Nov 07, 2024 Utilities Commission

THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR NOVEMBER 7TH, 2024.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO APPROVE

[2. 24-55449 Recommendation to approve Transfer of Funds for November 7, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? ALL THE, OKAY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND A SECOND RECEIVED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

RETIREMENT ORDER NUMBER 61 81 AND 61 82 FOR INVENTORY ITEMS THAT ARE NO LONGER BEING USED DURING THE CURRENT YEAR.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE

[3. 24-55450 Recommendation to approve Retirement Order Nos. 6181 and 6182 for inventory items that are no longer being used during the current year. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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

COMMISSIONER SHANNON, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SCOTT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

FOUR, AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT.

ANY OPPOSED? NONE OPPOSED.

[4. 24-55451 Recommendation to authorize the General Manager to execute Agreement 223438 with Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for the Future Supply Action Program regarding the Groundwater Augmentation, Groundwater Collection System and New Wells Site Study (EO-3529). Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

2, 2, 3, 4, 3 8 WITH METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE FUTURE SUPPLY ACTION PROGRAM REGARDING GROUNDWATER AUGMENTATION, GROUNDWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM SYSTEM, AND NEW WELL SITE STUDY EO THIRTY FIVE TWENTY NINE.

I CALL ON AMY BKI.

BKI.

THANK YOU .

UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, BOARD OF UTILITY COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS AMY BKI AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT FUTURE SUPPLY ACTION GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

UM, BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME PRESENTING TO THE BOARD OF UTILITY COMMISSIONERS.

UM, I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED HERE AT, UH, LONG BEACH UTILITIES FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW.

IN TOTAL, I'VE BEEN, UH, EMPLOYED IN THE WATER AND SANITATION BUSINESS FOR SEVEN YEARS.

UM, PREVIOUSLY I WORKED SIX YEARS AT VENTURA COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION.

SO MOVING ON, THE METROPOLITAN FUTURE SUPPLY ACTION PROGRAM PROMOTES TECHNICAL ADVANCES TO BETTER PREPARE THE REGION TO ADAPT TO FUTURE WATER SUPPLY UNCERTAINTIES, AND TO PROMOTE LOCAL RESILIENCY AND, AND LESSEN RELIANCE ON IMPORTED WATER SUPPLIES.

PROJECTS FUNDED, GO TO MEMBER AGENCIES IN RECYCLING, GROUNDWATER, SEAWATER, DESALINATION, AND STORMWATER.

LONG BEACH UTILITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED AN ONGOING STUDY PROJECT WE HAVE WITH OUR GROUNDWATER AUGMENTATION, UH, THAT FALLS UNDER THESE GUIDELINES FOR METROPOLITAN FUNDING.

UH, A TIMELINE OF EVENTS BETWEEN SETTING UP THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH WE WERE RECEIVING FUNDING FOR, UH, IN 2023 DECEMBER, UH, METROPOLITAN HAD ISSUED A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY SOLICITING FOR PROPOSALS IN FEBRUARY OF 2024.

LONG BEACH HAD SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL ON OUR GROUNDWATER AUGMENTATION STUDY, REQUESTING FUNDING FOR THAT.

THEN IN JULY, METROPOLITAN HAD NOTIFIED LONG BEACH UTILITIES THAT WE WERE TO RECEIVE FUNDING.

AND THEN FROM JULY TILL

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NOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH METROPOLITAN AND RISK MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FINALIZE THE GRANT AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BE SIGNED AT THE END OF THIS BOARD MEETING.

AS A REMINDER TO WHAT THE STUDY, UM, GOAL IS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING FUNDING FOR, UH, THE GOAL IS TO EVALUATE GROUNDWATER BASED RECHARGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAXIMIZE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION.

THE TOTAL STUDY COST IS 1.8 MILLION.

UM, BETWEEN THE MONEY WE ARE GONNA BE RECEIVING FROM METROPOLITAN AND THE FORM OF GRANT FUNDING WITH A 50% MATCH AND THE PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED, UH, MLU WITH THE WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT, ABOUT 50% OF THE PROJECT TOTAL COSTS ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.

WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE SEEKING RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT 2 2 3 4 3 8 WITH METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THIS FUTURE SUPPLY ACTION PROGRAM REGARDING THE GROUNDWATER AUGMENTATION GROUNDWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM AND NEW WELLS SITE STUDY E OH 3 5 2 9.

WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, AMY.

FIRST WE'LL ASK FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS.

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS PLEASE.

AMY, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I WANNA, UM, THANK YOU FOR, ARE YOU WOR ARE YOU WORKING WITH MET? YES, TYPICALLY.

OKAY, GREAT.

YES, DIRECTLY.

GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE BEING HIGHLIGHTED AS BEING A VISIONARY, AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK ON THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO HEARING MORE ABOUT IT AS WE MOVE ON.

I JUST WANNA, WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND A SECOND.

ARE THERE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT AND ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS WITH ENVISION LLC TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S CAPITAL PLANNING EFFORTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 122,328 FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, I CALL ON HEATHER REE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANKS, AMY.

OKAY, NUMBER ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION

[5. 24-55452 Recommendation to authorize the General Manager to execute an agreement and any necessary amendments, with InVizion LLC to support the Department’s capital planning efforts, in an amount not to exceed $122,328 for a period of three years. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

HI.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

SO, STAFF IS LOOKING TO ENGAGE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO HELP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF 10 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

CURRENTLY, CAPITAL PLANNING EFFORTS ARE VERY MANUAL AND TIME CONSUMING, WHICH CAN INTRODUCE POTENTIAL, UH, HUMAN ERRORS AND INEFFICIENCIES.

SO BY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY AND, UH, THE ACCURACY OF OUR PLANNING PROCESSES.

UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY, THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF WATER START, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION WHERE MEMBERS CAN CONNECT TO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.

AND BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WAS ISSUED OUT BY WATER START ONTO THEIR PLATFORM, AND TWO PROPOSALS RECEIVED AND EVALUATED BY LONG BEACH STAFF.

STAFF RECOMMENDS ENVISION BASED ON THEIR APPROACH AND APPLICABLE EXPERIENCE, UH, WITH CAPITAL PLANNING, UH, EFFORTS, UH, WITH OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, AMERICAN WATER, AND EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.

THE SCOPE OF WORK WOULD ESSENTIALLY INCLUDE DEPLOYING A SOFTWARE PLATFORM, UH, THAT WILL HELP US QUICKLY GENERATE MULTI-YEAR CAPITAL PLANNING SCENARIOS WHERE WE CAN COMPARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS, UH, TO ONE ANOTHER.

WE COULD ALSO GET DETAILED TRACEABILITY OF HOW PROJECTS ARE ADJUSTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT, AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE TRADE-OFFS ARE IF WE WERE TO ACCELERATE OR DELAY ANY GIVEN PROJECT.

THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR THEIR SERVICES IS FOR 122,328, UH, DOLLARS.

AND THE DURATION OF THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE FOR, UH, UP TO THREE YEARS.

NOW, THE COST OF THE WATER FUND WILL BE INCURRED DURING FY 25 THROUGH 27.

THESE COSTS, EXCUSE ME, ARE UNBUDGETED.

HOWEVER, IT'S EXPECTED THAT THESE COSTS CAN BE ABSORBED.

UH, AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE MY VERBAL, UH, PRESENTATION AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, HEATHER.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, COMMISSIONER COMMENT? NATO? YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED TO, TO GIVE A, A SNAPSHOT TO THE BOARD OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS EFFORT

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IN TERMS OF DOING MORE LONG RANGE PLANNING IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND EXPLAINING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT IN LONG RANGE PLANNING MODELS.

THIS TYPE OF SOFTWARE WILL BE CRITICAL IN TRYING TO ASSESS CRITICAL CIP DECISIONS THAT COME BEFORE US, UH, HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ABILITY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE TO PRESENT MORE AND MORE LONG RANGE PLANNING OPTIONS AND DECISIONS.

ANY, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENT? WHY ? I JUST HAVE A QUICK, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT WHEN I STEPPED OUT, BUT, UM, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS, UM, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE WENT THROUGH RECENTLY AND AGAIN, TAKING A CHALLENGE AND TURNING IT INTO AN OPPORTUNITY AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL BECOME A LITTLE MORE, WE, AND THEN ALSO OUR COMMUNITY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT WE NEED IS THAT VISION, YOU KNOW, AND FORECASTING OF WHAT OUR NEEDS WILL BE.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WILL, I'M SURE WE WILL, BUT WE, HOW WILL WE BE KEPT ABREAST OF ALL OF THIS? ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO HAVE MORE INFORMATIVE SESSIONS WITH THE BOARD AND TO PRESENT MORE LONG RANGE PLANNING.

SO I KNOW COMMISSIONER CORDERO AS DIRECTOR CORDERO, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AT METROPOLITAN, WHERE THE 10 YEAR CONSEQUENCES OF DECISIONS ARE BROUGHT FORTH, THE IMPACT ON RATES, THE IMPACT ON OTHER FINANCIAL METRICS.

IT'S MY GOAL THAT THIS SOFTWARE WOULD HELP INFORM THAT.

AND SO THAT WHEN YOU DEAL WITH CIP DECISIONS, YOU CAN SEE IMMEDIATELY HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

WHETHER IT'S RATES, WHETHER IT'S OTHER BUDGET METRICS AND THAT WILL COME FORWARD TO YOU IN REGULAR INFORMATION SESSIONS REGARDING THE BUDGET ITSELF AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF BUDGET PLANNING WHEN WE DEAL THAT WITH THAT, THAT ALSO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU HEATHER.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENT? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAINEY.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NO, THE MOTION CARRIES.

TO ADOPT RFP NUMBER UD 24 2 12 AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS WITH SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIES TO PROVIDE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING HVAC MAINTENANCE SERVICES AT VARIOUS LONG BEACH PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FACILITIES IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $309,000 PER YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS

[6. 24-55453 Recommendation to adopt RFP No. UD-24-212 and authorize the General Manager to enter into a contract, including any necessary amendments, with Southland Industries, to provide heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) maintenance services at various Long Beach Public Utilities Department facilities in a total amount not to exceed $309,000 per year for a period of three years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods at the discretion of the General Manager. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GENERAL MANAGER, I CALL ON LISA OR LIZA, LISA GUTIERREZ COMMISSIONERS.

HER AGENDA NUMBER SIX STAFF IS REQUESTING THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH SOUTH END INDUSTRIES FOR HVAC SERVICES.

IS THIS BETTER? H YEAH.

FOR HVAC SERVICES, UM, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $309,000 FOR EACH YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD.

I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION TO EXPLAIN THIS REQUEST.

IN THIS PRESENTATION, I WILL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE SERVICES THAT WERE REQUESTED IN THE PROPOSAL AS WELL AS HOW THE, HOW THE RFP WAS SOLICITED, PRESENT THE RANKINGS AND THE RECOMMENDATION.

THE SCOPE OF SERVICES.

THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SERVICES SUCH AS SYSTEM CALIBRATION, UM, CHECKING THE SYSTEM FOR DEFICIENCIES, FILTER REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS AS NEEDED REPAIR SERVICES AT THE THREE PRIMARY, UH, CAMPUSES FOR THE UTILITIES, WHICH INCLUDES THIS BUILDING, THE OC YARD, THE GAS CAMPUS, AS WELL AS THE TREATMENT PLAN.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TERM IS FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD.

THIS INFORMATION AS WELL AS OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION WAS LISTED IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WHICH WAS ADVERTISED ON THE LONG BEACH BUYS PLATFORM, AS WELL AS THE LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM ON OCTOBER 2ND AND CLOSED ON OCTOBER 21ST.

SORRY, OR PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED AND THEY WERE EVALUATED BY AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE ON THESE FOUR CRITERIA.

THE CONTRACTOR AND STAFF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE THEIR PAST PERFORMANCE, THEIR WORK METHODOLOGY,

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AS WELL AS THEIR REASONABLENESS OF THESE ARE THE RANKINGS AND SOUTH INDUSTRIES WAS RANKED NUMBER ONE BASED ON THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE, THEIR REFERENCES AND THE REASONABLENESS OF COST.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SOUTHEND INDUSTRIES IS OUR CURRENT CONTRACTOR THAT PROVIDES THE HVAC SERVICES CURRENTLY, UM, AND IS DOING A GREAT JOB DOING SO BASED ON THESE RANKINGS, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO ADOPT RFP NUMBER UD 24 2 12 AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS WITH SOUTH END INDUSTRIES TO PROVIDE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING MAINTENANCE SERVICES AT VARIOUS LONG BEACH PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FACILITIES IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 309,000 PER YEAR FOR A, FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GENERAL MANAGER.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

MM-HMM.

LISA, DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT? SEEING NONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION AHEAD COMM.

COMMISSIONER SCOTT.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER CORDERO.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL THESE PAPERS TOGETHER.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU, LISA.

THAT WAS GREAT.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,

[7. 24-55454 Recommendation to adopt Resolution UT-1523 authorizing the General Manager to execute a contract, and any necessary subsequent amendments, with National Auto Fleet Group to furnish and deliver up to four new/unused medium-duty zero-emission vehicles on the same terms and conditions specified in the Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Agreement in a total amount not to exceed $400,000, until the Sourcewell contract expires on November 8, 2025, with the option to renew for as long as the Sourcewell contract is in effect. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ADOPT RESOLUTION UT 1523 IZING THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND ANY NECESSARY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS WITH NATIONAL AUTO FLEET GROUP TO FURNISH AND DELIVER UP TO FOUR NEW SLASH UNUSED MEDIUM DUTY ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE SOURCE WELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $400,000 UNTIL THE SOURCE WELL CONTRACT EXPIRES ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2025 WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR AS LONG AS THE SOURCE WELL CONTRACT IS IN EFFECT.

THROUGHOUT CITY FLEET, UM, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS PURCHASES THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE IS ONLY ALLOWED WHEN THE PORTAL IS OPEN.

LISA, YOU'RE UP AGAIN? YEAH, GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

SO FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, STAFF IS REQUESTING THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE A GENERAL MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH NATIONAL AUTO FLEET GROUP TO PURCHASE FOUR MEDIUM DUTY ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $400,000.

WITH THAT, I HAVE ANOTHER SHORT PRESENTATION TO EXPLAIN THIS REQUEST.

SO IN THIS PRESENTATION, I AM GOING TO EXPLAIN THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT'S DRIVING THIS REQUEST, THE PURCHASING OPTION THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS CHOSEN, AS WELL AS THE RECOMMENDATION.

YOU MAY RECALL THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD CARB MANDATED ALL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO COMPLY WITH THE ADVANCED CLEAN FLEET A CF REGULATION THAT WAS IN EFFECT JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

THE GOAL OF THE A CF IS TO CREATE A PATH TO 100% ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES, UH, FOR MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES, WHICH IS RATED AT ANYTHING OVER 8,500 GVW ON THE ROADS IN CALIFORNIA BY 2045 IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE A CF REGULATION THE DEPARTMENT HAS, IT WILL BE EXECUTING A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION WHEREIN WE WILL BE PURCHASING HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT, HEAVY DUTY, 50% HEAVY DUTY INTERNAL COMBUSTION VEHICLES, WHICH WILL BE OFFSET BY THE PURCHASE OF 50% MEDIUM DUTY ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 31ST, 2026, BEGINNING 2027, ALL OF OUR VEHICLE PURCHASES WILL BE 100% ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES.

