Board of Public Utilities

City of Riverside Public Utilities Administrative Office 3750 University Ave. 3 Fl. Board of Public Utilities Riverside, CA 92501 951-826-2135 Agenda Monday, April 27, 2020 6:30 PM 6:30 p.m. Telephone Public Comment View Virtual Meeting Live Webcast at www.engageriverside.com MISSION STATEMENT The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community. The City of Riverside Public Utilities Department is committed to the highest quality water and electric services at the lowest possible rates to benefit the community. The City of Riverside is committed to a workplace that requires acceptable behavior from everyone - a workplace that provides dignity, respect, and civility to our employees, customers, and the public. The Board of Riverside Public Utilities will conduct a virtual meeting. View live webcast at www.engageriverside.com. Public comments regarding items on this agenda or any matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council can be submitted by eComment at www.engageriverside.com until two hours before the meeting. Forward email comments to MMontjoy@riversideca.gov or call (951) 826-8600 at 6:30 p.m. on meeting day. The City of Riverside wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities, as required by 42 U.S.C. §12132 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City's ADA Coordinator at (951) 351-6162 at least 72 hours before the meeting, if possible. TTY Users call 7-1-1- for telecommunications relay services (TRS). CHAIR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER City of Riverside Page 1 Printed on 4/15/2020 Board of Public Utilities Agenda April 27, 2020 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMMENT 1 You are invited to participate by phone to comment on agenda items and matters within the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities. Each caller will be given up to 5 minutes total for comments on all agenda items. CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed under the CONSENT CALENDAR are considered routine by the Board of Public Utilities and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the Board of Public Utilities votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the Board of Public Utilities or the Public Utilities General Manager, or his designee, request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar. Minutes 2 Board of Public Utilities Minutes - March 23, 2020 Cancelled Attachments: Minutes Electric Items 3 Approve the expenditure in the total amount of $68,715 with Weka, Inc., of Highland, California, for the Streetlight Installation component of Public Works Bid No. 7717 for Fiscal Year 2018/2019 Community Development Block Grant Street and Storm Drain Improvements, Phase 2 Project; and approve Work Order No. 1924329 for a total capital expenditure of $97,000. Attachments: Report Site Map City Council Memo Bid Award Recommendation City of Riverside Page 2 Printed on 4/15/2020 Board of Public Utilities Agenda April 27, 2020 Water Items 4 Recommend that the City Council approve Amendment No. 5 to the October 29, 2002, Interim Agreement between the City of Riverside and Lockheed Martin Corporation for the removal of perchlorate from water extracted from four City of Riverside wells. Attachments: Report Amendment Presentation 5 Approve a Supplemental Agreement in response to Request for Proposal Number 2000 for the Bunker Hill Well Siting and Replacement Study with Geoscience Support Services, Inc. of La Verne, California, in an amount not to exceed $130,714. Attachments: Report Supplemental Agreement Master Agreement Award Recommendation Presentation Other Items 6 Approval of a five-year agreement with Cemtek Environmental, Inc.,of Santa Ana, California, to provide data acquisition software support services at the Riverside power plants for $144,650. Attachments: Report Agreement Presentation 7 Approve the Service Agreement with Drilling Info, Inc., for online load forecasting service for Riverside Public Utilities for a term of three years for a total contract amount of $111,240. Attachments: Report Agreement Presentation City of Riverside Page 3 Printed on 4/15/2020 Board of Public Utilities Agenda April 27, 2020 8 Approve the Energy Trading System Service Agreement with Open Access Technology International, Inc., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for software applications and services for a term of thirty-six (36) months for a total contract amount of $107,935. Attachments: Report Agreement Presentation 9 That the Board of Public Utilities consider whether to amend the Standing Rules of the Board of Public Utilities to provide rules of conduct for Boardmembers who appear at or attend non-Board of Public Utilities meetings and provide direction to staff to prepare any such amendments. Attachments: Report RPU Board Standing Rules Resolution 23437 10 Recommend that the City Council approve the Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Joint Escrow Instructions with the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority for the sale of a partial fee interest, a permanent easement, and a twenty-four month temporary construction easement on a portion of City-owned land, identified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 0281-431-01, for the Redlands Passenger Rail Project for a total revenue of $60,500. Attachments: Report Escrow Agreement Grant of Easement Presentation City of Riverside Page 4 Printed on 4/15/2020 Board of Public Utilities Agenda April 27, 2020 DISCUSSION CALENDAR This portion of the Board of Public Utilities Agenda is for all matters where staff and public participation is anticipated. Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes. 11 Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to (1) implement the COVID-19 Emergency Recovery Assistance Program (ERAP) with a program amount of $5,000,000 and (2) make adjustments to or temporarily suspend all programs funded with Public Benefit Funds except for the ERAP program in order to assist low income residential electric customers that have been adversely financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as outlined in this report; authorize a supplemental appropriation from the Electric Public Benefits Cash Reserve to the Electric Public Benefits Low Income Assistance Residential COVID-19 Program Account to fund ERAP in the amount of $3,600,000; and consider further rate relief assistance programs for all utility customers. (Presented by Todd Corbin and Tracy Sato) Attachments: Report Presentation Agreement Joint Escrow Instructions BOARD MEMBER/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS 12 Systematic reporting on meetings, conferences, and seminars by Board members and/or staff 13 Items for future Board of Public Utilities consideration as requested by a member of the Board of Public Utilities GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT 14 Update on Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Emergency Orders 15 Contracts Executed Not Requiring Board Approval – March 2020 Attachments: Contracts 16 Water Consultant Contract Panel Update as of April 1, 2020 Attachments: Water Water Water City of Riverside Page 5 Printed on 4/15/2020 Board of Public Utilities Agenda April 27, 2020 17 Upcoming Meetings Attachments: Meetings 18 Electric / Water Utility Acronyms Attachments: Acronymns ********* The next regular Board of Public Utilities meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 11, 2020 For live Webcast of the Committee Meeting: RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or Engageriverside.com ********* Sign up to receive critical information such as unexpected road closures, utility outages, missing persons, and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods. www.RiversideAlert.com City of Riverside Page 6 Printed on 4/15/2020