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Utilities Commission - Planning Committee, February 5, 2026

Approves Receive and file letter of support for MWD Pure Water Project judicial streamlining, unanimous

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What happened

This Long Beach Utilities Commission Planning Committee meeting contained no zoning or land-use entitlement decisions; all four items were 'receive and file' informational reports.

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Long Beach, CA
Governing body
Final authority
Date
February 5, 2026
Decisions
3 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, unanimous

Free sample: decision 1 of 3

Receive and file campus realignment modernization update

Informational update on the utilities campus realignment/modernization project being evaluated as a public-private partnership (P3). Four options presented: options 1-2 at ~$225M using two campuses (Spring and treatment plant), option 3 centralized at treatment plant ~$246M, option 4 renovations plus new Spring Street warehouse construction ~$133M. Consultant Jeff Fullerton and Rich Anthony (on retainer with the city) presented P3 background. No hard numbers; recommendation targeted for end of fiscal year. Received and filed by voice vote.

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Meeting Summary

This Long Beach Utilities Commission Planning Committee meeting contained no zoning or land-use entitlement decisions; all four items were 'receive and file' informational reports.

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Key Decisions (3)

Approved

Receive and file campus realignment modernization update

Vote: unanimous
Approved

Receive and file Groundwater Resiliency Program overview report

Vote: unanimous
Approved

Receive and file letter of support for MWD Pure Water Project judicial streamlining

Vote: unanimous

Development Activity (3)

Utilities Campus Realignment/Modernization Project

Infrastructure

Groundwater Resilience Program (GRP)

Infrastructure

Pure Water Project

Infrastructure

Market Signals (3)

Infrastructure

Long Beach Utilities is committing to a $316M, twelve-year Groundwater…

Infrastructure

The utilities department is actively evaluating public-private partnership (P3) delivery…

Infrastructure

A new 10 MGD groundwater treatment plant at the JW…

Who Spoke (10)

ChairCommissionerStaff · 4AttorneyApplicant's Rep

On the record: the chair, a commissioner, 4 staff members, an attorney, and the applicant's representative.

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