Nov 21, 2024 Utilities Commission

APPROVE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO TO

[2. 24-55652 Recommendation to approve Transfer of Funds for November 21, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT? MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND SECOND RECEIVED.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

ADOPT RESOLUTION UT 1524 AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH DELL MARKETING.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE,

[3. 24-55653 Recommendation to adopt Resolution UT-1524 authorizing the General Manager to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents and subsequent amendments, with Dell Marketing L.P., of Round Rock, Texas, for furnishing and delivering Microsoft product licenses and support services, on the same terms and conditions afforded to the County of Riverside, California, through the Licensed Support Provider (LSP) Agreement No. ITARC-00934 and Riverside County Master Microsoft Enterprise Agreement No. 8084445, in an annual amount of $75,000 with a $30,000 contingency, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $105,000, until the County of Riverside contract expires on October 31, 2027, with the option to renew for as long as the County of Riverside contract is in effect. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

I CALL ON JEFF EVANS.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, SO TODAY I'M GOING TO OVER THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT AUTHORIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT.

WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, JEFF.

SORRY.

JUST SET LOW.

UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, OKAY.

I GOT INTO IT.

JUST GOTTA TALK RIGHT INTO THIS THING.

YEAR PLAN TO OPERATE ALL THOSE VALVES.

SO, UM, LITTLE BACKGROUND HERE IN A COUPLE TERMS. SO WE'RE GONNA ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT AZURE FOR OUR GIS CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES.

UH, GIS STANDS FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. AND IT'S A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM THAT STORES ANALYZES AND DISPLAYS GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.

AND THEN CLOUD COMPUTING IS, UH, INTERNET RESOURCES, UM, SERVED UP OVER THE INTERNET SUCH AS SERVERS, DATABASES AND STORAGE.

UM, JUST PICTURE LIKE A CLOUD AND THEN A LITTLE COMPUTER IN THERE.

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SO THE BACKGROUND WE'RE, GO OVER THIS PRESENTATION.

WE'LL GO OVER THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE'RE ENTERING, ENTERING THIS AGREEMENT.

UM, ALSO, WE'LL, I'LL SHOW SOME REAL WORLD EXAMPLES OF GISI WON'T SHOW ANYTHING OF THE CLOUD COMPUTING 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY ABSTRACT.

AND THEN I'LL DISCUSS THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THIS PROJECT AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THREE YEARS AGO I CAME TO THE BOARD AND I PRESENTED.

SO WE WOULD ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT AZURE FOR OUR CLOUD COMPUTING.

AND SO EVERY THREE YEARS YOU HAVE TO RENEW THAT AGREEMENT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

UM, AND WE WANNA MAINTAIN THAT CONFIGURATION.

WE'VE BUILT OUT A ROBUST SYSTEM THAT HAS ALLOWED ALL THE USERS IN THE FIELD TO HAVE ACCESS ON THEIR SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS AND TOUGHBOOKS.

MM-HMM, .

ALSO, THAT SYSTEM IS, UM, READY TO INTEGRATE WITH THE ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UM, BECAUSE IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CLOUD.

AND THEN WITH CLOUD COMPUTING, THERE'S COST SAVINGS AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S OPTIMIZED TO MEET YOUR NEEDS.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT USING A SERVER OR A SERVICE, YOU CAN TURN IT DOWN OR YOU CAN EVEN, YOU KNOW, SHUT IT OFF OR YOU CAN REASSESS THAT, SCALE IT BACK A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN MICROSOFT PROVIDES A SECURE AND RELIABLE SYSTEM THAT'S ROBUST THAT WILL MEET OUR NEEDS FOR OUR, UM, OUR DATA.

NOW I'LL GO OVER SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY USING IT.

SO ONCE VALVES ARE OPERATED OUT IN THE FIELD, THEY'RE FED INTO THE GIS DATABASE.

AND THEN THIS, THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF A LIVE DASHBOARD.

SO FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE CAN SEE THE VALVES THAT WERE OPERATED, WHO OPERATED THEM.

AND THIS GIVES US A GOOD IDEA OF IF WE'RE ON TRACK FOR OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 26,000 VALVES IN THE SYSTEM AND WE HAVE A FIVE

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AND SO QUICKLY YOU CAN SEE, YES, WE'RE ON TRACK, YOU KNOW, TO MEET THAT, THAT GOAL FOR THAT YEAR.

THIS IS A GREAT TOOL FOR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS TO USE TO STAY INFORMED.

UH, THE NEXT SLIDES HERE SHOW IT'S IMAGES FROM OUR MOBILE APPLICATION.

SO THE TWO ON THE LEFT ARE THE GAS APPLICATION, WHICH SHOWS THE WATER MAINS, THE RISERS, THE METERS, UH, AND THEN THE TWO ON THE RIGHT ARE WA THE WATER AND RECLAIMED.

SO AS YOU ZOOM IN, YOU CAN SEE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, TEXT, UH, POINTS AND LINES.

ONCE YOU CLICK ON THAT INFORMATION, YOU CAN PULL UP MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT ASSET, SUCH AS WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED OR THE SIZE AND THE MATERIAL OF THAT.

THIS HELPS OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, FOR SHUTTING DOWN PIPES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S, WHAT YOU'RE SHUTTING DOWN, WHAT'S IT GONNA AFFECT.

UH, NOW DISCUSS THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THIS PROJECT.

SO WE'RE GONNA ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE HAS ESTABLISHED WITH MICROSOFT, WHICH WILL GET US THE BEST COMPETITIVE PRICING.

UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR SYSTEM AND KEEP THE TECHNOLOGY UP TO DATE SO WE CAN PUSH MORE FUNCTIONALITY OUT TO THE FIELD.

UM, AND THEN MIGRATE THE GAS DATA, SO THEIR DATABASES ON A DIFFERENT SERVER.

SO WE WANNA MOVE THEIR DATABASE INTO AZURE.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, BECAUSE IT'S CLOUD COMPUTING, YOU CAN TURN DOWN, TURN OFF COMPUTERS OR REASSESS WHAT YOU NEED.

