[17:38] We're going to just look at it and we're

[17:41] going to see how how much it pulled you.

[17:47] Natalie forced me.

[22:05] Audio test. One, two, three.

[25:51] was telling me that someone broke into

[25:55] the city hall

[25:57] >> on New Year's Day. Someone broke.

[29:58] Good morning to our attendees, city

[30:00] staff, executives uh who are joining us

[30:02] here in the bure the board hearing room.

[30:04] If there's any member of the public who

[30:06] wishes to offer public comment or

[30:08] commentary on any of our agendaized

[30:09] items, please fill out a speaker card

[30:11] located in the back of the room on top

[30:14] of the table. indicate which item you'd

[30:15] like to speak on and hand it to me. I'll

[30:18] record your information for the record

[30:19] and call upon you when we reach your

[30:20] item.

[30:25] It is 9:52 and we should get started

[30:27] with the board meeting in approximately

[30:29] 8 minutes.

[34:34] Good morning once again to our attendees

[34:36] who are joining us here in the hearing

[34:37] room. City staff, executives, members of

[34:40] the public. I am just again asking if

[34:44] anyone would like to offer public

[34:46] comment to please fill out a speaker

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[34:49] I'm also providing audio input just to

[34:51] verify that we are coming through loud

[34:53] and clear on our platforms. YouTube and

[34:58] Zoom.

[35:02] And I'm just going to continue to

[35:04] provide a little bit of audio until I

[35:07] receive confirmation that we are coming

[35:09] through.

[35:24] And just confirming that we have

[35:26] received confirmation that Zoom is good

[35:28] and just awaiting confirmation on

[35:31] YouTube. The YouTube broadcast is the

[35:33] board of public works own channel. It is

[35:36] linked on the agendas on all agendas

[35:41] and it is archived on the board's

[35:42] website dpw.lac.org.

[36:00] And for attendees who may be

[36:02] experiencing an issue with the zoom link

[36:09] on the board's that is linked from the

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[36:29] and then you enter in the meeting ID

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[44:55] audio test. Good morning. Good morning

[44:56] to our city staff, executives, attendees

[45:00] here at the board of public works

[45:02] hearing room. I apologize for the late

[45:03] start. If there's any members of the

[45:05] public who wish to offer commentary,

[45:07] please fill out a speaker card located

[45:08] in the back of the room. They're on the

[45:10] table in the back. Indicate which item

[45:12] you'd like to speak on and hand it to

[45:14] me. And good morning as well to our

[45:16] attendees who are joining us on the

[45:17] virtual platform. I do see a number of

[45:19] hands raised. I'm going to go through

[45:20] and ask which items you'd like to offer

[45:22] commentary on. If you'd please raise

[45:25] your hand. I will ask you to identify

[45:27] yourself and which item you'd like to

[45:28] speak on. I'll record your information

[45:30] and then I will call upon you when we

[45:32] reach your item. Good morning, Georgina.

[45:34] >> Good morning, TJ. I hope you had a happy

[45:37] » Good morning, TJ. I hope you had a happy

[45:37] holidays and a great new year.

[45:39] >> Thank you. Would you like to offer a

[45:41] » Thank you. Would you like to offer a

[45:41] public commentary this morning?

[45:42] >> Public commentary and all agenda items,

[45:45] » Public commentary and all agenda items,

[45:45] please.

[45:46] >> Thank you.

[45:47] » Thank you.

[45:47] I'm gonna go ahead and put you back on

[45:49] mute and lower your hand.

[45:54] Good morning.

[45:57] >> Good morning, TJ and commission. Um, I

[45:59] » Good morning, TJ and commission. Um, I

[45:59] would like to speak to public agenda

[46:01] item and all agenda items, please. I

[46:03] mean, public comment and all agenda

[46:05] items.

[46:05] >> Very, very well. Thank you, Audit LA. I

[46:07] » Very, very well. Thank you, Audit LA. I

[46:07] have you for public comments on all

[46:09] agenda items. I'm going to go ahead and

[46:10] put you back on mute, Lauren. Laura FM.

[46:13] Good morning.

[46:19] Uh, this is Miriam.

[46:21] >> Good morning, Miriam.

[46:23] » Good morning, Miriam.

[46:24] >> Yeah, I would like the public comment,

[46:26] » Yeah, I would like the public comment,

[46:26] please.

[46:27] >> Thank you. I'm going to go ahead and put

[46:30] » Thank you. I'm going to go ahead and put

[46:30] you back on mute and lower your hand.

[46:35] » Gigi, good morning.

[46:39] So I would like general public comment

[46:42] minutes number three and number six.

[46:48] » Thank you Gigi. I have you done for

[46:50] multiple agenda item commentary and

[46:52] general public comments. I'm going to go

[46:54] ahead and put you back on mute lower

[46:56] hand and Laura FM.

[47:00] » Good morning board and TJ. Yes, I would

[47:03] like to do general public comment and on

[47:05] all on all agenda items, please.

[47:08] >> Very well. Thank you, Laura. I have you

[47:09] » Very well. Thank you, Laura. I have you

[47:09] down for public comment on all agenda

[47:11] items. I'm going to go ahead and put you

[47:12] back on mute. Laurianne, there's any

[47:14] other member of the public who wishes to

[47:16] offer commentary, please raise your hand

[47:17] at this time.

[47:19] And if there's any member of the public

[47:21] who wishes to offer public comment,

[47:22] please let speaker card look in the in

[47:24] the back of the room and hand it to me.

[47:26] We are going to get started with the

[47:27] meeting momentarily. Thank you. And

[47:29] again, I apologize for the slight delay.

[47:51] delay for

[48:04] you.

[48:28] And we're in record mode and ready to

[48:30] begin. President King.

[48:33] >> All right. Good morning everybody and

[48:35] » All right. Good morning everybody and

[48:35] happy new year. Uh, welcome to the

[48:37] regularly scheduled meeting of the board

[48:38] of public works for Monday, January 5th,

[48:41] 2026.

[48:43] Mr. Knight, please take role and

[48:45] establish quorum.

[48:46] >> Thank you, President Kang, President

[48:47] » Thank you, President Kang, President

[48:47] King, Vice President Chavez, President

[48:48] Prom Grant, Commissioner Mitchell, and

[48:50] Commissioner Cardinis are present. We do

[48:52] have a quorum this morning. We are

[48:53] joined by city attorney representative

[48:55] Virginia Choy. I'm TJ Knight with the

[48:57] board of public works. President King,

[48:59] we have uh no speaker cards here in the

[49:02] hearing room. We have five public

[49:04] comments and four multiple agenda item

[49:07] commenters on this virtual platform.

[49:09] We've received no neighborhood council

[49:11] commentary this morning.

[49:12] >> Thank you very much. So before we get

[49:14] » Thank you very much. So before we get

[49:14] started with general public comment, a

[49:16] quick note item number two which is on

[49:19] consent has been continued to January

[49:21] 9th, 2026.

[49:23] With that, we will get started with

[49:25] general public comment, which is an

[49:26] opportunity for the public to address

[49:28] the board on public interest items and

[49:30] will be provided up to one minute per

[49:31] person up to a cumulative total of 10

[49:33] minutes for the general public comment

[49:35] segment of each regular meeting.

[49:37] Testimony shall be limited in content to

[49:39] subject matters which are within

[49:40] jurisdiction of the board of public

[49:41] works. The board may not take any action

[49:43] on any matters discussed during the

[49:45] public comment period. We do not have

[49:47] any in-person speakers today, so we will

[49:49] transition to our virtual platform.

[49:52] Thank you, President Kang. We'll go

[49:54] ahead and start with Georgina. Georgina,

[49:56] you have 60 seconds to offer your public

[49:58] comment.

[49:59] >> Thank you, board. Thank you, TJ. Uh

[50:02] » Thank you, board. Thank you, TJ. Uh

[50:02] again, I hope everyone had lovely

[50:04] holidays and I wish them all the best in

[50:06] the new year to come. Um in the new year

[50:09] to come, I would like to see uh

[50:12] Scientology have their permits revoked.

[50:16] They abuse every permit they're given,

[50:18] and yet you continually give them new

[50:20] permits. I don't understand why this

[50:23] continues to happen unless uh you are in

[50:26] their pockets as well as the LAPD

[50:29] and that's very concerning to me and

[50:32] needs to be looked into. Um I don't

[50:35] understand why we have a street named

[50:37] after a cult leader in the first place.

[50:40] Even if you just consider it a religion

[50:42] and a church leader, we don't have other

[50:44] streets in this country named after

[50:46] religions or church leaders. We don't

[50:48] have a Jesus Christ way. We don't have a

[50:51] Muhammad or Buddha way. That needs to be

[50:54] addressed. It needs to be changed. It's

[50:55] a violation of separation of church and

[50:58] state. And rest in peace, Ivonne.

[51:01] >> Thank you. And we'll move next to Adale.

[51:05] » Thank you. And we'll move next to Adale.

[51:05] Adal, please unmute. You have 60

[51:07] seconds. Stop your public.

[51:09] >> Good morning. And I hope everyone had a

[51:11] » Good morning. And I hope everyone had a

[51:11] wonderful um break. Um, one person will

[51:14] not be calling in anymore and someone

[51:17] Yavon and but we're but the you know but

[51:21] we're going to continue with her with us

[51:23] in spirit to keep asking you and you all

[51:26] know behind the scenes how much work she

[51:29] put in to try to get you to understand

[51:32] what you're what kind of a cult you're

[51:33] dealing with that how you're not abiding

[51:36] by the own rules of this city that you

[51:38] know that you're and everything you know

[51:40] firsthand um all the emails and

[51:43] everything that she tried to do to get

[51:45] this fixed. And so, in her honor, I just

[51:49] want to say that we are going to

[51:51] continue to beg you to, you know, really

[51:54] wake up and realize that you guys are

[51:57] the one that can get the city BSS to

[52:00] follow actually follow the rules. You

[52:02] have a right to tell them no that they

[52:04] don't get it. It's not any kind of

[52:06] attack on them. It's they don't abide by

[52:08] the rules. They do not follow any

[52:11] permit. safe not 60 seconds and we'll

[52:14] move next to Lara FM.

[52:20] » So again, I want to also uh thank Yavon

[52:24] for calling in. I know you guys know who

[52:26] we're talking about. she passed away.

[52:29] And if there's anybody in this city who

[52:32] can help based off of everything she has

[52:34] said over the last two years, all the

[52:36] research, everything she's done, you

[52:39] guys have enough information to do

[52:41] something about it. This is somebody who

[52:43] gave the last of her life to helping

[52:46] expose Scientology's infiltration of the

[52:49] city. She's no longer with us. Someday,

[52:52] President King, you no longer will be

[52:53] with us. Someday, I won't be here. But

[52:56] what we do need to do is address

[52:58] Scientology's infiltration. Stop giving

[53:00] them permits. Stop allowing all of these

[53:03] things to happen. Every single one of

[53:05] you on the board is listening right now.

