manager. >> good afternoon, commissioners. we just have one item listed. we would like to do that right now. >> on your events calendar, we listed by returning to you to fill you in on how we are doing on the update of the resource plan. when i reported to you last, we had the rocky mountain institute draft plan written. we launched a green deck advisory committee -- tech advisory committee that is expected to be under review this week. we are hoping to come back to you on november 9 assuming that the review process goes well. we will get back to you than with a full report with an

update of the electric resource plan and on to the board of supervisors. we are proposing through the committee, they are proposing specific legislative changes to improve the climate here in san francisco for implementing green technology in san francisco that generate electricity or save energy. the next -- the next meeting will be at the board of supervisors. commissioner vietor: it will be on the agenda for the next meeting to review and discuss? >> assuming that the review process gets to the point that it is ready. commissioner vietor: will clean energies to words be participating? >> we have scheduled a meeting to review the report on november

1. we attempted to get that input before we come before you. commissioner vietor: thank you very much. >> i passed out a memo on proposition 26 and the possible impact. it is just for informational purposes. if proposition 26 passes, we will discuss the potential impact to san francisco puc. it was signed back in september. we are just monitoring the situation and trying to determine what might be the potential impact on us. and i have nothing else in the

general manager report. >> [inaudible] >> it is like a series of questions right now. we will talk about that. these will be treated the same way as taxes. right now, they are approved by the majority vote of the local legislative body. commissioner vietor: any public comment on the general manager's report? >> they are trying to fix the screens. >> is it because the computer is blood in? >> i think it has something to

do with the feet from -- feed from sfgtv. >> can you check the computer? is that -- >> apparently, something downstairs in the control room -- they were having problem with the controls before the meeting. i just alerted them. commissioner vietor: the next item is item number 8. >> but the live feed isn't showing up. ok. >> i will not need the computers. i wanted to make a comment about

a letter that was sent to the commission on october 13. our letter was based on the review of the wsip annual report. scope, schedule, and budget. we wanted to cover our comments and recommendations. it was resolved at the special meeting a week and a half ago. everything was in budget and we are pleased with that. in terms of the award of the construction contract, savings are reprogrammed to cover expenditures necessary in other projects. we have no problem with any of

the cost increases for the projects we have seen today. they have all been for necessary items, permit issues, and so forth. they have not been due to somebody taking their eye off of the ball. the concern that i wanted to share with you in the letter is that it would be important to track the change orders against the savings. just so that the commission and the public staff is comfortable that there is enough money retained for each project. how you do that is something --

which did not know schedule compression. what you approved in 2009 shows a couple of projects under construction in 2015. the current forecast shows six projects under construction. the question is, does that cause a compression of schedules -- does that compression of schedules cause difficulties? following your adoption of the current schedule, the commissioners made a comment about that. the excellent piece of work, staff capabilities, and so forth. there was a clean bill of health. the one comment is, it has never been tested.

any suggestion -- the suggestion is that you keep watching that. given the schedule compression, we would recommend that you perform a comprehensive review. whether the mechanisms you have in place still seem adequate, it is a very reasonable question to pose. the bottom line is not a search for a problem, it is to anticipate a problem to give the staff whatever resources they need to get the -- those are my comments for today. thank you.

>> we have the next quarterly review due pretty quickly. would that be an appropriate time for staff to ask the compression question? >> we have the letter of what we can and cannot do. commissioner vietor: the next item, please. >> the citizen's advisory committee to report. >> good afternoon, commissioners.

we had summer vacations in the last quarter, said there has been a little bit less activity.

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next meeting we are looking at land policy in the land use. it might be appropriate at that time -- if it doesn't, we need

to make sure that we have the conversation. >> it is absolutely timely. i do not know if the committee will have the votes to get it done. you might be excited about the work that the city is doing. it probably would have taken this up about three months ago. what is the date? >> november 9. >> thank you, commissioners. commissioner vietor: public comment? >> we have one speaker card. >> i'm on the c.a.c.

i have a small complaint about you guys. we hear a lot of experts. we get a lot of information, we have reports that we would like to see responded to in a timely manner. i think we have four things that we have not heard back from you about. we as want to know that we are not wasting our time. >> if i can request that perhaps the next month, we have a summary of what those items are. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner vietor: next item, please.

