From: Jennifer Cline

Sent: Thu Nov 05 17:17:16 2015

To: Gerald Fisher

Cc: Dan Huff; Heather Penni (Molalla)

Subject: Re: Molalla Water

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Wow

 

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On Nov 5, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Gerald Fisher <geraldf@pdgnw.com> wrote:

 

All,

One of the citizens at last night’s meeting emailed me about the rates. See email string below and his thoughts on the rate increases proposed. Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Gerald Fisher, PE | Senior Project Manager

PROJECT DELIVERY GROUP, LLC | 3150 22nd Street SE; Salem, OR 97302

www.PDGNW.com | 503-364-4004 (O) | 503-679-9237 (C)

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From: Gerald Fisher

Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 2:18 PM

To: 'Brian Maloy' <bmaloy@molalla.net>

Subject: RE: Molalla Water

Hi Brian,

Just got back into the office from my meetings. Thanks for the Idaho info. I am familiar with the Blue Water name and take a look at their plant info.

I will pass on your thoughts to the City as the Council moves forward with deliberations on the rate increases at the next Council meeting. It was good talking to you last night and thanks again for coming in and asking some really good questions. Participation by the community is really important when it comes to the state of the infrastructure. Thanks Brian.

Regards,

Gerald Fisher, PE | Senior Project Manager

PROJECT DELIVERY GROUP, LLC | 3150 22nd Street SE; Salem, OR 97302

www.PDGNW.com | 503-364-4004 (O) | 503-679-9237 (C)

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From: Brian Maloy [mailto:bmaloy@molalla.net]

Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 8:26 AM

To: Gerald Fisher <geraldf@pdgnw.com>

Subject: Molalla Water

Gerald,

I looked up the name of the chemist at the University of Idaho who does work in sustainable science. His name is Greg Moller. The project they do now is related to Biomass and Biochar. It is a process used to treat waste water. It “inexpensively and efficiently removes nutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater.” According to the article these nutrients are then captured and used by farmers for fertilizer. The patents are held by Blue Water Technologies in Hayden Idaho.

Besides that short point in our conversation, in hindsight I think it was the Cities choice not to allow for increases since 2006. Regardless of the reasons, factual or not, and the necessity for projects, I think it would draw much less controversy if the January 2016 increase started with what the 2007 increase value should have been. I also think modifications in the how the 3 (residential, commercial, and industrial) account should have different charges and or contracts based on the attributes that categorize the differences in each.

Wish I could type more, but work calls. Condensed housing projects surely but a larger burden on the water / treatment system. While it is obvious that components of the current system are out of date and need upgrading, I am not sure if the scale is focused on maintenance and savings to make the system more efficient and less costly, or if it is attempting to lock in fee rates build a larger system for future contractors and developments.

Sincerely,

Brian Maloy