[53:07] I know you're listening. So you guys all

[53:09] can do individually something that will

[53:12] stop this from allowing to happen.

[53:14] There's a way to say, "Okay, no more

[53:16] permits for Scientology. Every single

[53:18] permit is violated or abused." Every

[53:21] permit is abusive. Scientology. 60

[53:24] seconds and we'll move next to Miriam.

[53:28] Miriam, go ahead.

[53:30] >> Thank you. Uh I hope everyone's had a

[53:33] » Thank you. Uh I hope everyone's had a

[53:33] had a nice holiday and uh it's going to

[53:36] have a great year this year.

[53:38] Unfortunately, it's a new year, but the

[53:41] same old story and uh I also want to

[53:45] give my condolences uh related to

[53:48] Ivonne's passing. I really wish we can

[53:51] uh make a change here this year

[53:53] regarding the permits start to take

[53:56] action.

[53:57] This is uh part of uh a bigger

[54:00] infiltration of Scientology in the in

[54:03] the government uh inside the Los Angeles

[54:07] and uh we will be continuing to expose

[54:10] it uh in Ivonne's name and all the

[54:13] victims of Scientology's name going

[54:16] forward until there's none of us left.

[54:19] So, I really hope you're going to be

[54:21] able to work with us this year. That's

[54:23] all. Thank you.

[54:26] >> And we'll move next to you, Gigi.

[54:32] » So, Ivonne was one of the few people

[54:35] that would read through the packets for

[54:37] the agenda. She would read through

[54:40] thousands of pages. She would come to

[54:42] you with very specific facts that no one

[54:46] else took the time to read through those

[54:48] packets. and she would have all those

[54:50] facts. She would tell you specific

[54:52] addresses, specific permit numbers. And

[54:56] you guys need to go back and you need to

[54:58] look into what she was telling you. She

[55:00] had all the information. She was giving

[55:03] you all the information. She would

[55:06] explain certain things that you guys

[55:08] were allowed to do that maybe you guys

[55:10] might not know you have the power to do.

[55:12] Maybe you didn't know it was in your

[55:13] purview. But Ivonne is very special. She

[55:17] cannot be replaced.

[55:18] But she gave you all the information.

[55:21] Please reflect on what she's told you in

[55:23] the past and do something about what she

[55:26] had said. Thank you. I yield my time.

[55:31] >> And President King, that uh concludes

[55:33] » And President King, that uh concludes

[55:33] the public commenters. However, I do see

[55:35] an additional hand raised on the virtual

[55:37] platform. If you like, I can ask.

[55:38] >> Yes, please.

[55:39] » Yes, please.

[55:39] >> Uh Nora, I see that your hand is raised.

[55:41] » Uh Nora, I see that your hand is raised.

[55:41] Would you like to offer public

[55:42] commentary this morning?

[55:46] You should be receiving a pop-up asking

[55:48] you to unmute.

[55:50] >> Sorry, I missed the popup. Can you hear

[55:51] » Sorry, I missed the popup. Can you hear

[55:51] me? Okay.

[55:52] >> Yes. Yes. Would you like to offer

[55:54] » Yes. Yes. Would you like to offer

[55:54] comment?

[55:55] >> Yes.

[55:56] » Yes.

[55:56] >> Okay, go ahead. You have 60 seconds.

[55:58] » Okay, go ahead. You have 60 seconds.

[55:58] >> Thank you. Um, I too am calling in about

[56:01] » Thank you. Um, I too am calling in about

[56:01] Scientology's

[56:03] uh barrage of permits that you guys keep

[56:04] issuing. And I want to remind the

[56:06] council that when they ask for these

[56:08] permits, they are not fully disclosing

[56:11] the activity of the event that they're

[56:13] doing. They say they're doing an Easter

[56:15] event, they're doing a Christmas event,

[56:17] they're going to have toys and blah blah

[56:18] blah. They do not disclose that every

[56:20] single event they hold on their property

[56:22] is a fundraising activity, which is a

[56:24] violation of uh your uh section special

[56:29] event application 41.20.1.

[56:32] All of that is supposed to be fully

[56:34] disclosed. There is no event that

[56:36] Zientology puts on where they are not uh

[56:39] demanding money from their adherence and

[56:42] getting that money. It does not go

[56:43] directly to benefit as the charter

[56:46] states uh to those people there. It goes

[56:48] into a slush fund overseas uh in the

[56:51] Cayman Islands and on Cyprus where it is

[56:54] not used for the benefit of anyone in

[56:57] the community or any singular

[56:59] scientologist other than David Mscapage.

[57:01] >> That's 60 seconds. And President Kang,

[57:03] » That's 60 seconds. And President Kang,

[57:03] that concludes public comment for

[57:05] today's meeting.

[57:06] >> Thank you very much. Uh with that we

[57:08] » Thank you very much. Uh with that we

[57:08] will close general public comment

[57:10] portion of today's meeting and move

[57:11] forward with multiple agenda item public

[57:13] comment. The board will provide an

[57:14] opportunity for members of the public

[57:16] wishing to speak on more than one agenda

[57:19] item during multiple agenda item comment

[57:21] period for up to a minute per item up to

[57:23] a total of three minutes per meeting.

[57:25] This is the only time to speak on more

[57:26] than one agenda item. And please

[57:29] identify the items that you will speak

[57:30] on when you are called. We will

[57:32] transition to our virtual platform.

[57:34] >> Thank you, President Kang. We'll go

[57:35] » Thank you, President Kang. We'll go

[57:35] ahead and start with Georgina followed

[57:37] by audit LA. Georgina,

[57:40] please and you have three minutes to

[57:42] offer your comment. Please indicate.

[57:43] >> Thank you. I'm just going to speak on

[57:45] » Thank you. I'm just going to speak on

[57:45] minutes so I only need a minute. Thank

[57:47] you.

[57:48] >> Okay, go ahead. You have 60 seconds.

[57:50] » Okay, go ahead. You have 60 seconds.

[57:50] >> Yeah, I'm just not composed enough to

[57:53] » Yeah, I'm just not composed enough to

[57:53] delve into the other agenda items.

[57:55] Ivonne would have been have read the

[57:58] whole packet and be completely composed.

[58:00] and the fact that she's not reflected in

[58:03] the minutes. Her voice is not recorded

[58:05] for posterity, for all the contributions

[58:08] she made to um this movement is really

[58:12] sad. She put a lot of work into it and

[58:15] it should be accessible in the minutes

[58:18] to to go back and reflect on the points

[58:21] that she made and that all of us have

[58:23] made. We've been calling in uh

[58:25] consistently trying to get our voices

[58:27] heard and by not including us in the

[58:30] minutes, you're silencing our voices and

[58:32] you've silenced her voice and she was a

[58:35] valuable contribution. Thank you. I

[58:38] yield back my time.

[58:41] >> And we'll move next to Audit LA followed

[58:43] » And we'll move next to Audit LA followed

[58:43] by Laura FM.

[58:45] >> Yeah, I'm um we're I'm struggling too.

[58:48] » Yeah, I'm um we're I'm struggling too.

[58:48] And um can you hear me?

[58:50] >> Yes, go ahead.

[58:51] » Yes, go ahead.

[58:51] >> Okay. Yeah, we I we just found out last

[58:54] » Okay. Yeah, we I we just found out last

[58:54] night, you know, she passed suddenly and

[58:58] um I consider her a friend and she

[59:01] worked tirelessly

[59:03] and her voice is silenced not only at

[59:06] these meetings now, but also like I'm

[59:09] going to say too on the minutes. It

[59:11] would have been nice to have that

[59:13] catalog and history of all the effort

[59:17] she put in cuz it's true she read every

[59:20] last packet. Um she was something

[59:24] similar to an engineer. I'm not sure

[59:25] exactly. She was able to speak way more

[59:28] intelligently on any of this than I

[59:32] could and and so I I I'm saddened that

[59:35] her voice is silenced in so many ways.

[59:38] Um, I do want to move on to number three

[59:40] though with the theater. Um, you know,

[59:44] like I and Javon loved theater, so she

[59:46] would be disagreeing with me on this. I

[59:48] know she'd be really happy and say yes,

[59:50] do the theater where I'm more of like

[59:53] the, you know, want to say let's

[59:55] preserve the money for other things. Um,

[59:58] we have so much going on in this city

[1:00:00] that and I love theater too, don't get

[1:00:02] me wrong, but um, I used to be in drama

[1:00:05] club and stuff, but we have so much

[1:00:07] going on with sidewalks and just the

[1:00:10] fact that like um, my insurance company

[1:00:13] is discussing replacing my brand new

[1:00:15] chair because it has caster wheels and

[1:00:19] they're already tired with how many

[1:00:20] replacements they've had to do in the

[1:00:22] past what six months that I've had this

[1:00:24] chair. And so we need every dime

[1:00:28] basically. That's not Yeah. We need our

[1:00:30] water, we need our streets, we need we

[1:00:33] need the infrastructure, and we

[1:00:35] desperately need our sidewalks taken

[1:00:37] care of. Um the next one I want to do is

[1:00:41] when it comes to um the bidding, I I see

[1:00:44] the low bidder and also you're going to

[1:00:46] be putting bids. And again, I just want

[1:00:49] to put that awareness that prior to um

[1:00:54] getting involved with this, I had no

[1:00:55] idea that there's labor trafficking

[1:00:58] still now current in America, but there

[1:01:01] is. It is not just Scientology. Um and

[1:01:04] there's they keep Yes, they keep it on

[1:01:06] their compounds. They, you know, it's

[1:01:08] all within their um permits and

[1:01:11] everything, you know, but other there's

[1:01:13] other agencies entities too that do

[1:01:15] labor trafficking. um they make all the

[1:01:18] money, they hire people way below the

[1:01:20] wages, they're not treated well. And so

[1:01:23] I I I just always want to put that out

[1:01:26] there that this there is a lot of labor

[1:01:28] abuse. Not everything is unionized and

[1:01:32] um and that please keep an awareness of

[1:01:35] that. I also want to talk about NC's and

[1:01:38] a reminder that they are not given

[1:01:40] enough time to fully be able to come to

[1:01:43] public works as you know because of the

[1:01:45] timing of things they don't get the same

[1:01:47] amount of time that they get because it

[1:01:49] doesn't go up through committee

[1:01:50] >> and that's three minutes. Thank you.

