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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Board of Public Utilities Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/21/2026 1:30 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: City Hall, Council Chamber, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA
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26-392BPU 14.1Proclamation - Matt MullanBPU- Agenda ItemPROCLAMATION - MATTHEW J. MULLAN   Not available Not available
26-381BPU 17.1Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency UpdateBPU- Agenda ItemPRESENTATION - SANTA ROSA PLAIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY UPDATE   Not available Not available
26-107BPU 18.1May 7, 2026 - Regular Meeting Minutes - DraftBPU- MinutesMay 7, 2026 - Regular Meeting Minutes - Draft   Not available Not available
26-388BPU 19.1Water and Recycled Water Supply UpdateBPU- Agenda ItemWATER AND RECYCLED WATER SUPPLY UPDATE Staff will update the Board on water and recycled water supply issues. The Board may discuss this item and give direction to staff.   Not available Not available
26-020BPU 110.1Fourth Amendment - F002459 - Biosolids and Land Application with Gilardi and Jacobsen Ag ServicesBPU- ConsentMOTION - FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT F002459 ACCEPTANCE OF BIOSOLIDS AND LAND APPLICATION WITH GILARDI AND JACOBSEN AG SERVICES, INC. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the Board of Public Utilities, by motion, approve the fourth amendment to contract F002459, Acceptance of Biosolids and Land Application, with Gilardi and Jacobsen Ag Services, Inc. (Gilardi and Jacobsen) to increase compensation payable under the Agreement by $151,207.00, for a total maximum compensation of $609,625.95, to replenish the annual budget and account for the increase in the San Francisco Area Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 2.7%, determined in December 2025.   Not available Not available
26-021BPU 110.2First Amendment to MOU - Sonoma County Supervised Work CrewBPU- ConsentMOTION - FIRST AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CITY OF SANTA ROSA AND THE COUNTY OF SONOMA SUPERVISED WORK CREW RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the Board of Public Utilities, by motion, approve this first amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Santa Rosa and the County of Sonoma to increase the total not-to-exceed amount by $192,275.00, resulting in a new contract amount of $290,814.00, and to extend the time of performance to December 31, 2027.   Not available Not available
26-022BPU 110.3PG&E Electric Vehicle Fleet ProgramBPU- ConsentMOTION - PG&E ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the Board of Public Utilities, by motion, approve the agreement for participation in the PG&E Electric Vehicle (EV) Fleet Program.   Not available Not available
26-023BPU 110.4First Amendment - PSA - Hazen and Sawyer for Headworks Seismic RetrofitBPU- ConsentMOTION - FIRST AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HAZEN AND SAWYER FOR DESIGN AND HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT ASSISTANCE - LAGUNA TREATMENT PLANT HEADWORKS SUPERSTRUCTURE SEISMIC RETROFIT PROJECT RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the Board of Public Utilities, by motion, approve the First Amendment under Professional Services Agreement Number F003037 with Hazen and Sawyer, a New York Corporation, to provide Professional Engineering and Grant Support Assistance Services for the Laguna Treatment Plant (LTP) Headworks Superstructure Seismic Retrofit Project in the amount of $711,627 for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,155,253.   Not available Not available
26-207BPU 111.12025 Urban Water Management Plan and 2025 Water Shortage Contingency PlanBPU- ReportREPORT - 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN BACKGROUND: The Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act) requires every urban water supplier that provides water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 connections or supplies more than 3,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) of water to adopt and submit an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) every five years. The Act requires specific information to be included in the UWMP and requires the urban water supplier to hold a public hearing to review and adopt the UWMP. The deadline for water suppliers to submit their adopted 2025 UWMP is July 1, 2026. The City is an urban supplier of water for approximately 54,000 connections supplying approximately 17,000 AFY of water and is therefore required to comply with the Act. The City’s previous UWMP was the 2020 UWMP, which was adopted by the City Council in June 2021. The Act includes a requirement to prepare a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (Shortage Plan), which details how a water supplier plans to r   Not available Not available
26-208BPU 111.2Approval of Changes to the Water Department’s Help 2 Others ProgramBPU- ReportREPORT - APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO SANTA ROSA WATER’S HELP 2 OTHERS (H2O) PROGRAM BACKGROUND: The Help 2 Others (“H2O”) water bill assistance program provides financial assistance to qualifying residential customers. The program uses non-ratepayer revenue to pay for qualified customers’ fixed water and sewer fees. Program expenses have grown at a faster rate than revenue due to a variety of factors: increased program enrollment, water and sewer rate increases, and the loss of several telecom leases. The H2O program is currently in an unsustainable financial position, and changes are needed to continue the program. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the Board of Public Utilities, by motion, approve the following changes to the Help 2 Others program: 1) For Fiscal Year 2027, add 50 applicants from the wait list to the program and lower the program subsidy to 75% of fixed fees; and 2) For Fiscal Year 2028, lower the program subsidy to 50% of fixed fees.   Not available Not available