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ORDER, AND WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
OF ALLEGIANCE BY WADE.PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
[ROLL CALL]
NEXT WE WILL HAVE OUR, UH, ROLL CALL.AND COMMISSIONER CORDERO IS ABSENT.
WE WILL, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA MOVE,
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
UH, OUR ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S USUALLY AT THE END TO, UM, AFTER ROLL CALL.AND IT'S GONNA BE, UH, THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR DIRECTOR, CHRIS, AND IT'S BECAUSE HE HAS ASSIGNMENT.
SO WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
BACK VISITING, COULDN'T STAY AWAY.
SO YOU WANNA MAKE SOME, UH, COMMENTS IN INTRODUCTIONS? IS THIS AUNT, IS IT GOING, AM I LOUD ENOUGH? I KNOW THAT'S OFTEN BEEN A PROBLEM.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU, NAOMI, FOR LETTING ME, FOR MOVING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND, AND LETTING ME MAKE THIS ONE SINGLE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE.
UH, I WAS NOT ABLE TO FORMALLY KIND OF PASS THE TORCH AND INTRODUCE MARSHA TO EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE SHE WAS UNFORTUNATELY OUT SICK DURING MY LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS UNEXPECTED.
PRIOR TO THAT I WAS ON VACATION AND THERE WAS A COMEDY OF ERRORS PRIOR TO THAT, SO WE NEVER GOT IT DONE.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, I DID WANNA, I, THIS MAY BE SUPERFLUOUS BECAUSE MAYBE EVERYONE'S ALREADY MET HER.
THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE NOT, BUT, UM, MARSHA'S BEEN WITH THIS NOT OUR OFFICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR A HANDFUL OF YEARS NOW.
UM, SHE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PERSON FOR ME TO WORK WITH, AND I EXPECT HER TO BE A WONDERFUL PERSON FOR ALL OF YOU TO WORK WITH.
I THINK I'M LEAVING YOU IN EXCELLENT HANDS.
SO, ANYWAY, THIS IS MARSHA, YOU SUIT, AND I'M GONNA PUT HER ON THE SPOT TO MAYBE SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS AND, UM, ANYWAY, YOU'RE ALL IN GOOD HANDS.
I THOUGHT WHEN I SAW YOU, I SAID, OH, OKAY.
I'M WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I STARTED IN LITIGATION AND THEN MOVED TO DEPARTMENTAL COUNSEL.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH THE UTILITIES AND I KNOW I HAVE BIG SH SHOES TO FILL FROM RICH, BUT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THE GOOD WORK.
AND, AND I ACTUALLY DO HEAR E EXCELLENT THINGS ABOUT YOU FROM EVERYBODY.
SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED TO HAVE SOME REAL QUALITY CITY ATTORNEY ADVICE.
UM, NEXT UP WE HAVE FOR ROB, HE'S GONNA MAKE AN INTRODUCTION OF A NEW MANAGER.
UH, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCED OUR NEWEST ENGINEERING MANAGER.
UM, SO A FEW MONTHS AGO, WENDY CHEN, WHO OVERSAW OUR, UM, WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT DIVISION, AND THAT HANDLES ALL OUR, UH, GROUNDWATER WELLS ARE TANKS AND SEWER LIFT STATIONS.
UM, SHE UNFORTUNATELY LEFT THE DEPARTMENT, BUT, UH, WE FOUND A VERY COMPETENT REPLACEMENT FOR HER, UH, IN-HOUSE.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, DANA MONZON AS OUR NEWEST ENGINEERING MANAGER.
I THINK I'VE, A LOT OF YOU ALREADY KNOW ME.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH PLENTY OF YOU IN THE PAST, SO I'M HOPING TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK THAT WE DO IN THE FACILITIES GROUP, THE WATER SEWER SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF OUR PROGRAMS FOR THE TANK, REHABILITATION, THE WELLS, THE NEW WELLS, ET CETERA.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, BUT I'M HERE TO HELP.
SHE HAS A HISTORY OF GIVING PRESENTATIONS AND SHE'S, I'VE ALWAYS NOTICED SHE'S VERY GOOD, UH, ANSWERING QUESTIONS WITH THE BOARD, SO, YES, YES.
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SO TWO PROMOTIONS, AND THEN BOB SHANNON'S BEEN DEMOTED DOWN TO THE END OF THEUM, AND THEN I HAVE, UH, ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT.
DEAN WANG IS GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION.
WE'LL SEE HOW YOU DO ON THEIR PRESENTATION.
DEAN, WE'RE STARTING WITH ITEM ONE.
THIS IS UNDER THE GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT.
YEAH, THIS IS STILL IN THE, OKAY.
UH, SO PRIOR TO THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OR NOT HEARD THAT, UM, THE STATE ADOPTED NEW REGULATIONS AROUND WATER CONSERVATION AND, UH, IT'S BEEN CALLED THE MAKING CONSERVATION, A CALIFORNIA WAY OF LIFE REGULATION.
SO TODAY I THOUGHT I'D COVER THAT, UH, FOR, FOR THE BOARD TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE FACING AS FAR AS WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO BY THE STATE GOING FORWARD, UH, THROUGH 2040.
SO, A LITTLE BIT HI, OF HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE, UH, BACK IN 2016.
THIS WAS FOLLOWING THE DROUGHT IN 2015.
WE'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED ANOTHER DROUGHT SINCE THEN.
BUT, UH, COMING OUTTA THE LAST DROUGHT IN MAY, 2016, THEN GOVERNOR, UH, BROWN ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
UH, AND THAT'S WHERE THE TITLE MAKING CONSERVATION A CALIFORNIA WAY OF LIFE CAME FROM.
AND ESSENTIALLY THAT LED TO, UH, LEGISLATION IN 2018, SENATE BILL 6 0 6, AND AB 1668, WHICH PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THESE CONSERVATION MANDATES FROM THE STATE.
SO FAST FORWARD SIX YEARS LATER, A LOT OF PUBLIC, UH, ENGAGEMENT, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, UH, PUBLIC INPUT, AND THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD ON JULY 3RD OF THIS YEAR, UH, ADOPTED, UH, THE UPDATES INTO THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS.
