[0:07] » board secretary, chante

[0:07] mitchell: good morning and

[0:08] welcome to the regular meeting

[0:09] of the board of water and power

[0:12] commissioners. Today is tuesday

[0:14] january 13th, 2026. This

[0:16] proceeding is being broadcast on

[0:18] channel 35. Exact broadcast

[0:19] times can be found by contacting

[0:21] channel 35. Board of water and

[0:23] power commissioners please say

[0:25] present for roll call.

[0:28] commissioner katz?

[0:29] » pres. Nurit katz: present.

[0:29] » board secretary, chante

[0:30] mitchell: commissioner marks?

[0:32] » allan t. Marks: present.

[0:33] » board secretary, chante

[0:34] mitchell: commissioner pinder?

[0:35] » com. Wilma pinder: present.

[0:35] » board secretary, chante

[0:36] mitchell: commissioner tran?

[0:38] » benny b. Tran: present.

[0:39] » board secretary, chante

[0:40] mitchell: four board members.

[0:41] a quorum is present.

[0:44] commissioner pinder?

[0:45] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[0:46] good morning to those who are

[0:47] here before us today. I am your

[0:51] presiding officer for today.

[0:54] and I have to say, if you're a

[0:57] football person, I have had more

[1:01] notes, more -- wire for sound --

[1:06] I wish I was, to get us through

[1:08] this first meeting of the year.

[1:10] because it's a new position for

[1:11] me sitting here today, and I

[1:15] have said to the commission

[1:18] secretary, who you have known

[1:20] for a longer time than myself,

[1:22] to, please, call in any plays

[1:26] from the side to -- she does not

[1:27] have to jump up to hand me a

[1:30] note, she can just say,

[1:32] commissioner look at item number

[1:33] so and so, and that's the way

[1:35] we're going to get through this

[1:36] today. So, I want you to bear

[1:39] with me in that respect. Again

[1:42] for those of you that follow

[1:45] football, we just hope there

[1:47] won't be too many fumbles, or if

[1:49] there are, we can recover the

[1:50] ball. And I say that because I

[1:56] understand that that bear's

[2:00] game, former usc quarter back --

[2:03] somebody tell me his name, kay

[2:07] leg lab williams, I understand

[2:12] that was one of the most

[2:13] recovery from being down so long

[2:14] and catching up since he's a

[2:20] trojan and I'm a trojan I'm

[2:22] going to try to bring that

[2:23] spirit here today.

[2:25] [laughter]

[2:25] so, anyway just bare with me and

[2:27] have humor as we go through

[2:29] this. At this point I'm going

[2:30] to ask -- by the way, you will

[2:33] see new faces here other and

[2:36] faces that haven't reached -- so

[2:39] we'll say retired are no longer

[2:41] on the board I'm going to ask,

[2:44] starting with my left, then

[2:46] follow to my right then after

[2:50] commissioner katz, after those

[2:51] who have spoken I'm going to ask

[2:53] these new commissioners and when

[2:55] I say new commissioners, let's

[2:57] just clap -- okay? New

[3:01] commissioners.

[3:01] [applause]

[3:01] I don't know them very well

[3:03] myself and as you know anything

[3:06] about robert's rules we can

[3:09] never any three of us ever be

[3:11] together at the same time unless

[3:12] it's on record and all of that,

[3:16] so it's more torturous than you

[3:20] know even trying to get to know

[3:21] your commissioners, and, so,

[3:25] I'll probably learn more about

[3:27] them today, certainly, than

[3:29] previously. So starting to my

[3:30] left commissioner benny tran,

[3:33] would you please share with our

[3:34] audience which is both live and

[3:38] here, anything you care to say?

[3:41] » benny b. Tran: thank you

[3:42] madam commissioner, and madam

[3:44] intern chair. My name is benny

[3:46] tran, I have worked in many

[3:47] different sectors, including the

[3:52] sustainability sector with the

[3:54] climate initiative also in

[3:56] public health and I had the

[3:57] pleasure of moving to los

[3:59] angeles. Never having been here

[4:01] before to start the los angeles

[4:02] football club and be a major

[4:04] part of building the stadium of

[4:06] which we partnered with the

[4:09] ladwp very early on in the

[4:11] savings by design program and

[4:12] also the ev changing program.

[4:15] and ladwp was most recently,

[4:17] until this past year, we'll see

[4:19] if we continue to be that, was

[4:24] that were our main partners at

[4:26] los angeles football club it's

[4:27] been a great journey and great

[4:29] ride. I was also recently a

[4:32] board commissioner for parks and

[4:35] recs, sorry -- recs and parks,

[4:43] symbologies apologies -- what

[4:46] you do here supporting mayor

[4:48] bass and for citizens of los

[4:51] angeles incredible work a lot of

[4:53] work very unique very

[4:54] important and to be one of the

[4:56] innovative utilities nonetheless

[4:58] public utility and I look

[4:59] forward to working with everyone

[5:02] and also serve the citizens of

[5:04] this great city of los angeles.

[5:07] thank you very much.

[5:08] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[5:10] commissioner alan marks?

[5:11] » allan t. Marks: commissioner

[5:13] pinder, thank you very much.

[5:14] and also thank you for the kind

[5:15] welcome, I was confirmed and

[5:18] joined the commission, this is

[5:20] my first meeting, but I joined

[5:22] in the middle of december and

[5:24] since then it's been like

[5:25] drinking from a firehose with

[5:28] all of the information I'm al ax

[5:32] marks I'm a lawyer have worked

[5:33] in energy and infrastructure in

[5:34] the private sector for 35 years

[5:36] this is my first public role and

[5:38] I think commissioner pinder and

[5:41] commissioner katz, your

[5:42] experience has been vital, and I

[5:43] will say for both of you thank

[5:45] you for being so welcoming and

[5:46] helping with this process. And

[5:49] commissioner tran, I look

[5:50] forward to working with you too.

[5:52] we're new kids on the block.

[5:54] and I know janisse quiñones, the

[5:58] ceo, is not here today but she

[6:01] and the rest of the senior

[6:03] leadership team at the

[6:05] department have also been

[6:06] likewise very helpful in helping

[6:08] me to understand some of the

[6:10] complexity of this publicly

[6:12] owned utility one of the things

[6:14] I think that's important it's

[6:17] different about being at a

[6:18] publicly owned utility we're

[6:21] accountable to the citizens

[6:23] accountable to the residents we

[6:25] are accountable to the people of

[6:26] the city of los angeles not

[6:28] private shareholders we have

[6:30] talented and dedicated workforce

[6:32] of nearly 12,000 employees at

[6:33] dwp and for me to have

[6:34] opportunity to give back to the

[6:36] community where my grandparents

[6:38] first came in 1915 and to be

[6:40] part of the standing of legacy

[6:42] of current commissioners of

[6:44] prior commissioners of most

[6:45] recently president richard katz,

[6:47] you know, people who have built

[6:49] this community and built this

[6:50] institution is really a

[6:51] privilege and honor. So, I

[6:54] appreciate mayor bas and the

[7:00] city council for their trust I

[7:01] look forward to earping it and I

[7:02] know we and by we I mine the

[7:06] commission take the liberty of

[7:07] speaking on behalf as well as

[7:10] management and the employees you

[7:11] know that we at the department

[7:13] of water and power take very

[7:14] seriously the goal and I look

[7:15] forward to furthering the goals

[7:17] of keeping water and power in

[7:18] the city of los angeles

[7:20] reliable, affordable, safe, and

[7:24] clean. Thank you very much.

[7:27] » pres. Nurit katz: thank you.

[7:29] » com. Wilma pinder: will you

[7:30] please?

[7:31] » pres. Nurit katz: yeah

[7:31] absolutely I will say a word of

[7:33] welcome to both of our new

[7:35] commissioners I think

[7:35] commissioner pinder and I are

[7:38] both delighted by your

[7:39] appointments the wealth of

[7:41] expertise that you both bringing

[7:43] to the dais and oversight of the

[7:45] utility as you heard from

[7:47] commissioner marks and

[7:48] commissioner tran they both have

[7:50] a lot of really important

[7:52] background and knowledge ranging

[7:55] from sustainability,

[7:56] construction, infrastructure

[7:57] finance all extremely relevant

[7:58] to ensure that we continue as

[7:59] commissioner marks said, to

[8:02] provide reliable and affordable

[8:05] energy and clean water. But

[8:06] also as we move towards the

[8:08] future and the ambitious goals

[8:09] of the city of los angeles,

[8:11] moving to 100% clean energy by

[8:15] 2035, and also 70% local water,

[8:16] and I am really glad to have you

[8:19] both here to help us continue to

[8:22] move forward and continue to

[8:24] improve the work of this

[8:25] utility, and I certainly echo

[8:27] your comments in terms of being

[8:29] honored to serve in such an

[8:31] amazing organization. We have

[8:32] so much talent and expertise in

[8:35] our staff and, you know,

[8:37] especially, I know later today

[8:39] we're going to hear about storm

[8:42] preparations and actions and I

[8:44] especially am grateful for all

[8:45] of our field staff who are out

[8:48] there, rain or shine, or wind,

[8:50] or, you know, we don't get much

[8:53] sleet and snow here in los

[8:54] angeles, but really out there in

[8:55] difficult conditions. So, thank

[8:57] you commissioner pinder, and

[8:58] welcome commissioners marks and

[9:01] tran.

[9:02] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[9:14] I think we're ready at this

[9:16] point for general public

[9:17] comment.

[9:17] » board secretary, chante

[9:17] mitchell: thank you

[9:18] commissioner pinder to the

[9:18] people providing public comment

[9:20] when it's your turn to speak

[9:21] please state which of the agenda

[9:22] items you would like to speak

[9:23] to. You will have two minutes

[9:26] per item up to five minutes

[9:28] total if you are speaking on a

[9:29] specific item stay on topic

[9:31] otherwise your time will be

[9:32] forfeited. If you are only

[9:34] speaking for general public

[9:35] comment you will have two

[9:37] minutes during general public

[9:38] comment members of the public

[9:39] may speak to any of the items

[9:41] and anything else within ladwp's

[9:43] subject matter jurisdiction. A

[9:44] timer will sound when your time

[9:48] allotment has expired. The

[9:50] first speaker will be aleta

[9:55] banda, followed by jeer

[10:03] gerardo.

[10:03] » speaker: good morning I know

[10:04] I only have two minutes and I

[10:07] want to be fast, kind of nervous

[10:12] the reason I'm here today is

[10:13] because I have a problem with my

[10:15] bill it's been for the past

[10:17] three years I have been trying

[10:18] to get in touch with whoever can

[10:20] help me with this but every time

[10:21] I try I sends all the paper

[10:24] requests but never get an answer

[10:26] back so they transfer me from

[10:27] one person to another and I

[10:28] really need on get an answer on

[10:31] this that's the many reason I'm

[10:32] here today. And, well, this's

[10:36] basically why I'm here today. I

[10:37] really need help on this. And

[10:40] it's been more than three years.

[10:42] and they said that because I

[10:44] accept the charges, but the only

[10:46] reason I accept the charges is

[10:47] because I used to have a

[10:49] business so they went over and

[10:51] cut the water at my business and

[10:54] it's something that they

[10:56] transfer from somebody else. So

[10:57] how do I -- I wasn't able to say

[10:59] no, because if I say no, I won't

[11:01] be able to keep my business

[11:04] running. So that's the only

[11:05] reason I accept the charges, but

[11:07] until today, they are just still

[11:08] avoiding me. And I think that's

[11:10] not fair at all.

[11:12] » com. Wilma pinder: would you

[11:13] state the amount on that bill?

[11:15] » speaker: of course. I have

[11:17] the bill with me, and I already

[11:19] paid half of that.

[11:20] » com. Wilma pinder: it's okay.

[11:21] » speaker: I already paid half.

[11:22] it was this amount. $103,000

[11:30] 447. And I don't think this's

[11:32] fair at all.

[11:33] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[11:33] I seen it when I stepped into

[11:35] the audience to speak to you. I

[11:36] thank you for bring thatting

[11:42] that matter before us.

[11:43] » >>joseph m. Ramallo: we have

[11:44] a representative from customer

[11:46] relations office who can assist

[11:48] meet with the customer right now

[11:50] then provide a report to the

[11:51] board on the situation what we

[11:52] might be able to help with.

[11:56] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[11:57] so much.

[11:59] » speaker: I appreciate it.

[12:00] » com. Wilma pinder: they are

[12:01] going to address that with you

[12:04] today while you're here.

[12:07] » >>joseph m. Ramallo: we'll

[12:08] meet with you madam.

[12:14] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[12:15] for bringing that to our

[12:16] attention. Thank you everyone.

[12:17] before we go I want to say

[12:19] something about this agenda

[12:20] because I have skipped ahead for

[12:23] item b it was to be election of

[12:25] officers so that we had

[12:27] permanent president however I'm

[12:29] going to move that election

[12:30] since I'm enjoying this so much

[12:32] I'm going to move that election

[12:33] to the end of our agenda so if

[12:35] there is someone who is waiting

[12:38] for that particular spot I have

[12:40] now moved it to the end of the

[12:41] agenda because we might get into

[12:44] a 50 fight and save our energy

[12:46] to the end of the meeting item b

[12:48] look of officers is now moved to

[12:50] the end of the agenda. Thank

[12:53] you. So let us continue.

[12:56] » board secretary, chante

[12:56] mitchell: the next speaker will

[12:57] be gerardo ledesma followed by

[13:04] ernesto macias.

[13:05] » speaker: good morning

[13:06] commissioners I'm going to talk

[13:07] about item 17 my name is

[13:12] gerardo, owner of tree service

[13:14] kings thank you for the

[13:15] opportunity to continue to serve

[13:16] the city of la. Tree service

[13:18] kings was born and raised here

[13:20] in los angeles in 2006 we

[13:22] started by servicing homeowners

[13:25] and commercial properties. Then

[13:27] our utility company. This is

[13:29] our backyard. We are constantly

[13:31] meeting and exceeding our

[13:34] expectation -- our performance

[13:37] expectations, services in both

[13:40] areas of the metro and valley we

[13:43] can respond quickly and be more

[13:46] efficient we take pride in

[13:47] reduces outages caused by

[13:49] vegetation this is not just a

[13:50] contract to us this is our city,

[13:52] employees, and our families.

[13:53] and our crews show up every day

[13:56] in difficult conditions, heat,

[13:58] wind, rain, or in emergencies

[14:00] because we end how critical this

[14:01] work is to the safety and to the

[14:04] stability of our city. Over

[14:06] these five years, we have earned

[14:09] the trust of ladwp's field team

[14:12] and leadership through constant

[14:14] performance, safety, and being

[14:17] the ability. Respectfully asked

[14:20] to consider awarding tree

[14:22] service kings full base so we

[14:24] can continue doing what we have

[14:26] been doing successfully for five

[14:28] years protecting the city

[14:29] prevent says outages and serving

[14:32] los angeles with pride. Thank

[14:33] you.

[14:34] » com. Wilma pinder: so was

[14:35] this a situation -- sir, was

[14:38] this a situation where you

[14:39] simply did not get the bid?

[14:42] » speaker: the bid is divided

[14:44] into two. We're the lowest

[14:46] bidder as a whole, for the whole

[14:49] bid, but the bid got divided

[14:53] into two and in one area where

[14:55] you're a bit higher than our

[14:59] competitors.

[14:59] » com. Wilma pinder: well it's

[15:00] a competitive situation every

[15:02] time every dollar counts I'm

[15:05] just sharing that. I don't know

[15:08] anything about that I don't know

[15:09] other than what you said I

[15:10] appreciate how you have

[15:13] presented yourself here no

[15:14] hostility just saying I'm in the

[15:16] game I want to stay with it but

[15:18] those are the rules that we try

[15:20] to follow because we're man

[15:21] dated to do that. You have been

[15:23] heard. Stay in the process,

[15:25] stay in the bidding. As you

[15:27] said, since 2006, you have been

[15:29] in this, you wouldn't be this

[15:31] far ahead 20 years if you didn't

[15:33] know your apples and your

[15:34] dollars and all of that. So, I

[15:36] wish you good luck with that.

[15:39] » speaker: thank you very much.

[15:40] » board secretary, chante

[15:40] mitchell: the next speaker will

[15:41] be ernesto macias who will be

[15:44] followed by ryan meyers.

[15:51] » speaker: good morning

[15:52] commissioners my name is ernesto

[15:55] macias here to speak on

[15:57] agenda item number 17 I'm here

[15:59] representing tree service kings

[16:01] a proud local meernt opened

[16:02] business based in the city of

[16:04] los angeles. I'm asking the

[16:05] commission to reconsider

[16:08] awarding both group 1 and 2

[16:12] around ifb number 700, solely to

[16:15] tsk. Tsq isn't just

[16:17] headquartered here, our

[16:20] employees are raised here, raise

[16:23] families here and support this

[16:24] community every paycheck we

[16:26] issue stays local every dollar

[16:28] earned is spent in los angeles.

[16:29] when you award to tsk, you are

[16:32] directly investing in the people

[16:34] who make this city wrun. In

[16:42] contrast utility tree service is

[16:45] not local their paperwork shows

[16:48] chino uts subsidiary of aspen

[16:52] tree expert company

[16:54] headquartered in philadelphia,

[16:56] pa, they are not embedded in

[16:58] this community and their track

[17:00] record raises serious concerns

[17:01] when uts previously held this

[17:03] contract they struggled to meet

[17:05] ladwp's expectations. They

[17:08] turned to tsk for help. They

[17:14] help keep the system afloat some

[17:16] of the struggles may not be

[17:18] public but we respectfully ask

[17:21] staff and commission to examine

[17:22] those reviews and operational

[17:25] reports closely these serious

[17:26] questions about their current

[17:29] capacity to take on ladwp most

[17:31] demanding region which is the

[17:33] metro reliability and responses

[17:34] are critical. Tsk has

[17:37] delivered. We have reduced tree

[17:39] related outages, trim suggest on

[17:41] schedule, and our annual ladwp

[17:42] is able to manage the entire

[17:44] city with its current staffing

[17:45] levels because of our

[17:48] efficiency. During the

[17:51] palisades fire -- tsk deployed

[17:56] over 20 crews working seven days

[18:00] a week all while maintaining a

[18:02] full system that's not theory

[18:04] that's commitment and action we

[18:07] know our protest appeal were

[18:09] denied we respect that process

[18:10] but the concerns remain and so

[18:12] this opportunity to do what's

[18:14] right for the city awarding both

[18:16] areas to tsk means that

[18:20] operational success it's about

[18:26] trusting the people who have

[18:28] prove app themselves keeping our

[18:29] resources in our communities

[18:31] standing with the workforce

[18:32] that's showing up where it

[18:34] matters most. Thank you.

[18:35] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[18:36] I would repeat pretty much what

[18:39] I said to the gentleman who

[18:40] spoke before you that was the

[18:42] same company correct?

[18:44] » speaker: yes, ma'am.

[18:45] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[18:46] as far as something being

[18:47] outside of the city or state the

[18:48] city of los angeles department

[18:50] of water and power we do

[18:52] business with people all over

[18:53] the united states if it comes to

[18:55] that so while we are certainly

[18:57] always looking for what we're

[18:59] trying to accomplish and the

[19:00] people who handle the

[19:03] commissioners we do not handle

[19:04] the bids we have expert people

[19:06] who are handling those type of

[19:08] things but wouldn't want you to

[19:09] think that bids are simply

[19:12] looked at regionally or these

[19:14] are our people we don't think

[19:15] like that we are thinking

[19:17] economic range here so your

[19:18] remarks have been heard as I

[19:21] said to the other gentleman,

[19:24] this is the company with 20

[19:27] years and as you said you

[19:29] produce and do good things and

[19:30] I'm sure you will be looked at

[19:32] in a continuing and competitive

[19:34] situation with ladwp.

