we're looking at 15 that have a cost and time component with them. >> does the $33 billion come out of the $161 billion? >> that is included in the delivery costs. the 161 is still the management reserve. these costs were already accounted for in her presentation, and these are support services that we need to do the certain services that she has identified. certain issues like projects that are extended in time, projects that we identified more regulatory -- environmental regulatory oversight. these are the contracts that will help us do that oversight. some of the construction contracts, the duration of the construction contract is longer than we anticipated, so we had to modify the contract and make sure that they are out there

with the contractor to oversee it. there's other things that make up the increases. you have time and money. a lot of it is the right of way. we identify other areas in which we have to lay down -- or working with the contractor, we have to have those services there as well. i wanted to briefly go over the six packages because we sort of group them in themes. the first group is item 10. basically, those are just time only. one example is for construction management, we assume that we are going to do the water supply projects, and that has been pushed out. what we're doing is asking that contract duration to be extended to match the current schedule for that project.

so we are not really adding any scope. we're just extending the schedule on that one. that is seven contracts. the second is we had four contracts, and that is really to provide engineering support, real estate services to various projects, including geotech and seismic reliability projects associated with the peninsula pipeline. this is to prepare engineering reports, analysis, and support of the tunnel during construction and right of way services. those are the four projects that will support that. package 3 is really where all the environmental as needed contracts are, and that is to provide environmental analysis services for various projects. we basically have an as-needed, and we deploy them on projects as needed, and we support our

staff. those are all the environmental contracts. package four is the engineering design services for various projects like sunol valley water treatment expansion, trader -- treated water reservoir, and harry tracey water treatment plant long-term improvements, to name a few. those are the engineering contracts to support those projects. package 5 is to provide construction management services for new irvington tunnel and bay vision pipeline. we realize that the contractor basically -- the request for

information volume was such a large volume that we had to make sure that the construction management and also the engineers were on top of this, so that was some of the reasons. and then also, the contractor for the tunnel accelerated the schedule and moved from two to three shifts, so the construction managers had to move to three shifts as well. then, the last package, package 6, is for program construction management, and this is for aecom. the plan is that we are pretty much phasing out the parsons peace -- piece, which was program management pre- construction. we are phasing that out and moving those resources to aecom, which is the program construction management. certain services that we thought that were very valuable in the pre-construction that we are moving over is supplier,

surveillance -- quality surveillance. that has been very helpful because what we are doing now is when contractors identify types or equipment being assembled or created somewhere else, we actually send inspectors there to let them know that if we approve it or we will deny it right at the site before the ship it to the site. then we will say that we do not want it or it is not to specifications. what we're trying to do is identify and to the quality check at the shops in which these items are created. also, risk-management. parsons was doing a lot of risk management. since most of the projects are in construction, we did constructionaecom -- we did ask aecom to continue those

services. those are the types of grouping, and if you want to go into more detail, they are in your package, or if you have any questions, you can let me know. either myself or julie can answer your questions. commissioner vietor: i have a question. i am still trying to understand, as these water projects moved out of the wsip to the water enterprise, i see in package -- 3, i think it is? item 12. for example, there is a contract for recycled water. we sit recycled water project. >> i just want to make it clear -- i think i am making it clear that infrastructure will deliver the projects. we will have the contracts and issue the contract. it is just, for example, the siting. that is a political thing, but we will work on it, but whatever choice you plan to actually site the facility, we have the

project manager. we have the designer. we will work with dpw. we will implement and report on it. what we wanted to do was move them all together so that water -- enterprise can really be more involved and -- in the planning aspect and the overall managing the planning, but the implementation is with infrastructures in these contracts we have with infrastructure. commissioner vietor: i think that makes sense. infrastructure still manages it, but project managers over atwater enterprise for some projects? >> we actually have all the project managers and program managers in infrastructure. the client. we will work closely with the client. basically, julie will not be the client to water enterprise for these projects. that is why she will not report on it, but we will have a new

project manager working with the water enterprise to actually work on this. that is my understanding. commissioner vietor: right. i think that makes sense. still trying to figure that out. commissioner caen: mr. kelly, did you say the five projects will go from the same time line? >> from my understanding, yes. it has been very difficult in trying to cite the recycled water. the golden gate park. we started the design because we are designing things at risk. maybe these projects are not good projects. the environmental impact comes out, and you cannot even do it there. these have been very challenging. >> i have been reticent to continue to work on designer risk for designer plans and golden gate park.

to russia those projects to try to meet the overall wsip date and get it wrong did not make sense to me -- to rush those projects. while we have not change their schedules, it would not surprise me if they change in the future. the siting of recycled water in san francisco is going to be a difficult thing. if i may suggest, i think we need to keep the same deadline. what if it needs to be changed, it should be changed. we do not have any type of timeframe, it would be unfortunate. >> if you could refresh my memory, when are we going to resolve the issue? >> you have asked us to come back after you had conducted some out reach. to make sure we can do that, we thought again, as opposed to rushing it and trying to get it back to this meeting, that we would do it over the next month or two.

