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CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENTS
AGENGA APPROVAL FOR THE WATER AGENCY
PRESENTATIONS:

ITEM A - DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT PRESENTAITON PRESENTED BY CALLEGUAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRIC AND THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CONSENT CALENDAR
BUSINESS ITEMS:

ITEM #5 - AWARD OF CONTRACT TO SOCAL PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION CORP. DBA NATIONAL COATING AND LINING CO., INC. FOR THE PHWA 0.6 MG RESERVOIR REHABILITATION PROJECT NO. WA2025-07 IN THE AMOUNT OF $575,335 AND APPROVE A TEN (10%) PERCENT CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY OF $57,533.50
AGENCY MEMBERS REPORTS, COMMENTS, & REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM / ADJOURNMENT

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	A regular meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order. The time is now for PM.	00:00:47
	Madam Clerk, may we have a roll call, please, Member Leau.	00:00:52
	Present member Lopez.	00:00:56
	Present Member. McQueen, Legend.	00:00:58
	That's it, Vice Chair Thomas.	00:01:00
	And Chair Hernandez here let the record reflect that ex officio member Kendall Wilson is absent.	00:01:03
	Thank you.	00:01:08
	We will now hear public comments. Comments are limited to 3 minutes. Madam Clerk, does anyone have a public comment? No public	00:01:10
	comments.	00:01:13
	Moving ahead.	00:01:17
	Agenda approval for water agency May I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda?	00:01:19
	You've had time to take a look at it.	00:01:25
	Move to approve.	00:01:27
	2nd.	00:01:28
	OK, all in favor.	00:01:30
	Aye.	00:01:32
	All opposed.	00:01:33
	Hearing none, motion passes unanimously.	00:01:34
	All right, conflict of interest in Levine Act disclosures do any members of agency.	00:01:36
	Have any conflicts of interest to disclose for the listed closed session items on the agenda? Sorry I've meant to remove that but	00:01:41
	it's just for items on the agenda.	00:01:45
	OK.	00:01:49
	Oh, yeah, you're right. OK, Just for items on the agenda, does anybody have a conflict of interest?	00:01:53
	To disclose. OK, very good.	00:01:58
	Hearing none, we'll move on to presentations.	00:02:00
	Come on up.	00:02:03
	Nicole Richardson and Charlotte Lopez Holyfield will be delivering a presentation on the Delta Conveyance Project.	00:02:04
	And they representing the the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Cayegas Municipal Water.	00:02:11
	District.	00:02:17
	Welcome.	00:02:19
	Thank you. Thank you, Chair Hernandez and members, thank you so much for allowing us to the opportunity to come speak before you	00:02:19
	today. We really appreciate it.	00:02:23
	As chair, Hernandez says.	00:02:27
	I'm Charlotte Lopez Hollow Field. I'm the manager of external affairs at Cayegas Municipal Water District.	00:02:28
	Presenting with me today is Nicole Richardson of Metropolitan Water District A, Southern California.	00:02:34
	And we're happy to talk with you for a few moments about the Delta Conveyance project, which has had a long.	00:02:38
	History A winding history in California will give you an overview of the status of it currently, some efforts to move it forward,	00:02:44
	and its criticalness to the water supply in Ventura County.	00:02:50
	So I just want to take a moment as a refresher to remind.	00:02:57
	Folks, what Cayegas is we are Ventura County's largest water supplier.	00:03:00
	We are a water wholesaler importing primarily State Water Project water from Metropolitan. We have 19 purveyors serving 3/4 of the	00:03:04
	population of Ventura County, so that's 650,000 people.	00:03:10
	And we are an independent special district governed by A5 member elected board and we've been around just about 75 years.	00:03:17
	So you can see our service area there, primarily southeastern Ventura County, of course.	00:03:24
	You are some.	00:03:28
	An entity we deliver water to as well.	00:03:30
	So just a snapshot of our purveyors. They include cities such as Port Windy, Camarillo, Oxnard.	00:03:32
	County Water Works, special districts, investor owned utilities.	00:03:38
	Mutual water companies we have a wide variety of public.	00:03:42
	Private, large, small, you name it, it's probably a purveyor of caiages.	00:03:46
	So the path of imported water to Cayegas is really important to understand why the DCP is so important.	00:03:51
	It comes from 400 miles away.	00:03:58
	In the Sierra Nevada.	00:04:00
	And it comes down to us through the State Water Project, which is a series of pumps, pipes, aqueducts. If you've driven in the	00:04:03
	Central Valley, you've probably seen it.	00:04:06
	That gets down to Metropolitan Water District.	00:04:11
	Which then delivers it to their 26 member agencies, of which Cayegis is 1.	00:04:14
	We import that water through a mile long tunnel in Chatsworth.	00:04:20
	And then we distribute it out to our purveyors.	00:04:23
	So and then they in turn.	00:04:27
	Send it to residents and businesses. We don't serve them directly.	00:04:28
	So the State Water Project was built in the 1960s.	00:04:33
	As I said.	00:04:37
	Our share of it is 400 miles away.	00:04:38
	The total length of the project is 700 miles.	00:04:42
	And it serves 2/3.	00:04:46
	Of the state, so 27 million people in California.	00:04:48
	Are dependent on the State Water project in whole or in part?	00:04:52
	And This is why it's so important that it be modernized.	00:04:56
	And optimized.	00:05:00
	For Cayegas service area.	00:05:01
	You know, in the 60s it needs a little refresh. Let's say the Delta Conveyance project is a way to do that and really optimize	00:05:04
	this system so that we can.	00:05:08
	Take full advantage of that conveyance system to bring.	00:05:13
	Water to our area.	00:05:16
	Because the percentage of water that originates from.	00:05:19
	The State Water Project.	00:05:22
	Is 100%.	00:05:24
	100%.	00:05:26
	So Nicole will talk more about.	00:05:27
	Metropolitan sources being both the State Water Project and the Colorado River, but here in Cayegas service area.	00:05:29
	It's 100% of our supply.	00:05:35
	So with that.	00:05:37
	I am going to turn it over to Nicole to give you more detail about the project and happy to answer any questions at the end.	00:05:38
	Thank you.	00:05:44
	Thank you, Charlotte. Good afternoon, Chair Hernandez and directors.	00:05:47
	I would now like to present a high level overview of the modernization project known as the Delta Conveyance Project.	00:05:51
	I'll go over its benefits to Metropolitan and our involvement in the project. And before diving into those details, I'll go into	00:05:56
	more detail about who Metropolitan is.	00:06:01
	OK, so Metropolitan Water District, Southern California is a state established.	00:06:10
	Cooperative.	00:06:14
	That provides water to its 26 member agencies throughout our six county service area, which includes Ventura County all the way	00:06:15
	down to San Diego County, includes Orange County, San Bernardino, LA and Riverside County.	00:06:21
	And then each member agency is represented on our 38 member Board of Directors.	00:06:27
	Cayegas is one of our member agencies and Director Jackie McMillan is one of our directors who represents Cayegas.	00:06:32
	We import water from two sources, so Colorado River via the Colorado River Aqueduct system, which we own and operate.	00:06:39
	And then the.	00:06:46
	And from Northern California, the N Sierra Nevada area.	00:06:48
	Through the State Water Project with it, which is operated by the California Department of Water Resources.	00:06:52
	And Metropolitan is the largest state water contractor of the State Water Project. We are one of 27 public water agencies that	00:06:57
	take from this source.	00:07:02
	Metropolitan does have a state water contract for 1.9 million acre feet.	00:07:06
	1.9 million acre feet annually.	00:07:13
	However, based on the allocation of that year, State Water Project allocation, we only get a percentage of it. So this year or at	00:07:15
	this point we have 30.	00:07:19
	5%, that's the allocation. So we have 35% of 1.9 million acre feet.	00:07:23
	And that will change and fluctuate based on precipitation levels, regulations, whatever drought conditions, things like that.	00:07:28
	And so together these two imported sources.	00:07:36
	Support a $1.6 trillion regional economy.	00:07:38
	And then the Delta Conveyance project.	00:07:44
	Often referred to as the DCPA will.	00:07:46
	Probably refer to it moving forward is a proposed state project that seeks to modernize the aging delta infrastructure.	00:07:49
	So it modernizes, it will modernize the State Water Project.	00:07:55
	The project involves the construction of a new 45 mile tunnel system and two completely new northern delta.	00:07:59
	Intake facilities, so they're diversion projects that take water from the river.	00:08:06
	And then into the tunnel, the conveyance, the conveyance system.	00:08:10
	The tunnel would divert water from.	00:08:14
	Around the delta, so to avoid the central delta communities.	00:08:16
	And then it would.	00:08:19
	Be it would go into the State Water Project conveyance system.	00:08:21
	And if operational, the project will be able to capture and move water during really heavy storm events.	00:08:24
	Or snow, snow melt runoff and then deliver it to reservoirs and groundwater basins throughout the state.	00:08:30
	And the purpose of the DCP is to strengthen the long term water supply reliability of the State Water Project.	00:08:35
	And protect the supply from extreme weather conditions, so that includes sites like seismic risks.	00:08:41
	Earthquakes, sea level rise.	00:08:46
	Atmosphere rivers which are very heavy storm events too.	00:08:48
	So after more than 20 years of planning the Delta conveyance.	00:08:55
	Project has been refined and redesigned.	00:08:59
	DWR has welcomed and encouraged extensive community input.	00:09:03
	Which has helped them address local impacts and environmental concerns.	00:09:07
	DWR has also produced.	00:09:11
	Hundreds of studies. Technical reports. Engineer Engineering reports. Modeling Analysis.	00:09:14
	And the list goes on. And because of all of these data, the qualitative quantitative data.	00:09:19
	We are able to summarize the benefits of the project into these 4 categories.	00:09:24
	Climate resiliency, seismic resiliency, operational resiliency, and water.	00:09:29
	Water quality reliability.	00:09:33
	So to begin with the first one, future precipitation patterns are expected to result in more rain flowing through rivers. As we've	00:09:35
	seen, modeling has predicted that we're going to see shorter winters.	00:09:41
	And there's going to be less snowpack runoff and we're going to see more precipitation in the form of atmospheric rivers, which is	00:09:48
	the heavy storm events.	00:09:52
	And so because of that, our State Water Project conveyance system has to adapt to the changing climate.	00:09:56
	And this is what the DCP will do.	00:10:02
	The DCP will enhance the system's ability to capture, move and store water during extreme weather events.	00:10:04
