been some incidental or other savings by implication? >> this one will show up by allowing the property tax payers to have a less expensive property tax bill. what happens in the case of general obligation bonds -- >> i want to make the connection so the ratepayer knows other areas which benefit the ratepayer. >> every year, there is a one- page pamphlet to show how the property tax dollars are allocated. the portion that would find the fire system will be lower cost. that is the next time the san franciscans would see the

savings. >> we need to repeat that as often as possible. >> the water supply system is being maintained at a much higher level than it was before. the fire department had so many budget cuts, there were not able to spend the time and effort. with this bond, we have done some improvements. people will start seeing a lot of work in the city. >> thank you. president moran: public comment on the general managers' report? >> commissioners, when we have the inauguration of the 535 golden gate building, i was present.

i made some preliminary remarks to all of your commissioners. from time to time, when you read that book, one of the most important things is the mission of the sfpuc. we must pay attention to the mission. water, electricity, this, that, and the other. there is a very important word towards the end. diversity. in all of these reports somehow we have to figure out from access to the software or this program cultivation and what happens on the other projects

how diversity is addressed in this county and city of san francisco. job diversity, other diversity, quality of life issues, how it is addressed. now soon, having finished the water system improvement project, we're going to be addressing these jurors system project and if we have not paid attention to the improvement of the outreach, trying to reinvent the bill twice over, dividing it into three parts, if we have not paid attention to that, if we have not paid attention to the empirical data, how can the jobs be performed with the water system improvement project? and if we do not put into place the agreement with these jobs,

then we will have been doing ourselves an injustice. we have to have the training, not city bills and all of this other. i know about it because i live in a federal system. and i do not want to pontificate. the unions have to step up. this is a union city. [bell] the unions died. they were shot by the police department. they died. blood was spilled. it has to be incorporated into whatever we tie into our projects in one way or the other too many crimes are having it too good in san francisco under large projects. we need to be considerate in san francisco of the projects. thank you very much. [bell] >> any other public comment?

eakseeing none, please call the consent calendar. >> consent calendar, approve modification #148 total contract amount of 38,736,000 two hundred 90 four dollars and with a time extension of two hundred 36 calendar days and with a payment operation amount of $756,000. an improvement of the upgrade, improve modification #3, decreasing the contract by $178,000. a total contract amount of 200 -- 2 million, four hundred $43,000. -- $2,443,000.

a payment for -- a payment extension of 63 calendar days and with a total contract duration of 316 calendar days. and and approved contract in the amount of $2,206,000 of which 1 million two hundred $18,000 is funded by waste water enterprise and 988,000 is funded by department of public works to the lowest responsible bidder. and contracts to risk -- to repair existing sewer piping at locations to be determined throughout san francisco for a total contract not to exceed $5,153,000. to the lowest qualified and

responsible bidder. authorization to allow general management to execute a beat -- execute a lease in alameda county for cellular communications site for an annual range of $54,000 with annual cpi increases, and with a lease duration of five years. and awarding of the contract for waste water enterprise facility improvement contract number one in the amount of $6,378,000 to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive better. -- bidder. >> commissioners, any item that needs to be pulled from the consent calendar? if not, can i have a motion? gregg's moved. greg second. >> moved and seconded. all in favor?

consent calendar passes. item #9. >> authorize the general manager to execute an impact agreement with north star short -- solar, or acquiring north stars solar to pay the mitigation impacts to interconnection of north star's generating connection to the grade and authorizing them to enter into substantial agreements with other projects. >> commissioners, you have in the packet you receive today revised resolution for item 9. >> i'm the assistant general manager for water, again. this is one of the agreements that we will potentially be entering into over the next several months or year or two for projects that are proposed

to generate electricity in connection to the transmission grid under the new regulatory system. there's a lot of concern about how new projects might disrupt the grid. people have to be able to protect their systems from any disruption that happens from news sources coming into the grid. we have currently worked with about 15 developers for about 41 different projects that might have an impact on our system as they connect to the grade. we estimate the total cost of the mitigation efforts, which is the transformers and switches to be about $28 million. we will be allocating those costs to all of the projects in connection to the grade. these are project proposals, but they may not all be built. we still need to allocate the costs of this writing projects ++this is an exampy

all of these will be looking over time. when they are in excess of $1 million they need to go to the board of supervisors for book -- for approval. we are recommending that you approve this and then going forward with future agreements, they will be similar in nature to this with other projects. we will keep you apprised of those as they come along. and the change noted is the addition of one small phrase relative to the appropriation of funds. >> commissioners, any questions? >> is there any information you can give us about the background of north star solar? are they a local firm? have they complied with any of the ordinance is that we require a local hiring component?

