Good afternoon vice mayor Rogers. Good afternoon vice for council member Rogers. Mayor Rogers, I'm sorry. Hi there. Looks like we are still waiting for council member Alvarez. All right. We'll give them another second here. Hi, this is Mr. Stockham, AECOM. Hi there. Thank you so much. This is Marshall Noble with AECOM. Perfect. Your microphones are both working well. Good to hear. Well, I do know that we have a little bit of a time constraint later in the meeting. So let's go ahead and get started. I call the meeting to order and let's take a roll call. Council member Alvarez, Vice Mayor Rogers. Present. Mayor Rogers. Here. Let the record show all council members are present with the exception of council member Alvarez. Great. We'll keep looking for council member Alvarez to see if we can get them on the Zoom. In the meantime, let's go to our public comment for non-agenda items. If you're interested in providing comment tonight, go ahead and hit the raise hand feature on your Zoom. And I am not seeing any hand. Do we have any pre-recorded public comments? We did not. Okay. Let's keep moving on to our department report. Do we have anything to report out today? Thank you, Mayor Rogers and Vice Mayor Rogers. Just a quick department report. And I think we'll probably talk more about this later, but I just wanted to mention that the staff supporting the Climate Action Subcommittee directly will be changing after today's meeting and we'll move over to some of our colleagues over in the water department. So I just wanted to mention that and planning staff will still actively participate in each of these meetings and we'll get report outs as well. But I just wanted to say thank you. It's been a very enjoyable experience. And I look forward to continuing to work with the subcommittee. Great. Thank you, Amy. And we really appreciate all the work that planning has done. And I know that we'll be seeing you pretty frequently even if you're not the lead staffer at the moment. Thank you for that. Are there any questions or comments on the staff update? See if there's any public comment on the departmental report. All right, I'm seeing none. We'll go on to our new business for the day starting with item 4.1. That's the introduction to the Citywide Energy Efficiency Renewable and Microgrid Feasibility Study. Doug Williams is gonna present for us. Good afternoon, Mayor Rogers, Vice Mayor Rogers. My name is Doug Williams. I'm the Facility Maintenance and Operations Coordinator for the Transportation and Public Works Department. First of all, I just wanna thank you for allowing us to bring this to your attention. And I wanna thank you for allowing us to pursue this energy audit in the first place. It's giving us a lot of really good data. And we're using the data that we got from our facility assessment about three and a half years ago. So this is some good information. I wanna start off by talking about the fiscal impact that we put in the staff report.  It could be $0 if you don't want to invest in facilities right now if there's other more important issues. But it could be twice as much as what we put in. We took a shot. You'll have to take it with a grain of salt that I am the Facilities Maintenance and Operations Coordinator, but I was also wearing my Climate Action Plan implementation team hat. When I looked at the mechanical issues that we have, the reason why I chose the mechanical issues to bring to you and show you was a three-fold. First of all, the Climate Action Plan, a part of it is that the mechanical issues are old, HVAC issues or assets are old. So they're energy hogs. So if we were to replace those with the energy efficient HVAC units, we would lower our carbon footprint. The other issue we have with our mechanical assets is two-thirds of them use a refrigerant called Freon. The industry calls it R22. California ban putting HVAC units in 2010. The EPA banned importation and production of R22 in the United States, January of 2020, which brings us to some costs. The mechanical issues, the mechanical assets are old and it's costing more and more to maintain them. We would also save money by using less electricity. It would cut down on our electric bill. I did not do a breakdown on the difference of energy costs with the units that I included in one of the attachments. The truth of the matter is, is you could decide to pull some of those units on, add some units off, and then we would do a deep dive. I'm guessing that energy costs will rise. Just looking at some of the global issues we have with energy, I would imagine that we're looking at a higher percentage than normal. One of the other issues financially speaking is the R22 itself. We're able to still utilize this refrigerant, but once the product is used up, once the shells are cleared of it, it'll be gone. So as we get a smaller and smaller supply of R22, the price due to supply and demand will necessarily increase the cost of the refrigerant. And third is that, I mean, essentially the mechanical issues are the lungs of the building and with COVID and wildfire smoke, we wanna make sure that we're keeping these buildings well ventilated. Before I turn this over to AECOM, Mush Talk and Marshall to go over the slides, do you have any questions about what I just brought up? Nope, I think we're all good, let's keep moving. Okay, perfect. Mush Talk and Marshall, if you could start with the slides, that would be amazing, thank you. Marshall, why don't you start and then I'll jump in as needed. Yeah, sure thing, sure thing. So my name is Marshall, I work for AECOM and we were contracted by the city to put together this citywide energy efficiency renewable to microgrid study. And we're gonna be presenting this in three parts. The first part will be the energy efficiency portion of it. And the second part will be renewables. And then the last part will be the microgrid feasibility study. And I'll be talking about the energy efficiency and renewable portion. And then I'll pass the mic over to Mush Talk for the microgrid feasibility study. So the original scope for this included 47 facilities and 29 unique address throughout Santa Rosa. And for the energy efficiency portion of it was to provide these upgrades for the city that kind of addressed three goals, improving energy efficiency to reduce energy consumption at the building, addressing some of the deferred maintenance items on Doug's list here, since as he mentioned, they are the lungs to the building and it's very good to have a good HVAC system to support the people that work in those facilities. And three, there are some electrification goals set out by the city and some of the energy efficiency measures that we had provided in the report support those goals. So there's a slide that didn't make its way in here, but at the end of the day here, we kind of broke down into three categories. There's lighting across 40 plus facilities, lighting upgrades that directly improves energy efficiency of the buildings and reduces energies. And then there were a bunch of HVAC upgrades for about eight of the main facilities that addressed these deferred maintenance costs and there was different options to provide just a straight energy efficiency upgrades to it and the electrification goals of it. And then in addition to that, there was an option to throw on a more effective energy management and control system so Doug could service his buildings remotely for 10 of the buildings. And at the end of the day, the one thing that we observed throughout the building is what Doug had said. A lot of the HVAC equipment at the facilities were over 15 years old. And for these type of equipments, the standard is 15 years of life for these things. So Doug and his team have been doing a lot to keep these things going and then a majority of them are operating with R-22 refrigerant, which is it's an ozone depleting substance which Doug mentioned. It's no longer being produced, it produced so therefore it's getting more expensive to maintain these equipment. And then the next part of the scope that we did was to develop these renewable aspects of it. And in this case, it was a solar PV. So for that particular scope, we were asked to look at 107 sites that was mixed between the actual facility or city-owned buildings and then city-owned parks. And we evaluated solar application based on the space availability. Was there shading that was going to limit the production of the system? Was there electrical infrastructure to tie in the system? And was it easy to construct? I mean, you don't wanna put a PV system somewhere where you can't build the thing. Next slide. And then the results of that study was we were able to identify a maximum potential of 7.2 megawatts dispersed over 17 sites. And what was provided to Doug and his team were these conceptual layouts that depict how much module, the details of these systems at each of the facilities. And we broke it down into two tiers. So tier one, if you look at the tier one recommendations, they had the adequate space, there was no shading or obstructions, they had optimal orientation. And those last two bullet points, there was an electrical load to offset and we were able to identify a point of connection to feed into the building. So what that means is that the tier one measures, you know, if you were to pour money into these projects and prioritize the projects, you would look at the tier one measures first because of those last two bullet points, the electrical load to offset and a clear point of connection identified. And then the second tier of it, I mean, it had, and these are mostly the parks, these did not have the clear electrical load to offset and the clear point of connection to identified. So if you were to implement these facilities, you'd have to do a little bit more digging on where that point of connection is and maybe get with PG&E and your utility provider to see if there's any additional programs to maybe feedback into the grid and get reimbursed for that production. And for those tier two, I guess, sites, if you will, we identified a max solar potential of four megawatts at six sites. And those were mostly at those parks on that table there. And with that, I'll turn over the microgrid section to Muschak and he'll go