[19:35] » speaker: thank you madam

[19:37] commissioner.

[19:38] » com. Wilma pinder: you're

[19:38] welcome.

[19:39] » nurit katz: may I respond as

[19:40] well, commissioner?

[19:43] » com. Wilma pinder: please.

[19:46] another commissioner.

[19:47] » nurit katz: yes thank you to

[19:50] both of the tree service kings

[19:52] speakers really appreciate you

[19:54] raising these concerns I will

[19:57] one year with renewal options so

[20:00] we take seriously concerns and

[20:02] considerations obviously it's

[20:03] complex when coming from a

[20:06] competitor but to the community

[20:08] if you have concerns with either

[20:10] company please do raise those

[20:11] we'll look closely at the

[20:14] performance of these contracts

[20:15] and long-term will continue to

[20:17] consider through this

[20:18] competitive process the best

[20:19] positions for the city. It's a

[20:22] legal process the rfq process so

[20:24] we do not have the option to

[20:26] award the contract differently

[20:28] today. But I will is say to the

[20:30] tree service king speakers,

[20:32] thank you for your service so

[20:34] far. As commissioner pinder

[20:36] said please continue to bid as

[20:38] needed and on a personal note,

[20:42] did I have a backyard tree

[20:44] trimming recently for utility

[20:46] lines and was appreciative of

[20:47] the notice and service that I

[20:48] received. So, again, thank you

[20:49] for the service you have given

[20:51] so far although we're not able

[20:53] to change the awarding of the

[20:54] contract today. Again, we

[20:55] welcome any feedback from the

[20:56] community on any of our

[20:58] contractors, and we will

[20:59] continue to evaluate the

[21:00] performance of these contracts

[21:01] over time.

[21:04] » board secretary, chante

[21:05] mitchell: the next speaker is

[21:05] ryan meyers who will be followed

[21:08] by valerie lizeraga.

[21:19] » speaker: I'm ryan meyers

[21:21] director of operations of

[21:23] utility tree service we'll --

[21:25] I'll be speaking to item 17.

[21:26] good morning commissioners and

[21:27] thank you for the opportunity to

[21:30] partners with ladwp on

[21:30] vegetation management services

[21:32] on behalf of utility tree

[21:34] service. We're honored to

[21:35] support your mission, keeping

[21:37] your electric system safe,

[21:38] reliable, and compliant for the

[21:40] communities that you serve.

[21:41] in the prebid conference you

[21:43] emphasized that you intended to

[21:46] make two awards one contract

[21:48] area north and south we just

[21:50] want to thank you for choosing u

[21:52] are tilt tree service in the

[21:53] south it's a smart strategic

[21:55] decision for ladwp and customers

[21:56] and we are a local company. We

[21:58] are a california llc, but we

[22:00] have over 700 employees here.

[22:04] our employees live within

[22:05] drivable distance of ladwp and

[22:07] we serve every major utility

[22:09] here in the state from san

[22:11] diego, socal edison, pg&e, north

[22:20] sacramento smud so we're well

[22:21] versed in the industry as far as

[22:25] value we deliver the lowest life

[22:28] cycle cost while maintaining

[22:31] highest standards of safety

[22:33] quality and regulatory

[22:34] compliance which is huge for us

[22:36] our safety performance leading

[22:38] it. Cir injury incident rate is

[22:43] consistently 50% better than

[22:45] competitors in the industry

[22:46] which as you know this is very

[22:48] dangerous work here that we do

[22:50] our teams have isa certified

[22:53] arborists and utility

[22:55] specialists with decades of

[22:57] experience on a l.e.d. Wp system

[23:01] what differentiates us we

[23:06] haven't a comprehensive employee

[23:08] screening we verify drug test

[23:11] all employees ensure 100%

[23:13] compliance with federal

[23:15] standards osha ansi standards

[23:19] soc two certified it huge this

[23:22] industry here to safeguard all

[23:24] distribution transmission data

[23:27] is a huge thing rapid

[23:29] mobilization capabilities within

[23:29] the state as well outside of the

[23:31] state as you know with the

[23:32] recent fires and things like

[23:34] that we have workforce can tap

[23:37] on -- was that two minutes?

[23:41] I'll wrap up here committed

[23:43] transparency collaboration

[23:43] continues improvement our goal

[23:45] is to align with ladwp

[23:47] operational priorities community

[23:48] values delivering best class

[23:49] vegetation management every day

[23:50] we want to thank you for your

[23:52] trust look forward to partnering

[23:54] with ladwp answering questions

[23:56] getting to work we're ready to

[23:59] deliver the best-in-class

[24:01] vegetation management solutions

[24:02] that align with your operational

[24:05] goals and community. Thank you.

[24:07] » nurit katz: I invited the

[24:09] community to provide feedback on

[24:10] these contractors I did not mean

[24:12] to the commission so the

[24:13] commission is not engaged in

[24:15] selecting these vendors we are

[24:17] approving the contract but the

[24:18] selection is by staff so if you

[24:20] have feedback on the service of

[24:21] these contractors please share

[24:23] with ladwp staff that is always

[24:26] welcome.

[24:27] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[24:28] f that's important clarity

[24:29] because we don't do that thank

[24:30] you.

[24:31] » speaker: thank you.

[24:31] » board secretary, chante

[24:32] mitchell: the next speaker is

[24:33] valerie lizeraga followed by

[24:37] fateme murietta.

[24:38] » speaker: good morning I'm

[24:39] going to make a general comment.

[24:41] good morning commissioners my

[24:41] name is valerie, I'm the

[24:43] assistant director of organizing

[24:46] and policy with jobs to

[24:54] america's western states team

[24:56] jma is a national non-profit

[24:58] organization that conducts

[25:00] rigorous independent research on

[25:01] manufacturing economy and works

[25:02] in coalition with communities to

[25:04] negotiate community benefit

[25:05] agreements and benefit all

[25:07] stakeholders including promoting

[25:09] safe quality jobs in

[25:11] september 2025 members of our

[25:14] team partners joined the board

[25:16] of water and power commissioners

[25:19] meeting to share about a new

[25:21] report that was published by jma

[25:23] after two years of investigation

[25:24] which documented troubling labor

[25:26] and environmental conditions at

[25:28] neptune technology group major

[25:31] manufacture of smart water

[25:33] meters based in tallahassee,

[25:36] alabama and key supplier of

[25:37] ladwp neptune workers surveyed

[25:40] reported having witnessed or

[25:42] experienced at least one serious

[25:44] injury on the job nearly 70

[25:46] survey workers reported

[25:49] experiencing or witnessing

[25:52] unfair treatment including

[25:56] favoritism inconsistent

[25:57] discipline racism and sexism and

[25:59] that two landfills where neptune

[26:02] sends its waste have long been

[26:04] focus of environmental justice

[26:06] investigations and litigation we

[26:07] believe that the city of los

[26:09] angeles and ladwp can and should

[26:09] continue to be a leader in

[26:12] uplifting strong workers and

[26:14] standards and procuring

[26:15] equipment from companies that

[26:16] treat workers and surrounding

[26:18] communities with responsibility

[26:19] and respect is crucial at the

[26:21] board meeting in september 2025

[26:22] the board committed to

[26:24] investigating these findings and

[26:26] agendaize this item for further

[26:28] discussion we're here to ask the

[26:30] board for an update to follow up

[26:34] regarding these concerns and ask

[26:36] you to follow-through with your

[26:37] commitment to agendaize this

[26:39] important item for further

[26:41] discussion. Thank you. I'll

[26:42] end that we brought two copies

[26:44] of the report for the two new

[26:45] commissioners and also want to

[26:46] say welcome. Thank you. Please

[26:48] let us know how we should hand

[26:51] it to you all.

[26:52] » com. Wilma pinder: someone

[26:52] will take it now. Thank you.

[26:55] » board secretary, chante

[26:55] mitchell: the next speaker will

[26:57] be fateme marietta followed by

[27:01] martin marufo.

[27:04] » speaker: good morning my name

[27:05] is fateme I'm here to give

[27:08] public comment I'm a senior

[27:09] organizer with jobs to move

[27:10] america and I was also here at

[27:13] the last board meeting in

[27:15] september 2025 and shared key

[27:16] findings that valerie just

[27:18] reviewed with you. And I'm here

[27:20] again to respectfully ask the

[27:21] board to follow-through with

[27:23] your commitment to investigate

[27:24] these findings and to agendaize

[27:28] a report back at an upcoming

[27:32] board meeting. Since we last

[27:35] spoke to you about the report

[27:36] neptune has hired a consultant

[27:38] to meet with workers on the

[27:43] clock to, "represent neptune in

[27:46] their facility at tallahassee

[27:48] and alabama and developing a

[27:50] training and communication

[27:50] materials regarding the national

[27:53] labor relations act according to

[27:56] the federal disclosure

[27:58] documents." neptune has

[28:01] characterized mischaracterized

[28:03] reports and findings and jm's

[28:06] activities these actions are

[28:08] concerning the good

[28:09] neighborhoods alabama coalition

[28:11] is made up of 25 organizations

[28:12] and jma is one of them, aiming

[28:15] to partner with workers in the

[28:18] community in the company to

[28:19] address the issues outlined in

[28:20] the report our hope is that

[28:22] workers and community in alabama

[28:24] who build these water saving

[28:25] infrastructure products for los

[28:26] angeles are doing so in safe and

[28:28] fair working conditions and that

[28:30] strong environmental standards

[28:32] are put in place to protect

[28:33] surrounding communities. The

[28:34] coalition has asked neptune to

[28:36] take the report's finding

[28:38] seriously and to come together

[28:39] in the pursuit of real solutions

[28:41] but in a communication to its

[28:43] workers neptune falsely stated

[28:46] the report was, quote "coupled

[28:49] with demand that the company

[28:51] recognizes a labor union and

[28:53] requirement that workers pay

[28:56] union dues." neptune also

[28:58] falsely allege that good

[29:01] neighbors alabama approximate

[29:03] and jobs to move measuring try

[29:05] to trick workers into signing

[29:07] authorization cards. All not

[29:10] true. In our opinion neptune

[29:17] miscarries reminded us of union

[29:20] tactics and we want a commitment

[29:22] to win-win solution to solve

[29:23] these serious problems and look

[29:25] forward to seeing this item

[29:27] agenda at a future board meeting

[29:30] and hearing back from the board.

[29:33] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[29:34] » nurit katz: we did request

[29:35] that staff investigate this

[29:36] issue and appreciate you raising

[29:38] it and will certainly reach out

[29:39] when there is resolution or

[29:41] additional information from the

[29:42] water system. Thank you.

[29:43] » board secretary, chante

[29:44] mitchell: next speaker martin

[29:47] marufa followed by bruce

[29:50] resnick.

[29:50] » speaker: good morning

[29:51] commission good morning staff

[29:55] good morning everybody for the

[29:56] new members what were you

[29:58] thinking?

[29:59] [laughter]

[29:59] this is a very difficult job

[30:01] there is a lot here. I'm a

[30:04] lifelong resident of los angeles

[30:06] went to public schools did the

[30:08] whole route worked southern

[30:10] california edison former

[30:13] employee of ladwp generation

[30:14] steam generation for a long time

[30:16] out on the outside but it's

[30:18] important for the residents for

[30:20] the citizens for member adlies

[30:23] at ibw local 18 because I'm the

[30:27] business manager also ibw local

[30:29] 18 to have reliable efficient

[30:32] affordable power scattering

[30:34] generating station has been

[30:36] discussed for many years the

[30:38] repower it's utmost important we

[30:39] get this handled pushed through

[30:42] we have environmental concerns I

[30:44] live in wilmington I'm right

[30:46] next to harbor generating

[30:48] station so I understands what

[30:49] it's like to live next to a

[30:51] power plant we also have

[30:53] refineries and we have chemical

[30:54] plants there but the important

[30:56] of having reliable power now at

[30:59] this time is important we cannot

[31:01] ignore the impact that it will

[31:02] have we believe that we should

[31:04] be going to renewable power but

[31:06] the technology is not there this

[31:08] is an opportunity at scattergood

[31:11] to have hydrogen introduced to

[31:13] our system and this is going to

[31:14] help us get to that next level

[31:16] we understand that hydrogen will

[31:18] be difficult and challenging but

[31:19] it's not impossible we need to

[31:21] find a way to fix this it's not

[31:24] acceptable to just kick this can

[31:25] down the road we are working

[31:27] with environmental groups spoken

[31:29] at the water resources board to

[31:31] talk about expending some of the

[31:33] allowances we have to continue

[31:35] generating and using gas powered

[31:37] energy but we're at a point

[31:38] right now where we need on get

[31:41] this passed and pushed forward.

[31:43] please, take all the time and

[31:44] attention you need but this is

[31:46] of utmost importance to

[31:48] everybody, member citizens, all

[31:50] of us. Thank you.

[31:51] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[31:51] for your comment.

[31:53] » board secretary, chante

[31:54] mitchell: final speaker will be

[31:55] mr. Bruce resnik.

[31:58] » speaker: good morning. My

[32:04] name is bruce resnik executive

[32:07] director of la water keeper

[32:08] thank you for the opportunity to

[32:09] speak today different commission

[32:10] from the last time I testified I

[32:12] see some new folks here and

[32:14] welcome. I'm here to support

[32:15] the groundwater replenishment

[32:17] project and all modifications

[32:19] made. Wastewater recycling is

[32:29] scro

[32:30] absolutely critical at 70% local

[32:33] water goal just to be water

[32:36] secure water resilient city and

[32:37] expanding the tillman project

[32:39] from the rim 25mgd to 45mgd is

[32:46] extremely cost-effective license

[32:50] the project was already being

[32:53] developed to get 20mgd of local

[32:57] water and potentially reduce

[32:59] expensive energy intensive

[33:01] pumping of water from hyperion

[33:04] backpack to the valley when the

[33:06] full pure water la project comes

[33:09] on board that being said we're

[33:12] concerned the commission and

[33:13] staff take count to make sure

[33:14] that we're protecting flows in

[33:17] the la river when we're --

[33:21] exactly this water we have

[33:22] actually been working closely

[33:23] with staff over the last couple

[33:25] of years protecting critical

[33:27] flows of la river. We also

[33:30] look forward to the broader pure

[33:32] water la project coming online.

[33:34] I county stand up here and ever

[33:36] -- you know, without saying

[33:38] hopefully sooner than the 2056

[33:39] goal it's such a critical

[33:41] project and another great

[33:42] project for workers and labor

[33:46] and also both these projects

[33:47] that are groundwater

[33:50] replenishment and the broader

[33:51] pure water la are going to be

[33:52] critical for us to reduce our

[33:54] import of water from places like

[33:59] mono lake and of course mwd

[34:01] colorado river and bay delta and

[34:04] help restore those critical

[34:07] ecosystems to help.

[34:08] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[34:09] very much. I believe that was

[34:10] the last public speaker.

[34:12] » board secretary, chante

[34:12] mitchell: public comment is now

[34:13] closed at this time.

[34:14] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[34:15] the next agenda item item f

[34:18] reporting and briefing. And,

[34:20] joe, while we know you well,

[34:23] since there are various people

[34:24] in the audience who may have

[34:26] come just to hear our ceo's

[34:29] remarks, will you introduce

[34:30] yourself and give a little

[34:32] background to our general

[34:33] manager audience before making

[34:35] that report?

[34:35] » >>joseph m. Ramallo: sure.

[34:36] thank you very much

[34:37] commissioner. My name is joe

[34:38] ramallo, I'm chief customer

[34:40] officer at ladwp. I want to be

[34:42] welcome everyone today I'm

[34:43] sitting in for our ceo and chief

[34:48] engineer janisse quiñones today.

[34:49] my team oversees and works on

[34:51] all matters involving customer

[34:53] service as well as billing,

[34:54] dealing with key accounts as

[34:56] well as residential and

[34:57] commercial customers also

[35:00] oversee communications and

[35:00] community affairs team that does

[35:02] a lot of the work including one

[35:03] of the reports before you today

[35:05] concerning our palisades work

[35:07] over the last year. Also

[35:09] supervisor our distributed

[35:10] energy resources team that

[35:12] involves energy efficiency,

[35:14] battery storage, in-basin work.

[35:16] there is an item on your agenda

[35:18] today regarding significant

[35:20] expansion toward our distributed

[35:21] energy resources. And our

[35:23] claims team, as well. So when

[35:25] we have an incident in a

[35:27] community, if a water main

[35:28] breaks, and it affects a

[35:31] customer, the claim is filed

[35:33] that team reviews those claims

[35:34] and works with our legal

[35:35] department to find a resolution

[35:37] for our customers. So very

[35:39] pleased to be with you today.

[35:40] we have some operational updates

[35:42] f you can transition into that?

[35:45] » com. Wilma pinder: yes

[35:46] please.

[35:46] » >>joseph m. Ramallo: we'll

[35:47] start with anselmo collins water

[35:50] system followed by dave hanson I

[35:52] have a few items then zori eya g

[35:55] who is our chief resiliency and

[35:57] emergency management officer

[35:58] will also speak to a couple of

[36:00] items just before that I want to

[36:01] say welcome to our new

[36:02] commissioners pleased to you

[36:03] have on board on behalf of

[36:05] janisse, as well, as our entire

[36:08] executive team we look forward

[36:09] to working with you and for you.

[36:11] and are here as a resource to

[36:12] you. Thank you. With that I'll

[36:14] turn it over to anselmo.

[36:17] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[36:18] » anselmo collins: thank you

[36:19] joe. Good morning

[36:20] commissioners, anselmo collins

[36:22] water system typically this time

[36:24] of year a provide a water supply

[36:26] report to the board because

[36:27] united states this is when we

[36:29] collect the snow and rain that

[36:31] we use for the water supply for

[36:32] the city of la we had a pretty

[36:35] wet december especially towards

[36:36] the end of the year beginning of

[36:39] january. Between the 31st of

[36:40] december and january 4th, the

[36:42] city of la got around two and a

[36:44] half inches of water which is

[36:46] quite significant, because for

[36:48] the season, typically the city

[36:50] of vallejo on average gets

[36:51] around 15 inches so we got two

[36:55] and a half just during that

[36:56] time. Since the beginning of

[36:58] the water year which starts in

[37:00] october until january 12th we

[37:01] have received, the city of la,

[37:04] 12.4 inches of water. The san

[37:08] fernando valley got a little

[37:10] over 17 inches of water that's a

[37:12] pretty significant amount of

[37:12] water that's allowed us to

[37:16] capture a bit less than 56,000

[37:18] acre feet of water. Those

[37:20] 56,000 acre feet of water

[37:22] translates to enough water to

[37:24] serve approximately 223,000

[37:27] homes in los angeles for an

[37:28] entire year. So, it's a pretty

[37:30] significant amount of water that

[37:34] we have received. It's still

[37:36] early in the season so we're

[37:39] hoping to get more storms here

[37:41] but also more storms up north so

[37:42] we can get more snowpack. So

[37:44] the department of water

[37:46] resources which is a state

[37:47] agency, every year conducts snow

[37:49] surveys conducted their first

[37:51] survey recently on december 30th

[37:52] at the phillips station and they

[37:54] recorded 24 inches of snow.

