that i have been involved with the design of water and infrastructure projects and including relationships that go back to the very first major water plant with ch and black and veech back in 91. i'm glad to pursue this project because it's also a return to the bay view hunters point area where i have been involved in many projects going back well over 10 years including the bay view hunters point master plan and the multi-senior center. for planning and design and including work at the southeast plant 20 years ago. this is a return for me and i really appreciate your focus on local firms, local hire and as an urban designer and architect to really look at not just putting a band aid but to really

solving the problems of the community. thank you. >> next speaker? >> good morning, my name is dr. joseph bryant. a pastor of the community church which is part of the southeast sector. we moved to this area because we love that community. we have been residents there for the past 9 years. we have moved to that area that expand that large territory. this project is key to the development and continued expansion of what is going on in the southeast sector. this is a first class city that deserves first class communities and that deserves to be one. with all the other things going on in that neighborhood, we want to see this improvement, we want to see the opportunities. when the opportunities knock. we want those doors to open. something about the smell of sewage, it's

a way of life. it's not just the toxic and negative smell. all of a sudden this filthy smell becomes a filthy attitude. this addresses a geological and sociological problem where we don't want the youth of this south sector to not be in the land of filth. we applaud you for looking upon this particular project. i stand with mr. tony who is a small business owner who is a janitor and he has to deal with this everyday as he goes into business and people ask when is someone going to do something about the smell. >> thank you very much.

>> good morning. my name is angela buzz. i'm a 24-year resident of this area. i'm standing here before you to express that our community needs this project and improvement. we have been promised for year that this treatment facility in our area would be fixed up or replaced. we need to invest in the southeast part of town. this new treatment plant has the possibility to transform our neighborhood and to put people to work. so after 10 years of talking about doing something, this is a great opportunity to do something beneficial for this community. and you should definitely pass this contract right away. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. phyllis sterling?

>> good morning, supervisors. my name is phyllis sterling and i'm also a native of san francisco. opportunities like this should never be delayed. especially because it will have such an impact on our young people. i'm a mother, i'm a grandmother and a child care provider. i know what it means to give hope to these children and young families who are trying to make it. this project has the potential to offer our youth education, jobs, and a better quality of life. this project will open many doors,

and so i am asking that you approve it quickly for the sake of our children. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker? >> good morning, supervisors. my name is kiera sally. i'm a native of san francisco. the new treatment plant has the ability to put our neighborhood to work. this is going to require local hires which is going to mean a lot of jobs. probably the most amount of local jobs under any public project. beyond the jobs, we need to make sure that people living in the area have access to the jobs. there -- that the new plant will create. we are asking that you move forward with this project and support the local community making sure that residents have full and

complete access to the job opportunities. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is reverend caroline scott. i'm a native of san francisco with bay view hunters point and part of the church. it's not just the odor, but it is as has been stated a hazard to health. i experience supporting a day care where we support 80 families. the sewage coming into the facility and trying to get the children out and save the furniture. we spent hours. as a result i was compromised with my lungs a condition as well as vertigo.

it's also a hazard to health as well as the psyche as stated. when you live in garbage, you think garbage. you leaders have the opportunity to help us do that and to keep this city, the first class city and our communities, but the first class communities within the city. >> thank you very much. next speaker, before you come up, i'm going to call your names from the speaker cards. >> good morning and thank you for your time. my name is

yolanda kin ard. the contract that you have before you includes several community benefits. this company is planning to invest money, provide scholarships and training to our people. as one who has worked with young people for over 25 years, i believe these opportunities are needed to keep their hopes and motivation alive as they get ready for their futures. this is definitely something you should support. so we ask that you will approve this project. again, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is tonya tell son, i represent the local consultant of the firm for the digester project. i'm here to support this project which will provide the staff with stimulating work. we support

this team to keep going and provide for our staff members, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, since 1998 i have been involved with the studying the infrastructure and addressing environmental issues in the bay view hunters point. i'm glad that brown and caldwell have been chosen and i have participated in that process looking at various contractors, many of which opted out, but as cruz stated, it's been a long time where the main prime has stuck with trying to improve this water treatment plant. as the director of environmental justice advocacy, i have gone

ahead on my own and had 150 focus groups with young people so they can understand what is really going on in our community. one1 pound of methane gas equals 22 pounds of carbon dioxide. if you notice that, we can estimate the amount of damage it has done to this community. i'm glad that some of you supervisors understand this, and those that don't understand that, it behoves those to bring it on board. sf puc has put this forward. those that understand the more technical issues are going to volunteer as we have

to educate the community and work with our youth, young adults to give them jobs as we have been doing and in our office which is located in the southeast sector. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning, dr. jackson again. thank you very much. i want to repeat what other people have said. but, i'm happy that this day has finally come that something is going to be done about the sewage plant there. we have been smelling it for the last 60 years. i would like to say i have been a resident of bay view hunters point since 1948. that's a long time to be smelling. i was there when they started in 1950

building without us knowing anything about it. i have worked, as you all know, when i come and speak before you, i speak of the community. the community is all of san francisco. so, what i'm hoping and i have seen the design because i don't want anyone coming to my community without me knowing what they are bringing because i will have a say in it. you can rest assured that i will have my eyes open and look at what everyone is doing and if i don't like what they are doing, i will come to see you and put a stop to it. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> from bay cat bay view hunters point. i want to come here to not only to comment you for moving forward but also brown and caldwell when they

approached us for the ability to do outreach. they helped us go through the lbe process which helped certify us as lbe and in service with the bay view hunt community and it's incredibly evident in the way they approached this contract and other lb's and the way they have undergone this entire process. i'm in support of this contract and i think brown and caldwell has done a great job of bringing the teams together. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. my name is natalie sailor. we are a wbe estimating firm. i think we all heard what a dream team

brown and caldwell is on a technical end. from an lbe perspective they are the dream team to work for. i have worked with them for a number of years. they are not committed to just providing lbe participation, they are providing meaningful participation. they provide mentor ship to lbe's. this has happened because of brown and caldwell. they have given us opportunities to get into storm water pollution inspection into water quality monitoring and other areas that were not our primary scope of work, that is beyond participation and mentor ship and succeeded in skills. i

strongly urge you approve the background and caldwell contract. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. i'm here to speak on behalf of lb e term. i'm very familiar with the plant and i have also been on the previous plant projects and i evaluate over 40 structures on the southeast plant. i'm very familiar with the hazards that exist there and i'm proud to be included in this team and i urge you to a approve the item in front of you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i'm also an lbe, but i want you to know that i don't have a bone in

this game. what i do have is a bone in the area of bay view hunters point. this community deserves to have a world class waste water plant. today, before you you have seen that this community has put together a world class team. that includes community as well as will include local hiring. let me take you because we talked about a lot of things here. i don't want to duplicate this things we talked about. let me take you back some years. i once met -- alex pitcher, one of the persons who were responsible for correcting the original problems we had with waste water today. alex pitcher will turnover in his grave with

a sigh of glee. he will remember this day because this is the day he looked forward to his whole life. you all have to ensure that this project is managed correctly and with the puc's leadership, i know that they will work with you and i know the job will be done correctly. i say to you today, finish the job, make the move, go forward with the plan and of all things, respect this community. we want to have the rights to have a world class community, a world class waste water system and we want to have the right to have you all support that. i want to thank you all very much and i look forward to your support. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good morning. my name is

randy. with graphics. i want to speak to the real commitment of working with local businesses. i have been a resident of san francisco for 35 years. i'm a micro business, a design firm. brown and caldwell has mentored us to get our lbe certification when we did the waste water master plan. i want to thank you for considering this contract and passing it quickly. >> thank you, next speaker, if there is any other members that wish to speak, please come up. >> my name is tim anderson. i'm a resident of bay view. i also work right by evans and 3rd. it does have a smell. it is also one that i didn't really realize i was getting used to.

i mean, it's pretty disturbing to realize that all of our kids and family have to eat and sleep with that smell. but i think that there is something that definitely can be done and i would love to see that smell disappear. that would be great. >> thank you. would anybody else like to speak? >> all right anybody else on the public wish to comment on item no. 2, please step forward. okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues cohen had to leave. i want to congratulate this community on moving this forward. do we have any other questions or comments from colleagues, budget analyst or staff? okay. could i have this motion moved to the board without opposition? so moved.