	And this increased flexibility helps mitigate the effects of climate induced variability in precipitation and runoff patterns.	00:10:11
	Ensuring a more reliable water supply.	00:10:17
	Not only for Southern California.	00:10:20
	For Ventura County, but also throughout the state.	00:10:22
	And then the seismic resiliency.	00:10:25
	So the project's design includes.	00:10:28
	Well, the design includes features to improve the State water projects, resilience to seismic events, earthquakes.	00:10:30
	And then according to the US Geological Survey.	00:10:37
	There a 70 There's a 72% chance of a 6.7 or greater magnitude earthquake in the B.	00:10:39
	In the Bay Area by 2043 and if there is a catastrophic event.	00:10:46
	Near or around the Delta, it would pose significant threat to our water supply down here in Southern California.	00:10:50
	And as Charlotte had mentioned, we rely in Southern California metropolitan gets 30% of the water from state water projects. So	00:10:58
	this is very significant for our region.	00:11:02
	By adding the two new intake facilities in the North Delta.	00:11:08
	And constructing an earthquake resistant tunnel, the DCP will reduce the vulnerability of water deliveries being.	00:11:12
	Disrupted by earthquakes?	00:11:18
	The project ensures there is continued water supply in the event of a seismic event near the delta.	00:11:19
	And then operational resiliency.	00:11:25
	So State Water project deliveries have declined even during wet years and.	00:11:27
	Due to various.	00:11:31
	Various fish regulations, as we've seen during the last row in 2023, for example, we had a really.	00:11:32
	A lot of storm events. It was a really wet year, but we only received.	00:11:37
	50 to 70% of our allocation and.	00:11:41
	There were some disruptions in being able to deliver the water to Southern California and so by, you know, constructing the Delta	00:11:45
	Conveyance project, we will introduce more operational flexibility enabling water managers to divert water from.	00:11:53
	The Sacramento River, so from the northern delta.	00:12:01
	Down.	00:12:04
	Around the delta into the State Water project.	00:12:05
	So.	00:12:08
	You know, there'd be a better management on water flows, reducing conflicts with the fishery regulations in the South Delta.	00:12:09
	Which will optimize our water deliveries during varying hydrological conditions.	00:12:15
	And then lastly, I wanted to emphasize the importance of the water quality reliability if the DCP is constructed.	00:12:21
	So it would improve the timing and location of water diversions. The DCP.	00:12:28
	Project helps maintain water quality standards.	00:12:32
	In the State Water Project.	00:12:35
	The project minimizes the risk of water quality degradation due to factors like salinity intrusion and algae blooms.	00:12:36
	Ensuring that the water delivered to urban and agricultural users meets health and safety standards and.	00:12:42
	Also, if there was a disruption in the levees because they are aging.	00:12:48
	We because of the north intakes, it would help divert water from the Sacramento River and then it would go underground into the	00:12:52
	State water project. So if there is an issue with the levees, which is.	00:12:57
	Which would affect see the fresh water in the delta.	00:13:02
	And create more seawater intrusion.	00:13:06
	You know, we would be able to, the DCP would be able to avoid a disruption in delivering water supplies to communities that need	00:13:08
	it or who rely heavily on the state Water Project.	00:13:13
	And this is just a visual just to demonstrate what exactly what happened to the delta if there was a major earthquake in the delta	00:13:21
	or near the delta.	00:13:26
	The blue signifies the freshwater and the red signifies salt water from the Bay. And so if there is a disruption, a major	00:13:32
	earthquake like I had mentioned that the US Geological Survey had predicted.	00:13:37
	Within 36 hours or within.	00:13:43
	Well, three or six hours, yes, there would be the whole delta would be inundated with seawater, which would affect our.	00:13:46
	Deliveries to Southern California.	00:13:53
	The data bar is definitely raised to Southern California.	00:13:55
	OK. And this is just to show like theoretical diversions if the DCP was constructed last year?	00:14:01
	And if it was operational last year?	00:14:09
	We would have been able to, or DWR would have been able to store and move 956,000 acre feet of water between October 2024.	00:14:11
	And June of this year.	00:14:19
	And so this is enough.	00:14:21
	Supply.	00:14:22
	To this is enough water to supply over 10 million people or over 3,000,000 households for one year.	00:14:24
	And then as we experienced during the most recent drought, State Water Project supplies our impact.	00:14:32
	Impacted by extreme dry conditions, as we saw during the last drought.	00:14:36
	And so as California faces more rain, less snow and longer droughts, the this capability to store water for future dry years will	00:14:41
	become more crucial.	00:14:44
	And this is the reason why the State Water Project adaptation strategy identifies the Delta Conveyance project as the single most	00:14:49
	effective action.	00:14:53
	For a sustainable water future.	00:14:57
	And it reaffirms that the Delta Conveyance Project is a key adaptation trash.	00:14:59
	Key adaptation strategy to address climate driven challenges to California's water supply.	00:15:03
	OK. And so?	00:15:11
	Although the aging system faces serious challenges.	00:15:14
	There is a projection that 13 to 22%.	00:15:17
	There will be a 13 to 22% supply loss over the next two decades.	00:15:21
	Due to different risks, so whether it's extreme dry conditions, climate, drought and major earthquakes.	00:15:25
	And then I want to go into a little more details.	00:15:36
	Terms of how Metropolitan is evolved, so today the project.	00:15:38
	Is very different from the many iterations that we've seen.	00:15:42
	The previous project concepts to the state's credit, they have been very deliberate and thoughtful in engaging the public.	00:15:45
	They made a concerted effort to engage the tribal communities, opponents to the project, or people who are concerned with the	00:15:52
	project early on into these conversations.	00:15:57
	It's been.	00:16:02
	The very first iteration was like over 20 years ago. And so it's it's gone through many different forms and it's been refined and	00:16:03
	redesigned.	00:16:07
	The project at this point has already undergone the sequel process and it was certified in 2023. At this point in the timeline	00:16:12
	there's two things that it's going through the pre construction permitting phase. So first DWR has to seek water rights permit so.	00:16:21
	Through the State Water Resource Control Board. So right now they're undergoing.	00:16:29
	Public hearings.	00:16:33
	For their water rights permit.	00:16:34
	And then the second form of this or second part that they have to complete is a certification for consistency.	00:16:35
	They have to submit that certification for consistency to the Delta Stewardship Council.	00:16:42
	And they actually did that on Friday. And So what this essentially is, is it's just to determine whether the project, these DCP is	00:16:48
	consistent with the Delta plan and the Delta plan is a strategy to meet the Co equal goals.	00:16:54
	So they have to complete DWRS to complete two of those before any talks of concert construction are taking place.	00:17:02
	So they've already submitted.	00:17:11
	The uh.	00:17:12
	The certification for.	00:17:13
	Consistency on Friday.	00:17:16
	And then they're undergoing the public hearings once all that is complete.	00:17:17
	Metropolitan will.	00:17:21
	They'll come back to all the state.	00:17:23
	DWR come back to all the state water contractors, including.	00:17:24
	Metropolitan and.	00:17:27
	Ask for an investment on whether we would like to invest in the.	00:17:29
	The construction of the project.	00:17:32
	We won't do that until 2027 when all the permitting, all the studies, technical studies have been completed.	00:17:34
	But so far, we are supporting this phase of the project. We've already invested $300 million since.	00:17:41
	2020 So in 2020 we gave.	00:17:48
	Half of that and then 2024. The board also voted to support the remaining part to.	00:17:50
	Fulfill.	00:17:56
	The environmental review. The design, the planning and permitting of the Delta Conveyance Project.	00:17:57
	So that will be ongoing until 2027 and then it'll come up for the board for a vote.	00:18:01
	On whether they would like to participate in the investing in the construction of the project.	00:18:07
	And that's where we are right now. It's still going forward, it's still progressing.	00:18:12
	And we are just monitoring the progress on the state level.	00:18:17
	And we welcome any that that concludes my portion of the presentation and Charlotte and I are.	00:18:23
	Are welcome any questions that you may have.	00:18:27
	OK. Thank you, Mr. Richardson, and thank you.	00:18:29
	Miss Lopez Holyfield for your presentation. Does the Board have any questions?	00:18:32
	Or comments, It's just a presentation, so we can do both. Hi, just have a couple of questions. Thank you.	00:18:37
	Chair can.	00:18:43
	You go back.	00:18:44
	Couple of slides you you.	00:18:45
	Had some numbers, some percentage numbers of the.	00:18:47
	Water loss in the years.	00:18:50
	And I thought it was like 11 something to 2213 to 22, something like that.	00:18:53
	Sorry about that. Yeah, that's OK. 13 to 22.	00:19:00
	1322% OK, so.	00:19:02
	Is that of as of today or 2027 and.	00:19:05
	And if not?	00:19:09
	How does that number change as we?	00:19:10
	Approach, uh.	00:19:12
	So they're project, so DWR released this type of study that if this we don't modernize the state water project.	00:19:13
	We could essentially see a 13 to 22% water supply loss and that's due to the different environmental factors, so earthquakes due	00:19:20
	to certain things I.	00:19:26
	I'm trying to think what else?	00:19:34
	The lack of precipitation, the fish regulations which are impeding the DWS ability to import water, deliver water to areas that	00:19:36
	need it the most, so.	00:19:41
	The system is aging. It was built in the 1960s, and when they built it, they didn't factor in all the different climate impacts	00:19:46
	that would impact the the existing infrastructure.	00:19:52
	So.	00:19:57
	This is what they project for the next 20 years. There will be a loss. If there was a major earthquake, we would it would disrupt	00:19:58
	the system.	00:20:02
	But if?	00:20:06
	This was created for example.	00:20:06
	We would be able to capture and move water more efficiently.	00:20:10
	And I hope that answers. Yeah, it does. One more question just for my own information. So you talked about the impacts if there	00:20:13
	were an earthquake to the delta and the saltwater water intrusion.	00:20:19
	Is there saltwater intrusion now?	00:20:25
	You know, it's a good question. I think not to the.	00:20:29
	No, there I mean I think.	00:20:32
	I'm not a technical expert with that, but not to the point where it's going to affect our treatment processes or anything like	00:20:33
