually ever take that. I usually just donate back to the organization. But that's

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:07.220
SPEAKER_06:  something that I'm personally able to do. But we can't assume that everybody else can do that,

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:12.420
SPEAKER_06:  too, especially when many of us, I just looked at my, you know, for this, and I'm not even

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:16.500
SPEAKER_06:  president, president, because there are a million things in a month. I went to eight different

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:24.980
SPEAKER_06:  days in just the beginning of April. So I would support the smaller amount to make it even at

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:34.819
SPEAKER_06:  335. So that's 3%. Director Rose. So I will say a few things. I'll definitely sort of more echoing

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:39.539
SPEAKER_13:  director Fishman's thoughts. I know when I was new to this board, which was a long time

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:45.940
SPEAKER_13:  ago now, it hadn't been adjusted, the pay hadn't been adjusted for 20 years. And so we made a pretty

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:53.059
SPEAKER_13:  considerable bump. And we also made the commitment at the time to review that every year, which is

00:28:53.059 --> 00:29:00.339
SPEAKER_13:  why we're talking about it. For me, it is fair. I mean, we generally I work 20 or 30 hours a week

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:05.299
SPEAKER_13:  and take, you know, at least a month off of my day job to go to conferences and some other events. So

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:12.019
SPEAKER_13:  I feel like it's a fair balance, but it is certainly public service. And I'm far more

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:17.299
SPEAKER_13:  comfortable. We raised it a year ago, I'd be more comfortable on a, you know, every other year basis,

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:25.299
SPEAKER_13:  somewhere in that CPI range or less. So I'm not opposed to this. I think raising it

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:32.899
SPEAKER_13:  2% or 3% is fair, but I intend to abstain from this vote tonight. Thank you.

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:43.139
Unknown:  All right. So I'm counting votes here and it looks like you have one. Well, I'll state my, I support

00:29:44.020 --> 00:29:56.100
SPEAKER_19:  a, the 3% to 335 is just slightly over our CPI of 2.7. And really just to get us instead of

00:29:56.660 --> 00:30:07.460
SPEAKER_19:  334, it'll be 335, which is almost an aesthetic consideration. So we, it appears to me that we have

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:21.059
SPEAKER_19:  five votes for a modest raise in two votes against. Would anybody care to propose a specific motion,

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:27.779
SPEAKER_19:  including an amount? I'll make the motion to adjust to the 3% 335 per meeting.

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:37.940
Unknown:  I second that. Okay. So motion by director Sanborn, seconded by director Bowie Thompson

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:44.899
SPEAKER_19:  as a motion to approve an increase of 3% to board compensation effective July 1st,

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:57.140
SPEAKER_19:  2026. So the final amount would be, it will be adjusted to $335 a month. So directors,

00:30:58.100 --> 00:31:03.780
Unknown:  do we have any, um, 3 35 to per day, per day of service per year? Excuse me. Yeah.

00:31:04.580 --> 00:31:11.220
SPEAKER_19:  3 35 a month. Well, that kind of undo the whole thing. All right. So the, correct the,

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:24.019
SPEAKER_19:  the motion to approve an increase of $335 per day, uh, for board compensation effective July 1st,

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:30.339
SPEAKER_19:  2026. Did I get that close enough this time? So having trouble with units this last couple of days.

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:35.140
SPEAKER_19:  All right. So, um, directors, please vote.

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:49.299
Unknown:  All right. Well, thank you very much. Um,

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:56.980
Unknown:  at this point, uh, we allow the public to comment on items, not on the agenda,

00:31:56.980 --> 00:32:03.700
Unknown:  but within our jurisdiction. And I've received two cards. One is from Nate. Uh, so you can make

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:11.059
SPEAKER_19:  your way up to the mic and then, uh, the second person is Scott Slatterbeck. And, uh, please be

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:18.500
SPEAKER_19:  prepared to come up to the, um, microphone once Nate is done. You're Nate? I am. Yes, sir. All

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:28.259
SPEAKER_19:  right. So, um, don't touch the microphone. You'll be electrocuted if you do. And, uh, so, um, and you

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:35.059
SPEAKER_19:  have three minutes. Let's see. Were there any other instructions? Okay. May I begin? Yeah, go ahead.

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:39.859
SPEAKER_15:  Thank you. My name is Nate Dobinek. I'm here on behalf of the McClatchy High School

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:44.980
SPEAKER_15:  teacher, parent, parent teacher, student association, the most celebrated high school

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:50.819
SPEAKER_15:  in all of Sacramento. No debate on that. Go Lions. Um, I would love to talk to you about all the

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:54.900
SPEAKER_15:  wonderful things that the PTS day is doing. The teacher appreciation events, the mini grants to

00:32:54.900 --> 00:33:00.580
SPEAKER_15:  teachers, the senior scholarships, the graduation night, all of that. But the reality is, is that

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:05.940
SPEAKER_15:  I'm here for two asks. One of urgency and the other one strategic. Over the last three years,

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:13.700
SPEAKER_15:  McClatchy PTSA has been supporting a student-led initiative to focus on traffic safety

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:19.460
SPEAKER_15:  and traffic choices. And that has led us to the realization recently that the Sacramento

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:26.740
SPEAKER_15:  ride free R.T. program funding ends as of the end of June, uh, 2026. So coming right up, we,

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:30.660
SPEAKER_15:  I don't have time within the two minutes remaining to talk about how we got here,

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:35.779
Unknown:  but right now it's cobbled together with funding from a pie of sources, including Sacramento

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:41.460
SPEAKER_15:  County, the four cities of Sacramento, Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Carmichael, and districts,

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:47.539
SPEAKER_15:  school districts of Sacramento, Twin Rivers, Natomas, Elk Grove, and, um, one other I'm

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:53.299
SPEAKER_15:  forgetting. But all of those districts are contributing. However, this year, the school

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:57.299
SPEAKER_15:  district is in incredible duress. They have an existential financial crisis, as you're probably

00:33:57.299 --> 00:34:01.460
SPEAKER_15:  aware, and they will probably be unable to fulfill their contributions towards this. So

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:07.940
Unknown:  the whopping budget for the ride free program is 1.5 million, a de minimis amount really in the

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:12.820
SPEAKER_15:  scheme of a larger organizational efforts. And so what we are here to do is to step into the,

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:17.620
SPEAKER_15:  see if SMUD would be willing to step into that space. There is a tremendous overlap. Director

00:34:17.620 --> 00:34:23.220
SPEAKER_15:  Sanborn talked about the electric buses. Thompson talked about the need for the carbon free. McClatchy

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:29.300
SPEAKER_15:  is prime located along bus route 62 and the blue line, as well as many of the other school districts

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:36.100
SPEAKER_15:  in the county. Another thing to consider, it's embraced by the students in 2021 ridership by

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:44.179
SPEAKER_15:  the ride free program by students with 600,000. 2024, 4.2 million. It's a sevenfold increase

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:49.460
SPEAKER_15:  there. It's incredibly popular. It is almost now the de facto way a lot of students get to school.

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:56.339
SPEAKER_15:  And it's 24, 7, 365. They get to work. They go to other places. They go, I know my kid went out to

00:34:56.339 --> 00:35:00.179
SPEAKER_15:  Folsom. I say, how did you get out there to go to the outlets? They went, uh, I took RT. You know,

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:04.980
SPEAKER_15:  we took the light rail. I went, oh. So free range kids are back. They're going to be moving around,

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:09.619
SPEAKER_15:  taking stuff once they get on that bus system and they're used to it. And that encourages them to

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:16.019
SPEAKER_15:  become lifelong riders and adapt to that. So we are facing an issue now, and that's why it's

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:22.740
SPEAKER_15:  an unusual for a PTSA to come to an agency like Spud and say $250,000 is necessary. In the last few

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:27.539
SPEAKER_15:  seconds, I'll ask that we are now approaching the school district, the city, Sutter Health, all the

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:31.780
SPEAKER_15:  other agencies. And we're looking for basically either the city or the school district to champion

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:36.900
SPEAKER_15:  this program and create an actual sustainable strategic model. And we would like to invite

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:47.060
SPEAKER_15:  Spud to participate in that when it's time. Thank you. Thank you very much. Paul, can you have maybe

00:35:47.060 --> 00:35:55.540
SPEAKER_19:  somebody talk, talk to, I'm sorry, I didn't remember, to Nate. Yeah. We can certainly actually look into

00:35:56.019 --> 00:36:01.460
SPEAKER_19:  it. All right. Great. And looks like Director Fishman, you have something to say. Well, this isn't on

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:07.619
SPEAKER_02:  the agenda or anything, so I guess I don't need to leave the room. Okay. Nate, my day job is with

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:12.980
SPEAKER_02:  Sacramento Regional Transit. So if this were to come up on the agenda, I would need to recuse myself.

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:22.980
SPEAKER_02:  Thank you. All right. Can I just say thank you for bringing this to our attention? Absolutely.

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:31.539
SPEAKER_19:  Yeah, I want to thank you too. It's actually very well said. I appreciate your comments.

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:37.219
SPEAKER_19:  All right. Now, Mr. Slatterbeck, are you here? Come on up.

