Oct 17, 2024 Utilities Commission

[CALL TO ORDER]

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NOT ON.

THANK YOU.

THE MEETING'S CALLED TO ORDER THE PLEDGE

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

NATION LIBERTY JUSTICE.

THANK YOU, TONY OF THE ROLL CALL VOTE

[ROLL CALL]

OF A NEW PERSON, PRESIDENT MCGUIRE.

PRESENT VICE PRESIDENT SCOTT IS ABSENT.

SECRETARY CORDERO HERE.

COMMISSIONER SHANNON.

COMMISSIONER RAINEY IS ABSENT.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD.

UH, VICE PRESIDENT SCOTT IS EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S BOARD MEETING AND COMMISSIONER RAINEY IS EXCUSED FROM THE OCTOBER 3RD BOARD MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SEEING NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

UH, ITEM

[1. 24-55345 Recommendation to approve October 3, 2024 Board meeting minutes.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

BOARD MEETING MINUTES.

DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AND MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER

[2. 24-55346 Recommendation to approve Transfer of Funds for October 17, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AND BEFORE I TURN IT OVER FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, I'VE BEEN A BIT CONFUSED PERSONALLY ABOUT HOW THESE TRANSFERS ARE CALCULATED AND, AND THE DETAILED UNDERSTANDING.

AND SO I WOULD REQUEST THE GENERAL MANAGER TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE TO THE BOARD ON THAT ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT MCGUIRE.

INDEED, YOU'RE CORRECT.

UH, ONE OF MY TASKS AND GOALS IS TO INDEED INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION TO THE BOARD ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS, INCLUDING BUDGET, BUDGET PLANNING, AS WELL AS THIS ASPECT OF THE TRANSFERS AS WELL, WHICH IS THE KEY COMPONENT OF THE BUDGET ITSELF.

SO I HEARD YOU AND YOU SHOULD EXPECT THAT FROM US IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU, ANTO.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY ON THIS ISSUE? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS, IS THIS 14 MILLION? WHAT PERCENTAGE THE GROSS REVENUES? DO WE, IS THAT YOUR COMMENT? THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY A QUESTION.

AM I ALLOWED TO DO THAT? WELL, THIS, THIS ISN'T A TOWN HALL WHERE WE RESPOND TO QUESTIONS DIRECTLY.

OKAY.

BUT YOUR COMMENT IS RECORDED.

ANNA TOLD.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT? NO.

THAT THE NATURE OF THE QUESTION GOES IN LINE WITH YOUR COMMENT.

TO ME, THAT KIND OF TRANSPARENCY AND INDICATION OF HOW IT'S CALCULATED IS IMPORTANT AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'LL RECEIVE, WE'LL BE HAVING MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU ON THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

OKAY.

UM, DO I HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENT? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

YES.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 3, 5 7, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS ACT PROGRAM CHARGES.

JUST CAN YOU GIMME A LITTLE INSIGHT OR US A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT, WHAT THAT IS? I KNOW WHAT A PRA IS, BUT I'M, DO WE DO THIS QUARTERLY? DO WE DO IT ANNUALLY? THIS, THIS CHARGE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WAY THE AMOUNTS ARE LAID OUT, IT GIVES YOU THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

SO THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS AN ESTIMATE.

THE ACTUAL CHARGES INCURRED IS BECAUSE ANY PRA IS DONE THROUGH THE CITY .

SO WE MAY BE ASSEMBLING INFORMATION AS WELL, BUT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS ALSO ENGAGING IN ACTIVITY REGARDING THIS, AND THESE ARE THE CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO ARE THESE CHARGES SPECIFIC TO PRA REQUESTS SPECIFIC TO OUR DEPARTMENT? I BELIEVE THEY ARE, YES.

HMM, INTERESTING.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENT? A SEEING NONE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER? DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER THREE

[3. 24-55347 Recommendation to authorize the General Manager to adopt and approve the final Initial Study Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND); adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP); approve filing of a Notice of Determination with the Los Angeles County Clerk; and execute the appropriate environmental documents related to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Haynes Generating Station Sewer Pipeline Project (SC-0442).       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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I CALL ON DEAN WANG FOR THE FIRST HALF OF OUR PRESENTATION.

HI, DEAN.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL A A ACTION ITEM, UH, THIS MORNING, UM, I WAS ASKED TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THIS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ITEM TO OUR WATER RESOURCES.

UH, AND SO THE L-A-D-W-P HANES PLANT IS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY.

UH, BACK IN 2010, THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD ADOPTED A NEW POLICY THAT, UH, IS GOING TO, UH, PHASE OUT ONCE THROUGH OCEAN COOLING.

SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, 1919 DIFFERENT POWER PLANTS ACROSS THE STATE, UH, PULL IN WATER IN FROM THE OCEAN, UH, AND THEN USE THAT FOR COOLING AND THEN DISCHARGE THAT BACK INTO THE OCEAN.

AND SO THAT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS.

UH, IT CAN IMPINGE, UH, SEA, UH, AQUATIC SEA LIFE, UH, WHEN IT, WHEN THEY SUCK THE WATER IN.

AND ALSO, UH, AS THE TEMPERATURE IS WARMED UP THROUGH THE COOLING PROCESS AND DISCHARGED, UH, THAT TEMPERATURE IS ALSO, UH, PROBLEMATIC FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO THE STATE HAS WANTED TO PHASE OUT ONCE THROUGH COOLING.

AND SO L-A-D-W-P HANES HAS BEEN GIVEN A 2029, UH, DEADLINE TO COMPLY TO, UH, EITHER CHANGE THE COOLING OR DECOMMISSION.

AND IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT LEDP PLANS TO, UH, UH, RETROFIT THEIR FACILITIES SO THAT THEY NO LONGER ARE DEPENDENT ON ONES THROUGH OCEAN COOLING.