[1:01:52] » and that's three minutes. Thank you.

[1:01:52] We'll move next to Lara FM followed by

[1:01:54] Gigi.

[1:01:59] » Hi. Okay. So, I'm also gonna talk about

[1:02:03] um the minutes here and just a reminder

[1:02:06] if everyone on the board can really I

[1:02:08] think the real word here guys is

[1:02:11] divorce. Divorce doesn't happen very

[1:02:13] easily, right? It takes time. There's a

[1:02:16] whole legal system, the judge, the mom,

[1:02:18] the dad, the kids, right? So much has

[1:02:20] happened. So, reflecting on the minutes,

[1:02:23] we're going through a divorce. You guys

[1:02:25] have to divorce yourself from

[1:02:26] Scientology. I know that's hard. It's

[1:02:29] not fun. You're so used to just giving

[1:02:32] them permits. It's the normal thing. But

[1:02:34] you're used to is actually causing so

[1:02:37] much child family damage,

[1:02:41] horrible damage to every person, whether

[1:02:44] family, child member, whatever it is,

[1:02:45] anybody, anybody connected to

[1:02:48] Scientology and the permits that you

[1:02:50] guys keep giving them, okay, is the

[1:02:53] thing allowing all this abuse. It

[1:02:56] doesn't seem like a big deal to you. And

[1:02:57] if it does, you have to start doing

[1:02:59] something about it. This year, 2026, is

[1:03:03] the year that the public would like to

[1:03:05] see on the minutes a reflection of

[1:03:07] something showing that me, Nora, Tori,

[1:03:10] Audit, Antics, all these people, Ganja.

[1:03:14] >> I'm I'm going to go ahead and put you on

[1:03:16] » I'm I'm going to go ahead and put you on

[1:03:16] mute, Laura. Uh that's 60 seconds. Are

[1:03:18] you still uh interested in commenting on

[1:03:20] other agenda items or have you completed

[1:03:23] your uh agenda item commentary?

[1:03:26] It was an overall agenda to divorce

[1:03:28] divorce yourself from other members on

[1:03:30] the agenda items. I know you see you're

[1:03:32] working with even

[1:03:34] >> Thank you. And we'll move on to uh Gigi.

[1:03:40] » Can you hear me?

[1:03:41] >> Yes. Go ahead.

[1:03:43] » Yes. Go ahead.

[1:03:43] >> Okay. So, I I want to speak on the

[1:03:47] » Okay. So, I I want to speak on the

[1:03:47] minutes for December 12, 2025.

[1:03:50] The minutes are the official record.

[1:03:52] They should reflect what concerns were

[1:03:54] raised.

[1:03:55] Some of these concerns have been raised

[1:03:58] before. When that happens, the minutes

[1:04:01] should reflect that uh continuity.

[1:04:05] I'm asking that unresolved public

[1:04:07] comments be accurately reflected before

[1:04:10] the minutes are approved.

[1:04:13] On item three,

[1:04:16] um the Madrid theater. Okay. I'm not as

[1:04:20] smart as Ivonne. I tried reading through

[1:04:22] stuff, but to me, this looks like it's a

[1:04:24] revised funding table. Like the amount

[1:04:27] stays the same, but the allocations, the

[1:04:29] contingencies, they change. When

[1:04:31] funding's like revised, you should be

[1:04:35] explaining to the public on record, like

[1:04:37] in simple terms what the changes are.

[1:04:40] Like a lot of this is complicated for

[1:04:42] people that are not Ivons. A lot of us

[1:04:45] don't understand this. I wish that

[1:04:47] things were explained better, but um

[1:04:51] number six,

[1:04:53] uh this is the is this the cycle track.

[1:04:56] Um this item involves a contract award

[1:04:59] following a second rebid. Rebids usually

[1:05:02] indicate issues in earlier attempts and

[1:05:05] it's important for the public to

[1:05:06] understand what those issues were and

[1:05:08] what has changed. So again, I'm asking

[1:05:10] you to make it more clear for the

[1:05:12] general public to understand what you

[1:05:14] guys are even talking about because we

[1:05:16] are not all yonss. We don't know all

[1:05:18] this stuff. Thank you. I yield my time.

[1:05:25] » Uh President King, that concludes

[1:05:27] multiple agenda item commentary.

[1:05:29] >> Thank you very much. With that, we will

[1:05:30] » Thank you very much. With that, we will

[1:05:30] close the multiple item public comment

[1:05:32] portion of today's meeting and move

[1:05:34] forward with the approval of minutes for

[1:05:36] Friday, December 12th, 2025.

[1:05:39] Commissioners, any questions or

[1:05:40] comments? Seeing no other discussion

[1:05:42] there first and a second.

[1:05:44] >> So move second.

[1:05:45] » So move second.

[1:05:45] >> First by Commissioner Cardinis, seconded

[1:05:47] » First by Commissioner Cardinis, seconded

[1:05:47] by uh President Proim Grant.

[1:05:49] >> Thank you. President Kang will take roll

[1:05:50] » Thank you. President Kang will take roll

[1:05:50] call vote on approval of minutes

[1:05:52] starting with you. President Kang

[1:05:53] >> I.

[1:05:53] » I.

[1:05:53] >> Vice President Chavez.

[1:05:54] » Vice President Chavez.

[1:05:54] >> Hi.

[1:05:54] » Hi.

[1:05:54] >> President Prom Grant.

[1:05:55] » President Prom Grant.

[1:05:55] >> Hi.

[1:05:56] » Hi.

[1:05:56] >> Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.

[1:05:57] » Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.

[1:05:57] >> And Commissioner Card.

[1:05:58] » And Commissioner Card.

[1:05:58] >> Hi.

[1:05:58] » Hi.

[1:05:58] >> All eyes. And this item is approved

[1:06:00] » All eyes. And this item is approved

[1:06:00] unanimous.

[1:06:01] >> Thank you very much. And moving forward

[1:06:04] » Thank you very much. And moving forward

[1:06:04] to our agenda item uh number one three

[1:06:10] uh which are on consent number two has

[1:06:12] been continued to January 9th 2026.

[1:06:15] Um I'll move. Is there a second?

[1:06:19] >> Second.

[1:06:19] » Second.

[1:06:19] >> Seconded by Commissioner Cardness.

[1:06:22] » Seconded by Commissioner Cardness.

[1:06:22] >> Thank you. President Kang will take a

[1:06:23] » Thank you. President Kang will take a

[1:06:23] roll call vote on approval of items one

[1:06:25] and three. Starting with you, President

[1:06:26] Kang.

[1:06:26] >> Hi.

[1:06:27] » Hi.

[1:06:27] >> Vice President Chavez. Hi.

[1:06:28] » Vice President Chavez. Hi.

[1:06:28] >> President Proim Grant.

[1:06:29] » President Proim Grant.

[1:06:29] >> Hi.

[1:06:30] » Hi.

[1:06:30] >> Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.

[1:06:31] » Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.

[1:06:31] >> And Commissioner Cardness.

[1:06:32] » And Commissioner Cardness.

[1:06:32] >> Hi. All eyes and these items are

[1:06:33] » Hi. All eyes and these items are

[1:06:33] approved unanimous.

[1:06:35] >> Thank you very much. Uh we'll quick and

[1:06:39] » Thank you very much. Uh we'll quick and

[1:06:39] we'll go to item number four uh for

[1:06:42] council district 12 revised task orders

[1:06:45] order solicitation number 11 tetrate

[1:06:48] tech.

[1:06:56] » Please turn on the mic.

[1:06:59] There's there should be a little button.

[1:07:00] Yes. slide it up.

[1:07:03] There should be a button or like a

[1:07:07] >> Good morning. Good morning,

[1:07:08] » Good morning. Good morning,

[1:07:08] commissioners. Uh, my name is Roshan.

[1:07:12] Um,

[1:07:14] >> okay.

[1:07:18] » Sorry.

[1:07:20] >> Thank you.

[1:07:21] » Thank you.

[1:07:21] >> Good morning, commissioners. My name is

[1:07:22] » Good morning, commissioners. My name is

[1:07:22] Roshanakand.

[1:07:24] I'm here today to request that the board

[1:07:27] authorize a revision to task order

[1:07:29] solicitation number 11 to Tetratech,

[1:07:31] Inc. from the pre-qualified on call

[1:07:34] wastewater and environmental engineering

[1:07:36] services consultant list. This revision

[1:07:39] increases the budget authority by

[1:07:41] $200,000

[1:07:43] from $882,36

[1:07:46] to1 million82,36

[1:07:51] including contingency for design

[1:07:53] services and design support during

[1:07:54] bidden award for the Alisio Creek Limek

[1:07:57] Creek restoration project. Some

[1:08:00] background on this project. Proposition

[1:08:02] O author authorization and funding for

[1:08:05] the project were approved in February

[1:08:07] 2014. The project is located in council

[1:08:11] district 12 at the junction of Eliso and

[1:08:13] Limekill Creeks in the Northridge

[1:08:16] neighborhood within the Los Angeles

[1:08:18] River watershed. The project aims to

[1:08:20] improve water quality in Lisa Creek,

[1:08:23] Limekill Creek, and the Los Angeles

[1:08:25] River by constructing storm water best

[1:08:28] management practices, BMPPS, to capture

[1:08:31] and treat runoff before it enters the

[1:08:33] waterways. Key proposed BMPs include

[1:08:36] storm water diversion facilities, a pump

[1:08:39] station and hydrodnamic separators,

[1:08:42] screening and vegetated detention and

[1:08:44] retention basins.

[1:08:46] On July 12th, 2017, um the board

[1:08:50] approved issuing a soul source to number

[1:08:53] 11 in the amount of $256,936

[1:08:59] to continue design services bidden award

[1:09:01] support and design support during

[1:09:03] construction that had begun under

[1:09:05] previous contract in February 2014. The

[1:09:09] board approved the revision that

[1:09:10] increased budget authority to $882,36

[1:09:17] on February 23rd, 2022.

[1:09:21] On April 21st, 2021, city council

[1:09:24] authorized an increase to the Alisa

[1:09:27] Creek Lumpin Creek project budget from

[1:09:30] 10 million 940,800

[1:09:34] um $89 to 16,140,89

[1:09:39] due to permitting fees of dated building

[1:09:42] codes and construction cost escalation.

[1:09:46] This task order is funded by Proposition

[1:09:49] O clean water bond and measure W safe

[1:09:51] clean water program. Regarding the

[1:09:54] current status and phasing of this

[1:09:56] project, the project is approximately

[1:09:58] 95% through design. A revised

[1:10:02] construction estimate prepared in

[1:10:05] September 2023 projected costs at $23.3

[1:10:09] million, bringing the total project cost

[1:10:13] to $29.3 million. Due to the budget

[1:10:17] limitation, the project will now be

[1:10:19] delivered in two phases as approved by

[1:10:21] city council in February 2025.