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:51.139
SPEAKER_00:  No doubt aware there's a nuclear renaissance undergoing in the nation as a whole.

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:59.379
Unknown:  I know that Spud has its own interesting history with nuclear power. I also am aware that there

00:36:59.379 --> 00:37:06.420
SPEAKER_00:  is a state law that prohibits the construction of new nuclear power generation facilities.

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:18.259
Unknown:  I wanted to ask the board if it has explored bringing nuclear back to Spud and if it has

00:37:19.060 --> 00:37:28.900
SPEAKER_00:  looked into lobbying efforts to repeal this very outdated state law that prohibits clean,

00:37:29.540 --> 00:37:38.740
SPEAKER_00:  safe, carbon free power generation for the future. As everyone knows, Sacramento is

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:45.940
SPEAKER_00:  kind of atypical in that it is still growing somewhat. And there is an increasing demand for

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:52.420
SPEAKER_00:  energy. I think we all know that data centers, which is a controversial subject, requires

00:37:52.980 --> 00:38:04.260
SPEAKER_00:  massive amounts of power. If Sacramento does not explore keeping up with these kinds of demands,

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:14.340
SPEAKER_00:  for the future, Sacramento will be left in the dust. And power is ever increasing in

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:22.579
SPEAKER_00:  the function of everyday life, as we all know. I'm sure Spud is aware that power consumption

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:30.820
SPEAKER_00:  continues to rise every year. And I just wanted to know if the board has explored lobbying to have

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:41.539
SPEAKER_00:  this legislation statewide repealed and if it has looked into bringing nuclear back, probably in

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:50.900
SPEAKER_00:  the form of a microreactor, to Sacramento, probably run by a private entity or consortium because of

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:58.579
SPEAKER_00:  the interesting history Spud had with Rancho Seco. I mean, I have read some of the reports and

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:09.460
SPEAKER_00:  I think it would be advantageous to the board to explore this using a private entity or consortium

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:16.740
SPEAKER_00:  of other companies to bring nuclear back to Sacramento, clean, safe, carbon-free power.

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:26.900
Unknown:  Thank you very much, Mr. Slatterbeck. I will say we can't really get into a discussion, but we did

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:34.340
SPEAKER_19:  have a presentation to the board from I think a couple of different folks in the industry.

00:39:34.660 --> 00:39:44.820
SPEAKER_19:  Earlier this year or late last year, and staff can help you find the record of that. There's a

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:54.180
SPEAKER_19:  full recording of our sound recording, I believe, of that. And then I will say that it didn't appear

00:39:54.180 --> 00:40:01.780
SPEAKER_19:  at that time that we're going to pursue any lobbying effort, but we understand the barrier.

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:11.060
SPEAKER_19:  And anyway, so we have looked into it. And if somebody from staff could help Mr. Slatterbeck

00:40:11.060 --> 00:40:19.860
SPEAKER_19:  find the record for that meeting, then you'll see what we were talking about. Thank you very much.

00:40:22.180 --> 00:40:28.260
Unknown:  All right. Have we received any requests to speak from our virtual attendees for items not on the

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:36.340
SPEAKER_19:  agenda? No, we have not. Okay. Thank you. At this point in the agenda, we provide the directors an

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:43.780
SPEAKER_19:  opportunity to report on SMUD activity. And we'll begin with Director Rose and Ward 1 and continue

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:50.100
SPEAKER_19:  in ward order with the President's report as the final item. All right. Thank you. President

00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:56.580
SPEAKER_13:  Tamayo, I'll be brief. As I typically am, I had the opportunity to go to the California Municipal

00:40:56.579 --> 00:41:04.980
SPEAKER_13:  Utilities Association annual conference. And it's always a great opportunity to have some one-on-one

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:12.179
SPEAKER_13:  time with the other public utilities and public agencies around the state. And so I appreciated

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:20.340
SPEAKER_13:  that opportunity. I also spent a few hours with our legislative staff at the Capitol,

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:24.980
SPEAKER_13:  along with several other board members, and having meetings with our legislative delegation about some

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:31.219
SPEAKER_13:  of our priorities. And I'm sure several others will talk about that tonight as well. We're headed

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:36.500
SPEAKER_13:  off to Capitol to Capitol this weekend, but I've spent a number of meetings with the energy team

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:41.780
SPEAKER_13:  preparing for that and having our briefing papers together. We had a really excellent

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:47.860
SPEAKER_13:  presentation that I just wanted to point out from our lobbyist in Washington, D.C., Elizabeth

00:41:48.660 --> 00:41:56.579
SPEAKER_13:  Whitney, really outlining the best ways to engage given the current political climates and what the

00:41:56.579 --> 00:42:01.780
SPEAKER_13:  priorities are. And so I thought that was particularly interesting and useful preparation.

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:06.420
SPEAKER_13:  And the last thing I think I would mention other than this, the array of different meetings we've

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:12.420
SPEAKER_13:  had. We had that big giant thunderstorm come through the other night, and we had quite a few outages.

00:42:13.220 --> 00:42:17.700
SPEAKER_13:  And so I went out into a little mini personal site visit in Orangeville. It's one of the longer

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:23.539
SPEAKER_13:  outages. And our crew, I tracked down our crew, which was right there, and they were, of course,

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:32.900
SPEAKER_13:  up on top of a pole in a, like, downpour, getting these people's lights back on. And so I just wanted

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:39.460
SPEAKER_13:  to say I appreciate our staff. That was a Sunday afternoon. The crew had been out since 6 a.m.

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:43.699
SPEAKER_13:  They had worked the previous week before they were not on call. They simply got a call

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:48.740
SPEAKER_13:  that morning to ask them to come into work, and there they were helping out the people of

00:42:48.740 --> 00:42:55.780
SPEAKER_13:  Sacramento. And so with that, I think anything else I left out, the rest of you will cover. Thank you.

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:06.579
Unknown:  Great. Thank you. There were lots of fun things over the last month.

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:14.340
SPEAKER_06:  I wanted to highlight that SMUD was the main sponsor of the Sacramento King sustainability

00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:21.539
SPEAKER_06:  night, which is great to see all the, it's nice, but also we had our trucks out there so people

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:25.860
SPEAKER_06:  could see our electric trucks, and they had sustainability tips throughout the night.

00:43:27.299 --> 00:43:35.460
SPEAKER_06:  One of my favorite events for the last, I looked in my first chapter was in 2009. So it's been a

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:42.659
SPEAKER_06:  minute. I counted up 13 years. I haven't been able to make all of them. But the Rancho Seco

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:52.260
SPEAKER_06:  Trout Durbin, I always like reading out the names. It was a Wizard of Oz weekend out there. So thank

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:58.980
SPEAKER_06:  you for all the anglers who survived the torrential rain, winds. I think we lost three tenths.

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:06.420
Unknown:  It was pretty brutal out there, but our event is rain or shine. So I wanted to give acknowledgement

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:15.059
SPEAKER_06:  for the people who survived both day one and day two for the trout derby. So I do like to acknowledge

00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:21.780
SPEAKER_06:  that there are three categories. When I started this many moons ago, we just had it for adults

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:29.540
SPEAKER_06:  and not the little ones. So for our kids division, we had for day one, we had five top place winners

00:44:29.540 --> 00:44:37.700
SPEAKER_06:  and they actually did quite well. We had Adeline Yeager, Violet Machado, Elijah Dron,

00:44:37.700 --> 00:44:48.019
SPEAKER_06:  Ela Garcia and the Arturo Velasco with a big 3.42 pounds. The juniors, top finishers were Nathan

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:56.099
Unknown:  Blizzard, Yusef Mohammed, Tim Jersey, Adrian Avala, Grace Machado and Aidan Garcia with a nice

00:44:56.739 --> 00:45:07.619
SPEAKER_06:  one at 4.15 pounds. Our adult set day also had a great day and our top 10 winners were Geronimo

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:15.780
SPEAKER_06:  Avalar, Nazar Kortuk, Ilya Kurnov, Joshua Yang, Igor Yershov, Ken Murakama, Trey Viskar,

00:45:16.660 --> 00:45:22.660
SPEAKER_06:  Richard Bolins, Karina Martinez, which I was hoping for the first time in SMUD history,

00:45:22.660 --> 00:45:28.820
SPEAKER_06:  we could have awarded the top prize to a woman. She came very close with 5.56 pounds. But her winner

00:45:28.820 --> 00:45:34.180
Unknown:  who has come back many years I've seen Joe is Joe McDermott. He finally won for the first time,

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:41.220
Unknown:  5.74 pounds and he was a great winner with a kayak and he was very happy to win because I've

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:48.500
SPEAKER_06:  seen him year in and year out. Day two was the Kansas day. It was very rough when we had one

00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:54.659
SPEAKER_06:  little girl who made it out for the kids division, Violet, who was there the day before with her

00:45:54.659 --> 00:46:00.819
SPEAKER_06:  sister and I got to see them both, Violet Machado. She's eight years old and she won with 3.36 pounds.

