the sewer program and we split them up in a team so they play with the food prizes they are getting invested because we know what it is like to learn and what the best ways to learn are and if you are invested you are going to remember that information so that in the future all of these youth interns that might be working at the puc and some of us might be commissioners and hopefully that they get invested in what we are doing here because it is our future and we want to make sure that we are making take of ourselves. >> did you have something else to add? >> well, in addition to that, we do have speakers that come down, people who are executive floor and other floors, that do come down and tell us what it is like to get to where they are today. and we do that to also remind people that you can do whatever you want if you put your mind to it. and natalie and i, we would like to thank you guys so much for this great opportunity.

and it is such an interactive community to where you can get to talk to people one on one and get to know their ideas and what they are thinking and just to see them smile makes a smile. >> so if you come back to if you have any role in the future, what is a job that you would like to have? >> since you are in college right now, why don't you answer that. >> go ahead. >> well i am a bio major. so probably a commissioner if i could get there >> i am a bio major. >> and so you need to see me. i want to put you in touch with my stem cell agency. well the state's stem cell agency. >> sure.

>> you might give me a call. >> all right. >> that is the kind of thing that we, that our mentors teach us and that we have the speakers who are just like networking and how maybe did they major in what they are working at as a puc and a lot of people went to the city college and some people went to stanford and i think that it shows the students that it does not matter where you came from, it doesn't matter what situation you might be in, you can make it, if you set your mind to it. i like to thank all of you and the mentors and hopefully this program continues to shine brighter and better in the future. >> (inaudible) san francisco state. >> no. >> she runs a program that we fund to look for promising young scientists. and many of those scientists were just here this weekend in san francisco about 600 of them from all over the state. and many of them go on to being faculty members of stem cell

institutions here and other parts of the country, if so if you are serious i want to go and meet dr. (inaudible). >> thank you guys very much. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> so i am going to wrap it up since we went over our time. so much experience here. >> that was my fault. >> my fault too, i did not get to make sure that we only had a couple and a few minutes and they were just so excited to talk to you about the programs. >> since there are so many people in the room who were interested in giving public comment but we are going to ask them to hold the public comment because we are short on time and the commission needs that time. >> but if they want to write us something and we can make it as part of our record. >> that would be great and we love that. >> i want to ask the people to stand so that they could be acknowledged from each of the programs and particularly from all of the non-profit partners that we have had and so if i could get apri, and collected

impact, and hunter's point family, lyric, podar, som cans, success center, vietnamese youth development center to stand up and please be acknowledged. maus plause [ applause ] the. i want to thank you for being gracious to me and allowing me on the elevator. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> to all of our project interns who worked very hard with us this summer. >> thank you. >> the next item is the water

system improvement program >> that is a tough act to follow. we should consider hiring a number of them, i think. so, i just finished my review of the draft progress report of the four quarter of this fiscal year and that report will be included in your august 13th meeting packet, unfortunately the agent of infrastructure will not be able to make that meeting because i thought that i would use today to give you abrief highlight of what is in this report. so as of the end of june, the program is 75 percent complete and i know that i have given you that number before and the reason why it is the same number is that because we are not making any progress because when we base lined the program we added time and cost and so it made our staff go back. but we are making good progress, as a matter of fact now, 62 of our 82 projects have

now completed construction, and out of the 20 projects that i have yet to complete construction, 16 are in construction and of the 4 projects in preconstruction, one is in the bid and award phase and only one of those four projects are a seismic project. now a review of the construction work hours show a significant run down in our construction activities, our construction hours have gone down 40 percent since the peak in august of 2012, and despite all of the great number of hours we are now logging, we are passed now 5.4 million. work hours, and our total lost incidents rate which the staff takes care of, it is half of the record and it is something that we are proud of. and so during this fourth

quarter, we reached the completing on four construction contracts and including the eastern and western segment of the new pipeline as well as the water treatment plan expansion. and those are great milestones. that indicate that we now have beneficial use of these facilities which makes our over all system more reliable. and the very large change order that we have talked about for a while on the project, has now been signed by both the puc and the contractor. and despite that big change progress on the project remains steady and we are now 48 percent complete on the project and i want to remind you that there are major risks that remain on that project as we still have to do a lot of earth work and this is why we added $30 million in during the rebuys lining of the project. over all the work on the bay

