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commissioner vietor: good afternoon. calling the public utility commission to order please.

one minute to bring up the microphones and the audio/visual technology. thank you. the meeting has been called to order. item two, please. >> [roll call] commissioner courtney is excuse this afternoon. item three, approval of minutes of the may 10 and may 24 regular meetings. commissioner vietor: commissioners, any changes, additions? is there a motion to adopt the minutes from may 10 and may 24? commissioner moran: so move. commissioner vietor: any public comment? next item please. >> the next item is general public comment.

i have no speaker cards, but anyone who wishes to speak on an item within the commission's jurisdiction but not on the agenda, now is the time. commissioner vietor: comments from the public on items not on the agenda? >> yes, if i may. one issue we have been determining over the last year with the california stem cell agency is to give a report to the taxpayers as to how many jobs are created, what kind of infrastructures have been directed -- erected with the use of their money. i was wondering -- do we do that here with the puc where we provide the ratepayers with an expenditure of jobs that have been created? because that is taxes coming back into the city, back into the state that we ought to at least at some point delineate to the ratepayers and let them know where and how their moneys are being used effectively to create these employment opportunities, these construction opportunities, and just the

contributions that the puc -- i have been here just a short time -- are approving. i think it would be good if we had -- and you may be doing this already. it just brought to mind to me recently working in my office is what we had been doing in terms of an economic impact report of this agency, on federal government, state government, and on local governments. we just built an incredible facility at ucsf. \ mission bay has been the recipient of many of the projects there. we wanted a document so the taxpayers knew exactly where their money was being spent and how well it was being spent. >> assistant general manager for business services. that is a very helpful suggestion. last year, we produced for the first time a popular report, which was 16 pages that summarized the high level accomplishments and how we were investing ratepayer dollars efficiently.

we have taken your suggestions over the last six months for additional illustrations of average bills for construction progress and milestones and accomplishments. we will be working on an updated draft of that based on our fiscal year that ends june 30 of this month. we would be happy to share draft of that with you to make sure it communicates those points that are most helpful -- commissioner torres: i think it would be helpful. many times, as you would have, perhaps, a military base, there are a lot of ancillary services provided to military men and women that are not necessarily part of the military, whether it be cleaners or grocery stores or whatever. those are the types of issues we try to document. i think that would be helpful to people to get not only a better idea of what this agency does but a tremendous benefit that i know it provides, but i'm not sure that everyone else does. >> thank you. commissioner vietor: that is

next on suggestions, so i anticipate at the next meeting or so, we might see a draft of the -- of that. >> i would like to add that currently, we do keep track of construction. a contractor has to put their certify payroll in, so we actually keep track of disadvantaged workers, local workers, non-local workers, out of state workers -- we keep track of all of that. we can give that to all of you for all construction. that is required for all construction projects, so we can tie that in, and also, we can tie in a more permanent jobs that the puc had hired through the civil service process. we can put that together in a report for you. commissioner torres: not only jobs, but what those jobs are producing in terms of revenue to the city, the county, the state, the federal government. those numbers are important,

too, because it is not just projects that we are approving and implementing. it is all the ancillary actions that take place that create revenue for the city and for the state. >> we will talk with the controller's office. they have an office that keeps track of that for the city and county of san francisco. you talked about the ripple effect. if we can produce something by next meeting, that would be great. if not -- commissioner torres: i know you can. >> it takes a while. we will put it on the ongoing calendar. >> i will try to give you a sense of how we came up with these numbers. we need to respond to the ratepayers, but they need to know all the other benefits that are accruing within their own communities that they may not know of. >> we will put it on the ongoing

calendar. commissioner vietor: excellent. thank you for the suggestion. any other public comment? >> on the last item, the commons, i think that is an excellent idea in terms of the jobs created by the construction work -- on the last item, the comments. construction projects, unlike the stem cell research laboratory, are fun at the time. -- are funded at the time. they will end and those jobs will disappear, whereas a stem cell lab will continue on. one of the major parts of doing this work, which we have talked about doing before, is the fact that it protects the system against seismic and other kinds of disasters. one of the other things you are doing is protecting all of the jobs of the people that work here today. they will be able to continue to work. within 24 hours after a major earthquake, you will have demands going to all the businesses and communities, and that is one of the reasons we were so inspired to help this

committee get under way, so those jobs and businesses would not be lost. i hope that can somehow make it into your description to the customers as to why their money is being put to good use. commissioner vietor: thank you very much. other comments? seeing none, next item. >> that would be a natural segue into the next item, which is communications, including the letter summary, the advance calendar, and staff reports. the commission also has a revised version of the letter summary to include communications on two items that were on a calendar today that arrived at the end of yesterday or this morning. >> i have a question on some of these letters we receive because it is so difficult for us to get these the day of a meeting or the day before a meeting. i know with my work schedule, it is hard for me to get them, and it is a question for the general manager, if there is some way that we get these at least 48

hours in advance, it would be such a big help. i do not have time to review these in such short order. >> we will try to work on something. as we receive them, we get them out to you at the same time. >> i would also like to encourage the public that as soon as an agenda item comes out, if you could respond as quickly as possible, that would be a big help. >> four of these things, and particularly responded to the people when they send them to me, calling attention to them. two are arrive after 5:00 last night, and two i did not see until someone this morning, so that makes it extremely difficult. even if i could have turned it around immediately, you would not have had a great opportunity to have looked at them because we literally physically did not have them in position to give them to you. >> i know we have talked about the issue before about trying to get even a whole binder