[37:58] when you translate that to the

[38:00] snow equivalent or water content

[38:02] that's approximately five inches

[38:03] of water a pretty good start to

[38:04] the season as well. Statewide,

[38:07] the snowpack right now is around

[38:09] 81% of normal, and that is

[38:13] measured in different locations

[38:14] on average. For los angeles, as

[38:16] you know, we received our water

[38:18] for the la aqueduct from the

[38:20] eastern part of the sierra never

[38:22] add as and we have mashed with

[38:24] snow pillows, approximately 13.5

[38:27] inches. Now, that number is

[38:29] going to be verified by doing

[38:32] our own snow surveys. Our first

[38:35] snow survey will be on

[38:36] february 1st. So we'll be able

[38:39] to verify exactly how much snow

[38:40] water content we have on the

[38:42] eastern side of the sierras,

[38:43] which is what provides water to

[38:45] the city of los angeles. A

[38:47] couple of other things I want to

[38:49] mention, one quite outstanding,

[38:51] so january 6th, the state of

[38:54] california actually declared

[38:56] that there isn't a drought

[38:57] condition in the state for the

[38:58] first time in 25 years. So all

[39:00] parts of the state are not in a

[39:02] drought. That has not happened

[39:03] in 25 years. So that's pretty

[39:06] significant there.

[39:07] » com. Wilma pinder: in fact, I

[39:07] was going to say that myself.

[39:09] so, I'm so glad that you made it

[39:12] an official announcement. I

[39:16] mean, I don't know that the

[39:17] significance of that is so great

[39:20] I mean we're also concerned

[39:21] about our little piece of the

[39:23] pie, but to have the entire pie,

[39:25] meaning california, drought

[39:26] free, it's just unbelievable.

[39:30] » anselmo collins: absolutely

[39:30] especially considering that just

[39:31] four years ago we were at the

[39:33] end of a multi-year drought. So

[39:35] as you can tell, as water

[39:37] managers we have got to manage

[39:39] when there is too much water and

[39:41] also when there is not enough

[39:43] water and in this case right now

[39:44] we're doing well we hope to

[39:46] continue with that. And that

[39:47] said also the department of

[39:50] water resources, they also,

[39:52] every year, they provide

[39:53] allocation of water for the

[39:55] state water project contractors,

[39:57] metropolitan water district,

[39:58] which is our wholesaler, is a

[40:00] state water project contractor,

[40:01] the state has announced

[40:02] allocation of 10%. That means

[40:06] that metropolitan right now,

[40:07] based on that, can get 10% of

[40:09] the amount of water that they're

[40:11] entitled to. Now this number

[40:12] tends to change, so as the

[40:15] season progresses and we get

[40:16] more snowpack and more

[40:18] precipitation, the state will

[40:19] update that number. So, the

[40:21] hope is that by the time we get

[40:22] to april, when is when we start

[40:24] the runoff season, that we will

[40:27] have a greater allocation

[40:28] percentage, which is good news

[40:30] for us because we do depend, not

[40:32] just on the la aqueduct, but

[40:34] also on the state water project,

[40:35] and the colorado river, via

[40:39] metropolitan, to supply water to

[40:40] the city of los angeles. And

[40:42] that's the end of my report for

[40:46] water supply.

[40:47] » >>joseph m. Ramallo: thanks.

[40:52] dave hansen senior assistant

[40:55] general manager for power

[40:56] system.

[40:59] » dave hanson: thank you, joe.

[41:02] good morning commissioners in

[41:04] december last year we joined

[41:06] mayor bas council member

[41:10] nassearrian and several dwp

[41:12] staff and climate leadership to

[41:14] celebrate is a large milestone

[41:17] on our path to climate

[41:18] leadership to celebrate a large

[41:20] milestone on our path 100% clean

[41:23] energy we're proud to share that

[41:25] dwp is eliminated coal from our

[41:29] power supply like to thank coal

[41:31] for its many years of service.

[41:34] [laughter]

[41:35] on november 26th, 2025 we

[41:37] received the last coal fueled

[41:38] energy from utah's intermountain

[41:41] power project refer to as ipp

[41:43] which has been the final source

[41:45] of coal in our portfolio since

[41:48] 2016 we utilize portfolio since

[41:52] 2016 we now utilize energy from

[41:54] hydrogen capable generating

[41:56] units recently constructed at ip

[42:00] renewed those u noveltys

[42:01] currently run on natural gas and

[42:02] are capable of running on fuel

[42:05] blends of natural gas up to 30%

[42:07] hydrogen with roadmap eventually

[42:09] transitioning to 100% green

[42:12] hydrogen as fuel source in the

[42:13] near future we expect to add

[42:15] hydrogen to the fuel mix in 2026

[42:17] normally power would be

[42:19] reporting performance during

[42:20] winter storm outage but ol' viv

[42:24] griffith will be covering that

[42:26] today since we're activated for

[42:29] emergency command this time

[42:32] towards the end of the year

[42:33] usually get requests for solar

[42:36] incentive customer projects to

[42:38] be energized. We're thankful

[42:40] for the group to be able to

[42:41] identify that issue and pivot

[42:44] and handle before we became

[42:45] aware of it at the executive

[42:48] level. Good job miel, john,

[42:53] gary and the team. Also power

[42:55] system in the middle of power

[42:59] reorganization kicked that off

[43:01] monday engaged with korn ferry

[43:02] as our consultants for the last

[43:05] year looking at moving into

[43:07] functional operating model

[43:08] instead of siloed built on

[43:11] classifications the power reorg

[43:14] bulletin draft org chat going

[43:16] out today by end of the month

[43:18] we'll put out the final bulletin

[43:22] final org chart share with all

[43:24] the commissioners also palisades

[43:26] relocated u rock that's our ford

[43:29] operating base for operations

[43:30] and coordinating collaboration

[43:32] all other city departments in

[43:34] construction now being relocated

[43:38] from topanga state beach to

[43:40] marquez elementary school

[43:42] adjacent to property and we

[43:43] anticipate that will be open at

[43:45] the end of this month that's it.

[43:48] thank you.

[43:49] » >>joseph m. Ramallo: thank

[43:49] you dave a couple of items ladwp

[43:52] was proud to cohost the winter

[43:55] solstice ceremony on friday

[43:58] december 19th fortunate to have

[44:01] commissioners marks and

[44:02] commissioner katz attend thank

[44:03] you for going that was together

[44:06] with fernandeno at that time

[44:09] staffian band of mission indians

[44:13] at chatsworth nature preserve, a

[44:17] real gem in our water system and

[44:21] community resource this

[44:22] tradition began in 20215th year

[44:26] of celebrating cultural heritage

[44:29] this event honors ancestral

[44:32] transitions promoting nature

[44:33] preservation, it highlights our

[44:35] commitment to protecting

[44:36] sensitive habitats and engaging

[44:38] the community and preserving

[44:39] this unique natural space

[44:41] together with our partners

[44:44] from the band of mission

[44:46] indians. Next monday on

[44:48] january 19th we will be proudly

[44:50] participating in the 41st annual

[44:52] dr. Martin luther king jr.

[44:55] kingdom day parade in los

[44:57] angeles the parade is organized

[45:00] in our city to unite our city in

[45:03] celebration of freedom equality

[45:05] community empowerment our human

[45:07] resources outreach recruitment

[45:08] services division is

[45:10] spearheading our participation

[45:11] in the parade hoping you would

[45:12] be able to join us for that we

[45:15] have employees from our own

[45:16] staff in addition to members of

[45:17] our national society of black

[45:20] engineers ladwp chapter will be

[45:22] participating pleased to have

[45:23] family and friends together with

[45:24] our ford lightening ev truck and

[45:27] ev bucket truck to demonstrate

[45:29] our commitment to inclusion and

[45:30] equity and also promote jobs

[45:31] here at the department looking

[45:33] forward to that and welcome you

[45:34] as well. I would like to

[45:37] introduce zoraya oliver griffin,

[45:42] our chief environment emergency

[45:44] management officer to provide

[45:46] update on the winter storm we

[45:47] had just prior to christmas and

[45:49] also on our palisades one-year

[45:52] after report.

[45:54] » zoraya oliver-griffin: good

[46:02] morning commissioners. As we

[46:04] all lived through the holiday

[46:06] storm we all know that los

[46:07] angeles received a record

[46:10] rainfall on christmas eve in

[46:12] many areas field by a severe

[46:16] atmospheric river which added to

[46:17] the region's rain totals as we

[46:19] heard from anselmo specifically

[46:21] on christmas day and early

[46:22] friday. As a department we

[46:23] decided to take a proactive

[46:26] approach and prepared to quickly

[46:28] and safely manage any forecasted

[46:32] impacts as a result of the

[46:34] atmospheric river which was

[46:36] according to the national

[46:37] weather service unprecedented

[46:38] for our area this time of year

[46:40] despite the additional challenge

[46:42] of staffing during the christmas

[46:45] eve and christmas holiday based

[46:48] on increasing risk reported by

[46:49] the national weather service

[46:51] including heavy rainfall along

[46:53] with high potential for mud

[46:55] slides, and believe it or not, a

[46:58] tornado portably touching

[47:00] ground, which it did, the

[47:03] department of emergency

[47:03] operation center activated well

[47:05] in advance of the storm,

[47:07] prepared for cross system

[47:13] operational coordination

[47:14] realtime situational awareness

[47:16] monitoring and impact management

[47:19] proud to report that our

[47:20] infrastructure both water and

[47:22] power performed well against the

[47:24] storm with minimal impacts to

[47:26] any of our service territory any

[47:28] power and water system outages

[47:31] were successfully addressed

[47:33] relying on existing personnel

[47:34] and resources within our normal

[47:37] operations timelines at peak in

[47:40] the we hours of december 24th

[47:43] 19,000 customers were affected

[47:44] by power outages primarily as a

[47:46] result of several inches of

[47:50] rainfall, fallen palm fronds and

[47:53] debris that came into contact

[47:54] with our power lines and

[47:56] equipment. Also happy to report

[47:57] that all power outages and power

[48:00] service was restored well within

[48:02] 48 hours a tremendous thank you

[48:04] to all field personnel and

[48:06] responders who worked tirelessly

[48:08] in challenging conditions of

[48:09] rain and wind, taking time away

[48:12] from their loved ones during a

[48:13] special holiday season to ensure

[48:15] not only a safe but a very quick

[48:17] response to restore outages as

[48:19] quickly as possible. I would

[48:21] also like to mention that this

[48:24] doc activation culminated a

[48:27] very.

[48:30] [ buzzer ]

[48:33] 2025 for our emergency

[48:36] response for the department for

[48:38] a total 53 days of department

[48:39] wide emergency response ranging

[48:42] from wildfires atmospheric

[48:43] rivers and storms civil unrest

[48:45] and extended water outage and

[48:48] even tsunami warning so we had a

[48:51] little bit across the entire

[48:53] spectrum, waiting for a volcano

[48:55] to happen

[48:56] [laughter]

[48:56] but you know let's keep it at

[48:57] bay for a while regardless I

[49:00] want to assure each and every

[49:01] one of you that the department

[49:02] as a whole is very well prepared

[49:05] for any emergency or natural

[49:06] disaster that we may face in

[49:09] 2026 or moving forward.

[49:16] next overview of our palisades

[49:18] report. Last week we passed a

[49:20] very sobering milestone for our

[49:23] -- for our city. With the

[49:25] one-year anniversary of the

[49:27] start of the tragic wind-driven

[49:31] palisades fire, nothing --

[49:32] absolutely nothing can reverse

[49:34] this tragedy, but I assure you,

[49:37] we have spent the last year

[49:38] doing everything that we

[49:40] possibly can to help the

[49:41] palisades community to rebuild,

[49:44] and also help make los angeles

[49:47] more resilient. Last week we

[49:49] published our report detailing

[49:50] all we have done over the past

[49:52] year to support our palisades

[49:53] customers and the community, as

[49:56] well. The report a summary of

[49:59] all efforts which focuses on how

[50:02] ladwp led efforts and deployed

[50:04] resources early and quickly to

[50:05] support recovery for the

[50:06] palisades community, the

[50:08] strengthening of -- and

[50:09] reliability of our water and

[50:10] power systems, the things that

[50:12] we're currently do to protect

[50:13] our systems against ongoing

[50:16] climate threats, our advancement

[50:18] of partnerships to improve

[50:19] climate resiliency and, finally,

[50:23] leveraging all funding

[50:26] opportunity paths to recover --

[50:28] to recovery and resiliency.

[50:30] that report is available at

[50:35] ladwp.com/palisades for any one

[50:35] of our customers or the public

[50:38] that would like to refer to it.

[50:39] » com. Wilma pinder: buffer go

[50:40] I want to be clear on something.

[50:42] because if I was just a citizen

[50:44] at home listening, usually when

[50:47] we use the word rebuild, many

[50:49] people think of that as some

[50:53] financial aid or money that we

[50:55] make available. When you use

[50:56] the term rebuild, you are not

[51:00] referring to dwp helping in a

[51:03] funeral way with individual

[51:05] homeowners, were you?

[51:07] » zoraya oliver-griffin: that

[51:08] is correct. Referring to

[51:10] rebuilding of our water and

[51:11] power infrastructure.

[51:12] » >>joseph m. Ramallo: but I do

[51:13] want to add that with respect to

[51:16] customers and providing that

[51:17] assistance we did not bill for

[51:18] any water use for a significant

[51:20] period of months following

[51:21] because of the tragedy and the

[51:23] loss and the inability of

[51:24] actually accurately measure the

[51:26] amount of water that was used by

[51:28] customers whose homes were

[51:30] destroyed or whose customers

[51:33] whose homes were not destroyed

[51:35] so that was a significant help

[51:37] in addition we have extended

[51:39] repayment plans for customers,

[51:41] repayment plans and also we're

[51:43] not doing collections through

[51:46] june 30th of this year. We're

[51:48] doing everything we can to

[51:49] assist them with financially

[51:50] even though it doesn't include

[51:53] direct financial support toward

[51:54] rebuilding homes.

[51:56] » com. Wilma pinder: I'm very

[51:56] glad you restated that because

[51:59] that's very important point I

[52:01] remember at the beginning when

[52:03] dwp made that advisement. So

[52:05] thank you joe for saying that I

[52:07] didn't want anyone hearing the

[52:09] remarks thinking that somehow we

[52:10] were in a sense providing money

[52:12] for building. And I know that

[52:16] dwp has extended itself to the

[52:17] residents in any way that it can

[52:20] to anything that we can do that

[52:23] is a direct role from us to save

[52:26] them, like you said, being

[52:27] billion dollar for something,

[52:28] anything we can clear that is

[52:30] within our range to handle. So,

[52:32] thank you for restating that.

[52:35] and thank you and excuse me for

[52:37] interrupting you.

[52:38] » zoraya oliver-griffin: no. I

[52:39] appreciate you raising the

[52:41] clarification. You know, I also

[52:43] would be remiss if I didn't

[52:44] mention and speak on behalf of

[52:45] the four executives, dave,

[52:48] anselmo, joe, and I, that are

[52:51] very committed and working very

[52:55] closely with the palisades

[52:56] community to ensure that, you

[52:57] know, we meet and support their

[52:58] needs in a way that is relevant

[53:00] to them. So, we are very

[53:04] committed to working with them

[53:06] so that they help us shape how

[53:09] we're going to proceed with our

[53:10] work in the palisades. So, it's

[53:12] become being a true genuine

[53:15] partnership. So, a lot of times

[53:17] they may not like what we have

[53:18] to say, but the four of us are

[53:21] very committed to being

[53:23] transparent and providing the

[53:24] information when we have it, you

[53:26] know, to the degree that we're

[53:28] able to provide it. Okay.

[53:30] thank you. And that is the end

[53:31] of my report for today.

[53:35] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[53:37] » >>joseph m. Ramallo: thank

[53:38] you zoraya.

[53:44] » nurit katz: may I comment on

[53:46] the report?

[53:47] » com. Wilma pinder: sure.

[53:48] » nurit katz: thank you I just

[53:49] want to take a moment to

[53:50] acknowledge that this is our

[53:52] first board meeting and so soon

[53:53] after the one year anniversary

[53:55] like many of you and many

[53:58] angelenos I had friends and

[53:59] family impacted by the fires in

[54:01] 2025 both the palisades fire

[54:03] here in the city of los angeles

[54:05] and also the eighth on fire and

[54:07] I know many of our employees did

[54:09] as well some of our employees

[54:11] lost homes directly or were

[54:12] otherwise impacted by the fire

[54:14] and I remember a year ago that

[54:15] some of those employees were at

[54:18] work the very next day despite

[54:20] having lost their homes and

[54:22] participating in the helping the

[54:23] city in this time of crisis. I

[54:25] want to take a moment to

[54:27] acknowledge really all of our

[54:28] staff and all our employees who

[54:30] have been engaged in that time

[54:32] of crisis and since then your

[54:34] service is really inspiring and

[54:37] incredible president katz would

[54:39] often refer to dwp as first

[54:41] responders and I want to echo

[54:42] that and especially when it came

[54:44] to the 2025 fire. It's amazing

[54:46] to reflect back on this year and

[54:47] look at everything that this

[54:49] department has done from

[54:50] restoring water at record speed,

[54:52] water service to continuing to

[54:54] advocate for fema funding, and

[54:56] working on the rebuild,

[55:00] providing a good source of

[55:01] interaction for the community to

[55:02] get all their questions answered

[55:03] at the u rock, and I'm glad to

[55:07] hear that movement is underway.

[55:09] so thank you for that. We don't

[55:12] get to plan on emergencies so I

[55:15] want to acknowledge zoraya, the

[55:18] whole team that was involved in

[55:19] the department eoc on christmas

[55:22] a holiday that I'm sure many

[55:24] would have liked to be

[55:26] celebrating with families so to

[55:27] be activated in emergency

[55:30] operations we really protected

[55:31] your eye on the storm and

[55:32] ensuring that power and water

[55:33] were restored quickly. Lastly I

[55:35] want to note that although the

[55:37] state is, for the first time in

[55:40] many years, out of the drought

[55:42] for the moment, that with

[55:43] climate change we have really

[55:44] seen a whiplash so we know we're

[55:46] going to have these wet years

[55:48] and very dry years I want to

[55:50] encourage all angelenos to keep

[55:53] your eye on water conservation

[55:56] just because r because we're out

[55:58] of a drought for the moment

[55:59] doesn't mean california doesn't

[56:01] have serious water supply

[56:02] challenges ahead so please

[56:04] continue to take advantage of

[56:05] the now increasing tougher

[56:07] replacement program the leap

[56:09] program for low-income families

[56:10] to have free landscape

[56:12] replacement and other water

[56:13] saving measures. It's a big

[56:16] deal dwp has transitioned away

[56:17] from coal so thank you for

[56:19] mentioning that, dave, and we

[56:21] will continue to push forward

[56:22] towards clean energy and all the

[56:24] different ways that we can

[56:25] address climate change and also

[56:26] climate resiliency. So thank

[56:29] you very much for these reports

[56:32] today.

[56:32] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[56:33] I wish I had included this under

[56:36] my general remarks, but I'm

[56:39] going to put it in right now

[56:44] before I move to the ratepayer

[56:46] if you will allow me.

