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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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recommendation
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 an...
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