THE DEPARTMENT HAS OPTED TO PURCHASE FOUR MEDIUM DUTIES, ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES TO OFFSET THE BUDGETED PURCHASE OF FOUR INTERNAL HEAVY DUTY INTERNAL COMBUSTION VEHICLES IN FISCAL YEAR 25.

BY PIGGYBACK THROUGH THE SOURCEFUL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL AUTO FLEET GROUP, THE DEPARTMENT SELECTED THE MEDIUM DUTY ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES.

SINCE THE HEAVY DUTY ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE MARKET IS STILL YOUNG AND RELIABILITY IS UNCERTAIN, THE MEDIUM DUTY ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES HAVE BEEN IN THE MARKET FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.

VEHICLES SUCH AS THE FORD F-150 LIGHTNING IS ALREADY BEING USED

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THE PORTAL ALLOWS US TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE ON DIFFERENT LOTS AS WELL AS ALLOW US TO PLACE CUSTOMIZED MADE TO WORK ORDER, UH, VEHICLES SINCE, SINCE THE PORTAL AVAILABILITY IS UNKNOWN WITH A SMALL WINDOW TO PLACE ORDERS OF THESE VEHICLES, STAFF IS REQUESTING THE BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION UT DASH 1523 AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND ANY UNNEC ANY UNNECESSARY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS WITH NATIONAL OUT OF FLEET GROUP TO FURNISH AND DELIVER UP TO FOUR NEW UNUSED MEDIUM DUTY ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE SOURCE WELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $400,000 UNTIL THE SOURCE WELL CONTRACT EXPIRES ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2025 WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR AS LONG AS THE SOURCE WELL CONTRACT IS IN EFFECT.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

LISA.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? COMMISSIONER COMMENT, COMMISSIONER SHANNON? YES.

I HAVE ONE SERIOUS QUESTION.

IS ISTY BACK ON PROBATION, DOESN'T HE? DOESN'T HE NORMALLY GIVE THIS PRESENTATION? YOU'VE BEEN ON PROBATION .

WELL, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENT? .

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.

COMMISSIONER SHANNON, OR DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

COMMISSIONER CORDERO.

UM, I'LL CALL ON DINA NOW FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE WITH THIS CONTRACT.

AYE, CORDERO? YES.

COMMISSIONER SHANNON.

COMMISSIONER RAINEY.

PRESIDENT MCGUIRE.

YES.

A THE ROLL CALL VOTE CARRIES.

AND FILE OCTOBER 9TH THROUGH 11TH 2024 WATER MAIN BREAK INCIDENT SUMMARY REPORT AND I CALL ON TY SING ANTO, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK A FEW WORDS BEFORE I START? YEAH.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO RECEIVE

[8. 24-55455 Receive and file October 9-11, 2024 Water Main Break Incident Summary Report. Suggested Action: Receive and file. ]

UM, WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS A, A CHANCE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE BASIC FACTS AND TIMELINE OF WHAT OCCURRED IN BOTH A SERIES OF INSTANCES DEALING WITH SOME MAJOR MAIN BREAKS AND THEN SOME SMALLER BREAKS AT THE TIME.

AND THEN I'S GONNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THAT CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS ALSO LED TO THE BOIL WATER.

NOTICE.

IT'S NOT THE ENTIRETY OF WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL.

THAT STILL REMAINS TO BE DONE.

WE'RE PREPARING AN AFTER ACTION REPORT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY.

THAT TENTATIVE TIMELINE WILL LEAD US TO A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 3RD.

BEFORE SUCH TIME WE'LL BRING YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN ABOUT THE AFTER ACTION REPORT AND THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT FIRSTHAND AND BEFORE THE COUNCIL SEES IT ITSELF.

SO TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO GO THROUGH THE BASIC FACTS OF THE EVENTS AND THEN ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS THAT COMMENTS FROM YOU.

THANKS.

THANKS, TY.

BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR MEDICAL EVENT AND SO WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT.

MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

I AM HERE TO PRESENT ON MY PROBATIONARY REPORT, .

SO BEFORE I BEGIN, UM, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 9TH, I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MAIN BREAKS AND SYSTEM OPERATIONS.

I'D LIKE TO OFFER FIRST IS KIND OF AN ANALOGY, UM, TO KIND OF HELP YOU RELATE TO SYSTEM OPERATIONS, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATIONS THAT MAYBE WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND AND RELATE TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT IS THAT A WATER SYSTEM IS MUCH LIKE THE HUMAN BODY, RIGHT? AND SO WE HAVE OUR HEART THAT PUMPS BLOOD THROUGH OUR VEINS AND ARTERIES AND BLOOD VESSELS THROUGH OUR BODY TO KIND OF CIRCULATE AND MOVE STUFF TO KIND OF HELP OUR BODY MOVE.

AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A CUT, RIGHT, UM, IT HURTS A LOT, THEN WE CAN PUT UP DIRECT PRESSURE ON IT.

WE CAN STOP THE BLEEDING, UM, AND IT WILL HEAL, RIGHT? AND SO THOSE ARE JUST, THOSE ARE LIKE, LIKE SMALL MAIN BREAKS.

BUT THEN WE HAVE THE MAJOR ARTERIES THAT MOVE MAJORITY OF THE BLOOD MAJOR PARTS OF OUR BODY.

AND THOSE ARE LIKE YOUR FEMORAL ARTERY AND YOUR BRACHIAL ARTERY.

AND IN THE WATER SYSTEM WE HAVE TRANSMISSION MAIN.

AND SO WHEN WE CUT OR HURT OUR BRACHIAL OR FEMORAL ARTERY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD JUST PUT PRESSURE ON.

THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

AND

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AND AS WE'RE AT THE HOSPITAL AND WE'RE GETTING THAT MAJOR ARTERY DEALT WITH, RIGHT, OTHER THINGS CAN MANIFEST ITSELF BECAUSE THE BODY IS NOW STRESSED, RIGHT? AND THEN WHAT YOU DIDN'T REALIZE IS MAYBE YOU HAD SOME OTHER LINGERING PROBLEMS THAT WAS KIND OF MASSED BY A PRIMARY PROBLEM AND THEN THOSE LINGERING PROBLEMS WILL POP UP TO THE SURFACE AND MANIFEST ITSELF.

AND THEN WE, THEN THE DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL WILL HAVE TO, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, I THOUGHT I CAME IN FOR THIS, BUT NOW I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AS THE SYSTEM GETS STRESSED.

AND SO I OFFERED THAT ANALOGY TO KIND OF HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW UM, A WATER SYSTEM CAN GET STRESSED.

UM, IN ADDITION, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE AMERICAN WATERWORKS ASSOCIATION PARTNERSHIP WITH SAFE WATER DOES ESTABLISH KIND OF A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR WHAT IS CONSIDERED, UM, A GOOD METRICS FOR MAIN BREAKS PER A HUNDRED MILES.

AND THAT'S 15 MAIN BREAKS FOR A HUNDRED MILES OF WATER MAIN PIPELINE.

UM, AND THIS IS A NATIONAL STANDARD THAT THEY ASK, UM, UTILITIES TO TRY TO STRIVE FOR BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, MA WATER MAINS, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS AND WATER MAINS CAN BREAK.