[56:48] we have had general counsel here

[56:50] at all times, you often possibly

[56:52] don't pay any attention, but we

[56:54] have someone who is, before we

[56:56] come to a meeting, things have

[56:58] been screened in a legal way so

[57:01] that we do not inadvertently

[57:03] misstep or make a legal decision

[57:06] or action that could have

[57:08] repercussions. So, always, at

[57:09] the end of our circle, we have

[57:13] our general counsel for the

[57:15] department of water and power

[57:16] board of commissioners with us.

[57:19] the dwp has its own legal

[57:23] section, not in this building,

[57:25] but in another building. In

[57:27] fact we used to, when I was

[57:30] here, on the 15th floor, and

[57:32] they moved us to another floor,

[57:34] and eventually they moved the

[57:36] whole legal team out of this

[57:38] building. But there are lawyers

[57:39] that are dedicated just to l

[57:45] ladwp, who are city employees.

[57:46] and those people are here to

[57:48] advise on the contracts, they're

[57:52] to advise the attorneys, I said

[57:55] attorneys -- commissioners, on

[58:00] what we're doing. So ben

[58:03] chapman kind of got away before

[58:04] many of you who are regulars

[58:06] here or who tune in regularly,

[58:07] was acknowledged as fully as he

[58:10] could have been. But someone

[58:12] has stapedes -- stepped in,

[58:18] because the city attorney's

[58:20] office has capable attorneys

[58:23] people send to take who are

[58:26] government employees for granted

[58:29] where all of the dwp people are

[58:31] government employees they're

[58:32] keeping the lights on and water

[58:34] flowing so we don't want people

[58:36] in little boxes and little

[58:39] places and diminish what they do

[58:41] in their life for all of us so

[58:43] with that said I don't want to

[58:46] introduce you myself miss florez

[58:47] but I would love for you to tell

[58:49] us not only your name, what you

[58:51] do and how you assist the

[58:54] commission. Will you do that

[58:55] please?

[58:56] » speaker: certainly. Thank

[58:57] you for the nice introduction of

[58:59] our whole office, office of the

[59:00] city attorney, I am the chief

[59:03] deputy city attorney and am

[59:06] filling in, in an interim role

[59:09] as general counsel for dwp given

[59:10] how much is going on here, and

[59:13] the unexpected retirement of the

[59:15] former general counsel ben

[59:17] chapman. I'm here, and our

[59:20] whole office is here to provide

[59:23] legal support and guidance, you

[59:25] can call upon us at any time and

[59:28] we're happy to help out. I am a

[59:30] 23 year veteran of the city

[59:33] attorney's office. I started my

[59:35] career in big law, was a trial

[59:39] lawyer, and then came over to

[59:40] the city. It's been the best

[59:42] legal decision I ever made.

[59:44] it's been a great job. I was

[59:46] born in la, both parents were

[59:49] city employees. So, this is my

[59:53] mission in life to make sure

[59:55] that the city prospers and

[59:58] conducts its business legally

[59:59] and effectively. We want to

[1:00:01] make sure the whole office of

[1:00:02] the city attorney wants to make

[1:00:05] sure that our clients meet their

[1:00:09] goals and we're here to help you

[1:00:13] do that so, thank you.

[1:00:14] » com. Wilma pinder: well, I

[1:00:15] appreciate you, just on the

[1:00:16] spot, because I didn't tell you

[1:00:18] I would do that I just sat there

[1:00:20] and I looked. And I know --

[1:00:24] now, she sounded all nice and

[1:00:26] sweet when she said that, now,

[1:00:29] that lady is a land slapper, she

[1:00:32] will get -- they make you course

[1:00:34] correct very quickly. It's not

[1:00:36] all smiles. And many times we

[1:00:40] retire from you and we go into

[1:00:42] closed session and those are the

[1:00:43] matters that the charter

[1:00:46] mandates that we only talk

[1:00:47] offrecord with our attorney. We

[1:00:48] list those cases that are in

[1:00:50] litigation, you can go and look

[1:00:52] them up yourselves, but we do

[1:00:54] not discuss them in front of

[1:00:56] you. But when we go into closed

[1:00:58] session, we have the city

[1:00:59] attorney's office there. We are

[1:01:02] a check and balance. We comment

[1:01:04] on the cases that they have, or

[1:01:07] how much -- how much risk do we

[1:01:10] have if we go forward with a

[1:01:11] matter. So, this is -- I want

[1:01:12] you to really get the sense that

[1:01:14] this is not just a stagnant

[1:01:16] thing here. I noticed, and it

[1:01:19] was new to me, dwp people call

[1:01:22] everybody by their first name.

[1:01:25] so, it's -- it's -- seems

[1:01:27] informal seems like everybody

[1:01:29] is, you know, brother, sister,

[1:01:32] lovey dovey, but people here are

[1:01:34] check mates of each other. And

[1:01:36] while they try to do it with a

[1:01:39] smile, they do hold people to

[1:01:41] follow what is correct, and that

[1:01:42] goes for not only just the

[1:01:44] commissioners, it goes for

[1:01:47] people here who have title

[1:01:48] underneath them. They have to

[1:01:51] keep those people in the right

[1:01:52] line, but they still allow a

[1:01:54] flow of information. So, I move

[1:01:56] to say all of this today because

[1:01:57] I happen to have the mic, and

[1:01:59] I'm able to say it today. But

[1:02:02] it's just donning on me, it's

[1:02:05] just donning on me, how involved

[1:02:07] this is. And maybe that's even

[1:02:10] why we ends up with a shift of

[1:02:13] people. It's a lot to ask, even

[1:02:14] the people who are getting paid,

[1:02:16] and I want to remind you, we're

[1:02:17] not getting paid. And there are

[1:02:20] people who are -- and we're used

[1:02:22] to making big decisions

[1:02:25] ourselves. I know my colleagues

[1:02:26] here, they still work. I happen

[1:02:28] to be retired, but be that as it

[1:02:32] may, if we are away from

[1:02:34] whatever we're doing, our

[1:02:36] family, our work, et cetera, we

[1:02:37] all are committed to this. And

[1:02:38] the commissioners, we wouldn't

[1:02:42] want to work here -- wrong word

[1:02:43] -- we wouldn't want to volunteer

[1:02:45] here if we did not feel that our

[1:02:49] time was appreciated. But the

[1:02:51] people keep us in check too.

[1:02:55] commissioner pinder, you can't

[1:02:56] do that, you can't say that, you

[1:02:59] can't do that, so, we follow

[1:03:00] those. And I want you to know

[1:03:02] it starts with the city

[1:03:03] attorney's office that's located

[1:03:05] in the city hall east building

[1:03:06] and it's here with our council,

[1:03:08] as well. So, and I don't know

[1:03:10] even if our two new

[1:03:13] commissioners who I'll probably

[1:03:14] may never say this again, you

[1:03:17] better watch your toes because

[1:03:19] these people aren't playing.

[1:03:21] » nurit katz: and commissioner

[1:03:22] pinder I have to say because you

[1:03:24] are always so humble with your

[1:03:30] own background, commissioner

[1:03:35] pinder is speaking from

[1:03:35] experience 30 years of service

[1:03:37] in the city attorney's office

[1:03:38] and 20 of those serving ladwp so

[1:03:40] we're lucky to have your

[1:03:42] expertises on the commission as

[1:03:44] an extra set of legalized

[1:03:46] everything that you bring thank

[1:03:49] you for that wilma.

[1:03:54] » nurit katz: you're very kind

[1:03:55] next item another agency that

[1:03:58] keeps us on our toes ratepayer

[1:04:01] advocate item g on the agenda.

[1:04:06] » tim o'connor: thank you

[1:04:07] commissioner pinder. Good

[1:04:09] morning and welcome commissioner

[1:04:12] marks, trance, nice to see you

[1:04:14] here in your first meeting after

[1:04:15] having been confirmed my name is

[1:04:18] tim o I'm the ratepayer advocate

[1:04:19] I would like to recognize joined

[1:04:21] with me today by another member

[1:04:24] of my team joe coko, if you

[1:04:30] might stand up a leader in our

[1:04:32] office focused on daily analysis

[1:04:35] customer program analysis

[1:04:35] affordability joe brings a long

[1:04:38] line of experience in

[1:04:38] examination of these issues on

[1:04:42] behalf of ratepayers he'll be

[1:04:46] working with me my team upcoming

[1:04:48] analysis which you will be

[1:04:51] seeing as well as forward basis

[1:04:54] in support of analysis on filed

[1:04:55] items I would like to direct

[1:04:57] your attention as well members

[1:04:59] of the public to written

[1:05:00] comments that we filed with the

[1:05:03] commission on filed items 8, 13,

[1:05:08] 16, 17, those were as well filed

[1:05:09] items 7 and 8 you should have a

[1:05:11] copy of our written comment

[1:05:13] before you in addition opa

[1:05:15] reviewed all items submitted to

[1:05:16] the board via the public web

[1:05:18] site and met with staff on items

[1:05:20] for approval today before you on

[1:05:24] 5, 6, 7, 9, 15, 18, and 23,

[1:05:30] we're not providing written

[1:05:31] comments on those but have

[1:05:34] evaluated the information

[1:05:34] associated with those as well as

[1:05:36] all filed items that have been

[1:05:38] submitted to the commission

[1:05:39] leadership to the board. The --

[1:05:41] I would like to say that in

[1:05:44] meeting with staff on all of

[1:05:47] these items, I would be remiss

[1:05:50] if I didn't give a level of

[1:05:52] gratitude and appreciation for

[1:05:54] the openness of an ongoing

[1:05:57] openness of teams from the cfo's

[1:05:59] office, from the power system,

[1:06:02] from the water system, from the

[1:06:04] administrator office, from

[1:06:07] customer service that helps us

[1:06:09] do our jobs of evaluating these

[1:06:11] items that come before you,

[1:06:15] providing analysis and comments

[1:06:18] areas that we identify, maybe

[1:06:20] are needed areas of improvement,

[1:06:24] areas for additional analysis

[1:06:25] and just additional areas for

[1:06:28] consideration.

[1:06:28] I will bring forward three items

[1:06:31] today that I want to raise to

[1:06:34] your attention. The first is

[1:06:36] related to opa's broad mission.

[1:06:40] we remain committed to

[1:06:44] affordability, to transparency,

[1:06:47] and to accountability on

[1:06:49] community impact from the

[1:06:51] department. And in support of

[1:06:54] this, opa recently released

[1:06:57] several items for public

[1:07:01] evaluation in areas which are

[1:07:03] relevant to the -- the board

[1:07:05] today. One of those is a series

[1:07:08] of public-facing materials on

[1:07:10] water and power rate design, as

[1:07:13] well as consumer utility bill

[1:07:18] design to provide explanation to

[1:07:20] the general public for how water

[1:07:22] and power rates are designed and

[1:07:25] how to interpret their utility

[1:07:27] bills. We have received a lot

[1:07:30] of comments on these. This

[1:07:32] material was not present in the

[1:07:33] public before, we would

[1:07:36] encourage to you review that as

[1:07:37] on our publicly facing website,

[1:07:38] and we will be planning

[1:07:42] additional information for

[1:07:44] transparency and community

[1:07:46] advising going forward.

[1:07:48] the second area that I would

[1:07:49] like to raise your attention on

[1:07:52] is some upcoming listening

[1:07:54] sessions that the office of

[1:07:55] public accountability, the

[1:07:58] ratepayer advocate, will be

[1:07:59] holding in the community to

[1:08:01] start to talk to individual

[1:08:05] representatives of community

[1:08:07] groups to impacted individuals,

[1:08:14] to people that receive utility

[1:08:16] bills every month to really

[1:08:17] start to listen to them about

[1:08:19] what it means when people

[1:08:20] receive their utility bill, how

[1:08:23] do they interpret affordability,

[1:08:25] where is the direction of travel

[1:08:26] as it relates to community

[1:08:28] impact. We have three planned

[1:08:30] in the upcoming weeks. One is

[1:08:32] on january 28th, another is on

[1:08:34] february 5th, and the final one

[1:08:36] is on february 11th. These will

[1:08:38] have both -- these will have

[1:08:41] bilingual access, and the one on

[1:08:44] january 28th will be holding at

[1:08:46] the boys and girls club of the

[1:08:49] san fernando valley on

[1:08:51] february 5th we'll be holding at

[1:08:53] first ame church, and the one on

[1:08:56] february 11th we'll be holding

[1:08:58] at the delores mission church.

[1:09:02] I have information here both in

[1:09:03] spanish and english for anybody

[1:09:05] here in the audience, or

[1:09:06] information can be found on our

[1:09:09] web site that talks about these,

[1:09:11] and we would encourage

[1:09:12] participation from any members

[1:09:13] of the public that would like to

[1:09:14] participate.

[1:09:16] one item I would like to elevate

[1:09:20] from our filed comments is

[1:09:22] related to item 17, which you

[1:09:25] have heard comments today. And

[1:09:27] this is related to the contract

[1:09:31] approval for vegetation

[1:09:33] management. While opa has no

[1:09:37] comments on or concerns about

[1:09:40] the approval of these contracts,

[1:09:42] we would like to elevate two

[1:09:46] items. One is from the

[1:09:47] discussion we heard earlier

[1:09:49] today, just to make sure that

[1:09:50] the board has our points on

[1:09:52] this, is that we find it

[1:09:54] encouraging that there are two

[1:09:57] contracts that are being offered

[1:09:58] today. We have seen, in the

[1:10:01] past, where there is a single

[1:10:03] vendor that is responsible for

[1:10:05] managing critical utility

[1:10:07] services and infrastructure

[1:10:08] services the opportunity to make

[1:10:09] sure that there is two vendors

[1:10:13] that are able to perform this

[1:10:16] critical work is valuable and

[1:10:19] has a value to rate payers in

[1:10:21] and of itself. Second is we

[1:10:24] have requested information about

[1:10:25] the green waste disposal

[1:10:27] practices associated with these

[1:10:30] contracts. While opa doesn't

[1:10:32] generally get into the minutia

[1:10:34] of contracts, we do look at both

[1:10:36] total cost and effectiveness and

[1:10:38] city policy that may be espoused

[1:10:41] within the approval of

[1:10:41] individual contracts. We have

[1:10:43] seen and we have requested

[1:10:45] information on where the green

[1:10:47] waste from these -- from these

[1:10:49] contractors will be deposited.

[1:10:52] the information we received is

[1:10:55] that there is, at present, not a

[1:10:58] memo of agreement, or

[1:11:00] misdemeanor -- memo of

[1:11:06] understanding between the

[1:11:07] department and other city

[1:11:08] services such as sanitation to

[1:11:10] use city facilities for the

[1:11:12] disposal of this green waste.

[1:11:14] that has required the

[1:11:17] development of an improvised

[1:11:19] process which we have not

[1:11:20] received information on and we

[1:11:22] would respectfully recommend

[1:11:23] that the board ask this question

[1:11:26] either in contract review period

[1:11:29] or contemporaneous with the

[1:11:29] approval to make sure that the

[1:11:31] department's contractors are

[1:11:34] fulfilling in the spirit of the

[1:11:37] sb1383 law which focuses on

[1:11:39] deposition of green waste in

[1:11:41] composting facilities. We have

[1:11:43] seen many different ads,

[1:11:45] facebook posts, and others where

[1:11:46] people are getting green waste

[1:11:54] bins delivered to their houses

[1:11:59] by the dozens and we want to

[1:12:01] make sure that the department

[1:12:02] and its contractors when you

[1:12:04] have such large amount of green

[1:12:06] waste is also fulfilling those

[1:12:08] obligations I would also like to

[1:12:10] call your attention to filed

[1:12:11] items 7, 8, and 9, these are in

[1:12:16] the report --

[1:12:18] » com. Wilma pinder: let's stop

[1:12:19] one moment with the green waste

[1:12:22] is there anyone that falls under

[1:12:25] their department or --

[1:12:27] » nurit katz: I want to address

[1:12:28] that I will now say as a board

[1:12:32] member to the department to

[1:12:33] please follow up on that power

[1:12:35] system however I would note that

[1:12:36] there is complexity around the

[1:12:39] disposal of green waste I know

[1:12:40] from dealing with other issues

[1:12:42] with sanitation and fire

[1:12:44] clearance that there are certain

[1:12:46] trees palm trees that cannot go

[1:12:48] to our compost facilities so

[1:12:50] there is a bit of complexity

[1:12:52] there and I would encourage the

[1:12:53] department to work closely with

[1:12:55] la sanitation to ensure that our

[1:12:58] waste disposal is meeting city

[1:12:59] policy requirements but also not

[1:13:03] impeding these areas impacted

[1:13:05] facilities that are dealing with

[1:13:07] a lot of increased green waste

[1:13:10] from residential and other areas

[1:13:12] so it will require important

[1:13:13] department to department

[1:13:14] coordination so please work with

[1:13:15] la sanitation and then report

[1:13:17] back to us on that.

[1:13:21] » speaker: yes.

[1:13:25] » com. Wilma pinder: this it's

[1:13:27] important green waste mort what

[1:13:29] senate bill was that?

[1:13:31] » tim o'connor: sb1383 which is

[1:13:33] a bill that focuses on climate

[1:13:35] change to reduce emissions

[1:13:37] associated with the

[1:13:38] decomposition of waste which

[1:13:39] sets new standards for municipal

[1:13:45] government to handle.

[1:13:48] » com. Wilma pinder: assuming

[1:13:49] it's not too thick would you

[1:13:51] make sure we get that language

[1:13:53] for ourselves that the

[1:13:55] commission gets that particular

[1:13:55] language I'm sure the department

[1:13:57] is well aware we just have not

[1:13:59] received the information in time

[1:14:00] that was allotted to provide

[1:14:03] analysis before the board today.

[1:14:12] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[1:14:12] very much for that.

[1:14:14] » tim o'connor: final item

[1:14:15] elevates items 7, 8, and 9

[1:14:19] reports sections that have been

[1:14:21] item k that have been

[1:14:23] distributed we provided written

[1:14:25] comments on an observation

[1:14:27] associated with the renewable

[1:14:28] portfolio standard and clean

[1:14:28] energy resources planning

[1:14:30] monthly documents from july to

[1:14:32] october we have to call

[1:14:34] attention to the board that

[1:14:35] while the department is doing

[1:14:37] fantastic work to continue to

[1:14:38] increase the amount of clean

[1:14:39] energy resources, the renewable

[1:14:41] energy that's coming to the

[1:14:44] system in support of the la 100

[1:14:46] power system plan improving and

[1:14:48] managing towards safe reliable,

[1:14:50] affordable, and clean energy,

[1:14:51] there is an item there that

[1:14:54] which continues to track as

[1:14:56] underperformance and that's in

[1:14:57] the transportation

[1:14:58] electrification track. We know

[1:14:59] the department is doing a lot in

[1:15:01] this area. We have yet to see

[1:15:03] an e the v or a transportation

[1:15:11] electrification integrated

[1:15:14] strategy for for the department

[1:15:15] we believe that this is an area

[1:15:18] where the department really

[1:15:19] needs to integrate

[1:15:21] transportation electrification

[1:15:22] throughout the power system

[1:15:23] priorities we understand they

[1:15:24] are but recommend that the board

[1:15:26] either request a formal strategy

[1:15:28] or briefing on the strategies

[1:15:29] for meeting those long-term

[1:15:31] deadlines on electrification of

[1:15:32] transportation. We haven't

[1:15:34] really seen a robust

[1:15:35] conversation in the public on

[1:15:36] this yet.

[1:15:39] finally, on item number nine, we

[1:15:42] have reported on filed items.