>> that was anticipated. i think having that discussion will be -- it will be very useful to really understand what we're looking at in terms of meeting our yield commitments and the level of services, what the unit costs are at the various options, and, frankly, i think one of the questions we need to ask ourselves is what the difference is a. a lot of the technology and costs are the same, and we need some way of thinking of them that makes sense. that is the discussion that we can have. i think that having the issue after that is appropriate. >> and we can use any help anybody wants to give us. >> so there are items 10 through 15. they have been called. is there a motion to move these

items forward? >> dhs -- what is that? >> dhs. >> item 12. >> health the room for graphic engineering. >> in the back? >> traffic engineering? >> i don't know.

that is the traffic engineer. >> i did not know the long name. i just know the abbreviated name. >> great name -- eagle in editing. >> we need to hire them. -- eagle eye editing. commissioner vietor: ok, so items 10 through 15. is there a motion? >> so move. >> second. commissioner vietor: questions or comments on any of the items we have heard about? commissioners? public comment? hearing none, all those in favor? suppose? thank you, mr. kelly. >> madame president -- pardon me. i believe that brings us to agenda item 16, discussion of

possible action to approve increase of contract cost in the amount of $1,600,000 for water enterprise water system improvement program funded contract wd-2552 and authorize the general manager to consider and for pre to approve the modifications to the contract for a total amount of $36,727,065. >> this is exactly the kind of transparency kind of item we were talking about, correct? >> absolutely. i do not have a presentation for this. i would be happy to answer any questions you may have. commissioner vietor: is there a motion to adopt? >> so moved. >> second. commissioner vietor: questions or comments? any public comment? all those in favor? opposed? thank you very much. >> madame president, i did not believe there actually is any closed session item at this point.

if you would wish, you could move directly to 25, other new business. a commissioner at this point has any new business before adjournment. >> i have one brief comment on the calendar. i just want to make sure the sense we do not have a regular commission meeting in august, that anything we might need to address appears in july or september if we could put it off. but if not, that we address it at our next meeting. >> that is our intent. >> just as a reminder, there will be no meeting on august 23. other commission business? >> i had a question. in the paper the other day, they talk about new construction and the windows that birds fly into. i was wondering if we had made any adjustments for the -- for that?

>> it was interesting, i read the same thing. the windows that we have -- part of the idea and part of the problem is that we can see all of it through a building, but that is exactly what you want to do for like harvesting, as they call it. most of the south side of the building, you would have to be a pretty strange bird to get into the building appeared on the south side, it mostly is handled by that. the building also has glass so that on the outside, it looks more opaque, and a slightly greenish blue, which also reduces the heat transfer into the building, but from the inside, it looks like clear glass. if you are a bird looking from the outside, you will see a reflection, and you will not see it quite clear. i will be happy to find out if there is more than that, but that was my first reaction, anyway. >> secondly, since i was not here, i wanted to comment on vice-president moran going with

the association of california water agencies. i think it is a splendid idea. is there anything we can do to help accelerate that? >> you did pass the motion, and that is what we are required to do. we believe that it is mostly a formality with that in mind. >> if you did anything else, letters of recommendation -- [laughter] or support, let us know. than any other commission business? hearing none, this meeting is adjourned at 3:55.

>> good morning. good afternoon. i think some of those of you who are standing could take a seat over in a chair if you would like to. welcome. my name is ann warner cribs. i'm a 1960 olympian, but i as swimming, not in ping-pong. i am the president and ceo of the san francisco bay organizing committee. we are so honored to be part of this 40th anniversary celebration of ping-pong diplomacy, and we are honored to welcome the delegation from china. welcome. the promotion of peace and good

sports is one of our missions. ping-pong diplomacy is what i love about the will of the games because it brings the world together through sport. ping-pong diplomacy is probably the best demonstration of the power of sport in diplomacy over the past 50 years, so i congratulate all of you. i should say it is important for all of us to remember the past. we had a wonderful party last night watching the fireworks, and i got a fortune cookie, and my fortune said this -- "good fortune will come to those who treasure items from the past." that is what we are doing here today with the celebration of ping-pong diplomacy. i would like to introduce some of the guests who are in the audience who will not speak but be introduced. the president of united states