	that.	00:20:37
	It's fresh water, so our treatment facilities are designed to treat fresh state water Project water.	00:20:40
	If there was.	00:20:46
	Sea water intrusion. Then we would completely have to change how we treat our the existing supply.	00:20:48
	If there was a levee failure.	00:20:55
	What I've heard from engineers that it could potentially.	00:20:58
	It we would probably it would be months or possibly years of not having this type, this supply come.	00:21:03
	And be delivered to us.	00:21:09
	So.	00:21:11
	They're constantly doing maintenance. I know DWR is constantly maintaining the levees, but this is not.	00:21:12
	This is.	00:21:17
	Like we're not able to capture if there was an actual if there was.	00:21:19
	An actual earthquake it would. It could potentially take months or years for it for us to get the system up and running.	00:21:23
	But because we have, if we have the north intakes, it would avoid that situation. We would get it from the very top of the river	00:21:28
	and then be able to funnel the water underground, underground.	00:21:33
	And away from the delta and into the state water, the existing State Water Project conveyance system.	00:21:38
	I hope that answered a little bit. It does. And I, I want you to just attribute that question to me being able to go on your tour	00:21:44
	to the Delta and you know.	00:21:50
	Of North. So thank you so much for that.	00:21:56
	Any more questions? I have a question, it said Earthquake resilient.	00:22:00
	Umm, it seems like.	00:22:03
	That particular area.	00:22:07
	In in California is.	00:22:09
	It has a high frequency of earthquakes and that specific.	00:22:11
	Area.	00:22:16
	So how is the earthquake resilient if?	00:22:17
	If you know that that.	00:22:19
	Has a you know it's near a major fault.	00:22:21
	I think the materials they use are earthquake. The actual tunnel that they're creating is the 40. The the Delta Conveyance project	00:22:26
	is an actual 45 mile tunnel.	00:22:31
	And so it's an addition to the existing state water project, so.	00:22:35
	That their materials they're using.	00:22:40
	Our earthquake resilient and they're also they've done hundreds and hundreds of technical studies they.	00:22:42
	Completed SQL process and everything and so.	00:22:48
	They've the engineers.	00:22:50
	Much smarter than I am that could better explain all of this, but.	00:22:52
	Determined.	00:22:56
	That you know, it would be resilient.	00:22:57
	In the face of a major earthquake.	00:23:00
	Based off.	00:23:02
	You know, the studies that they've made and.	00:23:03
	I think how they've done it for the.	00:23:05
	They've had different alternatives when they did the sequel process.	00:23:06
	Or the environmental review process and they found the Bethany alignment, which is where the tunnel is located.	00:23:10
	Is the best outcome for the project. So they did they looked at all these different alignments and the Bethany alignment was the	00:23:16
	best one in terms of like the fault lines and all of that. They took all of that into consideration. So that was part of the	00:23:21
	sequel process making sure that.	00:23:26
	They're complying with.	00:23:31
	You know the.	00:23:33
	The environment. The surrounding environment.	00:23:35
	So yeah.	00:23:37
	I could also follow up with more specific what's the total cost of the project?	00:23:38
	It'd be upward to like $20.1 billion.	00:23:42
	Metropolitan's portion is 47% of that, so it would be about a little bit over $10 billion.	00:23:47
	And it would be a phased approach how we would.	00:23:54
	The finance department is working out the numbers if the if the board decides to move forward with the project.	00:23:57
	On how we.	00:24:02
	How we'll finance it.	00:24:03
	So just for clarity, Ventura County.	00:24:04
	Receives its water from the state.	00:24:08
	Yes. So we have member agents.	00:24:13
	CAIUS, Miss. Smaller district, is one of our member agencies, so.	00:24:15
	We are state water contractor. We.	00:24:18
	Have a certain portion of have a certain allocation.	00:24:21
	And then we give it to our member agencies. So we deliver it to our member agencies. One of them is, you know, Callegas.	00:24:24
	And then Cayegas delivers it to your.	00:24:29
	Their water retailers and then.	00:24:32
	Then it goes to their customers but.	00:24:34
	But but yes, Member Lopez, our, our water supply is state water project dependent, 100% at Cayegas.	00:24:36
	But then that comes from the.	00:24:45
	Correct.	00:24:47
	OK. So very little comes up from North?	00:24:47
	Very little comes from Colorado River. Colorado River.	00:24:50
	OK, got it.	00:24:52
	Any more questions?	00:24:54
	I just had one question. Besides Metropolitan, who else would?	00:24:56
	Be involved in making the decision about moving forward.	00:24:59
	Yeah, so it would be the 26 other public water agencies which are considered state water contractors who take from the.	00:25:02
	The State Water Project.	00:25:09
	So it'd be.	00:25:10
	It would be Santa Clarita Valley Water District. It'd be San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. There's a number of them.	00:25:12
	Santa Clara.	00:25:15
	Water district, there's a number. I don't have all the list in front of me, but.	00:25:19
	There's 26 others and they all have different portions. So we have the greatest portion, but some have like 5% or 10% because they	00:25:22
	have alternative water supply.	00:25:28
	Sources.	00:25:33
	Does everybody have to agree for it to move forward or just enough?	00:25:34
	To provide the funding to move forward.	00:25:38
	I think that.	00:25:40
	Ah, Yathu Berry. Good question.	00:25:41
	Like for example.	00:25:44
	If during the pre construction phase.	00:25:45
	DWR went to every single state water contractor to ask.	00:25:48
	To seek approval to invest in this phase because DWR doesn't have the funds to.	00:25:52
	Support the studies the pre construction phase so they had to go. So it has to be funded by the state water contractors.	00:25:58
	To my understanding, it has to be all of them.	00:26:04
	Um, but I.	00:26:09
	But if one doesn't come through, I don't think that the project is going to be.	00:26:11
	Unable to move forward. So I think it depends how it's all divvied up.	00:26:16
	The.	00:26:20
	The financing.	00:26:21
	More questions.	00:26:25
	Have there been any studies on?	00:26:26
	What the estimated impacts this will be on the Caius like water rates or anything like that?	00:26:28
	That's a good question, member Libo.	00:26:35
	That.	00:26:38
	As Nicole said.	00:26:39
	The financial analysis is ongoing, so there are no specifics quite yet.	00:26:40
	And the project has.	00:26:45
	Changed over the years quite significantly. So we want to be certain that this is, you know, the final iteration and before we can	00:26:47
	actually accurately predict impact on rates. So I'm I'm just going to say it's a work in progress.	00:26:53
	And then what are the like?	00:27:00
	Biggest.	00:27:02
	Impediments, I guess to this project going forward in 2027.	00:27:03
	Yeah, it's a good question.	00:27:08
	Talk about the political ones a little bit.	00:27:10
	Yeah, there are some opposition.	00:27:13
	And so there's some opposition.	00:27:14
	The Delta communities are opposed to this project.	00:27:16
	For various reasons.	00:27:21
	I guess to name a few is like there might be water quality issues with the water quality in the delta construction because the	00:27:23
	construction is going to be a long, it's going to be very long.	00:27:28
	So there's going to be noise, air quality issues that.	00:27:33
	You know.	00:27:39
	They brought up.	00:27:40
	Also the tribal concerns, I know protecting tribal resources when construction is actually taking place and making sure that they	00:27:42
	are protected when you know they do encounter.	00:27:47
	An artifact of some sort.	00:27:54
	DWR has addressed all of these concerns in the various.	00:27:56
	Reports and studies and things like that, specifically with the tribal concerns.	00:28:02
	They had meant they've worked with the tribal community they've given them and see at the table.	00:28:07
	And they've.	00:28:11
	In they've taken their concerns and they've also said they were going to have a try. It's a tribal community representative. So	00:28:13
	when construction is happening.	00:28:17
	They will be able to like.	00:28:22
	Reach out to the tribal representative to like help them with the process and protecting those artifacts.	00:28:24
	From my understanding with DWR.	00:28:30
	And then in terms of water quality and?	00:28:32
	With noise, air pollution.	00:28:36
	I mean, there's going to be that with construction.	00:28:38
	But.	00:28:41
	This was this this this specific alignment had the least environmental impact.	00:28:42
	To the community.	00:28:47
	Additionally, they're also investing $200 million in a community benefits program because they understand the water the specific	00:28:49
	projects are going to directly benefit, like provide a water supply for those communities.	00:28:55
	So they are investing back into the community by allowing them to apply for these grant programs. It could be anything. It could	00:29:01
	be water, it could be it could be electrical, it could be any type of project really.	00:29:07
	They would apply for it and you could receive a grant funding for your project, for a local project. So they're trying ways to	00:29:13
	involve the community. They've they've welcomed a lot of feedback from them and incorporated that. That's why they've redesigned	00:29:18
	the project so many times because they want to make sure that they're incorporated into it.	00:29:24
	But yeah, I think with other concerns happening.	00:29:30
	In the future.	00:29:34
	I think litigation, there's going to be a lot of litigation, like they're undergoing their public hearings and there's a lot of	00:29:35
	comments in opposed to the project.	00:29:39
	Yeah.	00:29:45
	That's all I could really say about that.	00:29:46
	Thank you.	00:29:49
	Do any of our water reps here have any questions or comments?	00:29:51
	Based on what we've heard.	00:29:55
	This afternoon.	00:29:56
	Amy, OK.	00:29:57
	You guys have probably.	00:29:59
	Quite familiar with.	00:30:00
	Project Anyway. OK, great.	00:30:01
	Well, thank you very much for your presentation. You know, when I heard you speak at V COG, you had an ask.	00:30:03
	At the end.	00:30:08
	So what can we do in the meantime? And we hope we come back and keep us.	00:30:09
	Praised Of Of.	00:30:13
	Price of what's going on and.	00:30:15
	We'd be happy to chair Hernandez, happy to do so. We have no ask of you today, but.	00:30:17
	We don't. We reserve the right to come back.	00:30:23
	All right, very good. Well, thank you again. It was great seeing you at Beacon.	00:30:25
	Wonder Peacock dinner. Yeah. Thank you all for your time. Thank you. Thank you so much for your time.	00:30:28
	Very interesting.	00:30:33
	OK, moving along. We are now at the consent.	00:30:35
	Portion of the agenda will consider the items on the consent calendar, which will be enacted in one motion unless an agency	00:30:39
	member.	00:30:42