AND SO YOU CAN SAVE MONEY THAT WAY.

ALSO, WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THAT ADDITIONAL SERVER GAS BECAUSE NOW IT'S GONNA BE WITHIN OUR AZURE.

AND THIS IS GONNA BE A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE GAS ENGINEERING AND OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING MOVES OVER SMOOTHLY.

AND NOW FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION UT 1524 AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT IN ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS WITH DELL, MICROSOFT SOFT MARKETING LP OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING MICROSOFT PRODUCTS LICENSES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AFFORDED TO THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE LICENSE SUPPORT PROVIDER LSP AGREEMENT NUMBER IAC 0 0 9 3 4.

AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MASTER OF MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT NUMBER 8 0 8 4 4 4 5.

AND THE ANNUAL AMOUNT OF 75,000 WITH 30,000 CONTINGENCY FOR TOTAL ANNUAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 105,000 UNTIL THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE CONTRACT EXPIRES ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2027 WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR AS LONG AS THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE CONTRACT IS IN EFFECT THE LONGEST SENTENCE I'VE EVER READ.

AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE PRESENTATION.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? JEFF? DOES THIS INCLUDE SEWER? DOES THIS INTEGRATE TO SEWER AS WELL? YES.

UH, SO SEWER IS ALSO, SO THERE'S FOUR DATA DATABASES, UH, WATER, GAS, SEWER, AND THEN RECYCLED WATER.

THEY'RE ALL PART OF THIS APPLICATION.

THAT'S AWESOME.

HAVING HAD PERSONAL EXPERIENCE LATELY, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL.

YEAH.

SO IT HAS SEWER, MAINS, LATERALS, AND ALL THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

SO THEY, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY UTILIZING THAT.

I JUST DIDN'T ENOUGH SCREEN TO, TO SHOW YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO THEY'RE ALSO OUT THERE, UM, TELEVISING THE MAINS.

SO THEY TAKE A CAMERA AND THEY GO THROUGH AND THEY ALSO CLEAN THE MAINS AND ALL THAT INFORMATION IS WRITTEN BACK.

SO WE KEEP TRACK OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT MAIN WAS CLEANED AND TELEVISED AND IT KEEPS THAT ON A ONGOING CYCLE AS WELL.

THAT'S AMAZING.

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

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IT'S PRETTY EASY TO KNOW WHO'S DOING WHAT HERE TODAY.

UM, I CALL ON DINA FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE VICE PRESIDENT SCOTT.

COMMISSIONER SHANNON, PRESIDENT MCGUIRE.

TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO SIGN AND FILE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S FISCAL YEAR 2024 NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE

THE VOTE CARRIES ITEM NUMBER FOUR

[4. 24-55654 Recommendation to authorize the General Manager to sign and file all necessary documents associated with the United States Department of Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2024 Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program. Long Beach Utilities Department was awarded $6,806,640 to replace a 12-inch steel pipeline on the Anaheim Street Bridge. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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SAFETY AND MODERNIZATION GRANT PROGRAM.

PAUL, KEVIN TUUS.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

UM, I'M UP HERE WITH, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL AGREE WITH ME.

REALLY GOOD NEWS.

UH, WE WERE AWARDED IN A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

UH, IT TOOK ME THREE TRIES, BUT I'M NOT HOLDING THAT AGAINST THEM.

BUT, UH, I GUESS THIRD TIME'S A CHARM.

UH, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRANT PROGRAM.

UH, IT STARTED TWO YEARS AGO, OR THREE YEARS AGO, I'M SORRY.

UH, IT WAS FOR, IT'S A BILLION DOLLAR GRANT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, 200 MILLION PER YEAR.

AND IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO, UH, PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITY.

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE GRANTS IS TO REPLACE, UH, LEAKING OLD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SOME OF THESE, UH, UTILITIES MAY, MAY NOT HAVE RESOURCES TO REPLACE IN A TIMELY MANNER, OR IT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO RAISE RATES ON THEIR CUSTOMERS.

SO IT WAS A, A WAY OF ALLEVIATING RATE PAYERS FROM HAVING TO MAKE THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF PAYMENTS.

UM, MOST OF THE, THE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED HAVE BEEN PREDOMINANTLY MORE ON THE, KIND OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF OUR COUNTRY.

THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF PUBLIC GAS UTILITIES EXIST, BUT THEY ALSO USE A LOT OF CAST IRON IN THEIR SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE A LOW PRESSURE CAST IRON SYSTEM.

IT, IT IS THERE, IT'S OLD AND IT'S LEAKING AND IT'S JUST SMALL LITTLE LEAKS OUT THERE.

BUT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT WOULD TAKE, I MEAN, THEY HAVE SOME OF THESE, UH, GROUPS HAVE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF MILES OF CAST IRON THAT THEY NEED TO REPLACE.

UH, SO THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN HUGELY BENEFICIAL TO THEM.

AND THAT'S THE EXCUSE I'VE ALWAYS TOLD MYSELF WHEN WE'VE BEEN REJECTED FOR THE FIRST TWO ATTEMPTS.

SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT WE WERE AWARDED.

SO WE GOT $6.8 MILLION TO REPLACE A PIPELINE THAT WE HAVE THAT'S ATTACHED UNDERNEATH THE ANAHEIM STREET BRIDGE WHERE IT CROSSES BOTH SEVEN 10 FREEWAY AND THE LA RIVER.

THERE'S, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LEAK ON, ON THAT PIPELINE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A, IT'S A VERY SMALL LEAK, BUT IT'S OUTTA COUPLING, UH, TO REPLACE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO SHUT DOWN AT LEAST A COUPLE LANES ON THE FREEWAY, PROBABLY WORK AT NIGHT CAUSE DISRUPTIONS TO PORT TRAFFIC THAT'S TRYING TO COME IN, UH, TO EITHER DELIVER OR REMOVE DELIVERIES FROM THE PORT AND, AND JUST CAUSE A, A NIGHTMARE OF TRAFFIC.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT FREEWAY NEVER, YOU KNOW, WEATHER ANYTIME OF THE DAY, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF ON THERE.

