Agenda Items

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10. Recommendation for approval of the minutes of the January 26, 2021, Regular Meeting of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners.

11. (Recommended by Chief Financial Officer, Senior Assistant General Manager – Water System and Senior Assistant General Manager – Power System Engineering, Planning, and Technical Services) (Approved by General Manager and Chief Engineer) Approval of two resolutions authorizing Transmittal of Preliminary Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Budget to the Los Angeles City Council.

A. Water Revenue Fund Receipts and Appropriations Budget and Associated Schedules

B. Power Revenue Fund Receipts and Appropriations Budget and Associated Schedules Determine items are exempt pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15060(c)(1).

12. (Recommended by General Counsel Water and Power) (Approved by General Manager and Chief Engineer) Approval of Outside Counsel Contract with Van Ness Feldman LLP for federal and state natural resource law legal counsel services, for a term of five years and an amount not to exceed $2,500,000. Determine item is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3).

13. (Recommended by Senior Assistant General Manager – Power System Engineering, Planning, and Technical Services) (Approved by General Manager and Chief Engineer) Approval of Customer Generation Interconnection Agreement with Ultramar Inc. and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., for a term of five years. Determine item is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2).

14. (Recommended by Senior Assistant General Manager – External and Regulatory Affairs/Chief Sustainability Officer) (Approved by General Manager and Chief Engineer) Approval of Agreement No. 47649 for Siebel Upgrade Support Services with Ponder Pro Serve, Inc., for a term of three years and an amount not to exceed $4,950,400. Determine item is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2).

15. (Recommended by Senior Assistant General Manager – Water System) (Approved by General Manager and Chief Engineer) Approval of Water Supply Assessment – District NoHo Project located within the City of Los Angeles. Determine item is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2).

16. (Recommended by Senior Assistant General Manager – Water System) (Approved by General Manager and Chief Engineer) Approval of Optical Fiber Lease Agreement No. FO-867-05/2020 and Short Form IRU-01 Lease Agreement No. FO-868-05/2020 with County of Los Angeles for Lease of LADWP Optical Fibers. Determine item is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3).

17. (Recommended by Senior Assistant General Manager – Water System) (Approved by General Manager and Chief Engineer) Approval of Amendment No. 4 to Agreement No. 47071-2 with Webcor/Obayashi/ Lyles, a Joint Venture, for the Silver Lake Reservoir Complex Storage Replacement Project/Headworks Reservoir Project. This Amendment will extend the term by four years and increase the amount by $35 million. City Council approval is required. Determine item is in compliance with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15080-15097 and 15164 (Environmental Impact Report adopted on May 16, 2006, and Addendum prepared 2017).

18. (Recommended by Senior Assistant General Manager – Water System) (Approved by General Manager and Chief Engineer) Approval to Exercise Extension Option No. 4 for Agreement No. 47804 with URS Corporation Americas and Agreement No. 47805 with Kleinfelder West, Inc., for a fourth and final three-year extension option. No additional funding is required. Determine item is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3).

19. (Recommended by Senior Assistant General Manager – Water System) (Approved by General Manager and Chief Engineer) Approval of Purchase and Sale Agreement, Escrow Instructions, and a Temporary Right-of-Entry with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency for Real Property Located at 433 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012 – LADWP File No. W-101434. City Council approval is required. Determine item is in compliance with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15080-15097 (Environmental Impact Report previously adopted).

Closed Session

20. The Board shall recess into closed session for a conference with legal counsel regarding:

A. Existing litigation in the following matters: