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Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners agenda, October 13, 2026
On the agenda: The Board of Water and Power Commissioners' agenda for Oct. 13, 2026 lists 14 items for approval. The largest are up to $493.485 million in Water System revenue bonds to refinance 2017 bonds, a $200 million Granada Trunk Line replacement project, and six security contracts worth up to $45 million combined. The agenda also lists changes to the Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance and a Grant Lake Reservoir delivery ordinance, both of which need City Council approval.
Agenda only. As of October 8, 2026, the October 13, 2026 meeting of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.
| Where | Room 1555-H, 111 North Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 |
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| Agenda | Official agenda (posted October 7, 2026) |
The agenda lists President Allan T. Marks, Vice President Nurit D. Katz and Commissioners Rudy J. Ortega Jr., Wilma J. Pinder and Benny B. Tran. It says Board actions take at least three votes and, with some exceptions, become final only after the City Council’s review period under Charter Section 245. Items 6, 12 and 13 also need City Council approval.
Routine items, from the agenda:
- 2: a three-year right of entry with Theatre/Palisades at 941 Temescal Canyon Road for laydown and staging for Pacific Palisades recovery, at $10,800 a month and $388,800 in total. The agenda does not say which side pays.
- 4: Amendment 1 to Agreement 47706 with Q Matic Corporation for a queue management system, adding $97,200.
- 9: election rules for the elected employee members of the Board of Administration of the Water and Power Employees’ Retirement Plan. The City Clerk estimates the election will cost about $51,000.
- 10: Agreement 47981 with CDM Smith Inc. for a seawater desalination feasibility study, 18 months, up to $500,000.
- 11: Agreement 47988 with NJBSoft, LLC for SAMS software training and support, three years, up to $300,025.
1. Security services contracts
- What it does: Agreements 47058A through 47058F for armed and unarmed contract security and employee protection agents with Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc.; Absolute International Security; The Gadite Group, Inc.; Allied Universal Security Services; J Blair Group, Inc.; and American Guard Services, Inc. (agenda).
- Money: Up to $45,000,000 combined over three years plus two optional one-year extensions (agenda).
3. Customer service market research
- What it does: Agreement 47964 with Pacific Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG Enterprises, Inc.) for customer service market research and consulting, five years (agenda).
- Money: Up to $5,000,000 (agenda).
5. Intelex safety software
- What it does: Amendment 1 to Agreement 47783 with Intelex Technologies, ULC adds two years to the three-year term, for five years in all. The Chief Safety Officer recommended it (agenda).
- Money: Adds $1,257,000 to $850,000, for a new cap of $2,107,000 (agenda).
6. Land use covenant on a transmission line right-of-way
- What it does: A covenant to restrict use of property, an environmental restriction with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, on the Figueroa Junction-Halldale Receiving Station Transmission Line Right-of-Way No. 19. City Council approval is required (agenda).
- Money: Up to $10,000 a year in administrative and labor costs to comply with the covenant (agenda).
7. Granada Trunk Line Replacement Project
- What it does: A resolution approving the Granada Trunk Line Replacement Project and adopting its mitigated negative declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act (agenda).
- Money: Estimated at $200,000,000, budgeted in the Water Fund through fiscal year 2030-31 (agenda). The agenda does not describe the route or the neighborhoods served.
8. $493.485 million in Water System refunding bonds
- What it does: Resolutions 5097 and 5098 would authorize up to $493.485 million in fixed-rate, tax-exempt Water System Revenue Bonds, 2026 Series B, to refinance outstanding 2017 Series A Water System bonds and pay issuance costs. The agenda says the refinancing is meant to save on debt service (agenda).
- Money: The agenda does not estimate the savings (agenda).
12. Grant Lake Reservoir project delivery ordinance
- What it does: A resolution asking the City Council to adopt an ordinance setting alternative project delivery criteria for the Grant Lake Program at Grant Lake Reservoir under Charter Section 371(b). The ordinance would allow a term of up to 10 years. City Council approval is required (agenda).
- Money: The agenda gives no cost (agenda).
13. Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance amendments
- What it does: Proposed amendments to the Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance. All penalty money DWP collects under the ordinance would go to water conservation, recorded as miscellaneous water revenue. City Council approval is required (agenda). The agenda does not describe the rule changes.
14. Outage management software support
- What it does: Sole-source Agreement 47994 with CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. for maintenance and support of the Power System’s Outage Management System and Mobile Dispatch System (agenda).
- Money: Up to $8,500,000 over three years, with two one-year extension options (agenda).
Every item
| # | Item | Districts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armed and unarmed security services from six companies, three years plus two option years, up to $45 million combined | |
| 3 | Customer service market research and consulting with Pacific Consulting Group, five years, up to $5 million | |
| 5 | Extend the Intelex Technologies safety software agreement two years and add $1,257,000, new total $2,107,000 | |
| 6 | Environmental land use covenant with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control on a transmission line right-of-way, up to $10,000 a year | |
| 7 | Approve the $200 million Granada Trunk Line Replacement Project and adopt its mitigated negative declaration | |
| 8 | Issue up to $493.485 million in Water System revenue bonds to refinance 2017 Series A bonds | |
| 12 | Ask the City Council for an ordinance setting alternative project delivery for the Grant Lake Reservoir program, up to 10 years | |
| 13 | Amendments to the Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance, with penalty money kept for water conservation | |
| 14 | Sole-source outage management and mobile dispatch software support from CGI Technologies, three years plus two options, up to $8.5 million | |
| A | Roll call | |
| B-C | Opening remarks by the commission president and remarks by commissioners | |
| D1-D2 | Approve minutes of the Sept. 22, 2026 regular meeting and Sept. 30, 2026 special meeting | |
| E | Public comment | |
| F | Interim General Manager's report | |
| G-H | Ratepayer Advocate comments and consideration of items recommended for approval | |
| I1 | Presentation on the Power System's Advanced Metering Infrastructure program | |
| J | Commissioner committee reports | |
| K1-K4 | Filed: compliance status report, investment report for the quarter ending June 30, 2026, Executive Directive 19 status report, and groundwater replenishment project update | |
| L-M | Introduction of motions for future consideration and discussion with neighborhood council representatives | |
| 2 | Three-year right of entry at 941 Temescal Canyon Road for Palisades recovery staging, $10,800 a month, $388,800 total | |
| 4 | Add $97,200 to the Q-Matic queue management system agreement, new total $1,297,200, through Jan. 31, 2027 | |
| 9 | Election rules for employee members of the Water and Power Employees' Retirement Plan board, terms May 2027 to April 2030, about $51,000 | |
| 10 | Seawater desalination feasibility study with CDM Smith, 18 months, up to $500,000 | |
| 11 | SAMS software training and support with NJBSoft, three years, up to $300,025 | |
| P | Adjournment |