materials earlier, and even if the materials are not ready, if the binder is not complete, at least to get some of the items on the web so people can respond, so they can know it is coming up -- some sort of system would be helpful. >> [inaudible] we are not quite there yet, but we are trying to push it so we published earlier and published electronically earlier to you so you do not have to wait for the binder. you will have it in your in box. >> in your computer, as opposed to killing all these trees? commissioner vietor: any other commission, is on the letter summary, the events calendar, or any of the staff reports? -- any other commission comments? >> a couple of comments on a couple of the staff reports. first, on the quarterly update for the interim wastewater capital improvement program, i was glad to see that the formats and reporting process

that we developed under wsip are being replicated for the source system improvement program as well. i think they have put a lot of investment into that. they have formats that are very informative. they do highlight issues as well as successes, which is, i think, part of what we need to do to inform the commission. i wanted to give kudos to the staff for extending that model to the wastewater side as well. secondly, on the memo about major development projects in the area, it basically says that each of our wholesale agencies are going to be doing and urban water management plan. we will be reviewing those, and i guess staff expects to get back to us with that sometime in the fall. one thing i would encourage as staff does that review, is to make sure that where we know about major projects, that we understand how those are being treated within the individual

urban water management plan. because there is -- it is not uncommon that somebody is tying their water plant to general plans, that the timing can get out of sync -- if somebody is tying their water plant -- plan to general plans. we should know about it and at least highlight that while it is not considered in the plan, it is a known issue. i think that is it. >> i was also quite struck by all the legislative activity that is going on, and i do not know when we have calendared a more in-depth legislative briefing, but if we could make sure that is calendared at some

point so we can hear some of these issues in a bit more detail. >> we will do that. commissioner vietor: that would be great, before too much more legislation gets on the books. and then i have one other question on the led program. is there were also being done to capture greenhouse gas emissions reductions that will be realized by the led conversion? and how that would maybe even tie in with our local climate action plan? >> you answered your own question. it will be reported as part of our overall municipal load reduction and our climate action plan. we produce annually a climate action plan that calculates what our greenhouse gas footprint is as a department. commissioner vietor: is that to be presented before us once those numbers are collected?

>> yes, we bring it to you usually in january. commissioner vietor: thank you. any other comments or questions on item 5, communications? next item, please. >> the next item is other commission business, and one particular item is the happy occasion of recognizing a long and distinguished career in public service by an honored employee of the public utilities commission. >> it is my honor to sort of celebrate patrick lo's retirement. he has been working with the city since 1977. first in the water pollution control laboratory. he has progressed significantly over his career as a chemist, as a senior water chemist working in our senior water lab, to a supervising chemist in our water laboratories, back into our waste water treatment

laboratories -- wastewater treatment laboratories. patrick has dedicated a lot of time and effort to our ability to report out on things that we measure in our laboratories. he has been with it -- really well respected among his colleagues. patrick, if you could stand up, and we can honor you today as you retire. [applause] commissioner vietor: please, come up. join us.

[applause] >> also, if any commissioner has any new business items, this would be the time to present them. commissioner vietor: hearing none, next item please. >> sure, public comment, i guess. >> i wonder if i could make a public comment on item five. sorry to be so abrupt. i m policy analyst for clean water action, and i would like to make a comment on your legislative calendar. i am excited by all the legislation you are pursuing, but i would like to ask you to

take a position on a very important issue that is a big concern to the puc. you are one of the few agencies that has adopted an environmental justice policy. one of the sets of bills that has come up this session is the human rights to water. your staff has been extremely helpful in giving expert advice, and i would really like this body to consider endorsing those bills, particularly since they are being opposed by some of the larger water agencies. just a question. maybe you could bring it up at the meeting. commissioner vietor: thank you, and i am familiar with the human rights water bill, and i think it is quite a piece of legislation. if you could work with our external affairs and possibly come back with a recommendation

on how we might support those efforts. thank you. any other public comment? next item please. >> next item would be 7, report of the general manager. >> the general manager is on vacation. i am filling in. thank you very much. commissioner vietor: nothing to report from the deputy general manager? [laughter] next item please. >> the next item with the consent calendar. all matters listed hereunder constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. a) ratify the declaration of emergency made by the general manager, dated april 27, approved by the president of the commission, for immediate replacement of existing store on post street due to missing

bricks, sagging, building walls, missing grout through loud and a damaged invert along the length of the entire sewer. b) authorize the general manager of the public utilities commission to apply the waters mark grant program for funding for $231,591 for the project assessing potential effects of climate change on the san francisco public utilities commission's water supply, to be matched by the puc and scripps institution of oceanography in- kind contributions. c) approve amendment no. 1 to water enterprise revenue-funded agreement in vinyl and alice services for the new diversion dam road upgrade project in a watershed with jones and stokes and extend the agreement duration. the modification is required to complete the environmental analysis for the proposed replacement of the existing

bridge after the work was placed in abeyance while the puc completed conceptual design of the project. d) modification 12 water price water system improvement program-funded contract for power station of grades with trinet construction, increasing the contract time by 133 consecutive calendar days to negotiate and fully execute license agreements between the puc and adjacent property owners for construction access and construction shoring and underpinning. e) accept work performed by ntk construction for water system improvement program funded contract for lawrence livermore and phase ii, shaft improvement project to address unanticipated conditions encountered during facility testing and start up, increasing the contract, and extend it by 162 calendar days, for total contract duration of

563 days and authorize final payment. f) approve the terms and conditions and authorize the general manager of the public utilities commission to execute a permit for a pedestrian and bicycle trail crossing the lower guadalupe river near parcel 127. g) approve the terms and conditions and authorize the general manager of the public utilities commission to execute a permit with the city of fremont for a pedestrian and bicycle trail crossing at saber cat creek -- sabercat creek. commissioner vietor: would any commissioners or members of the public like to remove any of these items from the consent calendar? hearing none, motion to adopt? public comment on any of these items? hearing none, all those in favor? opposed? consent calendar passes. thank you. next item please. >> the next item is presentation,