SO WE HAVE TO WORK TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT LONG BEACH UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, WE AVERAGE LESS THAN FOUR MAIN BREAKS PER A HUNDRED MILES PIPELINE.

WE USED TO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF MAIN BREAKS, UM, IN THE TEENS, UM, NOT QUITE 15, BUT IN THE TEENS.

BUT THEN WE HAD AN AGGRESSIVE CIP PROGRAM TO CHANGE OUR CAST IRON MAIN PROGRAM OR CAST IRON MAINS.

UM, AND THAT HAS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED OUR, OUR MAIN BREAKS.

SO NOW WE'RE WAY, WAY BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL STANDARD.

UM, IN ADDITION, WHEN WE MONITOR THE SYSTEM, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE MAIN BREAKS HAPPEN AND WE RELY ON OUR PARTNERS LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL CALL US AND SAY, HEY, YOU GOT SOMETHING GOING ON OVER HERE, YOU BETTER COME CHECK IT OUT.

AND WE HAVE RESIDENTS TELL US, YOU HAVE WATER COMING OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.

THAT'S HOW WE KNOW WHERE THE LOCATIONS OF THE MAIN BREAKS IS HAPPENING.

AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL HAVE SYSTEMS THAT TELL US, HEY, SOMETHING IS WRONG, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON UNTIL WE GET ANCILLARY REPORTS FROM OTHER PARTNERS TO TELL US WHAT'S WHERE, WHERE, UM, SOME TROUBLE THAT WE MAY BE EXPERIENCING.

AND THE LAST THING, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, UM, WE POINT OUT THAT MAIN BREAKS DOES NOT EQUAL BOY WATER NOTICE.

OKAY? SO I WANNA SHOW A VIDEO.

THIS IS A VIDEO OF A MORE TYPICAL MAIN BREAK.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE WATER COMING OUT, YOU SEE SOME, UM, EROSION OF THE, UM, SUBBASE UNDERNEATH THE ASPHALT, AND THEN THE STREET'S KIND OF WET IN THIS SITUATION.

WE WOULD PROBABLY GO OUT THERE AND DEAL WITH IT THAT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVE FLOWING OF WATER, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A BUSIER STREET.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ACCIDENTS AS CARS DRIVE OVER A WET PAVEMENT.

AND SO WE WOULD ADDRESS IT.

AND SOMETIMES THE, THE ACTUAL BREAK IS JUST KIND OF LIKE A WET, IT'S KIND OF A SMALL WET SPOT OR IT'S IN UNDERNEATH PARKED CARS.

AND SO WE MAY ELECT TO WAIT TO DEAL WITH THAT.

SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SEVERITY OF THE BREAK AND HOW WE TAKE ACTION TO THOSE.

OKAY, SO THE MAIN BREAK THAT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 9TH, 2024.

SO ON THAT DAY, UM, IN THE CONTROL ROOM, WE HAD NOTICED THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE DROP PRESSURE IN OUR BOOSTER ZONE, WHICH IS LOCATED OVER HERE IN BIXBY KNOLLS AREA.

AND SO IT IS THE KIND OF THE ELEVATED PORTION OF THE CITY THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL BOOSTING OF WATER INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO THE PUMPS, UM, PUMP WATER INTO THE CITY, INTO THAT SECTION OF THE CITY.

AND WE NOTICED THAT, UM, THE 32ND BOOSTER STATION WAS RUNNING AT A HUNDRED PERCENT CAPACITY AS WELL AS OUR SECONDARY METROPOLITAN CONNECTION TO SUPPLY BACKUP WATER TO THE AREA.

IT WAS ALSO OPENED.

UM, AND SO WE WERE PUMPING A LOT OF WATER INTO THE BOOSTER ZONE, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WAS HAPPENING.

AND THEN WE STARTED GETTING THE FLOOD OF CALLS AND SAYING, HEY, YOU GOT SOME WATER COMING DOWN ORANGE AVENUE.

SO LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THE WATER LOOKED LIKE ON ORANGE THAT DAY.

IT'S LIKE A FIRETRUCK.

THIS WAS THE MAIN BREAK ON ORANGE.

OKAY? SO YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOUR BOOGIE BOARD, UM, THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WAS BEING PUMPED INTO THE SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN, UM, FIRE FLOW PRESSURE, WHICH IS ABOVE 20 PSI.

IT WAS EQUIVALENT TO WHAT THE ENTIRE CITY'S DEMAND FOR THE DAY, UM, WAS JUST GOING THROUGH INTO BIXBY KNOLLS.

THAT'S HOW MUCH WATER THAT WE WERE PUSHING INTO IT, JUST TO TRY TO MAINTAIN FLOW AND PRESSURE INTO THE AREA.

AND THEN AS YOU SEE, MAJORITY OF IT WAS COMING OUT OF THE BREAK ON ORANGE BOULEVARD.

THAT'S, THAT IS NOT TYPICAL.

UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY OUR COURSE OF ACTION IN TERMS OF OUR MAIN BREAK RESPONSES, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE STOP THE FLOODING, UM, AND ISOLATE THE LEAK AND SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT THE PROPERTIES, WE CAN PROTECT THE RESIDENTS, CARS, VEHICLES, DRIVING

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IN THE AREA AND SO ON.

THAT IS OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.

UM, INITIALLY AND THEN AS WE START TO STOP THE LEAK, WE BEGAN TO HAVE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION.

'CAUSE THERE ARE RESIDENTS CALLING INTO THE DEPARTMENT ASKING WHAT'S GOING ON? I HAVE LOW PRESSURE, IS IT SAFE TO DRINK? AND SO ON.

AND SO WE'VE BEGUN OUR EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS THE PROCESS.

ONCE THE WATER'S, UM, THE LEAK IS ISOLATED, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN RESTORE WATER PRESSURE AND WATER FLOW IN THE AREA.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE TIMING FOR THIS PARTICULAR BREAK, THE BREAK OCCURRED AT 11:15 AM AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ISOLATE THIS BREAK AT, UM, 12:05 AM SO ROUGH, 12 5:00 PM SO ROUGHLY LESS THAN AN HOUR.

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS WHERE, UM, WE HAVE A VALVE WHERE THE MACHINE IS SITTING OVER THE VALVE STEM, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CLOSE THE VALVE.

BUT AS YOU SAW FROM THE PREVIOUS VIDEO, ALL THIS WAS UNDERWATER.

SO WE HAD TO FIND THE VALVE, UM, UNDERWATER AND THEN TRY TO SET UP OUR EQUIPMENT, UM, TO FIND THE ISOLATION.

SO KUDOS TO JENNIFER'S TEAM AND THE YELLOW CAR TEAM FOR BEING ABLE TO FIND THE VALVE AND THE QUICKLY ISOLATE THE LEAK.

SO SUBSEQUENT TO ISOLATING THE PRIMARY LEAK, WHICH WE TALKED, UM, THE BODY IS STRESSED, RIGHT? SO NOW THE SYSTEM IS STRESSED AND WE GOT REPORTS OF A SECOND LEAK OFF OF 57 OF 45 71 LINDEN AVENUE.

UM, AND SO HERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO OF THAT LEAK.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE LEAK RIGHT THERE.

WELL, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LEAK IS COMING OUT.

UM, THE LEAK TURNED OUT TO BE ACTUALLY A SERVICE LEAK, SO THIS IS NOT A MAIN BREAK.

SO THIS IS THE SERVICE LINE THAT COMES OFF THE MAIN, UM, AND GOES TO THE RESIDENCE.

SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT THAT'S THE MAIN BREAK, THAT'S NOT A MAIN BREAK, IT'S JUST A SERVICE LEAK.

NOW THIS, IN THIS CASE, IT'S A PRETTY DECENT SERVICE LEAK.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT A MAIN BREAK.

UM, SORRY.

AND SO WE OBVIOUSLY TAKE ACTION TO TRY TO REPAIR THIS LEAK.

UM, AND IT TAKES, UM, ABOUT 12 HOURS TO TO, TO MAKE THE REPAIR.

AND THAT WAS AROUND 3:45 PM THAT AFTERNOON ON THE FIRST DAY.

UM, SO WITH THAT, WE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BODY AND LOOKING AT REPORTS OF LOW TO NO WATER, LOOKING AT OUR PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFE WATER PILOT DATA, WHICH LOOKS AT, UM, SECONDARY PRESSURE MONITORING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, AS WELL, WELL AS, UM, OTHER DATA LIKE THE MAIN BREAK THAT OCCURRED IN THAT AREA, UM, WE DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A RISK THAT WE DEPRESSURIZED THAT SECTION OF THE WATER SYSTEM.

AND SO THIS IS OVER BY CARSON IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DEPRESSURIZE A SYSTEM OF THE WATER SYSTEM OR SECTION OF THE WATER SYSTEM IS THE LAW SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO START MONITORING FOR CALL FROM BACTERIA, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE BACTERIA INTRODUCED IN THE SYSTEM WHILE YOU LOST PRESSURE.

NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'LL HAVE CONTAMINATION, IT JUST MEANS THAT THERE IS A RISK.

AND SO BASED ON THAT RISK, WE ARE REQUIRED TO MONITOR.

NOW BECAUSE WE ARE MONITORING FOR COLI FROM BACTERIA, WE FELT THAT IT WAS PRUDENT TO KIND OF BE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR CUSTOMER TO LET 'EM KNOW, HEY, BECAUSE WE'RE MONITORING AND BECAUSE THERE IS THIS RISK, WE ADVISE YOU TO BOIL WATER UNTIL WE CAN RESOLVE AND CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS NO RISK.

AND SO FROM THIS, FROM THIS ANALYSIS, WE WORKED, ANNA TOLD DANA AND THE TEAM WORKED AND DETERMINED THAT THE, THE COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO ISSUE A BOARD WATER NOTICE TO THE RESIDENT OF THE AFFECTED AREA.

THAT WAS AROUND SIX O'CLOCK ON, UM, OCTOBER 9TH.

SO AT THIS POINT, ORIGINALLY WAS JUST MAIN BREAK RESPONSE.

NOW WE'RE GOING INTO TWO SEPARATE PATHS.

ONE IS DEALING WITH THE ACTUAL WATER QUALITY AND THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND THE BOY WATER NOTICE.

AND THE OTHER HALF IS TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE MAIN BREAK AND THE RESPONSE TO MAIN, TO THE MAIN BREAK.

SO IN TURN, THE MAIN BREAK RESPONSE, WE BEGAN TO REMOVE THE DEBRIS FROM THE BREAK ON ORANGE.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PIPELINE IN THE EXCAVATION.

UM, MIKE, IS HE, IS HE HERE? THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.

HE WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE I POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THIS WAS HYDRO EXTUBATED.

SO THERE WAS SO MUCH WATER COMING OUT THAT THE SAND, THE WATER BLEW ALL THIS SEDIMENT, ALL THIS BACKFILL OUT OF THE GROUND.

UM, AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS IT TAKES TIME FOR US TO SET UP CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE, BECAUSE IT'S ALL UNDERMINED.

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS CONCRETE STREET, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN HOW WE SET UP HEAVY EQUIPMENT, UM, OVER THIS MATERIAL BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE HYDRO EXCAVATION UNDERNEATH THE, THE CONCRETE, UM, WE DON'T WANNA RISK OUR EQUIPMENT FALLING IN AND PEOPLE GETTING HURT.

SO WE

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HAVE TO TAKE A REALLY SYSTEMATIC APPROACH IN DEALING WITH THIS SO YOU CAN SEE US, UM, GET INTO THE PIPELINE AND ENSURING AND PUTTING IN A NEW SECTION OF PIPE.

SO THAT'S OUR EFFORT TO REPLACE THE MAIN THAT BROKE IN TERMS OF THE BOIL WATER NOTICE, RIGHT? AND SO IMMEDIATELY WE BEGAN TO EXECUTE THE APPROVED EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION PLAN.

SO IN THAT EMERGENCY LOCATION, THERE'S A SERIES OF PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO NOTIFY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE A BOIL WATER NOSE CAN ACTUALLY BE RELEASED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN AS WELL IS WE HAVE TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE ACTUAL AREA THAT IS AFFECTED.

AND THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE, UM, THE AREA THAT WE LOST PRESSURE IS OVER IN THIS AREA, SORRY, SAN ANTONIO AND CARSON, RIGHT? BUT BECAUSE WATER CAN FLOW THIS WAY AS WELL AS BACK THIS WAY, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF, UM, WHERE WATER MAY HAVE TRAVELED.

AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW, UM, WE HAD TO BE CONSERVATIVE TO SAY IT'S GONNA GO ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY, UM, THE CHERRY JUST TO THE SEVEN 10 AND JUST BARELY, UM, SOUTH OF THE 4 0 5 FREEWAY.

SO THAT WAS THE BOUNDARY FOR THE BOY WATERERS, BUT THEY TOOK TIME FOR US TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT THAT BOUNDARY WAS.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO, UM, IDENTIFY THE LOCATIONS, THE REPRESENTED LOCATION THAT WE WOULD SAMPLE FOR CALL FROM BACTERIA ON THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE STATE.

WHEN WE GET THE RESULTS BACK, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SAMPLE LOCATIONS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

AND SO WE ESTABLISHED THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING PLAN BASED ON THE DETERMINED AFFECTED AREA.

AND THEN THE WATER QUALITY SAMPLING WAS COMPLETED AT 11:08 PM UM, THAT NIGHT.

AND THEN, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BACTERIAL MONITORING TAKES TIME TO GET THE RESULTS BACK BECAUSE WE NEED TO INCUBATE THE SAMPLE FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE WE CAN SEE WHETHER OR NOT A BACTERIA IS, UM, ACTUALLY PRESENT IN THE WATER COLUMN.

AND SO IT TAKES TIME, UM, FOR US TO GET THE RESULT.

UM, AND THEN THE BOIL WATER NOTICE WAS ISSUED AT 11:16 PM THAT FIRST NIGHT.

SO ON DAY TWO, UM, EARLY IN THE MORNING, WE ISSUED THE BOIL WATER NOTICE AND IT WENT OUT.

UM, BUT WE KNEW THAT IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT WHEN THE NOTICE WENT OUT.

SO WHEN OF THE FIRST THING WE DID, WE HAD OUR, OUR GENERAL MANAGER HERE, UM, GO OUT TO THE SITE AND MEET WITH THE MEDIA.

SO IT WAS N-B-C-C-B-S, FOX AND TELEMUNDO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, UM, IN THE EARLY MORNING NEWS, UM, TO GET THE MESSAGE THAT, HEY, PLEASE BOIL WATER, UM, BEFORE YOU DRINK IT, BUT YOU CAN SHOWER WITH IT.

UM, YOU CAN DO OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH IT.

IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WENT TO THE BEACH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, AT THE SAME TIME WE ACTIVATED ALERT LONG BEACH.

SO MESSAGES WERE BEING PUSHED OUT THROUGH ALERT LONG BEACH TO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED, UM, TO SIGN UP FOR ALERT LONG BEACH.

AND AS WE WORK WITH THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF, UM, D PREP, UM, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UM, TEAM, UM, UNDER REGGIE HARRIS, UM, WE WERE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO PUSH OUT A WE ALERT, SO THAT STANDS FOR WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT.