THIS IS SIGNIFICANT TO US BECAUSE THE WATER DEMAND, UH, FOR THE NEW COOLING, UH, THAT WILL NOT BE USING THE ONES THROUGH OCEAN WATER, WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON US LONG BEACH UTILITIES TO SUPPLY WATER FOR COOLING.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST, UH, TO, UH, SUPPLY RECYCLED WATER RATHER THAN POTABLE WATER BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT THEY MAY NEED, UH, THIS IS, UH, IT IS A QUESTION AS TO EXACTLY HOW MUCH THEY'LL NEED BASED ON FUTURE ENERGY DEMAND.

SO DEPENDING ON EXACTLY HOW THE POWERPOINT OPERATES, THEY MAY, MAY USE UP TO 5,000 OR 7,500 ACRE FEET A YEAR OF WATER.

AND AS, AS YOU'LL SEE, THAT REPRESENTS A GOOD 10 TO 15% OF OUR TOTAL WATER DEMAND IN THE CITY.

SO THIS WOULD BE OUR SINGLE LARGEST WATER USE IN THE CITY.

UM, SO AS THIS HIGHLY NON-TECHNICAL DIAGRAM SHOWS, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO, FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPPLY TO HAES, PROVIDE RECYCLED WATER, BIG PURPLE ARROW.

UH, WHEN, WHEN THERE IS AVAILABLE RECYCLED WATER SUPPLY, IT WILL BE A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPLIED BY RECYCLED WATER.

DURING THE SUMMERTIME OR DURING SOME OCCASIONAL, UH, UH, PERIODS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH RECYCLED WATER, WE WILL SUPPLEMENT THAT SUPPLY WITH POTABLE WATER, UM, AND BOTH RECYCLED WATER AND POTABLE WATER.

ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THEIR COOLING SYSTEMS, WE'LL ACTUALLY COME BACK THROUGH, UH, A, A NEW SEWER PIPE, UH, TO THE LONG BEACH WATER RECLAMATION PLANT.

AND SO THAT, THAT FINAL GREEN RETURN LINE IS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, UH, NET IT NETS OUT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE ACTUAL WATER DEMAND.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RETURN FLOW.

UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, AS THE ONCE THROUGH OCEAN COOLING WORKS, UH, WE, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT SEWER, UH, DISCHARGE FROM THE FACILITY, BUT, UH, IN THE FUTURE WE WILL, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO RECAPTURE THAT AS RECYCLED WATER.

AND SO THAT FINAL PIECE, THE SEWER PIECE IS, UH, THE PIECE I'LL PASS OVER TO LELA TO EXPLAIN THE PROJECT.

UM, OKAY.

UH, GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS LELA STEVENS.

I'LL BE, I'M A CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE, UH, WATER PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER IN THE WATER PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP.

I'LL BE PROVIDING A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO L-A-D-W-P HAYNES GENERATING STATIONS SEWER PIPELINE PROJECTS.

SO IT'S THE, UH, AS DEAN MENTIONED EARLIER, WILL BE THE, UH, DISCHARGE THAT GOES, GOES INTO THE, UH, RECYCLE RE WATER LONG BEACH RECLAMATION PLANT.

OOPS, COME ON THIS.

SO FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, IT WOULD CONSTRUCT APPROXIMATELY 16,600 LINEAR FEET OF SEWER PIPELINE, UH, 12 INCH SEWER PIPELINE CONVEYING EXISTING INDUSTRIAL WATER AND, UH, STORM WATER DISCHARGED FROM L-A-D-W-P HAYNES GENERATING STATION TO THE LA COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT'S LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH WATER RECLAMATION PLANT.

UH, THIS ROUTE WILL BE STARTING, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE LASER, BUT WE'LL BE STARTING TO THE SOUTH OF 22 FREEWAY, WHICH IS THE HAYNES GENERATING STATION.

AND IT WILL CONTINUE NORTHWEST CROSSING 22 FREEWAY

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UM, AND THEN IT WOULD HEAD EAST UNTIL IT REACH, IT REACHES TO THE LA COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT'S POINT OF CONNECTION, WHICH IS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE LONG BEACH RECLAMATION PLAN.

UH, THE PROPOSED SEW FORCE SEWER PIPELINE WILL BE INSTALLED WITHIN THE, A COMBINATION OF THE UNPAVED AND PAVED ROADWAY, INCLUDING PORTION WITHIN THE UTILITY RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND A SMALL PORTION IN THE CITY OF SILL BEACH.

ABOUT, UH, LESS THAN 7% OF THE PIPELINE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED USING THE TRENCHLESS METHOD, UH, EITHER, UH, BRIDGE CROSSING OR THE MICRO TUNNELING, AND THE REMAINING WILL BE INSTALLED USING THE TRADITIONAL OPEN CUT TRENCH METHOD.

AND THIS PHOTO SHOWS HERE A PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE EAST WILLOW STREET CROSSING THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER CHANNEL OR, OR SAN GABRIEL RIVER, USING THE TRENCHLESS METHOD.

AND THE PIPE WILL BE STRONG ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING, UH, PIPELINE CONDUIT IN A 16 INCH ENCASEMENT UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH L-A-D-W-P, UH, WHICH STARTED IN JUNE OF 2022 FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE RECYCLED WATER AND SEWER PIPELINE PROJECT, UH, TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE NEEDS OF HANES GENERATING STATION.

AND THIS BOARD ITEM TODAY IS ONLY RELATED TO THE SEWER PIPELINE SEWER PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

AND THE RECYCLE PORTION WAS, UH, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND APPROVED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, UH, THE, THE DEPARTMENT HIRED CONSULTANT TO HANDLE THE DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL RELATED SERVICE FOR THE PROJECT, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL INCLUDES COMPLIANCE WITH CQA AND OTHER PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS.

CQA OR THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, UH, REQUIRES THAT ALL STATES AND LOCAL, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCY CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCE OF THE PROJECT.