[1:15:45] we have reported in the past

[1:15:47] that we have evaluated the

[1:15:50] elysian reservoir community

[1:15:51] parks enhancement fund because

[1:15:53] commissioner marks, commissioner

[1:15:55] tran, you're new, just a brief

[1:15:57] recap, this is roughly a

[1:15:59] ten-year old, maybe even longer,

[1:16:03] grant process, and we do see a

[1:16:05] line of site to concluding this

[1:16:08] work, and we reviewed the

[1:16:09] report, I believe in the next 2,

[1:16:11] to three years, the funding will

[1:16:13] be used up by the completion of

[1:16:15] projects, so we're encouraged,

[1:16:16] of course, by that. If you were

[1:16:18] to look back at this funds, you

[1:16:20] would see that it's a very long

[1:16:23] process. I don't think grants

[1:16:24] normally sit out there for a

[1:16:26] decade or more, and we would

[1:16:28] encourage, of course, the

[1:16:29] department to continue to work

[1:16:31] to make sure that this grant

[1:16:33] enhancement fund is either

[1:16:35] concluded or that there is a

[1:16:37] review to make sure that the

[1:16:38] department gets the money back.

[1:16:41] and with that, I'll close my

[1:16:43] comments and open up for any

[1:16:45] discussion across the dais.

[1:16:47] » com. Wilma pinder: any

[1:16:49] commissioner have a sponsor a

[1:16:52] comment? Or are your hand

[1:16:55] stinging from --

[1:16:56] [laughter]

[1:16:57] » nurit katz: I mean, I would

[1:16:59] just thank you, as always, for

[1:17:01] your insightful comments and

[1:17:02] analysis, and I agree on the

[1:17:05] need for digging into further

[1:17:06] into the electrification and

[1:17:07] vehicle electrification. I know

[1:17:08] that the department is working

[1:17:09] on a number of important

[1:17:11] initiatives there, including ev

[1:17:13] hubs that will serve areas where

[1:17:14] people do not have private

[1:17:16] charging, and so, we'll work

[1:17:17] with the department on the

[1:17:17] timing, but I do think a report

[1:17:19] to the board on that topic would

[1:17:22] be warranted at a later date,

[1:17:24] and I'll -- we'll discuss that

[1:17:26] with the staff. Thank you.

[1:17:28] » tim o'connor: thank you.

[1:17:29] » com. Wilma pinder: all right.

[1:17:30] now the parts that I really need

[1:17:33] the commission's secretary to

[1:17:36] help me get through as we're

[1:17:39] moving on to voluminous things

[1:17:51] that we have read ourselves as

[1:17:53] individually as commissioners we

[1:17:55] do this before every meeting

[1:17:57] sometime over the several day

[1:17:59] period some of us come in extra

[1:18:01] early on the board day if we

[1:18:02] haven't gotten through

[1:18:04] everything to read because when

[1:18:06] we vote we're trying to vote

[1:18:08] with knowledge and we can't

[1:18:09] discuss it with each other

[1:18:11] before we can actually come out

[1:18:13] here with you, we're not

[1:18:16] discussing what we're reading as

[1:18:19] a group we would be again this

[1:18:22] brown act but what we each have

[1:18:25] done in these things sometime we

[1:18:27] may have even conferred with

[1:18:29] another engineer or something we

[1:18:31] can ask questions we're not

[1:18:33] bound we're not bound that we

[1:18:34] cooperate say hey I'm in the

[1:18:36] middle of reading this

[1:18:37] particular contract we could ask

[1:18:39] right then and there but it's

[1:18:41] obviously easier for us to ask

[1:18:42] in here so that often you will

[1:18:44] hear that we pull something and

[1:18:46] we say I want to hear more on

[1:18:47] that doesn't mean we have to

[1:18:49] hear it right now we might want

[1:18:51] to hear it next time but there

[1:18:53] is some things that we have read

[1:18:54] and we feel that as a group we

[1:18:56] can simply vote on those because

[1:19:00] we feel we have the knowledge to

[1:19:01] do that. So with that in mind,

[1:19:03] there are things that I'm going

[1:19:04] to ask the commissioners, can we

[1:19:08] get a, when I say "block vote"

[1:19:13] that means that you have read

[1:19:14] it, that you feel that you are

[1:19:17] ready to approve that particular

[1:19:18] matter, and then there are some

[1:19:20] that you may.more information

[1:19:23] on, that have to be,

[1:19:25] quote "pulled." that's the

[1:19:27] point we're at now, you hear us

[1:19:29] flipping around through our

[1:19:31] papers.

[1:19:33] » board secretary, chante

[1:19:33] mitchell: would you like --

[1:19:34] » com. Wilma pinder: miss

[1:19:36] secretary please assist me with

[1:19:37] the pulled items and the ones

[1:19:38] that I'm going to call for our

[1:19:41] group f they can block vote? I

[1:19:43] know there are a couple of

[1:19:45] things that we do have to set

[1:19:48] aside, for example, I will be

[1:19:52] recusing myself on 013 on that

[1:19:58] matter. And at that time, I

[1:19:59] would ask commissioner katz

[1:20:01] would she stand in when that

[1:20:02] voting is taken care of. I

[1:20:04] believe one of the commissioners

[1:20:06] had an issue or wanted more

[1:20:09] information or discussion with

[1:20:14] 08, and with 06?

[1:20:16] » board secretary, chante

[1:20:16] mitchell: no, as previously

[1:20:18] discussed item 06 will be pulled

[1:20:21] or called special per

[1:20:24] commissioner tran. Item 07, I

[1:20:26] believe was called special by

[1:20:28] commissioner tran, and 013, you

[1:20:30] will recuse -- is it 08? --

[1:20:36] correction 08, as opposed to 07,

[1:20:39] and 013, and commissioner tran

[1:20:41] has a question on as well as the

[1:20:44] recusal of commissioner pinder.

[1:20:47] » com. Wilma pinder: okay.

[1:20:48] » nurit katz: would you like me

[1:20:50] to make a motion then?

[1:20:52] » com. Wilma pinder: yes may I

[1:20:54] have then a motion as to all

[1:20:56] items that have not been

[1:21:00] identified as pulled or

[1:21:05] retrieved?

[1:21:06] » nurit katz: thank you. So

[1:21:07] motion approve items 12, 3, 4,

[1:21:15] 5, 7, 9 through 12, 14 through

[1:21:18] 23.

[1:21:19] » speaker: I seconds.

[1:21:20] » com. Wilma pinder: moved and

[1:21:22] second. May I have call for

[1:21:25] final vote.

[1:21:25] » board secretary, chante

[1:21:26] mitchell: katz?

[1:21:27] » nurit katz: aye.

[1:21:27] » board secretary, chante

[1:21:28] mitchell: marks?

[1:21:30] » allan t. Marks: aye.

[1:21:30] » board secretary, chante

[1:21:31] mitchell: pinder?

[1:21:33] » com. Wilma pinder: aye.

[1:21:34] » board secretary, chante

[1:21:34] mitchell: tran?

[1:21:35] » benny b. Tran: aye.

[1:21:36] » board secretary, chante

[1:21:36] mitchell: four ayes motion

[1:21:38] adopted.

[1:21:38] » com. Wilma pinder: all right

[1:21:39] since there is only one matter

[1:21:43] that has to have the recusal

[1:21:46] it's me I would propose that I

[1:21:48] stech out now because then I

[1:21:49] want to be back for the other

[1:21:51] two.

[1:21:51] » nurit katz: thank you. All

[1:21:52] right I believe you said

[1:21:54] commissioner tran did you have

[1:21:55] questions about this item as

[1:21:58] well? Did you a presentation or

[1:22:01] just you had questions?

[1:22:04] » speaker: this is the same one

[1:22:07] yeah thank you.

[1:22:09] » benny b. Tran: just a quick

[1:22:10] question on the report I think

[1:22:11] it's critically important that

[1:22:12] we did modernize -- are we good?

[1:22:17] » nurit katz: let everyone

[1:22:17] clear the room for a moment so

[1:22:20] we can hear you. Okay. Who is

[1:22:23] the right staff member to answer

[1:22:24] questions on item 13? Do we

[1:22:26] have someone here who can come

[1:22:29] forward? Come on up. Thanks.

[1:22:35] okay. If we could close the

[1:22:36] doors in the back and avoid some

[1:22:38] noise? And commissioner tran if

[1:22:39] you could repeat your question

[1:22:42] please.

[1:22:42] » benny b. Tran: thank you.

[1:22:42] just a quick question on this

[1:22:44] item. Like, as commissioner

[1:22:47] marks said, drinking from a

[1:22:51] firehose, it's become very

[1:22:52] apparent that modernization of

[1:22:54] our systems to serve our

[1:22:56] customers to increase our

[1:22:59] resources to serve, to preserve,

[1:23:05] for citizens to keep this

[1:23:07] utility running it's critically

[1:23:10] important the system is

[1:23:11] something that we're just

[1:23:13] reaching the standards of other

[1:23:16] utilities it also would be

[1:23:17] better than those utilities in

[1:23:19] the future just a quick question

[1:23:20] on this, it's a three year

[1:23:23] contract for my own education in

[1:23:27] terms of possibly how things

[1:23:28] work here how you approach this

[1:23:32] contract why only three years

[1:23:33] we're looking to in terms of

[1:23:35] timeline and implementing

[1:23:38] systems and three years after

[1:23:39] we're going to renew this

[1:23:40] contract or how is that going to

[1:23:42] be set up?

[1:23:43] » speaker: thank you for the

[1:23:44] question let me introduce myself

[1:23:47] my name is andrew header an

[1:23:49] assistant director of

[1:23:50] information are systems with our

[1:23:52] information technology service

[1:23:53] division my group handles

[1:23:55] contract administrations over

[1:23:57] these oracle licenses and

[1:23:59] subscriptions, but I believe

[1:24:00] your question seems to have a

[1:24:02] flavor about our automated or

[1:24:04] advanced metering

[1:24:05] infrastructure, but generally

[1:24:06] it's regarding why it's only

[1:24:08] three years. So, as our

[1:24:11] previous contract expired, we

[1:24:14] were doing individual purchases

[1:24:16] directly with oracle, which

[1:24:18] weren't efficient, take a lot of

[1:24:20] internal administrative time to

[1:24:22] actually process, so, we were

[1:24:25] looking to do something in the

[1:24:27] competitive arena. But one of

[1:24:29] the option that is the city

[1:24:30] charter and admin code allow us

[1:24:32] to do is to do what is known as

[1:24:36] a "cooperative purchasing

[1:24:39] agreement" or in lay man's

[1:24:42] terms, they call it

[1:24:43] a "piggyback" as we look at the

[1:24:47] landscape of other governmental

[1:24:49] entities that had engaged in

[1:24:52] contract with the oracle

[1:24:53] resellers we found that the city

[1:24:56] of los angeles, our sister

[1:24:57] agency of course, had entered

[1:25:00] into a cooperative purchasing

[1:25:02] agreement with maricopa county

[1:25:04] with mythics as the oracle

[1:25:09] reseller. Of course, arizona

[1:25:11] had done a competitive process

[1:25:14] the city reviewed that

[1:25:15] competition so we're basically

[1:25:17] piggybacking off of those

[1:25:19] competitive processes so this

[1:25:20] should be interpreted as a

[1:25:22] competitive process in any way

[1:25:25] because we're just kind of

[1:25:28] borrowing the competition done

[1:25:30] by others but the reason it's a

[1:25:32] three years is because that's

[1:25:34] when the current contract that

[1:25:37] maricopa county has expires but

[1:25:38] I think it leads to a broader

[1:25:40] question you know what's next.

[1:25:42] what we're going to do next what

[1:25:44] we would like to do during this

[1:25:46] three year period is take a look

[1:25:48] at partnering with the city of

[1:25:50] los angeles, as well as other

[1:25:55] proprietary agencies, los

[1:26:00] angeles world airports part of

[1:26:01] los angeles u.s. Of course being

[1:26:02] water and power to see if we can

[1:26:05] come together as an entire city

[1:26:07] of los angeles family and

[1:26:08] negotiate something you know

[1:26:10] this is an arena we second

[1:26:13] potentially do another

[1:26:15] cooperative purchasing agreement

[1:26:15] or go out and do a competitive

[1:26:18] process on our own but as a city

[1:26:20] family kind of joining our needs

[1:26:22] together and getting prices that

[1:26:23] come from having that volume.

[1:26:26] tan tran thank you. Just a

[1:26:29] quick question from a city

[1:26:30] prosstandpoint if we were to

[1:26:32] engage in the new rfp within

[1:26:35] three years estimated timeline

[1:26:38] for us to go through process bid

[1:26:41] out and award?

[1:26:42] » speaker: we would called

[1:26:48] purchasing side invitation for

[1:26:51] bid because it really boils down

[1:26:54] to just price it's not heavy

[1:26:56] footprint on capability because

[1:26:59] resellers at the end of the day

[1:27:02] are offering what in effect is a

[1:27:05] material to us so it would be

[1:27:08] invitation for bid process that

[1:27:10] would do that process to take

[1:27:11] probably 6 to 9 months part of

[1:27:14] the difficulty for us this time

[1:27:17] around while beneficial for us

[1:27:17] to piggyback off of what the

[1:27:19] city has done actually preparing

[1:27:21] the arthease facts to go out

[1:27:24] with invitation for bid actually

[1:27:26] does require a lot of expertise

[1:27:27] in the area of nuances of oracle

[1:27:31] listening and while we learned a

[1:27:32] lot in partnering with the city

[1:27:33] and understanding what maricopa

[1:27:35] county did we also are going to

[1:27:38] need time internally to build

[1:27:40] that expertise as how to prepare

[1:27:43] you know in your terms your

[1:27:44] conditions as well as what

[1:27:45] you're looking for so as we work

[1:27:47] with mythics over the next three

[1:27:49] years we anticipate getting a

[1:27:51] lot of that subject matter

[1:27:53] knowledge so that if we decide

[1:27:55] as an entity and partnering

[1:27:58] hopefully this broader city

[1:27:59] family we learned what it means

[1:28:01] to actually prepare those

[1:28:03] purchasing artifacts that in a

[1:28:05] way speaks from authority,

[1:28:06] speaks from experience so we

[1:28:08] know what lessons do we need to

[1:28:11] learn. We can certainly

[1:28:13] leverage assistance from the

[1:28:14] ratepayer advocate other ands to

[1:28:15] help us kind of work through,

[1:28:17] you know, those aspects, but we

[1:28:19] expect to have that subject

[1:28:22] matter expertise at that time.

[1:28:24] » benny b. Tran: great. Thank

[1:28:25] you. That's all I have.

[1:28:26] » nurit katz: all right. Thank

[1:28:27] you. Could I have a motion to

[1:28:32] approve?

[1:28:33] » speaker: I so move.

[1:28:34] » speaker: second.

[1:28:35] » nurit katz: excellent. You

[1:28:36] can take the vote please shante?

[1:28:40] » board secretary, chante

[1:28:41] mitchell: katz?

[1:28:42] » nurit katz: aye.

[1:28:43] » board secretary, chante

[1:28:44] mitchell: marks?

[1:28:45] » allan t. Marks: aye.

[1:28:45] » board secretary, chante

[1:28:46] mitchell: commissioner tran?

[1:28:48] » benny b. Tran: aye.

[1:28:48] » board secretary, chante

[1:28:49] mitchell: three ayes. Motion

[1:28:52] adopted.

[1:28:52] » nurit katz: thank you.

[1:29:14] --

[1:29:18] [off-mic indiscernible]

[1:29:22] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[1:29:24] so, the next item for our

[1:29:27] discussion will be number six

[1:29:33] then followed by eight.

[1:29:34] commissioner --

[1:29:35] » speaker: item six we have

[1:29:38] david jacobs who is the

[1:29:41] executive director of the

[1:29:42] distributed energy solutions to

[1:29:43] present.

[1:29:46] >

[1:29:51] » speaker: good morning

[1:29:53] commissioners my name is sam,

[1:29:54] I'm the interim manager of der

[1:29:56] programs and projects. The I'm

[1:30:01] joined today by mr. David jaco

[1:30:05] executive director and stephanie

[1:30:08] macarito supervisor of the group

[1:30:11] that's manage these two

[1:30:13] ordinances. Happy to present

[1:30:15] first take questions later?

[1:30:16] » com. Wilma pinder: whatever

[1:30:17] the commission prefers.

[1:30:19] » benny b. Tran: happy to just

[1:30:20] jump into questions right now.

[1:30:22] you can give background

[1:30:23] information of the origin of

[1:30:26] this project? What kind of

[1:30:27] impact it potentially has as a

[1:30:30] pilot project? How it could

[1:30:32] scale then lastly timelines of

[1:30:35] awarding implementation to until

[1:30:37] it comes online?

[1:30:37] » speaker: yeah. Can I get it

[1:30:39] started and others can join to

[1:30:41] add some color. So, this is for

[1:30:44] the encino reservoir floating

[1:30:49] solar project we have worked

[1:30:50] closely with our system planning

[1:30:52] and identified projects that

[1:30:54] could help support their la 100

[1:30:55] plan as it pertains to procuring

[1:31:02] 100% renewable resources by

[1:31:02] 2035. To that extent we have

[1:31:03] been hard at work identifying

[1:31:05] where we can deploy local solar

[1:31:07] energy storage and ev chargers.

[1:31:10] so, that came in a few different

[1:31:13] colors. Some of them were

[1:31:16] locally installed carport

[1:31:18] systems, rooftop systems, and

[1:31:20] then the idea came up of a

[1:31:22] floating solar project which has

[1:31:24] been done in many countries,

[1:31:26] including some areas here in

[1:31:29] california. I think the sonoma

[1:31:31] district. So, we worked with

[1:31:32] the power system to come up with

[1:31:35] some potential candidates, and

[1:31:37] the encino reservoir was our top

[1:31:42] candidate because the water is

[1:31:43] not drinkable, and to our

[1:31:45] understanding, they use this --

[1:31:47] they use it for emergency

[1:31:49] response. So, we worked very

[1:31:50] closely with la five, as well,

[1:31:55] right? Last year, as we recall,

[1:31:58] they used the super scoopers to

[1:32:00] gather water for fire response,

[1:32:02] so we're very tightly

[1:32:05] coordinated with them, and they

[1:32:07] have all given us approval that

[1:32:09] this won't affect their

[1:32:11] operations. So, that gives you

[1:32:13] a high-level overview. And you

[1:32:17] mentioned something about the

[1:32:18] timeline. If this ordinance

[1:32:19] goes through -- and I should

[1:32:21] mention, this is just an

[1:32:22] ordinance, this is -- we won't

[1:32:25] be approving the contract today,

[1:32:27] so no dollars will be spent

[1:32:29] today, this will only allow us

[1:32:31] to issue an rfp in order to

[1:32:34] procure the service, and if that

[1:32:35] happens we think it will take

[1:32:36] anywhere from 4 to 8 months to

[1:32:40] fully install once outside labor

[1:32:41] is contracted and the project

[1:32:45] begins. Last thing I'll mention

[1:32:47] is ■we work closely with the

[1:32:48] local encino community to get

[1:32:50] feedback and to present our

[1:32:54] solution.

[1:32:55] » benny b. Tran: and then

[1:32:56] before awarding, the rfp will

[1:32:58] take how long, do you think?