	Has a request to remove an item for discussion.	00:30:46
	Any request to remove an item for discussion?	00:30:50
	If not, may I have a motion and 2nd to approve our consent calendar? I move to approve.	00:30:54
	I'll second.	00:31:00
	2nd Madam Clerk, can we take a vote all in favor?	00:31:02
	Aye, all opposed.	00:31:05
	Hearing none, motion passes unanimously.	00:31:07
	Terrific. OK, we're now at Business items.	00:31:10
	Item 5 is the award of contract to the social.	00:31:13
	So Cal Pacific Construction Core.	00:31:16
	DBA National Coating and Lighting Company.	00:31:18
	Incorporated for the PHWA.	00:31:21
	.6 M.	00:31:24
	Empty reservoir rehabilitation project.	00:31:26
	Number W82025-07 in the amount of.	00:31:28
	575,335.	00:31:32
	And approve a 10% construction contingency up.	00:31:36
	57,500.	00:31:39
	$33.	00:31:41
	Will staff please present the report?	00:31:45
	Good afternoon, Chair Hernandez and PHW board members.	00:31:48
	So this project is before you is the.	00:31:51
	Obviously the tank rehab contract award.	00:31:54
	This project was approved by the board earlier this year in June.	00:31:57
	During the budget process.	00:32:01
	Just have a.	00:32:04
	Few few slides, I just want to give a quick overview. I know the board has heard about this project for months.	00:32:05
	Again, it's our 6000 gallon tank at the at the treatment plant facility on Perkins Rd.	00:32:10
	Kind of what sparked this whole project. We did a dive inspection which I shared at a meeting a few months back.	00:32:17
	They found a lot of corrosion.	00:32:23
	And just the coding was failing and so this project needs to take place.	00:32:26
	Staff felt as soon as possible.	00:32:31
	So quick kind of high level scope of work.	00:32:35
	So they're going to go in, they're going to sandblast the exterior, interior.	00:32:37
	Down to bare metal.	00:32:42
	And then they'll come in and make any repairs. They might find something after the sandblast.	00:32:44
	There could be some minor repairs. We're not expecting anything major.	00:32:49
	At this point.	00:32:53
	And then after that they'll go in and they'll coat the interior and exterior of the tank.	00:32:55
	And there's a picture there, the ladder you can see is. That's the interior ladder that will be replaced.	00:33:00
	Project schedule.	00:33:07
	We're hoping to kick this project off.	00:33:08
	December 1st, we're hoping to have them on site mobilizing.	00:33:10
	December 1st.	00:33:13
	And then hopefully a week later they'll start construction.	00:33:16
	And then hopefully the project will closeout.	00:33:18
	Weather permitting.	00:33:21
	By the end of February or.	00:33:23
	Early March.	00:33:25
	So here the Staffs recommendation today is to award a construction contract to SoCal Pacific Construction Court.	00:33:29
	Doing the business as National Coating and Lining Company, Inc.	00:33:36
	For the 600,000 gallon reservoir rehabilitation project.	00:33:39
	In the amount of $575,335.	00:33:43
	And then to authorize a 10% construction contingency in the amount of 57,000.	00:33:48
	$335.	00:33:53
	And then also three authorize our executive director to execute all.	00:33:55
	Applicable document.	00:33:59
	So with that.	00:34:02
	If there's any questions, any questions? Yes.	00:34:04
	Pamper Lopez.	00:34:06
	What was the initial?	00:34:09
	Budgeted, uh.	00:34:11
	Dollar amount that.	00:34:12
	That going into this that we.	00:34:13
	Thought this was going to cost.	00:34:16
	About 689,000.	00:34:18
	Is what our engineering estimate was.	00:34:21
	And so we.	00:34:24
	We forecasted this into the budget.	00:34:25
	Yes.	00:34:27
	OK, yes.	00:34:28
	The money is in the budget. It was approved in June.	00:34:29
	And the monies in the account.	00:34:32
	So I I know we consented to this on #4 and I was looking at the proposal.	00:34:34
	And it kind of ties into this because it's the inspection.	00:34:40
	That goes along with the tank.	00:34:44
	The tank refurbishment, right?	00:34:48
	But there's a huge disparagement between the two bids, like 1 was 51,000 and the other one was like 100.	00:34:51
	102,000.	00:34:58
	Well, why was there a huge variance?	00:35:01
	I don't know if it was because they're coming from out of town, if it was lodging or.	00:35:04
	I can't really tell you I I really don't.	00:35:11
	But CSI, the company we were going, we selected.	00:35:13
	Very well respected. They've done hundreds of tanks.	00:35:18
	They've worked with our engineering team.	00:35:22
	So again, we feel very comfortable going with CSI.	00:35:25
	But why the other bid came in so high? I couldn't.	00:35:28
	I can't really answer that question.	00:35:31
	Is the.	00:35:34
	If I can.	00:35:35
	And Dennis team.	00:35:37
	Sorry my buttons not working. Dennis and his team are definitely more well versed on these bids, but.	00:35:40
	Just from.	00:35:45
	Prior experience going out to bid there could be.	00:35:46
	A bunch of reasons why.	00:35:49
	The variance is so big, which is why we typically go through that process and make sure we get a minimum of three bids because you	00:35:51
	can see them.	00:35:54
	Range, but it can even just be something like they have another project that month and they don't really want to do the extra	00:35:58
	project, so they'll bid high.	00:36:01
	And then another company has an opening that month and they'll be a blow. You know, it could just be something like that. So, so,	00:36:05
	but we have.	00:36:09
	I would say.	00:36:12
	Dennis can tell me if I'm wrong, but.	00:36:13
	I've noticed on recent bids we are seeing big variations of just one company will be half of what another company's bidding on the	00:36:15
	same job and I think.	00:36:20
	Even on this.	00:36:24
	This particular one, I think there was a bit over $1,000,000.	00:36:25
	Right on the construction business.	00:36:29
	So, so we were seeing that, but it's just another reason why it's good that we go through the process to get multiple bids.	00:36:31
	So what's the?	00:36:38
	Once the repair is complete, internal, external what? What are we? How many years are?	00:36:40
	Were you anticipating?	00:36:44
	So the last tank rehab was done in 2013.	00:36:46
	So I would say 10 to 12 years.	00:36:49
	I would hope to get, I would like to get 12 years.	00:36:52
	I think that's kind of average.	00:36:55
	What was the repair?	00:36:57
	1012 years ago, was it as extensive as it is?	00:36:59
	Now it was.	00:37:02
	It was and there were some issues with the.	00:37:04
	Adhesion.	00:37:07
	So that project was delayed and.	00:37:08
	At the time I don't know if there was an inspector on site.	00:37:11
	But there was some issues.	00:37:14
	And that's kind of more reason to.	00:37:16
	My staff wants to have an inspector on site. It's it's normal business to have an inspector but.	00:37:18
	I know back in 2013 there were some adhesive issues with the with the project.	00:37:24
	So knowing that we.	00:37:30
	We are.	00:37:31
	Going to do maintenance on our tank.	00:37:33
	And so we're going to be.	00:37:35
	We're going to just be pumping.	00:37:37
	Water now since we don't have a storage tank, right?	00:37:39
	Correct.	00:37:42
	So.	00:37:43
	Go ahead.	00:37:44
	So.	00:37:46
	The difference between the storage tank and now we're going to actually have to use our pumps.	00:37:47
	To pump.	00:37:52
	On demand, right?	00:37:53
	Is that no, no. So all the water now, so the the treatment plan will be offline completely.	00:37:54
	So we'll be receiving water from United.	00:38:00
	United Water, it comes down Pleasant Valley Rd.	00:38:03
	We have a connection right before you go into the naval base there.	00:38:05
	So if we when we shut the treatment plant off, we turn off Cayegas?	00:38:08
	It will open up automatically.	00:38:12
	And feed, feed the city, the beach district and the Navy, just like normal operations.	00:38:14
	So I've met with the United, they're aware of it, they're coming out in a couple of weeks to meet with us again.	00:38:19
	And, umm.	00:38:25
	But we've been on bypass before. We were on it a few weeks back, just for a few days.	00:38:26
	We just have that valve, that clay valve.	00:38:31
	Which controls the flow during this time.	00:38:33
	Just had it serviced so we're ready to go.	00:38:36
	And staff's recommendation was to go on United 100%.	00:38:40
	If we were to go on Caius, you'd be a lot more costly.	00:38:45
	For this three month duration.	00:38:48
	Are you we anticipating like a pressure differential?	00:38:49
	No.	00:38:52
	Same pressure, OK.	00:38:53
	Cool, so.	00:38:55
	Couple years ago when Mark Watkins was your Public Works director.	00:38:57
	He invited members of the council to go on a tour. Dennis, I think you were part of that.	00:39:02
	Also and showed us walked us through the water plant and.	00:39:07
	If you.	00:39:11
	Have an interest? You might want to ask for Tory. It really helps and.	00:39:12
	Better understand.	00:39:16
	The workings inner workings of the water and.	00:39:17
	And the tank and everything else so.	00:39:20
	And I had some of the same questions, but we.	00:39:23
	We approved that item, so I decided.	00:39:25
	To move on.	00:39:27
	Yeah, I.	00:39:29
	I questioned the disparity too.	00:39:30
	I guess that happens.	00:39:33
	OK. Any other questions or comments?	00:39:34
	All right. I just, I wanted to thank you for putting together two really good staff reports and including the scope of work and.	00:39:39
	And in this, the second report that we're talking about right now, very complete and.	00:39:46
	Very thorough with.	00:39:51
	All the supporting.	00:39:53
	Data and reports. So thank you very much for the.	00:39:54
	With a good job. Thank you.	00:39:58
	All right.	00:39:59
	OK, so we have a recommendation to award the construction contract to SoCal Pacific Construction Core DBA National Coding and	00:40:02
	Lighting Company Incorporated.	00:40:07
	For the Point 6,000,000 gallon reservoir rehabilitation project.	00:40:12
	#WA25-707 in the amount of 700.	00:40:17
	575,335 and authorized a 10% construction contingency in the amount of 57.	00:40:22
	1335 and authorized the executive director to execute all applicable.	00:40:30
	Documents may I have a motion and a second?	00:40:35
	So move to approve.	00:40:39
	I'll 2nd, 2nd.	00:40:42
	Any discussion? Any further discussion on?	00:40:44
	OK.	00:40:49
	Madam Clerk, please conduct A roll call, please.	00:40:50
	OK, roll call vote.	00:40:55
	Member LA Boat.	00:40:56
	Yes.	00:40:57
	Member Lopez.	00:40:58
	Yes, Member McQueen Lejeune.	00:40:59
	Vice Chair Thomas.	00:41:01
	And Chair Hernandez motion passes unanimously.	00:41:03
	Great. Thank you.	00:41:06
	Thank you. Thank you, staff.	00:41:07
	Agency members reports comments and requests for future agenda items.	00:41:10
	I'd like to remind agency members that all requested items will require a motion, a second and a majority vote to be placed on a	00:41:14
	future agenda.	00:41:18
	Does anyone have any reports, comments, or requests for future agenda items?	00:41:22
	I have a question we're going to be discussing.	00:41:28
	Requests for future agenda items in the City Council. Do we have any plans to change the procedure?	00:41:31
	For this body.	00:41:36