UH, SINCE LBUD IS A LEADING AGENCY ON LED WPS BEHALF OF CARRYING OUT AND APPROVING THIS PROJECT, AS SUCH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKERS AND PUBLIC ABOUT THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND TO REDUCE THESE IMPACTS TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE.

AND WHEN THERE IS A PUBLIC, UH, AGENCY PROJECT, THERE'S A TYPICAL PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AS LISTED ON THE SCREEN.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROJECT IS CONSIDERED EXEMPT FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENT.

AND MOST OF OUR PROJECTS FALL UNDER THE EXEMPTION, WHETHER IT'S SATURATED OR CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION.

HOWEVER, FOR HAYNES PROJECT, UH, THE PIPELINE EXCEEDS MILE LENGTH THRESHOLD, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TOTAL LENGTH FOR THE SEWER IS APPROXIMATELY 16,900 LINEAR FEET OR 3.2 MILE EQUIVALENT.

THEREFORE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROCEED WITH THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS THE PREPARATION OF THE INITIAL, UH, INITIAL STUDY UNDER, UH, NUMBER TWO.

AND THE, UH, BASED ON THE FINDING OF THE INITIAL STUDY, UH, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A MITIGATED AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION, OR M AND D, UH, IS THE APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT TO BE PREPARED IN COMPLIANCE WITH C-Q-A-A-M-N-D IS TYPICALLY PREPARED FOR A PROJECT SUBJECT TO CQA.

WHEN AN INITIAL STUDY HAS IDENTIFIED THAT, UH, THE POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT CAN BE REDUCED TO A LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BY INCORPORATING MITIGATED MEASURES.

THESE MEDICAID MEASURES ARE ASSIMILATED INTO A ONE STANDALONE DOCUMENT, WHICH IS CALLED THE PROJECT MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PLAN, OR MMRP.

WITH THAT SAID, THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, WOULD BE LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT, UH, WITH INCORPORATION OF THE MITIGATED MEASURES AS DEF, UH, AND WHICH IS DEFINED IN THE FINAL ISM AND D AND INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECTS, UH, MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PLAN, OR M-M-R-T-R-P AFTER THE, UH, PREPARATION OF THE ISM AND D FOR HAN SEWER PIPELINE PROJECT, UH, THERE WAS A REQUIRED 30 DAY REVIEW, A PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.

THE REVIEW IS MANDATORY BEFORE THE DOCUMENT CAN BE APPROVED OR ADOPTED.

FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE NOTICE OF INTENT, UH, TO ADOPT THE MND WAS PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH PLANNING WEBSITE AND UPLOADED TO THE STATE FOR, UH, STATE CLEARINGHOUSE.

THE PUBLIC REVIEW OF DRAFT ISM AND D WAS CIRCULATED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW COM REVIEW AND COMMENTS FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS FROM JUNE 14TH TO JULY 14TH OF THIS YEAR,

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ALL COMMENTS WERE ADDRESSED AND MEETINGS WERE SCHEDULED FOR AGENCIES WHO REQUESTED THEM, AND THE COMMENTS WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL ISM AND D.

IN CONCLUSION, THIS PROJECT WITH ALL THE MEDICAID MEASURES AS OUTLINED IN THE DOCUMENT, WILL NOT RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THESE CQA DOCUMENTS THAT WE PREPARE REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM OUR BOARD BEFORE WE CAN ADVERTISE THE SEWER PIPELINE PROJECT FOR ALPHABET.

AND WITH THIS INFORMATION, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDS OUR BOARD TO AUTHORIZE OUR, UH, GENERAL MANAGER TO ADOPT THE FINAL I-S-M-N-D AND THE M-R-M-M-R-P OR MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM PLAN TO AN APPROVED FILING OF A NOTICE OF DETERMINATION WITH THE LA COUNTY CLERK AND EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE HAYNES GENERATING STATION SEWER PIPELINE PROJECT.

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY, UH, PRESENTATION.

I WILL TRY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK, THANK YOU, LEILA.

THAT'S, AND THANK YOU, DEAN.

THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

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UM, YES, IF I COULD, LEILA, I APOLOGIZE.

UM, I CAN'T RECALL IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE BOARD? OH, UH, THIS IS MY SECOND, UH, PRESENTATION.

.

THE FIRST, WELL, WELL, SINCE MY MEMORY IS SO FAULTY NO, NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

UH, THIS FIRST ONE WAS A YEAR AGO, SO, UH, UH, BUT YEAH, MY NAME IS LEILA STEVENS.

I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER WITH THE WATER PIPELINE INFRAS INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP.

UH, BEEN HERE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

UM, YEAH.

THANK YOU, LEILA.

GREAT.

WELCOME BACK, .

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT? COMMISSIONER CORDERO? I JUST HAVE A, UM, A QUICK, A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED.

YES.

CAN WE SEE THOSE? UH, YEAH.

UH, WE CAN SEND OVER THE RESPONSE TO COMMENTS TO YOU.

AND THAT WAS ALREADY FINALIZED AND SHARED WITH, UM, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE SIMILAR, BUT, UM, SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE GABRIELINO BAND OF MISSION INDIAN, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE HAD ISSUES WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND WE'RE IN A SIMILAR AREA.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY, WHAT, WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE.

YEAH.

WE CAN SHARE THEIR COMMENTS WITH YOU AND OUR RESPONSE TO IT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S WITH HANES AND L-A-D-W-P, I THINK EVERYBODY IN LONG BEACH KIND OF ASSUMES IT'S OURS BECAUSE THEY JUST SEE IT.

AND SO WE WE'RE GETTING THE MOST VISIBILITY ON THIS.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT WOULDN'T BE L-A-D-W-P, WE'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.

AND THEN AS PART OF THE EIR PROCESS, WE ARE THE LEAD AGENCY.