SO THAT TO, TO DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA DO A HORIZONTAL, UH, DIRECTIONAL DRILL.

SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY DRILL UNDERNEATH THE, THE BRIDGE AND THE RIVER, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL PULL OUR NEW 12 INCH STEEL PIPELINE THROUGH, THROUGH THERE AS THE REPLACEMENT.

UH, ECONOMICALLY.

WITHOUT THIS GRANT, IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO JUSTIFY THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE APPLIED FOR IT.

AND, AND WE EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO HAVE A LEAK, NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER ONES I DESCRIBED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF OUR COUNTRY.

BUT WE, WE TRIED TO SELL IT ON THE FACT THAT THE, TO FIX THIS, IT WOULD BE VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND ALSO WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO INSPECT ALL OF OUR BRIDGE CROSSINGS TWICE PER YEAR.

SO EVERY TIME WE DO THAT, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR 10 MINUTES, BUT WE HAVE TO SHUT THE FREEWAY DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES SO OUR INSPECTORS CAN GO OUT AND CONDUCT AN INSPECTION.

SO IT'S GONNA REDUCE THAT EFFORT AS WELL.

SO, UH, I WANTED TO, TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, CONGRESSMAN GARCIA AND THE PORT OF LONG BEACH WROTE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

SO, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE WITHOUT THEIR HELP, WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS APPROVED.

SO, UH, MINE'S A LOT SHORTER THAN JEFF'S THE, UH, AUTHORIZED.

SO, SO THE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO SIGN AND FILE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S FISCAL YEAR 2024, NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY AND MODERN MODERNIZATION GRANT PROGRAM.

LONG BEACH UTILITIES DEPARTMENT WAS AWARDED $6,806,640 TO REPLACE A 12 INCH STEEL PIPELINE ON ANAHEIM STREET BRIDGE.

OKAY, GREAT PRESENTATION.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE BECAUSE IT'S BUDGET NEUTRAL.

CORRECT.

THERE'S NO COST TO US.

THE GRANT IS GOING TO COVER YES, THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S A, IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT.

SO WE WILL, WE WILL SPEND MONEY.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

WEIT AND, AND THEY'LL REIMBURSE US FOR THAT.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON

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THIS MATTER? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT OR QUESTION? BRIEF COMMENT.

WHEN DOES THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION CHECK IN? YOU MEAN, WHEN ARE WE GONNA RECEIVE? NO, WHEN ARE THEY CONTRACTUALLY, UH, OBLIGATED TO PAY US MONEY? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IF THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND? WELL, I, I, I, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT.

HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T CHANGE THEIR MIND.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, WE HAVE FIVE YEARS TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.

UH, THE FIRST STEP OF IT IS WE'RE GONNA DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS UNIQUE FOR THESE PROJECTS, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT HAS FEDERAL FUNDING BEHIND IT.

I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT COULD TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS AND THEN FROM THAT POINT START OUR WORK.

I'M ASSUMING WE'LL DO, IT DEPENDS ON OUR SPEND RATE, BUT WE'LL, YOU KNOW, DO QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY TYPE OF REQUEST FOR FUNDING FROM A REFUNDING BACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THAT WAS PROBABLY AN UNFAIR QUE QUESTION TO ASK OF YOU, BUT MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY AT SOME FUTURE TIME COULD JUST ON THE SIDE GIVE ME A LEGAL 1 0 1 ON THIS.

I CAN DO THAT.

THANK YOU, ETHAN.

UH, CONGRATS.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

UM, GOOD FOR YOU.

UH, A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS, UM, THAT YOU WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

WAS IT, FOR THIS EXACT PROJECT? WE, WE'VE HAD A VARIETY OF PROJECTS, BUT THIS ONE HAS BEEN IN IT, UH, ALL THREE ATTEMPTS AND, UH, I KNOW THOSE ARE EXTREMELY COMPLICATED, UH, PROCESSES TO GO THROUGH.

UM, I'M HOPING THERE WAS LESSONS LEARNED THAT WE CAN APPLY GOING FORWARD FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

UM, I, I THINK, UH, YOU, IN A COUPLE OF, OF OUR EARLIER ATTEMPTS, UM, THEY WANTED US TO BETTER TIE OUR DISTRIBUTION INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT PLAN TO, TO THE REQUESTS THAT WE WERE MAKING.

AND SO WE MADE THAT CHANGE THIS YEAR, AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.

AND THEN LAST QUESTION.

UH, DO YOU HAVE PROJECTS IN MIND, UH, TO PURSUE FUTURE GRANT FUNDING? SO THERE'S ONE MORE YEAR LEFT IN THE PROGRAM, AND WE DO PLAN TO APPLY.

UM, WE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR FOUR.

I MEAN, WE, THIS WASN'T, WE DIDN'T GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT WE ASKED FOR, SO WE HAD TWO OTHER PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THERE.

AND THEN WE ALSO LIKE TO INCREASE THE, UH, THE FREQUENCY OF HOW OFTEN WE'RE DOING OUR LEAK DETECTION IN THE CITY.

AND FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAD ASKED TO HELP WITH PURCHASING NEW EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT LEAK SURVEY.

SO WE MAY LOOK AT ADDING ANOTHER TYPE OF PROJECT, BUT AT A MINIMUM, WE'LL PROBABLY JUST PUT THE, THOSE THREE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE DIDN'T GET AWARDED IN THE, THE LAST YEAR OF THE GRANT PROGRAM.

AND TO KIND OF COMMISSIONER SHANNON'S POINT, I I, THERE WAS TALK OF EXTENDING THIS GRANT PROGRAM, BUT I, BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT GOING FORWARD UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION.