tunnel and that is proceeding as planned. construction activities in the tunnel are now 82 percent complete and whereas the water treatment plant the activities are 47 percent complete. and we also have a very important seismic project ongoing at the intersection of i680 and freemont, this is where they cross the hayward fault. and construction activitis in that project are proceeding as planned and we are on track to have awful the work done that we need to get done prior to a major system shut down at the end of this year. good progress are being recorded and that is the transmission, project. and where the contractor has now mobilized to start work on the last element of the project which is the culvert that connects the lower and the upper springs reservoir and we also anticipate to be able to turnover the crystal springs operation to the operation

staff within a month or so. i have mentioned in the recent months about the challenging ground condition of the (inaudible) tunnel and our last 1000 foot or so of excavation there is definitely been more challenging, and we have encountered the significant amount of inflowing ground water as well as squeezing ground but that has impeded our progress and so now the hold through of the last segment of that tunnel is now being projected for late september and so a slip of a month or so. >> we have a new project that was started in revent months, it is called the san antonio back up pipeline and the work there focused on an existing quaury, and that is going well. and the pipe, for that project is being delivered this week, so i anticipate that we will start the pipe insulation very

shortly here and finally i want ed to let you know that we have published the public draft eir for two of the four projects in preconstruction and that is the reonal ground water and recovery project. and in both cases we are on track to have the final eir and advertise the construction contract by november of this year. i am pleased with the work so far and there is continuous challenges as to be expected but i am glad that the team is tackling it efficiently. and i would be happy to take any questions. >> any questions? >> all right. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> >> the last item on my report is clean power sf update. barbara hill. >> thank you. >> barbara hill, assistant

manager for power. just quickly, we have had as you requested constructive conversations with the labor council regarding our build out for the clean pour program and the prokurment for the program and we have shared information and we have reached this ongoing, and we are looking forward to returning here on august 13th with on what we were able to do. >> thank you. >> any comments? >> i know that we have public comments? >> michael terio, first? >> welcome michael. >> commissioners michael, san francisco construction and trade council, i did meet with your staff and i appreciate that meeting and i believe that the conversation was productive. on... you, and remember that my remembers are vetted with the support of the business

representatives at our council this morning and so we appreciate the commissioner's willingness to list be to the labor principals in the resolution and that is that the clean power generation be sourced from union operated and maintained and built sources and that both the generation work and any director fit work and efficiency work to be done under project labor agreements and with the building trades. and in there is the conversation and we talked about how we might proceed in the direction of implementing those principles. and one step would be to establish a form of conversation between commissioner staff and the council, it talk about exactly what the program entails, so that we have an understanding of the cope and the time line of the program as you foresee

it. and then, to explore in that conversation, the amrikbility of the public labor agreements to the work that would be done and we could come back to the commission with the results of that discussion, for possible action by the commission to direct the staff to negotiate the project labor agreements with us. we have had it through california, and on the clean power generation and we have had them in san francisco, in particular, and on the energy efficiency work and including the small residential contexts. and we are agnostic on the subject of shell. they are or billed as an evil empire and from our point of view they are just capitalist, and as long as we can oblej them to honor the working people we will work with them. and pg&e is not a matter of our concern, just that they honor

the labor standards and take care of the folks that they represent. we look forward to continuing the conversations with your staff and thank you for the opportunity. >> any questions? >> thank you very much. >> >> good afternoon, commissioners eric brooks, san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization in the city. and i just want to get up to kind of piggy back on what mike just said, and reiterate, i think that you folks got from the sierra club a pretty clear letter that is that the sierra club is very dedicated to making sure that use the pras and other mechanisms to getting the union labor heavily involved in this build out project. and i can also say for the rest of the community coalition, that is working for clean power sf and making it strong that we also concur with the statement

that the sierra club put out and so the grassroots organizizers out here are strongly, supportive and would be deeply concerned about a program that did not maximize to the greatest extent possible the union labor on the project. when the projects were then programmed. >> and that is paramount and it is just smart for us to take that position and even though i am a solid union supporter but it is wise for us to take that position because together we can make sure that this program becomes what it ought to become. which is hundreds of megawatts of local installation and hiring the california workers to make this city a green city. and started bringing in a deal for this country and if we get it done here it will spread. and the union labor is going to be key to that and so i want to make sure that the commission knows that we are strongly up portive on that.