AND SO WE WOULD BE DEALING WITH THE RESPONSE TO COMMENTS, ENTERTAINING THE COMMENTS FROM EVERYBODY.

YES.

GREAT.

IF WE COULD JUST GET THOSE COMMENTS, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO SEE WHERE COMMUNITY'S COMING FROM.

MM-HMM.

, THANK YOU.

YOU DID A AND THAT'S IT.

GREAT.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENT? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? CAN I MOVE? YES.

I'M SORRY.

CAN WE BE ASSURED WITH THOSE COMMENTS THAT, THAT THE, ESPECIALLY THE GABRIELINO TRIBE DID NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY ANYTHING ABOUT SACRED LAND OR, OR ANYTHING THAT ANCESTRAL BURIAL LAND? WELL, I THINK AS PART OF THE EIR PROCESS, THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS IN TERMS OF THE SCREENING AND THE NATURE OF THE IMPACTS AND THE NATURE OF THE MITIGATION REQUIRED.

SO IN ANY MAJOR PROJECT, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THAT, THE ASPECT IN RELATIONSHIP TO TRIBAL INTERESTS, UM, FIRST, AND THERE IS A CHECKLIST THAT YOU GO THROUGH.

SO I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP HAND SPECIFICALLY OF THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS SPECIFICALLY GOES TO THAT AND THEN THE ACTIONS YOU'RE REQUIRED.

RIGHT.

SO I BELIEVE WE DID ADDRESS THAT.

OKAY, GREAT.

'CAUSE I'M GONNA TRUST WHEN WE SAY OUR CONCLUSION IS THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

MY VOTE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND.

I, I UNDERSTAND IT.

IT IS, IT IS A PROCESS THAT LEADS TO THAT CONCLUSION.

SO THE CONCLUSION CANNOT BE DRAWN WITHOUT EXTENSIVE REVIEW AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

SEEING NO MORE COMMENTS, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.

RECEIVED A MOTION.

AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

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THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[4. 24-55348 Recommendation to authorize the General Manager to increase the Long Beach Public Utilities Department’s grant funding share from $53,000 to $126,816 for the development and implementation of an Automated Earthquake Early Warning System.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO INCREASE THE GRANT FUNDING SHARE FROM 53,000 TO $126,816 FOR THE AUTOMATED EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, I CALL ON SEAN CURTIS.

HI, SEAN.

MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.

UH, THE ITEM I BRING BEFORE YOU IS, OF COURSE, AN INCREASE TO OUR GRANT SHARE AMOUNT TO, UH, IMPLEMENT AN EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.

SO I HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY THAT'LL DISCUSS, UH, OUR EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS, HOW THE EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM WORKS, WHAT THE PROJECT ENHANCEMENTS ARE THAT REQUIRE THE INCREASE.

AND THEN I'LL CONCLUDE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AND QUESTION.

UH, SO I'M GONNA START WITH THE VERY BASICS OF PLATE TECTONICS.

SO THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE CRUST, UH, THAT FLOATS ON TOP OF THE EARTH'S, UH, MAGMA, WHICH IS THE MOLTEN ROCK OF THE EARTH'S CRUST.

AND SO ALL OF THESE BASICALLY INTERACT AT CERTAIN POINTS, AND THEY'RE BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE HERE IN CALIFORNIA TO LIVE IN THE AREA WITH WHAT'S CALLED THE RING OF FIRE, WHERE MOST OF THE WORLD'S, UH, SEISMIC ACTIVITY OCCURS.

UM, MANY OF THE VOLCANOES, THE EARTHQUAKES AND SO FORTH, ARE IN THIS LOCATION AND BEING IN, IN, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OR CALIFORNIA.

UH, WE ARE HERE IN THE PACIFIC WHERE THE PACIFIC PLATE AND THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATES MEET.

UM, SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A STRIKE SLIP FAULT HERE, UH, WHICH IS WHERE THE SAN ANDREAS, UH, IS LOCATED.

AND SO THERE ARE TWO PLATES THAT ARE BASICALLY, UH, MOVING PAST EACH OTHER.

AND THOSE WHEN, WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS ON THOSE, UH, THAT FAULT LINE, WE GET EARTHQUAKE, UH, THROUGHOUT OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD WHERE YOU'LL SEE THE RED LINES, THOSE ARE SUBDUCTION ZONES, AND THOSE ARE WHERE, UH, THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE OCCURS.

UM, SO YOU'LL HAVE UP IN ALASKA, WHICH HAS THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKES IN THE US.

UM, JAPAN ALSO HAS SOME OF THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKES, UH, THAT OCCUR GLOBALLY.

YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT IS WHERE THE HIMALAYAS ARE.

SO THAT IS AION ZONE THAT PUSHES UP THE MOUNTAINS OF THE HIMALAYAS.

ALSO HERE IN IN CHILE, THERE ARE THE ANDES MOUNTAINS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS, UH, WHERE WE LIVE GETTING MORE LOCALLY.

THESE ARE OUR REGIONAL FAULT LINES HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND HERE IS THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT LINE.

THIS IS THE SAN JACINTO, UH, FAULT LINE.

THIS IS THE ELSINORE FAULT LINE.

GETTING CLOSER TO HOME FOR US.

WE HAVE THE NEWPORT INGLEWOOD FAULT LINE, AND THEN THE PALO VERUS FAULT LINE.

THIS LITTLE ONE HERE, I'VE GOT EARTHQUAKE CAN, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, THAT IS THE, UH, LOS ALAMITOS FAULT LINE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF FAULTS, AND I JUST HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES FOR US.

UM, AND EARTHQUAKES DO OCCUR EVERY DAY.

MOST OF 'EM WE DO NOT FILL.

THEY COULD BE IN THE RANGE OF ONE TO TWO, UH, MAGNITUDE.

IN FACT, WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS, THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITHIN THAT RANGE OF ONE TO TWO MAGNITUDE.

