[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.
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[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,