THAT'S IT THEN.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? AND A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER SIX TO RECEIVE AND FILE INFORMATION FROM THE AFTER ACTION REPORT REGARDING MAIN BREAK AND BOIL WATER.

ANY OPPOSED? A MOTION CARRIES.

THANKS, KEVIN.

[5. 24-55655 Receive and file Lead and Copper Rule Compliance update. Suggested Action: Receive and file. ]

NOTICE I CALL ON A**L.

I, I THINK WE'RE ON ITEM FIVE.

I'M SORRY, ME MEVO.

I JUMPED, I .

IT'S OKAY.

ME IF YET YOU WANNA COVER MY PRESENTATION, YOU CAN DO IT.

WELL, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

UM, MY NAME IS ME AND ACTUALLY TODAY'S MY FIRST TIME PRESENTING AND FOR YOU ALL.

SO, UM, IT'S VERY, VERY NICE TO MEET YOU AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, GIVE YOU A QUICK BACKGROUND INSTRUCTION ABOUT MYSELF.

UM, SO I HAVE, UM, EXPERIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER BY EDUCATION AND LICENSING, BUT AS A CVO ENGINEER ASSOCIATES BY TITLE.

SO I'M CURRENTLY WORKING UNDER THE TREATMENT PLANS OPERATIONS GROUP, UH, MOSTLY FOCUSING ON, UM, WATER QUALITY REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, AS WELL AS, UH, SPECIAL PROJECT.

UM, A FUN FACT ABOUT MYSELF IS THAT I'M ALSO A CAST AT LONG BEACH ALUMNI CLASS OF, UH, TRAINEE TRAINEE.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CD'S GROWTH AND SUCCESS, UH, THROUGHOUT MY ROLE.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH MY PRESENTATIONS TODAY ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT JOURNEYS TO COMPLETE THE SERVICE LINE VENT, UH, UNDER THE LATIN AND COUPLE RULE REVISIONS, UH, REQUIREMENT.

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SO, AS YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY KNOW THAT LEAD EXPOSURE IS, CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH RISK TO, UH, HUMAN BEING, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN AND, UM, PREGNANT WOMEN.

SO, UH, THEREFORE, THE US EPA, UM, THROUGH THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISION LCRR, THEY REQUIRE ALL OF THE WATER SYSTEM HAVE TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE LEAD AND UNSAFE MATERIALS, UH, IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE DRINKING WATER SOURCE, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, I'M HERE TODAY, UH, TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE READY, COMPLETE THE FINDINGS AND THE RESULTS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE RESULTS WITH YOU ALL IN CASE YOU WERE ASKED BY YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WHERE LONG BEACH STAND WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS.

UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WE DO NOT FIND ANY LEAD IN OUR SYSTEM AND OUR WATER SYSTEM IS DESIGNATED AND NON LEAD WATER SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S A GREAT NEW FOR US.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR SYS OUR WATER IS SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE MILLIONS OF MONEY OF, FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE BANNED ON MANDATORY LAST SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT.

SO THAT IS THE QUICK PREVIEW ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS.

NOW I'M GONNA MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DETAIL ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS WITH THE, UH, PRESENTATIONS ALLY.

SO FIRST I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROJECT BACKGROUND, UH, WHAT TRIGGERED THE NEED FOR THE PROJECT, AND THEN THE PROJECT METHODOLOGIES, HOW WE APPROACH, UH, THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THE SERVICE LINE ENTRY AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT.

AND THEN, UH, LASTLY THE LAST PART IS THE PROJECT OUTCOME.

WHAT DID WE ACHIEVE THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT? UM, SO FOR THE PROJECT BLACK, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE HISTORICAL TIMELINE, UM, THE, THE CITY LONG BEACH HAS BEEN STAYING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE LCR SINCE 1991.

UH, HOWEVER, WITH THE TRIGGER FROM THE FLINT MICHIGAN'S, UH, EVENT, UH, THAT CAUSES A LEAD CONTAMINATED WATER CRISIS IN 2016, THAT TRIGGERED THE US EPA TO REVISE THE ORIGINAL RULE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISION LCRR.

AND THEN LATER ON THE US EPA ALSO DECIDED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE RULE, SO IMPROVE THE RULE FURTHER, UH, WHICH THAT WHY WE CALL THE NEW RULE AS LEAD AND COPPER RULE IMPROVEMENT LCRI.

SO, UM, THERE'RE OF COURSE GONNA BE MORE A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE NEW LATIN COUPLE RULE IMPROVEMENT LCRI, BUT TODAY I'M GONNA JUST FOCUS ON HOW WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LATIN COUPLE RULE REVISION LCRR, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON THE SERVICE LINE VENTURE SECTIONS.

SO, UM, I ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS NOW I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE YOU ABOUT THE SERVICE LINE VENTURE BACKGROUND.

SO, UM, HISTORICALLY, THE WATER UTILITY SYSTEM ONLY REQUIRED TO KEEP RECORD ABOUT THE MATERIAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE SERVICE LINE, UH, ON THE UTILITY SIDE, WHICH MEAN ON OUR SIDE, BUT NOT FOR THE CUSTOMER SIDE.

BUT UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS, UM, THE, THE, THE RULE REQUIRES THE WATER SYSTEM ALSO HAVE TO COLLECT INFORMATIONS ABOUT MATERIAL CLASSIFICATIONS ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE.

SO, UM, EACH SERVICE LINE HAVE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS EITHER LET GALVANIZED FOR REQUIREMENT REPLACEMENT KNOWN AND NON-LEAD.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DEADLINE TO COMPLETE THE SERVICE LINE VENT, WHICH IS BY OCTOBER 16 OF THIS YEAR.

THAT'S MEANS LIKE ONLY A MONTH AGO.

SO, UM, HERE IN THE, SO HERE IN THIS, UM, IN THIS, UH, PICTURES, THIS SHOW US ABOUT THE WATER SERVICE LINE OWNERSHIP IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

SO THE CUTOFF OF THE RESPONSIBILITY AS IS AT THE WATER METER.