AND ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THOSE RULES AROUND WATER CONSERVATION WILL GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THESE NEW RULES.
UH, TODAY I'M GONNA TRY MY BEST TO SUMMARIZE AND, AND GIVE YOU THE, THE KEY POINTS.
UM, AND, AND THE KEY POINT THAT COMES OUT OF THE NEW REGULATION IS WHAT'S CALLED AN URBAN WATER USE OBJECTIVE.
SO THE URBAN WATER USE OBJECTIVE IS COMPRISED OF FOUR MAIN FACTORS.
UH, AGAIN, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, CAVEATS AND ASTERISKS AND, AND EXCLUSIONS.
BUT TODAY I'M GONNA COVER THE, THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF WHAT MAKES UP THIS URBAN WATER USE SUBJECTIVE.
UM, THIS APPROACH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE HISTORICAL APPROACH.
HISTORICALLY, UH, YOU MIGHT RECALL FROM PAST DROUGHTS WHEN THE STATE WANTED CONSERVATION FROM CITIES AND AGENCIES, THEY WOULD SAY, OKAY, EVERYBODY CUT BY X PERCENT.
THAT, UH, LED TO SOME, UH, SOME CHALLENGES.
AND, AND, UH, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS FAIR BECAUSE THE AGENCIES THAT ALREADY DONE A GREAT JOB CONSERVING WERE BEING CALLED ON TO CONSERVE JUST AS MUCH AS AGENCIES THAT HADN'T HISTORICALLY DONE QUITE AS AS GOOD OF A JOB.
SO INSTEAD OF THAT, UH, TOP UH, TOP DOWN, UH, SUBTRACTIVE APPROACH, THEY'RE TAKING A GROUND UP BUILD, BUILDING UP COMPONENT BY COMPONENT, LOOKING AT, IF YOU'RE USING WATER EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AS A WATER AGENCY, HOW MUCH WATER SHOULD YOU BE USING? AND THEN THAT SETS WHAT YOUR OBJECTIVE SHOULD BE.
SO THE CO THE OBJECTIVE IS MADE UP OF FOUR KEY PARTS.
YOU HAVE YOUR INDOOR RESIDENTIAL BUDGET, YOUR OUTDOOR RESIDENTIAL BUDGET OR STANDARD, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE STANDARD.
UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR WATER LOSS STANDARD.
SO ALL FOUR OF THOSE ADDED TOGETHER, UH, YOU GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WATER FOR EACH BUCKET.
AND ALL THOSE FOUR ADDED TOGETHER GIVE YOU WHAT YOUR OBJECTIVE SHOULD BE AS A WATER AGENCY, HOW MUCH WATER YOU SHOULD BE USING.
AND OVER TIME, WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO DO IS RATCHET DOWN WHAT THAT OBJECTIVE IS IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S ONE I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH, UH, HOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA ARRIVE AT WHERE LONG BEACH SHOULD BE BY THE YEAR 2040.
SO TWO IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT THIS OBJECTIVE, UH, BECAUSE YOU, YOU MIGHT GET QUESTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR, UM, WE, WE ALREADY HAVE IS, UH, THE COMPLIANCE FOR THE OBJECTIVE IS AS A WHOLE.
SO WE'RE NOT BEING HELD TO EACH INDIVIDUAL STANDARD ON ITS OWN.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, JUDGED BASED ON HOW WE DO ON ALL FOUR.
SO IF WE'RE NOT DOING QUITE SO WELL IN ONE, BUT WE'RE DOING EXCEPTIONAL ON THE OTHER, AND THOSE CANCEL OUT AND, AND WE END UP MEETING THE OBJECTIVE AS A WHOLE, THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS WATER USE OBJECTIVE.
UM, THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT WE AS THE WATER AGENCY, ARE BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE, NOT INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEWS THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE SAYING, OH, WELL, BASED ON THIS, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A SHOWER.
I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO WASH MY CLOTHES OR, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IRRIGATE MY LANDSCAPE ON THE SAME DAY.
UM, THOSE STANDARD, THESE STANDARDS DO NOT APPLY TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS.
IT'S AT THE WATER AGENCY LEVEL.
SO THE FIRST COMPONENT, INDOOR RESIDENTIAL
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WATER USE.UH, THIS, THIS MIGHT, WELL, HOPEFULLY IS THE EASIEST PART TO UNDERSTAND, BUT, UH, OVER TIME WE'RE GOING TO RATCHET DOWN, UH, HOW MUCH WATER IS USED INSIDE OF HOUSEHOLDS.
SO, TOILETS, SHOWERS, CLOTHES, WASHERS, AND WHERE THE STATE, UH, DID AN ANALYSIS AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE SHOULD BE AT BY 2025 IS ABOUT 47 GALLONS PER PERSON PER DAY.
AND BY 2030, THE GOAL IS TO BE DOWN TO 42 GALLONS PER PERSON, PER DAY INDOORS.
UH, AND SO WHAT, WHAT THIS, UM, UH, STANDARD, HOW THIS STANDARD IS CALCULATED FOR US AND OTHER WATER AGENCIES IS WE'LL TAKE THAT, THAT AMOUNT PER PERSON AND MULTIPLY IT BY HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE.
SO IF THE POPULATION IN, IN LONG BEACH GROWS OVER TIME THROUGH 2040, THEN WE'LL GET A LARGER BUDGET FOR THIS INDOOR WATER USE.
THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THE OUTDOOR RESIDENTIAL STANDARD.
SO HOW MUCH WATER SHOULD OUR CUSTOMERS AND HOUSEHOLDS BE USING TO IRRIGATE THEIR FRONT YARDS AND BACKYARDS? SO THE OUTDOOR RESIDENTIAL BUDGET IS CALCULATED BY, UH, MULTIPLYING THE LANDSCAPE AREA, WHICH THE STATE HAS DONE, UM, SATELLITE IMAGERY AND HAS RUN, YOU KNOW, UH, COMPLICATED ALGORITHMS TO, TO MEASURE OUT THE LANDSCAPES FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, STATE RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPES FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
UH, THEN YOU TAKE THAT LANDSCAPE AREA AND MULTIPLY THAT BY EVAPOTRANSPIRATION.