AND WE DON'T FEEL THOSE, WE WON'T, WOULDN'T REALLY START TO FEEL SHAKING UNTIL THERE'S ROUGHLY A MAGNITUDE THREE TO 3.5.

AND SO, UM, A LOT OF THOSE EARTHQUAKES THAT DID OCCUR WERE ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS, UH, TOWARDS THE BORDER REGION WITH MEXICO GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO HOME.

WE ARE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEWPORT INGLEWOOD FAULT LINE, UH, WHICH RUNS UP FROM ROUGHLY HUNTINGTON BEACH AREA THROUGH, UH, LONG BEACH.

AND SO RIGHT HERE IS WHERE OUR HEADQUARTERS IS, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO, UH, THE MAJOR FAULT LINE OF THE NEWPORT INGLEWOOD.

AND THAT IS RATED FOR A MAXIM, UH, MAXIMUM MAGNITUDE OF ROUGHLY SEVEN TO SEVEN POINT.

SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY EXPERIENCE A VERY STRONG EARTHQUAKE JUST HERE IN LONG BEACH.

UH, THE LAST KNOWN, UM, RUPTURE ALONG THE NEWPORT INGLEWOOD FAULT WAS THE 1933 LONG BEACH EARTHQUAKE, WHICH WAS EPICENTER DOWN.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF SHAKING

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SO OUR STATE, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UH, BERKELEY AND UH, CALTECH HAVE BASICALLY PUT A LOT OF SEISMIC STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF OUR AREA HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND YOU SEE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF SEISMIC STATIONS, AND THAT IS TO UNDERSTAND THE SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN OUR REGION, BUT ALSO NOW WITH THE EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.

UM, THESE WILL ALSO BE A MAJOR PART OF GETTING US THAT NOTIFICATION WHEN THERE IS AN EARTHQUAKE THAT OCCURS SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

UH, I THINK THE CLOSEST ONES, UH, TO US, THERE'S ONE AT THE AIRPORT.

THERE'S, THERE'S ONE DOWN IN THE HARBOR DISTRICT AS WELL.

SO BASICALLY HOW THE EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM WORKS IS WHEN THERE IS A RUPTURE ON A FAULT, WHICH CAUSES, UH, SEISMIC SHAKING, THESE SE SENSORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE GOING TO PICK UP THE SHAKING AND SEND THAT TO AN EARTHQUAKE ALERT CENTER, WHICH IS, UH, THE CLOSEST ONE IS AT CALTECH.

AND THIS INFORMATION IS TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT THROUGH FIBER OPTICS, AND THEN THEY DISTRIBUTE THAT NOTIFICATION TO ALL AGENCIES THAT ARE, ARE INVOLVED IN THE, UH, EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, WHICH WE WILL BE BECOME PART OF.

SO WE WILL GET THAT NOTIFICATION VERY QUICK, UH, WITHIN SECONDS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE IS DETECTED.

AND THEN IT WILL DISTRIBUTE A NOTIFICATION TO OUR STAFF THAT THERE IS AN EARTHQUAKE COMING.

WE CAN'T EXPECT SHAKING WHERE WE'RE AT, AND ALLOW US TO MOVE INTO PROTECTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS DUCK COVER AND HOLD, AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS THAT ARE, UH, MEASURES THAT I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING NOW.

SO BACK ON APRIL 18TH, UH, I WAS UP HERE AGAIN AND I ASKED THE BOARD TO, UH, APPROVE OUR MATCHING GRANT SHARE OF $53,000.

AND THAT AT THE TIME THE GRANT WAS SUBMITTED, WE WERE NOT A MERGED UTILITY, SO IT ONLY WOULD COVER WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.

UH, THE INITIAL PROJECT WAS JUST NOTIFICATION ONLY.

SO WE WOULD ONLY RECEIVE AN ALERT THAT THE SHAKING IS EXPECTED, AND THEN IT WOULD BROADCAST A NOTIFICATION THROUGH RADIO, OUR VOIP OR VOICEOVER INTERNET PROTOCOL, TELEPHONE SYSTEM, AND OUR PA SYSTEMS. SO THAT ALLOWS US TO DUCK COVER AND HOLD IN ADVANCE SO NO ONE WILL GET INJURED ONCE THE SHAKING STARTS.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE, UH, BECAUSE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, DID NOT PARTICIPATE AFTER ALL.

AND THAT OPENED UP, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INCLUDE GAS IN THE AUTO AUDIO NOTIFICATION AS WELL.

SO OUR 2,400 EAST SPRING STREET SITE, AND ALSO IMPLEMENT, UM, OPERATIONAL MEASURES.

AND SO THESE OPERATIONAL MEASURES, WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, AS WELL AS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE EVALUATING DURING THIS PROJECT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF OPENING UP VEHICLE BAY DOORS, UH, IN ADVANCE SO THAT OUR VEHICLES DO NOT BECOME ENTRAPPED BEHIND A CLOSED GARAGE DOOR.

AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO ANY TYPES OF EMERGENCIES OUT IN THE FIELD.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, SENDING A NOTICE TO ELEVATORS IN ADVANCE SO THAT NO ONE BECOMES STUCK ON THE ELEVATOR DURING THE SHAKING.

AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING AT INTEGRATING INTO OUR OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS SCADA SCADA STANDS FOR SUPERVISORY CONTROLS AND DATA ACQUISITION.

AND THIS ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT CONTROLS OUR, UH, SEWER STATIONS, UH, ALL OF THE CHEMICAL INJECTIONS AT THE TREATMENT PLANT AND AND SO FORTH.

SO BY INTEGRATING THIS, WE MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO, UH, REDUCE FLOWS POTENTIALLY AS WELL AS, UH, CHEMICALS BEING INJECTED INTO, UH, OUR TREATMENT PROCESS, UH, TO PREVENT THE ANY, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RELEASES.