UM, AND WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'S KINDA LIKE THE AMBER ALERT, NOT KIND OF, IT'S THE AMBER ALERT SYSTEM WHERE THERE'S A GEOFENCE.

WE ESTABLISH A GEOFENCE, AND ONCE YOU DRIVE INTO THE GEOFENCE OR IF YOU'RE IN THE GEOFENCE, YOU'LL GET AN ALERT, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE GEOFENCE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THE ALERT.

AND SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, UM, CONFUSION FROM RESIDENTS LIKE, HOW COME THIS PERSON GOT IT AND I DIDN'T GET IT? AND PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE IN THAT GEOFENCE AND WHERE WERE YOU PROXIMITY WISE TO THAT AREA.

UM, AND SAME THING WITH ALERT LONG BEACH.

THERE WERE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH ALERT LONG BEACH, UM, WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS MORE IN DETAIL IN THE AFTER ACTION REPORT, BUT ALERT LONG BEACH HAS A LOT OF SETTINGS AND IF THESE, THE THE PERSON THAT SIGNED UP JUST ASK FOR EMAIL NOTIFICATION, THEY WEREN'T GONNA GET A VOICEMAIL PUSHED TO THEM.

UM, WHERE SOMEBODY THAT ELECTS FOR ALL TYPES OF NOTIFICATION MAY GET THAT PUSHED TO THEM.

AND THERE'S, AND THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH ALERT LONG BEACH, WHICH WE'LL TALK MORE IN THE AFTER ACTION, UM, WITH THE CITY.

UM, WE DID CONDUCT A LIVE STREAM WITH THE MAYOR AT, UM, 1:15 PM TO CONTINUE TO REMIND RESIDENTS THAT, UM, THE WATER PLEASE BOIL WATER BEFORE YOU DRINK IT, BUT IT IS GENERALLY SAFE TO DRINK AND WE ARE ONLY DOING THIS OUTTA ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

AND THEN WE ISSUED BOIL WATER NOTICE FAQS AND WAS POSTED ON THE CITIES AND DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, UM, IN ALL LANGUAGES IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION.

SO BACK TO THE MAIN BREAK.

UM, SO THAT FIRST DAY, GOING

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TO THE SECOND DAY, AROUND 4:00 AM THAT MORNING, UM, WE REPAIRED THAT FIRST BREAK.

SO YOU SAW THE PICTURE OF THE SHORING AND THE PIPE GOING IN.

AND SO THAT MORNING WE STARTED TO PRESSURIZE THAT LINE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE BREAK THE REPAIR HELD AS WE PRESSURIZED THE LINE AROUND 8 50, 8 30 IN THE MORNING, WE NOTICED A SECOND BREAK ABOUT ONE BLOCK NORTH OF THE ORIGINAL BREAK OFF OF THAT 20 INCH TRANSMISSION LINE.

AND SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SECOND BREAK, UM, ON ORANGE BOULEVARD OR ORANGE AVENUE.

UM, AND SO IT WAS A, ANOTHER REALLY BIG BREAK, UM, BUT IT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH WHERE WE DEPRESSURIZED THE SYSTEM.

AND SO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DEPRESSURIZE THE SYSTEM, THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE BORE WATER NOTICE TIMELINE.

SO ALL THE ACTIONS ON THE PREVIOUS DAY STILL STAYS ON THE TRAJECTORY OF THE TIMELINE.

NOW, AGAIN, BACK TO THE BODY IS NOW STRESSED, RIGHT? AND SO AS WE HAVE THAT SECOND BREAK, WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL BREAKS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DELINEATED AREA.

UM, SO HERE'S A VIDEO OF, UH, 39 50 VIRGINIA ROAD.

SO THIS IS A SECOND BREAK ON THE SECOND DAY, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE WERE TWO ADDITIONAL REPORTS AT 45 0 3 TO AND 45 0 3 GUNDRY.

UM, HOWEVER, AGAIN, BECAUSE THE SYSTEM DID NOT PRESSURIZE, THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE ORIGINAL BOARD WATER NOTICE TIMELINE.

UM, SO CREWS ARE SEPARATELY DEALING WITH THE BOARD WATER OR CREWS ARE DEALING WITH THE MAIN BREAKS, AND THEN OTHER STAFF IS DEALING WITH THE BOARD WATER NOTICE.

AND THEN ON DAY THREE, UM, REMEMBER IT TAKES 24 HOURS FOR I GET OUR RESULTS.

AND SO AT, UH, 11:10 PM THAT NIGHT, UM, THE CALL REFORM RESULTS CAME OFF OF THE INCUBATOR AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO CONTAMINATION.

AND SO IMMEDIATELY ANNA TOLD DAN AND I, WE COMMUNICATED WITH THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD TO GET APPROVAL TO CANCEL THE BOARD WATER NOTICE.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE BOARD WATER NOTICES ANY ANYBODY CAN ACTUALLY ISSUE IT, RIGHT? BUT IN ORDER TO RESEND OR CANCEL THE NOTICE, WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE STATE, A REGULATORY AGENCY.

WE CAN'T JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND JUST BECAUSE WE FEEL SAFE, UH, IT'S, WE CAN LIFT THE ORDER, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE STATE, SHOW 'EM THE DATA, SHOW 'EM WHAT WE DID AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND GET THEM TO KIND OF CONCUR THAT YES, THE WATER IS SAFE FOR US TO TELL PEOPLE TO CANCEL THE BOIL WATER NOTES.

SO THAT OCCURRED AT 12:28 AM ON DAY THREE.

AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE DID A LAYERED ME, UH, MEDIA NOTICE TO PUBLISH THAT THE WATER IS NOW SAFE TO DRINK.

YOU NO LONGER NEED TO BOIL WATER.

NOW, FOLLOWING THAT ON THE MAIN BREAK SIDE, THE MAIN BREAK, UH, REPAIRS CONTINUES FROM OCTOBER 11TH TO OCTOBER 18TH.

UM, THIS IS THE REPAIR OFF OF VIRGINIA.

SO THIS IS AN EIGHT INCH MAIN THAT WE HAD TO REPAIR OFF OF TOLBERT AND GUNDRY.

THOSE WERE ACTUALLY NOT MAIN BREAKS.

THOSE WERE ACTUALLY SERVICE LEAKS.

IT TURNED OUT TO BE SERVICE LEAKS.

AND SO WE HAD TO RENEW THE SERVICE.

SO THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WHEN WE HAD TO CHANGE THE SERVICE ON TOLBERT AND ON GUNDRY, WE CHANGED THE SERVICE.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF ORANGE AVENUE, THAT WAS A PRETTY MAJOR REPAIR.

UM, AND IT'S A CONCRETE STREET, SO IT'S VERY COMPLICATED TO RESTORE THE, THE PAVING.

UM, AND SO WE HAD TO GET IN A BIG, BIG EQUIPMENT TO COME IN AND REDO THE, UH, THE CONCRETE AFTER WE WE BACKFILLED.

UM, AND THEN THE STREET WAS REOPENED ON OCTOBER 18TH.

UM, AND THIS IS WHAT THE STREET LOOKS LIKE.

SO WITH THAT, THE NEXT STEPS, UM, WE WILL COORDINATE WITH THE CITY'S MANAGER'S OFFICE TO PREPARE A PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2024.

WE'LL BE SURE TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO YOUR BOARD, UM, BEFORE THAT SO YOU HAVE, UM, ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE WE PRESENT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

UM, AND THEN WE WILL BE ALSO FINALIZING OUR AFTER ACTION REPORT THAT OUTLINE THE DETAILED TIMELINES, EVENTS, AND THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSES.