and i think that the shell contract itself is just a pretty tiny start up to the larger program. we are not thrilled with the idea of necessarily delaying the start up just because it is shell. i think that one of our objectives is that from our standpoint is that she'll role is only at the beginning and only in that small bit and temporary and not ongoing that there is a pec staff itself take over the role that shell starts of purchasing energy and you have heard from her that is possible to at least get that going in the next or in a couple of years. so i think that what i am getting at is that we are not opposed to moving forward with a competitive and not-to-exceed

rate, and at your next meeting, and that let's get that out of the way so that we can get to working with labor to get the build off to actually happen and for it to be build and comprehensive and make sure that we maximize the union labor in the project. >> thank you very much. >> for all of your hard work. >> anybody else on this item? >> mr. freed? >> jason freed, lasco staff, this part, you know that we at our joint meeting last did approve moving this program forward and we know that it is not an action item but we would like to make sure that on august 13th that any questions are out there today so your staff can be able to address them before that meeting so we can get this program up and moving forward as quickly as possible. and the one thing that i will say, you know, i don't think that any of the commissioners would argue with me if i said

that we want to make sure that our labor standards are adhered to. but one thing to keep in mind is the not-to-exceed rate which is the action item that you are doing, this can help us to understand better how much money is available for a build out so that we can have a discussion with labor and how many jobs can be created once we have the final not-to-exceed rate approved it will give us a better understanding of where for move forward. we want to know what is available for us in the pool of money for the p build out and having a not-to-exceed rate in place give them a commitment as to what they should be building towards, thank you. >> and the green nature. >> any other questions? >> jeff acerman? >> is she still? >> that is me. >> you want to defer. >> she defers to.

>> hi, my name is sharon, good afternoon and happy birthday it is a good day i hope. so i am a recent graduate from san francisco state university and i was an environmental studies major and i am here to show my support for clean power sf and this is such a great opportunity for the residents of san francisco to opt out of dirty energy, and to support clean energy and for the city of san francisco to be leaders for initiative and sustainability and i would like to thank sfpuc for listening to the public and sf advocates and working to bring down the rates for this program. i hope that we can continue to move forward with the maximum investment and clean energy and support this program at a competitive rate. >> thank you.

>> thank you very much. jessica akerman, san francisco bay chapter of the sierra club, i wanted to echo comments from everyone about how (inaudible) to move forward on transitioning to just and safe and healthy communities for everyone and part of that is giving people the community to move away from fossil fuels and giving the opportunity for good paying job and an opportunity to move forward to that ideal future together. and we do hope that you can continue to move forward with this program but the not-to-exceed rate and thank you for all of the work that you did. >> any other comments? >> all right, we will... there is no resolution to approve, right? >> so moved. >> is that it. >> thank you very much.

>> presentation. and number eight. bawsca update. >> you are never going to retire? >> no, i am but i will be here for the end of september, i will be not at that one august meeting. >> you will be absent to the best one. >> darn. i have invested all of these years. >> and well,vy good news to report and that is last thursday night the board of directors appointed my successor. and that is nicole st. croix and she has been working with us for 14 years and many of you have seen her before. she is a water resources manager and she has worked with very closely with julie on the swip and with michael on the water supply planning and so forth. and they sent a nice note to her which she is appreciated she is not here today because she is taking one of the last

vacations she is going to get in a long time. >> she knows what to expect from the job. but she is very cap able and she is drifb and these results are oriented and all business. i would like to say that i brought in a lot of nice comments about her appointment, every once in a while someone says, well the inside cab date and so no big deal. and i am here to tell you that the board is not that easy. there are even biases against an internal candidate and she got the it old fashioned way she earned it and she las the board's entire support. so you will get to see her next time and she will be here and i won't and you will get to know her for the next 18, 20 years. >> okay. >> that concludes my report. >> all right. >> any public comment on the

report? >> we go to the consent calendar. >> 9. >> accept work performed by par electrical contractors, inc., for contract no. hh-961e transmission lines 5/6 repair to optical ground wire,for a total contract amount of not-to-exceed $30,000; approve modification no. 1 (final), for a time extension of 287 consecutive calendar days for a total contract duration of 407 consecutive calendar days; and authorize final payment to the contractor. >> all right, is there any public comment on this one item in the consent calendar? >> is there any member that wish to remove it for further consideration? >> i will move the item. >> all right, commissioner moran moves the itment >> seconded by caen. >> aye. >> opposed? motion carries. >> item ten, regular business. >> thal locations of the existing appropriation in the amount of $40 million. approve the reallocation of existing appropriation, in the amount of $40,000,000,