SO ESSENTIALLY, HOW MUCH WATER DOES A LANDSCAPE NEED? AND YOU CAN IMAGINE IN WET YEARS, UH, WHERE THERE'S NATURAL RAINFALL, THAT AMOUNT'S GONNA BE LOWER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LANDSCAPE WILL BE NA BEEN NATURALLY WATERED.
AND IN DRY YEARS, THE THAT NUMBER IS GONNA BE HIGHER.
SIMILARLY, LIKE HERE IN LONG BEACH, A COASTAL COMMUNITY, OUR EVAPORATIVE TRANSPIRATION IS LESS THAN WHAT, UM, UH, AGENCIES IN, LET'S SAY PALM DESERT OR, OR, UH, INLAND NET EMPIRE RIVERSIDE WOULD HAVE.
AND SO, UH, TO BE FAIR TO ALL AGENCIES, UH, AND THAT EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE WATER BUDGET.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A LANDSCAPE EFFICIENCY FACTOR.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE STATE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO RATCHET DOWN OVER TIME.
AND SO THE LANDSCAPE EFFICIENCY FACTOR, YOU CAN THINK OF THIS AS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF WATER YOU SHOULD EVER REALLY USE FOR A LANDSCAPE IS, UH, FOR LIKE A TURF, UH, TURF LANDSCAPE, MAYBE FOR A SOCCER FIELD OR A GOLF COURSE WHERE YOU'RE IRRIGATING IT'S BEING USED FOR PUBLIC USE AND IT NEEDS A LOT OF WATER.
THAT WOULD BE THE HIGHEST AMOUNT, UM, THAT YOU'D USE ON LANDSCAPE.
BUT THEN IF YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, VERY EFFICIENT LANDSCAPES, CALIFORNIA NATIVE LANDSCAPES, OR EVEN THE DESERT LANDSCAPES, UH, THO THOSE LANDSCAPES SHOULD USE LESS WATER.
AND IF YOU'RE CONVERTING FROM, UH, SPRAY IRRIGATION TO DRIP IRRIGATION, ALL THAT'S ACCOUNTED FOR INTO THIS LANDSCAPE EFFICIENCY FACTOR.
AND SO WHAT THE STATE IS DOING IS WE'RE RATCHETING DOWN THAT LANDSCAPE EFFICIENCY FACTOR OVER TIME.
SO ONE WOULD BE THE, THE SPECIAL LANDSCAPES, LIKE I I MENTIONED, THE GOLF COURSES, UH, PARKS, UH, UH, SOCCER FIELDS, ET CETERA.
AND SO AT 2025, THE GOAL FOR, UH, HOUSEHOLDS IS GOING TO BE AT 0.8.
2035 IS GOING DOWN TO 0.63, AND BY 2040, IT'S GONNA BE 0.55.
AND SO YOU MULTIPLY THOSE THREE NUMBERS TOGETHER, NOT, NOT THOSE THREE, BUT THE LANDSCAPE AREA, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION LANDSCAPE EFFICIENCY FACTOR.
AND THAT CALCULATES OUT TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WATER THAT RESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLDS SHOULD BE USING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THEN YOU HAVE THE COMMERCIAL OUTDOOR, UH, LANDSCAPE STANDARD.
UH, COMMERCIAL INCLUDES INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTIONAL, WHICH MEANS, UM, CITY PROPERTIES, INCLUDING OUR FACILITY HERE, PARKS, UH, UH, AND ANY, ANY OF THE, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPES ESSENTIALLY.
UH, AND THE OTHER ASPECT TO, TO CALL OUT ABOUT THIS, UH, OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE STANDARD FOR COMMERCIAL IS IT'S FOCUSED ON DEDICATED IRRIGATION METERS.
SO THAT DIM THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT DIM THERE, UH, STANDS FOR, IS DEDICATED IRRIGATION METERS.
THE STATE UNDERSTANDS THAT FOR THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, UM, THOSE BUSINESSES ALL OPERATE VERY DIFFERENTLY.
A UH, A RESTAURANT USES WATER VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN, SAY, A, UH, POWER PLANT THAN A HOTEL.
AND SO THEY, THE STATE IS NOT REGULATING HOW MUCH WATER, SPECIFICALLY DIFFERENT BUSINESSES CAN USE, BUT THEY DO WANNA REGULATE WHAT IS IN COMMON FOR ALL OF THEM, WHICH IS LANDSCAPE USE.
AND SO WHAT THEY'RE REGULATING HERE IS THE DEDICATED IRRIGATION METER WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING TO WHERE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE LARGE LANDSCAPES WILL SEPARATE THEIR WATER USE BETWEEN THEIR TRUE BUSINESS USE AND THEIR LANDSCAPE USE.
UH, SO SIMILAR, UH, SIMILAR EQUATION FOR THE OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE, UH, BUDGET, UH, WITH THE ONLY CHANGE THAT DOWN IN 2040, THE LANDSCAPE EFFICIENCY FACTOR IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE LOWER FOR COMMERCIAL THAN IT IS FOR RESIDENTIAL.
BUT SAME WAY TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH WATER OUR COMMERCIAL, UH, PROPERTY LANDSCAPE SHOULD BE USING.
SO THIS ADDRESSES HOW MUCH WATER WE AS UTILITY LOSE IN OUR SYSTEM BEFORE IT EVEN MAKES IT OUT TO THE CUSTOMER.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY WE WANTED TO REDUCE AND, AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO THIS STANDARD WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT IN 2015, SENATE BILL 5, 5 5 WAS ADOPTED, AND THE RULEMAKING PROCESS FOR,
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FOR THE WATER LOSS STANDARD BY ITSELF AS A STANDALONE WAS, UM, COMPLETED PRIOR TO THIS BIGGER FRAMEWORK 'CAUSE.SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS WATER LOSS, WATER LOSS STANDARD IS A STANDARD WITHIN A STANDARD.
SO OUR TEAM'S ALREADY BEEN HARD AT WORK MEETING THE WATER LOSS STANDARD BECAUSE REGULATION HAD BECOME EFFECTIVE BACK IN 2023.
