gosh of like to call the meeting of the public utilities commission to order. can you please call their role? [roll call] >> vice president torres is expected and commissioner vietor has an excused absence.

>> the meeting in front of you, do you have comments? >> moved and seconded. >> the item passes, any public comment? >> we have to speaker cards for general public comment. >> let's move to that item then. >> anyone that wants to talk to the commission about items that are not on the agenda, this is the time. introduce yourself. >> i continue to have an interest in the west side base. i have been before you several times in the past couple of years.

i hope that this charter shall be made available on your web site and have corresponding rainfall to go on with the chart. we can see the lake level and the corresponding rainfall. i am fortunate to get there for five times a week. i have to report that the lake level is fantastic right now, even though we are in a drought cycle. . the other thing i like to see added to this particular website is the level of hunting. we don't have a clue how much water is being pumped. i like to see it broken down between the art or for south and north.

what is of particular interest to us is the time north, and blend in the water. we want to know how much water is being extracted. this is important for a number of reasons. before we got into recycling water and has been made available to the golf courses, we had a problem with the lake level. now we have a recycling program in place, it has maintained a stable level. if we can put a chart on the web site so we can spend a few seconds to judge the performance by this department in managing that asset. as i go down to the lake at

sunrise, i am reminded that the boat houses still padlocked. this is an asset that has been empty for a number of years, and it is a great asset. what triggered it being here this afternoon -- i will finish real quickly. they showed a gymnasium that have a contest. previous meetings with the public, who have heard an interesting expressed in having the boathouse be made available t++.rving

[chime] thank you. >> i can switch in. >> imf and the san francisco -- i am here to address the waste water and coastal erosion issue. i'd just wanted to give you an update that we have already given to the citizens of advisory committee on waste water, we are working with the san francisco planning and research to try to solve this issue. are you folks familiar with what is going on down there? i have a little presentation if we can get of, i will try to be fast. basically, when the waste water infrastructure on the west side

was renovated in the late '80s and early 90s, when it created a combined sewage overflow storage system to help reduce the amount of combined overflows. it has been a really great system that has kept water clean. we have a little issued out in the south area part of the waste water hole. a few short years later, we had a winters set and the major coastal erosion. you can see it was totally on earth. here is another view looking north, and winter of 2010, this problem has only gotten worse.

the golden gate national recreation area, we are trying to come up with a solution to the city, where can to spur that elway that we can restore our beach as well as protecting infrastructure. there is a promising solution right of the is about to be studied. we also feel that there should be a study of relocating the infrastructure because it may make more sense economically in the long run, particularly when you factor sea level rise. it is going along well and hopefully we can come up with a solution down there. >> we are very involved with the division in process for ocean beach and i expect their first report will be out in the next

month or so. if there is an address, we can have them do a presentation. >> let me switch back. >> by this want to comment very briefly on the news articles about the treasure island hardly a settlement. in a acknowledgement of wrongdoing, it is clear that we had road employees. to the extent we're getting back what we argue, it is helpful and important. i wanted to recognize the work of the general staff.

i think of whole hardware as a global business. i don't believe that their management knew about this issue of any more than the pc management bid. we deal with things as they come and move on. >> additional public comment? we have a variety of communications that have been given to us today. commissioners, anything and you want to talk about? if not, let's move onto other commission business.

no other commission business. report of the general manager. >> we believe she arrived 48 hours ago, so maybe a little jet lag. >> today's quarterly of they will recover the reporting period between october 2 and december 24. shown here is the summary of the progress that was made during the reporting, the active projects. get to the design phase moved a bit of a war, those of their original habitat restoration and the reservoir projects.

we also have one of the 22 projects moved to the face that was the rehabilitation of the existing pipeline project. this is the chart of where we stand today, as of the end of december. we now only have seven projects remaining in pre construction, and they'll be moving into construction hopefully the next few months. currently have 21 projects active in completed construction of a total of 53 out of 81, about 2/3 of our projects. here is a summary of variants is that the program level. the numbers in red represents cost overruns. if we look first the first row

here, we are now forecasting the cost of the original program to be 12 million over what was approved in july of 2011. this is an increase of 10.7 million from last quarter. we still have $145 million in our reserve. that is more than enough to cover the overrun. the increase over the last quarter was due to construction project. they are certainly the most challenging projects. we are actually increasing our savings slightly by 200,000, basically. schedule was, we remain on schedule what was approved last july.

here that is a graphic representation of where we are at. you concede that the red bar which includes the program management reserve as well above the forecasted cost for the program. that has been a trend that has continued for the last four quarters. the summary of the program management reserve remains unchanged interest of $155 million in balance. i am planning to go to the board of supervisors in march to ask for relief, and very short amount, from a less than a million dollars to close of the two projects. i wanted to highlight some of our biggest challenges, of course they continue to be a difficult project, the ground

conditions a very challenging. here is a photo that you can see, the amount of bracing that is required. despite all this, we did reach a very important milestone. we reached the 1 mile mark in excavation. the water intrusion situation has also improved. we reached record lengths line than the past month of a daily basis in the weekly basis. although this is a very difficult project, we are making progress. on the peninsula, where of mention in the well issue as a

discovery of human remains and the material delayed us somewhat. the delay can be absorbed into the existing schedule and we are predicting to complete this project on time. despite all these challenges that we are encountering, we are making good progress has indicated that by reaching substantial completion on three large and important projects. the very important cipher as well as the lower crystal springs dam project.

