[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
[34:48] card. Look at in the back of the room.
[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
[36:12] board's agenda. Uh you can also call in
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[36:23] uh that is
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[36:29] and then you enter in the meeting ID
[36:31] number 1 1616371032.
[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.