over those details of the scope and our results. Thanks, Marjul. So before I start on the microgrid, any questions so far or should we continue? Not a question per se, but if we can get Council Member Alvarez promoted from attendee to panelist so that he can participate. Let's do questions and comments at the end, if you would. Okay. So in terms of microgrid, when this RFP was issued and they were basically the way it was structured, they were basically a total of 25 different sites clustered into two parts. So when we started this study, our aim was to look at these two different clusters and figure out whether two microgrids would be feasible. However, when we went on site and started looking at the available infrastructure, the actual construction of the facilities, the available space, we basically ended up with a total of seven different microgrids for these two clusters. So if you go to slide number 14, one, two down. So rather than looking at all these facilities and combining them into like two microgrids based on what we found out, our final recommendation was basically that in order to provide the resiliency and continuous operations of your city, and especially during a power outage, you would need these seven different microgrids. Now, one thing to note here is that not all these microgrids would have solar PV associated with them, only four of them do. The three which won't be able to have solar PV are the city hall and the public safety building. And there, the microgrid will be basically a combination of batteries and backup generators. And one other thing to note here is that, and it is elaborated a little bit more in the report, that all these microgrids, they do not show very well in terms of financial calculations. So they do provide the sustainability and they do provide resiliency. But if you are just looking at specifically based on on kind of a financial calculation or an ROI, they might not provide you the best case scenario. But again, where Santa Rosa is and what Santa Rosa has faced in the past many years in order to provide the resiliency, the added resiliency for your operation, these are the seven which you would need to keep serving your inhabitants. So that was basically the microgrid piece. And at this point, if you have any questions, both Marshall and myself, we are available to answer. Now, thank you so much. Council members, are there questions?  It probably would take all day for me to really have a very clear, concise understanding of all of that. So, but I have the gist of it, I will say. I think my question, and I think it's directed at Doug, is the report is great. It helps to lay out a roadmap for council. Where do we start? And I think what we'll hear from the public is, how do we fund all of it? And how do we get this implemented as quickly as possible? I mean, ultimately, that's the question, right? How do we start? Where do we start? When you look at the facility assessment and you look at the energy audit, you realize that there's a lot of work that needs to be done into our facility assets. We've got not just mechanical issues, we've got several other issues. We decided to start here using the energy audit so we could not only invest in our assets, but we could also help the environment. Ultimately, the reason why we chose to do the energy audit this way is we decided we wanted to be able to control what we invested in. So we may choose not to do a major capital improvement invested in one building because we expect to not be in that building in the future. So these are some of the considerations. This is one of the reasons why it was so difficult to on that staff report put in what the fiscal impact was gonna be because what is it that we wanna invest the money into which buildings? And ultimately, that's one of the questions that we have for you. And council as a whole, which buildings do we wanna invest in and which buildings do we want to try and divest from? And whether that's building a new building, I know I believe that the P3 for a city hall is still in the conversation. So if that is something that we were gonna move forward with, we probably don't wanna invest a lot into city hall, for example. But ultimately that's what we're here to do today is to ask you, where do you want us to really look? The energy audit shows good potential for some sites for solar panels and battery backups. Some don't. Again, ultimately that's the million dollar question. Where do we start? And I guess another question that I have is, you know, that the city is currently, and we had kind of a little bit of this conversation when we did this, but the city is currently on the Evergreen program with Sonoma Clean Power, meaning that even for these buildings, the energy uses that we have is at least renewable energy that we're purchasing to make sure that we have it covered. I'm never gonna say no to creating additional renewable energy period. But how do we, I guess the two questions are, one, how do we partner with Sonoma Clean Power on this project? Because I imagine that they would be interested in helping us to create renewable energy. And then the second part of that component is for the cost. And if I remember correctly, I think it was about a million dollars, maybe a little bit more for us to do Evergreen. That seems when I look at what it would take to move these facilities in this direction, it seems like that's a good investment because it gets us the biggest bang for our buck. And if I'm wrong, can you correct that assumption? And perhaps is that funding better used on the infrastructure to build the renewable energy over the next two to three years? From looking at the report and wish talking and Marshall can correct me, I have just enough information to be dangerous. So you'll have to forgive me. It looks like MSC North is the best bet for putting solar panels in. And having the battery backups specifically since we want to electrify our fleet and we've already got four electric buses that will be coming on. And we want to be able to have that ability in the yard. MSC North is one of the sites that it has really good potential for microgrid as well. Marshall, can you add to that or take away from it? You know, what you've said Doug is absolutely true.  So that's absolutely correct Doug. Just to be clear, so the assessment that we have, and I think if I'm looking at it correctly on slide eight, it looks like it is roughly $3 million to implement for the two breakout categories for MSC North, if I'm looking at it correctly. That assumes that we have electrified our bus fleet or will we need to bump this up in order to be able to cover that? So that's, go ahead Doug. No, that's all right. I was just suggesting I've seen. I was going to say that's the max potential that can be potentially is installed at MSCN North. Right now, if you were to like put that 1.6 megawatt system for $3 million, that's way more production that you would be using there right now. But if you were to put a future load on the building or whatever, then you'd have to reevaluate how much would go based on, you know, your future load. Understood, okay. And there, this was talking and there will be some back and forth with PG&E too, because the PG&E infrastructure upstream would have to be adjusted to take that load as well. So we have to take that into account as well. Yeah, and Doug, remind me, hasn't PG&E already started the infrastructure work associated with electrifying the bus fleet? They have not broken ground yet, but we do have an agreement. I believe that the last time I heard of it, the issue was getting a PG&E, a... Access to the site. So that was the last time I heard. Okay, and then obviously as we have conversations about either a countywide or a city climate measure or ways to fund our climate goals, I think this data is really helpful for helping to explain to the public how much need there is and how we could potentially get there. Does this also or are you using this to try to amplify our ability to pull in grants as well? Well, that's one of the things that we could look at. I would look at Sonoma Clean Power. We could look at a private public partnership as well. Ultimately, that would save us money upfront but we would not own the assets. We could also look at an ESCO, but the reason why we did the energy audit and the way we did was so that we had control of the data, typically with an ESCO or P3, they would do the energy audit and then they would decide which assets that they would upgrade. And then it would be kind of a payment plan. So it wouldn't be out of pocket up front money, but it would be taken out over time. So kind of like a loan. Right, would that require an RFQ? Yes. Okay. Okay, we'll go ahead and take public comment on this item. If you're interested in giving comment, go ahead and hit the raise hand feature on your Zoom. All right, I'm not seeing any hand. Did we have any prerecorded voicemails? We did not. Okay, any last thoughts from council members? Last thoughts. I was just gonna say that looking at where to start, I would just, I would think, Doug, that we would probably start in buildings that we know we're going to keep because it sounds like it's a pretty costly investment to put into buildings that we're not going to keep. I agree 100% of, sorry. Oh, no. So that, I mean, just me thinking, like I would want to invest in buildings that I think that we know we're going to keep and moving forward if we're going to build or move somewhere else that we just make sure that we build that around. That's 100%, 100% agree with you on that. I would push to get rid of the R22 out of our inventory. We can retrofit units, but units that are at the end of their useful lifespan, we're still gonna have those maintenance costs and we're still gonna have the higher energy costs on those. But I agree, we don't wanna buy expensive assets that we're just going to get rid of in five, 10 years. Yeah, and I totally agree with that also because I think that one, it's really bad for the environment too, we're not gonna be able to run it. So if it breaks down or something, we're not gonna be able to find it. And then we find ourselves in an even bigger emergency, right? That we're not gonna be able to fix it right