it requires a very critical have shut down. we are currently 55% done at the valley water treatment plant. now that we have the entire trail in gear attached inside the tunnel, we are now officially the game under the day. we have excavated over 4,700 feet of the tunnel and the project is 43% complete. that concludes my presentation.

i'll be happy to take any questions. the next item is a brief update. >> i wanted to take a moment to give you a heads up that we have been in discussion of the court staff have their efforts to provide a mitigation associated with america's cup for the fact that they are needing to be commissioned the shoreside power facility at 27 and 29 to make room for the construction of the cruise ship terminal that will be used as an america's cup venue by installing a power facility at your 70. the request of our assistance as

much as they did with the facilities in making a contribution to the project after the project has demonstrated that it is bringing additional kilowatt hours of demand to us. they would be obligated for the cost of the system. the staff is presenting this to their commission today, and assuming they receive consent, we will be bringing a similar item for your consideration at the next commission business meeting. >> on the 1.5 million, what does that represent? >> 1.5 of the 1.7 costs for the facility. it takes into consideration the

total cost and opportunity for increased demand for the power and revenue. because this is a mitigation project for america's cup, it is not eligible for grants the other was would of been eligible for. in particular, the quality district offers is not available to the project, to area stores standing in issues that the authority would typically grant because we have an economic and dressed and we should have a shared interest with reducing the environmental footprint of the shipping facilities. dodge the remainder of the money is coming from where? >> is a combination of the port and the customer. >> commissioners?

>> the third and last is a discussion about any proposed west side recycling plant. >> as the commission members are made of well aware, we of been pursuing the water project for some time. we have come up with a proposal for constructing a recycled water plant at the west end of golden gate park. from an engineering point of view, it made a lot of sense to do that. there was a lot of strong reaction to the facility and golden gate park even though the beneficiary would be golden gate park. we embarked on a process to identify alternative site locations.

this is a map of the left side of san francisco. they are in golden gate park and for the academy of sciences. all of in the north end of the west side or where the real uses are. working together with lots of different stakeholders, we have 26 possible alternatives to make sure there is no stone unturned on possible locations. we boiled it down to five candidate sites. the overflow parking lot at sunset circle which is adjacent and the california national guard armory. as we spent the last year working through each of those auctions, each one has had their particular problems.

the discussion of infrastructure near ocean beach would be adding new infrastructure and it did not seem to be a particularly feasible approach. it is part of the deal with san francisco was granted the land around the zoo. there are still 41 years, so we approach the national guard about using that site and we indicated there were plenty of plans for that site. we undercut your side a little bit, we do some more work there and we have expressed a

willingness to look at that. we have identified the proposed site that is within the canyon of the water pollution control plant. the armory is there on the upper right, about 40 feet above the ground. the gate is on the right side. the blue and outlying area represents the footprint of the proposed haul water recycling plant with an oceanside. the bright green light is x the the first story of a retaining wall that had to be built. the yellow line is the armory release line, so that a san francisco property, but it is released to the armory. the armory has indicated that they are willing to negotiate an easement to allow construction

that would come into the lease property there, so we have fought the location, it works with at our property, anything on the left side of san francisco is extremely difficult. revenue opportunity to go forward with the plant and make real progress. we began to initiate the environmental review process, so we're looking forward to the. >> is there any cost analysis? >> there will be a cost increase. one of the things about the golden gate park, who use in the box itself, and transport secondary of to golden gate park, we can't use that for finished recycled water because it will be. the point and the risk of contamination is too big.

there will be a cost going north to golden gate park that would either be along the highway or the sunset, about a $10 million extra costs. >> first of all, any public comment on any of the other items for the general managers' report? do we have public comment on mr. ritchie's report? >> from nancy and the recycle water program, and catherine howard. >> i am here to enthusiastically

support the staff report in setting the recycled water plant. i would like to review a little history for you, so you feel as good about this as i do. in 1975, the voters overwhelmingly supported the position -- the decision to build a brand new sewage treatment plant and water treatment plant. they did this knowing it would take some of these inland away, but in regard to the importance of that, it was supported. one of the statement made in the conflict by the city was the administrative officer as was the mayor said, the existing treatment plant and golden gate park next to the windmill can be

abandoned once the new plant south of the zoo is completed, and 5 acres of land and put back into park use. today is the day i am hearing that we're going honor what was told to the voters in 1975, to please let us return this park land. it doesn't look like a park in that particular 5 acres, but has an opportunity to be returned to parkland because of what your staff has done. i want to say thank you for working with us to come up with solutions of the golden gate park does not have a water treatment plant or any kind of factory. it means so much to us to have this land reserved for our legacy, everyone, everyone that live here. let us preserve what we can do with this body to give us a clean water and hot for sewage

treatment. we are all on the same page. i'd appreciate there has been a lot of work done with the armory. they have guns and things, and i appreciate that there has been persistent store with them for this entirely reasonable request. i hope you support staff, i certainly do, and i want to thank everyone for their cooperation. we like to express our strong support for the alternative of locating the west side of plan on oceanside. we appreciate the time and effort that the department has spent on this decision. golden gate park is very

precious to the people of san francisco. i know that our supporters will be very happy to learn of this decision. we look forward to the site being renovated and returned to park land. thank you for valuing golden gate park and for helping to preserve it. >> i am a resident and a rate payers. i always want to remind people that there are people out there like me. i want to join people in thinking you for the work you have done this. i am especially appreciative of the sentences go public utilities were regarding the work they are doing now. i was with the bay area to a committee meeting this morning,