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Joint Work Session <br />Board of Commissioners/City Council <br />June 9, 1999 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> Mayor Torrey invited Councilors to introduce themselves, identifying the wards which they <br />served. <br /> <br /> Mayor Torrey distributed copies of a document entitled "1999-2000 Vision and Goals <br />Statements." He said it contained approved vision and broad goal statements of the council. <br /> <br /> President Smith invited members of the EWEB and City staffs to introduce themselves. <br /> <br />INFORMATION SHARE <br /> <br /> President Smith referred to information about EWEB's background, legal authority, current <br />operation, goals, and key issues distributed with the agenda of the meeting. She reviewed Board <br />Operating Principles - Business Success, Community Leadership, and Sustainability. <br /> <br /> Mayor Torrey encouraged study of the Council Vision, Goal Statements, and proposed action <br />priorities distributed earlier. <br /> <br />YEAR 2000 ISSUES <br /> <br /> EWEB Risk Manager Debra Wright referred to information regarding the work of the Utility's <br />Year 2000 project team distributed with the agenda of the meeting. She reviewed basic tasks which <br />had been identified to meet the goal that customers experience minimal disruptions in electric, water, <br />and steam services as a result of system failures caused by computer technology related to the change <br />to a new millennium. <br /> <br /> Ms. Wright said evaluation and correction of critical equipment and computer systems Year <br />2000 problems which could impact EWEB's ability to deliver electricity, water, and steam would be <br />completed by June 30. She said the one exception was replacement of the Energy Management and <br />Control/Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, which would be delayed by <br />vendor testing until September 15. She described assurances given by the Bonneville Power <br />Administration (BPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that electric generation and transmission <br />systems were ready for Year 2000 problems. She explained that an advantage that EWEB had was <br />that many elements of its water system pre-dated embedded micro-processor technology. <br /> <br /> <br />