	If the Council approves the change of the procedure, we can discuss at the next meeting whether the this Board would want to adopt	00:41:38
	the same procedure. OK.	00:41:42
	We were going to, we were going to start with the council tonight.	00:41:47
	Sounds good. Thank you.	00:41:50
	All right, the next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 17th.	00:41:51
	2025 at 4:00 PM. I'd like to adjourn the meeting. The time is now 441.	00:41:56

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	A regular meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order. The time is now for PM.	00:00:47
	Madam Clerk, may we have a roll call, please, Member Leau.	00:00:52
	Present member Lopez.	00:00:56
	Present Member. McQueen, Legend.	00:00:58
	That's it, Vice Chair Thomas.	00:01:00
	And Chair Hernandez here let the record reflect that ex officio member Kendall Wilson is absent.	00:01:03
	Thank you.	00:01:08
	We will now hear public comments. Comments are limited to 3 minutes. Madam Clerk, does anyone have a public comment? No public	00:01:10
	comments.	00:01:13
	Moving ahead.	00:01:17
	Agenda approval for water agency May I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda?	00:01:19
	You've had time to take a look at it.	00:01:25
	Move to approve.	00:01:27
	2nd.	00:01:28
	OK, all in favor.	00:01:30
	Aye.	00:01:32
	All opposed.	00:01:33
	Hearing none, motion passes unanimously.	00:01:34
	All right, conflict of interest in Levine Act disclosures do any members of agency.	00:01:36
	Have any conflicts of interest to disclose for the listed closed session items on the agenda? Sorry I've meant to remove that but	00:01:41
	it's just for items on the agenda.	00:01:45
	OK.	00:01:49
	Oh, yeah, you're right. OK, Just for items on the agenda, does anybody have a conflict of interest?	00:01:53
	To disclose. OK, very good.	00:01:58
	Hearing none, we'll move on to presentations.	00:02:00
	Come on up.	00:02:03
	Nicole Richardson and Charlotte Lopez Holyfield will be delivering a presentation on the Delta Conveyance Project.	00:02:04
	And they representing the the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Cayegas Municipal Water.	00:02:11
	District.	00:02:17
	Welcome.	00:02:19
	Thank you. Thank you, Chair Hernandez and members, thank you so much for allowing us to the opportunity to come speak before you	00:02:19
	today. We really appreciate it.	00:02:23
	As chair, Hernandez says.	00:02:27
	I'm Charlotte Lopez Hollow Field. I'm the manager of external affairs at Cayegas Municipal Water District.	00:02:28
	Presenting with me today is Nicole Richardson of Metropolitan Water District A, Southern California.	00:02:34
	And we're happy to talk with you for a few moments about the Delta Conveyance project, which has had a long.	00:02:38
	History A winding history in California will give you an overview of the status of it currently, some efforts to move it forward,	00:02:44
	and its criticalness to the water supply in Ventura County.	00:02:50
	So I just want to take a moment as a refresher to remind.	00:02:57
	Folks, what Cayegas is we are Ventura County's largest water supplier.	00:03:00
	We are a water wholesaler importing primarily State Water Project water from Metropolitan. We have 19 purveyors serving 3/4 of the	00:03:04
	population of Ventura County, so that's 650,000 people.	00:03:10
	And we are an independent special district governed by A5 member elected board and we've been around just about 75 years.	00:03:17
	So you can see our service area there, primarily southeastern Ventura County, of course.	00:03:24
	You are some.	00:03:28
	An entity we deliver water to as well.	00:03:30
	So just a snapshot of our purveyors. They include cities such as Port Windy, Camarillo, Oxnard.	00:03:32
	County Water Works, special districts, investor owned utilities.	00:03:38
	Mutual water companies we have a wide variety of public.	00:03:42
	Private, large, small, you name it, it's probably a purveyor of caiages.	00:03:46
	So the path of imported water to Cayegas is really important to understand why the DCP is so important.	00:03:51
	It comes from 400 miles away.	00:03:58
	In the Sierra Nevada.	00:04:00
	And it comes down to us through the State Water Project, which is a series of pumps, pipes, aqueducts. If you've driven in the	00:04:03
	Central Valley, you've probably seen it.	00:04:06
	That gets down to Metropolitan Water District.	00:04:11
	Which then delivers it to their 26 member agencies, of which Cayegis is 1.	00:04:14
	We import that water through a mile long tunnel in Chatsworth.	00:04:20
	And then we distribute it out to our purveyors.	00:04:23
	So and then they in turn.	00:04:27
	Send it to residents and businesses. We don't serve them directly.	00:04:28
	So the State Water Project was built in the 1960s.	00:04:33
	As I said.	00:04:37
	Our share of it is 400 miles away.	00:04:38
	The total length of the project is 700 miles.	00:04:42
	And it serves 2/3.	00:04:46
	Of the state, so 27 million people in California.	00:04:48
	Are dependent on the State Water project in whole or in part?	00:04:52
	And This is why it's so important that it be modernized.	00:04:56
	And optimized.	00:05:00
	For Cayegas service area.	00:05:01
	You know, in the 60s it needs a little refresh. Let's say the Delta Conveyance project is a way to do that and really optimize	00:05:04
	this system so that we can.	00:05:08
	Take full advantage of that conveyance system to bring.	00:05:13
	Water to our area.	00:05:16
	Because the percentage of water that originates from.	00:05:19
	The State Water Project.	00:05:22
	Is 100%.	00:05:24
	100%.	00:05:26
	So Nicole will talk more about.	00:05:27
	Metropolitan sources being both the State Water Project and the Colorado River, but here in Cayegas service area.	00:05:29
	It's 100% of our supply.	00:05:35
	So with that.	00:05:37
	I am going to turn it over to Nicole to give you more detail about the project and happy to answer any questions at the end.	00:05:38
	Thank you.	00:05:44
	Thank you, Charlotte. Good afternoon, Chair Hernandez and directors.	00:05:47
	I would now like to present a high level overview of the modernization project known as the Delta Conveyance Project.	00:05:51
	I'll go over its benefits to Metropolitan and our involvement in the project. And before diving into those details, I'll go into	00:05:56
	more detail about who Metropolitan is.	00:06:01
	OK, so Metropolitan Water District, Southern California is a state established.	00:06:10
	Cooperative.	00:06:14
	That provides water to its 26 member agencies throughout our six county service area, which includes Ventura County all the way	00:06:15
	down to San Diego County, includes Orange County, San Bernardino, LA and Riverside County.	00:06:21
	And then each member agency is represented on our 38 member Board of Directors.	00:06:27
	Cayegas is one of our member agencies and Director Jackie McMillan is one of our directors who represents Cayegas.	00:06:32
	We import water from two sources, so Colorado River via the Colorado River Aqueduct system, which we own and operate.	00:06:39
	And then the.	00:06:46
	And from Northern California, the N Sierra Nevada area.	00:06:48
	Through the State Water Project with it, which is operated by the California Department of Water Resources.	00:06:52
	And Metropolitan is the largest state water contractor of the State Water Project. We are one of 27 public water agencies that	00:06:57
	take from this source.	00:07:02
	Metropolitan does have a state water contract for 1.9 million acre feet.	00:07:06
	1.9 million acre feet annually.	00:07:13
	However, based on the allocation of that year, State Water Project allocation, we only get a percentage of it. So this year or at	00:07:15
	this point we have 30.	00:07:19
	5%, that's the allocation. So we have 35% of 1.9 million acre feet.	00:07:23
	And that will change and fluctuate based on precipitation levels, regulations, whatever drought conditions, things like that.	00:07:28
	And so together these two imported sources.	00:07:36
	Support a $1.6 trillion regional economy.	00:07:38
	And then the Delta Conveyance project.	00:07:44
	Often referred to as the DCPA will.	00:07:46
	Probably refer to it moving forward is a proposed state project that seeks to modernize the aging delta infrastructure.	00:07:49
	So it modernizes, it will modernize the State Water Project.	00:07:55
	The project involves the construction of a new 45 mile tunnel system and two completely new northern delta.	00:07:59
	Intake facilities, so they're diversion projects that take water from the river.	00:08:06
	And then into the tunnel, the conveyance, the conveyance system.	00:08:10
	The tunnel would divert water from.	00:08:14
	Around the delta, so to avoid the central delta communities.	00:08:16
	And then it would.	00:08:19
	Be it would go into the State Water Project conveyance system.	00:08:21
	And if operational, the project will be able to capture and move water during really heavy storm events.	00:08:24
	Or snow, snow melt runoff and then deliver it to reservoirs and groundwater basins throughout the state.	00:08:30
	And the purpose of the DCP is to strengthen the long term water supply reliability of the State Water Project.	00:08:35
	And protect the supply from extreme weather conditions, so that includes sites like seismic risks.	00:08:41
	Earthquakes, sea level rise.	00:08:46
	Atmosphere rivers which are very heavy storm events too.	00:08:48
	So after more than 20 years of planning the Delta conveyance.	00:08:55
	Project has been refined and redesigned.	00:08:59
	DWR has welcomed and encouraged extensive community input.	00:09:03
	Which has helped them address local impacts and environmental concerns.	00:09:07
	DWR has also produced.	00:09:11
	Hundreds of studies. Technical reports. Engineer Engineering reports. Modeling Analysis.	00:09:14
	And the list goes on. And because of all of these data, the qualitative quantitative data.	00:09:19
	We are able to summarize the benefits of the project into these 4 categories.	00:09:24
	Climate resiliency, seismic resiliency, operational resiliency, and water.	00:09:29
	Water quality reliability.	00:09:33
	So to begin with the first one, future precipitation patterns are expected to result in more rain flowing through rivers. As we've	00:09:35
	seen, modeling has predicted that we're going to see shorter winters.	00:09:41
	And there's going to be less snowpack runoff and we're going to see more precipitation in the form of atmospheric rivers, which is	00:09:48
	the heavy storm events.	00:09:52
	And so because of that, our State Water Project conveyance system has to adapt to the changing climate.	00:09:56
	And this is what the DCP will do.	00:10:02
	The DCP will enhance the system's ability to capture, move and store water during extreme weather events.	00:10:04
	And this increased flexibility helps mitigate the effects of climate induced variability in precipitation and runoff patterns.	00:10:11
	Ensuring a more reliable water supply.	00:10:17
	Not only for Southern California.	00:10:20
	For Ventura County, but also throughout the state.	00:10:22
	And then the seismic resiliency.	00:10:25
	So the project's design includes.	00:10:28
