we've met with ken rich from the mayor's office to get the input >> and then one question it's an amazing amount of the 20 thousand employees do you know where they live and commuting from what sites? for over 50 of our employees live in san francisco and many of them come from the east bay and the south bay but i don't know what the adjoining counties. >> i'd like to echo the concerns that are raised in regards to laurel height and it's just? general where developments s are planned and

their sort of laid out and they don't come to the commission until their pretty much planned. so i think that single homes are the best thing to develop in that area. my other comment is about the 16th corridor but also the other development at mission bay i think that has to be looked at and hopefully, we'll work p with mta to have a robust transportation system in there to be able to make it easier for people to move from the inner sunset and having to go all the

way down market and that's a nature commuting corridor multiple times per day for people we need to plan this >> i just wanted to. >> tracy: thank you for a theory presentation and make a comment apparently, this mta plan is what the commission expects other to come. >> just a quick follow-up question. on your process i realize you're not necessarily solemnly swear to a developing agency. during the process of selection is your process does that become public during the process or after >> we're treating this as a

real estate process so that's confidential. >> we're keeping the community and city informed of our progress. >> thank you very much. >> commissioners that will place you under item 7 ground water distribution system. written draft will be expect until april in the latter month >> i'm tim i'm with the virile section of the planning department. this project is one of the

survival that is the larger water system program. here with me today is jeff who is the director of the project. heel briefly describe some of the features of the proposed project. i'll follow-up with any public comment. jeff will have his power point up and ready in a second.

>> good afternoon commissioners i've jeff i'm the project manager for the proposed ground water project i work in the san francisco water resources division. i'd like to provided you with an overview today >> today most of the san francisco drinks a blend of surface water from our local reservoirs. we currently don't use a local or san francisco source of drinking water and while it's pumped it's used for non-potential water not for drinking at the zoo. i want to take a moment to talk

about the water system improvement program because the san francisco grounded water project is part of the program it's approved by san francisco voters in november 2002 and the san francisco planning depth certified the program. it has a water supply strategy and it has a limitation on the surface water we can get from our watersheds. we also any other time conservatism and developing new water supplies. the proposed water project would develop a new local water supply source would increase the

overall reliability of our water system. now local ground water has been developed to use in other counties for over 60 years it's not new. over 80 percent of people in california obtain their water supply and we have this as emergency drinking water in an earthquake. the san francisco grounded water supply project proposed to pump it from west side basin. there are two other proposed projects in the west side basin that a that a that are interrelated.

the first is the regional grounded storage project that's a san francisco commission project that would supply water supply during multiple dry periods. you'll have a public hearing on that next month. the next practice writing project is a daily city project and part of that would provided a supplemental supply of water and the daily city realized a notation for the project on february 28th so it's currently under review and the public can comment on that. this map shows the extent to the

water we have in place and since the 1990s who san francisco utilize commission perpetrated this we've recognized the grounded water basin can be managed in a sustainable manner. and in cooperation with our partner agencies in the northern san mate a 0 county. to manage the san francisco basin we have 17 wells and in san francisco our prim focus of the monitoring program is in the city of san mar.

again, i said our goal is to sustain this in is manageable manner. we've developed a technical understanding of the ground water basin. this slide summarizes the basin. the proposed project would pump up to 4 million gallon. the phase four ones are orange. this would convey the ground

water where it will be blended with the regional water system. the lake merced the southern more one on the moop would be checked by a short length the pips where the blended water would be pumped to two reservoirs using existing pipelines. after the ground water is belligerent it would be distributed to 60 percent of folks in southern california. so most of the water on the west side and the people he receiving the water would be the blind of water. this blend of water would continue to exceed all drinking water standards and it's our standards with the water system.

now for a more delighted pipeline routes i'll start with the sunshine districts and golden gate park. those would be relatively small with a footprint about 15 hundred square feet and the building heights would be between 12 feet and 16 and a half street. those would be installed in the streets great grounded. construction of the well facilities would consist of underground facilities. the duration would be about 15

to 18 months of facility. some construction would be under gone. construction of the pipelines would mainly use the trenching method would progress at a rate of 6 hundred or two weeks per city bloke. and the method would be used at the two intersections of 41 accounting avenue and the muni light rail lines are the duration of those two intersection is about 4 weeks. also the project will construct a ph lawsuit building on the west side of our sunset avenue.