table tennis association. the ceo of usa table tennis, a director from the state department. welcome. how what took table tennis club, and the united states olympic committee coach of the year. rose, where are you? what a wonderful party you put on last night. it was absolutely outstanding. thank you. [applause] bruce pickering, executive director of the asia society of northern california, who has helped us with the forum. the executive director of the chinese historical society. and then the libyans in the audience. if i could ask you to stand -- then, the olympians in the audience. if i could ask you to stand. [applause] thank you. willie is the president of the

united states olympic alumni association, and our future olympian, who was just out here. where are you? wait to everybody -- waived everybody. [applause] we have watched her grow up, and we are so proud of her. representative of the international table tennis federation and headed junior development. now, it is my great honor to introduce our mayor, mayor lee. we are so grateful for his support. when we found out the delegation was coming, asked for his help, and what a big help he has been. we also found out that he plays a big pingpong himself, so we look forward to seeing that. mayor lee, the show is all yours. [applause] mayor lee: thank you, everyone. welcome to city hall, and welcome to our celebration of the 40th anniversary of ping-

pong diplomacy. i also want to welcome supervisor eric mar. thank you for being here. i know he has a wealth of chinese residents and residents in the whole district that want to play ping-pong this year. i want to welcome everyone here. our counsel general in china, the head of the table tennis association in china. thank you very much for being here. the wonderful guest from our bay area sports organizing committee and the united states table tennis association. thank you for being here as well. 40 years ago, i was studying really hard in college. i was actually studying about china and wondering where my parents came from and what they were doing in those years and what caused them to come to america and give birth to six kids and start us on our journeys in our own education. now, 40 years later, i find

myself year as the leftist mayor of any great city in the whole united states, being the mayor of san francisco, and to be part of this really wonderful historic connection between our country and the people's republic of china and to be, of course, celebrating with our citizens here to be the first asian american mayor in the city. this all comes together the same year. we were talking about is so many times the past few weeks as we were getting excited about this visit, to really have the athletes that were here and perhaps some of the athletes and representatives that were here 40 years ago. or looking at each other, wondering what history would be, what relations they would be. two of the most important countries of the world and finding out what we can do to open a relationship and a dialogue, and it took this for of being wrong. today, we were thinking it could

be anything -- baseball, track and field, golf, for that matter. if you have heard about golf in china, you know that is going extremely fast. 40 years ago, it took a couple of players. eventually allowing the president of people between them to open up a dialogue in this relationship. that is historic. that is what caused me to not only steady china, to study my own roots, my family, but to make a commitment as i can do my best here as one in in added states and being an american, what could i do to contribute to our country's understanding of foreign relations. fast forward 40 years, i did not expect that i would be the head of an international city, a city known for its relations not just as an american city but a city

that offers relationships between the people's republic of china and the people of the united states and offering cultural exchanges as well as sports exchanges, and i am constantly reminded of that because we have a chief of protocol. charlotte schulz has been such a wonderful participant in our government here, and to make sure that we keep attention as an international city, so i find myself as part of history, being very lucky to be the mayor of the city at this time and also finding ourselves to be so fortunate that we remember 40 years of history, 40 years of building relationships between our two countries, and i continue to feel that i am is a student of this activity because there's so much in our futures in our country working with china to understand how we could help in that relationship, help people to people, culture to

culture, and then realize that we are as a city, a gateway to so much of this activity, making sure that we can celebrate this but also helping to continue improving relationships, improving dialogue between your two countries. we understand that that is important. if through programs like china sf and what we do here in our great city to welcome businesses, both american as well as businesses out of china, to come here to this city and establish offices, create relationships, create communications and information so that we can, as a country, sell the product that we create here -- whether it is technology, clean-cut, biotech, but also welcomed chinese businesses, help them establish their markets here as well as they continue to contribute dramatically to the economy of the world. we will continue to do that and to build our city the way we can do it as an international city.

so i want to welcome all of you here to this historic occasion to one where we know san francisco can really be very proud of, and that is hosting the 40th celebration of international diplomacy up ping- pong diplomacy, and i want to give this proclamation. i'm not going to shake your hand too hard, but i'm also going to take this privilege and honor on behalf of san francisco to provide you -- please come up to the table as well. you with this proclamation. it has a lot of the whereases

that depicts our history year, but i would like to, as the mayor of san francisco, on behalf of the people of this great city and county, in celebration and recognition of the official 40th anniversary, commemorating ping-pong diplomacy, we do provide proclaim july 5, 2011, as ping- pong diplomacy day in san francisco. [applause]

>> please welcome representative -- the chinese table tennis president of the table tennis association and vice president of the chinese olympic committee. welcome. [applause] >> [speaking chinese] >> friends from the media, good afternoon. this afternoon is a very

special moment. i took the chinese olympic committee to make a very special trip here to join you today for the very special celebration of ping-pong diplomacy. >> [speaking chinese] >> 40 years ago, the tenant -- table tennis players from both