>> the consent calendar. they are considered to be routine and will be acted on by a single vote. item a, approving the selection of kennedy jenks consultants for special engineering services and authorize the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to execute a professional services agreement. to approve the water enterprise water conservation operating fund agreement. and authorize the general manager to execute this amendment increasing the agreement hot with a time extension. to approve the project emanuel and construction tasked catalog to the lowest qualified

responsible and responsive better -- bidder. to approve the modification to the san francisco public utilities commission enterprise contract. to increase the contract with a time extension. reject all bids for water enterprise, and authorize the general manager to advertise the contract as wd-2647ir. to execute a permit with the california department fire protection for the use of 5.5

acres for watershed land. the helicopter landings during emergencies. in to authorize a memorandum of understanding between the public utilities commission and the department of water and power to provide construction management performance review services for the water system improvement program. commissioner vietor: is there a motion to approve the consent calendar? >> i have a comment, and i don't need to separate it unless i need to separated. -- separate it. i did ask the staff what the unit costs were for the rebate program. the response i got was the for the residential vouchers, there

are $560 for a single-family homes. it comes up to about 2750 per acre-foot. those are among the lower numbers we have seen. it is probably the lowest number we have seen. i just wanted to highlight that. it continues to be one of the cheapest. commissioner vietor: is there a motion to approve the consent calendar? all those in favor? oppose? any public comment? >the motion carries. >> the next item is regular

business to suspend a rule no. 6 to allow for election of officers at a duly noticed meeting other than the first regular meeting after the first day of august. the procedure in this case would be that you could entertain the motion to suspend the rules, should that motion and vote prevail, and the commissioner could move to nominate a colleague with the president and vice president, the election procedure would follow that. commissioner vietor: is there a motion to suspend a rule number six? >> i would like to make that motion, but we have to set [inaudible] >> you could move the election to today if you wish. correct. commissioner vietor: is there an

amended motion to establish the date of the last meeting in october as the election day? all in favor? all opposed? that being said, is there an nomination of a new slate of officers? >> i would like to nominate a vice president vietor as president of sentences go public utilities. also nominate commissioner moran -- [inaudible] >> i don't believe that it requires a second if there is no alternative. you can put them in a single motion if you like.

we have no speaker cards. commissioner vietor: 0 those in favor? -- all those in favor? opposed -- opposed? [applause] >> to approve the schedule of meetings for 2011. it would be the only meetings here in city hall held on the second and fourth tuesday of the month. you have a list of the meeting dates. i did not include a second meeting in december because it follows the midst of the holidays, and that meeting has not been calendar -- on the calendar.

commissioner vietor: all those in favor? opposed? public comment? the motion carries. >> the next item is the presentation and discussion of beneficial environmental planning and management. a couple of topics will be addressed. and i believe that miss torrey is making the presentation. it is item 13, sorry. >> president vietor,

commissioners, general manager. it is a pleasure to be with you this afternoon to show you some of the things we have been doing to get some many projects approved on the wsip, the water system improvement program. we are not asking for any action today from the commission, it is simply informational and for discussion purposes. we would be glad to answer any questions you might have. we wanted to ensure that the capital projects comply with all environmental laws such as ceqa and including the resources agencies. they are the u.s. army corps of

engineers, the u.s. fish and wildlife service, the national marine fisheries service, the california department of fish and game, and the quality control board. the way that we accomplish this mission is by following the environmental and narrative of the resources agency. -- imperative of the resource agency. avoid environmental impact to the extent possible. menem bias, and if you can't -- if you can't avoid, that buys, and if you can't minimize, mitigate. do it to the maximum extent possible in the planning

process. the other way that we avoid impact is through the environmental construction compliance project. if we can't avoid, we minimize impact through the ceqa process so that mitigation measures recommended through ceq aa and the permits, it mitigates impact. for wsip, we have come up with an innovative idea to add benefits and accomplish beneficial environmental planning. we are adding benefits to the habitat restoration. it is a way of consolidating so that instead of being scattered, they are in combined

ecological areas that really provide greater benefits. today, we would like to concentrate on the construction compliance program and by regional -- sorry. regional habitat restoration. we will come back to you another time to present the impact avoidance measures and how we accomplished that process. the environmental construction management program -- ok.

the environmental construction management program was prepared and is managed by our environmental construction management manager. she has been doing this for 20 years, many utilities programs for both water, electrical, and natural gas programs. we brought her in in june of 2008. we're very proud of it as it is unique for the city and for public utilities in california. she works closely with the manager of the construction management bureau.