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GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.AM I TWO MINUTES EARLY? I'M GOING BY THAT CLOCK.
SHOULD I WAIT? YEAH, TAKE IT BACK.
[CALL TO ORDER]
AND THE MEETING'S CALLED TO ORDER.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, THE ROLL CALL FROM LISA.
[ROLL CALL]
PRESIDENT RAINEY IS ABSENT.COMMISSIONER SHANNON IS ABSENT.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
LED BY TYSON SINGH.READY BEGIN PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, OR NATION OVER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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RAINEY AND COMMISSIONER SHANNON ARE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING.AND CHRIS, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, NO.
UM, SO AS THE BOARD REMEMBERS, WE HAD A MAJOR STORM, UH, RECENTLY AND THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, PREPARATION BEFORE THE STORM BY OUR, OUR CREWS.
AND THEN DURING THIS, THE STORM ITSELF, MONITORING THE, UH, UH, UH, SEWER SYSTEM, MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO, UH, EVENTS.
AND WE HAD A SITUATION DOWN IN THE NAPLES AREA THAT WAS, UH, ESPECIALLY TROUBLESOME.
AND SO WE WANTED TO INVITE OUR, OUR PEOPLE HERE FROM, UM, UH, SEWER AND FROM THE TREATMENT PLANT THAT WORKED ON THE, UH, UH, PUMP STATION TO KEEP IT OPERATING AND, UH, RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK DURING THOSE STORMS. SO WHILE WE WERE HOME DRY AND SLEEPING, THEY WERE OUT, UH, WORKING IN, IN THE RAIN AND KEEPING EVERYTHING SAFE FOR LONG BEACH.
WE HAD NO ISSUES DURING THE, THE RAINSTORMS, SO WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM.
SO DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA, UH, SKIP MICHAEL? DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE
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MM-HMM.I KNOW, JUST WATCHING THE NEWS WAS ENOUGH FOR ME AND FROM THE COMFORT OF MY HOME, AND, BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND MAKING IT SAFE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT.
AGAIN, THIS WAS A GREAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG, MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT.
I JUST WANNA REALLY SAY I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SHOWING UP TODAY.
UM, AS A FORMER FIREFIGHTER, I CAN TELL YOU, UM, CHRIS KEPT US UP TO DATE, UH, WITH, WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING, UH, WITH THE, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY CONSISTENT UPDATES.
SO I WAS AT HOME IN MY COMFY HOUSE, NICE AND WARM, AND I, I WAS, UH, UH, FEELING FOR YOU GUYS AND GALS OUT THERE.
UM, 'CAUSE I WAS IN THAT SAME POSITION WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A FIREFIGHTER.
AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SELFLESSNESS AND THE EXTRA HOURS AND, AND THE EFFORT.
I, I JUST WANNA REITERATE, AND ALSO THANK ALL OF YOU.
UM, MY DAD WAS A, WAS ACTUALLY A SEWER CONTRACTOR.
I DUNNO IF I'VE EVER TOLD YOU THIS.
HE, HE OWNED HIS OWN BUSINESS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, MANY OF THE HOMES THAT WERE DONE IN LAKEWOOD, HE ACTUALLY DID.
HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT DID THIS.
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HIM FOR A WHILE WHEN HE COULD.AND HE, I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WHEN HE WOULD GET UP AND HE WOULD LEAVE THE HOUSE EARLY IN THE MORNING AND HE'D COME BACK.
UM, AND HE, HE DID A GOOD JOB EVERY DAY.
AND HE REALLY TOOK PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT HE DID.
SO DON'T LET IT BE LOST ON YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR HOME IN THE MORNING, AT NIGHT OR WHATEVER, YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO DO THE JOB THAT YOU DO.
THAT IT'S A VALUE, NOT JUST TO OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT YOUR FAMILY TOO.
WHO'S, WHO'S WATCHING YOU AND SEEING THE WORK, GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THIS CITY.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
YOU'RE THE GUYS WE WANT ON OUR TEAM AND THE WOMEN.
UM, CHRIS
UM,
[1. 24-52415 Recommendation to approve February 15, 2024 Board meeting minutes. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 15TH BOARD MEETING MINUTES.DO I HAVE ANY COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT? I'VE SEEN PEOPLE RUN SO WELL.
ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT ON THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER CORDERO.
OH, ANY OPPOSED? I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY ANY OPPOSED
[2. 24-52416 Recommendation to authorize the General Manager to execute the Second Amendment to Agreement WD-3709 with 3D Built, for the Ground Water Treatment Plant (GWTP) Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Project (EO-3500), for an additional amount of $125,000, to a new contract total amount not to exceed $954,130. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF TO AGREEMENT WITH 3D BUILT.UM, GOOD MORNING UTILITY COMMISSIONERS.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER, UH, TO EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WD 39 0 37 0 9 WITH 3D BUILD.
AND SO I, I PUT SOME ACRONYMS HERE 'CAUSE I, I'M GOING TO USE 'EM A LOT.
AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT THE LITTLE SHEET AS YOU GO BACK, IF, IF YOU KEEP IT ON THAT ONE AS I TALK, IT MIGHT HELP, UH, IT HELPS ME TOO.
UM, SO I FIGURED I'D PUT THAT UP THERE.
UM, IT'S FOR THE GROUNDWATER TREATMENT PLANT, HVAC PROJECT, THE HEATING, VENTING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING PROJECT EEO 3,500 FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $125,000 FOR A NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $954,130.
SO A GENERAL IDEA OF THE SCHEDULE HERE, THAT THE PROJECT BEGAN BIDDING BACK IN MARCH OF 2022.
UM, ON JUNE 23RD, 2022, THE BOARD OF UTILITY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH 3D BUILD FOR THE CMS, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE HVAC PROJECT.
AGAIN, IF YOU REFER BACK TO THAT SHEET FOR ALL YOUR ACRONYMS, SORRY IF I GO A LITTLE BIT TOO FAST ON 'EM.
UM, SINCE THE PROJECT HAS EXPERIENCED DELAYS, UM, DUE TO RECENT HISTORIC RAIN EVENTS AND CONSTRUCTION CONFLICTS, UM, SO SHOWING HERE WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, UH, WHICH STARTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE LAST SUMMER.
UH, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, UH, WHICH WE CAME TO THE BOARD IN SEPTEMBER, UH, WAS BECAUSE OF PROCUREMENT ISSUES FOR SOME LONG LEAD TIME EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT PUSHED US TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND SO THE NEW ANTICIPATED DATE ORIGINALLY WAS THEN GOING TO BE DECEMBER.
UM, SINCE THEN, UH, WE'VE HAD THESE OTHER CONFLICTS THAT HAVE PUSHED OUR PROJECT, UM, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE WRAPPING UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UH, SO ADDENDUM NUMBER ONE WAS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THAT EXTENDED US THROUGH, UM, DECEMBER.
AND THIS ONE IS FOR THE RAIN EVENTS AND FOR OTHER CONSTRICTION OR CONSTRUCTION CONFLICTS AND SEQUENCING.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT ON THE PICTURE THERE, BUT THEY ARE UP HERE.
UM, WE RAN INTO SOME ISSUES WITH THE RECENT STORM EVENT, UM, THAT CAUSED LEAKS FROM SEALS OF THE BUILDING THAT WERE AN EXISTING CONDITION.
SO, UM, AS YOU SEE HERE, UH, ON THE LEFT, UM, THAT'S LOOKING UP AT THE GLASS CEILING IN ONE OF THE CORRIDORS.
UH, AND WHERE THE VERTICAL WALLS COME DOWN, THERE ARE CAULKING ISSUES THAT OVER TIME THE CAULKING HAS DETERIORATED AND CAUSES THE WATER TO INFILTRATE INTO THE WALL.
UM, IT FINDS ITS WAY OVER INTO THE PIPE SYSTEM WHERE THE DRAINS ARE AND RUNS DOWN ALONGSIDE THAT AND THEN COMES OUT ONTO THE FLOOR.
UM, IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHERE ALL THOSE PROBLEMS ARE, WE END UP HAVING TO
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TEAR IT OPEN AND DETERMINE IF THIS WAS SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAD DONE OR SOME OF THE WORK THAT, OR IF IT WAS JUST DETERIORATING EXISTING CONDITIONS.UM, AND THOSE HAVE CAUSED SOME OF THE DELAYS.