SO ANYTHING UPSTREAM OF THE METER TO THE WATER MAIN, THAT IS OUR UTILITIES RESPONSIBILITY AND ANYTHING DOWNSTREAM OF THE METER THAT IS THE CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY.

SO, UM, I ALREADY WALKED THROUGH THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND WHAT TRIGGERED THE NEED FOR THE PROJECT.

NOW I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH HOW WE APPROACH THE PROJECT, UH, IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY.

SO THE PROJECT WAS SPLIT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT STEP.

SO THE FIRST STEP IS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL RECORD REVIEW, AND THEN THE SECOND STEP IS THE FIELD VERIFICATIONS.

THEN WE, ON TOP OF THAT, WE PERFORMED OBJECTIVE MODELING.

AND OF COURSE THE LAST STEP GONNA BE ABOUT STATE SUBMISSIONS AND FURTHER COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY WITH THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS AND LEAD AND

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COPPER RULE IMPROVEMENT.

UM, SO LET'S DIVE INTO THE FIRST STEP, WHICH IS THE RECORD REVIEW.

SO THE, WE CONDUCTED A RECORD REVIEW IN 2022, AND THROUGH THE RECORD REVIEW, IT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE CREATE A RECORD ON OUR SIDE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECORD ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE, WHICH MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMEHOW A WAY TO VERIFY THE MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE.

SO HERE, UM, THIS IS THE SERVICE LINE INVENTORY MOBILE APP THAT WE USE, UH, TO CAPTURE THE FIELD DATA IN THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS THE FIELD ATIONS.

UM, THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS APP IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY CREATED IN-HOUSE BY OUR OWN JAZZ SPECIALISTS HERE, JEFF EVANS IN THE AUDIENCE.

AND, UM, THE NEXT STEP IS HOW WE GONNA CONDUCT THE FIELD VERIFICATION.

SO THE FIELD VERIFICATIONS IS ACTUALLY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG DIFFERENT GROUP IN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO FIRST, UM, THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY GO OUT TO THE FIELD, UH, VERIFY EVERY SINGLE SERVICE LINE, UM, IS THE GAS SERVICES STAFF AND, UM, THE, UH, WITH THE, THE SUPPORT FROM THE WATER CONSTRUCTIONS GROUP EARLY ON ON THE PROJECT.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE PREVIOUS LINE, UM, THE APP THAT, UM, THE STAFF USED THROUGHOUT THE FIELD VERIFICATIONS WAS DEVELOPED BY OUR GIS GROUP.

AND THE IPAD THAT THE STAFF USING HERE IS SHOWN HERE IN THE PICTURES WAS PREPARED BY OUR MIS TEAMS. AND OF COURSE, UH, WE CAN MISS OUT THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP, WHICH ARE HEADED BY JOY, UH, WITH HELPING US WITH PREPARING THE DOOR HANGER AS WHAT THE KEY TALKING POINTS FOR THE FIELD STAFF.

SO THAT, UH, TO ENSURE OUR RESIDENTS WAS, WAS KEPT INFORMED ABOUT THE WORK THAT PERFORMED BY, UH, THE FIELD STAFF.

SO, UM, WE ALREADY WALKED THROUGH THE FIELD VERIFICATIONS, HOW WE CONDUCTED IT, AND, UH, LET'S SEE HOW THE FIELD REIFICATION RESULTS REVIEW.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS GRAPH, UH, THIS IS ABOUT THE MATERIAL CLASSIFICATIONS ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE.

UH, THE X AXIS RIGHT HERE LISTED OUT THE, THE NUMBERS OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE IDENTIFY ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE, YOU SEE THAT GALVANIZED COPPER PLASTIC.

AND THEN ON THE Y AXIS IS, IS THE NUMBER OF THE SERVICE LINE.

WE FEEL VERY FINE, SOPHIE.

WE, UH, FEEL VERY FINE ABOUT 4,800 SERVICE SLIDES THROUGHOUT THE CDS.

AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, COPPER DOMINATED THE, UM, THE MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION WITH THE MINIMAL NUMBER AMOUNTS OF GALVANIZED PLASTIC, UH, DUCT TIRE IRAN.

AND, UM, THE MORE IMPORTANTLY LEAK IS THAT WE DO NOT FIND ANY LEAD LINE.

AND ONLY, UH, 3% OF THE SERVICE LINE WAS FILE IDENTIFIED AS GALVAN EYE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE HUGE INDICATOR SHOWING THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR NON LESS DATA SYSTEM.

SO, UM, WHY ARE WE CARING ABOUT GALVANIZED? BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE PREVIOUS LIE, UM, THE CL THE SERVICE LIE HAVE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS EITHER NON LET, LET A KNOWN A GALVANIZED REQUIREMENT REPLACEMENT.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THE GALVANIZED THAT WE FIND DURING THE FIELD VERIFICATIONS IS ACTUALLY IN NEED OF A REPLACEMENT OR IS ACTUALLY JUST A REGULAR GALVANIZED.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

AND THROUGH PREDICTIVE MODELING, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND AND CONFIRM THAT THE NON LET NON GALVANIZED WITH 90, ALMOST 99% OF ACCURACY.

SO, UM, THE LAST PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE PROJECT OUTCOME.

WHAT DID WE ACHIEVE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT? SO WE OF COURSE ALREADY SUBMIT THE, UH, SERVICE LINE INVENTORY TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND WE JUST RECENTLY GOT THE APPROVED FROM THE STATE THAT WE ARE DESIGNATED AT A NON-LEAD WATER SYSTEM, WHICH MEAN THAT THERE IS NO LEAD RISK FOR OUR CUSTOMER AND OUR WATER IS SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION.