00:46:01.459 --> 00:46:08.980
SPEAKER_06:  Junior division, Colt Flutterick, Alita Peters, Justin Lee, Grace Machado, Trey Gallagher,

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:15.059
SPEAKER_06:  Pariah Logan, Pavel Pavis, Aidan Zong, Eisen Baras, and Yousif came back the second day. He

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:22.179
SPEAKER_06:  pledged to come back and he did end up winning. Yousif Mohammed was 15 when a kayak at 5.42 pounds,

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:28.179
SPEAKER_06:  which would have competed quite well with the adult division. So our top 10 finishers were

00:46:28.179 --> 00:46:37.059
SPEAKER_06:  Freddie Rosano, Ken Murakama, Reggie Galanto, Fong Vong, Joe McDermott, Ryan Rosano, Patrick Gustafson,

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:44.019
Unknown:  Ben Riley, and it was great to see it was a father and son, Mike Lane and Brendan Riley,

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:52.420
SPEAKER_06:  who were 5.84 pounds and a 5.89 pounds who won a kayak. So it's great. I have actually seen

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:58.500
SPEAKER_06:  these kids really grow up over the years and now are competing in the adult divisions. It's one of

00:46:58.500 --> 00:47:05.860
SPEAKER_06:  the greatest things we do. We stock 9,000 pounds over the season. Do come fish because what I hear

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:11.220
SPEAKER_06:  from the anglers is that the best time is after the trout derby and everybody leaves. There are

00:47:11.220 --> 00:47:17.700
SPEAKER_06:  some big ones that hide. People also don't realize that the trout don't survive. So please do go out.

00:47:17.700 --> 00:47:23.539
SPEAKER_06:  The weather is supposed to be nicer. About 73 degrees when it starts to die off. So if you

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:30.099
Unknown:  want to go get some great fish, I would head out there between now and June when it gets too toasty.

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:34.820
SPEAKER_06:  So thank you again, Smud and all the people that put this together every year.

00:47:36.579 --> 00:47:43.460
Unknown:  Well, let me give some props to my colleague, Nancy Bowie-Thompson. Ordinarily, if there's a

00:47:43.460 --> 00:47:49.620
SPEAKER_02:  trout derby anywhere within 25 miles, a guy named Fishman is bound to go. I looked at the weather

00:47:49.620 --> 00:47:59.380
SPEAKER_02:  and wimped out. So good for you. I did make it to a few other events, however. The Shine Awards,

00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:04.099
SPEAKER_02:  I'm sure some of my other colleagues will talk about that, but we had a little reception for

00:48:04.099 --> 00:48:10.339
SPEAKER_02:  the Shine Award presentations. And this is just always so inspiring that there's so many great

00:48:10.339 --> 00:48:14.659
SPEAKER_02:  organizations doing great work in Sacramento and so many different directions and that we're able

00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:23.460
SPEAKER_02:  to help out in those ways. I got to speak and say a few words at the Meet Smud Community

00:48:23.460 --> 00:48:28.579
SPEAKER_02:  Resource Project in Citrus Heights. They're doing some great work and we were able to meet some

00:48:28.579 --> 00:48:33.219
SPEAKER_02:  customers there and help them with energy efficiency and some other things. I went to the

00:48:33.299 --> 00:48:40.579
SPEAKER_02:  Coalition for Clean Air, the Toast to Clearing the Air in 2026 event. That's always fun. The United

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:47.779
SPEAKER_02:  Way, United in Purpose Gala. And I went to a multi-chamber mixer for the Greater Arden

00:48:47.779 --> 00:48:52.099
SPEAKER_02:  East Sacramento and Carmichael Chambers of Commerce. That was a fun event and it's also great

00:48:52.099 --> 00:49:00.500
SPEAKER_02:  that Smud is supporting each of those chambers. Finally, a couple that we keep demanding that

00:49:00.500 --> 00:49:07.860
SPEAKER_02:  Paul Lau brings home at least one award every week. This wasn't an award, but he was on a panel

00:49:07.860 --> 00:49:13.380
SPEAKER_02:  for the Sacramento Business Journal, their Inclusivity in Business Forum, and represented us

00:49:13.380 --> 00:49:20.019
SPEAKER_02:  quite well. And good to hear that there's some businesses that are not backing away from that

00:49:20.019 --> 00:49:27.300
SPEAKER_02:  imperative. DEIB and Smud is leading the way on that. And then also I attended the Sacramento

00:49:27.300 --> 00:49:34.180
SPEAKER_02:  Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. 54th Annual Salud Business Awards got to hear El Presidente Tamayo

00:49:34.180 --> 00:49:41.380
SPEAKER_02:  speak Spanish and he did quite well. And Paul also racked in another recognition at that event. So

00:49:42.180 --> 00:49:49.700
SPEAKER_02:  that's all I got. All right. Who's next? Director Herbert.

00:49:50.579 --> 00:50:04.899
SPEAKER_19:  I'm really excited to report on a few events that I went to this month. I'm not going to go over

00:50:04.899 --> 00:50:13.219
SPEAKER_01:  everything, but just a few. One is I went to the State of the City address for Elk Grove and Bobby

00:50:13.219 --> 00:50:23.939
SPEAKER_01:  Sing-Allen, their mayor, did a masterful speech about how Elk Grove is growing very purposefully

00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:34.739
SPEAKER_01:  and the success that they're having, not only with businesses, but building housing and parks and

00:50:34.739 --> 00:50:42.019
SPEAKER_01:  recreation. I tell you, Elk Grove is really on the move and Bobby Sing-Allen is one of the reasons why.

00:50:43.459 --> 00:50:50.899
SPEAKER_01:  And speaking of Elk Grove, there is a great group that has just started up there called

00:50:50.899 --> 00:51:00.659
SPEAKER_01:  Rise Women in Business. And I went to their event and they had a speaker talk a little bit about

00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:08.659
SPEAKER_01:  finances and what business owners need to know to put their financial plan together.

00:51:09.460 --> 00:51:16.339
SPEAKER_01:  Right now, this is a group for entrepreneurial women who are starting their own business.

00:51:17.379 --> 00:51:23.379
SPEAKER_01:  And I just want to give a shout out to their leadership because they're doing a magnificent

00:51:23.379 --> 00:51:32.819
SPEAKER_01:  job. Their president is Marielle Black. Social media person is Samantha Gaines. Their events

00:51:32.820 --> 00:51:41.860
SPEAKER_01:  coordinator is B. Waraghi and Lori Parris is the membership coordinator. And again, if you live in

00:51:41.860 --> 00:51:47.780
SPEAKER_01:  Elk Grove and you're a woman who's struggling with your business, they'll be able to give you

00:51:47.780 --> 00:51:59.140
SPEAKER_01:  information that will help you. Then I also had the great joy of going to speak to the

00:52:00.099 --> 00:52:06.579
SPEAKER_01:  Spring Retiree Luncheon. And it was actually to tell them about

00:52:07.619 --> 00:52:13.859
SPEAKER_01:  Soroptimus. And I couldn't believe all the people that I saw there that I knew.

00:52:14.579 --> 00:52:22.099
SPEAKER_01:  You know, the last time I went to a retiree luncheon, everyone was like 20 years older than me.

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:28.659
SPEAKER_01:  I was looking at that crowd and like everybody kind of looked like my age. And so we had a lot

00:52:28.659 --> 00:52:37.299
SPEAKER_01:  of fun reminiscing and talking about SMUD. And I shared with them just an update on what's going on.

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:45.859
SPEAKER_01:  And then Daryl and Tina Roberts, who run the Roberts Family Development Center,

00:52:47.139 --> 00:52:56.739
SPEAKER_01:  just had their 19th annual benefit dinner. And I love these two people. They are changing the lives

00:52:56.739 --> 00:53:03.299
SPEAKER_01:  of young children in the North Sacramento area. And so I want to give a shout out to them that

00:53:03.939 --> 00:53:11.139
SPEAKER_01:  you guys are doing great work. And then last but not least, we had a meeting of our ad hoc committee

00:53:11.139 --> 00:53:19.939
SPEAKER_01:  that's looking at Strategic Directive number seven on environmental issues. And that went well.

00:53:20.659 --> 00:53:23.219
Unknown:  And so that's all I'm going to mention this month.

00:53:24.099 --> 00:53:28.339
Unknown:  All right. I believe Director Kirk, you're next.

00:53:28.339 --> 00:53:36.739
Unknown:  Yes, thank you. Along with I think the entire board, we attended the SHINE awards, which is when

00:53:37.859 --> 00:53:43.299
Unknown:  SMUD helps various nonprofit organizations to do a better job in our community in the coming year

00:53:43.939 --> 00:53:51.379
SPEAKER_14:  with small awards and grants. It's definitely a case of a little bit hoping it goes a long

00:53:51.380 --> 00:53:55.860
SPEAKER_14:  ways with these organizations. And according to all of them, it really does. And so with that,

00:53:56.980 --> 00:54:04.340
Unknown:  I had really a wonderful experience speaking to three business organizations, the River District,

00:54:04.340 --> 00:54:09.059
Unknown:  the Natomas Chamber of Commerce, and the North Sacramento Chamber of Commerce at their various

00:54:09.059 --> 00:54:15.059
SPEAKER_14:  annual events. And it's just always very exciting to me to talk with these organizations that are

00:54:15.059 --> 00:54:20.180
SPEAKER_14:  out there making a difference. They've accumulated or they're building up a track record of improvement.