now to go through each well facility in a little bit more detail. this shows the over ail facility it would be located in the northeast corner of the parking lot. the particular cases associated with it the athletic playing fields it's not currently used for parking and the existing parking is that a would be for our new handicapped parking is that a. we'll have to concrete dividers so we can have a storage place. their mainly stored right now in the stockpile area. this would also have - the south

sunset well facility will be in the south side of the play grounded area it's near the intersection of walnut street. that's area is outside of the actual field of play and bleach and stuff. the lake merced facility would be near the pump station this is san francisco public lawsuit property and it's near the eastern side of merced. the well facility includes an

overlook along merced boulevard which would include benches. now the 3 facilities we propose in golden gate park. as part of phase one of the project we would construct the pump facility that's on the far right on the pap ma and a little more of one mile of pipeline and phase two would convert the irrigation well facilities and a little less than one mile of pipeline. the central pump station would be located in the central south of overlook drive and east of the middle drive west of the

intersection. this is indirectly adjacent to the pump station when is golden gate parks reservation stoernl. and that general facility includes the wood waste posting yard. the landscaping and all the new assess road would have permissible materials. because this is located near the golden gate pump station they can furnish a back up pump to the park. the south park pump would be north of martin luther king drive that is used for construction of log and

construction debris. it would allow the replacement of the existing building. we would utilize the irrigation back up irrigation part to the park. in phase two the primary sites would be grounded water as it is now. the north lake well facility would be located in the northwestern of golden gate park near 42 avenue. one important addition is the north lake facility would serve as a emergency drinking source

and would have designed component to it to claachieve t. the project would normally operate like wells will pump detail and the average production will be up to 4 million gallon ones and 3 million gallons a day. we can shift the pumping around as needed to avoid adverse effects of pump. all 6 wells can products millions of gallons up to many

days. they're truly emergency water emergency supply facilities and it would be furnished by a portable generate. just to wrap up the presentation i'd like to highlight the project operations. our project objectives that to provide a local drinking sources. the project facilities would be constructed in two phases includes 6 will well facilities and 5 miles of grounded pipes. the project operations would be under no more operations to pump up to 4 million gallons of water

and in an emergency we could pump up to 6 million gallons of water up to thirty days. the blend water would be described thought san francisco. thank you and i'd like to answer any questions i might have. >> thank you staff we might have questions for you in a bit. >> thanks jeff this is a hearing to receive comments for case no. 2008 - 11 e which seas the impacts on the environment which could result from implementation. staff is not here today to

respond to comments such comments will be responded in writing which will respond to ail comments during the public comment period and this is not a hearing to disapprove or approve the project. comments today should be directed for the adequacy of the project >> commenters should state their name and address so thel they can have a copy of the projects comments. we'll take any comments from the planning commission and the public comment extended to the

april 29, '96. since this is a local san francisco project this is the only draft. i recommend that the public hearing be opened. okay opening it up to public comment. tim kennedy. >> hello, i'm timmy live on 41 avenue. i'm coming here today because i'm a certified person. my prim certain is not with the

underground water. my prim certain is with the pipeline location. and particle with the south sunset well location. if the eir the well, is located on 40 and the pipeline will make a 90 degree it goes up one block north and makes a 90-degree angle & then goes north were when the pipe runs it's a going to cause a lot of stress and that's going to cause for the residents it could cause main breaks. my other certain is that around

homeowners there's no search tanks you should have a search tank following the discharge side of the well. it absorbs the pressure and creates less stress on the pipelines. i would like to suggest in the eir there's an additional pipeline for sunset boulevard. i would like it the commission to look at that. i know that one of the concerns is traffic during the construction on that sunset boulevard but the construction would little bits at a time perhaps one lane closed off at a

time. as a homeowner i'm concerned with the 90s and the fact that there could be pipeline rupture without tanks >> any other public comment? okay seeing none, the public comment section is closed >> well, i have a number of comments and a questions. i've been a resident of western san francisco. i remember the late 90s with the merced lake getting low. unfortunately, a couple of changes were made in the earlier part of the century i understand then under the direction of a

couple of supervisors. almost all of the park was being done out of the grounded water and we were trying to keep the grounded level of water higher. and then to us water to put back into lake merced instead of going into the ocean. if you were at a line where we were losing level now we're not up to the line historical it's kind of good i don't know how we're going to take 4 million gallons out of that lake and not have it go down and we have a

mitigation >> we have a mitigation measure that we would add supplemental water into the system when available and would take advantage from the canal that come available from the park merced project. so that would be the first option the second option would be for the puc to offer pumping rates and another step would be to stop pumping at the lake

merced and thereby in a step-by-step fashion reduce pumping to allow the lake to recover >> can i have a point of order here. isn't this provided through a - >> i think we need to clarify so we shouldn't get into a lot of detail about what the commission says and a ongoing thank you. i'm not saying it's not within the document i'm raising that certain so the public need to know they have to read the document. and another comment which is a question i guess