THESE ARE GONNA BE THE THINGS THAT WE WILL EXPLORE DURING THIS PROJECT.

UM, SO THIS WILL INCREASE OUR MATCHING GRANT SHARE BY $73,816.

SO WHAT WE'RE STAFF IS REQUESTING THE BOARD TO DO IS TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO INCREASE THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT'S GRANT FUNDING SHARE, UH, FROM 53,000

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AND I, I THINK I FAILED TO MENTION THAT THIS IS A GRANT, UH, THE CITY RECEIVED THROUGH FEMA'S, UH, HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT, UH, PROGRAM.

WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

SEAN, IS THIS JUST AN, AN EXTENSION OF OUR ORIGINAL GRANT, THEN WE'RE JUST ABLE TO ASK FOR MORE AND DO MORE? YES, CORRECT.

OKAY.

DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? DO I HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT? GLORIA, THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU.

THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

IT WAS VERY SOBERING THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING, GET ALL THIS INFORMATION.

UM, I I, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, AND I THINK, OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST KIND OF A NO BRAINER TO ADD SIDE ON THIS, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO PART OF A NETWORK BECAUSE METROPOLITAN, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE PART OF THIS GROUP THAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE LOOKING TO EACH OTHER TO, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES OR HOW CAN WE HELP OTHERS.

UM, WHEN I, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THERE, THERE WAS A VIDEO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DELTA PROJECT AND THEY SHOW THE, THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE, WE SAW IT RECENTLY, AND THEN THEY SAW WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE DELTA, THE INTRUSION OF, OF SALT WATER THAT WOULD COME IN AND IT JUST SHOWS GRADUALLY.

WE, WE NEED TO BRING THAT HERE AND MAYBE SHOW PEOPLE IT'S EXTREMELY, UM, INFORMATIVE AS TO WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN.

NOT WHEN, NOT IF, BUT WHEN THERE IS AN EARTHQUAKE THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, UM, OWE TO THE LEVEES AND, UH, THE INTEGRITY OF THE LEVEES, BUT ALSO THAT SALT WATER INTRUSION.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH REGARDS TO NO ACCESS TO WATER OR LIMITED ACCESS.

'CAUSE MET GIVES US STATE WATER PROJECT AND THEN ALSO JUST FOOD, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DELTA AND THE AGRICULTURE THERE.

SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS, AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING ON TOP OF THIS.

UM, AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT VIDEO OUT HERE ONE DAY JUST TO SUPPORT WITH THAT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

THANK YOU.

MOTION AND SECOND RECEIVED.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, SEAN.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT

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IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A NON-AG AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED.

AND I HAVE

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FIRST, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW STANDING COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE STANDING COMMITTEES AS PART OF OUR BOARD, AND WE HAVE OUR ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE 20 24, 25 YEAR.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY KEVIN SCOTT.

THE MEMBER IS BOB SHANNON.

INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED ALSO BY COMMISSIONER SCOTT WITH MYSELF, COMMISSIONER MCGUIRE AS A MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY COMMISSIONER RAINEY.

THE COMMISSIONER MEMBER IS GLORIA CORDERO.

AND OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY COMMISSIONER CORDERO, AND THE COMMISSIONER MEMBER WILL BE MR. SHANNON.

UM, ALL HAVE ACCEPTED THOSE POSITIONS AND, UM, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE NEW COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, WE'LL MOVE ON.

UH, HEARING NONE, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS FIRST, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR NEW GENERAL MANAGER.

UH, YOU HEARD LAST TIME WE MET ABOUT THE EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS THAT WE CONDUCTED IN OUR SEARCH FOR THE NEXT GENERAL MANAGER OF FOR LONG BEACH UTILITIES.

AND WE UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED, UM, ANATOL AS THE MOST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL AT THIS TIME AND PLACE, AND TO, UH, AND THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON TO LEAD BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.

AND I THINK, UM, WOW.

OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO, WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT IN ACTION.

SO, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M A NEW LEADER AS WELL FOR THIS BOARD.

AND, UM, SO WE HAD TWO NEW LEADERS HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT FIRST PHONE CALL AT, WHAT WAS IT, NINE O'CLOCK OR SIX O'CLOCK OR SOMETHING AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, WITH A POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, IT WAS, IT WAS, UM, INTERESTING AND TERRIFYING ALL AT ONCE.

AND WE, UM, I WAS JUST SO PROUD OF EVERYONE.

SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ANTO AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF OUR, OUR AMAZING EMPLOYEES FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, OR THAT CRITICAL TIME PERIOD AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS RESOLVED SO QUICKLY.

I DID RECEIVE, UH, A CALL FROM THE, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, THE, THE MORNING THAT

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AND, AND HE WAS, UH, VERY, VERY PLEASED, UH, WITH THE RESOLUTION AND THE DEDICATION AND THE SUPPORT THAT WAS SHOWN AND VERY COMPLIMENTARY.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, ANNA, TO WELCOME TO YOUR NEW JOB, .

THANK YOU CHARISMA MCGUIRE.

AND, AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AS WELL, UH, FOR THE SELECTION AND THE, AND THE HONOR TO BE HERE.

THERE IS, UH, CERTAINLY AS A RESULT OF THIS POSITION MORE TO COME IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT I KNOW IN TALKING WITH YOU, PRESIDENT MCGUIRE, YOU HAVE EXPECTATIONS FOR US GENERALIST STAFF TO HAVE GREATER TRANSPARENCY TO THE BOARD AND THAT THAT WILL COME, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT INSTEAD TO JUST IN THIS FIRST REPORT TO YOU, TO JUST SPEND A LITTLE TIME TO LET YOU KNOW OF THINGS THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU AND WE'LL AGENDIZE THEM PROPERLY.

UM, SO LET ME GO DOWN THE LIST 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE LIST.