[1:10:25] Um and we have the council file number

[1:10:29] 13-1526-4

[1:10:32] for that purpose. Phase one will include

[1:10:35] two diversion structures, one pump

[1:10:38] station, one hydrodnamic separator, two

[1:10:41] bio retention basins and pathway

[1:10:43] lighting estimated at $16.1 million.

[1:10:47] Phase two will include one diversion

[1:10:50] structure, one pump station, one

[1:10:52] hydrodnamic separator, and three

[1:10:54] additional bioret bio retention basins

[1:10:58] estimated at $17.99

[1:11:02] million.

[1:11:05] Regarding the additional scope of work,

[1:11:07] the purpose of this task order revision

[1:11:09] is to increase the budget authority from

[1:11:12] $882,36

[1:11:15] to1,82,35.

[1:11:19] The budget increases uh the budget this

[1:11:21] budget increase is needed to separate

[1:11:23] design packages into two phases which

[1:11:26] has civil, structural, landscaping,

[1:11:28] irrigation, and mechanical components.

[1:11:31] Um, also we're going to have to make

[1:11:33] design revisions that include reta

[1:11:36] retaining curb walls, parking lot

[1:11:38] restoration and LA fire department

[1:11:40] access, tree protection zones, and a

[1:11:43] second water meter, relocation of

[1:11:45] transformer to LA DWP access,

[1:11:49] supervisory control and data acquisition

[1:11:52] system updates for remote operation from

[1:11:55] Venice pump station.

[1:11:58] provide permit support for Los Angeles

[1:12:00] building and safety, fire department,

[1:12:02] Bureau of Sanitation for low impact

[1:12:04] development clearance, California Water

[1:12:07] Board, LA County Flood Control and

[1:12:11] Southern California Railroad Authority

[1:12:13] and also develop an operations and

[1:12:15] maintenance plan outlining

[1:12:17] responsibilities between recreation and

[1:12:19] park um and sanitation sanitation

[1:12:23] regarding um the business inclusion

[1:12:26] program. Tetrate Tech was not able to

[1:12:28] meet city goals for women business

[1:12:31] enterprise and small business enterprise

[1:12:33] since Robert Group was unavailable to

[1:12:36] and declined to participate in the

[1:12:38] project outreach efforts. LA sanitation

[1:12:41] public office will be used to conduct

[1:12:44] public outreach activities in order to

[1:12:46] minimize further delays to the project

[1:12:49] schedule. Tetratech can identify a

[1:12:52] suitable disadvantaged

[1:12:54] veteran business enterprise consultant

[1:12:56] to perform any of the remaining tasks

[1:12:59] specific to the project. They will

[1:13:01] continue to pursue

[1:13:03] minority, women, small, emerging and

[1:13:07] disadvantaged veteran business

[1:13:09] enterprise participation opportunities

[1:13:11] as part of future task order efforts.

[1:13:15] Under the previous task order that ended

[1:13:17] in 2017, the city established

[1:13:21] minority business enterprise and women

[1:13:23] business enterprise goals for

[1:13:25] consultants. Tetrate techch achieved

[1:13:27] their pledges for that prior task.

[1:13:32] Uh regarding funding, the additional

[1:13:34] funding required to increase the task

[1:13:37] order is provided by measure W municipal

[1:13:39] safe clean water fund. That concludes my

[1:13:43] um presentation.

[1:13:46] >> Thank you very much, commissioners. Any

[1:13:47] » Thank you very much, commissioners. Any

[1:13:48] questions or comments related to this

[1:13:50] item?

[1:13:51] >> Commissioner Cardness.

[1:13:53] » Commissioner Cardness.

[1:13:53] >> Yeah,

[1:13:54] » Yeah,

[1:13:54] sorry about that.

[1:13:58] » Uh question. Did I hear correctly the

[1:14:01] the project the construction project is

[1:14:03] going to be split up into two phases and

[1:14:05] the first phase is 16 million. The

[1:14:07] second phase is 17 million roughly.

[1:14:10] >> That's that's correct. That's a total of

[1:14:12] » That's that's correct. That's a total of

[1:14:12] 33 million. What was the original cost

[1:14:14] estimate for the construction?

[1:14:16] >> Um I don't have that number um ready

[1:14:20] » Um I don't have that number um ready

[1:14:20] with me. I can I can dig into it, but uh

[1:14:23] there was a there was a reason for all

[1:14:25] of these costs. Um one of the reasons

[1:14:28] was the agreement between LA San and LA

[1:14:32] County. Um and there was a scope change.

[1:14:36] So LA sanitation they needed to they for

[1:14:39] their operational purposes and also

[1:14:41] through that negotiation between the LA

[1:14:43] county they requested additional scope

[1:14:45] of work. Another um component of this

[1:14:48] escalation

[1:14:50] um was that building codes changed so

[1:14:52] the design had to be upgraded to include

[1:14:55] all of those building code changes. Um

[1:14:58] and also it was 2021 so there was um

[1:15:02] yeah there was a cost escalation that

[1:15:04] was incorporated into um into uh that

[1:15:08] increase. So these are the components of

[1:15:10] >> all right you can get back to me on that

[1:15:12] » all right you can get back to me on that

[1:15:12] on the original cost please.

[1:15:14] >> Yes I will.

[1:15:14] » Yes I will.

[1:15:14] >> Thank you.

[1:15:15] » Thank you.

[1:15:15] >> Yes.

[1:15:16] » Yes.

[1:15:16] >> Thank you very much. Any additional

[1:15:18] » Thank you very much. Any additional

[1:15:18] questions or comments on this items? All

[1:15:21] right. Seeing none. Is there a first and

[1:15:23] a second?

[1:15:24] >> So move.

[1:15:25] » So move.

[1:15:25] >> Second. First by President Proim Grant,

[1:15:28] » Second. First by President Proim Grant,

[1:15:28] seconded by Vice President Chavez.

[1:15:29] >> Thank you. President Kang will take a

[1:15:30] » Thank you. President Kang will take a

[1:15:30] roll call vote on approval of item four.

[1:15:32] Starting with you, President Kang.

[1:15:34] >> I.

[1:15:34] » I.

[1:15:34] >> Vice President Chavez.

[1:15:35] » Vice President Chavez.

[1:15:35] >> Hi.

[1:15:35] » Hi.

[1:15:35] >> President Pro Tim Grant.

[1:15:36] » President Pro Tim Grant.

[1:15:36] >> Hi.

[1:15:37] » Hi.

[1:15:37] >> Commissioner Mitchell.

[1:15:37] » Commissioner Mitchell.

[1:15:37] >> Hi.

[1:15:38] » Hi.

[1:15:38] >> And Commissioner Cardes. Hi. All eyes.

[1:15:39] » And Commissioner Cardes. Hi. All eyes.

[1:15:40] Item four is approved unanimous.

[1:15:42] >> Thank you very much. Moving on to item

[1:15:44] » Thank you very much. Moving on to item

[1:15:44] number five, which is a true tree tree

[1:15:46] removal at 4172 North Rosario Road and

[1:15:51] 4157

[1:15:52] North Marcos Road in Council District 3.

[1:15:58] Good morning, honorable Board of Public

[1:15:59] Works. I'm Brian Ramirez with the

[1:16:01] Streets LA uh urban forestry division

[1:16:04] bringing before you a request for this

[1:16:06] board to approve the removal of five

[1:16:08] protected trees for the construction of

[1:16:11] a new single family dwelling uh relative

[1:16:14] to a city planning case. Um the trees

[1:16:17] being proposed for removal are four

[1:16:19] coastlive oak trees and one toyon shrub.

[1:16:23] uh for the history of this project. The

[1:16:25] uh the applicant is proposing to build a

[1:16:27] new two-story

[1:16:29] um single family dwelling. Uh the total

[1:16:33] proposed res residential floor area is

[1:16:36] uh 3,587

[1:16:38] ft. Uh this uh project is uh being

[1:16:41] proposed uh across two different lots or

[1:16:45] two two separate lots um more accurately

[1:16:47] saying it. and uh the the lot

[1:16:52] um the vacant lots cumulative cumulative

[1:16:56] cumulatively

[1:16:57] uh measure 9,190

[1:17:00] ft. Uh for this project, the property

[1:17:03] owner acquired the services of a tree

[1:17:05] expert who assessed the the property

[1:17:08] relative to the impact to the trees and

[1:17:10] a street LA arborist subsequently went

[1:17:12] out and inspected the site, verified

[1:17:14] that the pro uh the protected tree

[1:17:16] report was accurate and um agreed that

[1:17:19] the uh five trees would need to be

[1:17:22] removed. The five trees are in poor to

[1:17:25] good condition and they measure

[1:17:27] approximately 10 to 26 in in diameter by

[1:17:31] 10 to 35 ft in height. The uh three of

[1:17:35] these uh trees, the coastlive oaks are

[1:17:37] being uh removed due to being directly

[1:17:40] in the footprint of the home and an

[1:17:42] additional oak and a toyon shrub are

[1:17:45] being removed for the installation of a

[1:17:47] retaining wall on towards the side of

[1:17:49] the property. uh Streets LA does seek to

[1:17:52] preserve uh mature healthy trees

[1:17:53] whenever possible and for this project

[1:17:56] um it it's notable that there was a

[1:17:59] total of 20 trees uh of which five are

[1:18:02] being removed which leaves 15 other

[1:18:04] trees that are being preserved in place

[1:18:06] throughout construction. Uh as part of

[1:18:09] the condition, if this board approves

[1:18:11] the removal of these trees and shrubs,

[1:18:13] the applicant shall plant uh 16 24inch

[1:18:16] box coastlive oak trees and four

[1:18:19] 15gallon uh toyon shrubs on the project

[1:18:24] site. And these trees um survival of the

[1:18:27] trees will be guaranteed by a a bond

[1:18:30] posting of a bond um to ensure that they

[1:18:34] they remain within the property as uh as

[1:18:37] it pertains to the California

[1:18:38] Environmental Quality Act. The

[1:18:40] department of city planning actually

[1:18:42] prepared and uh adopted the categorical

[1:18:45] exemption for this project determining

[1:18:47] that a uh section

[1:18:50] uh section 15303 class 3 um uh SQA

[1:18:55] exemption was appropriate. There was no

[1:18:58] significant impact for this for this

[1:19:00] project. As far as public notifications,

[1:19:02] the the third council district was

[1:19:04] informed of the removals of these trees

[1:19:07] and the uh Streets LA uh also posted the

[1:19:12] uh the website with the tree removal

[1:19:15] details to to inform the uh the public.

