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Kim Rigdon, program manager for the commission, described the scoring process: commissioners were asked to score projects 1–5 to indicate priority for next year (1 = future opportunity, 5 = critical). Staff aggregated scores and presented the results, showing wastewater and water‑quality projects rising to the top of the list.

Top‑ranked projects included the enhanced wastewater source control project, Nevada Water Innovation Institute regional water management and coordination work, wastewater regionalization feasibility work, advanced purified water outreach and coordination for the American Flat facility, and water recycling education programs. Rigdon presented a tentative professional services budget based on the priorities and said the proposed budget was within $35,000 of the prior year; project contingency was shown at $800,000 in staff’s preliminary allocations.

Commission members raised topic‑specific questions during the discussion. Member Eric Crump asked whether the Washoe evapotranspiration project (conducted by DRI) has measurable use data or website hit metrics. Rigdon said the evapotranspiration data are publicly hosted and used for public education (watering/irrigation guidance) and that staff would follow up to determine whether there are analytics on site visitation or wider operational use by HOAs or golf courses.

Commissioners also discussed a proposed water quality credit trading project. Rigdon said the project is currently on hold while staff negotiate terms with the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and that the city of Reno is leading technical discussions (Nick Brothers identified as the lead). Rigdon said staff would include tribal representatives in future discussions when work resumes; a commissioner noted the tribe had expressed concern about the trading proposal.

Jennifer Carr said state‑level discussion on direct potable reuse (DPR) is advancing; she reported there is an existing cost‑sharing agreement among municipal parties (Tomwa, City of Reno, City of Sparks and Washoe County) funding approximately $100,000 of DPR regulatory development work, and that the Nevada Water Innovation Institute has projects that can provide technical assistance on DPR and advanced purified water regulations. Commissioner John Enloe reiterated the $100,000 regional cost‑share for DPR work and said staff and partners are in a strong position to support regulation development.

After discussion, the commission moved and seconded a motion to direct staff to use the priority‑setting results to prepare the FY27 professional services budget for presentation to the commission and the Western Regional Water Commission at the joint Nov. 5 meeting. The motion passed unanimously.

Staff will return with a draft budget in November, together with any additional scope details needed for concept projects that were prioritized but lack final scopes of work. Commissioners indicated support for outreach and professional development opportunities related to advanced purified water and wastewater regionalization and requested staff follow up on analytics for the evapotranspiration public site and to include tribal input in future water‑quality credit trading conversations.

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Commissioner Cara Steelen presented the overview, describing TROA as a framework that creates operational flexibility for storage and use while preserving existing water rights and interstate allocations. She summarized long‑running legal and operational background on the Truckee River, including references to the early 20th‑century agreements that established the Floriston rate and later regulation at the Tahoe Dam, the Settlement Act that required a new operating agreement, and TROA’s signing in 2015.

Steelen outlined several TROA concepts that affect municipal and environmental water management: the Floriston required rate of flow at the California‑Nevada state line, credit water types (including drought‑storage credit, fish credit, and other program credit waters), the role of the federal watermaster in administering those credits, and the agreement’s drought designation rules. She said the TROA drought designation permits parties to retain and carry forward credit water during drought years and that some non‑firm credit water converts to fish credit when a drought designation ends, benefiting downstream fisheries.

Steelen summarized storage results for municipal drought supplies: she described roughly 30,000 acre‑feet of drought storage in 2015, increases in subsequent years, and an increase in carried credit water during multi‑year dry periods that pushed upstream credit storage toward about 60,000 acre‑feet in 2022 before turning over when drought status ended. \"TROA really creates operational flexibility, to allow for water storage and use while ensuring that existing water rights are preserved,\" she said.

Commissioners asked clarifying questions on how TROA interacts with municipal operations, groundwater use during low surface‑water periods, and how credit water types are tracked and administered. Commissioner John Flansberg said the agreement contributes to steadier river flows and improved river health, and praised the role of additional upstream storage and groundwater wells in regional supply reliability.

Steelen said parties continue to meet monthly with the federal watermaster for scheduling and hydrologic modeling and that TROA’s multi‑benefit approach supports municipal supply, fisheries, and recreation, while ratifying interstate allocation percentages referenced in the agreement.

No action was required on the presentation; commissioners framed the item as informational and thanked Steelen for the overview.

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The funding request was presented as an implementation step of a multi‑year vegetation management and restoration effort led by One Truckee River in coordination with Nevada Land Trust. The project scope presented to the commission covered preliminary design and stabilization planning for a stretch of the Truckee River at Idyllwild Park in the urban Truckee River corridor.

Commission staff member Birgit Wittergren introduced the request and turned the presentation over to Iris Jaley Peppard, introduced in the meeting as executive director of One Truckee River. Peppard said the coordinated vegetation management planning effort began in 2020, produced a 2022 framework vegetation management and restoration plan, and has since completed condition assessments that identified multiple areas needing work along the corridor.

Peppard said discussions with City of Reno staff led the group to focus near Idyllwild Park and requested the NDEP 604(b) funding to complete design to the 30% level.

Commission members who spoke praised the regional planning work and supported the request. \"I'm fully in favor of this — I think this is a tremendous use of funding,\" Commissioner Chris Melton said, citing the stakeholder engagement and condition‑assessment methodology used in the planning process.

Commissioner Cara Steelen also voiced support and referenced past One Truckee River projects: \"One Truckee River has done incredible work ... and I am fully in support of this project.\" Commissioner John Flansberg described local geomorphology at the site and noted the bank erosion results from the river's meandering pattern, saying the targeted work is appropriate for that stretch.

The motion to recommend approval of the $60,000 pass‑through was moved and seconded at the meeting; commissioners voted unanimously in favor. Commissioners present recorded no opposing votes.

The approval before the commission was a recommendation to the Western Regional Water Commission; the WRWC must take the formal action to accept the pass‑through and authorize the professional services agreement. The funding will support design work only (30% design) and does not authorize construction. Peppard and staff said the design work is intended to position the project for future construction funding and to refine restoration plans and specifications.

Commission members asked for no additional conditions; staff indicated the item will be forwarded to the WRWC for final approval.

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