there. We don't have the parts, we don't have what we need in order to make it run. So it's more proactive if we fix it now, instead of being reactive where we don't have what we need in order to support the team and getting it handled now. So I agree with that part also. Thank you for pointing that out. Thank you. And so if you're done with questions for us, I talked with Tasha Wright this morning, she's coming up next, but one of the things that we discussed is if the direction we go is mechanical or the direction we go is another route as far as investing in our infrastructure, we would like to work together on an RFP and utilize economies of scale to be able to lower the price on any asset. The city buys regardless if it's an enterprise fund or the general fund. Obviously, general fund money would go to general fund buildings and enterprise fund money would go to enterprise fund buildings. But if we work together, we could save the city some money. Yeah, and that was gonna be sort of my comment is I wanna make sure we take this report and immediately start putting it into action. And so if that's an RFQ or an RFP, whatever we need to do to actually get it out there to see what our options are. So the point that you made, I can't focus with some of our funding that's available or in our budget next year, how to make some of these investments where we own the infrastructure. But there are also opportunities that you mentioned where we don't own the infrastructure but we can get it out there faster and get those reductions sooner, which is what the community is expecting us to be able to do in addressing our greenhouse gas emissions. So I'd be interested to see how those two work in tandem and how we get some of this actually implemented whether by our own buck or somebody else's. Okay, so just to clarify, for direction from this committee, you want us to look at the cost of P3, what that means as far as it's similar to a rent-to-own kind of program, the ESCO. And working with a Sonoma Clean Power reaching out to them to see what that would look like. Yeah, Vice Mayor. I was also gonna say, so yes, grants a plan and what are the pros and cons, Doug? So I always like to see sitting on council, what are the pros and cons of things? So yes, you can tell me, well, yeah, we won't own it, right? But in my mind, when I'm looking at my home, for example, it could be a lot different than the city not owning something, right? So really what are the pros and cons of the city not owning something versus me personally not owning something? So when you bring it to council, what are the pros and cons of not owning something? So I would like to see that in the plan when you bring it. But also a plan of how much time do we have and if we take it into pieces, what if we did just wanna not finance it, but can we actually go through and pay for it? Cause I believe if you can make payments on something, then maybe there's a way that you can also pay for it, right? Cause I don't know if you can make payments on something, then you have money to pay for it. So what does that look like also? That's exactly what we're thinking. When we bring in an ESCO, or you bring in a public-private partnership, all the low-hanging fruits gonna get picked first. The lighting upgrades that we're looking at mostly can be done in-house. We have an electrical department and we have maintenance folks that can chip away at that. The mechanical is obviously a heavy lift and we would need help with that. Again, if we were to bring in an outside agency or a group, they would wanna pick all the low-hanging fruit, including assets that we don't really want to invest in. So, and we would be on the hook for an extended period of time if we wanted to invest in that asset. Yeah, well, I think what I heard was we select from our list which things we wanna put out in our PR and our Q4. So that way that doesn't happen. The low-hanging fruit doesn't happen. Overall though, I suspect if we put it to the vote of the public who's been participating, I suspect that they would say if we have to pay for it down the road but we get an upfront benefit that it's a moment that's a cost they're willing to bear. And again, it's not an either or to me, it's a both. Let's figure out how we both can have partnerships, the P3s, as well as get investments from the city and ultimately, and I guess I'll report out on this a little bit. We have been having conversations about a county-wide climate measure.  Perfect, thank you very much. All right, do you need any other direction, Doug? No, I'm ready to go. Perfect, all right, well, thank you so much. I can take this to council too, yes? Yes, absolutely. Thank you. All right, let's go on to item number 4.2 that's the update to the implementation of the Santa Rosa Water Energy Optimization Plan. Tasha, I think this is you. Hello, Climate Action Subcommittee Mayor, Vice Mayor and Council Member Alvarez. So today I'm here, my name is Tasha Wright. I am the Energy and Sustainability Coordinator for the Water Department. And I would like to discuss with you the energy optimization plans that we have completed and go over both what the project and the goals were and then also briefly review with what it included and the findings and then we'll talk about next steps and wrap up with any questions you might have. Next slide. So here's a snapshot of the background of the EOPs. We got started with going to the BPU in August of 2013 and at that time, Kennedy Jenks was selected to work with city staff to go through this energy optimization plan. The whole point for the plan was really to and I'll go over this a little bit as we get ahead was to really memorialize, evaluate and identify various projects that we had in the water department that could provide opportunity for energy efficiency, renewable energy and the SOAR. So I think another important point of this is that we work really closely with the Board of Public Utilities to make sure that they really supported this and saw the value in it. So we would go back continually. There was basically three parts to this kind of a quick overview, working with staff, getting ready to go and then you see the different amendments. So we had both the water operations piece, the sub-regional, so water reuse and then we went into just a general items to pursue as far as projects and various measures. So then and each time we went back we would give them an update or it was really a desire to be tracking this process all the way along, making sure that it was effective for us to do this and it made sense when we were getting somewhere with it. So that was really, really important to staff. In August, 2019, we had wrapped everything up and we provided an update on the findings and received direction from the BPU on the measures to pursue. So that's where we are now. And of course, you see a couple of years and a gap in there and that was because this was a very, very robust project. They, what ended up happening with Kennedy James is the water reuse final paper was 213 pages, very technical. Even the executive summaries can be a lot to process and the executive summary for that one was 11 pages. So I'm happy to share both of those with you. And then as well as the operations side, it was 161 pages and the executive summary is seven pages. So next slide, please. So as I mentioned, going into this a little bit more, what was the goal of the EOPs? And it was really a roadmap to strategically and systematically, those are very important words, optimize energy use and then to look at renewable energy opportunities. So, and of course the council has a lot of goals. We want to make sure that we have a lot of energy and a lot of goals. We wanted to support the city council and promote our leadership in energy and sustainability. And so obviously with energy and sustainability, we really do want to protect the environment. The city has been working at that for quite some time. In January of 2020, the council passed resolution 2020 dashed 002. And that was the climate emergency. And in that resolution, the city committed to a carbon neutrality by 2030 goal. So that's very robust. And we really want to make it there. So that's why this leads into that next slide, please. So as I mentioned, it really was to memorialize what we've done and get it into, get it on paper, because there had also often been questions about, well, what have you done? And we said, well, we've done the low front hanging fruit. And we're moving on to the next phase, but to show that and be able to quickly refer to that. Memorialization of those items was really, really key for us, especially as new council members and be few members come in over years. We can say, yes, we've done our due diligence to get that foundation laid. Next piece was to evaluate what our systems programs, how we used our various status systems, what processes we had, what projects we have. As you know, we have incredibly complex systems. So we really want to evaluate to a level that we could really show where our biggest things for a buck, et cetera were. So then we also, as part of this, this is the big piece was to identify the various measures and to look at cost effectiveness, feasibility. Of course, we want energy efficient, we want to reduce our energy demand and we want to increase our renewable generation and to allow us for energy independence. So we looked at operational changes. We looked at behavioral changes. And then we looked at these capital improvement projects. Next slide, please. So as mayor Rogers, I would like to share with you, what I have on this slide is the current. Mix of renewables. Both in clean start. And then in evergreen. So we move forward to the next slide, please. Next slide, please. So as mayor Rogers discussed earlier, one of the pieces for us that was very important. And it was the council approved us going to evergreen. So what I have on this slide is the current. So we moved to the evergreen. And as you mentioned, yes, it was a million dollars a year. The lion share of that was in water.  