[1:33:01] » speaker: so, we have been

[1:33:04] working on the rfp materials in

[1:33:05] the interim. Once we start

[1:33:06] working with supply chain

[1:33:08] services, we hope it will be

[1:33:10] fully awarded in 6 to 8 months.

[1:33:17] » benny b. Tran: great. Thank

[1:33:19] you.

[1:33:19] » com. Wilma pinder: is date,

[1:33:21] originally you had the language

[1:33:22] in here carbon neutral mandate

[1:33:26] is 2030, and then I heard you

[1:33:29] mention 2035. Are these dates

[1:33:33] even still realistic?

[1:33:35] » speaker: I mean we're working

[1:33:37] towards meeting the dates, 2035

[1:33:40] --

[1:33:40] » com. Wilma pinder: realistic?

[1:33:44] [laughter]

[1:33:44] » speaker: I think mr. Hanson

[1:33:46] can better answer that question.

[1:33:47] I think based on what we have

[1:33:49] been asked to do as a group that

[1:33:51] is to produce local solar in the

[1:33:53] amount of over 200 megawatts we

[1:33:56] can do it with the two ordinance

[1:33:59] that we have before you today we

[1:34:00] can do our job to meet those

[1:34:02] mandates but as an overall

[1:34:04] planning system, I can't answer

[1:34:06] that.

[1:34:06] » speaker: I have a question.

[1:34:08] » com. Wilma pinder: a

[1:34:08] question?

[1:34:09] » speaker: thank you very much.

[1:34:09] I have a question on the rfp

[1:34:12] scope. The epc part I

[1:34:14] understand, there is reference

[1:34:15] to maintenance, and then also to

[1:34:19] training dwp personnel in order

[1:34:22] for us to maintain both the

[1:34:24] floating solar facilities and

[1:34:27] then the best. Are you

[1:34:33] contemplating longer term

[1:34:34] maintenance contract with the

[1:34:36] same supplier under epc contract

[1:34:39] or where is that cross over

[1:34:42] between end of construction

[1:34:43] commissioning extended service

[1:34:44] or maintenance or warranty

[1:34:46] contracts and long-term o&m?

[1:34:49] which could be done internally I

[1:34:51] assume, right?

[1:34:52] » speaker: I'll get started

[1:34:54] then maybe stephanie grant may

[1:34:56] add color. I believe we're

[1:34:58] currently contemplating five

[1:35:00] years of maintenance and the

[1:35:02] purposes of that is our crews

[1:35:03] really don't have the experience

[1:35:05] maintaining a system like this,

[1:35:07] right? So we want them to not

[1:35:09] only mental health it for five

[1:35:11] years but also show us how to

[1:35:13] maintain it and if they end up

[1:35:16] needing to procure the battery

[1:35:17] part of this then that will fall

[1:35:19] into the scope as well again the

[1:35:21] whole intention we have worked

[1:35:23] with our local ibw local 18 that

[1:35:26] our crews will be able to

[1:35:28] maintain the system going

[1:35:29] forward after the five years it

[1:35:30] will be passed on to them.

[1:35:34] anything else?

[1:35:35] » speaker: thank you I think

[1:35:36] you summarized it the

[1:35:39] maintenance of this is nation

[1:35:41] specific being that this is on

[1:35:43] floating island getting our

[1:35:44] staff and making sure that we

[1:35:46] focus who are qualified to do

[1:35:49] you know training period to do

[1:35:51] that as well.

[1:35:52] » speaker: is there flexibility

[1:35:55] contemplating the rfp as you

[1:35:58] know best location and that

[1:35:59] interface are you looking for

[1:36:00] the potential bidders to provide

[1:36:03] creatity or is it going to be

[1:36:06] prescriptive?

[1:36:06] » speaker: we have the site

[1:36:08] mapped out in the presentation

[1:36:09] if you would like to see that we

[1:36:12] show the differentiateiation

[1:36:15] between where the firefighters

[1:36:17] access and reservoir for dipping

[1:36:19] where the floating solar panels

[1:36:22] would be that's fairly coated

[1:36:25] and fairly hard coated so

[1:36:27] specifically because of the need

[1:36:29] for reservoir to remain fully

[1:36:32] available for firefighting at

[1:36:33] all times are quite a distance

[1:36:35] from each other within the

[1:36:37] reservoir and fire department is

[1:36:38] assured that they don't have

[1:36:41] concerns about the location.

[1:36:44] » nurit katz: if I remember

[1:36:44] correctly about 10% of the

[1:36:47] reservoir surface area is tucked

[1:36:51] in an inlet that would not be

[1:36:54] suitable for super scoopers?

[1:36:58] » tim o'connor: may I offer

[1:37:00] a comment thank you having met

[1:37:02] with the team at the department

[1:37:04] received this presentation and

[1:37:06] identified one area when you

[1:37:07] think about floating solar there

[1:37:08] is a lot of benefits that can

[1:37:10] occur such as improved

[1:37:13] efficiency of panels themselves

[1:37:14] because of cooling that's

[1:37:18] associated with the underlying

[1:37:19] water calling us a pilot is also

[1:37:21] important whereas you know the

[1:37:24] 54 tends future projects

[1:37:25] commissioner tran you talked

[1:37:26] about scale I would suggest that

[1:37:28] there are many different sites

[1:37:30] across the region are suitable

[1:37:31] for local solar and some of

[1:37:33] those will probably be coming

[1:37:35] before the board soon and

[1:37:36] they're going to have different

[1:37:38] cost profiles I would only ask

[1:37:40] the team to talk about the cost

[1:37:41] profile of this type of project

[1:37:43] compared to other types of

[1:37:44] projects because of course we

[1:37:47] see in very significant projects

[1:37:49] the change in tax credits and

[1:37:51] tariffs it's changing the

[1:37:53] cost profile and would just ask

[1:37:57] if the team could talk briefly

[1:37:59] about the price per kilowatt or

[1:38:02] what you would expect rate

[1:38:04] payers would experience in terms

[1:38:06] of competitiveness and this type

[1:38:10] of energy versus others.

[1:38:12] » speaker: high-level I'll turn

[1:38:13] it over to the team here so loss

[1:38:16] of tax credits impact the

[1:38:18] projects whether they're

[1:38:19] floating solar or ground mount

[1:38:21] or roof mount in any case the

[1:38:23] storage is the same so that's

[1:38:26] pretty much a wash between

[1:38:28] installation type set ups now

[1:38:30] specific to this project we run

[1:38:33] analysis to estimate the 24

[1:38:35] million or so we're pricing out.

[1:38:38] » speaker: the 24 million or so

[1:38:41] that covers not only solar but

[1:38:44] also energy storage and the

[1:38:45] small ground mount system that's

[1:38:47] nearby. I don't know the exact

[1:38:49] there per kilowatt for the

[1:38:50] floating solar piece but when we

[1:38:52] did the analysis, the team

[1:38:54] reported to me that it was

[1:38:57] comparable to a carport solar

[1:38:58] system which we have all over

[1:39:00] the city.

[1:39:02] » speaker: and also mention

[1:39:03] this is, again, we don't have

[1:39:05] any bids yet, this is to get

[1:39:07] approval from the city council

[1:39:08] to issue a 10-year rfp so that's

[1:39:12] where we'll get specifics in

[1:39:13] terms of multiple bids with

[1:39:14] these components and the labor

[1:39:16] priced out specifically. So

[1:39:18] it's pretty ballpark at this

[1:39:21] point.

[1:39:21] » tim o'connor: yes, thank you.

[1:39:23] just, in closing, would suggest

[1:39:27] that we have an all of the above

[1:39:29] strategy in terms of finding

[1:39:31] opportunities for new emissions

[1:39:33] free generation, load balancing,

[1:39:35] things that can reduce the need

[1:39:38] for plants like the scattergood

[1:39:40] natural gas generating facility

[1:39:41] and these types of projects we

[1:39:44] see being both in the ratepayer

[1:39:47] best interest, but in the

[1:39:49] ability of the department to

[1:39:50] move forward to accommodate

[1:39:52] increased load growth as we

[1:39:56] suggest in coming years.

[1:39:58] » speaker: if I could add to

[1:40:00] mr. O'connor's comment, us being

[1:40:05] dwp joint departments of water

[1:40:06] and for this is one of those

[1:40:09] unique projects where we have

[1:40:11] opportunity to leverage

[1:40:13] reservoirs especially

[1:40:14] non-potable areas so this is the

[1:40:17] 50 pilot project that's unique

[1:40:18] but also when we're looking at

[1:40:19] facilities within the city of la

[1:40:21] and local how do we impact our

[1:40:23] local grid this is an important

[1:40:25] project where we can deploy this

[1:40:27] much faster than traditional

[1:40:30] solar rooftop carport grounds

[1:40:33] mount so when looking at cost

[1:40:37] comparisons and having almost

[1:40:38] identical or less cost compared

[1:40:40] to when we can do at other

[1:40:42] facilities but in a much faster

[1:40:44] deployment I just would like to

[1:40:46] say that piece so that's taken

[1:40:48] into consideration as well.

[1:40:49] » nurit katz: thank you. And I

[1:40:50] think given the urgency of our

[1:40:52] targets and scope of what we

[1:40:53] have ahead of us that speed

[1:40:55] matters. So this is an exciting

[1:40:57] project. I just want to call

[1:40:58] your attention and I'll sends

[1:40:59] you an e-mail with a link but

[1:41:01] there was a recent peer reviewed

[1:41:03] study that modeled floating

[1:41:05] solar in terms of potential

[1:41:06] environmental impact, which of

[1:41:07] course is also very important to

[1:41:09] the department, and they did

[1:41:14] find significant differential,

[1:41:15] in turn, that's related to the

[1:41:17] amount of coverage, so I want to

[1:41:18] make sure that study is

[1:41:20] informative as we're thinking

[1:41:21] about balancing all of these

[1:41:22] things in planning these

[1:41:25] projects, of course fire use of

[1:41:29] reservoirs but also important

[1:41:31] environmental impact so I'll

[1:41:32] senilities the study along and

[1:41:34] really looking forward to the

[1:41:35] outcome of this pilot.

[1:41:37] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[1:41:38] for adding that you really stay

[1:41:39] up on this and I know the

[1:41:41] department appreciates it very

[1:41:44] much. Is there any other

[1:41:46] questions with this or otherwise

[1:41:47] I'll call for a vote on it.

[1:41:50] » speaker: I move that we

[1:41:52] approve this item.

[1:41:55] » nurit katz: second.

[1:41:56] » com. Wilma pinder: item six.

[1:41:56] » board secretary, chante

[1:41:57] mitchell: may I call the roll

[1:41:58] please? Commissioner katz?

[1:42:00] » nurit katz: aye.

[1:42:00] » board secretary, chante

[1:42:01] mitchell: marks?

[1:42:02] » allan t. Marks:

[1:42:03] » board secretary, chante

[1:42:03] mitchell: pinder?

[1:42:04] » com. Wilma pinder: aye.

[1:42:04] » board secretary, chante

[1:42:05] mitchell: tran?

[1:42:06] » benny b. Tran: aye.

[1:42:07] » board secretary, chante

[1:42:07] mitchell: motion adopted.

[1:42:08] » com. Wilma pinder: and I

[1:42:09] thank you commissioner tran on

[1:42:11] your very first day, that proves

[1:42:13] that people are reading these

[1:42:14] things before we come out here.

[1:42:17] and we appreciate you digging

[1:42:19] in. And I particularly

[1:42:20] appreciate the ratepayer

[1:42:21] advocate who, obviously, has

[1:42:24] gone and dug in even further and

[1:42:27] able to call for that additional

[1:42:29] information being on the record.

[1:42:30] thank you very much, both of

[1:42:31] you. Now, there is also moving

[1:42:34] on then, to number eight. No.

[1:42:37] you're still --

[1:42:38] » speaker: this will be the

[1:42:40] same group responding to number

[1:42:41] eight.

[1:42:41] » com. Wilma pinder: I thawed

[1:42:42] we were rid of them.

[1:42:44] [laughter]

[1:42:44] same group. Number eight.

[1:42:47] yeah, they were too charming and

[1:42:48] too good. I thought we had

[1:42:50] someone else to beat up on. All

[1:42:53] right. Number eight, please.

[1:42:55] » benny b. Tran: just same in

[1:42:56] terms of questions for now.

[1:42:58] this general item, are there

[1:43:00] currently projects in mind that

[1:43:02] you will be pursuing under this

[1:43:07] ordinance, is my first question.

[1:43:08] I have a second question.

[1:43:09] » speaker: so, we have a lot of

[1:43:11] flexibility with this. A few

[1:43:14] years back we approved three

[1:43:17] mou's with our sister

[1:43:19] departments, the department of

[1:43:21] gsd, general services

[1:43:23] department, and la recreation

[1:43:24] and parks those three

[1:43:25] departments and with those mou's

[1:43:27] really opened the door for us to

[1:43:29] install got only on our own

[1:43:31] facilities, but their

[1:43:34] facilities, and the projects

[1:43:36] will be front of the meter, and

[1:43:38] they allow us to install energy

[1:43:40] storage, solar, and ev chargers

[1:43:42] on their properties. So, do we

[1:43:44] have anything in mind? Not

[1:43:46] particularly. We're still

[1:43:48] evaluating how many of the

[1:43:50] facilities we'll install the

[1:43:52] der's on, and to what scale.

[1:43:55] but we think in the ordinance we

[1:43:57] requested, I think it was 500

[1:44:00] commercial level facilities, and

[1:44:02] these mou's unclocked over a

[1:44:04] thousand facilities that we can

[1:44:05] choose from. So we're really

[1:44:07] going to pick the best ones, the

[1:44:09] ones that have the most rooftop

[1:44:12] area, the ones with the most

[1:44:14] adequate roofing, biggest

[1:44:16] parking lots, et cetera.

[1:44:17] » speaker: and just to add to

[1:44:20] what was mentioned, it's over

[1:44:22] 1500 sites that these mou's

[1:44:25] unlock that we can tap into for

[1:44:27] cooling centers first responder

[1:44:30] to build micro grid systems to

[1:44:32] make our city more resilient.

[1:44:34] and with those 1500, we actually

[1:44:36] have done a preliminary. So, we

[1:44:38] have ruled out, you know, there

[1:44:41] are so many that we rank as good

[1:44:44] site versus maybe a b site that

[1:44:47] needs a bit more work before we

[1:44:49] can get to t so we don't have

[1:44:52] every single ranked out because

[1:44:55] that's something that we're

[1:44:56] looking to accomplish with this

[1:44:58] rfp but we have done preliminary

[1:45:00] koreanings.

[1:45:01] » speaker: I think I know what

[1:45:03] you're getting at. Identifying

[1:45:04] those facilities is going to

[1:45:06] take a long time the way this

[1:45:08] we're writing the rfp is such a

[1:45:11] way that there is bank of

[1:45:13] vendors who are approved and

[1:45:15] when we're thinking is issuing a

[1:45:18] handsful of projects at a time

[1:45:21] getting the best bid, 50

[1:45:23] identifying then issuing it and

[1:45:25] sees where project costs are

[1:45:27] most efficient so I think that

[1:45:30] will shorten the timeline a lot.

[1:45:33] » allan t. Marks: may I follow

[1:45:34] up with a question on that?

[1:45:37] » com. Wilma pinder: sure.

[1:45:39] » allan t. Marks: there is

[1:45:41] tradeoff between flexibility

[1:45:42] doing lots of little ones with

[1:45:43] approved bank of vendors and

[1:45:46] economies of scale? They can't

[1:45:48] do them all at once how are you

[1:45:52] addressing that?

[1:45:53] » speaker: based on research

[1:45:54] issuing 100 facilities is

[1:45:57] typically too much for them to

[1:45:58] bite off at once we're trying to

[1:46:01] find the sweet spot we're

[1:46:03] working with vendor to find a

[1:46:06] sweet spot we think it will be

[1:46:08] anywhere between 5 and 10

[1:46:10] facilities at a time they also

[1:46:12] need projects to be bankable

[1:46:15] that means procure materials

[1:46:17] ahead of time in bulk so their

[1:46:19] economies of scale go down.

[1:46:22] » speaker: we have some really

[1:46:24] good lessonings learned from

[1:46:25] having done one of these

[1:46:27] projects internally ourselves

[1:46:29] green meadow which stephanie

[1:46:31] here has personally led so we're

[1:46:34] incorporating lessons learned

[1:46:35] from that project green meadows

[1:46:36] in south la it's solar storage

[1:46:39] ev chargers and lots of

[1:46:42] complexities with that micro

[1:46:44] grid I believe and so those

[1:46:45] lessons learned feed into and

[1:46:48] will be managing issuing

[1:46:49] managing this much larger

[1:46:52] initiative.

[1:46:52] » allan t. Marks: I think this

[1:46:54] is a terrific idea I did have

[1:46:56] one other related question.

[1:46:59] » speaker: also related to cost

[1:47:01] we're going to be having a bench

[1:47:03] this is going to be up to

[1:47:06] possibly four vendors so every

[1:47:07] single project that we do for

[1:47:09] these kinds of community

[1:47:11] resiliency projects will be bid

[1:47:12] against these vendors. So it

[1:47:15] maintains that cost

[1:47:17] competitiveness.

[1:47:18] » allan t. Marks: and for the

[1:47:20] rfp you mentioned solar pv,

[1:47:22] energy storage ev charging and

[1:47:25] microgrids, has -- especially

[1:47:26] with fleets and ev vehicles that

[1:47:28] are city owned, whether it's dwp

[1:47:30] or other departments, are you --

[1:47:33] when the technology allows for

[1:47:35] bidirectional charging, is that

[1:47:36] going to be incorporated into

[1:47:37] this as well?

[1:47:38] » speaker: it's certainly a

[1:47:39] possibility, right? We have

[1:47:41] issued programs in the past,

[1:47:43] commercial energy storage to

[1:47:45] grid which unlocked b to g we're

[1:47:49] learning a lot from that program

[1:47:51] uptake and all complaints that

[1:47:53] vendors have, so it's

[1:47:56] open-ended. We can the first

[1:47:58] year issue this rfp have certain

[1:48:03] specifications and next year

[1:48:04] when v to g matures more and

[1:48:07] costs come down it makes more

[1:48:10] sense we change the scope in

[1:48:13] order for the energy start ev

[1:48:18] chargers to be bidirectional.

[1:48:19] really important for us too.

[1:48:22] » benny b. Tran: couple more

[1:48:23] questions in terms of equity

[1:48:25] looking at city of los angeles

[1:48:28] we had a lot with this at recs

[1:48:31] and parks, what kind of weight

[1:48:33] do you give how do you analyze

[1:48:36] underserved communities and talk

[1:48:37] about economically underserved

[1:48:38] in terms of how you roll this

[1:48:40] out you mentioned south la we're

[1:48:43] glad to hear that do you have

[1:48:46] this lens or kind of filter when

[1:48:48] you look at how you pick what

[1:48:51] projects when and where?

[1:48:53] » speaker: we do look at this I

[1:48:55] think sb535 that has the map of

[1:48:58] the disadvantaged communities

[1:48:59] our goal is to deploy the best

[1:49:01] possible sites for grid

[1:49:03] operators to use for them to

[1:49:05] utilize and connect to our der

[1:49:07] management system and in such a

[1:49:09] way that mostly prioritizes the

[1:49:11] distribution system that's going

[1:49:13] to be our primary ism thes but

[1:49:16] we do have the ability to fit

[1:49:18] out for projects within dac's.