SO OF COURSE, UM, AS A RESULT, WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT, UH, A LEAD SURFACE SLIDE REPLACEMENT PLAN, BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO STAY IN COMPLIANT WITH OTHER, UM, COMPONENT OF THE NEW REGULATION THROUGH NORMAL OPERATION, SUCH AS LIKE METER REPLACEMENT OR SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT.

SO HERE, UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SNAPSHOT OF THE STATEMENT THAT WE POSTED ON OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, UH, LETTING THE CU CUSTOMER KNOWING THAT, UM, THE WATER THAT WE DELIVER TO THEM IS MEETING THE COMPLIANCE AND AS THE HIGHEST QUALITY AS POSSIBLE.

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SO THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME TODAY AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

FIRST I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR NOT, UM, INTRODUCING YOUR SECTION CORRECTLY HERE.

UM, THAT WAS AMAZING REPORT SUCH GREAT NEWS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT? COMMISSIONER COMMENT? THANK YOU.

NO, I WANTED TO EXTEND MY COMPLIMENTS TO ME ALSO AND COMPLIMENTS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.

YOU COULD SEE HOW IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT AND THE THINK JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD.

I KNOW THAT I COMMITTED TO YOU AS WE MOVED INTO LIKE A STRATEGIC RETREAT, AND I I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT YOU JUST SAW.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT MAYBE JUST 20 YEARS AGO, THE VERY NATURE OF THE CHALLENGE POSED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU WORE A LEAD FREE ENVIRONMENT 20 YEARS AGO.

YOU HAD SOME TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE MOBILE TECHNOLOGY.

SO THE ABILITY TO EVEN ENGAGE IN THE DATA COLLECTION, TO ASSEMBLE THE DATA TO BEGIN TO ORGANIZE IT, THAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE IN AND OF ITSELF.

BUT WITH THE ADVENT OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY, WITH THE ADVENT OF INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED GIS SYSTEMS, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CAN BEGIN TO DO DATA ANALYSIS THAT YIELDS HUGE BENEFITS.

ONE, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC'S PEACE OF MIND GIVEN THE, THE DEFINITE FOCUS ON LEAD THAT THIS IS A LEAD FREE SYSTEM.

BUT AS ALSO IS QUITE OFTEN THE COMMENT THAT WE MAY RECEIVE, WHICH IS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SAVE ME MONEY? AND FOR NOT THIS ABILITY TO DO DATA ANALYSIS AND TO DEMONSTRATE A LEAD FREE, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND ENGAGE IN ALL OTHER KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE OVER TIME.

SO AT THE TIME THAT YOU'RE INVESTING IN DATA AND TECHNOLOGY TO DO THE ANALYSIS AND DO THINGS, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY SEE THE SAVINGS PAY OFF, BUT ULTIMATELY HAVING THOSE TOOLS AVAILABLE BRINGS YOU SAVINGS DOWN THE ROAD IN THE BUDGET.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S LOST ON THE PUBLIC, BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH THESE DECISIONS TO INVEST MORE MONEY IN IN DATA AND TECHNOLOGY.

GREAT TO SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

FROM THE AFTER ACTION REPORT REGARDING MAIN BREAK AND BOIL WATER NOTICE I CALL ON ANATOL.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

MOVING ON NOW TO THE ITEM I ALREADY ANNOUNCED TO RECEIVE AND FILE INFORMATION

[6. 24-55656 Receive and file information from the After-Action Report regarding Main Break and Boil Water Notice. Suggested Action: Receive and file. ]

GALLIGAN.

COMMISSIONER COMMENT, MR. SHANNON.

P MCGUIRE.

I, THIS IS JUST A VERY SHORT, UH, PRESENTATION.

UH, THIS PROCESS CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.

UH, WE'RE PREPARING FOR CITY COUNCIL AS A RESULT OF, OF THEIR REQUEST.

WE WERE ALREADY DOING OUR OWN AFTER ACTION REPORT, BUT NOW IT IS A BROADER CONTEXT.

CITY AFTER ACTION REPORT, IT HAS THE CORRESPONDING CITY COUNCIL LETTER AND TWO FROM FOUR.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT AS THAT PROCESS MAKES ITS WAY INTO EARLY DECEMBER WITH THE COUNCIL.

I DON'T HAVE THE DRAFT DOCUMENT, I WANT THAT TO BE PART OF THE FINAL PROCESS WITH THE CITY ITSELF, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU JUST THE SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT'S GOING INTO IT.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

WE GAVE YOU A PRESENTATION.

I GAVE YOU THE BASIC DISCUSSION OF THE DETAILS OF THE ACTIONS, AND NOW WE'RE FINALIZING THE AFTER ACTION REPORT.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE AFTER ACTION REPORT IS GOING TO CONTAIN A PRETTY DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

IT'S GONNA IDENTIFY THE STRENGTHS OF THE RESPONSE, WHERE WE THOUGHT WE DID REALLY WELL.

IT'S GONNA IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GONNA STAND OUT AND THAT IS THIS ASPECT OF COMMUNICATIONS.

IT WAS A FOCAL POINT IN THE CITY COUNCIL INTERACTION THAT WE HAD PREPPING UP AND SETTING UP THIS ITEM.

AND SO IT WILL BE POINTED OUT HERE THE AREAS WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN IMPROVE.

IT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE RESPONSE OPERATIONS, LIKE I SAID, THE COMMUNICATIONS.

IT'S GONNA HAVE DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING AND COORDINATION, AND SOME SUPPLEMENTING INTER SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO GUIDE ANYBODY WHO'VE USED THE DOCUMENT AS TO WHAT WAS THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES THAT DROVE THE DECISIONS THAT WE WERE MAKING AT THE TIME.

OKAY, THAT'S REALLY IT FOR NOW.

UM, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW AND

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FINALIZE THIS SHORTLY.

UH, WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

MARSHA ALREADY GAVE US A FIRST REVIEW AND WE'RE WORKING WITH HER ON EDITS THAT SHE'S PROPOSED.

