million if you include the gas >> if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them. >> commissioners. i'd like to request it general manager kelly make a comment on this item give us a little bit of background, please >> so as charles identified we was in a position to go back to the mayor's office to ask for increasing in the general fund rate because of the capital needs. i want to point out that, you know, within the power enterprise we do have capital projects our joined and projects only power so i want to have a

discussion as far as our rates and stuff by you recognize we operate the system first so we really need to look at that. the other thing i want to point out in the resolution we do make point to the fact that on the bottom of the second package where we have the whereas the commission hereby finds the adaptation of the resolution will find an increase inform the electric rates and charge one e.r. more the following purposes and the last one to obtain funding for the capital projects necessary to maintain the services within the existing services. although it's in there we could add on page 4.

on the resolve it is what state this commission hereby determines that proposed increasing to the electric rates and charges are required for those receiving the electrical services at a fixed rate established by the puc to meet the revenue requirements including revenue, recover to funds that to fund the hetch hetchy capital improvement program so we can add in the resolve paragraph so hopeful that will address the commissioners concerns. commissioner moran >> yes. thank you commissioner president caen. >> i do there's at least one

other place it talks about the purpose of the rates the only piece missing is these rates basically were adapted by commission within the budget as part of the revenue package. which taken as a whole was sufficient to meet our operating and capital needs that's the one thanking thing that's not included if we could quite frankly that's most appropriate but something we'll realize those rates along with, you know, others revenue provisions a budget adapted by commission whatever day we did that the would deem sufficient to meet our operating capital needs.

and so where do you think it's more efficient to put it or do you want us to put it in or add what we've stated and add an additional sentence or in the one of the whereas on page 2? >> city attorney's office. is the point you want to emphasize is that the budget you've submitted and approved was balanced based on the rate increasing and you want that point to be understood when the - >> more specifically that they

were a lot of revenue provisions within the budget and taken as a whole was sufficient to do the job job and my implementation if part of the balanced program is changed then that presented a problem it has to be rebalanced in some way. and obviously that doesn't need to be in there only the implementation >> marine city attorney's office there's a whereas clause from the third top of package 2 whereas the proposed revisions and the rates and fees are more intended to align and to improve the rierp and replacement of

infrastructure. would that be in an appropriate place to reference in the totality of the revenue package that the commission adapted >> that would be a fine place whereas in the whereas place or immediately following whereas. >> okay. i'm going to ask you if you wanted to take a shot of saying exactly what you wanted to say i'm not sure i can draft the whole whereas clause without future clarification if we want to come back >> we can do that when we come out of closed session. >> we could let me suggest whereas on some say commission adapted the budget with the balance of set of provisions

including those rates. >> i have a question would it be appropriate to continue this item when we came back tb closed session and put it into item 13. >> we could continue item 13 after we come back from closed session. >> is that your pleasure. >> okay. so we'll go ahead and do that item 13 we'll suspend until we come back from closed session any public comment on that item? seeing none, public comment is closed madam secretary next item, please. >> public comment on matters to

be discussed in closed session we'll read the closed session items first, the litigation with the leon vs. city and county of san francisco and 18, 19 and 20 have been removed from the calendar so any public comment on item 14. >> i'm going to call for public comment seeing none, public comment is closed we proceeded to closed session. >> we need another motion on item 14. >> it's been moved to the attorney-client privilege and seconded. > all in favor, say i. >> okay. we are back briefly from our closed session. my announcement following that closed session is that the commission did approve a settlement for item no. 16.

i will call for a motion. is there a motion on the floor whether or not to discuss the discussions held in closed session? >> it's been moved not to disclose. is there a second? >> second. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> the item carries. commissioners, anything more? >> the last item 13. >> city clerk: item 13. pub hearing for the san francisco public utilities commission to consider and possibly adopt a proposed revised schedule of rates, fees and charges for

hetch hetchy power enterprise electric utility service to those municipal departments of the city. >> i will entertain a motion? >> commissioner moran? >> shall i move the entire item first? >> why don't you move the amendment first and then we'll call the entire item. >> i will move to add a "a whereas" clause on page 2. it would read as follows.. "where as the proposed rates are one of many puc actions taken as a whole are sufficient to fund adopted by the puc on may 13, 2014:" >> is that your motion? >> that is the motion.

>> the motion to amend the item as discussed. commissioners any other conversations about the amendment. is there a second? >> the amendment has been seconded. is there any public comment on the amendment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> opposed the ayes have it. the item is amended. commissioners, what's your pleasure? >> item moved by commissioner moron. is there a second. >> second. >> is there any public comment on item no. 13 as amended? seeing no public comment, i will call for a vote. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> the item carries. if there is no further business, no objection, this meeting is

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>> i would like to ask, if there were any of them who would be willing to come back another time? first of all? i know that is a lot to ask. but i would like to check with them and see if they would be willing to put it on another time and also to comment on the

urgency on the item that they are just to speak on. >> and julie?