SO WITH THAT, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, TY.

WOW, , I LIVE IN THAT AREA, , UM, GOSH, WHAT A STORY.

A NINE DAY DRAMA, PRETTY MUCH IN TOTAL WITH ALL THE REPAIRS AS WELL.

AND JUST AGAIN, TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID UP AND DOWN AND ALL OVER, IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE.

UM, AND DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER, COMMENT?

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UH, YEAH, I WOULDN'T MIND WAITING UNTIL WE HEAR THE FINAL REPORT BEFORE AND WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

GLORIA, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT THAT WAS, UM, THE ANALOGY OF THE BODY WAS, UM, I THAT VERY, VERY WELL DONE AND IT KIND OF PUT EVERYTHING IN PERSPECTIVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO, UM, I KINDA LIKE TO FAB, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THINGS IN SEGMENTS AND STOPPING THE FLOW OF WATER WAS ONE AND THE OTHER WAS EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND THEN THE RESPIRATION.

UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE PUSHBACK ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE.

UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST IN THIS, IN THIS DEPARTMENT.

I THINK IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE CITYWIDE.

IS IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT? YES, YES.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY, YEAH.

ON THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE.

AN DID YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? UH, I AGREE WITH WHAT I SAID IN, IN YOUR COMMENT AS WELL, THAT COMMUNICATION PLAN, THE, THE NATURE OF THE EVENT EXCEEDS THE, THE MERE FACT OF A MAIN BREAK.

AND SO IN THAT CONTEXT, IT'S REALLY US AS A DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY AND THE COMMUNICATION PLAN USING OUR COLLEAGUES IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND COMMUNICATING SO THAT THAT'S WHERE WE JOIN TOGETHER IN A COMMUNICATION ACTION PLAN.

UH, AND IT'S REALLY THAT JOINT RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

PERFECT.

SO THE FIRST PART, STOPPING THE FLOW OF WATER.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DID.

IT WAS, IT WAS EXCELLENT.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSE.

AND SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH, WHICH AGAIN IS A CHA WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES.

SO NOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO LOOK AT THINGS AND THANK GOD EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.

NOBODY WAS HURT.

FINE.

SO WE WILL OBVIOUSLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

I DO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR, UH, DIRECTOR SCOTT'S EXPERTISE ON THE FIRE SIDE.

AND THE MAIN BREAK? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO ISSUE A BOILED WATER? SO, SO BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE MAIN BREAK ON ORANGE AND THAT CAUSED US TO LOSE PRESSURE, UM, MOST MAIN BREAKS, UM, JUST LIKE IF YOU CUT YOUR HAND RIGHT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A LOSS IN BLOOD PRESSURE, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU CUT YOUR FEMORAL ARTERY, YOU CAN LOSE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, RIGHT? AND SO IN THIS CASE, WHEN WE HAD THAT MAJOR BLOWOUT ON ORANGE, UM, IT CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO DROP PRESSURE.

UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

UM, YOU MAY HAVE, UH, DEALT WITH THIS, BUT I, I'D LIKE TO BE CLEAR IN MY OWN MIND, WHAT IS THE CAU IF THERE IS A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP, IS THERE A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A SERVICE LINE BREAK AND A MAIN BREAK? WHAT IS THE CAUSAL CONNECTION? YOU MENTIONED A SERVICE LINE BREAK AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CONNECTED TO THE MAIN LINE BREAK.

AND THEN THERE WERE OTHER SERVICE LINE BREAK.

SO IT'S HARD TO MAKE A, A CONCRETE, UM, CONNECTION BETWEEN SERVICE LINE BREAKS AND MAIN BREAKS.

UM, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S HARD TO SEGREGATE THE FACT THAT THE SYSTEM GOT STRESSED AND THEN WE HAD A MAIN BREAK ON VIRGINIA AS WELL AS SOME SERVICE BREAKS ON, UM, OFF OF THE MAIN.

UM, SO WHAT COMES OFF THE MAIN, IT COULD BE A TWO INCH, UM, CAST IRON PIPELINE AND THAT CAST IRON PIPELINE COULD CRACK AND BREAK, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO RENEW.

IS THAT LITTLE SERVICE, UM, IS IT DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO WHAT HAPPENED? WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT IT WASN'T SOMEHOW RELATED BECAUSE IT'S IN THAT SAME AREA AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SERVICE LINE BREAKS THAT YOU DELINEATED AFTER LATER IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

RIGHT.

THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THE MAIN BREAK, CORRECT.

RIGHT.

BUT WE DO CERTAINLY SUSPICIOUS THAT THERE WILL BE THAT MANY BREAKS, UH, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE MAIN BREAK.

THE, THE OTHER ASPECT, AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS, THIS IS A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT IT, IT MAY PLAY INTO IT THAT THIS IS THE PUMP ZONE.

AND SO EVERYTHING ELSE FUNCTIONS OFF GRAVITY OFF OF THE ALAMEDOS HILL AND JAY WILL, JOHNSON RESERVOIR NEAR NEAR CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS.

THAT PRESSURE IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RESPONSE THAN THIS ZONE, WHICH WHEN YOU OPEN IT BACK UP AGAIN, THE PUMP STARTS GOING AGAIN.

AND SO YOU HAVE A THROTTLING ASPECT THAT PERHAPS, PERHAPS THAT ELEMENT COULD LEAD TO DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SYSTEM.

YOU THINK OF SERVICE CONNECTIONS, WE HAVE 90,000 SERVICE CONNECTIONS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE 900 MILES OF PIPELINES.

EACH, EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS REPRESENT YET ANOTHER POINT OF STRESS LIKE I BROUGHT OUT IN THE HUMAN BODY.

AND LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT CAN TRIGGER THEM.

UM, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT AS WE'RE DEALING WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THE, THE AUDIENCE THAT'S RECEIVING THE INFORMATION DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

AND SO IN THE MOMENT THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH THIS, THE AUDIENCES HEARING THIS WERE HEARING MAIN BREAK, MAIN BREAK, MAIN BREAK, MAIN BREAK.

AND THEY WERE GETTING THE SENSE OF LIKE A CASCADING AND EVOLVING DISASTER.

AND REALLY IT WAS NOT THAT, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT EVENT WAS THE INITIAL EVENT.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF REPAIRS AND THEN SOME OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY FAIRLY MINOR.

UH, THIS FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF A DUMB QUESTION.

UM, WHAT, UH, WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOILED, UH, BOILED WATER NOTICE

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AND THAT IS THE CORRELATION IS THAT LOSS IN PRESSURE IN THAT SMALL SEGMENT AREA OFF OF SAN ANTONIO CARSON THAT LED US TO THE REQUIRED MONITORING.

AND THEN THAT LED US TO THE BOIL WATER NOTICE.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S PRESSURE DRIVEN AND NOT BREAK DRIVEN.

WELL, HOPEFULLY HE'S RECORDING THIS, BUT UH, IF I LOOK AT IT, THERE ARE DOERS, WE ARE WELLS DOWN TO MY NOT SHARE.

UH, THERE ARE DOERS AND THERE ARE TALKERS.

UM, YOU GUYS ARE THE DOERS AND YOU DID A HELL OF A JOB AND IF THERE WAS SUCH A THING AS A KUDO, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.

BUT IF THERE WAS A KUDO, I'D BE GIVING YOU ALL KINDS OF KUDOS.

I THINK YOU DID A HELL OF A JOB.