UM, THE NEXT THING IS DUCT ROUTING.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THIS BUILDING OR TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROOFS IN THIS CEILINGS IN THIS BUILDING.
UM, THERE'S A HARD CEILING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS AND THERE ARE ONES WHERE THERE'S A DROP T-BAR CEILING WHERE YOU CAN REMOVE THE PANELS AND GO UP AND LOOK.
UM, SO IN AREAS WHERE, UH, LIKE THIS BUILDING WHERE YOU HAVE A HARD CEILING WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE, UM, YOU'RE UNABLE TO SEE WHAT ALL OF THE OBSTRUCTIONS ARE BEFORE THEY GET UP THERE AND START TO CONSTRUCT IT.
UM, ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPLICATIONS THAT WE HAD HERE, UM, IS THIS PROJECT IS OVER AT THE GROUNDWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THEIR WATER LABORATORIES, THE WATER QUALITY LABORATORIES.
SO WHEN WE FIND A PROBLEM, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY IT, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND FIX IT BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT AREA AND FIND THE NEXT PROBLEM.
SO WE CAN'T SHIFT PEOPLE OVER TO GO WORK IN AN AREA BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE LAPSE SO THAT, UH, SPECIFIC, UM, COMPLICATION EXTENDS IT LONGER THAN IT WOULD, UM, ON A NORMAL PROJECT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, IN CONCLUSION, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE, UH, THE AUTHORIZED GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WD 37 0 9 WITH 3D BUILT FOR THE GROUNDWATER TREATMENT PLANT, HVAC PROJECT EEO 3,500 FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $125,000 TO A NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $954,000 OR 954 100 $30.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CHRIS, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT? I, I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE THING.
CHRIS TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, LABS AND SO THIS HAS BEEN VERY, VERY DISRUPTIVE TO OUR, UH, LABS OVER AT THE TREATMENT PLANT AND WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS, MAYBE A YEAR.
IT'S, IT'S NOW LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF OF DISRUPTION.
AND THE EMPLOYEES OVER THERE HAVE BEEN REAL TEAM PLAYERS, UM, AND UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENT, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN VERY TRYING FOR THEM.
AND SO WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A BOX LUNCH BROUGHT IN FOR THEM AND TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR, UM, UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENCE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S BEEN VERY DISRUPTIVE FOR THEM.
SO I JUST WANT THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
UNDERST YEAH, WE, WE'VE TORN APART THEIR HOUSE AND IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO.
SECOND COMMISSIONER CORDERO AND COMMISSIONER SCOTT.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[3. 24-52417 Recommendation to adopt Resolution UT-1511 authorizing the General Manager to execute a contract, and any necessary subsequent amendments, with Ferguson Enterprises, LLC dba Ferguson Facilities Supply, to furnish and deliver as-needed plumbing supplies, on the same terms and conditions afforded to the County of Orange, in a total annual amount not to exceed $1,500,000 until the County of Orange contract expires on February 10, 2029, for as long as the County of Orange contract is in effect. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH FERGUSON ENTERPRISES.UM, FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, STAFF REQUEST THE BOARD ADOPT RESOLUTION UT 1511 AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT IN ANY NECESSARY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT WITH FERGUSON ENTERPRISE L-L-C-D-B-A AS FERGUSON FACILITY SUPPLIES TO FURNISH AND DELIVER AS NEEDED PLUMBING SUPPLIES ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AFFORDED TO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE IN AMOUNT IN AN ANNUAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $1.5 MILLION UNTIL THE COUNTY OF ORANGE CONTRACT EXPIRES ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2029 FOR AS LONG AS THE COUNTY OF ORANGE CONTRACT IS IN EFFECT.
SORRY FOR THAT MOUTHFUL READING OF THE SUBJECT.
UM, SO JUST QUICK BACKGROUND, BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 LAST YEAR, UM, WE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD A REQUEST TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH FERGUSON END PRICES.
THIS BASICALLY, UM, THIS PARTICULAR BOARD LETTER, AGAIN BACK IN 2023, WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, THAT CONTRACT THAT THE COUNTY OF ORANGE HAD WITH FERGUSON EXPIRED ON FEBRUARY 10TH.