00:54:20.259 --> 00:54:24.419
SPEAKER_14:  They're all so excited with what's going on in their community and just, I have to say,

00:54:24.419 --> 00:54:28.659
SPEAKER_14:  wonderful to be able to spend just a little bit of time with them and to see all the things that

00:54:28.659 --> 00:54:33.779
SPEAKER_14:  are going on there. And last, I spoke as an individual, not as behalf of SMUD, but

00:54:35.059 --> 00:54:40.179
Unknown:  to support the City of Sacramento considering forming an enhanced infrastructure financing

00:54:40.179 --> 00:54:44.819
SPEAKER_14:  district in the North Sacramento community. It's the replacement for redevelopment, which

00:54:45.460 --> 00:54:50.660
SPEAKER_14:  was killed a few years ago for not very good reasons. This was the replacement for it,

00:54:50.660 --> 00:54:55.059
SPEAKER_14:  but it's been very slow to start. And so we're trying to get one started in the North area,

00:54:55.059 --> 00:54:59.700
SPEAKER_14:  in the North Sacramento community. And hopefully we can pull this one off because it could

00:54:59.700 --> 00:55:03.940
Unknown:  make a big difference for the folks there. And with that, I will pass it on.

00:55:04.660 --> 00:55:11.539
Unknown:  All right. Director Sandborn. Thank you. So again, I think we all had a very busy

00:55:11.539 --> 00:55:19.059
SPEAKER_09:  month. I'll only go over some of the highlights. But in March, I was thrilled to be at the SHINE

00:55:19.059 --> 00:55:27.619
SPEAKER_09:  Awards and meet three SHINE winners for my ward, seven. And that includes the Act on Kindness.

00:55:28.980 --> 00:55:36.099
SPEAKER_09:  They were given $5,000 from our grant to provide 50 homes in North Highlands that are low income

00:55:36.099 --> 00:55:42.579
SPEAKER_09:  with electric retrofits and get their energy bills down. And we're thrilled with that.

00:55:42.579 --> 00:55:47.539
Unknown:  Also to the Sacramento area bicycle advocates, they got over $14,000 and they're going to be

00:55:48.420 --> 00:55:56.019
SPEAKER_09:  actually sweeping our bike lanes with pedal powered sweepers. So it's actually using human

00:55:56.019 --> 00:56:04.179
SPEAKER_09:  power to clean the dirt and the grime off the bike pads so that bikes don't flip. And we appreciate

00:56:04.179 --> 00:56:10.259
SPEAKER_09:  that for safety. And then we gave $1,000 to a young man, the youngest SHINE winner ever. His

00:56:10.259 --> 00:56:18.099
SPEAKER_09:  name is Ethan. And he started what he calls E-Train Talks. And he does youth climate education by going

00:56:18.099 --> 00:56:22.019
SPEAKER_09:  into elementary schools. He's a high schooler. And he goes into elementary schools and junior

00:56:22.019 --> 00:56:27.619
SPEAKER_09:  high schools. And he reads to the kids books that have an environmental education component. And he

00:56:27.619 --> 00:56:32.579
SPEAKER_09:  leaves all the kids in the class with the book. So for the $1,000, he's going to be giving out the

00:56:32.579 --> 00:56:39.139
SPEAKER_09:  books and reading. And I connected him with board members from the San Juan school district and

00:56:39.139 --> 00:56:44.099
SPEAKER_09:  Kiwanis club members that want to hear him speak at their Kiwanis club meeting because Kiwanis

00:56:44.099 --> 00:56:50.179
SPEAKER_09:  clubs care about kids. I'm a member. And I connected him with Splash and our friend, McKenzie,

00:56:50.980 --> 00:56:54.739
SPEAKER_09:  who does environmental education and my friend who runs the nature's lab school.

00:56:54.739 --> 00:56:58.900
Unknown:  So the bottom line is we're going to keep Ethan really busy. And I told him that I really hope

00:56:58.900 --> 00:57:04.340
SPEAKER_09:  that we can find other kids his age that he can train to go out and do this again. And this is

00:57:04.340 --> 00:57:12.420
SPEAKER_09:  something that can go on across the region. So maybe it's a train the trainer over time. So I'm

00:57:12.420 --> 00:57:19.220
SPEAKER_09:  just thrilled to help him. And he's just a wonderful young man. Then we met and had a discussion about

00:57:19.220 --> 00:57:24.019
SPEAKER_09:  solar panel recycling. And anybody who knows me knows I care a lot about that. And our customers

00:57:24.099 --> 00:57:29.139
SPEAKER_09:  who've got solar panels, it's when they come off the roof, it's very hard to find a place to take

00:57:29.139 --> 00:57:36.179
SPEAKER_09:  them and properly recycle them. And a company called com stocks is getting into that recycling

00:57:36.179 --> 00:57:41.619
SPEAKER_09:  locally. And so we had a meeting with them and appreciate their efforts. I went to the Carmichael

00:57:41.619 --> 00:57:46.420
SPEAKER_09:  Chamber of Commerce people of the Year reception. And there were many wonderful people who won,

00:57:46.420 --> 00:57:51.139
SPEAKER_09:  but I will highlight Susan Skinner, who won person of the year. And she's amazing. And she is a

00:57:51.139 --> 00:57:57.699
SPEAKER_09:  photographer, a singer, she documents the American River Parkway like no one else and talks about the

00:57:57.699 --> 00:58:02.579
Unknown:  eaglets and, you know, post pictures and keeps everybody connected to that beautiful river that

00:58:02.579 --> 00:58:09.379
SPEAKER_09:  we have in our backyard. So congratulations to Susan and all the winners. And then I went to

00:58:10.099 --> 00:58:14.900
SPEAKER_09:  Mira Loma, the high school did a tree planting, and they invited me to join. And of course,

00:58:14.900 --> 00:58:19.460
SPEAKER_09:  the tree foundation was there and supported them and gave them trees and our new shrubs program.

00:58:20.099 --> 00:58:26.500
Unknown:  And the kids and the alumni were all there to beautify the campus. And we planted 12 trees

00:58:26.500 --> 00:58:33.059
SPEAKER_09:  and lots of shrubs. And we weeded a lot. And, and it was wonderful. Everybody was there working

00:58:33.059 --> 00:58:37.860
SPEAKER_09:  together and beautifying the campus because they just don't have enough staff to do the campus that

00:58:37.860 --> 00:58:43.940
SPEAKER_09:  size. So thanks to everybody who showed up and really appreciate being invited to help.

00:58:44.900 --> 00:58:50.260
Unknown:  The second part of the month, I did go attend the North Sacramento Chamber of Commerce's

00:58:51.380 --> 00:58:56.579
SPEAKER_09:  20th annual Salute to Democracy Government Relations Breakfast with Director Fishman and

00:58:56.579 --> 00:59:03.220
SPEAKER_09:  Dr. Kurth. And that's always a joy for me because they really salute all of us that are in the

00:59:03.220 --> 00:59:09.220
SPEAKER_09:  elected positions that represent North Highlands and that area. Because from different parties,

00:59:09.219 --> 00:59:13.859
SPEAKER_09:  from different backgrounds and different representations, the bottom line is we all

00:59:13.859 --> 00:59:19.059
SPEAKER_09:  work together in this community. And that always feels wonderful. And so we got to spend time with,

00:59:19.699 --> 00:59:23.939
Unknown:  you know, City Council members, Roger Dickinson and Phil Ploeki-Bomb, D.A. Tien Ho was there.

00:59:25.059 --> 00:59:29.379
Unknown:  But it's always wonderful to be there. And we listened to Supervisor Rodriguez really speak.

00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:36.179
SPEAKER_09:  She had a great speech about all the things going on at the county. And then we were able to host

00:59:36.179 --> 00:59:42.980
SPEAKER_09:  here at SMUD my final class for the American Leadership Forum, Class 30. And I just want to

00:59:42.980 --> 00:59:48.980
SPEAKER_09:  thank our staff for putting on a wonderful spread of food and so forth. But I was able to give the

00:59:48.980 --> 00:59:54.500
SPEAKER_09:  overview about SMUD. And a lot of people in that class in that in these high level leadership

00:59:54.500 --> 01:00:01.379
SPEAKER_09:  positions learned a lot about what we do and how we became came to be. So I was thrilled to do that

01:00:01.380 --> 01:00:06.660
SPEAKER_09:  and have more of the leaders in the area know more about SMUD and get to show us off a little bit.

01:00:06.660 --> 01:00:11.220
SPEAKER_09:  So thank you again so much. All right. Thank you, everybody.