[1:49:21] » speaker: I would also add

[1:49:23] that prime workforce development

[1:49:25] component of this is all work

[1:49:26] will be conducted under apla

[1:49:30] project labor agreement all

[1:49:32] local trades for work duration

[1:49:34] of the contract all ibw local 11

[1:49:37] and associated other trades that

[1:49:38] are part of the pla, then our

[1:49:41] forces take on, we continue --

[1:49:43] we will own these assets for the

[1:49:45] duration and then as our folks

[1:49:47] take on maintenance and

[1:49:48] operations of course it will be

[1:49:49] dwp staff and folks. So, it's a

[1:49:53] little bit less geographically

[1:49:55] focused from the dac or equity

[1:49:57] standpoint, it doesn't mean we

[1:50:00] won't be doing that we can do na

[1:50:03] and we will do that. Given

[1:50:05] focus on distribution system

[1:50:06] balancing that's probably first

[1:50:09] priority locationally, second

[1:50:11] priority will absolutely be

[1:50:14] equitably spread across the city

[1:50:16] location, geographically but the

[1:50:18] big play is the building

[1:50:20] opportunity for the local labor

[1:50:22] trades labor force through local

[1:50:23] 11.

[1:50:24] » com. Wilma pinder: I have a

[1:50:25] quick question, and I hope I'm

[1:50:26] still at the relevant place you

[1:50:29] did have language that said at

[1:50:31] the moment ladwp has

[1:50:32] insufficient department

[1:50:33] personnel available. That is a

[1:50:35] line in there, correct? I mean,

[1:50:38] were we ever going to have such

[1:50:40] personnel? Or is it kind of a

[1:50:42] pie in the sky, sort of, thing?

[1:50:44] » speaker: no, it absolutely

[1:50:46] will buzz because that will be

[1:50:49] our commitment to local 18 when

[1:50:51] we approve contracts when we

[1:50:54] goat to this stage local 18

[1:50:56] won't issue compliance for these

[1:50:58] contracts when we're ready to

[1:50:59] bring to the board if we don't

[1:51:01] have a staffing plan basically

[1:51:02] loa that we can commit to staff

[1:51:04] up to take these over.

[1:51:06] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[1:51:08] that's very important for

[1:51:09] something ongoing I thought am I

[1:51:11] reading that right? I thought

[1:51:13] at the moment ladwp has

[1:51:16] insufficient department

[1:51:16] personnel available to

[1:51:19] accelerate, blah, de, blah, de,

[1:51:22] blah. So there is a plan to

[1:51:25] have that personnel available.

[1:51:27] » speaker: that's in the works

[1:51:30] a group called emerging

[1:51:31] technologies group which is

[1:51:34] rapidly expanding personnel to

[1:51:35] support this commitment will be

[1:51:40] done.

[1:51:42] » speaker: the contract package

[1:51:44] we'll bring to the board in a

[1:51:45] year or so.

[1:51:47] » com. Wilma pinder: that was

[1:51:47] my concern. Any other questions

[1:51:53] or discussion on this?

[1:51:55] » benny b. Tran: last question

[1:51:56] if I didn't read by the way if

[1:51:57] you need to pass on the answer

[1:52:01] if you can. This funded by the

[1:52:04] federal government by doa

[1:52:07] correct?

[1:52:08] » speaker: might have been left

[1:52:10] in there prior to I believe the

[1:52:13] trump administration canceled

[1:52:15] all dob funding that was awarded

[1:52:18] to applicants through grip grant

[1:52:19] 2023 so those are billions of

[1:52:21] dollars that are no longer part

[1:52:23] of the play.

[1:52:24] » benny b. Tran: so this will

[1:52:25] be self-funded program by dwp.

[1:52:29] » speaker: that's correct.

[1:52:30] » benny b. Tran: thank you.

[1:52:31] they all I have.

[1:52:32] » com. Wilma pinder: you're not

[1:52:33] -- you're not taking any

[1:52:35] prisoners federal funding really

[1:52:36] bringing up something. All

[1:52:38] right.

[1:52:40] [laughter]

[1:52:40] good. With that full discussion

[1:52:43] we thank you for it. Calling

[1:52:46] for a vote -- motion to approve.

[1:52:49] » speaker: motion.

[1:52:49] » speaker: second.

[1:52:50] » com. Wilma pinder: roll call

[1:52:51] vote.

[1:52:51] » board secretary, chante

[1:52:52] mitchell: katz?

[1:52:52] » nurit katz: aye.

[1:52:53] » board secretary, chante

[1:52:54] mitchell: marks?

[1:52:54] » allan t. Marks:

[1:52:55] » board secretary, chante

[1:52:55] mitchell: pinder?

[1:52:56] » com. Wilma pinder: aye.

[1:52:57] » board secretary, chante

[1:52:57] mitchell: tran?

[1:52:58] » benny b. Tran: aye.

[1:52:59] » board secretary, chante

[1:52:59] mitchell: motion adopted.

[1:53:00] » com. Wilma pinder: so we have

[1:53:03] concluded.

[1:53:04] » speaker: thank you.

[1:53:04] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[1:53:05] now this is a lengthy part for

[1:53:07] the new commissioner -- this is

[1:53:09] when management usually makes

[1:53:10] their reports. But I want to go

[1:53:14] to -- I'm going to skip ahead.

[1:53:18] I'm going skip ahead to l, which

[1:53:20] is the minutes. Am I correct,

[1:53:24] counsel, that we will be able to

[1:53:27] approve that? With those

[1:53:30] minutes? Although --

[1:53:31] » speaker: I see we abstain as

[1:53:33] new members, correct?

[1:53:35] » speaker: if the new members

[1:53:36] were to abstain there wouldn't

[1:53:37] be enough votes to adopt the

[1:53:38] minutes. So, we believe that

[1:53:41] you can approve the minutes on

[1:53:43] your understanding --

[1:53:48] » nurit katz: two commissioners

[1:53:51] as present.

[1:53:52] » speaker: they were accurately

[1:53:55] reflective of the tape recorded

[1:53:56] videotaped meeting.

[1:53:57] » speaker: yeah. That makes

[1:53:59] sense.

[1:53:59] » com. Wilma pinder: yes so I

[1:54:00] had already inquired since I

[1:54:02] knew you weren't here for that

[1:54:04] meeting, but it's the

[1:54:05] understanding and I'm just

[1:54:06] restating what I thought I

[1:54:09] heard, that you were having read

[1:54:11] those, and the two of us who

[1:54:13] were involved, if we agree, and

[1:54:15] we feel it's -- this it's cogent

[1:54:17] and correct, that you, in fact,

[1:54:21] could vote if you found that

[1:54:22] those meeting minutes were

[1:54:24] correct. So, I wanted to jump

[1:54:25] ahead if in fact we were going

[1:54:27] to take a vote on that is there

[1:54:30] any unreadiness on this?

[1:54:32] » nurit katz: no. Sounds good.

[1:54:33] motion to approve the minutes of

[1:54:35] the november 18th meeting?

[1:54:37] » speaker: second.

[1:54:38] » com. Wilma pinder: roll call

[1:54:39] vote please.

[1:54:41] » board secretary, chante

[1:54:42] mitchell: katz?

[1:54:42] » nurit katz: aye.

[1:54:43] » board secretary, chante

[1:54:44] mitchell: marks?

[1:54:45] » allan t. Marks:

[1:54:45] » board secretary, chante

[1:54:46] mitchell: pinder?

[1:54:46] » com. Wilma pinder: aye.

[1:54:47] » board secretary, chante

[1:54:48] mitchell: tran?

[1:54:48] » benny b. Tran: aye.

[1:54:49] » board secretary, chante

[1:54:49] mitchell: four ayes motion

[1:54:51] adopted.

[1:54:51] » com. Wilma pinder: all right

[1:54:52] we're at the point in our agenda

[1:54:53] that we're now ready for our

[1:54:56] management report. And I think

[1:55:00] it's just one in this case. Are

[1:55:02] they in the audience?

[1:55:05] management reports?

[1:55:06] » speaker: yes. Let's call up

[1:55:09] mr. Mike trewek, don cox to

[1:55:18] review storm preparations.

[1:55:21] mr. Mike is director of power

[1:55:24] transmission distribution also

[1:55:28] journey lineman by trade mrs.

[1:55:30] don cox is the standpoint

[1:55:31] director of power construction

[1:55:32] and maintenance electrical

[1:55:33] mechanic substation. Take it

[1:55:37] away.

[1:55:37] » com. Wilma pinder: gentlemen,

[1:55:38] before you take it away, since

[1:55:40] we are somewhat familiar with

[1:55:42] this just go through it fast,

[1:55:45] main point.

[1:55:46] » speaker: yes, ma'am.

[1:55:48] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[1:55:49] » speaker: all right

[1:55:51] introductions outs of the way,

[1:55:52] quick overview of our five

[1:55:54] phases, or steps for our storm

[1:55:56] preparation. We'll go over

[1:55:58] these in the next few slides.

[1:55:59] all right.

[1:56:00] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[1:56:00] » speaker: planning, we start

[1:56:04] away ahead of the storm season

[1:56:06] entails completing open cable

[1:56:08] jobs or underground distribution

[1:56:10] system if that's not possible

[1:56:12] we'll ensure the substructure

[1:56:14] gets inspected and pumped of

[1:56:16] water prior to storm season. We

[1:56:20] prioritize our system and cable

[1:56:21] replacement jobs for system

[1:56:22] reliability. Our partners at

[1:56:23] pcm are proactive in inspecting

[1:56:26] various stations based on

[1:56:28] historical data. And monitoring

[1:56:31] equipment. Okay. Next slide.

[1:56:34] so, as the director of ptd I

[1:56:38] schedule and lead the prestorm

[1:56:40] team meetings. We assemble the

[1:56:43] directors of our partner power

[1:56:47] groups includes advanced

[1:56:48] technologies of ati, pcm, of

[1:56:51] course pso, office of emergency

[1:56:53] management our call center and

[1:56:55] pr and supply chains. I'll

[1:56:58] generally share a snapshot of

[1:57:00] national weather service and

[1:57:01] pending storm details so we all

[1:57:04] know what to expect. I'll ask

[1:57:06] the power groups to provide a

[1:57:08] duty roster of their personnel

[1:57:10] they will be on shift and

[1:57:11] available for my electric

[1:57:12] trouble teams to be able to

[1:57:14] connect with if needed. Also

[1:57:16] the rosters are provided to the

[1:57:18] office of emergency management

[1:57:19] and will be used in case we need

[1:57:20] to open the pdoc which is the

[1:57:26] power distribution operations

[1:57:26] commands should our customer

[1:57:29] outages grow to a number that

[1:57:31] our field personnel be get

[1:57:35] stretched thin. The pdoc often

[1:57:38] stream lines communication.

[1:57:41] okay. The ptd storm response

[1:57:44] includes holding over our

[1:57:45] construction screws and having

[1:57:47] crews start at midnight. This

[1:57:50] complements our already 24/7365

[1:57:53] trouble crews. Right? 365 days

[1:57:55] we have guys and gals on 24

[1:57:57] hours a day, seven days a week.

[1:58:00] we even activate some of our

[1:58:01] smaller sections, street lining,

[1:58:03] and transmission crews to

[1:58:05] further complement

[1:58:08] restoration efforts.

[1:58:09] at times we have even called out

[1:58:11] our pole spotter groups, these

[1:58:13] are cell your level single-man

[1:58:16] crews that will prefield larger

[1:58:17] jobs so the crews know what

[1:58:19] they're getting into before

[1:58:21] arrival. We have even gotten

[1:58:23] our special projects engineering

[1:58:25] teams out to our electric

[1:58:27] trouble dispatch center to

[1:58:30] assist in the sdpdispatch proce

[1:58:38] and the pcm will activate their

[1:58:41] mcc which is maintenance control

[1:58:42] center they will put crews on

[1:58:44] the five by five crew plan and

[1:58:46] what that means they have

[1:58:49] personnel in place where needed.

[1:58:51] moving on.

[1:58:54] our restoration approach is

[1:58:55] twofold starts at number one

[1:58:56] with public safety then outage

[1:58:59] numbers. Our crews will always

[1:59:01] make sure the incidentally scene

[1:59:03] or area is safe for public and

[1:59:05] themselves that could mean

[1:59:07] having the area shut off remote

[1:59:09] he by our energy control center

[1:59:11] or ecc or by having first

[1:59:14] responders as pd or fd stand by

[1:59:17] the scene while we energize the

[1:59:21] area in the field. Pictures

[1:59:23] below but see the left one

[1:59:25] pulled down due to a tree far

[1:59:27] right that one actually a

[1:59:30] vehicle incident hit the pole

[1:59:31] during the wet slick rainy sene

[1:59:34] season. Drawing your attention

[1:59:36] to the center picture aren't

[1:59:39] ground substructure obviously

[1:59:41] flooded ten by ten by 20 feet a

[1:59:43] lot of water in there that's why

[1:59:47] it takes extra time for the

[1:59:50] underground crews to diagnosis

[1:59:52] and trouble shoot these

[1:59:54] problems. Moving on. There

[1:59:56] are many types of outages caused

[1:59:59] by winter storms there are

[2:00:02] pictures of customer station

[2:00:03] with water intrusion on the

[2:00:05] left. To our overhead

[2:00:07] infrastructure due to do you

[2:00:08] understand tree in the center

[2:00:10] picture and then ice and snow in

[2:00:12] our owens valley service area.

[2:00:14] okay these differ from our

[2:00:16] summer storms which primarily

[2:00:17] consist of overloaded equipment.

[2:00:18] all right.

[2:00:25] so customer communication. Our

[2:00:29] pdoc, city eeoc and electric

[2:00:33] trouble sections communicate

[2:00:34] with our public relations folks

[2:00:36] to get messages out to

[2:00:39] customers. This could be how

[2:00:40] we're preparing, provide

[2:00:41] customers with tips to be ready

[2:00:43] in case of power outages, remind

[2:00:48] customers about safety around

[2:00:50] downed power lines and share

[2:00:52] outage maps on forward facing

[2:00:54] web site with information.

[2:00:56] okay. So, hopefully wrapped

[2:00:58] that up quick. Are there any

[2:01:00] questions?

[2:01:00] » com. Wilma pinder: oh that

[2:01:02] was quick.

[2:01:03] [laughter]

[2:01:04] » dave hanson: commissioners

[2:01:05] I'll add there is a lot of

[2:01:09] several different divisions that

[2:01:10] work together whenever in the

[2:01:12] middle of heat storm sponsor

[2:01:14] winds and rain storm response

[2:01:17] these two are the gentlemen that

[2:01:18] lead the charge on this but we

[2:01:21] also work with supply operations

[2:01:22] which is our generation

[2:01:24] facilities energy control

[2:01:25] facility which is our ecc up in

[2:01:29] the valley that dispatches

[2:01:35] transmission subtransmission and

[2:01:38] ati decision that has telecom

[2:01:40] because on these poles also

[2:01:43] resides telecommunications so

[2:01:44] those folks are also called upon

[2:01:45] to go out there and do

[2:01:49] restoration work we have 24/7365

[2:01:56] linemen under electric trouble

[2:01:58] under mr. Mike, moving forward

[2:02:00] we're going to have full trouble

[2:02:03] organization with operations

[2:02:05] maintenance personnel we're in

[2:02:06] negotiations now with local 18

[2:02:08] on how we're going to stay that

[2:02:11] as quickly as possible while we

[2:02:14] do the long-term strategic

[2:02:16] staffing plan as well.

[2:02:18] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[2:02:20] those photos particularly really

[2:02:22] bring it home because it reminds

[2:02:24] us again how dangerous all of

[2:02:26] this is, not only our workers

[2:02:29] but the public there are

[2:02:30] vehicles I mean it's like a 24/7

[2:02:35] thing we greatly appreciate all

[2:02:37] the effort. The wind storm we

[2:02:41] had recently, weakened soil,

[2:02:43] happy with the water over there,

[2:02:45] it has weakened the soil and

[2:02:48] bringing down trees so we're

[2:02:51] going to have falling trees when

[2:02:53] the ground dries out. Thank you

[2:02:55] for that presentation.

[2:02:56] » nurit katz: I noted you were

[2:02:59] talking about infiltration of

[2:03:01] are underground infrastructure

[2:03:02] obviously we're keeping an eye

[2:03:05] on the palisades and rebuilding

[2:03:05] significant under-grounding

[2:03:07] there are you tracking lessons

[2:03:09] learned from prior storms and

[2:03:12] existing underground

[2:03:15] infrastructure how we might

[2:03:17] inform the process in the

[2:03:19] palisades.

[2:03:19] » speaker: absolutely we're

[2:03:20] sharing all data with both teams

[2:03:22] that are developing the

[2:03:24] underground system for

[2:03:26] palisades.

[2:03:26] » nurit katz: there are impacts

[2:03:27] to water as well and other types

[2:03:30] of emergencies like in

[2:03:31] earthquake we would be all hands

[2:03:33] on deck on both sides can you

[2:03:36] speak to how the power

[2:03:38] distribution operational center

[2:03:39] works with other admit eocs or

[2:03:42] how that -- and this might be an

[2:03:46] anselmo/dave question I would be

[2:03:48] interested in input on how we're

[2:03:50] making sure the power and water

[2:03:53] integrate in these manager

[2:03:56] conditions.

[2:03:57] » dave hanson: you want to

[2:03:59] start pdoc then I'll jump in.

[2:04:02] » speaker: sure pdoc, get our

[2:04:06] power groups together all groups

[2:04:08] provide some like dave said some

[2:04:10] portion of service to the

[2:04:11] electric and we also have wec

[2:04:15] which dave and anselmo can take

[2:04:18] over on how we work together

[2:04:20] between those.

[2:04:21] » dave hanson: essentially the

[2:04:23] pdoc power distribution

[2:04:24] operations center is a power

[2:04:26] command we stands up when we

[2:04:29] meet certain conditions recently

[2:04:31] last year, year and a half we

[2:04:33] hit kpi of 5,000 customers where

[2:04:36] we start to look at our outage

[2:04:38] management system and ask if we

[2:04:39] find ourselves twentiesing

[2:04:41] upwards from 5,000 and we find

[2:04:44] that number to be true we start

[2:04:46] to ask questions if it's

[2:04:48] starting to look like it's

[2:04:49] getting to where bee need to

[2:04:51] coordinate with other groups we

[2:04:52] would do virtual activation of

[2:04:55] pdoc if we hit 10,000 customers

[2:04:57] out we verify this number to be

[2:04:59] true activate virtually pdoc

[2:05:02] look at activating in-person

[2:05:04] from there. Pdoc is located at

[2:05:09] lincoln heights was built by

[2:05:11] mrs. Walter rodriguez former

[2:05:16] director of transmission

[2:05:17] distribution so that asset lives

[2:05:20] under t and dtod and essentially

[2:05:24] I call upon mike to stands up

[2:05:26] for power if there starts to be

[2:05:29] department wide issue now with

[2:05:32] anselmo and zoraya in charge of

[2:05:35] emergency operations center for

[2:05:37] the entire company.

[2:05:40] » anselmo collins: so in water

[2:05:42] system if emergency is one that

[2:05:44] is specific to one division as

[2:05:47] the incident know command system

[2:05:50] the division handles if it's

[2:05:51] going to take multiple divisions

[2:05:54] of being impacted as far as

[2:05:57] logistics large events water

[2:05:59] system and power system

[2:06:01] potentially impacted those fall

[2:06:03] under the jurisdictional

[2:06:05] department's emergency

[2:06:06] operations center, wec, pdoc

[2:06:08] staff all report up to the

[2:06:11] department's eoc center make

[2:06:14] sure all coordinated when it

[2:06:16] comes to resources and logistics

[2:06:18] ensuring we have all resources

[2:06:19] necessary for both water and

[2:06:22] power systems.