So as part of that, I also have a little update for you on what that looks like with our evergreen. So we adopted in late June of 2020. The accounts were split switch from clean start to evergreen. And the service began to roll out between July and August. So it took, you know, a couple months for us to get all the accounts switched over. Meters are read throughout the month. And so we have 900 various accounts in the city. So it was quite a process. So at this point, we are just getting to one year of data. So in 2020, that end there, because of the multiplier and the mix in 2020, we reduced by switching to evergreen. So that's a total of 248,632 pounds of CO equivalent CO2 per megawatt hour. And then in 2020, our forecasted is 369,840 pounds of ECO2 per megawatt hour. And then so that's a grand total at this time as an estimate would be 618,472 pounds of ECO2. And if any of you watch the presentation for evergreen initially, they talked about the various comparisons between the two, and then how much the city would reduce. So talking about these pounds of GHG reductions, but then no matter what there is, even with evergreen, there is still embedded energy. It's very difficult to get to absolute zero. We have a lot of transmission loss in the lines as we are importing that energy. So we still need to keep working at not only getting to complete renewables, but it's important for us to continue to do what we need to do and not just go, okay, we're done. We have evergreen, but we actually want to produce more for our own to compensate and to mitigate that, that rest of that emissions that we produce. So next slide, please. So here we have the first of the EMPs I'm going to go through. This is just a basic idea of what we did. It was a lot of work. We had the four system audits that were LTP, biosolids, compost, reclamation and geysers. Those were all broken down. Then we talked about five deeper investigations, which will lead me into the end of my presentation. And then we looked at the various measures. So pursue, complete our own planning, not pursue at this time and not recommend it. Now the reason why we would consider some of these not to pursue is because of operational infeasibility, increased risk of permit violations. And then items that we had tested and they didn't work for us because of our process or whatever that might be, but there was a lot of different factors. And then as far as the not recommended items, either the capital costs outweighed the cost of the savings and then operationally infeasible or impractical. Next slide, please. So here is a highlight of some of the items that we had complete or we identified as complete or in progress.  So that's just a basic look. And I want to highlight a couple of items that were complete or in progress. And we, Doug had also mentioned this as a low hanging fruit, but we took the same idea, the same process that they looked at, which was implementing building and lighting energy efficiency measures. We actually had PG&E come in and do an audit of all of our lighting out at the Laguna treatment plant, because that was actually one that is an older facility that had some opportunities. As you know, UFO is new, the building was built to lead standards. And so at LTP that showed the biggest opportunities. As Doug had mentioned, it didn't make sense for us to finance any of these things because really it would take more work to do something like that and go through that process as opposed to just having it on our own for the remaining lights that need to be replaced. So we did what we could and then the rest is being incorporated to any re-models retrofitting. It's about 60% done at this time. So we'll continue to do that. The other couple of things, one was the continued pump testing program. PG&E offers a program where they will come in and test our pumps. Now, as a side note, I want to let you know that our staff has been, our water and wastewater folks have been fantastic about making sure that their pumps are running at the best efficiency. There is a program from PG&E that offers variable frequency drives. We have, I should say, staff has worked hard to make sure that they have gone ahead and installed those variable frequency drives. And I think that there's only a small percentage of pumps that don't have it at this point. And we also are engaged in a program through PG&E as well for pump testing. So every two years we go through and we test our pumps to see where their efficiency is at. And then we are provided with those testings and any recommendations from the program. PG&E for different pumps to be replaced. And then we put them in CIP or confirm that they're already on the list to be replaced. So once again, it's just great to be able to highlight that we as a city, as a water department, have worked really hard already to catch that low, hanging fruit and then to continue to do what staff has done. And that's to make sure on their side that their efficiency is there. And then also I want to highlight too, and this is both for water and for the reuse system, is that we're continuing to monitor the time of use and the rate and rate changes as they come about, new peak periods, you know, we all switch to the four o'clock to nine o'clock as being the peak period. We adjusted our pumps so that they are running during those off peak hours. So that's already been done. And each year and often more often more than that, we continue to track the time of use. And we look at our PG&E rates on an annual basis. And we look to see if there are better rates for us to take advantage of in order to see savings, just by being on a different rate. Next page, or next slide, please. So here's the big thing for us, measures to pursue. Now, you may ask, well, why would you hire a consultant to do all of this work and then not have all the absolute answers after this? Well, they really did a macro look into these items to pursue and recommended that we look deeper into them. They did, you know, a back of the envelope type of calculation. So there are several things on here that we would like to put into a PSA for a consultant to take a deeper dive into some of these items, much like what Doug and his team has done as part of that process, which would really go down to a micro level, granular level to see if these things are honestly feasible. And as you can see on the REM 9-4, it talks about our power purchase agreement. So we want to look at solar, but what we would also want to do is to look at purchasing with our own capital improvement money versus doing a power purchase agreement. And Vice Mayor Rogers had asked a little bit about that as far as bringing, well, what's the pros and what's the cons. We would have that opportunity. That's one of the part of the scope that we would put into a PSA and power purchase agreements and also have a buyout option. So you don't end up with upfront costs, but there could be the opportunity where over time we could save up or put in the annual budget for a little, put a little bit of money away, and then we purchase it. So here are at the bottom, you'll see other measures recommended by the consultant, the valuation of waste heat uses out at the treatment plant, mechanical digesting for our anaerobic digesters, and then an irrigation system optimization. So that would be taking a deeper dive into the pump system and what our opportunities would be there. Next slide, please. So now going into water operations. So as you, as I mentioned, so this was a system audit, which is what we did. We went through each part of the system. So water and wastewater, seven investigations came out of that and the various measures, pursue complete or I'm planning not pursue it this time and then not recommend it. We went again through that same process as we did with the reuse system. So next page, please. So once again, here's our complete or ongoing items. And you can see there, there's quite a few in there with, that are just basically behavioral changes at the UFO. And as you can see, that's all been complete. Taking a look at what opportunities, window blinds, natural lighting. Again, we did go through that with PG&E and took a look at, if there were any opportunities to upgrade even since the, the building was built. And then finally at the bottom, you'll see the other measures recommended for further investigation. I want to highlight pump efficiency testing. We've done that. We continue to commit to every two years working with PG&E. I'm hoping to have that. The next round of testing. We've done that in the, in the wintertime, maybe at the beginning of February. And then I mentioned variable frequency drives and then optimizing time of use rates. Next slide, please. Measures to pursue. So the major ones here were, was solar systems again with the opportunity of a power purchase agreement. And then we had to, we had the opportunity to be at the UFO. So Doug and I might have to battle, you know, do get out for it. But actually, you know, really, we would coordinate and look at the opportunity there and take, take advantage of efficiencies. And we mentioned the EV buses. So we've had PG&E come out to the site and take a look at what it would require. And we've had a lot of, a lot of, a lot of people have been talking about the power purchase agreement. And then when you're talking about really large systems here, they need to be able to take that power in. When it's being produced. And the system, their infrastructure, the grid needs to be able to handle that amount of power. So a substation would probably need to be built in. There's cost involved in that. All right. So next slide, please. Okay. So we've had a lot of people come from, so you see, we're here. Our next desire is to procure a consultant. Then we would return to the BPU with findings and recommendations to take forward. And then we would incorporate any measures we did decide to take advantage of that are part of this deeper dive that we would do with a consultant. We would incorporate that into the CIP process. Next slide, please. So these further investigation items, again, what would be next for us? We really want to go out for a PSA and hire an engineering consultant to do that micro deeper dive that I had mentioned and take a look at the things to pursue. And then what's the fiscal impact of that? Well, you know, we're not, we don't quite know that that's part of what we want to