[1:19:18] Um that concludes my presentation here

[1:19:22] before the board and I'm happy to take

[1:19:24] any questions that you may have at this

[1:19:26] time.

[1:19:28] >> Thank you, colleagues. Any questions?

[1:19:33] » Seeing none, do we have a motion?

[1:19:34] >> So move.

[1:19:35] » So move.

[1:19:35] >> Second.

[1:19:36] » Second.

[1:19:36] >> We have a first by Prom Grant, second by

[1:19:38] » We have a first by Prom Grant, second by

[1:19:38] Commissioner Cardinness.

[1:19:39] >> Thank you, Vice President Chavez. We'll

[1:19:41] » Thank you, Vice President Chavez. We'll

[1:19:41] take a roll call vote. And for the

[1:19:42] record, uh, President King stepped out

[1:19:44] at approximately 10:40 this morning. Uh,

[1:19:47] so we'll take a roll call vote on

[1:19:48] approval of item five with a first by

[1:19:50] uh, Commissioner Prom Grant and the

[1:19:52] second by Commissioner Cardness. We'll

[1:19:54] start the roll call with uh, Vice

[1:19:55] President Chavez. I

[1:19:57] >> President Pro Grant.

[1:19:58] » President Pro Grant.

[1:19:58] >> Hi,

[1:19:58] » Hi,

[1:19:58] >> Commissioner Mitchell.

[1:19:59] » Commissioner Mitchell.

[1:19:59] >> Hi,

[1:19:59] » Hi,

[1:19:59] >> and Commissioner Cardin.

[1:20:00] » and Commissioner Cardin.

[1:20:00] >> Hi.

[1:20:01] » Hi.

[1:20:01] >> All eyes. And this item adop is adopted

[1:20:03] » All eyes. And this item adop is adopted

[1:20:03] and will move forward for them.

[1:20:04] >> Thank you. Thank you, commissioners.

[1:20:06] » Thank you. Thank you, commissioners.

[1:20:06] >> Thank you. All right. Next, we have uh

[1:20:09] » Thank you. All right. Next, we have uh

[1:20:09] item number six, which is a joint

[1:20:11] report, Bureau of Engineering, Contract

[1:20:13] Administration.

[1:20:16] >> Hi, good morning, commissioners. Uh my

[1:20:17] » Hi, good morning, commissioners. Uh my

[1:20:18] name is George Hang from the Bureau of

[1:20:19] Engineering. Uh the item before the

[1:20:21] board today is to award a construction

[1:20:23] contract um for the Chandler Boulevard

[1:20:26] cycle track gap closure project. Uh this

[1:20:28] project will construct uh new protected

[1:20:31] bike lanes uh along Chandler Boulevard

[1:20:33] between Lyhorn Avenue and Vineland

[1:20:35] Avenue which will complete um a bike

[1:20:38] network closure uh of about 21 miles to

[1:20:42] provide continuous uh bike route from

[1:20:44] Chadzsworth to downtown Burbank. Uh the

[1:20:47] scope of work will include uh new

[1:20:49] transit platform, curb ramps, sidewalk,

[1:20:52] curb and gutters, street pavement uh

[1:20:54] reconstruction and overlay and traffic

[1:20:57] signal striping uh enhancements and also

[1:21:00] street lighting improvements. Um with

[1:21:03] that I would like to transition to uh

[1:21:06] our project manager who will give a bit

[1:21:07] more about the project background and

[1:21:09] the bidding process and the contract

[1:21:11] review process as well. Thank you.

[1:21:17] Good morning, commissioners. My name is

[1:21:19] Katherine Mendoza from the Bure of

[1:21:21] Engineering. I am a project manager with

[1:21:22] the Street Improvement Division.

[1:21:25] This project was first advertised on

[1:21:27] February 21st, 2024, for which we

[1:21:29] received no bids.

[1:21:31] On May 3rd, 2024, BOE readvertised the

[1:21:35] project. We received a sold bid in the

[1:21:38] amount of 10,711,872

[1:21:44] which was more than 164% higher than our

[1:21:47] city engineers estimate of 4,45,845.

[1:21:54] The board of public works rejected the

[1:21:56] so bid on August 21st, 2024.

[1:22:00] After the first rebed, BOE solicitated

[1:22:02] feedback from the so better to

[1:22:04] incorporate areas of improvement to the

[1:22:06] contract documents to increase better

[1:22:08] participation and scope understanding.

[1:22:11] The project was readvertised for a

[1:22:13] second time on May 28, 2025.

[1:22:16] Five bids were received on July 9, 2025

[1:22:20] from Environmental Construction,

[1:22:21] Griffith Company, Torah Enterprises,

[1:22:24] Screen Building Corporation, and Excel

[1:22:26] Paving.

[1:22:27] The lowest responsible bidder,

[1:22:29] Environmental Construction, presented a

[1:22:31] base amount of 6,822,62169,

[1:22:38] which is 110% higher than our city

[1:22:41] engineers estimate of 3,243,874.

[1:22:48] The most significant bid item cost

[1:22:50] disparity between the city engineers

[1:22:52] estimate and all five biders, including

[1:22:55] the lowest bidder, were in traffic

[1:22:57] signal, striping, and streetlining bid

[1:23:00] items, which accounts for over 75% of

[1:23:03] the project scope of work. Traffic

[1:23:06] control requirements, and the 22% DB

[1:23:08] participation go may have contributed to

[1:23:11] the higher bid prices. Many DBE firms

[1:23:14] that perform these specialty items are

[1:23:16] smaller in size and have limited

[1:23:18] capacity compared to larger nondeb

[1:23:21] contractors.

[1:23:23] As a result, these DBE firms may have

[1:23:26] increased overhead costs and risk which

[1:23:28] is reflected in higher subcontractor

[1:23:30] pricing. The project was advertised with

[1:23:33] a DB go of 22%. The lowest better

[1:23:36] pledged a DB commitment of 24.90%.

[1:23:40] Despite the higher bids received, we

[1:23:42] recommend proceeding with the award of

[1:23:44] the construction contract to the lowest

[1:23:46] bidder to the lowest responsible bidder

[1:23:48] environmental construction. The project

[1:23:51] is federally funded by the congestion

[1:23:53] mitigation and air quality fund and

[1:23:55] state funded by their priority

[1:23:57] legislative budget projects earm fund.

[1:24:01] Additional funding comes from the road

[1:24:03] maintenance and rehabilitation special

[1:24:05] fund senate bill one. That concludes my

[1:24:08] report. We are available for any

[1:24:10] questions you may have. Thank you.

[1:24:14] » All right. Thank you so much.

[1:24:15] Colleagues, questions on this item.

[1:24:18] >> Commissioner Cordes.

[1:24:19] » Commissioner Cordes.

[1:24:19] >> Yeah, just a question. With all

[1:24:21] » Yeah, just a question. With all

[1:24:21] everything going on with street lighting

[1:24:23] and the copper wire thefts, has it what

[1:24:27] are there mitigation procedures for the

[1:24:30] street lighting so that you know as soon

[1:24:32] as it's constructed, we don't have any

[1:24:33] issues with copper wire theft with uh

[1:24:36] the the new lights?

[1:24:38] Um on some of our other projects, some

[1:24:40] of the mitigations we are applying is

[1:24:42] the modified burn test um due to like

[1:24:46] certain theft and regulatory theft that

[1:24:49] has been going on on several project

[1:24:50] locations. Um so we've been in close

[1:24:53] coordination with BSL um and other

[1:24:56] projects. Uh so that's a um option that

[1:24:59] may be available um in case that should

[1:25:02] present itself in this project.

[1:25:04] >> You're saying it's an option. H explain

[1:25:07] » You're saying it's an option. H explain

[1:25:07] to me how it's an option to possibly

[1:25:10] prevent the theft. I'm I'm just curious.

[1:25:13] >> Maybe some of your colleagues can answer

[1:25:14] » Maybe some of your colleagues can answer

[1:25:14] that if they like.

[1:25:18] >> Thank you. Um my name is Malik. I'm the

[1:25:20] » Thank you. Um my name is Malik. I'm the

[1:25:20] >> Right into the mic, please.

[1:25:22] » Right into the mic, please.

[1:25:22] >> Thank you. Um my name is Mam Malik. I'm

[1:25:24] » Thank you. Um my name is Mam Malik. I'm

[1:25:24] the civil engineer in charge of this

[1:25:25] group. We have received a direct

[1:25:28] directive from BSL to start bearing all

[1:25:31] these pill boxes. So while our plans

[1:25:34] were generated and uh advertised before

[1:25:36] this director went out, we'll be working

[1:25:38] with all these contractors to complete

[1:25:40] this work. However, now when you have to

[1:25:43] start bearing these pill boxes, that

[1:25:45] might be a change order for this

[1:25:46] project. Correct. Again, it wasn't

[1:25:48] advertised that way. But this is the

[1:25:50] directive we're going to be working with

[1:25:51] on all contractors moving forward as

[1:25:53] you've already seen the impact with all

[1:25:55] this staff and all our projects.

[1:25:58] >> Well, thank you. I just wanted to make

[1:25:59] » Well, thank you. I just wanted to make

[1:25:59] sure you were working with BSL and using

[1:26:01] their their best practices.

[1:26:02] >> Mhm.

[1:26:03] » Mhm.

[1:26:03] >> And I understand it was after the after

[1:26:05] » And I understand it was after the after

[1:26:05] the project. So there'll be there'll be

[1:26:07] change orders to make that uh that

[1:26:09] change.

[1:26:09] >> Yeah. But that I we all know that's the

[1:26:11] » Yeah. But that I we all know that's the

[1:26:11] best way to move forward. And on some of

[1:26:13] our projects, we face hundreds of

[1:26:15] thousands of damages because of this

[1:26:17] issue.

[1:26:17] >> Yeah. Correct. Thank you.

[1:26:19] » Yeah. Correct. Thank you.

[1:26:19] >> Thank you.

[1:26:21] » Thank you.

[1:26:21] >> Colleagues, any other questions?

[1:26:25] » Colleagues, any other questions?

[1:26:25] Um,

[1:26:27] I know that this project was riddled

[1:26:29] with a lot of complications.

[1:26:32] Um,

[1:26:34] especially with the original engineers

[1:26:36] estimate being

[1:26:38] less than half of the um lowest bid

[1:26:44] received. Um, and so I just I I know you

[1:26:47] spoke to it a little bit, but just

[1:26:49] wanted to see if there was um an

[1:26:53] analysis done comparing what the you

[1:26:56] know estimate assumptions were against

[1:26:58] the actual bidline items.