	Well, the design includes features to improve the State water projects, resilience to seismic events, earthquakes.	00:10:30
	And then according to the US Geological Survey.	00:10:37
	There a 70 There's a 72% chance of a 6.7 or greater magnitude earthquake in the B.	00:10:39
	In the Bay Area by 2043 and if there is a catastrophic event.	00:10:46
	Near or around the Delta, it would pose significant threat to our water supply down here in Southern California.	00:10:50
	And as Charlotte had mentioned, we rely in Southern California metropolitan gets 30% of the water from state water projects. So	00:10:58
	this is very significant for our region.	00:11:02
	By adding the two new intake facilities in the North Delta.	00:11:08
	And constructing an earthquake resistant tunnel, the DCP will reduce the vulnerability of water deliveries being.	00:11:12
	Disrupted by earthquakes?	00:11:18
	The project ensures there is continued water supply in the event of a seismic event near the delta.	00:11:19
	And then operational resiliency.	00:11:25
	So State Water project deliveries have declined even during wet years and.	00:11:27
	Due to various.	00:11:31
	Various fish regulations, as we've seen during the last row in 2023, for example, we had a really.	00:11:32
	A lot of storm events. It was a really wet year, but we only received.	00:11:37
	50 to 70% of our allocation and.	00:11:41
	There were some disruptions in being able to deliver the water to Southern California and so by, you know, constructing the Delta	00:11:45
	Conveyance project, we will introduce more operational flexibility enabling water managers to divert water from.	00:11:53
	The Sacramento River, so from the northern delta.	00:12:01
	Down.	00:12:04
	Around the delta into the State Water project.	00:12:05
	So.	00:12:08
	You know, there'd be a better management on water flows, reducing conflicts with the fishery regulations in the South Delta.	00:12:09
	Which will optimize our water deliveries during varying hydrological conditions.	00:12:15
	And then lastly, I wanted to emphasize the importance of the water quality reliability if the DCP is constructed.	00:12:21
	So it would improve the timing and location of water diversions. The DCP.	00:12:28
	Project helps maintain water quality standards.	00:12:32
	In the State Water Project.	00:12:35
	The project minimizes the risk of water quality degradation due to factors like salinity intrusion and algae blooms.	00:12:36
	Ensuring that the water delivered to urban and agricultural users meets health and safety standards and.	00:12:42
	Also, if there was a disruption in the levees because they are aging.	00:12:48
	We because of the north intakes, it would help divert water from the Sacramento River and then it would go underground into the	00:12:52
	State water project. So if there is an issue with the levees, which is.	00:12:57
	Which would affect see the fresh water in the delta.	00:13:02
	And create more seawater intrusion.	00:13:06
	You know, we would be able to, the DCP would be able to avoid a disruption in delivering water supplies to communities that need	00:13:08
	it or who rely heavily on the state Water Project.	00:13:13
	And this is just a visual just to demonstrate what exactly what happened to the delta if there was a major earthquake in the delta	00:13:21
	or near the delta.	00:13:26
	The blue signifies the freshwater and the red signifies salt water from the Bay. And so if there is a disruption, a major	00:13:32
	earthquake like I had mentioned that the US Geological Survey had predicted.	00:13:37
	Within 36 hours or within.	00:13:43
	Well, three or six hours, yes, there would be the whole delta would be inundated with seawater, which would affect our.	00:13:46
	Deliveries to Southern California.	00:13:53
	The data bar is definitely raised to Southern California.	00:13:55
	OK. And this is just to show like theoretical diversions if the DCP was constructed last year?	00:14:01
	And if it was operational last year?	00:14:09
	We would have been able to, or DWR would have been able to store and move 956,000 acre feet of water between October 2024.	00:14:11
	And June of this year.	00:14:19
	And so this is enough.	00:14:21
	Supply.	00:14:22
	To this is enough water to supply over 10 million people or over 3,000,000 households for one year.	00:14:24
	And then as we experienced during the most recent drought, State Water Project supplies our impact.	00:14:32
	Impacted by extreme dry conditions, as we saw during the last drought.	00:14:36
	And so as California faces more rain, less snow and longer droughts, the this capability to store water for future dry years will	00:14:41
	become more crucial.	00:14:44
	And this is the reason why the State Water Project adaptation strategy identifies the Delta Conveyance project as the single most	00:14:49
	effective action.	00:14:53
	For a sustainable water future.	00:14:57
	And it reaffirms that the Delta Conveyance Project is a key adaptation trash.	00:14:59
	Key adaptation strategy to address climate driven challenges to California's water supply.	00:15:03
	OK. And so?	00:15:11
	Although the aging system faces serious challenges.	00:15:14
	There is a projection that 13 to 22%.	00:15:17
	There will be a 13 to 22% supply loss over the next two decades.	00:15:21
	Due to different risks, so whether it's extreme dry conditions, climate, drought and major earthquakes.	00:15:25
	And then I want to go into a little more details.	00:15:36
	Terms of how Metropolitan is evolved, so today the project.	00:15:38
	Is very different from the many iterations that we've seen.	00:15:42
	The previous project concepts to the state's credit, they have been very deliberate and thoughtful in engaging the public.	00:15:45
	They made a concerted effort to engage the tribal communities, opponents to the project, or people who are concerned with the	00:15:52
	project early on into these conversations.	00:15:57
	It's been.	00:16:02
	The very first iteration was like over 20 years ago. And so it's it's gone through many different forms and it's been refined and	00:16:03
	redesigned.	00:16:07
	The project at this point has already undergone the sequel process and it was certified in 2023. At this point in the timeline	00:16:12
	there's two things that it's going through the pre construction permitting phase. So first DWR has to seek water rights permit so.	00:16:21
	Through the State Water Resource Control Board. So right now they're undergoing.	00:16:29
	Public hearings.	00:16:33
	For their water rights permit.	00:16:34
	And then the second form of this or second part that they have to complete is a certification for consistency.	00:16:35
	They have to submit that certification for consistency to the Delta Stewardship Council.	00:16:42
	And they actually did that on Friday. And So what this essentially is, is it's just to determine whether the project, these DCP is	00:16:48
	consistent with the Delta plan and the Delta plan is a strategy to meet the Co equal goals.	00:16:54
	So they have to complete DWRS to complete two of those before any talks of concert construction are taking place.	00:17:02
	So they've already submitted.	00:17:11
	The uh.	00:17:12
	The certification for.	00:17:13
	Consistency on Friday.	00:17:16
	And then they're undergoing the public hearings once all that is complete.	00:17:17
	Metropolitan will.	00:17:21
	They'll come back to all the state.	00:17:23
	DWR come back to all the state water contractors, including.	00:17:24
	Metropolitan and.	00:17:27
	Ask for an investment on whether we would like to invest in the.	00:17:29
	The construction of the project.	00:17:32
	We won't do that until 2027 when all the permitting, all the studies, technical studies have been completed.	00:17:34
	But so far, we are supporting this phase of the project. We've already invested $300 million since.	00:17:41
	2020 So in 2020 we gave.	00:17:48
	Half of that and then 2024. The board also voted to support the remaining part to.	00:17:50
	Fulfill.	00:17:56
	The environmental review. The design, the planning and permitting of the Delta Conveyance Project.	00:17:57
	So that will be ongoing until 2027 and then it'll come up for the board for a vote.	00:18:01
	On whether they would like to participate in the investing in the construction of the project.	00:18:07
	And that's where we are right now. It's still going forward, it's still progressing.	00:18:12
	And we are just monitoring the progress on the state level.	00:18:17
	And we welcome any that that concludes my portion of the presentation and Charlotte and I are.	00:18:23
	Are welcome any questions that you may have.	00:18:27
	OK. Thank you, Mr. Richardson, and thank you.	00:18:29
	Miss Lopez Holyfield for your presentation. Does the Board have any questions?	00:18:32
	Or comments, It's just a presentation, so we can do both. Hi, just have a couple of questions. Thank you.	00:18:37
	Chair can.	00:18:43
	You go back.	00:18:44
	Couple of slides you you.	00:18:45
	Had some numbers, some percentage numbers of the.	00:18:47
	Water loss in the years.	00:18:50
	And I thought it was like 11 something to 2213 to 22, something like that.	00:18:53
	Sorry about that. Yeah, that's OK. 13 to 22.	00:19:00
	1322% OK, so.	00:19:02
	Is that of as of today or 2027 and.	00:19:05
	And if not?	00:19:09
	How does that number change as we?	00:19:10
	Approach, uh.	00:19:12
	So they're project, so DWR released this type of study that if this we don't modernize the state water project.	00:19:13
	We could essentially see a 13 to 22% water supply loss and that's due to the different environmental factors, so earthquakes due	00:19:20
	to certain things I.	00:19:26
	I'm trying to think what else?	00:19:34
	The lack of precipitation, the fish regulations which are impeding the DWS ability to import water, deliver water to areas that	00:19:36
	need it the most, so.	00:19:41
	The system is aging. It was built in the 1960s, and when they built it, they didn't factor in all the different climate impacts	00:19:46
	that would impact the the existing infrastructure.	00:19:52
	So.	00:19:57
	This is what they project for the next 20 years. There will be a loss. If there was a major earthquake, we would it would disrupt	00:19:58
	the system.	00:20:02
	But if?	00:20:06
	This was created for example.	00:20:06
	We would be able to capture and move water more efficiently.	00:20:10
	And I hope that answers. Yeah, it does. One more question just for my own information. So you talked about the impacts if there	00:20:13
	were an earthquake to the delta and the saltwater water intrusion.	00:20:19
	Is there saltwater intrusion now?	00:20:25
	You know, it's a good question. I think not to the.	00:20:29
	No, there I mean I think.	00:20:32
	I'm not a technical expert with that, but not to the point where it's going to affect our treatment processes or anything like	00:20:33
	that.	00:20:37
	It's fresh water, so our treatment facilities are designed to treat fresh state water Project water.	00:20:40
	If there was.	00:20:46
	Sea water intrusion. Then we would completely have to change how we treat our the existing supply.	00:20:48
	If there was a levee failure.	00:20:55
	What I've heard from engineers that it could potentially.	00:20:58