find out, but we would roll the consultant into our water budget, which we have, and we would expect to be completed by summer of 2022. And at that time, if there are opportunities for us, we decide to pursue, we would take advantage of coordinating with TPW and the EV bus infrastructure that it would be available there if we decided to go with large solar. And we would also work with Doug to make sure that we all work together, collaborated, took advantage of saving money by working together. And then of course the last piece of that is the environmental piece, which is incredibly important to us, wouldn't be doing, I wouldn't be here if that wasn't important to us. And we all wouldn't be here today. So essentially, we would put together a scope of work with the final projects to pursue in that deeper dive. We would always also want to quantify energy, efficiency, reduction of energy, and feasibility, and also our greenhouse gas emissions reductions and what that looks like. And of course, that would get us closer to the council goals of carbon neutrality by 2030. So next slide, please. So there we are. And that's our solar panels on that last page out at the Laguna treatment plant. That was the very, very first solar panels that were installed back in, even before my days, I think it was 2003. So we started a long time ago and we continue to go forward and do the best that we possibly can. And that's it for me. All right. So I know the vice mayor has to jump off and go to work. Did you have any questions before you leave? I do not, but thank you for the presentation. All right, council member Alvarez. All right, I'm just really impressed and I appreciate it. I didn't know until I was on council, just how much energy it takes to move water. And definitely for, for us, it's been a huge priority to find every, even the behavioral changes that we could implement that are going to move us towards carbon neutrality are really important. I'll go to public comment and then we'll bring it back. I've got RJ with a hand up. Here we go. I have enabled your speaking permissions. Can you see the timer on your screen? Yes, I can. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Your time begins now. Yes. It's actually a question is right. Thank you for your presentation. I just had a really quick question about the geysers, which you referred to in your fifth slide under the fourth system audits. My understanding and it may be completely erroneous. And perhaps you can educate me that the city of sense. Santa Rosa sells reclaimed water to the geysers to use to generate electricity. And the question basically is, is once that electricity is generated, where does it go? Is that coming back to the city of Santa Rosa or is it going somewhere else? All right. Thank you, RJ. We'll ask that question for Tasha in just a second. See if there are any other hands. All right. I'm not seeing any. Do we have any pre recorded voicemail? We do not. Great. Tasha, do you want to take a swing at that one? Thanks RJ. Great question. So when we deliver our water to the geysers, it's used to, as I think you might know, replenish the steam fields. Calpine cell sells their power. And actually one of their largest purchasers is a Sonoma clean power. So the beauty of it is that we have our water here. We utilize it in our community and then treat it and send it up to the geysers. It is a. Top tier three. In compliance with. The treatment process. And so. Essentially it's the perfect circle. We. Utilize it in this community. Sonoma clean power. That's part of their mixture. And we get to use a lot. Utilize the energy produced here in Sonoma County. That's perfect. Thank you. So council member Alvarez. I think we had a pretty straightforward direction from, from Tasha of what she's looking for. Do you have any comments on it or thumbs up? Definitely thumbs up. And I'm really excited about the direction that we're moving. And in fact, the last slide on the presentation. With the, with the original solar panels. And we definitely identified somewhere in the city that we can definitely apply the, the, the renewable energy that we just spoke about in our last presentation, which actually came to mind. But no, I love what the Laguna treatment facility does. I've definitely witnessed it grow throughout the years. And I'm very happy to see the direction that it's taking. Thank you. And again, my thumbs up for me. Yeah, me too. You all are doing great work. I think it's pretty impressive to see. So let's keep moving on it. And I don't know, do you need to bring this to council or can you just start implementing and then bring it during the capital improvement project. Discussion next year. I believe our next step as well would be to discuss with BPU. But it is our intention to go ahead and start working on a PSA. Very soon. And I just want to acknowledge too. We had. All of our staff. Participated in this process. And I am just incredibly grateful and blessed to work with. Such. Forward thinking. Part of the project. We're just incredibly grateful and blessed to work with. Such forward thinking. Hardworking staff that were really willing to get into the trenches and go through all of this. It wasn't an easy thing to do. And it took us a while, but I think we have a great product out of it. And it just. I just want to say thank you. It takes a village. I didn't do this. So is everybody. So. Well, we look, we look forward to seeing what BPU has to say as well. And thank you to everybody on the team. It really is moving things forward. All right, council member next on our agenda is subcommittee reports. I don't have a report. Do you have anything you want to throw on the table as a report? Nothing to report. Amy, do we have anything additional to report from staff? No, we do not. Okay. Go ahead and adjourn today's meeting. Thank you, everybody.


conclusively in the previous six sides that John chose that he was a healer of the sick what Jesus desired to show was that he was not just a healer but he was also the resurrection and the life to prove that he was a healer all he needed was a sick man but to prove that he is the resurrection and the life he needed a dead man Jesus waited deliberately in order to use the raising of Lazarus from the grave as the crowning indicator of who he was and what he could do Lazarus was dead for four days now and none of Jesus critics would be able to deny the veracity of his claim that he tried to do in minimizing the other six miracles that John points out Lazarus was dead but Jesus was going to show that he was greater than the deadness of Lazarus however there is a deeper lesson from this seventh narrative that John does not want us to see and the lesson is this every miracle that was a physical miracle had a spiritual insight for deadness can not only be physical but it can also be spiritual in other words it can be a living, breathing human being and yet be devoid of real living because you have no relationship with the life giver it is possible to be physically functioning and yet as dead on the inside as a doorknob and here's the somering truth of us in this room it's possible for good people Lazarus was a good man nice people Lazarus was a nice man moral people Lazarus was a moral man religious people Lazarus was a religious man to be physically active socially engage and yet spiritually dead and the good news of the text is that in the same way that Jesus showed that he can do something about physical death he can also do something about spiritual deadness too but how do you know if you are considered a good member of the church but spiritually dead in the eyes of God well I'm glad you asked me you can know in much the same way that you know somebody is physically dead when a person is physically dead they are not aware of what is going on around them they no longer participate in any human activity the record says the dead know not anything they have no portion in anything that is done under the sun well spiritual deadness is similar spiritual deadness is to conduct your affairs in such a way that in attitude and in behavior it is clear to God that you don't care about the things that are important to him spiritual deadness is to order your steps in a manner that indicates that your main objective as a Christian is simply to enjoy the privileges of being a child of God without being responsible as a disciple dedicated to kingdom building can we talk is it possible for a member to sing in the choir serve on the deacon board handle the sacred like an elder or preach like a preacher and yet live solely to gratify self more concern about position power than discipleship making is it possible for congregation to focus on feel good church activities provide collective ego satisfaction and yet still dishonor God all because there is an unholy obsession between doing church rather than actually being the church well of course they can and what's the problem they know the language but they don't demonstrate the life what's the problem they are nice people engaged people physically active people religious people but as far as God is concerned they are spiritually dead because they are worship entertainers instead of mission driven disciples I read an article that suggested that we need to modernize our Seventh Day Adventist hymn no to make them more appealing to the contemporary church goa who goes to church today for instance we ought to change I surrender all to I surrender some time we ought to change feel my cup lord with feel my spoon lord we ought to change oh how I love Jesus to how I like him most of the time we ought to change onward Christian soldiers to onward Christian reserves we ought to change where he leads I will follow to where he leads I will consider we ought to change take my life and let it be to take my life and let me be we ought to change he's everything to me to he's quite a bit to me we ought to change I want to walk I want Jesus to walk with me to I want Jesus to chase after me and catch me if he can we ought to change just as I am to just as I pretend to be Lazarif was dead and in his deadness he is a fitting portrait of an even worse kind of death and that's to be a nice person a moral person a religious person all negated by