Utilities Commission - Planning Committee, February 5, 2026
Approves Receive and file letter of support for MWD Pure Water Project judicial streamlining, unanimous
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.
- 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.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
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.
Key Decisions (3)
Receive and file campus realignment modernization update
Receive and file Groundwater Resiliency Program overview report
Receive and file letter of support for MWD Pure Water Project judicial streamlining
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)
On the record: the chair, a commissioner, 4 staff members, an attorney, and the applicant's representative.
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