Water and Sewer Master Plan Update 2020 \u2013 2040: Draft Version<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nAngela Bryan opened the discussion with an overview of the goals of the Water and Sewer Master Plan Update for the Commissioners.\u00a0 The goals were listed as follows: 1.) Water and sewer 20-year population projections; 2.) Major transmission water and sewer systems condition assessment; 3.) Rehabilitation Capital Improvement Plan; 4.) Expansion needs of major transmission water & sewer systems; 5.) Cash flow needs; and, 6.) Project database.\u00a0 Mrs. Bryan then provided a review of the 2015 \u2013 2020 Water and Sewer System projects and improvements.\u00a0 A map of the Brunswick-Glynn Joint Water and Sewer Commission Service Area was provided indicating the North Mainland service area, South Mainland service area, St. Simons Island service area and also the City of Brunswick service area.<\/p>\n
Laura Constantino discussed the population projections and existing base customers.\u00a0 She explained the processes and use of data for projecting future populations and customers of the JWSC, as well as provided examples of the data used to calculate these population projections for water and sewer service areas. \u00a0A detailed map indicating the various uses of land areas in Glynn County was displayed for review with the Commissioners.<\/p>\n
After discussing the future population projections for JWSC water and sewer customers, system capacities were reviewed.\u00a0 Charts were provided for comparisons of the capacities of the water production facilities and their corresponding wastewater treatment plant.\u00a0 The permitted water production and\/or permitted sewer capacities were also plotted for comparison between the permit levels and the future projected population requirements.<\/p>\n
Angela Bryan, Laura Constantino and Charles Cobb with Chatham Engineers worked together in performing inspections of the major assets of JWSC.\u00a0 This included field mechanical and electrical assessments at the water production facilities, remote wells, water pollution control facilities and sewer pump stations.\u00a0 The condition of each asset was rated from 1 to 5 with 1 being \u201cExcellent Condition\u201d and 5 being \u201cCatastrophic Condition\u201d.\u00a0 All of the various major asset condition assessments were discussed in addition to inflow and infiltration of the systems.<\/p>\n
The next discussion concentrated on the Rehabilitation Capital Improvement Plan and Methodology.\u00a0 The \u201cProbability of Failure\u201d and \u201cConsequence of Failure\u201d were used to calculate the \u201cRisk Priority\u201d for project prioritization of future water and sewer projects as determined by the \u201cRisk Priority\u201d.\u00a0 The Expansion Capital Improvement Plan and Methodology were then explained and discussed.<\/p>\n
Tony Hairston then presented the financial elements of the Master Plan Update and anticipated projects.\u00a0 There were financial assumptions required in considering funding for future system rehabilitation and expansion.\u00a0 Those assumptions included:\u00a0 Capital costs escalating, SPLOST funding being used for neighborhood expansion projects, No new loans anticipated to fund capital projects, R&R funding maintained at $6.8M\/year, Operating budget is increased annually, and the Rates will be adjusted annually to approximately match inflation.\u00a0 Mr. Hairston reported the results for JWSC\u2019s Financial Element:\u00a0 Adequate debt service coverage, adequate reserves, debt capacity is strong, and rates are comparable.\u00a0 A Rates Comparison chart was then presented allowing the rates to be visually compared from the JWSC and fifteen (15) Public Water & Sewer Utilities.<\/p>\n
The next step in the process of updating the Master Plan is for the Project Database to be properly loaded with all applicable data, being easily programmed, and readily interfaced with GIS.\u00a0 The Master Plan Update Draft is expected to be ready to present to the full Commission on Thursday, March 18, 2021.\u00a0 Finalization and delivery of the Master Plan documentation will then be completed and delivered to JWSC staff.<\/p>\n
Chairman Turnipseed adjourned the meeting at 11:40 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For your consideration, please read the minutes from the Special Called Facilities Committee Meeting held on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room. Special Called Facilities Committee Meeting 2-17-21 Approved To read the minutes, please open or download the pdf from the link above, or you may see more below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-called-meeting-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenisleslepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenisleslepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenisleslepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenisleslepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenisleslepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenisleslepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenisleslepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenisleslepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenisleslepc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}