I KNOW THINGS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH JUST BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT OF THE PHONE CALLS THAT I MADE TO YOU.

UM, BUT I, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT, UH, WHAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU DETAIL.

WE, UM, REACHED A DEADLINE WHERE WE HAD TO SUBMIT A BIT OF DATA AND ANALYSIS ON THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE.

AND FUNDAMENTALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS THIS ACRONYM, UH, THE LCRR, BUT THE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY THIS, THIS ASPECT OF OUR WATER SYSTEM AND WHAT CONNECTION DOES IT HAVE, IF ANY, TO LEAD PIPES, AS YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE NATION, LEAD PIPES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND SO FORTH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

SO WE REACHED A DEADLINE.

I'M HERE VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE SUBMITTED DATA AND ANALYSIS TO THE STATE THAT WILL IDENTIFY OURSELVES AS A LEAD-FREE WATER SYSTEM.

UH, THAT WAS JUST REACHED RECENTLY.

AND WE ARE PREPARING A DETAILED REPORT TO THE BOARD AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HOW WE DID THAT ANALYSIS AND HOW IT LEADS TO THIS GREAT, GREAT CONCLUSION FOR US THAT WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT GOING FORWARD AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT.

SECOND OF ALL IS, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR BECAUSE I WAS CALLING YOU ABOUT THE MAIN BREAK, BUT IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LAST WEEK ON MONDAY THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION OF AN A DU, UM, IN NORTHWEST LONG BEACH.

UH, THAT INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

WE ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED, UH, WITH FIRE AS WELL AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND CONDUCTING A DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AND KNOW RELATED TO THAT TO CONTRIBUTE TO ULTIMATELY WHAT WOULD BE A, BOTH THE CITY DESIGNATION OF THEIR CONCLUSIONS OF THE INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS AN EXTERNAL INVESTIGATION AS A MUNICIPAL GAS UTILITY.

UM, THE CPUC HAS AN INVESTIGATORY ARM AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DO AN INVESTIGATION.

I ALREADY NOTIFIED THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE HAVE THIS DUAL OBLIGATION, THAT ONE INTERNALLY WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND REACH THOSE CONCLUSIONS.

WE ARE ALSO IN A PUBLIC FACING INVESTIGATE INVESTIGATIVE, UH, ACTION WITH THE CPUC.

LIKE I TOLD YOU, THIS IS JUST SIMPLY TO NOTIFY YOU OF THAT THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AT SUCH TIME.

WE'LL BRING YOU A FULL REPORT TO THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT ON THAT? NO, I COULD JUST COMMENT.

UH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE MENTIONED A NUMBER OF AREAS IN WHICH WE COULD IMPROVE THE, UH, THE OPERATION, THE DEPARTMENT.

I THINK WE SHOULD LET CHRIS KNOW AND SLAM HIM GOOD FOR NOT DOING THOSE THINGS.

YOU PLANNED WELL, .

SURE.

AND ALSO YOU MENTIONED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S ROLE IN THE EXPLOSION.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS RESPONSIBLE.

, YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT IN HOW I WORDED THAT.

SO, UM, , I AGREE.

UM, THE THIRD ITEM WAS WHAT YOU WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THE PHONE CALLS AND ALL THAT, RIGHT? UM, IT IS, IT IS AN INCIDENT WITHOUT PRECEDENCE.

I THINK FOR US AS AN AGENCY AND AS A COMMUNITY, IT, IT IS IN SOME WAYS RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

WE TELL YOU ABOUT MAIN BREAKS, WE FIX THEM AND SO FORTH.

WE ARE ASSEMBLING ALL THE INFORMATION.

WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD A MORE DETAILED RUNDOWN OF HOW SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

THIS CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS THAT LED TO THE BOIL WATER NOTICE AND HOW WE RESOLVE THAT.

UH, AND GOING FORWARD, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE UNDERTOOK AS AN AGENCY TO BE PROTECTIVE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BE PROTECTIVE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND HAVING THOSE TWO PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXERCISING THEM TO THAT DEGREE IS WHAT WAS THE UNDERTONE

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AND INDEED, IT, IT GOT RESOLVED WITHIN 24 HOURS.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU A FULL BREAKDOWN ON THAT.

AND IMPORTANT IN THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS AS STAFF, WE ARE MINDFUL OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU THE EXTENT OF ALL THE STAFF'S EFFORTS SO THAT YOU CAN THANK THEM BECAUSE IT IS AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT OVER 24 HOURS OF SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTED AND DEDICATED THEIR TIME TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU.

THOSE, UH, PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AGENDIZED AND COMING TO YOU OVER THE NEXT MONTH.

IMPORTANT IN THE BOIL WATER NOTICE IN THE MAIN BREAK IS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO YOU, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION THAT IS COMING FORWARD.

NOW, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE AFFECTED COUNCIL DISTRICTS HAVE REQUESTED A PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL TIMING THAT FOR THE END OF NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER.

UH, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE THE INFORMATION FIRST AND GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO COUNCIL.

I DID WANT TO ALERT YOU, UH, IN TERMS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE WILL BE INTERACTING WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR'S DISTRICT, UH, NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE HAVING, UH, A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS THERE AND ADDRESSING QUESTIONS AT THEIR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

OKAY.

UM, I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH ELSE ON, IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I USED TO DO WITH THE KIDS, WHICH I CALLED MOUNTAIN MATH TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW I SEE SOME OF THE THINGS UNFOLDING BEFORE YOU.

RIGHT? SO IT'S 500,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY, ROUGHLY.

UM, 10% OF 500,000 IS 50,000.

1% OF 500,000 IS 5,000.

A 10TH OF A PERCENT OF 500,000 IS, I GOTTA KEEP THIS STRAIGHT.

500 100TH OF 1% IS 50.

THAT WAS MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE.

UM, IT WAS PROBABLY A HUNDRED PEOPLE ALL IN, UH, DOING THIS.