YOU'LL THEN SUBSEQUENTLY GO TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

IT REQUIRES A DEPARTMENTAL SIGN OFF, SO DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WILL SIGN OFF AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS HEALTH, UH, AND AS WELL AS FIRE.

I BELIEVE, UH, COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU AS SOON AS WE HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS AND THEY'RE READY TO HEAD TOWARDS THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.

I WILL SHARE THEM WITH YOU AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM.

AND THEN WE'RE TARGETING RIGHT NOW DECEMBER 3RD, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THAT COULD SHIFT TO DECEMBER 10TH FOR THE ACTUAL COUNCIL PRESENTATION.

AND I'LL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION THEN AND ENTERTAINING THEIR QUESTIONS.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU AT THIS MOMENT.

I HAVE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT.

UM, I'M JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS.

I DIDN'T, UH, I DIDN'T SEE THE COUNCIL, UH, EXCEPT THE VERY, VERY LAST PART OF IT, THE COUNCIL, UH, HEARING ON THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT SOME PUSHBACK.

UM, WHERE WAS THE FOCUS OF THE PUSHBACK? I THINK TWO KEY AREAS ON THE FOCUS OF THE PUSHBACK.

ONE WAS WHEN YOU THINK OF THE SPEED AND SCALE WITH WHICH WE HAD TO RESPOND, THE EV THE INCIDENT QUICKLY ON DETERMINING THE BOIL WATER NOTICE WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS, THE AREA GREW TO ABOUT 120,000 PEOPLE.

IT'S ONE THING TO LOOK AT A MAP AND UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU BELIEVE THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE TARGETED.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO DESCRIBE IT ACCURATELY IN WORDS.

AND PART OF THE PUSHBACK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL CAME THAT WHEN THE ACTUAL WORDS WERE PUBLISHED AS TO THIS IS THE AREA WE FOCUSED ON ZIP CODES, AND THEN TRYING TO DESCRIBE BOUNDARIES WITHIN ZIP CODES, THAT BECAME A LITTLE COMPLEX.

AND MANY PEOPLE FELT THAT THAT WAS NOT THE MOST PERFECT DESCRIPTION.

IN FACT, PEOPLE COMMENTED AND SAID AT ONE POINT THAT ONE SECTION WAS LEFT OUT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS VISIBLE ON THE MAP, THE WORDS THEMSELVES DID NOT DESCRIBE IT.

AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

ANOTHER ONE WAS THAT WITH THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO HAVE MORE IN DEPTH AND MORE RAPID RESPONSE ON DISTRIBUTING THOSE FAQS.

UM, THOSE ARE LIKE TWO OF THE MAIN FOCAL POINTS I THINK IN TERMS OF AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

I THINK THE THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO POINT OUT IS THAT WITH THE SPEED AND SCALE OF THE COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENT, NO SINGLE SYSTEM CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER THAT.

AND SO AS SPEED AND SCALE EVOLVE IN AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, IT'S INCUMBENT THAT WE LAYER DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT BY LAYERING THOSE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THE MAXIMUM DISTRIBUTION THAT WE CAN.

AND THERE WAS SOME INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS ABOUT THE, THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO GET THEM OUT AND PUBLISH THEM AS WELL.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY PUSHBACK WITH REGARD TO THE NEED FOR THE BOIL WATER NOTE, GET ANY PUSHBACK IN THERE? I DON'T BELIEVE I RECEIVED ANY SPECIFIC PUSHBACK.

ON THE, ON THE BOIL WATER NOTICE ITSELF AND, AND, AND THE FOLLOW UP, THIS, THIS DIALOGUE IS FANTASTIC.

SO I, I DO NEED TO LET YOU KNOW I'M BRIDGING OVER HOW INTO ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT I DID, UH, GO TO COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, NINE, UH, AT THEIR, UM, AT THEIR COMMUNITY MEETING AND, UH, PRESENTED OVER THERE AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE CONCERN ABOUT THE BOIL WATER NOTICE ITSELF.

WELL, THE ONLY REASON I MENTION IT IS THAT OBVIOUSLY THE, THE LEVEL OF CONCERN IS BASED UPON, I I BELIEVE ON THE BOILED WATER NOTICE.

HAD THERE BEEN NO BOIL WATER NOTICE, UH, I DON'T THINK YOU'D HAVE THIS BIG TO DO ABOUT IT.

NOW, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU FOCUS AT LEAST FOR A MOMENT, FOR A FEW MOMENTS ON THE ABSOLUTE NEED FOR A BOILED WATER NOTICE, UM, TO SATISFY THEM THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD TO DO.

YOU HAD NO CHOICE.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY POINT THAT, THAT'S EXCELLENT INPUT AND I'VE RECEIVED THAT INPUT ELSEWHERE AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT VERY STRONG COMMENT AS TO WHAT WAS THE, THE NEED FOR THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO THANK YOU.

UH, JUST TWO COMMENTS.

I OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T SEEN A PREVIEW OF THIS AT ALL, BUT, UM, HAVING MORE THAN TWO DECADES IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT, UM, UH, I KNOW THAT A LESSON LEARNED FROM EVERY SINGLE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATION.

IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S THE LESSON THAT, THAT WE TRY TO PERFECT AND NEVER SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND TO IT.

SO, UM, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE REPORT TO AT LEAST, UH, REFLECT THAT AND UPFRONT AND HONEST THAT, UH, WHILE THE BEST EFFORTS CAN BE MADE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY AND, AND TIMELY AND, AND, UH, UH, PRECISELY IT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT INVARIABLY WILL,

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WILL COME SHORT.

AND THAT, THAT'S EXCELLENT INPUT.

SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT TONE IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, MY SECOND COMMENT, EXCUSE ME.

UM, UH, I KNOW THAT THE, THE VAST AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, FOCUS HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE, THE RESIDENT RESIDENTS AND, AND THE WATER AND THE BOIL WATER.

AND, AND, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, USUALLY IMPORTANT.