01:00:31.380 --> 01:00:54.180
SPEAKER_19:  So I apologize to the English speakers here. But what I just said was that I'm going to start my

01:00:54.180 --> 01:01:01.300
SPEAKER_19:  comments in Spanish to emphasize the importance of Latino community and the Spanish language in our

01:01:01.700 --> 01:01:09.380
SPEAKER_19:  community and that it's especially important for me because in my neighborhood I have 47% of the

01:01:09.380 --> 01:01:19.460
SPEAKER_19:  people in my neighborhood speak Spanish. And so I've had this last month I've had four opportunities

01:01:19.460 --> 01:01:29.060
SPEAKER_19:  to speak to groups that were largely and probably primarily Spanish speakers, not exclusively Spanish

01:01:29.059 --> 01:01:36.900
SPEAKER_19:  speaking. But and I just fortunately I've been learning Spanish and I wanted to honor the folks

01:01:36.900 --> 01:01:44.019
SPEAKER_19:  in those communities and I'll mention the groups that I spoke to. We did a meet SMUD event at

01:01:44.019 --> 01:01:52.420
SPEAKER_19:  La Familia Counseling Center which is a smack dab in the middle of a highly Spanish speaking area

01:01:52.900 --> 01:01:58.659
SPEAKER_19:  in the off of Franklin Boulevard just south of Free Ridge, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

01:01:59.940 --> 01:02:10.579
SPEAKER_19:  and at Dia de la Tierra which also occurred at the Maple Center, La Familia's Maple Center.

01:02:10.579 --> 01:02:19.300
SPEAKER_19:  And then also back east a couple days ago Hispanics in energy and anyway I just felt that that was

01:02:19.460 --> 01:02:28.900
SPEAKER_19:  kind of a good thing to be able to do to honor those that part of our community. And

01:02:30.900 --> 01:02:39.460
SPEAKER_19:  it was well received. So but I'll go ahead and talk about a few of the other events that I went to

01:02:40.260 --> 01:02:47.620
SPEAKER_19:  or that I participated in. Mentioned the Shine Grant recipients which is always a wonderful thing

01:02:47.619 --> 01:02:54.339
SPEAKER_19:  and as other board members have mentioned it's inspiring to learn about all the great things

01:02:54.339 --> 01:02:59.460
SPEAKER_19:  that people are doing out in the community and know that SMUD is a part of supporting those

01:02:59.460 --> 01:03:08.339
SPEAKER_19:  activities. I also went to the transfer of property from the city of Sacramento to La Familia. I didn't

01:03:08.339 --> 01:03:16.019
SPEAKER_19:  speak at that event but it was it's a great thing because now La Familia owns the property and it

01:03:16.019 --> 01:03:23.300
SPEAKER_19:  opens up the possibilities of us working more closely with them on improving their energy

01:03:23.300 --> 01:03:30.019
SPEAKER_19:  situation and receiving some of the incentives that we're able to offer to property owners. It

01:03:30.019 --> 01:03:37.619
SPEAKER_19:  was in a transition of being phased out of the the did I think I said the city it's actually

01:03:37.619 --> 01:03:42.659
SPEAKER_19:  the Sacramento City Unified School District was the owner of the property it was a closed school.

01:03:42.659 --> 01:03:47.219
SPEAKER_19:  La Familia has been operating in it and they're been a little bit limited in the

01:03:50.099 --> 01:03:54.980
SPEAKER_19:  investments that they could make since they didn't own the property. Now they do have a permanent

01:03:54.980 --> 01:04:02.339
SPEAKER_19:  home. It'll be a great thing for the community and opens up a lot of possibilities for them. Got to

01:04:02.339 --> 01:04:09.139
SPEAKER_19:  speak to the a group of young folks who are participating in the boards and commissions

01:04:09.139 --> 01:04:14.420
SPEAKER_19:  leadership institute that's done by Tammy Dreamer and we're a sponsor of that. So it was really nice

01:04:14.420 --> 01:04:23.139
SPEAKER_19:  to hear the the types of things that these young ambitious frankly ambitious people are already

01:04:23.139 --> 01:04:30.420
SPEAKER_19:  engaged in and and give them some tips about how to move forward and and you know making an impact

01:04:30.420 --> 01:04:36.980
SPEAKER_19:  on the community. Some great discussions they had some great ideas as well. I loved going to the

01:04:36.980 --> 01:04:42.820
SPEAKER_19:  Trout Derby and I will give a shout out to Vincent Sheldon who are the contractors I guess

01:04:42.820 --> 01:04:48.420
SPEAKER_19:  who operate that and they're very enthusiastic a really well-run event. They had some great

01:04:48.420 --> 01:04:55.940
SPEAKER_19:  stories about the windstorm and I also wanted to give a shout out to Alan Ernst who I guess is our

01:04:55.940 --> 01:05:03.619
SPEAKER_19:  primary person who oversees the operations there. So great event. I could tell that Nancy

01:05:03.619 --> 01:05:10.339
SPEAKER_19:  her director Bowie Thompson was very much in her element. It's so much fun. There was a three-year-old

01:05:11.059 --> 01:05:18.179
SPEAKER_19:  girl what came up and with her fish. I mean the fish was not quite as big as her but it was pretty

01:05:18.179 --> 01:05:25.299
SPEAKER_19:  cool to see see kids and and really adults who are really very happy to be there. It's a great event.

01:05:27.299 --> 01:05:33.219
SPEAKER_19:  Let's see I already talked about those other events and so I've already taken enough time

01:05:33.219 --> 01:05:40.259
SPEAKER_19:  but anyway it's been a very busy month for me and but I'm having a good time doing it and

01:05:40.819 --> 01:05:51.619
SPEAKER_19:  gracias para tu attention. Now it's time for our CEO's report. Take it away Paul. Thank you.

01:05:51.619 --> 01:05:56.259
SPEAKER_12:  Well thank you President Tuayo as I said in the Hispanic chamber which is gracias presente tuayo

01:05:56.980 --> 01:06:03.540
Unknown:  and that's the extent of my linguistics skills. So it's really been nice to see some better weather

01:06:03.540 --> 01:06:08.180
SPEAKER_12:  than we experienced last weekend. Last weekend storm packed a powerful punch that wasn't in the

01:06:08.180 --> 01:06:13.540
SPEAKER_12:  weather forecast. We had high winds of almost 70 miles per hour. 60 miles per hour and lightning

01:06:13.540 --> 01:06:19.060
SPEAKER_12:  caused damages and scattered outages across our area. Now SMUT's team immediately mobilized and

01:06:19.060 --> 01:06:23.620
SPEAKER_12:  worked safely and quickly to get the power back to our customer and the communities. At the height

01:06:24.579 --> 01:06:30.980
SPEAKER_12:  of the storm we had 30,000 customers out which was 7 30 on Saturday night and by 10 o'clock we had

01:06:30.980 --> 01:06:38.420
SPEAKER_12:  85 percent of customers back on. By 7 a.m. the next morning we had 98 percent of the customer back on.

01:06:38.420 --> 01:06:43.699
Unknown:  What about 450 left by the time Sunday morning came by and then they were all restored by

01:06:43.699 --> 01:06:48.500
SPEAKER_12:  the you know by Sunday. So very very can't say thank you enough enough from our DSO from

01:06:48.500 --> 01:06:53.219
SPEAKER_12:  distribution system operators you know who operate a grid to switching the troubleshooters

01:06:53.219 --> 01:06:58.179
SPEAKER_12:  who's assessing the damage and take customer calls tagging and signing the jobs and I just

01:06:58.179 --> 01:07:02.659
SPEAKER_12:  really making repairs and really the speed that they they had and all the stuff that we learned

01:07:02.659 --> 01:07:06.900
SPEAKER_12:  in previous storms to quickly restore our customers. Just want to say thank you to Frankie and your

01:07:06.900 --> 01:07:10.739
SPEAKER_12:  team I know and then overly all the whole group everybody that was involved in restoring the

01:07:10.739 --> 01:07:18.179
SPEAKER_12:  customer and we even got some positive media and thank you Director Rose for actually visiting

01:07:18.339 --> 01:07:22.259
SPEAKER_12:  our crews. I know our crews really enjoy seeing us out there because you know to appreciate really

01:07:22.259 --> 01:07:26.099
SPEAKER_12:  the hard work they do you know during those difficult times and restoring power. So just

01:07:26.099 --> 01:07:32.419
SPEAKER_12:  want to say thank you. Now despite the stormy weekend our annual truck derby was another great

01:07:32.419 --> 01:07:37.299
SPEAKER_12:  success this year. Now each April we hosted this two-day event that attracts hundreds of experience

01:07:37.299 --> 01:07:43.779
SPEAKER_12:  and novice anglers of all ages to Rancho Seiko for fun fishing and great prizes. Now we're glad

01:07:43.860 --> 01:07:49.220
SPEAKER_12:  to see nearly 350 anglers showed up from across the region to fish and win great prizes. Now in

01:07:49.220 --> 01:07:57.380
SPEAKER_12:  preparation we stocked Rancho Seiko Lake with 7,500 pounds of trout including trophy-sized fish.

