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Adopt Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Execute Amendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement with WSP USA Inc. for Utility Network GIS Support ($100,000)
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MEETING DATE:
November 4, 2026
PREPARED BY:
Jasminder Singh, Engineering Operational Technology Supervisor
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with WSP USA Inc. for Utility Network GIS support in an amount not-to-exceed $100,000.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Lodi Electric Utility (LEU) entered into a Professional Services Agreement for $225,000 with Power Engineers, Incorporated (now WSP USA Inc.) in December 2022 to migrate existing digital and paper-based systems into a single GIS platform to provide a single source-of-truth for all LEU mapping references and revisions.
The initial efforts concluded with a successful migration of LEU’s electric distribution model into the ESRI ArcGIS Utility Network platform. Further enhancements completed under subsequent Amendments No. 1 and 2 executed in 2024 totaling $325,000 continue to improve asset accuracy and attribute data based on location, make and model, asset ratings, and more. An example of the benefit associated with these efforts is the work jointly completed by LEU and IT to move to unique identifiers for customer meters which allows both GIS and the utility’s outage management system (OMS) as well as other engineering analysis systems to more efficiently track meter changeouts, customer and system outages, and determine system loading with improved accuracy.
LEU proposes approval of Amendment No. 3 with WSP USA Inc. (WSP) in the amount of $100,000 through December 31, 2028 to further enhance its GIS system by incorporating a connected version of its sub-transmission system as well as migrating its existing streetlight maps into GIS. While the electric distribution model was the largest and most difficult model to migrate over, the streetlight map will provide challenges due to the level of details within the existing map and ensuring all items are migrated over correctly.
While the initial migration only utilized LEU Engineering staff and WSP, the deployment has allowed multiple work groups within the utility to begin using the GIS system, including Operations and Line crews. These work groups use versions of GIS for field inspections (gathering asset health to determine whether replacement is needed and when, confirming asset location, and gathering asset photos) as well as in-office comparisons and corrections to ensure the GIS system is revised and updated accordingly and has integrations with field inspection data. The end goal is to ensure additional work groups within LEU can utilize GIS, as needed, to avoid creating standalone systems and maps. This will enhance efficiencies and decrease dependencies.
The continued effort with WSP will provide general support for ad-hoc work, maintenance of LEU’s GIS back-end systems to ensure they are up-to-date and on supported versions, provide support for projects such as the streetlight migration, and provide training and continued support for LEU’s new Enterprise Technology Analyst who will assume GIS tasks for the utility.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Additional cost of $100,000 for Amendment No. 3 for a total revised Agreement amount of $650,000.
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
Account No. 50061500.72450.