* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THEY PUT ME ON THE BOARD [00:00:01] OF, NOW I HAVE TO DO THIS. I WOULD'VE GONE ANYWHERE. IT'S TERRIBLE. WE HAVE TO GET STARTED. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. [CALL TO ORDER] UH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH. WELCOME. IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY. UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND IF I COULD CALL UPON CYNTHIA PORTILLO TO LEAD THE PLEDGE REPUBLIC. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU. AND MAY I CALL ON DINA FOR ROLL CALL? PRESIDENT [ROLL CALL] SCOTT, PRESENT VICE PRESIDENT CORDERO. SECRETARY PARKIN HERE. COMMISSIONER MCGUIRE HERE. AND COMMISSIONER AUSTIN. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU, DINA. UH, IN RECOGNITION OF OUR FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, SAY SOME WORDS ABOUT GNN IN HONOR OF, OF, OF, UH, OUR COMMISSIONER NOW COMMISSIONER GINA MCGUIRE. I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO PERSONALLY THANK GINA FOR HER INCREDIBLE, UH, LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT HER PASSION AND CARE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. I'VE BEEN EVIDENT IN EVERYTHING THAT, UH, SHE'S DONE THIS PAST YEAR, AND I KNOW I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD WHEN I SAY HOW MUCH. UH, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ENERGY, YOUR EFFORTS, YOUR WISDOM. UH, YOU'VE LED WITH BOTH HEART AND STRENGTH, AND WE'RE TRULY APPRECIATIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH MY GOSH. SO I WAS BORN IN KANSAS, SO I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR THESE SUNFLOWERS. AND OF COURSE THE PURPLE IS ST. ANTHONY TO ME. SO YOU'VE GOT PURPLE AND WHITE GOING HERE. SOMEBODY REALLY KNOWS ME. THANK YOU, . THANK YOU, DINA. AND IF ANY OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, PLEASE FEEL FREE. YEAH, I, I WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING A LEADER IS, IS, UM, NOT NECESSARILY CHALLENGING, BUT IT'S A COMMITMENT AS, AS MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM KNOW. UM, BUT I THINK IT'S EVEN AN EVEN GREATER COMMITMENT WHEN YOU HAVE THINGS PULLING YOU IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. AND WITHOUT GOING INTO IT, UM, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH, BUT YET YOU ALWAYS SHOWED UP AND YOU ALWAYS SHOWED UP AND WALKED THROUGH THAT DOOR WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. UM, AND SO YOU LET US WELL, AND YOU WERE STRONG, AND, UM, YOU WERE COMMITTED AND YOU WERE JUST A JOY TO BE AROUND. SO WE, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO US. DON'T MAKE ME CRY. I'LL TRY NOT TO MAKE YOU CRY. NO. I JUST WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAID AND, AND KNOWING YOU FOR SO LONG, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO ST. ANTHONY'S AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO FAMILY. IT'S JUST REALLY A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. UH, I'LL CHIME IN AND JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON A YEAR OF, UH, SERVICE AND DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONSISTENT. I, I THINK I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN YOU WERE RETIRED AND WE'RE RECOGNIZED, UH, BEFORE THE CITY. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME INTO THIS ROLE, UM, SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AND, AND SO, UM, I DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH YOU AS A PRESIDENT, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU, UM, PARTICULARLY AS A SEATMATE, UM, MOVING FORWARD. [1. 25-56816 Recommendation to approve October 16, 2025 Board meeting minutes.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] NO, I REALLY DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING THAT , THAT'S QUITE ENOUGH. WE'LL MOVE ON, . ALRIGHT, SO ONTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVE THE OCTOBER 16TH BOARD MEETING MINUTES. UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? DO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. SECOND. [2. 25-56817 Recommendation to approve Retirement Order Nos. 6189 to 6192 for inventory items that are no longer being used during the current year.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS BEING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE. MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVE RETIREMENT ORDERS NUMBER 6 1 8 9 TO 6 1 9 2 FOR INVENTORY ITEMS THAT ARE NO LONGER BEING USED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO, MOVE. [3. 25-56907 Recommendation to approve Transfer of Funds for November 6, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THANK YOU. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? [00:05:02] NONE OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES. UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPROVE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND. SECOND. A SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, I CALL ON MATTHEW PERREA FOR A PRESENTATION. I'M NOT MATTHEW, YOU'RE NOT . I'M GOING TO PRESENT MATTHEW, UH, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. I, I'M VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE A NEW POSITION CALLED AN ACCOUNTING MANAGER. WE USED TO HAVE THIS POSITION ON THE WATERSIDE SEVERAL DECADES AGO, AND WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK. UM, WE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF RETIREMENTS LAST YEAR, AND SO WITH THAT, WE WERE FOUND THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE AN ACCOUNTING MANAGER WHO CAN OVERSEE ALL THREE FUNDS. AND HE'S ALREADY PROVING HIMSELF IN JUST HIS THIRD WEEK. SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, WELCOME MATTHEW PERA. THANK YOU FOR . APPRECIATE IT. UM, WELL GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. NICE TO MEET YOU. STEPHANIE SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT THREE WEEKS, SO FAR SO GOOD HERE. SEEMS GREAT. EVERYONE'S, UM, WELCOME. VERY WARM. VERY WELCOME. MIC. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. THERE WE GO. IS THAT BETTER? LITTLE HIGHER. HOW ABOUT THAT? AWESOME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT THREE WEEKS SO FAR AS EVERYONE HAS BEEN GREAT. THE WELCOMING HAS BEEN VERY WARMING. UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT MYSELF. I HAVE ABOUT 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION, 11 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN IN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR. I'VE WORKED FOR VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS, ONE OF WHICH MOST RECENTLY WAS THE IRVINE RANCH WATER DISTRICT. AND PART TO THAT WAS THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, CITY OF LAGUNA MIGUEL, AND ALSO THE SOUTH COAST WATER DISTRICT. UM, AND EACH COUPLE AGENCIES, I'VE IMPLEMENTED MUNI THERE. SO I, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MUNI HERE WAS GREAT. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PRODUCT, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND OVERALL, I LOOK FORWARD TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES HERE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, WITH THAT I WANNA JUMP INTO ITEM NUMBER THREE. I BELIEVE ON THE FUND TRANSFERS. SO VERY TOP LEVEL, THIS IS, UH, ALL THE FUNDS TRANSFERS ARE PRETTY MUCH FOR SERVICES THAT WERE RENDERED BY THE CITY OR THE SERVICES TO THIS UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. AND SO IN RESPECT TO FUNDS, WE HAVE VARIOUS FUND TRANSFERS THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR, 2025. AND SO IN THE GAS FUND, YOU WILL SEE THAT OVER THE FISCAL YEAR, 2025, WE HAVE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 15 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S BEING TRANSFERRED FROM UTILITIES OVER TO THE CITY SIDE. IT'S BROKEN OUT BY DEPARTMENTS ON THE CITY SIDE AS WELL FOR YOUR REFERENCE. AND ALSO FROM THE WATER FUND. WE ALSO HAVE AN APPROXIMATE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF ABOUT TWO, $2.8 MILLION COMING FROM THE WATER FUND GOING OVER TO THE CITY. AND IT'S ALSO ALLOCATED BY VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE THE SEWER FUND DOLLAR AMOUNT, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 3.3 MILLION, GIVING US A TOTAL OF 21 AND A HALF MILLION OVER THE FISCAL YEAR, 2025. THAT'LL BE TRANSFERRING FROM UTILITIES OVER TO THE CITY. [4. 25-56819 Recommendation to adopt Request for Proposal to provide Construction Management and Inspection Services for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Haynes Generating Station Recycled Water Pipeline Project (REO-0213), award a contract to DRP Engineering, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,012,370 for a period of three years, and authorize the General Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] AND, UM, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS. AND [5. 25-56820 Recommendation to adopt Specifications WD-69-22 for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Haynes Generating Station Recycled Water Pipeline Project (REO-0213), award a contract to Toro Enterprises, Inc., in a total contract amount not to exceed $20,520,686 for a period of three years, and authorize the General Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] I THANK YOU MATTHEW. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOOD ON THIS. WELCOME, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. UH, SO, UH, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. SO ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE, UH, WILL BE TAKEN TOGETHER, PRESENTED AS ONE. UH, SO I'LL READ THE, UH, READ THE ITEMS. NUMBER FOUR, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ADOPT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER. L-A-D-W-P HAYES GENERATING STATION, RECYCLED WATER PIPELINE PROJECT AWARD, A CONTRACT TO DRP ENGINEERING INC. AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS WD 6 9 22 FOR THE LA LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER, L-A-D-W-P, HAINES GENERATING STATION, RECYCLED WATER PIPELINE PROJECT REO 0 2 1 3 AWARD. A CONTRACTED TO ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED. DO I HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU. AND A SECOND. THANK YOU. SO I CALL ON DANA MONON. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. UM, WITH YOU TODAY I HAVE THE PRESENTATION FOR L-A-D-W-P HAINES GENERATING STATION RECYCLED WATER PIPELINE. THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH L-A-D-W-P. SO FOR SOME BACKGROUND, THE PROJECT, WE SIGN AN MOU BETWEEN US AND L-A-D-W-P FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES [00:10:01] FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR HANS GENERATING STATION, WHICH IS LOCATED ON SECOND STREET. THIS MOU WAS SIGNED, I BELIEVE IN BACK IN 2021. SO SOME SCOPE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS CURRENT ITEM. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING APPROXIMATELY 7,700 LINEAR FEET OF HTPE PIPELINES. WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A TRENCHLESS CROSSING UNDERNEATH THE 22 FREEWAY VIA MICRO TUNNELING. WE'RE GOING TO BE MOUNTING A SEGMENT OF OUR PIPELINE OFF OF COLLEGE PARK DRIVE BRIDGE. AND THE WORK IS GOING TO BE WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, AND WITHIN THE CALTRANS RIGHT OF WAY. SO AS PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE, WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN INTO THREE PHASES, UH, AND WE SPAN ACROSS 550 CALENDAR DAYS. SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT DOES FOLLOW UNDER OUR, UH, PLA, OUR PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT. SO HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP OF THIS VERY, VERY LONG PIPELINE. WE'RE GONNA BE CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING 2121 INCH RECYCLED WATER MAIN ON ATHERTON AND STUDEBAKER. THEN WE'RE GONNA BE GOING SOUTH ALONG STUDEBAKER ROAD. OR, UH, AND JUST TO NOTE, THERE IS A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT ALONG STUDEBAKER THAT IS GOING TO BE KICKING OFF VERY, VERY SOON. SO AS PART OF THE DESIGN FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROJECT, WE DID A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS. NOW, AS PART OF OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WE'VE MADE A STIPULATION THAT THE CONTRACTOR MUST BE OUT OF STUDEBAKER ROAD BY MAY 15TH IN ORDER FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO GO IN AND DO THEIR OWN, UH, REPAVING OF STUDEBAKER. SO AFTER STUDEBAKER, WE'RE GONNA BE CROSSING THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER USING THE COLLEGE PARK DRIVE BRIDGE THAT'S RIGHT OVER HERE. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE CROSSING UNDERNEATH THE 22 VIA MICROTONAL, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE. UM, ULTIMATELY L-A-D-W-P SERVICE CONNECTION IS GONNA BE ON THE NORTH END OF HAYES. AND JUST TO NOTE A KIND OF A PARTICULAR ISSUE, A PORTION OF HAYNES WHERE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE CONNECTING IS WITHIN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH. SO FOR OUR RFP RESULTS, FOR THE CMS, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES PROCUREMENT, WE ARE REQUESTED PROPOSALS VIA LONG BEACH BUY. WE HAD OUR PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING BACK IN MAY, 2024. WE HAD 15 ATTENDEES. WE RECEIVED FIVE PROPOSALS BACK IN JULY, 2024. AND WE SELECTED DRP ENGINEERING BASED AS THEIR MOST QUALIFIED, UH, CONSULTANT. PART OF THEIR SCOPE IS GONNA BE INCLUDE RESIDENT ENGINEERING AND CM OFFICE ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION, AND A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND AGENCY COORDINATION BETWEEN US DWP PUBLIC WORKS, CALTRANS, AND THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH. FOR THE RESULTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, WE RELEASED A NOTICE INVITING BIDS VIA LONG BEACH BUYS. WE HELD A PRE-BID MEETING IN AUGUST, 2025 WITH 19 AT ATTENDEES, AND WE RECEIVED THREE BIDS IN SEPTEMBER, 2025 FOR ENTERPRISES WAS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. UH, FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE RECOMMEND TO ADOPT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE CM AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE PROJECT, UM, AND AWARD A CONTRACT TO DRP ENGINEERING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2 MILLION FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, AND AUTHORIZED A GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT. AND ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION, I APOLOGIZE. UM, ALL THIS PROJECT EXPENSES ARE REIMBURSABLE BY EWP. SO WE ARE HELPING THEM WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, BUT ALL PROJECT EXPENSES ARE COVERED BY THEM. ULTIMATELY, ONCE WE FINISH CONSTRUCTION, ALL OF THESE FACILITIES WILL BELONG TO THE LONG BEACH, UH, UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. CAN I READ THE SECOND ONE OR YES, PLEASE. SECOND RECOMMENDATION. WE RECOMMEND TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS WD 69 22 FOR THE PROJECT AND AWARD OF CONTRACT TO TOURO ENTERPRISES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 20,500,000 FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. AND AUTHORIZE A GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DANA. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? DEAN AND ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? DANA? THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION AND, AND YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CITY THAT TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIG STUDEBAKER REHABILITATION PROJECT MM-HMM . AND, UM, I THINK YOU SAID WE WOULD HAVE OUR PROJECT THAT IS IN STUDEBAKER COMPLETED BEFORE THE CITY GETS TO THAT SECTION? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, PERFECT. AND THEN WHEN DO YOU ESTIMATE THIS BEGINNING OF THIS CONSTRUCTION TO START? SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT DEADLINE WITH PUBLIC WORKS WHERE WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF STUDEBAKER BY MAY 15TH, WE'RE ASKING THE CONTRACTOR FOR A NOTICE TO PROCEED NO LATER THAN JANUARY. THE END OF JANUARY IS WHEN THEY'RE, WILL BE FORCED TO START WORK. PERFECT. AND THEN WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE MAYBE TO GET AN UPDATE HERE AT THE BOARD IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY, WHENEVER THAT GOES? SO THAT WE KNOW WE'RE STILL IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY AND THE CITY HASN'T CHANGED THEIR MIND AND GOT THERE BEFORE US OR, SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST NERVOUS ABOUT THIS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE OUT OF THEIR WAY SO THEY CAN REDO STUDEBAKER AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG UP A NEW STREAK. WE HAD, UM, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS COORDINATION MEETING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WHERE WE [00:15:01] REITERATE WE'RE GOING TO THE BOARD ON THIS STATE AND WE HAVE THAT STIPULATION TO GET OUTTA THERE BY MAY 15TH. SO THEY WERE COMFORTABLE PROCEEDING AS IS, BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. AND THEN I, YOU ALSO ANSWERED THE OTHER QUESTION. BOTH OF THESE FOUR AND FIVE ARE REIMBURSED BY THE L-A-D-W-P? THAT'S CORRECT. PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DANA. THAT WAS GREAT. UM, I HAVE A, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT LONG BEACH BUYS WAS THAT ESTABLISHED, CHARLES, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER DURING THE TIME OF WHEN EDISON IN THE CITY WERE GO NEGOTIATING AND THAT BECAME, WAS THAT PART OF WHAT THAT IS WHERE WE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH LONG BEACH AND THEN GET SOME SORT OF BENEFIT BACK? YOU RECALL? CHARLIE MIGHT KNOW. I'M SORRY, DANA, I'M, I'M JUMPING IN HERE. MAYBE, UH, ADAM KNOWS, BUT THE, I THINK, YES, I THINK WHEN EDISON AND THE CITY NEGOTIATED THE DEAL, THEY SET UP THEIR SUPPLY IN LONG BEACH SO THAT THEY WOULD BUY ALL THEIR MATERIAL HERE AND THE CITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE SALES TAX FROM THOSE PURCHASES FOR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION. YES. OKAY. SO IS, DO WE DO THAT QUITE OFTEN IN, IN THIS OR DO WE, IS IT SELECTIVE? DO WE, I I'M SORRY. I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW YOUR QUESTION RELATED TO LONG BEACH BUY LONG BEACH BUY. CAN YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW WE USE IT WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT? LONG BEACH BUYS IS THE CITY OF PROOF PROCUREMENT SYSTEM. SO THAT PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, UH, STREAMLINES WHAT USED TO BE A CUMBERSOME PAPER PROCESS ADVERTISEMENT AND THE LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM ADVERTISEMENT IN THE LA TIMES FOR PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION, UM, ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. IT ALSO HANDLES WHAT USED TO BE PAPER-BASED PROCESS FOR ALL OF THE MAJOR, [6. 25-56821 Recommendation to authorize the General Manager to execute amendments to Agreement Nos. WD-3722 with General Pump Company, Inc.; WD-3723 with Layne Christensen Company; WD-3724 with L.O. Lynch Quality Wells & Pumps, Inc.; and WD-3725 with Best Drilling and Pump, Inc., to provide on-call services for well/pump repairs and rehabilitations, extending the term of each contract by one year.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] UM, CITYWIDE CONTRACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT AUTOMATED THAT ELECTRONICALLY AND STIPULATED TO ANY VENDOR. IN ORDER TO DO BUSINESS WITH LONG BEACH, THEY HAD TO REGISTER AS A VENDOR WITH LONG BEACH BUYS. AND ALSO A BENEFIT TO THAT, IT THEN ALLOWS THE VENDOR TO CERTIFY, UM, THEIR QUALITIES AS A VENDOR. ARE THEY LOCAL, MILITARY, DISADVANTAGED AND SO FORTH, WHICH ENHANCES THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ITSELF. SO YOU HAD A QUESTION THOUGH, RELATED TO EDISON. THIS IS JUST THE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM OVERALL? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, BUT I THINK IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS ESTABLISHED DURING THAT NEGOTIATION PERIOD WITH EDISON. JUST A QUESTION I HAD. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. THAT PART I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT HISTORICALLY. IS IT SEPARATE? OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU DANA. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE A AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DANA. ITEM NUMBER SIX, AUTHORIZE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENT NUMBERS WD 3 7 2 2 WITH GENERAL PUMP COMPANY INCORPORATED WD 37 23 WITH LANE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY WD 3 7 2 4 WITH LO LYNCH QUALITY WELLS AND PUMPS, INK AND WD 3 7 2 5 WITH BEST DRILLING AND PUMP INK TO PROVIDE ON-CALL SERVICES FOR WELL SLASH PUMP REPAIRS AND REHABILITATIONS EXTENDING THE TERM OF EACH CONTRACT BY ONE YEAR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? AND A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. CALL ON NICK BAY CALL. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT SCOTT, I'M HERE TO PRESENT, UH, THE EXTENSION REQUEST FOR THE ON-CALL SERVICES FOR WELL PUMP REPAIR AND REHABILITATION. LITTLE BACKGROUND. BACK IN AUGUST OF 2022, THE BOARD APPROVED ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS WITH FOUR COMPANIES, GENERAL PUMP LANE, LO LYNCH, AND BEST DRILLING AND PUMP TO PROVIDE ON-CALL SERVICES FOR WELL AND PUMP REPAIR AND REHAB. THE ORIGINAL TERMS WERE $3 MILLION AGGREGATE BETWEEN THE FOUR CONTRACTS FOR THREE YEARS WITH TWO POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS FOR ONE YEAR EACH SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL. THERE WE GO. AS OF OCTOBER 21ST, 2025, FOUR CONTRACTORS HAVE REHABILITATED FOUR WELLS AND REPAIRED SEVEN PUMPS. SIX OF THOSE HAVE BEEN POTABLE AND ONE RECLAIMED. WE'VE EXPENDED $2.24 MILLION OF THE APPROVED $3 MILLION. APPROXIMATELY QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IS IN CURRENTLY ONGOING EXPENDITURES FOR WORK THAT IS OCCURRING. IT'S ONGOING. SOME BACKGROUND ON SOME PLANNING EFFORTS. SO THE UH, INVITATION TO BID ASSEMBLY IS ONGOING AS THE CURRENT BUDGET IS NEARLY EXHAUSTED. WE ARE DETERMINING THE TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNTS FOR FUTURE ON-CALL BASED ON PAST REHABS AND REPAIRS. THE CURRENT EXTENSION REQUEST PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY ENSURES CONTINUOUS COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCIES, UM, THAT HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. [00:20:01] FEW PHOTOS OF THE, ON THE, SOME OF THE WELL REHABS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, SOME OF THESE IMAGES HERE ARE FROM OUR WELL COMMISSION 20, UH, WHEN IT WAS REHABILITATED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. YOU CAN SEE, UM, PHOTO ON THE LEFT SHOWS A SWAB TOOL BEING REMOVED FROM THE WELL. UH, THE CENTER, THE CENTER PHOTO SHOWS THE TEST ENGINE, UM, AND DISCHARGE PIPING SET UP DURING REHAB. AND THE PHOTO ON YOUR FAR RIGHT IS THE TEST PUMP BEING PULLED OUT OF THE, WELL, HERE'S A FEW MORE PHOTOS OVER AT OUR BOOSTER PUMP STATIONS. THE TWO PHOTOS ON THE LEFT ARE IMAGES OF OUR RECYCLED WATER BOOSTER PUMP STATIONS. AND THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS THE GROUNDWATER TREATMENT [7. 25-56822 Recommendation to adopt “Request for Proposal for Engineering Design Services for the Replacement of Forced [sic] Sewer Mains at Marina and Beach Sewer Lift Stations Project (SC-0515)”, award a contract to JIG Consultants in the amount not to exceed $519,900 for a period of two years, and authorize the General Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] PLANT BOOSTER. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENTS. NUMBERS WD 37 22 WITH GENERAL PUMP COMPANY, INCORPORATED WD 37 23 WITH LANE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY WD 37 24 WITH LO LYNCH QUALITY WELLS AND PUMPS INCORPORATED AND WD 37 25 WITH BEST DRILLING AND PUMP INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE ON-CALL SERVICES FOR WELL PUMP REPAIRS AND REHABILITATIONS EXTENDING THE TERM OF EACH CONTRACT BY ONE YEAR. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU NICK. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT. NONE I THINK. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, SO ITEM NUMBER SIX, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO OPPOSED. AND THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ADOPT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR REPLACEMENT OF FORCED SEWER REMAINS AT MARINA AND BEACH SEWER LIFT STATIONS PROJECT SC DASH 0 5 15 AWARD A CONTRACT TO JIG CONSULTANTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVE? AND A SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ME. Y HUN. YONG HUN. GOOD MORNING, I'M PRESIDENT SCOTT AND, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC U UTILITY COMMISSIONERS. OKAY, UH, I'M PRESENTING THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UM, PROVIDING ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FOREST FLOORING AND MARINA AND BEACH ATION PROJECT, UH, SC DASH 0 5 15. AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF THIS PROJECT AS, AS PART OF THE 2023 TOOL MASTER PLAN UPGRADE PROJECT, UH, CONDITION ASSESSMENT WERE PRO PERFORMED ON 22 OF THE 27 LONG BEACH PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENTS SOIL LIFT ISSUES. SO PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT OPERATES A FOUR BEACH LIFT STATIONS AND FOUR MARINA LIFT STATION, WHICH ARE OWNED BY LONG BEACH DEPARTMENT OF A PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE. THE FOURTH SEW MAIN DOWNSTREAMS OF THIS STATIONS ARE OWNED BY PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENTS AND WERE RECOMMENDED FOR, UH, REPLACEMENT GIVEN THEIR STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS. SO HERE'S THE FOUR, UM, BEACH LIFT STATION S 14 S 15 S 16 AND S 17 ARE SERVED. BEACH RESTROOMS AND SECTION STANDS AND THE LIFEGUARD HEADQUARTERS AND THREE STATION. THE HOUSES IN THE CLOSET ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE RESTROOM BUILDINGS AND ALL SEWAGE PUMP UP TO THE OCEAN BOULEVARD FROM LOWER BEACH, UH, ELEVATION. AND THE THE OTHER FOUR MARINE LIFT STATIONS, S 20, S 21, S 22, AND S 23, UH, SERVE MARINE HEADQUARTERS AND RESTROOMS. ALL STATION CONSISTS OF PUMP WITHIN THE WET WALL MAINTENANCE HOLE IN A PARKING LOT. WE DONE ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION CABINET NEARBY. THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS FOUR SOLAR MEANS WILL EXTEND THAT THEIR USEFUL LIFE IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND THE FACILITATOR MAINTENANCE. UM, FOR THE PROJECT, THE CONSULTANT WILL ANALYZE THE SITE CONDITIONS THAT EACH STATION AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEW ALIGNMENTS AND PIPE MATERIALS FOR THE TION OF THE H FORCE. MAIN. THE SCOPE WORK, UH, INCLUDING REPLACING EXISTING PVC BALANCED BE FORCE MAIN WITH A FEW JOINT, UM, PIPE, WHICH IS EITHER PVC OR HDP DEPENDS ON THE, UH, SITE CONDITION AND THE, THE STUDY DURING ENGINEERING DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL FOCUS ON THE PRE POTENTIAL SPILL WITH THE SHIFTING SAND SETTLEMENT AND SHALLOW COVER OF THE FORCEMAIN. SO MOST STATIONS ARE WITHIN CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION JURISDICTION, THEREFORE NEED TO BE COORDINATED WITH THE CCC AND THE CITY COASTAL COMMISSIONS. AND WE ALREADY DECIDED UP START TO FAST TRACK PERMITTING PROCESS PROJECT IS BEING ESCALATED AS A PART OF THE, UH, LONG CHIEF PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT'S 2028 SUMMER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. PREPARATIONS, UH, THIS ARE THE SAMPLE PHOTOS, [00:25:01] UH, OF THE TYPICAL PROJECT STATIONS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THE DUST WAS LIKE A BEACH THROUGH LIFT STATION HOUSE IN THE CLOSET ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE RESTROOM BUILDINGS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THE MARINE NATURAL LIFT STATION CONSIST OF PUMP WITHIN THE WET WALL AND THE PARKING LOT AREA. WE DONE ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION, UH, CAMERAS NEARBY ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025. OUR, UH, REQUEST FOR THE PROPOSAL WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE 21 CONSULTANT IN THE PIPELINE IMPROVEMENT CATEGORY OF THE ONCALL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING BENCH. ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2025, SIX PROPOSAL WERE RECEIVED, EVALUATED AND ANALYZED STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT GIG CONSULTANT BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE ON THE SIMILAR PROJECT PROJECT TEAM AND THE REASONABLENESS OF THEIR FEES. SO STAFF RECOMMENDED ADOPT REQUEST FOR THE PROPOSAL FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF FORCE THAT MARINA AND AVIATION PROJECT, UH, AWARD A CON CONTRACT TO JIG CONSULTANT IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEEDING $519,000 NINE $19,900 FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS. SO THIS IS THE CONCLUDE OF MY PRESENTATION. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS ANY, UH, QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, THIS IS FOR THE DESIGN AND IT'S PART OF THE, OF THE, IT'S EXPEDITED BECAUSE OF THE 28 OLYMPICS. RIGHT. WILL THE, WILL THE CONSTRUCTION BE DONE THEN BY THE, THIS IS FOR TWO YEARS. SO DOES THAT LEAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE OLYMPICS? YES. UM, WE TRYING TO, STARTING THE DESIGN, UH, AFTER, UH, THIS, UH, APPROVAL AND HOPE, UH, WE TARGETING FOR THE COMPLETED DESIGN BY, UH, JUNE, 2026 AND, UH, SHOOTING PROTECT, STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN THE FALL OF 2026. AND AFTER LIKE ABOUT A YEAR OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THEN, UH, WE WILL TRYING TO TARGET THE FINISHED, UH, SUMMER OF 2027. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? [8. 25-56825 Recommendation to authorize the General Manager to issue a task order for engineering services for the Pier B Gas Pipeline Relocation Project, in an amount not to exceed $2,403,220 (which includes a 15% contingency), for a period of three years under Agreement No. UT-3937 with SPEC Services, Inc., for On-Call Engineering Services; authorize the General Manager to exercise the options to renew for two additional one-year periods under Agreement UT-3937; and authorize the General Manager to amend Agreement UT-3937 to include the Pier B Gas Pipeline Relocation Project’s scope of work and deliverables.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] BASIC COMMISSIONER ROBINSON, YOUR MIC. WHY IS THIS PROJECT NECESSARY? UH, BECAUSE DUE TO THE, UH, LOCATION OF THE SOIL, SOIL LIFT MACHINES, ALL THE FIRST MAINS ARE UNDER THE BEACH AREA IN THE MARINA AND THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION BACK IN 1950S. AND WE HAVE A, SOME REHABILITATION ON THOSE FORCE MAIN BACK IN 1990S. BUT STILL BECAUSE OF THE, UH, MOVEMENT AND LOCATION OF THE SOURCE OF, UM, THE FORCE MAIN AND IT IS TIME TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH A MORE STABLE AND PREVENTING ANY SLOWER, UH, LATER PROBLEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU MONG. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO ISSUE A TASK ORDER FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH SPEC SERVICES INC. FOR THE PB GAS PIPELINE RELOCATION PROJECT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE RAUL MARTINEZ. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. UM, SO SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME PRESENTING TO THE BOARD, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. UH, SO I'M RAUL MARTINEZ. I AM A PROUD LONG BEACH NATIVE. UM, I WENT TO THE SCHOOLS HERE IN LONG BEACH, WENT TO THE COLLEGES, UH, WENT TO LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, TRANSFERRED, WENT TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH, GOT MY DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, AND I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE, UH, CITY THAT I GREW UP IN. UM, I'M A SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER UNDER THE GAS PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP. UH, AND I ALSO SUPPORT OUR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE MANAGER. UM, SO I WILL BE PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. THIS IS THE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PB GAS PIPELINE RELOCATION PROJECTS, AND JUST SOME, UH, PROJECT OVERVIEW. UH, THIS IS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, AMERICA'S GREEN GATEWAY PB ON DOCK RAIL PROJECT. UH, AND THIS IS TO ENHANCE ON DOCK RAIL CAPACITY [00:30:01] AT THE PORT SHIPPING TERMINALS AND DOUBLE THE SIZE OF EXISTING PEER B RAIL. UH, SO THIS PROJECT STARTED IN 2020 AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION FOR L B'S WORK OF, UH, 2030. UH, SO WITH THIS, THERE'S A NEED TO IDENTIFY CONFLICTS WITH PEER B ON DOCK RAIL YARD PROJECTS AND EXISTING GAS FACILITIES. UH, THERE IS AN MOU BETWEEN LBU AND THE LONG BEACH HARBOR DEPARTMENT THAT WAS EXECUTED WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT ALL LBU EXPENSES RELATED TO THE B PIER B PROGRAM WOULD BE REIMBURSED BY THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, UH, MAKING THIS A BILLABLE PROJECT. SO THE OBJECTIVES WOULD BE TO, FOR LONG BEACH UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH PEER B PROGRAM SCHEDULES, UH, TO DESIGN AND COORDINATE WITH PORT OF LONG BEACH AND THIRD PARTY UTILITY OWNERS WITH RELOCATION DESIGN FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.7 MILES OF GAS MAINE AND DEMOLITION DESIGN TO RETIRE APPROXIMATELY 4.7 MILES OF GAS MAINE. SO THAT TAKES US TO THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO ISSUE A TASK ORDER FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE PURE B GAS PIPELINE RELOCATION PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,403,220, WHICH INCLUDES A 15% CONTINGENCY FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. UNDER AGREEMENT NUMBER UT 3 9 3 7 WITH SPEC SERVICES INC. OR ON-CALL ENGINEERING SERVICES. AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIODS UNDER AGREEMENT UT 3 9 3 7 AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO AMEND AGREEMENT UT 3 9 3 7 TO INCLUDE THE PEER B GAS PIPELINE RELOCATION PROJECTS, SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION [9. 25-56827 Recommendation to receive and file the Campus Realignment and Modernization update.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. VERY WELL, WELCOME THE BOARD. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AND ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? I JUST WANNA, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU GOT ME RIGHT AWAY WHEN YOU SAID I'M A LONG BEACH NATIVE AND YOUR PASSION FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT REPORT. MY ONLY CAUTION IS DON'T LET THE PORT OF LONG BEACH STEAL YOU AWAY, . I WAS JUST, UH, I HAD A QUESTION RE JUST CLARITY, UH, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH IS THE DIRECT CUSTOMER HERE? I WOULD SAY SO, YES. UM, AND THIS IS TO BENEFIT THEIR PROJECT, UM, FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE RAIL YARD. I, I WOULD SAY YES, THEY ARE THE CUSTOMER AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE WE WILL BE BILLING REPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. YES, THIS IS A REIMBURSABLE PROJECT, SO, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE CUSTOMER'S REQUEST AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO BE MODIFIED AT THEIR REQUEST, CONSEQUENTLY, THEY'RE GONNA BE PAYING FOR THIS PART. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AND THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER NINE, RECEIVE AND FILE THE CAMPUS REALIGNMENT AND MODERNIZATION UPDATE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? PLEASE FILE. I SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES KEVIN TGA. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MORNING. SO I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WAS UP HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE, BUT SINCE THEN WE'VE GOT TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE NOT, UH, HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, SEEING ME STUMBLE THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. SO, UM, UH, SOME OF THIS WILL BE A REVIEW FOR, FOR OUR EXISTING, UH, OUR PREVIOUS COMMISSIONERS. BUT, UH, I'M GONNA PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON PRICES, UH, SINCE WE LAST MET. AND, UH, AS I MENTIONED FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, AN INTRODUCTION INTO OUR FOUR CONCEPT DESIGNS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SINCE THE LAST UPDATE. I HAVE A A OH SLIDE SINCE THE LAST UPDATE. UH, I HAVE A TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION TO SHARE REVIEW OF ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACES THAT BY THE COMMISSION UPDATE ON OUR ELM, UH, FLOOR THAT WE OWN, UH, AT THE PROPERTY THERE. AND, UH, AN INTRODUCTION INTO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO AS A, A DELIVERY METHOD. AM [00:35:01] I NOT INTO THE MIC? OKAY. YOU REALLY GOTTA GET CLOSE, UH, INTO, UH, LOOKING AT A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AS A DELIVERY METHOD FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE'LL GET INTO THE, UH, FOUR DESIGNS THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT. SO OPTION ONE, THE FIRST, THE FIRST TWO OPTIONS I'LL BE GOING OVER, UH, UTILIZE THE SPRING CAMPUS AND THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THE ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE AT THE TP OUR TREATMENT PLANT SITE. AND THIS WILL INCLUDE A BOARDROOM AND A LARGE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM THAT COULD HOUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF OR WHEN OUR, UH, GM OR OTHER EVENTS WE'D LIKE TO HOLD THERE FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF. UH, THE COST IS ESTIMATED AT $89 MILLION AND WE'LL HAVE NO IMPACT TO THE STAFF, UH, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE, UH, WE'LL BE DEVELOPING ON AN AREA THAT IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND UNDEVELOPED. THE ESTIMATED DURATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 15 MONTHS. AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS I'M GOING TO THIS, PLEASE INTERRUPT ME. SO THE OTHER HALF OF THE OPTION ONE IN THIS TWO PHASE IS, UH, THE FIELD OPERATIONS. UH, OUR WAREHOUSE WOULD BE AT OUR SPRING STREET CAMPUS. UH, THE ONLY EXISTING BUILDING THAT WOULD EXIST, UH, REMAIN WOULD BE WHAT WE CALL OUR, UH, FIVE 70 BUILDING THERE, UH, THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED, UH, MORE RECENTLY. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 10 TO 12 YEARS OLD. ESTIMATED COST IS $136 MILLION AND THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE GAS CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICE STAFF. UH, PARKING WOULD BE AN ISSUE TO RESOLVE BECAUSE MOST OF THE FLEET PARKING IS WHERE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OCCURS. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PHASE THE CONSTRUCTION. UM, IT WOULD BE THEIR EXISTING BUILDING, UH, WHERE THEY WORK OR KIND OF IN THIS AREA. A LOT OF THE AREAS WHERE WE PARK OUR FLEET VEHICLES AND SOME OF OUR PERSONAL VEHICLES IS WHERE WE'D HAVE TO BUILD. SO WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE PARKING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE IF WE CHOSE THIS OPTION. UH, BECAUSE OF THE SPACING AND THE DESIGN WOULD REQUIRE, UH, MOVING SOME OF THE EXISTING SOLAR PANELS, UM, THAT WE HAVE ON LOCATION, SPECIFICALLY THIS ONE. AND THAT COST OF MOVING THAT SOLAR PANEL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS COST ESTIMATE. CONSTRUCTION TAKES LONGER BECAUSE OF THE PHASING OF THE CONSTRUCTION. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO KEEP EXISTING GAS WAREHOUSE OPERATIONAL UNTIL THE NEW UTILITY WAREHOUSE IS CONSTRUCTED. UH, THEN THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLDER WAREHOUSE CAN OCCUR. THEREFORE, THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS APPROXIMATELY 42 MONTHS. SO OPTION TWO, WHICH IS JUST THE INVERSE OF WHAT I JUST PRESENTED, WE JUST WE'RE GONNA HAVE AT THE TREATMENT PLANT IS, UH, THE OPERATIONS FIELD OPERATIONS STAFF WOULD BE THERE. THE COST WOULD BE ESTIMATED $135 MILLION. UH, SINCE WE ARE BUILDING ON A VACANT AREA, THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT TO STAFF DURING CONSTRUCTION. UH, 'CAUSE OF THE LACK OF DEMOLITION NEEDS. THE CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS. UH, THIS PLAN WOULD REQUIRE, UH, USING LAND THAT IS, UH, CURRENTLY LEASED BY DON TEMPLE. AND IT ALSO REQUIRES AN EXPANSION OF OUR, OUR PROPERTY OUT INTO THIS AREA, UH, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE CITY. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO REQUIRE THAT LAND. AND THEN, UH, THE SECOND HALF OF OPTION TWO IS THE ADMIN FUNCTIONS WOULD BE AT SPRING STREET. UH, CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL OPERATIONS STAFF HAVE MOVED TO THE TREATMENT PLANT. UM, THE ESTIMATED COST IS 92 MILLION. THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACT OF STAFF REMAINING AT THE SITE SHOULD BE MANAGEABLE, UH, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IT WOULD JUST, UH, JUST BE THE ADMIN STAFF THAT ARE STILL THERE. UH, A LOT SMALLER FOOTPRINT IS REQUIRED. THE EXISTING SOLAR PANELS WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED AND THE CONSTRUCTION DURATION WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 21 MONTHS. OPTION THREE IS WHAT WE CALL OUR, UH, KIND OF CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS. EVERYBODY ALL IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE TREATMENT PLAN. UH, THE ESTIMATED COST IS $246 MILLION AND HAS RELATIVELY FAST CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. 'CAUSE WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE WHERE THERE'S NOTHING CURRENTLY BUILT THERE. SO ABOUT 18 MONTHS, UM, ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, STAFF CAN OCCUPY THE SPACE AND THEREFORE THE IMPACT THE STAFF HAS IS THE LEAST IMPACTFUL, UH, OF ALL OF THE OPTIONS THAT I'M GONNA PRESENT TO YOU. UH, LIKE OPTION TWO, THE PLAN REQUIRES SPACE CURRENTLY RENTED BY DON TEMPLE. AND, UH, I'M ACQUIRING SOME LAND THAT'S, UH, CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE CITY. UH, [00:40:01] SPACE WORKS. BUT, UH, LIMITS FUTURE, THIS IS MY CONCERN. IT LIMITS FUTURE EXPANSION. UH, AND I HAVE ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT ACCESS TO, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, AND JUST GETTING IN AND SECURING THE CAMPUS FOR, UH, FOR OURSELVES AND OUR EMPLOYEES AND, AND ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS OFF OF, UH, SPRING STREET IN OPTION FOUR. UM, THIS UTILIZES ALL THREE PROPERTIES AT SPRING STREET. WE WOULD, UH, BUILD A NEW GAS WAREHOUSE, UM, SHOPS AN ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE AND A, A MULTIPURPOSE, UH, BO BOARDROOM, UH, WOULD BE AT THAT LOCATION AS WELL. AT THE WARDLOW CAMPUS, THERE IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR. UH, THE OVERALL COST IS 130 MILLION AND HAS THE LONGEST AND MOST IMPACTFUL, UH, CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE TO OUR STAFF. UM, ALSO THIS OPTION DOES NOT ADDRESS IMPROVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. UH, THIS OPTION NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BECAUSE IT IS THE MINIMUM, UH, AT LEAST IN MY VIEW, THE MINIMUM INVESTMENT THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY MAKE. THIS IS KIND OF THE BENCHMARK TO COMPARE THE OTHER OPTIONS AGAINST. UH, THE WARDLOW CAMPUS REPAIRS ARE ESTIMATED AT 44 MILLION, AND THERE'S PROBABLY BE AT LEAST THREE TO $5 MILLION IN MAINTENANCE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THE TREATMENT PLAN AS WELL. SO IN THE REVIEW, UH, OPTION ONE, APPROXIMATELY $225 MILLION 57 MONTHS. UH, OPTION TWO, WHICH IS KIND OF KIND OF MY FAVORITE OPTION. IT'S, UH, 102 HUNDRED 27,000,039 MONTHS. OPTION THREE, OUR CENTRALIZED CAMPUS MODEL LEAST IMPACT TO OUR STAFF, BUT THE MOST EXPENSIVE. AND THEN OPTION THREE IS KIND OF, IT'S NOT QUITE THE STATUS QUO, BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S THE MINIMUM INVESTMENT WE COULD, WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, WITH THE CENTRALIZED CAMPUS, I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE EXPANSION, UM, MAYBE, UH, BEING A LITTLE TOO CROWDED FOR OUR STAFF. AND SO WE LOOKED AT IF THERE WAS LOCAL OFFICE SPACE THAT WE COULD RENT TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE AND, AND DECREASE THE CONGESTION AT, UH, THE TREATMENT PLANT. SO I LOOKED AT KILROY BUSINESS CENTER. UH, IT DOES HAVE SOME OPTIONS. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL OFFICE SPACE. UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S QUITE EXPENSIVE. IT'S, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH TO, TO RENT SPACE THAT COULD HOUSE ABOUT 80 TO A HUNDRED OFFICE STAFF. SO TO ME THAT'S SEEMS SOMEWHAT COST PROHIBITIVE, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL CHECK, CHECK THE MARKET LATER TO SEE, UH, HOW THOSE OPTIONS, UH, STILL PAN OUT. AND THEN ON ELM, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE PURCHASED THE FOURTH FLOOR OF ELM STREET. AND, UH, AS OF NOW I CAN REPORT THE DEPARTMENT NO LONGER HAS LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY. SO, UH, THE LONG BEACH, THE NEWLY FORMED LONG BEACH ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES THAT NOW THAT THEY'VE GROWN, THEY HAVE A NEED FOR THE ENTIRE OFFICE SPACE. SO THEY HAVE A COMMITMENT TO, TO MOVE IN AND UTILIZE THE WHOLE FLOOR SPACE. SO WE NO LONGER HAVE TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL TENANTS. AND WE ARE, WE ARE EXPLORING WITH, UH, LONG BEACH ENERGY, UH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ABOUT AN OPTION WHERE THEY MAY, UH, PURCHASE THE FLOOR FROM UTILITIES. SO I THINK THAT'S ALL GREAT NEWS. SO NOW PIVOTING, UH, LOOKING AT A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING THIS IS ONE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT EXPERTS, WE'RE UTILITY EXPERTS. WE'RE NOT, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS. AND ALSO, UH, THEY'RE MUCH FASTER AT, UH, PROBABLY DELIVERING THIS PRODUCT TO US HAVE A LOT MORE EXPERTISE AT IT. SO YOU SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT BUILDING IN THE PHOTO. SO, A LONG-TERM, WHAT WHAT IS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP? A LONG-TERM CONTRACT BETWEEN A PUBLIC ENTITY AND A PRIVATE PARTNER TO BUILD FINANCE AND OPERATE A PUBLIC AS ASSET, THE TERM IS TYPICALLY AROUND 30 YEARS. AND THE PUBLIC PARTNER PARTNERSHIP COMPANY MAKES A COMMITMENT TO HAND OVER THE BUILDING AT THE END OF THE TERM AT A TYPICALLY AROUND 80% OF NEW. SO YOU'LL, WE WOULD, YOU WOULD, UH, PUBLIC ENTITY WOULD PAY, PAY FOR 30 YEARS AND THEN RECEIVE THE BUILDING AND OWN IT. AND, UH, IT WOULD BE OF APPROXIMATELY 80% OF WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW. UH, WE WOULD DEFINE THE PROJECT'S PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND OUTCOMES SO WE CAN STATE EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND, UH, BID IT OUT APPROPRIATELY. AND THE CIVIC CENTER AND LONG BEACH COURTHOUSE ARE KINDA RECENT EXAMPLES OF, UH, SUCCESSFUL P THREES. SO THE BENEFITS OF UTILIZING [00:45:01] A P THREE, UH, ONE IS THAT THE P THREE MODEL TRANSFERS THE RISK OF CONSTRUCTION FROM OUR DEPARTMENT TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. IT REDUCES OUR DEBT BURDEN BY LEVERAGING PRIVATE CAPITAL. UH, LONG BEACH UTILITIES WOULD NOT PAY UNTIL THE CAMPUSES MOVE IN READY. AND THIS WOULD BE A NICE BENEFIT COMPARED TO THE TRADITIONAL, UH, DESIGN BID BUILD MODEL WHERE WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BORROW MONEY EARLY IN THE PROJECT. SO WE WOULD NOT MOVE IN, UH, UNTIL THIS PROJECT WAS READY TO TO, FOR US TO OCCUPY IT. UH, THE DELIVERY METHOD ENCOURAGES INNOVATION AND EFFICIENCY BY INTRODUCING SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T CURRENTLY POSSESS. UH, ACCELERATED PROJECT DELIVERY, UH, THE P THREE COMPANY, UH, OUR EXPERTS IN THIS AREA AND HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO COMPLETE THIS PROCESS, THE PROJECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 'CAUSE AS I MENTIONED, WE DON'T PAY UNTIL IT'S READY TO BE MOVED INTO. UH, THE PRIVATE PARTNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE, SECURITY, AND JANITORIAL SERVICES. THIS MAY REQUIRE A POP L STUDY. AND, UH, WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS REQUIREMENT. SO OUR NEXT STEPS IN THIS, UH, LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF A P THREE, AS WE, UH, WORK WITH THE CITY TO LEARN FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE, THE CITY STILL HAS SOME TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE INVOLVED, UH, WITH THE P THREE PROJECT FOR THE CIVIC CENTER. WE WILL UTILIZE THEIR EXPERIENCE, UH, FOR THIS, FOR OUR CURRENT EFFORT. UH, UTILIZE, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY CO, UH, CONTRACTOR WITH, UH, WELL, WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE, UH, RICH ANTHONY. SO RICH ANTHONY WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE E THREE AT, UH, CIVIC CENTER, AND HE ALSO HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE UTILIZING RICH THROUGH THAT CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SOME, UH, LEGAL EXPERTISE AS WE PURSUE THIS P THREE, UH, POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY. UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HIRING A CONSULT, A CONSULTANT TO HELP US EVALUATE IF P THREE IS THE RIGHT DELIVERY METHOD FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. UM, RICH HAS RECOMMENDED SOMEONE HE WORKED WITH ON, UH, THE CIVIC CENTER PROJECT. UH, HE ACTUALLY, UH, THIS GENTLEMAN REPRESENTED, UH, THE COMP P THREE COMPANY, BUT IS NOW SINCE, UH, GONE ON HIS OWN AND HAS A CONSULTING FIRM. UH, WE ARE EVALUATING THE PROPOSAL FROM THE CONSULTANT AND WILL LIKELY RETURN TO THE BOARD, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR THAT CONTRACT. UH, THE FOLLOWING ARE THINGS THAT THE CONSULTANTS CAN REALLY HELP US WITH IS VALUING THE SUR OF SURPLUS LAND, VALUING OUR SURPLUS LAND, AND HOW IT WILL BENEFIT THE CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. SPECIFICALLY THE CONSULTANT, UH, WILL HELP US EVALUATE SELLING, SELLING OUR SURFACE LAND, LEASING IT, OR ADDING IT TO THE PROPERTY, UH, TO THE DEAL OF THE P THREE DEAL, THE WAY THE CITY DID TO HELP LOWER OUR MONTHLY OR ANNUAL COSTS FOR, UH, TO THE P THREE COMPANY. UH, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE P THREE OPTIONS AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS WILL ALSO BE SOMETHING HE WILL HELP US WITH. UM, ALSO, UH, CAL, UH, HELP US CALCULATE OUR CURRENT OPERATING COSTS AND DEFERRED BUILDING MAINTENANCE, UM, ROOF REPAIR, UM, WEATHERPROOFING THAT WE NEED TO DO ON THESE BUILDINGS. THOSE ARE WAYS OF TRYING TO, UH, DETERMINE THE REAL COST OF THE P THREE 'CAUSE WE HAVE SUNK COSTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE NO MATTER WHAT. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM TO DETERMINE WHAT THIS, WHAT THESE OPTIONS MEAN IN TERMS OF IMPACT TO OUR RATE PAYERS. AND WE WILL ALSO WORK ON QUANTIFYING THE OPERATIONAL BENEFITS OF THE CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT AND HOW THE BENEFITS CAN LEAD TO COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR CUSTOMERS. AND MY LAST SLIDE, IF TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE. AWESOME. THANK YOU, KEVIN. THAT WAS, THAT WAS GOOD. THAT WAS, UH, UH, REALLY SOME PRELIMINARY MEAT AND POTATOES THAT I THINK, UH, UH, IS GOING TO HELP GUIDE US IN THE DIRECTION THAT I THINK THE BOARD'S BEEN CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO MOVE, UH, IN THAT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? IT'S STILL PRETTY MUDDY, BUT THE, IT'S CLEARER AND I, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE FROM THE START, SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE SOMETHING COME BACK TO US. AND THE PROGRESS WITH ELM IS REALLY GOOD NEWS. AND THIS PARTNERSHIP, THIS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP CONCEPT IS LOOKING TO ME LIKE THE FEASIBILITY IS A LITTLE MORE MANAGEABLE FOR US TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THAT. IT SOUNDS [00:50:01] LIKE THE NEXT STEPS THOUGH ARE BASICALLY TO, TO EVALUATE AND CONTRACT ESSENTIALLY WITH THE PRIVATE, WHICH, WELL, THE, I I WOULD SAY THE NEXT STEP IS I WILL COME BACK AT YOUR GOAL TO, TO BRING ON A CONSULTANT TO HELP US BETTER EVALUATE THE P THREE. YEAH. AND HOPEFULLY, UH, A SOONER UPDATE THAN MY PREVIOUS ONE ON KIND OF SOME DECISION POINTS FOR US TO GO, GO FROM. OKAY. THANKS KEVIN. THANKS VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? YES, CHARLIE, KEVIN, THANK YOU. UH, I'M ONE OF THE ONES THAT, IT'S NEW, SO IT'S COMPLETELY CONFUSING TO ME, BUT, UM, FIRST CONGRATULATIONS ON 25 YEARS. I SAW THAT IN THE, THERE WE GO. UM, SO FOR THE P THREE WHEN I, WE DID IT FOR THE CITY, WE HAD, I MEAN, YOU HAVE FOUR OPTIONS HERE. DO YOU HAVE TO LIMIT IT DOWN TO FOUR OR ARE THEY GONNA EVALUATE ALL FOUR OR ARE YOU SAYING, HEY, HERE'S FOUR THAT WE'VE THOUGHT OF. DO YOU GUYS THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE? AND I GOT ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS. I THINK WHAT, WHAT, AND I DON'T KNOW. SO, BUT THE, UH, I, WHAT I ENVISION WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA LEAN OUR, ON OUR CONSULTANT TO HELP US, UH, COME UP WITH AN OPTION THAT WE'RE GONNA ALL AGREE WITH AND THEN GET THAT YOUR BUY-IN, OBVIOUSLY ON THAT OPTION. AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THEN WE WOULD GO BID TO THE MARKET FOR A P THREE COMPANY TO BID FOR THAT SPECIFIC OPTION THAT WE PICKED. AND, AND I GUESS EVERYTHING'S IN PLAY. SO LIKE THE PROPERTY THAT THE UTILITIES COMMISSION OWNS AT DON TEMPLE, IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO USE IT FOR FUTURE TREATMENT PLANT, LIKE IF YOU REDO YOUR TREATMENT PLANT, DON'T YOU NEED AN AREA TO BUILD A NEW ONE BEFORE YOU DECOMMISSION THE OLD ONE? I THINK THAT'S HOW THEY DID IT PREVIOUSLY. AND IF YOU GIVE UP THAT LAND, THEN WHERE, WHERE DO YOU REBUILD YOUR TREATMENT PLANT WHEN YOU NEED TO, THAT KIND OF THING. I GUESS IT'S JUST, I MEAN, TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE SURPLUS TO ME IS A BIG DECISION TOO. RIGHT. I, I AGREE. I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT POINT. OKAY. THE SCOPE OF WHERE WE GOT TO THIS POINT WITH THE OPTIONS THAT YOU'VE SEEN, I WOULD QUALIFY THAT AS THE BEST STEP FORWARD THAT STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT. AND THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, IS AN EXPERT AND IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND VERY FAMILIAR WITH ITS INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS. WE ALSO HAVE BACKGROUND IN UTILITY OPERATIONAL NEEDS. ALL OF THAT'S TRUE. AND THAT THE OPTIONS WERE, WERE PUT TOGETHER THAT WAY. THE P THREE REPRESENTS A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T MISSED SOMETHING. AND SO IT'S TRUE THAT THE NATURE OF THE P THREE PARTNERSHIP IS AN ENGAGEMENT WHERE THE PRIVATE SECTOR SEES SOME BENEFIT IN THE ASSETS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE. THAT'S TRUE. AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH, WITH THEIR EXPERTISE, THEY CAN REEVALUATE OUR OPTIONS AND LITERALLY ASK US THE QUESTION, WELL, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER PARKIN, ARE RIGHT ON POINT. UH, BECAUSE INDEED THE VERY NATURE OF THE CONFIGURATION IS TO CREATE A PRIVATE OPPORTUNITY. NOW WE BELIEVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS TECHNICALLY SURPLUS LAND. WHERE THAT SURPLUS LAND IS AND HOW IT GETS MANAGED IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING THAT RICH ANTHONY WITH A CONSULTANT CAN HELP US DEVELOP AND EXPLORE AS TO HOW TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND ATTRACT THE RIGHT P THREE INVESTMENT. SO STILL MULTIPLE STEPS AHEAD, AHEAD TO DO. AT THE SAME TIME AS WE DO THESE STEPS, I'M MINDFUL OF THE DIRECTIVE THAT WE GOT FROM PRESIDENT SCOTT, AND OUR GOAL IS INDEED, IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, TO ASSEMBLE ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT COMPREHENSIVELY STAFF WITH YOUR GUIDANCE AS THE BOARD, WE CAN TAKE THAT STEP FORWARD AND AT LEAST SAY, THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE INTEND TO GO, AND THEN BUILD THE STEPS OFF AFTER THAT. APPRECIATE THAT. I, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT UPDATE BECAUSE IT SEEMS THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES IN PLAY AND IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING IT ON. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEVIN. THIS IS REALLY EXCITING, ACTUALLY. UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE ON THE OPTION THREE, CENTRALIZED CAMPUS, THE TREATMENT PLANT, UH, YOU SAID POSSIBLE LIMITATIONS ON EXPANSION, RIGHT? OKAY. SO WHAT ABOUT THE OPTION TWO? THERE WERE NO, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE OPTION TWO AND YOU HAVE TWO CAMPUSES, IS THERE IN ONE OF THOSE SITES, IS THERE A LIMIT WHERE THE ADMIN, WHAT, WHERE WOULD THE EXPANSION COME IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND OPERATIONS OR, I WAS THINKING OPERATIONS. OKAY. SO IF WE, I DON'T KNOW, EXPANDED OUR, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS? MAYBE WE, WE WILL EXPAND WHAT BEING A UTILITY MEANS AND TAKE ON ANOTHER ANYWAY, JUST GROW OUR BUSINESS, GROW OUR CUSTOMERS. I WAS GONNA, I DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING I LIKE IN TROUBLE, BUT, UH, BUT, BUT OVERALL, THIS IS MOSTLY IN THIS DESIGN. THIS [00:55:01] IS A LOT OF PARKING AREA. THERE'S, THERE'S AREAS WHERE IF WE NEEDED TO BUILD MORE SHOPS, UH, EXPAND TRAINING AREAS FOR OUR, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, WE CAN DO THAT. OPTION THREE, IT SEEMS TO BE LIMITED, SO PARKING'S LIMITED ON OPTION THREE AS WELL. WELL WE, WE'VE, WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR ENOUGH PARKING FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE NOW, BUT IF PLUS SOME ADDITIONAL, WE DID PUT IN SOME CONTINGENCY FOR GROWTH IN OUR DEPARTMENT. OKAY. UM, WHEN, GO AHEAD. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GROWTH, SORRY FOR INTERJECTING HERE. ONE, ONE THING TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GROWTH IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK BACK TO, AND I APOLOGIZE TO COMMISSIONER PARKEN AND COMMISSIONER ROSSEN, BUT IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE GAVE EARLY IN 2025 WHEN WE WENT TO RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS, WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT DEMAND BEING FLAT OR DECLINING. SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH GROWTH THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A GROWTH IN WATER CONSUMPTION OR A GROWTH IN DEMAND. YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT. THE LIFE OF A UTILITY IS TO EVOLVE AND ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS. AND THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT COULD CREATE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS. IT COULD CREATE CHANGES IN WATER TREATMENT. IT COULD CREATE CHANGES IN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES, UH, FOR GAS UTILITY. IT COULD DO ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT COULD TRIGGER A CHANGE IN EQUIPMENT, A CHANGE IN METHODS AND MEANS TO, UH, FULFILL THOSE OBLIGATIONS, WHICH WOULD CREATE PRESSURES ON STAFFING. AND THOSE SITUATIONS CALL UPON US TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY IN THE FOOTPRINT THAT WE RETAIN AND OUR ABILITY TO MODIFY BUILDINGS, TO EXPAND FOOTPRINT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT'S EMBEDDED WITHIN THE DETAILS THAT KEVIN WAS BRINGING. UH, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WITH THE P THREE PARTNER IS, ARE YOU RETAINING FOR US THE ABILITY TO ADAPT AND SHIFT WITHIN REASON, UH, FOR THINGS THAT WE TECHNICALLY CANNOT FORESEE, BUT AT LEAST HAVING SOME FUNCTION OF ADAPTABILITY IS IMPORTANT. OKAY, SO LIKE AN OPTION TWO. UM, WHEN COULD, YOU COULD POSSIBLY EXPAND, LIKE IF WE WANTED TO DO A TRAINING CENTER, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY CONDITION, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, JUST, UH, ANOTHER THING, RIGHT? SO YOU'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF INVOLVEMENTS HERE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT, UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS ON THEIR BEHALF AND IT'S ALL REIMBURSABLE, SO THE MONEY'S REIMBURSABLE. AND THAT'S GREAT. AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH, FROM A HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE, IN ORDER TO DO THESE THINGS THAT ARE REIMBURSABLE, IT COULD REQUIRE MORE TEMPORARY STAFFING. IT COULD REQUIRE A CONSULTANT TO EMBED THEMSELVES HERE IN OUR OFFICES TO DO THE WORK. SO OFFICE PLACE, OFFICE SPACE BECOMES AN ADAPTABILITY QUESTION AS WELL. HAVE YOU ONLY CONSIDERED ONLY THE PEOPLE HERE? WELL, WHAT IF THAT, WHAT IF THOSE NEEDS CHANGE? OR WHAT IF YOU NEED TO BRING SOMEBODY IN FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEY NEED TO HAVE OFFICE SPACE HERE? ALL OF THOSE THINGS, ALL OF THEM REPRESENT THIS CONDITION OF ADAPTABILITY. THAT'S IMPORTANT WHEN, WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION HERE. OKAY, SO OPTION THREE, IF WE WERE TO CENTRALIZE AT THE TREATMENT PLANT, DOES THAT MEAN WE WOULD SELL OFF THIS PROPERTY? WELL, I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANT, DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION FOR US, SELL, UH, LEASE IT OR WRAP IT INTO THE, THE P THREE PROPOSAL. OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, RICH ANTHONY, I WORKED WITH RICH ANTHONY ON THE, I ACTUALLY WAS ON THE, UM, ON THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE CITY AND THE PORT, UH, FOR A YEAR. AND IS THE CONSULTANT JEFF FULLERTON? YES. YEAH. AND THEN THE ARCHITECT JEFF FULLERTON IS A PROPOSAL, RIGHT? BUT WHO'S, SO THERE'S BEEN NO SELECTION. WE WOULD IDENTIFY, WE WOULD IDENTIFY THE BOUNDARIES UNDER WHICH TO HIRE, AND THEN GIVEN THE PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES AND RULES, WE WOULD BRING THAT DECISION TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION. I WON'T SPEAK DIRECTLY ABOUT JEFF, BUT IT, THE WHOLE PROCESS, UH, FOR THAT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, CHARLIE, UM, WAS FRAUGHT WITH A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE CONCERNED THAT WE WERE GONNA BE, BE DEMOLISHING A, UM, HISTORIC BUILDING, UH, IN THE CIVIC CENTER, IN OUR CITY HALL, IF YOU RECALL. UM, BUT IN A, IN ONE YEAR WE DID A HUNDRED MEETINGS AND THEY WERE VERY AMENABLE TO GOING OUT TO ANYONE THAT ASKED TO GO AND MEET WITH THEM. UH, RICH ANTHONY WAS PART OF THAT, AND JEFF FULLERTON, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH LED THAT. SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IT, IT DID GO VERY WELL AND PEOPLE SEEM TO BACK OFF AND WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSE THAT THEY RECEIVED. SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS. I THINK THIS WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING AND I KIND OF SHARE YOUR ENTHUSIASM ABOUT GETTING IT ONTO THE NEXT STEP. SO THANK YOU KEVIN, FOR THAT. [01:00:02] FOR, SO I THINK MANY OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE SCOPE. UM, UM, AND, UH, YOU ANSWERED CHARLIE'S QUESTION, I THINK PRETTY WELL. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE DID THE, UM, CIVIC CENTER PROJECT. UM, AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A DESIGN, BUILD, FINANCE, OPERATE, MAINTAIN KIND OF MODEL SIM SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE DID THERE. UM, YES. YES. AND THEN, UH, THE SURPLUS LAND WOULD BE USED TO LEVERAGE, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PARTNER. RIGHT? UM, WE WOULD'VE TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION FOR THE PROPERTY. BUT YES, UH, I MEAN, WE COULD ALWAYS, UH, LEASE IT AND USE THAT REVENUE TO HELP PAY OUR, OUR FEE TO THE P THREE COMPANY. WE COULD FOLD IT INTO PART OF THE DEAL TO LOWER THE COST. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT AND, UH, MAKE A DECISION FROM THERE. AND IS THERE, I, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY VISUALIZATION IN TERMS OF WHEN WE EXPECT TO, TO HAVE A ESTIMATED DATE OF COMPLETION OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA STUDY FOR THE NEXT 24 MONTHS OR 10 YEARS? WE'RE COMMITTED TO, UH, PRESIDENT SCOTT'S, UM, PROPOSAL OF HAVING, UM, I THINK THIS FINAL, THE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE BRING OUT TO BID IF I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN, THEN YOU WILL REALLY SEE SOME MILESTONES THAT WE CAN MEET AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES. THE GOAL IS TO BE, BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, HAVE A PACKAGE BEFORE YOU TO, TO VOTE ON THAT. WOULD, UH, PICK ONE OF THESE OPTIONS OR MAYBE A DIFFERENT OPTION WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF AND TO GO WITH A COMPANY TO HELP HELP US BUILD IT. KEVIN, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE SUMMARY OF THE COST FOR EACH OF THE OPTIONS? 'CAUSE I THINK IT HAD MONTHS CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. SO COMMISSIONER AUSTIN, YOU CAN SEE, DEPENDING ON HOW THESE GET ORGANIZED, UH, DISCOUNTING, UM, DISCOUNTING SOMETHING THAT'S TOO CENTRALIZED, UH, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT NOBODY'S IMPACTED, THAT ACCELERATES THE CONSTRUCTION TO 18 MONTHS OR SIMPLY STAYING WHERE WE ARE, WHICH IS OPTION FOUR, AND TRYING TO TINKER WITH THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, THAT'S 90 MONTHS. UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS MORE OR LESS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO ALMOST FIVE YEARS OF WORK. SO ONCE WE MAKE THE DECISION AND START CREATING THE PACKAGE AND SO FORTH, THAT TAKES TIME. AND THEN ONCE YOU GOT IT ALL TOGETHER AND YOU'RE IN, UM, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE YEARS BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE MOVE IN READY BUILDINGS. SO IN TERMS OF, UM, THE SCOPE IN OF, UM, THE RFP FOUR THREE P THREE, UM, THE OPTIONS THAT WE ARE PRESENTING ARE BASICALLY FOR THAT PARTNER TO PARTICULARLY COME BACK WITH INFORMATION AND HOW MUCH YOU VISUALIZE THAT POTENTIALLY CHANGING AS A RESULT OF THE INFORMATION YOU GET BACK FROM THAT RFP. I KNOW THAT'S, IT COULD CHANGE INDEED AND, UM, TO BE OPEN-MINDED, IT COULD CHANGE EITHER WAY. SO AS WE TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO'S MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND SAYS, LET ME TELL YOU, I'VE DONE THIS OR SEEN THIS DONE IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, YOU NEED TO FACTOR THIS IN. FACTOR THAT IN THAT COULD EXTEND THE CONSTRUCTION OR IT COULD GO THE OTHER WAY AND SAID, WELL, YOU CAN OPTIMIZE HERE. WE'VE SEEN OPTIMIZATIONS HERE, EFFICIENCIES GAINED HERE, AND WE CAN SHORTEN THE TIMEFRAME. SO I DON'T THINK, THOUGH, I, I WOULD JUST OFFER A PERSPECTIVE. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE CAN BE A DRAMATIC SHIFT, UH, ESPECIALLY IN ACCELERATION. SO THREE TO FIVE YEARS IS A FAIRLY BROAD RANGE, BUT ALSO A SOLID RANGE IN ORDER TO SET EXPECTATIONS. IT'S A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT, UH, AND THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND TO IT IN TERMS OF HOW THE BOARD ORGANIZES ITSELF AND MAKES DECISIONS, MONITORS AND DIRECTS. UH, IT WILL BE A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT, UH, EASILY WITHIN THE THREE TO FIVE YEAR RANGE. WELL, I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT IT HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE THE TWO CAMPUS SOLUTION IS [10. 25-56826 Recommendation to adopt the proposed 2025-26 Public Policy Priorities for the Long Beach Public Utilities Department and authorize the General Manager to engage in advocacy activities, subject to the parameters adopted.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] GOING TO PROBABLY BE THE BEST OPTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE A THIRD PROPERTY THAT YOU CAN LEVERAGE. CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. NO, I, EXACTLY. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS GUIDING YOU TO THOSE OPTIONS, UH, FOR THE TIMEFRAME RANGE. 'CAUSE AS YOU POINTED OUT, WHEN IT COMES TO A P THREE APPROACH, THEY'RE THE ONE THAT BEGIN TO EXPLORE WHAT IS THAT P THREE OPPORTUNITY. SO IT'S PROBABLY MORE INCONSISTENT TO THINK [01:05:01] IN THOSE TIMEFRAMES, A RED HERRING. BUT WHAT IS THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF ACREAGE SPACE? YOU GOT ME. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IT'S BIG. UM, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. UH, IT'S, IT'S BIG. UM, AND I USE THAT TERMINOLOGY IN THE SENSE OF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AS WE THINK OF WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. UH, WE HAVE THREE MAIN CAMPUSES, UH, THE ONE WHERE YOU'RE SITTING AT THIS MORNING, THE SPRING CAMPUS, WHERE THE GAS DEPARTMENT WAS TRADITIONALLY HOUSED. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TREATMENT PLANT CAMPUS THAT'S RIGHT THERE OFF OF THE KILROY DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND IT IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FOOTPRINT AS WELL. THESE THREE ASSETS, SOME OF THEM, THEY HAVE TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE. THE TREATMENT PLANT PRETTY MUCH HAS TO STAY WHERE IT IS, RIGHT? SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, AS KEVIN WAS POINTING OUT, BECOME MOVABLE. UH, HOW YOU MOVE THEM AND WHAT YOU DO PRECISELY, TO YOUR POINT, BEGINS TO EXPLORE WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE FOR ANYBODY TO JOIN US INTO A P THREE IN THE FIRST PLACE, RIGHT? SO THOSE THINGS WILL COME FORWARD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BACK AND FORTH. THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THIS DEEP INTO BEFORE. UM, VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, ADVANCING TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, UH, FOR DEEPER DIVE. UM, AND, AND JUST, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, THE, THE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD WAS WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR TO HAVE A FRAMEWORK, UM, WITH WHICH WE COULD, UH, UM, WITH, WITH WHICH THE CAMPUS REALIGNMENT WOULD FALL UNDER. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO COME UP WITH THE BEST OPTION ONE, TWO, OR THREE. IT'S JUST TO ESTABLISH, ARE WE GONNA DO A P THREE? ARE WE GONNA DO A DESIGN BUILD OURSELVES? ARE WE BOND FUNDING? ANY OF THOSE OPTIONS? IT'S, IT'S TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND MOVE FORWARD. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEVIN. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A, UH, LET'S SEE. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND ON A RECEIVING FILE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. UH, MOVING ON. ITEM NUMBER 10, ADOPT THE PROPOSED 20 25, 20 26 PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO THE PARAMETERS ADOPTED. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES NICK RUSSELL FOR PRESENTATION. GREAT. GOOD MORNING. UM, WARD AND, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, NICK AND I ARE GOING TO FLAG TEAM THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU AND MANAGE THE HEIGHT DIFFERENTIAL ON THIS MICROPHONE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY, WE HAVE OUR UTILITIES FIRST PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES DOCUMENT. AND THIS IS REALLY EXCITING, UM, FOR ME AND I THINK FOR THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE SINCE WE'VE MERGED, WE HAVEN'T QUITE HAD A GUIDING, UM, PUBLIC POLICY DOCUMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO WORK ON REGULATORY, LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER SIMPLY, UM, OTHER POSITIONS, UM, THAT IMPACT THIS DEPARTMENT RELATIVE TO STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD VERSUS FEMM A, UM, RELATIVE TO CMUA AND SOME OF OUR INDUSTRY GROUPS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO NICK AND HE WILL GIVE YOU, UH, MUCH MORE INFORMATION AND WE'LL WRAP IT UP TOGETHER. THIS A WELL . OKAY. IS THAT A GOOD HEIGHT? DOES THAT WORK? EXCELLENT. WELL, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TODAY. UM, AS DIANA MENTIONED, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THIS, UH, POLICY PRIORITIES DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. AND I THINK THE VERY HIGH LEVEL, THIS IS SIMPLY A BEST PRACTICE THAT WE SEE MANY OF OUR PEER AGENCIES IN THE WATER INDUSTRY, OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES ADOPTING, UM, TO HELP, AS DIANA MENTIONED, GUIDE AND FACILITATE WHAT THAT ADVOCACY, UH, ACTIVITY AND STRATEGY LOOKS LIKE AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO BEST PROTECT THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERESTS. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST AS A STARTING POINT, HOW WE BEGAN GOING ABOUT THIS WAS LOOKING AT THOSE PURE AGENCIES. SO STUDYING WHAT THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT HAS FOR THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, UH, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH, OTHER WATER DISTRICTS, PEER AGENCIES, OUR TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, THEY PUT OUT THESE TYPES OF DOCUMENTS. WE ALSO REFLECTED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, UH, WITH THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN SACRAMENTO AS WELL AS WASHINGTON DC IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT BILLS DID WE SEE, WHAT ISSUES CAME UP? HOW DID WE NEED TO ENGAGE, WHAT KINDS OF QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO? SO WE SYNTHESIZE ALL THOSE SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCES TO THINK ABOUT AS A BASELINE STARTING POINT. WHAT, UH, SCOPE OF ISSUES DO WE WANNA COVER IN A POLICY PRIORITIES DOCUMENT? AND, UH, WHAT KIND OF GUIDANCE DO WE WANNA HAVE FROM THE BOARD AND KIND OF MEMORIALIZE SO THAT THE GENERAL MANAGER AND STAFF CAN GO ABOUT PROTECTING THOSE INTERESTS AS THESE THINGS INEVITABLY WILL CONTINUE COMING UP. UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF ABOUT THE, THE PROCESS. WE ALSO THEN TOOK [01:10:01] THOSE DRAFTS AND WENT THROUGH EACH PART OF THE DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM OUR EXPERTS AND TEAMS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID THEY THINK, WHAT WERE WE MISSING, WHAT SHOULD WE DELETE, WHAT SHOULD WE ADD? SO IT WAS A VERY ROBUST INTERNAL PROCESS AS WELL, UM, TO CREATE THE DOCUMENT THAT'S FOR YOU. AND AGAIN, SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THE IDEA IS, UH, I THINK TWOFOLD LARGELY, ONE, WE WANT TO ENABLE DEPARTMENT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE A, A VERY WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO ENCOUNTER IN THE PUBLIC POLICY REALM AS A DEPARTMENT THAT COVERS WATER, GAS, SEWER, IN ALL MANNER OF OTHER RELATED FINANCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY TOPICS. UH, AND THEY COME UP FAST, THEY COME UP QUICK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WILL BE ASKED, YOU KNOW, 24 HOURS PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON AMENDMENT ON A BILL IN SACRAMENTO. AND IF, IF WE, UH, FAIL TO GET BACK IN THOSE VERY QUICK TIMELINES, WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF. SO WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY. WE NEED TO MOVE ON A VERY WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS THAT ARE COVERED IN THIS DOCUMENT. THE OTHER KIND OF OVERARCHING GOAL HERE IS TO HAVE ALIGNMENT WITH ALL THE IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE WORK WITH. SO DEPARTMENT STAFF ALIGNED WITH DIRECTION FROM THE UTILITIES COMMISSION, UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, ALIGNED WITH CITY HALL, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN LONG BEACH, AND THEN OUR TRADE ASSOCIATION, THE PEER AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE CAN WE COLLABORATE, WHERE CAN WE WORK TOGETHER? THEY ALL HAVE THESE TYPES OF DOCUMENTS. US HAVING ONE AS WELL MEANS WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE COLLABORATE WITHIN PARAMETERS THAT THE COMMISSION IS ESTABLISHED. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE GOALS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE THINGS YOU'RE ALL VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS ABOUT THE EDUCATION WITH POLICY MAKERS, NOT EVEN NECESSARILY INFLUENCING AS MAKE AS MUCH AS MAKING SURE THAT DECISION MAKERS, REGULATORS, UM, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES WE'RE ENCOUNTERING IN THE REAL WORLD. UM, BUT WE ALSO DO NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME ADVOCACY. YOU KNOW, LOTS OF OUR PEER AGENCIES AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE ARRANGING LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR MAYBE EVEN OPPOSITION ON VARIOUS MATTERS, AND THEY WANT US TO BE A PART OF THOSE COALITIONS. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THAT THIS, UH, DOCUMENT ENVISIONS. AND THE SCOPE FOR THIS DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, IT IS FAIRLY CONFINED, ALTHOUGH IT HAS TO BE VERY WIDE RANGING. I DO WANNA BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT CREATING A WHOLE NEW POLICY DIRECTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS MUCH AS CAPTURING WHERE WE ARE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'RE DEALING WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS THAT ARE PRETTY ROUTINE AND PARTICULARLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL. SO THIS IS KIND OF GIVING US THE ALIGNMENT AND PRE-AUTHORIZATION TO DO THE STANDARD ROUTINE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT US TO BE DOING IN THE ADVOCACY REALM, LOOKING OUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT. UM, BUT IT DOES COVER ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE. AND WE, WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF BOTH LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ADVOCACY, BUT I'LL BE VERY CLEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. SO AS WE HAVE TO ADJUST WITH THE TIMES AS WE ENCOUNTER NEW ISSUES, WE WOULD BE BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU FOR UPDATES PERIODICALLY. UM, AND CERTAINLY, UH, THE CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS, OR MAYBE EVEN NOT EVEN CONTROVERSIAL AS MUCH AS EXTREMELY PROMINENT, WE'D STILL BE BRINGING TO YOU ON A CASE LIKE, UM, AND, AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT VERY EXPLICIT ALIGNMENT BEFORE WE WADE INTO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ROUTINE OR THAT MIGHT BE VERY HIGH PROFILE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE SCOPE. SOME, SOME EXAMPLES OF ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PAST YEAR THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AS WE PUT TOGETHER THIS DOCUMENT FOR YOUR APPROVAL IS ONE, THE DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT. THIS WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAD A, A TRAILER BILL AND HE REALLY WANTED WATER STAKEHOLDERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO HELP EDUCATE, UH, LAWMAKERS IN SACRAMENTO ABOUT THE RELEVANT ISSUES, HELP BUILD SUPPORT FOR, UM, THAT, THAT LEGISLATION, WHICH WASN'T NECESSARILY ABOUT FINALIZING THE PROJECT AND MAKING A FINAL DECISION AS MUCH AS CREATING A PATHWAY. SO IT WAS A POSSIBILITY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DEPARTMENT AND RELIABILITY OF, UM, WATER SERVICE WELL INTO THE FUTURE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE CONSTANTLY BEING ASKED, AND ANTO, I THINK IN PARTICULAR WAS HEARING FROM ALL MANNER OF PEOPLE, UM, WANTING TO KNOW, WHERE IS OUR DEPARTMENT? ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP OUT? CAN WE BE UP THERE IN SACRAMENTO? SO WE ULTIMATELY DID SIGN ON TO SOME LETTERS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND APPROVAL. BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA PERPETUALLY BE ASKED TO BE INVOLVED WITH, AND WE WANT TO BE AT THE READY AND HAVE ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE, SO WE CAN BE VERY PROACTIVE IN PROTECTING THOSE INTERESTS. UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME RECENT OTHER LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT ANTO HAS SENT OFF ON SOME FEDERAL BILLS. AGAIN, VERY ROUTINE STANDARD MATTERS WHERE WE'VE JUST IDENTIFIED AT THE STAFF LEVEL WE WANT TO BE WEIGHING IN AND TRYING TO BUILD SUPPORT AND MOMENTUM FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA VERY CLEARLY DELIVER BENEFITS, UM, TO THE DEPARTMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ONE THAT HAS DELIVERED $6 MILLION FOR THE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR FOR, UM, GAS PROJECTS, UM, OR OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, SO JUST TO GET IN THE DOCUMENT, A A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S IN IT. UM, IT'S GENERALLY ORGANIZED [01:15:01] INTO FOUR SECTIONS. ONE IS THE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TOPICS, THE TYPES OF POLICY ISSUES THAT REALLY IMPACT ALL OF OUR SERVICES AND OPERATIONS. UM, AND SOME EXAMPLES THERE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT AS LEGISLATION'S BEING PROPOSED, WE WANNA EDUCATE OUR LAWMAKERS AND MAKE SURE ANY NEW REQUIREMENTS THEY MIGHT WANT, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, FEASIBLE, STATED AND OBJECTIVE TERMS. SO WE KNOW HOW TO COMPLY AND CAN HAVE CLARITY. UM, WE HAVE APPROPRIATE LEAD TIMES THAT ARE BUILT INTO ANY NEW REQUIREMENTS. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY FEASIBLY COME INTO COMPLIANCE, UM, SUPPORT FOR A VERY WIDE RANGE OF, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE LEVERAGED TO HELP REDUCE COSTS AND PROMOTE AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR RATE PAYERS, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, AND OF COURSE, ALSO, UM, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES WORKING WITH FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR WORKFORCE, THEIR WELLBEING, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF TOPICS YOU'LL SEE THAT REALLY AFFECT THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR SERVICES. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW, YOU KNOW, UH, SECTIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO WATER, SEWER, GAS, UM, SOME EXAMPLES ON THE WATER SECTION, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH SACRAMENTO ON PROMOTING EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION GOALS FOR THE STATE, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FINE TUNED AND, AND TAKE ACCOUNT FOR THE UNIQUE PROFILE OF LONG BEACH, OUR HOUSING STOCK, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THAT EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THOSE NEW TYPES OF REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO WORK FOR US AS WE ALL COLLECTIVELY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE EFFICIENCY. UM, WE WANNA WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT. I THINK MYSELF AND PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT ARE PROBABLY ON THE PHONE WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMISSION ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND COLLABORATE ON PROJECTS OF MUTUAL IMPORTANCE AND INTERESTS. UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT ON THE WATER SIDE THAT HELP US IMPLEMENT THAT WATER RESOURCES PLAN AND OTHER GOALS WE HAVE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. ON THE GAS SIDE, A COUPLE EXAMPLES, AND I REFERENCED EARLIER A, UH, FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT DELIVERED $6 MILLION LAST YEAR. THAT'S A DUE FOR REAUTHORIZATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED WITH AND SHAPING AND INFLUENCING SO WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE AND BRING MILLIONS MORE DOLLARS BACK TO LONG BEACH, UH, THROUGH THAT TYPE OF A PROGRAM. UM, WE WANNA BE WORKING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE GOALS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, WORKING ON POLICIES WITH FOLKS IN SACRAMENTO AND DC THERE'S SOME PEOPLE STILL WORKING ON CLIMATE POLICY IN DC , UH, FOR THINGS LIKE RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS AND BEING ABLE TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT WHILE STILL DELIVERING RELIABLE GAS SERVICE TO FOLKS IN LONG BEACH, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, AND CAP AND INVEST, THIS WAS A VERY BIG PRIORITY FOR GOVERNOR NEWSOM IN CALIFORNIA, THAT THEY GOT CAP AND FORMERLY CAP AND TRADE NOW CAP INVEST REAUTHORIZED. THERE'S VERY SIGNIFICANT EQUITIES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY, UH, THAT TO THE TUNE OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY. SO BEING INVOLVED WITH THAT PROCESS, WE WERE INVOLVED ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE AS IT NOW MOVES TO THE REGULATORY IMPLEMENTATION, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE WANNA BE INVOLVED WITH. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR SEWER OPERATIONS, THERE'S A SECTION IN THE POLICY PRIORITIES DOCUMENT ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FIGURING OUT HOW CAN WE WORK WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS LIKE LA COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS TO HARMONIZE ON POLICY MATTERS, BUT MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING ON PROJECTS IN A WAY THAT ARE GONNA BE BENEFITING TO LONG BEACH. UM, FINDING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO WORK ON, UH, GETTING EITHER ITS ASSISTANCE OR POLICY FRAMEWORKS WE MIGHT NEED TO HELP SUPPORT OUR SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, VERY LOCALLY FOCUSED. AND WE WANT TO GO OUT AND GET THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED FROM POLICYMAKERS REGIONALLY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL. UM, SO I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MAYBE GET TO THE, THE RECOMMENDATION, IF THERE ARE ANY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DOCUMENT PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE? UH, I'LL, I'LL JUST START REAL QUICK. UH, I THINK WE'VE BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AROUND IN THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO AN A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS. I KNOW THESE THINGS CAN BE WONKY AND, AND A LITTLE NERDY FOR SOME FOLKS, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I FIND FOUNDATIONAL THAT WITHOUT THESE SORTS OF DOCUMENTS, UH, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE THE ORGANIZATION FORWARD IN A COHESIVE, ORGANIZED MANNER. SO, THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU NICK AND DIANA, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS JUST BASIC LIKE, I'M SORRY, I GOTTA ASK THEM, BUT, UM, I NOTICED IN THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS, WE, THE UTILITIES SEND ABOUT $72,000 A YEAR TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR FEDERAL AND STATE LOBBYISTS. DOES THIS DOCUMENT, I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, DO YOU, ARE YOU ABLE THEN TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL THE LOBBYISTS AND, AND GIVE THEM A COPY OF THIS AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO GO TALK TO X, Y, OR Z? OR MAYBE YOU JUST BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT REALLY WORKS IN THE REAL WORLD, HOW IT WORKS IN THE REAL WORLD. UM, FOR MANY YEARS, [01:20:01] UM, THE LONG BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT, PRIOR TO IT BECOMING UTILITIES AND THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, UM, AS CITY DEPARTMENTS HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES, AND THAT'S STILL TRUE TODAY. SO PARTICULARLY ON CAP AND INVEST, NICK WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH SARAH PATTERSON IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UM, I THINK SARAH PATTERSON IN THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES WE'RE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF OP-ED PIECES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UM, TO, TO REAUTHORIZE THE PROGRAM. AND SO, UH, WE WERE ABLE, I THINK, TO INFLUENCE SOME OF THE NUANCES OF THAT COMMUNICATION. THE CITY DOES HAVE THEIR OWN LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATES ON CONTRACT, AND WE HAVE OUR, OUR ADVOCATES SEPARATELY. UM, THERE'S SOME MEASURE OF BENEFIT TO THAT WHILE WE RELY PRIMARILY ON ALCO FOR THE STATE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AND CAR AND CLAY ON THE FEDERAL SIDE FOR ADVOCACY. UM, SHOULD WE EVER NEED TO CONTACT, I BELIEVE IT'S, UM, IT'S AMY BROWN AND DOMINIC DEMARI, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR FIRM IS CALLED NOW. UM, AND I THINK THE CITY IS GOING OUT TO RFP ON THEIR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES. SHOULD WE EVER NEED TO TAP INTO THOSE RESOURCES? UM, I, WELL, NOT OUR FIRST LINE OF, OF ACTION, IT IS STILL AVAILABLE TO US AS A CITY PARTNER. I'M SORRY. DOES THE UTILITIES HAVE THEIR, WE HAVE OUR OWN STATE AND FEDERAL, UH, LOBBYISTS THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH? YES, WE DO. AND THEN, SO MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME THE MONEY THAT WE SEND TO THE CITY MANAGER WHO DO, WHAT DOES THAT PAY FOR? THAT PAYS FOR THE CITY'S GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WELL, YOU'RE, UH, TWO FOR TWO, CHARLIE, YOU KEEP STEALING MY QUESTION. , I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST. UM, I, I DO HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, AND I DID HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER AND, AND, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP. UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, WILL THESE PRIORITIES OR FOR THE LONG BEACH UTILITIES BE ENCOMPASSED IN THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE, UH, PACKAGES FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR ADVOCACY EFFORTS AS WELL TO SUPPORT WHAT WE DO? THE, UM, OUR PRIORITIES ARE UNIQUE TO WATER, SEWER, AND GAS. UM, AND SO I DON'T IMAGINE THAT THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT WILL BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY. HOWEVER, WE WILL DEFINITELY SHARE OUR POSITIONS WITH THE CITY, AND I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SARAH PATTERSON'S OFFICE WITH CLAYTON HERD, AND NICK AND I, UH, WHENEVER THEY ARE, UM, WHENEVER THEY DO ENCOUNTER A WATER, SEWER OR GAS ISSUE, THEY DO REACH OUT TO US. WE TALK ABOUT IT. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY THIS YEAR TOOK A POSITION ON A, UM, ON A-P-F-A-S BILL AT, IN SACRAMENTO. THEY ASKED US IF AS LONG BEACH UTILITIES, WE WOULD TAKE THE SAME POSITION AND WE POLITELY DECLINED. ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE, UM, A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION ON WHY WE WOULD DECLINE. AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL WAS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES WHO DO HAVE PFAS ISSUES. AND FORTUNATELY FOR LONG BEACH, WE HAVE NOT DETECTED PFAS IN OUR SYSTEM. AND SO TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF MISUNDERSTANDING, UM, WE, WE CHOSE TO STAY OFF OF THAT BILL. UM, BUT WE SHARED WITH THE CITY THAT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PFAS IS AN ISSUE IN THE WATER INDUSTRY, THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, BILL, UM, WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE INDUSTRY AND GOOD FOR CALIFORNIA. AND SO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DID TAKE A POSITION ON THAT, WHEREAS WE DID NOT. WELL, IT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WE'RE, THIS IS, THESE ARE GROWING PAINS WITHIN RELATIVELY NEW DEPARTMENT. UM, I SUPPORT THE, THE, UM, CREATING POLICY PRIORITIES. I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST SMART FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'LL WORK ON YOUR RELATIONSHIPS AND, AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CITY, CITY MANAGER STAFF TO, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S CONTINUITY AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THANKS. AND, AND JUST TO ADD MAYBE ONE COMMENT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY A LOT OF THE COLLABORATION COMES FROM JUST HAVING TIGHT WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FOLKS IN CITY HALL AND OTHER PEER AGENCIES IN THIS CITY THAT HAVE THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAMS. 'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE. UM, BUT I THINK IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMORIALIZING THESE POSITIONS. YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET THIS OVER TO THE CITY HALL OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOLKS, THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TO COVER SO MANY THINGS. I'D SAY THEY'RE EVEN BROADER AND MAYBE A LITTLE HIGHER LEVEL, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S IN WRITING AND WE CAN DISCUSS VERY TANGIBLY WITH THAT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM WITH THE CITY, THAT REALLY HELPS THEM KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. HAVE THAT MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND JUST REALLY, UH, FOSTERS THAT COLLABORATION. EVEN, EVEN ALL THE MORE. BUT IT, IT'S CERTAINLY ALSO A BIG PART OF IT IS JUST COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, SITTING DOWN WITH THEM REGULARLY. WE ACTUALLY ALL JUST HAD LUNCH TWO WEEKS AGO, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TALK THROUGH WHAT DID WE SEE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHO ARE OUR CONSULTANTS, [01:25:01] WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON, WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT? SO A LOT OF IT IS GONNA COME FROM THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, DIANE, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE VISION THAT YOU HAD ON THIS. THIS IS, UM, CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAD, DIDN'T HAVE IT BEFORE. SO GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT. AND NICK, YOUR, YOUR, OBVIOUSLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR BACKGROUND ON THIS AS WELL. UM, WHEN WE UTILIZE THE FEDERAL AND STATE LOBBYISTS AT THE CITY FOR 29,000 APPROXIMATELY TO DATE, I CAN'T SAY THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY ACTIVATED THEM IN ANY WAY, BUT THE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS ARE STRONG ENOUGH IN, UM, IN SACRAMENTO AND IN DC GENERALLY, WE DO TRY AND SEEK ALIGNMENT, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IS IMPACTING A LOCALITY AS AS BIG AS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, BUT AS, AS SMALL AS WE ARE, BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THAT ALIGNMENT. AND, AND SO THAT, UM, IS POSITIVE TO HAVE NUMEROUS FIRMS ON BOARD TO TOP NUMEROUS RESOURCES. IT'S KINDA LIKE AN ASSURANCE THAT THEY'RE THERE IF WE NEED TO JOIN HANDS. AND THEN WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD CHECK WITH ALCO AND PY AND CLAY WORK THAT OUT ON OUR END, AND THEN WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY TO GIVE OUR INPUT. IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? Y YEAH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH CAP AND INVEST VERY RECENTLY, THIS LAST YEAR, UM, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH NICK AND CUCO AND THEN SARAH PATTERSON AND, UM, AMY BROWN AND DOMINIC DAMARI. OKAY, THIS MAKES SENSE FOR A LOT OF REASONS. UH, THE COLLABORATION WITH MET, I REALLY APPRECIATE BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY HELPFUL TO ME AND I THINK TO THE BOARD, BUT SPECIFICALLY ME WHEN I SIT ON THAT BOARD AND MAYBE MISS THINGS AND YOU GUYS ALWAYS PICK IT UP. SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN ALSO, YOU MENTIONED HELPING EDUCATE OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS, WHICH CAN'T BE UNDERSTATED. I MEAN, THEY'RE VERY BUSY, AND WATER SOMETIMES, OR GAS AND ELECTRIC AIR GLASS AND SEWER IS NOT ON THE TOP OF THEIR LIST. ONCE YOU GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION, IT, IT ELEVATES THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. IF I COULD INDULGE THE BOARD FOR A MINUTE, NICK DID SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH OR SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOSH LALS OFFICE AND SENATOR LENA GONZALEZ'S OFFICE ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES. AND SO I COULD PUT HIM ON THE SPOT FOR A SECOND AND ASK HIM TO JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON, ON HOW WE HAVE BEEN INTERACTING WITH THOSE TWO OFFICES ON MAYBE CAP AND TRADE AND, AND MAYBE A CF. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, CAP AND INVESTS THAT REAUTHORIZATION. IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ALL THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS YOU HAD AND WHAT IS THE HEART OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO PROTECT VERY TANGIBLE, QUANTIFIABLE AND SIGNIFICANT INTERESTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY. UM, AND, AND WHERE THE COLLABORATION ACROSS THE CITY AND THEN WITH THOSE, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR LONG BEACH AND SACRAMENTO, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY ESSENTIAL. SO, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE BACKGROUND. WE CAN GET YOU ON HOW CAP INVEST WORKS, BUT LONG STORY SHORT, 'CAUSE WE'RE A PUBLIC UTILITY THAT HAS A GAS SERVICE AND WE'RE ONLY ONE OF THREE IN THE WHOLE STATE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CAP AND TRADES ALLOWANCE SCHEME, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS WE HAVE BOTH A COMPLIANCE COST FOR THAT PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A REVENUE SOURCE BECAUSE WE GET THESE SO-CALLED ALLOWANCES FROM THE STATE THAT ARE FREE TO US, BUT THEN WE GET TO SELL TO OTHER PEOPLE AS PART OF THE WHOLE CAP AND TRADE SCHEME THAT GENERATES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HELPS FUND PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION AND OTHER IMPORTANT PARTIES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, LIKE OUR REBATE PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE. AND ALL OF THAT WAS UNDER THREATS WITH THE REAUTHORIZATION OF CABINET INVEST. YOU KNOW, UH, IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT BILL VARIES, SPECIFICALLY DIRECTS THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD CARB TO TAKE THAT TYPE OF ALLOWANCE AWAY FROM THE INVESTOR OWNED GAS UTILITIES. AND WITH SOME MANEUVERING AND VERY CLOSE EDUCATION WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOWENTHAL AND CENTER GONZALEZ, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE ISSUES, HOW THE PROGRAM WORKED, HOW LONG BEACH WAS VERY UNIQUELY IMPACTED AND THREATENED BY THE POTENTIAL OUTCOME OF THAT LEGISLATION. AND WE WERE ON THE PHONE WITH THEM, I THINK THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS OF SESSION WHEN THINGS GET REALLY CRAZY EVERY SINGLE DAY, , UH, THEY WERE PROBABLY A LITTLE TIRED OF HEARING FROM US, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD A VERY STRONG PULSE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THAT LEGISLATION. OUR CONSULTANTS AT GUAC CO GROUP WERE ALSO HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE WE WERE TRACKING THAT VERY CLOSELY. AND THE LAW THAT WAS SIGNED, UH, BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND, YOU KNOW, DID NOT HAVE THAT VERY NEGATIVE LANGUAGE TO US. THAT WAS THE CASE FOR THE INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES. NOW WE'RE GEARING UP FOR AROUND TWO OF THAT FIGHTS AS WE GO TO REGULATORY IMPLEMENTATION. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER RELATED ISSUES THERE. IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING US IN, IN SACRAMENTO, OUR CONSULTANTS, UM, TO GET A REALLY MEANINGFUL OUTCOME IN THAT BILL. THANK YOU. YEAH, SORRY, JUST ONE LAST QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IN OUR POLICIES IS THE PURE WATER IN THERE FOR OUR ADVOCACY. I, I DID THAT TOUR AND IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT, GREAT THING. THERE IS RECYCLED WATER LANGUAGE IN [01:30:01] THERE, SO NOT THE NAME PURE WATER, BUT PURE WATER IS ADVANCED TREATED RECYCLED WATER. AND SO THAT IS COVERED. UH, CHARLIE, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. UM, ARE WE, DO WE WAIT FOR THE BOARD? 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AT MET ON THAT PURE WATER. IS THAT WHY WE REALLY HAVEN'T TAKEN A POSITION AT THIS? WE HAVE NOT TAKEN A POSITION ON THE PROJECT, BUT WE HAVE TAKEN A, UM, POSITION ON THE SUPPORT CONCEPTUALLY FOR ADVANCED TREATED RECYCLED WATER AND, AND WHAT THIS DOCUMENT ENVISIONS FOR WORKING WITH MET AND OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES. BASICALLY THE FRAMEWORK THAT'S PROPOSED IS IF THE METROPOLITAN, UH, BOARD, UH, MOVES FORWARD WITH SOMETHING AND MAYBE NOT FINAL PROJECT APPROVAL, BUT A, A STUDY PHASE OR WHATEVER STEPS ALONG THE WAY, ANY DECISION THAT'S MADE AT THE BOARD LEVEL AND WHERE THERE'S AGREEMENT OR CONCURRENCE WITH LONG BEACH'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MET BOARD, THEN WE KIND OF HAVE A GREEN LIGHT AT THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO SAY, WELL, IF WE AGREE WITH THAT DIRECTION AND WE LIKE WHERE THEY'RE GOING, WE CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BE LIKE A TAG ALONG AND ADVOCATE FOR WHATEVER HAS KIND OF BEEN DECIDED AT THAT MET LEVEL. BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE THOSE CHECKS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S REALLY TRUE ALIGNMENT UP AND DOWN BEFORE WE ACTUALLY WOULD, YOU KNOW, GET INVOLVED. BUT IT GIVES US THAT AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WHERE IT MAKES SENSE. SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF HOW PURE WATER WOULD WORK. WE'D FOLLOW THE MET BOARD AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE PROCESS. SIR, SORRY, I WAS GONNA, ONCE COMMISSIONER COMMENTS ARE DONE. I WAS GONNA MAKE A COMMENT. I, I DONE. WE'RE DONE. YEAH. SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND COMPLIMENT DIANA AND, AND NICK ON THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. ESTABLISHING THESE PUBLIC POLICY FRAMEWORKS IS VITAL TO THE UTILITIES OPERATIONS, AND FOR YEARS, JUST SIMPLY AS THE WATER DEPARTMENT WE HAD PROCEEDED ALONG WITHOUT THEM, AND NOW AS A CONSOLIDATED UTILITY, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LEADERSHIP THAT THEY'VE SHOWN AND PRESENTED TO YOU ON THESE, THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL NEED TO ALWAYS STAY INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC POLICY FORUM. THE ADDITIONAL PIECE THAT THEY SHARED WITH YOU, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT INSIGHT AS TO HOW TO MANAGE THIS ISSUE, IS THEY CALLED IT A LIVING DOCUMENT. AND SO THAT IS INSTRUCTIVE AS WELL. AND THAT REPRESENTS THEIR COMMITMENT TO DO THIS DIANA'S COMMITMENT, THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE DOCUMENT, AS I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, PLANNING, IMPLEMENTING AND ADAPTING IS ALWAYS A CRITICAL FUNCTION. SO INHERENTLY THESE PRIORITIES CAN SHIFT CHANGE, NEW ONES CAN BE ADDED. IT'S INCUMBENT TO RETAIN THAT PERSPECTIVE AS THE BOARD WORKING WITH STAFF THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THESE AND SEEING WHAT HELP, WHAT HELPS, WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT DEVELOPS. RIGHT. UM, TO GET DOWN INTO DETAIL FOR A MOMENT ON PURE WATER, SOCAL. SO THE BOARD HAD PREVIOUSLY, UH, APPROVED TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON LETTER OF INTENT WITH METROPOLITAN. UM, AND IT'S INSTRUCTIVE BY THE VERY TERM OF WHAT THAT'S CALLED, LETTER OF INTENT. UH, IT'S NOT A COMMITMENT TO DO THE PROJECT, IT'S NOT A COMMITMENT TO GO FORWARD. IT IS A COMMITMENT TO HAVE THE INTENTION TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH METROPOLITAN ON PURE WATER. SOCAL. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE VERY NATURE OF THE RESOURCE BEING PRESENTED CARRIES WITH IT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD OF METROPOLITAN HAS YET TO DECIDE. THAT IS THE PRICE OF THE WATER AT WHICH IT WILL BE SOLD. SO, COMMITMENTS TO THE PROJECT ARE ALL WELL AND GOOD. HOWEVER, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, IF WE BROUGHT ANYTHING TO YOU, IT WOULD BE FOR PRICE AND TERMS THAT WE ACCEPT IT. SO WE CAN RETAIN A COMMITMENT TO THE RESOURCE LIKE DIANA WAS POINTING OUT. WE CAN RETAIN A COMMITMENT TO ADVANCED TREATED RECYCLED WATER FOR THE REGION. WE CAN EVEN SUPPORT PURE WATER SOCAL TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S A RESOURCE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THAT LONG BEACH HAS COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF NEGOTIATIONS, PRICE, AND TERMS. SO THAT'S THE, THE NUANCES IN CREATING THESE POLICY PRINCIPLES FOR, FOR A PROJECT ITSELF. THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO THANK OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY FOR INDULGING US ON WANDERING MAYBE A BIT A FIELD OF THE ACTUAL, UH, ITEM. BUT THIS HAS BEEN VERY EDUCATIONAL, VERY INSTRUCTIVE. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. UM, I INVITE, UH, DIANA OR NICK TO PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR RECOMMENDATION SO WE CAN MAKE A VOTE. GREAT. THANK YOU PRESIDENT SCOTT. AND BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE RECOMMENDATION, I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK NICK FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS DOCUMENT AND BRINGING THE DEPARTMENT TRULY TOGETHER FOR A VERY PRACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL DISCUSSION. UM, TONY AND KEVIN FOR THEIR SUBJECT MA MATTER EXPERTISE ON GAS, [01:35:01] JENNIFER, FOR HER AND MIKE KBOX ON SEWER. AND THEN OF COURSE, TY, I DON'T SEE TY IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT TY AND Y AND A NUMBER OF FOLKS ON THE WATER SIDE. SO THIS, THIS DOCUMENT TRULY REFLECTS, UM, THROUGH NICK'S LEADERSHIP, UH, THE, THE IMPORTANCE AND THE VALUES OF OUR OPERATIONAL STAFF IN HERE. YEAH, I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT POINT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE FACE OF THIS TODAY, BUT IT IS REALLY A TEAM EFFORT. AND AS I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE HAS DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO SHAPE THIS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL. IT'S A GREAT, UM, [11. 25-56830 Recommendation to adopt Resolution No. UT-1543 which amends and restates Resolution No. WD-1355, establishing the following standing committees: (i) a Finance Committee; (ii) a Communications Committee; (iii) an Infrastructure Committee; (iv) a Planning Committee; and (v) a Resources Committee; and have the President of the Board appoint members and designate the Chair of each committee.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] COLLABORATIVE PROJECT. SO THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THAT. AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION, , UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED 20 25, 26 PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES DOCUMENT FOR THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL MANAGER TO ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO THE PARAMETERS ADOPTED. RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, I WAS THIS GONNA MOVE THE MOTION? OH, YEP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, SO WE HAD A ROBUST Q AND A. UH, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? AND, UH, ONE LAST CHANCE. ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AND ANY OF OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU BOTH. UH, MOVING ON. ITEM NUMBER 11, ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER UT 1 15 43, WHICH AMENDS AND RESTATE RESOLUTION NUMBER WD DASH 1 3 55, ESTABLISHING THE FOLLOWING STANDING COMMITTEES. UH, I A FINANCE COMMITTEE, NO, I'M SORRY. NUMBER ONE, A FINANCE COMMITTEE. NUMBER TWO, COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE NUMBER THREE, INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, NUMBER FOUR, PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND FIVE A RESOURCES COMMITTEE. AND HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF APPOINT MEMBERS AND DESIGNATE THE CHAIR OF EACH COMMITTEE. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. YOU WANT A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, UH, THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE GENERAL MANAGER FELL. AGAIN, THIS IS A REMINDER TO READ THE PRESIDENT'S SCRIPT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING. UM, NO, THE, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, UM, HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES WITHIN IT. ONE IS TO HAVE A COMMITTEE STRUCTURE NOW THAT IS MORE FUNCTIONAL BASED, UH, WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THE UTILITY, AND THAT IT ALIGNS THEN WITH THE CHAIRS OF THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES. THEY CAN THEN SPEAK TO REPRESENTATIVE STAFF AND ASK THEM TO BRING ITEMS. UM, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT IS THE FUNCTION, NOT THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE UTILITY. SO AS AN ITEM IS IDENTIFIED FOR THE COMMITTEE, THEN STAFF WILL ORGANIZE ITSELF WITH ALL ITS RESPECTIVE AREAS THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST AND BRING TO YOU THE ITEM OR THE TOPIC WHICH IS DESIRED FOR THE COMMITTEE. AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THESE ARE, UH, INSTRUCTIVE TO BE STANDING COMMITTEES. THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT, AND THEREFORE THEY HAVE A CERTAIN FREQUENCY. UM, IN INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT SCOTT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING, UH, APPROXIMATELY QUARTERLY IN THE RESOLUTION, IT SAYS 2.5 MONTHS, AND THAT GIVES YOU AN INTENTION ON THEIR MEETING. UM, MY PERSPECTIVE AS GENERAL MANAGER IS THAT I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT SCOTT AND BRING IN A CERTAIN CADENCE AND CYCLE TO THE COMMITTEES THEMSELVES, AND THEN ALSO BEGIN TO WORK WITH THE RESPECTIVE CHAIRS AND WITH PRESIDENT SCOTT. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE TOPICS THAT NEED TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, IT WILL ALLOW FOR A MORE BROADER, INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION, MORE CONVERSATIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT TOPICS. AND INVARIABLY, IF SOMETHING COMES UP FROM THERE, UNDOUBTEDLY AS MORE DETAILED SURFACES, WE CAN THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR FULL DISCUSSION. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT COMMITTEES DO NOT HAVE ACTIONABLE, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES AS A COMMITTEE. THEY MERELY HAVE JUST INFORMATIONAL AND ADVISORY TO JUST HEAR THINGS. UM, AND WITH THAT, UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. AND I PUT IT BACK TO YOU, PRESIDENT SCOTT. THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? AND I WILL START THE COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW. UH, ANATOL, I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S, THIS HAS BEEN A, A, A MEDIUM DUTY LIFT. UM, BUT I, I FEEL AS THOUGH IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP STREAMLINE OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, UH, AND REALLY, UH, ACTIVATE OUR COMMITTEES, WHICH HAVE, HAVE BEEN, UH, NOT AS ACTIVE AS, AS THEY PROBABLY COULD BE. UM, I JUST WANNA LET EACH OF THE, UM, FUTURE CHAIRS KNOW THAT IT'S MY INTENTION TO MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY, UM, TO DESCRIBE, UH, THE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMITTEES, THE TITLE, DESCRIPTION, UH, WHO THE EXECUTIVE LEAD WILL BE, UH, CORE FUNCTIONS, SCOPE OF OVERSIGHT, STRATEGIC OB OBJECTIVE, ET CETERA. SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL MEET INDIVIDUALLY AND, AND GO THROUGH THESE THINGS SO THAT YOU'RE WELL PREPARED TO, UH, HAVE PRODUCTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND, [12. 25-56908 Recommendation to receive and file the General Manager’s Monthly Report for September and October 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] AND BRING THINGS BACK [01:40:01] TO THIS, TO THIS BODY. SO, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? RIGHT. SEEING NONE, UH, MAY I PLEASE CALL ON DI UH, DINA FOR A ROLL CALL? VOTE VICE PRESIDENT CORDERO. YES. SECRETARY PARKIN. COMMISSIONER MCGUIRE? YES. COMMISSIONER AUSTIN AND PRESIDENT SCOTT. THANK YOU. SO THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. AND MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER 12, RECEIVE AND FILE THE GENERAL MANAGER'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 2025. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? PLEASE RECEIVE AND FILE. SECOND, UH, THANK YOU. UH, CALL ON GENERAL MANAGER. THANK, THANK YOU PRESIDENT SCOTT. SO I HAD JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR YOU IN THE GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT. I WANNA FOCUS ON THE FIRST ONE FOR A MOMENT. UH, STATEWIDE WATER PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES PRESENTATION ON ITS EFFORTS TO MODEL SCENARIOS OF WATER MANAGEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO ADDRESS FUTURE CLIMATE IMPACTS. SO YOU CAN READ THAT IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP AT NIGHT. THE, THE KEY THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT REPEATEDLY TIME AND AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE THE DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT, THERE'S THESE DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THIS MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. AND WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF IT AND WHY IS IT NEEDED? UM, IN THE MEDIA SPACE, YOU CAN HEAR REPORTS OF ALL KINDS, INCLUDING FROM THOSE THAT FEEL THAT THERE'S NOTHING TO BE GAINED, UH, FROM THE PROJECT. IT WAS INSTRUCTED THAT AT A MEMBER AGENCY MANAGERS MEETING, WE ACTUALLY HEARD, UH, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, UM, A NEW REPORT THAT THEY HAVE ISSUED ON THE IMPACTS THAT THE PROJECT IS SUFFERING. UH, AND IN THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE BENEFITS THAT DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STATE WATER PROJECT WOULD DELIVER. I INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL REPORT FOR YOU A SUMMARY, UM, OF SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS OF THAT. BUT I ALSO HANDED OUT TO YOU THIS MORNING THIS DOCUMENT, AND I, I JUST WANNA POINT TO IT FOR A MOMENT TO, UH, CONVEY PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL BUT IS SOMETIMES MISSING FROM THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE. AND THAT'S THAT GRAPH THAT YOU SEE AT THE VERY TOP, UM, LEFT TO RIGHT IS THE PROGRESSION IN TIME AT THE VERY FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE THE YEAR 2085, AND SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE YOU SEE THE YEAR 2043. AND THAT'S NOT TOO FAR AWAY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE BIG HU HULKING CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS. THREE THINGS ABOUT THAT GRAPH, THE EXISTING STATE WATER PROJECT, IF NOTHING IS DONE. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE OPERATING AND MAINTAINING EVERY YEAR THAT THAT PART'S DONE. BUT THERE'S SOME CRITICAL THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE BUILT, REBUILT, REHABBED, REDONE. AND IF YOU DON'T COMMIT TO THAT, THEN THAT RED LINE, YOU CAN SEE THAT LONG ARCING DETERIORATION OF THE SYSTEM, UH, METROPOLITAN GETS ABOUT HALF OF THE WATER SUPPLY. AND RIGHT NOW IT GETS HALF OF WHERE THAT DOT ORIGINALLY STARTS AT 2023, WHERE THAT RED LINE STARTS. THAT'S JUST OVER 2 MILLION ACRE FEET. THAT IN ESSENCE, IS HOW METROPOLITAN GETS ITS COMMITMENT TO A MILLION ACRE FEET. IF YOU FOLLOW THIS LONG ARCING DOWNWARD SPIRAL, THEN THE EXISTING SYSTEM IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. AS IT STANDS TODAY, CLIMATE IMPACTS SUBSIDENCE IMPACTS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. DETERIORATING CHANGES IN RAIN AND SNOWFALL CAN LEAD TO THE SYSTEM DECLINING TO THE POINT WHERE IT, BY 2043 AND 20 YEARS CANNOT EVEN DELIVER HALF A MILLION ACRE FEET. METROPOLITAN'S CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS IS HALF OF WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE. SO BY 2043 WITHOUT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEM, METROPOLITAN NO LONGER GETS A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF A MILLION ACRE FEET. ON AVERAGE, IT GETS ESSENTIALLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRE FEET ON AVERAGE. SO WHAT DOES THE DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT AND ADDITIONAL THINGS ON THE STATE WATER PROJECT, WHAT DWR HAS COMMITTED MUST BE DONE? WHAT DOES IT DO FOR THEM? WELL, IF YOU START MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM WITH SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, BUT NOT THE DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT, YOU GET THAT GRAY ZONE IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S CALLED MAINTAIN SYSTEM. AND THE REASON THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A BLOB IS BECAUSE THE FUTURE'S UNPREDICTABLE. SO NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU COMMIT THE MONEY TO DO SOMETHING, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO RESPOND. SO EVEN WITH BASIC INVESTMENT TO MAINTAIN A SOLID SYSTEM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BOTTOM END OF THAT, OF THAT BLOB STILL REPRESENTS A DETERIORATION OF SYSTEM RELIABILITY FROM 2 MILLION ACRE FEET TO LESS THAN [01:45:01] ONE AND A HALF MILLION ACRE FEET. METROPOLITAN CONVERSELY, WOULD NO LONGER COUNT ON A MILLION ACRE FEET OF AVERAGE SUPPLY. IT WOULD COUNT ON MAYBE 300 AND, UH, 750,000 ACRE FEET A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. SO WHAT DOES DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT DO? SO DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT REPRESENTS WHAT THE TOP PART, THAT BLUE BLOB OF COMBINATION, WHAT IT CAN POTENTIALLY DO. AND THAT'S INSTRUCTIVE TOO, BECAUSE IN THE DEBATE OVER THE DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT, YOU WILL HEAR MANY OF THE CRITICS SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE INVESTING THIS MONEY FOR. IT DOESN'T INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF SUPPLY TO ANY SIGNIFICANT DEGREE. AND THE BLUE BLOB KIND OF BRINGS THAT TO THE FRONT. THE VERY BOTTOM END OF THE BLUE BLOB IS STILL A DECLINE OF THE 2 MILLION ACRE FEET POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE TO THE PROJECT, BUT NOT AS MUCH ON THE TOP END OF IT. THERE'S POTENTIALLY AN IMPROVEMENT, IT COULD RISE TO ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION ACRE FEET OR JUST SLIGHTLY HIGHER. AND IT'S TRUE THAT THOSE ARE IMPROVEMENTS ARE SUBSTANTIAL. THE THING THAT YOU MAY FIND IN HEARING ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT IS NOT EMBEDDED WITHIN THE CRITICISM IS THAT RED LINE, THE REASON DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IT DOES, BUT NOTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE COMPARED TO THAT RED LINE. AND THAT RED LINE IS SIGNIFICANT AND IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL FUNCTIONS THAT THE STATE IS FACING GOING FUTURE. SO THAT IS THE, THE SUMMARY ON THE STATEWIDE WATER RESOURCES, UM, A LEGAL MATTER. THE SECOND ITEM IN THE STATE WATER PROJECT, THE COURT OF APPEAL REVERSES THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION HALTING PRE-CONSTRUCTION VIA TECHNICAL SOIL TESTING FOR THE DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT. I TRIED TO INSERT MY LEGAL UNDERSTANDING OF IT. MARSHA CORRECTED ME THAT I'M AN ENGINEER, NOT A LAWYER. SO I, I REMOVED THAT AND I LEFT IT MERELY TO SAY THAT THESE ARE TYPICAL ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE PROJECT THAT IS SUBJECT TO CQA AND AN EIR. AND THESE ARE THE STUDY ACTIVITIES THAT YOU DO. YOU TECHNICALLY HAVE THE APPROVED PROJECT UNDER THE EIR, AND NOW YOU'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS AS AN ENGINEER DOING ALL THE TECHNICAL STUDIES NECESSARY. IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE TO DRILL SOME HOLES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TUNNEL THROUGH. CRITICS OF THE PROJECT HAD MOUNTED A LEGAL CAMPAIGN AND IT ACTUALLY SOUGHT AN INJUNCTION AGAINST WHAT WAS BEING TERMED AS ROUTINE AVERAGE ENGINEERING STUDIES. AND THE COURT FINALLY FOUND IN FAVOR OF DWR AND SAID THAT THOSE STUDIES CAN CONTINUE AND THOSE ACTIVITIES, AND THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THAT. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN TERMS OF REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT, THERE IS A NEW METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT GENERAL MANAGER. HIS NAME IS SHAJI DE CJI IS A WELL-RESPECTED, UH, WATER REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF YEARS OF MANAGEMENT. MOST RECENTLY, HE'S THE GENERAL MANAGER OF INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY, UH, WHICH UNDERLIES THE CHINO BASIN AND IS OUT IN, UH, EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. I THINK IMPORTANT TO NOTE, FOR ME NOTE PARTICULARLY IS THAT SHAJI IS A CIVIL ENGINEER, UH, WITH ALL DUE APOLOGIES TO COMMISSIONER PARKIN, UM, THE LATE GREAT BOB SHANNON AS WELL. METROPOLITAN, HISTORICALLY HAS HAD AN ATTORNEY AS GENERAL MANAGER, INCLUDING JEFF KLINGER. UM, THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD. I SERVED UNDER SOME OF THEM. I THOUGHT IT WAS FANTASTIC. AT THE SAME TIME, BEING AN ENGINEER, I'M VERY PROUD THAT IT IS A CIVIL ENGINEER WHO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT. I THINK THEY BRING A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE, AND SO WE WELCOME SHAJI AND ALL THE MEMBER AGENCIES ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? LORI? I JUST WANNA THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA SECOND THAT, UM, THE SELECTION OF THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER, UM, TOOK A LOT OF THOUGHT AND TIME AND, UM, A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON WHAT REALLY WHERE WE WANTED TO GO. UM, I THINK SHAJI IS GONNA BE AN EXCELLENT GENERAL MANAGER. UM, HE DOES BRING A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT NUANCE AS OPPOSED TO BEING AN ATTORNEY. I THINK THAT'S GREAT FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING AND METROPOLITAN. BUT IT ALSO WAS HIS STYLE OF LEADERSHIP. I THINK HE, UM, IS VERY APPROACHABLE. UM, HE, HE SEEMS VERY WILLING TO COME IN AND WANNA LEARN. HE'S NOT COLORADO RIVER. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING HIM UP, NOT ME, BUT A LOT OF US BRINGING HIM UP TO SPEED ON THAT. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE DIFFERING THINGS ON WHAT THE BOARD WANTED AND WHO THEY WANTED BASED ON WHO THEY KNEW AND WHAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THEM. BUT IN THE END, IT WAS UNANIMOUS AND EVERYONE AGREED THAT HE WOULD BE, UH, A GOOD, GOOD, UH, NEXT LEADER FOR, FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR AGENCY. SO, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO WE HAVE A, UH, FIRST AND A SECOND, UH, TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE GENERAL MANAGER'S MONTHLY REPORT. [01:50:01] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THE MOTION, UH, RECEIVING FILE PASSES. THANK YOU. UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM? [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.] SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. I DO HAVE A HOUSEKEEPING QUESTION. UH, IS IT THE EXPECTATION THAT I MAKE, UH, COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AT THIS TIME DURING [ANNOUNCEMENTS] MY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR WILL THOSE JUST BE HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY? ADAM, YOU'RE FREE TO HANDLE THEM ADMINISTRATIVELY SO LONG AS YOU ANNOUNCE THEM AT THE NEXT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING, OR IF YOU PREFER TO DO SO, YOU CAN DO SO NOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, I WILL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY THEN, UH, UNDER THE COMMENTS SECTION, UH, TO MAKE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, UH, OUR FOUR COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN REALIGNED INTO FIVE, UH, COMMITTEES. UH, AND THE INTENTION WAS EACH COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE A COMMISSIONER AS THE CHAIR, AND THEN EACH COMMITTEE, UH, EACH COMMISSIONER WOULD ALSO BE A COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, OF A COMMITTEE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO, UH, AND AS WELL AS EACH OF THE FIVE COMMITTEES, UH, WILL ALSO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE LEAD. SO WHAT I'LL READ HERE WILL BE THE, UH, THE, THE TITLE OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, WHO THE EXECUTIVE LEAD IS, AND THEN THE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SO FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, UH, EXECUTIVE LEAD WILL BE S UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR AL AUSTIN, AND COMMITTEE MEMBER CHARLIE PARKIN, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE, UH, LEAD WILL BE OUR NEW SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. UH, AND ANTO, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH HIS NAME? THAT IS THOMAS BECKEL. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR WILL BE MYSELF. UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER WILL BE, UH, COMMISSIONER MCGUIRE. UH, THE RESOURCES COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE LEAD WILL BE DEAN WONG. DEAN WANG, SORRY. UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR WILL BE GLORIA CORDERO AND COMMITTEE MEMBER AL AUSTIN. UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE LEAD WILL BE STEPHANIE CLERY. UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR WILL BE CHARLES PERKIN AND COMMITTEE MEMBER WILL BE MYSELF. AND THEN FINALLY, COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE LEAD. DIANA TANG. UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR WILL BE GINA MCGUIRE AND COMMITTEE MEMBER GLORIA CORDERO. THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR VALIN TO, FOR THOSE POSITIONS. VOLUNTOLD. UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO ROLLING THESE COMMITTEES OUT AND, UM, UH, GIVING EVERYONE A, UH, EVERY COMMITTEE CHAIR AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, KIND OF FEEL THE VISION AND, AND SEE WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE HEADED ON THIS. SO WE WILL MEET INDIVIDUALLY TO DISCUSS THAT. THANK YOU. UM, SECONDLY, SO IN CONSULTATION WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER AND IN AN EFFORT TO STREAMLINE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS, UH, THE BOARD WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A CONSENT CALENDAR STARTING AT OUR NEXT MEETING. UH, I BELIEVE THIS CHANGE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANCING THE LONG-TERM EFFICIENCY, RESILIENCY, TRANSPARENCY OF OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, UH, WHILE ENSURING ALIGNMENT WITH CITY'S BROADER STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES. UH, IF ANY COMMISSIONER OBJECTS OR WANTS TO DISCUSS THIS, UH, THIS PROPOSAL, UH, WE CAN IZE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. OR IF, UH, IF I HEAR NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL JUST PROCEED WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR STARTING NEXT MEETING. ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? RIGHT. SEEING NONE. SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, ESTABLISHING SOME, SOME CRITERIA FOR WHAT'S GOING TO GO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I, I'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, UH, OUR GENERAL MANAGER AND STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE, UH, NON, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? NON, UH, THANK YOU NON-CONFRONTATIONAL, UH, ORDERS OF JUST REGULAR ORDERS OF BUSINESS, UM, AND EASY TO UH, EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD BE IN A CONSENT CALENDAR. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, JUST VERY BRIEFLY. UM, I JUST WANNA THANK DIANA AND THE GROUP, WHOEVER PUT TOGETHER, NICK, I'M SURE, ALONG WITH CHARLES GALE FROM METROPOLITAN FOR TOMORROW. WATER MATTERS. UM, I THINK WE HAVE 70 PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAVE, UH, RSVP. UM, IT SHOULD BE A REALLY GOOD EVENT. IT IS, UH, LED BY METROPOLITAN, BUT A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING'S DONE BY THIS AGENCY. UM, SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO [01:55:01] EVERYONE'S ATTENDANCE, HOPEFULLY. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? AND DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER REPORT? OH, NO, I HAVE NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. SORRY, I HAVE THAT IN MY NOTES, SO THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. SO HEARING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.