01:07:57.380 --> 01:08:02.820
Unknown:  The heaviest fish caught at the derby was weighing in as almost six pounds and thank you to President

01:08:02.820 --> 01:08:08.740
SPEAKER_12:  Tamayo and especially to board member Nancy Boy Thompson. I think you said it you've been there I

01:08:08.740 --> 01:08:13.460
SPEAKER_12:  think 13 out of 15 years that you've been here and I know you love actually greeting the winners and

01:08:14.340 --> 01:08:17.859
Unknown:  mixing with people especially I didn't know the canoe winners that I know you always have. It would

01:08:17.859 --> 01:08:24.819
SPEAKER_12:  take great pleasure in doing. And this month we have a great time celebrating Earth Month at SMUD

01:08:24.819 --> 01:08:29.699
SPEAKER_12:  in another community. It's a great time to raise awareness and advocate for change around the issue

01:08:29.699 --> 01:08:35.460
SPEAKER_12:  that impacts our planet the most. Now teams across SMUD are coordinating dozens of events, activities,

01:08:35.460 --> 01:08:40.819
SPEAKER_12:  and outreach in the community and for our employees. We're partnering with community organizations to

01:08:40.819 --> 01:08:45.779
SPEAKER_12:  demonstrate our commitment to greener, cleaner planet, and encouraging our customers and

01:08:45.779 --> 01:08:51.380
SPEAKER_12:  community to do what they can to help make a difference for a clean energy future. Now on the

01:08:51.380 --> 01:08:57.139
SPEAKER_12:  13 Earth Month events we're participating in, a big one is the Environmental Council of Sacramento

01:08:57.139 --> 01:09:04.099
SPEAKER_12:  ECOS 2026 Sacramento Earth Day. We have a big SMUD presence with a trade show booth providing

01:09:04.180 --> 01:09:10.340
SPEAKER_12:  information on our 2030 zero carbon plant and handing out native plant seeds. The green energy

01:09:10.340 --> 01:09:16.740
SPEAKER_12:  team was there and there will be EV ride and drive. Now employees will celebrate on Earth Day on April

01:09:16.740 --> 01:09:22.980
SPEAKER_12:  22nd with bike tune-ups from the Sacramento area bicycle advocates. There'll also be information

01:09:22.980 --> 01:09:28.340
SPEAKER_12:  and tips about the shade trees and shrubs from the Sacramento Tree Foundation, e-bike test rides,

01:09:28.340 --> 01:09:35.779
SPEAKER_12:  and special guest speakers who share inspiration and information to support biodiversity. Now last

01:09:35.779 --> 01:09:40.980
SPEAKER_12:  week at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce I was humbled to be honored to be the president award

01:09:40.980 --> 01:09:46.579
SPEAKER_12:  award honoree and it was really it was really heartwarming and inspiring to hear all the

01:09:47.140 --> 01:09:53.220
SPEAKER_12:  awardees the honorees about their personal journey you know in terms of how do you build

01:09:53.220 --> 01:09:57.940
SPEAKER_12:  and grow the business and sacramental despite some very challenging times. It was a really really

01:09:57.939 --> 01:10:03.939
SPEAKER_12:  great event and SMUD is proud and committed to the Chamber's mission to foster inclusive economic

01:10:03.939 --> 01:10:09.859
SPEAKER_12:  development and deeply appreciate this award. And finally to like this video is a comprehensive

01:10:09.859 --> 01:10:15.939
SPEAKER_12:  showcase of a significant upgrade we continue to make in the El Dorado National Forest as part of

01:10:15.939 --> 01:10:21.619
SPEAKER_12:  our 50-year federal energy regulatory commission license to operate our hydro facilities in the

01:10:21.619 --> 01:10:26.259
SPEAKER_12:  Upper American River project. Now over the last decade we've made significant improvements to

01:10:26.260 --> 01:10:33.140
SPEAKER_12:  campgrounds picnic areas boat lounge areas and hiking and biking trails primary in the Crystal

01:10:33.140 --> 01:10:40.020
SPEAKER_12:  Basin. Now I'm in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service we're committed to enhancing

01:10:40.020 --> 01:10:46.340
SPEAKER_12:  the overall experience for the local community our customer and national visitors alike. Now let's

01:10:46.340 --> 01:10:56.100
SPEAKER_12:  take a look. The Upper American River project is often called the crown jewel of SMUD's

01:10:56.100 --> 01:11:02.100
SPEAKER_16:  generation portfolio that provides clean reliable affordable energy to our customers. It supports

01:11:02.100 --> 01:11:08.020
SPEAKER_05:  our commitment to sustainability and reducing carbon emissions and so it pairs really well with

01:11:08.020 --> 01:11:12.100
SPEAKER_05:  with the renewables that we're installing. It's also located up here in the Crystal Basin which

01:11:12.100 --> 01:11:17.780
SPEAKER_16:  is a beautiful place that allows for recreational opportunities. There's dozens of campgrounds hiking

01:11:17.780 --> 01:11:23.220
SPEAKER_16:  trails biking trails picnic areas you name it. I actually spend summers up there going fishing

01:11:23.300 --> 01:11:28.659
SPEAKER_05:  in Union Valley Reservoir. I love being up there and being out there with nature. We are definitely

01:11:28.659 --> 01:11:33.539
SPEAKER_05:  environmental stewards not just of the operations and maintenance of those facilities but for the

01:11:33.539 --> 01:11:39.619
SPEAKER_05:  resources within the lands surrounding those facilities. We are required to meet the FERC

01:11:39.619 --> 01:11:44.180
SPEAKER_05:  guidelines that are set forth within our license. The license describes how we're going to operate

01:11:44.180 --> 01:11:48.500
SPEAKER_16:  the projects how we operate our reservoirs how we operate our minimum stream flows or recreation

01:11:48.500 --> 01:11:54.260
SPEAKER_16:  stream flows. It's probably the most robust program in FERC's hydro docket and the only reason

01:11:54.260 --> 01:11:59.380
SPEAKER_16:  we can make that look so easy is just because the quality of the staff that I have on this team.

01:11:59.380 --> 01:12:03.779
SPEAKER_16:  You know they care about this project they care about this area most of us are local residents

01:12:03.779 --> 01:12:09.859
SPEAKER_16:  up here in El Dorado County. I think this is one of the most beautiful places in the U.S. store.

01:12:09.859 --> 01:12:14.739
SPEAKER_07:  I'm very proud of the work that we do up here and I definitely show it off. The work we've done

01:12:14.739 --> 01:12:19.779
SPEAKER_05:  enables recreational opportunities which draws thousands of visitors annually. We've got over

01:12:19.779 --> 01:12:24.579
SPEAKER_16:  three dozen campgrounds and recreation areas up here in the Crystal Basin. Everybody that's

01:12:24.579 --> 01:12:32.099
SPEAKER_04:  involved with this really takes pride in the work. It's a highlight of our careers to be part of this

01:12:32.099 --> 01:12:36.819
SPEAKER_04:  and to have this stamp on the landscape that's going to touch thousands of people's lives.

01:12:36.819 --> 01:12:41.539
SPEAKER_04:  The partnership between SMUD and the Forest Service has been something that we've been developing for

01:12:41.539 --> 01:12:46.739
SPEAKER_07:  quite some time. SMUD really understands what the Forest Service is looking at as far as making

01:12:46.739 --> 01:12:52.659
SPEAKER_07:  these sites accessible but also keeping the natural beauty of the area. The people who do know about

01:12:52.659 --> 01:12:56.659
SPEAKER_16:  this license first thing they glom onto because it's the most tangible is the upgrades to the

01:12:56.659 --> 01:13:00.100
SPEAKER_16:  campgrounds and to the bike trails. You know they're really you can touch them you can feel them you

01:13:00.100 --> 01:13:05.939
SPEAKER_16:  can ride on them. The Union Valley bike trail was something we started the design on actually way

01:13:05.939 --> 01:13:12.500
SPEAKER_16:  back in 2010 and came up with this way that we were able to build this thing make it accessible

01:13:12.500 --> 01:13:17.539
SPEAKER_16:  and it looks outstanding as well. There's about 13 miles of bike trail which is paved or boardwalk

01:13:17.539 --> 01:13:21.379
SPEAKER_16:  and we're almost done with the mountain bike trail which also connects to that. Once that's

01:13:21.379 --> 01:13:26.339
SPEAKER_16:  done there'll be over 30 miles of biking trail hiking trails. The team is very proud of the work

01:13:26.339 --> 01:13:30.979
SPEAKER_05:  that they do and you can see it in the results of the the availability of those resources the

01:13:30.979 --> 01:13:36.419
SPEAKER_05:  cleanliness of those resources. We release whitewater recreation stream flows they're

01:13:36.419 --> 01:13:40.979
SPEAKER_16:  guaranteed and that's allowed a multi-million dollar whitewater boat industry to form so those

01:13:40.979 --> 01:13:47.619
SPEAKER_16:  benefits come directly back to El Dorado County. This ecological monitoring program that we maintain

01:13:47.619 --> 01:13:53.139
SPEAKER_16:  is a great example of environmental leadership. For example the fisheries populations we sample

01:13:53.139 --> 01:13:58.019
SPEAKER_16:  with scuba diving and other means of collections. We can get what kind of condition the fish are in

01:13:58.020 --> 01:14:03.380
SPEAKER_16:  health, species diversity, how they're responding to the new minimum stream flows. We monitor a lot

01:14:03.380 --> 01:14:09.700
SPEAKER_16:  of resources up here to make sure that our projects are not negatively impacting them.

