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           OUR FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE REPORT, UH, BY, UH, BY, UH, BACK IN VEATCH FOR SAWS. 
          AND AT THIS TIME, UH, ROBERT POY IS GOING TO, UH, START THAT PROCESS OUT. 
          ROBERT, THERE YOU ARE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING REED AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          I'M HERE TODAY WITH BOARD CHAIRWOMAN, UH, JAINE BURLEY, AND OUR C E O STEVE KLAUS, AND WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU OBVIOUSLY ABOUT THE, THE EVENTS OF THE FEBRUARY STORM UNDER THE MOST TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          I'M, I AM PROUD OF THE WAY SAWS AND ITS 1700 EMPLOYEES REACTED TO THESE, THIS UNPRECEDENTED SYSTEM, SYSTEM-WIDE POWER OUTAGES THAT IMPACTED OUR ENTIRE REGION AND THE STATE. 
          OUR RESILIENCY, OUR RESILIENCY PLANS HAVE ALWAYS FACTORED INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING ONE OR MORE CIRCUITS, UH, THAT THAT MAY AFFECT OUR PUMPING OF WATER. 
          WHAT WAS NEVER CONTEMPLATE CONTEMPLATED, HOWEVER, WAS THE, THE WIDESPREAD LOSS OF POWER THAT NEARLY TOOK DOWN, THAT DID TAKE DOWN MULTIPLE PUMPING STATION. 
          INDEED, THE ENTIRE STATION'S ELECTRICAL GRID WAS AT RISK AT THE TIME, RATHER THAN POINT FINGERS. 
          WE IMMEDIATELY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER AND MAKE SURE OUR COMMUTER NEVER HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN AT THE DIRECTION OF OUR CHAIRWOMAN AND THE REST OF THE BOARD. 
          WE WASTED NO TIME IN ENGAGING BLACK AND VEATCH TO ANALYZE OUR PREPARATION AND THE RESPONSE TO THE STORM. 
          BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE FINDINGS ARE BEING DRIVEN BY OUR, OUR BOARD AND, AND, AND TO ENSURE ULTIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. 
          THIS REPORT REPORTS, UH, WILL WE BE REPORTING TO THE BOARD. 
          THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A STAFF DRIVEN ANALYSIS BY OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          LASTLY, THE SAWS BOARD DIDN'T WANT THIS ANALYSIS TO JUST LANGUISH ON THE SHELF AND JUST TO BE PUT THERE TO GATHER DUST. 
          AND SO WE PUT A 60 A DAY LIMIT ON IT. 
          AND THAT REPORT WAS, UM, UH, COMPLETED IN 60 DAYS, AND IN FACT, OUR BOARD WAS BRIEFED ON IT AT THE MARCH BOARD MEETING AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          RICHARD, RICHARD TOR. 
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OKAY. 
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