consistent with the planned fy 2013-14 capital project investment, from wastewater enterprise fy 2013-14 capital improvement program ssip project cwwsipdp, biosolids digester project to wastewater enterprise fy 2013-14 ssip project cwwsippr, program wide efforts; and authorize the general manager to coordinate a request for a supplemental reallocation appropriation to adjust existing appropriations accordingly. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> todd, the assistant general manage and her this is a budget update and it is a technical item that does not increase the budget and just rearranges it and provides direction to the general manage and her myself to go before the board of supervisors to update the budget accordingly. it is a 40 million dollar item and it relates to the sewer system improvement program and will allow us to stay on track and on time for all of the important work there and the treatment and collection. i am here for any other questions? >> any questions? >> any public comment? >> is there a motion? >> i will move it. >> moved and seconded. by commissioners moran and caen. >> all of you significant by aye? >> aye >> opposed? >> the motion is carried. >> item eleven.

adopt the final mitigated negative declaration, the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and the findings as required by the california environmental quality act for the san joaquin valley communication system upgrade project; and approve hetchy system improvement program-funded project no. cuh10201, san joaquin valley communication system upgrade project; and approve the solicitation of design build proposals pursuant to administrative code section 6.61. >> welcome mr. richty. >> thank you, president and commissioner this is really a straight forward item and i am happy to answer any questions that you might have on the item. >> does anyone have any questions? >> is there public comment? >> all right, entertain a motion? >> so moved >> moved by commissioner moran. >> second, >> thank you. >> finally. >> all of those in favor aye? >> aye. >> opposed? motion carries. >> item 12. recommend to board of supervisors to adopt the construction site runoff control ordinanc >> good afternoon, general manager for waste water enterprise and so this item has been long in development and it is actually a very big benefit for us if you look on the horizon in san francisco you

will see 20 something cranes and we know that a lot of the construction sites needs to be managed as a lot of debris and bricks, and stones and, rocks and dirt and others get into the system and so, it is not anything new. and what it does is it actually puts a compliance process through the contractors and we also, it puts the environmental code that exists in other places altogether in one place, and we also have to develop the best management practices for the contractors, and assist in the managing construction site. so if you have any other questions for me? on this particular item i will be happy to take those. >> so moved. >> already >> second? >> second. >> public comment? >> thank you. >> all of those in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> opposed? >> motion carries. >> item number 1 3.

>>authorize the general manager to execute a memorandum of understanding by and between the sfpuc and san francisco recreation and parks commission regarding management of the lake merced tract. >> and mr. ritchie >> general manager for water, this is an issue that was before the commission before and we also had as you recall a workshop in march out at lake merced to talk about the issues related to the lake and this item is as important to move forward now and really established the structure of the relationship between the puc and the recreation and parks department and relative to the mutual responsibilities out there but again, clarifies that the puc is ultimately responsible for the land out there as the owner of the property. and we made one minor change from last month, or last, july 9th we had to continue the item and added the clause that to clarified that in effect as almost a land relationship that you are sure that that rec and park would not allow the conditions to exist out there

and that would be in part to make sure that we don't end up with a case of pollution or something that again the pec would have been ultimately have been responsible for and we do have a couple of additional proposed changes to the mlu. one of those is to item b, which basically was say that the commissioners adopt this and that the commissioner and not the general managers would have the ability to approve any extensions to this mlu over time. and the original version had a lot of that to be delicated to be generated to the general managers but we want it to go to the commissions >> secondly a change in here was the identification of craoetation of an annual work program that would be jointly developed by the puc and the recreation and park department. the existing is creation of an annual work program that responds to and addresses relative issues such as the 2010 water shed report and did

the interest that may impact the uses or any other quality or activities at the tract. and in addition sentence that says that the general managers of the puc and rpd will join with the reports no later than november 18th each year that it is in place, covering the work program completing and source of funds and facilities kfn and capital repair and the placement needs and activities that reporting would give both commissions the ability to track the progress at the tract. and we think that is a good addition to the mlu here. and that will be happy to answer any questions. >> any questions? >> yeah, i have a couple of questions. so the $2 million bond discussion, is that something that is going to happen and do swre that calendar? >> we actually, the general manager of the recreation department is here and i am

sure that he will be able to speak to that item. >> great. >> and maybe i will just finish asking you a couple of questions and i noted that there are probably some people here, i don't know from the lake merced task force who are going to speak to this as well but i remember asking i believe it was last year, a year ago, probably for what the rec and park plan is as it relates to sort of the concession of the rfps and the financials and whatnot. and i assume that is what is part of the plan that is presented. >> yes, the concession management and that will be part of the package and so i think that he will be able to respond to that question. >> great, i am curious when we will hear a greater level of detail on what the actual work plan will