AND SO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE RENEWED THE CONTRACT WITH FERGUSON ON FEBRUARY 11TH AND EXTENDED THAT CONTRACT FOR FIVE MORE YEARS.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE CONTRACT, WE HAD TO BRING THIS EXACT SAME BOARD ITEM BACK TO YOU, UM, FOR APPROVAL SO THAT WE ARE NOW USING THE NEW CONTRACT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND UH, FERGUSON ENTERPRISES.
AND SO THAT'S THE BACKGROUND ON THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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REALLY CLEAR.UM, AND THEY CAN EITHER GO OUT TO BID OR IF THEY FEEL A CONTRACT MEETS THE CITY'S NEEDS, THEN THEY CAN TRY TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT.
SO THE CITY DID A REVIEW OF POTENTIAL CONTRACTS THAT THEY CAN PIGGYBACK OFF OF AND ACTUALLY SELECTED THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND FERGUSON.
SO THE CITY PIGGYBACKED OFF OF IT AND ALL WE DID WAS PIGGYBACK OFF THE EFFORT THAT THE CITY PUT IN TO FIND A CLUBBING CONTRACTOR AND IT MEETS OUR NEEDS.
AND SO, UM, SO IT WAS TO KIND OF SPEED THINGS UP, MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF LABOR NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A BID DOCUMENT, GO OUT TO BID, AND THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
AND WE DO THAT IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS? DO, YES.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER THREE, SECOND AHEAD.
THE ROLL CALL VOTE CARRIES THEN, OR HAS THAT DO I SAY THAT? OKAY.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Utilities Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM? I IF YOU RICHARD, LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, NOT NECESSARILY PUBLIC COMMENT.I THINK EVERYONE IN THE ROOM MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT I GUESS IT'S NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL IT'S SAID OPENLY DURING A, UH, COMMISSION MEETING.
BUT, UH, SADLY I'M LEAVING THE CITY LEAVING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT NOT FOR A WHILE.
AND LIKE I SAY, MOST OTHER PEOPLE, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE UNTIL JUNE.
WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON DETERMINING A REPLACEMENT ATTORNEY FOR ME TO SUPPORT YOU ALL AND, AND EVERYONE, ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT DO THE GREAT WORK.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD ONE.
I DON'T, IT'S NOT QUITE DONE YET, SO I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO SAY WHO IT IS FOR FEAR OF THEM HAVING TO TRANSITION PEOPLE AROUND AGAIN, BUT IT'LL BE SHORTLY.
AND LIKE I SAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEVERAL MORE OF THESE MEETINGS AND I LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE I'M NOT GONNA OUTLAST COMMISSIONER SHANNON, WHICH I, WHICH I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT WOULD BE THE CASE, BUT NEVERTHELESS, HERE WE ARE.
OH MY GOSH, RICH, WE'RE SO SAD.
WE'RE JUST, UM, I WORKED WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS POSITION AS WELL WHEN I WAS AT ST.
YEAH, I'M GONNA, WELL I'M GONNA MISS EVERYBODY AS WELL, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS I'M NOT, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GOOD NEWS.
UM, I'M NOT TAKING ANOTHER JOB.
I'M GOING INTO BUSINESS FOR MYSELF AND I VERY MUCH HOPE TO KEEP THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS A CLIENT FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS AND WHATEVER ELSE IT MIGHT BE.
SHE SEEMED OPEN TO THAT IDEA, SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
I, I, I HEARD THE NEW JOB IS SHANNON CHIMPSKY AND ANTHONY
NOT THAT DESPERATE YET, BUT MAYBE ARE YOU PLANNING ON RUNNING FOR OFFICE? NO.
I JUST WANNA SAY I'M EXCITED FOR YOU.
I, I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN SOMEONE, UM, TRANSITIONS INTO A NEW, NEW POSITION.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU LOVE TO TRAVEL AND SO THIS WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE FREEDOM AND BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE, SO, UH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT DECISION.
I KNOW IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN EASY, BUT WE'LL MISS YOU, BUT I KNOW YOU'LL BE NOT TOO FAR.
SO, OH, WITH THAT SAID,
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IS ADJOURNED.