AND SO WHAT THAT DOES, THERE'S A WHOLE PRESCRIPTION OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS AN, A WATER AGENCY TO REDUCE OUR WATER LOSS.
BUT IN THE END, WHAT WE DO IS WE REPORT EVERY YEAR TO THE STATE HOW MUCH WATER WE'VE ACTUALLY LOST.
AND THE EASIEST WAY TO SUMMARIZE THIS STANDARD FOR THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE WATER USE OBJECTIVE IS WE'RE GOING TO BE HELD TO A STANDARD OF MAINTAINING OUR LAST THREE YEARS OF WATER LOSS.
AND SO THEY, THEY DON'T WANT US, ESSENTIALLY OUR WATER LOSS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE OVER TIME.
THEY WANT US TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE HOW WE'RE PERFORMING ON WATER LOSS OVER TIME.
AND SO IF YOU ADD ALL OF THOSE THINGS UP IN THE FORECAST AND PROJECTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA BE USING WATER IN THE FUTURE AND HOW THESE STANDARDS ARE GONNA TO, TO PLAY OUT, THESE ARE ESTIMATES, UM, A LOT OF THE VARIABLES IN THOSE EQUATIONS, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE SPECIFIC YEAR.
WE WON'T KNOW HOW MUCH RAIN THERE BEEN, WHAT OUR POPULATION IS, UH, ET CETERA.
AND SO, UM, THESE ARE ESTIMATES, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S FORECASTED THAT THROUGH 2035 WE'RE GONNA BE PRETTY GOOD, UH, ON MEETING THOSE OBJECTIVES.
BUT WE, UH, WE'RE NOT QUITE YET AT THE 2040 STANDARD.
AND SO THERE IS SOME WORK LEFT, UH, TO DO.
UH, SO HERE YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, RESIDENTIAL, INDOOR, RESIDENTIAL, OUTDOOR, UH, COMMERCIAL, OUTDOOR, AND THEN WATER LOSS.
AND THAT ADDS UP TO OUR OBJECTIVE FOR 20 25, 20 30, 20 35, AND 2040 HOW, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT GOES DOWN OVER TIME.
AND OUR WATER USE, UM, IS FORECASTED TO SLIGHTLY GO DOWN OVER TIME, BUT WE NEED TO ACCELERATE THAT, UM, THAT DECREASE IF WE'RE GONNA MEET OUR WA URBAN WATER SUBJECTIVE.
AND SO HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? WELL, SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING TOWARDS OUR OBJECTIVE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AGAIN, THE, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER CAME IN 2016.
UM, THE SENATE BILLS CAME IN 2018, SO WE'VE HAD A LONG TIME TO, TO SEE WHAT IS COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND PREPARE FOR THAT AND START WORKING TOWARDS THOSE 2040 OBJECTIVES.
SO ON THE RESIDENTIAL INDOOR STANDARD, WE DEVELOPED OUR DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAMS, DIRECT INSTALL, MULTI-FAMILY DIRECT INSTALL APPLIANCES, WHERE WE GO INTO BOTH MULTI-FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND REPLACE, UH, ALL OF THE INDOOR FIXTURES.
SO WE'RE DOING FCE, AERATORS, SHOWERS, TOILETS, UH, CLOTHES WASHERS, UM, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT.
AND SO I DO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO, TO MY TEAM, UH, JOSEPH RIZZO, UM, HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
UH, AND, AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB EXPANDING THAT, NOT ONLY FOR WATER, UH, DEVICES, BUT ALSO TO GAS AND ELECTRICITY.
SO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET, UH, ONE STOP SHOP AS FAR AS GETTING ALL OF THEIR INDOOR, UH, UH, FIXTURES REPLACED AND BECOME EFFICIENT AND MODERN.
ON THE OUTDOOR RESIDENTIAL SIDE, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR, UH, LONGSTANDING, UH, LANDSCAPE, UH, REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS, TURF REPLACEMENT.
AND DANNY LIMA, UH, SHE, SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT DANNY LIMA'S DONE A DONE A GREAT JOB RUNNING A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS, UH, WITH OUR INTERNS, UH, JOCELYN AND, UH, GENESIS AND, AND ERIN, UH, WHO, WHO HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK, UH, PROMOTING ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND CHANGING LANDSCAPES IN OUR RESIDENTIAL SECTOR.
AND THEN ON THE OUTDOOR, UH, COMMERCIAL SIDE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ONE OF THE, THE EFFORTS IS TO, TO SEPARATE THE LANDSCAPE FORUM, THE INDOOR WATER USE, AND MEASURE OUT HOW MUCH, UH, HOW MUCH LANDSCAPE WE HAVE IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE HERE OF, UH, AARON BURKE AND OUR, UH, UH, CLIMATE ACTION FELLOWS, LAURA AND VERONICA.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING ALL THAT GIS WORK, UH, TO SEPARATE OUT THOSE LANDSCAPES AND MEASURE OUT THOSE LANDSCAPES.
AND THEN, UH, LAUREN, VERONICA ARE IN THIS PICTURE, UM, HELPING, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DOWN AT SHORELINE MARINA TO ACTUALLY CONVERT THEIR TURF, UH, TO WATER EFFICIENT, UH, LANDSCAPING.
AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE WATER LOSS SIDE, UM, AARON BURKE, AGAIN, HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK, UH, AS FAR AS WE HAVE A LOT OF PILOTS GOING TO REDUCE OUR WATER USE, UH, PROACTIVELY DETECT, UH, WHEN OUR METERS ARE FAILING.
UH, WE DO A LOT OF THE METER TESTING, UH, THAT WHOLE, UH, EFFORT.
THERE'S A WHOLE WATER LOSS STANDARD AGAIN, THAT, THAT REGULATES WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ON THE WATER LOSS SIDE.
AND SO OUR TEAM'S ALREADY BEEN HARD AT WORK, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO DO TO GET TO OUR 2040 GOALS.
AND SO FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 16 YEARS, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UH, DEVELOP THESE PROGRAMS AND ROLL THESE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND WORK AWAY AT, UH, REDUCING OUR OVERALL WATER USE.
UH, AND SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I DIDN'T CALL OUT IN THE URBAN AND WATER USE OBJECTIVE, BUT ARE, UH, INCLUDED IN EITHER, UM, THIS LEGISLATION OR OTHERS.