SO I'M ROUGHLY AVERAGING OUT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE RESPONSE.

LET'S SAY THAT IT WAS A HUNDRED PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY, PRIMARILY FROM LONG BEACH UTILITIES.

SO MAYBE TWO HUNDREDS OF 1% OF THE CITY'S POPULATION UNDERTOOK THE INCREDIBLE EFFORT TO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER AND PROTECT ROUGHLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE, 20% OF THE CITY.

THAT THAT IS THE SCOPE AND THE SCALE OF THE DEDICATION OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR YOU IN THIS AGENCY.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO, A AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT ALL AROUND.

SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ACKNOWLEDGED AND THAT THEY GET THANKED AND THAT YOU GET A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THEM AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE.

IT'S PRETTY DAUNTING, , WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT.

RIGHT.

UM, COMMISSIONER CORDERO, GO AHEAD.

AHEAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST WANNA, UM, SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME AND, UM, YOU DID GET A BAPTISM BY FIRE AND UM, THINK YOU GOT SOME BLESSINGS AS WELL AS SOME PROBABLY BRUISES 'CAUSE YOU HAD TO, YOU KNOW, DO, BUT I, I DID GET SOME RES, I SAW, UH, MEGAN KERR AT THE PARK.

I HAPPENED TO BE DRIVING BY, SO I STOPPED AND THEY WERE VERY, UM, APPRECIATIVE AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING UP TO GET THE WATER WERE VERY, VERY CORDIAL AND VERY THANKFUL.

AND, UM, IT WAS KIND OF NICE TO SEE.

SO, UM, TO ME IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE THE RESPONSE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT'S A RESPONSE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE.

AND YOU SAW PEOPLE WITH FIRE ON AND THE WATER DEPART OR UTILITIES, WATER UTILITIES OR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND MA THE MAYOR AND PEOPLE JUST ALL CAME TOGETHER.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED.

AND ALSO, I WANNA THANK A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT WERE THERE AND WE'LL DO THAT MAYBE A LITTLE MORE LATER AS WE MOVE ON.

UM, I WANTED TO JUST IS, CAN I DO MY ANALYSIS NOW? OKAY.

JUST, UM, IT IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, OC OCTOBER.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT I KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DID, DID QUITE A BIT MORE.

UH, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN DO SOMETHING.

WHOEVER WANTS TO DO WHATEVER FOR WHATEVER, WE SHOULD PROBABLY ENTERTAIN THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

BUT I BROUGHT IT UP MAINLY BECAUSE I KNOW THE LATINO EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION WILL BE HOLDING THEIR CHURRO RUN.

AND THAT WILL BE NOVEMBER 16TH.

IT'S A SATURDAY, IT'S OVER, UM, NEAR THE LOS CERRITOS, UH, PARK.

REALLY A NICE PLACE TO GO.

THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU, IT'S A LOT OF ENERGY, A LOT OF, AND THE WALK IS FIVE MILE.

OKAY? SO IT'S A 5K, IT'S A 5K.

UM, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND THE MONEY GOES SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO WORK WITH STUDENTS.

ALRIGHT? SO WE, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE, SO FIRSTHAND SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE BENEFITING FROM A THOUSAND DOLLARS, $5,000, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM THROUGH SCHOOL.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT WAS VERY TOUCHING.

'CAUSE I, I ATTENDED

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AND IT WAS HER MOTHER WHO HAD PASSED AWAY JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE.

UM, AND SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO HONOR HER MOTHER IN THIS QUEST FOR HER FURTHER IN, IN, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION.

UM, SO A A LOT OF GOOD KIDS, A LOT OF GOOD KIDS.

AND SO, UM, YOU GET A GOOD WALK, YOU GET SOME EXERCISE, AND YOU GET A CHURRO AT THE END.

SO MAYBE YOU CAN SUPPORT THAT.

UM, I WANNA THANK, UH, DIANA AND JOY, UH, FOR THEIR WORK ON THE INSPECTION TRIP.

UM, I'M SORRY THAT THE COMMISSION WE WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT WE HAD A REALLY GOOD, A GOOD ATTENDANCE.

BUT WE FOUR, WE HAD FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ZENDEJAS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MCGUIRE, UM, NOT MAGUIRE, , UM, UH, I, I PUT GINA DOWN, SO I'M THINKING, UM, CHRISTINE DUGGAN, DUGAN, UH, WANKA.

AND THEN, UH, JODY JOANIE, UH, HICKS OIE.

SO, UM, THEY WERE VERY, VERY, THEIR EYES WERE WIDE OPEN.

AND SO THE GOOD THING ABOUT TAKING SOMETHING LIKE THIS MAIN BREAK, YOU TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND NOW THEY WANNA KNOW MORE.

SO IT, IT GIVES US AN OPEN DOOR.

SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT GOOD WORK.

WE, UM, OUR, OUR TOUR GUIDE FOR METROPOLITAN SAID HE WAS AMAZED AT THE GREAT QUESTIONS AND THE INTEREST.

SO I THINK THANK YOU FOR THAT GOOD WORK.

UM, AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY.

BOB, I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY, UH, JOIN IN THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FOR THE EXCELLENT JOB THAT THEY'VE DONE.

ALTHOUGH THEY DID BLOCK MY ABILITY TO GET TO, UH, THE MEALS ON WHEELS, UH, HEADQUARTERS ON, UH, CARSON AND ORANGE.

BUT, UM, I'VE MANAGED TO DIVERT.

UH, AND THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS, HOW COME THERE'S NEVER AN IRISH, UH, HERITAGE MONTH? REALLY? I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE BEER WOULD BE INTIMATELY INVOLVED DOESN'T MEAN THEY SHOULD PREVENT YOU FROM HAVING AN I PATRICK'S.

IT'S CALLED THE MONTH OF MARCH.