[2:06:23] » nurit katz: thank you so

[2:06:23] much. I think it's helpful for

[2:06:24] the public to elevate the

[2:06:27] coordination needed and also

[2:06:28] just the interdependence of

[2:06:30] water and power which many

[2:06:32] members of the public are not

[2:06:33] always aware of the fact that we

[2:06:36] have high dependence on water in

[2:06:38] some of our power facilities

[2:06:39] should there be a water outage

[2:06:42] and certainly high dependence on

[2:06:43] power for critical water

[2:06:44] treatment facilities that

[2:06:46] collaboration across which I

[2:06:47] have is seen improving in the

[2:06:49] last year is important and I'm

[2:06:50] glad to hear of this icm

[2:06:53] coordination in emergency

[2:06:55] management. Thank you.

[2:06:57] » dave hanson: although we have

[2:06:58] done table top exercises in the

[2:07:01] past we have cowbells and

[2:07:03] operating orders to lay all out

[2:07:05] we have never on the power side

[2:07:08] activated the poc until about a

[2:07:10] year and a half ago because of

[2:07:13] janisse bringing on zoraya and

[2:07:15] mona they brought expertise

[2:07:17] here. So did we miss anything

[2:07:18] in our explanation?

[2:07:20] » zoraya oliver-griffin: no you

[2:07:21] covered it all the only time we

[2:07:23] would have a water or power

[2:07:26] centric activation that would

[2:07:28] require support, and activate is

[2:07:33] like when the granada hills

[2:07:36] water outage where it required

[2:07:38] presentation communications and

[2:07:40] support in the community

[2:07:41] logistical support we decided to

[2:07:43] activate the pdoc.

[2:07:46] » nurit katz: got it I'm sure

[2:07:48] with your extensive expertise

[2:07:50] emergency management since it's

[2:07:52] one of the first few activations

[2:07:54] looking at hot wash et cetera

[2:07:55] I'll be interested to see what

[2:07:59] lessons were learned.

[2:08:01] » dave hanson: to that point

[2:08:02] something we're looking at

[2:08:05] national weather service weather

[2:08:08] events using that predictive

[2:08:11] information making decisions

[2:08:13] about energying what circuits we

[2:08:15] may have to turn off in the past

[2:08:17] as far as part of our wildlife

[2:08:21] mitigation plan we haven't had

[2:08:22] power safety shut off but

[2:08:25] palisades emergency we use that

[2:08:27] collaboration with the national

[2:08:28] weather service to help make

[2:08:29] that decision.

[2:08:30] » nurit katz: thank you we're

[2:08:31] looking forward to those

[2:08:32] wildfire mitigation planning

[2:08:34] updates later as well.

[2:08:35] » com. Wilma pinder: I'm sure

[2:08:38] we'll get them.

[2:08:42] » allan t. Marks: can I ask for

[2:08:43] clarification. In your report

[2:08:44] you mentioned activation of pdoc

[2:08:48] and dave you mentioned

[2:08:49] thresholds of outages especially

[2:08:51] confirmed outages at $5,000,

[2:08:54] 10,000, so forth, on the power

[2:08:57] side. But there is also your

[2:09:00] early report you talked about

[2:09:03] activating eoc ahead because you

[2:09:05] know that we're having storms

[2:09:07] that were coming with them

[2:09:09] events in december, so what's

[2:09:10] the difference between

[2:09:11] activating because you think

[2:09:13] there is something coming

[2:09:15] because of weather fore cast

[2:09:17] maybe activating after a big

[2:09:18] event like earthquake where you

[2:09:20] still don't know yet what scope

[2:09:22] is going to be don't need to

[2:09:25] wait to confirm.

[2:09:28] » dave hanson: I'll talk for

[2:09:30] pdoc, then maybe you could come

[2:09:32] up and fill the gaps. We look

[2:09:35] at being proactive so there is

[2:09:37] board action from a few years

[2:09:40] ago maybe joe can remember we

[2:09:42] establish a response maybe joe

[2:09:44] can summer we establish response

[2:09:46] level for electric trouble I

[2:09:47] don't remember what year 2015?

[2:09:49] I don't know if that's right we

[2:09:51] establish response level for

[2:09:54] electric trouble level when

[2:09:55] we're at normal level response

[2:09:57] that's a promise to our

[2:10:00] customers we will respond to

[2:10:01] your outage within four hours it

[2:10:03] doesn't mean etr estimated time

[2:10:05] of restoration it means response

[2:10:08] so at response level normal four

[2:10:10] years anybody that can look at

[2:10:13] our outhitage map internal

[2:10:16] numbers all driven by grgis

[2:10:18] system we'll have a presentation

[2:10:20] on this in the future but

[2:10:22] response level it's four hours

[2:10:24] if we go to response level one

[2:10:26] from 4 to 12 hours, response two

[2:10:30] is 12 to 24 and response level

[2:10:33] three tbd now at response level

[2:10:35] three we are required by board

[2:10:37] action to proactively staff and

[2:10:39] bring on power construction and

[2:10:42] maintenance substation

[2:10:43] electricians in the past we did

[2:10:46] not do that proactively so now

[2:10:50] that's why we see the

[2:10:51] presentation before we refer to

[2:10:53] five by five under the new

[2:10:56] leadership at power construction

[2:10:57] maintenance they established a

[2:10:59] proactive feature like that so

[2:11:01] we bring on two crews in each of

[2:11:03] the five service areas before we

[2:11:05] ever get into the boards

[2:11:06] requirement of making them come

[2:11:08] in it's kind of a firefighter

[2:11:11] model we're ready on premise we

[2:11:12] cut out 2 and 3 hour delay for

[2:11:15] calling folks out so those

[2:11:16] levels don't have anything to do

[2:11:18] with activation levels by eoc or

[2:11:22] departmented eocz.

[2:11:24] » speaker: and specifically for

[2:11:27] this situation for this storm in

[2:11:28] december it really was a game

[2:11:30] day decision after being briefed

[2:11:31] by the national weather service

[2:11:33] that afternoon. Of the 23rd.

[2:11:38] because the rain, we were

[2:11:39] getting far more rain faster

[2:11:41] than was originally forecasted.

[2:11:45] they also weave said in the high

[2:11:50] potential for a tornado which we

[2:11:52] didn't know about until that day

[2:11:54] so truly in the morning I talked

[2:11:57] to dave and said we're fine with

[2:12:01] just the pdoc after having heard

[2:12:04] the national weather service

[2:12:06] giving a briefing we immediate

[2:12:08] adjusted to what the situation

[2:12:10] called for to activate eoc that

[2:12:13] evening.

[2:12:14] » dave hanson: actually the

[2:12:16] same conversation prior to the

[2:12:18] palisades tragedy that morning

[2:12:22] zoraya and I were talking about

[2:12:25] proactively activating the

[2:12:26] department emergency operations

[2:12:28] center then saw smoke on the

[2:12:29] hill. So we were already taking

[2:12:32] steps if that direction.

[2:12:33] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[2:12:34] very much. Are you concluded?

[2:12:36] » speaker: thank you very much.

[2:12:36] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[2:12:37] for your presentation. Is there

[2:12:40] there a second? That concludes

[2:12:43] that. We have heard our

[2:12:44] commissioners attending one

[2:12:45] event are there any other

[2:12:47] reports by a commissioner on any

[2:12:49] committee activity?

[2:12:51] » nurit katz: not at this time.

[2:12:52] » com. Wilma pinder: and I

[2:12:53] don't know what committees you

[2:12:54] ultimately will be on, as I said

[2:12:57] I'm on the retirement committee

[2:12:59] and I'm holding that down, I

[2:13:01] just enjoy it so much. But

[2:13:03] whatever committees you

[2:13:04] ultimately will be working on, I

[2:13:06] really want you to roll up your

[2:13:08] sleeves and dig in. It can be

[2:13:10] quite enjoyable. So, no

[2:13:13] committee reports in that

[2:13:14] regard.

[2:13:14] now, this is a matter that does

[2:13:15] not require a vote. It is for

[2:13:18] the presiding officer or next

[2:13:21] time the president to direct the

[2:13:24] commission secretary to file

[2:13:27] items one -- k one through

[2:13:31] k-nine, which are various

[2:13:32] notices that we get through the

[2:13:34] government, et cetera, and

[2:13:36] they're basically considered at

[2:13:37] this point historical documents

[2:13:39] that are remaining for us to

[2:13:49] peruse should we need to. On

[2:13:50] item 11 we have already handled

[2:13:53] the minutes. Item m?

[2:13:56] » nurit katz: no new motions at

[2:13:59] this time.

[2:14:01] » allan t. Marks: nothing here.

[2:14:02] » com. Wilma pinder: any motion

[2:14:04] on your part? Thank you.

[2:14:05] secretary, I have missed

[2:14:06] anything so far? Oh, yes, is

[2:14:11] there any discussion with the

[2:14:14] neighborhood council

[2:14:16] representatives? Are there any

[2:14:17] in the audience or have any

[2:14:18] notices been filed by

[2:14:21] mitchell: no community impact

[2:14:24] statements or formal positions

[2:14:25] were filed by any neighborhood

[2:14:26] councils on the items on today's

[2:14:26] agenda.

[2:14:27] » com. Wilma pinder: either now

[2:14:28] or in the future would you let

[2:14:31] this board know how many

[2:14:32] neighborhood councils there are?

[2:14:34] » board secretary, chante

[2:14:35] mitchell: joe's office let us

[2:14:37] know that there are 99 councils.

[2:14:40] » com. Wilma pinder: so there

[2:14:41] are 99 councils that could have

[2:14:44] filed something with us or could

[2:14:45] speak to us at any time. So

[2:14:48] that will always be on our

[2:14:49] records that's something that we

[2:14:51] should take care of. Now, if

[2:14:53] I'm not incorrect, I think we

[2:14:54] have moved to the point of

[2:14:56] election of officers. And, by

[2:14:58] the way, we are -- we do have

[2:15:02] another commissioner, I think it

[2:15:03] was mentioned earlier, who is

[2:15:05] still waiting to go before city

[2:15:07] council. It would have been so

[2:15:09] wonderful to have had that

[2:15:10] person today, since we kind of

[2:15:13] were in a kumbaya type of mood

[2:15:15] here and many things that are

[2:15:17] not normally said on the record

[2:15:18] were said on the record. But

[2:15:20] when that person comes, I will

[2:15:21] hope that you will be as warm as

[2:15:23] you have been in welcoming the

[2:15:25] two commissioners to my left and

[2:15:28] to my right. Still, at this

[2:15:29] point, we do have a quorum. So,

[2:15:33] we are always able, today, to

[2:15:36] make any decisions for this

[2:15:38] board, even absent our remaining

[2:15:41] commissioner.

[2:15:43] so, at this point, I would move

[2:15:48] to the point where we are to

[2:15:50] elect a president of the

[2:15:56] commission. And I would

[2:15:57] entertain a motion for said

[2:16:00] office of president.

[2:16:01] » benny b. Tran: I would like

[2:16:02] to nominate commissioner alan

[2:16:04] marks to be president of the

[2:16:07] board.

[2:16:08] » allan t. Marks: thank you.

[2:16:10] » com. Wilma pinder: alan

[2:16:11] marks, if voted in, would you

[2:16:13] even accept that?

[2:16:15] » allan t. Marks: yes. It

[2:16:15] would be a privilege. Thank

[2:16:18] you.

[2:16:19] » com. Wilma pinder: with that

[2:16:20] having been stated, I would now

[2:16:22] call for a second.

[2:16:25] » nurit katz: second that

[2:16:27] nomination.

[2:16:27] » com. Wilma pinder: having

[2:16:28] heard the motion having heard

[2:16:30] that this person would be a

[2:16:33] willing president if elected.

[2:16:35] our vote.

[2:16:35] » board secretary, chante

[2:16:36] mitchell: katz?

[2:16:36] » nurit katz: aye.

[2:16:37] » board secretary, chante

[2:16:37] mitchell: marks?

[2:16:39] » allan t. Marks:

[2:16:39] » board secretary, chante

[2:16:40] mitchell: pinder?

[2:16:40] » com. Wilma pinder: aye.

[2:16:41] » board secretary, chante

[2:16:41] mitchell: tran?

[2:16:43] » benny b. Tran: aye.

[2:16:44] » board secretary, chante

[2:16:44] mitchell: with unanimous

[2:16:46] consent, motion adopted.

[2:16:47] » com. Wilma pinder: our

[2:16:48] president of the board will be,

[2:16:51] forthcoming.

[2:16:51] » allan t. Marks: and I would

[2:16:54] ask you to continue to preside

[2:16:56] over this meeting commissioner

[2:16:57] pinder.

[2:16:58] » com. Wilma pinder: I will

[2:16:59] conclude this meeting then and

[2:17:01] continue, with that said, again,

[2:17:02] it will be more formal welcomes

[2:17:04] when you do, in fact, take over

[2:17:06] at our next meeting. And I

[2:17:09] congratulate you on that now

[2:17:10] before everyone. I will now

[2:17:13] call for a motion for a vice

[2:17:16] president.

[2:17:17] » allan t. Marks: I would like

[2:17:18] to move and nominate

[2:17:20] commissioner nurit katz to be

[2:17:22] the vice president.

[2:17:26] » benny b. Tran: second.

[2:17:27] » com. Wilma pinder:

[2:17:28] commissioner katz, in fact you

[2:17:29] are nominated are you illegaling

[2:17:31] to serve?

[2:17:32] » nurit katz: it would be an

[2:17:34] honor. Thank you.

[2:17:36] » com. Wilma pinder: calling

[2:17:36] for the vote.

[2:17:37] » board secretary, chante

[2:17:37] mitchell: katz?

[2:17:38] » nurit katz: aye.

[2:17:39] » board secretary, chante

[2:17:40] mitchell: marks?

[2:17:41] » allan t. Marks:

[2:17:41] » board secretary, chante

[2:17:42] mitchell: pinder?

[2:17:42] » com. Wilma pinder: aye.

[2:17:43] » board secretary, chante

[2:17:43] mitchell: tran?

[2:17:44] » benny b. Tran: aye.

[2:17:45] » board secretary, chante

[2:17:45] mitchell: unanimous consent.

[2:17:47] motion adopted.

[2:17:48] » com. Wilma pinder: madam

[2:17:50] commissioner -- madam commission

[2:17:51] president -- I mean, secretary,

[2:17:54] will you please double check the

[2:17:56] entire roster to make sure that

[2:17:58] nothing has been overlooked

[2:17:59] before I move us into closed

[2:18:02] session?

[2:18:02] » board secretary, chante

[2:18:02] mitchell: all items have been

[2:18:05] addressed.

[2:18:06] » com. Wilma pinder: madam

[2:18:08] counsel, is there any other

[2:18:09] matter that you feel that we

[2:18:12] should go over before you -- we

[2:18:14] move into closed session?

[2:18:19] counsel.

[2:18:19] » speaker: no I'm ready to take

[2:18:21] us into closed session.

[2:18:24] » com. Wilma pinder: ready.

[2:18:26] » speaker: as you know the

[2:18:27] california open meeting law the

[2:18:29] brown act requires that we list

[2:18:31] the matters the board will

[2:18:33] consider in closed session

[2:18:35] please bare with me as I read

[2:18:37] the list today we have several

[2:18:39] items seven in fact I'll be

[2:18:41] reading the case nameses and

[2:18:42] court numbers for the record.

[2:18:45] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you.

[2:18:45] » speaker: the board shall

[2:18:46] recess into closed session for

[2:18:48] conference with legal counsel

[2:18:49] regarding the following items.

[2:18:52] gabriel gonzalez versus los

[2:18:52] angeles departments of water and

[2:18:55] power, los angeles superior

[2:18:57] court case number 24stcv 31461.

[2:19:08] longmanhe versus ladwp los

[2:19:10] angeles superior court case

[2:19:12] number 20 stcv 34249.

[2:19:22] carageo, versus ladwp superior

[2:19:25] court case number 23stcv30350.

[2:19:34] kia versus ladwp los angeles

[2:19:37] superior court case 24stcv

[2:19:47] 04955.

[2:19:49] randy simon versus los angeles

[2:19:52] superior court case 23stcv

[2:19:57] 07592.

[2:19:57] kathy pimatelle versus ladwp los

[2:20:02] angeles superior court case

[2:20:05] number 22chcv00934 and lastly

[2:20:13] molnar versus city of los

[2:20:15] angeles superior court case

[2:20:18] number 32888.

[2:20:20] » com. Wilma pinder: that

[2:20:21] concludes the announcements that

[2:20:22] have to be maintained on the

[2:20:24] record I would say to our

[2:20:27] commissioners please take ten

[2:20:31] minutes before we adjourn into

[2:20:32] the conference room for our

[2:20:34] meeting. At this point the

[2:20:34] meeting is officially brought to

[2:20:36] a close.

[2:20:38] » speaker: we will be after

[2:20:40] closed session however we'll

[2:20:41] come back on the record to

[2:20:45] adjourn.

[2:20:45] » com. Wilma pinder: thank you

[2:20:47] very much. Close close.

[2:21:22] [closed session]

[2:34:50] [closed session continues]

[2:42:55] [closed session]

[2:42:57] [closed session continues]

[2:43:02] continues][closed session]

[2:43:02] [closed session continues]

[2:43:05] continues][closed session]

[2:43:06] [closed session continues]

[2:43:10] continues][closed session]

[2:43:11] [closed session continues]

[2:43:14] continues][closed session]

[2:43:16] [closed session continues]

[2:43:19] continues][closed session]

[2:43:21] [closed session continues]

[2:51:53] continues][closed session]

[2:51:54] [closed session continues]

[2:51:57] continues][closed session]

[3:05:19] [closed session continues]

[3:49:34] » com. Allan t. Marks: this is

[3:49:37] alan marks president of the

[3:49:39] commission.

[3:49:42] » speaker: we're back in open

[3:49:52] session report-out actions from

[3:49:53] the closed session start with

[3:49:56] action item one involving case

[3:50:05] called gabriel gonzalez versus

[3:50:06] los angeles department of water

[3:50:08] and power the board did not

[3:50:09] approve the plaintiff's offer to

[3:50:12] compromise the case at

[3:50:18] $9,950,000. Agenda item five

[3:50:19] the case of randy simon versus

[3:50:21] city of los angeles of water and

[3:50:24] power the board consented to a

[3:50:27] settlement of the matter in the

[3:50:29] amount of $500,000.

[3:50:32] item six kathia versus ladwp the

[3:50:37] board consented to a settlement

[3:50:41] in the amount of $775,000.

[3:50:45] board agenda item three in the

[3:50:48] case of kara zakus versus ladwp

[3:50:52] the board provided settlement

[3:50:54] authority to make a 998 offer

[3:50:57] for $200,000. And in the

[3:51:01] molener case, molener versus

[3:51:03] city of los angeles no action

[3:51:05] was taken, and item number four,

[3:51:16] yechzkia versus ladwp was

[3:51:17] deferred

[3:51:19] » com. Allan t. Marks: thank

[3:51:20] you. With no further business,

Board of Commissioners Meeting - 01-13-2026

Transcript