[1:27:02] >> Yeah. Certain

[1:27:04] » Yeah. Certain

[1:27:04] Yeah, certainly. Uh when when we go uh

[1:27:07] prepare our city engineers estimate, we

[1:27:09] always look at recent bids. BOE uh has a

[1:27:12] database of um recent bid uh projects

[1:27:15] that come in. Uh so we look at uh

[1:27:18] identical um bid item descriptions or

[1:27:20] similar um and also quantities as well.

[1:27:24] Um and then we use that to um calculate

[1:27:27] our unit prices that we're going to

[1:27:29] apply into our city engineers estimate.

[1:27:31] In this case, it it it looks like most

[1:27:34] of the civil work like the sidewalk,

[1:27:36] concrete, curb and gutter did align in

[1:27:39] more closely to um our estimate

[1:27:43] and the bids. Um but I think where we

[1:27:45] came at a much fur bigger disc uh

[1:27:48] disparity was in the the traffic and the

[1:27:50] street lighting items. Those are a

[1:27:53] little bit hard for us to quantify uh

[1:27:55] and in terms of the unit prices because

[1:27:58] um a lot of times they're they're done

[1:28:00] as a specialty work by the subsc

[1:28:03] contractors and um a lot of times with

[1:28:06] the the disadvantaged business

[1:28:08] enterprise requirements, the DBE um some

[1:28:11] sometimes they may be a little bit

[1:28:13] higher than than maybe other uh

[1:28:15] contractors who who have bigger

[1:28:17] resources than than the than some of the

[1:28:19] smaller uh subcontractors.

[1:28:22] Um, but I I know we're working closely

[1:28:24] with LA DOT to to update these unit

[1:28:28] prices. So, we anticipate we'll be more

[1:28:30] closer in line on on future projects.

[1:28:32] Um, and and also just want to point out

[1:28:35] like we have in this case we have five

[1:28:38] other we did have five biders and it

[1:28:40] looks like all the bidders at least were

[1:28:43] 100% higher. So they're bidding kind of

[1:28:45] similar around to what um all the all

[1:28:49] the five biders were were at least 100%

[1:28:51] over our estimate. So it's I I I think

[1:28:55] maybe it's kind of our estimate in terms

[1:28:57] of um that we have to to update uh to be

[1:29:00] more closer in line with the market

[1:29:01] prices.

[1:29:03] >> Yes. And I guess that's kind of my

[1:29:05] » Yes. And I guess that's kind of my

[1:29:05] question is, you know, um given that

[1:29:08] data that you you received, um where all

[1:29:11] the bids were kind of around the same

[1:29:12] price, I think it would certainly raise

[1:29:15] the need to do additional market

[1:29:18] research to have a better um expectation

[1:29:23] um included in the engineers estimate so

[1:29:25] that um you know we can understand

[1:29:29] pricing expectations a little bit

[1:29:31] better. um in that in the estimate

[1:29:34] because that's something that we the

[1:29:35] board really um rely on to ensure that

[1:29:41] the public is getting um and the city is

[1:29:44] getting the best um you know bang for

[1:29:47] their buck as as as it will. So um I

[1:29:50] think it's really important and I know

[1:29:51] that it's it's it's a process. Um

[1:29:53] expectations change, uh the market

[1:29:56] changes, costs go up. Um so um I just

[1:30:02] wanted to to raise that. And then the

[1:30:04] second thing wanted to um raise or ask

[1:30:09] about is um understanding that one of

[1:30:13] the reasons for the original um uh bids.

[1:30:18] The reasons was the complications due to

[1:30:20] the traffic

[1:30:22] >> signal similar to what my colleague

[1:30:23] » signal similar to what my colleague

[1:30:23] brought up about BSL. Um, and I know you

[1:30:26] mentioned the work with DOT, but just

[1:30:29] curious whether um you still given the

[1:30:33] complexity with the different traffic

[1:30:36] signal um coordination that's going to

[1:30:39] be needed for this. Do you still expect

[1:30:41] this project to be completed within the

[1:30:45] is it 365day

[1:30:48] estimate? Is that construction schedule?

[1:30:49] Is that still your expectation that it

[1:30:52] will be completed within that schedule?

[1:30:54] >> Yes, that's still our expectation to be

[1:30:56] » Yes, that's still our expectation to be

[1:30:56] completed within the uh contract

[1:30:58] duration, the the 365 calendar dates. Um

[1:31:02] we we have we've uh this project

[1:31:06] actually is in partnership with LA DOT.

[1:31:08] So there um they have a a project

[1:31:11] manager that's also assigned to this

[1:31:13] project um with our BOE project manager.

[1:31:15] So when it comes into construction, uh

[1:31:18] all the traffic uh work coordination

[1:31:21] with their inspectors on the DOT side

[1:31:23] and our inspectors will be worked out uh

[1:31:26] during the pre-construction meeting that

[1:31:28] we will have. So I I confident we can

[1:31:31] still work within that schedule that we

[1:31:33] mentioned in the board report.

[1:31:35] >> Yes.

[1:31:37] » Yes.

[1:31:37] >> Hi, thank you. Um for this project,

[1:31:39] » Hi, thank you. Um for this project,

[1:31:39] we've actually are working with DOT as

[1:31:41] well as the CM support on this project.

[1:31:44] So typically BOE takes on the CM role

[1:31:46] but because this project is heavily

[1:31:48] traffic signal and traffic striping

[1:31:50] operated uh DOTCM is going to help step

[1:31:54] in and support this and this helps to

[1:31:57] expedite not just construction um but

[1:32:00] also helps to expedite construction

[1:32:02] issues to getting them resolved because

[1:32:04] we usually go work with DOT to resolve

[1:32:07] these issues on our projects but this

[1:32:09] time they'll be leading the construction

[1:32:10] management. They'll be out there on the

[1:32:12] site every day. they'll be very aware of

[1:32:14] these issues. So, with all that

[1:32:16] extensive background information,

[1:32:18] they'll be able to provide support much

[1:32:20] more quickly. And it's typically these

[1:32:22] issues that hold us up to have to extend

[1:32:25] our construction timeline and schedule.

[1:32:28] But we're hoping by taking this

[1:32:29] proactive approach, we can stop these

[1:32:31] issues earlier. We can notice them out

[1:32:33] in the field and resolve them before

[1:32:35] they become delays to the project.

[1:32:38] >> Okay, great. Thank you so much.

[1:32:39] » Okay, great. Thank you so much.

[1:32:39] Appreciate that additional context.

[1:32:42] Any other questions? And I apologize for

[1:32:44] walking away earlier.

[1:32:46] >> Um, no. That's Anyone else have any

[1:32:48] » Um, no. That's Anyone else have any

[1:32:48] questions? No. Thank you so much.

[1:32:51] >> Thank you.

[1:32:52] » Thank you.

[1:32:52] >> All right. With that, um, colleagues, do

[1:32:55] » All right. With that, um, colleagues, do

[1:32:55] we have any a motion?

[1:32:56] >> So moved.

[1:32:58] » So moved.

[1:32:58] >> Second.

[1:32:59] » Second.

[1:32:59] >> All right. We have a first by

[1:33:00] » All right. We have a first by

[1:33:00] Commissioner Cardinis and a second by

[1:33:02] Prom Grant.

[1:33:03] >> Thank you, Vice Pres. Thank you, Vice

[1:33:05] » Thank you, Vice Pres. Thank you, Vice

[1:33:05] President Chavez. We'll take a roll call

[1:33:06] vote on approval of item six. Starting

[1:33:09] with you, Vice President Chavez. I

[1:33:10] >> President Protemper.

[1:33:11] » President Protemper.

[1:33:11] >> Hi,

[1:33:12] » Hi,

[1:33:12] >> Commissioner Mitchell.

[1:33:13] » Commissioner Mitchell.

[1:33:13] >> Hi.

[1:33:13] » Hi.

[1:33:13] >> And Commissioner Cardness.

[1:33:14] » And Commissioner Cardness.

[1:33:14] >> Hi.

[1:33:14] » Hi.

[1:33:14] >> All eyes. And item six is adopt and

[1:33:17] » All eyes. And item six is adopt and

[1:33:17] we'll move forward forth with.

[1:33:19] >> Great.

[1:33:20] » Great.

[1:33:20] >> Thank you.

[1:33:20] » Thank you.

[1:33:20] >> Thank you. All right. Moving on to item

[1:33:22] » Thank you. All right. Moving on to item

[1:33:22] number seven.

[1:33:24] We have a report from Bureau of

[1:33:26] Sanitation, AF, National Association for

[1:33:29] Clean Water Agencies.

[1:33:33] Oops. Good morning. Um, is my audio

[1:33:36] okay? Yeah. Um, good morning. My name is

[1:33:39] Christina Jones. I'm from LA sanitation

[1:33:40] and environment. I am here for item

[1:33:42] seven, an authority for expenditure for

[1:33:44] the National Clean Water Association

[1:33:47] agencies. Um this is in the amount of

[1:33:50] $13,000

[1:33:52] uh sorry $103,080.

[1:33:56] This is for an annual membership for

[1:33:58] this organization. uh sanitation was one

[1:34:00] of the first original members of this

[1:34:02] organization and they provide national

[1:34:04] advocacy as well as uh training support

[1:34:08] and regulatory uh intelligence. Uh so

[1:34:10] it's very important for our organization

[1:34:12] to continue our membership in NAQUA and

[1:34:16] we do have uh our general manager who is

[1:34:18] currently on the board. Um and we have

[1:34:20] staff that participate in the various

[1:34:22] committees that are offered by this

[1:34:23] organization and we are very happy to be

[1:34:26] celebrating 55 years of this

[1:34:27] organization and our relationship. So um

[1:34:30] we look forward to continuing that and

[1:34:32] I'm here to answer if you have any

[1:34:34] questions.

[1:34:36] >> Thank you so much. Colleagues, any

[1:34:37] » Thank you so much. Colleagues, any

[1:34:37] questions? Seeing none. Do we have a

[1:34:39] motion?

[1:34:40] >> I I have a question.

[1:34:42] » I I have a question.

[1:34:42] >> Um $103,000 for a membership.

[1:34:46] » Um $103,000 for a membership.