>> i would suggest that we eliminate the following items. in the interest. and the health and the physical health of all of us, number, 8. ten, 11, 12, 13, and maybe we could combine, 14, and 15. and 8. sounds good to me, and i just did not take notes fast enough. >> 8, 11, 12, 13, combine, 14, 15, 16. >> okay. >> and something that you wanted to say on the director's report is that we had a new one, right? >> and there is a written copy, in the report. and so, continue item 8, and continue, item 10, and yes, or no? >> yes. >> yes.

>> and item 12. >> continue item 11? >> continue, item 12? >> you said continue the director's report. >> there is a written report in the packet and so it does not need to be verbalized unless there are questions. >> got it, and maybe we call the item but it is not going to be much but maybe a question. >> or we could just continue it. >> my colleagues will promise to restrain themselves. and you know we don't have a lot more hearings with david and i feel like the chance that we are going to get the thoughts from him. and would that be okay? >> and he could give us his thoughts, and it is part of item 9. >> and maybe. >> and yeah? >> could we continue item 7 to

the policy committee, and to seek to have continue five to for us and then we will do, three public comment, and four, tep, and six, clean construction, 9, special surprise, that is not so much of a surprise, and no director's report, then. and, then, we are going to combine, 14, through 16. >> okay, i know what it is. >> okay. >> commissioner? so we will, kind of collapse the 13 into our david love fest number nine. what do you think? >> yeah.

>> okay. >> all right, so, colleagues, could i get a motion to approve the minutes? >> motion. >> and second. >> and any public comment on approval of the minutes? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. and all of those in favor of approval of the minutes, to approve the motion, or the motion to approve the minutes, please say aye. >> aye. >> any nays? >> the minutes are approved and could we hear the next item. >> public comment, and the members of the public may address the public, and are not on today's ago ahead agenda. >> any member of the public? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. could we hear item four? >>informational presentation on san francisco municipal transportation agency's transit effectiveness project (tep). sponsor: commissioners nicholas josefowitz and johanna wald; speaker: julie kirschbaum, operations and scheduling manager, san francisco municipal transportation agency, sfmta (10 minutes) (informational presentation and discussion)

>> sf gov. >> i am the operating and planning and scheduling manager at sfmta and a big part of my job is focused on how to make the transit more convenient and appealing to our customers which i think folds really well into a lot of the goals, and i appreciate you guys and having me here and an opportunity to talk about the program, and i will be briefed because i know that you guys have had a long day. and as an agency, sfmtc, and a sustain able san francisco and

there are a lot of pieces to it and my focus is on the transit service and the services and one of key ways that we are looking to improve the environment and make san francisco more sustain able is by getting more people out of their cars. and including giving transit more priority and traffic and increasing service and better connecting the people on transit routes.

and over the next five years we will be turning over the entire fleet and complimenting the already, extensive fleet that we have with a full hybrid bio diesel fleet. and the transit effectiveness projects from all of this is how do we improve the transit mode share and make the transit more appealing and it was a comprehensive approach to the system and it was very much, data driven as well as driven by the extensive community out reach, and we are at an exciting point now because we have completed our environmental work and we are preparing to implement over the next two to three years. and for those of you who ride the muni you know that we have challenge and traveling through a dense, urban environment and not having enough service out of the system and these were

many of the problems and talking with our customers and also, we have the positive problems, and our ridership is at a 5-year, high and it is only projectwhat is the most important in making the trips in san francisco and the most important thing that we heard from people is that we want the

service to be reliable. and we want it to be 20 minutes today, and 20 minutes tomorrow. and they don't want it to be 20 minutes one day but then on the bad day, oh, i am waiting an hour and a half, and we also found that about two-thirds of san franciscans are time sensitive and that they are always going to take the quickest option, available to them, and so, in addition to improvement of the reliability and aaddressing the crowding, and making transit quicker and giving the people quicker choices by transit. and for this assessment, and we looked at a huge amount of information, and but, one of the most valuable, i think, was that we equipped about 30 percent of our buses with automatic passenger counters, and there are on every bus, and sorry around 30 percent of the buses and on every door and they, they are like two laser beams and if you tried them and

we have rich information about how the people are getting on and off the buses at every top and how crowded the bus was and what time of day and we were able to make the strategic recommendations. including to the north, we have geary and california and in the south we have the mission corridor as well as the geneva corridor and the juda corridor and these heavy rider ship corridors were carrying 75 percent of the customers and so when we look to make improvements to the travel speed, and these were the

corridors that we focused on. and as i said, we also do this work, with an extensive amount of community out reach and it really helped, i think, enhance and enrich the over all, proposal and it gave the board the confidence when they endorsed the proposals at the end of march that they reflected the needs of the community and the proposals do have trade offs, and some of those trade offs were part of what, our community dialogue focused on. and the program has three elements and the first is a policy framework, and the second is service and route changes, and the third are capitol eninvestments.

and they combine with the network to allow you anywhere in san francisco without making one transfer and that is really what makes living in san francisco without a car viable and then we have the circular network and these are the smallest routes and travel from the hill top into the original node and providing the basic access for folks. and a lot of these circulate networks needed the tweaking and now it stops right now within the four blocks of the station and so it gets you almost to there but not all the way there so that is an example of e