01:14:09.700 --> 01:14:14.580
Unknown:  I'm extremely proud of our Fresh Pond team. I think it's amazing that SMUD maintains the crystal

01:14:14.580 --> 01:14:18.660
SPEAKER_05:  basin area to the level that we do. It's a pleasure to be up there and I'm really proud

01:14:18.660 --> 01:14:22.900
SPEAKER_05:  of the work that we do and the ability for our customers to enjoy that as well.

01:14:28.420 --> 01:14:32.820
Unknown:  And in our audience tonight we actually have Darryl Perry over there you know who's on the video.

01:14:37.940 --> 01:14:42.180
SPEAKER_12:  He's really one of the heroes and really the architect a lot of the work that we do up there.

01:14:42.180 --> 01:14:45.700
SPEAKER_12:  Thank you so much you know all the work that you do there out there you and your team for making

01:14:45.700 --> 01:14:50.020
SPEAKER_12:  if you've seen the video and you haven't had the chance to visit it yet I strongly encourage you

01:14:50.020 --> 01:14:54.740
SPEAKER_12:  to go up there. It's a beautiful it's a beautiful stretch of land that actually they worked on and

01:14:54.739 --> 01:14:58.260
SPEAKER_12:  then the facility they put in is actually outstanding so thank you so much though.

01:14:58.260 --> 01:15:02.579
SPEAKER_12:  It really applies along thanks to your team and with that that concludes my report. President

01:15:02.579 --> 01:15:09.539
SPEAKER_12:  Tamayo. Thank you very much that was I really like that video so.

01:15:12.099 --> 01:15:17.619
SPEAKER_19:  Do we have any summary to note for the record of board direction? I don't have anything though.

01:15:17.619 --> 01:15:28.500
Unknown:  All right well thank you very much for for attending and oh excuse me I want to adjourn our

01:15:29.539 --> 01:15:35.460
SPEAKER_19:  meeting in memory of one of our employees who passed away Chris Hoffman.

01:15:38.500 --> 01:15:47.460
SPEAKER_19:  So we're sad to share that transmission and planning operations director Chris Hoffman

01:15:47.539 --> 01:15:53.939
SPEAKER_19:  passed away on March 28th from an ongoing illness. Chris is survived by his wife Caitlin,

01:15:53.939 --> 01:16:02.899
SPEAKER_19:  his two daughters Annalise Morgan and Phoebe Grace, ages 24 and 22 and 17 year old son Kyber Fox.

01:16:03.460 --> 01:16:08.819
SPEAKER_19:  Chris joined SMUD in 2024 as the director of transmission planning and operations

01:16:10.500 --> 01:16:16.340
Unknown:  coming to us from the Salt River Project in Arizona. At SMUD he led the teams responsible

01:16:16.340 --> 01:16:23.220
SPEAKER_19:  for developing short and long term plans for our transmission grid ensuring system reliability and

01:16:23.220 --> 01:16:30.100
SPEAKER_19:  regulatory compliance and operating the assets that remotely control fuel delivery generation,

01:16:30.100 --> 01:16:35.380
SPEAKER_19:  extra high voltage transmission and gas pipelines feeding our distribution system.

01:16:37.060 --> 01:16:43.380
SPEAKER_19:  Transmission planning and operations over TP&O also operates the balancing authority of Northern

01:16:43.380 --> 01:16:48.980
SPEAKER_19:  California Bank. Chris and his team were featured in our latest on the clock video.

01:16:50.180 --> 01:16:55.779
Unknown:  Chief operating officer Frankie McDermott said I feel so fortunate to have met and worked with

01:16:55.779 --> 01:17:02.500
SPEAKER_19:  Chris even in the short time he was with SMUD he built strong relationships across the organization

01:17:02.500 --> 01:17:08.260
SPEAKER_19:  and demonstrated exceptional leadership through his deep expertise. Chris's influence on our

01:17:08.260 --> 01:17:13.699
SPEAKER_19:  transmission planning and operations work and the kindness he shared with so many at SMUD will

01:17:13.699 --> 01:17:19.539
SPEAKER_19:  have a lasting impact. We're grateful for the time we have had with him. Chris will be profoundly

01:17:19.539 --> 01:17:24.260
SPEAKER_19:  missed and our hearts go out to Chris's wife and children during this difficult time.

01:17:25.780 --> 01:17:31.699
Unknown:  Chris's work and influence extended well beyond SMUD. Throughout the industry he was regarded as

01:17:31.699 --> 01:17:38.100
SPEAKER_19:  a trusted expert and valued collaborator whose impact resulted in many meaningful relationships.

01:17:39.140 --> 01:17:46.500
SPEAKER_19:  So I'd just like to maybe have just a few moments of silence in honor of Chris.

01:17:54.579 --> 01:18:02.820
Unknown:  Thank you very much. So we've adjourned our regular board meeting and we will now

01:18:03.299 --> 01:18:06.420
SPEAKER_19:  reconvene as the joint powers authority.

01:18:06.420 --> 01:18:12.020
SPEAKER_19:  Let me.

01:18:13.060 --> 01:18:14.020
Unknown:  All right.

01:18:14.500 --> 01:18:19.620
SPEAKER_19:  So.

01:18:28.820 --> 01:18:30.660
Unknown:  Should I go ahead more? Okay.

01:18:32.740 --> 01:18:38.340
Unknown:  All right. We're officially open for the annual meetings as the governing boards of the Northern

01:18:38.420 --> 01:18:45.460
SPEAKER_19:  California Energy Authority, Northern California Gas Authority number one and Sacramento Municipal

01:18:45.460 --> 01:18:53.300
SPEAKER_19:  Utility District Financing Authority or SFA. Chief legal officer please read the description

01:18:53.300 --> 01:18:59.140
SPEAKER_19:  of the three specified joint powers agencies. The Northern California Energy Authority is a

01:18:59.140 --> 01:19:04.100
SPEAKER_10:  joint powers agency formed by SMUD and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Financing

01:19:04.260 --> 01:19:09.700
SPEAKER_10:  Authority and is authorized to purchase gas, electricity and capacity, acquire, finance and

01:19:09.700 --> 01:19:14.980
SPEAKER_10:  build gas and electrical transmission facilities and acquire, finance and build gas and electrical

01:19:14.980 --> 01:19:19.860
SPEAKER_10:  generation storage facilities. It is governed by a commission consisting of the seven members of the

01:19:19.860 --> 01:19:24.900
SPEAKER_10:  SMUD board of directors. The Northern California Gas Authority number one is a joint powers agency

01:19:24.900 --> 01:19:29.940
SPEAKER_10:  formed by SMUD and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Financing Authority and is

01:19:29.939 --> 01:19:34.579
SPEAKER_10:  authorized to acquire, construct and operate natural gas related facilities and engage in the

01:19:34.579 --> 01:19:39.299
SPEAKER_10:  purchase and sale of natural gas. It is governed by a commission consisting of the seven members of

01:19:39.299 --> 01:19:45.059
SPEAKER_10:  the SMUD board of directors. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District Financing Authority

01:19:45.059 --> 01:19:50.339
SPEAKER_10:  is a joint powers agency formed by SMUD and the Modesto Irrigation District. The authority is

01:19:50.339 --> 01:19:54.899
SPEAKER_10:  governed by a commission consisting of the seven members of the SMUD board of directors. As required

01:19:54.899 --> 01:19:58.819
SPEAKER_10:  by state law, I am notifying the public that the commissioners are not receiving additional

01:19:58.819 --> 01:20:09.460
SPEAKER_10:  compensation as a result of this meeting. All right, so Chief Legal Officer will now conduct

01:20:09.460 --> 01:20:16.099
SPEAKER_19:  a roll call. Commissioner Rose. Here. Commissioner Boogie Thompson. Present. Commissioner Fishman.

01:20:17.699 --> 01:20:24.579
Unknown:  Commissioner Herber. Here. Commissioner Kurth. Here. Commissioner Sanborn. Here. President Tamayo.

01:20:24.659 --> 01:20:31.220
Unknown:  Here. You have a quorum. All right. If there are no corrections, changes or additions,

01:20:31.220 --> 01:20:37.859
SPEAKER_19:  I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda. So moved. Second. Okay. Moved by Director Sanborn,

01:20:37.859 --> 01:20:45.300
SPEAKER_19:  seconded by, moved by Commissioner Sanborn and seconded by Commissioner Kurth. Commissioners,

01:20:45.300 --> 01:20:57.140
SPEAKER_19:  please vote. The agenda is approved. Director Fishman just joined us. Do you want to vote on

01:20:57.140 --> 01:21:04.020
SPEAKER_10:  the agenda? Do you want to vote? Director, yeah, sorry. The agenda is approved with all

01:21:04.020 --> 01:21:09.940
SPEAKER_10:  directors voting, all commissioners voting yes. All right. All right. At this time, we give our

01:21:09.939 --> 01:21:16.500
SPEAKER_19:  customers an opportunity to speak on matters on the agenda. Do we have any cards? I do not have

01:21:16.500 --> 01:21:25.139
SPEAKER_10:  any cards. I do not see any hands. Okay. Thank you. All right. Our consent calendar, item number two,

01:21:25.139 --> 01:21:35.539
SPEAKER_19:  is the approval of the minutes of the joint annual meetings of NCEA, NCGA1 and SFA of April 17, 2025.

