Page 40 - CCWD - GM - AMB #2 07 15 19

Martin A. Querin, P.E., Director / Executive / Engineer

City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities, Fresno, CA 2009 to 2015
Assistant Director

Managing city municipal water department- serving 135,000 customers, 550,000 City and County residents, 201
full-time employees and a service area of over 112 square miles.
• Drove operations to deliver 130,000 acre-feet of clean, safe drinking water to customers in 2013, a 22%
reduction since 2009.
• Managing the operations of over $2.5-billion in assets, with an approved FY15 annual budget of $95-
million.
o 260 groundwater wells and pump stations (31 of which have GAC treatment).
o 30-MGD surface water treatment facility.
o Approximately 1,800 miles of distribution system pipeline.
• Hired consultant team and oversaw engineering and architectural design of site development and
facilities design of an 80-MGD surface water treatment plant and Corporation Yard, slated to be
completed in 2017. Project also included analysis of offsite environmental impacts and potential
mitigation for conveyance alternatives, which eventually resulted in changing from canal conveyance to
construction of a 13-mile, 72-inch raw water pipeline to avoid permitting delays and mitigation costs.
• Boosted employee satisfaction- in 2012 employees were surveyed on 42 questions in 12 areas; scores
for the Water Division were higher than the Department average in every category, higher than the last
previous survey in 2008 and national norm for almost all of the 42 questions.
• Achievements include:
o 2013 American Water intelligence American Water Award for Utility Performer of the Year.
o Implemented Balanced Scorecard in 2010 and incorporated Effective Utility Management
objectives into 2013 strategic business plan.
o Development of 2010 Urban Water Management Plan and 2015 Update, and collaboration with
Upper Kings Basin JPA on Regional Integrated Water Management Plan (plan was referenced
by ODW and DWR, one of the first and most complete plans in the State).
o Involvement on Caucuses and Committees in the development of the 2013 DWR California
Water Plan Update.
o Secured $40-million SRF no-interest loan in FY 12; and an additional $11.4-million for FY 13;
met with regulators and began process to secure an additional $200-million in annually re-
appropriated low-interest SRF funding for South-east Surface Water Treatment Plant project.
o Worked with Utility Advisory Committee to develop a 5-year rate plan for a 10-year, $1-billion
CIP to add 110 MGD of surface water production and distribution capacity by 2020; met with
stakeholders and made presentations, successfully building consensus, support and eventual
approval of a 4-year rate plan to fund a $410-million conjunctive use CIP and implementation
of a life-cycle replacement plan for aged infrastructure.
o Instrumental in Department of Public Utilities completion of a 4-year process that resulted in
APWA Accreditation.
o Completed 30-month, $80-million project for the installation of 110,000 new residential AMI
meters.
o Achieved a reduction in demand of over 20% over the past 4 years.
o In 2012, negotiated City of Fresno’s first water transfers, generated $1.5-million in new
revenues.

o In 2013, achieved over $4.5-million in raw water sales revenue.