UH, SO, SO WITHIN THIS ONE, I MENTIONED THAT THE COMMERCIAL WATER USE IS, IS DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING TOWARDS, UH, IMPROVING WATER USE OF THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE STATE RECOGNIZED THERE MIGHT NOT BE A NUMERICAL OBJECTIVE, BUT THEY'RE REQUIRING AGENCIES TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO OUTREACH TO AND,
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AND, UM, TAKE EFFORTS SUCH AS OUR CERTIFIED BLUE PROGRAM TOWARDS REDUCING COMMERCIAL WATER USE.UH, SENATE BILL 5 55, I MENTIONED WATER LOSS STANDARD.
THERE'S A WHOLE EFFORT AROUND THAT, THAT'S AN ENTIRE PROGRAM IN, IN ITSELF TO MEET THAT SPECIFIC STANDARD.
AND THEN FINALLY, ONE OF THE MORE RECENT ONES IS AB 1572, WHICH REGARDS NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF.
SO STARTING IN 2027, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, REPLACE ALL THE NON-FUNCTIONAL MEANING, UH, MEDIANS, PARKWAYS, UH, TURF AREAS WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS NOT USING THAT FOR AN ACTIVE PURPOSE.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, A HUGE EFFORT THAT OUR TEAM'S GONNA HAVE TO UNDERTAKE AS WELL REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
AND SO ALL OF THAT, UH, IS TO SAY WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT WE HAVE, UH, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO START WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
UH, WITH THAT I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE AND COMMISSIONERS? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM, NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF, IS THAT GRASS? YES.
OR STILL BE PLANTS THAT, THAT'S THE GOAL IS NOT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST PAVE OVER WITH CONCRETE.
WE STILL WANT, YOU KNOW, UH, VEGETATION AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, PROMOTING THE SUSTAINABILITY AS FAR AS TREE COVER, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ANY OTHER COM OH, I'LL GET, I'LL GET YOU ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OF THIS? UH, DEAN, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE EIGHT PLEASE? WHERE YOU HAD THE GRAPH? SO AS DEAN SAID, UH, THIS IS JUST A FORECAST, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, SO I, I LOOKED AT THE COMPARISON BETWEEN LONG BEACH AND THE OTHER CITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND, UH, THE CURRENT NUMBERS SHOW ABOUT A, WE WOULD NEED TO DECREASE CURRENT CONSUMPTION BY ABOUT 4%, BY 2040 FOR US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS.
UM, IN COMPARISON, OTHER CITIES, UM, ARE IN THE 10, 15, 20, 30 AND CLOSE TO 40% REDUCTIONS.
SO WE ARE WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
UM, AND I GIVE CREDIT TO DEE AND HIS TEAM, UH, MY PREDECESSOR KEVIN WAER, AND THE TEAM BACK THEN THAT REALLY, UH, WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF CONSERVATION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND SO LONG BEACH IS IN REALLY GOOD, UH, SHAPE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO, BUT UH, WE'RE IN, UH, COMPARISON WITH OTHER CITIES.
SO I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT, AMY.
SO ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UM, THANK YOU DEAN, VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND FINALLY, DEAN, I UNDERSTAND I'VE LEARNED THE ACRONYM SO I DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER YOU WITH THEM.
SO WE, WE'LL MOVE BACK TO THE AGENDA AND WE WILL, UH, START AT, UM, THE SECOND, UM, MOTION TO EXCUSE.
AND WE DIDN'T DO THE, UH, THE SECOND, SO MOVE TO EXCUSE SECOND.
ANY OPPOSITIONS? HEARING NONE, IT PASSES.
[1. 24-54203 Recommendation to approve June 20, 2024 Board meeting minutes. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE JUNE 20TH, UH, BOARD MINUTES.IS THAT NOT RIGHT? IT'S NUMBER ONE.
UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SHANNON.
ANY OPPOSITIONS HEARING? NO OPPOSITION.
[2. 24-54204 Recommendation to approve Transfer of Funds for July 18, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS RECOMMENDATIONS TO AC APPROVE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR THE JULY, UM, EIGHTH FOR JULY 18TH, 2024.UH, MOTION TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY
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COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL? APPROVE APPROVAL.SHANNON SECOND AND SECOND BY KEVIN SCOTT.
ANY OPPOSITION? HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES.
[3. 24-54205 Recommendation to adopt Specifications UD-24-735 and authorize the General Manager to execute an agreement and all necessary amendments with Sterling Water Technologies LLC to furnish and deliver Polymer Blend in an amount not to exceed $1,090,085 for a period of one (1) year, and to authorize the General Manager to exercise the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, subject to a maximum annual increase of 10 percent. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THREE ITEM 3, 4, 5, AND SIX, UH, TOGETHER.AND OUR PRESENTATION OF ITEMS THREE THROUGH SIX IS, IT'S YANG ZANG.
OH, MY CHIEF, IT STILL WORKS,
YEAH, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
SO FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE TO NUMBER SIX, UM, WE'RE ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR EACH CHEMICAL WITH THE LOWEST CONFORMING BID AND FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.
AND ALSO TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS, SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM ANNUAL INCREASE OF 10%.
SO, TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR CHEMICAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
SO AGAIN, FOR THIS, THIS JUST TO SHOW THE AGENDA ITEM AND THE CORRESPONDING CHEMICALS.
SO ITEM NUMBER THREE IS POLYMER ON THE UPPER LEFT, AND NUMBER FOUR IS LIQUID CHLORINE ON THE UPPER RIGHT.
AND THEN CAUSTIC SODA NUMBER FIVE AND FAIR CHLORINE NUMBER SIX.
SO THESE FOUR CHEMICALS ARE USED AS A TREATMENT PLAN TO ACHIEVE DIFFERENT TREATMENT GOALS.
HERE, JUST TO SHOW YOU BRIEFLY A MAP OF THE TREATMENT PLANT.
SO FOR CHLORINE, WE ARE USING THAT FOR DISINFECTION WITHIN THE PLANT.
THAT'S FOR PRIMARY DISINFECTION BEFORE AND AFTER THE FILTRATION.