spiritual deadness Jesus said to the grieving sisters where have you laid him and the bible says watch this now they take him to the to did you get it Jesus goes to the place of Lazarif's deadness and with a loud voice cries out Lazarif come forth I don't have to tell you that if Jesus had not called his name specifically the first resurrection would have occurred before his second coming notice what happens next verse 44 says that when Jesus declared Lazarif come forth he that was dead came forth oh you missed it missed it when Jesus said Lazarif come forth the bible says he that was dead came forth you see dead stuff doesn't come alive unless Jesus comes to the tomb and opens up his mouth because there is power incidentally we ought not be all that surprised because at the word of Jesus ravens fed prophets and red seas rolled back like a scroll and slingshots killed 12 foot uncircumcised heathens and rams were found in a thicket in the nick of time and muddy waters cleans leprosy and lions lie down like house dogs and drunkards become deacons and former enemies become elders and two-legged devils become preachers because there is power in his word Christ came to the place of Lazarif deadness and said Lazarif come out now that's a ludicrous statement that's a very cruel thing to do to Mary and Martha unless his word still works and that's the good news there is power in what he says Lazarif come forth and the bible says immediately he that was dead came forth now here's the bad news for we read in verse 44 that when he that was dead came forth he came forth bound hand and foot with grave clothes and his face was bound with a burial cloth Lazarif wasn't dead but he wasn't very impressive his hands and his feet were tied up his face was covered he looked more like a mummy Lazarif came out of the tomb wearing his grave clothes he wasn't dead but he sure looked defeated and he looked defeated defeated and noticed the text when Jesus addressed the deadness of Lazarif he spoke directly to him why because only God can give regenerative power only God can take that which is dead and make it come alive again but notice when he addressed the mummy-fied Lazarif the defeatedness of Lazarif wrapped up in things that tied him up he didn't address Lazarif he addressed those who were witnessing Christ in the same way that he commanded the dead man to come forth now commands his witnesses his church to loose him and let him go because grave clothes are only good when you are dead but they are cumbersome when you are alive and spirit field now don't miss that only God can resurrect the dead either physically or spiritually but once a person is resurrected spiritually God expects the church to loose people by helping them unravel their grave clothes through culture and discipleship grave clothes those things of human origin that bind and restrict and hinder us grave clothes those uncomplimentary things still in us that trip up our feet so that our Christian walk can't be consistent grave clothes the human policies machinery of the church but tie our hands so that we don't work effectively for Christ grave clothes those things that are stuff in the mouths of people where they cannot maximize their witness in all the words God says I take deadness and turn it alive but the task of the church is to develop disciples to loose the people that I have resurrected spiritually so that they can go and do mission the divine formula is simple God revives God resurrects God renews God reactivates a person spiritually but the church is to equip nurture build up in all the words to loose those whom God revives for the singular purpose to let them go to release them for mission and apply a pew until Jesus returns can we talk the divine formula works God calls dead people like the dead Lazarus like you and I and brings us back to life and the church trains and then turns out for people to go and proclaim but that's not what we see happening by and large and if we are brutally honest most of our churches are executing their responsibility to loose and let go people below the required expectations needed to make a significant impact if we are honest today too many of our churches are permeated by a luke warm spirit and played by too many members with attitudes that give the wrong impression about who we should be for God and I don't have to tell you today you already know it that one of the main reasons we don't attract as many people as we could is not because they are adverse to our doctrine beliefs know the real problem is some of us now you hear me now some of us this church have caused a lot of love to dry up if you are in the military and you are injured in battle hips will be taken bring in helicopters to medically evacuate you from the battlefield and take you back to hospitals that can treat you if you are sports figure and you get hurt playing in a game time out will be called in the game and if you are seriously injured they will bring in medical people with a stretcher and ambulance to take you to a hospital but God help you if you get hurt in the church what I am trying to tell you is this the church is the church when it is a laboratory of love where flawed people practice the ministry of reconciliation using the therapy of grace to skillfully apply the ornament of forgiveness to lost sons and daughters of God for the singular purpose of building up his kingdom the church is the only God ordained institution to maintain the divine temperature where sons of thunder can become apostles of love where wretched cold crocking hearing failures can get another chance to feed the flock where enemies get knocked off their high horse and become blind enough in order to see the light in order for that to occur in order for the church to be the church there must be a motivated membership of wounded healers whom Christ can trust and empower to aggressively help people lose their grave clothes the people surrounding Lazarus 2 where eyewitnesses to a miracle and because they were eyewitnesses they were compared to support the further development of the miracle by participating in helping God to remove the personal and systematic things that bind up people and if there's anybody that ought to know there's power in the gospel power in the risen Christ power in his blood power in his name there is power in his word power in our message to enable people to live a greater degree of liberty than they have experienced before they came to Christ it's the people in this room which means if there's anybody who ought to be helping God to help people resist the devil to put on the whole armor of God to model effective witnessing and that there is power in Christ to free people from the things that had often kept them down it is the people in this room if you want it in a nutshell here it is here's the whole sermon right here Nairobi central do your job that is interesting the direct participation of the church in advancing his mission God is interested in what you are doing to make people disciples not just members God is interested in kingdom production not how many people are in the pubes God did not call your name specifically to come forth out of sin, shame and darkness into the marvelous light of the three angels message in order for you to remain bound by your grave clothes of sitting on the sideline and allowing lay old the sin laziness to overcome you God loosed you in order to let you go forth when you submit to the rule in reign of Jesus Christ you also sign up for his agenda and on judgment day God is not going to ask you how many behavioral rules did you keep he's gonna ask you one question what did you do to advance the kingdom when God's construct there is no such thing as being in the kingdom without being about the kingdom well it's interesting to notice what happened next they took off lazareff's grave clothes and lazareff begin to live as if he had been raised to newness of life lazareff became a living powerful irrefutable testimony of a spirit field mission driven Christian he was not perfect just radically change that people begin taking note how do I know is right there in the bible for in John chapter 12 a remarkable thing happens the bible says watch this that the enemies of Jesus got so upset about the resurrected lazareff's witness that they plotted to put lazareff to death was just raised from the dead and the enemies of God saw his witness and they wanted to put him back in the grave and the bible tells us why when John chapter 12 verse 11 the bible says they wanted to put lazareff back to death because by reason of lazareff many people were turning to Christ and dead he was no longer defeated the reason they wanted to put in the death is because lazareff was dangerous he was dangerous because the lazareff that they now saw was spirit field and mission driven the Jews could see evidence of the change in his life this was not the same lazareff they knew before he died that lazareff was safe his witness was was neutral but this lazareff was walking in newness of life he was spirit land spirit driven spirit field and mission driven this lazareff was telling all who would listen that Jesus is the resurrection and the life he was dangerous his vitality his vigor his new power in Christ made a compelling impact against those who did not know Jesus he was dangerous and John teaches that you can be raised from deadness into newness by the power of the word John teaches that you can by the power of Christ word through the agency of the church unwrap grave clothes and grow steadily into the stature of a man or woman of God but John also teaches this that when you become mission driven watch out because that's when you really get in and fight you want to see friends relatives and church members plot to get you back in the tomb of sin make up your mind to win a soul for Christ for the moment you decide to cooperate with the spirit in loosing all this like you were loose from your deadness is exactly when you will begin wrestling against flesh and blood and spiritual wickedness in high places for as long as you remain a chapter 11 Lazarif dead and defeated you are no target for the enemy and no help to the Lord is only when you become a chapter 12 Lazarif that the devil brands you