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OPENING
ROLL CALL:
Staff:
PUBLIC COMMENT
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
NEW BUSINESS
CITY OF PASADENA
MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE MINUTES
PASADENA CITY HALL
100 NORTH GARFIELD AVENUE
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER - S249
JUNE 24, 2025
MEETING
Acting Chair Hampton called the meeting of the Municipal Services Committee to order at 4:09 p.m.
Councilmember Justin Jones, Chair (Arrived at 4:12 p.m.) CouncilmemberTyron hlampton
Councilmember Rick Cole
Councilmember Jason Lyon
David Reyes, General Manager of Water and Power
Lynne Chaimowitz, Assistant General Manager, Water and Power Kelly Nguyen, Assistant General Manager, Water and Power Lisa Hosey, Assistant City Attorney
Betty Gao, Recording Secretary
No one appeared for public comment on matters not on the agenda.
It was move by Councilmember Lyon, seconded by Councilmember Cole, to approve the minutes of May 23, 2025, as submitted. (Motion unanimously approved) (Absent: Councilmember Jones)
ELECTRIC RATE STUDY UPDATE
Chair Jones arrived at 4:12
p.m.
01 David Reyes, General Manager of Water and Power, Lynne Chaimowitz, Assistant General Manager, and Tony Georgis (City consultant), Managing Director of NewGen Strategies and Solutions, jointly, summarized the agenda report as part of the Powerpoint presentation on the item, including providing information on electric rate study process and overview, financial modeling preliminary findings, projected cost trends and cost of service structure, optimized strategic plan (OSP) and integration into the future rate plans, and implications to the system wide effective rate; with all responding to questions.
In response to the Committee's inquiry related to the staff recommendations, Mr. Reyes responded that staff recommends the Committee to direct staff to move forward with an annual matching accelerated plan for the next two years.
Betty Gao, Recording Secretary, reported that three letters of correspondence were received by the City Clerk's Office, which were distributed to the Committee, posted online, and made part of the record for this item.
The following individuals provided comments on the matter:
Genette Foster, Pasadena resident
Cynthia Cannady, representing Pasadena 100
Carl Selkin, representing Social Justice Committee of PJTC 06/24/2025
INFORMATIONAL ONLY
Councilmember htampton was
excused and left the meeting
at 5:57 p.m.
Sanford Krasner, representing Pasadena 100
Sam Berndt, Pasadena resident
In response to Chair Jane's inquiry related to the agenda, Lisa Hosey, Assistant City Attorney, responded that the Committee may provide general guidance and/or a motion for this item.
Councilmember Cole advocated for a strategically long-term financial plan using bonds and reserves and supported aiming for the hlourly Matching Accelerated or Hourly Matching Accelerated Plus targets.
Councilmember Lyon voiced frustration with the staff report and the premature rate study information, noting that the Committee has not yet made key policy decisions on the 2030 carbon-free plan, and advocated for major public outreach and education efforts prior to moving forward with a rate plan. He also expressed concerns with making a decision on rate increases without information on what staff is trying to accomplish in the next two years; and advocated for specific proposals, not generic broadly projected numbers.
Councilmembers Hampton and Lyon voiced support for the City to be 100% carbon-free on an hourly basis by 2030.
Councilmember Hampton asked staff to provide energy resource scenarios with hourly rate payer information on the City to be 100% carbon-free by 2030, halfway to that goal or if no changes were made.
Mr. Reyes stated that staff is providing information aligned with the carbon free by 2030 goals, taking into consideration the reliability and affordability steps to reach such goals.
Councilmember Cole asked staff to consider what is the most affordable option to get to 100% carbon-free, and plan for relatively short-term goal. He asked staff to provide information on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Southern California Edison (SCE) four-year rate projections.
Following discussion, the Committee agreed for staff to study the "hlourly Matching Accelerated Plus" and the "Annual Matching Accelerated Plus" as "guardrails", as well as providing information on how to cost effectively reach the goal of 100% carbon-free by 2030. In addition, the Committee asked for a two-year rate plan in order to provide information so that the Committee can make further recommendations on the Electric Rate Study (ERS) and OSP.
Following further discussion, on the order of the Chair, and by consensus of the Committee, and forward the item will be presented to the City Council for consideration and discussion, including the Committee's guidance as detailed above.
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT UPDATE BY CYNTHIA KURTZ
Chair Jones provided introductory comments related to the Metropolitan Water District memo update submitted by Cynthia Kurtz.
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ADJOURNMENT
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Following a brief discussion, on the order of the Chair, and by consensus of the Committee, the information was received and filed.
OPTIMIZED STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE
General Manager Reyes provided introductory comments, summarizing the Optimized Strategic Plan (OSP) outline, and stated that the final OSP will include a path to 100% carbon-free energy, and responded to questions.
Kelly Nguyen, Assistant General manager of Water and Power, provided information on the completion target date of the OSP, and responded to questions.
The following individuals provided comments on the matter:
Cynthia Cannady, representing Pasadena 100
Amy Majeske, representing League of Women Voters
Alan Bair, Pasadena resident
Shayne Smith, representing Pasadena 100
Simon Anuszczyk, Pasadena resident
Tim Cook, representing Sustainable Climate Change 2030
Sanford Krasner, representing Pasadena 100
Mark Rutkowski, La Canada Flintridge resident
Sam Berndt, Pasadena resident
Felix Breden, representing Environmental Advisory Commission Betty Gao, Recording Secretary, reported that six letters of correspondence were received by the City Clerk's Office, which were distributed to the Committee, posted online, and made part of the record for this item.
Councilmember Lyon, referring to the draft OSP outline, Page 7, under "Options to Accelerate Local Resource Development", asked staff to solidify each of the seven headings when staff presents an update to the Committee.
Following discussion, on the order of the Chair, and by consensus of the Committee, the information was received and filed.
On the order of the Chair, the meeting of the Municipal Services Committee wa,s adjourned at 6:15 p.m.^
Betty ©ao
Recording Secretary
CoLplcilmembei^Jystin Jones, Chair
M/nicipal Services Committee
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