AND THE CHLORINE IS ALSO USED FOR SECONDARY DISINFECTION BEFORE WE SEND THE WATER TO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S TO PREVENT BACTERIAL GROWTH IN THE DISTRIBUTION PIPES.
AND WE ALSO USE FERRIC AND POLYMER FOR COAGULATION AS A COAGULATION, COAGULATION AND SEGMENTATION BASIN.
AND THIS PROCESS IS TO REMOVE PARTICLES AND ORGANIC MATTERS IN THE WATER.
AND LASTLY, WE ALSO HAVE CAUSTIC FOR CORROSION CONTROL.
SO THAT'S TO PROTECT THE PIPES IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND ALSO AT COST CUSTOMER'S HOUSE.
SO THIS TABLE WILL LIST THE AGENDA ITEM, THE CHEMICAL TYPE, AND THE CORRESPONDING LOWEST CONFORMING BID AND THE CONTRACT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO FOR THIS ONE YEAR TERM, THE CONTRACT DOLLAR AMOUNT RANGE FROM $321,000 FOR CAUSTIC SODA WITH UNIVAR SOLUTIONS.
AND THEN UP TO OVER A MILLION DOLLAR FOR BOTH POLYMER BLEND AND LIQUID CHLORINE.
AND TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF CHEMICAL PRICE HERE, WE WANT TO SHOW HOW THE CHEMICAL PRICE HAVE CHANGED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
SO WE WE'RE SHOWING THE PRICE FROM, UH, 2021 UP TO NOW, AND THE PRICE IS PRESENTED IN TERMS OF A DOLLAR PER ACRE FOOT.
THAT'S THE COST FOR US TO TREAT ONE ACRE FOOT WATER.
SO WE SHOWED THE DOLLAR COST FOR LIQUID CHLORINE THAT'S IN BLUE AND FAIR CHLORIDE IN ORANGE AND POLYMER BLEND IN GRAY AND CAUSTIC SODA IN YELLOW, AS YOU CAN SEE STARTED IN 2021.
WE, WE START TO SEE A VERY HUGE PRICE SPIKE FOR CHEMICALS.
SO FROM JANUARY 21 TO JULY 20 AND TWO, SO THAT'S WITHIN 18 MONTHS, THE PRICE PRETTY MUCH DOUBLED.
AND THEN FROM 22 TO 23, THIS INCREASE CONTINUED.
SO IT PICKED ABOUT LAST YEAR IN 2023.
AND THIS TIME WAS OUR NEW SPEED.
WE ACTUALLY SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE OF CHEMICAL PRICE.
WE ARE HOPING WE ARE SEEING, UM, PRICE STABILIZATION.
BUT DESPITE ALL THOSE INCREASE, I STILL WANT TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SEEING A LOT, A LOT HIGHER COST FOR TREATMENT FOR OUR
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GROUNDWATER, BUT THE PRICE FOR TREATING GROUNDWATER IS STILL A LOT CHEAPER THAN IMPORTING FROM METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.SO FOR THE FOUR CHEMICALS WE WENT TO STANDARD BID PROCEDURE, UM, PUBLISH THEM ON LONG BEACH BAY AND PRESS TELEGRAM, AND WE'RE CHOOSING THE LOWEST CONFORMING BIDDER.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION AGAIN IS TO ADOPT THE RESPECTIVE SPECIFICATION FOR EACH CHEMICAL BID AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE LOWEST CONFORMING BIDDER FOR EACH OF THE CHEMICALS.
THAT'S FOR ONE YEAR TERM INITIALLY, AND THEN ALSO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS WITH SOME MAXIMUM INCREASE OF 10% ANNUALLY.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, ANY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER SHANNON? I, I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING.
I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST THAT, UH, AT THE TIME FOR RE UH, RENEWAL, EXERCISING THE OPTION THAT, UH, YOU BRING IT TO BACK TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THEN I'M MOVING APPROVAL WITH THAT ADDENDUM.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS? NONE.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL VOTE ON ITEMS THREE THROUGH SIX TOGETHER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION I SECOND THE MOTION WITH, WITH THE ADDENDUM? OKAY.
SO IT WAS MO MOVE, UH, FIRST BY COMMISSIONER SHANNON WITH THE ADDENDUM.
EL ELISA, DO WE NEED TO READ THE ADDENDUM SO THAT'S CLEAR? WELL, ACTUALLY I, I, I ARTICULATED THE AGENDA.
COULD YOU CONSIDER THAT, UH, UM, A, UH, SECOND.
ANY OPPOSITIONS? HEARING NONE.
[7. 24-54209 Recommendation to adopt Specifications UD-24-167 and award two separate contracts for On-Call Project Labor Agreement Administration and Compliance Monitoring Services with (1) Order of Grace Compliance, LLC and (2) Cumming Management Group, Inc. for an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for a period of two years with the option to extend each agreement for an additional period of one year, subject to Board approval; and authorize the General Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contracts, including any necessary subsequent amendments. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS FOR UD DASH 24 DASH 1 67 AND AWARD TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS WITH ONE ORDER OF GRACE COMPLIANCE AND TWO, UH, COMING MANAGEMENT GROUP.AND WE WILL CALL ON WADE Q, WHO'S ALREADY THERE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE, SO I'LL, UH, INTRODUCE MYSELF.
UM, I'M A LONG BEACH RESIDENT.
I WAS ACTUALLY BORN HERE, LIVED HERE MOST OF MY LIFE.
I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FOR 15 YEARS.
I WENT TO THE LIBRARY, THE GAS DEPARTMENT, AND I MOST RECENTLY TRANSFERRED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND THE LAST TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING IN, UH, ENGINEERING DIVISION.
FIRST OF ALL, GREAT PRESENTATION.
I LOVE SITTING IN HERE AND, AND I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM IT.
AND WADE, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOUR SPECIAL GUEST? NO GUESTS FROM ME HERE.
HE ACTUALLY WORKS, UH, DOWN AT THE HARBOR DOWN IN SECURITY.
IT'S ACTUALLY WHERE I STARTED.
I WAS A HARBOR PATROL OFFICER FOR, FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF MY CAREER.