as a threat but be of good cheer because when you're on the battlefield of the Lord when the devil starts any mess that's when Michael promises to stand up for greater is he that is in you than in he that is in the world and what the enemy may mean for bad God can turn to good because when you are you are not dead you are no longer defeated but you are dangerous I love history and I read during World War 2 in northern England there was a town where the British Navy built their aircraft carriers this signature ship of their fleet the work would start imperceptibly with laying of the keel in the superstructure and in the hull the ship would be launched out into the water even though it was still a shell well months would go by and then something would happen the air raised sirens would begin to well and they could hear the drone of the enemy German planes as they begin dropping their bombs you see the enemy didn't worry when the keel was laid they didn't worry when the ship just looked like a shell they only attacked when the ship was ready for battle and the takeaway truth from the 7th side of the 11th and 12th chapter the book of John is simply this Jesus is looking for people who are ready for battle against the enemy of God by engaging in spiritual conflict in the power of the risen Christ Jesus is looking for people who want to be dangerous Jesus Jesus is waiting for somebody anybody to call on his name and to say I want to be dangerous and ladies and gentlemen it happens the moment a congregation decides to no longer tolerate a mediocre maintenance ministry it happens when an individual decides that in a moment you can't be satisfied unless the Lord gives you a soul some soul any soul piece of soul unless you die it is the moment you decide that I can no longer in good conscience continue to deceive myself that I have arrived just because I became a seventh day Adventist no you gotta be on the battlefield for the Lord and promise him that you will serve him till you die it's a very simple message given to us in the 11th chapter of the book of John and the simple message has some questions that we need to answer today your head's about you're clearing your mind you're thinking about yourself and here's what I want to ask you today if Jesus was here physically and he set up an interview each one of us a personal one on one interview what would he call you would he say you are dead would he say you are defeated or would he say you are dangerous hey here's another question for you to contemplate what do you really want to be forget about what you used to be what do you want to be do you want to stay dead be defeated or do you want to be dangerous hey here's a better question what do you really want Jesus to do for you right now if he was here and he was interviewing you what would you really want him to do well as you contemplate those questions I want you to think about yourself and here's what I want to do and respond to if you have been defeated two steps forward three steps back not really getting any spiritual traction but today you want power in your life I want you to raise your hand God bless you God to see your hand but more importantly see your heart this is going to take even more courage if you've been dead and you know you have been dead your relationship with Christ has grown still but you know that your confidence your spiritual growth is negligible but you want Jesus to give you power in your life I want you to raise your hand but don't worry about anybody in here they can't do anything this is about you and Jesus and only he can take that which is dead and turn it around here's my last appeal if you've been convicted that you need to do something to positively advance the kingdom of God if you want to say to the lord and saviour try me lord give me a soul if you want to be dangerous by his grace I want to invite you to stand and don't stand if you don't mean it but if you do God bless you God bless you I'm going to invite those who are on the virtual airspace if you too want to be dangerous would you stand wherever you are if you want power in your life because you've been dead or defeated would you call that number that's on your screen allow the counselors to minister to you we're getting ready to pray but before we pray and ask God for the power we need to be dangerous because everybody here needs to make a more definitive statement yes you're standing you want to be dangerous but you know that you need to put a new engine in your spiritual life you need to say to the Lord and save your Jesus Christ I need to make a more definitive statement I need to be in that baptism that the pastoral staff is playing in a moment where I can clock it in time that I turn things around that I made a conscious decision that was different because I want to be extravagant I want God to know that what the locusts have eaten I'm allowing him to repair before we pray some man woman boy or girl the doors of this church are physically open but they are open spiritually for you now it takes courage to walk down to the front but Jesus said if you confess me before men and women I'll confess you before my father and every Israelite when they brought a lamb had to walk all the way through the whole encampment in order to get it to the sanctuary and you know how they did it because they weren't worried about what John or Jesse or the other people in the tent thought they were only concerned about getting it right with Jesus because he's the only one that counts so before we pray is anyone here like to be in that number here's your chance step out of your seat if you need an elder we'll get one to do it but come on down anybody want to do that today we're getting ready to pray still time don't want to leave anybody else don't want it said that you didn't have opportunity father thank you so much this testimony of Lazarus and like the Lazarus of chapter 12 who became dangerous we are standing here today to signify Lord that we no longer want to be satisfied with just going through the motions which just with just being a good church member we want to participate actively seeing other people who've been bound by grave clothes released we want you to use us Lord we want you to entrust us with some soul one soul any soul piece of a soul we want you to use as a committee of one we're not concerned about what other people do but as a committee of one we are not satisfied till you bless us by leading us to somebody that we can be instrumental in leading to your church bless each person that is standing give them wisdom and insight help them to work so that when they enter into heaven somebody else will be there because of their efforts Lord thank you that we don't have to be like the Lazarus of chapter 11 just a nice person a moral person a religious person but we can be the Lazarus of chapter 12 dangerous for Jesus that's what we want that's what we crave that's what we beseech you for that's what we are begging for poor yours for each person that is standing use them Lord for the advancement of your kingdom and help remind us that you have called us to the kingdom for such a time as this this is our prayer in Jesus name amen turn to your neighbor and tell your neighbor be dangerous we wait up for a meeting today in the light of the message you have received I know we ending our camp meeting today and they want to talk to us few minutes if you can allow just give me some few minutes I'm sure throughout the week God has been speaking to you they see you most of you coming every day they know the Lord has been speaking to you and you feel change to the Lord in this week and we'll keep on trusting and working hard but I know there were special intentions from the Lord for you in person for this week certain things God wanted to accomplish that must have appealed to you through messages over this week before we dismiss for lunch and prepare for worship tomorrow I've been pushed to pray for you I don't know what is it in your life but there's something as a Christian you have been doing and you have been struggling it is not right before the Lord you keep doing it you don't like it you don't know what to do it's still with you even this hour as you pray I've been pushed to invite you for prayer so if you're here I want to invite you this camp meeting and so if you can just turn whatever you are Christian, baptized but there's something that is struggling with it's something that makes you not feel confidence with the Lord and you've been trying to see what can I do with this thing the Lord want to take it away from you and give you a better experience and so if you're there can you stand with you as we end this meeting tomorrow we are coming thank you thank you I know we are here it was a captain feeling pushing me to do this I know in such meetings like these God targets specific individuals out of His grace you are the reason God brought this meeting and brought the speakers to come and talk to us thank you just keep on rising you have no idea how God is working hard through His angels His spirit to make sure that He will have the last laughter as He witnesses as being ushered in the kingdom the fight is real but our God is gracious you're not alone and so you don't have to stay and say I've nothing to do I've surrendered my fate no if God would resurrect a dead person He can revive your spirit if I'm not asking too much can I invite you up front here so that I invite pastors to come pastors to kneel down here and pray for you that is something God wants fixed for you just come sisters and brothers just come this meeting is there for you heaven is interesting to give you a new beginning turn around in your life and vibe you and feed you for the service that is ahead of us just come just come we pray pastors please come just come don't fear we are all struggling and the struggle is real and alone you can make it just come seek the Lord you never know what this means you never know why He pushed me to speak of these things just come because He has interest in you just come don't fear just come thank you thank you I also want to call people here you were resurrected I mean you've been revived you got baptized you got lost but you've never you've never been active in winning source I mean praise that Lazarus after being lost He went strongly winning source but you've never tried all you tried you got frustrated but you are desiring and admiring that you too can be the reason why somebody will be found in the kingdom of God that's what you desire you never done Bible study with anyone you just come to church but you also desiring something to happen through you to other people just come thank you just come just come just come this is a moment with the Lord just come don't fear brave it and come just come just come just come just come just come just come just come just come just come just come just come you come me because of Christ let us tell him what we desire from this meeting we need to be intentional and experience newness of life in all aspect of our Christian journey just come just come Just come. Just come. Just come. Just come. Just come. Ofkoza, bozu en givendemzaf abaptizim. Iwas wan to invite you. If you're still there, just come. Bozu, we should be baptized tomorrow. We already prepared the baptistry. If you have not given yourself baptism, you can give the chance to come and join the team that you're baptizing tomorrow. So as we pray together, we're also going to involve you in that prayer. If anyone is seeking for baptism, you're still out there. Just come as we pray, pastors. Thank you for holding the boxes we want to pray. Thank you, thank you, my sister. We'll wait for you. Just come. Just come. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Just come. Just come. Just come. Just come. This is the reason why, as a church, we've spent so much to bring speakers from all parts of the world. We prayed for them here on Sabada. God made us speak through them to us. It's a moment, a turning point in your life. So we're about to pray. If you're there, just come. Thank you. Thank you, my sister. Thank you. Thank you, my brother. Just come. Just come. You're about to pray now. Just come. Just come. Don't fear. Don't be ashamed. This is the house of the Lord. You're here and Jesus is here because of you. I want to do something new in your life. I love the way pastors put it. There's a Lazarus of chapter 11 and a Lazarus of chapter 12. And I pray that from this come meeting you will be a new you in Christ Jesus. I invite the rest to stand as we pray as the team here kneel down. Pastor, just come. Just come. Just come. I know pastor, you haven't prayed, but I also request you again to pray for these specific needs that have been brought up front here. These are people who identify with a message in very close personal level and seeking for something unique to be done in their lives. And I will pray for the rest that are standing here. They will all re-energize us, renew us and recommit us. And I pray that these decisions meant today will lead us all the way to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let's pray in faith. And if you believe what the challenge is in your life, if you believe it's going to be changed because there is power. There is power in the Lord. Let's kneel. Those of us here, grace us you pray. Gracious for them heaven. For a special moment to find ourselves before you. And only before you, but to hear from you as you speak to us. For all of this week you have used your man-saban to stand here every morning and every evening. You have used other speakers who have brought various messages to us. And the intention was that through these messages somebody somewhere may discover all is not well with them. Somebody somewhere may discover even though they come to church yet something they lack in their life. And come to you to seek that they may be vived, renewed and be fit and for not just service here on earth, but even service above. And so Lord has been a week of transformative messages, powerful messages from the throne of grace. And this morning you have spoken to us from the experience of Lazaraz. And I am glad that along these people here have listened and made decisions. So far I pray that this committee will be a turning point to our lives. Lord I pray that this may not just be another program in this church, but an experience that is going to deepen our faith and our resolve to follow you all the way that you come to take us home. So Lord we are committing ourselves a new this afternoon. Asking that you may help us to open new chapters of our lives. That will be evidence from those you see us and interact with us just like it was of Lazaraz. The long from this moment people will testify that these have been causing havoc around here, speaking powerfully, intentionally about the suni coming on all Jesus Christ. You have been saying I will go with the free angels messages. But how shall we go if we are not convicted? Lord it's a moment we are seeking you as a church to send the Holy Spirit who convict us of our sins. That he will not give us peace but disturb us through your love and through your grace. Until we can surrender all to Jesus. Revivers father show us new dimensions of our faith. Take us to another level in experience of our faith. We can say Daniel doesn't matter the threat, but even when it seems God is not coming through for us, you never lose sight of who he is in our lives. God will seek your presence. I pray for my leaders in this church. I pray for my colleague pastors. I pray for my members. I pray for every single one of us Lord. We are your people and we are desiring to win heaven. Help us father may the devil know he has no place in our lives. And we are not about to give up. You keep trying and praying because surely we are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus. The prayers that have been put in the prayer box are the tears and joys of your children. Prayers and decisions that have been made in this week Lord. And as pastors lifting them Lord I pray. May you answer every single of those requests according to the riches and glory.  Show them that is nothing possible with you. Show them you are committed to your promises. Review to them the grace that they can witness miracles in their lives. So long those who are sick we are praying for healing and restoration in Jesus man. Those who are struggling in the marriages in the families Lord. We are praying for peace in Jesus man. Those who are struggling with economic times and seeking for new opportunities of careers Lord. You have promised to give us bread in season. Lord we pray that may you fulfill your promise because you said ask it shall be given.  So father this moment you are praying for all the concerns in these boxes Lord. May you open those doors in Jesus man. Give them victory. Give them a reason to come back to sanctuary. To give thanks. As pastor continues petition Lord. I pray that you may hack into a plea and meet us out of personal needs. We pray in Jesus man. As we continue in prayer one of the greatest events that can happen in our lives is when we are born into this world. But even more important than our natural birth is when we come to our senses and we are born again. These your people Lord have come indicating their desire to be dangerous for you. They don't want a mediocre just go through the motions religion. They want to be solely dying. So our prayer today is especially for them. Just as you spoke to Lazarus and said to Lazarus deadness come forth. And the Bible says immediately he that was dead came forth. Whatever it is that's dead in their lives. Whatever it is that's crippling their spiritual experience. Whatever it is that's keeping them from being just like you would want them to be. Whatever it is that might hinder them being dangerous. Speak the word Lord. Speak the word into each person's life. Whatever it is speak the word come forth so that they can arise in newness of life. We pray Lord in a very special sense that they will continue to be committed and consecrated and dedicated to your cause. We pray that this cap meeting might be such an experience that it changes their trajectory of their Christian journey. That they go on a new path to higher ground that they press on the upward way. Whatever it is that the devil has been using to keep them taking two steps forward and three steps back. We rebuke it in the name of Jesus. We ask Lord that right now you would perform the same miracle that you perform for Lazarus and whatever it is that is keeping them stuck in the mud. Lucid Lord release them. May they go forth in the sure and certain knowledge that greater is he that is within us and greater than he that is in the world. May they be buoyed by your promises. No weapon can stand against us can prosper against us. May they understand unequivically that you promise to be with us and to never leave us even throughout the consummations of the ages. May they never be duped by whatever situation circumstance that the evil one has placed in their way to call their attention from you. But may they keep their attention on you knowing that you can take care of their business. May they be focused. May they make you first best and foremost in their lives. But we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you so much. You can take your seats. May the Lord continue being with you. May the experience of this come meeting with your testimony in the days to come. We come to the end of our programs today and this week. This being a Friday we are not having afternoon programs. So we will go take lunch as we go home and prepare to come tomorrow in the morning for a sabat worship. We want to thank you so much and pray you may continue praying for our speakers as we wind up our committee tomorrow. We wish to see you. You can come with friends as much as you can. Invite them to come and celebrate with us as we close our come meeting with the Lord bless us. Thank you, pastor. To close this session let us make use of our SDA Himalas song number 522. Once again I request that we all stand as we close this session. The song is 522. The song writer says my hope is built on nothing less. It's so gracious to us and it's led us this far. I want to invite us tomorrow and this afternoon as we break, may God continue to be with you. I want us to share the grace. May the grace of Allah Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore. Amen. God bless you.