	It we would probably it would be months or possibly years of not having this type, this supply come.	00:21:03
	And be delivered to us.	00:21:09
	So.	00:21:11
	They're constantly doing maintenance. I know DWR is constantly maintaining the levees, but this is not.	00:21:12
	This is.	00:21:17
	Like we're not able to capture if there was an actual if there was.	00:21:19
	An actual earthquake it would. It could potentially take months or years for it for us to get the system up and running.	00:21:23
	But because we have, if we have the north intakes, it would avoid that situation. We would get it from the very top of the river	00:21:28
	and then be able to funnel the water underground, underground.	00:21:33
	And away from the delta and into the state water, the existing State Water Project conveyance system.	00:21:38
	I hope that answered a little bit. It does. And I, I want you to just attribute that question to me being able to go on your tour	00:21:44
	to the Delta and you know.	00:21:50
	Of North. So thank you so much for that.	00:21:56
	Any more questions? I have a question, it said Earthquake resilient.	00:22:00
	Umm, it seems like.	00:22:03
	That particular area.	00:22:07
	In in California is.	00:22:09
	It has a high frequency of earthquakes and that specific.	00:22:11
	Area.	00:22:16
	So how is the earthquake resilient if?	00:22:17
	If you know that that.	00:22:19
	Has a you know it's near a major fault.	00:22:21
	I think the materials they use are earthquake. The actual tunnel that they're creating is the 40. The the Delta Conveyance project	00:22:26
	is an actual 45 mile tunnel.	00:22:31
	And so it's an addition to the existing state water project, so.	00:22:35
	That their materials they're using.	00:22:40
	Our earthquake resilient and they're also they've done hundreds and hundreds of technical studies they.	00:22:42
	Completed SQL process and everything and so.	00:22:48
	They've the engineers.	00:22:50
	Much smarter than I am that could better explain all of this, but.	00:22:52
	Determined.	00:22:56
	That you know, it would be resilient.	00:22:57
	In the face of a major earthquake.	00:23:00
	Based off.	00:23:02
	You know, the studies that they've made and.	00:23:03
	I think how they've done it for the.	00:23:05
	They've had different alternatives when they did the sequel process.	00:23:06
	Or the environmental review process and they found the Bethany alignment, which is where the tunnel is located.	00:23:10
	Is the best outcome for the project. So they did they looked at all these different alignments and the Bethany alignment was the	00:23:16
	best one in terms of like the fault lines and all of that. They took all of that into consideration. So that was part of the	00:23:21
	sequel process making sure that.	00:23:26
	They're complying with.	00:23:31
	You know the.	00:23:33
	The environment. The surrounding environment.	00:23:35
	So yeah.	00:23:37
	I could also follow up with more specific what's the total cost of the project?	00:23:38
	It'd be upward to like $20.1 billion.	00:23:42
	Metropolitan's portion is 47% of that, so it would be about a little bit over $10 billion.	00:23:47
	And it would be a phased approach how we would.	00:23:54
	The finance department is working out the numbers if the if the board decides to move forward with the project.	00:23:57
	On how we.	00:24:02
	How we'll finance it.	00:24:03
	So just for clarity, Ventura County.	00:24:04
	Receives its water from the state.	00:24:08
	Yes. So we have member agents.	00:24:13
	CAIUS, Miss. Smaller district, is one of our member agencies, so.	00:24:15
	We are state water contractor. We.	00:24:18
	Have a certain portion of have a certain allocation.	00:24:21
	And then we give it to our member agencies. So we deliver it to our member agencies. One of them is, you know, Callegas.	00:24:24
	And then Cayegas delivers it to your.	00:24:29
	Their water retailers and then.	00:24:32
	Then it goes to their customers but.	00:24:34
	But but yes, Member Lopez, our, our water supply is state water project dependent, 100% at Cayegas.	00:24:36
	But then that comes from the.	00:24:45
	Correct.	00:24:47
	OK. So very little comes up from North?	00:24:47
	Very little comes from Colorado River. Colorado River.	00:24:50
	OK, got it.	00:24:52
	Any more questions?	00:24:54
	I just had one question. Besides Metropolitan, who else would?	00:24:56
	Be involved in making the decision about moving forward.	00:24:59
	Yeah, so it would be the 26 other public water agencies which are considered state water contractors who take from the.	00:25:02
	The State Water Project.	00:25:09
	So it'd be.	00:25:10
	It would be Santa Clarita Valley Water District. It'd be San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. There's a number of them.	00:25:12
	Santa Clara.	00:25:15
	Water district, there's a number. I don't have all the list in front of me, but.	00:25:19
	There's 26 others and they all have different portions. So we have the greatest portion, but some have like 5% or 10% because they	00:25:22
	have alternative water supply.	00:25:28
	Sources.	00:25:33
	Does everybody have to agree for it to move forward or just enough?	00:25:34
	To provide the funding to move forward.	00:25:38
	I think that.	00:25:40
	Ah, Yathu Berry. Good question.	00:25:41
	Like for example.	00:25:44
	If during the pre construction phase.	00:25:45
	DWR went to every single state water contractor to ask.	00:25:48
	To seek approval to invest in this phase because DWR doesn't have the funds to.	00:25:52
	Support the studies the pre construction phase so they had to go. So it has to be funded by the state water contractors.	00:25:58
	To my understanding, it has to be all of them.	00:26:04
	Um, but I.	00:26:09
	But if one doesn't come through, I don't think that the project is going to be.	00:26:11
	Unable to move forward. So I think it depends how it's all divvied up.	00:26:16
	The.	00:26:20
	The financing.	00:26:21
	More questions.	00:26:25
	Have there been any studies on?	00:26:26
	What the estimated impacts this will be on the Caius like water rates or anything like that?	00:26:28
	That's a good question, member Libo.	00:26:35
	That.	00:26:38
	As Nicole said.	00:26:39
	The financial analysis is ongoing, so there are no specifics quite yet.	00:26:40
	And the project has.	00:26:45
	Changed over the years quite significantly. So we want to be certain that this is, you know, the final iteration and before we can	00:26:47
	actually accurately predict impact on rates. So I'm I'm just going to say it's a work in progress.	00:26:53
	And then what are the like?	00:27:00
	Biggest.	00:27:02
	Impediments, I guess to this project going forward in 2027.	00:27:03
	Yeah, it's a good question.	00:27:08
	Talk about the political ones a little bit.	00:27:10
	Yeah, there are some opposition.	00:27:13
	And so there's some opposition.	00:27:14
	The Delta communities are opposed to this project.	00:27:16
	For various reasons.	00:27:21
	I guess to name a few is like there might be water quality issues with the water quality in the delta construction because the	00:27:23
	construction is going to be a long, it's going to be very long.	00:27:28
	So there's going to be noise, air quality issues that.	00:27:33
	You know.	00:27:39
	They brought up.	00:27:40
	Also the tribal concerns, I know protecting tribal resources when construction is actually taking place and making sure that they	00:27:42
	are protected when you know they do encounter.	00:27:47
	An artifact of some sort.	00:27:54
	DWR has addressed all of these concerns in the various.	00:27:56
	Reports and studies and things like that, specifically with the tribal concerns.	00:28:02
	They had meant they've worked with the tribal community they've given them and see at the table.	00:28:07
	And they've.	00:28:11
	In they've taken their concerns and they've also said they were going to have a try. It's a tribal community representative. So	00:28:13
	when construction is happening.	00:28:17
	They will be able to like.	00:28:22
	Reach out to the tribal representative to like help them with the process and protecting those artifacts.	00:28:24
	From my understanding with DWR.	00:28:30
	And then in terms of water quality and?	00:28:32
	With noise, air pollution.	00:28:36
	I mean, there's going to be that with construction.	00:28:38
	But.	00:28:41
	This was this this this specific alignment had the least environmental impact.	00:28:42
	To the community.	00:28:47
	Additionally, they're also investing $200 million in a community benefits program because they understand the water the specific	00:28:49
	projects are going to directly benefit, like provide a water supply for those communities.	00:28:55
	So they are investing back into the community by allowing them to apply for these grant programs. It could be anything. It could	00:29:01
	be water, it could be it could be electrical, it could be any type of project really.	00:29:07
	They would apply for it and you could receive a grant funding for your project, for a local project. So they're trying ways to	00:29:13
	involve the community. They've they've welcomed a lot of feedback from them and incorporated that. That's why they've redesigned	00:29:18
	the project so many times because they want to make sure that they're incorporated into it.	00:29:24
	But yeah, I think with other concerns happening.	00:29:30
	In the future.	00:29:34
	I think litigation, there's going to be a lot of litigation, like they're undergoing their public hearings and there's a lot of	00:29:35
	comments in opposed to the project.	00:29:39
	Yeah.	00:29:45
	That's all I could really say about that.	00:29:46
	Thank you.	00:29:49
	Do any of our water reps here have any questions or comments?	00:29:51
	Based on what we've heard.	00:29:55
	This afternoon.	00:29:56
	Amy, OK.	00:29:57
	You guys have probably.	00:29:59
	Quite familiar with.	00:30:00
	Project Anyway. OK, great.	00:30:01
	Well, thank you very much for your presentation. You know, when I heard you speak at V COG, you had an ask.	00:30:03
	At the end.	00:30:08
	So what can we do in the meantime? And we hope we come back and keep us.	00:30:09
	Praised Of Of.	00:30:13
	Price of what's going on and.	00:30:15
	We'd be happy to chair Hernandez, happy to do so. We have no ask of you today, but.	00:30:17
	We don't. We reserve the right to come back.	00:30:23
	All right, very good. Well, thank you again. It was great seeing you at Beacon.	00:30:25
	Wonder Peacock dinner. Yeah. Thank you all for your time. Thank you. Thank you so much for your time.	00:30:28
	Very interesting.	00:30:33
	OK, moving along. We are now at the consent.	00:30:35
	Portion of the agenda will consider the items on the consent calendar, which will be enacted in one motion unless an agency	00:30:39
	member.	00:30:42
	Has a request to remove an item for discussion.	00:30:46
	Any request to remove an item for discussion?	00:30:50
	If not, may I have a motion and 2nd to approve our consent calendar? I move to approve.	00:30:54
	I'll second.	00:31:00
	2nd Madam Clerk, can we take a vote all in favor?	00:31:02
	Aye, all opposed.	00:31:05
	Hearing none, motion passes unanimously.	00:31:07
	Terrific. OK, we're now at Business items.	00:31:10