SO, UH, I'M HERE TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR, NOT FOR THE PLA ITSELF, BUT FOR CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT THE PLA AND FOR LABOR COMPLIANCE MONITORING.
SO OUR PLA WAS, UM, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES.
THE PLAS IN AGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, CRAFT COUNCILS AND LOCAL UNIONS.
THE PLA PROMOTES OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BY HIRING LOCAL QUALIFIED APPRENTICES TO WORK ON LONG BEACH UTILITIES, DEMOLITION REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OVER $500,000.
THE PLA ALSO RE ADDRESSES THE REQUIREMENT TO PAY WORKERS A PREVAILING WAGE.
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ADDITION TO RPLA.THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALSO REQUIRES PREVAILING WAGES BE PAID ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS WHEN THE CONTRACTED WORK EXCEEDS A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WHEN THE PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT EXCEEDS $25,000, THE STATE REQUIREMENT IS TO ASSIGN A COMPLIANCE MONITORING CONSULTANT.
COMPLIANCE CONSULTANTS GET TO WORK WELL BEFORE ANY PROJECT GETS STARTED BY CONDUCTING PRE-JOB CONFERENCES WITH CONTRACTORS WHO'VE BEEN AWARDED PROJECTS WHERE THE CONSULTANTS CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION AND TRAINING ON ALL APPLICABLE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.
DURING THE PROJECT, CONSULTANTS VISIT JOB SITES TO CONDUCT FIELD INTERVIEWS WITH WORKERS.
THEY ENSURE THAT ALL THE CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS WORKING ARE PROPERLY LICENSED TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING.
THEY CONDUCT PREVAILING WAGE COMPLIANCE AUDITS BY REVIEWING AND RECORDING WEEKLY CERTIFIED PAYROLL RECORDS.
IF PAYROLL RECORDS INDICATE NON-COMPLIANCE, THE CONSULTANTS WORK WITH THE CONTRACTORS TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION.
IF NON-COMPLIANCE CONTINUES, THE CONSULTANT MAY RECOMMEND THAT WE WITHHOLD PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS UNTIL THOSE DISCREPANCIES ARE RESOLVED.
OUR EXISTING CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, LIKE THE ROOF IMPROVEMENTS HERE FOR THIS BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE HVAC PROJECT OVER AT THE GROUNDWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENT, REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AND SANITARY SEWER AND REHAB REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED CONTRACTS THAT WILL REQUIRE COMPLIANCE MONITORING ARE A TANK REHABILITATION PROJECT, A SEWER LIFT STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT, AND A CONTRACT FOR EQUIPPING A COUPLE NEW WELLS.
SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING OUT FOR BID IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THAT WILL ALSO REQUIRE COMPLIANCE MONITORING.
OUR RECYCLED WATER PIPELINE PROJECT AT THE HANES GENERATING STATION AND SCE METER INSTALLATION PROJECT AND THE REHABILITATION, UH, BOOSTER PUMP STATION.
UH, OUR CURRENT CONTRACTS EXPIRE ON AUGUST 14TH.
AND IN PREPARATION FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THESE CONTRACTS, WE POSTED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ON LONG BEACH BUYS.
AND IN THE PRESS TELEGRAM IN APRIL, IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 132 VENDORS.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN CITY PURCHASING DIVISIONS WEEKLY UPDATE OF OPEN RFP AND BID OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS SENT TO LOCAL MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.
WE RECEIVED AND EVALUATED FOUR PROPOSALS AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT SPECIFICATION AND AWARD TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR ON-CALL PROJECT, PROJECT LABOR, UH, AGREEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING SERVICES WITH THE ORDER OF GRACE COMPLIANCE AND COMING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT GROUP FOR AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1.5 MILLION FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD SUBJECT TO YOUR APPROVAL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
I HAVE A, UH, A COMMENDATION AND QUESTION.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY HIRES.
UM, CONDUCTING PREVAILING WAGE COMPLIANCE AUDITS ON, UM, I NEED SOME CLARIFICATION.
SO ARE THE COMPLIANCE CONSULTANTS, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, THEY ACTUALLY, THEY RECEIVE ALL OF THE PAYROLL RECORDS FROM ALL OF THE WORKERS ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS.
AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE PREVAILING WAGE, WHICH IS THE LOCAL WAGE, UM, THAT IS DETERMINED.
IT CAN BE DETERMINED TWO WAYS.
THE PREVAILING WAGE CAN BE DETERMINED BY THE, IT'S BY THE STATE 'CAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN REQUIREMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A PREVAILING WAGE THAT'S SET UP BY THE LOCAL UNIONS.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S, UH, ADDRESSED IN OUR, OUR PROJECT LABOR, UH, AGREEMENT.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS, UH, IT, IT'S PEOPLE WORKING IN THE SAME TRADES, DOING THE SAME SORTS OF WORK, LIKE AN AVERAGE AMOUNT OF, UH, WHAT THEY GET PAID FOR.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? HELP ME.
IT SAYS, MAY RECOMMEND WITHHOLDING PAYMENT WHEN THE CONTRACTORS ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
IS THERE ANY WAY, THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD KNOW THAT THEY WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
UH, SO YES, THOSE COMPLIANCE, UM, THE COMPLIANCE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SET UP, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MONITORING THOSE ON OUR BEHALF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORKERS OUT THERE WITH THE, UM, THE CONTRACTORS ARE GETTING PAID THAT PREVAILING WAGE.
AND WHEN I SAY WITHHOLDING THE PAYMENTS, THEY'LL RECOMMEND TO US THAT WE CAN WITHHOLD A PAYMENT TO THAT CONTRACTOR UNTIL WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING PAID THAT PREVAILING WAGE.
BUT, BUT COMMISSIONER RAINEY AND, AND I THINK THAT'S THE, LIKE THE FINAL
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STEP.SO IN COMPLIANCE, THEY'RE CHECKING THE RECORDS AND THEY'RE MAKING SURE WAY POINTED OUT THAT ONE OF THE INITIAL EFFORTS THE CONSULTANT WILL DO IS THAT THE MONITOR WILL TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR AND ASK IF THE CONTRACTOR CAN FIX AND CORRECT THAT.