UH, MY SIDE OF IT, MY CONCERN, AND, AND AGAIN, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE REPORT, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS, HOW WELL THIS WAS ADDRESSED OR NOT, BUT, UH, MY MAIN CONCERN IS, UH, FIRE FLOW AND, AND HOW WELL THAT WAS COMMUNICATED, UH, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UM, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE INCORPORATED INTO, UH, THE RESPONSE PLAN.

UM, AND WHAT SORT OF EFFORTS, UH, WERE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT UH, THERE WAS NEVER ANY POTENTIAL FIRE FLOWS.

AND, AND THE REPORT DOES COME UP FRONT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSES THAT TOOK PLACE WAS MONITORING OF PRESSURE TO ASSURE THAT FROM FIRE FLOW PERSPECTIVE PRESSURES WERE INDEED MAINTAINED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MAIN BREAK.

AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE INCIDENT, THERE WAS NEVER A QUESTION, IN FACT, PEOPLE BEGIN TO ASSOCIATE THERE WERE OTHER SERVICE LINE BREAKS OCCURRING AT THE TIME AND THEY BEGAN TO EQUATE THAT WITH ANOTHER PRESSURE DROP AND WE'RE CLEAR TO STATE THAT THROUGHOUT THAT THERE WAS NEVER ANY, UH, ANY IMBALANCE IN PRESSURE THAT WOULD LEAD US TO HAVE A CONCERN ON FIRE FLOWS.

WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT REPORT.

TIMELY COMMUNICATION FOR US AS WELL.

UM, DO I HAVE A, OH, ARE, WE'RE COMPLETED NOW WITH OUR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM HERE TODAY? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED.

AND THE OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO

[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Utilities Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Board.]

AND

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

DO WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANTO, PLEASE? YES.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT MCGUIRE.

I JUST HAVE TWO BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I KNOW THAT IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS THERE IS NOW IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, A HEIGHTENED CONCERN WITH THE WEATHER AND HOW IT'S GOING, UH, HOW SNOW PACK IS GOING, HOW RAIN IS GOING.

IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT USED TO BE A VERY SIMPLE WEATHER REPORT NOW DOMINATES THE FRONT PAGE OF THE HEADLINES EVERY TIME WE GET INTO DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT DEAN WANG WILL BE PREPARING FOR YOU MONTHLY, UH, AT, AT A CERTAIN TIME.

I'M THINKING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH, UH, BOTH JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, EVEN WELL INTO MAY, WE'LL BE PREPARING A WATER SUPPLY UPDATE FOR YOU THAT GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND PERHAPS, PERHAPS CLARIFIES OR ADDS A LITTLE MORE DIMENSION TO WHAT YOU MIGHT BE READING.

WE'RE SEEING ABOUT IN THE NEWS, IT'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THE WATER SUPPLY UPDATE IS, HOW IN ANY WAY IT MIGHT AFFECT US, IF IT DOES.

AND THEN EMBEDDED WITHIN THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE BELIEVE WATER DEMANDS WILL BE.

'CAUSE WATER DEMANDS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT.

'CAUSE THAT IS IN EFFECT THE REVENUE GENERATOR THAT HELPS US MANAGE THE BUDGET.

UM, THE SECOND ANNOUNCE I WANT YOU TO KNOW AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THINGS HIT THE NEWS MEDIA.

UH, YESTERDAY IN THE NATIONAL NEWS, THREE HOUSES EXPLODED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UM, INVARIABLY THE NATURE OF THE EXPLOSION, UH, PEOPLE BEGIN TO THINK THAT IT'S NATURAL GAS.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT, BUT THEY WERE BEGINNING INVESTIGATIONS.

UM, I TALKED WITH KEVIN AND AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, WHATEVER INFORMATION WE HAVE ABOUT THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL TO GIVE YOU THAT BACKGROUND.

'CAUSE AGAIN, INVARIABLY, I KNOW THAT YOU SEE THIS IN THE MEDIA AND IT MAY RAISE QUESTIONS OR IT MAY RAISE QUESTIONS IN PEOPLE'S MINDS AND THEY MAY ASK YOU.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE SURE TO BRING THAT TO YOU AS WELL FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

TO GET IT THIS FAR IN ADVANCE OF THE HOLLYWOOD OR THE HOLIDAY MAIL.

CAN I JUST ADD, DEAN, I REALLY WANNA KNOW ABOUT THESE BOMBS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

TELL US ABOUT THE BOMB.

THE BOMB CYCLONE.

YEAH.

SEE, THIS IS, THIS IS WHY I'M SAYING IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN A BOMB CYCLONE TO YOU AT THIS POINT.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

I JUST, I DON'T KNOW QUITE WHO TO THANK, BUT THE CALENDAR ARRIVED AT MY HOUSE YESTERDAY.

VERY NICE, NICELY DONE INCORPORATING THE WHOLE CITY.

ALL THE SERVICES REALLY APPRECIATED THAT ANNA TOLL'S PICTURE .

SO, UM, VERY WELL DONE, VERY TIMELY

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SO, AND AS COMMISSIONER SHANNON POINTED OUT, MY PICTURE IS LARGER THAN THE PICTURE OF THE COMMISSIONERS , WHICH WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON.

UM, I'LL BE, AND I'LL BE LONG GONE, , BUT NO, I, MY COMPLIMENTS TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUT THAT ENTIRELY TOGETHER AND DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

IT IS ON THE ONE HAND, A REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S A COMMUNICATION DEVICE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO MANY THINGS WITH THE PUBLIC AND ALLOW THE UTILITY TO BE OUT THERE IN FRONT, UH, PRESENT IN EVERYONE'S MIND.

SO IT'S A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT.

MY COMPLIMENTS TO THEM.

WELL, THE, THE SEWER CREW THAT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE FRONT WAS AT MY HOUSE THIS LAST WEEK, SO I CAN SPEAK TO THAT GUY IN THE, IN THE HALL WITH THE LADDER AND EVERYTHING.

ANYWAY, IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO RECEIVE.

THANK YOU, JOY.