	Item 5 is the award of contract to the social.	00:31:13
	So Cal Pacific Construction Core.	00:31:16
	DBA National Coating and Lighting Company.	00:31:18
	Incorporated for the PHWA.	00:31:21
	.6 M.	00:31:24
	Empty reservoir rehabilitation project.	00:31:26
	Number W82025-07 in the amount of.	00:31:28
	575,335.	00:31:32
	And approve a 10% construction contingency up.	00:31:36
	57,500.	00:31:39
	$33.	00:31:41
	Will staff please present the report?	00:31:45
	Good afternoon, Chair Hernandez and PHW board members.	00:31:48
	So this project is before you is the.	00:31:51
	Obviously the tank rehab contract award.	00:31:54
	This project was approved by the board earlier this year in June.	00:31:57
	During the budget process.	00:32:01
	Just have a.	00:32:04
	Few few slides, I just want to give a quick overview. I know the board has heard about this project for months.	00:32:05
	Again, it's our 6000 gallon tank at the at the treatment plant facility on Perkins Rd.	00:32:10
	Kind of what sparked this whole project. We did a dive inspection which I shared at a meeting a few months back.	00:32:17
	They found a lot of corrosion.	00:32:23
	And just the coding was failing and so this project needs to take place.	00:32:26
	Staff felt as soon as possible.	00:32:31
	So quick kind of high level scope of work.	00:32:35
	So they're going to go in, they're going to sandblast the exterior, interior.	00:32:37
	Down to bare metal.	00:32:42
	And then they'll come in and make any repairs. They might find something after the sandblast.	00:32:44
	There could be some minor repairs. We're not expecting anything major.	00:32:49
	At this point.	00:32:53
	And then after that they'll go in and they'll coat the interior and exterior of the tank.	00:32:55
	And there's a picture there, the ladder you can see is. That's the interior ladder that will be replaced.	00:33:00
	Project schedule.	00:33:07
	We're hoping to kick this project off.	00:33:08
	December 1st, we're hoping to have them on site mobilizing.	00:33:10
	December 1st.	00:33:13
	And then hopefully a week later they'll start construction.	00:33:16
	And then hopefully the project will closeout.	00:33:18
	Weather permitting.	00:33:21
	By the end of February or.	00:33:23
	Early March.	00:33:25
	So here the Staffs recommendation today is to award a construction contract to SoCal Pacific Construction Court.	00:33:29
	Doing the business as National Coating and Lining Company, Inc.	00:33:36
	For the 600,000 gallon reservoir rehabilitation project.	00:33:39
	In the amount of $575,335.	00:33:43
	And then to authorize a 10% construction contingency in the amount of 57,000.	00:33:48
	$335.	00:33:53
	And then also three authorize our executive director to execute all.	00:33:55
	Applicable document.	00:33:59
	So with that.	00:34:02
	If there's any questions, any questions? Yes.	00:34:04
	Pamper Lopez.	00:34:06
	What was the initial?	00:34:09
	Budgeted, uh.	00:34:11
	Dollar amount that.	00:34:12
	That going into this that we.	00:34:13
	Thought this was going to cost.	00:34:16
	About 689,000.	00:34:18
	Is what our engineering estimate was.	00:34:21
	And so we.	00:34:24
	We forecasted this into the budget.	00:34:25
	Yes.	00:34:27
	OK, yes.	00:34:28
	The money is in the budget. It was approved in June.	00:34:29
	And the monies in the account.	00:34:32
	So I I know we consented to this on #4 and I was looking at the proposal.	00:34:34
	And it kind of ties into this because it's the inspection.	00:34:40
	That goes along with the tank.	00:34:44
	The tank refurbishment, right?	00:34:48
	But there's a huge disparagement between the two bids, like 1 was 51,000 and the other one was like 100.	00:34:51
	102,000.	00:34:58
	Well, why was there a huge variance?	00:35:01
	I don't know if it was because they're coming from out of town, if it was lodging or.	00:35:04
	I can't really tell you I I really don't.	00:35:11
	But CSI, the company we were going, we selected.	00:35:13
	Very well respected. They've done hundreds of tanks.	00:35:18
	They've worked with our engineering team.	00:35:22
	So again, we feel very comfortable going with CSI.	00:35:25
	But why the other bid came in so high? I couldn't.	00:35:28
	I can't really answer that question.	00:35:31
	Is the.	00:35:34
	If I can.	00:35:35
	And Dennis team.	00:35:37
	Sorry my buttons not working. Dennis and his team are definitely more well versed on these bids, but.	00:35:40
	Just from.	00:35:45
	Prior experience going out to bid there could be.	00:35:46
	A bunch of reasons why.	00:35:49
	The variance is so big, which is why we typically go through that process and make sure we get a minimum of three bids because you	00:35:51
	can see them.	00:35:54
	Range, but it can even just be something like they have another project that month and they don't really want to do the extra	00:35:58
	project, so they'll bid high.	00:36:01
	And then another company has an opening that month and they'll be a blow. You know, it could just be something like that. So, so,	00:36:05
	but we have.	00:36:09
	I would say.	00:36:12
	Dennis can tell me if I'm wrong, but.	00:36:13
	I've noticed on recent bids we are seeing big variations of just one company will be half of what another company's bidding on the	00:36:15
	same job and I think.	00:36:20
	Even on this.	00:36:24
	This particular one, I think there was a bit over $1,000,000.	00:36:25
	Right on the construction business.	00:36:29
	So, so we were seeing that, but it's just another reason why it's good that we go through the process to get multiple bids.	00:36:31
	So what's the?	00:36:38
	Once the repair is complete, internal, external what? What are we? How many years are?	00:36:40
	Were you anticipating?	00:36:44
	So the last tank rehab was done in 2013.	00:36:46
	So I would say 10 to 12 years.	00:36:49
	I would hope to get, I would like to get 12 years.	00:36:52
	I think that's kind of average.	00:36:55
	What was the repair?	00:36:57
	1012 years ago, was it as extensive as it is?	00:36:59
	Now it was.	00:37:02
	It was and there were some issues with the.	00:37:04
	Adhesion.	00:37:07
	So that project was delayed and.	00:37:08
	At the time I don't know if there was an inspector on site.	00:37:11
	But there was some issues.	00:37:14
	And that's kind of more reason to.	00:37:16
	My staff wants to have an inspector on site. It's it's normal business to have an inspector but.	00:37:18
	I know back in 2013 there were some adhesive issues with the with the project.	00:37:24
	So knowing that we.	00:37:30
	We are.	00:37:31
	Going to do maintenance on our tank.	00:37:33
	And so we're going to be.	00:37:35
	We're going to just be pumping.	00:37:37
	Water now since we don't have a storage tank, right?	00:37:39
	Correct.	00:37:42
	So.	00:37:43
	Go ahead.	00:37:44
	So.	00:37:46
	The difference between the storage tank and now we're going to actually have to use our pumps.	00:37:47
	To pump.	00:37:52
	On demand, right?	00:37:53
	Is that no, no. So all the water now, so the the treatment plan will be offline completely.	00:37:54
	So we'll be receiving water from United.	00:38:00
	United Water, it comes down Pleasant Valley Rd.	00:38:03
	We have a connection right before you go into the naval base there.	00:38:05
	So if we when we shut the treatment plant off, we turn off Cayegas?	00:38:08
	It will open up automatically.	00:38:12
	And feed, feed the city, the beach district and the Navy, just like normal operations.	00:38:14
	So I've met with the United, they're aware of it, they're coming out in a couple of weeks to meet with us again.	00:38:19
	And, umm.	00:38:25
	But we've been on bypass before. We were on it a few weeks back, just for a few days.	00:38:26
	We just have that valve, that clay valve.	00:38:31
	Which controls the flow during this time.	00:38:33
	Just had it serviced so we're ready to go.	00:38:36
	And staff's recommendation was to go on United 100%.	00:38:40
	If we were to go on Caius, you'd be a lot more costly.	00:38:45
	For this three month duration.	00:38:48
	Are you we anticipating like a pressure differential?	00:38:49
	No.	00:38:52
	Same pressure, OK.	00:38:53
	Cool, so.	00:38:55
	Couple years ago when Mark Watkins was your Public Works director.	00:38:57
	He invited members of the council to go on a tour. Dennis, I think you were part of that.	00:39:02
	Also and showed us walked us through the water plant and.	00:39:07
	If you.	00:39:11
	Have an interest? You might want to ask for Tory. It really helps and.	00:39:12
	Better understand.	00:39:16
	The workings inner workings of the water and.	00:39:17
	And the tank and everything else so.	00:39:20
	And I had some of the same questions, but we.	00:39:23
	We approved that item, so I decided.	00:39:25
	To move on.	00:39:27
	Yeah, I.	00:39:29
	I questioned the disparity too.	00:39:30
	I guess that happens.	00:39:33
	OK. Any other questions or comments?	00:39:34
	All right. I just, I wanted to thank you for putting together two really good staff reports and including the scope of work and.	00:39:39
	And in this, the second report that we're talking about right now, very complete and.	00:39:46
	Very thorough with.	00:39:51
	All the supporting.	00:39:53
	Data and reports. So thank you very much for the.	00:39:54
	With a good job. Thank you.	00:39:58
	All right.	00:39:59
	OK, so we have a recommendation to award the construction contract to SoCal Pacific Construction Core DBA National Coding and	00:40:02
	Lighting Company Incorporated.	00:40:07
	For the Point 6,000,000 gallon reservoir rehabilitation project.	00:40:12
	#WA25-707 in the amount of 700.	00:40:17
	575,335 and authorized a 10% construction contingency in the amount of 57.	00:40:22
	1335 and authorized the executive director to execute all applicable.	00:40:30
	Documents may I have a motion and a second?	00:40:35
	So move to approve.	00:40:39
	I'll 2nd, 2nd.	00:40:42
	Any discussion? Any further discussion on?	00:40:44
	OK.	00:40:49
	Madam Clerk, please conduct A roll call, please.	00:40:50
	OK, roll call vote.	00:40:55
	Member LA Boat.	00:40:56
	Yes.	00:40:57
	Member Lopez.	00:40:58
	Yes, Member McQueen Lejeune.	00:40:59
	Vice Chair Thomas.	00:41:01
	And Chair Hernandez motion passes unanimously.	00:41:03
	Great. Thank you.	00:41:06
	Thank you. Thank you, staff.	00:41:07
	Agency members reports comments and requests for future agenda items.	00:41:10
	I'd like to remind agency members that all requested items will require a motion, a second and a majority vote to be placed on a	00:41:14
	future agenda.	00:41:18
	Does anyone have any reports, comments, or requests for future agenda items?	00:41:22
	I have a question we're going to be discussing.	00:41:28
	Requests for future agenda items in the City Council. Do we have any plans to change the procedure?	00:41:31
	For this body.	00:41:36
	If the Council approves the change of the procedure, we can discuss at the next meeting whether the this Board would want to adopt	00:41:38
	the same procedure. OK.	00:41:42
	We were going to, we were going to start with the council tonight.	00:41:47
	Sounds good. Thank you.	00:41:50
	All right, the next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 17th.	00:41:51
	2025 at 4:00 PM. I'd like to adjourn the meeting. The time is now 441.	00:41:56