01:21:36.100 --> 01:21:43.460
SPEAKER_19:  Item number three is the approval of the minutes of the special meeting of SFA of August 21, 2025.

01:21:44.019 --> 01:21:51.699
SPEAKER_19:  Item number four is the approval of the minutes of the joint special meetings of NCEA and NCGA1

01:21:51.699 --> 01:21:58.019
SPEAKER_19:  of December 11, 2025. If there are no corrections, changes or additions, I'll entertain a motion

01:21:58.020 --> 01:22:05.300
SPEAKER_19:  to approve the consent calendar. So moved. Second. All right. Moved by Director Fishman,

01:22:05.300 --> 01:22:08.580
SPEAKER_19:  seconded by Director Herber. Directors, please vote.

01:22:11.140 --> 01:22:16.340
Unknown:  Commissioners. The consent calendar is approved with all commissioners voting yes. All right. We

01:22:16.340 --> 01:22:22.500
SPEAKER_19:  will now turn to our informational items. Public comment on informational items may be provided

01:22:22.500 --> 01:22:31.699
SPEAKER_19:  during the public general comment period. Item number 5A is a review of the financial

01:22:31.699 --> 01:22:40.420
SPEAKER_19:  performance for NCEA for the year ended December 31, 2025. Item number 5B is a review of the

01:22:40.420 --> 01:22:48.739
SPEAKER_19:  financial performance for NCGA1 for the year ended December 31, 2025. And our presenter is

01:22:48.739 --> 01:22:53.859
SPEAKER_19:  George Vaughn, the interim director of accounting and controller. Go ahead, George.

01:22:54.420 --> 01:23:00.500
SPEAKER_17:  Good evening, President Tamayo and Board of Directors. I'm here to present the financial

01:23:00.500 --> 01:23:08.019
SPEAKER_17:  performance for NCEA and NCGA1 for the year end December 31, 2025. This should be a fairly brief

01:23:08.019 --> 01:23:16.899
SPEAKER_17:  presentation. NCEA had a change in net position of $3 million versus a budget of $7 million.

01:23:17.859 --> 01:23:24.179
Unknown:  The variance of $4 million was driven entirely by revenue being below plan by $4 million

01:23:25.219 --> 01:23:30.579
Unknown:  due to gas prices in actuality being lower than the budgeted gas prices.

01:23:32.099 --> 01:23:41.859
SPEAKER_17:  NCGA1 had an actual and budget of essentially negative $1 million. The variance was essentially

01:23:42.019 --> 01:23:48.979
SPEAKER_17:  rounded as zero. And so there were no significant discrepancies against budget for NCGA.

01:23:49.619 --> 01:23:52.579
Unknown:  And that concludes my presentation, but I'll take any questions.

01:23:53.859 --> 01:23:57.939
Unknown:  All right. Do we have any questions? Director Sanborn, Commissioner Sanborn.

01:23:57.939 --> 01:24:03.779
SPEAKER_19:  Just to make sure I understand. So the gas price is purely why we have a $4 million variance in one

01:24:04.979 --> 01:24:08.979
Unknown:  and we have zero variance on the other, but the gas prices are basically the same?

01:24:09.939 --> 01:24:16.419
Unknown:  Yes. So to elaborate a little bit further on that, we have a volume of $9.4 million

01:24:16.419 --> 01:24:24.339
SPEAKER_17:  MMBTUs during the year. And when the budget was put together, it was budgeted at

01:24:25.619 --> 01:24:32.659
Unknown:  kind of essentially a gross gas price, an undiscounted gas price. In reality, SMUD actually

01:24:32.659 --> 01:24:44.099
SPEAKER_17:  gets a 46 cent per MMBTU kind of a net lower price. And so the actual price that we ended up

01:24:44.099 --> 01:24:50.099
SPEAKER_17:  paying was correct. The budgeted amount was overstated by $4.3 million.

01:24:53.779 --> 01:24:55.699
Unknown:  Okay. I'm not sure I'm totally understanding.

01:24:55.779 --> 01:25:03.859
SPEAKER_08:  Yeah. So essentially SMUD gets, they pay a discounted rate of 46 cents below

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SPEAKER_17:  the gross price of the gas. And it was budgeted incorrectly at the higher amount.

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SPEAKER_08:  So our budget was off, which caused this to be off?

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SPEAKER_17:  The budget was off and just to make the board aware, because the budgets, this is a 2025 report,

01:25:23.539 --> 01:25:29.619
SPEAKER_17:  because the 2026 budgets were locked late last year, that same error was carried forward into

01:25:29.619 --> 01:25:35.699
SPEAKER_17:  this year. So when I'm presenting this next year at this time, I'll have a similar commentary.

01:25:36.340 --> 01:25:42.659
SPEAKER_17:  So, and we're making sure that we're dotting the I's and that we budget it at the appropriate

01:25:42.659 --> 01:25:47.060
SPEAKER_17:  rate going into 2027. Yeah. Let's not copy the mistake over again.

01:25:47.060 --> 01:25:53.060
SPEAKER_09:  The price of gas is varied in last year by 100%. So it is fair to have some

01:25:53.060 --> 01:25:57.700
SPEAKER_13:  changes in the budget. Any other comments or questions?

01:26:00.340 --> 01:26:06.900
Unknown:  All right. So that was an informational item. We'll close that out. Thank you very much.

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SPEAKER_19:  At this time, we allow the public to comment on items not on the agenda,

01:26:13.460 --> 01:26:17.539
SPEAKER_19:  but within our jurisdiction. Have we received any request to comment?

01:26:17.539 --> 01:26:26.500
Unknown:  No, we have not. Okay. Thank you. Again, public comment on items not on the agenda may be submitted

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SPEAKER_19:  to public comment at SMUD.org. Chief legal officer, do we have a summary of commission direction?

01:26:34.500 --> 01:26:40.899
SPEAKER_10:  No, we do not. All right. So having no further business before us, these joint annual meetings

01:26:40.899 --> 01:26:47.539
SPEAKER_19:  are adjourned and the special closed board meeting will begin at the conclusion of this

01:26:47.539 --> 01:26:53.539
SPEAKER_19:  meeting and there'll be a brief pause while the deputy general counsel is seated. There will be

01:26:53.539 --> 01:27:02.259
SPEAKER_19:  no pause in recording. All right.

01:27:10.899 --> 01:27:21.059
Unknown:  Okay. Good evening. I will call to order the SMUD board of directors special closed meeting

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SPEAKER_19:  of April 16, 2026. For members of the public attending in person who wish to speak at this

01:27:27.139 --> 01:27:32.339
SPEAKER_19:  meeting, please fill out a speaker's request form located on the table outside this room

01:27:32.339 --> 01:27:37.619
SPEAKER_19:  and hand it to SMUD security. Members of the public attending this meeting virtually who wish

01:27:37.619 --> 01:27:42.739
SPEAKER_19:  to provide verbal comments during the board meeting may do so by using the raise hand feature

01:27:43.539 --> 01:27:49.300
SPEAKER_19:  in zoom or pressing star nine will dial into the telephone toll free number at the time. Public

01:27:49.300 --> 01:27:54.500
SPEAKER_19:  comment is called. Technical support staff will enable the audio for you when your name is

01:27:54.500 --> 01:28:02.819
SPEAKER_19:  announced during the public comment period. You may also submit written comments by emailing them to

01:28:02.819 --> 01:28:08.899
SPEAKER_19:  public comment at SMUD.org. Written comments will not be read into the record but will be provided

01:28:09.460 --> 01:28:17.139
SPEAKER_19:  to the board electronically and placed into the record of the meeting if received within two hours

01:28:17.139 --> 01:28:23.299
SPEAKER_19:  after the meeting ends. Members may speak to items on the agenda on which the board will take action

01:28:23.299 --> 01:28:29.219
SPEAKER_19:  and may also address the board on other items and items not on the agenda but within our jurisdiction

01:28:29.220 --> 01:28:34.900
SPEAKER_19:  during the general comment period. Will our deputy general counsel please conduct a roll call?

01:28:34.900 --> 01:28:42.740
SPEAKER_11:  Director Rose. Here. Director Wood-Thompson. Present. Director Kurth. Here. Vice President

01:28:42.740 --> 01:28:50.260
SPEAKER_11:  Fishman. Here. Director Herber. Here. Director Sanborn. Here. President Tamayo. Here. All board members

01:28:50.260 --> 01:28:57.619
SPEAKER_11:  are present. We have a quorum. I'm not vice president anymore. Did I? I apologize. I thought I said

01:28:57.619 --> 01:29:05.059
SPEAKER_11:  vice president. But I'm here. Thank you, sir. Yeah, it's vice president Kurth. So

01:29:06.819 --> 01:29:12.260
SPEAKER_19:  have we received any request to speak on the closed session agenda? We have not. All right. So

01:29:12.260 --> 01:29:20.260
SPEAKER_19:  the board will now enter into closed session to discuss the following item. Public employment

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SPEAKER_19:  pursuant to section 54957B1 of the government code, employment of CEO and general manager.

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Unknown:  So