have there been any other issues that might be important for us to take up here? i am not familiar with that firm. >> i do not know exactly what we know about north star solar. do you have information on that front? >> the leading i have is that the project they're doing it in the central valley. -- the only thing i have is the project that they are doing is in central valley. it is not in san francisco. they are requiring them to pay as money to mitigate the impact on the great out there so that they would not fall within san francisco contracting procedures for solar and deletions in san francisco. -- installations in san francisco. >> with a fall in the jurisdiction?

>> they are not ours, so they would not apply. before our project, we're actually getting money to do other things. how we spend the money we get from them would be subject to all the different procedures within the city. but their project to build our project. it is not on our property. in fact, it does not even use our lines. but it does have the potential to impact the security delivery of power. that is why they have to pay money in mitigation to us. >> thank you. commissioners? >any public comment? seeing none, could i have a motion. >> so moved. >> and a second? >> did you get a second? >> know, i have a motion, but

the second. -- no second. gregg's you can second. >> i note -- >> you can second. >> i know i can. >> second. >> all in favor? all opposed? item carries. item 10. >> an agreement with seven bay area water agencies for an amount not to exceed seven $25,000 per year. -- $725,000 per year. a permit for portable water discharges to be issued by california water regional quality control board. >> mr. rickie? >> this is basically where we and other water agencies occasionally have discharged from our water system that contain things we do not want in our water, such as chloramines.

we actually have to get a discharge permit for that. all of this would operate under a general permit that the quality control board would issue. we are collectively cost sharing the cost of a regulator to permit -- to prepare the permit the documents. our share of that is $50,000 over two years. >> any questions by the commission? any public comment? seeing none, could i have a motion? >> i would like to move the item? second. >> all in favor? opposed? the motion carries. item 11. correct and improve and increase in the construction cost contingency for contract hh9672 in the amount of $5,786,000 and authorize the general manager to

improve the future modifications for the contract for a total revised contract amount up to $55,740,000. >> i want to mention this item relates to the need to accelerate the eastern section of the san walking pipeline project that i just mentioned in my presentation. i want to make sure you made that link. >> commissioners? any public comment? could i have a motion? >> moved. >> and seconded. all in favor? opposed? item 11 carries. item 12. >> improvement in the specification's of the southeast water pollution control plant facility reliability of great space in the amount of $1,160,000 to the lowest responsible bidder in construction.

>> i do not have anything to say on this item. this is the beginning of what we call phase two. it is to replace the necessary system with upgrades. >> commissioners? any public comment? >> this matter has just come out. i did a little bit of research on this company. it is based in the bayview, which is good. and mr. tommy mayola had an opportunity to listen to what i

had to say to the group. this is a process. nothing is given to any subcontractor on a platter. and there's lots of negotiation and discussion, whenever, whenever, wherever. -- what ever, what ever, what ever. this is an $11 million project that can help some of our youth who are electricians. not everybody is lazy in the southeast sector. all of the young men that came here got up at 4:00 a.m. or 5:00 a.m. in the morning come out report at 6:00 a.m., work 10 hours, and we have not got any reply -- any complaints that one of them is lazy. the eun has helped out some. i work with ramon an oscar. -- the union has helped out some. i work with ramon and oscar. we have worked together for many

years, especially ramon. we need to step up a little bit to help our young people, especially those that are journeymen, those with certifications, and those that have not worked in a long time. i'm looking forward to visiting these companies and asking them how best they can accommodate as, even if they give us two or three slots. that will help us. all of your commissioners, i do not know if you receive the incident reports from the various neighborhoods, but if you read the incident reports from the bayview -- and i will make sure that a copy is sent so that each of the commissioners can read it. so very pleasant. it is not very pleasant.

after my vacation i'm going to go to europe for about three weeks. [bell] when i come back, i'm going to do whatever it takes to have the sfpuc with its outreach program -- especially to address and bring down violence in our community. i will make a commitment to that. i will work with the chief, who is my good friend. thank you very much. >> thank you. any additional public comment? can i have a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? opposed? the motion carries. there is no closed session today. items 13 through 16 do not need

to be addressed. that brings us to other new business for the commission. is there any other new business? then thank you all. this meeting is adjourned.

