Staff Open Meeting - May 28, 2026 - May 28, 2026

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What acknowledgments and staff changes are announced at the start of the meeting?

Myers 0:01

All right. Looks like it is time for our s um April twenty eighth staff meeting or May twenty eighth staff meeting. What month is it? Holy moly. Hey, almost June, yeah. Um, I'm going to start with uh a point of personal privilege. Um many of you know um Amanda. She's been um I actually she worked on my campaign long before I even knew her. Um she's been with our office since the very beginning. As a matter of fact, she was uh the one that did the filings that opened my very first docket, um, hours after we were sworn I was sworn in. And uh she's been an integral uh into the success of our office. And over the years, she's done everything from taking notes at meetings and making recommendations to setting up the open meetings in the workshops to um to making sure that I'm where I need to be and at the time I need to be there, and all while trying to do that in a manner that doesn't, you know, so I don't look like a complete slob.

Myers 1:01

You know, she uh she's usually Um She's been such a blessing to our office that even my wife wanted to pass along her uh thanks for everything that Amanda's done and sends her regrets that she actually wasn't able to be here today to thank you in person. Uh so while this is not technically Amanda's last day with our office, it did occur to me recently that this is likely the last opportunity I I have to do this publicly. So uh with apologies to to Michael for doing this while he's out of the office, um I just wanted to take this time to say thank you for everything and you will be greatly missed and I do have a little present for you.

Myers 2:03

All right. And secondly, um, many of you have already met Ann Hood. Uh Ann and Amanda have been splitting the time for the the last couple of weeks. Uh as Amanda works her way out of our office, Ann is working her way in. So I would also like to take this time to officially welcome Anne to our team. If you want to stand up and wave and So Thank you both and uh like I said, we're gonna we're gonna miss you, Amanda. So Uh Um with that I think it's time for uh item number one, uh Vice Chair Walden.

Walden 2:41

Thank you. I move item number one for discussion.

Myers 2:46

Thank you. And um for this item, um this was an item that our executive director wanted the um the commissioners to have this presentation. So I'm gonna go ahead and let him introduce the item and and what's going on here.

Unknown 2:59

Thank you, Chair. Um HDR Engineering is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. I've worked with them over the years on wastewater water projects. I think the last water project was a twenty million dollar loop around the city of Bellevue. Um w a wastewater project that was along the Missouri River and within 500 feet of a a levee which required NEPA and Army Corps of Engineer approval, which is um more frustrating than you can ever imagine. So uh I've had a long history of working with HDR Inadvertently, we met here in Arizona at an Arizona State University meeting discussing various infrastructure projects, and the crew that you see here that's going to present today uh introduced themselves to me, and we had coffee.

Unknown 3:58

And as we discussed, it became clear that there's a lot of activity going around in the country that impacts what happens. Happens in Arizona. And because of their national and international experience, it was my thought that they might be able to provide some insight to us as to why costs are where they are and what are the delays and what are some regulatory hiccups that they see from a broader perspective than just Arizona, although there will be obviously some Arizona discussion. But I thought That would be a nice discussion and provide an opportunity for the commissioners to ask questions and get some insight. So thank you.

Myers 4:40

Sounds good. Thank you, sir. H D R you are up.

Aaron Mier 4:45

All right, thank you very much. Um, all right. So How do I get this presentation up? On the screen. There it is. Perfect. Okay. Um So my name is Aaron Mier. I'm with HDR Engineering, obviously. And uh Doug, thank you for the introduction. Um I I don't need to spend quite as much time talking about why we're here, I guess.