>> okay. mr. clerk, please at all -- call item no. 3: emergency contract declaration of emergency north shor fore main not to exceed $7 million. >> mr. cruz, you are back again. >> manager of the puc, it handles 20 percent of the solid capacity from the east part of the city down to the southeast plant. the facility is underground to the seawall line. the seawall itself is not water proof. the salt water hits our pipes and we have had

an emergency there. we brought in a contractor to fix the initial emergency which was $565,000 worth of work. and found other work necessary to be repaired. as an aside, in addition to that recognizing now that this is a third failure of that system, the puc has embarked on a capital program so in the future if we have a problem we can divert the sewage flow and work in a non-emergency capacity in order to repair the old system. the item before you today as amended has the total value of $7 million to cover the first emergency declaration for the immediate repairs which caused

the overflow on embarcadero and to repair the system. >> okay. thank you very much. >> mr. clerk, can you call the items 4 and 5. >> the clerk: item no. 4. emergency contract h hp hoem powerhouse unit 1 not to exceed 521, 465. item no. 5. lease oliver

desilva sun o'le valley quarry lease. >> the item before you is to approve an emergency contract for the h hp home power unit one. the repairs were needed because of the deceit -- deterioration. work was completed in february 12, 2013. do you have any questions? >> colleagues, any questions? okay. thank you very much. item no. 5? >> sorry. thank you. >> thanks for being with us. >> thank you. good morning, john, director of real estate. so legislation on this item would authorize an amendment to

an existing quarry lease. it would add 58 acres. it would extend the term of the lease to an option available to both parties. quarry operations have been going on this location from the 1960s. they approved this lease -- on november 4, 2009. that shows the general location. somewhere in the bay area. yeah. more importantly, i want to focus on the details of the site. we can increase that

coverage. the dark black hashed area shows the existing site. the colored areas along the side here in the three phases show the expansion of premises area. runs along the roadway adjoining the existing quarry site. so the amendment will allow for increased depth of excavation from a range to 25 to 400 feet below ground. it will extend the term to june 2021, to july 2022. it is second to the lease detailed taking this to 2024. it remains

to subject permitting and future puc commission and board of supervisors approval. as the detail, it would also secure an additional $6.3 million from environmental mitigation measures. this amendment facilitates a coordinated regional operation that will have a conservation agreement nearing the impacts of the quarry delaying the impacts to the creek and the habitat of the surrounding areas. it secures environmental mitigation from the tenant and importantly allow to deflex the

expense from the tenant. upon the termination of quarry operations. the project has a certified final eir for the revised surface mining. and the monitoring program and the minor reclamation plan. and former adopted ceqa findings for the board adoption as well. i would like to bring up to the podium now jim summers to give you some details about their coordination with the regional partners on this project. jim? >> thank you, members of the committee, my name is jim

summers, vice-president. in 2006 we responded to a proposal to expand this operation to provide more water storage for the sf puc. throughout process of three 3 years we have been selected as the preferred tenant and for the last 5 years we've been working diligently with the local environmental community as well as the local community to address any concerns they may have. i'm very happy and pleased to be here today to say that we have entered into agreements to not only save our groups, but as well as the alameda line and approve this project and we have received the approval from the sf puc and i'm pleased to

have this moved forward to move the benefits that we agreed to the local community and environmental community. a speaker card was called for item 2, but it was item 5. i have someone here that would like to speak on behalf of the project too. thank you. >> i do not have anything further on this item. i'm joined by colleagues of the sf puc if you have any questions. >> thank you. any questions? >> okay. we have a budget report for all three items before us. why don't we go one by one. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee regarding item 3 on page 17 of our report, the total estimated project cost of not to exceed $7 million, 67 percent more than to not to

exceed from the construction company. however puc explains tht justified because they encountered additional cost in unanticipated site conditions. on page 18 we report the resolution does not include removal of the repairs at a cost of 575, 529. amend the line 9, to reflect that. there is a reference to that of $600,000. it should be 5$559. >> another increase. from $7