>> it was an exciting event for those who wanted some long needed improvements. >> they saw it and they took care of it. >> the project is expected to open in spring, 2013. for more on the playground, incl >> good evening. it is august 15, 2012. welcome to the san francisco board of appeals. the presiding officer is chris fung. commissioner emma lazarus is with us. one seat on the board is currently vacant, and the board

may hold a meeting when there is a vacancy. the board may overrule the action of the department by a vote of three members. good four votes are not required. robert bryant will provide the board with any legal advice this evening. i am the board's executive director. we are joined by representatives from some of the city departments that have cases before the board to night. scott sanchez is representing the planning department and planning commission. if you could please go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. but the board requests you turn off on phones and pagers.

please carry on conversations in the hallway. good rules are as follows. appellants and department representatives each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals. people must conclude within 7 minutes or three minutes. members of the public not affiliated with the party have up to 3 minutes each to address the board but no rebuttals. joyces the board and accurate presentation of the meetings, members are asking are not required to submit a speaker card or business kearncard whenu come to the podium. the board also welcomes comments and suggestions there are customers of the section forms on the left side of the podium. if you have questions about the hearing, please the to the staff

during a break or after the meeting or call the office in the morning. gthis meeting is to broadcast live on san francisco government television, sfgtv, cable channel 78, and the these are available direct from -- dvds are available from sfgtv. we will start are swearing in process. if you intend to testify, please stand, raise your right hand, and say i do after you have been sworn in or affirmed. please note any member of the public may speak without taking this oath pursuant to their rights under the sun shine ordinance.

the solidly a test the -- attest you will give the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> thank you. we will call item no. 1, public comment on items not on the agenda. are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? item no. 2, comments and questions. good >> i just want to welcome vice-president fung and let you know i am very appreciative of your being here, and i would like to add congratulations to that appointment, and i look forward to serving with him. >> madam director, i would like to announce i will be missing the september 12 meeting. i will be out of town. >> is there any public comment

on this item? seeing none, and we will move on to the minutes. for your consideration are the minutes for august 1, 2012. goo>> of there are no comments,i move to approve. >> if you could call the roll please. gooright on that motion? [calling votes] the vote is 3-0. those minutes are adopted. >> item #a, having to do with the department of building

inspection and now with the building disapproval, and the board voted 4-0 with one vacancy to deny the appeal and uphold a permit on the basis of planning code section 150. it is for an existing data to be removed and replaced with -- existing gate to be removed and replaced, and i understand the parties are jointly requesting the matter be continued, if you would like to step forward, and before we take on this item further, i would like the record to reflect commissioner of lazarus was not here when this was originally heard, but she has indicated she has reviewed the video and is ready for this hearing. >> and the attorney for the

party of interest. i am here to join the request a continuance. i believe that is supported by the zoning administrator. the purpose is so they can continue discussions that are on going to try to resolve the matter. >> mr. sanchez, do you have any -- she is a member of the public, so she can speak next. >> good afternoon. also, congratulations on your reappointment. and we look forward to four more years of having you on the board of appeals. we give additional time to review the case, and it is up to the board. thank you. >> thank you, and now we will take public comment. >> good evening. i agree with this continuance to sometime in september.

good thank you so much greater >> you said sometime in september. goois there an agreed upon date? >> i believe it will be september 19 is that time is available. arts both odrugs both of those n december -- in september, i believe the calendar is full. praxair believes october 10 would be an acceptable. >> i think that would be a lot better for the board. good >> is that the acceptable -- >> is that acceptable? >> october 10.