AND IF I MAY ADD, AND I KNOW ANTOS, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STAFF THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH, UM, RESPONDING TO THIS IN ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF STAFF TO MENTION, BUT I, AND WE WERE TALKING AND THE REALITY IS AS THOSE STAFF ARE FOCUSED ON DEALING WITH THIS EMERGENCY, OTHER STAFF HAVE TO PICK UP THE SLACK 'CAUSE THERE'S OTHER BUSINESS THAT HAS TO BE CONDUCTED, A ROUTINE BUSINESS.

AND SO THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT CAME TOGETHER AS A WHOLE TO REALLY DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR CRISIS EVENT.

UM, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE ENTIRE TEAM, DIANA'S TEAM.

UM, IT WAS FORMERLY BUSINESS UNIT ONE, EVERYBODY JUST REALLY CAME TOGETHER, UM, TO DEAL WITH THIS.

UM, IT WAS QUITE AN A EVENT, BUT I DO WANNA SHARE THAT APPRECIATION WITH THANK YOU TY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? OKAY, SEEING NONE.

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

SECOND.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? GREAT.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM BEING NONE? THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UH, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TIME NOW.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

UH,

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

UNDERSTAND ANATOL, YOU HAVE A BOARD REPORT? YES.

THANK YOU ROSE MCGUIRE.

I WAS TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.

I'M TRYING OUT TO GIVE YOU A WRITTEN REPORT, GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT, AND IN THAT WRITTEN REPORT WE CAN BEGIN TO BUILD SOME MORE ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING, NOT JUST ON MY BEHALF, BUT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE DOING.

AND GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION, GIVE IT TO YOU IN A PRE-PRINTED MANNER THAT YOU CAN KEEP IT WITH YOU AND SEE IT, COMMENT ON IT, ASK QUESTIONS.

I, I THINK FOR TODAY, FOR BREVITY'S SAKE, I JUST WANNA REINFORCE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT TY BROUGHT FORTH IN THE DISCUSSION.

UM, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'LL EVER LOOK AT AN EMERGENCY ROOM, TV DOCUMENTARY OR SERIES AGAIN.

UH, IN THE SAME WAY AFTER YOU HEARD THE DESCRIPTION FROM TY, RIGHT? YOU'LL BE THINKING LIKE THAT'S YOUR WATER SYSTEM AND YOU'RE SUDDENLY REALIZING THAT YOU'RE LOSING PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM.

IT, IT WAS VERY GOOD ANALOGY.

UM, WE DO HAVE A REPORT THAT'S GONNA GO TO CITY COUNCIL THAT IS A RESULT OF A LETTER THAT WAS DELIVERED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

I SAT IN ATTENDANCE, BUT THEN THE ENTIRE TEAM WAS LISTENING AND TAKING NOTES DILIGENTLY AS WELL.

UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DIALOGUE AS TO WHAT THIS FUTURE PRESENTATION AND AFTER ACTION REPORT SHOULD CONTAIN.

AND I THINK TODAY'S COMMENTS ARE IN KEEPING WITH THAT.

THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THAT'S TRUE.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, THE AUDIENCES THAT NEED TO PARTICIPATE OR RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, THERE'S THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL AND EMPHASIS ON THE COMMUNICATION PLAN.

NOT RE NOT REALLY SO MUCH WHAT WAS DONE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMISSION HERE, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KERR DID DELIVER A THANK YOU LETTER.

I SENT THAT AS A COPY TO YOU.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KERR WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SEND A LETTER THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORT.

UM, THERE WAS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE CITY COUNCIL ITEM.

UH, I ALSO EMAILED THAT TO YOU FOR BACKGROUND AND LIKE I SAID, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL REVIEW THAT MATERIAL WITH YOU IN ADVANCE BEFORE WE GO TO THE COUNCIL.

IN TERMS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, UH, I, I CAN'T REINFORCE MORE WHAT WHAT TY SAID.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE COULD

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HIGHLIGHT THEM INDIVIDUALLY BY NAME AND YOU WOULD SEE THAT, RECOGNIZE THAT.

BUT IT'S ALSO ON THE FIRST NIGHT WE FINISHED UP, IT WAS ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, SO BEFORE GOING HOME, THEN I WENT OUT TO GO VISIT THE CREWS.

THE CREWS ARE WORKING, LIKE TY POINTED OUT, THEIR WORK MEANS THAT SOMEONE'S GONNA HAVE TO STAND IN FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE RESPONDING.

THE CREWS NORMALLY ARE DOING THE WORK AND THERE'S AN ENGINEERING INSPECTOR.

THE INSPECTOR'S BEEN CALLED OUT, WHICH MEANS THAT SOMEONE'S GONNA BACK UP FOR THEM AS WELL.

AND THAT RESPONSE WAS ALL NIGHT.

UM, IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY AN EFFORT OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND AND IN THE AFTER ACTION REPORT AND IN THE PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL, WE'LL STRESS THAT THE RESULT OF THIS EFFORT IS PRIMARY MISSION GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, PROTECTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

WHETHER IT'S SIMPLY THE VERY MOMENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH, AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THAT MANNER.

WHETHER IT'S SAFETY OF FIREFIGHTING BECAUSE ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT DOES IS PROVIDE FIRE FLOWS TO MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS.

SO THAT ALSO WAS A CRITICAL CONCERN WITHIN THAT FIRST HOUR.

AND THEN AS TY POINTED OUT, THE BLOOD PRESSURE ANALOGY, RIGHT, THAT OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WE KNOW THAT A RISK HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND THE DEPARTMENT HOLDS PUBLIC HEALTH ALSO AS ITS TOP PRIORITY.

AND OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, WE DEAL WITH THE KNOWN RISK AND WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC TO HELP US TO CONTROL AND MITIGATE THAT RISK.

UH, THE COMMUNICATION PLAN WILL BE A DISCUSSION OF SPEED AND SCALE, THE SPEED OF THE EVENT AND THE SCALE.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AN EMERGENCY DOESN'T FOLLOW THE HOURS ON THE CLOCK.

AND SO LITERALLY FROM THE MOMENT WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC HEALTH TO THE MOMENT THAT WE ACTUALLY WIND UP CLEARING, GIVING THE ALL CLEAR IN TERMS OF HOURS, THAT'S TECHNICALLY JUST OVER 24 HOURS.

BUT IN REALITY, THE TIMING OF THE EVENT LED US TO THREE PHYSICAL DAYS IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC'S MIND.

AND SO THAT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT LEARNING LESSON AS WELL.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ON THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE IT.

IT'S MY GOAL TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU TO HAVE A PROPER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE TEAM, BUT IN KEEPING WITH THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THAT RESPONDED.

I HAVE OTHER THINGS THERE FOR YOU.

UM, WE DID RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, GRANT IN THIS CASE.

GAS, GAS PIPELINE REPLACEMENT.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR US IN THE GAS UTILITY, UH, SEGMENT OF US.

AND SO THAT'S AN $8.6 MILLION AWARD.

AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE SERVICE THAT WE DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

AND THERE WERE TWO INSTANCES OF CUSTOMER THANK YOUS FOR THE CREWS AND I'VE GONE AHEAD AND MENTIONED THEIR NAMES THERE AS WELL.

AS I SAID, THIS REPORT WILL EVOLVE OVER TIME AND MY GOAL IS THAT YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT WE USE THIS PRE-PRINTED FORMAT THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS KEEP WITH YOU AND HAVE A BACKGROUND.

, BEING A CIVIL ENGINEER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS ONE BEAUTIFUL STREET THAT WE JUST, UH, REPAIRED AND AS A MATTER OF ORDER FOR A, A LEGAL TERM THAT YOU INTRODUCED, TY IS NOT ON PROBATION AND TY WAS NEVER ON PROBATION TO MY KNOWLEDGE.