[1:34:46] Membership does that include

[1:34:49] what does it include other than other

[1:34:51] because I understand our general manager

[1:34:53] is on the board. So the basically

[1:34:54] working for this organization. So

[1:34:57] 103,000 gives membership to 10 employees

[1:35:00] to 100 employees. What's the what what's

[1:35:03] what is the city getting out of out of

[1:35:05] this um out of this these fees? So these

[1:35:08] fees go to pay for any city employee to

[1:35:10] have a membership within sanitation. So

[1:35:12] as long as you have a city email when

[1:35:13] you register, you're you're covered. So

[1:35:15] there is no individual membership fee

[1:35:17] associated for an employee to

[1:35:19] participate. So they do get to

[1:35:21] participate in um the committee

[1:35:23] meetings. So from the legislative

[1:35:25] perspective, just because that's the one

[1:35:27] I'm involved with, um it means it's a

[1:35:29] monthly call with uh organizations from

[1:35:31] across the country to talk about

[1:35:33] legislative priorities when it comes to

[1:35:35] bioolids or clean water issues. Um so

[1:35:38] you you get that just as part of the

[1:35:39] membership. You don't pay a separate

[1:35:41] fee. Um that's what's included in the

[1:35:43] $103,080

[1:35:45] fee.

[1:35:46] So all all BOE members all all BOE

[1:35:49] engineers are are basically our members

[1:35:52] are there the whole city's covered or

[1:35:54] which organizations are which

[1:35:55] departments are covered with this fee

[1:35:57] arrangement.

[1:35:58] >> The realistic answer is anybody with an

[1:36:01] » The realistic answer is anybody with an

[1:36:01] lacity.org email but what I believe

[1:36:04] their expectation is would be anyone in

[1:36:06] sanitation. Um but I haven't seen

[1:36:08] anybody from another uh bureau request

[1:36:12] to participate so it hasn't come up yet

[1:36:14] at this point. Okay. I was just curious.

[1:36:16] Thank you.

[1:36:17] >> Sure. Happy to help.

[1:36:20] » Sure. Happy to help.

[1:36:20] >> Thank you. All right. Any other

[1:36:22] » Thank you. All right. Any other

[1:36:22] questions? Seeing none, I'll move

[1:36:24] approval. We have a second.

[1:36:26] >> Second.

[1:36:27] » Second.

[1:36:27] >> All right. We have a first by myself and

[1:36:28] » All right. We have a first by myself and

[1:36:28] a second by Commissioner Cordes.

[1:36:30] >> Thank you, Vice President Chavez. Uh

[1:36:32] » Thank you, Vice President Chavez. Uh

[1:36:32] we'll take a roll call vote on approval

[1:36:33] of item seven. Starting with you, Vice

[1:36:35] President Chavez.

[1:36:36] >> I.

[1:36:36] » I.

[1:36:36] >> President Proim Grant.

[1:36:37] » President Proim Grant.

[1:36:37] >> I.

[1:36:38] » I.

[1:36:38] >> Commissioner Mitchell.

[1:36:38] » Commissioner Mitchell.

[1:36:38] >> Hi.

[1:36:39] » Hi.

[1:36:39] >> And Commissioner Cardness. Hi.

[1:36:40] » And Commissioner Cardness. Hi.

[1:36:40] >> All eyes. And item seven is approved and

[1:36:42] » All eyes. And item seven is approved and

[1:36:42] we'll move forward forth.

[1:36:44] Thank you.

[1:36:46] All right, moving on to number eight

[1:36:50] also from Bureau of Sanitation and AF

[1:36:53] for key code media.

[1:36:56] Good morning, commissioners.

[1:36:58] My name is Sheree Buyers, senior

[1:37:00] management analyst one with LA

[1:37:02] Sanitation and Environment and

[1:37:04] operations manager for the environmental

[1:37:06] learning center at Hyperion, which we

[1:37:09] refer to as the ELC.

[1:37:12] The ELC was developed to address the

[1:37:14] need for increased public education on

[1:37:16] how urban activities impact the

[1:37:19] environment.

[1:37:21] Opened in 2013, it is a 20,000 square

[1:37:25] foot two-story former administration

[1:37:27] building that accommodates two floors of

[1:37:31] exhibit galleries, an 85 fixed seat

[1:37:34] auditorium, and a multi-purpose

[1:37:37] classroom known as the learning lab.

[1:37:40] Today I'm requesting approval for an

[1:37:42] authority for expenditure in the amount

[1:37:44] of $42,000 for the professional services

[1:37:48] for the installation and upgrade of the

[1:37:50] audio video AV system in the ELC's

[1:37:54] multi-purpose classroom called the

[1:37:55] learning lab. The current AV

[1:37:58] infrastructure in the learning lab is

[1:38:01] over 12 years old and no longer meets

[1:38:03] the operational or technological needs

[1:38:06] of the ELC. as in-person meetings,

[1:38:09] trainings, conferences, and webinars are

[1:38:13] now requested with Zoom or Google Meets

[1:38:16] requests from different environmental

[1:38:18] groups, stakeholders, non-government

[1:38:22] organizations, and city departments.

[1:38:26] Kiko Media is the city contracted vendor

[1:38:29] whom we purchased the equipment from in

[1:38:31] October of 2025 and is a licensed

[1:38:35] question provider authorized to install

[1:38:38] the specific products included in the

[1:38:41] original purchase order of $120,000.

[1:38:45] The labor required for the installation

[1:38:47] is proprietary in nature as it must be

[1:38:50] performed by a licensed Crestron

[1:38:53] technicians.

[1:38:55] The labor involved for the installation

[1:38:57] of equipment is no longer allowed under

[1:39:00] the existing revised city contract. It

[1:39:04] is specifically structured for the

[1:39:06] procurement of goods and limited

[1:39:08] services directly tied to those goods

[1:39:11] like basic installation or maintenance.

[1:39:14] Based on the existing contract, any

[1:39:17] services must be incidental to the goods

[1:39:20] and cannot exceed the value of the

[1:39:22] material themselves by 20%.

[1:39:26] Therefore, in order to have the

[1:39:29] purchased equipment installed and remain

[1:39:31] in compliance with the procurement

[1:39:34] policies, this installation services

[1:39:37] must be acquired separately through this

[1:39:39] AE. The total cost of the professional

[1:39:42] services AE will not exceed $42,000.

[1:39:47] We want to thank you for considering

[1:39:49] this AE approval and I alongside my

[1:39:52] colleague Naisha Lewis are here to

[1:39:55] answer questions. Thank you.

[1:39:58] >> Thank you so much colleagues. Any

[1:40:00] » Thank you so much colleagues. Any

[1:40:00] questions on this item?

[1:40:03] >> I just have a general question regarding

[1:40:05] » I just have a general question regarding

[1:40:06] the the learning center for the for the

[1:40:07] public out there. How many

[1:40:10] school buses or organizations come

[1:40:12] through on an annual basis and and learn

[1:40:16] and take advantage of the the facility

[1:40:18] there?

[1:40:19] >> Absolutely.

[1:40:21] » Absolutely.

[1:40:21] >> Number

[1:40:25] » good morning everyone. So, when we're

[1:40:27] fully operational, it we usually have

[1:40:29] about 20,000 visitors. And that includes

[1:40:32] students, um, organizations that will

[1:40:34] use our facility for free in order to

[1:40:36] have seminars, um, community meetings,

[1:40:40] different things like that with the

[1:40:41] intention of them coming to use the

[1:40:43] facility and then taking a tour of the

[1:40:45] exhibits and a tour of the plant to

[1:40:47] learn about the work that LA Sanitation

[1:40:48] does.

[1:40:49] >> And this equipment is vital to that

[1:40:50] » And this equipment is vital to that

[1:40:50] operation.

[1:40:52] >> Yes. So, our learning lab is severely

[1:40:54] » Yes. So, our learning lab is severely

[1:40:54] outdated and so we need new screens, new

[1:40:57] microphones. We need new technology that

[1:40:59] allows for the like she was mentioning

[1:41:01] the virtual um meetings that are being

[1:41:03] held now. We have a lot of um a lot of

[1:41:05] NOS's specifically that want to come and

[1:41:07] use the facility and sometimes they have

[1:41:09] members that are across the country or

[1:41:11] even sometimes we have um dignitaries

[1:41:13] who come in from out of the out of the

[1:41:16] country and they want to be able to zoom

[1:41:18] in or Google meets in and we don't have

[1:41:19] that capability in our upstairs learning

[1:41:21] lab.

[1:41:22] >> Thank you.

[1:41:26] » Thank you. All right. Well, I support

[1:41:28] this. I know that um that learning

[1:41:30] center um is is a vital resource

[1:41:33] especially by the surrounding community.

[1:41:35] I've personally been in that room and

[1:41:37] experienced the audiovisisual uh

[1:41:40] challenges.

[1:41:42] So um so thank you for bringing this

[1:41:43] forward.

[1:41:44] >> Thank you.

[1:41:45] » Thank you.

[1:41:45] >> Do have a motion.

[1:41:46] » Do have a motion.

[1:41:46] >> I'll move second.

[1:41:47] » I'll move second.

[1:41:47] >> All right. We have a first by

[1:41:48] » All right. We have a first by

[1:41:48] Commissioner or Prom Grant and and

[1:41:50] second by Commissioner Cartness.

[1:41:52] >> Thank you. Vice President Chavez will

[1:41:53] » Thank you. Vice President Chavez will

[1:41:53] take a roll call vote on approval of

[1:41:54] item 8. Starting with you, Vice

[1:41:56] President Chavez. I

[1:41:57] >> President Prom Grant.

[1:41:58] » President Prom Grant.

[1:41:58] >> Hi,

[1:41:59] » Hi,

[1:41:59] >> Commissioner Mitchell and Commissioner

[1:42:00] » Commissioner Mitchell and Commissioner

[1:42:00] Cardinus.

[1:42:01] >> Hi.

[1:42:01] » Hi.

[1:42:01] >> All eyes. And the item is approved and

[1:42:03] » All eyes. And the item is approved and

[1:42:03] we'll move forward forth.

[1:42:05] >> Thank you.

[1:42:05] » Thank you.

[1:42:05] >> Thank you.

[1:42:07] » Thank you.

[1:42:07] Right. Moving to our next item number

[1:42:10] nine.

[1:42:12] This is a request for approval for the

[1:42:15] solar photovotayic and energy storage

[1:42:18] systems. Do we have someone from Bureau

[1:42:21] of Engineering?

[1:42:25] » Yes. Good morning. Um, my name is Steve

[1:42:27] Ferris. I'm the principal architect at

[1:42:29] the Bureau of Engineering. It's in the

[1:42:30] motion before you today. The Bureau of

[1:42:33] Engineering issued initiated an

[1:42:34] establishment of the pre-qualified list

[1:42:36] of design build contractors for solar

[1:42:39] photoic and energy storage systems for

[1:42:41] city facilities in 2021. The services

[1:42:45] provided by the pre-qualified list may

[1:42:48] include design design build construction

[1:42:50] and financing of new solar photovoltaic

[1:42:53] systems, energy storage systems or a

[1:42:56] combination of both. The approved list

[1:42:58] will be needed for bidding and awarding

[1:43:01] the construction of city's future solar

[1:43:03] photoic and energy storage system

[1:43:05] projects after December 17th of 2026.