AND THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS.
IF ANYTHING AT ALL, IT GETS CORRECTED THERE ON THE SPOT AND THERE'S NO NEED FOR FURTHER.
BUT IF IT, IF IT CONTINUES ON AND THE PERSON CONTINUES TO FAIL TO DO THAT, THEN THERE'S ESCALATION UP TO THE POINT THAT THEY MAKE IT, THEY BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION AND WE'RE ABLE TO ACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND SAY, YOU MUST REMEDY THIS AND PAY PREVAILING WAGE TO THE WORKERS.
SO I'LL BE QUIET AND, AND PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION AGAIN.
NO, I'M, I'M HUNG UP ON WITHHOLDING.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY WAY THIS STEP COULD BE DONE BEFORE WITHHOLDING PAYMENT? CORRECT.
SO GENERALLY IN THE FIELD, THE MONITOR CAN WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND MAKE THE CORRECTIONS.
SO THE PAYROLL CORRECTIONS ARE MADE BY THE CONTRACTOR.
NO ADDITIONAL EFFORT OR THREATS OF WITHHOLDING PAY TO THE CONTRACTOR? NOT TO THE WORKER, NO.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S TO THE CONTRACTOR.
I DON'T WANNA HOLD UP THE TIME.
BUT IT JUST SEEMS, HELP ME, KEVIN.
IT IT SEEMS, UM, KIND OF BACKWARDS TO HOW WILL YOUR OVERALL CONTRACT BE? CORRECT? OR WOULD ARE WE LOSING ANY MONEY ON THIS? NO, NO.
IN, IN FACT, WE'RE OBLIGATING THE CONTRACT TO FULFILL THE TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BASED ON PREVAILING WAGE.
SO THERE'S NO MONEY BEING LOST.
IT'S ACTUALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAYMENTS ARE CORRECT AND THAT THE WORKERS ARE INDEED GETTING PAID THE PREVAILING WAGE.
ANY OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS? MOVE APPROVAL.
CAN WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, SORRY.
I DIDN'T WANNA HAVE TO CALL YOU OUT.
HE BROUGHT HIS WEEKLY SESSION
UM, SO ARE THERE ANY THERE ANY COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS? SHANNON? NO.
IS THERE A FIRST IT WAS SHANNON.
I SECOND AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCGUIRE.
GOOD PRESENTATION AND I'D LIKE YOU BRINGING YOUR BROTHER HELPING YOU OUT.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ITEM EIGHT.
[8. 24-54210 Recommendation to adopt Solicitation Number UD-24-164 and award an agreement with Lee and Ro, Inc., to provide construction management and inspection services for the Alamitos Tank No. 22 Rehabilitation Project (EO-3601), in an amount not to exceed $469,464 and authorize the General Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contracts, including any necessary subsequent amendments. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM EIGHT.OKAY, NUMBER EIGHT, ADOPT SOLICITATION NUMBER UD 24 1 64 AND AWARD AND AGREEMENT WITH LEE AND ROW.
UM, THIS ITEM IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES OF THE TANK 22 ALAMEDAS TANK 22 REHABILITATION PROJECT.
UH, SO WE PREVIOUSLY CAME TO THE BOARD, AS SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, ON JUNE 20TH TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT OF THIS PROJECT TO PRT.
SO THIS IS THE RELEVANT, UH, INSPECTION SERVICES CONTRACT.
SO ON APRIL 29TH, OR SORRY APRIL 9TH, STAFF SOLICITED PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE ALAMEDAS TANK 22 REHABILITATION PROJECT.
WE RECEIVED FOUR PROPOSALS AND WE RECOMMEND LEE ROE BASED ON THEIR PROJECT, UNDERSTANDING THEIR EXPERIENCE ON SIMILAR PROJECTS AND THEIR COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE PROJECT.
UH, THE PROJECT INVOLVES FURNISHING LABOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS TO REHAB ALAMEDOS TANK NUMBER 22.
UH, THIS INCLUDES, UH, STRUCTURAL REPAIRS, PAINT REPLACEMENT, AND SOME
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UPGRADES TO OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM.SO, UH, WE RECOMMEND TO ADOPT SOLICITATION NUMBER UD 24 1 64 AND AWARD AN AGREEMENT WITH LEON ROE INC.
TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE ALAMEDOS TANK 22 REHABILITATION PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $469,000.
AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACTS, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS.
I I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY.
IS THERE ANYONE, UH, WISHING NO.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE.
ANY COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS? HEARING NONE? DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOTION BY SECOND? SECOND AND SECOND BY, UH, SHANNON, UH, SEEN, UH, ALL ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSITION? HEARING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES.
[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 Board.]
COMMENTS.IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A NON-AG AGENDA? ITEM BEING NONE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED.
CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING PLEASE? YES.
SO I, I JUST WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, UH, WE BEGUN THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT GENERAL MANAGER AND, UM, SO THE SEARCH FIRM SHOULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS BY NOW.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THEY'VE GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU THE ROUGH TIMELINE THAT, UH, SO, UH, NEXT WEEK THE, UH, JOB FLYER SHOULD BE GOING OUT AND THEY EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE A FOUR WEEK ADVERTISING PERIOD.
UM, SO BASICALLY THAT'S FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
AND THEN THEY'LL SCREEN THE APPLICATIONS AND PRESENT TO THE TOP CANDIDATES, UH, ON THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER TO THE COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSION WILL DECIDE HOW, HOW MANY OF THOSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW.
UH, THE INTERVIEWS WOULD TAKE PLACE, UM, UH, THE SECOND AND, UH, I THINK THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN, UH, YOU'LL MAKE A SELECTION, UH, MOST LIKELY THE, UH, UH, AROUND NOVEMBER, OR I'M SORRY, AROUND SEPTEMBER 16TH.
AND THEN, UH, THEN ONCE YOU MAKE THAT FINAL, UH, SELECTION, THEN WE WILL BE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND HOPEFULLY GET SOMEONE ON BOARD BY OCTOBER.
UH, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SO, HEARING NONE,
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OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.IS THIS, IF YOU FLIP THIS, DID YOU GET THIS? BECAUSE OF ME.