[1:43:09] The approved lifts is available to all

[1:43:11] city departments including proprietary

[1:43:14] and semi-proprietary departments as well

[1:43:16] as independent public agencies chartered

[1:43:19] by the state of California similar to

[1:43:21] the housing authority of the city of Los

[1:43:23] Angeles.

[1:43:24] The con construction contract will be

[1:43:26] executed on a project by project basis.

[1:43:30] So we're requesting in this motion that

[1:43:31] the board approve the extension of the

[1:43:34] existing pre-qualified uh list of design

[1:43:36] bill contractors. um through December

[1:43:40] 17th of 2031. That concludes my

[1:43:42] presentation. Thank you.

[1:43:45] >> Thank you. Uh colleagues questions.

[1:43:50] » Thank you. Uh colleagues questions.

[1:43:50] >> Um I had a question. I'm just curious.

[1:43:52] » Um I had a question. I'm just curious.

[1:43:52] Um and I know you mentioned that there

[1:43:54] in the future there will be it's

[1:43:57] anticipated there will be more um

[1:44:00] standalone

[1:44:02] uh energy storage systems as we work

[1:44:05] toward because this includes also our

[1:44:07] proprietary department projects as well.

[1:44:09] Correct.

[1:44:10] >> Do you do you have any sort of sense of

[1:44:13] » Do you do you have any sort of sense of

[1:44:13] what those pro you know what the scale

[1:44:15] of these projects is going to be? I

[1:44:17] can't speak for the other um city

[1:44:19] departments but at least within the

[1:44:21] Bureau of Engineering and we initiated

[1:44:23] this initially um we we have not um

[1:44:27] utilized this on call list as of yet

[1:44:29] from Bureau of Engineering and I'm

[1:44:31] unaware if others may have but um from

[1:44:34] our end it's it's been a work in

[1:44:36] progress to get it developed to get the

[1:44:37] scope just right but we do have at least

[1:44:39] one project that we see here in the very

[1:44:41] near future but I anticipate more as

[1:44:44] they come forward it's um because it's a

[1:44:47] very specific scope of work that happens

[1:44:49] and so a lot of times the work that

[1:44:50] comes to us we have to find that

[1:44:52] specific um solar project. So but yeah I

[1:44:57] do think we will be getting more.

[1:44:59] >> Okay appreciate that. All right thank

[1:45:01] » Okay appreciate that. All right thank

[1:45:01] you. Um do we have a motion for this

[1:45:04] item?

[1:45:05] >> So move second.

[1:45:07] » So move second.

[1:45:07] >> All right we have a first by

[1:45:08] » All right we have a first by

[1:45:08] Commissioner Cordin second by Prom

[1:45:10] Grant.

[1:45:11] >> Thank you Vice President Chavez. will

[1:45:12] » Thank you Vice President Chavez. will

[1:45:12] take a roll call roll call vote on

[1:45:14] approval of item nine starting with you

[1:45:17] with you vice president Chavez

[1:45:19] >> I

[1:45:19] » I

[1:45:19] >> President Prom Grant

[1:45:20] » President Prom Grant

[1:45:20] >> I

[1:45:21] » I

[1:45:21] >> commissioner Mitchell

[1:45:22] » commissioner Mitchell

[1:45:22] >> and Commissioner Cardin

[1:45:23] » and Commissioner Cardin

[1:45:23] >> all eyes item nine is adopted and we'll

[1:45:25] » all eyes item nine is adopted and we'll

[1:45:25] move forward fourth wave

[1:45:27] >> thank you

[1:45:28] » thank you

[1:45:28] >> thank you all right moving on to our

[1:45:33] » thank you all right moving on to our

[1:45:33] last item number 10

[1:45:35] >> of engineering updated funding table

[1:45:38] » of engineering updated funding table

[1:45:38] >> uh good morning good morning

[1:45:39] » uh good morning good morning

[1:45:39] commissioners good morning everyone um

[1:45:41] happy new

[1:45:42] So on my name is Nor Males from Bureau

[1:45:45] of Engineering. I'm the principal civil

[1:45:46] engineer of our street improvement

[1:45:47] division. On August 28, 2024, the Board

[1:45:50] of Public Works adopted a board report

[1:45:52] which authorized the city engineer to

[1:45:54] issue a task order solicitation to Somus

[1:45:57] um for project management and

[1:45:58] engineering support for the street

[1:46:00] design and storm drain design manual

[1:46:02] update with a budget authority of $3.3

[1:46:04] million. The board report had listed

[1:46:07] some funding sources as to be determined

[1:46:08] and but since the time of board approval

[1:46:10] new funding sources have been

[1:46:12] identified. One of them as part of the

[1:46:14] 2025 2026 fiscal year budget an

[1:46:17] additional amount of 312,650

[1:46:20] had been identified for contractual

[1:46:22] services um from fund number 100

[1:46:25] department 78 and appropriation unit

[1:46:27] 003040.

[1:46:29] Then furthermore, on April 11, 2025, the

[1:46:32] city council introduced a council file

[1:46:35] number 23600

[1:46:37] related to vision zero evaluation and

[1:46:39] safety, which has provided authority to

[1:46:41] authorize the controller to transfer

[1:46:43] $900,000 to the project.

[1:46:46] At the time that this um this motion was

[1:46:50] um prepared and sent over, the council

[1:46:52] the council report hasn't been

[1:46:53] finalized, but as of December uh 22nd um

[1:46:57] it has been final

[1:46:59] and so that that has been officially

[1:47:01] approved and final and then the

[1:47:03] remaining balance of 1 million 37738 in

[1:47:06] the future um a board report a board

[1:47:08] motion will have to be um done so we can

[1:47:10] identify that funding. So I therefore

[1:47:13] move that the board approve the use of

[1:47:14] the funding table number two um which

[1:47:17] lists the new funding sources in lie of

[1:47:19] the approved funding table number one.

[1:47:21] So funding table number one does

[1:47:22] identify $1,50,000

[1:47:25] and then additional 202,250,000

[1:47:29] for to be determined funding and then

[1:47:31] the revised table now

[1:47:35] um does include identified funding up to

[1:47:37] 1,362,2362

[1:47:41] 262

[1:47:43] and then um proposed future funding

[1:47:45] vision zero funds of 900,000 and then

[1:47:48] funding sources to be determined

[1:47:49] 1,ion3773 38. Now, but then when we go

[1:47:53] to our second our second um move, I

[1:47:56] further move that the board authorize

[1:47:58] the payment of invoices from the newly

[1:48:00] proposed account funded by vision zero

[1:48:02] once the accounts department numbers,

[1:48:04] fund numbers, and appropriation units

[1:48:06] have been created and identified. So, I

[1:48:09] do actually have the account number

[1:48:11] right now. DOT has identified this. Um

[1:48:14] but since they did not sign um on this

[1:48:18] on on the board report, I didn't want to

[1:48:20] bring that account number. However, I

[1:48:22] just want to make it clear so we won't

[1:48:23] have to come back again to the board

[1:48:25] that this second um the second move or

[1:48:28] further move allows I want to make sure

[1:48:31] that it's effectuated properly where uh

[1:48:33] the board will allow us to pay for as

[1:48:36] part of this motion that's being

[1:48:37] approved um that we're allowed to use

[1:48:40] the account number that DOT has

[1:48:42] identified without us going back to

[1:48:43] board. That's that's how I tried to

[1:48:45] effectuate it here. I just want to make

[1:48:46] sure that that's everyone understands

[1:48:48] that so we won't have to come back

[1:48:49] again. And with that that um that

[1:48:52] concludes the presentation.

[1:48:54] >> Great. Thank you for that clarification.

[1:48:57] » Great. Thank you for that clarification.

[1:48:57] Colleagues, any additional questions on

[1:48:58] this item?

[1:48:59] >> I council, I guess is it that's

[1:49:02] » I council, I guess is it that's

[1:49:02] appropriate to sort of without further

[1:49:05] board action to go ahead and approve um

[1:49:08] let it be approved once the account

[1:49:10] numbers are finalized.

[1:49:13] Typically, as occurs with contracts, it

[1:49:16] it is pending the city council's

[1:49:18] approval. It does come back uh but to

[1:49:21] the extent there is no but that's

[1:49:23] because it requires the board's

[1:49:25] signature for example, but to the extent

[1:49:28] that's not required as long as we make

[1:49:31] clear that it is pending city council

[1:49:33] approval, then that should be fine.

[1:49:37] >> Okay.

[1:49:37] » Okay.

[1:49:37] >> Okay. Thank you for that clarification.

[1:49:40] » Okay. Thank you for that clarification.

[1:49:40] All right. Do a motion. So move second.

[1:49:44] >> All right. We have a first by Prom Grant

[1:49:45] » All right. We have a first by Prom Grant

[1:49:46] and a second by Commissioner Cardness.

[1:49:48] >> Thank you. Vice President Chavez will

[1:49:49] » Thank you. Vice President Chavez will

[1:49:49] take a roll call vote on approval of

[1:49:51] item 10. Starting with you, Vice

[1:49:52] President Chavez.

[1:49:53] >> I.

[1:49:54] » I.

[1:49:54] >> President Proim Grant.

[1:49:55] » President Proim Grant.

[1:49:55] >> Hi.

[1:49:55] » Hi.

[1:49:55] >> Commissioner Mitchell

[1:49:56] » Commissioner Mitchell

[1:49:56] >> and Commissioner Cardin.

[1:49:57] » and Commissioner Cardin.

[1:49:57] >> Hi.

[1:49:57] » Hi.

[1:49:58] >> All eyes. And item 10 is adopted and

[1:50:00] » All eyes. And item 10 is adopted and

[1:50:00] we'll move forward forth.

[1:50:02] >> All right. Thank you very much.

[1:50:03] » All right. Thank you very much.

[1:50:03] >> Thank you.

[1:50:04] » Thank you.

[1:50:04] >> Thank you.

[1:50:07] » Thank you.

[1:50:07] >> All right. Uh Mr. Knight, does that

[1:50:09] » All right. Uh Mr. Knight, does that

[1:50:09] clear the desk for today?

[1:50:10] >> Yes, it does. Vice President Chavez.

[1:50:12] » Yes, it does. Vice President Chavez.

[1:50:12] >> Okay. Excellent. Our next meeting will

[1:50:16] » Okay. Excellent. Our next meeting will

[1:50:16] be on Wednesday, January 7th, and we

[1:50:20] will adjourn today at 11:12 a.m.

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